NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CHINESE CUSTOMS
"NOTIFICATION,
THE Office and Rations of the TOHINESE MARITIME CUS- TOMB for Kowloon and District will bo CLOSED to PUBLIO BUSINESS on the 29-MAROE and the 3D APRIL, 1931, being CUSTOMS HOLI DAYS.
J. W. STEPHENSON, Commissioner of Chinese Customa, Kowloon AND Dirntot.
YORK BUILDING,
.
IF
You still yearn for that taste of real beer which you had at home.
the days before Don't count up you go on leave.
Just ring up-
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CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL- LENTEN MISSION.
Tong will be preached by THE ANNUAL LENTEN SER- Rev. M. SAUL, B.J., Every Evening at 6 P.M., From WEDNESDAY the MARCH to WEDNESDAY [610
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the lar APRIL inclusive.
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IN THE SUPREME court of HONG KONG.
1. In tifa MATTER OF TER EATATE
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8.8. "Lax", BzzurnaD.
EXIGRANT, DUCEATED,
In tar MATTER OF THE ESTATE or BARWAN (or SARBAN SINGH, LATE OF No. 8,
HOWEN ROAD, WATCHMAN AND REGISTERED MONEY LENDER, DECEASETA
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of the Probaten Ordinanoo 1897 (No 2 of 1807), made Orders limiting the Time for sonding in Claima to or against the above Estates to the. 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 1931.
Creditors and Claimants are hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned by the above Date.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1981.
E. P. II. LANG,
G.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931.
WEATHER REPORT.
Alsted:-
work has to be done. The lone flight of the adventurer is giving Yesterday's weather report, foreplace to organisation of landing. cast and remarks, issued by the grounds, and the careful collection Royal Observatory at 5.45 p. of data about weather conditions
The anti-cyclone over N.E. China and other technical details. increasing in intensity. The de-
We are, however, still in a tran. pression is moving eastward, it is sition stage, and fights like those of now central to the north of Tokyo.. BURTIN and M. MOENCHE, the The monsoon will fresher along
French aviators, are perpetually in the 8.E. Coast of China,
Local Forecast:-N. to N.E. progress. But there is already a winds, light to moderate; fine to certain element of creating records, cloudy.
for records sake. The men, and tho women engaged upon such enterprisen submit themselves to special, and, it would seem unneces
MARRIAGE.
SCHUMACHEN-GILMAN,-On March 17,
at Shanghai, CECILE RUTH,sary, periis. Many of them have celebrity. eldest daughter of Mr. and obtained world-wide Mrs P. B. GILMAN, to Mr. Their admirers class them, perhaps ALFRED E. SCHUMACHER.
unconsciously, with film stars, and wait to see what they will do next The aviator conscious of this public gaze, like an actor, does not wish to disappoint his audience: He knows their impatience, and their speculation as to what he will de next. In that spirit Miss ANY JOHNSON attempted her flight from London to China, rìá Siberia. She started off without planning what she was going to do, and, most fortunately, was soon persuaded to go back home. If the fans were
di DEATH. BRYAN. On March 17, at Shanghai, ELIZABETH BHYAN, aged 00 years, dearly beloved mother of Mrs. J. W. Houn,
Editorial and Business Offices: 1 Ice House Street. Tol. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):
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disappointed, it is to be hoped that
*News and Views *
The Googly Giri.
Germany's Exports Increase. The Nottingham girl ericketer Compared with January, Ger- whose googly bowling attracted the many's imports for February this admiration of R. W. V. Robins, year abow a substantial decrease the England bowlor, when he saw while her exports show an increase her in action at the Notts County of over sixty million marks. In practice hall recently, is Misa February she had a favourable Muriel Lowe, of West Bridgeford, trade binneg of over one-hundred Richmond, the Natta and England and fifty million mars. player, who, like Robins, is a goog- ly export, says he is "amazed" ht her skill.
Minimum Wage.
Royal Forestry.
A lot of good forestry has been started in Windsor Great Park Johnny had been given the job Not only are many of the fallen of swooping the snow away from his elms and stag-headed oaks to be neighbour's front door. The neigh taken out, but extensive replanting bour came to the door and pressed i
Fifty a coin in his hand, Johnny looked is to be done, with especial con at it. Not a word pas 1 his lips. sideration for the vistas. "Now, Johnny," said the neigh- bour, "what should a little boy say when he has been given a pen. ny for sweeping the snow away "Dad says I mustn't use that kind. of language," said the boy.
*
The Daily Press.
Press, they will find another favourite, in the Cafe, de la Paix with Oscar
HONG KONG, MARCH 24, 1931.
MR. BROPHY'S FLIGHT.
and leave that gallant and skilful young woman to do work more worthy of her talent than provid- ing publicity. If only Mr. BROTHY could have been content to wait till the weather settled before start- ing his flight, it might have bean successfully' necomplished. We do MR. G. W. Borny left Macno on not know why he set out when he his attempt to fly to Manila na did, but the suspicion remains that long ago na Thursday morning, and he was hoping not to try the so far no trace of him has been patience of the public too long. found. The stretch of sea between We understand that his plane had here and the Philippines is a big neither wireless nor fonts, And that place, but the thorough search that he left when the weather report REAL has been made by warships and aero was by no means auspicious A planes has reduced to a minimum heavy responsibility must reat on aviator. Everyone's sympathy will in starting. Perhaps the events of be extended to Mrs. BROPHY, and these last few days will act as a the other members of the family,reminder that aviation is a science at this time of tragic anxiety. We and neither a theatrical nor can only hope that, like some of sporting display,
Official Administrator HOME-SIDE STUFF" !all hope of finding the gallant
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IN THE SUPREME COURT of
HONG KONG
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IN THE MATTER OF THE BUTTE WILLIAM ANTOON TJARERING, LATE OF TUK SEAMEN B INSTITUTE, PRATA EAST, VICTORIA, IN THE COLONY OF.. HONO Koxo, ENGINEER, DECEASED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Nthat the Court has, by virtue of 18nt (No, 2 of 1897), maile an firder limiting the Time for sending in Claims to or against the above Estate to the 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 1931.
Creditors and Claimants are horoby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned by the above Date,
Dated this 20th day of Marok, 1931.
E. P. H. LANO,
Ocial Administrator.
Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance
1503
THE HONG KONG & WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED, NOTE ORDINARY DAVEN TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
1930,
SOLE AGENTS
A. S. WATSON & Co., the shipe posted overdue at Lloyds,
LIMITED.
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
NOTICE.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 26TH MARCE, 1931, until TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 1931, Bath Days inclusive, instead of for the period previously notified,
By Order of the Board,
D. L KING,
Becretary, Hong Kong, March 21st, 1981. [501
THE HONG KONG PIRE INSUR ANCE CO., LIMITED,
Mr. Borny will duly reach harbour safe and well.
any who urged the necessary heste
A GREAT. DESERT EXPLORED.
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years hence holiday-makors may ba thanking King George V. for the Windsor trees just as we now blose the momory of King William III. when we enjoy the chestnut avenue at Hampton Court,
Queen Victoria and the Artist,
Sir William Rothenstein's recol-A Sartorial Change.
Sartorial authorities of impec lections, "Mon and Memories," promise to be the literary event cable standing tell of the doom of the double-breasted dinner-jacket, possibly of the year. This is one of the gems. The author, sitting "It is to go-so far as well-dressed люд are concerned," runs the Wilde, was joined by the late Caton akass. "Fow, if any, are likely to Woodville.. Woodvillo, had been bo made this summer, which will painting a picture in which Queen see the return to the dinner-jacket Victoria wns" portrayed, and ro- cut of ten years or so ago, with lated how he received a command a rather larger V-shaped waistcoat to take it to Windsor for inspec- opening." The garment in ques- tion. The Queen examined the pic- tion is something of a hybrid and ture in silence, and then walked an unsatisfactory affair. Let us As the swept n' nights either dress or not dress. towards the door. out sho turned and said coldly, i In a double-breasted dinner-jacket "We are redder than that, Mr. a man looks as if he were morely wearing a day suit with a black Woodville,"
bow-tie-a rather slovenly compro mise.
Mr. Walpole's Thriller.
There are one or two interesting
Mr. Laurence Binyon's inscrip- points about Mr. Hugh Walpolo's Preserving d Memorial,
One is that it is a "thriller,"tion on the British Museun war now book "Above the Dark Circus." written, one imagines, as a recros-memorial has gradually been fad tion in the midst of that immenseing under the assault of the London chronicle of the Herries family, of atmosphere. Now it is almost un which one large volume has already readable. The Director has taken
appeared, while inother is promis- the matter in hand and the whole ed. A second point is that it has affair is to be done over in gold not been produced as a book until lettering. The lines of the inscrip- a year after its serial publication tion run: in the Etning Standard. A third in that the publishers have paid the artist who illustrated the seri al, Mr. Leo P. Dowd, the compli ment of using one of his pictures for the wrapper of the book, And a very effective wrapper it makes i
They shall grow not old- As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sur And in the morning We will remember them,"
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SUMMARY OF NEWS}"
Local.
Police Reserve Orders. Page 11, St. Georgo's Society report.
Page 0. St. Joseph's College prize-giving..
Page
HE the
Governor laid tho
Leung Kuk yesterday, Pago 7. foundation stone of the new Po
Interesting legal points dealing with the rights of local Courts to try persons accused of piration) acts. on the high seas were raised in the Full Court yesterday as the resulu of the jury's verdict of guilty against the twelve Chinese who Page 11, were recently on trial.
To-day's wireless programme.
Shipping intelligence.
Sport.
Week-end golf results.
Page 3. Page 12
Pago 10.
Yesterday's tennia results,
Page 10. Junior Cricket Notes: By L.B.W.
Page 10, In the first game of the triangular rugby contest, the Army beat the Page 10. Navy.
Latest Cables.
Burtin and Moenche, are planning. to hop off from Tokyo on the oth inst. on their return flight 10 France, following the same route as they came.
Paga, 0.
Painful scenes
were witnessed. during the rescue work on tho wreck of the Royal Scot", oxs press, which left the rails near Leighton Buzzard, resulting in six killed and nine seriously injured.
Page..
Miss Dorothy Lang, daughter of the well-known Scottish shipper of Greenock, has died as the result. of shook sustained through having her, leg amputated in extricating her from the wreck of the "Royal Page D.
Scot" express.
•
Ocial circles in Berlin are w able to understand the excitement
in the European capitals over thoid Austro-German Tariff Convention. As it is contended that neither of the contracting parties has violated any of the obligations of both to retain their entire economic and political independence. Page 0.
Local Notes and Events ⋆
Two Indian watchmen, Ranat Falling in the way of a lorry, The staff and pupils of Quarry
are holding their Allah and Majid Allah, and a Chi-Lam Yung, a coolie; was killed in- stantly on Sunday at Prince Ed Ba Spring Festival party at the school nese named Ho Ka Wo, living at ward Road, when the wheels passed
11, Parke Street, Yaumati, were over his head. on Wednesday, April 1, at 11 a.m.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club admitted into the Kowloon Hospital advertise that, owing to congestion
Two Chinese appeared before Mr. Court yesterday on charges of un- Inawful possession of large quantities Schofield at the Central Police of opium on the waterfront. One man, who had 20 tacis of prepared
Looking Back 25 Years.
We are glad to learn, and the public will share the rejoicing. that the entertainment of the Japanese and Fronch naval visi- tors is not to be merely a cut-and- dried official affair..A meeting of ed on Thursday night by Sir Paul Chator in his office, to decide what some leading residents was conven- the unofficial section of the com- munity could and might do to French leots: na pleasant as pus- sible. The following: Provisional
Stewart,
The toll of human life taken by aviation does not seem to diminish." Yesterday another smash in the Tuom who look at a map will see Chinese air service had to be re- that Nejd, the heart of Arabia, the ported, and in today's issue we province which includes Mecca and have to record further fatalities Medina, is surrounded by sand nt Panama and at Brooklands, deserts stretching from north to while an Australian plane is re-south in a semicircle: the Great Nefnd, the Little Nefud, and the ported missing.
These occurrences are distressing-Dub' al Khali, or Great Southern ly frequent, and it is hardly satis Desert. The Rub' al Khali, a waste factory to compare the number of which is 950 miles across in one
passes to Indica will be restricted to in a serious condition, as the re- planes now in use and the number direction and 650 miles in the other, in the members' enclosure, the free on Saturday, the two first-named of miles flown per diem with corre-hag hitherto been described as one per member, as from April 1,sult of drinking tea which is be sponding figures for those pioneer wholly unexplored.” Now, ad- 1931.
lieved to have contained some poi were cording to the Homs papers. Mr.
Among the passengers who arsonous substance, times when air fatalities accepted as inevitable.
In the BERTUAN THOMAS, who is Financerived yesterday by the 8.8. Pre- early stages of flying risks were Minister to the Sultan of Muscat, sident Pierce was Mrs. McVay, wife necessary in the furtherance of the had crossed it from south to north, of Admiral McVay, Commander-in-
United States Navy. science. Many of the casualties entering at a point on the Arabian Chief of the Asiatic Fleet of the occurred in the conduct of experi-Sea and emerging on the Persian ments upon points that are now Gulf. It is one of the major guilty to having stowed away on The three Filipinos who pleaded NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. solved. What was once a calculat-picces of modern exploration. No the s.s. Invincible from Cebu on opium tied to his body, was fined make the visit of the Japanese and Committee was formed: Hon. Bir THE SIXTY-SECOND ORDIN-ed risk, taken for a definite pure white man, probably no man at all, Friday last, made a second appear 82,400, while the other, who had
Paul Chater, Hon, Mr. C., W. MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS,TARY GENERAL MEETING pore, can now be done with safety. has crossed this desert before, lus ance before Ma Ma secund, the 11 taels strapped to him, was fired
Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, and $1,300.
Dickson, Hen. Mr. R. Shewan, be held in the of the Company,
A consignment of 3,600 human Hon.. Mr. Gershom OPERNE BUILDING, Hong Kong, or of SHAREHOLDERS will be bold fast of us remember when Mithabitants, if any, are unfriendly; were sentenced to aix weeks hard
the threat of labour each. MONDAY, S9TH MARCH, 1981, at at the Offlces of the Undersigned on Bentor took his life in his hands sandstorms and
skeletons arrived in the Colony Messrs. J. R. M. Smith, D. R. NOON, for consideration of the Dire THURSDAY. the 26TH MARCH,
Two Chinese were charged with from Haiphong on the Albert Law, A. Babington, A. G. Wood, tors Report and Statement of Accoonte 1931, ut NOON, for the purpose of and new across the English Chan-mortal thirst have protected 'it
On the other highway robbery before Mr. Scho- Barraut on Saturday. These skele A. H. Rennie, T. P. Cochrane, D. for the Year ending 3's! DECEMBER, receiving the Report of the General nel. To-day such a flight is hardly against intrusion.
adventure than a hand, where nothing is known the Geld yesterday, and on the appli-tons are the remains of Chinese Nissim, Lavy, H. Medhurst, H- The BBARE REGISTER and Managers, together with a Statemeat more of an
for 48 hours. The robbery, it is were exhumed recently and are Hough, Sir Paul Chater was elect- TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED of Accounts for the Year ended 31st motor drive of the same distance, more may the explorer add to cation of the police, were remanded emigrants to Tonkin.. The bones N. Mody, E. A. Hewett, T. F. knowledge. Except by surmise alleged, took place on Friday last being sent back to China for intered Chairman, Mr, J. RM. Smith. from the 23xD to the ROTH MARCH. DECEMBER, 1930.
with proper "fung-shui." Hon. Treasurer, and Mr. Gershom 1891, Both Days inclusivo.
racing track. Regular services ply nothing is known about the interior when a contractor's foreman was ment
This consignment is the first of Stewart, Hon. Secretary-ang three consignments that are being Kong, Daily Press, March 24, 1908. over great distances, the machines of the Rub' al Khali, In the north robbed of $810. leaving and arriving with no move the Syrian Desert, lying between
A slight collision between the es. 'sent back to China, to do than a liner or an expressi Syria-Palestine and Mesopotamia, Kiangau of the China navigation
Looking Back 50 Years,
important and and the Toyooka Mari, has been opened up" by the war, Company Line, occurred in the charged with indieting grievous interesting article on Tit
The case in which two Pathana There are still, however,
and various explorers have disclosedHarbour at about 8 m. on Sun- bodily harm on three other Indians Posses in the Province of Kyang- pioneer and experimental flights, something of the secrets of the day. The Kiangsu's stern was during an incident which occurred tung" deserves the
thoughtful and here many of us feel that all Great and Little Nefuds. But the slightly damaged while the Toyooka in January in Wanchai was men perusal of all those engaged or in- is not well. It may seem para questions that have been asked Maru was slightly damaged near the tioned before Mr., Schofield at the terested in commerce in this Co- Central Magistracy yesterday. His lony. The writor calle attention doxical for a newspaper to decry about the Rub' al Khali have gone
Worship fixed April 1 for the hear to a fact that has clearly been over- publicity, but it is well to consider unanswered: whether it is the bed A caution was administered by ing of the caso.. "A very good looked, through causes which ho TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.
how far, at the present stage of of a former great inland son, with Mr. Schofield on a student of date for this case," commented Mr. explains, and that has seriously that the THIRTY-FOURTH
The Authorities at Canton have, ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, development, publicity is not more its contral sand dunes lying below King's College who was brought be F. C. E. Rendall, who is represent trippled the trade of Hong Kong- not unaturally-regarded from a of a hindrance than a help in the the level of the present Arabian fore, his Worship on a charge of ing one of the partics
Wanchai. It was stated in Court
Chinese point of view taken ad- Company will be held in the THE TWENTY-SIXTH, AN-
depths conceal quicksands and salt Company's BOARD ROOM, 2NDNUAL GENERAL MEETING rious business of opening up new Eca; whether, us report has it, its playing football in Lan Fat Street,
marches; or whether for the whole that when the Chinese constable A daring highway robbery was vantage of the supinoness of the FLODE, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, of SHAREHOLDERS will be held aviation routes Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, 81BT in the Offices of Mosers. DoDWELL & much to newspaper publicity. By of its 350 miles from south to nerth warned the youth about playing reported to the Police on Sunday Hong Kong community, a
Cheung Fat boarding house, While for the transit of foreign goods MARCH, 1931, at NOON, for the Co., T., on TUESDAY, the 31st means of substantial prizes, and it is nothing but sand and rock, football in the street the latter by a coolie foreman living at the neglected to afford the facilitie ho was walking along the water- stipulated for in the Treaty of purpose of roosiving a Statement of MARCH, 1981, at 5 P.M., for the
A Chinese. Leung Shing, appear front on the Praya on Sunday night Nanking. We have long been wish- Accounts and the Report of the purpose of receiving the Report of gunerous public recognition of their and, if so, what formation these laughed at him. Directors for the Year ended Drom the General Managers together with fente, British aviators and inven- under the proding and transform- BER 31st, 1930, electing Directors Statement of Accounts to 31st tons were stimulated by newspapers, ing winds. To those and many ed before Mr. Hamilton, at the he was stopped by five or six men ing for the opening of China to other questions Mr. THOMAS will be Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, on who had the appearance of water trade, and yet, strange, to say, notably the Daily Mail, to reve
Gover and Auditors, and for the Transaction DECEMBER, 1930. 1
answer. In congratulating him on sum of money, the property of wore footpads. These men divested neglected to claim the privileges of any other Ordinary Business of The TRANSFER BOOKS of the increasing effort. The nation at able to give the first authoritative a charge of theft of a watch and front searchers, but who, in fact, here in Hong Kong. we have we may con-Lient Henri Bergot, from the their victim of a gold watch and granted by treaty, while the Company will be CLOSED from the 28BD MARCH to 81ar MARCH, large was aroused; and its support in achievement
enlisted for all that had to do with gratulate ourselves that in this French cruiser Waldeck Rousseau, ebain with several appendages and Kwangtung Authorities, forsooth, portinacious age there are so many On the application of the police, a small sum of money, the total construo that neglect into repudia 1981; Both Dales inclusive. Pu
Kong Daily Press, March 24, 1881. flying. Now, however, & position places like the Rubai. Khali which the defendant was remanded until loss amounting to something in the tion and set accordingly-Hong
to-morros
vicinity of 8300. DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
is being reached when humdrum have still their secrets to reveal. 486] General Managers,
.▾
By Order of the Board of Directors,
R. M. DYER,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 17th March, 1991.
[475
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
N°
of SHAREHOLDERS in
the Company.
tho
By Order of the Board, D. L. KING,
Beoretary. Hong Kong, March 11th, 1981. [458.
The BHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS. ED From the 12rn to the 26TH MARCH, 1931, Both Days inclusive, "JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO LTD General Managers, 2 THE HONGKONG FILE INSURANCE Co., LTD.
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