NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CHINESE CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION...
THE Offee and Stations of tho CHINESE MARITIME CUS TOMS for Kowloon and District will be CLOSED to PUBLIC BUSINESS on the tra MAY, 1031, being a CUSTOMS HOLIDAY.
J. W. STEPHENSON, Commissioner of Chinese Onsiems, KOWLOON AND DISTRICT
-YORK BUILNIKU,
Hong Kong, 28th April, 1981.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TONG FONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
Ix
THE GOODS or BEATRICE LILY WHITE, LATE 7 FAIRWAYS, ADDINGTON, IN THE OUNTY OF BORREY, ENGLAND, ManiaD WOMAN, DECEANED.
OTION IS
HEREBY GIVEN
that the Court has, by vir
Section 68 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, mado an Order limiting the Time for Creditors and others to send in their Claims against the above Estate to the 26TH DAY OF MAY, 1931,
All Creditors and others are necord. ingly hereby required to send in their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that Dato.
Dated the 28th day of April, 1931, . JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Executor, Prince's Balding, Hong Kong.
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PORT WORKS DEPART- MENT OF MACAO.
NOTICE..
TOTIUE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N°
that on the lar JUNE 1931, 11.00 AM. in the PORT WORKS DEPARTMENT MADAO, the
Committee appointed by the Govern
meat (O Juri se
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Bottled by
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1931.
WEATHER REPORT.
The weather report, forecast and remarks issued by the Royal Ohner- vatory, Hong Kong, at 5 p.m. yes terday state-
lins
revenue
* News and Views *
A Man of Words!
Queer Suicide,
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Local.
Flying Boats was the subject of an address by Squadron Leader of tho Two pennies and a halfpenny Wood before members were awallowed by A. A. Wolf (24), | Rotary Club yesterday. Pago G Melrose-gardens Hampstead, Forgery case at Central Magis Page 7. before he dived head first from a trney. shelf and received fatal injures, Banking disputo: further details. Page 7 Lit was stated at the inquest at
Brixton. He was receiving treat";
Hong Kong stock market: Crou Tent for melancholia at the Mauds cher & Co.'s daily report. Page 7. loy Mental Hospital. A verdict
Lecture on "Florence" by Pro- of suicide while of unsound mindfessor Simpson at the University. was recorded.
frane and the pre-war mark. Mr. SNOWDEN knows perfectly well that he has reached a point where it 'is doubtful whether fresh taxation in one direction will result in A more than The northern depression is may not
in ing eastward, "and is now central corresponding fall to the NW. of Tokyo. The de-from another quarter. He has not At an Army and Navy dinner Mr. pression
Indo-China over
dared to increase the income tax, Willie Collier, the actor, arose to deepened slightly.
of speak after an hour's eulogy by a Local forcenst-Easterly winds, but he makes an intelligent anti-general. Collior's entire speech moderate; fair.
cipation of good things to come by was: Ladies and gentlemen: Now collecting three-quarters of his I know what they mean by the Army
and Navy forever." income-tax next January, leaving only one quarter. for July, 1032. Presumably the expected boom should do something to equalise the not.takings, but it is a dangerous gamble with a major source of supply, and incidentally it annexes what should rightly belong to 1812 33 revenue. This adjustment will
BIRTH.
ROYSTON. On April 22, at Sour
baya, Java, to Mr. and Mrs, W. STUART ROYSTON, a son, WILLIAM STUART, jr.
MARRIAGES.
MEIKE-AKIMOVa.-On April 16, at Shanghai, Mr. ARMAND GUY ME155, son of Mr. and Mrs, W. WARBURTON, to Miss Maria | ence
ARIMOVA.
cause immense personal inconveni-
The Red Indian.
The Indian population of Canada, numbering 108,000 souls, has been subjected to a religious census. Alas for the noble red man of our earlier schooldays! Precisely 4,084 Indians now declare that they be lieve in the Great Spirit Manito, and the Happy Hunting Grounds.
to hard-pressed income-tax payers. It will, effect the Christ-Punishment Fits the Crime I NORTH HUTCHINSON-On April 18, mas trade, but, perhaps, Mr. Snow- at Shanghai, JouN NORTH, DEN considers that, in these hard late of Ashton-under-Lyne, near times too much is expended on Manchester, to EDITH MAY, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christmas. No doubt his emaciated H. HUTCHINSON, late of Poul-featuren will give cartoonists mate- ton-le-Fylde, Blackpool.
rial for caricatures of the political SCROOGE.
DEATH.
BRUECHER-On_April 21, at Tsing tau, Frau Dr. M. BRUECHER,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mrs W. W. Fox and family tender their sincerest thanks to their relatives and friends for the many kind expressions of sym- pathy in their recent bereave- ment, also for floral tributes sent and their attendance at the funeral.
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Editorial and Business Ofees: 11 Ice House Street. Tal, 30251,"
Night Editor (Wanchai Office): 83, Fleet Street,
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The Daily Press.
Hong Koso, Arnil 20, 1931.
THE BUDGET.
THE outstanding feature of Mr. SNOWDEN's Budget is that there is
... 28′′THE FIFTIETH ORDINARY to be no extra taxation, except an GENERAL MEETING of inercase of 24. per gallon on petrol ...125 SHAREHOLDERS will be held at The deficit on last year was less
the Offices of the Undersigned ou TUESDAY, the 19TH MAY, atrious than expected; Ordinary NOON, for the purpose of receiving Revenue, in fact, showed an excess the Heport of the General Agents, of £42 millions over Ordinary together with a statement of Accounts Expenditure, but Sinking Fund for the Year ended the 81st
charges resulted in a net deficit of DROEMBER, 1981.
£2 millions.
Length Tlism.... Number of Furnaces... 2 Worklog Pressure....120 lbs. PerBq.In. DAPACITY OF LADDER DREDGER- Single Ladder situated along the Centre
Line of the Vossol. Capacity 250 Cubic Meters For Hour Maximum Dredging Depth... 38 FL Number of the Baskets ... 31 Buckets Capacity
...400 Liters.
1+1
CONDITIONS OF BALE.. 1-Bids shall be made by Basled Tender, addressed to the Committes referred to, Not Later Than 11,00 AM. on 1st JUNE, 1931, and the Lowest Bid that will be acceptable is $80,000 00 !Dollars
lars Eighty Thousand) Hong Kong Currency
e accompanied by documentary proof Bid, to be acceptable, shall of the Deposit having been effected in the Macao Branch of the Barco NACIONAL ULTRAgano of the Sum of $2,500.00 (Dollars Two Thousand) to the order of the Committee.
be
3-Bids, which should be made in Dollars of Hong Kong Currener, will be Opened on the ler JUNE, at NOON,
PORT WORKS
DEPARTMENT, in the presence of
the Committee referred to above and all Bidders who
In the event of an Equality of Bids,
thore will be PUBLIC AUCTION
may have been
between such Bidders whose Sealed Bids
4-The Com reserve to them. Jolves
the right of refusing to accept sty Bids or of annulling the Auction, if it should not be found convenient, to accept the Bids offered.
6.-The Bidder to whom the Dodger shall be sold shall pay the Total Bum of bis Did within THREE DAYS, ie, not Later Than Noon of the 4ru JUNE.
1931 The Committes reserve to them- meless the right of refusing by Cheque. If the Successful Tenderer should fail to pay the Sum referred to in this plause he will forfeit the Depozit made, which will then revert to the Government,
After the Adjudication or in the erent of Analiment due to Noa-accept Guaranter
be refunded to Bidders. 7.The Handing over of the Dredger to the Buccessful Tenderer shall be mado
العطوة
The SHARE REGISTER and will be TRANSFER BOOKS CLOSED from the Brn to the 10r BAY, 1931, Both Days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Agents.
Hong Kong, 28th April, 1931.
Mr. SNOWDEN claimed that this was a very satisfactory statement considering the World Depression,
This year's budget must convince all but the "wild men " that there has got to be economy in England. The "doles" will have to be re- duced, the extravagant and ex- asperating control of local authori- tics by Whitchäll offxials will have to be relaxed.. England is over governed in many directions, and the relentless calls of the Govern ment upon capital are the chief
hindrances to trade revival.
It was not to be expected that Mr. SNOWDEN would introduce fresh tariffs even on imports that injure the Home producer. We still have to carry on with Free
|
An Interrupted Bath.
Page 7. The annual inspection of the Police Reserve was held yesterday,
·Fage 7. To-day's wireless programme.
Page 3.
Prime Minister, after his récent reproaches to his followers on ah. the heroism of Mr. J. F. Shillaker. Sport.. senteeism was firmly informed of
Home football results. Page 10. Latest American baseball results.
Page 70. H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament; Page 10. yesterday's results.
University Billiards, Club-prize. Page 10. giving.
In a senior League football match
played on the H.K.F.C. ground yesterday, the Borderers defeated the Club by the only gon!, Page 10.
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Mr. Shillaker was enjoying a bath at the House when the division tells rang. He did not stop, to con sider whether the Consultative Com mittee would recept any excubes. vintners Company, Mr. Leicester he put on shirt,
At a recent banquet given by the
trousers and into slipped his feet jacket, M. Reed, Deputy-Master of the his shoca, and
rushed to the Company, told of a vintner of 1304 division lobby, where his dam sentenced to be imprisoned for a who sold unwholesome wine and was and pink appearance caused much amusement. He was ceremoniously year and a day, to drink as much introduced to Mra. Mary Hamil of the bad wine as could be poured ton, resplendent in red costume, into hiin, and the rest to be poured and he was acclaimed a hero. A over his head.
similar adventure of Mr. Churchill Latest Cables. in a vivid bath-gown once had The British Budget statement s world-wide publicity. Mr. Shillakproving popular on the London er is perhaps on the sure path to | Stock Exchange,
Prige 9. statesmanship.
The Prince of Wales and Prince George were expected to fly from France direct to Windsor last even ing.
Pago 8. The British airman Captain Ray- her in a Swedish machine piloted
Exit the Coliseum (London) {
Revolver Danger in Paris.
Statistics given recently prove very startlingly the extent to which the revolver, is used nowadays in France, and particularly in Paris. It is the weapon employed in most "crimes passionele," though dur ing the past few weeks other means of getting rid of husbands or wives or of lovers have been re-
by an Arctic airman named Ahrun
land.
berg are searching for Augustine Courtauld, who is missing in Green- Page d Dr. C. T. Wang, at Nanking."" stated that the extrality negotia-
tions between China and Great
March 21 saw the last variety performance at the London Coli- scum. I happen to have beon present at the first one-nearly five and twenty years ago," writes a "It took London newspaperman. place at 12 o'clock noon (four per- formances a day was then the rule), and where the side boxes now are snt the auditorium chorus. Men in grey knee-breechies and women also in fancy dress rose and sung between the turns. Among those very early attractions was a French sorted to, including boiling oil. Britain and America were progress. revue in which Miss Madge Lessing Apart altogether, however, from ing satisfactorily, though he re appeared. Rovaca were practically the play of the great human pas gretted that the French attitude unknown in London then, and nsions, it is a disconcerting fact that remained obscure.
Mr. Victor Haimovitch has sued Trade, as China has to carry on
reveue before lunch I found a persons who have been guilty of
seven stewards of the Shanghai bizarre experience. Mrs. Brownenly the slightest provocation may with her silver enrrency.
Race Club seeking an injunction Given Potter, now studying theosophy in he fired at by some irate friend or estimates at their present figure the strictest seclusion, appeared in acquaintance. An example in this restenining the defendants from in.
a stage version, of "Paglincei."
entegory is the case of a Parisian terfering with his full enjoyment of and a Free Trade fanatie at the Probably the most agonising episode who has been shot simply because the privileges of the Club, of which Exchequer, the Budget is as gond in the Coliseum's early history was he told his brother-in-law that he he is still a member. Page 0. "The only way to avoid default- as it can be, hut the situation is when the movable armchair special the brother-in-law-had had enough serious and something will have taly constructed to convey King Ed- to drink. A young man living ining in connection with £3,000,000 ward from the entrance to the Versailles is in hospital as the ro- worth of Treasury Bills due in go either in the way of social Royal box on a sort of railway ro
ault of similar recklessness with a London on June 30 is to ship gold to London," was the startling state- services, national security, or the fused to budge an inch the moment firearm. He was standing at a sacred doctrines of the great Free his Majesty had sented himself upon garden gate when he was shot in ment by the Australian Federal The Royal wrath blazed up the head. A son of the house had Premier in the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday, imgined him to be a burglar.
Page. 0. right royally.
\Tradera.
SPRING PUBLICATIONS.
+
Ix England there are two publish ing seasons-spring and autumn. During the summer months and the period from the end of November to
it.
★ Local Notes and Events ⋆
The Sanitary Board held its fort-1
nightly meeting, yesterday at the the beginning of March, the number City Hall. Nothing of public in of books published is greatly re-terest was discussed, all matters deed. The autunn
season last being of a routine nature.
year was a record one for the
actual number of books put on the market; but it was not a very good one for sales. Although English
His many friends will be pleased to learn that Mr. J. H. Taggart is making good progress following an operation for appendicitis at the Peak Hospital on Sunday morn-
ing to Shanghai to-day on the sa Amongst the passengers proceed Chichibu Maru are Mr. and Mrs. A. W. G. H. Grantham,
At the Kowloon Pulice Court Jesterday, a mess boy, employed in and Sutherland Highlanders at the "B" Co. Mess of the Argyll Shamshuipo Barracks, was convict ed on a charge of stealing five ing.
pounds of butter from the Mess. One case of typhoid and one enso He was ordered to receive twelve reported during the 24 hours ended of cerebro-spinal meningitis were strokes, April 27. For the week ended Aprij
but it is obvious that while the publishing houses have not been so country is being taxed to the limit, greatly affected by the world-wide [662 money, is wasted, notably in "dole" trade depression as ather indus administration and by extravagant tries, they have not escaped entire local authorities. For next yearly untouched. Therefore, there has
We are asked to make a vorree- £603 millions are wanted-an extraheen retrenchment this spring. 25, there were five cases (two deaths) tion in our report of the inquest £27 millions on the present ex- Fewer books are to be published, of small-pox, two cases (one death). W. Hamilton at Kowloon Police of diphtheria, two case (one death) held on Monday afternoon by Mr. penditure. But taxation as now but it is believed the quality ofol enteric fever and 45 deaths from Court, into the death, in a motor
pulmonary tuberculosis,
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,
THE FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be hold LBX on SATURDAY, END MAY, (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VAL 1931, Commencing at 2 P.M.
The First Ball will be Bung at 1.80 P.M.
levied was estimated to bring in those affered to the public will be against £778 better than in the average spring £700 millions na
millions, or a drop of £10 millions. season. This is indicated by the tributing leaflets that lind not been
Convicted on a charge of dis The total difference of £27 millions high standard of most of the books submitted to or, passed by the would be mainly made up by published early in March, when the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, two employees of the Tin Hau Temple MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE taking £20 millions from the Ex-new senson was just beginning. were each fined 626 by Mr. Williams Members are notified that they and change Fluctuation Account in New Three of these books are already at Central Magistracy yesterday. their Ladies must wear their Badges York, which, the Chancellor said, recognised to be of outstanding in the leaflets merely stated that for prominently displayed.
was no longer required..
terest. The first of these is a one-temple. What must have worried the volume abridgment at 217- of Mr.
No Ope without a Badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure.
tune tellers word available at the
accident, of an aged Chinese, Mr. Hamilton, in giving his verdiet of the motor in question, was hot found that Mr. Hawes, the driver guilty of grose or criminal neglig- ence, the deceased being to blame.
Page 9.
friend declared that it was the answered was the other day when result of clerical intervention. Now
this appears an instance whore such interference is not only unenlled for but quite impertinent. In this cosmopolitan community with its mixture of peoples from all parts creeds the least thing one should of the globe and their variety of expect is toleration, respect for the different opinions which are as dear to their holders as those of the members of the several Christian churches, but the bigotry which insists on everybody conform- ing to the one religious Ideal has not apprently been discarded, even in this age of enlightenment and interest in the matter, as my Sun- liberty. Personally, I havo little days are spent in my own particu lar ways, but I fail to see why ear unorthodox friends and those faiths. cannot be allowed to enjoy who adhere to the other Eastern their games and exercises on prac tically the only day open to them. -Hong Kong Daily Press, April
Sentence of one month's hard, 1000. labour was passed by Mr. Williamas at Central Magistracy yesterday Looking Back 50 Years, on a Chinese convicted on a charge
of receiving a number of brass. Dr. Dudgeon, in his Peiping fellowing on the subject of the Aboy, formerly employed in fittings stolen from the Lancia | Hospital Report for 1878-0 has the blind in China: The large number of blind persons in China strike everyone. No provision is made tor them by the officials. This clast, as well as the insane of all shades, is left to manage itself. China is destitute of blind asylums. The only disease which seems to have met with any regard from the au- thorities or people is leprosy, exhibited in the lazar, houses in South China. Foundling hospitals
the second.
the Members' Enclosure and Olab Rooms Chancellor was that his present WINSTON CHURCHILL'S four-volume the Shamshuipo Camp, was con- Garage. The defendant was arrest
Badges admitting Non-Members to at $5,00 for Gentlemen and $3.00 taxation would bring him in less work, The World Crisis, 1914-victed at the Kowloon Magistracy od by a Chinese, detective as he was for Ladies (both including Tax)
Mr. CHURCHILL writes a yesterday before Mr. E. W, Hamil- attempting to dispose of the fittings are obtainable through the SECRE than before, though of the ten 1018." TARY apon Introduction by Member, millions which he expected to lose lucid, vigorous style and his book ton on charges of tres passing on in Wing Lok Street. It was stated military ground and of damaging that there had been a number of such Member to be responsible for
seven noda
half would be on is never dull. It has been described two panes of glass valued at $7.50 petty thefts at the Garage but it Payment of All Chitr, &c.
Members customs and excise, or, in other as the best of all war books. Few The defendant was fined $50 or one had been impossible to trace the Badges admitting to Enclosure will not be on sale at the words, on drink taxation. Mr. men who played so great a part in months" hard labour on the first culprit. The defendant was an em- Race Course. to the SECRETARY, Badges (Limited England's shrinking Drink Bill, literary till. The next of these
Members can obtain, upon Application SNOWDEN, as a statesman, welcomed the European war are his equal in charge and 826 or three weeks' on ployee of the garage.
An excellent concert in aid of to One) for the Free
The two new "P" Class sub- one house Admission to debut as a financier he probably hopes three books is entitled "If," and
the St. John Ambulance Brigade marines, Pandora and Proteus, Relatives and Friends. Names must be that teetotallian. will not spread it is a collection of highly enter which were damaged whilst coming will be held, at King's College, have been in existence for at least stated when applying.
On No Protext will Children be too fast, as he still expects £taining essays by eleven great con- cut from Home, are due to arrive Caine Road, on Saturday night.
o less conected with, Christianity, temporary writers, of which eight here on May 4. They left England Besides & Tarce entitled Black 200 years, and are probably more
and the outcome of native philan permitted in either Enclosure during millions from that soures.
together with the Poseiden and Magic" by members of the Indian Mr. SNOWDEN is budgeting in are English. The essays give the the Porscus, but they collided, off Recreation Club, there will be vocal thropic efforts founded on the ex- the Meeting.
anticipation of a trade revival, views of the authors as to what Gibraltar where they have had to and instrumental items, those con ampie of Catholic missions. These The Price of Admission to the Publis which will provide new sources of might have happened in the world undergo repairs. H.M.S. Vindie tributing including the Male Voice foundling hospitala do more now tive, bringing nuval reliefs, arrived Choir of the Bouth Wales Border for the reception and burial of the Enclosure is $200, including Tax,
ors, the Beethoven String Quartette dead than for the saving of infant The Exchange Fluctus if certain historical events, had not for all Persous, including Ladies, and revenue.
over the week-end.
Mrs. Sanger, Mrs. Valentine, Dick: at the Gate.
tion) Account may be justly, due for happened as they did. The third Soldiers
be found, and occasionally poor admitted Hall Price.
gars, and for the very poorest in | winter. Millet kitchens are very common in times of drought and famine. Thoso embrace all or near- iy all China's. philanthropic in Acorrespondent writer: Monstitutions The blind-are-left-as- was found in a lifeboat, admitted than once I have beard the ques-sald, to manage for themselves. The his offence, and was sent to jail for |tion asked-Why should Happy cause of the blindness is most comi- six weeks, the others receiving two Valley be closed to sports en Sun-monly small-pox - Hong Kong months hard labour.
day 1 The first time, I heard it ¦ Daily Prew, April 20, 1881.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
aues of Bids made, all Deposits of is payablo Sailors le Uniform are liquidation, but once it has gone," book is "Great English Short Six Chinese stowaways were pro. ¡ Barty, Messrs. Winram and Trufe. Froe schools are everywhere to
to the
in the Outer Port of Macso, as she stands, all. Gear and Fittings, but without Coal and Oil
The Drodger in Open to Inspection from 10.00A.M. to 4.00 PM. Daily from the 10TH to the BIẾT MAX, 19:31:
Fort Works Department of Macao, 24th April, 1931. p. **)
€65]
MÁRIO DE CAMPOS NÉRY,
Secretary,
Rookmakers, Tic Tac Man, &c; other realisable assets will have to Stories. It consists of, more than duced at the Kowloon Police Court Mr. Li Chor Chi and Mr. K. GEouses for the ludgment of the bog-
will not be permitted to operate with in the Precincts of the HoKO KONG JOOLEY CLUB during the Race Meeting, Tiffin will be obtainable in the Restau ant in the Public Enelonere.
...By Order,
O. B. BROWN,
Becretary. Hong Kong, 25th April, 1981.
be sought, if the Revenue continues 1,000 pages and the price is 8/06. to shrink, unless real economy in In this book are collected some of Government Services, can be effect the best short stories in English --ed-Lord-HaileHAM-recently-utic literature from the XVIth Century ed the obricus warning that unless to the presont day. It is an excel economy, were effected the pound lent book, full of good things for 688 sterling would go the way of the readers of every taste.
yesterday on a charge of attempt Anniss.
ing to obtained a free passage on
the ss. Cremer, from Singapore.
Five out of the six pleaded not Looking Back 25-Years. guilty, saying that they had lost their tickets. The sixth man, who