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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
As from MARCH 14., 1992; th
Offleo will be situated on the Jas, Froon, Sr. Gronan's BUILDING,
[1997]
H. A. DAMMERT, Share and Genoral Broker.
ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY OF HONG KONG.
Pin the Height May Institute on Friday, March 4th and 11th and ou Monday, March 14th.
DRACTICE DANCER will be bekk
Members and friends are invited to attend them practices, particularly the Arst on Friday 4th,"
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A
G. P. MURPHY.
P. T. MABONY,
Join Hon. Secretary,
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT
THE
SOCIETY.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING" will be held at 11a.m., on FRIDAY, MARCH 4 in the Saitary Board Room (3rd
floor, Post Office Building).
All these intorouted, will be welcome.
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HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
of
HE ANNUAL SHOW
FLOWERS and VEGETABLES will be held at the VOLUNTEER PARADE GROUND- on TEURS- DAY, the 3rd MARCH, 1932, from 3 p.1. to.7 pm.
Lady Fool has kindly promised to give away the prizesi
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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the 43rd Ordinary Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Ofoes of the Company, Ex- change Building,. Des Voeux Rond Central, Victoria Bong Kong, on Thursday, the 31st day of March, 1997, at Noon, for the purpose
purpose of receiring
Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1931.
The Transfer Bocks of the Company will be closed from Saturday, 12th March, 1932, to Thursday, 31st March, ! 1932, both daya inclusive.
"By Order of the Board of Directors,
ALLAN KEITH,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1933. (1901
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT AND
• LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BMCOND ORDIN- ARY GENERAL MEETING - of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Registered Offices of the Com- pany, King's Theatre Building. 6th Floor, ou Wednesday, the 23rd day of March, 1932, at 12 Noon, to receive the Directors' Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1931, to elect Auditors. and to transact zuch' other business
as may be property transacted ab at Ordinary General Meeting of the Company.
And notice is further hereby given that the Register and Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 14th to the 23rd day of March, 1932, both days inclusivo,
43
LIANG CHI RAO,"
Managing Director. Hong Kong, 1st Mar, 1982. [1003
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT AND" „LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
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for
HONG KONG "DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1932.
Fanks Philippine Islands, giving in this was a complete lias of mil the important frus in the Tar Each who are dealing witir any one commodity. The firm names are
HILLMANSrranged alphabetically with their Tale of the Day.
A truly British car,
with an engine up to American power standards that's worth your study and final choice.
SEE THE
HILLMAN
WIZARD
AT THE
FIRST!
News and Views
For 1 lie and watchdog the whole had-Bell Dirge..
day through.
A group of Nottingham bellring- "The othery'" they say would bears who attended the funeral of Mr.
not much u30:
Ted Hughes, for 30 years a balk
Bruce."
addresses under sub-head of the What did you enjoy the most town in which they are doing busi-ia our amateur theatricals ?”1 nek. An European export mers "The place where the curtain was chant wishing cireularize very down for twenty minutes to indi. Without a responsible dog like ringer at St. Peter's, Nottingham, big denler in chimicals in theente, a lapse of ten." Far East enn. therefore, pass the Directory to his typist and let her go ahend) addressing envelopes. The alphabetical list of cable addresses
How Did You Meet Your Wife?
Married wireless listeners are to
timato questions.
1
f)
Ross goes valibiting all the day; Shem with his tongue aut is cart"
iny hay:
of Far Eastern Arms has beet con.be invited to answer series of in-Bug is a little black aristuerat- sidorably enlarged. In
But I am the doy on the front- prasing. mention might be made of the fiet
duar mat. that in order to gratify a taste for exactness of phrase shewn by some of our subscribers, the words "Tefe graphie Address" were changed to
Torpedo in Garden..
The British Broadensting Cor- peration is preparing a number of talks or "Changes in Family Life," and hopes, with the aid of listeners, An unexploded aerial torpedo, to discover the extent to which anges believed to have fallen during a Cable Address" wherever they at marriage, ccupations, family raid in May, 1917, was found in a csurred throughout the Directory, expenditure arrangements
and Folkestone garden. necessitating some 4.500 alterations. other factors have changed during
A large number of new firm names the last two generations, have also been added mostly in the Northern Port, Shanghai and I Manila, and a start has been made on the task of enlarging the sections
DURO GARAGE ending with the Dutch East Indies,
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GILMAN & Co., Ltd.. Agents.
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WEATHER REPORT
Yesterday's weather reporty förrenet and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory nt. 3,20 p.m., stated:----
The asi-eyclone is now een- tral midway between Shanghai and S, W, of Japan, moving enstward.
Local Forrest: --- N.E. Cr variable winds, moderate; &no to cloúdy, louni fog.
DEATHS,
MANSFIELD-On February 24, "n Shanghai. DONALD FRANCIS
dearly beloved infant com of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. MANSFIELD, aged 2 years.
and it is hoped to get much fuller information about, that territory for the edition of 1933.
Secrets.
husband and wifo are:
Among the questions asked of the Whether either has been married before and if so, what caused the ending of the irst marringe ?
A Tooting Landing.
1
produced hand-bells from their over- coat pockets at the gravesids and rang "Grandsire Triplen' over the grave,
£435 Found In Street."
While walking through a Torquay anburb workman named Moore saw a parcel on the ground and kicked it. The parcel burst oper and £1 Treasury notes flow about.
took them to the police station. The Mooro gathered them together and
parcel had contained £438 in notes,
It is believed they are part of the proceeds of a recent burglary in, neighbouring town.
240 M.F.H. Above the Glouds.
A winged projectile capable of speed of nearly four miles a minute, seven miles high in the air, is now undergoing final trials at Brook- landa.
It is the new all-motal Vickors
A Streatham garage had a cua- tonier from the sky the other day.
Forced to land by shortage of petrol, "an aeroplane belonging to Surrey Flying Services, Croydon, came down on Tooting Bec, Com. Whether they first met at (a) mon. The machine, which በሃ heme of husband's parents: (b), Wa to not claim perfection for home of wire's parents; (c) house carrying a passenger from Londs. "Jockey single-coat interceptor the new issue of the Directorý bat of friends; (d) in a place of enter-after eircling over Streatham sov-fighter, armed with two machine we do believe it to be the most com.sity; (f) on a holiday, etc. 7
tainment; (e) at a school or univer Leral times, made a good landing on. guns designed to repel possible prehensive publication dealing with
raiders in the rarefied air between the conmon. The pilot went to the 13,000 and 36,000 foot above so the Far Enat a whole which can
garage, carried four gallons of Eba obsajned to-day. The difficulties
potrol to the plang, and 40 minutes of compiling a book of reference
later left for Croydon.. which covers an area bounded north and south by Vladivostock. muid Sourabaya and from Bangkok in the west to Takyo in the east would be difficult in an ideal world where every letter renched its destination and was maswered by return of post. But the good old slogan-.
thể day after tomallow enn dei” has made time of little value in le Far East. We must confess,
however, to 015
certain degrep of surprise on receiving back last week duly altered, a circular sent to Shanghai in September; 1020,
RE18 February 3, at Montsasking for porrections for the
Carlo, Lieut. ALED Hass, Directory of 1930. C.B.E., after a abort loss.
Editorial and Business Offices: 11 HONG KONG STOCK
Ice House Street. Tel: 30281.
Night Editor (Wanchai Office) :
Tel. 24511. London Office: 23, Fleet Street,
PE, U. 4.
The Daily Press.
4
HONG KONG, MARCH 3, 1032.
THE DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE FOR 1932.
Things
Wu are glad to be able to announce the publlension today of the 1930 Directory and "Chronicle. mavo slowly in the changeless East and we can, perhaps, do no better thun te quote from the introdue tion to the first inne of the Direc tory in 1882,
In laying this Diretory before the Publie we feel called upon to apológia for the delay in malting Eits appearance," But the delay has not, we believe, been entirely valu Jess. A thorough revision of the TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN whole volume was started in the. that an Extraordinary General edition of 1931 and has been Mooting of the Members of the China
carried
good way further in tim Entertainment & Land Investment Co., Ltd., will be held at the Regias of preparing this year's tered Office of the Company, King's | issue. Theatre Building, 5th Floor, at 12.15 p.m. on Wednesday, the 23rd day of March 1982, for the purpose of con sidering, and if thought fit, passing the following Resolution:-
The
pazes devoted to Sino- Foreign treaties and other similar matter were the first to come under consideration, Much had to bơi
That there shall be added to added to, hring, this section up to Article 71 of the Articles of date and a certain amount was cut Association of the Company the words:~~~~
out mainly the text of treaties
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but the Chairman shall receive which have lapsed. Next the form double remuneration."
of the Japan section was recast,
"AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a further Ex-foreign firms only being mentioned
MARKET.
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL
QUOTATIONS.
Rates were further marked up
yesterday morning, and the market ¡generally showed signs of firmness:
Sales..
Eva: Rong Bank, $1,200. Union Insurances, $407)/408. Hotels (Old), 913.05. Hong Kong Lands, 73. Hong Kong Trams, 821. Star Ferries, 203 Zlectrics, $79/79). Telephones (P.P.), 8211.
Buyers.
Provlienta (Old), $1.75, Providenta (New), 82.05. Hotels (Old), $13.60. Hotols (New), $131. Hong Kong Lands, 872.. Hong Kong Realties, 810. Chinese Estates, 295. Two Cottons, Tls. 13.80. Hong Kong Trams, $20.80. Yaumati Ferries, 8301 China Lights (Old), "#20, China Lights (New), 1. Electrics, $72.
together or separately?
Whether their parents are living
Whether the husband gives his wife a fixed allowance and if so, what this is expected to cover.
1:
The Four Dega in Oxfordshire.
Down in the country's the great est fun:
We're on
the qui re till the day is done ;
We're just happy as dogs cam bo
Ross and Buffles and Shem and
1ne.
Ross goes, rabbiting every day over the hills, änd' far away;- He wrinkles his nose and he socks
his ears-
Then, straight as
an arrow,
Resourcefulness,
loval.
The pilot is equipped with oxygen breathing apparatus and an electri-
FINE SHERRIES
Amontillado. Amontillado Superior.
Solera Fina. Solera Fina Superior. Superior Pale Dry. Full Golden.' Amoroso Extra.
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Fine Old Brown.
of very superior quality grown and bottled by Anto. R. Ruiz Y. Hermanos Xeres de la" Frontera. Specially selected.
"One sip
eally warmed cockpit and flying will bathe the drooping
Buit.
The "Jockey" is powered by a Bristol "Mercury" supercharged
spirit in delight
On a bold winter night, Mr. 1530-h.p. engine, so designed that it Beyond the bliss" of
Knollys Found all his pyjamas in hollys..
So he wrapped up his feet In the blokets and shoot And all you could see wore the
sollys.
Museum Spring-cleaning.
The British Museum authorities, are this year breaking a custom of so years in regard to the cleaning heof the library.
disappears. Ruffles says: "Rabbiting hardly
thali
It isn't a job for an aristocrat; 1 shall play on the lawn with paws
outspraad
In front of the new geranium bed,"
*
Stout little Shem is at work of
Course;"
He runs around with a cart and
horso
Gathering timber, or shifting hay. He's happy and busy the livelong
day.
And as for me, there's no end to do, į
Partly because it will be cheaper, effective, instead of closing the and partly because it will be mor. library to studenta for the first four. days in Marsh and for a similar
period in September, the cleaping is to be carried out in one mass attack of six daya at the beginning
of May.
Direct Action.
Young Eli's very sick, We're doing her in with avae tic.
She will sing ballads and will
sing sharp.
gives full power at a height of 15,800 feet.
Comparison.
According to the New York police,
thore
are 32,000 speakensies in
dreams"
Greater New York. And accord A. S. WATSON
to the Advertisers' Mailing Service, who make it their business to know, there are only 7699 grocery and deli- catessen stores in the five boroughs of the greater city.
& CO., LTD.
Established 1841
In other words, it takes four times as many establishments to WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS supply the thirst" of wot, Now all the men, women and children in Yorkers as to supply the hunger of New York.
Calcutta Sweep Tickets.
Tickets for the Calcutta Sweep- staka will be even harder to obtain than in recent years in consequence of a letter sent to banks by the Home Office requesting them to cense the issue of tickets to their clients.
Many customers have relied on our obtaining tickets for them." said a bank manager. "Now they She can go to heaven and have a will have to deviso same new way
harp.
of getting them.
Local Notes and Events
11.M.S. Vindictive has left Ply month for Hong Kong, carrying val reliefs for the China Station.
One case of anal-pox and one of diphtheria were reported on Tues- tiny.
The rainfall in Hong Kong dur ing last month amounted to 9.75 inches. There were eighteen days on which there was no rain,
سونے دیے
Mr. R. W. Gardiner has been ap pointed local macager of the Com- marcial Union Assurance Co., Ltd., in Hong Kong and Canton as from March 7, 20
The sale of
Marble H," situated at Nathan Road, behind the Peninsula Hotel, which was to have taken place at Means, Lum mort Brothels yesterday, withdrawr owing to there being no: bidders. The apact price asked was $200,000 but as thore was no re sponse to this from the bidders, Mr.
was
From the files.
Looking Back 25" Yours.
In a report to the police. Capt. J. J. Blanket, of the ss. Tjibukad, states that during Monday night some person ransacked his cabinamart withdrew it. The land has the concert after covering ex- 14/whilst the ship was in harbour, but an area of about 15,014 sq. feet and
its annual rental is $110. nothing was stolen or damaged.
i
At a meeting of the Committee. of the St Andrew's Bociety au counts of the. St. Andrew's Bail and Burn's concert were submitted. The ball showed & clear profit of 8700, while 8102 was the amount realised Telophones (P.F.), $217. Singapore Tractions (Pref.),
pances. Both these accounts, by the unanimous decision of those in Cementa (Combined), $10,
attendance, are to be transferred Cements (Old), $11.75,
to the Charity Fund-Hong Kong Doments (New), 80.
Said to have been asumelted by
Bella Torrazini, premier Daily Prena, March 3, 1907. Hong Kong Ropes, sibh,
hre husband, Wong Tong, a marriet danseus of Spain, and her man- Dairy Farms, 8292.
woman, of 12, Pokfulam Rond, first ager, M. Antonio Momplet, were Looking Back 60 Years. floor, wis removed to the Govern- Amusements, $19.76.
passengers by the M. M. finer Constructions (Old), 35,
mont Civil Hospital suffering from D'Artagnan, which ailed for Sai- Government. Loans, 3 ner vent. iuris to her hond. The husband
has since sannded. premium. a
Bellers.
Realblos, 911. Watsons, $181.
Mr. H. D. C. Jones has been ap pointed senior London manager of
The
go on Tuesday. She is returning Commander Pollard: arrived hero British gunbont Zephyr, to Paris after Boncluding her. Far from Nagasaki yesterday morning. Eastern tour, two months of which | had been spent in Japan. She had previously had successful seasons in
Mr. Wodehouse being unable to accept the post od moretary to the ing Corporation in succession to the concluding two days before the out- Athletic Sporta, 1882, Mr. E. Iate Bir Newton Stabb, Mr. B. E. break of hostilities between the Mackean has kindly consented to N. Padfield has been appointed Japanese and Chinese troops. junior manager
the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank-Manila and Shanghai, the latter
of
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act.
opera,
PHONE 20616. „`
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
(Continued from Page 5.)
Cornet Solo-"My Heaven of
Love."Del "
Staigers with Goldman's Band:
Orchestral Italian" Airs.”—-In- ternational Novelty Orchestra.--. B2607
Song I've Always Wanted to
Call you My Sweetheart." Song" If I Didn't Miss You."
Gracia Fields.-B2011. Song" I S Remember Your
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Song
Rolling Stones, Mel- ville Gideon.-B2295.. 7.10 p.m. to 7.31 p.m.--
Instrumental.
Piano Solo Hungarian Rhaps sody, No. 14 * (Liszt)-Mark' Hambourg-C1001. Quartette--"Novelette — No. 3"
(Bridge). - Virtucso Quartette.-C1003.
Piano
String
in F
Solo Cuvotte Major" (Beethoven - Bauer); Harold Bauer.—3592. Violin Solo-Waltz" (Debussy).
-Jascha Heifetz.-6622.
7:24 to 8 p.m.-
Musical domady.
'New Moun--Selection,”.
Wako Up and Dream-Selde- tiou.' New Mayfair Orchestra. -C7000.
Follow & Star-Vocal Gems..
Light Opera Company-C2057 "Charlot's Masqueradë -- Selec-. tion.New Mayfair Orchestra. "The Love Race-Selection. " New Mayfair Orchestra.-C2010. 6pm-Local time and weather.re.
port.
Discarded Metal to Make Per Nibs, Discovery of camiridium in lode
Bir Newton John Stähb, O.B.E.. A formal remand for one week! The Italian Opera Company will traordinary General Meeting of the in the Directories of the various mining centre recently has opened
formation at Adamsfield, a new
Saxmundham Suffolk, joint was granted at the Kowloon Magis open for the season at the Theatre Members of the China Entertainment Japanes ports the names and new chapter in the history of Tas Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking than ten persons appeared on
manager, London, branch of the tracy yesterday, when no fewer Royal on Saturday night with
Verdi's well-known & Land Investment Co., Ltd., will be addresses of a large number of manian mining, Osmiridium is Corporation, who died on Decom clurge of receiving stolen property. Trovatore." held at 12 o'clock Noon on Wednes day, the 13th day of April 1982 for native firms who do export or imaod, among other things, for point her 1, aged 12 left extats of the The arrests were made in connec
Consequent on the appointment the purpose of receiving a report of port business being given in the ing aiba of fountain pens. The gross value of £80,014, with net per- tion with an armed robbery which
mining of this metal is of compara-sonalty £39,180,
took pinoy at 228, Woosung Street, of the Hon. W. M. Dette to by 8.03 to 10.30 p.m.-Chinese Studio the proceedings at the above-men-classified list of trades,
tively rocent growth. In some dia
Last Sunday, and interesting deve-Actitig Colonial Secretary, the fol-
concert. tioned Meeting and of confirming, if This list has also been rearranged tricts it was found associated with
A Chinese woman, who attempted 'lopments are likely to result from lowing acting appointments have 16.30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press thought fit, as a Special in what it is hoped" will prove of its alas,-used to throw it away, Anrodrone while to play was lande men are alleged to be members of Acting Captain Saperintendant of gold, and miners, not being aware to cross the flying field ni.Kai Tuck polico investigations as two of the been made:-Mr. Horspool to be Dated this Second day of March 1982, more convenient form. Each trade
It has brought up to £30 parting was knocked down and injured the gang of five which carried out Polico, Inspector. Groy to be Acting 10.33 pm-Close down.. has been dealt with an an entity.ounce-five or six times the value of by the machine on Tuesday. Only the robbery, while all the others Deputy Buparintendant, and in LIANG CHI HAO,'
Managing Dirootor. Thus we got Banks, Japan, followed an ounce. In former years it has did not necessitate her detention in bors of a gang operating in Kow-Inspector of Police-Hong Kong gold-and now is, worth about £18 minor injuries were sustained which are under suspicion of being mom-pector Craddock to be Acting Chief by Bonks Japan, Banks Malaya and 'been recovered alluvially.
hospital.
Joon.
Daily Pren March 3, 1889,
above mentioned
$10043
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