NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CHINESE CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION.
CTING under instructions from the Inspector General of Cus tome I have this day taken over oharge of the Chinese Maritime Qustoms for Kowloon And Distriot from Mr. J.C. O' AnDenson, Asting Deputy Commissioner in charge, tamporarily
E. N. `ENSOR, Commissioner of Chinese Customs,.
Kowloon and Distrion
York Building,
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Hong Kong, 18th March, 1939. (1983
HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
THE
T
ANNUAL
GENERAL
MEETING of "the Members will be held in the Board Room of Mosers, Jandise, Maturson & Co., LTD,, on Tuesday, the 29th of March, 1982, at 5.80 p.m.
By Order,
B D. EVANS,
2
1980]
Hon. Becretary.
HONG.KONG CLUB.
NOTICE.
TGENERAL MEETING of the THE RIGHTY-EIGHTH YEARLY
Members of the Hong Kong Club will. Bebeld in the Club House on THURSDAY, the 31st MARCH, 1932; at 5.30 p.m..
Et Order,
T. A. ROBERTSON, Lieut. Col., Hong Kong, 18th March, 1992. [1979
Secretary.
THE HONG KONG & WHAMEDA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE
on
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders will be held in the Office of the Company, 2, Queen's Building, Hong Kong, THURSDAY, 318T MARCH, 1932, at 11 A.M. for consideration of the Dircotors Report and Staternent of Accounts for the year ending 31ST December, 1931.
The Share Register and Transfor Books will be closed from the 24th to the 1st MARCH, 1882, both days.j inclusive..
By Order of the Board of Directora,
R. M. DYER,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 17th, March, 1932: »
[1977
HONG KONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders of the Hong Kong Engineering & Construction Company, Limited," will be held in the Board Room of Mesars Shewan, Tomes & Co., St. George's Building, Chator Road, Hong Kong. on Tuesday, the 6th April, 1982; at 12 o'clock nogu, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended on the 31st Decora ber, 1931, and, electing Directors and Auditors
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 34th March to the 6th April, 1932, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
B. ALVES,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 17th March, 1932..
NOTICE.
(1973
STEPHEN'S COLLEGE ATHLETIC SPORTS will b held at Stanley on Saturday, March 18th, at 2 L All id Boys are cordially invited. Old Boys Raco. 440 yards Racs for Visitors frm Hong Kang Bahoolee
[1970
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY
the-loss wonderful was the comple.. tion of the great Lloyd Barrage. doroar the River Indus in India and, moreover, the bridge over.
DOUBLE BARRELLED OPPORTUNITY Sydney harbour was virtually com- ploted during the year by the join. ing of the main span. In another
BILLMAN WIZARD
BUMBER
SNIPE
This seasons pheno- menal successes gained by the Hill man Wizard' and the Humber Snipe". cars put them at the top of all competi tion. We congratu- late ourselves for having 'bagged '
them both-
HILLMAN
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HUMBER
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ia Nathan Road, Kowloon,
Tale of the Day,
MARCH 19, 1932.
News
First Director: "Our showroom manger has gone mad We must
dismiss him at once."
and Views
composition in the head, and this, on roaching the surface, burna for about 15 minutes and sends up a
caloid of amoko.
Dancers and Artists.
The revelation that Nijinsky, the
famous ballat dancer, who has long lived a complete seclusion, for rea "My theory would also account, sons of health, Kas developed a Second Director: Why Firas Director: "Hic has pub finally, for the story of Captain talent for drawing and painting, testimonial, praising our typewrit Howard, "of the steamer Tynesider, is a reminder that this art and ars, on the window, and it is writ-whe reported sooing the M 2 sub- the of dancing frequently go hand- too with a pen."
merge at the amazing angle of 45 in hand. degracs"
Edgar Wallsee's Estate,
A Brother.
direction the scheme of British national electrification, popularly known as the "Grid." has been so expedited during the past year that the bulk of it is expected' to
Sorga Lifar, the greatest male be-in operation before 1832 expires.
dancer the Dinghileff troupe pro Finally it in important to e- There is much speculation in
duced since Nijinsky's retirement, phasize that despite all the exigan literary and journalistio circles sa "If a man's face can light up at is a most necomplished artist, and;
to the amount of Edgar Wallace'afa quotation I know and love, than has held several exhibitions of his cies of economy engineering re-
estate, and, because of the author's | that man for mo is a brother, who-work. The veteran Cocchetti, that search has been vigorously pur-grent popularity, productivity, and ther he be a dustman or a duke." aued. It is well to remember these triumphs when contemplating the dismal results of business due to causes beyond the control of the industry itself.
versatility, big figures are being mentioned.
Labour Olub Dimculties.
In Labour's
master of mime and the player of "old mon" pants in the earlier Dinghileff days, painted miniatures excellently.
Adolf Bolm used to caricature his”
Pavlova
Prophecy very difficult in the case of Edgar Wallace. While his Members of the National Labour earnings in his later years were Club have received a circular ask-friends and enemies. undoubtedly very high, on the othering them if they favour the removal painted water-colours, usually of Dismal, indeed, has been the hand he was very generous, kopt of the club to more modest promises.swana Massine has a keen eye för.
prosperous. days colour, design and scenic offers. position of the iron and steel and racing stud, and produced a num
ber of his own playe.
money was, borrowed to buy a big Taglioni, like: Seich Bernhardt, DURÓ GARAGE the shipbuilding industries in, 1831.
Where authors are concerned house in Romney-street. It always numbered: soulpture among her Work on the great Cunard liner of estimation of fortune is very dif. has been something of a struggle hobbies. 70.000 tons had to be stopped be-"f Aoult Arnald Bennett, "for in the subscription is only a guines a
of the general state of the stance, left only £40,000, while year-to keep this place going,
Charles Garvice amassed £71,000 Now with the withdrawal of so world shipping industry. There
from his popular novels, and Sir many ex-M.P.'s, who not only used was, however, in the shipbuilding Hall Caine crouted a record for the club themselves, but attracted industry, as in other industrice, British authors by leaving anothers there, a crisis has been reach some improvement in the last quar-
estate of over £280,000:
ter of the year. From a technical point of view the year was note-
GILMAN & Co., Ltd., Agents,
(A P.B.
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6:40 p.m., stated:
The anti-cyclone covers Korea, S Japan and the Eastern Sea it appears to be weakening and moving slowly eastward
Local Forecast:- Northerly or variable winde, moderate to. light; fair generally; some log
or inst
MARRIAGE. BUTLIN-LEWIB-BAILEY.-On March
18, 1932, at the Peak Church, by the Rev. G. E. 8. Upsdell, M.A., STRATHMORE TATHAM BUT LIN to EDITH LAW18-BAILEY,
Editorial and Business Offices: 11
Ice House Streat. Tel. 20251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office);
Tel. 9451). London Office, Flest Street,
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, MARCH 18, 1932.
BRITISH ENGINEERING
<!
PROGRESS.
Tas history of British engineering in 1931 can be summed up in a few words. On the constructive side there is much case for legitimate
pride, but on the business side for about three-quarters of the year matters were bad. The British Longineer was his usual skilful self and if he did not achieve mure it was the fault of circumstance be yond his control. During the Grat eight months of the year the engin- vering trade, like all other indus- tries, felt the effect of the world wida depression. It was only when the separation of sterling from gold camo about in September last that
Loan of the M2.
ed.
Who Were the 18?
Karosses;
What is a kaross, Every South African knows, bus no doubt Low of those who have not visited the the Union have ever heard of such a thing.
A kaross is, in fact, a rug made of skins. Some specimens were in the Empire Markeling Board seotion at the British Industries A remarkable theory concerning
A tomb, unique in character, in Fair. The Bechuanaland Protec worthy for the production of atho digaster to the submarine M which 18 persons were buried togo-torate took part for
the first. number of vessels of about 20,000 which sank off Portland with the ther nearly 6,000 years ago, is the be the plural-were one of time in the Fair and karosse-if loss of 00 lives, was communicated tons cach, many of them driven by to a London journal by an ex-naval latest discovery made at Ur of tho its exhibits. the turbo-electric system of propul-man with many years' submarine Chaldees, the birthplace of Abra ham in Mesopotamia, by the joint sion. The largest ship to be put
"The captain of the M2, he expedition of the British Museum into the water from a British ship-said, had apparently signalled band the University of Pennsylva fore, the accident to the submarine parent ship Titania that difficultynia.
One of the exhibits being the work. was being experienced by the M in surfacing and diving properly.
of an old native in the Protec torate. It is made of over 300 tsohi- "It appears to me possible that der of the expedition, describing thepa cata dails, and took six months
to complete. the officers of the submarine, in try tomb, says: ing to rectify this fault, ordered
yard since the war was the Empress of Britain, launched in 1930 but finished last year. This vequel of 42,000 tons, has proved horself the moat economical steamship" in the world, reducing oil consumption to a point which challenges the motor. ship.
service.
Mr. C. Leonard Woolley, the leu
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These rugs are made of the skins of leopards, jackals, civet cats, mon key, and lynx They are sewn with hard wearing." gut instead of thread, and are very
"In date it belonged to this period | alterations in the trim of the boat of the unknown Second Dynasty of The Nobel Prize.
"Then, when everything WAS
thought ready, the command Take kings of Ur, about 2800 B.C.; in
Speculation is beginning as to her down may have been given-type it was a multiple burial in a who will be awarded the Nobel upon which the boat may have common shaft, the bodies, for the Prize for literature this year, Many taken an unexpected run (or tilt) most part richly adorned with head: people are wondering whether Mr. either forward or aft, in consc quence of the new trim, and all ornamenta and riccklaces of gold,
Upton Sinclair will get it. control of her may have been lost. being laid either in matting or intion by the Swedish Academy and One point against his romina:
All Handa. Gaased?
"In such a case, with the boat at of the batteries and all hands would an angle, "the neid would run out
be gassed.
réed coffins.
Complete Puzzle.
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the Nobel Committee is the fact STRANGE VISITORS.
that another American, Mr. Si- clair Lewis, won the prize quita ra- gently in 1930.
YOUNG AMERICANS AS BUDDHIST MONKS.
Two "very unusual and most in- teresting visitors to the Colony were interviewed yesterday by a Daily Prese representative while they were having tiffia in the 8t. Francis
Coal mining was marked in 1931 by considerable technical advanes in the face of trade depression. Perhaps the most notable, advance in British mining practice was the
burials lay there was spread a clay "Over the earth in. which the
On the other hand, a petition in extended use of steel arches for
floor on which fires had been lit and favour of Mr. Sinclair has been supporting roadways. Trials were
"Why I believe this may be the food offered: then, higher up in the signed not only by hundreds of correct explanation of the M2's shaft, a brick floor with an altar, American writers but by notable conducted in all the coalfields, and loss," went on the expert, is because another floor and altar, and, finalmen on this side of the Atlantic. ON WAY TO SIAM AND INDIA. many miles of roadway are now
no communication could subsequently, a packed mass of broken mud Einstein, Shaw, Bertrand Russell ly be established with the vessel by brick which stopped the shaft. and Siegfried, Sassoon are among supported entirely by atcel, This means of the under-water signalling |
"The grave, though it throws them. development in proving of consider. I apparatus.
light on a period scarcely represent- It remains to be seen what the ablo advantage to British steel "Nor did the crew of the Med before, is complete puzzle. Bwedish Academy will think of all use either the Davis life-saving ap- Who these 18 people buried together this. They will certainly find that manufacturers, as the annual outparatus or the smoke-gun means of at one time were, and why so long Mr. Sinclair fulfils one condition lay on imported mine timber ex-communication. This gun fires & draw a ritual celebrated their of the bequest-his writings have cues £ millionя Coal reminds wooden projectile with a smoke burial, there is nothing to explain." a strong idealistic tendency."! one of the gas industry. It is good to be able to report that despite the falling off of the, demand for gas for industrial purposes, in certain districts (owing to ther general trade depression) the out- put of town gas has once more exceeded that of the previous year. The process. of rationalization and mand. amalgamation, continued during the year, helped to keep the price of gae at a low level.
From gas to electricity supply is a stop, and here again the position is one of advance. The "Grid" has already been mentioned. Out of 2.310 miles of line already orect od, 1,500 were completed in 1831 All
the large
arca contracte,
the cloud of depression hanging amounting to about £22 millions, over the industry began to lighton.have now been placed, and British In addition to the advantage due electrical construction firms have to sterling depreciation, certain products of the British engineer ing industries received considerable direct protection by the imposition, in the inst two months of the year.
been kept very busy. Electrical goods again enjoyed a good market abroad, a large part of this trade being in hydro-electric equipment. The electrification of the railway
* Local Notes and Events
The Hong Kong dollar was yes terday quoted at la. 34d. on de
feerebro-spinal fever were repartod One case of small-pox and one of
on Thursday,
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Cameron arriv. od in the Colony yesterday by the Empress of Asia.
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Mrs. G. P. de Martin will "dis. tributes the prizes at the King's take place on the South China foot College Annual Sports which will ball ground, Caroline Hill, on Thursday, March 24,
Mr. E. N. Ensor has, taken over charge of the Chinesa Maritime Oustoms for Kowloon and District from Mr. J, O. O'G. Anderson.
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They were two young and highly educated Americans of good family, who, in furtherance of the study of world religions, have become Budd- hist monks. They have taken, the...». Buddhist names of Brother Zara, Mgo, and Brother Raum, Mgo, and. were wearing yesterday, the robes. and insignia of their particular
from the files.eet Naturally their appearane
The members of the Trans-Asian Motor Expedition whose leader, i M. G. M Haardt, died under Looking Back 25 Years, tragia circumstances at Repulso
caused much interest and comment among Europeans and Chinese alike.
They explained to our representa- tive that they had already spent. six months in a Buddhist monastery.
Bay on Wednesday, are still await- Persons desirous of acquiring ing instructions from Paris regard skill at rifle shooting have an ex ing their futurs movements. The collent opportunity afforded them sovoral cases of mumps, the date of balmed in Hong Kong, preparatory the ride gallery which is now in
Owing to the occurrence of body of M. Haardt is being em of practising towards that end by in Kyoto, Japan, and six months in a Lama temple in Paking, whore, the Quarry Bay Boring Festival has to sending it to France for burial operation here, belonging to Col.although they could speak neither. been postponed until Friday, April H. E. the Governor and Lady Peel Ike Austin. The gallery has been 2, at 11 o'clock.
havo sent & message of sympathy to fixed at the bowling alley of the Japanese nor Chinese, they had the members of the Expedition.. United Club in Staunton Street, boon ipitiated in the tenets of the and is a very complete and well Buddhist religion, particularly. Sentences totalling one year's arranged affair. Excellent rifle those of a practical nature. young Chinese who appeared before gives instruction in hard labour were imposed on d are provided, and Col. Ike Austin their KAO Mr. Wynne Jones yesterday, on gratis There are stationary birds,
Bagging Their Way, charges of theft of three boxes of so fixed that when hit they dis
The two monks, like all of their ATOČICE IS EFREBY GIVEN
Omnadin from the King's Dispen appear, and swinging birds easier No
that the THIRTEENTH OR
structing the police, a small boy from M. Y. San & Co. He was colour. For those who are skilful depend on charity for their live Convicted on Thursday of ob cary and two boxes of chocolates, or more difficult to hit according to fraternity, arc without funds and DINARY MEETING OF SHABE of duties under the Abnormal Imlines proceeds space; the Southern
was yesterday sentenced by Mr. also charged with returning from with the rifle sood very good sportlihood-in fact they beg their way HOLDERS will be held at the
J. A Fraser, to six strokes and banishment. Detective Sergeant will be offered next month, by a Registered Office of the Company No. Portations Act. The effect of them Railway, having now finished their ordered to sign a bond of $100 to Fitches told the Court that the decompetitilon for a silver medal from place to place: They explain- 10, Des Voeux Bond, Central af 3.00 dution cannot be fully soon until suburban lines, were engaged in bo of good behaviour for 12 months, fendant was one of a gang of three Hong Kong Daily Press, March 19, pm SATURDAY, the 19TH MARCH,
electrifying their main-line track to The polico verified his statement shoplifters who worked together. 1881... 132, for the purpose. of receiving the
Brighton. This progressive railway that he had no relatives in Hong One of them would go in to á shop
Kong
pretending to buy something while the others would then commit the We are requested to state that the thefte. Netherland Consul General, in con- Rowers sent by Mr. M. J. Quist, nection with the funeral of Mon-
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two has elapsed, "but Report of the Directors together with there is no doubt that their im Statement of Accounts for the year position in the fast, few weeks of ending 31st December, 1931,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the 1931 brought about a revived spirit Company will be CLOSED from of hopefulness, SATURDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1939, to
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year there
is also engaged in constructing at Southampton system of dooks capable of dealing with the largest SATURDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1932 Despite all the difficuition of the vessels afloat and to be constructed (both days inclusive), during which
several big achieve-in the next few years. Millions of menis in various spheres of British rounds are being expended on these engineering. The world's records improvements, which inchide for apsed on land, on water, and graving dook of 1,200 foot in Chief Manager. in the sir were gained by Britain length by 136 feet width, the biggest
[1888 in 1031; less appetacular but none in the world.
réried no transfer of shares can be registered.
(By Order of the Board of Directors,
KAN TONG PO,
Hong Kong, 1st March, 1932,
Looking Back 50 Years,
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ed "that they were indulging in a special spread at the St. Francia.. Hotel--and indeed they seemed to be enjoying themselves."
The following appointments are
Brothers Zara and Raum are on notified in the current Gazette Mr. W. C. Jack to be acting sur their way to Sism and India, and vayor of boilers of unlicenced after visiting America they hope to neur E. N. A Koechlin late og Mr. J. R. Wood on leave, or steamships under 60 tons, during make a journey to Lbass, the capital Consul General for France in until further notice: Mr. G. E. the absence on leave of Mr. Eso Shanghai, many dedicated to the Morrell to actos from Solicitor Willy M D W Tratman, passes of deceased on behalf of the Consular during the absence on leave of Mr. not to act me Assistant Land While in Peking, they met, the Rods in Hong Kong, of which Mr. BL Bowley and Mr. Oban Olleer of the New Territories
notorious Trebitsch Lincold Cerveira de Albuquerais. Consul in the Colony Hong Kong. Daily 1 the Land Court, during the absence. British M.P. and German spy, who Quist, in the absence of Mr. Shiu Te to be a public vaccinator southern district, and registrar of Compres
General for Portugal, in the doyen, reaa, March 19, 1907,
(Continued an previcus Column.) "lias also become a Buddhist monk,
Tibet