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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, MAY
We invite you to come and inspect our wonderful display of UP TO DATE modern furniture and get idea for your HOME, how to decorate it and make it cosy
We beg to announce that Messrs.. KOMOR & KOMOR,,Art and Curio“, Experts, will also exhibit some choice Art pieces suitable to beautify your HOME.
تصویر
Showroom:Gloucester Building,
16, Des Voeux Road, C.
Tel. 29377-
Studio: Tai Ping Building,
16, Queen's Road, Ci
Tel. 28326.
ATHENA
IN
GLOUCESTER BUILDING
18. Des Voeux Road, C
LISTEN to the
Matheson Bell
NINE-TUBE SUPERHETERODINE MEDIUM & SHORT
WAVE RECEIVER equipped with
8 No: 227
3
286 Multi-Mu 247 Pentode
TUBES TONE-CONTROL and
DYNAMIC SPEAKER This is a first class instrument designed to meet the demand' for a Combination Badio Receiver capable of successful operation on either short or medium wave lengths without the inconvenience. No necessary with the ordinary type short wave converter.
It bristles with distinctive features and is moderately priced.
Sole Agents:
RUDOLF WOLFF & KEW, LTD. 54, Queen's Road, Central
1st Floor
WHITSUNTIDE-
fat.
Tel.-22178*
HOLIDAYS
REPULSE BAY
HOTEL
TEA DANCES
ON SUNDAY
15th MAY
MONDAY 16th MAY
(4.30 pm.
6.30 p.m.)
SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
COMMONS DISCUSS
CHINESE HAVE HAD
DISARMAMENT
ENOUGH
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDES
CLEAR
THROUGH BELTER'S AGENCY)
ROBY: May 13 The Foreign Secretary Big John. Simon, made au, exceedingly im portant statement when disarina- ment was discussed in the House of Commons to-day,
Sir John bagan by citing Article Vill of the Peace Treaty, which provided that German disarmament rhould be the first step towards a general reduction and limitation of armaments; and also the protocol of the Locarno Tmaty, which describ at that instrumont as a means of [Hastoning • effectual disarmannut. The holding of the present Fan- ferenen was therefore an essential step" `towards. Fulfiling declared purposes.
Raferring to the problem of translating the opening declarations at! the Conference into prau [tical shape, he defined the principles of quantitative and qualitative methods, and said he shared the view that it was most important to combing hem as a cross-check.
Offensive Weapons.
'
The object which qualitative dis armament put before them was primarily to outlaw the use of pri dominantly offensive weapons
to
JAPANESE ADMIRAL'S
CONFIDENCE
(THROUÓR REUTERL'S #AGENCY.
SHANGHAI, May 16: Representatives of the Japanese community at an informal moeting: decided not to protest further, against the withdrawal of troops,
Admiral Uyomatsu assured his countrymon that the naval force at Shanghai is three times normal. strength and, is quite adequate; and added "The Chinese have had enough.”.
PARI-MUTUEL RECORD
SHANGHAI HORSE PAYS $889
(From Our Own Correspondent,)
The biggest pari-mutual dividend
SHANGHAI, May 15, of the Shanghai racing season was paid by Flash" ridden by Mr. Collaco, on Saturday. The winner headed a large Bold of thirty-one and returned 8889 for a win and 8100 for a place for five
# dollar investment.
weaken attack at the expense of de- MR. LANG'S
fence, and to make it more diffioult
for the invader to deliver a khack-
out blow. They must endeavour to
reach not only quantitative but
qualitatave disarmament.
DOWNFALL
IMPROVE
(THROUGH REDTEK'S ́ AGENOY.}
They were approaching, at the SYDNEY REJOICES: STOCKS. Conference, a discussion on the Gorman thosin of security and the French thesis of security. The Gor man thesis was not only technically She [büt funduanently political.
said she entered the Conference with an equal status with every one else, and this status issue was im portant, for it raised the question
SYDNEY, May 14. nessed in Sydney last night when Extraordinary scenes were wit- Sir Philip Game's dramatic action
ou what basis were German artais bringing about the overthrow of meuts to be in the future..
French Project,
International
Mr. Jack Laug, the Socialist
in the streets, celebrating the
occasion.
D J
Fremier, was announced...
Restaurant diners cheered, and Regarding the Franch, memoran-ang and enormous crowds gather- dum proposing an internationalia ad force Sir John Simon, said it. soomed to him, and he thought he
It is announced from Melbourne spoke for the Government, that, that the Premiers of West and whatever might be said in its Have expressed their welcome of an
South Australia”, and “Tasmania i favour, an international force es- sentially involved an International opportunity to take uniled govern- Commander, an International Gen-ment action to restore the credit of eral Staff and
New South Wales. Cabinet.
In this connection an early meet- White it was perfectly true thating of the Loun Council is sug all these would be international gested. nevertheless they had to remember that the individuals who composed the International General Staff would not be international, but national. They would belong to nation A, nation B, or nation Cy and he thought that probably there were very serious difficulties to be analysed and considered, because, after all, it was an essential of the work of an International General Staff that it should set itself the bypothetical problem of defence.
Humorous or Dangerous?
Suppose nation A were to make
The London reaction to the over- throw of Mr. Lang materialised in substantial rises in Australian stocks, especially those of New South Wales.
Sigh of Hallef.
Prices on the stock exchange to day rose 10 per cent following Lang's dismissal. The Trades Hall is dumfounded, and members are, refusing to comment, saying: Let 118 recover from the shock. Premier Lyons anys, the whole of Australia has heaved, a sigh of re- lief.
CRASHES INTO SEA
an aggressive attack on nation B, UNLUCKY ATLANTIC FLIER what was the best way of bom- bing capital of nation At He did not know how they going to deal with International General Staff plane. put together by eminent members of particular nations, with: much hope that the plans would re- main secrat until they were put into operation, or, indeed, that they coald, without much reconsidera tion and modification, be worked
out. yo
{THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENDY.}
LONDON, May 14.7. "LankyLou Reichers, who was attempting to fly the Atlantic from. Harbour Grace to Dublin, crashed into the een, to-day
liner
-They would have to decide what
Ho, was resoned by the was the conception they embraced President Roosavait, which, by
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The crash occurred off the Irish coast and Reichers was badly shaken. He suffered & broken nose and lacerations.
of the future of this immense In- good fortune happened to be hear ternational Force. Did they con-
at hand.. seivo" the Longue of Nations, do- reloping along lines of an Inter- national Police Force, or as grow ing in-strength and authority the embodiment and expression "of an increasingly sensitive powerful orgon namely, the organ of world opinion
Qualified Optimlaz, ---
and
He conceived that when difficul- ties arose, eithor the public opinion
Machine Lös),”
IMTER Reichere was forced down into the sea owing to a shortage of fuel when forty-seven miles of the Fastnet Light The wing wAS damaged and it was imposable to
of the world would be in deeply alvage the machine,
stirred and so clearly expressed
that it would be overwhelming in
effect, in which case there would U.S. AND MONEY. PROBLEM
be no need for a Police Force or
(Reuter's Special Service.)
else the case would be one in which whatever arrangements were made. in advance, there would be a real and honest difference of view, in
WASHINGTON, May 184, which one it would be found ex... The Coinage Committee of the ceadingly difficult to give the In-House of Representatives bas de- tornational Police Force consistantcided to repommend to President and intelligent direchon Hoover that an international con
Sir John Simon concluded by ference should be called to discuss defining the attitude he wished to the question of silver and monetary. take up, and which the Government: exchanges.
and the House of Comiñons, should The recommendation would sp- adopt, as one of qualified optimism pear to be embrace the invitation of (as regarded the result of the Dix tha itish Governme and the
Armament-Conference, but gi un mugs qualified determination to pursue a war good result to the end.
might be.
For
THE
BE PREPARED
Bumper Hot Season & Instal
ALL BRITISH VERITYS
CEILING FANS
KAKACHI 38′′ sweep:
Totally enclosed therefore dust proof.
Fans made Spécially for the tropics.
PINDI N sweep
Aluminium Blades in
Black or White Enamelled Finish
Ceiling fans which have
already been tried and
proved in the Colony.
VERITYS “ORBIT" OSCILLATING
DESK FAN
Brass blades and brass guards.
12 & 16" diameter.
THE MAGIOIAN WHICH MAKES HONGKONG A SUMMER RESORT DURING THE HOT SEASON,
Stocks carried by Principal Electrical Dealers. Full Particulars and Prices on Application to Sole Agents for Hongkong and South China
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
St. George's Building.
STANDARD
TIME
FOR EVERYONE
Tel. 27781.
Now there is Standard time for everyone. Priced within the reach of everyone. No home or office can afford to lose time because of the lack
a reliable timepiece.
TELECHBON, the Electric Timekeeper, is now being sold at greatly reduced prices! A large stock containing many beautiful models is now on display.
Simply plug TELECHRON into the nearest light socket, set to the right time and forget all the worries of winding, cleaning and regulating.
Telechron
THE ELECTRIC: TIMEKEEPE
IS ON VIEW AT
HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY
12, Des Voeux Road.
ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY LIMITED
David House,
Des Voeux Ro
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