NEW
ADVERTISEMENTSOLARISOL
HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.
AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of
50 cents per Share has been declared payable on MONDAY, 15th AUGUST nort, on and after which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained upon application at the Registered Office of the Company, Canal Road East, Bowrington, Hongkong.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the REGISTER of MEMBERS of the Company will be closed from SATURDAY, 30th JULY, to SATURDAY, 13th AUGUST, 1982, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
LC. F. BELLAMY,
General Manager. Hongkong, 22nd July, 1932. (2896
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB,
HONG HANDICAP EQUBLES TENNIS COMPETITION.
MEMBERS
and
Subscriber+
wishing to competo are re- quested to send in their names to the Pavilion or enter them on the list provided there.
Entries CLOSE on Wednesday, 3rd August,
Other conditions as per motios posted in the Pavilion,
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HONGKONG FOOTBALL
ASSOCIATION,
LUBS wishing to join or to retain membership of the Association and Lengua ars reminded that JULY 31ar is the closing date. for entries for both,
W. E. HOLLANDS.
Hon: Secretary,
NOTICE,
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IT is hereby announced that the
representation of Wilkinson. Heywood & Clark will be transferred to "Messrs. DODWELL & Co, LTD., as from lar AUGUST, 1992.
All customers are kindly requested to address enquiries, orders, etc. to our new Agents instead of to Micsara. 8. O. Lay & Co. after that date.
For WILKINSON, HEYWOOD & CLARK,
H. W. MAXTED, Manager in the Far East
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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING COMPANY, LIMITED."
(INCORPORATED. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.)
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF 6% FIRST MORTGAGE DEBENTURES (KAILAN BONDS).
IS SUE OF NEW TALONS WITH
COUPONS Nos, 41 to 80 ATTACHED.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thas the Talons at the foot of the Debenturca must now ba detached and surrendered to the TIENTSIN OFFICE of the Kailan Mining Administration to be exchanged for now Talons with Coupons Nos. 41 to 60 attached.
Application must be made in person or through Bank or other duly authorised Agent: applications madu through the post cannot be dealt with.
All Talons must be listed on the: proper form which may be obtained on application.
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THE KAILAN MINING
ADMINISTRATION,
E. J. NATHAN,
General Manager.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932.
mention when the World is listen- ing.
News and Views
What we all know is that an attempt will be made to break down tariff walls in such a way that the Tale of the Day. breach will open the flood gates of | trade and effect &
world-wide destruction of these pernicious bar-
Jiers.
Tariffs are based on the principle that it is better to make things
The train was moving quickly cut of the station as the little man || dashed up the platform. From the last carriago window a woman
continuing of so successful and. useful a function had never even been suggested.
He added, humorously, that there was a general "gloomy complex,”
waved a handkerchief frantically.induced not altogether by the hard The little man was about to tag times, but, he thought, by the fact open the door when a porter pulled that this year's display was the him back.
"You mustn't enter the thirteenth, that there were thirteen
SON OF CHARLES DICKENS
RETIRING FROM POST OF
JUDGE
(DRITISH WIRELESS SKRVICE.)
RUGBY, July 21.
SIR Hoary Dickens, K.O.. Com
mon Serjeant of the City of London, and one of the oldest Eng- lish Jugdes, today announced his
at Home than to buy them from train when it's moving," said the items, and that everybody expected | intention to retire in October.
abroad. If a person sells mors | than he buys be acquires a surplus, that takes the form of some kind of investment, and in the good ald days, brought him in money. This was und enough while produe tion, the world over, was on the increase. After all, the majority of the human race lived on a low standard, and the world capacity for absorbtion of the products of Jabour seemed illimitable. Op timistic persons visioned the time when Chinese pensanta would drive their own cars and live in six roomed villas. That would be good both for the peasants, the ear
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porter, firmly. "Besides, that com- partament was engaged." The little man danced with rage.
course,
either impossible weather or a had accident
Never were the superstitious "Of fool. I pussimists so completely at fault.
it's engaged, you It's engaged for my wife and me, and now slie's away alone on our honeymoon."
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Prince George in the Chair,
At the All-England Lawn Tennis Club dinner at the Empire Rooms, London, the Czechoslovak Minister raised the merriest laugh He com pared the aasembly to the "League of Nations with America in it.”
Prince George, who had seen the court during the afternoon, many of the guests performing on He made an excellent chairman. captivated everybody by his homely reference to my father's former (The King, as tenure of office." Prince of Wales, was president of the All-England Club at the begin- ning of the great international opoch).
womch
"L.G." on Disarmament.
Discussing the Hoover disarma- ment proposals at a meeting of Young Liberals in Kensington, Mr. Lloyd George said:—
"Don't let Europe have any puerilo prejudice about being dic tated to by America. Nonsense!
"They were quite willing to take they not take the ideas of America? the money of America. Why should
The idea of America is a good as its money. Take it, and make good use of it."
Mr. Lloyd George said he hoped no silly prejudices were going to stand in the way of allowing them to operate
President Hoover's great inanifesto to the full.
Sir Henry, who is $4, has been a Judge at the Old Bailey for 15 years. He is the only surviving sou of Charles Dickens, the novelist.
CANADIAN TRADE WITH
THE EAST.
SHIPPING SERVICE FROM
BRITISH COLUMBIA,
Ottawa, July 1
Mr. Stevens, the Minister for
Trado and Commerce, has issued a request for tenders for a shipping sarvico from British Columbian The request ports to the East. follows recent conferences with a delegation of British Columbian lumbermen who asked for a revival of the shipping subsidy to help the oxport trade.
The tenders are returnable by July 31, and the service will be on a monthly basis from Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, and
traffic warrants it. It is provided in the call for tenders that when possible British ships shall be used. The ships aro to be capable of carrying 4,000,000 to 8,000,000ft. of lumber, but tenderers must also undertake to handle other cargo like grain, A further provision that the ships must lonil wholly in British Columbian ports.
trade, shipping and so fortht After all, had not America solved the problem of poverty by pro Forty Years' Tryst.
Women as Toreadors. Five
last The engagement is announced beducing at an enormous capacity,
friends met
With the recognition of the tween BRIAN, son of Mr. and selling abroad, and putting the minster Abbey, and at night, after equality of the sexes by the Spanish ( other ports, to be increased if the
month in the cloister at West- Mrs. P. W. MASSEY, of Shang-profits into luxurica? If America dinner, went to a theatre.
Republic, Spanish women are hai, to AUDREY, younger daugh
Forty years ago they were em-throwing off the centuries old res tor of the late J. W. STEEL, could do all this behind tariff of Newark-on-Trent, and Mrs. walls, why could not other coun-ployed by a Lambeth firm. On traint which previously governed STEEL, of Hong Kong. (London tries follow suit! They have follow- to be married. Thereupon they
midsummer day one of them left their setions. papera please copy.)
ed suit, and we are all painfully vowed to meet at the cloisters SILVER WEDDING, "
aware of the result, Something every afth anniversary of the wed- ding. The meetings have been re- that no one saw in the mighty gularly kept up through the 40 ALLEN CARET.-On July 3, 1907, at St. James', Sussex-gardens,
for wealth has gone years. There are now three married M. A. V. ALLEN, F.M.S. Gov-badly astray. Thona in work have
women and two spinsters. ernment-Service, to ADA BUCK to do more and to receive less than. LEY, daughter of Lieut. H. C. CAREY, H.M.I.N., FR.G.S. they did a few years ago; the Present address: Allenhayes, army of unemployed grows bigger, Borkhamsted. (Malayan papers and humanity is unable to share please copy.)
out the wealth that it creates with over-abundance.
scramble
Discontent of "the Yard."
roses.
Recently a football match took place at Gibraltar between two teams of senoritas, while a few days later, in the neighbouring town of La Linea, a bull fight was staged, in which women acted as toreadora,
Olymple Village
i
A STIRLING INCIDENT.
Olympic Village, the fascinating Lord Trenchard, the Chic Com-little coltage community especially. missioner of Police, is not finding built and landscaped for the 2,000 UNION JACK HAULED DOWN. life at Scotland Yard n bed of athletes from thirty-five countries There is now more discon- who will take part in the Olympic tent at Beotland Yard, and at im- Games here at Los Angeles from A remarkable incident occurred in-portant police stations in the West July 30 to August 14, is fast RE- at Stirling when, following the End, than ever before. The mem-suming an appearance of activity, Scottish Nationalist Party's do- in-hers of the Criminal Investigation Each week witnesses the arrival of monstration in the King's Park, a Department are said to resent very additional teams and the vanguard crowd of young men and women much the military methods of cor- of India's team hended by Ted marched to the Castle and hauled tain important officials.
Mumby the coach and Verym down the Union Jack and hoisted Sutton, the captain, have been on the Scottish Standard in its place. the ground for several weeks as 'The incident originated in a wo havo Alberto Zorilla, the noted | man speaker's rhetorical call for Argentino swimmer, George Perry, volunteers to remove the Union Several spectators at Hendon the one-man team," from Colom Jack from the ramparts of the Air Force Display made the re- bia, and Egypt's crack swimmer, Castle. There were only a few Display," An officer of high rank rivals are the teams from Australia era" arrived, and they were unable marks. This is probably the last | Farid Samaika. Among recent ar soldiers on duty when the invad- replied emphatically that the dis- and New Zealand,
to prevent the lowering of the flag,
DEATHS,
Nations have been creating JAMES-At Giden Park, Romford,
Essex, England, on June 15, dustries on the idea that an ERNEST WILLIAM HAROLD JAMES, dustry is invariably an asset A aged 64, formerly Messrs.
classical philosopher would be un- Watson & Co., Ltd., of Hong Kong and Shanghai. (Shang- able to see that the "Black Coun- hai papers please copy.)
try" is an improvement on EMMETT-On June 29, at Siccawei, pleasant, prosperous and self-sup-
Oaklands-drive, Weybridge, Surrey, EDWARD CHARLES Exporting agricultural district. He METT, beloved husband of LYDIA would say that the artificial stimu- MARY EMMETT, in his 62nd year. lations of, say, a motor car factory, CORK. On June 23, CzarzUDE, with sketchy prospects of selling
dearly loved wife of FRANCIA
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CLARK, M.D., Barrister-at-Law, the second rate cars produced in a formerly of Hong Kong and place without either natural advan- Weihaiwei, and now of Ryltages or a population with indus- stone, Hunton Bridge King's trial traditions, was like growing Langley.
apples under glass or cultivating herrings in an excavatod lake, in- Editorial and Business Offers: 11stead of buying them from North
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The Baily Press.
HONG KONG, JULY 23; 1032.
Superstitious?
Local and General
The Hong Kong dollar was quot ed yesterday at la did., this being
quotations for Thursday.
A group photograph of the staff at Central Magistracy with Mr.
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SERVICES NEWS.
ADMIRALS RETIRED.
Admiral Sir David Murray An
derson, K.G.B, C.M.G., M.V.O.. whose voluntary retirement has been announced, has had 45 years on the active list, and is now 58. The 100 of the late General David Ander. son, he saw service on shore in Africa as a young officer, and was Beachmaster at Cape Coast Castle'
A Chinese who gained entrance during the Ashantee expedition of 1890. In 1906-11 he was' commander into an Indian residence at 404, will half a farthing higher than the D. M. MacDougall, Firat Clerk in | Lockhart Rond, 'roused the inmates of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. During the War, up w November, 1917, he commanded the cruiser Hyacinth as Flag Captain,
Tangles of that nature have to be discussed at Ottawa. Canada wishes to sell her produce to England, and the delegates will have to try and decide what are the best lines of trade to encourage on either side. Of what use, for example, to stimulate soft wood trade when Canada can market this great source of her wealth in the United States, while England can get this commodity from
Four cases of cholera (one in- ported) and one case of enterie were reported on Thursday,
The installation of the Rt. Rev. Bishop C. R. Duppuy, D.D., 88 Canon of Worcester, took place in Worcester Cathedral on Saturday, June 18.
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the centre position, was taken yes by the noise he made and wLE terday-the occasion being Mr. "spotted" - while in the act of MacDougall's forthcoming depar gathering clothes.
He was over-
ture for Home leave.
the way, the man attempted to
Frou
Mr. Mac-powered and bound up, and later at the Cape, and took part in the Dougall, is a Cadet Officer appoint, taken to the Police Station. On operations resulting in the destruc ed to the Colony in 1928.
tion of the Konigsberg. March, 1918, he commanded the battleship Ajax, in the Grand Fleet. Fromoted to fag rank in 1922, he was senior naval officer in, the Yang. tze in 1923-25, and for part of that
escaped but was chased and caught Whilst backing in the garage at by Messrs. I. Haroon and N. the Western Market Square the | Ahmed, driver of a Sanitary Department The total output of the Kailan lorry nucidentally knocked down & Mining Administration's mines for
Mr. Wynne Jones yesterday dis-time acting Commander-in-Chief in the week ending July 3, amounted Chinese On Thursday morning charged a man who was brought China during the illness of Admir- to 95,717 metric tons, and the sales The man received injuries to his before him on account of posacsal Everett. In 1927-29 he was Com during the period to 77,551 metric head and was removed to the Gov-sion of eight counterfeit. Hong mander-in-Chief on the Africa Sta-
tons.
ernment Civil. Hospital,
AB the old Talons have to ba forwarded by the Kailan Mining Administration to the Transfer Office of the Company in London, the exchange will take approximately THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE Scandinavia, a group of countries night wooks for complation.
who are extremely good customers of British goods. Trade, like THE opening of the Ottawa Con-water finds its proper level if left ference was extremely well staged, stone, but an artificial raising of| and the speeches of the Canadian that level by means of tariffs and to-morrow will be the Dean at the Preachers at St. John's College Prime Minister, Mr. R. B. BEN- other political devices is dangerous morning service and Mr. J. H. NETT, and of Mr. STANLEY BALDWIN, and expensive as enclosing land Hunt, O.B.E., Licensed Lay Roader, gave the proceedings a good start. below sea-level by means of dykes and the popular Secretary of the
European Y.M.C.A.. at evensong, Thore was nothing at all startling and pumping stations. But when in either pronouncement, the two an unproductive and uneconomical
A report to the police was made contenting themselves moterprise has been started and by Mr. R. Pratt, residing at 60, ly receiving Enquiries from Homs with reiterating the avowed objects made fair progress, it is a little Wongneichong Road, ground floor, Manufactures regarding Suitable of the Conference, namely, the hard on its promotors to remove twren & am and 8 am on Thurs and Ministering Children's League his Worship ordered the man's dis-
The Hong Kong Women's Guild against him was not satisfactory, HIGH RENTS IN GLASGOW. Firma to act as Agents for their
tot in Hong Kong and lowering of tariff barriers within the stato subsidy, the quota or the day some oné stole clothing to the are planning another Beach Gala | charge...
the Empire and the premation of tariff-protection-without-which-it value of 850.
at-Repulse Bay similar-to-the successful function held last year. The many friends of Mrs, Moon,
AGENCIES..
The London Uffice of the HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, 58, Fakes Urazer, E.0.4, is constant-
China
statesmen
to the affect that some time be
Kong dollars. It was alleged tion; and in 1929-31 British Naval against defendant that be tendered Representative on the League of The U.S.8. Mindanao at 8 am. yesterday saluted the Commodore ment of a purchase and was given mission. In addition
a $10 note to a stallholder in pay Nations Permanent Advisory Com aboard the Chinese cruiser Hai
his British Yung, the Hai Yung returning the eight silver dollars in change. The honours, Rir David Anderson hue saduto at 8.5 a.m. The Portuguese-man-is supposed to have pocketed five decorations conferred by foreign- gunboat Admaster fired a saluto. the eight genuine dollars and then at 6.8 nm, which was returned by the Hai Yung at 8.10 am:
to have produced eight spurious ones which he wanted to return to the stallholder.. As the evidence
Governments.
PROPERTY OWNERS' PLEA
~POR~REFORM.
If Loost Companies tons of taking trade both between members of the would never have been begun. But The Lawn Bowls Association is The date has been fixed for Bephe was involved in a motor ac
ap further Agencise will let us Commonwealth of British Nations, the hard law of the survival of holding a Committee meeting at. tember 0, but if the weather is un- know the Lines in which they are interested the information will be and also between the British Em-the fittest seems to be overtaking 5,30 p.m. on Friday next, in the promising, the gala will be put back vident at Taun Wan on Wednes forwarded to London and passed pire and foreign countries. industry, despite all attempts at South China Morning Post Board until September 13.
day evening, will regret to learn on to interested parties as op
Property interests in Scotland and. that-it-is-feared that the lady has The problems lying behind these artificial-props and staysThe match will be discussed and
Room. The Shanghai Interiort- portunity.offen.
sustained-a-fractured-iknco-cap, the Association-of Owners-and-Fac Thin Service in offered to our Hands r' worthy, if not very profound senti- Ottawa Conferenes will have to selection committee appointed. A Chinese beggar, who stopped Bho has accordingly been admitted
without charge, and, of coursments, are extraordinarily com- got down to the fundamental of
Mr. Fraser, the Kowloon Magis to the Kowloon Hospital for treat tors in Glasgow have joined in the no obligation is incurred on eithe
trate, and asked for twenty cents, ment, Mrs. Moon was driving ber preparation of a petition to the plex, and therein lies the reason esquemic law, and dreide, what Among those leaving for Aus was charged at Kowloon Magis car, No. 504, when it came in Government to apply to Scotland The Required Information should be for the Conference. Five main commodities the different units of tralia, np. w. She spabanks of that the main was not merely pinion, win the run Wan Road, the valuation and rating systeus ment to the
committees have been appointed the Empire can produce, and pro- is Mr. H. D, Bheepshanks B. Pascob on the Tsun Wan
the Shipping Department of begging but that he actually near the Seven Milestone at 1.30 which obtains in England. and behind closed doors the dele- duce in such a manner that in Messrs. Gilman & Co. Mr. Sheep-pestered the Magistrate by going p., on Wednesday. It was thought. It is claimed that such a develop. HONG KONG DAILY PRESS; L. gates will talk, frankly, tally and quality and pries they can hold shanks is proceeding on leave to down on the ground and catching at the time that neither lady wasment would reduce rents and pro-
England and will visit Australia, | hold of Mr. Fraser's cont. He was hurt but it, la now reported that 211; to Ho Stazek with good temper about things their own in the markets of the South Africs and the Continent on Bined $10 ore in default, fourteen Mrs. Moon is believed to have frac mote economy in municipal expen
HayKo.
that a public man dare not even. world.
tured her koes. --
ide.
business
days hard labour.
diture