NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
SUBSCRIPTION UBIFFINS,
THE
THE List of Bubscribors to the above will close at NOON on THURSDAY, 1st SEPTEMBER, 1932.
By Order of the Stewards, 8. A. SLEAP,
Acting Secretary, [2405 Hong Kong, 29th August, 1032.
HONG KONG CRICKET
LEAGUE.
No
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL MEETING will be held at the SANITARY BOARD ROOM, Post Office Building (by kind permission), on TUESDAY, the 6th day of SEPTEMBER, 1982 at 5.15 p.m.
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W. O. HUNG,
Hon. Secretary.
THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL.
P. O. Box 39,
TELEPHONE 57777.
'EADMASTER~C. B. R. SAR
HGENT, M. (Cantab.)
Next term starts on SEPTEMBER 12TH.
Now boys should attend on SEP-
TEMBER 1078, at 9.00 am.
Prospectus, entry forms and all
CHARLES DICKENS
I NICHOLAS NICEŻEBY
"Pasthry thot aggravates a mo 'rised of "pacifying bln,”—Who does not know the well browned pie that, takon straight from the oven, melts in the mouth and örnekles.under the crunchers!
But, give it a few winntar in the open air and this IBÉ luscious mouthful becomen sodden deceit, aggravating the the digestion while ontleing appetite.
A good sauce will pacify the ple, na woll' as the person. The best for the purpose is Masonechie's"
Pan-Yan
Queen of Sauces
GILMAN & Co., LTD., AOINTS.
BIRTHS.
6.7.3.3
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,MONDAY; AUGUST 29; 1932.
*News and Views *
sloops, three submarines, and saver. al small craft: The ships should A new anfety package has been: devised for shipping bees, so busi-havo been laid down in the latter ness may soon be humming in the part of the last financial year. post offices despite higher priced stamps.
evidence on commission, forward- ing the depositions to a British solicitor and showing cause in the London Courts. The process is slow, cumbrous, expensive and not; very auro. Why not settle the | Humming! matter in Hong Kong If our local judges and juries are capable of dealing with the life and, death issue of a piracy or a murder trial, surely they can be trusted to settle the important, though less with questions of divorce proceedings?
Until recently, however, the nctual demand for divores facilities has been small. It will, in fact, bo interesting to see if, even now, there is D
of great company
Howlers.
All the destroyers, ono cruiser, two submarines are to be built in private. yards, and the remaining cruisers, sloops, and one submarine. in Royal Dockyards. The vessels Among the howlers perpetratoa will probably be laid down in during the recent examination of October and November. the Institute of Chartered Ship- brokers were the following:-
"Palm Colonels (sic) are export-, Snake Causes Shipwreck. ed from India and South Africa."
C.D.B. (Cellular double bot- tom). Steamer has celluloid bot tomed tanks."
A disaster which caused the death of over 100 persons occurred | in extraordinary circumstances on the river at Kolapore, near Bombay.
A river steamer with 120 person8
"Act of God. If a steamer struck an iceberg in the Mediter-on board collided with a floating ranean it would be an Act of God. It would doubtless be a miracle."
**Don't Marry
"Don't marry for at least ten John M. Salmond, Chief of the Ai, years," said Air Chief Marshal Bir Staff, addressing cadets at the pass. ing-out inspection at Cranwell R.A.F. College.
i treo on which a snake had taken re- fuge. The reptile having climbed on board, the passengers flod to the other end of the ship, which capsiz. od, and only 20 were rescued.:
The Model Convict,
persone seeking relief from their bonila Most Europeans in difficul. ties of this kind have preferred to wait till Home leave came along to settle their grievances, but, if haste were necessary the alternative already mentioned was available. In the non-Christian communities divorce has been a family and per- sonal matter in which the Govern ment has seldom been called upon
*** Scarface" Capone, according to intervene. A large, proportion
to prisoners released from Atlanta of the permanently resident com- "Whether you stay in England or Penitentiary, is a model convict
go abroad, you will enjoy your and exercises a very bencfeial n munity of the Christian religion selves, but the man who marries fuence upon the other inmates, He belongs to the Roman Catholic early will not enjoy himself. This employed in making shoes and Church, to whom divorce. is for. fact, he will have a bad time of it wants Chicago to know that he is
He will be a nuisance to himself, taking his "medicine" bravely. bidden aà an article of faith. In
to the squadron, and to the service. recent years, however, the number" I most strongly advise you to leave of Europeans more or less per- that absolutely alone for another
ten years or more." manently domiciled in Hong Kong has increased, and with their com
particulars may be obtained from the KASTEIN-On August 21, at Shanging this extension of judicial powere
Headmaster.
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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.)
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SHARE WARRANTS TO BEARER.
ISSUE OF NEW TALONS WITH COUPONS Nos, 41 to 60 ATTACHED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY
hai, to Dr. and Mrs. KisteIN,
# son.
MCLAREN-On August 5, in Edin-
burgh, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McLAREN, & BOLL
MEYER. On August 22, at Shang- hai, to Mr. and Mrs. AuGUST T. MEYER, a daughter (Dorette, Joyce).
DEATH.
WEBD. On August 16, at Tsingtao, PERCY DICKINSON WEBB, aged 57 years.
NOT GIVEN Editorial and Business Offices: 11,
the Share Warrants to Bearer must now be detached and surrendero to the TIENTSIN OFFICE of the Kailan Mining Administration to be exchanged for new Talons with Cou pons Nos. 41 to 60 attached.
Application wil be made in person or through a Bank or other duly suthorised Agent; applications maile through the post cannot be dealt with.
All Talons must be listed on the proper form which may be obtained on application.
As the old Talons have to be forwarded by the Kailan Mining Administration to the Transfer Office- of the Company in London, the exchange will take approximately eight weeks for completion. The new Talona will be ready for issue by the Transfer Office on and after the fr SEPTEMBER, 1932.
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,
E. J. NATHAN,
General Manager.
Tientsin, 22nd August, 1932.
48
Ice House Street. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):
Tel: 24511. London Office: XO,&
Ma Fleet Street,
The Daily Press.
Havo Kono, AvGUST 2D.. 1839;
LEGAL REMEDY.
New Shipe for the Navy.
Orders for several of the smaller vessels in the 1931 new construction programine have recently been place ed by the Admiralty, and the re maining ships are to be ordered shortly. Tenders are now being
has become inevitable. There are also cases of girls born and brought up in Hong Kong who have mar. ried foreigners and been illtreated, deserted and given every possible reason for divorce. To women in The 1931 programme has been held such position the bleak principle up for financial reasons. It pro- that "hard cases make bad lawvides for three cruisers, one flotilla loader and eight destroyers, four is not much consolation.
considered.
He is called "the Big Follow." and treated with the respect due to America's greatest racketeer. But Capone is also captain of the base ball team and sings in the choir. "The boys," he said to BOIAC friends, thought at first that I would high hat them, but I am not i that sort of guy." In his spare time he is writing Advice to Evil- Doors: How I achieved success,” z work chiefly about "rackets."
"
Capone insists that he was never a common criminal, describing him. self as a former Red Cross worker, who brought beer to thirsty people. I have finished with rackets," ho saye
for the
MAN
who
Smokes
A TIN OF BARNEY'S MIXTURE
GIVEN AWAY FREE!
Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. beg to
announce a SALE of DUNHILL, ORLIK,
PETERSON and B.B.B. pipes which they are selling off at $6. 50, each, and from this date will be pleased to present FREE with every pipe purchased from their Hong Kong Dispensary, a tin of the famous BARNEY'S MIXTURE TOBACCO.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
Local and General
The Hong Kong dollar was quoted on Saturday at 18. d. on de mand.
The unpleasant prospect of Euro pean people airing their intimate troubles in a public court, with attendant loss of "faoo," possibly influenced the local government in their long delay in introducing
According to information from divorce jurisdiction. It is only
Japan, Mr. M. Shigemitsu, until reasonable to suppose, however, that
to recently Japanese Minister China, is now
recuperating at tho English laws which limit re- ports of divorce proceedings in the
Ono case of cholera was reported Beppu, a water place in Kyushu. Mr. Shigemiteu was one of the Press to an announcement of the on Friday
victims of the Hongkew Park bomb names of the parties concerned, the
It is notified that the name of 1ng outrage when he was so serious ly injured that his leg had to be result, and the judge's summing up, Chinese Gramophone Recording", amputated. will obtain in Hong Kong. Any Limited, has been struck off the inpingement upon the publicity of Register. court proceedings has grave dis.
The quaranting restrictions im- advantages. In this matter, how posed by Port Swettenham against ever, secrecy is the lesser of two arrivals from Hong Kong on ac count of small-pox and cerebro- ovila.
For several years Great spinal meningitis have been remov- Britain has been spared divorceo || ed. court publicity of a kind that used. to be intensely painful to the ro latives of the parties concerned, un- odifying to renders of nowapapere, and to no small degree.damaging to national prestige.
WAR PENSIONERS.
The heavy rain over the week-end has caused the postponement of all sports fixed for the week-end. The deluge washed out completely the opening prograrame of the K.C.C.'s fortnight of tennis.
THE HONG KONG DISPENSARY,
Est. 1841.
and:
Tho wedding will take place in Penong on September 1 of Mr. J. P. Biddulph, of the Chinese Pro- tectorate, Kuala Lumpur, Miss Muriel Blanche Cunningham Tweedie, elder sinughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cunningham Tweedie, of the Salt Gabelle, Foochow
It is reported in the Chinese Captain B. G. Moir, of the Press that in view of the oppost Argyll and Sutherland Highland-tion of Chinese bankers to the ers, who is well-known in local enforcement of the bank-note tax cricket circles, was involved in a regulations, officials of the Ministry motor accident on Saturday. He of Finance will shortly convene a was driving his car in Nathan inceling of bankers to discuss the Road when it crashed into a public question and to clear up misunder car, which came out of Kimberley, standings so as to make it possible Both cars were slightly for the Ministry to enforce the re-
gulations, damaged,
Road.
At to-morrow's meeting of the Dr. J. G. Dunlop, died at the Rotary Club, Mr. W. B. Watson Karuizawa Sanatorium following an will give an address on "The attack of heart trouble. Dr. Dunlop Spirit of Rotary is a Scrap of had been in Japan for the past 45 Paper," The address will have re years where he was active in mis Sentence of four months' hard ference to the Postal Union and the sion work. He had spent many labour was passed on Pto. Duncan postage stamp as manifestations of summers in Karuizawn and last year Smith, of the Argyll and Suther the spirit of international co-opera- he was the chairman of the Karui land Highlanders, when he was, tion and the advancement of the zawa Summer Residents' Associa
tion. charged before Mr. J. H. Fraser on | Sixth Object of Rotary, Saturday with burglary at a mop at 53, Nathan Road."
Dironce is at last coming to Hong Kong, and one of the world's ro maining strongholds against this process of law will thereby war ronder. The measure outlined in the Government Gazette is drawn on cautious lines and there is no fear of the Colony becom- HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
ing the Sun. Reno of tho Far BANKING CORPORATION.
East. A cynical suggestion has Nertificate No. 6/NS this part of the world that gave JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN been made that any place in 503 dated Hongkong 14th April, such, facilities, for a consideration, 1982 for Five shares of this Bank numbered 130792/180795 inclusive would the sure of a settled revenue, rogistered in the name of Richard but nothing could be further from Toovey has been Lost, Stolen or destroyed by Fire, and should this carefully guarded measure that is of Pensions was formed in London General at Hong Kong...
the minds of those who framed the
certificate not be produced to the
to be submitted to the Legis Bank before 10th SEPTEMBER, 1982, a new certificate for the lative Council. Any petitioner shares will be issued, and the afore. in a' "matrimonial 'cause," must mid Certificate No. G/NB 502 will be have contracted either a Chris- thereafter treated by this Corporation
tina Null and Võid. · By Order of the Court of Directors,
·V. M. GRAYBUEN,
Chief Manager.
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PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, 'LIMITED,
NOTICE
À RECENT oficial statement provided a reminder of the ravages and cost of war, and, incidentally, shewed that no country has done so much for disabled officers and men and their dependents a Great Britain. During the Great War a Ministry
case.
From the files.
Looking back 50 years.
An adjourned meeting of gentle- men interested in the orection of a church at the Peak was held un
porte body tree Sunday afternoon at the residence of the Ho J. Russell.. There is a sum subscribed and promised. of 3,800 (which it is expected will be considerably increased) and it was
decided that a site should be pro- cured and levelled, and that the building should be carried on as fav 20 debt as the funds will admit of, being incurred. The trustees are: Mesars. T. Jackson, J, S. Cox and R. A. Alford; and the Committee, Bishop. Burdon, Rev. W. Jennings, Messrs. T. Jackson, R. A. Alford and J. S. Cox-Hong Kong Daily Press, August 20 1882
A table is published in Saturday's Gazette showing the monthly rain- fall in Hong Kong from 1871 to 1880, and
giving the total rainfall
BBW
The "All Comers 303 shooting The examination by Procurator competition which was to have taken Kiuchi of the Tokyo District Court for each year. The following are His Excellency the Officer Ad-place over this, week-end has been of the leader of the farmer's dare the totals:-1871, 92.82 inches; 1872, ministering the Government has postponed to next week-end, Sep-to-dio band, has resulted in evidence 60.66; inches; 1873, 78,47 inches; received information from
the teraber 3 and 4, at 2.30 p.m. and that he was involved in the assas 1874; 84.99 inches; 1875, 80.70 inches; Secretary of State for the Colonies 10 am, respectively. This past sination of Mr. Inukai, former that Mr. Tetsujiro Kohri has been ponement. wae necessary because the Premier of Japan, the raids on 1876, 108.35 inches; 1877, 76.72 iz appointed Acting Japanese Consul range was inaccessible owing to the power stations in and near Tokyo, ches; 1878, 84.40 inches; 1879, 94.70 streams being over flooded and the and the murder of Lieut. Nishida inches, 1880 111.57 inches-Hong targets being invisible.
Ho has now been charged with Its objects were to provide pen. The Government is inviting
murder and violation of the Explo-Kong Daily Press, August 29 1882. sions for the widows or next of tenders for the supply of a double Mr. Max Papendieck, a German sives Regulations, and handed over skinned teakwood shallow draft resident of Yokohama, received an
Looking Back 25 Years, to the Ichigaya Prison. kin of soldiers who lost their launch to be built in accordance official commendation last week lives as a result of war service, and with a plan and specification which from the Governor of Kanagawa Sixty-two warships" belonging to
Disguise it how they may, there treatment with or without pension may be obtained the Office of the Prefecture, Mr. B. Yokoyama, for his the First and Second Japaneso is no doubt that a large section of the marriage, or
civil
Government Marine Surveyor.. prompt and brave action in rescu Flects are to desemble off tiozaki politicians in the United States are for disabled ex-service men, The equivalent of a Christian marriage,
pensious granted were generous, Ba
ing a six-year-old Japanese boy next month for review by Princo There will, no doubt, be many a
The Full Court consisting of the from drowning at the pool in front Fushimi, Chief of the Naval heartily sick of their acquisition of may be judged from the fact that Chief Justice, Bir Joseph Kemp, of Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, General Staff. From September 2 the Philippines, and if they only legal battle in our Courts over the HP to the present over £1,000 and the Puisan Judge, Mr. Justica on June 22,
the Myodaks, Nachi and several million has been paid on this ac- Wood, will sit this morning to con
decent way out of the busi other cruisers, and 20 destroyers of preciso meaning of the civil
count by the Government. It is sidor the legal pointe zaised by Mr. A new textile factory-the Chau the Second Ficet are to anchor in sess would gladly, retire, “bag and equivalent of Christian marriage," estimated that the work of the Eldon Potter in the Fung murder Ngai Hing Factory was formally the port or off the breakwaters and baggage." Even Mr. Taft, who and also, upon the delicate matter Ministry will continue until 1900.
The proceedings will com- opened in Mongkok on Saturday, 28 warships of the First Fleet are was amongst the principle ed- as to when a proselyte may be con-pensions-there were 3,385,000 bene
In 1991-the peak period of war monce at 10 am.
the opening ceremony being per- to enter Osaka Harbour. On the sidered a Christian, within the ficiaries: to-day there are about
formed by the Hon. Dr. R. H. 19th they are to weight anchor for vocates for retaining the Islands; The auction of the affects of the Kotowall. The factory is one of theUozaki where they will be review has almost given up all hope of legal meaning of the term. There 1,180,000 Annual payments in pen much talked of gambling house in largest in South China. It has five ed by the Prince for three days making a good job of their raten-
sions now total approximately 260 the French Concession, Shameen, sections, housed in £vs storeys,
by the death of about 22,000 ex- tinued to-day. The quantity of departments. cline in expenditure is accelerated Saturday. The auction will be con- ing, bleaching, dyeing and weaving two officers well acquainted with the Manchurian`affsárs' to Geneva the pensionable age and by-war- great that it was impossible to Like ordinary civil servants, the delegation at the Leagan Assembly night about woven o'clock drewn service men, by children passing furniture, lampshades, etc., was 80
to serve as advisers to the Japanese widows re-marrying. According to auction all the same day..... nosition of Japanese police officials next month, according to Nippon large crowd to the vicinity of the. the latest figures the recipients of
is to be guaranteed by a status com- Dempo. Those selected are Colonel Hong Kong Hotel where it was pensions are: 28,650 officers; 403,00 "A proposal is being considered, mitten. The plan has been drafted Kanji Tabibare, of the Central learned that a fire had broken out men; 1,025 murses; 137,780 widows; it is understood, by the Ministry by the Folice Bureau of the Tokyo Ordnance Depot, and Lieut.-Colonel in the office of the Standard Oil and, 454,760 parents and other do of Justice in Nanking to divide Home Office. With the formal op Yuitsu Ohashi, of the General Company on the second floor pendouts. It is a curious fact that lawyers into two categories, similar | proval of the Home Office autho Staff Office, Colonel Ishihara was of Hotel Mansions. 2001 the number of war widows who reto the British legal system. Ono - ritjen, swill be put into operation only recently assigned to the Centraspired that there was no de marry each year remains constant class will do office work, or work simultaneously with the other systral Ordnance Depot and promoted casion for alarm as the outbronk around 2,000. During the last year similar to that of British solicitara, tem for civil servants. Status.com from the rank of lieutenant-colonel. was quelled by the promptitude of about 20,000 soldiers disabled in the and the other will attend court mittees, will be appointed for each He was previously a member of the PC. Perkins, the constable on war received free medical and hos cases only. The fact that the prefecture, will be prosided ovor i staff in charge of operations in the duty At Blake pier, who pulled pital treatment. The service for Minister of Justico, Dr. Lo Wen by the Governor, and its members Kwantung Army Lieut-Colonel down the blazing partition on the looking after the welfare, of dis Kan, and the vice Minister, Dr. |will consist of the Chief of the Pre Ohashi has been a member of the verandah, The fire was caused by abled ex-soldiers in Great Britain F.. T. Cheng, are both barzistern-at- | fectural, Police, a police superin-section of the War Office in charge the overturning, of a lamp is thoroughly organised, and no law, who received their legal train. i tendent, a. police inspector and of Japan's relations with the damage done did not "amount reasonable expenso is spared in the ling in Great Britain, is believed to three Ingh oficials not in the police League of Nations since the out more than 840,-Hong Kong Daily interests of the war victime, be responsible for the proposal, service
break of the Manchurian confict. Prear, August 29, 1007.
August 29-1907.
The clanging of the fire bell last
are, for examplo, heretical secta, millions With each year the de were sold by publio auction on these being the yarn.joining, assort. The Japanese War Office will send tion-Hong Kong Daily Presa, : THE undermentioned certificate but unanimously condemned by the proclaiming their own orthodoxy For 50 Fully Paid up shares in this Company registered in the same recognised Churches. It will be of Wong Fat bas been lost; and narrow way that leads to the ahould. this cortificate not be pro-Divorce Court, as constituted in duced to the Company before 16th September, 1982, a new certificate for Hong Kong, and, in keeping out the said shares will be issued and the unqualified petitioners our judges old certificate No. 268 will thereafter may be called to decide theological be treated by this Company; us problems that have baffled Oeg NULL & VOID,
menical Councils and provoked wars of religion
Certificate No. 268, for 50 shares Nov, 2931/8000,
JOHN D, HUMPHREYS
'BON," General Managers.
Hongkong, 17th August, 1982
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To the ordinary man and woman of to-day the absence of divorce facilities in the local courte socms n senseless and out-of-date anomaly. A divorca can be obtained by taking