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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONG KONG TELEPHONE CO., LTD.
NOT
JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 14th of June, 1932; the DIRECTORS of this Company spassed a resolution making the Fins
Call of $2.50 per share upon the members holding shares upon which only $7.50 per share has been paid, and that such Call will be payable to the Bankers of the Company, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, at thoir Head Offico, No. 1, Queen's Road, Central, Victoria, Hong Kong, on the 3 th -day of September, 1982.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1th September to the 15th September, 182, both days inclusive.
By Onler of the Board,
W. I. MCKENZIE,
Secretary, ilong Kong, 12th August, 1932. -
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"He makes himself hack a his rough, pats sawdust on his clothes, boards a cattle boat, and goes down among the cattle. He tells me he has made several trips between England and Ireland as a tow- away." So said a detective of an Irisk youth who was sent to Beretul, on a charge of theft, at the London Sessions.
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Several hours were spent at the sale of the effects of the late Mr. Frederick Wynn, at lynnlivon, Cacinarvonshiro in disposing of the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1932.
FLORIDA'S JOBLESS | SINGAPORE HOLD
TURN TO GAMBLING
BOLITA IMPORTATION FROM CUBA, SOMETIMES
PAYS
$900 HAUL OF CASH AND JEWELS
A daring armed gang robbery by five men, in which six-men-and- Beven women were held up while two of the men, ransacked a safe
Lakeland, Fla., Aug. 11--A dis- charged Lakeland grocery clerk of cash and jewellery to a total of who had spent several days in 2000, took place in the house of a vain effort to find another jos,eardboard box maker in North counted out half of his $40 anvings, Bridge Road on the night of Sep- placed it on bolita ticket and won $1,000.
Bolita is a
of Cuba game
tember 12.
About 10.45 p.m. the towkay of the shop. Yoo Keng Chun, return- contents of an armoury, which a chance that is known over a wide ed to the house, and when inside previous squire of Glynniliyon formarea of Florida. It thrives prin-
did not know, The man had n et in a fort established to repel the cinally in Ybor City, where resides met by a Cantonese whom ho threatened French invasion. Lady Newhorough-bought a set of board
pistol in his hand and pointed it at him demanding, silence. He ing axes and boarding spikes from
next shouted out" Here is the tow. the Victory, and the auctioneer an
The call brought another armed noured that she was returning
kay-come and get him quickly."
them to the ship
Cantonese on the scene, who arder- ad the towkay upstairs, where he demanded the keys of the safe.
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The War Office has intimated to intending contractors that tenders for the erection of the new barracks for the Gordon Highlanders at Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, must be ludged by August 29. The project was mooted fully five yours ago but was deferred owing to the financial situation. The cost of the new har rarka, it is understood, will be about £100,000, and it in expected that the tunson work will run to between £60,000 and £70,000.
most of Tampa's Latin population of 40,000. The enthusiasm of the bolita customers is kept alive to a great extent by the government- controlled lottery in Cuba, the weekly gross income of which reaches astounding figures.
Although the winnings of the grocery clerk are not a matter of official public record, they, like other weekly bolita winnings, were reported on street corners, and in pool rooms and harber shops with suficient authenticity to iure count- less other hapless over to risk their little in hopes of winning much. It was only one of hundreds of weekly instances that have been enticing desperate individuals.
Beenuse such a rapidly increasing number of victims are swarming Mr. E. G. de Mestre, the famous
into the hands of bolita and lottery racehorse trainer, died at his resid-ticket salesmen, gambling has come ence, Colleton House, Twyford, near Winchester, last month. Mr. de Mostro had been bedridden since July 3, and was being attended by a London specialist.
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When these were handed over the man opened a safe and, be sides taking 8400 in cash, also took the jewellery of the towkay's wife.
Earlier in the evening five Can- tonese entered the house when five men were working downstairs, and Bevon women were working up- stairs. The Cantonese, armed with pistols, headed the workmen, into the backyard, and left a guard over them. Making their way up- stairs the remainder, held up the towkay's arrival. women. They then waited for the
After the ransacking of the mafc were ordered down- the women
out of the
to be regarded as a serious menace in this part of Florida. Tampa ice conducted a series of city wide raids recently that brought stairs to join the five workmen and in several bolita and Cuban lottery the towkay. The robbers tied them. participants, and a few raids have all up and walked been made in nearby cities. Howhouse and made their escape. over, those efforts have done little more than scratch the surface; for- it is estimated that more than one hundred gambling houses are in operation in Tampa alone.
Tickets Sold Openly.
Latest
Trading profits of Stephen Smith and Co., manufacturers of "Hall's ** wince, Wine" and "Leystono have improved from £46,058 10 £10,658. The Ordinary dividend is to ho maintained at 12) percent.
Until recently, bolita and lottery BRUNSWICK An excess profits duty claim has activities centred in Tampa, but now been settled. The amount over; now independent houses are being set up in adjoining countries. reserved for this claim, plus £12,189 Citizens who see in the games a from profit and loss account, has tragio drain upon the meagre ́ear- been used to create a special re-ings of the poorer einases are de- serve equal to the book value of goodwill.
manding that the evil be stopped and the police presumably are 'do- ing their best.
The Cuban lottery number is an I wish you would give your evi-nounced in Havana each Saturday dence in English, and not in police night. The winning bolita nutahera language," said Mr. Fry, the Dow in the Tampa, houses are reportea cach Sunday W. R. LOXLEY & CO. Street Magistrate, to a police wit to be "thrown"
morning. Scores of salesmen ply YORK BUILDING,
their trade openly during the week. Sir Arthur Sutherland, speaking The gambling craze was brought HONG KONG
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HAVE YOU
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to the Newcastle Chansber of Comforerfully home to some parents a merce, said they must get the coste fow daga. ago, when they learned of ship repairing down. Recently that their children were pooling the lowest tender from that district nickels and dines for bolita.
for a big contract was £25,000, he
said. The contract went to Rotter- damn for £10,000.
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many instances, filling stations are
used as headquarters for the sala of tickets. It is generally beliovod that, outside the Latin district, A new type of Indicap event for most of the purchasers are to ke London greyhound racing may be found among the Negroes and poor. introduced in the near future. Thereer classes of white people have been many handicap events on
Beenuse tiekate nre obtainable at the London tracks with dogs receive prices low as 10 cents, the pur ing varying starts, but while tits chasers have included many unen- inve provided necasion! variety ployed persons willing to squander people have considered they made their last dime. Finding themselves the study of form too complicated.tuckless and pouniless, they turn to The new proposal would.not involve intricate calculations, as five of the dogs in 8-dog race would start ou level terms, and only one would be
charity!
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handicapped. The handicapped dogenpable of driving the car but skid- would required to start behinded on the wet road. His licence scratch. By this arans it is felt was euspended for twelve months." that at any track where there may be, perhaps, two outstanding dogs who could not be given many graded raees because of their outstanding speed, these could be raced much more frequently by being placed a few yards behind scratch. The ideo of placing the backmarker behind beraich is that the dogs in receipt of start would be required to cover the full distance.
In thirteen parishes in the Isle of Man the rate has been fixed for the current year at a penny in the pound. In four parishes no rate has been levied, there being suf- ficient cash in hand to cover the cost of municipal administration.
Mr. Alee Waugh, the novelist, is to marry Miss Joan Chirnside, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Paris-M. Justin Godart, the Chirnside, of Berwick; Victoria, Minister of Health, is to introduce Australia. The ceremony will bo several important measures on the in October. Mr. Waugh, who is reassembling of Parliament. One the son of Mr. Arthur. Waugh, the of the most striking is a suggestion writer, achieved early fame with the that people about to marry should publication of The Loom of Youth. first seenre certificates of health. He wrote it at 10, when he left M. Godart insists that there is no Sherborne School, of which it was thing unreasonable in his demand, claimed to be a picture. The pub since the Civil Code already obliges lication resulted in a fond between candidates for matrimony to have Mr. Waugh and the Old Sherborn- their financial affairs put into orderians' Society, which denounced the Mr. Waugh served in the before the civil contract is entered book,
to. This question of health, he war, and was a prisoner of war in urges, is far more important than Germany, any purely financial consideration, since it affects not only the mar ried couple but their descendants through perhaps several genera. tions.
The total number of telephone stations in the Post Office system in Great Britain at the end of June was 2,085,306, representing a net in- crease of 5,657 on the total at the John Wilfrid Bell (20), contractor, end of the previous month The of Herrington Hall, Bunderland, total number of inland trunk ralis was fined £25 at Sunderland on a for the month of April (the latest charge of driving a car while under statistics available) was 10,160,788, the-influence of drink and £10 for representing an increase of 344,52% reckless driving. It was alleged or 4 per cent on the total for that he drove on the wrong side of April, 1831. International calls in the road and collided with another April last numbered 98,284 (incom car, the driver of which, was throwning 46,201 and outgoing 50,063), as out, but escaped. serious injury compared with 03,828 (incoming Bell contended he was perfectly 48,073 and outgoing 45,155) the pre-
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Oddments in RAINCOATS Usually $17.50 to $27.50 Now $12.75
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From the Second Report of the Select Committee on Estimates, appointed by the British
Typewriters
June, 1932.
Government,
In 1926 the Estimates Committee went into the question of the supply of British Typewriters for the Public Service. Your Committee have pursued this inquiry and are gratified to learn that only British Typewriters are now purchased for general use; that the supply has been fully equal to the demand, and that both in price and quality they are fully equal to the imported article.
THE IMPERIAL
MODEL
50
TYPEWRITER "was adopted by H.M. Government after exhaustive
tests.
Over 2400 Imperial Typewriters have now been supplied. This is convincing justification of our claim that a British Typewriter can handle any class of work as well as, or better than any foreign made typewriter.
REISS, MASSEY & CO., LTD.
Queen's Road Central,
TONG KONG
The
Imperial Conference at Ottawa
The All-British
was
Imperial Typewriter officially adopted for use at
the Ottawa Conference.
Here is further evidence that the Imperial Model 50 has gained interna tional recognition.
Imperial
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