HONG KONG I
PRESS MONDA
91933
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
B.
FOR SALE BY TENDER. H.M.S. "MARAZION 22:
UILT in 1910 by Alessrs. Fleming, B. Ferguson of Faisley, Length between perpendiculars
Length overall...
Extreme breadth
Nominal displacement at
220 ft. of ins 231 ft. 8 ina. 23 ft. Bt ins.
800 tons
mean draft 7 ft. 6 ins Engines Three cylinder vertical, triple expansion designed. I.H.P 2200.
TWINS REWS.
Tenders are invited up to noon of, the 8th February, 1933 for the par chase of the above named vessel as shu liea in the basin at H. M. Dockyard, Hongkong, for breaking up, or alter- natively, for further use.
Full particulars of the vessel, con ditions of male and permits to view, may be obtained on application to the Naval Store Officer, H. M. Dockyard; Hongkong; tender forms will be issued on payment of $500, returnable when a decision has been made on the tondors received.
The vessel will be on view at H.M, Dockyard, Hongkong, from the eth January, 1933.
The vessel will be sold subject to the Conditions of Sale which will be attached to the Tender form.
:
Tenders should be addressed to the Naval Store Officer, H. M. Dockyard, Hongkong, and marked "Tender for H.M.8.Marazioa". No tender can be accepted after Noon of the 6th February, 1933.
NOTICE.
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HE Committee have decided that
THE ha valbo fixed for
Forward Settlements. These must be arranged by Members themselves when booking & Forward contract.
By Order of the Committee.
A. NISSIM,
Socretary.
NOTICE.
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A Namber of Stock Models are for Sale at Moderate Prices and Patrons' inspection is cordially invited.
Charles Lamb, speaking of lawyer who earned a great reputation - by simply looking wise, said.--. | suspect his knowledge did not amount to much." There was prudence in this hesitancy to accept mere un- founded report. A golden rule for guidance in this life is to insist, wherever possible, upon proof of worth. The all-round superiority of Dewar's Whisky is not a mere matter of repute, but is verified beyond all doubt. There is safety in selecting
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for example, the Argentine Repub-
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The Daily Press.
WEDDING
HENRY-LAMMERT.
News and Views *
Avery pretty wedding ways The Taming of the Maxton, celebrated on Saturday, on the
Mr. Maxton has overcome his -Lacly: Chapel of St. John's Cathedral, between Mias Eileen scruples about having his portrait Joyce Lammert, youngest daughter done by a society painter," and of Mr. George Phillip Lammert, has given a sitting to Sir John
Lavery, and. Mr. James Edward Henry,
So far only preliminary sketches second son of Mr. Malcolm Henry, of Yokohama and Hong Kong, and have been made," says & Home local Manager of Reutors Limited. paper. The first sitting lasted an The ceremony was attended by re hour and a half, and in all six or latives and intimate family triends, eight will be required, and some of
them will be for two hours." Dean Swann officiating,
The bride was given away by her father, and looked, charming in a dress of peach-mastic Peau D'Ange: in Princess lines, with nun-like neck line, long tight sleeves with puffs at elbows. The veil of tulle. of same tone as the dress, depended from a close fitting exp of pearl. She also had a short train, and crried a bouquet of delicate pink
това.
An Old-Time Best Seller.
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY (January 9).
(X11 Moon 14th Day). Lanimert'Anation, as Chief
Sale of Crown Land. P.W.D Capitano, sales room, noon.
Congregation, H.K. Universi
Theatres.
Concord, Maas., is to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Louisa May Alcott. Foreign coun trios have also paid tributes; they have her. books in their tongues In 84 years Little Women's" | Office, 3 p.m. original publishers along have put out more than 1,500,000 copies of it. 3 p.m. Louisa May Alcott wrote this book to earn money to help her mother. She wrote of the joys and sorrows
Central: Queen's
Peach of Rego.
Fireman, Save
King's:
Trial of Vivicune.
Ware
The portrait will be a three-of her own family. Mother was quarter length, and will show the made comfortable; the daughter Child." LLP. leader in a seated position famous. The book still heads child-
Syria Stirs.
Syria has an ambition to ba an independent state. It would fellow. Irak into the League of Nations, and France indicates that she is prepared to relinquish her mandato whenever the time is shown to be Mr. G. Ferguson was best ripe, France will not have as sim- man, the bride's brother Mr. G. P. plo a time as Britain had with Irak, Lammert, the Interport rugger there being no single authority com
to King Feisal. The player, and Mr. Frank Lammert, parable cousin of the bride, were grooms, Syrians are mainly Muhammadans. Under their religious law the male A reception attended by many citizen may take four wives, but the friends and wall-wishers was held law has fallen into disuse-Imagine at 2, May Road, the residence of anybody, in these days, arguing Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Dunbar, that five can live as cheaply as one. The newly married couple latter! left for their honeymoon, which is being spent at Fanling.
men,
The bride's travelling dress was blue wool military style tailored suit, trimmed, with round steel buttons. She wore, a smart felt
cloche hat with toute ensemble to
maich.
The bride's gift to the groom was a wrist watch, while that of the groom to the bride was a fur coat.
A very large number of delightful presents were received by their "popular.couple
From the files.
LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS
Beanty and the -
Epstein's head of Dolores the tomous London model was sold by auction at Sotheby's for £135 to Mr. Hugh Walpole, the novelist.
It was the climax to brisk bid-
which fetched a total of £1,021,
Neither Epstein, nor Dolores was present.
ding for eleven of Epstein's works,
Bowls in Winter.
ren's lists in America.
Private Movies,
· Oriental; Women Nations."
Majestic."A Night Like This"
Dances.
Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel. Gloucester Building, King's Res and Majestic. Dancing taurant,
Academy.
The standard of work being done has risen very markedly during re- by amateur movie photographers For those who can cent years. afford the equipment the pleasure to be had from these films is very great..
"In quite a number of large coun- Dinner Dances at Peninsula, try houses in England the exhibi. and Hong Kong Hotels, and Kinga- tion of private films after dinner Restauran
Principal Mail, has taken the place of bridge at
Inward: From America, Pres week and parties,
From Europe via Sibéria, Saer
Guests who have been away, pro; bably in company with other mutual. friends, are invited to bring down their latest movie records of their exploits. The pictures then tell a much more graphic story of using or memorable incidente than could be attempted by word of mouth.
The Panama Canal,
The Panama Chaal has had to
Wilson.
land.
TUESDAY
(January 10),
7XII Moon 15th Day). Hughes & Hough, auction housa struggle with a flood in the Chagres hold furniture, sales room, 2.30-
p.m. river, reaching 25 feet above nor-furniture, nes room, 230. p.m. River, due to abnormal rains, The
Auction, household
Thestres.
Lammert's
Queen's: Firemaa, Save. My
Ware?
Mr. Walpole also bought two mal, sends 200,000 cubic feet of other pieces, Lydia and Eileen, for water a second roaring through the £100 ehch, Mrs. J; B. Priestleyspillways of Gatun. Dam. For the bought a small head of Oriel Ross rst time in the canal's histery 13 for £00 and a head of Mrs. Ambrose of the 14 emergency gates were thrown open. The flood passed McEvoy for £66.
through Gailliard Cut without a landslide and, without damage to the Panama Railroad tracks. Work on the new $15,000,000 Madden Dam has been sob back two weeks. The Upkeep of the canal costs much money and concem-But the "Big | Ditch" is every year worth many Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Gloucester Building, King's Res times. what it costs.
taurant, and Majestic Dancing Academy.
Four million men in England, and how many in Hong Kong play the ancient game of bowls. Here is good news for them,
The game on a green can only be enjoyed during spring and summer, Now experiments are being carried out with the object of making bowls a winter pastime too.
The 88. John Scott on December 16 was within 120 miles of Hong
Exports are experimenting with Kong, when it commenced to blow a gale from the N.E. which coa-un india-rubber indoor bowling tinued until the 30. Sha was under gresu," and it is hoped that. close reefed topsails all the time, these winter greens will be avail- aprang fore-topsail yard. Ship was able shortly. then in Lat 18.4%, and Long. 118.47 E
King's:
"Trial of Vivienne
Central:
Oriental: Nations."
Peach af Reno.”
Women
Majestic:
A Night Like This.”
Dances.
TO SIR WILLIAM SHENTON Dinner Dances Peninsula, and Hong Kong Hotels, and King's Restaurants
ON HIS BEING KNIGHTED. Oh Budd! Tho' you have blossomed,
still
THE SINCERE COMPANY with Night Editor (Wanchai Office)lic sells wheat to Great Britain,
to announce, that owing to the Tel, 24511.
the latter country pays for this prolonged indisposition of MADAME
53, Fleet Street, FLINT, the business known as Chic London Office:
wheat by the export to Argentina Parisien will be temporaily suspended.
of, say, locomotives. The question No further orders can be accopted until such time as MaDx FLINT is
of exchanging Argentine dollars
It was stated to day that they will able to resume personal supervision of
for British pounds, and vice-vers,
consist of strips of rubber vulcanis-We really, cannot call you Bill"; tha business.
arises when it is necessary to make The Phanton:
anton countered aed together. When the winter And, friends, with whom you've
worked or played;" the two sides of the account ba strong "N.E. gale of Capa Bolina season is over they can be rolled
(Continued on next Column) Ilanco. Both sides make their cal. on December, 33, which lasted up just like fibre" matting for Will find Sir William" far. boo
days with a very heavy a running, storage." culations in the currency of the carried away fying jibboom Was nation to which they are selling.in-company with the British ship In the example, given, Great Bri- Asiatic from Calenta for Hong. tain reckons that so many locomo Kong, in Lat. 01.11 N., and Long. tives equal so many Argentine dol-105.20 E. Hong Kong Daily Press, lars, and if the import of wheat Jan. 9. 1989. ↑ exceeds the value of the exported LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS: locomotives, the balance must be paid in Argentine currency.
THE SINCERE CO., LTD.
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HONG KONG SHAREBROKERS'
ASSOCIATION.
NOTICE.
Committen have that
HONG KONG, JANUARY. 9, 1933,"
WORLD CONFERENCE AND CONTROLLED EXCHANGES
relves when booking a Forward' Conference cannot now meet until
By Order of the Committee.
800 PUI CHEN,
Acting Secretary.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1933.
ENTRIES CLOSE SATURDAY, 14 JANUARY, nt-8.00 P.M.
OWNERS are reminded that eating
for the Annual Race 1922, must be in the hands of th Bearetary on or before the above date
By Order of the Stewards,
Bome
.to
To
A
*etaid.
So, in this "Fragrant Isle," you'll Just Budd* to friends including
JANUARY 1933.
Local and General
Among the passengers arriving per 5.8. Taiping from Australia are Dr. and Mrs, J. P. Spring and Mr. and Mrs, A. M. Cohen
His Excellency the Governor has His Excellency the Governor has appointed William Elliott to be an been pleased to nominate the light Assistant Inspector of Labour, Fac. Revd. Ronald Own Hall, B.A., tories and Workshop; with effect Bishop of Victoria, as a member of the Court of the University of from January 1, 1933.
Hong Kong representing grant in aid schools for a period of three years, with effect from December 31, 1932.
Mr. A. E. Stone, of the Engineer ing Department of the A.P.C., has left for a business trip to Manila, which will probably occupy about a year and a half. His genial smile will be missed by his fellow guests in the Peak Hotel and by his many
According to a notice signed by the Secretary of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange the. Committee of
The Italian Opera Company gave One case of small-pox and 'one obtain this, recourse is had to the their opening performance of the of diphtheria were reported on THE Copenhus decided fred A naren has occurred in the pre- Foreign Exchange Market, and so reason no the Theatre Royal, City of, diph for Forward Settlements. Thea parations for the World Economic many Argentine dollars are pur-Hall, on Saturday night. Owing chased for so many pounds. probably to the coldness of the
Quarantine restrictions have been must be arranged by Members them-Conference, It appears that this
Now, all markets require a atan- weather and in part also perhaps imposed against arrivals from Swa dard or "yard-stick" by which to to the opera selected for representa tow on account of small-pox. Contract.
next April, and may even have to measure price. For many decades, tion, Verdi's "Ernani," there was
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Priestly, until the Great War, this yard. cly a moderne attendance. The bo postponed to a still later date.
stick among all the great powers audience, too, were somewhat chary returned to Hong Kong from Meanwhile, the partial paralysis was the metal gold. With a good in their encouragement of the England on board the liner Anton from which trade is suffering all supply of gold, and a free market, artists and, this doubtless tended to or xi Friday.
other friends in the Colony... the Hong Kong Stock Exchange over the world continues, and, in in it. the exchange markets of the repress them. Certain it is, from world worked fairly amoothly until whatever cause, Ernani" was not
has decided that no special days respects, even
augments. the aftermath of the war brought so successful of is usually the case
His. Excellency the Governor, he will be fixed for, forward settle- Many subjects must necessarily ap many adverse factors, such as war with the opening performace of
accepted the resignation by Cap tain Cyril Champkin, of his Comments. These must be arranged pear on the agenda of the Confer debts, reparations and tariffs, which Italian Opera companies in Hong upset the normal operations of the Kong-Hong Kong Daily Press,
The New Territory hospital remission in the Anti-Aircraft Light by members themselves when book. ence and it is hard to say which exchange market, War debts were Jan 9, 1683.
turns of the St. John Ambulance Automaic Company of the Bong ing a forward contract.
Corps is of the greatest importance. But often exacted in gold and almost Looking Back 25 Years,
Brigade given the following-Kong Volunteer Defence
The mine-layer Marazion, one thing clearly must be dealt invariably in currency, for zo na
His Excellency the Governor and General 6142; maternity 69; how with effect from December 20, 1032. tion wished to receive goods which
sistei ship of the ill-fated Peters The Rev. and Mrs. B. Bunton field, is to be offered for sale by with speedily if the whole machin clashed with the interests of its Lady Lugerd accompanied by Cap- pital 10; total 6211. ery of international trade is not own producers of the same kind of tain Mitchell-Taylor, A.D.O and
come to a standstill. It is goods. And even if these debtr Mr. A. J. Brackenbury, left, on a Mr. GP do Martin will dis- were among the passengers who tender, either for breaking up or could by the band have been set visit to Canton yesterday morning bate the prizes at the Belilios arrived here on Friday from Aus for further use presumably on the hardly necessary to say that this led in, goods, this form of payment by E.M.S. Alterity, which was school prize giving which takes tralia per as, me termer is Mr. lines of the as Hydrangea, now
P. H. Suckling. General Manager The Maration is of 800 tons dɔs- is the problem of freeing the ex-was precluded by the high, not to placed at the disposal of the place at Queen's College at 11 am rival by the same steamer is Mr. coaster, and formerly a warship. of the Hong Kong and Shanghai placement and her engines are of changes of the world from the re-say prohibitive, tariff walls erect gubernatorial party by Admiral on Thursday, January 19.
ed round nations by the economie Sir Arthur Moore. The Admiral
SE Hotels, Ltd. Passengers arriving per
LH.P. 2,209. Full particulars of the strictions that so many govern nationalism of the post-war period was on board to receive His Ex-
torms of-sale and details of the ments have imposed än order to The subsequent abnormal, transfer collency and party, but did not a Kashima Mara from Shanghai in-
our advertisement. protect their currency. This sub of large sums of gold about the company them to the Chinese city clude Mr. A. T. B. Jensen, of the world has deranged the foreign ex It is expected that the party will Great Northern Telegraph Company,
ship appear is e ject of the controlled exchanges is change markets to an unprecedent. remain at Canton for two or three and Dr., Udo von Alvensleben,,
columns days-Hong Kong Daily Press, doctor of philosophy, bound up with and, in the popular od degree.
A prominent symptom of this Jan. 9, 1906, estimation, oversliadowed by the
derangement is the mal-distribu problem of the War Debts; but for tion of gold." Already, the United SWEDISH MEDICAL PRODUCT the exporter the question of how States have acquired no less than pressed state of trade arises from his customer in to pay him for hu £1,200,000,000 in gold, or nearly 38 those restrictions on exchange, goods is one of more immediate im por cent of the stock of others take the view that these £3,000,000,000 held by the 20 prin- restrictions are the direct result of portance. For no country is the cipal countries of the world, and bad trade and are purely delen Burglars who succeeded in break settlement of this question more France occupies a by no means sive measures. But there can be ing into the Kowloon Dispensary diminutive second plecs in this little doubt that the existence of (Mesura, A. B. Watson & Co., pressing than for Great Britain, respect. We cannot pause here to the restrictions does tend definite Limited): 60 Nathan Road, in for it is a fact that, for good, or peak of the disadvantages scoruly to reduce the volume of intern- the early hours of Haturday morn for-ill, Great Britain-lives by hering to countries owning such ab- tional trade.
ing stole perfume to the value of export trade. There was a time normal gold hoards (in the fall in From the foregoing it will be o
prices, for instance), but it is seen that the payment of War when even Chancellors of the Exobvious that this sterilization at Doble in gold has depleted the Mr. G. E. Nattall, a former re- chequer thought that foreign as were of gold makes the operation available supply of monetary gold; sident of Hong Kong, who retired change problems were subject cult.
of the exchange markets very diff the raw material heBorgign ex from the Colony many years ago, mange markets of the world. This passed through Hong Kong on the only for City experts, but now At present no less than 40 coun- has caused governments everywhere Blue Funnell steamer Antenor adays wide circles of the public trics have in greater or lesser de to impose restrictions designed to last Baturday Ho is making have at least a rudimentary know gree imposed restrictions on the conserva their diminishing there of tour of the Far East ledge of the matter. Nevertheless, foreign exchange markets of those this gold, and this, in turn, hasat zajed
countries. In Central European made internati and South American countries.cont of extrema
0. B. BROWN,
Hong Kong, 9th January, 1933.
Secretary.
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being in huge demand in its own country a general agent for South China is required. Answer in English to "Great Proft Possibili tice, c/o Annonsbyran Bten- Kranty A. B., Stockholm, Sweden.
HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
Notice of OHANGE of Address.
COMMUNICATIONS to the Association should now be sent
wor
Among the passengers arriving hore by the 8.8. Sawa Mara are Mr. E. O Baker, Mr. 8. L. Vin cent, and Mr. and Mrs. MW. Foard, Mr Foard is a mining en gineer of Colombo.***
matter, Sister Ferguson, one llows for nurses at Maklda
of the foreign er trni of the exchanges has been care disn
ried to great lengths. No criticism that the solution of of these countries is implied in foreign exchanges can stating this fict, and it is only achieved on an international; fair to say, tasty while ong set and it is to arrive at this solution, Experts asserts that the presentide that the World Economic Confere
afifoot of next Column)ence, had been summoned.
Mr. P. A. J. Hamilton and fami ly are among the recent arrivals is na oficer of the Colonial Audit at the Peak Hotel Mr. Hamilton Department in London and has bem The members of the Diocesan stationed in the Fiji Islands; he Old Girl's Association held their is now transferred to Hong Kong annual carnival and to join the Audit Department here. dance on Saturday Mra Hamilton and the children School in Kowloon have resided in New Zealand dur- very large attendance, of me ing the past couple of years and friends. Three prises were PAN DEN awarded to Mrs Vessoons. (C)
Meny friends will be interested nese wedding drem) ~ = to know that Captain Archibald dressed lady, and. Cook, of Messrs, Butterfield and Gittins und Mr. Bwire and Mrs. Cook with their tiny tot and amah) three bonnie kiddies, Calvin, Luther original. Miss Sawyer and Athens, were passengers on the instreas, presented the Blue Funnel steamer Antenor, en- the winners, route to Shanghai Iast Saturday
His Excel After a visit to Shanghai,
- re* | nominated probable that the family
their Robert Sha turn to the Colony-to-mak home again in Kowloon Tong Court
The Hon KCM.O rived in the
the popper Empress ital werd day Bir. Er
the Hom
Kong Fafur Barnard, 960m with effoor