CLAIMS AGAINST._ FRENCH STEAMER
$19,690.12 FOR COAL
SUPPLIED
Yet another claim was brought in the Supreme Court yesterday Sir before the Chief Justice, Joseph Kemp, against the French vessel. Gr. Gn. Maserice Long II. The plaintiffs were the Pak. Hoi Co., 4, Des Voeux Road West, who sued for 819,060.12 for neces- narics supplied.
Mr. H. C. Macnamara (instruct- ed by Mr. W. A. Mackinlay of Messrs. Detonns) represented the plaintiffs.
Several months ago the vessel was sold at the order of the Court to meet Habilities, and the pro- ceeds. deposited with the Court.
His Lordship ordered that the proceeds be condemned for the amount of the claim and costs.
Mr. Macnatuara said he under stood there were two appearances in the case and in each defendants discontinued their opposition to Che action and a short-time-apo- leave was given to proceed parte. The facts were extremely simple, but the law with regard to such claims WOR not quite so obvious as it would be in most claims for necessaries. The claim
was for coal, which undoubtedly was a necessary, and the money which had been advanced by the plaintiff firm was advanced while they were agents for the stormer,
Question of Ownership.
The plaintiff stated that the vessel was at all material times owned by the Huig On Steamship Company (Haiphong), Limited, Haiphong and was formerly owned by the Socinte des Affretours Indo Chinois. The plaintiffs were at all material times agents of the Hang On S.S. Co., (Haiphong), Limited, in Hong Kong and they had the Authority from the Hang On Co. to supply and or advance or pay the money for all necessaries supplied to the ship at the request of the. master thereof.
The petition continued that the vessel was arrested in August last and sold by the order of the Court; and set out various transactions between the plaintiffs and the de- fendante whereby there wES balance due to the plaintiffs of the rmount claimed,
His Lordship direkted that the proceeds be condemned in the sum of $19,690, and costs...
MR. J. A. NORONHA GOING ON WELL
NO BONES BROKEN
CORRESPONDENCE.
[All lettere intendeu „jor publi cation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, unless so desired, but as evidence of good faith.—ED.]
HONG KONG A.D.C.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DAILY. PRESS.")
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933.
A REST ROOM
CHINESE Y.W.C.A.'S NEW
VENTURE
A babble of chatter, beaming smiles, tea, cakes and a real spirit of good fellowship. The Chinese Y.W.C.A. was holding a *house I warming." at the new rest room
at 03, Des Voeux Road, Contral.
The rest room is situated on the second floor of the new building at the corner of Pottinger Street and Des Vaux Rond, and is a Sin-You published recently charmingly light and airy room contributed article on the activities prettily furnished with rattan, up- past and present of the Hong Kongolstered arm chairs and coucher, A.D.C., wherein it was stated that bright curtains and picture hung the early eighties all walls. The furnishings were given feminine parts were impersonated by the various clubs connected with by males.do not know from the Chinese YWCA The idea what source your contributor ob behind the opening of these new incl his information, but premises is to provide a room in though my personal knowledge of which meetinga may be held and A.D.C. productions falls far short where Chinese members of the of the early eighties I have a live-Y.W.C.A. who may be working or ly recolection of my late father shopping in the Central District, ferring to "The School for Scand can drops in for a rest or to write n letter, but Miss Shin, the very al" that was produced in the late
charming Chinese secretary of the seventies in which he took a minor part. The leading lady in Y.W.C.A., assured a Daily Press warm wel- the play was Mrs. Philip Bornard, representative that and Mrs. Coxon also appeared u come would be extended to women der the nom de theatre of Mrs-of-other-nationalities-also- Hockey.
Employment Bureau,
A YOUNG TIBETAN
IN ENGLAND
Learns To Enjoy League Football
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CONTRASTS OF HOME' LIFE
Tachieniu, W. China, Jan, 14. Yesterday, Namká Dendru, a young Tibetan, arrived in the city from Shanghai.
Namka,
+ bright, intelligint young fellow, is the brother of Mrs Louis King, the wife of the British Consul, who left Tachienlu in the autumn of 1909 After a visit to Peiping, where Namka met the Pan- chen Lama, and a short holiday in Japan, the young Tibetan travelled home to England with his sister and her husband. There in the beautiful lanes of sunny Kent he spent. seven very happy and enjoyable years.
Beauty of England.
MUSICAL CONCERT
ENTERTAINMENT AT SAILORS HOME
An excellent song and instru- mental concert was held at the Sailors and Sokhere'. Homo last night. All the items on the pro gramme were well rendered, and the Committee are to be congratu- Inted on its success.
The following was gramine:-
Fart Song (with
the pro-
Violins and (Misa
piano)"The Snow" Flint's Ladies' choir). Recitation-Mrs. Smith. Hawaiian Trio-(n) Hilo Maroh," (b) "Hawaiian Lore" (Messrs. Andrew Chan, Henry Wong and Kenneth Pang).
Songs (5)
"At - Dawning''; (b) **Trees" (Mrs. Potállion). Community Singings (n)Who's
That Calling 1"; (b) "Upider." Guitar Solo-A Kentucky Bar-
barcue" (Mr. Andrew Chan), Guitar Trio Na Lei O Hawaii," Part Songs (a) Lassie o Mine";
(b) Rolling Down to Rio." Recitation-Mrs. Smith. Vocal Duet-Mr. J. and Mr. R.
Baldwin,
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Community Singing "The Last
Long Mile”
MARKET.
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL
It is too early yet to find out his reaction on returning to the Land of the Lamas, but it has been most | interesting discovering his impres sions of seven years residence in It is likely enough that your
England. Living down in Kent he The employment bureau of the was very much impressed by the contributor was not very far out very far out in his dates because .W.CA. will be situated at 63que beauty of the English lanes HONG KONG STOCK
we under and the possibility of wandering even in the niddis eighties I have Des Voeux Road, but heard that it was customary for all stand that the bureau in Caine unmolested through one of Eng the cast to adopt stage names Road will be kept open. The rest land's flower gardens. Having li awing to the objection of local room will be open from fam. toed bath in China nad Tibet, the talpans to their employees appear.6 p.m. and at least one member of peculiar privacy of the English Mr. Coxon, of the Board will be present every home and garden struck him very ing on the stage,
V much. In his own native land Jardine, was a tower of strength in day.
practically no home enjoys privacy those days, but always acted under
and any one may walk in and out the name of Mr. Hockey, and Mr. Beart, who was, I believe. Secres
and no question be asked. Lary of the Hong Kong Club, was
carly in the morning the big front for many years the star comedian,
door is opened and remains so till it is closed late at night. We did not ask him which he preferred but rather gathered that he learned to appreciate the quietness and pri vacy of the English home.
As an old-timer in
amateur
theatricals I would like to con- gratulate the Hong Kong A.D.C. on the quality of its shows in re- cent years. I saw "Nine T
Six"
in London and if the local produc tion is up to standard it should prove a big success.-Youra, etc.".
THESPIAN.
TO-MORROW'S RACES
CLASSIFICATION AND'
WEIGHTS
The following are the weights and elassifications in the four handicap races on to-morrow's programme: Happy Valley Spring 'cap. ("A" Class) (From 2 Miles Post).
Daylight Eve
Doe
Don
Gold Key
Indluna
lbs.
145
140
132
152
140
King's Bounty wa....... 103 King's Justics
163 Pride of Tsingtao ................... 140 The Tiger
150 Valorous
150
The Chinese Y.W.C.A. has done the Colony, very fine work ia It was started in 1917 and formally organisal in 1930. The membership now numbers about 500, besides an proximately the same number of girls belonging to various Y.W. Clubs.
SOUTH CHINA NOTES
SHEMPAI RACES SWEEP- STAKE
There is to be a sweepstake for the Shekpai (Canton) horse races 07 March 20, 30,000 tickets will be issued and the first prize will be worth about 830,000.
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Small-poz," etc.
REPORT:
Whilst markets remained quiet in the earlier part of the day, a much Very livelier tone was evident at the after-
The enormous crowds at the foot- ball matches somewhat appalled him. He visited Highbury and saw the Arsenal in one of their Cup- What impressed him tic games.
was the careful way a fainting per- son was handled and removed from the crowd. In thesa enormous, madly, yelling crowds, the young Tibetan was inclined himself to However, he feel quite dizzy. learned to enjoy and appreciate English football and thoroughly understand the game.
The Zoo.
The British Museum had an end- less attraction for Namka. Here-ho used to spend many of his days. enjoying the exhibits from the lands alar. He was also greatly interested in the Tibetan section and the many exhibits from the Roof of the World. However, the Mechanical Section was the pisce
The following cases of contagi car diseasen occurred in Canton during the week ending February 18, according to the report issued by the Bureau of Health: --
Small-pox 98, ingluding 1 death; diphtheria ; meningitis ; dysende resistance, tery 3; and meales 4..
Vaccination to be Enforced?' The Municipal Bureau of Public Hesith report good results from the Inat vaccination campaign, and a large number of people availed themselves of the free service.
The many friends of Mr, J. A. Noronha, popularly known on the Race Course. NA "Jackie," will be glad to hear that be is making very good progress in the French Hóa- pital, where he was taken, follow- Happy Valley Spring H'cap. ("B" of compulsory vaccination be intro
Class) (From 2 Miles Post).
ing the accident in the last race on' Wednesday. Mr. Noronha was in great pain on Wednesday, but it is understood that no bones were broker and that there is no sign. of internal hemorrhage.
KING'S THERE AT
COMING. SHORTLY
Weird! Chilling! Thrilling:
The Voice of Perili The Eyes of. Terror!
CHANDI
THE
MAGICIAN Probe || A
with
.HON KLAND
LOWE
Bela LUGOSI
Fox Picture
lbs.
Ajax.
155
Alexander Hall
150
Cy-Pres
140
Gold Bar
140
Gold Mine
140
Gold Ring
156
Helter Skelter.
159
Helvellyn
140
King's Counsel.
152
King'a Parade
140
Mon Talisman
Powerful King'
Snappy Eve
185 150 145
The Crook
140
140
140 140
The Lion Wakefield Whoopies
Griffins Spring Handicap (“ À "
Coo Coo Bay Mayflower Mignonette Poker Faco
(Class): (One Mils).
lbs.
105
161
159
148
Solar Face
Spotted Butterfly
Stourbridge
148 100 155
Street Singer
161
Tenorio
The Cavalier
103 155
-Griflos Spring Handicap`{“ B"
ises
Olass) (One
1 Obdan and
A1 Morga
1b0.
Bootle
158
Double Face Esk
150
101
Foolsenp
153
Glen Shee
155
Golly Eyes
138
Good in Good
151
Hazel Leat
101
Jacky Sharkey
-105-
King's Company.
*156
Magnolia
156
Maria Petra
156
Per Se
Spotted Leaf
158 148
Stickynnet
180
The Roundhead ̈
**145
105
158
145
Wayward Stag
Widnes
Vigan
It is suggested that some form
noon Session, Douglases, Hotels, Lands, Trams, Lights Electrics and Cements all registering a slight
avance, and in demand.
„Balor, Hotels (Old), 891/8.13. HK. Lando, 8741. Trams, $20.60. Electrics, 874j.
Cements (Combined), 87.90..
Buyers.
HK Steamboats, $29. Douglases, 831.
Hotels (Old), 88.15. Hotels (New), $74. H.K. Lands, 874. Chinese Estates, 895. Hong Kong Trams, 8201. Star Ferrics, $90. China Lights (Old), 811.30. China Lights (New), 89.20. Electrice, 874). Telephonea. (New), 800%.. Cements (Combined), $7.76. Constructions (Now), 90 cents. Govt. Ioans, 4% Prem.
Sellers.
Hong Kong Banks, $1,700. Union Insurances, $565. Ewo Cattons, Tlo. 13.40. Shanghai Cottons, Tis. 71. Constructions (Old), $5.
FINGER-NAIL" MOONS" AS HEALTH INDEX
FRENCH DOCTOR'S
OBSERVATIONS
But the Zoo, the London Zoo! This par excellence was the attrac tion for this young man from Tibet. He saw the monkeys at Penang and he saw the monkeys in the Zoo and these fascinating creatures captivated his imagination, and hoary wore spent in front of those
Are the finger-nails an index to monkeys. Here he also saw some- thing from his own country" the the state of a person's health? The wild and woolly yak touched a time to time through the centuries, theory has been put forward from tender spot and carried him away back to the high uplands of central but recently the Paris journal Je The Pearl Bridge.
Surely he was not so far tout has published the result of a systematic investigation by The Bureau of Public Utilities away from home after all; there Doctors Zoeller, Noyer, and Boide, announced that
it was quietly grazing, the wild, the following:
who state: woolly yak, and apparently per- schedule for the opening of the fectly happy. Why should he not Pearl Steel Bridge will be observed: be happy. And the Takin and the
A.M., 6.20 to 6.40; 8 to 8.15.
wild Tibetan goat were not very P.M., 4.24 to 4.40; 6 to 8.15.
far away.
duced.
اریم
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Asia.
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Servants."
fully twelve hundred individuals, "The investigations embraced either ill, convalescent, or healthy. carefully Healthy subjects, selected and endowed with vitality, have as a rula from eight to ten whitish little crescent-shaped
moons at the base of their finger- Baile one each on the majority of the nails.
*Individuals succumbing to an infectious malady have the whitinh crescents at the base of the thumb nails only. Often such individuals have no moons' at all on even the thumb-nail..
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Baichuon Cement Works,
Namka yas long, enough in Eng- The Saichuen Coment Works land to discover the, pereunal in- stated that 1,800 sacks cement are terest surrounding the Servant produced daily by the Works. Question. What did impress him
"Additional
from was the readiness with which the machinery Denmark costing $200,000 will be servant got tired. After an hour's ready in June at which time the work they felt strongly inclined to production of the works will be rest ou the sofa; and what struck increased to 2,700 sacks daily. him was their aversion to children. The quality and price of local And the fact that no servant would product compared very favourably begin work till their life was to An individual suffering from sured left him wondering about the an infectious disease may during with these of imported brande."
world's safety for Démocracy. This convalescence find that these little whole servant proposition seemed moons reappear at the base of so different from conditions obtain the fingernails, and expand and ing in his own native Minya.
increase in number.
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Fooshow and Amoy. Foochow with a population of 330,000 and Amoy, with a popula tion of 210,000 are to be raised to the status of municipalities. The former will be an area of 300 square li including parts of the Minhsion and Houkwan districts while the Amoy Municipality will include the Szeming, Hoshan and Kulangsu districts.
BUSINESS TAX FOR ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT
› Nanking, Fur-12-Replying to a query from the National Rocon- truction Commission, the Ministry of-Finance announces-that the Busi ness Tax for electrical enterprises in the provinces of Kiangsu and Chekang is to be imposed at the rate of 5 per mile and that in Anhwei at 4 per mille Those in creased rates have been approved by the Executive Yuan, to be effective for the present year, instead of the former rates of 3 per millo for the
three provinces
THE L: O, N;
(By the Cynic).
The Jap says :--| Loague Ordering Nippon!! Nippon Only Laughs
(end says let us be:-) Lording Over Nanking..
and consequently Lead On Nippon |
The Chino pays :---. That "Laughter Of Nations
has been 80:- "Long Over Nothing
and in fact they are St Doing Nothing and it is evident that it is Bous Domination Nipponaise."
under Japanese Domination.") SDN Societé des Nations) And finally the tired World says Oh, What a Lot of Nonsense."
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"Among individuals usually en joying good health, these little moons at the base of the finger- nails vary according to the rise or fall of the vitality. Seasonal variations occur; the little cres- cents increase in site during the spring and show a tendency "de- crease in the autumn.
"It may indeed happen that s person with ten little "mopna-ona on each nail-will, succumb to an infectious malady. Nevertheless, people usually in good health who lose their finger-nail crescents might find it well to look into the cause of such, a 'variation."
Paiping, Feb. 15, Peiping will shortly have a squad of police women doing turns in patrolling the streets of the city. In accordance with an order from the Ministry of Interior, the Peiping Municipal Government yesterday instructed the Bureau of Public Safety to Frecruit a number of women-for-the- police force as an experiment.-- Kuo Min.
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