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CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION.
THE Offices and Stations of the
THEHINESE MARITIME CUS
TOMS for Kowloon aryl District will be, CLOSED to PUBLIC BUSINESS on the ATI MAY, 1933, being a CUSTOMS HOLIDAY,
E. N, ENSOR,
Commissioner of Chinese Customs. Kowloon and District.
York Building,
Hong Kong, 23rd May, 1933.
CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION
No. 230,
HELM ORDERS.
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ACTING under instructions I
bave to notify the Govern ment's instructions that on and after 18th May, 1933, held or steering orders, ie, orders to the steereman are to be given in the direct sense in ali Chinese merchant vesseis
"From midnight on the 13th May, 1933, helm or steering orders; i,e. "orders to the steersman, ure, "under government instructions, "to be giron in the direct sense in "all Chinese merebant vessels. "When ship is going aboad the "English word "Right" is to be "used when it is intended that the “wheel, the rudder blade, and the "heal of the ship shill all move to "the right. Similarly, the English "word "Left" is to be used when "a ship is going shad and it is "intended that the wheel, the rudder blide, ant the head of the *ship shall all move to the loft. On small vessels steered by hand "tiller orders are also to be given "in the direct sense. That is to "way, the order "right" is to be "given when the rudiler blade and "head of the boat are to be moved "to the right, and the order "Left" is to be given when the "rudder. blade and head of the "boat are to Le moved to the left." E.N. ENSOR,
Commissie ver of Chinese Custom
Kowloon and District. York Building,
Hong Kong, 23rd May, 1933,
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THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN QUEENSLAND). NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND..
OTICE is hereby given that a First Interim Dividend of Bix Penco per share in account of the financial year ending 31st March, 1934 has been declared by the Company in Directors of the Brisbane, payable to Shareholders pu Brishane and the Registers at Singapore on Thursday, 15th June, 1980.
Notice is also hereby given that the Singapore Tran-fer Registers will be closed from Friday, 9th June to Thursday, 15th June, 1933 (both days inclusive) for the preparation of Dividend Warrants,
By Order of the Board,· DERRICK & CO., Chartered Accountants, Local Secretaries..
Hongkong Bank Chamber, SINGAPORE, 15th May, 1983.
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HONG KONG'S POSTAL SERVICE
P.M.G.'s Report for 1932,
START OF AIRMAIL SERVICE
The report of the General Post Office, Hong Kong, for the year 1832 states that a service from Hong Kong providing air transit from Saigon to Europe and intermediate countries was opened on August 2. The air mail service from Saigon is weekly. The Hong Kong-Saigon connection is maintained by the regular fortnightly sailing of the French Mail steamers and on alter nate weeks by any steamer that can make the connection at Saigon. The average time of transit Hong Kong to Great Britain is 15 days
A heavy decrease in parcel post traffic was experienced during the year particularly with Chins and Great Britain. The disturbed com ditions prevailing in the former country and the increased duties in the latter were contributory
DAIRY FARMING AT SINGAPORE
English Vegetables and Fruit
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERESTING EXPERIMENT
Prior to 1029, the supply of fresh vegetables and milk on Fraser's Hill, Singapore, was limited; the vegetables were supplied from small ares in the heighbourhood of "Red-Cross" Bungalow, and ad- joining this area a dairy herd was inaintained, but the supply of milk was inadequate. nnd working con ditions were maatisfactory,
IMPROVING
BANGKOK HARBOUR ||SUMMARY OF NEWS
THE EXPERT COMMITTEE
and expert
examine
Local.
The trial of Mark William Hal- hums, a Chinese Maritimo Castory The Sinnese Government has re-officer, for the manslaughter of a quested technical advice from ex-three-year-old Chinese girl in a perte of the Communications and attack on a trading junk was con Transit Organisation of the Lea-tinued at the Criminal Sessions gue of Nations concerning the im- yesterday. The accused occupied provement of the means of access the witness box for the whole of and equipment of the harbour of the afternoon, and after he had of the given evidence, the case was ad- Bangkok. The chairman
Page 6. Transit Committee has asked a fourned until Thursday morning.
The British Empire Fair will be committee of experts to this question."
The committee of experts, speci-open at noon. today at Peninsula description of the preparations for of Messrs. the Fair and a review of some of ally appointed, for the purpose, is Hotel by H.E. the Governor. A full
Mr. A. T. Coode, composed as follows: Coode, Wilson, Mitchell and Vaug- the sales and the commodities which Page 7. It was evident that conditions jus han-Lee of London, consulting en-are on exhibit appear in this issue. At to-morrow's meeting of the tified the establishment of a farm gineers to the Crown Agouts for
the appropriation of $317,000 will be operating on a larger scale, which the Colonies; consulting engineer
Or- requested. Sir Henry Palock has, would not only cater for the rest of the European Commission of the Legislative Council a supplementary given notice of questions regarding dential area on the hill, but would Danube
malaria in Kowloon Tong, "and the also provide useful information as Communications and Transit to the prospects of supplying some ganisation,
Mr. G. P. Nijhoff," consulting en-
Page 7. at unmuzzled dogs. of the needs of this country in the matter of hill produce such as milk, gineer, former member of the Roy-question of shooting by the police A report by the Post Master meat.al Corps of Waterstaat, Nether- vegetables, poultry, eggs, flowers, and fruit of a type likely lands, Rapporteur of the Cominit. General records a heavy decrease on Vein demand in the local tee of Inquiry into Public Works parcel post traffic with China and and National Equipment of the Great Britain. Wireless messages markets.. Chinese Delivery Section.
The proposal for the new farin munications and Transit Organisa also showed a decrease. Mention is During the year this section was submitted to Government by tion.
Mr. P. H. Watier, Counsellor of made of the opening of the air-mail Page 6. handled 7,963,344. ordinary letters, the Director of Agriculture in 1929,
The Harbour Master's Report for 432,188 other articles and 11,001 and in 1931 an officer of the Depart State, Inspector-General of the vice to Europe last August,
of Navigable932 shows a slight decrease in the against ment of Agriculture was stationed National Department of Roads and Postal Hong packets
Importation of Bridges, Director 6.740,127 ordinary betters, 370,201 at Fraser's Hill. other articles and 10,001 Postal pure-bred cattle and poultry was Waterways and Maritime Ports at shipping in Hong Kong British ocean-going shipping however, "in Hong packets in 1931.
commenced, and the farm,situated the Ministry of Public Works of of the The registered articles delivered at Jeriau, about 2 miles north of France, Consulting Engineer of the creased by 600,000 tons and river steamers registered an increase of Danube, Member of the Committes 41,000 tons. Japanese shipping, for amounted to 169,565, of which 72,743 Red Cross bungalow, began opera European Commission
on Ports and Maritime Navigation the fear under review, decreased were from the United States and tion."
over 1 million tons Canada, and 97,999 from China
of the Communication and Transit and other countries, as compared
Organisation. with 207,934 in 1931, a decrease of 37,989,
causes.
"
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Fresh Vegetables.
6,065 insured letters were dealt with as against 7,214 in 1031. The total number of Chinese private boxes was 338 an increase of 19 a satisfactorily. compared with 317 in 1931.
dairy
A.
vegetable garden, designed primarily with the object of meet- ing requirements on the Hill, was established near the new farm and by 1992 was functioning Surpuls supplies have been disposed of in Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring markets. It is considered that there is a potential market for fresh veget- The total paid traffic for the ables of good quality once market ofing and transport can be organised 378,780 messages 3,304,768 words, representing demore efficiently, and the experience creases of 24,149 messages and gained by the Department of Agri- 125,089 words as compared with the culture, as a result of the efforts on the Fraser's Hill farm should be of figures for 1831.
year was
(B) WIRELESS.
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-General.
Page 7.
81-
The committee held a first meet-
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, It drew up a list of the supplein the House of Commons, mov- ing at Geneva on April 3 and 4. mentary technical and economic ad a financial resolution to data which it considered necessary thorise legislation to carry out the recommendations of the Committee. upon income tax in relation to the for the establishment of its port.
Page 9 It confirmed by official circles Co-Operative societies.
те
It also noted the provisions neces- sary to the organisation of a study of the question on the spot and entrusted that duty to M. Nijhoff, who will visit Siam during the month of May.-Bangkok Times.
in London that an agreement has Government, the French and Bri tish Ambassadors, and Captain been reached between the Italian
Goering, representing Germany, on the new draft of the Mussolini of the British Empire Fair to
Page 9. The new Four Power PactTM has The total number of unpaid value to enquirers interested in this manure, so that it has not been Four-Power Pact, think of the great faira, and the
"found necessary to use artificial fer- permanent fairs of the world, but, messages for the year was 44,248 branch of agriculture.
It is evident that the most satis-tilisers, except for experimental undergone considerable modifica we suggest, the opportunity is here.an increase of 5,934 over the figure This is a meeting place of the for 1931. The total number of un- factory results are obtained when purposes. In this connection, it tions, comprising a preamble of five paid words was 1,075,747-a de- the majority of the produce is may be mentioned that the farm is articles and an agreement has been as to avoid the bad situated at a suficient distancs reached tentatively on all points, nations. It is the trade emporium crease of 80,844 as compared with planted so
effects of very wet weather. Dama: from the residential area to ensure but Articles Two and Three bave of South China, and here the pro- the figures for last year.
The net decreases amounted to ge to seedlings during heavy rains that flies will not become a nuisance not yet been finally Brafted. Page 1. At a meeting of the committee of The vegetables which have shown the International Union Rubber 4.13 per cent. and 4.07 per cent. pests and diseases, maintaing the
fertility of the soil and ensuring promising results include beetroot, growing industry held at Amster respectively.
Asuitable crop rotation are the cabbage, carrots, greenpeas, beans, dam on Monday various rubber re-
striction schemes were discussed. principal, purely agricultural, dif leeks, lettuce, ranish,
Page. 9.. fioulties to be overcome...'
and spinach. Fresh vegetables are The farm is fortunate in having collected daily and are retailed at available large supplies of cattle the milk depot in the residential
area-S.F.P. (Continued on next Oclumn).
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE
HONOUR FOR MRS. ROSA
RENDERS WYSUULLER-DROESSER.—
On May 30, 1933, at Tientsin. ducts of the British Empire, 18,235, messages 185,033 wards or and the ravages of certain insect in the bungalows. MARGOT WISHULLER-DROESSER particularly from Canada, India and Australia, meet the exports to Mr. H. READERS.
from the Southern provinces of China. While the great liners and freighters of the world bring in goods from the West and the South, they load up from the junks that stream in from the Pearl River and the great waterways flowing down from Kwangsi and the East of Kwangtung. Who has failed to see the significance of a Blue Funnel freighter, swarmed on either side by junks, and also in the busy scenes along the Praya, where lighters and River steamers are discharging the produce of China! THE BRITISH EMPIRE FAIR These humble craft, are to Hong
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, MAY 24, 1933.
on B
LANGLEY
His Majesty the King, Sovereign Head of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, has been graci ously pleased to sanction the ad mission of Mrs. Rosa Langley as "Serving Sister" of the Order of St. John, as from February 17, 1833, the date of His Majesty's Sign Manual.
An announcement of this honout British shipping, the backbone of London Gazette. the industry.
asparagus,
Local and General
for tho
The
An inquiry into the drug traffic in China either by the League of Nations or the Chinese Government was suggested at a meeting of the opium advisory Committes by Mr. Lyal, the British assessor, Page D. Far East.
A message from Peiping states that a temporary peace agreement has been reached.
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Kowloon-Canton Railway The Valuation Lists Colony for the year 1933-4 will be announce that the train bringing open to inspection at the Treasury the Canton delegation to Hong for twenty-one days commencing Kong for the Empire Fair to-day 100 ITALIAN FLIERS will arrive at the Kowloon Railway,
TRAINING** Monday, May 29.
Station at 10.46 am.
Owing to the rivalry which some times results in a free fight, dragon
The R.M.S. Empress of Japan,
Kong what the tramp steamer is to will in due course appear in the boat races have been forbidden this left Vancouver for Hong Kong, vi
PROMOTERS and organisers of the British Empire Fair are
It is possible to go on as at bigger thing than most people realise. The salient feature of this present! We have done without a fair so far. That in the New Ter-
year's Fair is the big growth overritories instead of becoming a real
.
(Sd) P.S.WILKINSON,
Major-General, Secretary-General
year on the inland waters of the Honolulu, Japan ports and Shang- Pearl River. It is understood that has, on the morning of May 20, 19 a notice to this effect will be issued due at Hong Kong on the morning by the Peace. Preservation Bureau of June 9, and will leave for Manila
on the evening of June 9, of Canton;
STRICTLY FOR MASS CHICAGO HOP
OBBETELLO, ITALY, May 16.
A life like that of a bunch of pugiliste in strict training is led here by the 100, aviators who will The case of Rex Mr. Charles man 24 Italian seaplanes on Gen. At a meeting of the Hong Kong. Williams care up for hearing in eral Italo Balbo's group fight to Practical Psychology, Club at Lane,
Men and machines are being week, but was adjourned by Mr. C. on Friday, the speaker, Mr. Victor H. Haines, Registrar, at the ac- turned to the highest possibl K. Kwong, formerly of the Sanused's request, as he thought he point of efficiency so that both "Some Reflections on American The accused was remanded in cus- be without flaw when the moment Francisco Bulletin will speak on would be able to get legal assistance. human and mechanical units may comes, for their leader to signal tody in the Amoy Road Gaol...... Newspaper: Psychology.'":
contact,"
..
FORAMMES and ENTRY last year. Then the comment was, agricultural show it has stagnated, Province of Kwangtung. Their pre- Crawford's Restaurant at 8 pm H.M. Police Court, Shanghai last Chicago, starting in a few days.
for the Fifth Extra perhaps with memories of Wembley the British firms having given little sence, suggests, moreover, the natur- Race Meeting to be held in Macao
or no support. But a big opporal line of advance for the next event on Sunday, 11th June, 1933, may be in mind, a very nice little obtained at The Sports Club, Hongkong show," and opinion was divided as Jockey Ulub £tibles, or at the Offices of to whether it would be advisable unity missed is a sign of falling of this kind. The Fair is an ex- back in the race, a slackening inhibition of the goods which the Messrs, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming,
to repeat it in 1933 or wait and see the spirit of enterprise and initia-British Empire wishes to sell both
One by one the model 10 Savoia- 6, Des Voeux Road Central.
During the week ending May 20, Primate Bishop James De Wolf Entries OLOSE at 3 p.m. on how things were in a couple of tive that builds up an overseas locally and to China. Next year Tuesday, 30th May, 1933.
three years' time. Fortunately the former view prevailed, and this trade station. How many outposts of there should be a Chinese nection there were four deaths from small Perry of the American Episcopal Marchetti planes, beautiful speel- cerebro-spinal fever (six cases re-dora Matthew Galbraith Perry, turned over to the pilots naviga- year's expansion of the Fair within the Empire, past and present there showing what China, wishes to give pox, one from diphtheria, five from Church, grand nephew of Commo mene of workmanship are being The ships embody several late the Peninsula Hotel itself, and into have been, and have dwindled and in exchange. International trade is ported). There were also three whose coming to Japan opened the tors, mechanics and wireless opera
rived in Tokyo en May 7, after the big mataheds beyond, represents decayed, because the spirit that pot selling only but the free cases of enteric. fever (no deaths) country to foreign commerce, ar-tors who will form their crews.
a zenith flagged, interchange of commodities. We and 1 of puerperal fever. There visiting Manila and China. Bishop improvements over the plause used Perry is now in Sendai where he on Balbo's mass flight to Brasil cannot sell to China unless we buy were 63 death from tuberculosis. a remarkable step forward. It is brought them to
Isotta Fraschini motors developing a typically British method to start and they took the easier way,
The practical concern of those from her. Need the possibilities
For possession of ten los. of duti is the guest of Bishop Norman in 1981 Each is driven by two
'Binstead
1,000 horsepower and erected tan THE
THE Fifty-second Ordinary Gen.
eral Meeting of Shareholders in a sun way and do the job well.
be laboured? What better stimulus 100 or four weeks imprisonment Chan Ming was charged before dem, over the single wing. The will be held at the Offices of the Efficiency acts like yeast on dough supporting and organising the of such a development of the Fair able tobacco, Hung Kap was fined
and by Mr. Schofield, at the Central Mr Butters at the Kowloon, Magis- front motor drives a thres-bladed andersigned on Thursday, the 25th and opportunities develop of them-Fair is the policy by which it can
be steadily expanded, without undue could there, be to the new May, 1933, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General relves? Thus in the distant past
inflation, so that clients complain, reviving industries of fouth Chins Magistracy. Inspector Hourihan trasy yesterday with stowing away propeller and the rear engine a
said the nocused, in a ricksha, had on the President Hoover from Hong two-bladed affair. Agents together with a statement of two British trading companies came Accounts for the year ended the 21st East The Arst sowed the seed of
“we did so much last year, the than the holding of a great ex the tobacco tied up in-a piece of Kong to Manila on May 10. It The maximum speed is 175 miles was stated that defendant was an hour. At the cruising rate of Jecember 1932.
found on the ship while she was 150 m.p.h. each machine can carry
2,300 pounds more than 2,500 miles. The following Besolations will also the British Empire in India, the results were small, please let us off hibition-a review of the inter-matting underneath his feet.
Yesterday's meeting of the Sani on her way to Manila, and he was The men selected for the trip are second lead by slow stages to this time" The growth must be change of goods between China and fue
tary Board" whs of formal nature, brought back to the Colony when walled on from all distracting con- That as from the let day of the Colony
of Hong Kong, natural, and, to meet a genuine the Empire Amid appropriato #January 1833, the remunera
artificial demand. decoration would be staged not only Mr. T. Megarry presided over the she returned. A fine of $50 or one tacts. They eat at a training table,
ph may
ach have just out Chit the British position in China and not an
wine a day and are limited on the No one would any that Apart from, the expansion on last tamples of the agriculture and the meeting and others, present includ-month was imposed.
but in the year's exhibition, already mention mines of the Leung Kwang pro-ed Hon. Mr. A. GW Tickle,
Sporte, such as ime ed, the most significent feature of vinces, for the scientific and expert Dr. G. W. Pope (Medical Officer of To-morrow & lunch will be given.) suloking.
Health), Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, Mr. at the Hong Kong Hotel in honour is the visit of the eye, but the silk and the furniture, K. Lo, Mr. F. O. Hall, Dr. Iof Dr. Kan Chia Han, Inspector: nis, fencing, water pole gtung Pro- the ceramics, the lacquer and metal-Shu Fan, Mr. C Champkin, and General for Foreign Affairs of the are on the daily
ark in serial onl ware for which this part of the Mr. C. J. Roo (Becretary). On the Kwangtung, Kwanget, Yunnan, with Aring and world bas for centuries been famed proposal of the Chairman second- Kweichow and Fukien provinces, with two hours in the
isplay the arted by Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, the by Commander A Bianconi, Conitors are taboo, appointment of Mr. C Champkin sulieneral of Italy in CantonAlready in the
on the Select Committees Several other guests from Canton ma jack of the smeteries and Laundries in and some personal Hong Kongtain that be soon Bellamy, was friends of Mr. Bianconi will attending through the
Chicago's lake front
(1)
be submitted to the Meeting
* tion 201 tbs: Consulting Con
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4$13,000 to 324,000 per annum
“That if from the Tat dan January, 1933, the remune 'Hon of the Auditors be raised from $1,250 to $1,500 per "annum for each Firm
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