NEW
ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
NZAR
IN THE GOODS OF EMILY ROSE BOWER LATE OF VIZA FELICITS ORTHOHOTE BOULOGNE SU MER, FRANCE, WIDOW, DROZÁSED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Nthat the Court has, by virtue of
Section 58 of the Provisioni Urdinance 1697, made an Under limiting the Time for Creditors and Others to send in their claims against the above Estate to the 19TH Day of JULY, 1933.
All Creditors and Others are accord- ingly hereby required to end their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that date.
Daled the 20th day of June, 1993, JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
936).
Solicitors for the Executor,
Prince's Building,
Ice House Street,
: Hong Kong.
IN THE SUPREME COURT of TONG FONG.
'PROBATE JURISDICTION.
IN THE GOODS OF ROBERT PATE DIPPLE LATE OF ELVBLEIGH, NASCOT WOOD, WATFORD IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD ENGLAND, ESQUIRE DECEASED,
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
NOTICE
that the Court has, by virtue
of the Irovisions of Section 68 of
Ordinance No. 2 of 1897,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1933
WHY PAY EXORBITANT PRICES FOR A PRETTY BOTTLE WHEN WE CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PRODUCT IN AN ORDINARY BOTTLE FOR LESS THAN HALF THE
#
PRICE ?*
WATSON'S
LIME JUICE CORDIAL.
A. DELICIOUS AND WHOLESOME PRODUCT PREPARED IN OUR OWN FACTORY FROM
INDIA THE FINEST WEST
LIMES AND PURE CANE SUGAR,
$1.00 PER BOTTLE.
Order limiting the Time for Creditors A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
and to send in their
against the above Estate to the.. 19TH
day of JULY, 1933
All Creditors and Others are accord. ingly hereby required to send their claims to the Undersigned on or before that date.
Dated the 20 h day of Juae,"933. **
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
058)
Solicitors for the Executrix,
Prince's Building,
Ice House Street,
Hong Kong,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
by Public Anotion to be held on MONDAY, the 2014 Day of JUNE, 1933, at 3 PM, at the Offices of the Public Works Depart- ment, by Order of His EXOLLECT THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Tai Hang Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fired by the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one further form of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Bale,
Registry Nol
Locality,
Inland Lot
No. 3665. Tri Hang Bose. South of Inland
Lot No. 24:
| Boundary
Measure-
menta.
As per
Contants in
Square feet.
Annual
Rental
Upset Price.
514
sale plan
22,410
E.C. 4.
DEATH
Est. 1841.
The Daily Press.
CANTON NOTES Obtaining Public Opinion
*News and Views
The State Pie.
There were 423 designed to serve local or particular interests, while of the remaining 100 not mors than a dozen could be considered of na- tional importance. The others were either highly tendencions pelitt- enlly, or impracticable, or frivo- lous. In the frivolous category was a Bill to change the official des- cription of boars from "eavage animal" to "wild beast.
REVIVAL OF STUDY OF
Democracy in France has reduc ed the bien, of the State to a ple CLASSICS AND PO KAP
in which every one has the right to thrust a finger. This is illustrat (From Our Own Correspondent)
ed by an analysis of the 332 Billa Canton, June 10.
deposited by deputies in the first Marshal Chen Chai Tong is re-six months of last year. ported to be taking steps for the provision in different parts of the city, special boxes for the recep- tion of opinions and suggestions from the general public which are invited on all matters bearing on the military or civil administon of the province. Complaints of oxist- ing conditions which may be unsatis factory, and proposed remedies offered, fire stated to be welcome, but the public is warned against the mis-use of the facilities thus ex- tended for the pursuit of personal gains or grudges. Plans for the reconstruction and the development of the province to supplement what the leaders have in mind are also asked for, and their authors will be suitably awarded with appoint- ments when their schemes are found practicable.
Rising to the Occasion.
1
General replied: "Dear John. I
SUMMARY OF NEWS]
Local
Supplementary estimate totalling don't know whether gum played 890,813, will be submitted at to-
my
but it was morrow's meeting of the Finance and Pastarding factor
Committeo of the The boys at the school, are still Council. sticking to it.
Vengeance of the Bees..
A strange story of bees' venge- ance comes from Buenos Aires. In Marianas a dog chasing a swárm of bees caught and killed the queau.
Legislative. Page A very interesting address on Yunnanfu, with special reference to the prosperity of the province, and its ambitious road and railway plana, was given at yesterday's Page 6. Rotary meeting, by Mfr. R. D. Arnold of Yunnanfu,
In our Kowloon-Suplement atten- tion is drawn to the need for play. grounds for Chinese children of the poorer classes.
Thereupon the entire swarm swept down on the animal and
The statistical office report for stung him to death. Their anger still unappeased, the bees attacked May states that importa andunted all the dogs crossing their path, to 18.9 million dollars, compared A fox-terrier, two greyhounds, with 53.4 million in May 1932, The and several mongrels shared the export figures were $37.8 millions, fate of the queen-killer. Then the this year and 37.6 millions las
Page 7. swarm flew off to the nearest river year, and drowned themselves.
A spectator of the Anglo-Italian football match in Rome relates that
Suicide in a fit of remorse with the biggest thrill" was not pro- vided by the players but by ex- out a doubt. Not one bee remain King Amanullah in the Royal box, ed alive long enough to tum a re Amanullah occupied a seat behind quiem. the Italian Princesses and Signor Mussolini,
At yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board, the Chairman, said Precautions were that further cases of rabies wera being taken, but he did not think quite possible. any modification of the policy to- wards dogs was possible, Page 7. At the monthly meeting of the At one point in the game the ball Deferred Camialties of the War.
Hong Kong Football Council held the Annual Sir Frederick Maurice, president yesterday evening was kicked high and out. It was Бесп to descend like a howitzer of the British Legion, told the woeeting of the Association was Chinese Classics.
shell right over the Duce's head. men's section, that the Prince of fixed for Friday, July 14th, at the Page 10. Marshal Chan has also made a
Amanullah rose to his feet, kept Wales never did a wiser thing than Sports Club..
Sentence of three months' hard recommendation to the local autho-his eye on the ball, drew back his when he started the fund that bears rities, for the re-introduction in fist, judged his timing beautifully, his name to provide pensions of labour was passed in the case in the schools of the province the took a step forward, and met the ten shillings a week for men of which a Chinese was charged at study of the old classics, which bell with a perfect punch that fifty years of age and over who the Criminal Sessions with wound- As it are prematurely aged because ting his wife's paramour. The jury are somewhat neglected these days. Hibbs might have envied. The present proposal is for the soared back to the field of play their war service overseas. The Le returned a verdict of "Guilty" on educational authorities to insist Amanullah stood transfixed with a gion hopes that this year up to a the charge of unlawful wounding
pensions may
and found the man Not Guilty gleam of boyish triumph in his thousand upon the study of the classics as
on the charge of "wounding with sued, but Sir Frederick, was cer a chief subject in the curricula of
tain that three thousand were need- intent to cause greivoua bodily harm." The sentence was to date all schools, primary, secondary and
ed.
from the day of the offence, two collegiate. Special selections from
months ago.
Page 7 the classics are to be prepared to suit the various grades. At the same time, the personal conduct of A Stiakif Minister, students will be made one of the The gum-chewing habit as prae- principal consideration in the de-tised by some of the players in termination of progress made by American films seldom adds to the students at the end of the terms.
popularity of the pieturas when shown in England. In the United States, bowever, it is regarded as a homely touch.
eye,
Then suddenly remembering that he was of the company of kings be around and glanced. nervously meekly resumed his seat.
be
is
Field Marshal Lord Robertson, he said, died as suddenly and from the same cause as Lord Haig. The last few weeks had seen the pre mature deaths of the Chief of the Air Staff and of the General Officer Commanding the Eastern Com- mand. These men had died sud": denly
from the files.
In what ons would have ThePo Kap" System, Another proposal for which Mar-
thought to be the prime of their lives. If such were the effects of LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS. shal Chan is also stated to be re-
the war on the high command one On our front page we published sponsible is the revival in the pro- One of its devotees there is the could imagine, he said, what hap the abridged prospects of the Hall vince of the Po Kap system (the new Postmaster-General, Mr. Jam pened to the men who had served & Holtz Co-operative Company
Doubtless his department, Chinese tithing system) whereby Farley.
was develop the large and important the local residents of a village are which from the nature of its busi in the trenches and in the North formed in Shanghai to acquire and
ness consumes large quantities of Sea. The effect of the war made responsible for local order.
rent.
The capital is to consist $300,000 in This action is deemed opportune in gum, ensures him an adequats up now becoming increasingly appa- business of Messrs. Hal & Holtz. Sir Frederick told how the ex- 8,000 hares of 30 each. Of these view of the success in the pacifica-ply with the usual trade discount. tion of various parts of the pro- By Gumi
service patients in a certain Min-,000 shares are offered to the pub- vince, where bandits are reported
Reading of his appointment, a istry of Pensions hospital had been lie for subscription. "Applications to have been gradually suppress-schoolboy-whose master had so moved by what they heard about for shares should be addressed to individual cases of prematurely Messrs. Gilman & Co.-Hong Kong ed. The maintenance of local peace nounced gum-chewing as in these rural districts is expected habit and declared that no gum-aged and disabled men that they Daily Prese, June 21, 1883.
chewer could succeed-wrote ask decided to go without their Christ Locking Rack 25 Years.
Raved to the Prince of Wales's ing Mr. Farley, What part has mas treat and to send the money gum played in your success?" Fund..
To this inquiry the Postmaster-
to be helped by the enforcement of the Po Kap system A set of re- vised regulations adaptable to pre- sent conditions is being drawn up in connection with the application
Press. How this it to be achieved, and of the system.
HONG KONG, JUNE, 21, 1933.
TOWARDS STABILISATION
to
Shanghai-Canton Air Service. The early inauguration of the much-talked-of air service between Shanghai and Canton is believed
to be imminent as a result of recent investigations by officials of the China National Aviation Co. which is undertaking the provision of the service. The Company is opening a local office at the premises of the arrangements are YM.C.A. and being made with the military au- thorities for the installation of wireless equipment in connection with the proposed service.
a bad
Local and General
A coolie attached to a paint gang foundations and walls, stone heads In the Taikoo Dock who stole a and copper images of the Buddha, watch and five silver spoons from Japanese swords, pieces of Japan- a cabin in the s.s. Porthos which ese arinour and Yannan coins were was alongside one of the docks, discovered. was sentenced by Mr. Wynne Jones to two months' hard labour,
بيت
The nuisance taused by women and children begging in Peddar
With every possible feeling of sympathy for the Volunteer move- ment we read and gladly published Lt. Colonel Chapman's letter in our Thursday morning issue, id- viting recruits for the local Volun- teers. Unfortunately we omitted one word from his opening quota- tion thereby, as he afterwards, said, materially altering the sense. The quotation should correctly have read as follows.
"The first duty of every able- bodied citizen is not only to be ready to defend his country in-timej of war, but to prepare himself for that duty in time of peace. Eng lishmen alone among all the nations A window frame which fel! From Street and Queen's Road Central of the world shirk this duty.
makini the top floor of 41 Peking Road from patrons of the King's and trust the splendid example of ou crashed onto a number of boys Queen's Theatre is receiving the Australian colonies, in who were playing at the junction attention of the Police. Yesterday every able-bodied Australian sery of Ashley and Peking Rouds. Two two women were charged before in the National Guard, will brin a sense of shame." of them were seriously injured and Mr. Wynne Jones with aiding and home to us SIAMESE CIVIL SERVANTS had to be removed to Kowloon abetting boys to beg. Both were Hong Kong Daily Press, June 2
cautioned. Hospital.
THE PAPERS.
BANGKOK, June 7,
1900.
ers of those countries that have a depreciated currency as enjoy. CHAU-On June 19, at 10 am, ating" an unfair advantage. Such a his residence, 32, Seymour view, of course, ignores the dis- Road, Mr. CHAU YUZ TEG, J. advantages of currency deprecia- tion, and, mere important still, the fact that the advantages of de are generally short Editorial and Business Office: 11preciation
lived. Ice House Street. Tel. 30251.
But while there are advantages Night Editor (Wanchai Office):
Tel. 24511.
to be gained by unsettled exchan- London Office: 63, Fleet Street, ges (chieffy, it is to be feared, by speculators), the commercial, com- munity is undoubtedly right in a desiring to get back, if possible, to conditions of greater stability and certainty in foreign exchanges whather gold will be restored to its former position as the stabilis- ing element in these matters, is al ready causing by no means gentle breezes at the Conference. But for those who may ba inclined think that gold is the only, or the only effective, stabiliser, we would commend a study of the British Exchange Equalisation' Fund. Taz temporary deadlock at the
The Fund was set up by the Economic Conference may for the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his moment be broken by the American 1932 Budget. He took powers to borrow up to £150 millions, and proposals. How far the sugges this money, plus money from a tions will be acceptable to nations former small fund for assisting the that do not produce silver and sterling-dollar exchange, was to be have little enough reserves of gold used for the purpose of keeping the
exchange rate for the pound on remains to be seen. Without the fairly even basis. It was directed provise suggesting a control of the more particularly to mitigating, if marketing of silver the scheme not obviating entirely, the ill ef fects on the exchanges of what is would obviously be impossible. The known as "refugee capital." This object is, of course, to get back to refugee capital, which has become those happy, pre-war days when somewhat of a nuisance to trade,.
deserves a word or two of explana exchange rates between the Euro- tion. Largely owing to loss of pean Powers were practically fixed, confidence during the last fex and only the existance of two im. years of depression and monetary portant silver basis countries, In. upheavals there has appeared in the dia and Chios, gave much scope international money market large for making fortunes out of ex accumulations of liquid capital. This being capable of being mov. change.
As every one knows, since the ed about conveniently from centre war the almost primitive simpli- to centre, and so used as a counter their knowledge in their work, to day on a Chinese who was convict. Leynes, 8, Lai Kwan Avenue, Tai city of exchange disappeared. for the operations of speculators, the vernacular press for price ing of stealing ten cents from the Hang Road, first floor, for alleged machines, clocks, sud barometers Some countries remain "on gold," has exercised a disturbing influenWhether the new rule can be whol pocket of a hawker. The defen ssault on two amabs, employed on When he failed to answer the
keeper, went downstairs and four before, Mr. Wynne Jones in the him lying dead on the floor, H of theft and burglary. many are "off gold," and a few ce upon foreign exchanges, and the neither on nor off. This is no place sterling exchange has suffered con-ly enforced is another matter, put dant had previously been convicted the ground floor, was mentioned door bell, alias Brent, his hot
Central Police Court yesterday. A Chinees, woman, with seven to discuss why this has happened; siderably from this movement to if it strikes terror into the junior it must suffice to record the fact the detriment of ordinary trade. ranka some good will have been
fendant is at present in hospital.
Known as "Frank."! be held on MONDAY, the 26TH DAY and to point out that certain ad- Any advantage arising from the sr- done. At the time Siam was pre-prins convictions for hawkis Mr. Horace Lo appeared for com- had apparently collapsed from heart
For more than thirty yeary". of JUNE, 1983, at 3 r... at the Offices vantages acerus, to a country on rival of this refugee money may panny to enter into the late war without s licence, was fined with plainants. It was stated that defailure, and struck his head on of the Pablia Works, Department, by gold and other advantages to those be more than off-set by ita sudden responsible Ministers privy to what the option of four days" by. Mr. The hearing was adjourned.
was afoot, and knowing the danger Wynne-Jones yesterday. When she
Wells had been popular in t Order of HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVE that have left the gold-standard. withdrawal. Such male; paste, of a leak if documente left their pleaded for a licence to be grant
A fine of 84.580 or six months' trict for his generosity a so, of, One Lot of OROWN LAND But when one cannot judge certain- timid and liable to panic; panie, hands even for copying, preferred,ed her the Magistrate remarked it may be observed, which it in no
to do their own typing in their at Ho Man Tin, in the Colony of Hongly the value of a country's money,
own homes at night to ensure that that at: present the funds of the hard labour, was imposed on To cheery,.. yet retiring, per Lai, unemployed, by Mr. Wynne-In Liss he was affectionatel Poor Box were low. Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the by reason of the fact one cannot small measure helpe to create.
To avoid, therefore, violent and nothing got out beforehand. Their
Jones yesterday for the possessions Frank," option of renewal at a Orown Bent to measure it be the "gard-stick,"
He was a skilled engined. be fixed by the Surveyor of H MAJESTY gold (and that is what leaving the perilous Auctuations to the efforts were justified by the sur
Detective-Sergeant Fowlie before of 468 counterfeit French Indo- THE KING, for one farther term of 75 gold standard means) one has to change value of sterling, which prise and success of the declaration Mr. Wynne-Jones in Court yester China twenty cent pieces. Defen-clock-making and other tra
fall back on guessing the value of arise from this abnormal state of when it was made.
The leakage in regard to the day applied for the confiscation of dant was arrested soon after the volving delicate mechanism.
his special hobby... that currency in terms of the money affairs, was the purpose of the of other countries. These guesses Fund. By checking an unwanted cables sent when the details for 100 taels of prepared opium found arrival of the s.s. Tin Yat.
aboard the EB, Pronto fendant admitted that he went to are subject to sudden and some inflow of capital, or alternatively, Bangkok's memorial bridge were pismenarboard The spium was the ship to get the money. He had this rank Welt warship
friend. He often made, timea violent changes, and these its too speedy withdrawal,
the being communicated to London is found under the flooring boards of been here for two weeks, having this type of craftsmanship,” sudden, and uncertain changes are normal operation of the foreign another instance of energy in the the seamen's quarters. Mr. Wynne been sent by a man for the pur yachts and toy trains for b
pose of collecting the money.
hew, the only son of" E.G. obviously inimical to the trading exchange market has been assisted wrong direction, while only a year Jones granted the application. and the manufacturing community. The fund has bought and sold for or two ago matriculation students On the other hand, the deprecia eign currency, and also gold, and had to sit twice for the same ex-
In the thick Siamess jungle A market coolie employed in the tion of the currency of one count has ao far been operated without amination because the papers went along the River Me-nam, about 200 officer's Mess at Mt. Austin was
Lord Garell, who has red. try, especially a manufacturing any loss. But recent events have astray, beforehand.
miles north of Bangkok. Professor charged before Mr. Schofield yer country, give (for a while, at any caused an even greater flight of
Onji Azuma of the Tokyo Prefea terday with theft of a silver spoon, returned to England from & rate) that country an advantage foreign money into sterling than
tural Higher. School excavated re-a silver fork and a silver bandled months' visit to the United St in the world markets over other was the case in the omtrary di countries whose currencies remain rection in 1931, when Great Britain In seking Parliament to sanction maine of a Japanese colony, which knife. It was stated that the Men speaking at a dinner of the. steady. This naturally causes a was forced off gold. The Chancel this increase the Chancellor stated existed there until less than 2001 Corporal found the articles miss-lish-Speaking Union at Dartm certain strain on good feeling, for lor of the Exchequer, therefore, that while £150 millions sufficed to years ago, reports the Aeahiing when he checked up the rucss House, said that everywhers the country which from choice or deemed it wise in his recent Bad- meet normal senegal fuctuations Vague references in Siamese writ silver and on conducting a search roads, seemed better than in much better run by the peop accident has preserved a steady get to increase the total of this of the exchanges, and even specuing and legend attracted Professer found the articles in the defen-tain; much better engineered
Azuma's interest, and he Snallydant's basket. The cabe was re- currency is apt to regard this as Fund and it has now been augs lation, this amount was inadequate
organised an expedition which bsmanded for the parents of the deused them. New York was
noisy as London. a token of its financial rectituda mented to a total of £315 millions. I to deal with the problem of
gan excavating in April. Huing of fendant to attend court. and to look upon the manufactur (Continued on next Oglumn) ** fugee" capital,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
19:32
PART
DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction to
years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Locality.
Kowloon Inland
and Waterloo Boąd- Adjoining Kowloon Inland Lot No. 9016
Lot No. 3254
Junction of Argyle Bi
Boundary
Mesure
menta
...
As per
Bale plan
Contente i
re feet.
Anna
About
·93,220.
250
* | Upset Price.
07818
Among the passengers leaving the That he was compelled to steal NOT ALLOWED TO WRITE FOR Colony to-day by the N.Y.K. liner was the plea of a Chinese before Tatsuta Maru, will be Mr. A. el Mr. Wynne Jones in Court yester Arculli, the well-known local day, when he admitted the theft solicitor. Mr el Arculli is paying of a jacket from a friend with a short visitt Shanghai and whom he had been living Defen- The Government has issued order that from now on civil ser Japan and will return to the Co- dant claimed that as complainant did not comply with his request vants are not allowed to write for lony towards the middle of July.
for the return of a money loan, he the papers. There have been soms
Sentence of six months' hard stols. Sentence of one month was appalling leaks in days not so long labour to be followed by six months ordered. ago, and always there have been Police supervision was the santenos clerks or other grades, willing to passed by Mr. Wynne Jones yester pass on news which has come to
H. G. WELL'S BROTHER DEATH OF BACHELOR WHO
HOBBY WAS CLOCKS
Mr. Francis Charles Wells, brother of H. G. Wells, the nove died suddenly while sitting by fireside, at home in the villag Liss, near Petersfield.
Mr. Wells, a life-long bac
A summons against Mr. W. Cived behind the shop, where h
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De-
a business connected with set
table.
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