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IN THE Goops OF MARIE JOSEPH ALPHONSE STANISLAS SIMON, LATE or No. 20 AVENUE DE FRIED- LAND, PARIS IN THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, GENTLEMAN, DECEASED.
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HONG KONG, JULY 12 1933.
THE WORLD'S RICH RELATIVE.
One of Great Britain's re- presentatives at the Conference.
THE LATE CAPT. E. F. M. DEEDS
Memorial Service At Canton
COMPASSIONATE GRANT TO WIDOW
(From Our Special Correspondent)
CANTON, July 11. Attended by ranking officers of the air force and representatives of the army and navy, an impres sive memorial service for Captain Edward F. M. Deeds, late adviser
and instructor to the Canton air force, took place this morning at the headquarters of the force at Shao Kau Ling.
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For Book Borrowers, '
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The following inscription was found in a volume of travels: "Borrow bravely; keep carefully, peruse patiently; return righteous ly."
Still at It.
lunches" t The Speaker thought inot, but his reasons wore obliterat-
ed by the general laughter,
Eventually it was discovered that Mr. Runciman had not intended to be present. He had asked Lt.- Col. Colville, Secretary for Over Boas Trade, to deputise for him. When Lt. Col. Colville did appear
SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNISTS
Southern Drive
+
Re-
ported Successful
REDS OBLIGED TO
RETIRE
CANTON, July 11.
munist south route expedition, bas issued an order to encircle Com- munists camps in Kwanmunling, Wenan and Changting from three directions. These towns are first to be captured before the Governments forces will march on Yitu, Huiching and Juichin.
Aeroplanes were sent to
recon-
Even political opponents" of the the word "apologies"" rippled from. General Chen Tau Tong, coni- fery Mrs. Despard are bound to bench to bench. Col, Colville mut-mander-in-chief of the anti-Com- admit admiration for her unyield-tered something about "the traffic ing courage. Although close on on the way down," and busied 80, and now a frail old woman with himself with his belated answers. white hair and uncertain voice, she!
makes
propaganda Time for Lunch, frequently speeches in either Dublin or Lon-
Stories of the League interpre dos. Last July, the Women's Freeters are legion, but one of the dom Longue held a meeting in honour of her 88th birthday, and most popular is that of a well- speeches were made telling of her known official of the Geneva arnoitrs the enemy position before stormy past as militant suffragette,ganisation who was working in a launching the big drive against and Sion Feiner-even when her committee. One of the delegates the the Communists. Flying over brother, the late Earl of Ypres, had invited his colleagues and the enemy territory, the planes ob- [interpreter to luncheon, At. about served that all was quiet there, was Viceroy of Ireland.
one o'clock the Chairman began a while there is no trace of the speech which occupied some twenty enemy
those in the vicinity of minutes, its purport being that an places recaptured by the Cantonese adjournment of two or three hours forces about three weeks ago.
Lieutenant-General. Haaug Ching, commanding the seventh division of the third army, report ed that after a six-hour battle with the Communists at Chingkong,
Communist Southern Kiangsi, a divisional commander, and a colonež were killed The Reds were there. fore obliged to retreat.
Conference and Commons.
Embarrassing pauses are becom
"The late Captain Deeds was kill ed in an airplane crash on July 1, while he was testing new Curtiss-Hawk pursuit 'plane which was recently imported from the United States. The fatal accident was due to an error of judgmenting more frequent in the House would be a convenience. while lying at low altitude.
of Commons, says a Home ·paper The translation was brief fand About 35 years of age, Captain unfortunately, a dwindling of the that he
The Economic Conference, and not, to the point: The Chairman says is time for Deeds is a native of Kansas City, oratorical spate, is the cause.
The lunch." Missouri, and arrived in Canton
other day the Chancellor of the about four months ago. He is sur
Exchequer was missing from his John Masefeld's "Schcol" of vived by a widow who arrived at
place at question time, and only Canton two days before the crash
the most urgent searchings by the and will accompany the casket back
Whips produced his second-in, to the United States.
I is said that the air force will make a compassionate grant "of $10,000 to Mrs. Deeds in recognition of the gallant service and sacrifice Captain Deeds rendered to the Canton air force. He was a cap able officer, having fifteen years of flying experience in America,
From another. foreign adviser, your correspondent learned to-day that plans to expand the Canton air force will be pushed ahead. Ho believes that Chinese can make good aviators and that aviation is useful not only in time of war but in peaceful pursuits such as surveying and rapid transportation.
CONDITIONS AT WUCHOW
Trade At A Stand
Still
command.
1
thinks it
Narrative.
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Mr. John Masefield, the Pock
Mr. J. H. Thomas was ironical Laureate, speaking at Rhodes ly cheered on his precipitate entry House, Oxford, expressed his he after & question put to him had lief that the life of the sea was one been passed over. Luckily ths of the best schools for story-writers questioner was also absent. Later, "It was my fortune to be bred to the Speaker had to skip eighteen the sea as a boy, and the way of questions on the Order Paper. be the sea is the way of narrative, cause neither Mr. Runciman nor The sailors among whom I passed his Parliamentary Secretary. Dr. my younger years were story-tellers
" almost to a man,' Burgin, was present.
Mr. Masefield said that story. telling was the kind of writing he Mr. Lansbury jumped into the liked best and that he had begun sudden and unresponsive silencs to gather stories at a very early which followed the calling of the age. He was told many stories at first question to Mr. Runciman. the sea when he joined a sailing He wanted to know whether the ship at the age of 13. Mr. Mase Speaker thought it would be in field gave a rending from his order for the House to adjourn works in support of the Comrades" for a couple of hours to allow Club, a recently established social, Ministers to recover from these club for young people."
"These Lunches."
Local and General
WAS
The general public will be in- For dangerous driving at Whit terested to learn that the next field, a lorry driver employed by the Kowloon Cricket Club concert has P.W.D. was fined $30. Another was summoned for a GAMBLING FRANCHISE TO been fixed for Saturday, July 20, man who
at 9.15 p.m.
similar offence at Pokfulam fined $25. BE SUPPRESSED
The Hong Kong Telephone Co.! announce that an interim dividend months ended June 30, will be paid on Friday, August 4.,
the alert and able Major Walter (From Our Special Correspondent) of four per cent, for the six Eliot urged Commission No. 2 to get on with formulating and agreeing upon the practical prin- ciples upon which a return might be made to some form of gold
CANTON, July 11 Export and import trade in Wu- chow is going through a dull time and this slump is perceptibly felt by steamship companies maintain- ing service from Wuchow to Can- ton and Hong Kong, according to a shipping report received here to day from that West River port
Wuchow, the leading city in
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Kwangsi, is affected in export trade by world-wide depression, and imports are restricted by in- creased Chinese tarif rates. That river town exported a good deal of agricultural products to Indo- China and Siam, but since the
good there is
no demand for
An Interim Dividend of 23 per share has been declared by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank for the Half Year ending June 30, 1933, The dividend will be payable on or after August 8.
match
Messrs. Millington Limited, have been awarded the contract for ad- vertising on all the Buses in Hong Kong by the China Motor Bus Company, Ltd., which recently took over the running of the buses on the Island from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotel Company: Millington. Limited were previously operating the advertising under the Hotel Company.
The division tennis
When leaving the Hariram Silk between. Radio Sports Club and Store, Queen's Road Central, a the Filipino Club which was young Chinese workman was seen played on the latter's courts last to have something bulky in his evening resulted in a win for the pocket. The proprietor called a Police officer and the man was Radio by 8 sets to 2.
searched and the bandle was found Last week one new case of small- to be four and a half yards of were notified. black silk. Brought before Mr. pox and one death There were also one case of diph- Wynne-Jones in the Central Police theria, three of enteric and one of Court, the defendant pleaded guil- animal rabies. Deaths from tuberity and was sent to prison for six culosis numbered 39, On Monday weeks.
a clean, bill of the Colony Mad health,
A beggar was sentenced to nine months hard labour by Mr. Scho-
For passing a stationary tram: ear, a public car driver was fined beld, at the Central Magistracy, $10 yesterday. It was stated that for having returned from be th when defendant was stopped be Road West Point. Leung Kin, so torded the tram and wanted to other returned banishee, was sen
fight.
ment. He was arrested at Hill
Yin
The report added that 30 Cam unist soldiers were killed, 60 were injured and many rifles were cap tured Before their retreat, the Communists dragged away the dead body of their divisional commander named "General" Lit Tao Li, according to a report of the six prisoners, who were captured alive
Central Press,
ORDERS TO KILL HU HAN MIN
Issued By Blue Shirts
CANTON, July 11. Secret orders to assassinate lead- ing civil and military figures in the South-west such as Messrs. Hu Han Min, Chen Tsai Tong, Hsian Fu Chen, Pai Tsung Hai, Li Chung Jen, ranking commanders of the. 19th Route Army, viz. Generals Chiang Kwang Nai, Tsai Ting. Kan, Chen Ming Shu and high Charhar officials were contained in
Blue Shit or Jacket document received bera to-day
The Blue Shirt instructions said that the policy of the Nanking Government is to reach a friendly understanding with Japan, so that the Nanking military authorities. may concentrate its forces and power to subdue the Communists, the South-west generals and poli ticians as well as General Feng Fu Hsiang of Charhar.
In the opinion of this organiza- tion, Mr. Hu Han Yin and his very impertinent colleagues are in issuing manifestoes criticising General Chiang Kai Shek, while General Feng Yu Hsiang allied with the malcontents is a tionary for having assumed com- mand of the people's anti-Japanese allied forces in Kalgan. The docu ment also rebuked the South-west provinces: for opposing Nanking's truce with Japan.
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"These factors are trying to upset the country," the manifesto
More recently the Protec said. tion of Civil Rights League and Left Wing Alliance in Shanghai are trying to defend the rights of the arrested Communiste. Our anger is provoked by the murder of our trusted and brave comrade, Mo Shao Wu.
"Therefore, the leaders in the the Northern Generals must be re- South-west, the Communists and moved within the shortest possible
SUMMARY OF NEWS
standard. M. Bonnet at once pounced on the need to stop ex• change speculation, and, as un unstated but inevitable corrollary. many other forms of modern speculation. France is another Having gone as near as
of the world's rich relatives, and, was despite a bit of trouble about the humanly possible to killing the budget, considerably sounder World Conference, President than Uncle Sam, and vastly sus Roosevelt has allowed it a
repicious of Uncle Sam's get-rich-harvest in those places has been prieve. On the whole it would quick methods. Stop speculation! Kwangsi goods. [89 seem that he is not irrevocably Will President Roosevelt dare to
In view of the high Chinese against stabilisation, provided try?
An American does not buy tariff, the thrifty people there are CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY, that American price levels are shares for a possible dividend in buying Chinese-made goods when forced up, and the dollar forced six months time, he buys for a manufactured commodities are im ever possible. Most of the Chinese. down, until the advantage gained rise to-morrow, or, if he works on ported from Canton and Shanghai. by Great Britain, in particular.a big scale, to rig the market The Wuchow Municipal Govern in going off gold, has been neu- to his ultimate advantage. Take ment is planning to suppress tralised. Then if guarantees are Anacondas, which paid no divid-gambling, as the franchise "farm-
tenced to twelve months hard
time. This order shall be studied. given that no extra tariffs or other end and sank to 3 last year.
ed" out to a local company expired
and carried out by members of the Two Chinese women who admit labour. He had previous convie hindrances to American trade They now stand at 21 but were renewal
on Juisi 10 without any prospect of ted keeping sly brothels in Holly-tions for larceny from the person, different Blue Shirt branches, in the
and theft. Cheuk Sing Fu was country."Central Press. wood Road and Peel Street, were will be imposed in the future the below 15 during June. Some big
fined $100 and $75, respectively, by sentenced to eight months hard labour on a similar charge. He President may consent to consider margin profits there! General
Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central
as arrested in Wanchai.. working agreement as to Electrics are 30 to-day, and were
In all these things reproach is. Police Court yesterday. currency between America, Great below 22 on May 29. Bocony has useless, Modern Inventions and
The Merry Battery Factory re- As a result of injuries including Britain, and any country that pulled up from 10 at the end of organisations have run away with a fractured skull, incurred by a fall presented by Mr.. F. C. E. Randall were complainants in a case which fee of the HONG likes to come along.
May to 15 on July 7. The list us. Who, but a few saints, when alighting from a moving trang came before Mr. Wynne-Jones ges KONG DAILY PRESS, 19,
The Yuk Sau Street entered It is no use being impatient could be extended. The boom in would refuse to pick up money,
at Hennessy, Road, a Chinese died terday when the Star Battery Fac PZERT STREET, B.C.4, is constant with. President Roosevelt. He copper and electric concerns evi- plentiful as sand, when a wireless Civil Hospital.
on Monday at the Government tory of 234 Gloucester Road. Wan- upon its sixth hearing at Central receiving Enquiries from Home
chai were summoned for alleged in. Magistracy yesterday when Mr. A. Manufactures regarding Suitable has been pat in office, not to help dently reflects the big reconstruc- message gives the signal, merely
fringement of trade mark. After J. Lane was in the box for the Firme to act as Agents for their the World but to do the best he tion schemes, but no products in Hong Kong andį
wonder because some far off interest or For theft of two tacks and eight evidence had been given by the greater part of the afternoon. The
mece of gold entrusted to him as complainants, the case was ad- hearing was adjourned until Fouth China:
can for America. Some of us America is speculation mad when individual may be hit? America
ajoweller for making ear-rings, ajourned Mr. H. A. de B. Botelho, day and full particulars will be think that a little generosity, a values caper in
this fashion is suffering from the very qualities Chinese who appeared before Mr. for the defence saying he was wait found pr
Page 7. If Local Companies desirous of taking little casting of bread on, the to the magic piping of manipula-
Wynne-Jones yesterday was
The new s.s. Fatshan was succOSS f her people; their enterprise. tenced to two monthe hard labour. Penang before he could proceed fully launched by Mrs. Little at
sen-ing for "certain documents from op further Agencies will let waters would pay in the long run,tors. Can this be stopped? And their power of rapid thought and
with the case.
Taikoo Docks yesterday. The know the Liner in which they arbut American mentality does not yet how can industry flourish, clever adaption, their keenness
On the occasion of the "Fête)
vessel will take the place of the forwarded to London and passed work on those lines. America is when it is at the mercy of those for a deal.
Nationale Francaise," on the 14th It is easy to indict of July, the Consul General for $181.00 from a Chinese shop not Kong run.
A muse to steal silk valued at old Futshan on the, Canton-Hong Pago 7. on to interested parties as or in the position of the rich relative. who have no concern for its and to ridicule, and it is well that France and Madame Dufaure de la only failed, but landed one of the portunity offers.
Chinese Churches of the Anglican My interests are your interests: health and efficiency, but only for bluff should be called, but every Frade will be at home at the Con- participants into prison. It would Community have sent a presenta This Service is offered to our Beaders if I recover, that is the important the extent to which fellow specu- national policy can be torn to
Aular Residence, 13 Peak Road, appear that one man entered the tion and letter of thanks to the from 11.30a.m. to. 12.30 p.m. shop and eclected a quantity of silk Rev. A. D. Stewart, Page U.. without charge and, of cous thing, not only for ine, but for lators can be cajoled and hood-shreds by clever advocate.
which he ordered to be sent with In his contribution, to-day, our ae obligation in incurred on either all of you. If I sink, you sink winked. Let the wheat be burnt, The Economic Conference hardly
For disobeying a police signal to a certain address. The fokis Kowloon Correspondent stresses. in Arbuthnot Road, a bus driver however did not trust the man and Kowloon's need for a new pier to 100."
The rich relative, there the mines closed, and factory shows mankind in a pleasing was fined $15. It was stated that several fokis went with him. They take the place of the present The Required Information should to fore, demands, and usually gets. doors shut! Those in the keylight, but at least, there is a at the time of the incident Mrs arrived at a medicine shop in Government Pior which *he adisgrace to the in addition to proper, deference, a positions can turn it to advan. fierceness and a big humanity in E. Barker was driving up Ar- Etaunton Street, where another describes as
buthnot Road and was, given the man ordered them to leave the silk peninsula. HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LD, special degree of freedom of ac-tage 1 America's industry has its frank selfishness, its fine green signal. The bus coming and to collect the money from the Kowloon Supplement.
tion. If circumstances change. been forced onto hacket shop phrases and mean quibbling, that along Coine Road absolutely first man. They refused and in a In a league baseball match play. and pledges given in expansive foundation.
give it, life, and the hope that ignored the red signal given to it fracas that followed one man was ed at Caroline Hill yesterday, and an accident Was narrowly arrested. He was sentenced to six ; South China beat the Hong Kong moments can only be redeemed (Continued at foot of next column) something may be achieved. Averted.
weeks, hard- labour.
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