ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
In Interim Dividend of £3 per
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that
share, subject to deduction of Income Tax, has been declared for the HALF YEAR ending 30th June, 1933, at rato of 1/4.1/2 per Dollars,
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THE DIVIDEND will be payable and, after TUESDAY, 8th AUGUST, 1933, at the offices of the Corporation, where Shareholders are requested to apply for Warranta.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from MONDAY, 24th JULT to SATURS DAY. 5th AUGUST,” (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered
By Order of the Board of Directors
L. N. MURPHY, Acting Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 11th July, 1933. [997
HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
HE Annual General Meeting will Tbe held in the Hong Kong Sports Club (by kind permission), on Friday, 14th July, 1933, at G.
pa
G. T. MAY,
Hon Secretary.
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CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that we have Remaved to 122, whitfield Road, Causeway Bay. Hong Kong, 7th July, 1833.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL BTEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STRINEN RAJPUTANA.”
ARRIVED BONG KONG on 12 JULY 1938.
Facx ANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRAL
TAK, MARSEILLES, MAETA; PORT SAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above
named Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed AT TRZIA RISK in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where ach Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained the Goods are landed,
Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions have been given ta the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the Steamer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days, in. cluding date of arrival, will be subject to
Bent
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever,
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Cou signees, and the Company's Burroyo. MOTS, GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.
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Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for à ltevenue Officer to be present at the examination "of damaged dutisble cargo.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before 1st August, 1931, or they wil nat be recognized.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godow
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co..
Agente.
Bong Kong, 12th July, 1933.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES INPENSULAR AND ORIENTAL, STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER "BANGALORE,"
ARRIVED HONG KONG O
12 JULY 1933.
TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORT SAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933
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put this issue before its members. Surely someone in the local
flying community would have been only to ready to give expert information on his subject.
It was hoped that early in the
mer the French Air-Orient line would have been extended to Hong Kong, but this project ap- pears to have fallen through. Im- perial Airways, however, are inter- ested in pushing on to Singapore,
JI
ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE
Important Meeting At Nanking
THREE RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED
NANKIND, July 11. WITH rolerence to the Anti- Piracy Conference, the Minis try of Cununications issued, this
reads as follows:-
Peace
* News and Views ⭑
On the thirty-first anniversary of the signing of the boundary treaty between Chile and Argentina, the two governments entered into a second, agreement, a pact to end commercial warfare. Experience has taught them that it is almost as costly to fight across boundaries as it is over them.
U.S. National Debt.
Dirigibles.
CIVIL WAR IN CHARHAR
Heavy Fighting Expected Soon
FENG CONSIDERED A REACTIONARY
CANTON, July 12. Manchukuo's" forces in. THE
Dolonor have received large
American public opinion is still divided aharply on the wisdom of going on with mititary dirigibles. The dampen cast by the loss of the Akron is largely offset by the strongly favourable recommenda tions to Congress of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and of Commander C. F. Rosendahl, the navy expert, who once commanded the Akron and be lieves the fall and not the storm The American national debt in- wrecked it. Commander Rosendahl
081. This is the high point since
with a ship like the new Mac n. The Anti-Pirney Conference met August, 1918, when it reached above the reconditioning of the dismant yesterday afternoon at the Ministry billions from the 1 billions it led Los Angeles for training pur- of Communications and the delegates had been before the United States poses, and building of a second present, at the meeting included re- entered the World War. "During schooling and esperimental craft. presentatives of the Ministries of recent years of lowered incoute and The training proposal has won Communications, Navy, Interior and skyhigh spending the heavy reduc-wide support. Many believe that Finance, the Customs administration, tions which the Secretary of the with plenty of highly trained men. the Salt Administration and the China Treasury had made in the total disaster should diminish to the Merchants Company. Mr. Kao Ting Tze. Director of the Navigation De have been wiped out. The billion. vanishing point. partment of the Ministry of Comma dollar tax bill and the beer tax untions presided. It was pointed out leave current income ruunting far at the Conference that in recent behind current expenses. months six steamers had been piral- ed, of which five were without wire- less, and therefore, these steamers had Bo means to raise an alarm when at tocked and it was difficult for gun. boots to give chase, after the pirater had left the ships. In the course of the meating three resolutions were adopted, namely:- (a) The Ministry of Communications to draft regulations concerning anti-piracy preparations on steam-
evening, an official bulletin which creased during May to $21,833,385. urges replacement of the Akron | consignments of armaments and
Something Like a Whale..
Basic English.
English is the language of com- munication of some. two hundred million people, and it is the ad ministrative language of more than The commercial success of the double that mumber. Of recent 1932-33 Antarctic whaling season years it has made very rapid pro- recalls the scientific success of the gress and, in most countries in the Discovery Antarctic Expedition un-world, it has gained first place der Dr. Stanley Kemp (which went among down south to study the life his taught. An interesting recent de
the foreign languages tory of whales) in establishing one velopment is Basic English," a ers and the installation of wire-
of the most striking facts in Na-simplification by which 850 special less on all ships;
tural History.
ly chosen worda together with a few (b) The Ministry of Navy to draft The Great Blue Whale, Balacnoprules of grammar will enable the measures to be taken to give tera muculuk-and what wog give person who has mastered them to protection to steamers by gunit its specific name -the largest express almost anything.
animal the world has ever known, attains its full stature--a length of 100 feet and a weight of 100 tons- in from six to eight years!
boats; and,
(e) The above two measures to be drafted within one week when another meeting of the Confer enco will be convoked to pass un the proposals."-Bouter.
NAVAL BATTLE AVOIDED!·
Mutinous Cruisers At Whampoa
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NORTHERN CRUISERS LEAVE S. CHINA WATERS
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton, July 12.
A naval battle off Hong Kong harbour was avoided, as the three
runaway cruisers Haichi, Haihsin and Shaoho had safely anchored at Whampoa before the three Nanking warships Haiyung,
Basic English," useful as it is, is only a minute fraction of the English language: English, has a wonderfully rich vocabulary; but Shrimps for Sustenance.
this wealth is one of its difficulties Like a human being it starts life fort to him, however, to know that for the foreigner. It may be a com- as an ovum, or "egg-cell," only one- twentyfifth of an inch in diameter; to language is better surveyed or it is 20 feet long at birth, and then provided with good dictionaries, proceeds to put on 15 feet a year. Beginning with the great Oxford And its sole food sapply is a small. Dictionary, au incomparable work, shrimp less than two inches long.pilations based upon it, but of much there are several admirable com- These proved facts suggest some intrigufog problems. Is this pheno smaller compass. So important is menal rate of growth due to tho this subject of dictionaries that the constant sea and sun-bathing in- Oxford University Press have re- herent in the life of whales, or does cently published, a book about it- the microcrustacean diet contain "A Survey of English Dictionaries" some vitamin. which stimulates by M: M. Mathew. This is more than growth rate in an unbroken curve, a mere summary of information on as did Mr. H. G. Wells's "Food of the science of lexicography. It ie the Gods. If the latter, the almost a history of the making of shrimp deserves fuller in- a nation, for in words we often vestigation say at the hands of find a concentrate of history. It is Sir Arthur Keith, who, one under a book for all who are interested in stands, is now devoting himself to the development of the English the problem of human growth.' language.
Local and General
and from there to Rangoon and to Hong Kong, stopping en route at Hanoi. China, however, is not a signatory to the Inter- tional Air Convention, permit ting, aircraft free right of way, granting concessions. Since China will hardly wish to restrict too late to coerce the first three South China waters, yesterday, aviation to services within her ships with a view to their sub-cently coined by the National Gov own territory no doubt the facili-mission to the Nanking autnori-ernment Central Mint, has been sent ties needed by an air route be-ties.
.. Two cases of meningitis were re
Press, and is extraordinarily, careful in Ningh, and Yatsen perived in ported on Tuesday.
HONG KONG, JULY 13, 1933.
HONG KONG AND THE AEROPLANES
not
One of the few criticisms that
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tween this place and the West The Haichi, Huihsin and Shao- will be granted upon terms satis-ho are now under the control factory to both sides.
Tho first batch of $8,000, re-
Di
N
Wan Kwai has reported to the Police, that while driving a motor lorry near the old Kowloon Tong Quarry female worker .at- lorry while it was still in motion. temptext to jump on She missed her grip and fell under
the
the rear wheel. She sustained severe injuries from which she que- cumbed a short while after.
According to a cable from Tsing. tao a son, George was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Butland of that port. Mr. Butland is asso- Considering that the The Cathedral Council han ar-ciated with the Texas Oil Company branch in Tsingtao. Mrs. Butland three warships are now part of ranged for a Farewell" At Home" the Canton, Navy, the Nanking Stewart to-day from 4.30 p.m. in daughter of the well-known Tien to be given for the Rev. A. D. the former Miss Janet Mansonk, cruisers are unable to force the St. John's Cathedral Hall.
tain business man. Mr. Butland former to return North
was formerly stationed in Tientsin
decido River.
with the Texas Oil Company.
Mrs. Magdalen Lloyd of Peiping
overtake the Haichi, Haihsin and six months hard labour by Mr. go to the United States to help in Ping was yesterday sentenced to recently receive an invitation to
horses from the Japanese command at Jehol preparatory to launching Feng Yu Hsiang, commander-in- an attack on the forces of General » Chief of the people's anti-Japanese allied forces, according to a report from the general himself.
J
gulars have bought over many.
The co-called Manchukuo irre.
bandits, in order to harass the Chinese farmers,' the report con- timed. "The bandits
commit plunder and burn the peasants' houses. This is to embarrass our: forces, but we are determined to diffent to clean up these irregu drive out the invaders. It is not lars and bandits" Central Press.
A Joint Expedition.
PEIFING, July 12.
It is learned from Légation Ching, Minister of War, upon in circles here that General Ho Ying
structions from General Chiang Kai Shek, Chairman of the Nar king Military Commission, reached an agreement with the has
Japanese Kwangtung command to start a joint expedition against the forces of General Feng Yu Hsiang.
Heavy armaments and ammuni- tion were sent by the Japanese to the "Manchukuo's" lenders such 45. Chang Hai Peng at Dolonor. Bombing planes have also been brought up for service of the hogue "Manchukuo" forces, and every. thing is in battle order.
king troops at Hankow Pass, in It is also learned that the Nar north-western Hopei province, are advancing toward Charhar. These Peiping-Suiyuan Railway soldiers are proceeding by the which crosses over Charhar province at Kalgan and other strategic points, Heavy fighting is expected within a week.
As Nanking considers General Feng Yu Hsiang as a reactionary to Chiang Kai Ehek, he must be eliminated, although this
may
mean the complete occupation of Charhar province by the troops of
General" Chang Hii Peng.
The people's anti-Japanese forces are ordered to fight only the Japanese invaders and the Man- chukuo" troops, but if Charhar is Invaded by Nanking units they are to be repelled-Central Press.
B. AND S. GODOWNS PICKETED
211
NOTWITHSTANDING the ulti-
•
(From Our Special C...respondent)
CARTON, July 12.
matum of the Kwangtung pro- vincial and city Chambera of Commerce demanding that the godowns, of Messrs. Butterfield &.. Swire, general agents of the China Navigation Co., Ltd., should be thrown open in order to facilitate the removal of goods belonging to Chinese owners, all is quiet to-day in the 18 warehouses of this com pany at Pak Hin Hok.
These Chinese Chambers threa ten that unless Messrs. Butterfield
Swire make it possible for the Chinese to take delivery of their carge, a boycott of the company and its steamers will be the next & Swire are quite willing to have step. It appears that Butter£ld
the goods taken from their
According to naval circles, the For being in unlawful possession Nanking warships intended to of a revolver, a young man. Chi Shaoho in South China waters Butters at the Kowloon Magis-the organisation of a new Oriental godowns, but owing to the picket- and nee force to bring about tracy their surrender,
Art Museum in New England. One ing by the Canton Seamen's Union no cooliee are allowed to do the of the well-known American art Naval authorities here do not Preparations have been complet collectors asked Mrs. Lloyd to com
work believe that the three Nanking Government for the inauguration new museum which he intends to ed by the Hunan Provincial plete his Chinese collection for the war craft will come up to Wham of a long distance telephone ser establish in his native city near poa, but if they do the forts at vice in nineteen districts of the Boston. Bocca Tigris will request them province.
Mrs. Lloyd left Peiping for. Shanghai on July 2 to make arrangements for her American trip
{SUMMARY OF NEWS
Local
to Nanking for circulation.
Major-General 0. C. Borrett, of the South-west Political Coun-in China, who has been ill with in- Officer Commanding British Troops But while aviation companiescil with anchorage for the time fluenza, has can be made of the admirable re- can design projects and blaze a being at Whampoa, which is covered.
now practically re port of the General Chamber of trail it is for the Hong Kong about 12 miles down the Pearl Commerce for 1932 is that not business community to inch space is given to the subject whether air services are needed of aviation. The answer of the here, or whether the new form 1999 compilers would doubtless be that of communication will be re- all the available information is pulsed, as many British towns given, and that the subject was to their great loss repulsed the live issue during the advance of the railway a century under review, though 1933 may ago. Ordinary passenger facili show a different story. There is ties from Hong Kong to Croydon in Hong Kong a vague feeling are probably a matter of the that Kai Tack has the possibility distant fature, but the business of becoming a great air port, world should know how to make FROM ANTWERP.LONDON,GIBRAL perhaps one of the largest in the use of an expedited service for Work, and a certain uneasiness mails and light packages, includ- is stirred by this thought as to ing plans, samples and ordinary whether something more ought to letter communications. No doubt CON
YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above be done, or the chance may pass, a small amount of passenger ac-
named Vessel are hereby formed never to return, to tile Colony's commodation, sufficient for those the Nanking vessels will sail from Chinese woman named Ng Li Shi
to turn back. It is believed that A fine of $15 was inposed on &in the autumn. that their Goode are being landed and irreparable loes. placed 45 YRSIN Kx in the Hong Kong time no one quite knows what to journey over-rides considerations in Shanghai or Nanking.
At the same to whom the need for a quick the South to-day for their base by Mr. Butters at the Kowloon Ma. In view of the current report While a number of school child- pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each do, and the matter is shelved with of comfort, would also be avail-
gistracy yesterday when she was that a foreigner from Hong Kong ren from the Gap Road School Consignment will be sorted out Marka guilty hope that aviation will able, Thus the service would
charged by Inspector Fraser of the is planning to organise nudistere out on a pienic party on by Mark and Delivery can be obtained a cue to Hong Kong, even if start, developing or being with
S. C. A. for failing to notify a movement in Shanghai, the Chinese, Tuesday afternoon, the launch in the Goods are landed
change of address while keeping a Chamber of Commerce wrote to the which they were travelling was Optional Goods will be lauded bere Hong Kong does not go out of drawn according to
registered mui trai.
Shanghai Municipal Council and carried into shallow water and unleas Ipstractions have been given to the the way to meet it. If the Aviation has a way of hesitating demand.
the French Municipal Council ask-stranded. Sampans were signalled contrary Six Hours before arrival of the citizens of the Colony are honest long and then offering opportu-
The Manchukuo Department of ing them to prohibit such organisa. for and the children were taken off Industry is drawing up a five-year tions in their areas. The Chamber in them. NANKING, July 11.
Page 7 within 8 days with themselves they will mostly nities with an air of prodigality. Press interview, to-day, said that of Tiantang and at bringing the worst spot in China, its reputation with the safety curtain came be programme aiming at increasing points out that although Shanghai The adjourned summons against including date of arrival will be subject to admit that the subject bores as The Government is making pre-contrary to current reports the salt industry under stato control by should not be made still worse by fore Mr. Wyane Jones again yea- the production of salt in the Gulf has always been considered the the Central Theatre in -connection No Tire Insurance will be effected by technical, air facilities constantly signs that the business commu-
well as puzzles them. It is very parations, but there are Ministry of Navy has neither wired the organisation of a joint Japan- adding a nudist movement to it.terday when Mr. Hin Shing Lo us in any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the being promised are not forthcom-nity is interested. The question suade the three runaway warships
nor sent envoys to Canton to per Manchukuo industry company. N.C.D.N.
for the Theatre, objected to fresh Godowas for examination by the Oosing, und nothing would induce may be asked, how can one be- to return to the North, The Ad- signees, and the Company's Burveyors. many of us to take any personal come interested." One Bugges the reorganisation of the Tsingtao chow by Marshal Chang Hsueh Blake,
Two Italian aeroplanos presented
summonses being taken against the miral declared that measures for to the Aviation School in Haag right-hand man Mesare, GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10 a part in this adventure of flying, tion is offered, and that is to read Fourth Squadron are being con-Liang for training purposes bave managing director of Morris Motors of the David Cafe against David
Sir William Morris is losing his Theatre.
Page 7, a Mr. E. H The summons for assault brought on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.
which is still hazardous, uncom- the articles on aviation in the sidered by the Central Govern- been assembled
deputy chajeman and by Mr. Charles North, proprietor fortable and best left to people local Press, and in Home news-mont-Reuter. like the Mollisons and Kingsford- papers and periodicals. Know.
A test flight of Ltd., is retiring from business alto-Gabrailer, Isaac Greenberg and one of the machines was made re-gether, after the best part of forty Chow Mok was dismissed by Mr. Smith, Thus are uneasy con- ledge breeds interest; a little
NEW ADMIRAL FOR THE
strenuous year. Mr. Blake was for H. R. Butters at the Kowloon sciences put to sleep, and the slowly perhaps, and at first it ghost of Hong Kong's serial future may need no little sacrifice to
27 years with the Dunlop Rubber Magistracy yesterday, His Worship THIRD SQUADRON
A sad accident was revealed in Company, ending as general sales holding that the complainant had the Police reporta yesterday which manager, and in 1924 joined Sir not proved his case. The cross- stated that a Chinese girl, aged 11 William Morris as deputy govern summas against Mr. North taken NANEINO, July 11: years, fell into a pool of water, ing director. He was president of out by the third defendant was also story, to this The Executive Yuan at a meeting five feet deep. She was drowned the Society of Motor Manufactur. diamined. suggest that the Chamber Report self-denial may bear quite valu Squadron, relieving Admiral Bheh her home in Pak Tai Village, British car overseas owes much to cles apon "Everyman's Psychology & D its strict terms of reference we more weighty subject. But such to day appointed Admiral Hsieh before assistance could be procurers and Traders in 10-31, and the Father G. Byrne resumes in this Kowloon Supplement. Kan Chih Commander of the Third ed. The pool was situated near growth of the popularity of the issue his interesting series of arti might have done something to able fruit in the distant future! Dung Lieb.-Reuter:
Shamshuipe district.
his efforts.
PATU
and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Cou
Eteamer.
Gooda
not cleared
Consignees are specially notified that
it is necessary for a Revenue Officer to be present at the examination to damsgei datisble cargo.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before lat August, 1988, or they will
nai be recognized
** No Oklima will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co Hong Kong, 15th July, 1933, s fere
few
is temporarily luid. Though it turn from a cricket match, or would have been departing from some "human'”
REORGANISATION OF TSINGTAO SQUADRON
Admiral Chen Shan Kan in a
cantly.
,