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and Skimmel, from Leeu- würden, Province of Friesland, HOLLAND:~~
Manufacturers of above desire to know on what conditions first class Hong Kong merchants experienced in milk business will considér'accept- ing ageney for Colony and South
China; please address letters in duplicate to Netherland Consulate General, Asiatic Building, 6th Roar, Hong Kong
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All broken, chafed and damaged Goods. so to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesday: and Friday between the hours of 10.45 A., and Noor within the Free Storage period.
No Claims will be admitted, after the Goods have left the Steamer's GodowL. and all Gooda rasining undelivered after the 31st August, will be subject
to Rent.
All Claims against the Steamer masi be predated to the Undersigned on r before the 14th Sept., 933 or they will not be recognised."
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Ice House Street. Tel. 3025 operations and "Other flying for Night Editor (Wanchai Office); hire" show increases. of about 125 per cent. and 183 per cent. The figures for respectively. August, 1932, the ** peak "* month for both classes of flying,
London Offer: 53, Fleet Street,
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The Baily Press.
Hoya Kose, Acest 5. 1933,
Tu
LINDBERGHS AT COPENHAGEN
BUSINESS TAX IN CANTON
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME AT AERODROME
Foreign Firms Still Exempted
Copenhagen, Aug. 36.
THE Lindberghs arrived here to (From Our Special Correspondent)
day from Lerwick.
Copenhagen, Later,
POLITICS IN CANTON
Leaders Again At
“Loggerheads
1
NEWS SUMMARY
It is rumoured that Mr. Montagu Norman is again visiting New York to discuss financial matters.
•
Page 1 'Fourteen Industry Codes are now in operation in America. Page 9
News has been received that Father Gallego who was kidnapped
Page 9 Samuel Insull, Sen, has been ar-
Page 8 rested in Athens."
The Yellow River is in flood and there is great fear that the dykes outside Kalteng may break.
Paze 9 There was very large attend-
(From Our Special Correspondent) on August 22 has been murdered.
Canton, Aug. 27. Canton, Aug. 27. The Lindberghs were greeted on
announcement. Kuomintang leaders who went arrival with wild enthusiasm. They DESPITE official
that foreigners doing business to Hong Kong last week to con- were welcomed at the aerodrome in Canton and other places insult Mr. Hu Han Min with re by the American Legation are re-Kwangtung must pay business tax presentatives of the Air Ministry.
They were then "conducted in the first of a convoy of motor cars to the Town Hall where they were
Mayor-Reuter.
to the same extent as Chinese gard to the convening of a Kuo- traders. It was exclusively learned mintang Fifth National Congress ance at the funeral of the late to-day that collection of this tax in Canton are expected to return civically received by the Lord on foreign commercial houses in here to-morrow to take part in Canton and elsewhere has been in- |-the usual Monday meeting of the definitely postponed.
Kuomintang South-west Execu The Provincial Department of tive Committee and the South-
HARBIN YOUTH KIDNAPPED
Bandits Demand Yen 300,000
Finance was to have drawn up
special regulations concerning the west Polical Council meeting on payment of business tax by for Tuesday. eigners, but such regulations will General Chen Tsai Tong, the not be proclaimed "at least for the Commander-in-Chief of the immediate future.
This
means
Lady Chow, wife of the Hon. Sir yesterday at Aberdeen, cemetery.
anou-son unow, which took place
Page 7 A representative of the Kwangsl Government.is in Hong Kong and has placed orders for machinery for a government leather factory.
Page 7 The Bishop of Hong Kong, who arrived back in the Colony, on that foreign merchants in Canton Kwangtung land, sea and Saturday preached his first sermon åre exempted from this tax, while forces, was surprised at the since his return at St. Andrew's, the obligation of the Chinese busi-exodus of Kuomintang leaders to Kowloon. It tells the life story of ness men remains the same.
Hong Kong and sent a repre- a Chinese Christian. This immunity is based on the sentative to persuade their return' difficulty of collecting business tax Harbin, Aug. 26. frem foreign traders and the re- to Canton, stating that the ques- MR. Simeon Kuspe, aged 24 years, luctance of the Chinese authori- tion of calling a Fifth Kuomin-
son of the wealthy owner of the Hotel Moderne, here, was kid-ies to take up diplomatie negotia tang Congress here can be dis-
cussed again.
napped at midnight by bandits, who are demanding 300,000 yen
ransom.
The victim is a well-known He 15 planist in the Far East. Russian 'by birth but is a natura- lised Frenchman.-Reuter's Pacific Service.
DISCONTENT IN FRENCH ISLANDS
to
Paris, Aug. 26.
13
tions on this matter.
About three months ago, the Provincial Department of Finance
While leaders such as Hsiao made an effort to impose the bust-Fu Chen, Chow Lu, Hu Han ness tax on two British arms in Min, Liu Lu Yin and Generals Shamees, but since the collection Lee Chung Jen and Chen Ming is based on one or two per cent. Shu are in favour of having a of the registered capital on a
that reason
Chinese authorities.
Kowloon Supplement, page 12. The Nerother students gave an` excellent programme of German music at the German Consul's re- aldenee on Thursday last. Page 7..
A review of Swatow's social sea-
son appears on Page 7. and Co., Ltd., on the pint and gallon measure appears on page 7. The Health Bulletin of Eastern Ports appears on page 7.
A letter from Robertson, Wilson
Poste Restante correspondence appears on page 7 'under the head yearly proposition, there is no way Congress here, General Chen to compel these firma to pay for Tsai Tong is hesitant to sponsoring "Any letters for you?" the simple
Hong Kong their this movement on the ground
Stock Exchange capital is not registered with the that enormous expenses would be Official Report, Page 13.
letter Out. Scottish - Air-mail Page 1,
News of the Royal Navy. by special air-mail service appears on page 7.
In the
Bowls League Lawn matches on Saturday. Civil Service:
In order to enforce payment by required and that it would mean the foreign commercial houses, an open challenge to the Nan
Provincial Department of king Government. Furthermore, FOLLOWING Popular. discontent the
at the increase of local taxes, Finance was reported to be pre- he is under the impression that disorders are
reported in the paring a special schedule of col- the Fifth Congress to be held in French islands of St. Pierre and lection, though the whole matter Nanking on November 12 would Miquelon. The police were power-seems to have been put off in not disturb the status quo in less to prevent a mob breaking indefinitely..
the
releasing prison and
If the local authoritles insist on Canton." four men who had previously been foreigners to pay this tax, this "On the other hand, the other! arrested during a demonstration would involve negotiations with leaders believe that the Congress Ostside Government buildings. the consular and diplomatic re would be manipulated by Gen.
The French cruiser. Dentre | presentatives of the Powers. It is Casteaux has anchored in the road-not clear whether under existing Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. Wang stead in response to an appeal by treatles foreigners are obliged to Ching Wei to their own advan the local authorities.-Reuter. pay business tax, although the tages and would be also utilised provisions of the tax proclamation to abolish the Kuomintang clearly stipulate payment by for South-west Executive Committee elgners of any country. The tax was proclaimed by the Nanking and
Soub-west Political
the provincial governments to en- force due collection
BIG LEATHER FACTORY
the
beat Craigengower. Full results on: page 10.
"The results of the HKISA.
Championship appear on page 11. lished on page 10. The results Home football results are pub- showed a number of surprises,
MR. LO WEN
KAN
reached the high totals of 10,403 To Be Established In Kwangsi Government which instructed all Council and to cancel the C.E.C. On Inspection Tour
and 101,740..
++
Besides building a large Sulphuric Acid Factory, and a big Cement Factory, the Municipal Authorities have decided to established a large leather factory and to concentrate. special attention on this industry.
As to the plans for the establish- ment of the factory the Authorities
TREASURY ISSUE OF £45,000,000
London, Aug. 25.
ders for Treasury Bills totanea THIS week's applications for ten-
£75,415,000.
membership of the leaders in the South-west provinces.
Messrs. Hsiao, Hu, Chow and othera hold that the mere boycott of the Nanking Congress is not enough but another Congress should meet in Canton and should insist upon General Chiang Kai Shek to suppress the Reds in South Kiangai and to recover The amount allotted Manchuria and Jehol. If they in bills at three months was return to Canton to-morrow, the have appointed Mr. Yeung Cheuk
45,000,000, Om head of the Industry and Com-
The average rate per cent of the stitched. If they still stay away split in the Canton camp is merce Bureau.
It is understood that Mr. Yeung tender accepted was 7/1.64d as arrived in Hong Kong yesterday, compared with 8/1.08d last week. at Hong Kong, a serious break
will be inevitable. where he has ordered a large quan-British Wireless Service. tity of machinery for the making
During the last few years, the Other comparative figures are Reconstruction Department of the of interest. Thus we find that Kwangsi Provincial has made good under the heading of Air Trans-progress in the commercial deve port there were 11,468 aircraftlopment of the province. fights last year, as compared with 7,814 in 1931. The aircraft BRITISH CIVIL AVIATION mileage flown. last year was
2,090,000
with as" compared 1,604,000 in 1931, and the total Here in Hong Kong we are number of passengers carried was haring arrived from Copenhagen," Gothenburg, Ola, Reiterdam and Bam-patiently waiting for the coming" 66,683 as compared with 25,211 Larg, Consignees bj Cargo are hereby of an air-service-a branch of in 1931. informed that a Goods are beg Imperial Airways, we all hope. The present dislocation in the hazardous and/or extra hazardous The trouble is whether it will world trade was responsible for a Godewas of the Hong Kong and Kowloos Jay-whether, in fact, Hong curious development in the air- Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., waste Kong is air-minded. Meanwhile borne goods traffic. The cargo Delivery can be obtained as soon as the is of interest to see what is carried by Air Transport last year No Claims will be admitted after happening at Home There the was "approximately the same as the Goods have left the Godowns, and position is distinctly, encouraging. that carried during 1931, but the all Goods remaining undelivered after. 2nd September, 193, at 4 p.m., will The fact that the British public total value was lower. There
landed and placed at thoir rist into
Goods are lanted.
be subject to Rent.
All broker, chafed and damaged Goods
will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.,
Agenta.
Mercantile Bank Boi'ding. Ho.g Kong, 26th Aug., 13. [175
SWIMMING CHAMPION.
SHIPS
The entries for
of leather goods.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION "OF OPIUM
LOCAL AND GENERAL
A Chinese letter-writer, charged with obstruction in Pokfolum Road by placing his desk on the footpath," was cautioned at the Central Magistracy and told to and another place for it.
A Chinese Fined
Before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Central Magistracy on Saturday Chinese named Lo morning, a Hung was charged with unlawful. The current "Government-
Gazette " publishes amendments A Chinese detective, Lau oplum
to the Brewery Regulations of the Liquors Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, in regard to Duty Chargeable and Drawback on Export of locally- brewed beer.
Ming, said that defendant was ar- rested in Mercer Street with the oplum tled round his walst.
Defendant pleaded guilty and a fine of $100 or six weeks Hard labour was imposed. :
PASSENGER RUNS AMOK
ETTES AN OLD MAN IN THE EYES!
Mr. William James Lockhart Smith has been appointed to act an Deputy Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, in addition to his
The Colony had a clean bill of health on Friday.
Routine business only, figures on the agenda for to-morrow's Sani- tary Board meeting.
Mr. F. F. Clarke, of Messrs. Jar- dine, Matheson and Co., and Mrs. Clarke and child, left Hong Kong by the sa Ranchi, for England.
Count de Martel, French Ambas- sador to Tokyo, will leave for home from Tokyo station at 1. p.m. on the 20th List.
Mr. Merrit N. Cootes has been re- cognised, provisionally and pend-
other duties, with effect from ing the issue of His Majesty's United States of America in Hong
August 25, 1933, until further Exequatur, as Vice-Consul for the notice.
Kong.
The name of Mr. Edward Charles
While the s.8. Buri Chung Wah
Nine little Chinese boot-blacks was leaving for Indo-China, at 9
Chi- were discharged with a caution by p.m. on Saturday evening nese steerage passenger suddenly Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Central Stocker has been added to the lost control of himself, chasing the Police Court on Saturday for caus- list of Authorised Architects of the city district: "But mind you it is everyone he met passengers in the steerage, hitting ing an obstruction in the central Colony.
An old man who was sitting be- caution, and if you are caught
get caned." side him at the beginning, took no again, you will
added. notice and was bitten in the eyes.
Of Shensi
Nanking, Aug. 26..
· Sianfu despatch - states that....
Lo Wen Kan arrived at the Shen- si capital yesterday afternoon at 1:35 pm. He inspected the Sher- si Higher District Courts and pri- sons."
Interviewed by the Centrol News Agency Correspondent, Lo Weri Kan declared that, in view of his
leave earlier, probably hopping off desire to reach Sinking as soon as possible, he has decided to this afternoon at 2.00 for Lan-
chow,
After one or two days stay' in Lanchow he will fly to Hami, in order to confer with Ma Chún Ying and Mohammedan comman- ders.
Fron. Hami he will proceed by air to Thus to confer with Liu Wen Lung and Sheng Shih Tsai,
He will proceed further to Ta- chen and. I and may arrange a meeting with Dr. W. W. Yen Reuter.
FIGHTING NEAR SULFENHO
Harbin, Aug. 26. On Friday strong forces of Volunteers attacked Bullenho and Hentaotze, where prolonged and heavy fighting ensued-Reuter.
DOLLAR-STERL-
ING RELATIONS
Roosevelt & Norman To Confer
is becoming rapidly more air- was a large increase in the value minded is evident from the of exports and re-exports, but a are to be left in the Godown, where continued progress of British great decrease in the value of im they will be examined by Messra, Ander- civil aviation. According to the ports. The value of the former son & Ashe on the 1st Beptember, 1933, at 10 am.
latest annual report issued by the rose from £773,958 in 1981 to All Claims against the Vessel must be Air Ministry, the statistics show £1,142,146 in 1932, while the presented to the Undersigned within ten days of the ship arrival, or they that new records were created value of imports declined from possession of five taels of raw last year in the number of pas £2,022,522 to £981148. In com- sengers carried by British under-paring these figures, however, takings engaged in commercial we must bear in mind the general aviation. At the same time decline in price levels. British aircraft
The airmails last year were are becoming
successful. more efficient and more capable remarkably
The of coping with increased traffic weight of letters alone sent by and large loads. For, although air from Great Britain exceeded In 1931 number of fights by British air all previous records. craft was slightly less than dur- great satisfaction was felt when the Colony's Long Plunge Championship and ing 1931, the number of passen- it was found that 52 tons of let- ters had been carried; but last Throwing the Water Polo Ball, gers carried showed a really re- which closed on Saturday at the markable increase; the total for year this was exceeded by 11 V.R.C. were as follows:-
1932 being 41,609,"as compared tons. The largest figure recorded Long Flunge-S.. H. Garrod, J. R. Soares, 3. A. Victor, B. A. V. with 21,925 during the previous for a single British flight was on Remedios, M. M. de V. Soares, J. A. year. A gratifying feature of this December 10 last year, when s de Soares, F. X. Monteiro and E. B. particular traffic is that the in- ton of mail was carried; and the crease of passengers carried by Christmas air mail to India aloneTM Throwing the Water Polo Ball: British machines was consider during last December weighed Soares, M. M. de V. Soares, David ably greater than that achieved three tons. The parcel air mails
The man was then arrested over- a slight decrease in Leonard, W. Mullaby and T. Paget. by any other nationality on the showed
and sent to the Lunatic the V.R.C. night fete to be held on total number of passengers using with the previous year, but in Asylum for examination.
he V.R.C. else be included in Cross-Channel: services. Of the weight last year as compared come by members of the ship's a result of the overturning the Channel air service last year, spite of this the total weight of His victim was afterwards con- 59 per cent. were carried by all air mails sent from Great veyed to the Kowloon Hospital for British aircraft, as compared with Britain last year was 121 tona, 48 per cent. in 1981.
as compared with 115 tons in The Imperial Airways opera1981.
during the past two years British tions last year broke all previous An important feature of last manufacturers have produced A Chinese named Wong Hoi ap-]
A Chinese named Ngal: Kau was peared before Mr. Butters at the records. The statistics are given year's development was the some efficient types of small and
charged at the Central Magistracy Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday, in two parts. The first deals inauguration of a number of economical aircraft, and it is ex-
Remarking that he took a sezioni Baturday with attempting to SETTLEMENT REACHED morning charged with stealing a with Air Transport, and the internal air services, run entirely pected that there will be rapid wall clock and a suit of clothes second with "Other flying for by, private enterprise New an developments in this particular Dus view of the case, Mr. Schofield, evade payment of duty on liquor.
at the Central Magistracy on Describing the act as a very mean WITH GOVERNMENT from No. 45, Shanghai Street, 1st hire." The latter part does not lines have been organised be field. These should be of special saturday sentenced Wong Bang, a one, Detective Sergeant Davies, floor, Taumati...
Paris, Aug: 27. It was stated by a Chinese de-cover operations outside Great tween places which have not been interest to Hong Kong, and well China Motor Bus Co's conductor who prosecuted, said that the man tective that defendant stole the Britain, and it includes such well served in the past by other suited to local conditions: They to three months hard labour for induced a small boy to carry the The bargees strike has ended,
uttering a counterfeit ten-cent | subject of the charge, nine bottles” the strike committee having a property on Friday morning and fights as local pleasure fights, transport services, and they have should appeal alike for pleasure piece at Queen's Road West, and of datlable liquor, while he himself agreed to a settlement with the 'was arrested in the afternoon. etc. Compared with the figures therefore every chance of success. flying and for those who con- a further four, months' hard labour walked behind. Accused was fined Government, which is reported" to
Defendant pleaded guilty and a sentence of two months hard for 1931, the number of individu- This feature of British civil avia- tiqually wish to make short trips for possession of nine counterfeit $25, in default one month's hard satisfy, practically all the strikers labour was imposed.
al passengers carried last year in tion is only in its infancy, but to Canton or up-country.
'da Roza.
W. Lawrence, B. Gosano, J. A. de
September 2,
THEFT OF A CLOCK
A Chinese Sent To Prison
1
crew
treatment.
he
of a lorry on Island; Road, near Repulse Bay, last Thursday, Lo Leung, the driver, was charged at
Mr. Dennis H. Hazell, Far Eastern Director of Messrs: William Sykes, left Hong Kong by the Ranchi on a business trip of, prob- Malaya, Java and Sumatra.
ayt, Slam, Java a dalou, to
New York, Aug. 27. PRES. Roosevelt, at the request
of the Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank has arranged to receive the Governor of the Bank
Mrs. H. Woods, mother of the of England this week. It is be- the Central Magistracy on Satur- Misses Doris and Alleen Woods, leved the topic will be dollar- day with manslaughter, driving in was a passenger by the P. and O.; sterling relations-Reuter. a dangerous manner and carrying Ranchi yesterday, en route to Co- passengers in excess of the num-lombo, to spend a short holiday ber limited to his lorry. The de- with a married daughter in Cey- fendant pleaded not guilty and, a week's formal remand was grant-
ed
coins.
Ion,
Jabour.
PARIS BARGEES
STRIKE
demands-Reuter.