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NOTIFICATION;
have This Day taken over charge of the British Consulats-General
at Canton from Mc. E. G. Jamieson,
C. B. E. A ating Consulate Gauersl.,
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HERBERT PHILLIPS,
'onsulate General.
H. M. CONSULATE-GENERAL,
CANTON,
20th November, 1933.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT of HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
IN Tax-Coop or ROBERT HUN-
TER HILL, LATE
10
KENSINGTON PARK GARDENS, KENSINGTON IN TA COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX AND OF BILLITER SQUARE BUILDINGS, BILLITER SQULAR
TAS CITY LONDON MERCHANTŲ DISKASED.
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TOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN
That the Court has, by virtus
of the provisions of Section 58 of the Probate Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made "an Onter limiting the Time for Creditors and others to send in their Claims gainst the shore Estate to the 10
of DECEMBER, 1933,
All Creditors and others are accord- ingly hereby required to send their alaims to the undersigned on or before that date.
Dated the 18th day of November, 1938.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER
Solicitors for the Executrix,
15
Prince's Building,
Ice Hausa Street,
Hong Kong.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
in THE GOODA or LEONARD DYSON; LAZE OF MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND, MER- CHANT, DECEASED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of Probata Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for Crediton and others to send in their claims against the above Estate to the 10TH DAY of DECEMBER, 1033. All Creditors and others are accord- ingly hereby required to weed their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.
Dated the 14th day of November, 1933, JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTEIL
Bolicitors for the Executor,
Prince's Building
Ice House Strest,
Fong Kong.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
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ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
PARTICULA
of the Sale by Public Auction
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to be held on MONDAY, the 27rs DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1933, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department,
Onder of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Ma Tau Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Orown Rent to be fired by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY TIE King, for one further term
of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Ma Tau Chung
Locality.
Kowloon Inland
Lot No. 3320.
Q.
Boundary
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ments.
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As per
sale plan
About
Square foot.
Upset Prios.
2910
Annual
Rental
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be held on MONDAY, the 97r. Dar
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HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 24, 1933.
THE GREEN ISLAND
SCANDAL
At a time like this when the
that was entrusted to his care. In both these cases, the guilty. persons were given the usual trial and both of them were sent to gaol, but that is all very well- Where does the public come in?
Tixes are levied on almost everything that is taxable; rates are higher than they used to be
and the Government are always making a to-do about not having suelent funds, yet such things are allowed to happen, entailing
general policy is to economise the loss of much needed funds.
and at
in
effort to an
And now when there is promise the same time" put every shoulder .to the wheel of better times ahead, when it recover from appears that some of our hongs a bad depression it is to be de-
are picking up trade again, the plored than an apparent lack of
Green Island Scandal is revealed. adequate supervision on the part It is no easy matter for even the of the Government will result in biggest business house to lose such a loss of a large sum of money, a sum at the best of times, but possibly in the neighbourhood of to be hit when they are just turn- $20,000 to $30,000. We refer to the ing the corner would seem to be Green Island Dynamite Scandal, an exceptionally cruel piece of and in this connection we would work by that much dreaded in-" like to voice the hope that the dividual called Fate this case Companies concerned will not be carelessness on the part of Govern- made to bear a loss which has ment supervision, occurred through no fault of theirs in any way.
In a Government Depot; espe- cally one like that in Green Island where thousands of dollars worth of goods are stored, we would have
Let us delve a little deeper into this "mystery.” Already a good many theories have been advanced but the most likely one is that the dynamite could not have left the Depot in one lot. It would be
of NOVEMBER, 1933, at 3 r at the thought that a highly responsible more than likely that lots of two Ofices of the Public Works Department, officer would be placed in charge. or three cases trickled away at a by Order of His EXCELLENT THE GOVERNDE, of One Lot of CROWN If the Government are going to time, for there are quite a number LAND at Ma Tan Chong, in the levy a heavy storage fee for all of fishing people who would be Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of goods kept in this depot, then it glad to pay a
"reasonable" price years, with the option of renewal at s Crown Beat to be fixed by the Surveyor would seem only just and fair that for it.
further term of 75 years."
·PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary
Locality,
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KWANGTUNG SAFE
So Trade Must Be Developed
Canton, November 23, Over seventy officials and de- legates attended the opening cere-. mony of the Kwangtung Provin- cial Economic Conference yester day when General Cheri Chi-tang, commender-in-chief of the first group army, made a long speech before the assembly.
General Chen Arst stated that in "Three-Year Plan." the econo- tnost mic reconstruction is the Important: so economic problems must be first solved.
As Kwantung is the financial centre of South China with very foreign Important position in trade. General Chen continued. and we must develop our trade stabilize the financial condition.
conclusion In
General Chen said that no alarm should be felt in the new development in F
absolutely kian as Kwangtung: is safe and hope that members in the, conference will try their best to make the meeting success.
"It is learned that the first dis- cussion will be started this after- noon and will continue for three days... Central Press.
AGREEMENT AT GENEVA
Conference to Adjoin Till January
Th Bureau of the Disarmament Conference met at Geneva this afternoon and unanimously agreed that the work of the Disarmament Conference should be postponed until some time in January.
Mr. Arthur Henderson, President of the Conference, said that as a result of the conversation between -the delegates of Britain, France, Italy and United States, the un- animous view was revealed that a supreme effort should be made to conclude a disarmament conven- tion.
It was suggested by these powers that the meeting of the General Commission on 4th De- cember was inadvisable as it was recognised that there were several
questions which political
were
FATAL PLANE
CRASH
Prominent Soviet Officials Killed
DOUBLE BY THE NEWS
DARK BLUES Cambridge Sustain Two Defeats
London, Nov 18. Kharkov. Nov. "22.
success of their Following the Thirteen prominent Soviet of- ficials, including several of Russia's Rugger XV. Oxford University most expert seronauts, were killed completed the double by defeating to-day when disaster overtook the the famous Carinthians at Associa Moscow Government's huge aero-tion football. by five goals to two,
Cambridge, on the other band, plane.
had to contend with a double de- The mystery machine was credit- feat. In the handling code the d with being the largest in the Light Blues were beaten by Black- world, It was claimed for the heath, while at soccer an Army XI craft that it was capable of carry-put it over them to the tune of ing 129 passengers in addition to three goals to one.-Reuter. the crew.
The huge plane was completed only two months ago and had been in the alt on her trials only once or twice.
constructed largely of It was steel and was a marvel of comfort. It contained sofas and a promen- ade to enable the passengers to view the surrounding country.
in idea of the tremendous size of the machine may be derived
CANTON BANKNOTES
Confidence Gradually Returning
(From Our Special Correspondent)
SUMMARY
Investigations are still being carried out rigidly in connection with the Green Island Dynamite Soandal. An interview with the Harbour Master, and the principal firms concerned appear on page 7.
rem
News of the whereabouts of Col. Fawcett and his son has been ceived and appears on page 8.
10.
Home Frotball appears on page"
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The Daily Press Special forecast for the weekend Home football ap- pear on page 10.
List of arrivals by the s. Pre- sident Coolidge is given on page
11.
Volunteer Orders for the week appear on page 6.
Aa tecount of the crews in the forthcoming Interport Regatta and their prospects has been given on page 10.
A report of the manslaughter case at. The Criminal Session appears on page 7.
"
Canton, Nov. 9 -Confidence in,government ink Dr. Kötewall's interview on local om the fact that even the wings uctes increased slightly to-day. Chinese finance pircles appearson were used for passenger accom-since the Kwangtang Provinciale modation as well as the body- Bank and the Reuter.
SUNGARI RIVER CLOSED
Waterway Expected To Be Frozen Over In Few Days
All
Harbin, November. 17. navigation on the Sungari river has now ceased. It is expected that the river will be frozen over within a few days. Router.
storin,
Canton Municipat The inquiry with the deaths of the the top. Chinese in the recent lorry Rank are ready to weather
fatality in Shaukiwat was conclud- Provincial notes of one-dollar cl at Central Magistracy yesterday verdiet accidental denomination are accepted as pay when "a
Page 7. ment almost everywhere, and those death" was returned. of five-dollar denomination are dis- counted from 15 to 20 per cent, Officials, and merchants have joined together to save the banknotes from further depreciation, and, this is regarded as an encouraging sign of co-operation.
However, the two government banks and their branches in the city were full of people to-day waiting for their turn to redeem their notes.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Annual Bowling match "be- tween the St. George's and St. An- drew's Clubs will be held on Sun- day November 26, at the Royal Yatch Club Bowling green,
An American Tennis Tourna- Sunday, ment will be held next
Cricket Club. at the Kowloon too important, to .encourage any Following the competition a small hope of a sucessful issue from dance will be held in the club-
house. premature discussion in the Gen- eral Commission.
HENDERSON TO CONSULT DELEGATES
The monitor, H.M.S. Terror. which has been detailed to Singa- pore as a base ship, arrived at
Commissioner Alfred J. Benwell, leader of the Salvation Army in China, is arriving here to-day, on
His head the Empress of Japan. quarters are at Peking.
We are informed that Comm. A. Blancoal, the Italian Consul Gen- eral, is leaving for Foochow by the 5.5. Haining to-day, and that he will be accompanied by his secre- tary, "Mr. John S. H. Waan and Comm. 8. Sandri, the special Cor- respondent of "Il Popolo D'Italia," Rome, Italy.
The body of the Chinese girl which was discovered in Shamshui- no yesterday has been identified. Details on page 12.
FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENTS
Woman & Boy Killed Last Night
Two fatal meför accidents were reported to the Police last night. In the first one it was stated that while Li Tit-chau was driving Ford motor lorry (No. 3408) along Wing Lok Street about 9.30 p.m. he attempted to overtake another lorry and in doing so knocked down a married woman named Ngan who was picked up serious condition and removed to the Government Civil Hospital. Upon arrival there, however, it was found that life was extinct.
Yuen in a
Meanwhile it has been suggest Port Said on Tuesday. She is achy "Mr. Balfour yesterday as the Chak-sing was driving car No.
ed that the work of conference would at this stage be best assisted by parallel and supplementary el- forts between the various states and with the full use of diploma- tic machinery.
Mr. Henderson added that the hope had been expresed that these efforts should be energetical- ly
pursued with a view to
advancing in every possible way
the work which lies before the General Commission.
Mr. Henderson will consult with the delegates of the conference with regard to the committees which are now engaged at Geneva in bringing the draft convention in conformity with amendments whitch have been proposed.
CABINET MEETING
It is understood that the dia- armament question was again te- fore the Cabinet this morning. The Foreign Secrétary, Sir John Simon, attended and reported to his colleagues regarding the con- versation during the week-end et Geneva-British Wireless.
FRENCH POLITICIANS VISIT GREAT BRITAIN
London, Nov. 22,
M. Flandin and other members of the French Parliamentary Com- mittee of the Association of France and Great Britain, who are visit ing London, were conducted over the Houses of Parliament this afternoon.
This evening Sir John Simon gave a dinner party in their hon- our-British Wireless.
might be inclined to attach blame to the arms for not paying more particular attention to the check in their stocks, but is it not the usual thing to do, to accept a Government Godown statement as correct?
companied by H.M.S. Fastnet..
The Members of the Peak Club are requested to note that the entries for the Contract Bridge Tournament to be held at the Club on Saturday, the 25th of Novem- ber, 1933, will close on Friday at 3 p.m.
cent
Sentence of three months' hard labour was passed on Taul Fong, 25, unemployed, for uttering a counterfeit Hongkong ten plece and possession of eight more counterfelt coins, when he appear- ad before Mr. Balfour in the Cen- tral Police Court yesterday.
A Chinese widow was fined $25 keeper of a gaming house in Wing Sing Street. Another woman, and three men, were fined, 83 each for participating in a game of "hau luk."
In the second accident, an n- known boy of about 16 years was the victim: A Chinese named Tong T235 along Wellington Street, from West to East, when the lad dashed out from an alleyway and removed to the hospital where he knocked down by the car. He was died of his injuries subsequently.
NAVAL BILL CUTS OPPOSED
WEA
Lai Hoi Pui, who, on November 15, was arrested by the police and charged with kidnapping". Wong Wo, a nine year old giri, was found guilty by Mr. Balfour in the Cen- trai Magistracy yesterday and sen- tenced to four months imprison-
Tokyo, November 19. ment. The accused claimed that
was. Sunday, Although to-day the child belonged to his. sister- in-law and that he was merely high oficials of the Navy Minia- taking care of her, but he could try and the Naval Board of Com- the Navy produce no proof to bear out his rand assembled at statement,
Offics to map a campaign for ob- taining the full appropriation re quested by them in their "budget demands.
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The Society of St. Vincent de
Li Kwal, a shopkeeper, of No. 88, Paul will hold their annual "Al Fresco Fete" in the compound of Whitfield, ground floor, was fined
The Navy Office is entirely dis- the Catholic Cathedral on Sunday, 826 or one month and 850 or one December 3. The entertainment month, for possession of 48 Po satisfied with the cuts made" by will be under the patronage ofpui lottery tickets and keeping a the Finance Minister who reduc- His Excellency the Governor. gaming house on the premises by ed the original budget of Yen. Mr. Hamilton yesterday, the sen- 440,000,000 for second Naval re-
to run consecutively. Aplenishment programme to married woman. Lau Mut, was 178,000,000. charged together with him, but the police accepted her plea of not gulity, and she was discharged
Tsoi Tan (18) a returned tences banishee, was sentenced to six Mr. by months' imprisonment Hamilton, at the Central Magis- tracy yesterday. He was banished for ten years this year and was arrested in Third Street.
"Convicted on a charge of steal- Chellaram ing a ring from the Silk Store, Pedder Street, an em- ployee, Lau Tong-hing, 27, was sentenced to ten weeks' hard la- bour by Mr. Balfour in the Cen- tral Police Court yesterday.
I With the object of relieving the heavy demand for letter boxes" at the HK General Post Office, sey- eral hundred new boxes are be- ing installed. It is anticipated that they will be available to the public on Monday next,
on it is certainly unfortunate, the way were the authorities to last, which will be a hard task,
is
Three mah jongg sets were pro- duced in the Central Police Court yesterday when Lam Chun, book stall holder, and Hd King, & wo- man, appeared before Mr. Balfour charged with unlawful pawning.
at 216, Detective-Bergeant Fowlle said de- fendants Hved together Hollywood Road, On November 10, they began borrowing mah Bets and on Tuesday the jongg Arst defendant was found attempt ing to pawn a set. First defendant was fined $10 while a fine of 85 was imposed on the woman.
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Yen.
The War Ministry is also de-. manding that a Yen 108,000,000 cut in its budget be restored. United Press.
HOUSTON TO GO ON STRIKE
Texas, November 11. The Committee of the Railroad Labour Brotherhood voted in far- our of a general strike in Southern Pacific in lines with Texas and Loutstaria to begin at noon November 25,-Reuter."
An interesting visitor to Hong kong, to-day will be Prof. K. J.
"COME TO "NANKING” Arrangements are being made Saunders who recently retired from for a dance to be held by the the University of California, Berke- members of the Kowloon Cricket ley, He is in the Dollar s.8. Pre-
Nanking, November 23. Olub on December 2. The enter- sident Monroe on a tour round the
The central authorities are con- tainment committee are deter world He will disembark froin
do everything possi- the President "Monroe in Bombay Sidering despatch of emissaries to mined to ble to make this entertainment and during his stay in India will Hong Kong to urge En Han Min even more successful than theiz become the guest of the Gaekwar to come to Nanking and also con- of Baroda who recently was also fer with Cantonese Leaders re- a visitor here, Prof. Saunders will garding the political, situation.
In this connection. Wu Chih- tour through a large part of Europe before returning to bla huei, Tai. Chi-tao and Chang Chi
papers home in Berkeley. Dr. Kenneth were mentioned though none of Baunders, who is well-known as them have hitherto signified theit writer and authority on Buddhism, willingness, Vernacular was for several years secretary of publish -á large number of tele- the National Committee of the grasm and manifestoes denounc-
Government's' YMCA of India, and it was from ing the Secessionists and support there he was called to a lecture- ing the ship in Oxford University
against them.-Reuter.
of His MAJESTY THE KING, for one they should spend a proportionate An official of one of the firms amount in the maintenance of a concerned stated that they had responsible staff. True, fe out "scented" something was amiss
In view of the fact that we have there is not of the pleasantest but for sometime. That they did not had so many cases of apparent that should not alter the situa- take immediate steps to check up slackness, It would not be out of tion: Government servants in many other parts of the Empire are sta though it does not exonerate the appoint a commission who might tioned in far less congenial out Government. From the other office look into this matter of supervision
Chang Yung-kin, who picked posta...
we learn that they have always and tighten up the whole system, $150 from the pocket of a passer- Hong Kong appears to have been taken the statement sent in month appointing responsible officers to by on the Yuen On Wharf, "Just control every post where leakages to see if the trick would work,
was charged before Mr. Balfour decidedly unlucky insofar as Gov-by month by the Depot as correct,
of this nature can occur. Not only ernment losses are concerned. Not and after this had been found to
are these losses insupportable, but yesterday, and sent to prison for four months. Det-Bergt. Mc- there must also be taken into con- was the rally with the firms stock book, the long ago, there
alderation the distinctly malicious Robbie said that when arrested the sensational Treasury Frauds by storage fee for the month was paid effect which they have on the defendant threw the money, three
Some general moral of the Colony, afty dollar bills, to the ground. Carvalho Yeo, and although the and nothing more sald.
Lot No. 3143, Registry No.
Kowloon Inland
Junction of
Tam Kung Road
Sang Wong Toi Rd.
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