NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE
THE
ASSOCIATION.
THE ANNUAL DINNER DANCE: will be held at THE HONG KONG HOTEL ROOF GARDEN“ at 8 PM on FRIDAY, Tîm 12T¤ JAN- UARY, 1934.
Tickets may now be obtained from the RECEPTION OFFICES of the HONG KONG Dr PENINSULA HOTELS.
Q. E. S. UPSDELL''
Honorary Secretary.
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CHINESE ESTATES, LIMITED.
SECOND INTERIM DIVIDEND
NOTE SECOND INTERIM TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
DIVIDEND for year ended 28th Feb: ruary, 1934, of two per cent, that is $1 per share, will be paid on all shares in this Company on Wednesday the 7th Jazuary, 1934, at the Company's Office' at Chins Buildings, 6th Floor.
The TRANSFER BOOK of the Company will be CLOSED from the. 10th to the 16th January, 1974, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
FUNG PING FAN,
Director & Secretary, Hong Kong, 8th January, 1834. [$161
NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF POWER.
TOTICE is hereby given that by a Deed of Revocation made on the 4th day of January, 1934, Mr. LOKE YUNG CHEONG (*) of No. 18, Bonham Strand East "Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong Merchant has revoked all powers of attorney at any time previously given by him to Mr. LAI TAT SAM
of Victoria aforesaid Mer chant which powers ́ shall as from the said 4th day of January, 1931, pease to be of any force or effect.. Dated this 4th day of January, 1934
DEACONS, Solicitors For Mr. Loke Yung Cheong,
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTA I- STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STFANTS" BEHAR."
ALMIVED BONG KONG or
- 10TH JANUARY, 1934.
FROM ANTWERP,LONDON,GIBRAL-" TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1934.
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prescription made up, doctor?”
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"WATSON'S"
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When your physician tells you to go to us, he knows that only the very finest drugs are used in the composition of your prescription. He also knows that only
a fully qualified. EUROPEAN chemist will handle those all important drugs.
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Est. 1841.
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, JANUARY 11. ÏB34.
CYCLES AND MOTOR CYCLES
DEATHS
HARVEY.-On December 4th in London,, daughter of Arthur Vere and Frances Laetitia Harvey aged
weeks. Funeral took place : Bearsted Kent on December 7th. ALVES-On Wednesday, January 10, 1934 at the Canossa Hospital, Antonio Luiz Alven aged' 60. Funeral will pass the Monument at 3 p.m. today,
WEDDING
WELL KNOWN CHINESE FAIMILIES UNITED
Lam-Chan
A wedding of considerable in terest to the Chinese community Was solemnised yesterday, the parties being Mr. Lam Swee Chun, BA (HK) son of Mr. Lam Hew Cho and Miss Lucy Chan, daughter of Mr. Cha Wing of Kuala Lum-
"pur, TMS.
A reception was given at the roof garden of the Hongkong Hotel where a large gathering of friends and well wishers were pre- sent to toast the health of the bride and bridegroom.
The bride presented a pretty pic- ture in a dress of soft white satin, while the bridesmaids, Miss Flor- ence Chan, Pauline Lee, Annie Chao and Doris Chan looked very pretty dresses of white satin.
Mr. Walter Hunt, B.A. was best man and the groomsmen were Messrs. H. C. Bung, M. H. Lee and
"H. M. Lan... "
Among those present were the Hon. Sir, Shouson Chow the Hon. Dr. 8. W. Tso, Mr. Kan Tong Po, Mr. Eu Tong Seng and many graduates and undergraduates of the University.
REICHSBANK REPORT
Increase on Note"
Cover
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)1
STAVISKY'S WIDOW
%
.TRIES TO DISCOVER HIDDEN BANK-NOTES
[Special to the Hong Kong Daily
Paris, January 10.
Reorganization of the Chantemps
Press" (Copyright,)]
Ministry on Tuesday, as a result LITTLE ENTENTE
of the Stavisky scandal, proceeded smoothly along the Ines forecast
by Trans-ocean, one exception be- Its Economic Council
ing the retention of the Foreign Ministry by Paul Boncour who, in many quarters, was expected to hand over the portfolio to M. Herrlot. To quiet the growing clamour of a sceptical French public, which suspected the iron- | nevered, Stavisky, official satis- faction was given when the autho rities on Tuesday ordered a post- mortem on Stavisky's body,
The widow of the deceased swin- dler arrived at the scene of the suicide rigorously guarded by a special detail of three detectives in the hope of discovering whole bales of bank notes and other securities supposed to be secreted In the Chamounix villa
J
Legal World Stirred. Meanwhile a thorough investiga- tion is being instituted by the legal world of Paris, who in order to lay the blame for Stavisky's clever evasion on the paralysed arm of law for the last decade. have published statistics on the first Stavisky Since 1929 charges were brought swindling case.
up 19 times before the 13th Dis- trict Chamber of Paris and were postponed nineteen times. different court Presidents and five Four
different
prosecuting officiated during the periodic post- attorneys
ponement of justice. At the most recent calling of the perennial case last June, not only did the accused absent himself but no wit:
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" Copyright.)]
NEWS SUMMARY
If Gossip We Mush
Page 1.
Z.B.W. Wireless Programme
Page 4.
Echoes of 1969,
Page &
Around the Courts,
Page 8.
Home Football News giving par-
ticulars of the form of various
Clubs
Page 10.
Our Weekly Supplement for cook- ing and general hemo interest Page 8 and 3.
Cinema Diary.
ર્જા
Page 6. Diary of Local Events Pages. A memorial service was held yes- terday to the late Dr. Ho-Leung
Page 7. Yesterday's Training, Gallop,
Page 11. Eugene Chen in bitter mood" in which he replies to Wang Ching Wei is given in a reduced form an Page 7.
Inquiry into the tragic death of a nurse who committed, suicide was heat at the Central Magistracy yesterday.
Pago &
..
friends who gathered at his grave A tribute to Yeung Ku Wan, by side, appears on Page 7.
ANOTHER C.ER.
Prague. January.10. The first conference of the newly created Economic Council of the Little Entente opened here on Tuesday, with the Czech Foreign Minister, M. Benes presiding. The Counell, which is composed of three national sections of five members each will, in the course of the present meeting, deal with the question of establishing closer co-operation in railway transport, telegraphy, telephony, as well as with the proposed unification of commercial legislation, and simpll- Acation of customs formalities n25 the first steps on the road to economic unton, which forms the ultimate aims of the new Little Entente statute "pact of re- organization" adopted last May. The chief difficulties lie in the
Harbin, January. 10. efforts of Yugoslavia and Roumania Angiher serious incident in the to Increase their export farm pro- | Chinese Eastern Railway contro- duce to Czecho-slovakia, efforts versy has occurred, and a strong. - which are meeting with strenuous protest evoked. opposition on the part of Czecho-
Kuo Min. slovakian agriculture.Transocean
"GIVE AND TAKE"
German Horsemen For Nice Tournament
nesses and no complainants put in an appearance. Stavisky's at- tornty merely made a routine ar- rival to present well-worn certi-Special Acates that his client was suzer- ing from minor mental defect and was deserving of the full lenience of the court.
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Paris, January 9.
In reply to the invitation to the Cabinet to be Heckled.
French riders to take part in the The reshuffed Cabinet is sche- Equestrian Tournament in Berlin duled to face the Opposition's the German riders have been in- heckling on the Stavisky's affair vited to take part in the Enter during the Thursday session of national Tournament to be held at the Chamber, but is expected to Nice in April-Transocean Kuo have every chance of emerging Mth. without a serious diminution of prestige since Leon Blum's Jour- [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally nal on Monday assured the Government of the support of Socialists in case of a" show down on confidence motion. Transocean to 389.2 Kuo Min. currency,
show was so light that it could easily be Hfted and held aloft by one hand. The lighting system of most new machines is all-electric
Berlin, January 10. and resembles that used in modern
A Reichsbank statement for motor cars; saddles are softer and the week ending January 6. multiple sprung; brakes are so shows an increase on note cover efficient that the cyclist can put to 115 per cent against 109 per up in his own length with perfect- safety: "frames are stronger and lighter; and the prices are lower than ever before.
The section for motor-cycles and cycle-cars offered several novelties, although attention mainly appears to have been centred on greater comfort,
cent on December 13,
million Reichs marks
Gold holdings increased three
millions while foreign reserves rose one million Reichs marks to 10.5 millions making a total gain of four million marks to 39.7 millions,
Note circulation fell by 178,9 million marks to 346.1 million marks to 3466.1 million.
silence, and economy,
The amount of credit issued as shown by bills, cheques, advances Cleanliness seems to be the watch-ön investments, decreased by 364.3 word of the day, so we now find enclosed power units and rarely The fact that there have been see exposed valve mechanisms. three big shows for bicycles in one Thus, at the end of a drive through year in London seems to prove mud and rain, the machine can that all is, well in this particular be cleaned down with a hose pipe branch of British industry. This in a few minutes.
The same
CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above
Dazed Vessel are bereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed AT THEIR RISE in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained se the latest exhibition, the Motor general design, most. the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here Cycle and Cycle Show held at being anished in rustless chronium palese instractions have been given to the Olympia, the most comprehensive plating, with brightly coloured Contrary Sir Hoars before arrival of the show of this kind ever held in any cellulose enamelled tank panels. Steamer,
Goods not cleared within 8 dara country. including date of arrival will be subject to Bento
is indeed proved to be the case by cleanliness is demonstrated in the
No Fire Inrarance will be affected by us in any case yrhatever."
In these days of hustle and hurry it may appear strange that the pedal-bicycle should enjoy a Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Coa-boom. Whatever may be the signees, and the Company's Surveyors Messrs. GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10 am, on Mondays and Thursdays, within the Free Storage period.
machines
The frames are invariably built of tubes, ensuring minimum weight and maximura strength.
The unusually wide variety of types ranged from small light- psychological reason for the weights, priced at little more than creasing popularity of this "old the cost of a first class pedal-cycle, fashioned" machine, it is a fact to powerful solo mounts capable Consignees are specially notified that that all the British firms engaged of speed of 110 miles per hour. be present at the examination to in its production are working at The most interesting novelty was it is uccessary for a Revenue Officer to damaged dutiable cargo,
One Birmingham perhaps a 500 cc, machine equip
high pressure,
All Claims against the Steamer must firm alone, which a couple of years ped with fuld flywheel and pre- be presented to the Undersigned on or before 80th Jan., 1994, or they will ago had an output of
40,000 selector gear. not be recognized.
As gear-changing machines in a year, now manufac-has never presented any difficulty No Claims will be admitted after the
tares as many in a month, while to motor-cyclists, this model may Goods have left the Godown. MAUKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co, another Company is turning out appear to be sheer luxury, but it
Agenta.
about. two thousand machines a
certainly efects a smoothness day..
which previously one would have In the home märket the year imagined impossible to achieve. has been a record one, and the Another interesting newcomer, is a demand from overseas. has been 150c.c. machine with a tiny most satisfactory. A year
ago cylinder horizontally placed, while
Hong Kong, 10th Jan, 1834
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DONT FORGET Great Britain exported 127,000 a third attractive novelty is a ver
THAT WHEN
You are at Home you can get the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS at SELFRIDGES.
bicycles. In the first ten months tical twin water-coloured
two-
of the current year the figure had stroke engine, entirely enclosed. risen to 158,000, while the export
In the section for three-wheeled of bicycle parts alone in three
cars special interest attaches to a years has increased in value from tve-horse-power Diesel engine £278,000 to £1,129,000.
which enables a tricar to cover 55 As an old and practically fully miles at a cost in fuel of about developed invention, the pedal- four pence. These tricars s
are very cycle cannot be expected to under-popular in Great Britain, being. go radical changes The fine col taxed, within the B cut, limit, ás lection of machines at the Olympia motor-cycles, cheap in insurance Show demonstrated that it is only and very cheap in running attention to detail which can Several of the models are built on improve on an article already so motor car lines, comfortably ac- nearly perfect. Every machine on commodating four persona.
million marks, making a total of 3034.7 million. The increase of gold cover is due to the fact that been exchanged against Reichs- a quantity of Russian gold has
marks to level up commercial credits.. given to Russia by Ger- many-Transocean Kuo Min.
POLITICS THROWN OUT OF GEAR
(Special to the "Fong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
;
A GOOD AUGURY.
CRISIS
From Soviet Office Documents Taken
The incident comes at a time when the situtallon has tended to Improve. There has recently been talk of a "resumption of the CER sale
negotiations. with Japan meaning business.
To-day's Incident, the forcible setzure by Manchukuo ralway police-" of documents from the office of the Soviet chief of the Expolitation Department of the | CER., is certain to create fresh
tension.
DOCUMENTS DEMANDED It Is learned that the Soviet oficial concerned had been re- quested, by the Manchukuo, Comptroller of the CER., to hand over the documents, which are alleged to give the details of the evacuation of Chinese Eastern Railway, rolling stock to Russia.
The official refused to comply with the request, whereupon po- the documents taken by force. lice were sent to the office and
Press" (Copyright.}]
Berlin, Jan. 10.
It is alleged that the documents News that the German riding now in the hands of the Manchu- team has been invited to take o Comptroller prove that Mr." part in the Riding Tournament at Rudy, general manager, of the Nice has created lively satisfaction line, was responsible for the re here coming soon after an an-moval of the rolling-stock. nouncement that the French riders
It is stated that the Manchu-
will participate in the forthcoming kuo authorities are contemplat-
ing legal action against him, but
Berlin Tournament.
the German
The Press balls the invitation to the fact that he possesses a dip- team as 2 further lomatic passport complicates the step towards the sporting rappro- | matter.-Reuter. chement between the
tries.
two coun-
The tournament at Nice will take place from April 14 to 23 so that the German team will be able to arrive in good time at Rome where they will participate in a tourha- ment which will commence April 28.--Transocean Kuo Min.
on
Paris, January 10. policy scheduled to begin at the The debate on France's "foreign
Chamber's Friday session will be postponed owing to the pressing business of the Stavinsky's scan- dals. According to political circles the Foreign political debate will commence with a lengthy exposi tion of the French stand on multi- farious international problems. The date now fixed for the foreign
The Bill will be introduced to- : morrow. debate is January 16 and will prob-
when the Opposition ably outlast the session and
launch an onslaught on the Gov- the following week.ernment in connection with the Transocean Kuò Min.
Stavisky afair. ROYALISTS ACTIVE IN PARIS
Paris, January, 10. Having dropped the Minister of Colonies, M. Dalimier, as a result of the Bayonne bond scandal, the French Government is spiking the Opposition guns by the im- mediate introduction of a bill pro- Detonators were placed on the hibiting persons convicted of dis- tramway-lines, and increased, the honesty from dealing in any confusion. shares under a penalty not ex- Two hundred and fifty people ceeding two years' imprisonment. were arrested Reuter.
HEAVY SENTENCE continue
DEMANDED
Trial of 53 Commu-
nists in Berlin
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright:)]
were held and
GALE BATTERS LINER
Has To Heave-To In Atlantic
London, January 9.
the Days behind schedule, seventeen-thousand ton Anchor Lively scenes took place in the Uner California reached Glasgow City yesterday, after news had to-day after experiencing an ex- been received of the suicide of tremely severe Atlantic crossing. Stavisky, the Russian swindler. the worst since she was floated Demonstrations
in 1923. there were frequent scuffles be
The liner ran into heavy weather tween mounted guards and bois-she showed every sign of it when soon after leaving New York and terous Royalists.
she steamed up the Clyde.
Huge seas struck her broadside threatening or seeming to threaten to capsize her; and on several occasions the weather rot so bad that it was considered dan- gerous to attempt to fight a way through and the master, "-gave order to heave to.
For some days, the passengers were confined to their cabins and the saldon furniture had to be ́lashed down.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Arcadia, a haberdasher's shop scene of a robbery on Tuesday Light at Hankow Road, Kowloon, was the when money and goods to the value of over $250 were stolen.
Berlin, January 10, Two Hundred and fifty-two years of hard labour was the total sen- tences demanded by the Public Prosecutor at the end of the mass trial of 53 Communists for the murder of a police sergeant, named Zauritz and: Hans Malkowski, a young, storm troop leader a year. troops, returning from a triumphal sgo when a detachment of stormi torchlight procession celebrating Hitler's advent to power, was am- district of Berlin. The prisoners bushed in the Charlottenburg
Friday, January 26 will be the box was built to resemble a foot" anuust speech day of the Diocesin ball grand stand to accommodate Boys' School, at which H. E. the during the course of the trial which Bishop of Hongkong will be in the a record number of defendants Governor is to be present, while the lasted upwards of three months chair. Tea will be served at 4 p.m. thus breaking even the long dis- and the speeches are to commence at tance record set by the Reichstags p.m. fire trial. Transocean Kuo Min.
CROYDON'S AIR TRAFFIC Record Year Reported
The Hongkong Philharmonic So- ciety advertise that the "Pirates of Penzance will be produced at the King's Theatre on February 8, 6, 9 and 10 at 9.30 p.m. and a matinee on February 7 at 4.30 p.m. Book- ing opens at the King's Theatre on February 1,
London, January 9.
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Before this was done, consider-
Clyde Navigation Trust. It was about by the violent lurchings of able damage had been done in the At to-day's meeting of the saloon. The furniture was hurled stated that the revenue of Glas- the ship and one grand piano was. gov Harbour, which for the last smashed to matchwood British three or four years had steadily Wireless Service. fallen, had taken a notable upward turn within the last seven months.
The Chairman expressed the turned-British Wireless Service view that the tide had definitely
MODERN STEEL PLANTS
To Be Erected In South Africa [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press (Copyright.)]
London, January. 9. While much of the City and most of the outskirts were enjoy-1
a glorious sunshine
and ex-
Pretoria, January 9... ceptionally good visibility, other
According to information re- parts, in patches were enveloped ceived thirty German, machinery in a dense peasouper fog. which experts are to be employed, for caused many minor trafic ac three years by the Industrial Com- vidents and seriously inconvent-pany in Pretoria, South Africa, for enced transport.
the purpose of co-operating with Conditions cleared in the after South African experts, in. building
up there an eficient steel manufac turing industry. The Company In-
• London, January 9. The highest number of air pas- sengers ever recorded passed"Mr. B. G. Birch, M.Á., will give There were 87,539 passengers on Union Assembly, Ropen, of the Uni through Croydon during 1933. a leterre on 'Bome: One Book Men' na the European and Empire zoutes versity of Hong Kong on TuesdayThe English Channel also extends to erect modern steel plante either leaving or arriving at Croy-23rd January at 8.30 pm in the Derienced a thick fog during part throughout the country to be 60,000 were passengers by Imperial versity. Mr. Birch is the presi- was much delayed British Wire- and 36 per cent, German ma- don. Of these, approximately Union Assembly Room of the Und- qt the day and steamer ramce@uipped with 85 per cent. British Airways-British Wireless Service. dent of the Arts Asociation.
chineryTransocean. Kuo Mic