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THE HONG RONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1994
ENTRIES CLOSE AT 8.00 P.M.
OF
SATURDAY," 2011 JANUARY,
OWNERS
276 reminded that eatries for the Annual Race Meeting. 1934, must be in the bands
of the Secretary at or before the,
above time and date.
By Order of the Stewards,"
C. B. "BROWN,
Secretary.
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TENDERS for
SPECIE And
MEXICAN DOLLARS Current in this Colony, for Telegraphic Transfer. on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, London, up to and for the Sam of 270,000, will be received
by
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ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY OF
HONG KONG.
THE 4th Annual General Meeting
of St. Patrick's Society of Hong Kong will be held in the Jacobean Room, 1st Floor, Hong Kong Hotel, on Wednesday, January 17th, 1934, at 5.15 p.m.
G. P. MURPHY,
Hon. Secretary.
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THE YELLOW TAXICAB CO., LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE
that the management of the affairs of the Company is now under the control of Messrs. Woo Iu Ki, Lam Ngok Wah and Lam Pak Luon.
The Company will not recognise any Contract unless countersigned by throw
above named persons.
YELLOW TAXICAB 00., LTD.,.
by WUO IU KI AND LAM NOOK WA, Directors.
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platform In all branches of ac- tivity. Its revenue is derived en MARRIAGE
tirely from the sale of wireless licences, obtainable at any Post MITCHELL - TOMLINSON. - On
January 12, 1934,
branch at Holy Office
throughout the Trinity Cathedral, Shanghal, country at ten shillings a year. by the Very Rev. Dean A, C.
But of these, ten shillings only a 8. Trivett, M.A., D.D.. George Edward, second son of Edward portion is received by the Corpora-' James Mitchell, of Brighton, tion, the rest being handed over Sussex; and the late Mrs Mit-
to the State in the form of tax chell, to Kathleen Mary, only child of Mr. and Mrs. John and contributions to various Gov- Tomlinson, of Leasingham. ernment departments." Hall, Sleaford, Lines.
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DEATHS
KILES-On Wednesday, January 10, 1934, at the Shanghai Gen- tral Hospital, Gerard Kiles, aged 39 years. LOPES-On Thursday. January 11, 1934, at her residence 177/1 Avenue Dubail, Maria Antonla Noronha Lopes, aged 78 years.
Editorial and Business Office: 11
Ice House Street. Tel. 3025) Night Editor (Wanchai Office):
Tel. 94511," London Office: 63. Fleet Street,
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The Year Book shows that the sum received by the Corporation
OBITUARY
Mr. Herman Bahr
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Copyright.)] ...
Munich, January. 157
The composer and journalist Hermana Bahr died at noon to- day at the age of 70.—Transocean Kuo Min.
FOREIGN POWERS TAKE ACTION
TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS AT FOOCHOW
Foochow January 17. Three Powers have landed forces at Foochow for the protection of their nationals due to confusion existing as a consequence of the presence of several thousand rebels near the city..
His Majesty's Berwick landed forty marines," the U.S.S., Tulsa thirty and the Japanese gunboats 480. the presence of these guards is deemed adequate for the protec tion of all foreigners in Foochow Reuter.
MARINES LANDED
HM.S. Berwick, which is now standing by at Pagoda Anchor- age, on Monday landed a small platoon of Royal Marines at Foo- chow, merely as a precautionary- measure, according to information received yesterday from the Naval
authorities.
All is reported to be quiet in Foochow. A few units of the XIX Route Army, were yesterday seen leaving the city.
HMS Berwick received, orders to stand by late on Saturday night and left Hong Kong for Pagoda Anchorage in the early hours of Sunday morning.
HMS. Wild Swan, of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, is also Pagoda Anchorage.
IN SZECHWAN.
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Ichang, January 2.
at
News just to hand from Wan- hislen re conditions in Eastern. Bze- chwan, states: The situation oun hslen
Easterri reconditionis in Szechwan, states:-The situation round Sulting and Tunghalang seems to be much improved. The
FRENCH AEROPLANE
DISASTER
All Passengers Burned
to Death
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Paris, January 16.
A French piane, thought to be the "Emeraude," from Indo-China, .with the Governor-General of French Indo-Chiria, M. Pasquier, aboard, crashed.in names at Cor- bigny.
LE MATIN'S THEORY::
Paris, January 16.
Six bodies were taken from the. Nothing definite has yet been wreckage. Reuter.
known as to what caused the disaster to the French aeroplane Emeraude but le Matin advances the theory that the 'plane, after
It has been confirmed that the "Emeraude" has crashed.
NEWS SUMMARY
Rotary and War was the subject. of the address by the Right Rev. Dean Alfred Bwaan before. Rota- rians at the Rotary Luncheon,
Page 7 Morning Dew" has written. about the new Australian ponies which will be competing at the Annual General Meeting Page 1.
Echoes of 1850.
Page 6 "Around the Couris". Pago 8, Home Football News and a first survey of the likely winners for the week-end matches,
Cinema Diary.
Page 10.
Радо 5 Diary of Local Eventa. Page 8 The A.D.C. will be presenting "10 minutes Alibi" at the new Naval Canteen Theatre next mouth.. Mrs. E, Grossman is in charge of the production.
Page 7. Serious Case in Kowloci remand- ed on bail of $2000 untál Monday:
Page 6.
All nine people aboard, including
At the auction of ponies" yester- the Governor-General of Indo-passing through a snowstorm, be-day the late Mr. Ho Laung's sub- China, were incinerated.-Reuter.
came so weighted down by a heavy griffin fetched $1,630. The auction Paris, Later. ice coating that it was forced to iis reported on Page 1. M. Belazie, Director of Techni-ny at a low altitude and thus A Summary of the meeting of cal Services of the French Air struck a high tension cable wire Cornishmen yesterday for the for- Ministry, is the tenth victim, of near Corbigny. The paper points mation of a Society is given on the "Emeraude "air disaster. The out in support of this theory that Page 7. other nine are :---
all lights went out in Corbigny at The Governor-General Pasquier. the precise moment that the M. Chaumler, Director of Com-plane crashed.
mercial Aviation and his wife.
M. Noques, a high official in the
air company.
A committee has been appoint-
An article on Polish Shipping is given on Page 15..
Reminiscences of an old Shanghai Resident is given on Page 2.
A fire all 90 Koshing Street, gut- ed by the Air Miniaty to conduct ted the whole of the four storeyed
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M. Pasquier's orderly officer, and a thorough investigation.—Trans-house at that address. A
four of the crew,
The Emeraude" left Lyons at 8.15 p.m. for Paris and sent out a wireless message at 8.10 p.m." that. she was flying at a height of 4,800 feet in a heavy snowstorm
At 8.45 pm. Le Bourget aero- darmerie that the drome heard from a Corbigny gen- "Emeraude." had fallen in flames at the village of Querigny, near Clamecy. » Every effort to rescue the occupants was frustrated by the Intensity of the blaze:
It is believed that the accident was due to the formation of ice on the wings-Reuter.
RECEPTION CANCELLED
Later. The reception planned last night in honour of the
men of the machines squadron of
under General Vuillemin, was cancelled on receipt of the news of the Emeraude disaster.
The Air Minister, M. Pierre Cot. left for the scene of the tragedy Immediately, and also appointed members of a Commission of In- quiry-Reuter.
TRIPOLI'S NEW
GOVERNOR
cities are now both occupied by Marshal Balbo Given
Liu Hsiang's men
The "Reds"
in 1932 was four shillings and have retreated about 180 : In seven pence out of each ten shill-taking Feng Hwang Shan, the ings, and it gives a detalled ac-mountain behind Suiting, General count of how this income was Fan lost one thousand men.
The spent-how much was absorbed by many, but their ammunition must "Reds" probably did not lose sp
be getting low.
artists fees, orchestras, news ser- vice, staff salaries, engineering. etc. Special articles summarising the year's work in the various de- partments show what excellent value the listener gets for his money, and the Year Book is quite frank in its criticism where such is called for, and in its discussion of various difficulties.
Of special interest is the article
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, January 17, 1934.
on School Broadcasts, which "re- veals that 4,000 schools in Great Britain are at present avaliing themselves of the broadcast lessons
Later news tells of visits paid up servants in mission" employ, "to these cities, who report that the mission property is entirely des- troyed.
NO AGGRESSIVE
INTENTIONS:
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
·Press" (Copyright.)1
Good Welcome
[Special to the “Hong Kong. Dally Press" (Copyright)}
pri
of
eight is reported missing Page 71
CHINESE STEAMER
PIRATED
-Nine Wealthy Passengers
Taken Captive
Shanghai, January 16.
The Poo An is now heading for:
due
morrow.
A piracy on the China Mer-Shanghal where she is
Navigationi Com- chant Steam pany's 3.5. Poo An, 6,000 tons, was- carried out in traditional ner to-day."
man-
to--
The Poo An was loaded with. cargo but the pirates contented. themselves with the cash, valu- ables and other personal belong- ings of the passengers who were. terrified and did not resist the desperadoes.
The vessel left Shanghai for Inst... with 2 Tsingtao on 13th hundred Chinese passengers, and when she was 100 miles out, 15 pirates, disguised as passengers, The pirates seized control of over-powered the ship's officers the wireless-room but did not des- out compelled her Austrian mas- troy the apparatus. ter, Capt. Raks, at the point of a pistol, to head for a bay near Swatow where they disembarked last evening with their booty and carried off nine weathly, people for ransom..
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ACADEMIC DEGREES IN RUSSIA
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright,)]
Rome, Jan. 15.
"Moscow, Jan 16. Tripoli made extensive prepara-
The generosity of Soviet Russian tions on Monday for the worthy colleges and universities in bestow- reception of the "newly appointed ing academic tities and degrees Governor, Marshal Balbo, who has been somewhat curbed by a arrived with his staff on board a new Ordinance which provides cruiser and was met by Bignor that no academic degrees "ma7 Bruni and a fine display of the henceforth be conferred, such as military forces of Tripoli. Marshal that of Bachelor of Science and Balbao's predecessor took every Doctors of all faculties. step to ensure lasting peace and
The former profusion of acade- to establish a firm basis for colon- ization even to the most distant mic titles in Soviet Russia has now line of oases, Publications in this been cut down to three, namely Colony expect that the дея assistant, lecturer, and professor. Governor with his enthusiasm will certainly be able to develop, the
in music, languages, history, and Day of the last election campaign Colony and to further its economic
other subjects. In the teaching of BROADCASTING BY B.B.C. modern languages nothing could
Detmold, Jan. 15, In his speech at a Remembrance
which took place here exactly one year ago Herr Hitler, spoke of the progress of the party. It was the last local election in the Free, State Lippe Detmold Since that time all elections have been nation wide. The Chancellor in his explained the rules which guided the government
progress.Tranocean. Kuo Min...
To acquire any of these les one must pass a rigid examination
work-Transocean Kuo Min.
or have done important research
LOCAL AND GENERAL
be more valuable to the beginner than the specially arranged broad- An examination of the 1934 Year cast lessons, the object of which Book of the British Broadcasting is to familiarise the pupils with speech Corporation reveals that the Cor the sound of the language spoken through the last year. "We have B. Montargis arrived in the Colony Republic of Panama, inte of 10. poration is pursuing with undaunt by a native teacher, and later ou ed courage its admirable policy giving opportunities of listening to
of giving the public.." something ordinary conversation or to the
reading "of literature and poetry.
A: little better than what it
wants" Among similar institu- The remarkable and progressive
Great
4,821,436, to 5,854,408, and so far
no agressive intention whatever, we do not want to stir up unrest. all that we want is to pursue our. work in peace and in a spirt of deep, moral conviction. We only Bak for work and peace and our aggressive spirit" has exhausted unemployment," Transocean Kuo
Moris. and Madame Maurice J. 1
on Jan. 14 by the "d'Artagnan.”
Fabrio Rios, consal for the
Carnarvon Building, Kowloon, died
The China Merchants Steam wired Navigation Company have the Ministry of Navy urging them to send a 'gunboat to exterminate the cap- the pirates and rescue tives.-Reuter...
POLAND'S DEBTS
DECREASE
Owing of Sterling Dollar Depreciation
این
[Special to the “Hong Kong Dally Fresă” (Copyright.)]
Warsaw, Jan. 16. Poland's national debt has de- creased by roughly 1,000,000,000 zlaty, owing to the depreciation of Sterling and dollar currencies ac- cording to a report presented by the Budget committee... which De- vealed that
debt. the national
totals 4,450,000,000 zloty of which
3,500,000,000 represents foreign debt. These Agures do not in- clude guarantees amounting to.51 million zloty given by the State for French Bank loan and other undertakings. .....Transocean' Kuo Min.
on December 30 last leaving 82,400 AUSTRIA'S NEW
CONSTITUTION
One case each of diphtheria and local estate. Letters of adminis
the tration have been granted to the septicemia were reported in Colony for the 24 hours "ended ¦ widow, Mrs. Aura de Rios. January 15.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh have presented the seaplane and equip-
Now Founded On
meningitis were reported in the ment used by them on their recent Christian Principles
'One case each of diphtheria, typhoid, septicemia and 4 case: of
Colony for the week ended January 13.
Press (Copyright.)1
tions throughout the world 'the
rise in the number of listeners broadcasting service in
proves that the British public ap. Min Britain is unique in the emphasis preciates the efforts of the B.B.C.
30,000-mile survey fight to the bators, in CHINA, for their famous proit puts on the cultural possibilities in providing the best possible pro- GERMANT HAS NO REGRETS
American Museum of Natural His- Unique opportunity for right of this marvel of modern science grammes. During the last year the dnet.
tory. The same machine was also organisation. Apply with references to Bales Controller, Benipta Art Ltd, 183: 1 and. its ramifications as a public number of licences sold rose from
Berlin, Jan. 16. The HK. University Medical used by them to establish the [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Oxford Street, LONDON.
utility service, and it has been
Society is to meet on Friday next Transcontinental record in April, Germany has no cause, says the at 5.15 p.m. when Dr. Tennyson 1930, and for their flight to the fortunate in having from its very there is no evidence of saturation tablishing a precedent to play in Advances
*Voelkischer Beobachter," by ex-
Howie will speak on "Interesting Far East in 1981...
in Endocrinology." beginning "a managing body fully
point having been reached.
to the hands of her adversaries. conscious of its great respon-
Members and friends are invited.. The British Empire Service, in- It was necessary and logical,
Rails, on plates wheels for rail- sibilities.
augurated by the King with a says the "Beobachter in referring
The General Labour Union of way cars, steel bars and cement, in Austria will begin with the The constitution of the B.B.C. broadcast: greeting on Christmas to the German withdrawl from gang has decided to hold a brought by many foreign steamery formula "In the name of Almighty is that typically English compro-Day, 1932, to all the peoples of the ference. All papers agree that spring with the object of promot ports, are piling up and deteriorat trian peoples receive this constitu- the League and Disarmament Con- workmen's athletic meeting this from Odessa and other Black Be God who started all laws, the Aus- mise, between private enterprise Empire, is a new fold developed Germany by returning to Geneva ing athletics Among the workmen ing on the waterfront of Vladivostion's Instead of "the
LOCAL MAPS
District,
Kowloon,
Vietoria, New Territories.
NONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
and State control, which seems to during the year. The ultimate aim bear such excellent fruit on British of this service is an exchange of soil. One of the beneñal results of programmes between the mother- this constitution is that the ser- land and its dominions and vice has never been forced to re- colonies, which will form yet an- sort to advertising as a means of other strong bond between the revenue and has therefore been scattered lands of the great British able to keep an open and impartial · Empire.
Vienna, Jan, 16.
The new Christian constitution
formula runs: "All
tok, according to officers of the hitherto used which could do nothing to help the Baar, of Shanghai. An athletic commit-Greek freighter Leonidas, which power is derived from the people,"
The "Kreuzaltung, however, tee was organised some time ago. arrived in Dairen from that port according to Press reports. vaguely hints that when tho ques-
last month: "The dock warehouses Papers add that the Dollfuss tion of forming the Plebiscite It is announced that in order to at Vladivostok are packed with Government is thereby anxious to Commission comes up for discus popularise railway travelling the textiles, barley and other foodstun stress the transformation of the sion, Germany might consider Czech State Rallways have intro- from the Black Sea region. The Liberal Austrian stats founded on whether active co-operation in the duced special coaches for dancing iron materials, piled in the open, the principle of the, French "Re- League Commission is conducive on their trains. Music is supplied exposed to the snow and ice, were volution into a state based in to the interests of Baar Germans, by a jazz orchestra and buffets are rusting and the cement, also in Christian principles Transocean ---Transocean Kuo Min.
provided for the dancers.
the open, was spoiling,
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