SHIPMENT OF FINEST COOKING POTATOES 10 lbs. for 40 cents. ONIONS-10 lbs. for 45 cta.
Order Your Fruit or Flower Baskets at Myrtle's ' Under Expert Foreign Supervision.
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Tel. 58774
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THE HOTEL NATHAN The leading Chinese Hotel in South China
Nathan Road
Fraternity Book Rooms
216, Nathan' Road, Kowloon: 8. Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong.
A new Conalnments of Bble with coloured figsitration of Pairstine, sino a large selection
of Children's bosoka has just arrived.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
NOTICE TO CONSIONEES.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION. Co,'% STEAKER SOUDAN."
ARVED HONG KONG ON 2371 JANUARY, 1934.
From ANTWERP,LONDON, GIBRAL 2. TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA,
PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO
AND STRAITS.
ONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-named Vessel are hereby in- formed that their Goods are being landad sad placed AT THELL JAK in the Hong Kang and Ko-loon Wharf and Godown Company's down at Kowloon where ach Consignment will be aorted out Mark by Mark and Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landod.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions have been given to the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the Steamer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days in cluding date of arrival will be subject to Rent
No Fire Insurance will be offended by ur'in any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowne for examination by the Consignees,and the Company's surveyors, Mesars. GODDARD & Douglas, at 10 am. on Mondays and Thuredays, within the Free Storage period.
Consignees are specially notified that #t is necessary for Revenue Officer to essent at the examination of damaged dutiable cargo.
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All Claisns against the Steamer mast be presented to the Undersigned on or before 17th February, 1834, or they will not be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown..
Tel. 56600-56603
CONSIGNEE NOTCIES.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.
THE Motor Ship
"TRAVE" having arrived from BREMEN, HAM- BUBG and Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed at their risk into the Godown of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, where Delivery can be obtained.
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Consignees are farther notified that the Motor Ship “TRAVE” bas taken at HAMBURG and BREMEN Through Cargo for HONG KONG Ex 8.8. "STAR"and S.9. FLATER" from KOTKA and WIBORG
All Goods remaining undelivered after the 7th of February, 1934, will be sabject to Roat.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1934.
Around the Courts
(Continued from page 6.)
complainant himself for further evidence.
Mr. Wynne-Jones in summaris- ing the case said: the messenger had been robbed. they.. went through some trouble to tell the exact sum of money that had dis-
appeared, but that sum did not
tally with the accountant's entry in the book. In fact there was quite a big difference between $548.47 and $388.73.
"We are left with just the evidence of Lok Ting Sung him- self and the evidence of the pep- per is very "inconclusive. I have to be absolutely satisfied with a reasonable charge against the de- fendant. I have no conclusive evidence against him as yet. I am quite sure that no jury would convict on this evidence. The presence of the money is more than doubtful, we have heard of those fake robberies before now.
The defendant was discharged.
ÄLLEGED FALSE PRETENCES
Tam
Dried Fish And Ment!.
Po, a shop fok was charged before, Mr. Hamilton,, at The Central Magistracy yesterday, with larceny by false pretences of eight packets of dried fish and meats delivered to his shop by Ho Yat, and with the alternative charge of theft of the same goods. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and hearing of the case was fixed for Friday afternoon.
Detective Sergeant Fitches sald defendant was a fok! of the Nam Cheung Lung grocers' shop in Hennessy Road, and there
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another shop of the same name in Queen's Road East. On Janu- ary 27, the master of the Kung Ping Cheung shop, No.
66. Des Voeux Road West, gave, the com- plainant, He Yat, eight packets of dried fish and meals to be deliver ed to the shop in Queen's Road Bast. Ho Yat mistakenly arrived at defendant's shop and delivered the goods to the defendant, who
down, and, going up to the "ear, removed the radiator cup.
The constable. Gulam Raspól, said, in evidence that he saw the defendant remove the radiator cap and put it into his pocket. He arrested defendant and found the
cap in his pocket. On the way to the station, deferidant struggled,
and bit his hand."
Defendant said he picked the radiator cap from the road neat the car. He denied having bit- ten the constable.
„UNMUZZLED DOG'
Local Doctor Fined Dr. Ma Luk of Fir House, Pokfulam Road, was fined 88 by M, Balfour in the Central Police Court yesterday, for allowing a dog unlicensed and unmuzzled to be abroad. It was stated by a representative, who pleaded gull- ty, that the dog was only two-and- a half months old.
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Summoned in respect of two un- muzzled dogs. L. C. F. Bellamy, of 358, The Peak, was, 'through ä representative, fined $16. A plea of gulity was tendered.
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A summons against C. C. Stark, of 273. The Peak, in respect of an unmuzzled dog was adjourned for a week, the defendant being absent. ·
CABARET GIRL'S CLAIM
Dlamissed With Costs The claim for $19 made by a Cabaret girl named Violet Sheun against the Lido Dancing Acade- my was dismissed. by Mr. Justice Lindsell with. costs yesterday. time she was engaged to work in
The girl stated the cabaret, no conditions were She was under imposed on her. the impression that she could leave wherever she liked and that she would get half the money are
that Rthe
TAXI DRIVERS THE AUSTRALIAN
·DEMONSTRATE
Extraordinary Scenes
In Paris
now
Paris, January 31. Paris's taxi drivers, together with large number of drivers of other motor vehicles," have caught the demonstration fever which has gripped the French capital since the Slavisky scandal developed
TEAM
Again Led By
· Woodfull
Sydney, January 31. It was announced to-day that the Australian Test XI will be chosen from the sixteen players who are making the tour to Eng- land in the coming summer with Woodfull as captain. and Bradman vice-captain.
The sixteen players are:- Woodfull, Bradman,
Brown, McCabe,
They are now organising a rau- cous, campaign of protest against the new petrol tax and already have" arranged vehicular meetings, Chipperfield, Kippax.
terally in thousands, in main Oldfeld,
O'Reilly
(New South thoroughfares like Invalides and Wales) Bromley, Barnett, Darling. Place de l'Opera, through which Ebeling, Fleetwood Smith, Pons- they stream in their cars hoot- ford (Victoria) Grimett, and Wall ing vigorously.
(South Australia)-Reuter.
ricades to prevent the taxis pour- As fast as the police erect bar-
ing into these streets, the taxi- drivers, fix a new rendezvous.
They kept up this procedure and Gordon Highlanders
Drums Returned
their hideous din long past mid- night.-Reuter.
TIBET'S NEW RULER
Incarnate Lama Appointed
New Delhi, January 30. Tibet now has a new ruler in the Reting Monastery (two days the person of the head lama of journey north of Lhasa), who is Incarnate
the Hu.Tuk Tu, or lama.
[Special to the Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
don
SUPPLEMENT NO. 300
IRRIGATION ON WEST RIVER
To Be Developed With Boxer Fund Grant
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton. January 31, The Kwangtung Board of River of $400.000 Conservancy is expecting a St201 as a loan from the British Boxer Indemnity Fund to develop irrigation projects along the West River and a further sum of £5,000 for the purchase of ma- terials in this connection,
Consent to grant this loan was made "by the Committee in charge of this Indemnity Fund, and the Board of River Conservancy is awaiting the arrival of the con- lowing the successful negotiations tract. The grant was made fol-
by a representative of the Board » with the Boxer Indemnity Fund Committee in Nanking.
Conservancy of the West River and irrigation of the valley there are projects requiring common consideration. During excessive summer rains, the river banks' are flooded unless they are projected by well constructed dykes, On the other hand, the land abutting the West River suffers from drought during the winter.
The money to be derived from Berlin, January 31. The solema ceremony of hand-
the British Boxer Indemnity Fund will be used to construct irrigation ing over to General Ian Harmilion the drums which fell into Ger- projects for rice field and to divert man hands in 1914 from the Gor-the water to proper channels.
Highlanders near Ostend, took place on Wednesday, ลง moon, at the Reichsmehrministery. The minister-general, von Blom+ berg, in a short speech spoke of the inate respect he felt for every soldier and for their brave adver Sarles.
con-
KÄLGOORLIE RÍOTS
:
Kalgoorlie: January 31. The rioting here continued all night long and. the majority of the foreign quarter in the Boulder City has been demolished with a gelignite fire.
Before calming down at day break. two people. were killed and six injured in the battles. The rloters were unorganised but the foreign- ers defended themselves firmly and took refuge in a trench from where they were dislodged by gün fre.
Sir Ian Hamilton expressed. on behalf of the British army, deep gratitude to Field Marshall
von Hindenburg for generously He will be installed immediate-senting to return the trophies. ly as Regent. pending the
Sir Ian Hamilton
·dis-
was subse- covery of the new incarnation of quently received by the Reichs-pitched the Dalat
Lama (the Living | president, Transocean Kuo.. Min. Buddha.)
Since the death of the Dalai earned by dancing with patrons. real shop
Lama, Tibet" has been administer- Witness in answer to Mr. D. B. ed
Minister and by Prime phoned up the Kung Ping Cheung
the defence, agreed Cabinet, while prayers have been shop and asked why the goods had Evans, for not been delivered.
that she left after fourteen days' offered throughout the country Inquiries were then made, and they went to employment and did not give no-for the speedy discovery of a rein- defendant's shop. but defendant į tice.
carnated Dalai Lama Consignes must have a Revenge and his master dented all know Lido Dancing Academy said that after his death have been care- Mr. D. Victor proprietor of the Bablea born about ад hour of having received
No Fire Insurance will he effected by as in any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for examination by the Cos, signees and the Company's Surveyors. Messro, Anderson & Áåbe, at 10 din. on the 0th of Feb., 1934.
Oficer in attendance when damiged dutiable goods are examined by the Company's ear-eyors.
No Caim will be admittal after the Goods have left the Godown and all China must be
arrival bore, after Weeks of the Ship within Twe which date they will not be recognised,
Consignees are requested to surrender thair Bills of Lading to the Undersigned for Countersignature,
MELCHERS & CO., Agente: NORDDEUTSCHzï Lord Bin Hong Kong, 31st Jan., 1934. [2191
PRINCE LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES
THE Motor Vennel
THE
gave
following
1 chopped receipt. The
ledge
goods.
day, the
any
GOOD INTENTIONS!
But At The Wring Place: And Time,
An incident in the passage of: the Central Magistracy on Tues- day when a Chinese
was seen to pass a pill of opium to a pri- soxer, who was being taken to the
Istanbul CapitalTM Of Balkan States
when the girl was engaged she was told that she could not leave the distinctive marks ordained by
fully examined by holy men for Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press" (Copyright.}]‹ without notice, but the plaintiff tradition.
number of baby did so.
boys were eventually chosen.
They will be reared Will they are two years old, when a Apal test of identity will be made- Reuter,
Judgment was entered for defendant with costs.
the
MR. QUO TẠI CHỈ IMPROVING
dock in. Mr. Hamilton's Court, had Protest Against Film Before
a sequel" yesterday, when Cheung Lam was charged with 'possession | of one, mace of prepared oplum.
Revenue. Officer Grimmitt said! 'defendant was the man who gave prisoner the oplum,
soner
#i
Operation
London, January 26.
1г
PRES. ROOSE-
The police are now in complete control-Reuter.
CYCLONE. HITS MAURITIUS
London, January 30. "A cyclone of moderate intensity passed over Mauritius on Sunday and Monday.
Paris, January 31. A new era of prosperity may dawn for Constantinople-or Is- tanbul as it is now officially call- ed, which according to Press re- ports' will probably be proclaimed Three deaths occurred from fall- capital of the new Union of Baling debris,
property is kan States, envisaged by sponsors
Wireless. of the Balkan Pact...
It is proposed to make Istan- bul a free city under Turkish so-
VELT'S BIRTHDAY vereignty. The city will receive
The Chinese Minister to Great Greetings From All
Mr. Hamilton:What do you Britain, Mr. Quo Tai-chi who has mean by giving that optum to the undergone an operation for prisoner?
ulcer, is making favourable pro- Defendant replied that the pri- gress, but he is not expected to * CHINESE PRINCE":
had asked him for the leave his nursing-home fox ät having arrival from the above Port on opium,
least ten days. 27th January, Consignees of Cargo are
and he had given him
Before undergoing the opera hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the
Mr. Hamilton imposed a fine of Godoras of the Hong Kong and Kowloon $35, or seven days' imprisonment.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co. Wharf and Godown Company; Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consignees' risk
Agents.
Hong Kong, 29th Jan., 1934,
What do
[9917 and expense,
you want?
If there is anything
you want, so buy soll, try
All broken, shafed, and damaged foods
are to be left in the Godownt, where
they will be examined QW Friday,
2nd February, 1934, at 10 am.
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some.
THEFT OF RADIATOR CAP
$1
Parts Of The World
Washington "January 30. President Roosevelt, who cele- flon, the Minister lodged a protest brajed his fifty-second birthday with the Foreign Office against today, was snowed under by a the British fim, "Jack Ahay," in quarter of a million messages of which Chinese characters
are greeting from all parts of the allegedly depicted in an unfavour world. able light: The Foreign Office promised an investigation with view to satisfying Chinese
And Assault A Constable. Appearing on" remand
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"amour-propre.": before
All Claims must be presented within, Mr. Hamilton, at the Central
15 Days of the Vessel's arrival here,
Magistracy yesterday, on three
After which date they cannot be recharges of theft of a radiator cap,
No
oogle will be emitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and a Goods remaining undelivered after the 5th February, 1934, will be subject to Bent.
or www.ail
by
Clámiked advertisement.
25 words $1.00 prepald for 3 insertions.
No Fire Insurance has been affected."
Bills of Lading will be mantersigned FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD. 4th Floor, King's Balding, Connaught Road.
Dial 28155. dung Kong, 27th Jan, 1984,
the property of Dr. L. Newton," M
Barker Road, receiving, and as- saniting an Indian constable, Ho Sam, a scavenging coolle, received a total of three months' ‚impri- sonment, ti
constable was on duty in Barker Sub-Inspector" Kirby · 'said " the
Road about 5.25 am, on January
A SPEECH-MAKING TOUR
Lord Marley Goes To America
a special flag, special police force and even special postage stamps. -Transocean Kuo Min.
CHANGES IN FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
Paris, January 31.
the
one
crea-
No
material loss of reported. British
NEW REGIME IN NEWFOUNDLAND
London, January 30... Letters Patent constituing the new Government of Newfoundland have been issued and will come into force on their being pro- claimed in the island.
Those Commissioners now in Britain will sail for Newfoundland on 2nd February and the new Government will be formally in- augurated on their arrival.--Bri- tian Wireless.
BRITISH TREASURY
RETURNS
In connection with "In addition to the countless tion of the new "Ministry for Over- messages of esteem and affection, seas possessions," which is being the President received hundreds substituted for the former Mini- of gifts, mostly' of cakes.
stry for Colonies, it is stated. 'In "They included one cake which authorised quarters that the chief weighed no less than 250 pounds, task of the new Minister, M. Henry and loaf weighing 255 pounds.. de Jouvenel, will be to consolidate One message from Alabama the relation between the French
London, January 30, contained over 40,000 signatures. colonies on the
adde and The latest Treasury returns It was 1,280 feet long.
French Protectorates and Man-show that ordinary revenue for Bix thousand parties were given | dated Territories on the other. the current financial year up to in different parts of the United Thai and Morrocco which had 27th January amoured to 2515,- States in honour of the President, hitherto belonged to the admini, 625,652. At the corresponding.. all of them being charity shows, strative sphere of the Foreign date of last year, the amount The proceeds, which will amount Office will hereafter be placed un-stood at £511,484,739.
several million. dollars, will der the new "Ministry for over- Ordinary expenditure, to date be devoted to providing treatment seas possessions, but Algeria wil for the current year. totalled 2569.397.332 as compared with 2015,188.269 at the corresponding date last year.British Wireless
to
London, January 31.. 23, when he saw the defendant Lord Marley left for America coming along carrying" two bas- this morning on a speech making for sufferers from Infantile as heretofore, remain under the kets. When opposite Dr. Newton's tour on behalf of victims of the paralysis at Warm [2214 1 house, defendant put his basketā Nazi regime in Germany-Reuter. Georgia-Reuter,
Springs,
Ministry for Interior."-Trana ocean Hud Min.
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