NEW
ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
R.
ПENDERS are invited for the
Tupply of Labour and Lighter, age for Admiralty Coaling for a period of 13 months certain from the 1st April, 1994.
Forms for tendering can be obtained on application to the Naval Store Officer, H.M. Dockyard, Hong Kong, and tenders should be lodged in the Naval Store Officer's Office not later "than NOON on FRIDAY, 16th March
1934.
1934-1935."
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SEALED Tenders will be received
at the Royal Naval Hospital. until 10 am. on the 21st March, 1934, from persons desirous of supplying Beef. Mutton, Fowis Pork, Chècus, Pure Cow's Milk, fee, and other provisions, and necessaries for the year ending 31st March, 1435..
Printed Forms of Tender and far- ther particulars can be obtained at the R. N. Hospital.
The right to reject the lowest or
any tender is reserved.
A..T. RIVERS,
Surgeon Captain, R. N.
Medical Officer in Charge.
ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL...
Hong KoNG..
13th March, 1934.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the
THIRTY-SEVENTH OB- DINARY ANNUAL MEETING of Shareholders in the Company will be held in the Company's Board Room 3rd Floor, Exchange Building, Hong Kong, on Wednesday, 21st March, 1994, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1983,
electing Directors and Auditors, and
for the transaction of any other Ordinary business of the Company.
NOTICE is also hereby given that the TRANSFER BOOKS. of the Company will be closed from Monday, 12th March, 1934, until Wednesday, 21st March, 1934, both daya inclusive, during which period transfers of shares can
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TRAM AND BUS FARES
This is an astonishing statement and one would imagine there must be some simple explanation of this
apparent anomaly. If so, we think
Mr. Compton might have en-
lightened us. Mr. Compton might
!!
OBITUARY
Sir Alexander Bannerman
World Cable News in Brief
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)} .
Basel, Mar, 11. London, Mar. 12.
The plebiscite held on Sunday The death of Sir Alexander on the question as to whether pri- Barinerman is reported to have vate persons may or may not be occurred at Cape Town-Reuter. permitted to possess weapons for (Sir Alexander Bannerman who personal defence, resulted in a de-
feat for the Swiss Government- was born in 1871 was the 11th taron to hold this title. He was that is the Swiss people voted for the retention of existing State affairs whereby the possession of weapons is permitted,
educated at Wellington College and entered the Royal Engineers
in 1891. He served in2 8. Africa 1399-1902, where he was mention" ert in despatches. He held the Queen's Medal, three clasps, and the King's Medal, two clasps. He the Japanese was attached to Army during the Russo-Japanese War, and was present at the fall of Port Aurther.
From 1910 to 1912 he commând-
At six o'clock in the evening the results of the voting" in twenty four cantons gave the result as 475,000 against 400,000. The result of the canton of Graubuenden ta still outstanding which, however, cannot change the main result of the "poll, namely that the hotly contested change of law has been
ed the Air Battalion, and retired rejected by the Swiss people. from the army in 1912. He, how-against the existing law on the Certain bourgoise groups voted ever, served with the 37th Divi-grounds that if certain political store in 1915, and commanded 'the 2/3 North Staffordshire Reg. In France in 1917,
Among his publications are:- The Man with the Rubber Soles, Leaders of the Blind...
Major W. P. Bannerman is heir to the title.]
Mr. Thomas Anstey Guthrie
parties were allowed by law to carry arma, their opponents would also arm secretly, so that finally the Swiss people would be spilt into two hostile camps and ultima- tely might resort to violation as happened only recently in Austria. --Transocean Kuo Min
GERMAN MINISTER WINS AIR RACE
logna, one of the most important works to improve national comuni
cation will be opened on the 22nd, April WES announced some months ago by the Duce in the Senate. The 97 kilometres between the two cities will be covered in about one hour. The work which began in 1920 cost one milliard and 300 millions, of which one milliard was provided after the Fascist Regime. This demon- strates the activities developed by the Fastest Regime. Thanks to the new line one will reach Naples from Milán in less than 10 hours Transocean Kuo Min,
MT. ACONCAFUA CONQUERED
'
NEWS SUMMARY
In the quarter anal round of the Doubles Tennis" Championship, Ho Ka Lau and Tsut Wal Pul defeated Captain Cannon and H. Owen Hughes yesterday, "Page 10.
thick fog, near Foochow yesterday. The ss. Svale ran aground in
Page 11.
Entries for the Fanling Races on Sunday are given on Page 10.
The draft programme for the March 24 is given on Page 10.. races to be held at; Macao on
A number of forthcoming mar- riages are announced on Page 11.
*
Building developments at Tsun Wan are foreshadowed according to an article on Page 6.
•
*
The death of a Chinese clerk pact is reported on Page 12, and his concubine in a suicide
On March 21, the China Fleet Club's new home will be opened by the Commodore. ⠀ Page 11.
*
A claim for $1,356 was brought by Captain L. N. Beer at the Supreme Court "yesterday against the Foo Hong Steamship Co.
Page 7.
Buenos Ayres, March 12. It is reported from Puerta de Lima that the tallen Alpinists have, safely reached the top of The As, "Un Kai Maru". No: 3. Mount Aconcafus an attitude of the latest Japanese show boat, will 7040 metres. During the ascension arrive in port on Thursday, March at 4,600 metres the alpinists found 15. She will have on board for Munich, March 11.
the remains of a body which is display and sale a large assortment,' Unusual interest was paid to the supposed to be that of the German of Japanese products. Page 7. aviation event on Saturday when Explorer Panker, who disappeared "London, Mar. 12. -
9 years ago during his attempt to The long firm fraud case in twelve competitors took part in an air race near the Zugspitze, the
reach the top of the mountain-which practically all European highest mountain in Germany.
Transocean Kuo Min.
The death occurred to-day of Mr.
Thomas Heuter.
Anstey Guthrie, B.A.-
The late Mr. T A. Guthrie was born in 1858. He was educated at
King's College School, London, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, being called to the Bar in 1880, but gave up the profession shortly after wards for authorship.
Among his publications are; Vice Versa, The Giant's Robe, a Fallen Idol, The Pariah, Love amongst the Lions, Mr. Punch's Model Music Hall, The Pocket Ibsen, Fercy and Others, etc.
Among his plays are: The Man from Blankley's, The Brass" Bottle, The Imaginary Invalid (adapta- tion from Molière).
DUCHESS OF AOSTA
Rome, Mar. 12. occurred at Luxor of the Duchess The death is reported to have
them
This event is held every year, and this year one of the compet Hess, Hitler's deputy, and a noted itons was Reichsminister Rudolf
airman in the World War. After by air to Oberwiesenfeld where the race the' competitors returned
Rudolf Hess, who won the race, was given an enthusiastic recep- tion-Transocuan Kuo Min.
UNIFIED GERMAN
STATE
Munich, March 11/ The first anniversary of coming to power of the NSDAP. in Bava- ria was celebrated to-day in the presence of Reichschancellor, 'Adolf Hitler and Government officials in the Exhibition Hall in Minich.
The Bavarian Minister-president have made the tramway case even of Aosta-Reuter.
recapitulating the Bavarian his- stronger by reminding us that inost
tory during the last century, point- (Continued at foot of next Col.) ed. cut that the national socialist of those 5 cent passengers (par-
revolution had overcome any kind ticularly on the Shaukiwan route)
of particularism and that for the are allowed to take with them-
first time in history an unified There was a time when the German state had been created. free of charge-bundles, baskets
trams were condemned as 2 The minister strongly recommend- nuisance to other users of the ed confessional peace, as it was and impedimenta of such dimen- sions as would preclude their con-
road, and the bus halled as the the highest aim of the third realm solution of traffic problems. The to bring together all Protestants veyance on a motor bus. With
bus was then more or lessa and Catholics. regard to the Shaukiwan route it novelty, however, and with the During the last 15 years the con-
greater will be news to many that this
familiarity the early trast between the Catholics and approval of
has liberal concession to travellers in
been Protestants had artificially been modined. It is the bus to-day fastered by non-German forces in It has been our custom over the addition to the frequency of the which is the nuisance to other and outside the country to weaken last few years to review annually, service" and the low fare, has traffic-erratic, clumsy, usurping the strength of the nation. But the road, pulling into the kerbs now no power in the world could local" passenger transport develop-created (and is creating) quite.two
at the busiest spots, always in ever separate the Bavarians from ments and the most suitable time new classes of tramway passenger. the way. It may be agreed at the Reich in taking advantage of to do this has always appeared-firstly, the trame in connection least that in Hong Kong the the either confessions. Munich be- tramways have morally re- ing the headquarters of N.S.DAP, to be immediately following the with the rapidly developing factory
habilitated themselves."
predominating in German arts will annual meeting of the Hong Kong sites in the Quarry Bay and Ming
This may be true but we think always be the bulwark against any Yuen Areas and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Tramway Company. Last year was,
secondly, an that the most important factor future religious intrigues-Trans- that the FOURTH ORDIN however,
entirely new Lyemun traffic, We has been missed and that this an exception, and on ARY GENERAL MEETING OF January 20. (1933)
are informed that launches now gestión, etc., though of considerable
question of obstruction and con SHAREHOLDERS will be held at
our leading the Registered Offices of the Com. article had for its title "The Motor serve Shaukiwan (which, in turn, importance to scores of motorists .of little or Do import- pany, King's Theatre Building, 5th Bus Question" and the occasion serve the tramway) from both is
those to.
hundreds thousands whose main
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT AND LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
And Notice is further hereby given that the Register and Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 12th to the 21st day of March, 1934, both days inclusive.
ment of the result of the tenders
we
of
.concern
The
floor, on Wednesday, the 21st day of was the announcement by Govern-mainland. These passengers have is the question of the fare.
ance "Hau and Lyemun-on the Hang March, 1984, at 12 o'clock noon te receive the Directors' Report, and Accounts for the year ended 31st for motor bus services. In that suddenly discovered that it costs Chairman of the Tramway Com- them less to travel to Victoria by Pany told us in so many words December, 1933, to elect Auditors, article we referred to a Tribunal
that a big profit was being made and to transact such other business which had sat in Northern Ireland
this strange route than to travel
cn the low tram fares but that the as may be properly transacted at an
via Kowloon. If this trafie con- (now extinct) Kai Tack Bus Com- Ordinary General Meeting of the
on mätor bus matters and
tinues to increase a double tram-pany made a considerable loss on" Company.
stated that;-
its high bus fares. To us this is "One of "the eventual findings become a necessity and we
way track on the Shaukiwan route a mystery." It cannot be that of the Tribunal was that fares
passengers" in Kowloon would be heartily endorse 'all that Mr.
able to travel as cheaply, in trams have to be such as will cover
Compton and Sir Henry Pollock Hong Kong otherwise there would as do the tram passengers in working expenses and general
sald at the Tramway meeting re- have been a demand for trams in charges, provide reasonably for
garding the new road between Kowloon. The fact remains how- renewals, depreciation and re-
Couseway Bay and Ming Yuen
ever that from the point of view of the cost of road passenger serve, and afford a reasonable
In the course of a leading article, transport the Kowloon resident is return upon the amount of on the 19th ultimo our morning being badly hit compared with his capital necessarlly and properly
friend on the Island of Hong Kong invested in the passenger road
contemporary said;
and he has our sympathy. We believe there must be some salution transport undertaking in ques-
to this riddle of the fares and tion,"
gest to that alert body the Kowloon Residents Association that they endeavour to find it. It is with some dimidence that we
LIANG CHI HAO,
Managing Director, Hong Kong, 28th February, 1834.
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THE HONGKONG FIBE INSURANCE COMPANY
LIMITED.
It is not our intention to criticise the present motor bus under- takings. We sounded a warning in NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
the leading article from which we THE Sixty-fifth. Ordinary General have quoted and we will leave it
Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned,
at that. What particularly con- TUESDAY, the 27 MARCH, ceras us at the moment is the 1984, at NOON, for the purpose of question of fares. The Chairman rechiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a statement in his speech at the recent meet-
of Accounts for the year ended the ing of the Tramway Company
81st December, 1933.
The Sharo "Register and Transfor Books will be closed from the 13th to the 27th March 1934, both days Ingueive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD General Managers, THE HONGKONG FIRM INSURANCI
*Co, LAD."
Hong Kong, 6th March, 1984.
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"sald
"It is interesting and not without significance to note that whereas in a Kowloon
motor bus the maximum stage for a five cent fare is one mile and a quarter, in a Hong Kong tram-car it is six miles and three quarters."
ocean Kuo "Min.
TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL
FAIR
will
firms were. involved to the extent
of about $10,000 opened at Centra Magistracy yesterday. Page 7.
A DELUGE OF PETITIONS
Re- Another Sequel To
Stavisky Scandal
Tripoll, March 12 The eighth International and in- ter-colonial fair in which participate several nationals, will he officially opened shortly. presentatives of the Senate; Cham- ber of Deputies and the principal confederations, as well as a group of Italian and foreign Journalists are already here. Marshal Balbo, represent the Fascist Party arrives Governor "of Livia, who will also to-day. also the Under Secretary to the Ministry of Corporations who will represent the Govern- ment. Transocean-Kuo Min.
MONS. DINI
J
....
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)3
graphic
(Bỳ Telegraph, Copyright, Tele- Messages Ordinance, 1804. Received," March 12, 4-30 a.m.)
Paris, Mar, 11.. The French law courts are now being deluged by petitions filled by various: persona accused of compli- city in the Staylsky scandal-alm- ing at establishing their innocence by charging unknown persons with misuse of their names,
Rome, March 12, Monsignor Dini Apostolic Dele- gate' to Palestine and Egypt left
Thus the Radical Deputy, Proust, for Naples where he will embark adopted this form of protest be- as already reported by Transocean, for Alexandria. M ns. Dini will take over charge of the Delegation received 2,4 million franes from at Cairo after which he will pro-Stavisky, ceed to
Proust's Jerusalem.-Transosean found in the counterfoll of Sta- name being Kuo Min.
TO UNITE ARYAN.
GERMANS
Berlin, March 11.
cause he was accused of having
visky's cheque book:
Meanwhile, It has been clearly established that the recipient of the cheque in question was really director Bayonne, and the Munici- pal pawnbroker, Tissier. Ex-Mirils- ter Dalamter, also amongst those accused, likewise lodged a charge A "Reichs Society for genealogical against "somebody unknown" for and heraldic research" was found-forging a private letter to Insur-
companies ed on Saturday at a meeting of all ance
in Dalamler's German genealogical
recommending the societies handwriting, attended by the Relchs Home purchase of bonds of Municipal Minister, Dr. Frick and the expert lending institutes, this letter en- on racial science in Reichs Home | abling Stavisky's agents to place... Ministry, Dr. Achim Gercke. Dr. them without difficulty. Gercke was appointed by 'Dr.
Similarly, "the former editor of Frick as leader of the new organi-Aymard has filed a suit agairist an the newspaper "Liberte" Camille. sation.
unknown person because on, the The purpose of the new Reichs butt of a cheque drawn by Staviaky society is to unite all German men
appears the word "Camille (Tar- and women of pure Aryan origin dieu). This leads to the obvious. who study genealogy SC as to deduction that both Aymard and assure the promotion, and con-ex-Premier Tardieu were directly tinuation of these studies in the involved in the scandal which they coming generation and spread both denied with indignation, recognition of the great impor- 12. it shoul prove true that Sta- tance of these methods among visky habitually entered false the rank and file of the German names on cheque butts. then the people Ba 25 Mrs. Julia Bager, proprietress of German nation
to preserve the difficulty of distinguishing the the Juliette Beauty Saloon, Han-able admixture with foreign blood. immensely increased. Transocean undesir- innocence from the guilty will be kow Road, passed away early yes-Transocean Kuo Min after a brief liness. terday at the Kowloon Hospital,
IMPROVEMENT IN ITALIAN RAILWAYS
Rome, March 12. The railway express Firenze Bo-
Mrs. Julia Sager
Mrs. Sager, who was born in Rochestor, Minnesota, 43 years ago, came to the Far East in 1928, She was neary, a year in Shanghal, then came to Hongkong where she opened her popular beauty par-" low in Hankow Road,
fection of a large circle of friends, She enjoyed the respect and al-
and her untimely death due to double pneumonia will be deeply regretted..
"Nevertheless the impression that the reader must obtain from the report of the discussion is that the trams have again come into their own, are operating with proft, and appear to be submit a possible answer, viz. Protestant Cemetery last evening, The hybrid called the trolley more firmly established than bus
The Funeral
The funeral took place at thë
the Rev. H. W: Baines conducted the service.
Those present to pay their last respects were Mr. Andre. Mr. A. I. Cash, Miss Alice Teater, Mr. H. Lowick, Mr. H K Lee, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Sykes, Mrs. C. Forrest, Miss E. Britto, Mre. V. Schepetova,
from
Kuo Min.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The French sloop Durmont de to the Canton Rotary Club last. Urville arrived here yesterday. Week greatly, charmed the
bers.
The monthly meeting of the HK football Couneli will be held in the Association Ofire, 6 Des Voeux Road, C. on Monday next, 19th March, at 5:30 p.m.
Yat
Canton, March 12. Mr. Poh Yl the Chinese naturalised Korean has lett for Hongkong."."
He expressed gratitude to the Chinese authorities who made re presentations this release.
Sun Wah Soap and Shoe factory at the sea front, Balwanho at s o'clock last evening. Four fire ap- pliances were rushed to the scene finmediately on receipt of a cali.. but on their arrival there had already been extinguished Prac- tically no damage was done, and the cause of the fire is yet un- known.
A small fire broke out at the
ever in the local transportation London will soon have 100 miles scheme. This is a state of affairs of trolley bus route and other which will please many we places in England where trolley buses are successfully operating are need not go into the rival merits Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Not
Mr. T. H. R. Shaw, Manager of of trams, motor buses or thattingham, Derby, St Helens, Hast effective hybrid called the trolley Inga, Ipswich, Maidstone, Chester Mr. V. F. V Ribeiro, Mrs. C. B. loon), 2 cases diphtheria (1 Hong Colony for Canada on retirement Three cases of small-pox (Kow- Butterfeld and Swire,left the field, Doncaster and about ten Easterbrook, Mrs. Peter Tscoin, Kong and 1 Kowloon), 1 case ( on Friday after over thirty” years « bus. The trama possess advan-other towns. If it would have the Mrs. 8. Adamson, Mrs. C. H. E-enteric fever (Hong Kong), and service in the East He has been tages, from the public point of erect a ensuring lower fares, why king Mr. A. Morgan and Miss two cases cerebro-spinal fever (1 at Hongkong for the past four view, which obviously, outweigh not add Kowloon to this list? The Helen Chung
Hongkong." 1 Kowloon) were re- years during which time he has SEKCHNER, STolley Vehicle- is the most allen Wreaths were sent by Mrs RJ. ported to the Medical Officer of in addition to business activities, the disadvantages. They are public service vehicle on the road Stevens, Amuk Helen, Julliette, Health on March 11 heavy and safe; they keep to and it emits no exhaust fumes. Miss E. Morrison, Miss Alice Tes- their tracks, they can handle Further, we understand that given ten Mrs. Hodge Mira A Mat- good roads and a cheap electricity thews, Mr. 4. 1. Cash, Vera: Ah great crowds expeditiously; they supply these vehicles can be uns, Cissie, Mr. F. V. Ribeiro, -do not cost the community any operated at a much lower cost than, Ester, Andre and stan and the thing in road upkeep.
petrol buses.
Litle Beauty Parlour and stan.
At tomorrow's meeting of the Rotary Club, it is hoped that the speaker will be Dr. Y. Tan, Secretary of the National Christian Council, Shanghai, whose address
served on the Chamber of Com- merce as Vice and Acting Char- man and he was Chieftain of st Andrew's Bociety. In 1930, besider which he has served on various local Committees and the Court: of the Universityy