NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the Lontract for the dis- posal of all Kitchen and Table refuse from the Soldiers Cookhouses at Murray, Victoria, Wellington and Mount Austin Barracks, Hong Kong. is open to Tender with effect frum April 1st, 1934.
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Written Teaders tor the above Con tract shall be sent in scaled packets to the President, Regimental Insti tutes, 1st Battalion The South Wales Borderers Murray Barracks, Hong Kong, "by March 25th, 1931..
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HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
THE following teatative dates TH
have been arranged for open Championship Events:-
Singles.-Semi-Final, Monday. 19th
March.
Tsui Wai Pui v. G. R. M. Ricketts.
Doubles.--Semi-Final, Tuesday, 20th
March...
L. Goldman and E. 0. Fincher t. Tsoi Ping Fan and Trui Yun Pui.
Singles-Semi-Final,
21st March.
Wednesday,
Doubles Semi-Final, Friday, 23rd
March.
8. A. and H.D. Rumjahn v. Ho Ka Lau and Tsui Wai Put
Singles,--Final.
THE LEADING
TOILET PREPARATIONS OF
Monday, 26th
ป
March. Doubles-Final. Wednesday, 28th
March.
Reserved Seats may now be booked.
at Messrs. . Moutrie & Co. Price $1.10 each, including Taz.
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THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.
PROGR
ROGRAMMES and ENTRY FORMS for THE SPRING RACE MEETING, to be held in Macao on Sunday, 25th March, 1934, may be obtained as The Sports Club, Hong Kong Jockey Club Stables, or at the Offices of Messrs. Benjamin & Potts, 11, Queen's Road.
ENTRIES close at 3 P.M. on FRIDAY, 18th March, 1934.
G.
NOTICE.
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TENDERS are invited for the supply of Labour and Lighter- age for Admiralty Coaling for a period of 12 months certain from the 1st April, 1934.
Forms for tendering as be obtained on application to the Naval Store Officer, EL.M. Dockyard, Hong Kong, and tenders should be lodged in the Naval Store Officer's Office not later than NOON on FRIDAY, 16th March, [2381 1934. "
1934-1935.
EALED Tenders will be received at the Royal Naval Hospital until 10a.m. on the 21st March, 1934, from persons desirous of supplying Beet, Mutton, Fowls, Pork, Cheese, Pure Cow's Miik, Ice, and other provisions, and necessaries for the year ending 31st March, 1935.
Printed Forms of Tender and fur 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.
ROTAL NAVAL HOSPITAL,
Hong Kong
13th March, 1934.
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person is with the landlord and there is no doubt that something should be done to make things easier for him.
But the discon- tinuance of the meter system is by no means the best answer to the problem. During the serious water shortage of 1930, the cry emanated
from dwellers of Chinese tenement
meters,
Press, houses that those with
Hoxa Koxy, Maren 14. 1834.
THE LANDLORD'S WOE
while paying heavily for their water, were not suffering as much as those who had to obtain their water from a street fountain. It will be recalled that at every street fountain, people were lined up in long queues waiting" for their turn to draw a supply of the precious fluid. There was no restriction by the authorities then as to the amount one was allowed to draw, so long as no individusi drew more than two buckets at a time. How-
ever, in those days, a "household
World Cable News in Brief.
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press ""(Copyright.)]
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Zurich, Mar. 12. To dispose once and for all of the persistent rumours that Swit- zerland intends to follow the ex- and Ample of Czechoslovakia reduce the gold content of the Swiss franc, Professor Bachmann president of the Swiss National Bank addressing a general meeting of shareholders last Monday de- clared emphatically that Switzer- land would remain true both to the gold standard and to the frame at its present gold value. Bachmann gave essentially the same reason for this policy as Shacht, namely a devaluation of Swiss franc would make the import of raw materials correspondingly dearer while the monetary advantage of the export premium would soon disappear as wages rose to the same level as in the surrounding countries. Never theless Bachmann, admitted that the general level of prices in Swit- zerland would soon have to adjust itself to that of more other export countries, but asserted that this is quite possible if rents were redu- ced and the cost of living lowered by lessening the difference between wholesale and retail prices. The
Bank: Swiss National
declared Bachmann, was so well provided with resources that they were well able to defend the gold standard and the franc's gold content
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GERMAN-TURKISH TRADE TREATY
Berlin, March 12. As the trade" treaty signed be- tween Germany and Turkey signed the 10th August
1933 has not yet been denounced by either side it will continue automatically in force until further notice. Origin- ally the treaty was for six months duration but subject to a proviso that it would continue indefinitely unless after the expiry of the pre- Iminary period two months notice of intention to terminate were given by either side-Transocean Kuo Min.
POPULARITY OF PILSUDSKI
Warsaw, Mar, 12. The universal popularity of Mar- shal Pilsudski among his Polish countrymen' is strikingly illustrated' by a decision just reached by the Evangelical Church administration' At Warsaw. Pilsudski's first name is Joseph and St. Joseph's day in consequence has always been spe- cially celebrated in the Polish ca- tholic churches in Pilsudski's hon- our: From now onwards, however, the evangelical churches also will hold services on St. Joseph's day and thus pay homage to Poland's aged patriot. Transocean Kuo Min.
"NATIONAL FRONT" MASS MEETING
Saarbruechen, March 12. The first mass meeting of the "National Front" took place yes-
M. GUICHARD NEWS SUMMARY
RETIRE
The Matson round-the-world liner arrived in port yesterday afternoon with many prominent Page 7
the Outcome Of Stavisky passengers.
terday at Zweibruecken in presence of great parts of the Suar population. The whole town was dressed with flags and bunt- ing to welcome thousands of fel- low.compatriots arriving by 'spe- cial trains, trucks, motorcars, and bicycles in the early hours.
Soon after sunrise, opposite the city hall and at various squares in the town, well-trained bands play- ed folk-songs and school-boys and girls performed old German dances to entertain the crowds. After at- tending church service, about riety thousand people assembled at the large sports and meeting- grounds outside the old city-walls demonstrate for the earliest re- turn to the Reich., The leader of the National Front pointed out, that 90 per cent, of the Saar po- pulation were thoroughly German, The remaining percentage, which were in favour of France or even of the creation of a free-state were only those who had to leave Ger- many after the revolution in Jan- uary 1933 "on account of corrup- tion and mis-administration, and consisting mainly of Communists and Jewish elements, which will not have the right to vote in the plebiscite.
2.
Scandal
The death occurred yesterday morning, under tragic circum- stances of Mr. Hector Lawrence Pereira, the brother of Mr. F. D. Pereira, the Interport cricketer...
Page 7.
Paris. Mar. 13. As a sequel to the non-delivery of the summons for the French ex-Ministers, M. Dallmier and M.
·Jollen. Durand, to appear before the Bayonne magistrate in con- hection with the StavisKY affair, the Doumergue Cabinet has decid. ed that M. Gulchard, the Direc-winds. tor of Judicial Police, who reach- ed the retiring age some time ago, be retired an April 1.
The s.s. Svale which ran agroind near Foochow on Monday is re- Forted to be in a serious position owing to the Increase of N, E. Paze 7.
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The long firm fraud case involv→
fessed that the summons had not in
M. Gulchard, last Friday, con- ing practically all European ins the Colony WILS continued been delivered. It was, he said, yesterday.
Püze 6. found in the Stavisky dossier, where it must have slipped while The draw for the IR.C. tennis he was studying the dossier-championships appears on Page 10, " Reuter.
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ANOTHER VICTIM,
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press"} (By Telegraph, Copyright, Telo- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1594. Received, March 19. 7.30 p.m.)
Paris, Mar. 13.
The Stavisky' affair claimed an- other victim on Monday when an attorney named du Theyliet, who
and
"After the solution of the Saar problem, the nations of Europe will be able to settle down to pea-
is a member of the extreme Na-
organisation
ap- ce and mutual understanding and tionalist the sooner the Saar plebiscite will Parently taking the reports of the to heart. ran be, held, the better will it be for the Press "too much return to confidence and right and amuck in the lobby of the Palais Justice, which is the only founda- de Justice, shrieking "The whole friendship and common welfare-judiciary for having falled to bring for everlasting peace and Palais is full of scoundrels" and Transocean. Kuo Min.
tion
KING AND QUEEN OF STAM
IN ROME
evidently Bck using the entire
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A full programme of the Naval searchlight display in the coming week-end is published on Page 6."
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An illuminating address on "An- Cient Chinese Culture" was de- livered at Rotary Club. Page T
The claim by Captain Beer for alleged wrongful dismissal W15 continued at the Supreme Court yesterday.
Page 11.
Home football forecasts together with the latest air mail news are given on Page 10.
The draw for the I.R.C. tennis championships will be found on Page 10.
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the guilty to account. He then ran out into the street and at-
The seven-a-side charity rugger The tacked an Army officer who hap- tournament opens to-day. pened to pass the building and who i draw for the competition will be 'Rome, March 12. would probably have handled him | found on Page 10, The King and Queen of Siam roughly if a policeman" had, not were entertained to lunch on Mon- intervened and arrested him. After day at the Quirinal by the Ring being taken to the police station and Queen of Italy, Mussolini also he acted like a madman smashing partaking. In the forenoon the furniture and doing other damage King and Queen of Stam had vl-before ten constables succeeded in sited the Pantheon to see the subduing him by putting him into graves of the Kings of Italy and a straight jacket. He was then to lay a wreath on the tomb of hustled off to hospital for observa-
12 unknown soldier.-Tratisocean tiori-Transocean Kuo Min. Kuo Min.
PRINCESS' ASTRIDE'S LAND
famous
German
the subject of a protest to the Government from the Consul-General. The Minister of External affairs. General Hertzog stated on Monday that the flag
Berlin, March 12, Princess Astride's Land is the name given to the new Antartic territory discovered and claimed for Norway by the
explorer Lars Christiansen according to Press reports from Buenos Aires, had been lowered without the The land in question is one hund- order to avoid future misunder- Government's knowledge.. In red and fifty miles long and is situated along the seventy second standing German flag is to be the original top-most, parallel latitude. Transocean Kuo hoisted in
position, then lowered with all Min.
flags with the exception of the Union flag. Transocean Kuo Mm.
MOSCOW UNDERGROUND
RAILWAY
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FRENCH OFFICIAL ON
SERIOUS CHARGE
(Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press"). (By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele
Ordinance, graphic Messages
1895- Received, March 19, 7:30 p.m.)
Paris, Mar. 13.
The French Prefect General-of Revenues in Beirut, Syria, has ar rived at Marseilles on a charge of having attempted to smuggle two hundred pounds of hashish out of this noxious drug were discovered the country. Great quantities of
when concealed in a motor car high officials were about to return the Dinard steamer on their return voyage to Beirut.-Trans- Ocean Kuo Min.
to
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Moscow March 12. The building office of the Moscow "Metro- Fallway under-ground stroj have engaged two British experts Barrett and Coleman to supervise the tunnel construction at Moscow. These two British en-
It is announced that there will of the Daily Press, interviewed a gineers already experienced in leading. Government official on building underground railways in'
be no dinner dance at the Repulse the question of excessive charges London; enter on their duties in Bay Hotel on Saturday 17th March. and it was then pointed out that a few days time.-Transocean Kuo the meter installed at each house | Min. was tested before being put into use. There can be no question of any unfair registration against the consumer. That being the case, the natural question that comes to mind is "Why is the consumption so high?" "Wastage" seems to be an obvious answer but an impartial examination of the position does not reveal this be to the whole
HUNGARIAN DANTE SOCIETY Budapest, Mar. 12. The new section of the Hungarian Dante Alighieci Society has been opened, and Goemboes has left for Rome. "Nolez Oral Ufsag" writes that at the Rome meeting. agree- ments to be discussed will not ex- clude other countries, while tending
One case of diphtheria and one of cerebro-spinal fever were re- ported for the 24 hours ended on 'March 12.
"
Sir Richard William Boord, Bt. accompanied by Lady Boord. is travelling round the world on the $.8, Yasukuni Maru, which is ex- pected to arrive in port to-morrow,
"
Eleven cases of Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 8 cases of small-pox ̧ | two cases of diptheria, four cases of enteric fever, one case of para, one case of typhoid fever and puerperal fever were reported by the local Health authorities to have occurred during the week ended March 10,
Latest news from Eastern Sze- chwan is that two "twan" of soldiers sent against the "reds". killed their Gerieral and joined the reds. Three steamers were com-
The vexed question of excessive water charges appears to be coming to a head,, for in the report which we published of a meeting of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Property Owners' Association held on Mon- was lucky if it could obtain an day last, a resolution was passed | average of four buckets a day! If to the effect that occupiers of
remember we
rightly
coolles Chinese tenement houses are to charged as much as fifty cents for be deprived of their water meters carrying a bucket of water from and be compensated to the extent the street fountains to A house, of $3 per flat with which to make since, to fetch a bucket would cause of the evil. It is quite, true to broaden the scope of Italo- The RMS. Empress of Britain mandeered at Chungking last Sun- their own arrangements for water mean waiting several hours at the that a good many people who now
Austro-Hungarian traffic. enjoy the facilities of a meter at Budapest Hirlap saying that little from Friday morning
The will be anchored at No, A-1 Buoy day and flied to their utmost cap- supply. It was suggested that fountain for one's turn,
unul the; acity with troops for Wanhsien. We their own fat, pay no regard to
drastic means some It can hardly be the intention the big bill which they may be Italy, writes that not Prague but day next..
Entente seeks collaboration with departure of the ship on Wednes- hope this owing to the present slackness of
movement on' the part of the trade, coolies who are out of em- of property owners to adopt a re-running up for the owner, but on
Rome conducts the Danublan po-
military. ploy will be glad of the opportunity trograde step which will bring ther the fact is realised that the the other hand, we question whe-.
At a collection taken at the In Prague to earn $3 per month from flat tenants back to the plight they quantity allowed each house, is in
the Lidove
Noving Rotary Club's luncheon a sum of writes that the Rome meeting is no $124 was collected for the "Pound dwellers for carrying a supply of were in during those tollsome days some instances, absolutely Inade- water from street fountains to the of 1930, Apart from inconvenience quate
The Government cannot blockade to be drawn up against Day" fund of the Alice Memorial and delay, there is the question deny the fact that there is still a little entene but a scheme for the Hospital,
vast collaboration in economics to great deal of overcrowding in cer-
take on political Importance also. of public health to be considered. tain districts, where a large num
that Mussolini ber of people herd under one roof The Slovac writes
to politics in central In one gives tone Instance over 100 people lived in Europe and Cenes is forced to fol- one house, and what amount of low in Italy's wake.-Transocean water they use daily can.well be Kuo Min. imagined!
houses.
!
for reasons of economy.
licy.
There was nothing of public in- terest discussed at the fortnightly Board meeting of the Sanitary yesterday, the matters coming up. for discussion being of a routine present at the His Excellency, the Governor has nature. Those been pleased to appoint Mr. R. A. meeting were: Mr. Sayer (pre- D. Forrest to be Head of the Sanl-sident). Hon. Mr. Henderson (vice- tary Department and President of President), Dr. J. M. Gray (Medi- the Sanitary Board, with effect cal officer of Health), Mr. Wong from the 24h March, 1934.
Before proceeding to point out the fallacy of this proposal and A bucket exposed for six hours or its inapplicability, we make no so in a street waiting to be filled, [2360 apology for repeating here the is not the best receptable for water
arguments advanced by property | for drinking purposes. owners when adopting the resolu- Many were the groans of the tion. "So far as I can see," said Chinese population during the days the gentleman who made the pro-when they were compelled, due to posal, "It is the avowed object of scarcity, to obtain their, water Colony, Government might well received at the station by Sig.day, the 18th instant.
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT AND LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
N
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the FOURTH ORDIN ARY GENERAL MENTING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Registered Offices of the Com- pany, King's Theatre Building; 5th floor, on Wednesday, the 21st day of March, 1934, at 12 o'clock noon to reseive the Directors Report, and Accounts for the year ended. 81st December, 1988, to elect Auditors, and to transact such other business as may be properly transacted at an Ordinary General Meeting of the Company.
And Notice is further hereby giver that the Register and Transfer Books of the Company, will be closed from the 12th to the 21st day of March, 1994, both days inclusive.
TANG CHI HAO,
Managing Director. Hong Kong, 28th February, 1934
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water in the future is arrived at.
GOEMBOES IN ROME
Rome, Mar. 12. The Hungarian Prime Minister Goemboes arrived to-day, and was
Mussolini and 'many other high personalties. He was loudly cheer- ed by the crowd after which he proceeded to the
Hungarian Legation.
CARABINIERI REUNITE
-Rome, March 12. The ex "Carabinieri" reunited in
Rather than drive the landlord into talding & step so detrimental to the interests of practically the whole Chinese community in the;
consider the possibility of an alternative suggestion. A reduction in the charges for the time being may meet the situation until some fairer method of assessing the amount, to be paid Government for Property owners, from all accounts are not enjoying a good year and Rome for the General Assembly have not been too happy during and marched in fron tof the Ex- the past year or so due to the hibition of the Fascist Revolution, where many of them had mounted the guard. After they proceeded to the Palazzo Littorio where the Secretary of the Fascist Party re- vlewed them and finally deposited a wreath at the Capitol on the Monument of the Fasclat deaths. Transocean Kuo Min.
Government to prevent waste and supply from the street fountains. not to make a profit on water. It It was pointed out that many of appears that if the luxury of a the poorer families sometimes had meter is required. Government to forego a day's work to obtain a insists on full payment, but there supply of water while others pro-
nothing to prevent people from
tested about the way they were going to the fountains for water. being extorted by coolies. Govern I therefore propose that the mem-
ment did what it could; a large bers of this association decide on number of street fountains were number of vacant, flats in practi- a common policy, and, that is to added to the existing ones but still cally every district House rents give up meters on their property, there was no relief and it was the have been coming down and their making a rebate of 3 per floor prayer of all who had to live in wholly unjustified.
clamour for consideration is not per month for coolle hire to carry Chinese tenement houses that be- water to each floor.”
fore long the meterage system would be introduced.
It would seem that landlords are being made to pay heavily for. Once over, the memory of those wastage of water by their tenants days were quickly forgotten. and as the charges,
es amount to Houses installed with meters ap- something
like $40 to $50 for parently are making no attempt to excessive consumption each quar-economise in the water supply ter the sympathy of any unbiased some months ago, a representative
The present system of charging for water has proved unsatisfac- tory, but the reply of the landlords will be still more unsatisfactory, In addition to, putting into disuse a large number of meters which Government have purchased for the public from the public funds! Meanwhile the property owners are staying further action until they hear from the Government.
The Management of the Hong- kong Hotel advises that there will be no dinner dance in the Root Garden Chinese Restaurant on Fri-
د.
The Chancellor of the American Legation in Tokyo. Mr. E. L. Neville, together with his family, arrived in Hongkong by the ns. President Cleveland. They will be staying here for a few days prior to returning to Tokyo where Mr. Neville will resume his duties.
A reception will be given by the Chinese friends of 'MrA, E. Wood at the Chinese Merchants Club on March 20 at 4.30 p.m. when a fare- well address will be presented to him on the occasion of his re- trement.
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Kwong Tin, Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. F. C. Hall, Dr. Lt Shu Fan, Mr. G. J. Roe (Secretary) and Mr. Im Ping- tseung (assistant secretary)..
"We are asked to announce that the annual Dance of the Bteel and Coulson's Billard League organised by St. Patrick's Club take place this year in the Garrison Lecture Hail, Wellington Barracks, on St. Patrick's Day. 17th March, 1934. Admission is by invitation only, to be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, St. Patrick's Club, Gar- den Road, Hongkong. During the evening the Trophies of the Steel. and Coulson's Billiard League will be presented to the winners."
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St. Patrick's Society are hold- ing their Annual Ball this year on Friday March 16th, instead of on St. Patrick's Day. It is noted that here will again be a buffet supper The number of people vaccinated this year, Professor Tonoff'a or- by members of the St. John Am-chestra will play a varied selection SWASTIKA FLAG HAULED bulance Brigade up to March 10 of Irish airs through the buffet
DOWN
42.933. Of these 17,713 were which will be opened at 11.15 p.m. Capetown, March 12 Previously vaccinated by the Bri- and continue until : 12.45 a.m. The hauling down of the gade, while 25,238 are new caseS. Tables for parties may be reserved. Swastika flag used for decorative of the new cases 1,669 were never.¦ by application to the manage- purposes for the arrival of Prince previously vaccinated and of these ment of the Peninsula Hotel or to George at Johannesburg formed 885 were infants,
the Hon. Secretary of the Society.”