NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION. COMPANY, LIMITED.
NTWELFTH
rofICE is hereby given that the ORDINARY
YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders of the Hongkong Engineering and Construction Company. Limited, will ba bald at the Offices of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, Mercantile Building Queen's Road (Contral), Hong Kong, on Thursday, the 26th April, 1934, at 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose of receiving the Raport of the Board of Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended on the 31st December, 1933, and electing Directors and Auditors
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 19th April to the 26th April, 1934, both days inclusive.
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By Order of the Board,
B ALVES,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 12th April, 1934.
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THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB.
HE FOURTH EXTRA TRACE MEETING will be held
(Weather Formitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 28TH APRIL, 1934, commencing at 9.00p.m.
The First Boll will be Rung at 1.30 p.m.
MEMBERS ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they and thair Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed throughout ête Meeting.
No One without a Badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure:
Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members Enclosure and Club Room at $5.00 for Gentlemen and 83.00 for Ladies (Both including Tax) are obtain- able through the SECRETARY upon the personal application of a Member, such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him; and for Payment of All Chits, &c.
The Secretary's Office, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building (Tel, 27794), will close at 12 o'clock Noon.
Hadges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course,
On No Pretext will Children be permitted in either Enclosure during" the Meeting.
Tithos are obtainable at the Clau Eouse provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in advance. 21920.
Telephone
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE,
The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $2.00 including Tax, for all Parsons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate.
Soldiers and Sailors is uniform are admitted Hall Prico.
Tifins will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Pablio Enclosure, ...
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Bookmakers, The Tao Men, etc., will not be permitted to operate with- in the Precincts of Tum HONG KONG Joczki OLUB daring the Race Meeting,
By Order.
Č. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 23rd April, 1934.
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of this educational service alone is over £13,000,000. The Housing Committee is charged. among other duties, with the clearing of slum areas and the erection of suitable dwellings för working class
OBITUARY
Sir M. Muspratt
London, April 20. The death occurred to-day of Sir Max Muspratt. Director of the Imperial Chemical Industries and former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Deceased was 63 years old and had no heira-Reuter.
Ex-Commissioner Of Customs
World Cable News In
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Berlin, April 24.
probably be permanent providing the less fortunate bona fide artists with the chance to recuperate and gather new inspiration from the change of scene: Besides this tree aid extended to those in want of
"A picked troop of German stage stars will embark on May 6 for South America to tour the German centres during the months of June and July opening at Buenos Aires on May 29 at the Odeon Théatre | in stringent circumstances 'a home with "Maria Stuart." The touring at Castle Neuburg «2l be opened company include Taethe Dossch, at all time to receive artists' with- Eugen Kloepfer, Garda Mulier, in reach of even modest pockets. Heinrich Mariow from Berlin, Transocean Kuo Min London, April 25, .. The death has occurred of Mr. Marianne Hartwig, Ulrich Bettac Willam Macdonald. ex-Commis- from Vienna's Burgtheatre. The sioner of the Chinese Customs.-Barnheim, Wilhelm Tell, Taming Repertory will include Minna vont Reuter.
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of the Shrew, Iphigenia, Michael Kramer, Rose. Bernd. Return of Matchlas Bruck and Alt Heidelberg,
"ICELAND WEEK"
Berlin, April 24. The Nordic Society with head- quarters at Luebeck will organise "an Iceland week" in the German capital this summer, in co-opera-
with the German-Ireland |
DROP IN SILVER Briseld Lacht. The intinerary will tion
Business Man's View
On Local Dollar
The Hong Kong dollar register- ed" a sharp decline yesterday and was quoted at is 41d at the close. The fall is attributed to the failure of the Sulver bloc in America to come to an agreement with President Roosevelt.
It is significant that silver fell a couple of points in New York yesterday, although a similar fall was not registered in London.
A prominent business man, in terviewed by a representative of the "Daily Press." stated that silver though may go down in the meantime, it is not anticipated that there will be a continued drop during the year. The Silver Bloc in America, it was pointed out, was a very strong organisa- tion; and they would not permit silver to drop too much in value. "As a corollary, it is not.. anticipat- ed that the Hong Kong dollar would fall to any big extent, al- though a drop in value for the present would not be surprising.
take the troop Argentine and ocean Kuo Min.
Governments. to Brazil, Chile Uruguay.-Trans-
TROTSKY'S WHEREABOUTS
Paris, April 24. Though France's best newspa- pers up till now have not succeed- ed in determining Trotsky's where- abouts the French Government evidently satisfied that the expell- ed Communist is still hiding in Barbizon because special messages were sent there on Tuesday asking, him to speed up his departure. The official time limit of permission for Trotsky to remain on French soll expired on Monday night. The homeless exile was granted a brief
Icelands Premier, Asgeirsson, will head the honorary committee in charge of arrangements.----- Transoceah Kuo "Min.
BOXER PREPARING
Paris, April 24. The German heavyweight cham-
pton, Max Schmeling and his wife the film star Anny, Ondra passed
through here on Tuesday on their way to Barcelona where they will make preparations for the fight with Paolino.--Transocean
Min.
Kuo
Rome, April 24. The first meeting of the Cham-
additional period of grace in or- ber took place to-day. After the cer to permit him completing ne-inauguration of the new legislature. gotlations with the Turkish Gov- ernment about his returning bo his old quarters on the island of Prinkipo-Transocean Kuo, Min.
43 MINE DISASTER VICTIMS
Belgrade, April 24.
The remains of 110 miners have been dug out during the last two
itze, near Serajavo:"
days from the coal mine at Ben-
it has been decided that the elec- tion of the President of the Cham- the 30th ber will take place on inst-Transocean Kuo Min.
Rome, April 24.
By Royal Decree H. E. 'Tederzoni has been confirmed president of the Senate while Vice-Presidents have been appointed in the per- sons of Prince Lanza di Scalel, EL E. de Capitani. H. E. Darzago, Gen. emnly buried on Tuesday by the
The mortal remains were sol-Ferrari and Marquis Guglielmi.---
Minister of Social Affairs and the
Rome, April 24: Minister of Mines attending the
New commemorative Postal ceremony in their outcial capacit- Stamps in memory of the Duke of les.
issned shortly.— Abruzzi will be Transocean Kuo Min.
-Twenty-seven corpses are still unrecovered, efforts to bring them
people. Other committees WHY SILVER HAS to surface being almost impossible.
to
carry cut street. Improvements. bear the responsibility for the adequate main drainage of the town, administer relief the poor, run the tramways, maintain parks and open spaces, inspect factories, etc., etc.
The expenses incurred for these various services are, of course, enormous, but the Comell is not allowed to spend any sum exceed- ing £50 without the consent of lis Finance Committee. Apart from certain sums contributed by the State-chiefy in the grants for education, and revenge For the first time since the crea-
undertakings--the tion
the "London County Council raises money for the ad- Council in 1888, the Socialists have ministration of the town by issu-
LONDON VOTES LABOUR
from various
FALLEN
Despondency In America
London, April 25." London financiers are attribut-
for the time being as the shatter- ed underground galleries are still reaking of deadly poisonous gases, making excavation work extreme- ly perilous.--Transocean Kuo Min.
ARABS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Bagdad, April 23.
FRENCH INTERNAL LOAN
A new
ernment
(Special, to "Hong Kong Daily Press") (By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele yraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, April 25, 7.30 p.m.)
■ An International murder trial
-Paris. April 25. began on Tuesday in the small Arabian town of Divaniye on the
internal loan of Ave Euphrates against four tribesmen milliard francs will be issued who killed two adventurous world shortly by the Doumergue Gov- wanderers, the Geran Rudolf May
to replenish the Trea- American, Frisher, some sury's empty coffers. months ago... When half Way
The terms for the issue of the through their planned world tour in loan have been submitted to the a simple canoe, the two young men Parlament's Finance Commission were attacked by Arabs as they for approval.--Transocean the present world conditions might The American died at once from
They think the normal price at landed on the river bank" to rest. Min.
be about 37/38 half-pence. They a revolver shot in the brain, while
was wounded emphasize that Chins is the prin- the German cipal factor which latterly kept seriously through the abdomen DELEGATION TO ISLAMIC her price about a penny below that he died shortly after being
CONGRESS barity. Thus American selling discovered by passers-by-Trang-- tends to bring silver to China's ocean Kuo Min. price.
form of ing the fall of silver to the and the
despondency of American silver advocates consequent on President Roosevelt's refusal of their de- mands.
won, by a clear majority, the ing bonds or stock, and by levying election to the administrative rates on the town's citizens. A offices of the
world's greatest | sinking fund exists for the repay- municipality. Polling the biggest ment of all sums borrowed by the vote since the war, they ousted Council The sum the rate-payers the Conservatives (the Municipal will have to contribute towards Reform Party), after -an unbroken the Council's expenditure during reign of twenty-seven years dura- the year 1934-35 is over £18,500,000. SERVICE TO READERS to converting the Municipal Reform majority of 42 at the last
A very important item in the election into a Labour majority of expenditure of the Council is in Apart from the 20 Aldermen, respect of housing, a question to the new Council will thus consist
which the newly elected Labour of 89.8ocialists. 16 of whom are members have pledged themselves women, and 55 Conservatives. The to pay special attention. Since candidates put up by the Liberals the war over 45,000 houses for the and the Communists were all de- working classes have been erected
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feated. Before
in London by the L.C.C, alone, but the shortage of separate dwellings at low rents is still acute, and in many instances the clearance of slum areas has been postponed for
Since the price was fixed to-day the London silver market was steadler-Reuter,
MARCONI'S SIXTIETH.
BIRTHDAY
(Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press")
So
(Spesial" to "Hong Kong
A Daily Press")
Kuo
Fala-
Marages Ordinance, 1594-
Bagdad, April 24. The four Arabs who were charg- ed with the murder of the German, (By Talegraph, Copyright, Rudolf May and the American Fraphie Frischer ended on Tuesday. four accused pleaded guilty and were sentenced to death, accepting the verdict with calmness-Trans-
ocean Kuo Min.
Received, April 25, 7:30 pm.}" All
NEWS
SUMMARY
As is usual on Thursdays, we
publish our Food Supplement in this issue,
Page
To-day's wireless programmes
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from ZEW (Hong Kong) KZRM (Manila) and Daven- try are given on Page 4 Diary of Local Events is pub
Kshed..on
Page Cinema fans will find much to interest them if they will turn to
Page S Matter of interest to commercial people will be found on our Money and Markets supple- ment on
Page 13 At St. John's Cathedral yester- day, a pretty wedding WBS solemnised when Miss Peggy Hornell became the bride of Major Thoyts.
Page
A atatement by the "Liquidators of the United Asbestos Com- pany appears on
Page 6. Competition by Japanese cement resulting in a poor-year of budness, was reported at the. Annual Meeting of the Green Island Cement Com- pany yesterday. ·
Page: 7 Training Times appear on Page 10 Sporting Life, a griffin of this
season, was destroyed at the Race Course" yesterday fol- lowing injuries received. Page 13 A statement by a local business man on the sharp drop in the value of the Hongkong dollar is given on
Page 8 Anzac Day was fittingly obser- ved in Hongkong by a cere- mony at the Cenotaph and by the Annual Dinnen of the Anzac Company. " Page 11 The attack on Mr. Sarah Polson
on the night of August 2 lást 'Is recalled by the arrest of a Chinese who will be tried to-day......
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A District Court Martial was held at Shamshuipo yester- day
........... Page 6.
A report of the second concert given by Vallejo, and Anguita appears on
Page 8. The annual general meeting of
the Diocesan Old Girl's Asso-.. ciation was held last evening.
Page 10 The Fairlea School held their -- annual graduation day. yes-
terday...
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Page d Queen Christina, our exclusive serial. Story Is" continued, on
Page 11.
race
The City and Suburban
provided a surprising result.
Page $
The Overseas Chinese Hockey..
team from Mataya. lost their last encounter in the Colony yesterday, when they went" under to the Civilians by three clear goals.
Page 10 An informal tea to the volun- teer helpers of the Street Sleepers' Society was largely attended at the Church Hall "of St. John's Cathedral yes- terday, when statistics for the year were made known. Page
SPANISH CRISIS
Cabinet Expected
To Resign
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")
(ByTelegraph, Copyright, Tele
1894- graphic Cairo, April 25.
Messages Ordinance. The delegation to the Islamic Received, April 25, 7.50 pm:)
Madrid, April, 25." congress which endeavouring.to mediate between King lon Saud
HE HONG KONG; DAILY PRESS, LTD, and the HONG KONG
attempting to WEEKLY PRESS, through examine the causes which have made it possible for the Sociallats their London Office, at 531 to capture the administration of FLEET STREET, E.C. 4, Tel. London, hitherto regarded as the
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tale stronghold of conservatism a reasons of economy. Regarding: 3137, are prepared to give brief review of the activities of the this as being false economy, the graphic Massages Ordinance, 1806 needy artists for a fortnight's re- has replied. that the
Received. April 25, 7.30 p.m.) elected Socialists have declared, among other measures for the
Rome, April 25. alleviation of the conditions of the · The worla famous inventor, poorer inhabitants, that they will Marconi who established wireless not rest until every family in the telegraphy on a commercial basis, capital has a decent and separateis celebrating his sixtieth birthday dwelling in which to live.
here, on
Wednesday.
Subscribers
London County Council, dealing and Visitors with a population of nearly 41 advice regarding accommoda-million people spread over an area tion available, motoring faci cities, suitable shopping, entres, etc.
If, when at home, they will call or telephone to the above address, they will receive the utmost assistance and the latest available information on all subjects of enquiry will be placed at their disposal.
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of 117 square miles, will an annual expenditure of about £30,000,000, will therefore be of interest to all students of British
affairs
F
numerous com-
For great services rendered by him to science, Marconi
ST.JA
for
awarded the Nobel Prize physica twenty-five years ago, "as from numerous countries.
arquina has the title of Italian Marquis and is a member of the Italian. Senate, Transoceam Kuo Min.
well as high academic distinctions
HOME FOR ARTISTS
Berlin, April 24 The Reichs Chamber for fine arts has just sent a batch of 60
laxation to Castle Neuburg on the" were Inn River. this arrangement wil Kuo Min.
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unacceptable.--- Transocean
The Spanish Cabinet's resigna-
of Hedjaz and Imam Yahya of tion is expected, hourly in conse- Yemen has arrived in Mecca and quence of the dissatisfaction, of has set to work immediately. all parties caused by the ", agree- The Imam has made known his ment reached between President peace conditions telegraphically, Alcala Zamora and the Cabinet on but King Ibn Saud, it is declared. the subject of the highly con
conditions troversial Amnesty Law.epide
The Left wing parties accuse Premier Lerroux of planning a "coup de etat," while the Right wing complains that the decree laying down the conditions under which the Amnesty Law are to be applied" will have the result of paralally abrogating its provisions.
It is stated in political circles that Lerroux will not risk the in- Counterfeiters are now even pay terpellation of the Cortes but will imported) and three of cerebro- ing attention to the one-cant Hong rather resign in order to safeguard Kong copper coin, and it is believ-the possibility of his renomination the 24 hours ended. April 94. F od that a large number of bogus sa PremierTransocean Kuo Min. coins have been circulated in the colony.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Two cases of enteric fever "(one spinal fever were notified during
The annual general meeting of the Canton Insurance Office Ltd will be held on Friday, May 25, at the Board room of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
The defeated Conservatives as- Of the 145 members constituting cribe the election results to the the Council, 124 Councilors are apathy of the voters, pointing out elected directly by the rate-paying that only 23 per cent of the elec- citizens of the town for a period tors recorded their vote. That the of three years. They in their Londoner shows a strange Ind turn elect twenty Aldermen to ference to these municipal elec- serve for a period of six years, the tons cannot be denied, but as only
Madrid, April 25. 27.8 per cent of the electors voted custom being for ten of them to
Premier Lerroux's cabinet has retire every three years. The at the previous election, when the
resigned owing to President Council is headed by a Chairman. Conservative majority was 13,
London, April 24.
Minister of Industries and Co- under protest and announcing the Mr. Chen Kung Fe, the Chinese Zamorra signing an amnesty law so multitudinous are. the duties of other causes would seem respon- Marchese Marconi, inventor and the Council as to necessitate the sible. Primarily, it would not founder of wireless communica-
norce left Hong Kong on Tuesday Intention to publish or record an appointment of
seem unreasonable that the public tion, celebrates his sixtieth birth
the MM, Chenonceaux for objection. He only signed the bill The forthcoming marriage is mittees, on whose work the Coun-should wish for a change after a day to-morrow. cil reports, at the same
time Conservative rulership of 27 years decision unanimously agreed to by Law, M.B., B.8 of 21 Morrison was seen off by host of local sible one in view of the compost. According to & announced between Dr. Ngon on the first stage of his because. It is opined that the Ler- Zour among overseas Chinoce. He roux Government is the only pOS- reserving for its own consideration duration, but perhaps the most representative of, over 50 counHill Road and Miss Phyllis Choy Business men and officials, amongst tion of the present cortes. all questions of principle
significent factor in the Bocialist
irles at the Comite International of 18 Wyndham Street, victory WAS their superior
whom was the French Consul-Gen- Reuter Among the most important com- organisation
Radio Maritime. April 25th will mittees is the Health Committee,
be known in marine wireless ser- vices throughout the world as trace the owner of a silver pocket
The police are endeavouring to eral, M. Dafaure de la Prade, on which falls all duties connected
Marconi Day. with the public health, as for
watch, attached to a black leather instanice the maintenance of the
The First commercial applica- chain with medallion with the 74 public hospitals in London, thê
tion of wireless was to ships at sea. letter on it which was found maintenance of the ambulance.
Only thirty years ago ships were in possession of a man Chan service, the treatment of tubercu-
cub off from the rest of the world Hung, who was charged before Mr. losis and other contagious diseases,
when they were out of sight of Hamilton yesterday with unlawful etc. An Education Committee sees
land. Now some 15,000 are possession of the watch at the foot to the administration of 1,148 The Hon. Mr. J. G. Latham, De-equipped with wireless, and this hall ground at Caroline Hill on elementary schools and 247 secon-puty Prime Minister of Australis 16, only one of the momentous Sunday afternoon, and was to dary technical and evening has arrived here in the course of changes that have developed from nanded for seven days. The watch
British schools, with an aggregate number his visit of friendship and good. Marconi's discoveries,
bears the words "Chronometre of 800,000 pupils. The yearly cost will to China and Japan Reuter. Wireless,
Invicta.
GOODWILL MISSION IN SHANGHAT
Shanghai April 25.
LEAGUE" COUNCIL
MEETING
The case in which Bergeant Wil- am Bernard Francis Edward Pratt of the Hong Kong Singa pora: Brigade Boyal Artillery, is charged with having delayed the
Nanking, April 16.. delivery of several postal packets was continued before Mr Wynne China will be represented by Dr. Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy Wellington V. E. Roo Minister to yesterday, her tim accused, wasParis at the forthcoming meeting of the Council of the League of subjected to further crow examina tion on documentary: ovible
Nations,Kuo Min