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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. (1918) LTD.
"NOTICE.
THE Company's Taim Sha Taui į To Collection Offices has been
removed from 55, Nathan Road, to Humphreya Avenue.
Hong Kong, 4th May, 1934.
DOUGLAS
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STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, LIMITED.
HE Ordinary General Meeting
THE
of the Shareholders in the above Company will be held at the Company's Offices, P. & 0. Building on Friday, May 18th. 1934 at 11 A.M. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Mana, erg together with a Statement of Ac. counts to the 31st December, 1993
The transfer Books of the Com. pany will be closed from 10th of May to 18th May, 1934, Both Days: inclusive.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., | General Managers.
Hong Kong, 7th May, 1934.,,
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THE HONG KONG JOCKET CLUB.
DRAFT Forms
RAFT Programmes and Entry for the Wifth
Extra Hace Meeting, to be held on -SATURDAY, the 19TH and MONDAY, the 21st MAY, 1934 (weather per mitting), may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Gloucester Building, The Club House, Happy Valley the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on THURSDAY, 10TH MAY, 1934. By Order.
.2525)
Q. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
THE MACAO JOOKEY CLUB.
NOTICE.
WING to insufficient patries, the Second Extra Hace. Meeting which was to be held at Macao on 13th May, 1934, has been abandoned.
CASH SWEEPS: The 81 Cash Sweep on the 5th Race at the above Meeting has been transferred to the 1st Race of the Meeting to be held at Matac on 10th June, 1934.
By Order of the Stewards;
7th May, 1934.
S. W. CHENG,
Secretary.
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HONG KONG, MAY 7, 1934.
WHY NOT COLONY QUOTAS?
It is no secret that the Govern- UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
ment of Hong Kong has cabled OF CANTON, LIMITED.
'the "quotas Home objecting to mentioned in the cables at the end NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of last week. This news is more N
that an Extraordinary General than of usual interest as there Meeting of the Union Insurance appears to be some confusion in Society of Canton, Limited will be the minds of business men in the held at the registered offices of the Colony as to the relative im- Society, Union Building, Pedderportance of quotas as applied to Street, Victoria Hong Kong 2 Japanese goods intended for Hong Friday, the 25th May, 1934, at 11.15 in the forenoon or so soon afterwards Kong and goods which are merely
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as the Annual General Meeting of passing through Hong Kong into the Society convened for that day at the same place shall be concluded. when the subjoined resolution will be proposed as a special resolution.".
"That the existing Subsection (a) "of Article 125. of the Articles of "Association of the Society shall "Be cancelled and the following "Subsection to such Article shall "be substituted therefore:---
We venture to think that no one, having the interest of the welfare and prosperity of this Colony at heart would attempt to restrict any form of trade passing through Hong Kong into China, in other words, transit, trade. At the same time there appears to be no very valid reason why Hong Kong, should not in common with the
the amount of Japanese goods actually intended for use in this Colony,
It must be remembered that one of the fundamental reasons why *tariffs" were introduced into Great Britain was to put a stop to the incessant outflow of money. from the country. Situated as we are, it would be inadvisable to impose & tarif in Hong Kong, yet, with a view to stop money from pouring out of the Colony every endeavour should be made to assist local trade and local enterprises. If an inquiry were held in Hong Kong, it would be revealed, that there are a number of articles sup- plied to Hong Kong from outside sources which could and should be made, locally, or that certain articles made locally hed market in Hong Kong while a competitive product. finds a ready salė.
For instance, the following which is perhaps not the best example. amply illustrates our point. A local organisation ΟΙ building society purchases a million dollars worth of Japanese cement. Every cent of that money leaves the Colony for good, but if the same money was spent on Green Island Cement. then, except for the cost of the raw material, the money remains in circulation in Hong Kong.
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The question raised is a vital one and it is up to business men examine the situation dis- passionately and to support this principle whenever they
have cccasion to make a choice. It was
the determination of the British
Governmer to stop the outflow of money from the country that" has permitted the country to turn the corner stone of the depression and there appears to be no reason why we in Hong Kong should not take a page from their book and make a similar effort here in this
OBITUARY
Rev. F. J. Griffith
The
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London, May 5. Reverend Francis John Griffith, who spent all his active. life in China where he had been stationed since 1884, died suddenly at Bristol, to-day.-Reuter,
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FLAG DAY
If Gossip We Must
Over $6,000 Collected pacity.
Over 88,000 were collected at the annual flag day of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, on Saturday.
"As a result of a generous dona- flon of 81.000 by Mr. Kwok Hin Wang. the total exceeded that of last year's collections by about
with Miss Dorothý Witchell, 8107.10, headed the list of fag seilers.
$400,
Individual donations!~-~- Mr. Ho Kom Tong, 8200; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E. Taylor. $100;"Mr. Fung Kong Un. 850; Tmn party at the HK Club, $26: Mr. Mo Yuk Lun, 810. Collected by Mr. Kwok Ein Wang: Mr. Kwok Hin Wang. $1,000; Shun Yick & Co., $75; W. J. Keswick, $40; C. G. Mackie, $30: Gilman & Co., Ltd., $10; Messrs. A D. A. McGregor 810; F. C. Jenkin, 810; S. T. Williamson, $10: D. O. Russell, 810; G. A. Harriman, $10; C. Little. 810; G. G. N. Tin sen, 810: Chan Shing Woon, $5: R. E. Lindsell, $5; Dr. S. S. Strahan, 25: W. Kay, 85; A O. Brown. 85; P. Hodgson, $5; P. Todd, $5; F. D. D'Almada e Castro 'Jr., 85: Dr. M. Nicolson 25; Messrs. A. Mackintosh, 95; Leung Ying Kun, $5; F. X., 85 Dr. H. D. Matthews, 85: J. Ring. 83; H. S. V.. 83: Ng Chak Wa 33: H. R. Balst. 820 Leung Tak Fu, 85:
·Choy Po Tin, $10.
READY HELPERS
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The Brigade tenders thanks to the following helpers:-
Hong Kong
Convenor, Mrs. E. Taylor.
Flag sellers--Miss Tollan, Misses
Kwok, Miss Taylor, Miss Ainsworth
Miss Jack. Miss Scott Harston Miss Dowbiggan, Miss Stevenson, Mrs. Sanger, Misses Fair, Misses Ralston, Mrs. Malcolm and friend, Misses Witham, Miss Y. Shenton, Mrs. Skryne,, Miss" "Larssen, Mrs. Stanton, Miss J. Smalley, Misses. Chak, Mi Luk Clínic, Misses Woo, Miss Helen Yu. Mrs. Rumjahn, Miss M. el Arculli, Miss Bilkes Markhan, Miss Fearon, Master F. Langley, and the following schools -King's College, Bellios Girls School, St. Stephen's Girls School. Also the nurses of the Yeung Wo Nursing Home. College. Mui Fong College, Gap Road School, Fairlea School..
Kowloon
St. Pauls Girls
Convenor, Mrs. A. W. Ingram In office of Depot-Mrs. Cleasby- Taylor, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. A. White, Mr. Perry,
attracted a record crowd. to the Hongkong Football Club Ground last Saturday. Every seat in the stand was occupied, while the cheaper sents were packed to ca-
What to do with Morrison Hill is a problem that has baffled the experts for quite a long time.....but civil problems like this have a way of solving themselves......and now that football is so much in favour with the Chinese it becomes ob- vious that Morrison Hill was spect: ally designed by Nature to be a free Grand Stand for the poorer the fraternity. Full members of advantage was taken of this on Saturday, and many hundreds of balanced enthusiastic spectators themselves precariously on the sides of precipitous rocks to watch the match. It was too bad that some unsporting Contractor, chose the most exciting moment of the second-half to start blasting operations! Then indeed there was a swift stampede away from the danger zone, but as soon as the smoke blew Rway these eager watchers could be seen painfully scrambling back" again.
IN "MATSHED-LAND"
By "PRUDENCE"
The final of the Governor's Cup; superb......Always ready; always in always a regular influx of people just the right place......he saved who want to end their evening by the game at least a dozen times dancing till the
local curfew* land dealt with each critical sounds. situation that arose la just the i Among those there last Satur same masterly and importurbable day, noticed Mrs. Elliot in A manner with which he overcomes dress of softly shaded black-and- the horrible problems of our Bank white-and-rose. Mra, Prior looked a" softly-tinted balances (or overdrafts) in office graceful too "in
frock of flowered silk while Mrs. hours during the week.
Stuart-Smith also chose a charm- ing dress of delicately blended " There is melancholy in Matshed- colours, with wide shoulder straps Land this month, among the un- of blac's. Hair-ornaments are de- favour, but happy owners of the last remain finitely coming into ing huts which still stand at the the golden "Alice in Wonderland" band worn by Miss Steels, and the far end of Repulse Bay,"
People here, are, (on the whole:)ttle diamond feather 'worn by very public-spirited......and when Mrs. Buss were the prettiest of they have to undergo hardships all. Miss Jeffries in sapphire-blue which they know to be for pub- was with a very big party, which lic good they seldom complain..... Included MES. Turnbull (very But to see one's matshed pulled striking all in black) Miss Harris down and all ones chances or Walker who looked most etherial bathing during the hot-weather] in palest pins, and Miss Nicholson evaporate......in order that the who looked very willowy and wist- land may lie waste and desolate ful in shaded black and white.
A great many people wore green all through the summer is certain- ly rather hard luck, and they feel Last Saturday. Mrs. E. S. C. Brooks it is distinctly unfair that these was in jade, Mrs. Webb had a dress Lido-Buliders should have been of light April-green organdje, ana idle all through the winter (when Miss Pamela Pötter wore a charm- the beach is not used) and then ing dim green organdie faintly Sir Thomas and Lady Southorn wake to life and activity just as checked with lines of black.
the bathing begins! Even those are both keen football "fans" and seldom miss a really good match. who are lucky enough to have been able to build on that "dim They arrived in good time and the
and distant shore" are not alto Captains of the rival Teams in- troduced the players of each side "gether pleased at the idea of a to our popular Colonial Secretary long and hot scramble over the Just before the "kick-off." Lady boulders and crevices of the new Southor looked charming in a road......yet they are really the dress of white Shantung silk, with lucky ones! a smart little cape of powder-blue, and a trim little white hat.
The match
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THE HOTEL DANCES
was most thrilling Saturday night at the Hong and the roars of applause that Kong Hotel seems more in favour punctuated the play must have than ever this month and there been heard for miles. Even to a was only just room to move on tyre like myself it was obvious the dancing floor last time I was that the HK.F.A. had two out- standing players......Mullane (of the Bouth Wales Borderera) was
simply brilliant......and as for L
G.
Mrs. E. C. Humphreys looked ex- tremely pretty, in a most unusual dress of black spotted with white, and with a bodice of tucked black net, while Miss Humphreys wore white taffeta sprigged with orange and sashed with orange, in dainty old-work style.
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Miss Shenton looked charming Miss buttercup yellow, and Green looked very lovely as she always does.
It is sad that everything ends so early in Hong Kong. No-one was tired when midnight struck. but we had to stop none the less. there.
No more drinks, no more music, In addition to the crowds who lights go out with alarming rapid- dine there any number of couplesity and what can the poor mortal drift in during the evening, and do but go back home, and so to
flickers finish there is Sed.
Robertson....he was quite when the
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Two cases of small-pox and one" of scarlet fever were reported for the 24 hours ended on May 4.
NEWS SUMMARY
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The local hockey season was concluded yesterday when the Police-wiriner 01 the Mamak With a view to promotion po- tournament-played the Rest
education, the Bureau of the Marina ground and were beat- pular Education will commence investi-
en by one goal to nil. Page 11 gations to ascertain the number A case. belleved to be suicide of children of school age in Nan-
'The draft programme for the tao. Certain teachers and senior From poisoning, was reported to the Podce on Friday night, when students or local primary schools next race meeting at Happy Valley Page 2 a. Chinese 28 years of age was have been made responsible for appears on found dead in a room at the Wothe movement and posters bearing Ping Boarding House.
various inscriptions in connection Training Times clocked on Sa- Page 2 with the movement were exhibited. turday are given on
An announcement by the Hon. the 10P. with regard to the movement of dogs from the New Territories to Kowloon, appears Page 7
The Hwa Yin Arsenal located to the outskirts of Stan will be con- verted into a factory for the manu- For use of car-Mrs. Fraser, Mr.facture of farm implements. The E. F. Selk.
Flag sellers.Mrs. J. A. Fraser, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs Owens, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Moyle, Mrs. Read, Mrs. Edmondson Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Begg, Mrs. Hayward, Mrs. Molyneux, Miss B. Walker. Miss Doyle, Miss F. Fowler, Miss Austin, Miss D. Witchell, Miss T. Dents: Miss Boyer, Miss J. Byrik, Miss R. Ingram, Miss J. Bryson, Miss J. Lakeman, Miss L. Hickey, Miss A
Kowloon Docks Convenors, Mrs. E. Cocks and Mrs. Craig.
Flag sellers. Mrs. D. Craig, Miss Peggy
Crookdale, Miss Olwyn Greig, Misses 3 and 8. Brewin, Misses Cullen, Miss N. Kempton, Miss M. Adams, Miss M. Lapsly, Miss M. Bell us
GERMAN SHARE way and Major Manners, for al-
QUOTATIONS
125 (a). All Deods and Instru Straits of other Colonies, restrict | Colony.
"ments requiring th "seal of the Society "shall be signed by Directors and "two
For Hong Kong to adopt an "countersigned by the
General
attitude differing in principle from Manager. "All cheques requiring that of other British Colonies, may signature shall be result in our eventually being left signed by the Gener 1 out of the Ottawa group. Quotas Manager or by any on the basts indicated by us how- "auch person or per ever, while keeping us in line with #sone as the General other Colonies, would at the same "Manager may from time offer no hindrance to the "time to time appoint. transit business which has in the In the abzones of the past, and still does. benefit the "General Manager all Colony...
General Electric,
A.E.G.
Continental
Berlin, May 5.
24.875 23.25
143.75 140.50
Mining Co. 63,50 50.375 German. Dye Trusts 138,625 127.25 Hamburg Amerika-
Caoualhouc Gelsenkirchen
Line
Co.
"cheques requiring We have here in Hong Kong "signature shall be certain industries which do not "signed by the person enjoy the advantages a British "appointed by the Dir Colony might expect with regard "Botors to perform th
to export, but were we to come in Harpener Mining. "dati ́s of the General on a quota in regard to Japanese "Manager or by any goods, the various parts of the Mannesmann "such person or per British Empire could not
Roehren sons as the Directors refuse to accept Hong Kong manu N. German Lloyd.. may from time to
factured goods on an equitable Reichsbank *Linie appoint.
Rhenish By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager
Hong Kong, 1st May, 1984,
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24.625" 20
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02.75 27,50 22.125. 148.50 147.625
97.50 94
*132,25 134. United Steel Works 42.375 39.375 Young Loan... 91 90.50
Westphalen Without attempting anything facetious, we should like to state Siemens Falske that the word "tarit," in our opinion frightens many of our basi ness men and Cobdentem dies hard,
Transocean Kвo Min.
equipment of the arsenal is being reconditioned for the purpose.
Every visitor to the 9.30 per formance of "Little Women" at the King's Theatre will receive complimentary bottle of --"4711” Eau de Cologne.
addition
Messrs. Sincere Company are offer- ing three prizes of "4711" products during the other performances.
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The Flour Trade Association, 421 Klangse Road, has decided to re- quest the Ministry of Finance to return the import duty on wheat in full should the crop be made into flour and exported within a year after its importation, against Appointments and notifications the Customs notification issued two from the Gazette, appears on days ago to return eighty per cent, of the levy in question.
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