HEW ADVERTISEMENTS
DOUGLAS
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, LIMITED.
HE Ordinary General Meeting
THE
of the Shareholders in the above Company will be held at the Company's Offices, P. &. Building on Friday, May 19th, 1984 at NOON for the purpose of receiving! the Report of the General Managera together with a Statement of Ac. counts to the 31st December, 1938.
The transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from 10th of May to 19th May, 1934, Both Days inclusive.
DOUGLAS LA PRAIK & CO.
General Manngers.
Hong Kong, 7th May, 1984.
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CHINA UNDERWRITERS. LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Tenth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Chiat Underwriters, Iimited, will be hell at the Offices of the Company, 4A. Des Voeux Road, Central, "Hong Kong, on Wednesday the 23rd day of May. 1931, ut noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and Statement.of. Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1933, and of electing Directors and Auditors."
A
the
Books of The Transfer Company will be closed from 16th May, 1934, to 23rd May 1994, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Burd of Directors,
HERBERT R. STURT,
Managing Director.
Hongkong, 12th May, 1934
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THE CANTON INSURANCE
..OFFICE LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
TE
THF Fifty-third Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders' wil le held at the Offices of the under signed on "Friday, the 25th May, 1934, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st Decemiler 1933.
The Share "Register and Transfer Bopka will be closed from the 11th to the 25th May, 1981, both days. inclusive.
JAKDINE MATHESON & Co. Lrn.. General Agents. Hong Kong, 3rd May, 1934..
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WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Sixth ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS OF WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD., will be held at Lane, Crawford's, Hong Kong, on Monday, the 28th day of May, 1934, at 5.15 p. m., for the purpose of receiving the Statement o Accounts and the Report of th: Board of Directors for the year ende 31st January, 1934, and re-electing Directors and Auditors,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from Ma 21st, 1934, to May 28th, 1931 inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
J. F. SHEA,
Secretary.
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Hong Kong, 11 May, 1934.
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however, That consideration, should act as a spur rather than For the slum a deterrent. problem is far too complicated to be solved by a series of happy During the next Improvisations.
few years the progress will be watched on many sides, not least keenly, perhaps. by those million people to whom they may be a new Magna Carta of freedom and The captain of the ship, a Rusian, comfort.
FINANCES OF CANTON
ת
The Daily Press. Provincial Banknote
HONG KONG, MAY 15, 1934.
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The most elaborate and systema- tic survey ever made of the slim problem in Great Britain is now almost complete! This survey is a matter of international interest, for slums are unfortunately a problem from which no civilized nation can claim to be free. If, as Is considered possible, this survey sets in operation forces that, will clear England and Wales of all their slums within the next five or six years, it is very likely that its methods and plans will be copled by other countries.
Problem
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton, May 14. The $5.000.000, loan secured from à farming syndicate and the tobac- co guild has almost been paid up for the stabilization of the pro- vincial banknotes. but there is no
PRISONER'S
DEATH
Coroner's Enquiry
Continued
"The Coroner's enquiry into the death of Wong Yau who died on March 26 from Injuries alleged to have been received while serving a sentence in Victoria Gaol was Central Magistracy
continued at yesterday,
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MAY 15, 1934.
CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF
(Special to "Hong Kong
Dally Press") (By Telegraph, Copyright, Tela
Ordinanca. #raphio Measuges Received, May 11, Jan.)
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London, May 13.
The recent lull in the Ibn Saud's and the Imam of Yemen's private war in the waste, has now
RECOGNITION OF NEWS SUMMARY
MANCHUKOU
Strong Opposition"
in South
(From Dur Special Correspondent)
The Kowloon Cricket Club caus- ed a surprise in the first round of w the Mixed Doubles Lawn Tennis defeated the League when they Chinese Recreation Club, holders at the latter's courts. The U.S.R.C. defeated the Ladies R.C. Page 10
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A fine of $5,000 in default 121 months' imprisonment was impos- Cantoh. May 14. ed on a young Chinese student for With the return of Mra Hsiao Fu possession of oplum when he came
become
EL formal Inter-Chen- from Stam, a meeting was before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the
the head-Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. mission and is likely to be trans-held this morning at formed into a permanent curtain, quarters of the South-west. Politi- according to Press reports from cal Council. It, is learned that the
declare leaders will adhere to their three A terrific explosion" occurred at Cairo on Sunday which
of lost. surprisingly policies. namely recovery
the Gas Company's Works at West that Ibn Saud has accepted the armistice proposal provinces, suppression of Commun-Point yesterday morning with very
A num his critically besieged ists and opposition to dictatorship. distressing consequences. from
Suppression of Communists is ber to people were killed and a enemy.
great many more Injured. For The attacking King, however, la within the domain of the Canton
the tragedy be holding
out for military authorities, as Kwanmun- full particulars of reported "to
Page T signature for a twenty-year pence iing, an important stronghold of please turn to treaty before withdrawing his the Communists huge army of tribesmen from the Klangs!, was captured on April 21. present position.--Transocean Kuo Recovery of lost provinces is some- what difficult owing to the fact that the Cantonese troops are far down South.
sar Hamilton Mr. E W Coroner assisted by a jury com- F. C. Collaco prised of Messrs. (foreman), H. A. Barrus and E. Rosario. The last two named also served on the previous jury.
The brief Tacts of the enquiry were that the deceased was ad- mitted to the Victoria Gaol on March 19 and placed in a cell with other prisoners He was paraded before the prison doctor the fol- lowing day and was found to be scades. He WAG suffering from then recommended to be placed in anuntasked" cell with three other men who were also suffer- disease. the sare Ing "from" He was subsequently cured and returned to his work.
On the morning of March 26. Arc was an officer noticed that
the de-
ceased had soiled his trousers. He was sent to get a clean issue, but later a similar thing was noticed and he was then sent to hospital. It was then discovered that some He was of his ribs were broken. subsequently sent, to the Govern- ment Civil Hospital where he died on the morning of March 28.
No Complaints At yesterday's hearing, a num- ber of Indian warders who were on duty on the days in question at various times. gave evidence to the effect that they received no complaints from deceased or from any other prisoner, nor was there any disturbance.
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JOAN OF ARC FESTIVAL
Paris May 13. The annual "festival of Joan of celebra:ed throughout France on Sunday and reached a highpoint in the parade by pat- riotic societies and student organ isations of the Right Parties, past the statue of the maid of Orleans In St. Augustin Square here.
Press and The Parls eyes took a special note of a de- tachment of marchers carrying placards reading "delegation from Saar. Of all the French capital's newspapers only "Nation" records this delegation which was made up not of Saar citizens but of members of the "Association Fran- caise de la Sarre" to which French officials of the Saar territory.be- long.-Transocean Kuo Min,
SPECTATORS KILLED
in Southern
Our London Letter giving all the latest news in that great city is Page 1 giver on
There is much to interest. our readers who are keen on motoring" they will please turn to our moo- Page 2 tor supplement on
Nevertheless, there is strong op- position to the resumption of pose tal and railway communications between China and Manchukuo. as this is tantamount to the recogni-
There were a number of inter- tion of the Manchukuo: Some re- sentment is expressed in official circles that Mr. Huang Fu, Chair-esting matters before the HK.F.A.
the Peiping Political Council 'yesterday. man of Affairs Readjustment Commissioni, will settle these two questions with the Japanese as local matters.