NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION.
THE Ofices and Stations of the CHINESE MARITIME CUA- TOMS for Kowloon and District, will be CLOSED to PUBLIC BUSINESS on the 18TH JONE, 1934, being a CUSTOMS HOLIDAY.
E.. N. ENSOR,
Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Kowloon and District.
York Building.
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Hong Kong, 11th June, 1936
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THE ALBANY.
THOSE intersated are reminded
that offers for the above, pio- perty must be in the hands of the undersigned by NOON to-day, TUESDAY, 9th June.
LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
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Gloucester Building.
B.
BALE OF 40-Ft. STEAM PINNACE No. 258,
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VENDERS, are invited up to the
TEN
20th June, 1994; for the pur- chase of the above named vessel as she lies on the wall in the front of Boiler Shop in Naval Yard, Hongkong.
Particulars of the vessel and conditions of sale, permits to view and copies of tender forms may be obtained on payment of a deposit of $200.00 to the Naval Store Officer, H. M. Dockyard, Hong Kong, re- turnable when decision on the tenders has been reached.
The vessel will be on view during working boura.
Tender will be received in the Office of the Naval Store officer, H. M. Dockyard, Hong Kong,"up to Noon on 20th June, 1934.
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REPORT
AND
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1993.
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TOTICE is bereby given that the Second Ordinary Yearly Meet- ing of Shareholders will be held in the Company's Board Room, 3rd floor, Rutton Building, 7 Duddell Street, Hongkong on Thursday, 14th June, 1934 at 12 NOON.
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from 7th June to 14th June, 1934, both days inclusive. By order of the Board of Directors
E. M. BARRETT,
Acting Secretary.
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REVOLUTIONARY 'DIEHARDS
OBITUARY
Mr. Frederick Delius
London, June 11.
Mr. Frederick Deliüs, the British composer, who has been acclaimed by Sir Thomas Beecham as the greatest musician England had produced since Mr. Purcell, died at his home near Paris early yester- day morning, at the age of 72.
He had been an invalid for a long time and had become blind and partially paralysed.--British Wireless.
FASCISTS IN LONDON
The Olympia Incident"
Landon, June 11. Great interest is centred on A number of questions to be asked in the House of Commons to-day in regard to the alleged Fascist brutality at Olympia "on June 7, and with a view to extracting the Government's latest attitude op the whole question of political uniforms, and the Fascists military marching.
Some members are expected to press for a debate on the subject, which the Government will hard- iy be able to refuse
Others will press for legislation banning political uniform and· pri-. vate armies with a view to curbing the activities of the Fascists, also forestalling the possible opposition forces organised by Sir Staf- ford Cripps, or the Communists. Meanwhile, evidence of the feel ings of some sections of the public is provided by the fact that four Fascist open air meetings in var- lous parts of London yesterday were broken up by the crowd or aban-.
the Labour Party. The Indepen-doned on the advice of the police dent Labour Party, with a mem- | owing to the menacing attitude ot bership reduced to about 15,000, the crowd, pursues its lonely course. Objects Four arrests were made.-Reuter. of the Independent Labour Party Fierce skirmishes occurred at
as declared at the recent annual
a demonstration held by the Brit-
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SIGNIFICANCE- OF GENEVA
Captain. Eden's Address
Landon #June 11. Captain Anthony Eden, within a few hours of his return from Geneva
THE SAVINGS NEWS SUMMARY
SOCIETIES
Depositors Ask for Loans
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton, June 11. Depositors at the Internationa) on Saturday, addressed his constituents at Warwick, and Savings Society in Shameen and emphasised that they must be the Franco-Chinese Savings So- exaggerate the clety on the Bund are asking for careful not to
the security of their simincance of the Geneva agree-
political rest, and in consequence
loans on
The new agent in Hongkong for the Lloyd Trestino arrived · ́ here. on Sunday.
Page
A celebration was held at Macao- in connection with the Canonius- Hon of St John BossD. Page 7
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An International Photographic Club will be formed if sufficient. support is forthcoming. Page T
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The Hon. Mr. R. E. Lindself pre- sented the prizes to successful.
ament,
ment which cavered only the im-savings, and further deposits are players in the recent bridge tourn-
Page 7 mediate future of the Conference. sald to have been suspended
The main 'difficulties of the The "run" on these two French
The 3.3. "Changte," which went European situation had in no organizations is due to the official sense been solved. These consti. warning of the Municipal Bureau Bground at Manila Bay has been Page 10 tute in the present relations to the of Finance asking the public not reficated. chief Powers of continental to deal with these two societies. as
Some very interesting encount- Europe, Unless they could be their "savings" scheme is akin to
the Lawn Bowls Singles The Finance Bureauers in Improved there would be no Dig-gambling. armament agreement and no desires to regulate the business of championship took place yester- these concerns and asks them to day, two former champions' being no extension of International furnish security before they are the opponents in one game. A full trade recovery in Europe.
allowed to continue their business. report on the play appears on
the Municipal
Page 10 That was, the problem, brutally
An official of put, which beset European states- Bureau of Finance deplored the in-
The wireless programme for to- manship to-day and which such correct statement of a news agency statesmanship had so far signally in Hong Kong which stated that day. from ZBW (Hongkong), Da- failed to solve, but it could at these two savings societies are ventry and Berlli, will be found Page 4 least be claimed that at Geneva banned outright from doing bud-on they had given statesmanship a ness. "The wording in the official
Through our special air mail ser- further chance to find solutions in statement is clear," he said. "I an international atmosphere which do not see how a different account ice. we are able to give our read- era all the news in London up had been materially improved-can be reported."
til May 26. Please refer to our British Wireless,
London Letter which is given on Page 1
GENERAL COMMISSION
MEETING
London, June 11. The General Commission of the meets Disarmament Conference to-day to put into effect the pro- cedure recommended by the com- promise resolution adopted on Friday.·
THE PAPER DOLLAR
Devaluation In July?
Paris, June 11. Private advices from Berlin credit
As the heads of all Delegations except that of the United States the German, Government with the have left Geneva, the meeting wil
Intention of devalueing currency probably be merely formal,
One of the special committees to in June on the present paper dollar be appointed in accordance with rate equivalent to a 40 per cent. the terms of the resolution will devaluation.-Reuter. study the possibility of concluding
and other: security, agreements, points which are to be specially studied are control of air arma-
ish Union of Fascists, of which Sirments and manufacture of and Oswald Mosely is the chief, in the trading in arms-British Wireless, neighbourhood of Olympia last Thursday, when an attack was launched by their chiefly Communists. The police had to disperse the combatants by charging with batons.
opponents SAN SALVADOR
HOME SECRETARY REPLIES
conference, are in many respects similar to those of the Com- munists. They are prepared to use any favourite opportunity to overthrow the capitalist class. They will engage in propaganda for a general strike. They oppose all reform movements likely to bolster up the existing social system. Above all, they aim at
TO QUESTIONS promoting a unification of revolu-
London, June 11. "tionary forces, and with that end The Secretary of State for Home wish to co-operate with all Affairs, Sir John Gilmour was Socialist movements, including freely questioned in the Commons Russian Communism, that aim at regarding the Fascist meeting at destroying Capitalism. But they Olympia, after which a statement will not sacrifice the right to was issued that a repetition of the It has often been assumed by direct British Socialism in a British disorderly scenes on the scale re- students of politics that the driftway," and the Third International cently witnessed will not be will have nothing to do with them tolerated: and, if continued, the or the progressive" parties in Great Britain is always toward the
unless they are prepared to sub-executive authorities might have mitas It is noted that the old Lert.
they will not-to the
to be armed with further powers Whigs gave place to the Liberals, International's dictation.,.
to preserve public order, "And so this little body is at once the Liberals to the Radicals and the Radicals to the Indbour- rejected by the main body or Socialists; and what more natural British Socialists, and is openly than to assume that the latter will
rebuted by Russian Communists. give place to those who lean, like Extremism has defeated its ow the Independent Labour Party, ends and has deprived the Inde toward Communism and revolu- pendent Labour Party of half or tion? But neither history nor the its membership and much more. recent experiences of the Inde- than half of its influence. pendent Labour Party altogether corroborate that views. Republics
were active in the period of Whiz S. E. LEVY & CO.
ascendaney, but their movement
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policy of the Chartists failed to weaken the Liberals, in early Victorian times. And it is cer- tainly arguable that the Radicals
of the Liberal Party in 1914 were
much more "advanced" than most of the members of the growing Labour Party which was to sup- plant them. The most extreme of the Socialist organizations
munist Party) has not been aug-
MIT
Britain to-day (outside the Com-
menting its influence. The inde- pendent Labour Party has had a
checked career. It was once the
favourite organization of the pre-
Opening Branch" Office in Hong Kong
The well-known brokering, un-
The Home Secretary said that
he was unconcerned with the ap- portionment of, blame between the Fascists and Communists, but the not Government certainly was
prepared to allow their responsi- bility for maintenance of order and preservation of free institu- tions to be usurped by any private or irresponsible body-Reuter. LIBERTIES DEARLY WON
London, June 11. Several Ministers In public speeches during the week-end 'protested vigorously against- the methods adopted to silence, the Interruptions at the Mosley meet-
ing.
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Mr. Walter · Elliot," Minister of Argiculture, said that liberties dearly won through the centuries would not lightly be surrendered
skirt might be
RAIN STORM
Much Damage. Done
San Salvador, June 11. Considerable loss of life is fear- ed at the result of a terrific rain storm in San Salvador, Central America. A raging torrent swept through the capital carrying away the debris from a hundred shacks and houses.
The lower part of the town is completely under water. The elec- tric light and power lines are des- troyed and traffic is suspended." Communications In the interior are interrupted-Reuter.
INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
Satisfactory Bank Returns
Basic, June 11. Batisfactory returns showing
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Yesterday's activities on the share and exchange markets are reviewed in our Money and Mar- kets section.