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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934.
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS FRUIT HAWKER LAUNCH OF "534" FRANCO-GERMAN NEWS AND COMMENTS
CHINA HOMEWARD
CONFERENCE.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
FRO
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TEA.
ROM 27th August to 28rd September, 1934, inclusive, the rate of freight on Tea to the United Kingdom and Continental Porta will be subject to 70 per cent rebate.
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DEATH
WHITTLE.—On Aug. 7, 1934, at Bournemouth, Elizabeth, widow of John Whittle. of Shanghai. aged 88 years.
The
ENGAGEMENT
engagement 1s sancunced between Richard Anthony Johnson, of Highgate, and lately of Malaya, elder son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Johnson, and Diana Elizabeth, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taylor, o! Fortis Green, formerly of Flymouth, Devon,
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ROBBED
Highway Robbery at Lam Tsum
Held at revolver point, a Chinese fruti hawker named Chol Trol, 20, residing at an imnumbered house at Shek Wu Tong Village, Pat Heung was the victim of a high- way robbery at a small bridge near Lam Tsun Gap on Sunday evening when he was robbed of $4.50 by
two men.
According to a police report, the victim was returning to Pat Heung with a relative of his named to Shun frem Lam Tsun after having sold their fruits, and when arriving at a small bridge near Lam Tsun Gap they met two men whom they knew as Leung Fuk and Wong Shek, alias Shek Ku Tak. As they were passing the two men. Leung Fuk asked them to-stop and de- manded to. search them. Mean- while the other man, Wong Shek 山 revolver from his produced girdle. The two then searched the hawker and took from him $4.50. When they caught hold of him, his relative. Lo Shun ran away. The robbers escaped towards Ngso Shek Village Lam Tsun.
The following day the victim and another relative named Lo Fat
London Office: 53, Fleet Street proceeded to Ng Tung Chal Village
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HONG KONG, AUGUST 25, 1934.
THE SCOUT MOVEMENT
The boy scouts and girl guides in Hong Kong had their annual party at "Mountain Lodge" on Sa- turday, when opportunity was ta~ ken to present the Rev. G. T. Waldegave, Commissioner of the Boy Scouts in Hong Kong, with a telescope and a draft as a token of appreciation of the good work he has done for the movement in the Colony, The Rev. G. T. Waldegrave is leaving the Colony on retirement to-day and he will take away with him the good wis-, hes of a very large number of friends, for not only has he on- deared himself to the youth of the Colohy through his hard work.in connection with scouting in, Hong
Kong but he has also been a true friend to seamen in general. ' Aš His Excellency said on Saturday. The Rev. Waldegrave thoroughly deserves his retirement and we take this opportunity of wishing him many happy years in the Old
Country.
Reverting to the Scouts Move- ment in Hong Kong. we are glad to note that it has made tremend ous strides during the past ten rears. As will
generally acknowledged, scouting is the best training for boys and for that rea- son it is somewhat surprising that is is not made compulsory in the schools of Hong Kong. The same is the case with the girl guides, and those who have attended their -rallies would have seen for them- selves what the muvement does in the way of promoting internation- al good-fellowship. It has been Bald time and again that the train- ing a boy receives in his youth as 'a'scout must have its influence in
after life. There are many laws that a scout has to obey, and among other things he has to "smile and whistle under all dim- -culties," and although it might sound frivolous to some people, a
Lam Tsun, with the intention of reporting the matter to the village elder. When they arrived at Lam Tsun Gap they saw Leung Fuk, one
of the robbers, walking on the hillside. They ran after, him but when they caught him up. Leung Fuk turned round and pointed a pistol at them. They got frighten eg and ran and" or arriving at Lam Tsun Gap they saw the other robber, Wong, Shek. They gave chase and succeeded in arresting him.
NEXT MONTH
Last Stages Of
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Building.
(Special Air Mail Service.
London, Aug. 11 Preparations for launching 534. under the new Cunard liner now construction at Clydebank, are al- most complete.
FRONTIER
Impregnable Wall
Extension
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally "Press" (Copyright.)] «
Paris, Aug. 26.
The Impregnable wall of con- crete and steel in the Franco- German frontier will be lengthen- ed to the Belgian border as the The launching ceremony is result of orders issued by the War be held at 3.15 p.m. on Wednesday. Minister, Marshal Petain on Sun.
day... September 28, and it will be per formed by the Queen, who will be accompanied by the King.
The name which the Queen will bestow on the ship is still u s- cret. It is certain that by this time the Cunard authorities hav decided on a name, but it is known only to the highest officials. The two most popular guesses are Bri- tannia and Victoria
In her present state 534 is com. pletely plated from stem to stern up to A deck, the topmost main
process deck, and the long
of painting this great expense is al ready far advanced.
Rudder and Propellera
Н
The last stages have now beeti reached in the fitting of the rud der, which, beside being the larg-
masterpiece of est ever constructed, is itself
British ingenuity. weights 140 tons, and built inside it is a steel staircase which will enable officials to get to any part of the rudder for inspection par-
poses.
toms
The four propellers, made in London and weighing 35 each, are now at Clydebank wait- ing to be fitted. Some idea of the immense size of 534 may be ob- tained from the fact that the pro- peller shafting is 20 feet. greater in length than the total length of Britannia, the first, Cunard The other robber has not yet ship, built nearly a hundred years
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been arrested.
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TRUE AIM OF MARRIAGE
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
Berlin, Aug. 27. "Marry.. for love-have least three or four children,” these
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are the outstanding features of the National-Socialist decalogue just published.
Healthy offspring is the truc aum of marriage." The decalogue is the product of the Reich Minis try of the Interior, the National Bureau of Hygiene and the Nation
-Socialist Racial Bureau as well as of the Marriage Commandment Drafting Committee.-- Fransocean Kno Min."
Like
ago.
MARSHAL PETAIN-
The region between Margut and Arrancy which were originally in- tended to be defended through mobile artillery centres will now be given over to a subterranean fortification forming a
complete chain from the Channel to Swit- zerland '
Transocean Kuo Min.-
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NEW COMBINE
To Control Timber Industry?
The new ship is 1,018 feet, long; will have a gross tonnagé of 73,000, and will be 234 feet high from keel to the top of the" mast. Her speed is another secret that will
(Special Air Mail Service) not be revealed until the spring
Singapore, Aug. 20. - of 1938, when it is expected that
It is learnt from reliable author she will be ready for her maidenity that nine saw bells now in consi- voyage. All that will be admitted operation in Sagapore are is that she will maintain a fort-dering the formation of a nightly service between Southamp-bine, which would fix prices.
It is believed that this would ton. Cherbourg, and New York
have the effect of an immediate rise in the price of timber.
All Electric
com-
It is understood that the rates of the proposed new combine were considered at a meeting held yes terday afternoon.
Most of the public rooms will be on the 750-feet long promenade deck-a deck which is longer than the over-all lengtho f most ships
Practically the whole of the Sin- engaged on the North Atlantic route. Altogether 534 will have gapore timber industry is in the twelve decks, with 'two acres of hands of the Chinese. One mill space for promenading and games. is owned by a Chettiar, Apart from the
Control of Entre Industry oil-fuel engine,
the over-all length of most ships
The entire Umber industry, it with a self-contained power sta-is said would be controlled by the tion capable of supplying all the new combine. electric services required by a town
The practice of giving unduly the size of Brighton
long credit, may be stopped...
It's belleyed that the immediate
All the public appointments will
be on a lavish scale. They will effect of the moves so far, as Ma- include cinema theatres, swim-laya is concerned, would be a rise ming-pools. gymnasiums, Turkish. the price of timber and furn Russian and special curative baths,ture. This would at once affect all building operations and, in hairdressing saloons for men
fact, any business in which tem- women, and a garage.
ber is used.
and
now
Six enorizous """triggers."
The position, it is presuined, almost complete, will hold the would be much the same with re- ship just before the launching. gard to the timber export trade. Then, when the Queen presses a The development of an export button the triggers will be re-trade 'in timber with Great Bri- leased and 534 will slide into the tain has for many years been the water.
position we find ourselves? the lack of confidence, selfishness has done a lot to harm interna- tional goodwill, and consequently trade suffers. Man cannot be for ever thinking of his own ends, for If that should be the case, where will we all be a year from to-day? The answer is obvious we will And that no improvement had been made in trade and for the more pessimistic ones it would be further excuse to sit and pine for the days that used to be, without any effort being "made to bring most favourable point for the about better times.
It has been calculated that at
3.15 p.m., the time selected for the ceremony. the tide, will be at its
qal of the forest administration in Malaya and recently with "in- creasing orders from the United Kingdom It has made rapid strides.
FROM THE NORTH
JAPANESE INTERFERENCE WITH
BRITISH TREATY RIGHTS
Foreign Troops In China
ti
(From Our Own Correspondent)
tive in Tents and Pelping under the protection of the 1901 Protocol, and it is absolutely illogical that, ir Japan may enjoy such privileges, other Powers with similar rights should be denied their privileges, What right has the Kwantung Army to interfere with diplomatic afairs and to speak on behalf of the Manchuku, Government"? If the Japanese think they represent that "Government.”
Rumours of a clash between Japanese troops have been very ac- panese and British troops at Shan- halkuan. - arising out of the for- mer's vigorous protest against the British carrying out manoeuvres, amused considerable public atten- tion in Chinese circles. The report that a British soldier was shot was categorically denied by both the British "and Japanese authorities, but the "Shun Pao," in an editorial article, pointed out that in view of the friendly relations existing be- tween the two countries, even if a British soldier were unhappily kill ed by a Japanese, bullet, there would be no critical international situation created over such an un- fortunate incident. ·
No Need For Alarmı. But, the Chinese journal falls to understand why the Japanese should be alarmed at the presence of a couple of hundred British soldiers at Shanhalkyan, an event which could not in the remotest degree threaten the existence of
then they simply admit that "Manchukuo" is not an independent State. Since the "Independence" of Manchuria | is not recognized and Japan pre- tends it is not a protecorate, then it must be still regarded as Chin- ese territory, and it is ridiculous for the Kwantung "Army to inter- fere with the Powers and thetr treaty-rights in China.
Boxer Protocol Unnecessary.
While grateful to the Powers which still regard Manchuria as an
NEWS SUMMARY
A fruit hawker was the victim of a highway robbery at Lam Tsun on Sunday evening when he was held at revolver point and robbed of $4.50 by two men, one of whom has since been arrested.
The draws for the first day matches of the -1934-1935 soccer season were made at a meeting of the League Managenient Commit- tee hid yesterday. The Axtures appear on