HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 27, 1934.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE HONG KONG, JOCKEY CLUB,
THE TWELFTH EXTRA
RACE MEETINⱭ will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY од SATURDAY, let DECEMBER, 1981, commencing at} 2.00 p.m.
The First Bell will be Rung at 1.80 F..
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 28th November, 1981.
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HALF NOVEMBER YEARLY GENERAL MEET ING of VOTING MEMBERS will be held at the Club House, Happy Valley, on Tuesday, 27th November, 1934, at 5.30 p.m.
ALL MEMBERS are cordially invited to attend and participate any discussion which may ensue.
By Order of the stewards,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 16th November, 1934.
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HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 97, 1934,
EVOLUTION OF THE
CINEMA..."
in
According to Mr. D. W. Hamilton of R.C.A. Photophone, Ltd. when speaking before the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders Scotland, Cinematography origin- ated in the mists of prehistorie | umes 25,000 years B.C.
The idea of depicting motion in pictorial form was conceived by the Cro-Magnons of the Upper Paleolithic period. and drawingą exist to-day on the walls of a cave in Altamira, Northern Spain, of a Boar with two complete sets of legs | In the act of trotting.
MANCHUKUO OIL MONOPOLY
Sir John Simon's Statement
M London, Nov. 26.
In the House of Commons to- day, Sir John Simon stated that he had received the Japanese re ply as regards the oil monopoly in Manchuria. and the British Ambassador has been instructed to reply thereto,
The whole question was engag¬ the close attention of ing the
•Government, but he was unable to make a further statement at pre-
sent.
Sir John Simon denied that Bil-
was tala
taking action single handed
declared that and
ali proper contact was being kept- Reuter
HIS MAJESTY'S
JUBILEE
Special Medal To Be Struck
London, Nov. 25.
There are authentic records of the Chinese making use of shadow
The "Times" states that H.M. the shows in 5000 B.C. Figures with articulated limbs constructed of King has authorised the striking buffalo hide were made to cast of a medal, to be known as the shadows on screens of parchment, | King's Jubilee Medal, to commem- their actions representing in-orate the twenty-fifth anniversary cidents in the history of the people. of His Majesty's accession. The Egyptians also knew the secret of reflecting shadows and must have had some form of optical
Commission to Adjust Disputes lantern, possibly using the sun as
Between Members
New York, Nov: 18..
the light source,
A great deal was contributed to
the science of moving pictures about the period 400 BC. Glass was invented-the first practical step in the science of optics-Hero of Alexandria invented the first lens, a glass globe filled with water.
disputes between Commercial business men in the Republics of North and South America are likes ly to be adjusted more speedily in the future, as the result of the or- ganization of the Inter-America Commercial Arbitration Commis-Kircher, of Glese, invented the first sion, which completed its pro- practical optical lantern, but there gramme here to-day.
Six countries were represented at the first meeting of the Commis- sion, which is a joint agency of the
It was in 1640 that Athanasius
are not many records of any great use of the optical lantern until 1801 when the bi-unial lantern and the phantasmagoria entertainment were invented.
American Arbitration Association and the Council on Inter-American
The phenomenon of changing Relations. Mr. Spruille Braden, white sliver chloride to black by chairman of the Commission, pre-exposure to sunlight was discover- sided at the first session, which was ed in the middle ages, but it was also attended by" Ecuador: United not until 1792 that Thomas Wedge- States; Mexico; Bolivia: Guatema- wood first invented photography la, and Nicaragua.
and the retention of the image on
It is learned that Sir William Goscombe has been commissioned to design the medal.
About 80,000 will be struck in the Royal Mint and will be given by His Majesty as a personal souvenir to persons in the Army, Navy and Air Force, diplomatists, civil ser- vants and others in Britain and throughout the Empire Reuter.
TYPHOON WARNING
GERMAN GOODS BOYCOTT
is
Action By Jews
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")
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rs Telegraph, Copyright, Tele Ordinance, 1804. erophic Massages Received, November 26, 4-30 pm.)
London, Nov. 26.
from Jewish organisations large number of European coun- tries are engaged in a boycott of German goods and to organise a boycott against National-Socialist Germany.
London Trades Council assured Mr. Wall, the Secretary of the
CABLE NEWS. FROM
THE NORTH
THE TIBETAN
SITUATION
Huang's Mission Progress
(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Presa" (Copyright).1
the
NEWS SUMMARY
HE Sir Alexander Cadogan British Minister to Chinä arrived - in HMS. Falmouth from Canton
TAX ON ROLLED yesterday Lady Cadogan and the
TOBACCO
Canton Postpones Collection
Misses Cadogan are accompanying the Minister who has been on a tour of inspection to South China ports.
- Par 7.
·
Dr. E. L. Allen deliyered an in- teresting lecture on "The Spanish Christ" at the Y.W.CA. yesterday.
· Page 7.
The Italian Cruiser Quarto is [Special to the "Hong Kong "Daily expected to arrive on December 3
Press" (Copyright).]
on a visit.
Page 7. Nanking, Nov. 28,
Nanking. Nov. 26. General Huang Mu Sung, Special
Complying with the order of the
The assault case on board the Commissioner to Tibet, has tele- Ministry of Finance, the Kwang- ss. Birdhana alongside Kowloon the Jewish delegates of the co- | graphed that
Mongolian-tung Provincial Government has
Whart was adjourned unth this operation of his council. Unter- Tibetan Affairs Committee are
telegraphically reported the post-- afternoon.
Page 6. the
of "President the reporting that the Tibetan au- ponément of collection of the pro- meyer, World Boycott Committee” · said thorities have not reserved their posed additional 20 per cent. levy
The sudden death of Mrs. "Dyer the boycott would be a substitute willingness to submit to the Cen-
in London (wife of Mr. R. M. Dyer on rolled tobacco, Transportation for war, because "no nation could tral authorities the "policies permits for rolled
former Chlef Manager of the Hong tobacco to live
against
in universal boycott, | readjustment
Kwangtung continue to be issued Kong and Whampoa Dock) will be which this is rapidly becoming." | situation.
by the Internal Revenue Adratnis very much regretted by their 'many Another speaker déclared in Eba- General Kuang is leaving for tration.
friends in Hong Kong. Page 5. don that "the Jews would not Nanking next month. It is learnt China United Press. under any circumstances allow that the Tibetan authorities have any nation to treat them 23 decided to despatch a delegation. 'slaves or vermin to be Ex- consisting of ten members to Nari- terminated".""
king, who will probably be accom- Transoceza Kuo Min,
panying him, to sign and arrange the restoration of normal commer- cial relations with China Proper.--- China United Press
IN THE POLAR
2
REGIONS
Byrd's Latest Discovery
Ad-
New York, Nov. 25. A wireless
message from expedition in Little America, des- miral Richard E. Byrd, head of the patched from his base camp, states that seroplane fights have dis- closed what is believed to be con- clusive evidence that Marie Byrd's Land uns in an unbroken Une from the Antarctic Coast to the South Pole.
This most recent message con-
The following typhoon warn-tradicts the reported existence of ing was received by the American Consulate yesterday. despatched from Mania at 3.50 .:-
Typhoon in about 142 de- grees Long. E. and 9 degrees Lat. N., moving W.N.W.
HURLING LETTERS OVER THE CHANNEL Mr. Braden said that the Com-paper or other suitable medium (Special to the "Hong Kong Daly, mission plans to establish inter-
was accomplished. In 1833 the American commercial arbitration frst practical system was intro-
Press" (Copyright.)] tribunals in each of the American
duced and the process covered the
Paris. Nov, 25. Republies.
production of negatives and in- The expression "expréss de- numerable prints therefrom. Celivery will receive a new mean- luloid was invented in 1885 and it ng when 1200 letters are hurled A CHANGE OF DIPLOMATS was first used as a flexible support over the English Channel in a for films in 1887 in America. The
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Nov. 8.
first commercial use was in 1884.
rocket in
a special
one minute
from Dover to Calais-a distance In 1885 J. A. R. Rudge, of Bath. f 23 milles. took a series of photographs of his
This is a scheme proposed by
a trans-Antarctic strait reported to President Roosevelt after Ad- miral Byrd's flight last week.
The
new discoveries- add ap- proximately 200.000 square miles to the territories around the South Pole claimed by the United States. -Reuter.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
IN MANILA
Manila, Nov. 26. A pronounced "earthquake shook the city at 8.10 .pm. to-day The intensity is estimated between five and six. The city was appar-| ently not damaged Heuter.
the
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Tibetan
OVERSEAS BUREAUX
Opening In Shanghai And Amoy
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright).3
Shanghai, Nov, 26. For the purpose of looking after the interests of returning overseas opening in Shanghai and Amoy in Chinese, two Overseas Bureaux are December-China United Press:
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF POSTS
Removing To Nanking
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright,31
Shanghal, Nov. 26. The new building at the Capital having been completed, the Direc- torate General of Posts now here is removing to Nanking and will be operating there on December 15 in accordance with an order of the Ministry of Communications.
It is. learnt that 52 new post offices and 198 postal agencies were
fiscal year. established during the twenty third
China United Press.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Col. L. G. Bird, D.S.O., Mrs. Bird and Miss L. J. Bird, and Mr. T. M. Hazelrigg, are, also returning from England on the same 'ship.
Foreign rice imported into China during the first eight months of this year reached the sum of $48,003,000, according to satistics compiled in Nanking, Saya Chinese report
Mr. J. E. Henry has been ap- pointed Reuter's correspondent in Hong Kong in succession to Mr. P. O'Neill Mr. Henry will also serve as manager of Reuter's Ltd., in Hong Kong.
Under the auspices of the League of Nations. Society, Mr. George She will deliver a lecture on "How to secure World Peace" in the Cathedral Hall to-day at 5.15 p.m. The lecture will be followed by an
the inventor of the "malirocket? ERNST STEINMANN DEAD opportunity for discussion. Zücker, who according to infor- mation emanating from the
It is understood that Herr nephew and projected them in a Emmerich von Herzfeld, the Coun- lifelike manier on a lantern screen. } sellor of the Austrian Legation, It would appear that the title of French Air Ministry, recently ap who left London, for a
holiday"Father of Cinematograph" coulded to the Ministry for permis
be appropriately applied to bimaton to project an epistolary mis- graphic He later taught William Friese sile into France. Successful ex- Greene how to make photographs periments have recently live on the screen. Later, Greene made at Brighton, England. was able to give the world his wOB- Transocean Kun Min. derful Invention of commercial photography.
recently, will not return, and that he will be succeeded by Herr von Class, at the moment chef de cabinet of a department of the Vienna Foreign Office.
"Herr von Herzfeld, a Arst-class diplomat of the old school, has only been here since April - health has made it advisable for him to seek a warmer climate.
June 21, 1899, was a red letter day to cinematography as it was In Vienna his promotion to the then that Greene filed his pro-
post of Minister in one of the eastern capital is awaited, and Sofa is specifically indicated. His successor, Herr von Glass, has a close knowledge of English affairs, as his department has been res- ponsible for them.
A LONG SPAN
(Special Air Mall Service)
London, Nov. 8.
A point which does not appear
to have been made with reference to the late Baron Edmond de Rothschild was the way he spanned the generations.
JEWISH EMIGRANTS
FROM POLAND
been
was a
"The P. & O. ss. Corfu with the outward English mails is due to arrive on Thursday morning.
JI
H.M.8. Cumberland will sail for Home on Wednesday, for re-com- mission and reft,
1!
Three cases of Diphtheria and one of Enteric Fever during the 48 hours ended November 25 were reported.
It is reported in a Nanking message that all government omelals who desire to wear for eign-style clothes must have these made from native products, ac-
Executive Yuan. cording to instructions by the
At Central Magistracy yesterday, Mr. W. Schofield conducted an inquest into the death of. Wong Pak Klu allas Wong Cheuk Lam, who was fatally injured as a result of a fall from the third.. floor of 157, Des Voeux Road Central on. September 9.
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