NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.
TIENDERS for SPECIE-and-
DOLLARS Current In this Colony, for Tolographic Transfer, on the Lorda Commissioners of Bir Majesty's Treasury, London, up to and for the Sum of £120,000, will be received by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE, antil li o'clock am on the 13ta DECEMBER,
1934.
The Tenders to state the Total Amogat fin Pounde Sterling). No Telegraphic Transfer will be made for less than 2106. The Tenders to be in Duplicate, and in Sealed Coxers, addressed to the TREA SURY CHEST OFFICER, COM- MAND PAY OFFICE, and endorsed TENDERS FOR GOVERNMENT BILLS, etc."
The right to accept or reject any or all of the Tenders is reserved.
.. Copies of Forms of Teader can be had an application.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Dr., Mr. and Marie Atienza wish to convey their sincere grati- tude to all those who extended sympathy
recent in their bereavement for attendance at.j the funeral and floral tributes
sent
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Haro KONG. DECEMBER 13, 1934.
THE AIR MAIL SERVICE
"Porsone tendering for. (Bill) arg hereby Notised that, having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George III.,
Once more we take up the subject Cap. 45 and 41. Gorge Ill., Cap. 62, the acceptance of any such Tender a subject of aviation in Hong Kong though to the express condition that no Member this time we shall deal with an as- of the British House of Commons shall pect of the question that is more be admitted to any share or part in or to any benefit to arise from the Can-immediate and, calls for urgent at- Irsat thereby made for the allotment of such (Bill)
The provisions la question do not apply to Contracts entered into by may Incorporated Company in its corporated capacity and made for the general benefit of the Company."
W. J. H. BILDERBECK,
Colonel, R.A.P.C, Treasury Chest Officer, His Majesty's Treaty Offic
Hồng Rong
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THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918) LTD..
NOTICE.
HE Sixteenth Ordinary Yearly THE
Mosting of Shareholders will be held at the Head Office of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong
27th on" Thursday,
December, 1934, at 12 15 p.m., for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th Sep- tomber, 1934, and elacting Directors Fand Auditors.
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed frum Tuesday, 1th December, 1994, till Monday, Bist December, 1934, both days
nclusive.
NOEL BRAGA,
Becretary. Hong Kong, 10th December, 1984.
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HONG - KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
ANNUAL GENERAL TH
MEETING of the above Society will be held at THE HELENA MAY INSTITUTE na TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 1934, at 5.15 P.M.
His Excellency, the OVERNOR, Will Freaide.
All interested are Cordially invited
10 Attend.
8. V. BOXER,
M. A. COOPER,
Joint Hon. Directors.
10th December, 1934.
tention. We refer of course to the facilities available in the Colony for Air Mall" letters and to the charges made on such despatches According to the latest intelligence, air malls leave England for India and South Africa twice a week and this bi-weekly service enables mer. chants to communicate with their
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934.
WIPING OUT THE KERN'S HOTEL
REDS
Gen. Lin Confident Of Success
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright).]
"
FIRE
Many Bodies Buried
In The Ruins
If Gossip We Must
Lansing, Mich, Dec. 11.
It seems to have been a very out of appro- One hundred ximately 200 guests at Kern's varied week. I And it difficult, Hotel, which was destroyed by when there are so many things to are, have been accounted for, be seen and done, to concentrate though it is anticipated that on any particular one, and record many of the missing people will be found safe.
Naning, Dec. 12 Before his departure on Monday night," General Lau Hsiang express ed that he was aiming to emulate Mr. Ku Chu Tung of Kiangal and Mr. Chiang Ting Wen of, Fukien to eliminate the Red scourge in Sze- chuan and stated that the results of the conference of Government"!
The guests at the Hotel includ- of leaders has been highly satisfaced, 20 State legislators, five tory. He was confident of success whom were found dead, One is in the campaign under central missing and another is belleved to
be dying from his injuries.
direction.
Regarding the province's On- aaces, it is learnt that the pro- definitely Jected loan has been abandoned. Other measures cave been planned for which purpose the Finance Ministry has appoint- ed Mr. Chen Shao Wei as Special Commissioner to Szechuan to re- organise the finances, having his The headquarters "ät Chengtu. first problem is salt revenue and
to be opened if necessary.— a branch office of the Central Bank China United Pres.
The police are of the opinion that between 20 and 50 bodles are buried in the ruins,
1
Some of the victims were found in the ruins and others in the icy waters of the Grand River. Into which they jumped to escape the raging inferno..
Some survivors escaped in night attire and fed through the snow- covered streets in a temperature
only a few degrees above zero.
Reuter,
PAGE BOY'S HEROISM
Lansing, Dec. 12 The actual death roll at Kern's Hotel is unlikely to be ever known, but fourteen have definitely been accounted for as dead. seventy
my observations and impressions This week I have watched a foot- ball match, a hunt, some hockey, some racing and the opening of a Charitable Institution. I have fed and wined about the town; I have been to the cinema and the theatre.
It would obviously be ridiculous to record all these things in one day's gossip. Such an article would sound like a cross between the Arabian Nights and a Seed Catalo gue. Out of a rather patchwork nund, therefore, I will try and
select a few functions and remem- ber things about them.
corrections in India and Africa CONFERENCE AT missing and twenty nine injured that they were
without any delay being caused by the intervals between the depar- ture of mail" planes, Replies to letters arriving in England on a Sunday could be sent on an out- ward-bound plane on Tuesday and similar facilities are available for the second half of each week.
NANKING
Discussion
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Pres" (Copyright)-1,
guests.-- Reuter,"
flames
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(BY "DUMBELLE. ")
Tols and Paul, the two talented Dancers who will appear again"on"
Saturday, 15th instant in the Grill Room of Hong Kong Hotel.
floor in varied Terpsichorean at- titudes (1)
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsell, were there in the same party with Mr. and
Apropos, I hear that Mr. Lindsell's attractive niece, Miss Joan Mollison has returned to the Colony. I shall be glad to meet ber again.
were Others I observed
Mr.
Bellamy. Mr. Chamukin. Me, and Miss Eve Mrs. Whyte-Smith. O'Hagen and Mr. Mike Turner with Dr. and Mrs. Bunje, Mr. and Mrs. Don Evans and Miss Rosemary. King.
"FRESH FIELDS " Although my sister in crime” has already touched lightly on the A.D.C. production of "Fresh Fields" last week, I am not going to be done out of my say. I hastened there on the opening night. I wox shattered by the incredibly lovely frocks that were worn by the Com- pany. One can only say, perhaps, as witty as the Tales of blood-curdling horror dialogue. were recounted when women mad- Particularly I was impressed by ly ran along the corridora with Beryl Gough's dresses in the second hair and clothing ablaze, stum-1act. In the first scene she wore bling over the huddied bodies of figured, green silk with draped Draft Constitution fellow residents. One group was sleeves and white cuffs; in the Mrs. Hamilton.
precipitated into the
by second, she changed to prussian the collapse of the roof on which blue, with wide slashed sleeves and had sought refuge the hero of the an attractive stand up collar. Fay The service from England" to
3. page boy. who Grossman looked her best in the Singapore takes only eight days
catastrophe, risked his life repeatedly running last act, when she wore black velver and were the line extended to Hong
...The second regular meeting this along the corridors and hammer-cut to ankle length." Very smart Keng, it is possible that mall from Home will arrive here well within morning was attended by 50 Cen-ing doors to waken the "sleeping Indeed. I made a mental note of all the frocks, and I could go on ten days. It is time that negotiatral Executive Committee members."
for ever I must however. Just tlons were hastened over the ques- eo Reserve and Central Supervisory
mention Miss Shellah Jefferies tion of extension of the air mail Committee members. At yesterday
green cocktail dress in Act 3, with service from Singapore to Hong afternoon's sitting, the Committee
a severe little coat buttoning high Keng, as it seems ridiculous to rush
deliberated on the draft constitu-
at the neck. letter as far as Singapore and tion and decided the formation of then to take as much time again
a special Examination Committee before the missive finally arrives in holding weekly meetings to discuss Hong Kong. It is reminiscent of
the draft for revision by the the early days of the telegram Judicial Yuan and to be approved when merchants in Hong Kong
by the Bfth National Kuomintang desiring to rush a message, were Congress whence it will be submit. obliged to entrust their · despatch
ted for final decision to the Na- to the ordinary malls plying be-
tional People's Convention. tween the East and Suez, at which hina United Press. point it was forwarded by sub- marine cable to England!
the under-rate No one can potentialities of a direct air mail service between -Hong Kong and England. It seems however, that Indifference is the keynote in Hong Kong, so far as an air mail (and passenger) service is concerned, and this attitude on 'the part of the community is the more deplor-. able in view of the fact that other cities are forging ahead while we remain, getting our letters vis Sigapore or Bangkok by air maat in fourteen or fifteen days as com pared to seventeen (and sometimes only sixteen) days occupied by the trans-Siberian route before the days of the air mail.
The aspect of this question which calls for immediate attention is the charges for postage imposed on air-mall letters that is being levied at the present moment. Our rates appear by comparison much" too [3065 high. A letter recently reached us from England bearing only 6d stamp, whereas the local Post Office mulet us to the extent of 80 cents (or 20 pefice) to use the air mait for the return journey. Allowing for the vagaries of exchange and the instability or the Hong Kong dollar, there appears to be no very good reason why there can be such a wide gap between the two rates: fd. on the one side and 20 pence
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
THE THIRTEENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 15th DECEMBER, 1934, commen ing at 2.00 p.m.
St
NEWSPAPER ATTACKED BY RUFFIANS Sequel To Publication Of
Smuggling Incident
[Special to the "Hong Kong D233
Press" (Copyright).]|
CAPTURED BY BANDITS
American Couple And Child
Nanking, Dec. 12. Missionaries in Anhui province have telegraphed to the United States Consul, reporting the cap- ture by Communists of an Ameri- can couple, John Stam and his 'wife together with their three- months-old daughter, at Tsingteh 120 miles south of Nanking.
The American authorities have requested urgent Government ac- tion specially in view of the mother possible dangers to the and baby.- Reuter.
FRENCH MINISTERS
Amoy, Dec. 12. The "Szeming. Daily Newa," the largest paper here, was attacked yesterday by thirty raffans armed with bricks and stones who broke the doors and windows. The cause for the attack is believed to be the publication of a story of the seizure of smuggled goods from the Can- ton Maru on Monday when several Formosans aboard the vessel fired to resist the Customs inspection. The culprits were arrested by the (By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele Japanese Consular Police and the sophia AliE Ordinance, 1894- goods confiscated by the Customs Received, December 12, 7.30 p.m.)
cficials.
China United Press.
CHINESE MISSION IN ENGLAND
SATISFIED
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Preas")
Paris, Dec. 12
Both the Foreign Minister, M. Laval, and the Trade Minister, M.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT There was a fair attendance at the first night. I noticed Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Dodwell, with their attractive daughters Anne and Diana.
Mr. and Mrs Henderson took party" which included Miss Joan Churchill and Mr. Mautre.
One party was a'somewhat Navat Crecasion, containing Commodore and Mrs. Frank Ellott, Comdr
Bussey and Comdr. Yates, and Mr. and Mrs. Vere Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Delamain had a dinner party. at which Capt. Michell, Mr. Stocker and Miss Betty Bolton were pre-
'।। sent.
Jean Mackay looked very delight- ful in Oyster coloured satin, and THE WEEK'S TOO LONG Eileen Bonnar showed up well in marocain brightly flowered Or so it appears at the Honga
Dresses in fact were very oral, and Kong Hotel, for never have I seen
others who adopted this fashion so much mid-week dancing as' has,
were Feggy Humphries and Diana been going on lately. I myself
Dodwell. Her sister looked very have been something of a Bird of Paradise, and have dined there striking in bottle green. twice in the lust two days. On I also saw Mr. and Mrs. George Tuesday, particularly; the hotel | Tinson, with Mr. and Mrs. Bellamy. was very full, a lot of large parties and Mr. Travers. distributed themselves about the
Seen at the Races.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
NO BATHING HERE
I hear with regret that the scheme for building a bathing pool. at the U.S.R.C., which I spoke about last week, has been shelved inde- finitely. It is a pify. I had bullt up such a fascinating mental pic- |ture of myself, dressed in 'a rather exotic bathing dress, dangling a languid foot over the edge or the pool during most of the hot sum- mer evenings. However, tirnes are apparently: hard, and the Club found themselves unable to con template the expense or the in- stallation of a pool at such an un- certain period, where the dollar rises like a skylark, and nobody seems to be able to do much about it. I must continue to plod down the Castle Peak Road with my cake of soap firmly clasped in my hand.
NEWS SUMMARY
The Reverend T. F. Ryan; 8.J., in continuation of his series of
accidentally shot in the foot on Page 7. Tuesday. Detalls, are lacking at the moment. The injured man is in the Tung. Wah Hspital.
Marchandean have returned from Only one case of Enteric Fever A Chinese Maritime Customs articles on "Social Welfare" deals their trips to Moscow and Geneva was reported, to the Health Au-officer, stationed at wal-Mut, was with the subject of "Active Work" respectively, both expressing them-thorities for 24 hours ending Dec. selves as "highly satisfied with 11. the outcome of their missions. The
date circles close to "Qual d'Orsay" while emphasising that no has as yet been fixed for Laval'
the amicable settlement of the the past four weeks the Baar issue and of the Yugoslav
a long Mr. Yu Fei Feng had conversation yesterday with Bir Kingsley Wood He is now com- mencing a personal study or
Mr. E. Frederick and Mr. G. W. Sewell were amongst the passen sers who arrived from Manila by
The First Beil will be Rung at on the other. It is time that the posts, telephones, telegraphs, suf† projected trip to Rome, state that the Empress of Canada yesterday commence their rehearsals to-day
1.30 p.m.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 10th December, 1984.
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air, mall was made more attractive
civil aviation.
The Hong Kong Singers" re
at 5.30 p.m. In the Union Church. The decomposed remains of a Hall, Kennedy Road. There are a
Yesterday's Training Times at the Course will be found on Page .10.
The Sino-American Optical Co. were summoned for exposing for sale goods on which a false des- cription had been applied. The
by the introduction of what is. "popular prices." We feel gure small parties and, intensively in- cally pushed the Franco-Itallan
vestigated rallways, that the introduction of cheaper rates on airmail letters would mean and road making with special re-Fransocean Xuo, Min,
ference to cement and tarmac roada.
known in business parlance as./ Chinese mission divided-Itself into Hungarian: dispute has automat Chinese baby, encased in a large i few vacancies for sopranos. Ap case was adjourned Page 6.
shipping negotiations a great step forward copper pot, were found yesterdayplications should be made to the Mah
an increased patronage. --
Mr. Yu Fel Peng remains Can-
morning dumped in a nullah to the Hon. Conductor, 6 Luna Building,, west of the Commercial Press Kowloon (Tel. 50283) to voice test Works, opposite Mingyuen Gardens and classification. Good readers at North Point The police are
are essential. making enquiries,
The three days sale of work by
It can thus be seen that the two
The wedding is announced to factors existing to-day standing against the popularity of the airther two weeks The mutary take place shortly of Mr. Oswald mall are (1) the speed of the ser- scetion of the mission and about James, of the East Lancs, residing six members of the Mao Teng Chu at Napking Barracks, Shamshulpo, vice and (2) the heavy charged aviation mission are proceeding to and Miss Doris Bhea-Lawler, of the Giris, Pokfulam, commenced yes Jean Walsh, of Repulse Bay Hotel, Saturday's Home Football made on air mail letters from
America. to-morrow/== DONT FORGET Hong Kong. Both matters can be
Reuter
THAT WHEN You are at Home you can get the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
at SELFRIDGES.
CHEKTANG CHAIRMAN
APPOINTED
adjusted the first by more en- thusiasm on the part of the com- munity in their demand for the hastening of negotiations which will link Hong Kong with airlines from other parts of the world, and the second, by an Immediate
Nanking, Dec. 12. examination of the possibilities
The Executive Yuan has pen to the authorities were the pointed Mr. Huang Shao rates reduced to "popular prices Chairman of Chatt
~ Hong Kong's future as an airport Mr, la Ti Ping.
in South China must never be lost made Vice-Chair
sight of and if we are to maintain Muitary Advisory
our position as one of the leading Reuter
cities in this part of the world, then
the time has come for us to show
a more lively interest in the de- ing such rapid progress sil, arouf
velopment in aviation that is make me.
Station House, 59) Nathan Road, Kowloon.
A big dynamo, weighing ton, which was!
lorry, slipped off turned a corner Soldiers
on the
for
are
Votes of Pubile Money totalling more than $80,000 will be present ed to the Finance Committee at the Council Meeting to day. Page 7-** Inspector, Robert Shannon, of
selections Left Out's the Hong Kong Police, and Miss the Industrial Home for Blind terday at the Women's Inter-were married yesterday at St. An- given on Page 10. national Club, Chung Tin Building, drew's Church, the Rev. R. Royse Hand-knitted woollen jumpers and of HMS Medway omelating at Two Poftua The wedding was charged before kiddies clothes are for sale. Dolls the ceremony. T dressed by a mer ber of the Wo witnessed by Mrs. Smith and Insp. Kowloon,
W Shannon, the bridegroom's alleged kidi men's Club are also on display."
brother
guese lad, Page 6.5
the
ryed for
pantomime will be
Lady Southern, Dog Home
the presen
of lovers of animals,
Results of
Royal Hong Kong
Yacht Club's mid-week races are
given on
being..
strate,
ith the
Portu
TWO women were charged for keeping
stered nul-teals” and were each fined $25 Fage
On the