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ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS.
SCOUT AND DIDE JAMBORALLY.
THE CANTON INSURANCE. OFFICE LTD.
TH
THE Scout and Guide Associations NOTICE TO SHAREHÖLDERS.
hope that the residente of Hong Kong will attend thair Jame borally on Wednesday, 8th May, at the Hong Kong Football Club Ground, Happy Valley, at p.m." Seats are not reserved so it is hoped that everyone attending the show will be punctual...
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel are due at 4 pro..
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1935.
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HE Fifty-fourth Ordinary The
tieneral Meeting of Sharehold, ers will be half at the Offices of the undersigned on Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1935, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 81st December, 1984. ·
The Shure Register and Transfer Books will be CLOSED from the th to the 22nd May, 1995, both days inclusives.
Boy Scouts and Girl Guides from Canton and Roy Scouts from Macao will take part in the Jamborally.
The Band of the lot. Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment under the direction of Bandmaster Griffett will play during the afternoon by kind Hong Kong, lat May, 1935. permission of Major Griffin and the Officers of the Regiment.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.
General Agents.
There will be Bridge Building by the Scouts, Floral Pageant, Country Dancing, Badge Word Displays.
Handicraft by Girl Guides will be on sale and Handiwork by the Scouts will be on Exhibition "
His Excellency the Governor will
take the Salute at the March Past.
The Colony Standard will be presented to the Colony Commis- sioner by Lady Peel.
Prices of admission are:
Covered Stande Open Standa...
$1.00
... 20 cts. Tickets will be sold at the Ground, Take the Happy Valley Tram or No. 1 Bua to get to the Jamborally.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
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Forms for
the
Sixth
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RAFT Programmes and Entry Extra Race Meeting, to be held on SATURDAY, 1th May. 1935, (weather permitting), may be obtained as the Secretary Office, Gloucester Building: The Club House, Happy Valley; tre Hong Kong Clab; and the Stables. Shan Kwong Bond.
Entries close at 19 o'clock NOON on THURSDAY, the 8 MAY, 1935.
By Order.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
: OF CANTON, LTD. (INCORPORATED In Hoxa Koxo).
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY TEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, Taios Building, Hong Kung, cou FRIDAY, 24th MAT, 1995, nt 11 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account” to 81st December, 1994, and of declar ing Dividend, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Bociety will be CLOSED from 8th MAT to 24th MAY, Both Daye
inclusive.
By Order of the Board.
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 80th April, 1835.
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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG) NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
Q. B. BROWN, -
Secretary.
SHELL HOUSE.
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DRAGON PROCESSION
TRAGEDY
The Daily Press.
Hong Kong May 7, 1935.
HONG KONG AS AN AIRPORT
bas
considerable time Some elapsed since we had the “an- that Hong Kong nouncement” would be linked up with Sirigspore by air mail but apart from the fact that a statement was made in the Legislative Council, to the elect that Kai Tak would be developed, we have heard no more about the project. That in itself not surprising for we, in Hong Kong, have long since been used to mere promises" insofar as the welfare of the Colony is concerned but it is nevertheless somewhat disappointing and not a little un- satisfactory.
Now, when we are all celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Fils Majesty the King. It would appear to be most fitting to take the initial step towards making Kai Tak, not only a civil aérodrome, but one that would, in the near future, develop so rapidly that it will be one of the most important airports in the Far East. At this stage, however, we must sound a note of warning, and it is this:-
N
HONG KONG BY
NIGHT
A Fairyland Of Lights
The Colony Was transformed into a veritable fairyland last night
If Gossip We Must
(By-"PRUDENCE")
The social kaleidoscope sointil-
by the brilliant and beautifullylated more brightly than ever at arranged illuminations and" de the Garden Party given in honour corations along the waterfront, the of the Silver Jubilee at Govern
ment House, yesterday. All the harbour, the Feak, the mainland
world and his wife turned out for and the city itself. At 8 p.m. the
the occasion, ddwling sunshine Illuminations were switched On
instantaneously.
threw a glamour over the event. and. there is no denying that green grass and shady trees make an ideal background for summer. frocks. Floating chiffons and fut- tering organdies made Hong Kong's "dream of fair women" a most delighidut reality.
On the Hong Kong side, the waterfront from Hong Kong Club to the Post Office, and at Kowloon the stretch from the Godown Com- pany's premises to Holt's wharf and several public buildings, which were "ocially" luminated by the silver Jubilee Committee. present-
Once inside the grounds all was well but getting there proved' ra- ed a scene unparalleled in the his-ther a problem. Too many people tory of the Colony.
The Clock tower at the Railway terminus was a delight while Sign al Hill attracted considerable at tention. The whole of the Kow- joon and Whampoa Decks, were also floodlit while the Peninsula" Hotel, the European YMCA, the Water Police Station, and the wharves also attracted a large number of sightseers with its mar- vellous decorations and lighting effects.
On the higher levels the words "God Save The King" at May the most prominent Road was while Government House was the centre of attention with its bril-
Royal Crest liantly illuminated
St.. and the surrounding lights. Joseph's College also presented a beautiful scene which was one of
the most effective with the words.
"1910-1935, while the luminated houses here and there on the hills transformed the Peak into a scene that has probably never been wit- nessed in the Colony."
had the same bright idea that the corner of Kennedy Road was the place for parking cars and the re- sult was a glorious jam. DELICIOUS DRESSES
A stimulating band played on. the lawn overlooking the harbour and dainty tea-tables lured one to and refreshment. I found rest the effect of so many shimmering
rather con summer frocks was fusing, but even in that crowd a number of particularly effective ones linger in my memory Lady Peel had a most exquisite dress of grey with wide pale. French Bishop-sleeves and just a touch of delicate pink on the cuffs and, at the peck. Lady Shenton looked delicious too, in oating chidons of creamy yellow; Lady Boathorn had a most artistic dress of shadowy blue and gray and two lovely girls (Barbara and Heather Hance) looked as if they had just stepped out of some old-world pic-| ture in Victorian gowns of billow- ing organdie..
Sir William Hornel was also included in the Honours List
-tilted with flowers. Mrs. Hayden. looked slender in striped fawn. And were all our local lovelies Hermione Beauclerk and there?
and
Army and the Navy, as well as the more sombre morning coats of the unofficial members of Council. Scattered about the gally de- corated hall 1. caught sight of most. of the "well knowns" of the Co
best. lony, all looking their Amongst the wearers of that lovely new pale blue shade was Lady Peel. Lady Southor wore red. with an attractive cape to match... Mrs. N. L. Smith had a cool look- ing grey dress, and three-quarlar length coat. Mrs. Moore looked as cherming as ever in palest pink. and I loved Mrs. Kotewall's paie blue dress: Mrs. de Ville had a very nice green sult and hat,
A "Reuter" message received THE
HE Public are hereby notified from Singapore some time ago was that as from May 1st, the that it was intended by the people premises situated at 24-02, Queen's concerned to extend the air service Road Central, designated "Asiatic from that port to Hong Kong via *Building", will be known as Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Manila and "SHELL HOUSE".
finally to Hong Kong. We cannot,
Almost every building in Hong [3481 nor do we for a moment want to
Lace dresses were most becom- try, to understand why such a Kong had at least one lantern on route should even have been display and from one end of the ing. Mrs Digby looked marvellous thought of owing to the extreme island to the other beautiful lights in smoke coloured lace. Mrs NL
were the pass word. Perhaps the Smith had a lovely streamline dress her sister drifled about, Betty and dangers it has to offer while the
was of white. Mra. Lang was very Heather Gerrard, Sylvia and Valarie Rying distance would also be un-most enchanting spectacle necessarily long. In addition it Statue Square which was most smart. In dark brown lace and I Morris, Honour. and Rosamund would also mean that were the tastefully decorated while Supreme ked the dark green warn by Mrs. Hancock. Rosalie Alabaster
D. M. Richards. Lady Pollock in Alwen Owen Hughes. Ann and proposals to materialise, the Com-Court, the Hong Kong Hotel, Glou-
cester Building, Shell House, Jar-royal blue was very elegant. Mrs. Diana Dodwell Yvonne Shenton, pany or Companies concerned with the operation of the service would dine's and the other large public Hamiton looked very pretty in Elizabeth Monkton and lots of have to maintain two distinctly buildings were just one sea of black and white. Mrs. Carrington-new giris" whose names 1 forget, separate fleets, namely aeroplanes multi-coloured lights.
Sykes, wore crushed strawberry, in their cool and dainty pinks and
that this dimculty might be over- and seaplanes. Of course we grant
Proceeding further westwards one and Mrs Seth-Smith had a fas- blues and lacs and flowery frocks came to the large department | cinating cape- effect in shell-pink, of every hue, a regular "rosebud come by the use of what may be stores and Chinese restaurants and -COOL AND FRESH -
garden of girls' nou forgetting these lost nothing by comparison
the pretty girl in a little silver Mrs. Franks looked very nice in
cap with a captivating brim of
was very cool and fresh tà flower-
someone tell me her name? |
way, has only just got back from- ed silk and Mrs. P. D. Wilson had
But time is flying, and I must Manila) wore white. - a graceful dress of shaded blue. With her was her niece Miss
fly too, to see the illuminations Everything was so exciting that, flash up.........and don't forget weit is difficult to know what to pick a visit
all must rise at crack of drawn on the morrow and go down to Happy Valley to see the great Review!
Performer Dies Of Sunstroke
marred
the
Tragedy celebrations yesterday when in the Jubilee
course of the Chinese procession
'ed with sunstroke and subsequent- y died in the Government Civil Hospital. The tragedy occurred shortly after 2.30 p.m. in Queen's Road when the unfortunate man
one of the performers was affect called amphibians. The biggest with the larger buildings in the green and Mrs. R. M. Henderson bright transparent blue will and Mrs. Bousfield, (who by the
objection to the proposed route, Lowever, lies in the fact that if would necessitate a most difficult top-the fight from Sumatra to Borneo, over the Java Sea, which while taking part in the dragon is not only shark infested but procession was seen to fall but what is even
worse, which is although assistance was imme- notorious for. the unsuitable con- diately forthcoming from mem- ditions which prevails in that re- bers of the St. John Ambulance | glon. No sooner we get over this Brigade, he failed to regain con- than we have to cope with the rciousness and was taken by am- fight over the thick forests of bulance to the Government Civil Borneo but the worst is to come Hospital, where he died about three for the hop from this point to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN hours later. The man's name was that the 81XTY-SIXTH iven as Chin Yau, aged 41. ORDINARY YEAR: Y MEETING Owing to the heat and tonges of the Company will be held at its tion, there were also several cases HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, of fainting but the victims.s001 Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 24th revived after receiving first aid MAY, 1935, at 11.20 am, for the. from the members of the St. John purpose of receiving the Report of Ambulance Brigade who were on the Directors and the Statements of | duty throughout the procession, Account to 8 st December, 1984, add of declaring Dividend, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 8b MAX to 24th MAY, Both Days
inclusive.
"By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,"
General Manager. Hong Kong, 30th April, 1985,
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Manila would be over an expanse
of the ocean where typhoons and, sales are more the rule than the exception.
As an alternative, therefore, we suggest that if Hong Kong is going to be linked up with the other parts of the world, it should be done via Rangoon, Bangkok, The crime element was also pre-Haiphong and finally Hong Kong valent. numerous reports having Not only would there be a saving beer received by the Folice con- In time, as it is only about half the cerning pick-pockets. some of distance as compared with the whom were arrested. The culprits other one, but it would be a safer will probably be charged this route, covering as it does "opened" morning.
territory.
JACKIE COOGAN'S INJURIES
San Delga May 5. Jackle Coogan sustained two broken ribs and bruises.— Reuter.
heart of the city.
The Hong Kong Tramways-con- tributed their quota to the illumi- nations by running a car, ut up most gorgeously and bearing a shield with the photographs of their Majesties in it. This car traversed the whole route, from the east end or the Island to the terminus at the other extreme end and huge crowds. cheered as it Passed the more thickly populated
areas.
·
Along Queen's Road the plen- dour was repeated, China Eut port the National City Bank and the Bank of China, being the most consplenous-
Gibbon who is here on Mrs, Colls Hallowes was very Miss Murrow looked enchanting in smart in pale blue flowered silk frilly green, and Mrs Grantham was sweet in pale turquoise blue Mrs. Dovey looked vivid fn daffodil
yellow and Mrs. Simon was an-
Hearle was
A PERFECT DAY.
out to talk about: Battery Path" was a gay scene when we emerged from the meeting. Thousands of eager Chinese" sightseers were awaiting"" the procession. They stood, sat, lay, or merely hung on anywhere -that they could. One old Grannie was seen to scale the wall, near the bottom of the Path, with the help of her inevitable
(By "ONLOOKER") Oh, what ar obliging "Clerk of the Weather! May the Sixth was a perfect day; and we could all umbrella, and a stalwart to pull
wear a succession of lovely clothes
other who wears that particular colour with great success. Mrs. in brown and Mrs Hall chose emerald green. Several things caught my fancy: among them the dainty yellow slippers Mrs. W. L Marshall had; the in a day of many changes. First we triguing gloves of striped organ-
appeared in our smärtest morning die worn by Mrs. Bowes-Smith, and the clever costume of black Cathedral,
clothes for the service at the and the meeting ät
from morning till night. It was
THE HARBOUR Ships in the harbour were al brilliantly fluminated, especially striking being those on the Hermes, the NY.K. liner and the Portuguese with a swagger-coat of white linen Volunteer Headquarters." And gunboat.
"worn by Mrs, Brasier-Creagh,
talking of clothes was there ever such a contrast in male apparel ROSEBUD GARDEN OF GIRLS as appeared on the dals as the "Mrs. Forster had foating scarves Volunteer Headquarters. There of tangerine with a dress of pale were the historic robes of the green. Mix. David Strellett looked Law Courts; and of two great very pretty in powerblue and churches.. There were flashing white. Miss Cotton had
hat uniforms of the Civil Service, the
It was indeed a celebration worthy of the occasion and up till the
TO-DAY'S WEATHER
late hours of the night the crowds, as though reluctant to tear them selves away from he splendour of For sometime now "night flights the whole thing, still thronged the over, Hong Kong have been in streets, feasting their eyes on the dulged in and the "survey must beauty which Bong Kong, in her have been found highly satisfac-Jubilee mood, had to offer, tory or these flights would no doubt, have long since been abandoned. Conditions for flying in Hong Kong have been declared "favourable" by more than one authority and it appears that all that is left to do An earlier message anounced now is "official action." Ever since that he had beep injured, but not it was ceded to Britain, the polley seriously, while hig, father, John of Hong Kong seems to have been Coogan. the child flm-star, Jun on the lines of laissez-faire. We 1or Durkin, Robert Hozier, of Los have had more than one example Angeles, and Charles Jones, fore to show us that such a policy does man of the Cougan ranch were have pay yet the powers-that-be Nu the SIXTY-NINTE Buckman Springs, when the Coolee Year, therefore, we make this AJOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN killed in a motor-smash near have persisted in it. In this Jubi ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING gans' car crashed on the rocks, appeal, that Hong Kong should; an embankment, emerge from her shell and take the place in the world, which due to her splendid harbour and central situation, is hers by right.
BRITISH TRÅDERS' INSURANCE
- COMPANY, LTD. {[NCORPORATED IN HONG KONG)
་་་
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
of the Company. will be held at its plunged down
RAILWAY EXPERT
HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, and turned four somersaults. Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 24th MAY, 1985, at 11.25 am for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Accomt to 31st December, 1984, and' of declaring Dividend, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Sth MAY to 24th MAY, Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
-A, W. HUGHES,
General Manager,
ARRIVES
The following is the weather forecast for to-day:-East winds, light: fine to cloudy:
WETIL
MAXIMOS RESUMES
OFFICE
M. FLANDIN IN MOTOR SMASH
Broken Arm And Head Wounds
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily -Press (Copyright.)1
U.S. SENATOR AMONG
· THREE KILLED
Airplane Crash
her from the top,
The Post Office, was a seething" mass of urgent Philatelists, buying the new issue of stamps, and post- ing registered letters to themselves for all they were worth. I sng- gested to one that he might send one of thèse missives to a sweetle at home and par chance, with the addition of a short note request- ing her to return the stamps forth- with But he said he could not be sure enough of getting the valu- -able things back again. How un-
trusting' are our menfolkt
BOND EXCHANGE BY U.S. TREASURY
Washington, May 5 Mr," Henry Morgenthau, S
Becre Benator Bronson Cutting was tary to the United States Trea among three known to have been sury has announced that $1,446, killed when the trans-continental 000.000 of the $1,933,000,000 worth airliner Shychief: crashed near0 First Liberty Bonds conver Atlanta
tible or Jure 15, are offered in Reuter.
erthange - for new lover interest bearing securities
to the
Paris May 5, After a serious motoring acc
The investigation into the cause dent on Saturday when he sus or the accident showed that the tained grave injuries including fault lay with the (Special to the Hong Kong Dz 1 broken arm and wounds in the the Deputy Mayor,
Prez” (Copyright),
head, Premier Blandin received the Auxerre "Flandin ́expert medical treatment la 8 Athens, May 5.
or the right Maximos, the former Greek cliale after which he proceeded to
accordth Foreign Minister, has oficially the prefecture of Auxerre where he the other car resumed his duties at the express passed a good night. wish of Premier Tsaldaris. Max- On Sunday morning the condi-into Paris, May 5.mos will head the Creek delegation of the patient was declared. at the invitation of the Chinese Titulescu left here on Saturday on to the Balkan Union con by the doctors to be satisfactory Government to examine and ad-night for Bucharest declaring i férence In Bucharest m May 10. so that at mid-day the Premier could return to Paris" by the vise on the Chinese railway sys- himself well satisfied with his stay Pezmasogia who had rest
ordin
Flandin hopes tem. They will remain in China i Paris Titulescu is hurrying; from the post of Finance Mini
be well enough to Cabinet meeting on
Shanghai, May 6. Four Britian railway experts, headed by Brigadier-General F
D. Hammond, arrived here to-day
RUMANIAN MINISTER LEAVES PARIS
Hong Kong, 80th April, 1985,
four months proceeding to Nax king to-morrow,/-
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home to prepare the Balkan Union has also resumed formar that he Congress beginning of May 18 office Traniocéan Kuo Min.
attend
Transocean Kuo Alin
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The exchange, is being made en 4.pst for par basis until after
on May 7, when the price new bonds will be raised i
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