NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.
TENDERS for SPECIE and
DOLLARS Currant in this Colony, for Telegraphic Transfer, on the Lords Commissioners of Elis Majesty' Treasury, London, up to and for the Sum of £100,000, will be received by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE antil # o'clock .. on the17 JUNE
1935.
The Tenders to state the Total Amount (in Pounds Sterling). No Telegraphir Transfer will be made for less than £100.
The Tenders to be in Duplicate, and in Sealed Covers, addressed to the TREA SURY CHEST OFFICER, COM- MAND PAY OFFICE, and endorsed TENDERS FOR GOVERNMENT BILLS, sto."
The right to accept or reject any or all of the Tenders is reserved.
Copies of Forms of Tender can be had on application,
"Persons tendering for (Bill) are hereby Noided that, having regard to the provisions of the Acts 12 George III. Cap. 45 and 41, George III, Cap. 53, the acceptance of any meh Tender fa subject to the express condition that no Member of the British House of Commons shall be admitted to any whare or part in or to any benoit te arise from the Con- isot thereby nade for the allotment of sach (Bill)
The provisions in question do not apply to Contracts entered into by may incorporsted Company in its corporated capacity and made for the general benefi of the Company."
R. H. SMYTH,
Major, H.A.P.C Treasury Cheat Offcar,
Hong Kong.
His Majesty's Treasury Office,
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Editorial and Business Office: 11,
Ice House Street, Tel: 30251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office):
Tel. 24511.
London Office: 53 Fleet Street,
E.O. 4.
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, JUNE 17, 1938.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
We have had, from time to time, letters and articles in the papers, all urging for "something to be done for the poor children of the
on
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1935.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF
AUDACIOUS BURGLARY
NEWS SUMMARY
George Alexander Gordan, a 22, year old teacher of the Cosmopoli- tan College was on Baturday bound over by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy in a sum of $350 to be called up for judge-
ment within 12 months on B
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Not satisfied with taking away clothing and other articles from the room, a thief or thieves cooly charge of having attempted to ob- walked off with, the key to the servants quarters of No. 1 Taksin $60 from the purser of 5.5. Page 7 Shing Street, Arst floor on Satur-Empress of Canada. day morning.
V.R.C, held their first gala night on Saturday which proved to be Over 300 people a great success. were present and W, Lawrence de lighted them with a creditable win in the 100 yards open "invitation.
the to
are
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In a report to the police Mr. Herman Koerner stated that the burglary was committed at about 2.15 a.m when it is surmised that the thief entered the ground floor by climbing up an iron window grille and entered, Mr. Koerner's room by passing through the
The Chinese Bathing Club also he coolly picked where window and chose his "fancy" from the held their first gals night and the Colony." In fairness to the peo-room including clothing and other open relay race was won by the The Royal Navy provided ple responsible, it must be said articles to the value of about $55. Q.B.C.
opposition in the Water Polo which that the Colony has very definite While all this was going on Mr. reasons to be satisfied with the and Mrs. Koerner were sleeping in they lost by three goals to 1.
Page 10. made in the room and were totally unaware progress that has been
There is the In-of the happening. this direction.
The perpetrator or perpetrators Tong of the Hong Kong dustrial School at Aberdeen and
much of the crime walked off with the Rubber Manufacturing Co., Ltd. something similar.
servants quarters had a harrowing experience on smaller.scale, of course, at Caro-key
Saturday night when, with a party line Hill, namely the Junior Tech-through their room.
on a swimming outing to Big Wave nical School. The St. Louis In-
Bay, he was attacked by a sword DOG BITES dustrial School too, has done much
fish,
Page 8. good work so that it will be seen
After
having bitten several that the poor boys are well cater-
whom he
police edfcr. Insofar as the well-to-do people peuple are concerned, there is the trying to trace, a Black and white University where the most mo- dag. belleved to be a cross breed
between
dog and a dern
are methods of teaching
those European dog. was shot through followed, and as for
the head by a police Reservist at who do not desire
Uni- a education" there are Hungham at about 10.45 am. as yesterday after it had bitten two many excellent schools such Queen's College, La Salle College, persons, there on the spot.
Strongly suspected of being a Diocesan Boys' School and King's College etc. But what of the mid-rabid dog, the difficulty of con- the more dle class parent who wishes to give firming it is made his children some technical edu-harder due to the gun shot being cation but cannot afford to send on the head. them on to the University? There them on to the University and it is to be deplored that these peo- ple, who form the majority of the working classes, should be denied the opportunity so essential for
Another Case the future generation just because Hong Kong, will not do thare than
Three Chinese, Chung Yau, a make a pretence at being a mod-stone-breaker, Tsang Cheong, also a stone-breaker and Mo Tal 3 married woman were all sent to the Kowloon Hospital on Saturday after having been bitten by a dog.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF veralty
HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
IN 23 GOODS or Mas. "AGNES ELIZABETH FAIRGRIEVE OR KENNEDY, LATE OF SOMERSET, KINNOULL, PERTH, PERTHSHINE, SCOTLAND, WIDOW, DECEABED.
NOTICES by virtue of
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1887, made an order limiting the time for Creditors and Others to send in their Claims against the above Estate to the 4TH DAY of JULY, 1936,
All Creditare and Others are accord- ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.
W
Dated the 8th day of June,, 9 15. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Solicitors for the Executors,
Prince's Building,
Ice House Street,
Hong Kong.
13599
NOTICE.
THE WORLD STATE
FELLOWSHIP
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The World State Fellow- ship was established on the First Day of June, 1935, by its Members in accordance with its Constitution
THE WORLD STATE FELLOWSHIP,
B. S. WOODRUFF,
Necretary. Hong Kong, lith June, 1935
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NOTICE.
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is hereby notified that the Valuation Lists for the Colony
for the Year 1985-1936 will be Open to Inspection at the Treasury for Twenty-Oue days commencing on TUESDAY, June 18th, 1935."
(80). EDWIN TAYLOR, Colonial Treasurer & Assessor of Bates,
NOTICE.·
ANTAMOK GOLDFIELDS MINING CO., Norton is hereby given that the TOTICE is hereby given that the pany will be Closed on the Evening of June 24th until June 30th for the purpose of prepa ing Warrants for the Payment of Dividend.
LEON A. ALARAS,
Secretary.
WANTED
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A capable European gentleman
ern city.
This defect does not. of course, affect those people who do not have their homes permanently in. Fong Kong but there are many Chinese. Indians, Portuguese and other familles who have been here for generations and who have not the slightest intention of changing their abode and since they may with perfect justification claim
own, where Hong Kong as their they spend all their" money surely they are entitled to something in return?
It would be a good idea if the Government were to start a tech- nical school" for the mid- dle classes, and one way to help would be to start an endowment fund for scholarships. There are many public spirited members of the community, we feel, who would be only too glad to lend assistance in this direction and if the scheme is carried out, the Government will have the eternal gratitude of the whole of the community in gener- al and the middle class parent in particular.
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CHINA NAVY MUTINY
Canton Steamers Suspended
Following the example set last fellowmen, three year by their
Turther naval ships belonging to Nanking mutinied and came down South, one of them being the flag. ship. They are Hai Chi, Chao Ho and Hai Shen.
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chow
A description of the dog has been circulated by the police as a warning to persons
who have been bitten by the animal and up to the present three persons have Identifled the dog as being their assailant.
storm... on
Hong Kong benefitted to the ex- tent or about five inches of rain
thunder during the Saturday morning. Three casual- ties were reported to the police due to the intensity of the storm.
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Several companies were struck of the Register and many appoint ments etc... were made according to the Government gazette issued on Friday.
Page 7.
Lovelock, the New
Zealand athlete, won the "Mile of the Cen- try" at Princeton in a thrilling with other international finish stars.
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4 Gossip We Must
[BY "PRUDENCE").
"The Song Of Shek’0”- When breakers climb the rocks
With allver-fashlik foam Through spume and spray We sport and play
And scramble up the comb Of a shoreward-rolling wave,..
And there's no such joy for me As à breathless fight". With a green-clad Knight
From the armies of the Sea
Yes
this IS the gossip columni...and I DONT apologise for breaking into verse
f -you want to know why, you must ask the children who went to the lovely party given by Mrs. M. H.
the
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE
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Good-bye
P. R. U. is now closing down for the seasom. Good-bye., Good-bye!
مشد السب
"PRUDENCE" DEPARTED
(BY "ONLOOKER”).-
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Alas, our Gossip' Writer-in-Chief. Prudence has departed for a long spell of Home leave. We shall miss the fruit of her fluent pen not a little. Let us hope that she will occasionally remember us in London, and write and tell us about all the "Lovelles" there
Your "Onlooker" has that "dis- tressing habit of going about in a
Turner and Betty and Beryl Fair last Saturday as "Wits End.” . S
time rioting over the smooth sands Weekly Press, so that I can read It was some party I.assure you.and through the shallow waters of the diary written by my successor. for Betty and Beryl are adored by the prettiest bay in the Colony. And so all the children who, go to
SANDY SEA-URCHINS
Everybody Kiddies Riding School, and по
Then came tea indoors and it wonder
Few girls in the was amusing to see all these sandy Colony work harder than they, but little sea-urchins turn into dainty they feel rewarded by the wonder- children again. Wendy Joseph, a ful progress made by their puplis. dark-eyed fairy, in a dress thread- One has only to see the children | ed with satin ribbons, Angela cantering with folded arms, taking Hampden-Ross, sedate and serious the jumps, and controlling their in white. Helen Tracy gay and pontes in masterly style, to know sparkling in pink, Small Eleanore that they are being taught in the Sanger, enjoying everything. Pat right way. But I am straying Stellinwerff, always ready for a away from the subject of the romp and Peter with that twinkle party..... Wits End is a most
in his eye. Alan Prior with a very attractive house; very modern and grown-up air, dainty Virginis "streamline" within, it stands in a Jenkinson, Sturdy little Michael commanding position on the edge Stewart, and Mrs Cross's small of the cliffs above Big Wave Bay, daughter who has such lovely rosy where there is a delightful garden cheeks that it is hard to believe complete dream, with her, head in the making, and a wonderful she has been living in the hottest
buried in a newspaper. On Satur- view of the hills and the sea. part of India. Another honoured | day she boarded a ferry, and laden. Bathing-kit was the wear on guest was "Marmaduke". the lame to the teeth with her own shop- Saturday, for Wits Erid provides sparrow which had a broken leg ping, library books, a mackintosh, -- The Beckenham tennis cham-swimming of the most thrilling and is now so tame It will perch | an umbrella, and last but not least pionship Anals, provided some description. Mrs. Turner has on Beryl's finger, and make friends a small offering for the departing suprises. Buning Austin and Fred planned a wonderful diving plat- with anyone who feeds it with Prudence she wound her weary Perry were besten, and in the form above a little cove known as crumbs, -
way past all the perilous overhead women's final Mrs Helen Wills "Wits Pool" It is reached by a
It was a grand party, and when menaces, the trucks, lorries, rail- Moody was quickly disposed of by narrow path down the cliff and in I left they were still playing wild way lines, and all the other in- Miss Dorothy Round. Page 11. this sheltered cove one can dive games of "Twos and threes" and ↑ cumbrances of Kowloon Wharf to straight down into forty feet of "Prisoners Base" on the lawn. the very end, and still there was ...The deep blue sea, and ride back again. This is quite a week of parties no sign of the Rajputana. on the heavy swell that pushes up and birthdays, Wendy Joseph has unheard of thing had happened, the picturesque rocks of the pool hers at Repulse Bay, this after-she was not alongside at all, and FOR EXPERTS ONLY
noon, and Marygold Sorby is everybody, but the blind Onlooker This sort of thing is for experts giving a party at Tiger Bay to had seen her in mid-stream alf only, but there seemed to be quite morrow.... and then there is the while!" a number last Saturday. Led by the Cocktail Party of board. HMS. Well it was too late to go`on
then, Beryl and Betty (who swim as well Suffolk... that alas is a fare- board
so the disconsolate as they ride) the bigger children well affair before the start for number two Gossip Writer took a were on their mettle. Helen Home with that pricelesa cargo of ricshaw and tried to find the new Sanger as leader did some won- Chinese Art Treasures. It will be flat of a friend. This turned out derful dives. Little Barbara Hazel a marvelous evening. I know, for to be no easy job. Having asked is a wonderful diver too and can the officers of HMS. Suffolk several Europeans, quantities of swim like a fish. Pam Turnbull definitely know just how "to throw Chinese, and one Sikh, policeman, (with her mop of flaming hair) a party" I am terribly disappoint- who. preferred to jump, sometimes ed I must miss it. curled in a ball, sometimes 'a | CLOSING DOWN straight jump that took her away Good-bye. Everybody
this down out of sight. Marygold is PRU. calling from the crest Sarby has a long easy stoke very of a wave in the harbour and for pretty to watch. Leslie. Womack | positively the last time. arrived with a heavily bandaged frequency that will cease alto have some stimulating conversa- knee and could only limp about gether when the ship goes out tion (and some orange juice) with and watch rather wistfully from through Lyeemoon... No more the most interesting person in the rocks.
shall I have the pleasure of writ-town. We talked of this, and that. ing the social chroniclel but I and the other, mcluding the great shall be longing for news of you Douglas Fairbanks who has just all. and I do hope someone will send me coples of the Overseas
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An important statement by the Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Riñe Association which will hold a special general meeting on Wed- nesday is published on Page 6.
It appears that the people were inside a matshed at Matau- kok, Kowloon City, when a brown and white spotted dog entered their abode and bit the inmates savagely. All three were unable to run away quick enough' and A very large gathering of Mein- after the attack the dog im-bers of the Shirley Temple Club mediately bolted and was not seen again despite the keen search made by the police.
MOTOR ACCIDENT
2824 along Cornwall Road, Kow
While driving private car No.
loon Tong, Mrs. E. K. Sequeira a learner driver who was accom- panted by Mr. F. A. GUI at the time, met with an accident..
In a report made to the police Mrs. Sequeira stated that, as she
was turning into Kent Road "the car skidded and before she could right it, it had already mounted the pavement. The car came to a halt in front of No. 20 Kent Road, damaging the railings in
front of the house.
The car also suffered sight damage to the front. The ac- cident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Saturday.
all wearing their badges were pre- sent at the first of a series of free cinema shows given by Messrs. Fox Films Corporation at the King's Theatre yesterday morning. List of prize winners of the Shirley Temple Scrap-book Competition Page 7,
will be found on
LOCAL AND
GENERAL
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To Ng Yau (26) a Chinese woman
is given the honour of giving birth to the first set of triplets in the Kowloon Hospital. This occured three babies being respectively 4 last Wednesday, the weights of the
lbs. 12 ozs., 3 lba, 6 ozs. 4 lbs. 8 oza, i»,
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The forthcoming wedding is an- nounced of Mr. Melchior Marta LAST NIGHT RAINS."
Francisco. d'Assis Gracă Gutterres, After a respite of more than 24 broker, of 55 Parkes Street, How- hours, the torrential rains sudden-loon and Mrs, Ermancia Tubilio de ly caught Hong Kong again" last night shortly after 10 p.m.
Castro, widow, of the same address.
A dog belonging to Mr., A. H. Potts. residing at the "Roadside," Mount Davis, was sent to Kennedy Town for observation on Saturday after having bitten Mr. Gee, who was later treated by a doctor.
Accompanied by thunder and ~~Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 lightning, it rained heavily in hours ending at 10 am, on Satur- cessantly for over 30 minutes. day was 5.18 Inches. The total Many pedestrians were caught in since January has been 22.93 in- the rains and several small land- ches, as against an average of 30.49 slides were reported. Inquiries inches. Their intention to join the Can-made at the Observatory revealed that from 10 am to 10.30 p.m. ton Naval Naval Forces suddenly reverted to loyalty to the Nan- yesterday the total rainfall regis- xtrg Government by the officers tered was 0.70 inches and from 10 on board in consequence of which am on Saturday to 10 am, yester etrict orders were given by the day it registered only 0.01, Canton Government to fire on them should they attempt to set sail) The forces from Chinese forts on the banks of the nartow channel of Bocca Tigris are watching the ships every move ment intently lest they shouta give them the slip.
A message not quite intelligible
ANOTHER ACCIDENT
A Mr. Stewart who was driving a privata, car along Talpo Road yesterday near the Kowloon Re- servoir met with a nasty accident. The road was made slippery- the rain, and, the car skidded
with capital 315,000 to take was the first Inkling Hong Kong into a wall and turned a over and run for himself a coastal ct of the affair in Canton and sault into a nullah. up-to-date hotel, having two years, the police at once got in touch Mr. Stewart was severely injured standing and yielding a net profit of from $8,000/$6,000 annually. Good with the Naval authorities who and was picked by another car
Immediately wirelessed to HMS. which took him to hospital.ky prospect for immediate expansion, Alternative terms may be considered, Tarantula which is anchored on in which case applicant must farmish Shameen Reply came back soon a minimum cash guarantee of $2,000 to the effect that all was once and the latest developments are with the local Consul's recommenda- more quiet in Cantoff and the keenly awaited. In the meantime tion Applicants to communicate trouble referred to must have con- warring has been issued to all through their respective Consulate, cerned the Bocca Tigris affair. British vessels not to set sail for On Saturday night the Tung Or Canton and if they do they would Kulanga, Amoy, China.
[8579 and the Lung Shan were held up by dolig it at their own risk.
On Thursday, June 20, Mr. H. C. Macnamara, the well-known bar- rister-at-law, will deliver a lecture on In Law Reasonable?" to the Wah Yan Past Students Associa- tion in the dining hall of the Hotel Cecil at 5.30 p.m. Admission is open to members and their friends, or-by Invitation. Ten will be ser- ved at 5.15 pm.
A slight accident occurred on the Castle Peak Road on Saturday morning when public car, No, 121, which was proceeding in the air ection of Castle Peak, on the long straight stretch at Tein Wan, swer- ved in order to miss an object on the road and fan into a paddy
All the smaller children went off to Big Wave Bay in charge of Mrs. Hampden Ross and Mrs. Dick Sanger where they had a grand
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A PEEP AT THE HARBOUR FROM THE UPPER LEVELS.
ADMIRAL DREYER'S
-HEALTH
Weihaiwel, June 16. A bullet lasted on Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer's condition says that he continues to show slight Improvement Reuter,
The driver, who was the only person in the car, luckily escaped being injured, while the car was little the worse for the accident.
One case of cerebro-spinal fever was reported for the 24 hours end- ed on June 14.
on
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AMERICAN GENERAL
REPRIMANDED
none of them, had the- faintest idea where Carnarvon Building was the block eventually hove in sight with the name in large letters over the door. What com- joy to sink into the Ibst fortable sofa in Asia at last, and
passed through here. I gathered he is as full of charm in the flesh,
as he is on the screen; which is satisfactory. It is so awful to have all one's illusions shattered by a celebrity who falls short of one's expectations. Apparently. Mr. Fairbanks and Lady" (Ashley saw The Great Barnum" when they were here, and greatly enjoyed it. Those entrancing dwarfs really are "Little people" and not children made up, and the picture is juxt as wonderful as the advertise- ments tell us, this time. ISLAND BAYAN
I went to Shek-O in the course of the week and had a bathe at Island Bay Heavens, How it. has, changed!" "Brighton isn't ini Even on a week day there were rows and rows of tents, a Kiosk, and a sea full of bathers, Bpite of all these new beaches being opened up the crowds. seem. to get bigger and bigger, and I am more and more thankful that I have my little unknown retreat to bask in, undisturbed, at the week-end.
Washington, June 15. A "GOOD WASH Major-General Benjamin Foulois All the local lovelles are bent on has been adjudged by Mr. George becoming more lovely still," They H. Dern, Secretary for War, not dock to a certain room in the guilty of the charges brought by Hotel, where a positive miracle the military committer of the worker, one Miss Moore gives House of Representatives, but Mr. advice and treatment for their Dern has reprimanded him for complexions,” One goes in feeling “unethical conduct" in- making but a poor thing, and comes out on exaggerated, unfair and mis- the crest of a wave, feeling leading statements before the Incredibly clean, and with a brand sub-committee of the Houseen new make-up into the bargain, quiring into alleged irregularities That's my experience
rather
look
In the War Department. local husband's tribute
-The question of Major-General sweet, as, he looked at Foulots retaining his post is pro- glowing → countenance. blematical at the momento las 112
a rood wash was his comment
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