NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
VICTORIA RECREATION
THE
CLUB
HE Annual swimmin Cham. pionships of the Colony will be held on August 29th to 81st, 1935. Entries will close on August 20th. st GP.M. Entry Forma may be bad on application to the Hon. Secretary
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SALE OF OLD MATERIAL
THE
HE Public Works Department is prepared to receive Tenters for the purchase of a quantity of Old Material comprising -
Aluminium. Brass, Copper, Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, Lead Steel Scrap and Miscellaneous Lots.
Tenders in triplicate (WHICH MUST BE MADE ON OFFICIAL FORM ONLY) under cover marked "TENDER FOROLD MATERIAL, P. W. D.". tu be lodged at the Colonial Secretary's Office, not later than the 20th day of August, 1933, and must remain open for twenty one days after that date, if required.
For form of tender and fürther particulars apply to the Superin- tendent of Accounts and Stores, Public Works. Department, at the B llock Lane Wanchai Depot, where the major portion of the items is held and can be inspected.
R. M. HENDERSON,
Director of Public Works,
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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
[T. IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim Dividend of £2.10.0 per Share, subject to deduction of Income Tax, has been declared for HALF YEAR ending 30th, JUNE, 1935, at that rate of 2/2.1/2 per Dollar.
the
BIRTH
SMITH-On August 5, 1935, at the Country Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Smith, B daughter.
Von
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ENGAGEMENT GREEN-VON BUREN--The engage- ment is announced of Maurice Green of Manchester, England, Buren of and Mrs. A. Shanghai
DEATHS KELLY-On August 3, 1935, at Shanghai, Andrew Kelly, aged 21 years of the Royal Army Service Corps. RAYMOND On August 5, 1935 at the Sino Foreign Clinic, Shang- hal, Marius Raymond, aged 75 vears. Retired from French Municipal Police...
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HONG KONG, AUGUST 10, 1935.
JUDGMENT FROM THE
DOCK
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1935.
When we see the Socialist Party solemnly censuring the Gover- ment for not dealing more succesS-
with fully
the unemployment
Mr.
Even if everything Greenwood accused
IN THE POLICE BRITISH INFLUENCE IN
REPORTS
Accidents And
Suicide Cases
E
Several cases of accidents, and attempted suicide were reported to the Police yesterday in which more than one case proved fatal.
SHANGHAI
Jubilee Celebrations The Best Proof
One of the best proofs of the influence enjoyed by the British the cosmopolitan city of Shanghal was the city wide enthusiasm with which the Suver Jubilee of the accession to the throne of His Majesty King Qeorge V. was locally celebrated. Men of all nationalities here join- JAPANESE DROWNED
ed spontaneously to do honour Japanese fisherman named Matsusaki Shosa Buro, aged 21, to the British sovereign in wish jumped off from the Minata Marning him long life and happiness, writes "Internationalist" in "The China Outlook" of July 26.
While putting up a sign board at No. 28 Stanley Street, a 26-year-extensive old carpenter named Ng Chiu of the same address fell from the ladder and received injuries to his to the head. He was admitted Government Civil Hospital at 9 a.m. and died two hours later.
A
while she was anchored of Wan-
chal, with the intention of swin- ming to another boat anchored nearby. He was not seen again and it is believed that the unfor- tunate man was drowned. The in- cident occurred at 3 p.m. yesterday,
GIRL INJURED
Turning one's attention to local affairs, the question may be asked on what basic factors rests the preponderant influence enjoyed by This in Shanghal. the Britons influence appears to be largely A young Chinese girl Miss Chiu built on two outstanding factors: Sau Ho, aged 18 residing at No. 773 (a) the vast commerical interests Nathan Road, secorid floor was ad-representing British investments mitted to hospital yesterday even- banks, shipping. Import and ex- ing suffering from injuries to her port trade, real estate, newspaper stores, department enterprises, face and body when she was ac- cidentally knocked down by motor factorics" engaged in manufactur- bus No. 119 at the Star Ferry ing cigarettes,, cotton yarn, etc," and terminas. It appears that the the dual transportation system of young lady was waiting for a bus tramways and as it was about to turn to go to its and got in the way of the vehicle stand. The driver tried to avoid hitting her but she was slightly struck by the mudguard.
OPIUM POISONING
Found unconscious in Room No. 15 of the Kwong Tung Hotel in Connaught Road West at 10 a.m. yesterday, a Chinese boarder named IP Pang, aged 27, was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital The man died at 5 o'clock in the poisoning, sald to have been self- afternoon from the effects of opium administered. The deceased only Errived from Swatow the day be fore and left nothing to indicate the motive for the act.
problemi, we feel reminded of the age-old dodge of the malefactor who would escape detection by Joining in the hue and cry and
thief." "stop
By the shouting same token it is nothing less than a colossal, piece of impudence that politicians who had a share in the rialadministration that began in 1929 and mercifully ended in 1931, should have the hardihood to criticise others, that against the Government recently were admitted, there is little doubt; THE DIVIDEND will be payable but that the indictment would still
In another case Chiu Yat Hang. MONDAY, and after AUGUST, 1935, at the offices of be discredited by the advocate's the Corporation, wherr Shareholders own record. In passing it would 27-year-old unemployed of un- are requested to apply for Warmars, perhaps be interesting to ask whatnown address, died in hospital at THE REGISTER OF SHARES plans he and his friends had for 5 pm from the effects of oplum of the Corporation will be CLOSED coping with unemployment for it poisoning. The man was admitted from MONDAY, 29th JULY, to will be only too readily remember to the hospital on the previous day. SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST (both
ed that when they took office the day inclusive), during which period
number of unemployed stood at transfer of shares сап
1,160,000. That, however, is not all registered.
for when they were swent out of office, after pouring out millions and millions of public money and Imperilling the very solvency of the ration's finances, "the number of unemployed rose to the alarming total of 2,824,000. It will be seen
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12th
By Order of the Board of Directors
V. M. GRAYBURN, Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 10th July, 1935,
NETHERLANDS INDIAN
SANDALWOOD
GOVERNMENT SALE. BY TENDER 2t KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, on, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31,935,
AL 10 ..
of 70 (ven hundre pica of sandalwood in ave lots of different qualities as per toples.
For particulars and opportunity to iospect samples please apply per- sonally or by lester in duplicate to the Netherlands Consulate General Hong Kong (Shell House, 6th Floor, Queen's Road, Central). [3723
BLACK STARTS ON FLIGHT
therefore that within the short
space of two years the total had been much more than doubled Then the only means of avoiding a crisis had to be faced, and these
AIR RAID PROTECTION IN SPAIN
bus service; and
municipal administration of what (b) the decisive influence in the
as the International is known
galance. It is an eventuality that will demand the best that British statesmanship has to offer for the co-ordination of British and non- British interests, which cannot al- ways be expected to harmonize, It that the may be pointed out Japanese community in Shanghai since the January 28th incident (1932) has persistently sought to have its voice heard in municipal
trend of with criticisms on the deliberations, and is ever ready
municipal affairs. The smaller na- tions, too, are no longer, content with taking, a back seat in muni- cipal affairs as may be seen in the signs of renewed interest in the direction of a-keen seats on the municipal council.
The Council to-day has the bene- at of Ave Chinese councillors. It has pursued the wise policy of in- viting Chinese to participate in de- partmental activities. The public relatons of the Council are alded by the press bureau which func- tions under a British trained journ- alist aided by two press ofcers. one a Chinese and one a Japanese. But the Council is to-day without the guiding influence of a body of men who take pains to study municipal problems and suggest
designation of traditional brevity Settlement of Shangbai, or if the is to be used, the Shanghai Muni-practical solutioris. cipal Council.
in
Apart from the fact that out of a total of nine foreign coun- cillors five are British with the chairmanship almost always in favour of a British councillor, the high percentage of Britons who of the the various department occupy the leading positions Municipal Council-there is not a
the Police British head. single department which does not have a Commissioners, and inspectors are so preponderantly British that the
cisive expression throughout the will of the British easily finds de- whole bolice system.
„BOOSTING "TRADE On the side of the British dip- lomatic and consular authorities whose main funct.ons in
China
contest for
In the days
RYDER CUP GOLF
British Team Now Complete
Londoni, Aug. 9,
NEWS SUMMARY
At the P.M.C.A. bath yesterday, the East Lanes held their annual aquatic sports, when some keen competition was witnessed. "A Company won the Aggregate Cup,. while
the Company "were runners-up,
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The application made. our behalf of Tong Man Kui alias Tong Chan Tite brothers Ernest and Re-Mung, a fugitive from Canton to have been quash the committal order made gmaid Whitcombe selected to fill the vacancies in the against him by Mr. W. Schofield British golf team for the Ryder was once again before Mr. Justice. wood, New Jersey on September was disrassed in
cision. Cup contes: to be played at Ridge R. B. Lindsell yesterday when it
28 and 29.
The following are the full teams:-
2written de
Раде 6.
Judgment for plaintiff with coste Britain:- Charles Whitcombe, was delivered by Mr. Justice Lind Captain Percy Alliss, Richard Bur-sell yesterday in the summary ac ton, John Bisson, William Cox.tion brought by Wing Hop Lung to a Money money contributed Alfred Perry, Ernest Whitecombe
Σαιπ Association of which Chan Edward Jarma. Alfred Padgham,for the recovery of 3208.50 being
and Reginald Whitecombe.
Раке н. an was the head.
America: Walter Hagen, Capt. Paul Runjan Sam Parks, « Olla Dutra, K. Y, Lafoon, Johnny Re- volta, Henry Fard, Horton Smith, Gene Sarazen ind W. Craig Wood. --Reuter.
THE MOTOR INDUSTRY
Better Figures Słown
Landon, Aug. 8. Statistics issed by the Society of Motor Manfacturers and Tra- ders show the reat expansion of the the British mor industry. of such public-industry gives fork to nearly 14,
250,000 as Mr. A. J. "spirited residents
gone by the Civic League, now de- funct, did appreciable work that approached this ideal, and contributions
are not lo be forgotten. The Chinese Ratpayers' Association, so Hughes and the late Cecil Hoilday
far as I know, does not seem to Possess the
"The
people in manufacture,' sale, repair and operation of motor vehicles and, tas claims to rank second only the distributive trades as the rgest employer of labour. needed regular per- sonnel and research facilities to dig into certain municipal problems which cannot be solved unless the efforts are reinforced by a whole- some pressure of enlightened pub- lic opinion is the natural produce of painstaking investigations.
'ACID TEST
The efficiency of the Council is to-day put to an acid test in the sense that has before it certain
Output
of motor vehicles
has shown rearkable recovery from the depre on period, reach ing, a total of 342,409 in 192 against 146,600 en years earlier, and 238,805 in 29, peak year be- fore the cris's. the total value of exports of motovehicles last year" was more than 14,250,000..
reim
In connection with the reductio: of five shillinger horsepower in the private catax, which cam: consist of boosting British trade outstanding problems of vital conto effect in Jaiary, the interest
cern to its duty of operating the
ing claim is de that the Ex- by consolidating past gains" and finding new channels for the out-machinery of its relations with the chequer alread has been. let or British goods, technical Chinese with as much smoothness bursed for the crifice of a quar as possible. That these problemster of the form rate of the ta: abilty and investments in terms
and their solution demand a stroke by an increase the number o of finance, we see the consistent
cars maintainen, use during th keeping up of the great changes of good state manship is not to be
denied; that the Council is not winter months. for the better initiated by Sir
lacking in this statemanship is also | British Wireles, Miles Lampson, the predecessor of
to be admitted. So long as the Sir Alexander "Cadogan, the first
endeavour to The creation of a national com British Minister to become Am-Coure'l docs not
avercome its present Inertia, its
(Special to "Hong Kont Dally Press") Telegraph, Copyright, · Tele- (By graphic Messages Ordinance, 1804- Received, August 9, 4.30 p.m.)
Madrid, August 9.
mittee to deal with the problem of passive defence by the civil
bassador to Chus, an honour that
stern critics of Insufficiency took te population against the dangers of might have fittingly gone to Sir working efficiency is exposed to
their heels. That, in short, was the part they played in the effort Di reducing the unemployment Agures. Now, when others had done all the hard work and cleared up the mess which they left as a lasting monument of their labours, they have the effrontery to censure those who saved the situation.
Can it be possible that they honest i think that their calamitous re- cord is already forgotten?
Unemployment to-day has fallen to the lowest gure at "which it has stood for the last five years. The progress to recovery which Britain ihas made under the National Government has been re-.. markable and is the envy of other | lands. It will be recalled that when the Natonal Govertiment was formed Mr. Baldwin remarked that
of
од
Miles had the British Government air attack was decided at a session
pot walted for Tokyo to lead council the ministerial
the ambassadorial way. The "ut- Thursday.. Premier Lerroux, the War Minister, the Navy Minister, terances of the local, British Con- the Home Minister, Public Works sul-General, Sir John Brenan, on and Education Ministers all belonging of the Br tish Chamber of Com-
to this committee ex-officio.
It was also decided to establish un institute for experimental re- search methods and chemical war-
fare.
The decree passed also provided for accelerated construction of wireless transmission and receiving
stations for Army vse.— Transocean Ruo rin.
YANGTSE FLOOD
occasions such as the annual meet-
merne, unmistakably point to the Intensive desire of H's British re- lations on a high plane of mutual- ity and consequent equality. The merchants are also beginning to appreciate the fact that if they are not to be left in the race as competitive bidders for the trade of China they should be responsive to the hints tactfully handed out by their consu ar authorit.es... And
their actions show progress in this
vital respect
.
doubts. One of these problems is the question of. extra-Settlement roads? The Council acquired the
parted with a strip of land for road. roads, but the Chinese owner who
extension did not invest and could
sqaut-
Drastic action against ters" at Wongreichung was taken yesterday, when the Land Baili. accompanied by a European Fo lice Inspector and a party of Chi nese police swooped down on the settlement and carried out ça systematic demolition of hundrede of huts.
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