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Ordinance, THE Interest and Responsibility
The EXCHANGE THE
of Mr. D. J. LEWIS, in our
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Dated the 81st day of December,
1935. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
BHANGHAI
NESS on WEDNESDAY, 1st JAN- AURY, 1936 (New Year's Day), Hong Kong, 30th December, 1835,
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1st January 1986, By mutual arrangement we have this day established ourselves and have taken over as a going Concern the Export Business hitherto carried on by Maes, ARNHOLD & CO. LTD in China and Hong Kong. ARNHOLD TRADING CO., LTD., C. H. ARNHOLD
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SHANGHAI
1st January, 1986. We have disposed of our Export Business in China and Hong Kong aa going Concern to MESERE ARNHÖLD TRADING CO., LTD. ARNHOLD & CO., LTD.
Hong Kong, let January, 1936. ARNHOLD TRADING CO., LTD.
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, JANUARY 1, 1936
has
Collapse
Bhanghai, Dec. 31.
The trial of Frank Jay Raven and J. Warner, Brown on charges of conversion and embezzlement, arising out of the collapse of the "Raven enterprises" last May will open on January 3 in the United States Court for China.
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com-
The court action is expected to THE YEAR IN RETROSPECT bring under Judicial review the cutstanding events leading to the The year which comes to a close greatest business debacle in the
be the history of the American proved to to-day
munity of Shanghai,
When, shortly after the closure stormiest twelve months that the
of the American Oriental-Bank- world has gone through since-that-
American- dreadful day in August." 1914.
Corporation, Finance Oriental There has been a steady race in ing Corporation,'' the re-armament, and hardly has a
and the Raven Trust Company, It day gone by without whispers of
became apparent that the asseta war. No little anxiety was caused
of the companies would cover only early in the year arising out of the Baar Questions. Then tension a small portion of the liabilities, between Italy and Abyssinia be-indignation in Shanghai began to
came to a came greater which climax irt -the present Italo-
mount,
Non-Americans who had invest ed funds in the institution wete
SEEING THE OLD YEAR OUT
Rejoicings In Hong Kong
GALA NIGHT EVERYWHERE
Last night residents of all nationalities vied with each other in their different ways of welcoming in the New Year and seeing the old year out. Promptly at midnight, amidst the shrills of the whistles from the ships in harbour, and the booming of the solitary gun, the New Year was heralded, and we join in the unanimous wish, that it will bring with it better times and luck for all.
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Throughout the streets and quite early in the evening young ladies and young men were to be seen in all manners of fancy dresses, throwing streamers and contein avont, plowing horns and trumpets-and-making all kinds of noises. But there was no Aunt Grundy to cast a censorious eye on them. In all probabl- litles. She was among the throng of merry-makers.
AS from 1ST JANUARY, 1836, Ethiopian War, now in Greece, als biter. in their condemnation of for dancing and entertainment
our Offices will be situated at EXCHANGE BUILDING, FIRST FLOOR:
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ASSOCIATION
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.
All communications should be addressed to Messrs. Linstead & Davis, at Exchange Building,
G. E: S. UPSDELL,
Fon. Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th December, 1935.
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THE New Term Opens Jan. 6th. Examination for new Students:
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For Prospectus (for Day-boys and Boarders) apply
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M18R6. DODWELL & CO., LTD., Announce that their General Offices will be located in the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building, 3rd floor,
as from
MONDAY, 30TH DECEMBER, 1935.
Telephone and P. O. Box numbers remain unchanged.
AFTER 5 PM. Shortly after five o'clock, when business for the old year closed, their way to the Roof Garden of throngs of merry makers wended the Hong Kong Hotel Hong Kong's most popular rendezvous
and where a special treat was in store by those for them dished out
Cowan and Bailey supported by versatile Hollywood entertainers the ever popular Ted and Evelyn
In a room tastefully decorated for the occasion, many couples in- dulged in dancing to the strains of the Hotel band until late in the
dance The evening.
American banking methods, it was immediately apparent that American business prestige had been gravely damaged by the col- lapse of the enterprises But the antagonism
of non-Americans
old. The revolution in though short lived, must neverthe- less be included in the list of troubles occurring in the year 1935. Out here in China, Japanese aggression went on unabated. Quite early in the year there was the bombardment of Chahar, then the Hope! Affair, and hardly had this been settled, another new set of demands were made on China. But before these werelmet, Japan-government ef ese policy, suddenly underwent a change of front which gave birth to the "Autonomist Movement," and that is still the grave problem with which China: is facing.
In the realm of commerce and trade the whole world has suffer ed. The Colony's trade can truly be said to be the worst since the general strike in 1925, when trade was entirely paralysed. The prim Bry cause of this unfortunate Fiate of affairs was the inflation of the Hong Kong dollar brought about by the United States' silver policy.
his commitments and business is
was matched by the bitterness of United States citizens who openly declared that the seeming laxity of government officials, and the absence of effective control by the
Anancial com-
panies in China had been partly responsible for the deplorable state in which the Raven companies were found.
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The trial of Raven and Brown the American on January 3 is Government's answer to the ac- The two men stand cusations. charged with conversion and em- bezzlement of fifteen counts, for amounts aggregating more $60,000 each,- Union Nevi.
than
The "Daily Press" wishes The ever-cautions Chinese buyer all its readers a Happy and has become even more careful in Prosperous New Year. There thus confined to supplying his im-till be no issue of the "Dail, mediate wants and nothing more, Press" to-morrow, publication Few merchants, if any, have done will be resumed on Friday, even as well as in 1929, bad though January 3. that year was for the local com- The Motor, Wine, and Office mercial community. There has Equipment Departments are not been great anxiety for business- affected and will remain in their men in 1935, and several serious,
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Chinese including two prescut offices.
banks, have been reported. Even at this time, rumour is gaining ground, that immediately after the New Year, more arms would go out of business,
ILLNESS OF DUCHESS OF YORK
London, Dec. 31. The fact that H. R. H. The (4088 Duchers of York has been suffering
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ARTS ASSOCIATION
presents
LADY PRECIOUS STREAM
in the GREAT HALL,
of the Uxra9ITY
(by kind.permission)
ביז
SATURDAY,
the 11TH JANUARY, 1936'| at 9.15 p..
BOOKING AT THE KING'S THEATRE, FROM FRIDAY, 27TH DECEMBER, Tickets: $2, $1; and (unreserved)
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50 cents,
NEW TERRITORIES AGRICULTURAL SHOW, 4TH AND ÚTH JANUARY, 1936
CHEK WU HUL near Sheungahui Railway Station to-be opened
at 2.30 PM. SATURDAY, 4TH January By
LAWRENCE KADOORIE, Esq., N. T. PRODUCE, POULTRY, FRUIT, VEGETÁSLER, Atão CHINESE
THEATRICAL PERFORMANC
Tua and BaresSEMENTĄ“,
by the PARIS CAFE
at Beasonable Prizes.
Adminion-10 cents.
from influenzal pneumonia is an- nounced in a statement signed by Sir John Weir, and Lord Dawson of Fenn, issued from the Duke of
York's residence.
This is the first intimation that the Duchers has influenzal preu monts, though it was announced on Dec. 19 that she was confined to her bed for a few days with influenza.
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To-day's bulletin adds that the illness is resolving, which indicates that it followed its normal.course and has now reached its Anal stages. -Reuter.
WANG'S CONDITION
Shanghai, Dec. 31. The Chinese press here this morning give prominence to a re-
JAPANESE CURRENCY
IN SHANGHAI ».
Chinese Resentment
China Emporium floor was also well patronized by dance loving populace of the
Popular hotels and Hong Kong. At night the real fun commenced. dance halls vied with each other in providing mirth and hilarity. The Hong Kong Holel was crowded to capacity for the special dance put on where Cowan and Bailey and Ted and his charming dance partner Evelyn repeated the suc- ceases they enjoyed earlier in the day at the Tea Dance.
The Peninsula, on the Mainland, attracted a large number of merry makers, the Rose Room resound- ing with sounds of galety, and was the scene of brilliance.
«NEWS SUMMARY
At the Registrar's Office, Supreme Court, yesterday, Miss Wong Bau Noon became the bride of Mr. Chao Pan Lan, editor of the "Wah Klu Yas Po"