ADVERTISEMENTS,
NOTICE..
ARTHUR BASAL
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ARLE, Sander,
SÔNG,
of
Notice is hereby given that að creditors and other persons having claims against the estate of Colonel A. B. HEARLS, D.8.0., who died on the 80th day of December, 1995, are hereby required to send in their claims of demands in writing to the andersigned on or before the 24th day of January, 1986," after which date "the Committee Adjustment, appointed under the Regimental Debts Act 1893 (56 Vict. e. 5.) will proceed to distribute the assets among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which they have bad notice; and they will not be liable for the assets of the decens ed or any part thereof so distributed to any perion of whose debts or claim they shall not then have had notice.
Dated this 3rd day of January,
1936,
M. CARRINGTON - SYKES, ..
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President of the Committee of Adjustment.
Headquarters,
Royal Artillery,
China Command,
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NATURE STUDY
In the current issue of the Path of Learning, a journal of the Hong Kong Teachers Association, there was reproduced a paper read to the Science Section by Dr., G. AỰC. Herklots in which much useful information is contained for those who are interested in nature study. But to the amateur observer of nature it sometimes seems difficult
to believe that in natural history
there is anything left to be dis-
covered...
When he reads that there are more than seven hundred species
of earth-worms, or hears of the
many differënt sorts of the com- mon bramble insects, he must, feel that inexhaustible is no longer [4019 the right epithet for the variety of
lat January, 1936.
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HÒNG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1936.
BEGGAR THROWN NORTH CHINA COMMUNIST ARMIES ON NEWS SUMMARY
INTO CREEK
Police Sergeants On Trial
AFFAIRS
General Sung's Position
THE MOVE
American Consul Asks
For Protection
Shanghai, Janı. §. The American Consul-General at Hankow, Mr. Paul R. Josselyn. has telegraphed to the Governor of Hunan province, General Ha Chien, an urgent request" to pro- teet American citizens in the path
Shanghai, Jan. §.
Pelping, Jan. 6. Bergeant Ernest William Petdrs,
General Sung Che-yuan, chair- 31, and Probationary-Sergeant man of the Hopel-Chahar Political Willam Alfred Judd, 28, both Bri Council, is on probation as far as tish, and belonging to the Internia-the Kwantung Army (Japanese tional Settlement Police, have troops in Manchuria) is concerned. been committed for trial in His He will be watched. If he shows Majesty's Supreme Court for himself obedient to the Nanking China on a charge of murder. Government, says a dispatch from The charge arises out of an' al-Hanking, and injuries friendly re- leged struggle with a Chinese beg-lations between North China and gar. The police omcers are said Japan and Manchukuo, punitivement in Washington said that tour measures will have to be taken. If American Roman Catholic priests he proves sincere in advancing the ware stationed at Chenkth, two welfare of Japanese In North Chins, the Kwantung Army will support him.
to have thrown the man into a creek, from which he was rescued later, but as a result of which he
died of pneumonis.
the
Both accused pleaded not guilty, They made statements to effect that they did not throw the beggar into the creek but lowered him into a beggar-boat,
The magistrate then sald that ball will no longer be effective and that accused wih be kept in cus- tody pending trial-
ARMED
ROBBERY ATTEMPT
Old Man Injured
In Scuffle
This policy is said to have been adopted by leaders of the Kwan- tung Army on Sunday at a meet ing attended by Major-General | Kenji Dothara, head of the army's
of the Chinese Communist armies, Officials at the State Depart-
at Supo and one at Lúngkan. Nine others are stationed at Chanking-
Mr. Josselyn cabled that he had repeatedly warned all Americans in western Hunan of the danger of Communists invading the area.
·NOTORIOUS LEADERS
Kwelchow and Kwangsl appears to have been caused by pressure from government forcës.
Reports from Hankow and other points along the Yangtse Indicate Lung and Haine Keh, are steadily that these, Reds, belonging to Ho
moving to east Kwelchow and north Kwangsi. Missionaries have
evacuated the affected area and It la belleved, that none is in dan ger.
TOWNS.OCCUPIED
As they move, the Reds are at- tacking and occupying temporar- fly the towns they come across, the latest to be occupied being, Sinhua, Supu and Mayang, Blabua Reports received here to-day in central Hunan, Supu and from Hankow state that the Com-Mayang being between the cities munists under the notorious, Hoof Shenchow and Yunanchow, Lung and Halao Keh are leaving the positions which they have held for a long time in northwest Hu- are moving west and towards Kweichow and
special service ofce at Mukden, just back from a month in North China, Colonel Seiichi Kita, chief of the China section of the Gen- sent eral Staff Office, who was from Tokyo to North China a few weeks
ago, Lieutenant-General nan and Kwangst
These are the Reds who captured Mr. A. Hayman and Mr. R. Boss-
Toshi-zo Nishio, chief-of-staff south
Selshtro Major-General
Itagaki, vice-chief-of-stam, and others,
YEN HSI SHAN
nature. since the specialist must have by now exhausted it, and left no detail unmarked, no mystery unsolved It is the specialists themselves who show him to be mistaken by pointing to gaps in their own knowledge even of the elementary kind, and by asking his KOWLOON STREET CHASE for General Sung, according to a
belp, in finding the next step on a way which may prove. Indeed, to be endless.
General Yen Hsi-shan, who con-hardt, two missionaries last year. Mr. Hayman was recently released, trols Salyuan and Shansi Pro vinces, is not expected to join the but Mr. Bosshardt is still being held captive. It is not known, Hopel-Chahar、 Political Council. mainly because he has no king however, whether he is accom- panying the Reds on their present
Hankow. Jan. 6.
The Reds have formed three columns, one moving through the Hauhua and Iyang area, a second through the Hungklang and to klang area and, a third through Mayang.
The Sweepstakes Yachting races was säiled yesterday. Full results. are to be found on
Page 10.
At the monthly Council Meeting: of the Hong Kong Football Asso- ciation which was, held yesterday evening and presided over by theli new chairman; Col. H. C. Harrison. matters relating to the interport." games with Shanghai, were dis-- cussed.!
Page 10.
Chiu Kau, Lo Shing and Li So The case in which three men,
alias Li Tat Shang, and two wo- men, Ho Ying and Fung Chiu, are charged with the possession of a large quantity of heroin pilla and, conspiracy to manufacture, pillk -was opened before Mr. W, Schofjeld at the Central Magistracy yester- day.
Page 6.
A successful appeal for the re- duction of his sentence of four years for a breach of the Deporta- tion" Ordinance was brought by Li Fook Bang before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell and Mr. Justice J. J. Hay- den at the Full Court yesterday morning. The account at which - appears on
Page 6.
{I
The Great Hall of the Hong
It is reported that government reinforcements to tackle these Kong University was allied to bandits are moving from Kiangat capacity yesterday, when it held and other parts of Honan.
Its "Twenty-Seventh Congregation. Packing appears to be in the 'à double event of the day, was path of the enigmJX moving the cordial welcome extended to through Hauhua and Shinhua and Sir Andrew Caldecott, the new missionaries from the Packing Chancellor, of the University area have been evacuated to places of safety.-
The migration of Ho Lung's Red bandits from west Hunan toward nion News.
Nippon Dempo report from Pel-move."nion News. ping. At the same time, however, General Yen is expected to strive for co-operation with Japan as far as Shansi, adjoining Hope Pro- vince, is concerned.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Page 7.
CHINESE GEOLOGIST
PASSES
Gassed In Coal Mine
After a lapse of some time arm- A new instance of this has Justed robbers once again made their been given by Dr. C. B. Williams appearance on the mainland yes- In a lecture to the British Empire terday when shortly after 6 pm Naturalists' Association. The chief
four men, one armed with a revol- In the laterest of Sino-Japanese entomologist at Rothamsted prob-
ver and another with a toy pistol, | co-operation, he has reportedly ably knows more about butterflies staged an unsuccessful armed rob- decided to turn from Germany to and moths than any other man.
bery at No. 506 Canton Road, sec-Japan for the purchase of locomo- The migration of butterflies is, it
ond floor, which was attended with tives, railway carriages and ma- Among the passengers booked, in The marriage took place at the
Changsha, Jan, 8. appears to be, his favourite corner
violence and necessitated the re- chinery, and some contracts have Europe to connect with the Em- British Consulate, Hobe, on De- The death is announeed of the already been signed." The South, press of Canada from Vancouver, cember 21, of Miss A Ledshus famous Chinese geologist, Dr. V. Manchuria Railway Company "and | December 28: 1995, due Hong Kong | Ashiya to Mr. H. Wakefield of K. Ting who was gassed while in- the Okura Yoko, the Chinese on January 17, 1936, were the Oita After the ceremony, & respecting a coal mine in Hunan branch of Okira and Company, following:-Mr. S. Willania (break-ception was held at the home of last month.- are expected to open offices at Tal-ing at Yokohama), Mr. N. J. Raven Dr. and Mrs. R. Schinainger. Mr. Reuter yuan, Generat-Yen's capital, and (breaking at Tokohama), Mr. C. B. and Mrs. Wakefield then left for Japanese army omcers will be Robertson, Mr. R., F. Shaw. Mr, and a trip to Nara Upon their return sent there fore Raison purposes. Mrs. P. Koning.
they will make their home at Union News.
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moval of the victim, a 64-year-old man named Choy Tan, to the Kow- loon Hospital suffering from wounds to his head and mouth in- flcted by the robbers.
The circumstances under which the attempted-coup was perpet rated as related by eye-witnesses were that shortly after 5.30 pm the victim returned to his home at the above address where he and his whe occupied the front cubicle. Shortly after a visitor called on him
and was later followed by two others. All then adjourned to the verandah and still a little la- ter this gathering was joined by a fourth visitor..
CHINESE OPTIMISM
Nanking, Jan. 6. Optimism concerning the es- tablishment of better relations between China and Japan was er- pressed in a communique by the Foreign Office to-day.
Described
$U
Dr. Ting, who was born in 1887, was a distinguished scholar, gain- ing degrees at Cambridge, Glas-
gow and Freiburg. He was a for- mer Mayor of Shanghai and had
A petition by Mr. H. J.. Ann- strong, the lawful-attorney for
a "specialist in been Secretary-Geberal of Acade- granting of the letters of adminis- sacriege," Frederick Harvey (81), tering in the estate of the late Mr. who was said to have spent about mla Sinica since April, 1934. Ee was the author of Geology of the Robert Henry Hunt, late of Worces- thirty years in prison, was sent to Yangtze Delta" and "Fifty Years ter County of Massachusetta who prison for twelve years by SLT
of Mining in Chinx." died on June 11, 1935 at Los Angeles | Percival Clarke, the Chairman, at and left local estate to the value London Bessions recently. · Harvey of $11,800 was granted.
had pleaded guilty to breaking into two churches, breaking into duction of the exquisite Blue a house, and also to being an Patrol uniform in which the habitual criminal. He came out Volunteers are wort 10. dress of prison on October 9 and an themselves on special occasions. October 24 committed the first of The foreword is in the form of a those offences. It was stated that letter to the editor from Mr. B. C. he had served, several terms of Petoru, Chairman of the British penal servitude and two terms of Municipal Council, and incident- Ave years' preventive detention. ally Civil Commandant of the years for sacrilege to be followed ponsible for the publication, and He was now sentenced to ave Corps, congratulating those res-
by seven-years preventive deten- bestowing a tribute on the Corps tion for being an habitual tri- for its exceptional keenness. An minal
interesting message from- the Commanding oneer, Capt. W. Four ancient tombs and a Ridler, briefly reviews the past least 1,500 years old have been its purpose, which is to maintain shell-mound thought to be at history of the Corps and defines
discovered on a vegetable farm peace and order in the British of Australia a week ago will be held near Tokyo and work of excava- Concession,
en
Of the two matters on which Dr.
For four years since the Muk Williams declared knowledge to
den incident, Sino-Japanese' rela- Le lacking, one may perhaps be the
The victim's wile shortly after 8 tions have repeatediy deviated subject of direct 'observation. The
had occasion to come out from from the regular course-the com-
The following forthcoming max- | Painted Lady migrates in
the kitchen the
where she was plexity of the conditions was the rages are announced. Mr. John spring breeds in the summer, and cooking, the evening meal and main reason
the government Grinth Jones, whart assistant, then disappears. It is not like the heard her husband's cry of "save sought only temporary measures reading at Upper Flat, Windsor Monarch in North America, which life" Police whistles were blown instead of a fundamental Settle- Lodge, Austin Avenue and Miss returns south in masses in the
and the men then bolted.
ment," the communique said.
Margaret Susannah "Jones of autumn and can be seen hibernat
The commotion attracted a po- "Now the atmosphere has im- Avallon Nevin, North Wales ing in trees. No Painted Ladylite posse who took up the chase proved and the government is tak-route to the Colony per s.s. An- survives the winter, yet there is no
and arrested one of the robbers ing the opportunity to effect a wart, Banker of the Hong Kong tenor. Mr. George Anthony Ste- evidence of a southward fight who had on, his person at the time comprehensive readjustment of and "scientists are at a complete a toy pistol.
Sino-Japanese relations through and Shanghal Bank and Miss loss to discover what happens to
The injured man was later re- diplomatic channels. 11
Ethel Joy Everall of Maytrees. the Painted Ladies when they have moved to the Kowloon Hospital
Thus Sino-Japanese triendship Lessons, Chislehurst, Kent,en route bred."
where his condition was stated to will be improved China and Japan
to the Colony per 4.5. Rawalpindi. The
be not serious.
are now exchanging preliminary The men were said to have spo- opinions and are seemingly agreed European officers who went down A memorial service for the three difficult and subtle. Butterflies in migration maintain an approx.ken the Hokio dialect.
on this step. Concrete problems with the ss. Parings, of the Coast mately true
have not been discussed yet."
other matter s
more
compass direction.
well as by day; and they ar They fly, sometimes, at night as
against the wind as well as with it. They have an amazing instinct of direction; and scientists have not the faintest inkling of how they judge what direction to take. Though the stories of men lost in
STABBING INCIDENT AT HAPPY VALLEY
Woman In Serious Condition
A Chinese woman named Bui
the bush and going round and Lal Chan, aged 23, residing at No. round in circles make it seem im- 8 Luen Fat Street, ground floor,, probable, it may be that in manwas yesterday admitted to the Gov there is a sense of direction which
It was officially announced that Japan had agreed with the pri ciple of China's proposals to read- fust relations through diplomatic channels. Union News.
AFGHAN MINISTER VISITS TURKEY
A
in the Beamen's Institute at St. tion started last week They Peter's Church on Sunday at 8 were located by Mr. Mitsugu
St
p.m. The unfortunate officers Yaguchi, in charge of investigat- that has reached England is a The newest American "motion" were Captain Allan Macinnes, ing historic sites for the Tokyo scratching post for cats. It is in Chièr Officer: Stephen Chester, Prefectural Ofice, on a farm near the form of
an inverted small Southamand Chief Engineer the Bakaue bus stop on the Naka-round table, with one stout square James G. M. Yuill
sendo highway between Itabashi le covered with thick carpet, not and Todabashi, according to the
displeasing piece of furniture The Hong Kong Aquarium So- Hocht Seven Labourers under the in room. The post is rubbed clety in bolding its monthly meet direction of Mr Yaguchi are with catnip, which entices the cat (Special to the “Hong Kong
ing at the Biology Laboratory of atgging out the tombs, in the examine it. The theory is that Daily Press")
Hong Kong University on presence of Mr. Sampel Ueda of with one of these posts the cat Ankara," January 6.
Wednesday next, January 8, at the Education Ministry and Mr will leave the furniture alone. In The Afghan Foreign Minister, 8.30 pm. A talk will be given on Morlicht Goto of the Imperial one house where this novelty was It is believed that, the wounds Vais Khan, arrived here for an Aquatic Plants" and a general Household Museum, an authority seen, the cat had done a Uttle wera inflicted by a man named official visit and elected to remain discussion will take place on on ancient tombs, as well as scratching at it, but had not quite Lam ani Cho outside the Yeung here for fourteen days. The aquarium matters. The meeting professor and ffteen students of [time that powers beyond anything] Wo Nursing home, Wongnelchong Minister's visit is due to the is open to the public, and everyone the Kokugakuin University. The deserted the backs of the best easy
ho has not "developed, just as there seems to be something like a sense of obstacle which develops rapidly in some blinded men.
+
But this is by no means the first
that man is aware of possessing have been observed in lepidoptera and their existence makes all the greater impression on the minu because the fragility of the seem ingly all but immaterial creatures that own them is as much a part of their charm as their beauty.
SUBSIDIARY COINS
Nanking, Jan 6 Acting upon instructions from the Ministry of Finance, the Cen-
tra Mint began to coin the sub- sidiary cons to-day.
ernment Civil Hospital suffering from severe stab wounds in the cheat, abdomen and wrist.
himself in the stomach. Both the Transocean Luo dim to commit suicide by stabbing negotiations.
victims were taken to the Nur-
the
chairs" for that exercise.
Road, Happy Valley at about 9 initiative of the Turkish Govern interested in tropical fishes will be first tomb excavated was round
clock yesterday morning.
phim ment which invited him a short welcome.
in shape with a height and diame The man is said to have tried while ago to come to Ankara for
ter of about eighteen feet. The Boochow police were recentis Chang Shim Hee, aged 19 years, | stone coming three feet in length || puzzled by a number of stabbing was admitted to the Government and depth, is presumed to be that cases reported to them. All the Civil Hospital on Sunday suffering of some powerful clan leader, victims were women who were from severe injuries resulting from Nearby were found several pieces robbed by their aseellänte an explosion when he was dahing of ancient earthenwarekoa escaped after inflleting a wou with dynamite at Eat-O Island in
Bike with a sharp knife. After the early morning.
ging Home and were later removed, to the G.CH, but on, information. received 15 13 stated that the wo
· man's condition is serious and the man is still unconscious. Reuter.
HU HAN MIN TO BE. WELCOMED
Nanking, Jan. 6. In view of the pressing demands, Mr. Hsu Chung-chi, vice-presid- the subsidiary coins wit be cir-ent of the Control Yuan, is going culated as soon as approval is to Bingapore shortly to welcome granted by the Central Govern | Mr. Hu Han-min on behalf of the
National Government --- ment
(4095 Central News Agenty,
Roster
NEW PAPER IN RUSSIA
Moscow, Jan. 6."
A new paper. "Za. Rubeyom," de- It is announced that Sir Cedric voted to furthering co-operation Hardwicke will be Rede Lecturer between Czechoslovakia and. Bovet at. Cambridge Universit Russla made its Arst appearance here on Monday
One of the oldest organizations tive inquiries, the Boochow «police
In the port, the Tientsin British | last Saturday, arrested one Municipal Emergency Corps, has Pah-ling who admit
the
Angs
at. Jast blossomed forth with a Public Safety Bureau that he was magazine. "This Journal, repor responsikte : for the "Peking & Tientsin Bunday | Questioned Times, is entitled The Strips, but should anyope, chan construe
the Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lamb have The paper, whose first number arrived in Tientsin from the old contains articles by President capital and will be residing there Bentes and other prominent repre- 1 for some time. They have, both is
arly indicate rentatives of Czechos! akie will published – books recently : Mrs, mandant or the Corps.
of "The 1s direct ita-efforts mainly to pro- Lamb is the authoress moting culture • sad bache Chinese Teative Board and Meteer ment between the two
Lamb published the satirical "My brilla Transoceanolunt Min
Sew-Sew Amah Sais.
Communistic but me
any way ed
repro