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NOTICE.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1936. ..
Edito.al and Business Office: 11,
Ice House Street. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office):
Tel. 24511.
"RED" STUDENTS ARRESTED
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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. 1st May, 1986.
RAFT Programmes and Entry name of the Firm.
for the Filth Extra Race Meeting, to be held on SATURDAY, 18th May, 1836, (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Secretary Office, Exchange Building: the Club House, Happy Valley: the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
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Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON. on THURSDAY, 7th May, 1938.
By Order,
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RAILWAY. (BRITISH STUTION)"
NOTICE.
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THE CANTON INSURANCE
OFFICE LTD. "
-NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS THE Fifty-fifth Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the
undersigned on Thursday, the 21st May, 1986, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1995.
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The Share Register and Transfer Books will be CLOSED from the 7th to the 21st May, 1936, both days
HE Public is hereby notified that THE
as from Max lat, 1936, the Kowloon Canton Railway Timetable on page 121 of the Hong Kong inclusive. Telephone Directory applies.
Current Timetables should be eninsulted.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be beld at the HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11 O'clock am, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors und the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1995, and of declar. ing Dividend, etc,
TRANSFER The BHARE BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 24th April, 1986.
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TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building. Hong Kong, an FRIDAY, 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11 20 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1935, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days inclusive:
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 24th April, 1986,
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Davis Cup Tennis
Paris. May 3.
The Daily Press.
Logo Kono, MAY 4, 1936.
THE SHIPBUILDING OUTLOOK
The Vickers-Armstrong Com- pany announced from Barrow re- cently that it had received orders from the Peninsular and Oriental Company to build two liners of twenty-four thousand tons. These and certain other orders, taken to- gether with the news that the ten- ders for a sister ship or ships for the Queen Mary may be seriously considered once, she has finished her
numerous trials, would in- dicate that the outlook for ship- building is distinctly better than it was. The return of ships under construction during the first quar ter of the year, which was publish- ed recently, bears out this belief. Tonnage under construction in Great Britain and Ireland" had risen by 276,000 tons since Decem- ber and Is June, 1931. But the advance must be viewed with a sense of propor- tion. The year 1931 itself had a lower total of mercantille tonnage than any year since 1915 and dur- ing 1935 only one-third of the
Police
Tientsin. May 3. More than 20 "Red" university students were arrested by the police here following allegations that university and college students, in close co-operation with local Kuomintang officials, planned to stage a big anti-Japanese, de- constration to-day, reportedly at communist instigation.
4 Gossip We Must
(By "OBSERVER"]
The Chinese community and friends gave a farewell party at the Hong Kong Hotel last Monday to Sir Thomas and Lady Southern. It was a large affair and there was. no doubt as to the popularity of this couple and what a great loss they will be to the Colony,
Sir Shou-son chow gave a won- derful address and presented them. with a beautiful blackwood screen
All members of the Students" Federation of Tientala voiced the necessity of continuing the anti- Japanese struggle and the opposi-on which was inscribed in Chin- ese the address which had just tion to General Sung Che-yuan,
been given. chairman of the Hopei-Chahar Political Council.
Police late last night uncovered the plan to stage an anti-Japanese
demonstration. Wholesale arrests of the "Red" students resulted and simultaneously 2 warning issued to the school authorities to expel immédiately any students who tried to leave the school
H. E. St Andrew Caldecott was there and also General and Mis. Bartholomew.
We were sorry that Sir Robert Ha Tung
to attend was unable owing to illness, but I saw Lady Ho Tung and
her daughter in the distance. Commodore and Mra Sedgwick were present, the latter
in black with a large picture. hat. premises in defiance of orders.
Though the police action blocked Lady Soathorn was in white or- the projected anti-Japanese de-gandle with touches of black and a monstration, uncertain atmosphere white hat to match. still prevails throughout the city, and further disturbances are ex- pected.- Pain News,
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JAPANESE VIEW
Tientsir, May 3. Handbills distributed the highest since
by the students to-day vigorously de- nounced the Japanese policy in China, Some of the slogans read: "No further Japanese troops in North China." "Down with the
Kho Sin-kle, China's Davis Cupyards secured employment in spite military, agreement against Com-
who os player.
to Christian Boussus in the earlier singles match. was beaten again to-day when he managed to take one set out of four.
Destremeau won 6-3, 6-2; 4-6, 6-2. With nothing to lose. Kho was better in his showing than against Boussus, but the score represented a fub difference in the French- man's variety of strokes and Kho's. forceful forehand.
The Chinese player's stingers to the corner were applauded, bu his backhand and volleying were weak Destremeau had careless patches. He was leading 3-1 in the third set- Reuter.
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(Earlier results on page 2).
YOUNG TIGER KEPT
IN SOOCHOW. -
Nantao Zoo Continues Quest For Specimen
Pl
The quest for a tiger by the City Government Zoo in Nantso has been extended to Soochow, where, according to a Chinese report. “ wealthy resident Lamed Chang Po- chien is keeping a tiger cub.
Information of the existence of the animal was reported to have
munism." "Organize a
volunteer
army of anti-Japanese elements and defeat Japanese imperialism" and "Down with Hirots's three principles."
over the future and showing "that North China is permeated with Communism. Resolute measures may be taken, if necessary." Union News.
of the fact that many of them had been eliminated by rationalisation undertaken by the industry itself. A feature of the present position is the increasing orders for oil tank-
The Japanese garrison is report- ers: work on these vessels has ined to view the student activities as creased sixfold as compared with a
a violation of the Ho-Umezu agree year ago. Although British shipment, casting a gloomy shadow builders are greatly concerned about the currency manœuvres of Dr. Schacht which have induced some of Germany's creditors to take their debts in ships, we are again doing nearly half the ship- building of the world, whereas in 1932 and 1933 we were only doing about one-quarter. If world trade continues to improve and if Bri- tish shipowners are willing to show a little optimism and take advantage of the assistance pro- vided by the Government's scrap and bulld" scheme we may reason- ably hope for more work in our shipyards quite apart from that which the navy's demands may provide.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
New Aircraft Names
London. April S. . The rapidly with which aircraft
develop is types
indicated by Air Ministry Orders just issued on the nomenclature of three new been spread by Mr. Chang's neigh machines. It has frequently hap bours, who, fearing a future pened that before a new type has menace, are desirous to see its re- moval to a safer place, Mr. Chang was presonted with the animal by agilitary officer, who captured it in the Kweiyang mountains.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN seen.
that he SEVENTIETH¦ ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 22nd MAY, 1986, at 11.25 m. for the purpose of receiving the Report. of. the Directors and the Statements "of Account to 31st December, 1985, and of declaring Dividend; etc..
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board, AW. HUGHES,
General Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1996.
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QUEEN MARY'S FUTURE HOME
been long in use an improved ver-
sion of the same type is evolved. and this has been denoted by a number added to the name of the type. An improved Fury Inter ceptor 3ghter, for example, has just been called Fury II, and the original Fuzy is renamed Fury 1.
VICEROY'S TRIP HOMEWARDS
Gibraltar. May 1.
Lord and Lady Willingdon ar- rived yesterday morning aboard the P. and O. liner Strathmore. Sir Charles Harington. Governor call aboard o! Gibraltar, paid a 'he ship and had unch with Lord and Lady Willingdon, who are the continuing their journey all way by sea.
Lord Willingdon was suffering fiom a slight ehill and conse quently did not go ashore.-
Heuter's Bulletin Service
LOCAL AND GENERAL
There will be a fashion parade at Lane, Crawford's at 11 am, to- day.
A lecture by Mr. J. F. Cariz on Friday, May 8, on The Develop
ment and Maintenance of Motor Cars" at 8.30 pm in Room "K" of the University.
There was a clean bill of health in the Colony for the 24 hours ended on Friday.
"The Health Bulletin of Easter Ports for week ending April 25 are as follows:-Plague: Bassein 1 case,
7.
with a lot of strange aces. Fri-
day and Saturday it was very full, almost too full for dancing in com- i
fort, but it is always a place where one can be sure of meeting a num- ber of friends who otherwise may not be seen for quite a long time.
Mrs. Joseph who was in a large
Frau Gipperich in a dress of flowered silk came with her hus-party, was most attractive in pale yellow argandie with a high neat band.
ittle high collar of a fascinating tartan check and the sleeves like- wise it was most effective.
Mrs. Bishop looked delightfully cool and fresh in blue and white with a lovely silver fox across her shoulders. Very charming was Mrs. Dodwell in brown and white and Mrs. Hall equally smart in red.
By now Bir Thomas and Lady Southorn have left the Colony and what a send off they had, and what wonderful baskets of flowers were waiting on board for Lady' Southorn. They almost filled the ship,
What an amazing amount of peo- ple are leaving the Colony just now and life seems to be made up of seeing people off or meeting people who are just passing through.
On the Empress of Japan on Fri day everybody was to be seen and a whole host of people going away. either for good or a few months
leave.
1:
noon Punctually at
His Ex-
cellency the Governor arrived, and charming speech Mr. Mitsusawa proposed the health of King George.
His Excellency replied and in a few well chosen words proposed the health of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
Among the extremely representa. tive crowd of well-wishers I noticed the Commodore and Mrs, Bedgerick, charming as ever in black and Madame Monsieur and white.
The Josephs are another couple who will be off on Tuesday. They Leurquen were having their farewell party on Saturday.
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Mrs. Brown in dark purple was her usual sweet self and I see that Mr. and Mrs. "Paton have returned after their holiday, both looking Tery At. How pretty and cool everybody looks in their summer dresses and there are such pretty materials and dresses about now.
Organdie is very popolar and most people seemed to be in pastel shades or flowered dresses, which are always so attractive.
The King sisters were in flowered dresses and Mrs. Alec Potts was in pale blue organdie. Mre. Walk er also, both looked very fresh änd cool. Constance Crapnell "came in later in the evening with Captain Swoffer and her sister Vera in pale
apricot in another party.
Mrs. Bathurst in pale blue and Mrs. Stevens in black with red were in a party with Mrs. Rees. Mrs. Brookshort, who has such a lovely figure, was dining with Comman-
The smoking room was just like an ordinary Hong Kong cocktail party transferred to the morning: All the party", "Regulars" were there seeing off all their friends.
Mrs. Coltart left for Shanghai and had a large party" seeing her off. "In spite of everything she re-der Hussey. mained extremely cool and calm and went off in a smart tailored green linen dress.
The Delamaines also left on Fri- day but will not return. They had a huge party including a number of Gunners and a sprinkling from the Navy." In spite of the bad weather outside everybody seemed very cheerful and Mrs. Delamaine in her bring yellow linen suite was quite easily spotted among the crowd.
Elizabeth Monkton was another who went off for good and hopes to be married fairly soon after her 11 England. Rosalie arrival Alabaster went off too for a holl- day in Japan and Mrs. Robinson, to Shanghai, Mr. Justice Lindsell left for his well earned hoitday and
a number of others also.
Mrs Gerald Portman and Mrs, Copeman left by the Carthage on Báturday and also that popular couple Dr. and Mrs. Smalley.
There is another big exodus this
there will BO
be many week more cocktail parties on board, Hong Kong will become more and more deserted, and the "Profes stonal Beers-Or" will be in their element.
Despite half the Colony being away, the Gripps still seems most nights to be fairly full but often
DIRECTOR UNDER
The tiger in the Nantao Zoo died recently and a man was sent to Hong Kong to purchase one, When news but without success.
fine received here that a
Anticipating future advances of Whe specimen had appeared on a moun- this kind in respect of new aero. tain bear the West Lake, the zoo planes shortly to be delivered for affered its services to capture it. service, the Air Ministry has added A reply was received from the i the numeral "I to each of their Hangehow Municipality, accepting names. The Fairey medium bom Saigon (Cholon) 1 death; Cholera: the offer, but it is doubted now if
ber fitted with the Merlin engine Calcutta 153 cases, Madras 1, Bang- such an, animal really has been is to be known as Batte L The kok 11: Small-Pox: Bombay 56 Bristol medium bomber fitted with cases Calcutta 318. Karachi 2 Mercury engines will be Blenhe'm deaths, Moulmein 7 cases, Rangoon I. The Armstrong Whitworth 4. Vizagapatam 1 death, Chittagong heavy bomber fitted with Tiger1 case, Tourane 1, Shanghai 9. engines W111 be
I Whitley
Four people were addmitted to The last named is ilable to be confused with the A.W.23 bomber the Government Civil Hospital re- London, April 14.
transport aircraft shown among cently suffering from thjurics re-
ceived in various accidents. Marlborough House has been so the new types at Hendon last year. long unoccuplet that the process! Actualy it is a new "type, not
Chan take longer yet shown in public, and al- of renovation wil
Queen Mary though largely developed from the than was expected.
entirely distinct
Hong Kong Dally Press Special) will. I understand, not make the. A.W.23 1s
Prague May 2. change from Buckingham Palace design. to her new home until the early EMPIRE AIR. DAY POSTER
Another arrest was made on autumn. Mariborough House is The selection committee of the
Saturday in connection. with the readily adaptable to modern stan- Air League of the British Empire 601 and was injured. dards of comfort, and perhaps has accepted the design submitted
Fitzgerald, o Lo Ping, 23, male, while work- Phoenix Insurance Company scan- before many months are over by Mr. J. St. M. V. Queen Mary may come to speak the Air Ministry, in their poster ing in the Kennedy Town Rope dal namely that of the director' of it, like Queen Alexandra, as competition. A further prize has Factory crushed his hand which of the Phoenix branch office at "my beautiful house." From the been awarded to Mr.E. W.8. Berry, received attention in the Hospital.
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time that Sir Christopher Wren of the Air Ministry, for his design, bult Marlborough House for the which is being used, in part, for a great Duke it has had distinguish-car label
From April 1 a "special rate of ed occupants, but its most memor- able period was from 1883 to 1901, ration allowance will be issuable to when, as the London home of atrmén on ordinary or sick leave at King Edward VII, before he as- home and abroad. It will consist cended the throne, it was the of the current home higher rate dominant factor in the social Efe of ration allowance, plus the sum
of fd a day. of London.
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Sam-hoi
S knocked down by car No. 2323 in Queen's Road Central in attempting to cross in front of the car. Ho Chi, 33, male also tried to make a road crossing in front of taxi No.
Sze" To Chuen sustained minor injuries when she fell down at No. 42. Cross Street.
Sau Yau Kai, & little boy aged 9 years fell while playing on the roof of No. 33, Keelung Street and was admitted to the Kowloon Hos- pital where he was treated.
ARREST
Phoenix Insarance Irregularities
Prague, Franz Robert Andres, who
on Thursday was summoned by
the police for cross-examination.
was
. Captain Greenwood who has just returned to Hong Kon dancing energetically in spite of the heat. Mrs. Chisholm Batten was in pale blue with a silver coatee which suited her lovely colouring so well. She is another person who will shortly be leaving the Colony and also attractive Mrs. Cobb.
were there, the latter smart in belge with a very chic brown hat. Alas, Madame Leur- quen is going to France for the summer in June, gut we shall look forward to seeing her again in the early autumn.
Mr. Hoover looked very cheerful and was talking to Mrs. Hayden who wore the smartest light sult with the most becoming large black hat,
Mr. Noble told us they were busy moring house once more. How we wish all our friends did not live I!. in such different directions. only there were an International Club with outdoor facilities where we could all be sure of meeting whenever we wanted to.
Among other "Government repre- Mrs. sentatives I saw Mr. and Sayer, and Mr. and Mrs Franks who was in blue.
GERMAN CLUB'
May Day dawned cool and wet, not the least like the traditional, 1st of May which one associates with country dancing and May poles and all the fun of the fair.
However the
Com- German munity, nothing daunted, held its usual National Day festivities, and many friends of other nations were summoned to the Club in the morning to rejoice with them.
Herr and Frau Gipperich received their guests with great hospitality. as ever, and once more we found ourselves in that delightful cosmo- politan atmosphere which always seems to prevail at consular func- tions.
(By "ONLOOKER") Last week seemed to be full of international festivities. On Wednesday morning all the official folk seemed to be wending their
So interesting was the conver- way to the Japanese reception in honour of the Birthday of His Ma-sation in the verandah-two well jesty the Emperor.
known people were having a grand discussion in which they seemed to advocate the total abolition of the Hong Kong dollar and a substitu- tion of sterling currency instead that I did not circulate and observe the creations of fashion nearly as ardently as a good gossip writer should.
Arriving by devious routes to Condult Road, most of the ladies anyway took chairs up the pretty winding path to the house of Mr. and Mrs. Mitsusawa where the re- ception was held,
On arrival we were greeted by members of the consulate in the hall, and then passed on to the drawing room where the Consul, and Madame Mitsusawa received us, the latter wearing the most
ever seen. It was an exquisite beautiful Japanese dress. I have
shade, something between" per- and lavender, infaltely vanche cool and fresh-looking for a sticky Hong Kong day.
"KIDNAPPING" SEQUEL
London, May Z.
connec
. Two students appeared at the Edinburgh Sheriff's Court to-day charged with assault in tion with the recent "kidnapping" of Miss Renee Houston, the must- cal hall artist, on Apr 29. The proceedings were private and brief, and no plea was taken. It is understood that ball of 95. sach was allowed. Noulë
LAKE TSANA AIRPORT
Rome, May 1.
It is said that Investigations It is announced that a complete disclose that Andres had usedly equipped airport for flying bribery to induce certain personis houts is in the course of construc- to abuse confidential positions and tion by an Italian engineering
near the peninsula of Gorgora had himself been guilty of em- corps on the shores of Lake Tsana bezzlement
Renter's Bulletin Service.
Transocean News &praica
However I noticed Mrs. Recke looking perfectly charming in a crean coloured suit, and also Mrs. Binnie, who we are delighted to Peking. She wore the smartest see back again after her trip to check sult of blue and grey, and told us that she and her husband will not be returning to England until the autumn after all, but will probably be living out at Shing Mun, which they say is nice and cool for the summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Strahan were with Sir Henry and Lady Pollock, and all the official and consular people were well represented. His Ex- cellency The Governor was there to propose the health of the German Republic and once more made a charming speech.
SOUTHORNS DEPART
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Alas, for the departure of Bir Thomas and Lady Bouthern After a round of ometal and private parties the inevitable seeing-off. day" arrived all too quicklysp
Queen's Pler was gally decorated with fags, and crowds of friends turned up to bid our enormansly popular Colonial Secretary, and his equally popular wife farewell and every sort of good luck in The Gambia.
The Britannia was laden with Bowers, and I hear the Carthage Bir Thomas and Lady Southor went on board. was a veritable garden by the time,