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HONG Koxa, JUNE 3, 1936
THE NEXT STAGE IN 'INDIA
The first of the two great stages by which the new Constitution in India will be established is definite- to take effect, in accordance
with * carefully planned pro- gramme, in less than a year from r.ow. The last of the conditions precedent to naming a date for the beginning of Provincial Autonomy was fulfilled when Sir Otto Nieme- yer, after full inquiry, reported in the early part of this month that the budgetary prospects of India, given prudent management of her nnances. offer no impediment to
PUBLIC AUCTION
PARTICULARS AND CON- the new system.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1936.
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KWANGI TROOP
WITHDRAWAL
Reported Ultimatum By Chiang
ONE WEEK'S TIME
ALLOWED⋅
Shanghai, June 21.
According to a Domel news agency report" from Cantona General Chiang Kai-shek is reported to have issued an ultima- tum to Generals Lå Chung-Jen and Pal Chung-hsl demanding the withdrawal of all. Kwangs! troops from Southern Hunan with- In one week.
The use of force is threatened if the terms are not complied with in the specifled time, states the report-Reuter."
REPORT RESENTED
NANKING
i.
Canton, June 20.
Indignation no
was expressed by General Li Chung-Jen when inter- viewed to-day over the Nanking
The Secretary of DITIONS of the Sale by Public' expert opinion.
State has entirely accepted this
and has Auction to be held on Monday, hesitation" in proposing to Parla- the 29th day of June, 1936, atment, with the concurrence of Lord 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Linlithgow's Government, that report that Kwangs forces are Public Works Department, by April 1 of next year should be ap-guin advancing and clashing with Order of His Excellency the pointed as the date when Pro-
vincial Autonomy will begin, fiovernor of one Lot of Crown Land at Barker Road in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 21 years.11
Intending bidders are advised
In order to assist Farliament in the consideration of the "Draft Orders. the India Office has issued an explanatory memorandum, to- gether with the views of the Pro-
Nanking troops at Kiyang..
He described the report as ridiculous, pointing out that Kwangs! troops withdrew back to Changchow within the Hwangsi border before June 12.
General
L. Chung-jen
also
4 Gossip We Must
"(By "DAWN")
eat at Jimmy's before going en to, a Alm. The food is very good and On Sunday last a number of
the service very quick. The other Hong Kong people went over tonight I saw a party who had ob- Macao for the postponed race
viqusly been to a most successful meeting. It was quite a pleasant cocktail party having a quick meal trip and the boat comfortable, and before going to the cinema and It was a change to get away from they certainly seemed to be ex- Hong Kong for the day.
It was tremely pleased with Jimmy's! amusing to see the different ways in which the people pass the time on board, some played various card games, some majong, others you find either sleeping, reading, or drinking, possibly a Uttle of each, Other take gramophones and sup- ply those nearby with continuous music, and when I say continuous,
race
ᅦ
In spite of the intense heat peo- ple still seem
their to enjoy dancing, and the Hong Kong Hotel was very full on Saturday, there also being 1.m After
very large crowd arrived and the floor began to steadily All up. Miss Pamela Dodwell I thought was looking particularly attractive in white crepe with a short match- ing coatee trimmed with royal blue sequins and the pelt of the same. Her cousin Diana arrived
The Lido seems to be getting. more popular than ever this year, and it was particularly pleasant sitting there in the cool breeze an Saturday evening. The bar was crowded with stalwarts drinking beer out of those lovely big Ger- man mugs, and all sorts of lovely ladies in bathing suits and all manner of beach wear graced the chairs under the umbrellas.
It is nice to see that popular
!!
couple Mr. and Mrs. James Whitham back in the colony once an extens: 011 unt more. both looking marvellously t the cinema show a inspite of having succumbed to the flue epidemic almost immediately. they arrived. We hear with plea- sure that Miss Minna Whitham will be back in September tob.
Departures and
arrivals still take place with bewildering rap- dity. Her cld friends were delighted to see Mrs. McBurney passing through last week. She brought the best of news of her daugliter Mrs. D'Arcy Baker-Carr and her
Peking now, and have got a little husband, They are stationed in
daughter as an addition to the Family.
Cocktail parties abound every nicest form of entertaining. I was where, and stiil seem to be the
at two delightful homes in "Kow- of other people there. Doreen Malon-more-far" recently, and her mother arrived with George Bond after they had finish. ed at the Gloucester which I was
I really mean it! There was not very much to see or do in Macao and one only really wants to go there on race days. The course is quite pretty, but we did not really see it at its best, as dur- ing the afternoon there were 'two very heavy downpours which raater in the evening for a short ther upset the racing. The race
time with Mr. "Archie" Ritchie, that the opposing forces are fever-club itself is very primitive, and
who, Incidentally, will very shortly whly digging themselves in
as a the tin on the whole good which Miss Vera Craprell was another of be leaving the Colony for good. precautionary measure.
had come over from, the Hong the younger generation there, who Kong Club. After the racing ser-
was also looking most attractive in eral people went on to play fantan, many of them loosing their win pale turquoise blue chiffon. Miss nings from the reces. "Amongst those tinually throughout the evening Naomi Joseph was danning con- who went over, were Commander Sut was not changed like a number and Mrs. Newill, the Harrimans the Alec Potts, Col. Robertson, Mr. McEwan, Lt. Commander Stud- holme, Mr. Moncrieff, Mr. and Mrs Smith and several others.
A Chungking telegram states that the troops from Chengtu have at present halted at Changklang, awaiting orders to move down the
river-cuter
!!
POSTAL REMITTANCES
Canton. June 20. The Kwangst Government is re-
that immediately after the dis. Vincial Governments, the Govern-Branded the report of a peace par- ported to have requested all post Trevor, Brigadier and Mrs. Seth: told was also quite crowded.
exchange operations.-Reuter.
ment of India. and the Secretary ley at Hengchow as pure fabrica-offices in the districts in Kwangsi posal of the toi the purchaser, will of State, on the Nlemeyer Report, tion. He also refuted the rumour were the Bank of Kwangsi has a be required to deposit with an with a single exception the views that he and Pai Chung-hat are branch to cease remittances and authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, $200.00 in 'cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of
expressed by the eleven Provinces going abroad.-autes. are on the lines only too familiar
JOINT MANIFESTO to those who recall past discussions of the kind and notably the loud.
Canton, June 20. and bitter cries which followed the
Generals Chen Chi-tang. the purchase announcement of the Meston Chung-jen and Pal Chung-hsi to-
Settlement under the Montagu-night jointly telegraphed the mill PARTICULARS OF THE LOT, Chelmsford Reforms. The views of tary circles throughout the country
price.
No. of Baie.
Registry No.
Locality.
Garden
Lot No. 69
Adjoining Rural
Bldg. Lot No. 288,
ment
Barker Road.
Boundary Meanie
ments.
ft. ft.ft.ft.!
Aa per
ale pinn.
About
Cuntents in
0,780
Square feet:
60 Acpaal
BANK HOLIDAY
16
Rental
Upset Price
*39
4522
4515
calling on them to rise in support
war against Japan.
The message lengthily explains why they believe China will not necessarily other
defeated despite
the Provinces are summed up in the Goverment of India dispatch as taking the form of asking for more In each case for themselves and of complaining that Provinces have been treated too well. It seems clear that on the latter point they cannot have the means of impartial judgment which were open to the skilled investigator
whose
recommenda-
be
FIVE-ROUTE ADVANCE
Canton, June 21. Weli-informed circles here be- lleve that the Southern forces have Withdrawn back to the actually border and that the Changsha re port of fighting is not true.
They point out, "however, that war danger still exists as Nanking forces continue pressing southward with a view to attackling Kwang- interior equipment.
tung and Kwangsi through five The manifesto refutes the follow-routes in the event of the latter ing arguments against an im refusing to accept Nanking's peace mediate campaign: (1) insufficient terms. preparation: (2) opportune time not yet arrived; (3) united front
tions they criticize. The cost to still lacking: (4) "armaments in- central revenues of the adjust-ferior to those of the enemy. ments which he has recommended The telegram reiterates that the will be Rs.21 crores per annum Southwest move is entirely anti- forthwith, while the loss arising Japanese and therefore strongly from the separation of Burma will opposed to civil war, but that they be Rs.23 crores, making a total of
would do their utmost to Dust nearly £4,000,000.
traitors impeding the anti- Japanese campaign-Reutec.
HENGCHOW PRECAUTIONS.
Hankow, June 20.
A letter from the German Mission at Hengehow dated June 17 states
abadabbébé hð hálshka
ENGLAND'S TEST PLAYERS
I wonder why after Cocktail Parties more people do not go and
WEEK-END CRIME
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STABBING AND ROBBERY
A miniature crime wave swept
(By "ONLOOKER") › Summer with a vengeance, and every body hurrying to the beaches in search of rest and coolness.
STUDENTS CLAMOUR FOR TRANSPORT
Trip To Nanking To See Chiang
What.
gloriously modern houses and flats. those are in the vicinity of Prince Edward Road. Such a lovely party in one of those neat little gardens -with the gayest background of red painted house, red trimmed 'boy', and an enormous red cock- tail shaker, to match. Perfect at- "mosphere for a party.
PERSONAL
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A bankruptcy confication states that a third dividend of $12 per · cent. has been declared in the case of Frederico Alberta Baptista, clerk.
Shanghai, June 21. About a thousand Chinese stu- dents besieged the railway station this morning and clamoured for The draft is issued of an Ordin- the Colony over the week-end. transportation to Nanking to petlance to provide for the incorpora- Police reports include a case of tion General Chiang Kai-shek tp
tion of the Superioress in Hong- stabbing, in which the victim is resist the Japanese. The police Long of the Congregation of Sis- The Arst is advancing on East
said to be in a-critical conditon, prevented the attempt of the stu-. Kwangtung from West Fukien
ters of the Precious Blood. took The second is advancing on North-place at Causeway Bay, two cases
a highway robbery which
dents to board the train.--- Reuter. east Kwangtung from Southern of poisoning, one of which reported SERVICE RESUMED Kiangel The third is advancing from Ping Shan is that wherein
Shanghal June 21. on North Kwangtang from Souch-two. families were poisoned by The students ern Hunan. The fourth is ad- eating some fish, four of the poi-station
#t the railway were dispersed after "a vancing on North Kwangst from soned people succumbing, and a satisfactory conference with the West Hunan and Southern Kwel-case of robbery on the high seas," chow. The Afth is advancing ca
railway authorities. Detalls of the West.Kwangsi from Yunan.---
settlement were not divulged. Reyter,
TROOP SITUATION
STABBING AFFRAY
Szc. Hok Chuen, a Shanghai Chinese bricklaying coolie aged 36 was taken to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday with stab wounds in the groin and arms. His condition is said to be critical. In connection with the attack another Shanghai
Chinese is in custody. His name ls Chung Luen To, also a brick Nanking laying cookie.
A Government Gazette notifica- Elon states that Mr. Manuel Rivera Iglesias resumed charge of the Peruvian Consulate-General · ga
June 11.
'Dr. Dean Abbott Smith has beer! The outgoing train service was appointed a Medical Officer in the restined in the afternoon, traina. Government with effect from for Nanking and Petping departing May 27. according to.schedule. Reuter.
SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS
New Ambassador's..
Declaration
The
Government Gazette AT- nounces the return of the Chief Justice
Atholl MacGregor). The Acting Chlef Justice (Mr. Jus- tice Hayden) will now resume bis duties as Pulsne Judge and Mr. E. H. Williams, who acted as Pulsne Judge, will all his old posi- tion at Assistant Attorney General
The dismal prophecies-made by In Accordance with Govern. opponents of the India Act during
Ordinance,
its progress" through Parliament- the"
EX.
that the Constitutional scheme CHANGE BANKS will be would break down under the bur- CLOSED for the transaction of den of finance were based in part
Canton, June 21. News obtainable to-night indi- Public Business on TUESDAY, on exaggerated estimates of the
cate that the Southerners continue the 23rd June. 1936 (The Birth cost of the Reforms. But the
their withdrawal. Quiet prevalla Secretary of State points.out in the day of His Majesty The King).
on all fronts in Southern Hunan, papers Dow published that the Hong Kong, 18th June, 1936. main financial difficulties are in-
It appears that the forces are herent in the existing situation.
now moving towards
The story as told to the Police quite independently of the prospect
Kiyang and Paoching. It is esti- is that the injured man and two of Constitutional Reform, and that
mated that the Nanking forces in others, not in custody, together the main problem presented by the
Southern Hanan total ten divisions with Chung were playing a game needs of the Provinces would have
scattered as Changsha, Chuchow, of mah Jong. One of the players to China, Mr. Kawagoe, has salled to be faced even if there were to
Hengchow and Kiyang. The Cen- won with a big hand and an al- for Shanghai by the Asama Maru. be no change in the existing form
Alien (Middlesex) captain. Wyatt tral Government also despatched tercation arose over this which re- le declared that a settlement of for Government. The fact is that Warwickshire), Robins (Middle three divisions to Fuklen, two to sulted in Sze being stabbed with a
the cost of the machinery of en- sex), Turnbull (Glamorgan), Ley-Kiangat and three to Kwelchow, sharpened fie by Chung.
the North China problems must larged electorates and legislatures tand, Verity and Mitchell (York-Thus nearly 300,000 Nanking troops
form the first item in the general The attack took place near the Is relatively insignificant. Theshire)... Duckworth Lancashire), are at present massing outside Kowloon
readjustment of Sino-Japanese re- Motor Bus Company
Dr. Chau Woon-nin, of Hing steady improvement in economic Gover (Surrey), Gimblett (Somer- Kwangtung and Kwangsi.
lations. where the game of mah jong was
Hon Road, a bachelor of medicine [3935 conditions, which is noted by Sir set), James Langridge (Sussex)
Reuter.
and surgery of the Hongkong University, has been added to the became . Of these ten people list of medical practitioners. four are reported to be dead,
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Old Berkhamsted House To Be Demolished
Berkhamsted, June 1. Egerton House, a line specimen of sixteenth-century building in the High Street, Berkhamsted, is to be demolished, and shops with
London, June 21.
England's Test players against All-India at Lord's on June 27 will
be selected from the following:---
SPOT GEGEWAPENDA
Otto Niemeyer in his Report, has and Hardstaff (Notts)-Reuter. appreciably eased the situation, There could be no more conclusive proof of it than the immediate success of the new Government of India Loan at the lowest rate of interest on record, which was re- Province which in the ordinary corded recently.
course would require legislation to The public mind will soon be prolong it beyond the last day of directed to preparations for elec- the old system. In the case of tions to the
new Legislatures. Burma, owing to climatic and Provision is necessarily made in other
conditions which impose the Draft Commencement Ordef narrow limits on the seasons at for elections to be held some time which elections or sessions of the ahead of the introduction of Pro- Legislature can be held, a different yinicial Autonomy. As a matter of procedure is laid down. What may fact these General Elections will be termed a pre-separation session probably be held in most Provinces of the new Legislature is to be held in February, and the Order au in February, and March for the thorizes many preliminary pro-exercise of some of its functions. At the beginning of this century cesses which are essential if the Another point to be noted is that the house was the residence of Legislatures are to be in existence two Federal bodies provided for in Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Davies within ten months. Provision is the Act-a Railway Authority and. Mrs. Davies was Bylvia Du Mau-also made for financial machinery a Federal Court-will not come rier, and Sir James Barrie was a to meet the special circumstances into operation until' a separate frequent visitor. It is on record that will exist during the early Order for the purpose is issued. that he wrote "Peter Pan" for the stages of the new system. The The Orders as a whole, and the ex- ave boys, whose names-George. Governor of each Province will beplanatory memorandum, bear sign- Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas! given power to authorize" appro-al testimony to that sustained at
given to characters in the priations from Provincial revenues tention to multitudinous detall play. Owing to illness. in the for a period which may extend up which has gone to the shaping of house a special performance of to six months from next April 1: the most thoroughly discussed "Peter Pan" was given by a Lon- and to continue for a period not Constitution, and the one affecting don company to the Llewellyn 'excceding twelve months from that the largest number of persons, that Davies family at Egerton House. date any existing taxation in the the modern world has known.
Bats will be built on its site.
--are
Kobe, June 20, The new Japanese Ambassador
Chinese evening papers report played. that the Kwangsl forces under
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY Hala Wel have been transferred
Mrs. Al Ichi Kawa, aged 48. a back to Kwellin from the front widow residing at the Tokyo Hotel Hisia Wel is returning to Nanning-reported to the Police that at 1.35 meal were Laung Hin, 24, a farnier, The ten who sat down for the Reuter.
p.m. yesterday she was walking in Lal Chuen, 15, a spinster, Leung KWANGSI POSTS
Eastern Hospital Road, from the Eut Mut, 51, a widow, Lai Wai, a Japanese Crematorium towards the young girl aged 5, Leung Yuen Canton, June 21, Causeway Bay terminus when a Tai, 28 a widow, Lal Kwong Hak, Two
more Nineteenth Route Chinese male came up from behind 56. a farmer, Lai Kai, 23, also a Army commanders, Chang Yen and and standing in front of her ad- farmer, Lai Chol, 21, a splaster, and Shou-nien, are reported to dressed her in Chinese which she Lai Yau a young girl aged 5. Of have proceeded to Kwangsi to as could not understand.
these people the latter four are re- sume high military posts--
ported dead. Reuter.
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ANOTHER PROTEST BY JAPAN
Serious Consequences Of Kwangtung Movement
Canton, June 21. The Japanese Consul General,
Reserve, has been
Mr. Ts0 Tsun-on of the Police appointed an honorary aide-de-camp to the Governor.
"
dings are announced.
The following forthcoming wed-
Mr. Antoine Jules Joseph Moreau, merchant, of 68 Boulevard Gam- betta, Hanot, and Mies Winifred Mary Dempacy, of Morgan Hotel Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.:
Mr. George Waldson Chisham, Customs officer, and Miss Greta Rico, residing at 150 Prince Ed-
Mrs. Ichi Kawa at once thought of him as a thief and put her hand inside her kimono on to her Chan Bau Fong, a female, agod | ward Road, Kowloon, purse. The man seized her and about 28 was admitted to the Gov- threw her to the ground from. ernment Civil Hospital at 10.45, where he relieved her of the purse: last night suffering from lysol Having taken the purse the poisoning. The Woznan WIE IS passenger on board the 3.5. Tung Shan and it is believed that the One case of Enteric Fever, was case is one of attempted suicide.reported to the Health Authorities The woman's condition is said to for the 24 hours ended on Friday. be not very serious.
assailant then snatched a hair ornament from the lady and rari towards the tram terminus.
Though the alarm was raised the thief succeeded in making good his escape. An early arrest is never- theless expected.
WHOLESALE POISONING
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LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Health Bulletin of Eastern
A robbery is reported to have Ports for the week ending June 13 taken place on board the ss. Tal are as follows:-Plague: Bassein 1 Mr. Kawal, has lodged a second A story of wholesale poisoning Yuen while-en route to Hong Kong case. Rangoon 1; Cholers: Bassein protest with General Chen Chi-was felayed from the Ping Shan from Amoy. The amount stolen 3 cases. Calcutta 133, Chittagong tang concerning the anti-Japanese district over the week-end. Ten was reported as $571, which sum 7, Bangkok 5: Smail-Pox: Bombay movement in Kwangtung, remind people of the Luen Tak settlement, was taken from one of the cabina. 21 cases. Calcutta 22. Karschil 1, ing the Chinese authorities of the Ha Mul village, sat down for their Only the barest details are availMadras 1 death, Moulmein 8 casca serious consequences of the pre-meal which consisted of fish. able, investigations now being un-Vizagapatam 1,. Chittagong 4, and sent agitation-leuter.
Some time after the meal they ull der weigh.
Shanghai 8,