NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
MEETING
The Sixteenth ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the KOWLOON RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION WI be held in the St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kewloon, on TUESDAY, 14th July, 1936, at 6 p.m.
BUSINESS Adoption of Report and Ac counts for the year ended 31st December, 1935.
Editorial and Business Office: 11.
Ice House Etreet. Tel. 80251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office):
Tel. 24511.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1936.
BATHING BEACH TRAGEDY
London Office: F3. Fleet Street Chinese Drowned At
E.O. 4.
The Baily Press.
HONG KONG. JULY 6. 1936.
“JUST ONE MORE"
Оле day when Hercules was Election of Officers and Com herding the oxen of Geryon he mittee.
carelessly sumbered and, while ne slept, Cucus--one of the earliest bold, bad rustlers on record-stole some of them. To make pursul difficult, the robber dragged them by their talle to his cavernous hide-
Any other business,
It is earnestly requested that members and all others interested in the welfare of Kowloon w make an endeavour to be present at the meeting.
C. E. TERRY, Acting Hon. Secretary. Kowloon, July 6th, "1936,
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out so that their hoof tracks would
rick Hercules into thinking they had gone in the opposite direction,
Whisky distillers
and distri- butors must be turning to the classics in search of inspiration. By high pressure nationwide ad- vertising through press, radio, mo- vies, billboards and direct mall solicitation (the entire cost of course. paid by John Consumer), NOTICE OF REMOVAL they boosted the consumption of hard liquor in America, in 1935. in 1831. DODWELL'S SERVICE $214.169.527 higher than STATION 739, Nathan Road, Now they are counseling "Modera-
tion," with an M majuscule! KOWLOON has removed to 6, Ashley Road, Kowloon (behind the STAR THEATRE), Telei phone No. 58772.
Business as usual at RUS. SELL STREET, WANCHAL Telephone No. 23714.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
4042
TO LET
WELL Appointed Offices.
Moderate Kent.
Apply SECRETARY,
Hora Koro Stock EXCHANGE.
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Believe it or not, having poured more than $2,579.000.000 spirituous. quors and beer down the Amer!- ear throat during 1935, the "trade"
is kindly but armly counseling drinkers to say "No"--when it's one drink too many. Frankly ad- mitting the potency of their pro- ducts. some of its members are spending real money-again, na- turally, the consumers'-urging the latter to think of the morning after.
North Point
La Blu-keung, aged 18, a åtter' of the Hong Kong Telephone Com- pany, was drowned at the Chinese Athletle bathing beach last night
CUSTOMS LOSE DRASTIC MEASURES
$5,000,000
BY SMUGGLING
4
DIRECT METHODS
EMPLOYED
Amoy.---Amoy's loss of Customs revenue incurred from smuggling
IN NORTH
THE THREE HUNDRED DELEGATES
about 8.30. The deceased lived at during the period Janury, 1934, to SHANGHAI MAYOR'S STATEMENT
No. 472, Lockhart Road, ground
licit trade In south Fukien is usually undertaken by smuggling vessels and by smuggling ganga
There are many secret contra-
May, 1935, amounted to the stag- Door.
gering figure of $5,000,000, accord- The deceased. who was a swiming to Customs authorities, mer with about one month's ex- Investigation reveals that the perience, went to the bathing beach with his brother, Lai Kwok-teung. They changed and the deceased started to swim from the end of the steps to the raft, a ventarsorne band-running organs which own swim for one of such little swim-steamboats and junks to carry on ming ability. When within five or the illicit traffic. These vessels six feet from the raft, the decensed directly ship the smuggled goods from Formosa to Amoy, the prin- cipal kinds of which are sugar, gasoline, sea products,cement and matches.
was.seen to sink beneath the water.
The alarm was raised and though numerous people dived into the water to give assistance, they were unsuccessful as the swimmer did not rise again.
The body had not been recovered at a late hour last night.
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„Shanghai, July 4. Whenever necessary; drastic measures will be taken to sup- press activities calculated to disturb peace and order, said Mayor Wu Teh-chen when interviewed concerning the object of the three hundred delegates from the South.
"
The Mayor added that these delegates are seeking the, szp port of reactionary elements in Shanghai for the purpose of creating disturbances. He was confident that the people in Shanghai would see through their ulterior motive-Reuter.
JAPANESE WORRIED
Canton, July 4. Contrary to the earlier Tokyo re- part, "Reuter" learns on good aut
Owing to drastic preventive mea-hority that the Japanese Consul in Canton has not yet filed the third sures recently adopted by the Cus-
protest with regard to the anti- toms authorities vessels, which. when seized, are either-con- Uscated or destroyed-the smug- gling organs are using shing boats instead of steamboats and
ROBINSON ROAD Janks in order to avoid the atten
MURDER
Attack By Unknown
Gunman
Investigations in the Robinson Road murder of Saturday night are
proceeding. Mr. Cheung Tin-tau. was shot at and fatally" wounded by an unknown gunman while re- turning to his house at No. 51.
Robinson Road,
the
Mr. Cheung was ascending the short pathway leading to bis house at about 6.30 pm, when a Chinese fired three shots, two of which It took Hercules less than no lodged in. Mr. Cheung's back and time at all to see through the not the other
аг. Tize very bright strategem to hood-assallant escaped. wink him. And to-day no clear- Mr. Cheung was rushed to the thinking persans are being de-hospital but died soon after ad- ceived by wet tracks apparently mission. Mr. Cheung is believed to leading to moderation, in belated be an ex-Canton official, and for efforts to camouflage the advertis- this reason it is also believed that ing stampede for more widespread the outrage might have political and more constant consumption of motives. alcoholc drink.
And cause for their encourage- ment also exists," happily. That
PRISON GUARDS drinking simply does not pay is
FIRE
SHOTS TO QUELL pital, Chicago, calls alcohol
OUTBREAK
Russian. Chinese Injured
Prisoners
In Fight
ALLEGED
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
In
of
Owing to the hot weather, very being everywhere increasingly con- few social functions are being held,
consequence firmed. Dr. V. G. Urat,
of the
which outr "gossip" columns are being held Cook County Psychopathic. Hos-
over for the time being. AD "unseen killer." Insurance
соп panies are more and more rėject- ing drink addicts. Gen: Smedley D. Butler, Marine, and former Dir- ector of Public Safety in Philadel- phia. told an audience recently that before he took the job he used to take a drink. "Before I got through, I was a prohibitionist," he declared. "If a man has had one drink he is unfit to drive. He is a potential murderer."
CONSTABLE STRUCK BY CAR
Castle Peak Road Accident
Mr. N. E. Johnson, Installation manager of the Standard Oll Com- pany Installation at Laichikol, was Some American newspapers are
involved in a motor, accident on recognizing a civic responsibility Saturday night. He was driving In this respect and refuse to open his car along the Castle Peak Road their advertising columns to al- and when near Tain Wan, about coholic liquor, just as they shut the 10 mile-stone, he came upon out advertisements of nostrums. three constables from the Tsin Shanghal, June 30.
Millions of persons, envisaging a
Wan Police station, who were re- Trouble broke out among the better
tomorrow, a social order turning from patrol. The time was prisoners of the Second" Special | richer and more beautiful, are
9.15 p.m. District Prison, at the corner of protesting against the cynical
The three men were walking on Route Stanislas Chevalier and Rue campaign of the liquor interests the side of the road, P.C.B. 119 be- Massenet. yesterday morning and to make intoxicating drink alluring ing nearer the centre of the road. about half a dozer Ch nese and to, the youth of both sexes,
The car came from behind and four Russians needed medical at-
They known that the traffs has struck P.C.B. 119, and knocked him tention when the fight had been
one long history of lawlessness, down. Injuries were sustained to stopped by the prison guards. On that na ideals ever came out of a
the back of the head and the left shoulder.
The constable was taken to the Kowloon Hospital with suspected Internal injuries. He was later
Sunday, it is learned, the Chinese salcon or a whisky bottle; that prisoners began to raise objections there can be no real social secur- their treatment as compared. Ity, in the larger sense, so long as with that accorded to the Rus
anation tolerates, almost uncon-
sans, who were, they alleged, get-trolled, a commerce in a narcotic transferred to the Government
ting better treatment from the
so potentially harmful that its prison authorities, better food, very makers stick a sign on it. were not called upon to do any "Say 'No' when it's one drink too "dirty work" and had more op many." portunities for exercise.
WANG CHUNG HUI IN SHANGHAI
Civil Hospital
COLOUR FILM OF THE QUEEN MARY
CONTRABANDS AS LUGGAGE The contrabandists, who pose as passengers, carry large quantities of contraband goods as personal luggage. Prior to last October,
each steam vessel arriving at Amoy
Japanese agitation in the South- west, but he is contemplating "doing so.
QUIET ON ALL FRONTS
Peaceful Settlement Prospects Remote
Canton, July 4. Quiet continues to prevail on all
As anti-Japanese sentiment is fronts, but there are no definite growing as a result of the present prospects yet of a peaceful settle-
movement, the Japanese author-ment
inents.
GIGANTIC CAMPAIGN
HOME CRICKET
Close Of Play Scores
London, July 4.
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The foowing were the close of play cricket scores to-day:
Warwick:-117 (Mitchell 's for 52) Derby 235 for 4 (Worthington 114 not cut) at Chesterfāla,
Notts: 204 (0. 0. Allen & for 58) · Middlesex 100 for 7 at Trent Bridge.
Essex:-175 (Godard 5 for 70) Gloucester 38 for 4 at Bristol.
Supsex:-254 v. Hampshire at Portsmouth.
Worcester:-161 (v. wo. Jupp 7 for 80) Northants 5 for 'at Ket-. tering:
Lancashire:-436 for 8 (Wash- brook 113, Oldfield 107) 7. All- India at Old Trafford.
Yorkshire:413 för 2 (Sutcliffe 129, Hutton 154 not out, Leyland 101 not out) v. Surrey at Leeds.
Somerset:-63 Glamorgan 13 for
1 at Llanelly- Reuter.
EARLIER RESULTS The following were the results of the remaining mid-week matches cabled by Reuter:
ARMED PREVENTIVE CORPS
At Birmingham, Warwick took first innings points from North- tion of the Customs officers and
ties now appear to be distinctly It appears that the Southwest amptonshire. Warwick:-254 for 7 minimize their losses upon dis-worried, declaring they must now authorities are not quite ready to dec. (Hill 147, not out). North- covery,
take a serious view of the situation agree to the "Ta Kung Pao's" anta:-87 (Mayer 5 for 19).
direct and also watch closely the develop-suggestion of a
interview At Reigate, Oxford University between Generals Chiang Kai- beat Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's It is stated in Japanese circles shek, Chen Chi-tang, Li Chung-XI by 9 wickets Oxford:-359 that the present movement besides jen and Pei Chung-hsl. The (No. S. Mitchell-Innes 207) and 272 arousing anti-Japanese feeling is official Canton "Min Kuo Jih for 1. Mr. Leveson-Gower's XI:-
the also reviving feeling for a boycott. Pao" commenting on
Ta 183 (J. H. Dyson 6 for 48) and 185 Kung Pao's proposals says that F. C. de Baram 85), from Formosa, carried 400 or 500
such a conference is unnecessary, smugglers styling themselves 24 Meanwhile public bodies In contending that the crux of the passengers.
Kwangtung are organising a gigan present dispute is the Central As a result. of repeated negotia-ue anti-Japanese campaign and Government's hesitancy to resist tions between Chinese and Japan- 300 delegates representing commer Japanese aggression immediately. ese authorities last October, a ruicial, educational, industrial and The paper adds that if Nanking ing was instituted whereby each agricultural bodies are leaving accepts the Southwest anti- steam vessel is disallowed to carry Canton to-day in two separate Japanese proposals there would more than 300 passengers. This, batches for Hong Kong en route to not be any more dispute. however, can hardly check the Nanking aboard the President With the approach of the C.E.C. activities of the smuggling gangs. Jefferson to petition to CEC session, the altuation is being Frequent skirmishes occur be-session to launch an immediate watched with the keenest interest tween Customs officers and smug-expedition against Japanese ag- and it is generally hoped that a glers as they come by groups. gression. The delegates who in-basis will be found for agreement Under present circumstances include leading merchants and pro-on domestic and foreign issues, a vessel should carrying 300 smug-minent agitators were given a particularly the question of re- glers, each bringing with him $200 | rousing. send-off.—Brutec
sistance against Japan- Router. worth of contraband, the loss In- Curred in
the Customs revenue would be approximately $20,000. (estimated at the average Customs
venue
$160,000
.
WIDESPREAD INDIGNATION
PEACE EFFORTS
the
TO BATTLE SMUGGLING
Foochow: Rallying its ecorts.co battle the rampant smuggling, which is continually menacing the provincial treasury, the Fukien. Provincial Government is streng-
thening its Customs preventive service.
心
Seventeen new armed preventive 'corps with more than 180
men
Canton, July 4. There is widespread Indignation rate of one-third of the value of here over the decision of the au
Shanghai, July 5. the articles). I an average of thorities in Shanghai to prevent Mr. Tang Shao-yi is proceeding will be organized and distributed eight vessels should make port the Kwangtung delegates landing to Nanking within a few days to to the various Customs stations to monthly, the loss of Customs re-in Shanghai. Dissatisfaction is also confer with General Chiang Kai-help to check the licit traffic.
Meanwhile, in accordance with would be approximately expressed over the reported refusal shek concerning the possibilities of
an amicable settlement in
Instructions from the Ministry of monthly or $2,000,000 of the Robert Dollar Company to Yearly.
allow the delegates to travel on southern crisis. Meanwhile it is Finance, regulations governing the Central News Agency.
their steamer. It is understood learned 'Dr. Wang Chung-hul call supply of secret information con- "that Dr. Kan Chieh-hou is proceeded on Mr. Tang Shao-y1 this morn-been promulgated and Information cerning smuggling activities have
boxes have been placed at ail public quarters. Alluring reward will be given to any tipster whose information leads to the seizure of contraband goods...
NORTH CHINA SMUGGLING
ing to Hong Kong to protest to the ing to discuss the situation. Company,
Meanwhile it is authoritatively stated that the delegates are deter- mined to proceed to the North in any case, declaring that
their
Reuter.
INTEREST AROUSED
Canton, July 4. Carton's interest has been aroused by the departure north-
Japanese Journal's Opinions motive is entirely patriotic. If they ward by air of Mr. La Biao-sen Central News Agency.
be refused passage On a Dollar C.E.C. member although officiala steamer they will probably arrange maintain he is merely, going to to travel on some other ship.
Nanking to consult the Central
Tokyo, July 4. The "Jiji Shimbun" announces!
It is pointed out that the "300 Government about the late Mr. Hu|- that Foreign Office circles are be-delegates include many leading Han-min's funeral arrangements.- sinning to favour the restoration merchants and prominent educa-uter. of the Sino-Japanese tariff agree tors who can hardly be described ment which expired in 1933 as a is agitators.-ented possible means of ending the smuggling in North China.
The paper argues that the smuggling In North China never cease unless the Nanking
Will
DESERTION REPORTED
NEW RECORDS
Princeton, N.J., July 4. In the national championships, George Varoff of San Francisco created a new world record for the Canton, July. 4.
pole vault, clearing 14 feet 81 Chinese reports "state that one inches to beat Keith Brown's 14 Burian regiment stationed at the feet 5-1/8 inches established last. Canton, July 4 Kwangsi border deserted and turn- (year.→ Several hundreds students, in- ed over to the Southwest, while it Reuter. · cluding some girls are forming a Is also claimed that"a portion of
STUDENT DELEGATES
Kwelchow
Providencer. July 4,
was: 11-8/10:
Government either recognises the third batch of anti-Japanese Kwelchow forces turned over. and Another record was broken when independence of the North China delegates expected to go to Nanking organised theruselves into the Helen Stephens clocked 11-7/10 tariff or abolishes its own high in the next few days.
anti-Japanese army seconds for the 100 metres. The tarif, negotiating the Sino-Japan- Prior to the departure of the which is stated to be concentrating previous record was held by Stella ese tariff rates, which make it easy delegates to-day they issued a at Weining awaiting orders from Walsh whose time for Japan to export to China those manifesto declaring that the object the Southwest headquarters in seconds. Japanese articles which are most of the tour was two-fold; firstly, | Canton.-Reuter
Reuter. popular with the Chinese mass- urging the Central Government to
MYSTERY PLANES recall the troops from Hunan to
Canton, July 4. "It is botined in the "Government Reuter.
fight the invaders in the North; According to a Chinese report: Gazette" that the figure represent- secondly, urging the Central Goy-four mystery military planes suding the average opening selling ernment to launch an immediato denly appeared over the area be- rates for the month of June 1958, expedition against Japan.
tween Hengchow and Kiyang. The of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Each delegate was given $150 for mission of the machines is not Banking Corporation for demand travelling expenses-Reutës
drafts on London, is settled at 15.31.
ea-
MELROSE KILLED
Melbourne. July 5. The
young England-Australia airman, James. Melrose, crashed in his plane and was killed.-Reuter. New York Welcome Screened bourne Centenary air race, and en (Melrose participated in the Mel- In Glasgow
the occasion of the disappearance
known.--Reuter
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The following names of success- ful tenderers are published in the "Government Gazette": Tender for Fuel and Oil Store: Messrs. Ah Hing & Co.: Tender for Alterations.
This culminated in a fight in the prison yard yesterday morning. although the brawi actually start- ed when a Russian prisoner. Who had been reprimanded when, it is stated, his damaging of certain
of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith in London, June 17.
At the meeting of the Rotary to two blocks of flats and six at the Peak School: Messrs, Chung prison property was reported by-a
Shanghai, July 3, Another example of the tremen in the search and crashed some- Cassidy will speak on "Hong Kong
the Bay of Bengal, he was engaged Club to-morrow, Rotarian P. S. garages. Chinese prisoner, tried to revenge Dr. Wang Chung-hui, former dous developments which have been himself. The Russian prisoners. Judge of the International Court made recently in colour alms was
where near Slam, but he was able Develops. A Social Conscience." The number of emigrants leaving who are not handcuffed their at the Hague, is expected in Shang- demonstrated in Glasgow yesterday to continue his sold fight ໄວ conduct has been good, were hav- hal from Nanking to-day.
Australia.] by Kodak, Ltd., who screened a ing their daily morning exercise at
It is expected he will remain in short alm of the Queen Mary the time.
Shanghal for three or four days arriving at New York,
the Colchy for the Straits Bettle- A whist drive will be held on ments during the month of June, board the "Tamar" on Thursday, was 6,503. July 9 commencing at 9 p.m.
The output of The Raub Austra; lan Gold Mining Co., Ltd., for the four weeks ended June 20, 1936. amounted to 2,001.80 ounces
It is notified that Mr. R. R. Tood resumed the duties of Chairman of the Urban Council on Friday,
Lee Construction Co.; and Tender for Metal Windows, Hong Kong Travel Association Kiosk; Messrs. Hong Kong Metal Window Mand- facturing Co.
Only one case of Diphtheria was reported to the Health Authorities for the 24 houral ended on Friday,
The Health Bulletin of Eastern An amendment to the Post Office Ports for week ending June 27 is Ordinance provides that the rate of as follows:-Cholera Bassein 2 postage on small packets shall be cases, Calcutta 78, Negapatam 13. Rangoon 1, Chittagong 8, Bangkok 10;, Small-Pox: Bombay 18 cases, Calcutta 32, Karachi 1, Moulmein 7, Vizagapatam 1, Chittagong 18,. Shanghai 3, Osaka 1.
When the fight at its height, and meet Mr. Tang Bhao-y, a The new process "Kodachrome“ the prison guards, at the command member of the South-west Politihas eliminated completely the cleverly filmed in the special pic- of their omcer fired two blank cal Council, who left for the north hazy element which has clouded so ture, and the great liner herself shots into the air, and this had a recently after refusing to particip many aims of the sea in colour, floats on the screen with a sharp salutary exect, the trouble subsid-ate in the administration of the and another important advance is reality that rivals "the real thing," ing shortly afterwards. Fourteen Bouth-west. It is expected they the comparative accuracy" of the Kodachrome-a system well sult Chinese and seven Russian prison will discuss the South-west politi-skin-tints. The "smoked salmon" ed to the hand cine-camera-pro- ers, it is reported, were placed un-cal situation....
effect of the older processes has duces, a direct, grainless, subtrac- Tenders are being invited for 50 cents for the first ten dances been successfully overcome.
tive colour system, and the pure-asphaltic roofing to two blocks of and 10 cents for each additional "The feet of tuga, the welcoming dye images can be examined at fats at Queen Mary Hospital. The two ounces or part of two ounces. crowds, and occasional flashes of close quarters without mosaic or work consists of the supplying and The postage must be fully prepald busy streets at the docks are "fringing": being visible.
|,tay ̈ig of asphaltic roofing material by the sender,
der strict surveillance for the part The Chinese report that Dr. they played in the affair, while the Wang was going to Canton on July French Police are conducting an7 is dented......... investigation.IN.CD.N.).
Reuter.