LAID TO REST
MISS HELEN CHEUNG
The funeral of Miss Helen Cheung. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W.T. Cheung, took place at the Chinese Christian Cemetery on
WEDDING BELLS
Kwan-Yee
WELL KNOWN LOCALLY
Saturday. Miss Cheung who was A wedding which was solemniz-
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1936.
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E. S. Abdulkayum, Mrs. F. M. K. Anderson, G. All, Theo. Breihan, J. Bundred, Mrs. F. Byrd, Chen
only 16 years old passed away ated at the Union Church at Ken-Ching Chai (Kwangsi Highways the Hong Kong Sanitorium Friday.
onnedy Road, on Saturday, July 25 was of especial interest to the The funeral was largely attend- | Chinese-Australian community of ed by relatives and friends, the the Colony. Miss Lucille Rita chlef mourners being the bereaved Kwan, the second daughter of parents, brothers and sisters.
Mirs. L. 6. Kwan, of Western The Rev. P A. F, T90. of St.Australia, wua united in marṛlage Paul's Church officiated. and to Mr. David William Yes. amongst those who attended were Sydney, N. SW, The Rev. K. A number of girls from the Tsun | Mackenzie Dow officiated. Kwong School. Canton, where the deceased was a student.
Amongst the many beautiful Boral tributes sent were those from "Mummy and Daddy." her brothers "Pong and Chung." her sister Peggy, and
Cousins Pak Chung and Hinkle,
MR. J. M. TAVARES
Died In Shanghai We regret to hear that Mr. Jose Maria Tavares, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tavares, died in Shang- hol on July 19. The late Mr. Tavares was only taken ill two days previously and it is believed that he had contracted Scarlet
Fever.
HANDBILLS' MISCHIEF
DISTRIBUTION MUST BE SANCTIONED
The "Gazette" contains the draft of an Ordinance to amend further the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1932.
It is explained that Section 3 (17) ut Ordinance. No. 40 of 1932 provides that every person shall be able to a fine not exceeding $250 who, without lawful authority or excuse. in any public place posts up or exhibits," or causes to be posted up or exhibited, any notice or proclamation in the Chi- nese language without the per- mission of the Secretary for Chi-
nese Affairs or a District Officer, The paragraph is not to apply to Government notices.
The paragraph in question was, taken from paragraph (13D) of section 2 (b) of Ordinance No.
22
of 1930, which was repealed by section 32 of the 1932 Ordinance. A magisterial decision in 1931, under the 1830 Ordinance, held that the distribution of
hand-
bill in the Chinese language was "exhibiting a notice." Since then It has been the practice to provide each distributor of handbills with a chopped copy containing the ap- proval which he could show to any police officer.
of
THE SCRAPPING
COMPLEX
Making A Virtue Of What Is Not A Necessity
BY SIR HERBERT RUSSELL
Mr. Winston Churchill has no equal in the present House of Commons in his capacity for making debating points. Whether his arguments are right or not, he has the art of raising doubt in the ininds of those who disagree with him as to whether be really is wrong. He is postur as a regular crusader in the cause of the five old cruisers which the Government has decided must be scrapped. this year in deference to a rigid rectitude in treaty observance. I think Mr. Churchill is perfectly right, not because the loss of these Ave cruisers two of which had already been prepared for the disposal. Est-would be a matter of very serious moment to the Navy, but because the plea cn which they are to be sacrificed is too much in the nature of self-righteousness and too little in the nature of common sense.
Administration), China. Oil Co., china Providence Storage Co.. Chong Tal Trading Co., Mr3, K Clarke. F. F. Conway (Collector of Custome). A. E. Cook, A, Cork, G. M. Corndeld, Mrs. H. G. Cuming. Mrs. D. C. Davidson (c/o Thomas Hawke '& Son), L. B. Davis, W. È S. Davis, Alfred Dent & Co., Elec-
The bride was charmingly gowni-
trical Equipment Co., Far East ed in white lace over satin, and Steam Nav. Co. The Fidelity Co. her bouquet
Fo Wah Mining Co., G. F. Fowler, I WAJ composed of tuberoses and killes, The brides-J. F. Fowler, Stephen George, Miss
Glake. Mary
W. Glathe (1/0 maids were Miss Gloria Joyce Yee and Misa Irene Lee, who were
Augustine Trading. Ltd.), Mrs. N. dressed in white organdle and C. Gray. R. B. Ureenwood, V. carried sheaves of pink gladidli. Grubel, E Hancock (3.5. Nancy while the
Moller).
K flower girl. Ettle Miss
Mrs. Hargreaves.
We have done rather too much "Chubby" Ching. was in plak
Hassaram, A. H, Hayes, J, A. Her-
of this sort of thing in our modern organdle, who proudly displayed a ring. L E Hickin, Mrs. H. M. history. The other nations, of bouquet of pink roses.
Hiddle. Hogg & Co., Hong Kong course, like it, but they do not for The bridegroom is on the stad S'hal Airways. Henry Humphrey ret to ridicule it, too. I am not that this country of the Sun Co., Ltd. of Shanghai. E. 0. Jones. F Konio. Earnest advocating
member of the Kuo, Mra, Ian Lamont, Lapleque should dishonour her signature OF and a popular local Chinese-Australian com-
& Cie. La Tien Foo, Miss Fanny creak her pledged word, or, in any munity.
Rose McGehee (The
Brownell other way join the current cult of was given away by Tours), M. M. Montague. Riccardo treaty violation. Nor is Mr. Chur- Manti. Mary Nielsen, Nippon chill. His strongest point is that her brother.. Mr. George
cruisers we can keep these five and Mr. Arthur Choy performed the duties of best man. Mr. James R.
without any default in our obligature of £300,000,000, Yee, the brother of the groom.
tions to the other signatory Powers was the second groomsman.
to the London Naval Treaty of 1930. There is a proviso in that treaty, which in the jargon of the day is called the "escalator clause." that specifically provides for such
The bride
Kwen
A reception was held at the Gloucester Hotel, where the many friends of the young couple wished them happiness and good health
for the future,
The honeymoon will be spent in Shanghal.
TENDED INVITED
་་
FOR FORESTRY WORK
Sealed tenders In triplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for making, clearing and repairing Forestry Paths and Fire Barriers, 1936" will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office up- til noon of Monday, August 10, 1936, for making, clearing and re- mairing forestry paths and fire barriers for the Botanical Forestry Department"
and
Forms of tender, specifications and further particulars may be
obtained at the Office of the Su- perintendent of the Foresty and Botanical Department. ⠀.
No tender will be considered un- less the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $50 as a pledge of the
"bonades" of his offer, which
be forfeited to the
A more recent magisterial deci- sum shall sion under the 1932 Ordinance has Crown if such person shall refuse held that the distribution of hand-to carry out his tender, should his
.
tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind
tender,
Was not covered by the paragraph in question.
The object of this amending itself to accept the lowest or any Ordinance is to bring the distribu- tion of handbills again within the
against mischief
which the paragraph is aimed.
PRISONERS' INFLUENCE IN GAOL
AMENDMENT IN LAW SOUGHT
Changes in prison rules are notl- fled in the Current Issue of the
"Hongkong Government Gazette."
ing:
SALE OF OLD MATERIALS The Public Works Department is prepared to receive tenders for
the purchase of a quantity of old
materials which includes:- Cast Iron, Zinc, Aluminium, Lead. Lead Wire, Tin. Glass. Rubber, Belting, Rope, Mild Steel, and Cable Scrap.
Diving material Electrical material. Motor and Lorry Spares. Rallway material, etc. The material can be seen at the places named in the specification. from July 24.
All tenders in triplicate (which must be made on the official form
Shosen Kalaha, Josinha Noronha,
George Paul. Raymond Plat, The Regent Tailors, Rolph & Co.. W. E. Rundle, Capt. J. W. Scott, A. Shellard (m.v. Willamette Valley) F. Smith & Co., Swatow Emporium, E. A. Tayebally, J. Thompson (s.. Nurtureton), Torio Toko. G. R. Turral, Mrs. L. Urban, W. A. & T R. Vernon, Mrs. M. D. Van Driest, V. A, Vasiller. Victoria Investment Co. Ltd
men
a situation as now exists. OUR "IRREDUCIBLE MINIMUM" But our right honourable states- blacken apparently muat themselves all over to play Othello, It is not enough that six years ago,, in perfectly good faith at the time, we signed a naval treaty which has K. K. L, Compradore Dept., worked lamentably to our disad (Parcel).
REGISTERED ARTICLES Bank of East Africa. J. N. Bertef
Cie Maritime de LYK
Midland Bank Ltd.. (Parcel). T. Parraq. Des Voeux Road, C. Mrs. C. I. da Rosa, c/o Mrs. Sliva
[Parcel).
J. W. E, Tonkin. Henri Wegeli
vantage; we must go on making the very most of that disadvantage to the bitter end. The 1930 Naval Conference was ostensibly, a step towards disarmament. We drop- ped our "irreducible minimum" of TO cruisers to 50 cruisers and posed Д "battleship holiday"" which was accepted-until 1937.
The Americans were suspicious of our (to them) incredible altruism, and got away with an increase of 150,000 cruiser-ons. At any rate, Lida Hostettler, Osaka Shosen in the spring of 1930 we banked Kalaha. Connaught
Road. from upon the world "runping straight.” Tarentum, Perm,·
RADIO TELEGRAMS 6315, from Swatow. Hophinglung, from Semarang. Lynam Bank, from Saigon. Curtiss, care Am. Consul, from Batavia, Centrum.
CIVIL SERVANTS MAY crooked
RETIRE
Before They Reach '50
1
the "escalator clause" herself very shortly before December 31, 1936, and so "regularizing" her position
after we have done our scrap-" ping. As to what the United States might say or do why on earth trouble about this, since there is no naval rivalry whatever between the two countries, and in any case we do not look to Amerian for any co-operation in the situation which now calls for an urgent experdi-
This is Mr. Churchill's postula- tion, and, on the grounds of our own national interest, it is a sound
one. Unfortunately, the present. collective complex of our minister- lal mentality tends to more con- cern for what other countries think than what our own country de- mands. So we are not "invoking" the "escalator clause" to justify the retention of the "Hawkins" class, but breaking up five cruisers—one. of which, the Calypso. is now ac-j tually undergoing a rent-which would be of very real value in the event of war.
The London Treaty was cal culated to give us 50 cruisers at the end of 1936. We now realize this is not nearly enough, so we are going to build up to a total of 70 cruisers. Eaving decided on this point. we proceed to reduce
the prospective 50 cruisers to 48 for a start. This moral process of "holding our heads high" seems to come very near to what is popular- y known as "star gazing."
ORGY OF SCRAPPING
I am not aware of any parallel In the spring of 1938, we are want to this case. The orgy of scrap- ing to spend £300,000,000 as rapid-Ping which followed upon the end ly as our industrial resources will of the Great War, and which it permit to try and regain the has since been realized was pre- security and the prestige we have posterously overdone, at least had has run the justification that we really be- lost because the world
lleved, we had fought a war to end war. In any case, at that period CONFIDING OPTIMISM
we had vastly more ships of all But the Admiralty of the day types than we wanted, Now we would not go all the way with the are desperately short of ships of Socialist Cabinet in their confiding all types. In fact, in the destroyer optimism. They hoped the world category, the Admiralty have per- would run straight, in compliance suaded the Government to "make with the admonitions of Mr. Alex-representations” to the United ander and the late Mr. Arthur Henderson (who toured Europe to- gether to exhort disarmament), but Because of the fall in the ster- they insisted upon the possibility might take the wrong ling value of the Hong Kong that it dollar, and for the sake of turning When the French, and Italian delegates conceded that the economy, the Government pro-, poses to permit voluntary retire-London Treaty was admirable, but declined to sign it, nevertheless, ment of certain officers before, the the Admiralty pressed and carried age of fifty, on condition that they their demand for the inclusion of do so within the next two years. a clause which would enable this
FOR ECONOMY SAKE
The proposed change is provided
States and Japan to the effect that we desire to retam 40,000 tons, qut of about 76,000 tons earmarked for disposst by the end of the year. The word "negotiations" has been used in connection with these re- presentations, from which it may be assumed that there is no "in- voking" of the "escalator clause”- no question of a simple, courteous intimation that, owing to the "de teroration of the International
.NE.
for in an amendment of the Pen-country to take setion at any time situation, we mean to retain these
during the term of the treaty three fotilas. should it appear that this (was
The late Prof. Spencer, Wilkinson. working altogether too much to who will long be remembered as a our disadvantagé.
very able writer upon naval pro- blems, wrote a letter to the "Times" some years ago in the course of which he asked a very simple ques- tion. He said that it would re-
sions Ordinance, the draft of which appears in the current issue of the "Government Gazette."
It is explained that Parágraph (b) of section of the Pensions Ordinance (No. 21 of 1933 as am- ended by No. 29 of 1935 and No. 3 of 1938) permits voluntary re of naval defence, on giving notice Leve the minds of many Englian-
tirement on pension after an offi-
The gist of this clause is that we may go as far beyond the cate gorical limitations we accepted as may seem necessary to the needs
to the other signatory Powers, whe men if you would explain how i cer has attained, the age of nity would then be free to do likewise. can be right for a British Govern- years if the officer gets the con- Had the British Government sim- ment to discuss with a foreign New rules made include the follow-only) under cover marked "Ten sent of the Governor to his retire-ply informed the United States and | Power the strength of the British der for Old Materials, PW.D." to meat. Otherwise (except in the Japan that it was retaining the Navy? This was about nine years Whenever in the opinion of the be lodged, at the Colonial Becre- cases of women and of certain "Hawkins" class instead of scrap- ago and the question is surely very tary's office, not later than noon Indian subordinate officers in the ping them, as provided in the 1930 much more pertinent to-day than on August 7, 1936,
Prison department) the
their place, there would have been free from any international obliga normal treaty, and said nothing else in it was then. Were the Admiralty
no violation of any kind whatso- tions, would they be withdrawing these five cruisers for "breaking. JAPAN AND AMERICA' up in the state of affairs which Japan might have found the way now exists? easter for retaining any treaty pur-1 plus of cruisers if she wants to
AN LEGENT PROBLEM
age for voluntary retirement is fifty-ave.
Superintendent it is desirable, either in the interests of a prisoner Forms of tender and further or in the interests of prison dia-
particulars may be obtained from cipline, that a prisoner should per- the Superintendent of Accounts The amending Bill, when enact form his inbour in a cell, the Superintendent may require him and Stores. P.W.D. Bullock Lane.ed, will give the Governor, with i
to do so; and In such case be shail perform such labour as can be suitably performed in celi.")
"A prisoner who is in separate confinement otherwise than under rule 29 and a prisoner' who is at labour in cell under rule 252 shall receive the diet prescribed for men and women without hard labour."
!
Wanchal
DONATIONS
S. J. A. A. and B.
The Director of Ambulance has
In the case of male prisoners it the honour to acknowledge with
ever.
• szily
the approval of the Becretary of State, power to consent to volun- tary retirement before the age of Afty is attained in the case of do so, but, as she has cut adrift very fair share of Admiralty ex- Mr. Churchill, who has had a officers who so retire not later from all "entanglemente", when perience during the course of his than June 4, 1838.
these determine at the end of this variegated career, seems pretty It is considered that economies year, there is nothing on earth to can be effected in cases where re-prevent her from coolly pleading acquiesce in the submission that sure of the answer. He declines to tirement results in a reduction of
staff or in filling vacancies with
less highly paid officers, and it is
we are sacrificing these Ave ships not because we want to, but be
is made an offence to exercise or grateful appreciation and thanks
the contemplation of such cases by clause 2 of the Bill gives the cause our commitments oblige us attempt to exercise a pernicious in- the receipt of the following doné- fluence over other prisoners, or totions:
and the necessity to reduce the effect of sections 2 and 3 of the to do so. In the simple question of undermine or attempt to under- WIG. 'A
$50.00 Budget deficit consequent on the Nigerian Ordinance No. 11 of 1932, fact he is right, Common sense mine good order and discipline in Mrk. A. Whittaker (për "8.0. fall in the sterling exchange value legislation on the lines of which would suggest keeping these ves- the prison. To the punishment for Morning Post"}
3.00 of the Incal dollar which prompt making provision for such volun- sels, at any rate until our pre- these and certain other offences. ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL | the proposed amendment in the tary retirements within a period gramme of, expansion- gets well there is added a provision": "for
"ORGAN FUNDVENDIG Pension law,
not exceeding two years was au- going, Nobody pretends that they separate confinement for any Already · acknowledged..... $1,950.29- The new proviso added to see thorised by the Becretary of State's term not exceeding three months' Anonymous
* 450.00 tion & of the principal Ordinance telegram of June 4, 1936.
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