FLATS TO LET
ODERN FLATS — Nos. 14 MDTICIA Mansion Mandonnell Road. Apply Xarier Bros Ltd. No 8. Dos Voous Road Telephone
22735 or 232:6.
SUTTON'S
SEED
FOR ALL PART
બી
SUPPLIES ALI OBTAINABLE PROM :
GRAÇA & COMPANY, 10 Wyndham Strost,
HONGKONG.
ESTABLISHED 1201
FOR SALE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936,
TATTOO YOUR LIPS!
WITH
F Chiqvrolet, 1935 model, & sentar. NOB SALM.Second hand and second hand Nash, 1939 model, & SOUTH SEA GLAMOUR soster, both in perfect condition. Apply Box No. 118 e/o Hong Kong Daily Press.
ENSIGN
(1191
AUTO – RANGE
CAMERA
Focusses the image absolutely, sharply and automatically. It is provided with aRAN-E-PINDER coupled with the lens focussing mechanism, and operated from the usual radial focussing lever.
Ask forfa demonstration
A. TACK & CO.
29, Des Voeux Road, Central
The Most Comprehensive Survey Yet Compiled of Reconstructional Progress In Modern China.
CHINA'S
NEW CURRENCY SYSTEM
By T'ANG LEANG-LI
A survey of Chinese Currency and Banking System in Historical perspective and of the reactions of the World Slump upon Chinese Trade, Industry, and Finance, from the beginning of the depression to the Establishment of State Control of Silver-with Statistical tables relating to movements of Gold,." Silver and Prices in General.
MO
ON SALE AT
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE
Publishers:"
CHINA UNITED PRESS
299, SZECHUEN ROAD, SHANGHAI
IND
PEDIGREE LIGHORNS
MORNING SOUND LECHORN FARM -TAI PO MARKET, NEW TERRITORIES LEGHORN EGGS-FRESH DAILY HATCHING EGGS LAYING PULLET
COCK
Sole Agenin--HUNG CHEONG
€8, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON. (Tel. 57108)
Now...a stunning new TATTOO lipstick shade, named "Hawaiian." It's the exciting red of Hawaii's wild Hibiscu Bower...ared that's alive as a tropical storm, yet subcle as the geatle rustle of pain leaves. It will actually ray just asted on your lips as it is la cuestick. Ithasa'ta hint of the purplish undertone that usually with indelible liparick. And *Hawaiian" will keep your lips soft and mostly eroth. See "Hawaiian test it on your own skin at the w TATTOO Color Selector found oo all toilet goods counters.
TATTOO
Quicker,
BRASSO
and a shine as bright as lightning
BRASSO
METAL POLISH|
AGENCIES.
The London Office of the HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, 83, Far Ser, E.0.4, is constant ly receiving Enquiries from Home Manufacturers regarding Suitable Firms to act as Agents for their products in Hong Kong and South China
Ifocal Compames desirons of taking
ap further Agencies will let us know the Lines in which they ar interested the information will be forwarded to London and passed- on to interested partion is op- portunity offers.
This Service is offered to our Bestern without charge and, of courEO, no obligation in incurred on either rida,
The Required Information should be sent to the
"
HONG KONG DAILY FEES8, "LTD. MARINA Hora (SED FLOOK),
│
15-19, Que's ROAD CENTRAL, Hoog Kong.
HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS
AND
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT
ILLUSTRATED
PRINTED IN · GOOD ' QUALITY PAPER ÖVER 40 PAGES
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
FULL REPORTS
OF
LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS, GOSSIP, TRADE, ETC.
30 CENTS A COPY
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LTD.
MARINA HOUSE (3rd Floor) 15-19, QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL
TEL. 30231.
TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES
Broadcast By Z.B.W. On 355 Metres
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Pro-
Kramme.
13.30 p.m.-The London Palladium
Orchestra,
1 p.m. Local: Time Signal and
Weather Report.
1.03 p.m.-Light Opera Male
Chorus
1.18 pm.-A Selection from · "Gia-
morous Night" by Debroy Bomers Band.
1.25 p.m-Renter Press. Rugby Press, Local Weather forecast, time and announcements.
BERLIN PROGRAMME
1.08 p.m.-Call DJA, DJB (Germal
German Folk Song.
English>.
3
1.10 p.m.-Concert of Light Music. 2 pm-News in German. 2.15 p.m-Concert of Light Music
(continued).
2.55 pm-Greetings to our listen-
ers in New Zealand
3 p.m.--News and Economic Review
in English.
2,000 CRIMINALS
FOR FRANCE
LAMMERTS AUCTIONS
When Devil's Island PUBLIC AUCTION.
Closes
TICKET-OF-LEAVE PLAN
Abolition of the rulurious prisou settlement. In French Guians' by the end of next year is contemplat- ed by the Gloverament, according
THE Undersigned have cosirədi
instruction
TO SELL Y
PUBLIC AUCTION
KO
to M. Marius Moutet, the Minister FRIDAY, OCT. 2, 1936
of Colonies, and M. Marc Racart,
1.40 p.m.-A Relay of the Rotare 3.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany. Minister of Justice.
Club Tiffin Speech from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Gar-
den.
2.10 nam. (Approx)-Close Down. 4-7 p.m.-Chinese Progmmme 17-11 p.m.-European Programme,
7 p.m-
Sound Pictures.
3.30 p.m.-Musical Miniatures.
Arranged and
Eugen Sonntag.
conducted
by
4.30 p.m.--"Scond Sight"
A Radio Play by Hermann Toelle. 5 p.m.-Famous Musiciana:
Alma Moodie, Violin. 5.30 am.---News arid Economic Re
view in German.
Half an hour with Saint-Saens.
Concerto in G Minor Op. 22- Arthur de Greef (Pianoforte) und New Symphony Orchestra conducted Dy Sir Landon 6 p.m.-"Prince Eugene, that Noble
Ronald.
First Movement only-Andante
Ostenuto
Song--Softly Awakes My Heart ("Somison and Delilah")-
Maria Olczewska (Contralto). Orchestral-March Heroique
Orchestre Symphonique Int Paris),
Orchestral—"Samson... and De-
llah"
Bacchanale Phil- adelphia Symphony Orchestra. 7.30 p.m.-Chaing Local Stock
Quotations...
7.33 p.m.-
8
Pablo Casals ("Cello)
Richard Crooks (Tenor)
5.45 p.m.-H.Y, Programme 30
Daya Hitler Youth,
Knight." Ballad Recital by Cornells Bronsgeest.
6.55 p.m.-Call DJE and DJB
(German. English). German Folk Song,
7 p.m.-Concert of Light Muste
8 p.m.-News in English
In interviews published recently In "Paris-Boir," these. Ministers state that the recessary legisla- tion will be introduced in Parlis- ment during the next session. In the meantime no further convicts will be sent out to the colony. The number at present gerving sent- ences there is believed to be bui tween 8,000 and 7,000,
"The penal settlement. is an abcess on the body colonial. All
other countries have abandoned this absurd system." M. Moutet
zala.
Commencing at 2.30 P.M.
AT. THEIR BALES ROOM. DUDUELL STREET
·A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
Comprising :—.
Black Wood Ware, Teak Office & Drawing Room Furniture, Bed Room Refrigerators, Table Fans & Lampe, and Dining Room Furniture, Electrio
Typewriters, Bowing Machines, Gra- Previous efforts to abolish the mophones and Recorda. Carpets & settlement have usually received Rugs, Porcelain and Glass Ware, little sympathy from the Minister Pictures. Glass & E. P. Ware, of Justice, but M. Rucart is whole-Cutlery, Brass and Aluminium Ware,
6.15 p.m.-Greetings to our Listen-heartedly in favour of it and refoe Chests, Ornaments, Radio Beta, calls that he first became convin Enamelled Bath, Upright Planen. ced of the necessity of doing away Curios, Wardrobe Trunks, etc, etc.
ers in the "Far East" and Call
DJQ.
8.20 p.m.-Little German Broad
casting ABC.
8.35 p.m.-Concert of Light
(continued).
with the system when he investi-
gated it as a member of a Salva-
Musiction Army committee.
9 p.m.-News and Economic Re.
view in German,
8.15 p.m.--Sonata in I minor
Johannes Brahma.
At the Piano: Gisela Binz.
1. 'Cello Solos-Musette (Bach,
Mazurka Op. 11 No. 3. (Pop- [9.45 p.m-Topical Talk
per)
*.
2: Song-The Merry Widow-I
.. Love You So. (Lebar).
3. 'Cello Solo--Chanson VII-
lageoise
Village Bong) (Popper).
(A
4. Sofg-I'll Always Be True
(Benatsky).
5. 'Cello Solo-Vito (Spanish
Dance) (Popper).
6. Song-Serenade"The Stu-
dent Prince" (Romberg). pm-Local: Weather Forecast,
Time and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-
From the Studio
Jazz Selections by "The Three
Blind Mice".
Programmė,
1. I Wanna Woo.
2. Song-Im A Fool for lovin'
you,
3. Medley.
Way down yonder in New Orleans:
Ida sweet as apple cider. Ain't misbehavin'.
4 Please believe me.
3. Plano Solo After you've gone.
8. Bone-Would you.
7. Gotta bran new sult,
8.30 p.b.-
The Regimental Band of
H. M. Grenadier Guards, Marche Slav (Tschaikowsky). / Villanelle (With the Swallow)
(Arr. Winterbottom). Belphegor Quick March
(Brepsan!).
by
10 pm-News and Economic R
view in English on DJE DJQ in Dutch on DJB.
10.35 -p.m.-To-day. In Germany
Sound Pictures. 10.30 p.m.- Musical. Miniatures.
Arranged and Conducted by
Eugen Sonntag.
!!
11.30 p.m.-"Second Sight."
A Radio Play by Hermann Toelle. 12 midnight-Close DJE, 193Q. DJB)
¡Cerm., Engi.).
LE
RADIO MANILA
6.30 a.m.- Sreakfast. Hour of New and Music-English and Span ish Current Events and Vaude ville of the Air conducted
Don Alva
U
alzo
One Telescope and Stand in Chaos One Slot Machine
ON VIEW FROM THURSDAY, Ta ler OCTOBER, 1986.
*In suppressing the penal cot any." he said, "France is only fol- lowing other nations example. England replaced it by imprison- ment in gaols in the United King- dom, and nobody complained, ex- cept, perhaps, the prisoners." This reference to the prisoners' prefer- ences brings to the front the fact that despite the colony's grim re- putation, prisoners usually depart there joyfully, buoyed up by the TERMS:-Casя on Delivery, prospect of escape, or at the worst. at freer intercourse with their fel- low-prisoners.
It is expected that a mixed com- mission representing the Minis- tries of Colonies and Justice wil be sent to Cayanne this autumn to study the situation carefully with
a view to recommending measures
LAMMERT BROS..
AUCTIONEERS.
to be taken for closing down the FUTURE OF THE
rettlement.
PROBLEM OF LIBERE One of the most difficult pro- blema is that of the “libéré." Un- der the present system, known as "doublage, when a transported. man has served his term he must also remain for an equivalent per- lod in the colony. This semi. Liberty and the miserable. condi- 2.30 pm-Nielson Financial Revictions under which he lives usually
7 a.m.-Bign On. 2.30 am-Nielson Financial Re
view and Musical Varieties. 11.15 a.m-Sign Of
and Musical Varieties.
3:46 p.m.-Sign Off
8 p.m.-Song and Movie Magazine of the Air, sponsored by the Literary Sang-Movie Maga- zinc
€24 p.m. -Spanish Informational
Period
635 pm--English
Period
Informational
6 55 p.m.—Stock quotations, through
son and Fritz.
serve only to confirm in the |"bagnard" the vicious and bruts! habits developed by his patson life.
LEAGUE
Archbishop's Call To Prayer
In view of the meetings of the conucil and League of Nations this month, the Assembly of the
Archbishop of Canterbury issued the following request for prayer:-- As at present arranged, the There are about 2,000 of the Council of the League of Nations libérés in Galana at present. will meet at Geneva on Septem- plan for returning them to France and scattering them
through the country on a ticket of leave "system is under "con
sideration.
ber 18 and the Assembly on Sep- tember 21. It is unnecessary to emphasize the critical importance of these meetings. In the light of recent and, it must be confessed, The perial colony was established disappointing experience, proposals the courtesy of Swan. Culbert-in 1852, and in the following 15 will then be made by some years 18,000 criminals were trans-of the States-members of the ported. For the next 20 years, League for the reconsideration or however, the Island of New Cale-reform of some of the provisions donia, in the South Seas, was pre-
of its Covenant, Doubtless the ferred, and it was not until 188T
mzetings this month will be, of a Parade of the Elephants (Chen- 8.30 p.m.-A Voice and Two Guitars ished for the reception of con- will depend on the spirit in which that French Guiana was re-estab preliminary character, but much
Macche Lorraine (Ganne). . The Grenadies Waltz (Waldteu-
fel).
ette),
The Old Frog Pond (Alford).. spm.-
A Relay from. London England to Johannesburg Air Race Departure, followed by the News and Announcèmènta. 9:30 p.m...
Three Numbers by Marek Weber and his Orchestra.
1. Simple Aveu (Thème).
Comes 2. The Music
Strauss),
(Oscar
3. Her first dance (Heykens). 9.40 p
From the Studio
A Recital by Margaret Bate (Boprano), and Rupert Bald- win ATCL (Pianoforte).
1. Planoforte Bolo Prelude in E
Bach.
2 Songs, The Nightingale —
Kjerulz.
Out of the twilight-Hard ing.
3. Planoforte Bolo-Wedding Day
Grieg, st
4. Songs - The Nightingale
7 p.m.-To be announced.
7.45 p.m.-Oriental Classic Trio and
Alma Corre (Chain RZEG), p.m.-To be announced.
8.15 p.m.--Commercial Monitor.
9
-Carmela Herriandez, with Sarmiento and Rey.
8.45 pm-stock" Quotations and;
Local Market Reports. p.m.-"Sampaguita," conducted
by Remigio Mat. Castro, 9.30 p.m.-Musical Varieties. 10 p.m.-Bign off,
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA RELICS FOUND
Sketches And Paint-Box
firmed criminals and for prisonersuch proposals are at the very be sentenced to OTC than right ginning received and considered.
rears' hard labour.
In the public mind It is mast prominently associated with the imprisonment of Dreyfus at the end of the century.
The vast majority of the people of this country continue to base their desires and hopes for "the peace of the world on the League. Everywhere in Europe there a rest- DREYFUS' PRISON
lessness, suspicion," apprehension. Arda. are being rapidly increased. Devil's Island, where Dreyfus was kept in solitary confinement, The race of armaments is going on then became synonymous for the apace. The efforts which single.
| nations are making for their own whole settlement. Actually, how-
ever. Devil's Island is only a very security are only increasing the
small station with accommodation,
sense of insecurity among other
for some 5 prisoner, who for vari-nations. It is of vital importance for the future of the world that ous reasons it is desired to keep the League should emerge from apart from the others.
The main settlement is on the any reconsideration of its Covenant or of its functions not wetened, mainland at Cayenne, although
but rather strengthened by the there is another island settlement
enlargement of its membership and by the more assured loyalty of
in the same group for the recep tion of the more recalcitrant cri-
its, membeza.'.
: I therefore venture to ask that
A sketch book belonging to T. &minals. The outstanding criminals: Lawrence-lawrence of Arabia- who are awaiting transportation several interesting sketches and in the annual December voyage of on the Sundays preceding the i meetings of the League-Sundays, the three his paint-bit, were discovered re La Martinière are
September 13 and 20 prayer, may cently in an old art shop in Wey- Ustachs terrorists sentenced to be offered in all places of worship 'mouth. The sketch book was Hfe imprisonment for complicity in thought to have been lost, several the assassination of King Alexan- throughout the country that the Spirit of God may give to the re- Now sleeps the crimion years ago, when no particular der of Yugoslavia.
presentatives of our own-dea other petal-Quilter.
valde was attached to it because
nations wisdom courage, large- "news of mind and a strong deter- mination to seek peace and ensule
Dellus.
5. Pianoforte Solo-Falandia-the identity of its owner was then
Sibelius.
10 p.m
A Relay from London. Big Ben Talk: "Imperial: AT-
"fire" by H, V, Hodson. 10.30 p
Jack Jackson and His Orchestra. 11 pan-Clôté Down,
anknown. :
who he was," Mr. Forse said yes The discoveries were made by erday: "When Lawrence left the Mr. J. W. Forse, with whose son Lawrence of Arabia, when Known as Aircraftman T. Shaw, ved Fat Bovington Camp, Dorset.
“ify som lived for several years with Lawrence, but did not know
*
camp he gave my son several The Moderator of the Federal chests of belongtips for 143 son to Courellt Evangelical :: Free keep or burn. He burnt many of Churches, Dr. 6. M. Buss,, 23- the articles, but kept the sketches.sociates himself with me in this aketch book and paint-box and request.
COSSIO CANTUAR:
gave)
then
to me!!