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NOTICE is, hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the above Society will be held at the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine, Mathe son & Co., Ltd. (by kind per rmission), on Tuesday, the 15th December, 1936, at 5.15 p.m.
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
The Twelfth Extra Race Meet-
ing will be held (weather per mitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 5th December, 1936, commencing at 2.00 p.m.
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.
By Order,
J. T. BAGRAM,
Hon. Secretary. Hong Kong, 1st December, 1936.
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S, A. SLEAP,
Actg. Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Nov., 1936.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY,
COMMONS AND
DEFENCE
The Problem Of Supply
STRATEGY
BY AIR AND LAND
The debate ONL the Address, technically upon the Report of the Royal Commission on the manu- facture of and träding in arms, developed into a general discussion of defence, states "The Times."
Mr. Kingsley Griffith moved an Opposition Liberal amendment. calling for action on the report.
and in a most modest and per- suasive speech set a high tone for the debate. He accepted tempor- arlly the Commission's verdiet against a State monopoly in arms
manufacture, but urged that some agreed defence policy should be found in this time of urgent need.
Reliance upon unarmed Innocence was useles, and we must strive
for defences both efficient and popular. The three main points
Ministry of Supply, the strict control of prices, and the cons- cription of industry in war. I those points were agreed they would remove suspicion of any re- petition of the ugly war profiteer ing, and do more to improve re- cruiting than the "regal wrath" of Mr. Duff Cooper.
As from 1st January, 1937 a London Office: 53. Fleet Street in the report were the creation of charge will be made to cover the cost of lighterage to alongside ncesn Carrier of all local and transhipment cargo covered by the current Chlum Homeward Conference Freight Tariff and the Gulf of Aden and Red. Sea Ports Conference Tariff. This charge will be the rate of one shilling per freight ton except as below.
Mats, Matting, Canes, Rattans & Bamboo poles-2d. per cwt.
Raw Silk. Cocoons pierced, waste slik (not in presspacked bales)-Zd. per cwt.
For convenience in collecting the above charges will be em bodied in Tariff-freight rates as from 1st January next. Hong Kong, 1st Dec., 1936.
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GENERAL STORES CONTRACTS
TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Colonial Secre. tary up to Noon of the 14th day of December, 1936, for the SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STORES required by the Government of Hong Kong dur- ing the year 1937.
HONG KONG, DECEMBER 1, 1936.
FORTUNES IN STAMPS
It was announced in the newa columns yesterday that a new stamp issue had been sanctioned for Australia, and perhaps in that issue there will be one or two flaws which will, somehow evade the scrutiny of the inspectors.
These one or two flawed stamps will reach the public, and if the person who receives them has any real knowledge. of the issue and is a keen philatelist, then he will immediately realise that a fortune-potential," at least has come bis way.
NAVY AND AIR FORCE
In reply, Sir Thomas Inskip. though he had some reassuring facts to report, failed to satisfy the House. He was not impressed by the Commission's report. It would be expertly examined, but it seemed too much based upon conflicting evidence. particularly In suggesting a Ministry of Supply. The principle behind the Gov- errument's programme #25 de fence. because the main rally- ing point of public opinion was precisely the our own interests; but it also defence of
included the capacity our -less clearly Relf-interest- ed obligations. The policy did not envisage acropping the Navy in favour of the Air Force. Air developments had not displaced the Navy from the arst line of de- fence, though they would involve co-operation between the Navy and the Air Force in the defence of bases and food ports.
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With regard to the Air Force, it must be amply powerful enough
to art as 2 deterrent In no branch of rearmament could we make up the time lost in in the quality and quantity of farmer years. but rapid progress aeroplanes and of anti-aircraft defences was being made. He in stanced the "decision to create a balloon barrage round London and
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DECEMBER 1, 1936.
LOCAL SAYINGS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF PRESS
OF THE WEEK
It is a crying want that books for the Chinese are not illustrated with pictures depicting the things that will easily be understood by the Chinese-Rev. Fr. Byrnes, 8.J. We pedestriaris are long suffer- ing people. We want only to live and let live. The reckless driver also may be quite content to take life as it comes, but it is too fre- Army deaciencies were undis-quently our life that he takes- guised. But they were not due to Mr. C. Champkin.
Baptised or unbaptised Uttle lack of spirit among the people. For example, there was no lack children are the children of God of recruits for the Navy; and since and the direct recipients of His May, 1935. 12,000 applications for Love and care so far as parents pliots' commissions, and 50.000 ap- and a sub-Christian society permit plications for entstment in the that love be manifested.- Air Force had been made. Train-Scrutator" in
the
"H.K... Daily Ing schools had been greatly ex-Preas."
As a society we stand supreme, panded. He felt, therefore, that a plain call to national duty would ours is the oldest society in the get the Army the men required, | Colony, having been founded in the and the conditions of service were | year 1881 and we take great plea. being thoroughly reviewed.
sure in rubbing this in to kindred societies and seeing that they re-
"SHADOW", FACTORIES
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A brief reference to the bon-cognise our premier position-Mr. troversy with Lord Nuffield pre. R. M. McLay, Chieftain. St. An- faced the explanation that the drew's Society. "ahadow scheme” was the best We would not mind criticism it means to get quick mass produc- they were constructive.-Miss I tion. But the required skilled la- Dunnett, Secretary ZBW (in an
and apparatus would be interview). prepared so that in an emergency,
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One cannot dismiss the terrible
or even before, the ax "shadow" toll of human lives lost yearly factories would make not com- through the careless or sometimes
action ponents but complete engines. This reckless
of -unthinking recalled to him the fact that drivers as a mere incident in ma- ager provision was being made dern traffic and that which cannot for reserves, so that the actual be avoided. It can be avoided and striking force could be made much must.-P. M. Hodgson, stronger than it appeared .on paper. "
I am determined to stop this beastly traffic (heroin).-Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.
Finally, he fully shared the anxieties of his critics, but he I cannot think of any place could not agree that a Ministry which could possibly have a greater of Supply was at once practicable. number or greater variety of re- The Supply branches of the Ser-ligious fellowships than Hong Kong vice Departments were already co- and yet the force of Christian. ordinated "through", the supply opinion in the Colony is insuficient Officers' Committee, of which he even to secure that most fmda- was chairman. The allocation and mental of all Christian services, a listing of reserve resources had truly religious education in pub- Kone far. I
more were done it licly owned schools,-Rev. J. D.
would mean transferring Key McLean.
skilled men from civil industry,
"honesty compels me to with unhappy results to the na-confess that I cannot foresee the tion's export trade and finances.
day when the principle of 'caveat emptor can be safely abrogated in its application to the purchaser of comestibles in this Colony."-HE. Sir Andrew Caldecott,
That need not be done. at least yet, particularly because it was foolish to disparage even our pre- sent strength.
the
Mr. Lees-Smith showed the Op-
OTHER SAYINGS position in its mare responsible mood by pleading ̋ efficiency, not
A striking fact, is that polities. He asserted that Sir absolute and relative decline in Thomas Inskip had not the neces--
our ships, naval and mercantile, sary powers to override depart has been permitted in a period mental fanatics. and that con- and is still being permitted la a troversal points were still shelved. | period-of serious and threatening He added that recruiting for the international political complica- Army must be bad until the 60- tions-Sir George Hunter, K.B.E..
vice was reviewed.
D.Sc. year-old Cardwell system of ser-
Lord Winterton, Arst of the Conservative eritles, took up the same theme. Next year was the
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Our Colonies were stolen from jus-General Goering.
The danger is not in China pro- gressing too slowly but trying to go to fast.-Sir Frederick Leith-
Stamp collecting has been popular passion for three-quarters of a century. Mr. F. J. Melville reminds us that the late King George, who began to collect as boy for the fun of the tiring." found in his collection "one of the greatest pleasures of his life." He made it an almost complete Army divisions had been allotted doing everything possible, but only accessible than ever."-M. Krutor.
Specifications and conditions of Tender can be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of Accounts & Stores, Public Works .Department, at the Bullock times.
Lane. Wanchal Office,
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THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.
(Incorporated in Queensland)
NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF INTERIM DIVIDEND
representation of the development of the British Empire in modern
the production of new and power- ful anti-aircraft guns at the Not- tingham factory. Two Territorial
to
anti-aircraft defence. The only by the supply of skilled la- scale of production was limited
bour and of tools. The training of the one and the production of ably fast. the other was proceeding reason-
fateful year. when British pre-
paredness alone might be able to Ross.
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prevent war. But he suspected The Soviet Far Eastern Territory were not is to-day stronger and more in-
that, the
Government
everything that was - not incon-- My reasons for aequiring Chinese ventent. That was certainly true citizenship are three: as a matter about the Army: and he believed of principle, of preference and of
the that
whole defence. pro-protest-Mrs. Paul Dewitt Twinem. gramme. was vastly, benindhand. For this a special responsibility fell upon the Prime Minister,
A lull in the debate was marked by. a plea from Sir Roger Keyes for a stronger Fleet Air Arm; and
MR. HSIUNG'S NEW PLAY
Western Chamber':
he arrives.
French Government "Purge"
For many months the extreme Left newspapers in France have demanded of the Government a "purge." It seems that this purge has now been Inaugurated.
In the administration of France the first prominent victim was the Court President Lesconve, suspected of Royalist sym- pathies. He was swiftly followed by the resident general OX Morocco, Poyrouton. And the next action of the Government established a precedent, which is calculated to have far-reach- ing consequences. M. Pierre Guimler, Director of the "Havas News Agency" had to resign his post, because of his lack of sympathy with the Popular Front
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The next to follow was City Councilor Francois Latour.. Councillor for the district Montparnasse. He was one of the foremost members in the Organising Committee for the World Exhibition of 1937, and, was forced to resign from this post dur- ing a conversation with the Prommler, M, Leon Blum. The crime he had committed was to add his name to a petition for the writer Charles Mautras, who was recently sentenced to 8 long term of imprisonment
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This petition, in its preamble, stated expressly; that it was meant, not for the royalist politician, but for the brilliant writer Charles Maurras, and Francois Latour was of the opinion, that as city councillor he had the right to freely express his opinion. The Government, and M. Leon Blum personally, however, were... of different opinion..
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In press circles in Paris, this last list of "retirements" is viewed with grave concern. It is stated that never" since the Great Revolution, have attempts of this kind been made to take from the French people the right of freely expressing their opinions. The dangerous precedent of Plerre Gulmier, followed shortly by the new Press B is taken as the first step to de- prive the press of its freedom.
The Paris Press Syndicate has therefore, issued a declaration stressing that, without taking any political sides, it will not stop fighting to the last for the freedom of the French press, which had been established by the Great Revolution as essential for the people.
RUGGER PLAYERS
INJURED
London Nov. 30. Three of the most famous rug- gerites in Britain were injured on Saturday.
Obolensky of Oxford, the Eng. land winger, has to restore a muscle in the back of his thigh and is an unlikely starter in the Varsity match on December 8.
Cun Jones Welah, stand-off hal?, fractured his collar bone and will miss the England-Wales match on
January 18.
Wilfred Wooller, Welsh winger, strained a knee ligament and is a doubtful starter on January 16.- KELLEY
RUBBER RUMOURS
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London, Nov. 30. Rumours said to emanate from the effect that Amsterdam the International Rubber Restric- tion Committee are unlikely to increase, the production quota on December 15 since licenses of the Netherlands Indies will be sent out on December 17 are not sericusiy considered here where the market
Increase. expects some
·Rubber circles point out that the emission of licenses on December 17 need in no way be affected by increased quotas which if occurring would merely mean the issue of supple- mentary licenses for the amount involved.-- Henter...
RUMANIA AND POLAND
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"Hong Kong Daily Press" Special)
Warsaw, Nov. 30.
The semi-official "Polish Poli- tical Bulletin," referring to the discussions on the occasion of the Rumanian Foreign Minister's visit here, ascribes unusual significance to them. The conversations be. tweez the Polish and the Ru- manian statesmen,
the paper
CONFIDENCE IN GERMANY
Goering Addresses Peasants
Berlin, Nov. 29. Germany is not so weak now as when she entered the World. War in 1914, declared General Hermann Goering, Prime Minister of Prussia and Reich Minister for air, when addressing the National Farmers' Congress at Goslar.
Then, he said Germany bad a cowardly parlament; but now meri governed the country "he asserted.
He appealed to German farm- ers to help
him carry out his four-year rehabilitation plan..
Liberal circles, General Goering told the farmera, urged him to give better prices to encourage deliveries of their products, say- ing that otherwise farmers would hold back their wares and 50+ force prices upward. But he would be a traitor to his people who placed a loaf in the Dig trough, General Goering charged. Germany would be independent of "foreign countries with regard. to her dally bread as the farmers. did their duty, he continued.
"The territory in which) Ger mans live is too small for its will 60,000,000 inhabitants, and soon be too strong for the 90- 000,000 we want to become," the Minister stated. "Should it be- come necessary for Der Fuehrer to call upon you, I am convinced " you German peasants would take hold of the sword in your strong fists as you have taken hold of the plough," he challenged.
Meanwhile, in Berlin, Deputy- leader Rudolf Hess, right-hand man of Chancellor Adolf Hitler. was delivering a fierce attack on Bolshevism,
Before the Great War, he said,
King Edward VIII., not less keen a philatelist, is maintaining this unique collection, the value
The strategy of the Air Force whom he asked to make a great of which has been estimated at was being worked out on many appeal to the nation for the de-
sum is not
hypotheses. but what it actually
fence of freedom. 500,000. Such a
proved to be must depend upon without precedent in the anna's
events. One certain thing was of philately. The collection of that it could not, and would not,
London, Nov. 30. Philip von Ferry, on which 50 take over all the duties of the Mr. Amery's contention that, since, Mr. 81 Halung, Chinese play- years was spent. sold for over Fleet. He regretted that the we could not make effective pre-wright, is proceeding to Shanghai "bomb versus battleship" report parations for prompt intervention by the Conte Verde to-morrow and £400,000. In 1304 King George had, not ended that controversy. by the Army, we should arrange begins work on the production of states, have confirmed the existing Lord Kitchener, the famous Bri- paid £1,450 for a single stamp. In the Government's view, it for prompt and substantial inter- the "Western Chamber" as soon as the 2d blue "Post Office" meant that Fleet must still meet Mauritius, the value of which is Feet and must include capital NOTICE is hereby given that now £5,000. an Interim Dividend
This is not a record. For the of Six Pence per share on account of rarest stamp in the world, the the financial year ending 31st one cent. British Guiana, £7,500 March, 1937, has been declared was bid in vain. It was, insured by the Directors of the Company for £10,000. and now blushes In Brisbane, payable on 12th unseen in the vaults of a New December, 1936 to Shareholders Yark bank. 11 on the Registers at Brisbane and Stugapore on 11th December, 1936.
ships.
ARMY STRATEGY
As for Army strategy, we could not limit our forces to garrison
vention by the Air Force. This could be decisive if the Air Force were strong enough.
He was entertained here to-day at a farewell party, by all the com- pany of "Lady Precious Stream," now revived at Little Theatre with great success,---- Reuter
views concerning the role to be played by the two countries in Eastern Europe," assigned to the two countries by the fact that they stretch without interruption from the Baltic to the Black Sea. S
The bilateral alliance between the two countries' permits both countries to play a common, active 2nd creative role, and since both vastly into arrears. are determined" adversaries of the The production of aircraft was not formation of opposing blocs, they far short of estimates, and the
will have every interest in main- production of engines' was better | taining close contact with each
The forecast of other- the strength of other air forces had been accurate.
had fallen
Transocean News Service.
ACCIDENT. DURING
INSPECTION
tish Field Marshal, had told a Gercan officer that he foresaw the coming catastrophe of world conkict. not
But that foresight did mean that leaders, owing to lark of breadth of vision, would. avoid contemplation or and pre- paration or such a disaster.
The position was now the same with regard to Bolshevism. Major
·Hcss declared, but the time would come when the world would thank Germany for acting as a bulwark: He thanked Herr Hitler for reduc- ing 'the' Bolshevist тепасе through the new alliance with Japan-Beuter,
LUIS COMPANYS ARRESTED
SIR S: HOARE'S` REPLY In his reply. Sir Samuel Hoare asked all at home and abroad to duties. If we were in a war we
note that there had been no single must be all in. At the same time
challenge to the need for rearma- ment. He was pleased that there our present Army was a police had been so little criticism of the and Lines of Communication force Navy, and in general he asserted with a small mobile reserve. It
that when disarmament again be- was understood that the Terri-
must came possible everybody But the interest of stamp col- torial Army was our second line.
realize that we should never again} than estimates. lecting is not to be measured of Its readiness was therefore the accept relative inferiority. Mean confined by money value. Many and its members knew that by Act blem of the relations between the measure of the national readiness. while, he admitted that the pro- NOTICE is also hereby given a collection is planned to illus. of Parliament they could be made Navy and the Air Force was dif
THE TIME NOT RIPE that the Singapore Transfer trate the history of a
The Government had no, ob- nation. Registers will be closed from Many more in these days are
neuit, and could not say whether | jection "in principle to a Ministry the best solution had been found. of Supply; but to be any use it Saturday, 5th December, to primarily pictorial.
pictorial stamps of the Dominions i As for the battleship controversy, would have to have the same Friday, 11th December, 1936 Most of the Governments of und Colonies.
most of the facts had been agreed powers as the Ministry of Muni- "Eir Edwin Deller, Principal of both days inclusive), for the the world have come to realise
by the Naval and Air Force staffstions in the later stages of the the London University, who Was
The Catalan Bolshevist leader, Next year we shall celebrate preparation of Dividend Wer-
Passing to other departments, last war. That meant a great in-seriously injured when an empty Luis Companys has been arrested that stampa which depict the the centenary of Rowland Hill's he announced that the Government dustrial upheaval, and the Govern- skip fell on him during the inspec- and confined to his house by the rants.
natural features of a country, its proposals for the introduction of were engaged on equipping an all-ment, at present, did not think the tion of the new university build- Barcelona Anarchists, according to great men and women and its postage stamps. It is maintain purposes force of Ave divisions time ripe for that. If the pro-ings on Friday, was last night a message from Burgos.
able and ready to go anywhere. notable events are of an educative ed by expert philatelists that no
gramme fell into arrears or the stated to have had a comfortablo, It will be recalled, that: Com- There would be no commitments, international, situation changed day although there Was little panys was only recently released. value both at home and abroad. more beautiful and practical positive or negative, about exactly for the worse, they would not change in his condition. gunda from jali to assume the position of These have become, as they de- stamp than the ld. black and how it would be use
hesitate to act. They were most morning his condition was again chairman of the Catalan Govern served, very popular with collec-28, blue of 1840 has ever been The Cardwell system was now anxious to carry the whole coun-reported unchanged. Other mem-ment, after the Madrid Govern- ders of his party who were injured ment, as a result of the election tors, and we may regret that the printed. The new Edwardiander, expert inquiry, though he try with them, and he had been British Post Office has not yet and special Coronation stamps expected. As for the Air Force, it or the dockyards by the spirit of
in the accident are making satis-majority of Marxists, had declared could not say when a report was | most encouraged during his tour
factory progress.--
the autonomy of Catalonia valid.- given anything comparable to the may perhaps claim equality. was not true that the programme all, concerned.
Kritish Wireless.
Traninzoon News Barvice..
By Order of the Board,. DERRICK & CO.. Chartered Accountants,
'Local Secretaries.
Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore, 14th November, 1936.
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