ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. K. HORTICULTURAI.
- SOCIETY
THE ANNUAL SHOW of FLOWERS and VEGET- ABLES will be held at the VOLUNTEER HEADQUAR- TERS on TUESDAY, the 2nd MARCH, 1937, from 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. and WEDNESDAY, the 3rd MARCH, from 10 am. to 4 p.m.
ENTRIES WILL DE FINITELY CLOSE at the Hon. Ex. Stock Secretary's Office, change
Building, Ice House Street, at NOON on THURS, DAY, the 25th FEBRUARY, 1937, but intending exhibitors
SEND are requested to THEIR ENTRIES AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
MEMBERS who have not yet paid their subscriptions and ALL THOSE who wish to join the Society are requested to send $5.00 to the UNDERSIGNED.
J. T. BAGRAM,
Hon. Secretary. Hong Kong, 3rd Feb., 1937.
BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, TIENTSIN
WL NICIPAL NOTIFICATION No. 2/37.
VACANCY FOR NURSE
THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO
SHAREHOLDERS
HERLBY NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE THIRTY. NINTH ORDINARY YEARLY THIS COM. MEETING OF
PANY will be held at the Office of blessrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, on Friday, the 5th February, 1937, at 11 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st Decem. ber, 1936.
The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from. Friday, the 29th January, 1937, to Friday, the 5th February, 1937, both days Inclusive,
By order of the Board of Directors.
F. H. CRAPNELL,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 22nd Jan., 1937.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1937.
Editorial
and Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central Tel. 30251.
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HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 4, 1937.
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The Fearlessness Of The Press
To
the democratic public generally and the journalistie raternity particularly, the fear- lessness of a Japanese, editor in publicly condemning the base cervility of a propaganda press, | should be regarded as a sign of the times worthy of unstinted
druiration.
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and
In every community Hong Kong is by no means an Lxception--the press is, generally "fair speaking, regarded ganie" for sniping critics. Per- HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, aps this example of journalistic
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fearlessness will have a desirable effect upon a certain type of which cao discern no NOTICE IS HEREBY Bind GIVEN that the ORDINARY virtue in anyone or anything YEARLY GENERAL MEET.offering well tempered advice to ING of HONG KONG TRAM. "the powers that be."
The British Municipal Council, | WAYS, LIMITED will be held For some years freedom as we Tientsin, invites applications at the offices of Messrs. Jardine, from ladies of British Nationality Matheson & Co., Ltd., Hong In its Kong, on FRIDAY, the 26th for the position of nurse
day of February, 1937, at 12 municipal hospitals.
e'clock noon, to transact the Com ordinary business of the
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The salary will be $200 per month with board, lodging, and uniform allowance.
Preference will be given to ap- plicants having experience in massage and electrical treatment, in addition to generai training.
Applications, accompanied by coples of diplomas and testimo nials and "curriculum vitae" must' be forwarded so as to reach the nudersigned not later than Mon. day, 22nd February,
By Order,
H. F. BARNES,
Secretary & Engineer.
Council Room,
Tientsin January 23rd, 1937.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Publk Auction, to be held on Monday, the 15th day of Feb., 1937, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Tall Kok Tsui In the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately alter the dis posal of the lot the purchaser will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of one thousand dollars, $1,000.00 in cash.. This sum will be refunded 00 payment of the purchase
price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
| No. of Sale.
Locality.
Kowloon Inland Lot | Registry No.
No. 3837.
Lai Chi Kok Road,
Tai Kok Tsui.
Boundary
Measure-
ments.
As per
isia plan
Contents in
Square feet.
Annual
Rantal.
Upset Price.
About
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金套
77,130
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pany,
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the RE. GISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company' will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 13th to FRIDAY, the 26th February, 1937, both days inclusive.
:
By Order of the Board,
W. F. SIMMONS,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 1st Feb., 1937.
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know it has been extinct in Japan. The rule of the army and its allied burcanerucy cannot be compared in severity to the rule of the European dictator ships, but it is severe enough to tifle all liberty of thought and action.
There is no highly organised censorship, but with few notable exceptions the press has been cowed into a subjection which makes consorship unnecessary. ·
DEATHS WATSON-On January 15, 1937. at Heather Bank, Chislehurst, Clare, the wife of Captain of late David Watson.
L. Shanghai. WHITTALLOn January 21, 1937, at St. Leonards-on-Sea, James B. K. Whittall, aged 76 years.
ENGAGEMENT
The Ex-Kaiser, who is confined to his Doorn home with a slight attack of influenza. He was 76 at the end of last month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Governor's Tribute
To Retiring Members
NIR. J. P. BRAGA AND
DR. T'SO SEEN WAN
An expression of gratitude for the services rendered by Mr. J. P. Braga and Dr. Tao Seen-wan to the Colony was made by His Ex- cellency the Governor. Sir Andrew Caldecott, at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council,
H. E. the Governor said:-
Before we proceed to our order of business this afternoon I want to express on my own and on your behalf, indeed on behalf of the whole Colony, our deep sense of gratitude for the services render- ed by Mr. J. P. Braga and Dr. Teo membership expired on the 16th
Seen-wan on this Council, whose
of last month. Such expressions of gratitude and loss may appear a matter of rather cold and formal routine to the future reader. but we sitting round this table know how warm and real our feelings
are and how difficult it is to put them into words.
Iappily in the case of Mr. Braga and Dr. Tso their public service is in no wise terminted by the expiry the of their appointments on Legislature, and I was very glad to see this point emphasised in a re- cent newspaper appreciation of for Hong what they have done Kong. Indeed Mr. Braga is al- ready busy with the organisation of our local Coronation festivities and Dr. Teo will shortly sail for England to represent us at the Abbey Ceremony.
ENGLAND'S FATE RESTS
WITH HAMMOND
Fighting Chance In The Fourth Test
Adelaide, February 3
At the close of play on the fifth day of the Fourth Test, In view England were 243 runs behind with seven wickets in hand. of the fact that Wally Hammond (39) and Leyland (17) were batting very well up till the time stamps were drawn, England still has à fighting chance of pulling the game through, and if the tourists prove successful they will win the Rubber, having already won two games to Australia's one. England's chances rest with Wally Ham- mond. Will the Gloucester · star rise to the socasion?
A crowd of 20,000 was present on the ground when the match was resumed this morning in sultry weather, and as the wicket was showing vory definite signs of wear, it did not seem that the Austra- 'Don Bradman. however, Kan Innings was going to last very long decreed otherwise and it was not till their total had been brought to 433 that the last Australian wickst fell, the redoubtable Don having. In the meantime, scored 212 runs in whai is described as the greatest Innings of his career.
With Australia in à safe pos- tlon, Bradman opened vigorously, but he nearly played-on from Farnes' first over.
was
When the Score had reached run out after 372, Gregory
Barnett. threw having scored 30.
Ane with a the wicket down throw-in from a distance of 60 yards. Gregory had been at the" wicket for three hours and he only scored cue boundary!
man.
Chipperfield then joined Brad- Was the score and when taken to 374 for 5 he had made one run. Bradman being still at the wicket with a score of 191.
Australia reached the 400 mark After 466 minutes batting.
staff, in going forward, seemed to play on to O'Reilly's faster ball, He his off bal being dislodged. had played very good cricket for his 43, and his stay at the "crease lasted 93 minutes: Leyland joined Hammond who, by this time, ap- peared to have played himself well in and with this pair scoring slow- mounted to 148 ly, the score without any further loss when stumps were drawn
The attendance for the day was
DAVIS CUP DRAW
China To Meet
New Zealand
London, Feb. '2.
The draw for the Davis Cup com- petition was made yesterday in. traditonal manner by Sir Samuel Hoare, President of the English Lawn Teunis Association, in the House. rooms of the Admiralty The High Commissioners of Aus- tralia and South Africa were pre- sent as well as the Ambassadors for the United States of America, Belgium and Italy.
The draw (Cabled by Reuter) resulted as follows
EUROPEAN ZONE
Italy, Monaco, Germany, Austria. Sweden and Greece (Byes) Bel- gium v. Hungary. Switzerland v. Ireland.
v. Netherlands. South Africa China v. New Zealand, Jugoslavia. Ramania. Poland, Czechoslovakia. France and Norway, (byes).
AMERICAN ZONE United States v. Japan, Mexico v. Australia.
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The winners of the American of the Zone meet the winners European Zone in the Inter-Zone final, and the winners of that tie will challenge Britain, the holders.
The nations will negotiate the date and sites for the early rounds of the competition.
23,500 and receipts £1,957. The Winter Relief
Aggregate attendance for the Ave 155,200 and receipts days in £16,387. this being a record for any match in Adelaide.- Reuter.
Mr. G. B. Gifford. Hull, the Resident Engineer at Shing Mun Dam, speaking on the occasion of the opening of the Jabilee Ro- servoir last Saturday.
BRADMAN OUT Bradman's Innings came to
&
288
330
THE SCORES Australia, 1st Innings England, 1st Innings
Australia-2nd Innings Fingleton, Lb.w., b Hammond... Brown, Arnes, b.Voce......... Bradman, c and b Hainmond... 212
close shortly before the lunch in- He was deceived by a terval, gave an easy return to Hammond change of pace in the bowling and The score was then 422 for 6, and no further runs were scored before McCabe, b Robing.....
unch.
Bradman reached" his double
in 437 minutes... He revealed that he was more patient than ortho- dox. When the lunch Interval came, Chipperfield was 28 not out. Shortly after lunch, two further wickets fe'l, making the score 427
Work In Germany
Huge Sume Collected
The aim of the German Winter Relief work is to relieve those per- sons why, without their own fault have fallen into a state of dis- tress, which threatens the health. and development of both them- selves and their dependents.
The returns of the Winter Rellet Work 1935/6, which have just been. published, show that from the year 1934/5 a surplus of 15,087,739, marks was carried forward. Búr- ing the time iri question, the cash collections brought the sum of 234.855.026 marks, of which suni 1,791,499 marks were sent in, from German communities abroad. The income through reduction of rail- way freight charges etc. 37,512,486 marks, whilst the valua.. of goods contributed. Including potatoes, wheat, meat, clothing. etc.. was estimated at 92,231,874 marka
was
Distribution at Fond- The distribution of the fund was carried out on the following lines:
Foodstuns 125,652,729 marks; fuel 78,201,270 marks; clothing 80,024,- 239" marks; 9,472,089
marks;
domestic articles coupons for various articles 65,509,072 marks; and various articles calculated to
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books relleve monotony, such as radio sets, etc., 8,970,316 marks.
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Rigg. e Hammond, b Furnes... Gregory, run out
7
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The huge sums of money col lected, do not merely represent street or house collections, but very often, instead of giving big German families invite parties,
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1
4
In China, for instance, mah jongg
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is often played, the winnings being put into the "W.R.W." box.
433
mond
Oldfield, c Ames, b Hammond... O'Reilly, c Hammond, b Farnes McCormick, b' Hammond Fleetwood Smith, not out
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In these circumstances one can better appreciate the courage of a lecture recently given in Tokio
Looking back over the past by the editor of a Japanese paper, the "Oriental Economist, twenty-nine years I can remember public- several cases in which
accomplished published in the paper itself.
spirited gentlemen In that lecture, the editor. even more valuable work for the Mr. Ishibashi, rebuked the press community and exerted an even of Japan for its attitude to China greater influence on public opinion after their retirement from the in wise and outspoken words
Legislature than they did during "I deplore that the newspapers membership of it. The truth is the successful Legislative appear to me as if they were that
Councillor is, never really functus organs daily engaged in the work, because he has become the century in 424 minutes and his 212 Chipperfield. e Ames. b Ham- ot of promoting but of destroy proved friend and trusted con- ing peace among the nations of ndent of the Administration and the world. This is a result of the people. I am certain therefore that the names of Mr. Brags and having been carried away by DC. Tso will continue to be writ nationalism. Perhaps large in the annals of public ser- The engagement is announced be extreme
tween Henry Myles Relily, elder it would be more appropriate to vice to this Colony and graven son of the late H. D. Drury and
a result of the press deep in the public affection and
esteem. Mrs. Drury, of Exeter, and say It is Esme Margaret, second daugh- having adapted itself to the ser ter of Mr. Alan Wilson (late vitude of bureaucratic diplomacy, Commissioner. Chinese Customs labouring, no doubt, under the Service) and Mrs. Wilson, of mistaken notion that such an Ebford Barton, near Topsham, alliance would be helpful to the diplomacy of the country. Need- WEDDINGS
January less to say, the mission of the 20, 1937. at Christ Church press, as an international factor. Westminster. Thomas Martin. only son of Col. and Mrs. Pars not to become an uncritical doe, of Cypress Cottage, Busted, servant of bureaucratic diplomacy to Rosemary Patricia (Wendy). or its propaganda organ. Its only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.mission should be higher, its Noel Ramsay, of Shanghai.
purpose loftier," DINSDALE LEWIN-On January
Devon.
PARDOE-RAMSAY.-On
21, 1937, George Kenneth, son of the late George Kay Dins- dale, of Yokohama, Japan, and of Mrs. Dinsdale, Reigate, to Lorna, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Lewin, of Victoria, B. C. (Japan papers. please copy).
SUPERVISION OF FRONTIERS London, Feb. 2. The Twenty-fourth, meeting of the Chairman's sub-committee of the International Non-Interven tion Committee was held at the The sub-committee considered a number of questions which would
Foreign Office to-day.
Chinese Choral
Bix runs later, the last for 8. Australian wicket fell bringing the home team's total to 433.
the
friends to one pot meals, and pay the difference in cost to
"W.R.W." (Winter Heller Work).
Since the Winter Relief Work started, the following sumis
were
collected: 1933/4 350,000,358 marks; 1934/5 360,493 130. marks; 1935/6 371,943,908 marks.
Total
After lunch to-day Hammond took 4 wickets for 20 runs,
Bowling Analysis
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Farnes Hammond
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When England went in to bat Allen for the second time, Verity was Voce
Society Concert again sent in to open the innings Verity"
Repeat Performance Success
The Hong Kong Chinese Choral society, after their successful con- cert at the University a fortnight ago, again drew a large and ap- when they preciative audience Kave a concert at the St. Andrew's Church Hall last night in aid of the Building Fund of Church, Kowloon Tong..
and
was
with Barnett and th's pair gave promise of great things unt the score was taken to 45 when the left-hander, in stepping back to one from Fleetwood-Smith. was had He bowled round his legs. scored 17 runs during his stay of 39 minutes at the wicket. scored one boundary:
Hardstan A'led the vacancy and
own score, at 4 with his dropped by McCormick off Fleet- Christ wood-Smith who, however, had the Esatisfaction of seeing Barnett The programme included folk edge one of his legbreaks into the song, sea shanties, madrigal, violin hands of Chipperfeld at first slip. and other numbers all of which The next man in was Hammond Mr. Ishibashi also asks why an met with well-merited applause. and the Gloucester star, realising appeal for friendship published The soloists were Eva Tarner. Prae that England's hopes rested on h's in the Chinese press had been Lewis, Glady Shaw. Mr. Lindsay shoulders, played very careful cric- ket and took no risks whatever. ignored or treated as insolence" A. Lafford was the conductor.
During the Interval, Mr, Ashton They took the score to 100 in 188 Chairman of the Christ minutes; bus 20 runs later · Hard- by the Japanese papers, and goes.
Such plain speaking as this is rare even in countries where plain speaking is no more dan gerons than hypocrisy in a country, ruled as Japan is culed it is remarkable.
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us far as is possible for any inan Church Council took the oppor- who must earn his living in tunity to thank the artists who Japan to show his pinion of participated in the concert. and Japanese policy.
It is such courageous protests require to be settled by the parti- as this in circumstances so diff cipating Governments Immediately they agreed to adopt the proposed cult which keep alive a faith in scheme for supervision of the land the ultimate humanity of man, that magnificent courage and sea frontiers of Spain and and
Spanish dependencies in order to which has so inspired the fear bring that scheme into immediate
und hatred of sectional interests operation. A further meeting of
--British Wireless
those present for their attendance. He further announced that the be opened on Church would February 26.
Billiards Result
Moneychanger's Shop Robbed
A police report issued last night atates that at about 7 p.m. six men, armed with revolvers and knives, entered the Wo Cheong money-changer's shop at No. 2 Connaught. Road West and, after
the committee will be held shorthy, for newspapers, which reward evening, D. Montalto lost to Wong holding up the Inmates, stole about
honesty as a sacred trust.
At the Kowloon Cricket Club last Paon-chi by 182 points to 300 in the Junior Billiards Championship.
$600 in money and made good their escap...
Robins Barnett Leyland
England-2nd Innings Verity, b Fleetwood Smith Barnett, e Chipperfield, b Fleet-
wood Smith Hardstaff, b O'Reilly.... Hammond, not out ... Leyland, not out
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Total (for 3 wkts.)
The Generalissimo's
Decorations
Nanking, Feb. 3.
In compliance with the request contained in a letter from the 17 Milliary Affairs Department, and submitted through the Executive 21 Yuan, the Nanking Central Gov- of the 43 ernment has approved 39 restoration of the decorations lost
17 by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek 11 and Generals Tsin Ta-kun and Chu Shac-Mang during the mutiny 148 of troops in Stanfaa, mm.
Chinese Evening Press.
Another scene of the official opening by His Excellency the Governor of the new Jubilee Eeservoir, Shing Mun, on Saturday.