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·No. 24558. 號捌拾伍佰伍仟肆萬弍第日柒廿月叁年丑了 HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1937.
HON. DR. LI SHU FAN
FETED
Chinese Merchants Play Hosts At Dinner
Practically all the prominent Chinese residents and merchants of the Colony were present at an enjoyable dinner party, which was given jointly by the Chairman and members of the Com-.. mittee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Chairmen and Board of Directors of the Tune Wah Hospital and the Po Leung Kuk, at the Kwang Chow Restaurant, West Point, last night, In honour of the Hon. Dr. Li Shu-fan's appointment to the Legis- lative Council.
The hall of the Restaurant was gally decorated for the occasion, and the Hon. Dr. Li received the hearty congratulations of his large circle of friends.
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH
In proposing the toast of the honoured guest, the chairman, Mr. Li Sing-kul, speaking in Chinese. said:
Gentlemen,--1 And Ik handry necessary to Introduce our guest of honour because he is held in the highest esteem by the Chinese community" and is so well known. He is a man of great distinction and learning and many of us pre-. sent here can claim to be his old friends.
A sage once said: "The merit of a good doctor, to the people is like the merit of a good Prime Minister." According to the sage, Dr. Li is not only able to prolong and save life, but he can also cure the ills of the kingdom. Such is the sage's reference to the good doctors of yore, and we take no exception to-day as applied to our guest of honour, the Hon. Dr. Li Shu-lan.
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DR. LI'S CAREER When I refer to the doctor's ad- mirable qualities, it is necessary for me to give you a brief sketch of his career.
Many years ago, he
COLONY SNOOKER
CHAMPIONSHIP
Antonio Beats Osmund In. Final
Colony
In the Final of the Snooker Championship, L. V. An- tonto the Colony Junior League Billiards Champion created a very big surprise when he defeated the Senior League Billard Champion, A. J. Osmund in their final snooker encounter. at the Club Lusitano by the scores of 265 to. 259. The match was a very close one and was pleasing to watch.
Antonio also had the honour of scoring the highest break of the evening, his break being 25, while Osmund made several of over teri.
At the conclusion of the match Mr. Rakusen kindly distributed the trophies to the winner and the runner-up.
graduated from a renowned uni-
WANT TO SEE
THE ZOO
Hong Kong Visitors In London
London, May 8. To-day's arrivals for the Corona- tion include six members of the St John Ambulance Brigade in Hong Kong.
Mrs. Rose Langley who is in charge told Reuter that the visitors wanted to see the zoo because there was no zoo in China.
Another thing they wanted to see was an English village because
MINOR CRISIS IN CEYLON
Governor's Action Criticised
DEPORTATION OF ENGLISHMAN
Colombo, May '6.
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PASSENGER AIR SERVICE
INAUGURATED
Hong Kong Singers Planes From North And South
At The Peninsula
Elgar's setting. of God Save the King made an impresalve opening for the programme of music pre- sented by the Hong Kong Singers and the Philharmonic Orchestra A minor crisis has arisen follow-last night. There is no doubt that ing the action of the Governor. Sir Mr. Lindsay Lafford is an inspiring Reginald Stubbs, in ordering the Conductor, and we must congratu- deportation of Mark Bracegirdle, a twenty four-year-old English tea performance.
late him on the excellence of the planter, on the ground of political order
versity in Great Britain. His quat. they cannot believe that any village activities subversive to law and vided with programmes, but for-
fications are of the highest order,
he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeous. He received special training in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Upon
return to China, he was appointed by the
his
exists where livestock do not sleep
under the same roof as human beings.-- Reuter.
Chinese Government as the First FULL PLANS FOR
Minister of Health, and Medical Officer to the Generalissimo. Dr. Sun Yat Sun, At one time, he was President of the Kung Yee Uni- versity Medical School of Canton, but time does not permit me to mentioning his brilliant go on achievements.
He is well known in Chinese and European circles and for more than twenty years has carried on a sục- cessiu! practice in Hong Kong. In spite of multifarious duties be was able to devote much of his time He is the to public welfare. Chairman of "the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, District Surgeon of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, a member of the Urban Council Medical Board.
NAVAL REVIEW
AT SPITHEAD-
King's Visits To Warships
ENTERTAINMENT OF FOREIGN CREWS
Portsmouth, the principal naval port of the Empire, is actively pre- paring for the great Coronation and a member of the naval review at Spithead on May
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS
On behalf of the three institu- tions. I wish to take this oppor- tunity of thanking him for the
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SUGAR CONFERENCE AGREEMENT Imperial Preference Rates And Quotas
London, May 6. Announcing in the House of Commons that the Sugar Confer- ence had reached agreement on all substantial points, Mr. Malcolm
The Press last night was not pro- tunately there were no unfamiliar The State Council adopted a re- items to confound the critic, since solution by 34 votes to 7 declaring the concert commenced with the that the Governor violated the charming Figaro Overture (Mozart) Constitution by ordering the de- which was given a very brisk and portation without the advice of the cheerful interpretation by the or and requesting repeal of the Order- acting Minister for Home Afairs chestra. Now that the Phil- harmonic Society have their own in-Council under which the orchestra (and meet for regular Governor acted.—"
practise all through the year) it is obvious that they will very scon rival the professional Bands. Al- ready they are a coherent body,
Reuter.
Meet At Kai Tak
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE HONG KONG CLIPPER AT KAI TAK AIRPORT YESTERDAY, THE PASSENGER AIR SER- VICE BETWEEN MANILA AND HONG KONG WAS INAUGURATED INCLUDING THE HON. COMDE. J. B. NEWILL, DIRECTOR OF AND THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCAL RESIDENTS." AIR SERVICES, AND MR. E I. WYNNE-JONES; POSTMASTER- GENERAL, AS WELL AS OFFICIALS AIRWAYS, AT THE
OF THE PAN-AMERICAN AERODROME TO WELCOME THE PAS- SENGERS, CAPT. LA FORTE AND MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE CLIPPER.
Hong Kong, for no sooner had the Cilpper landed than the China It was a red-letter day in the annals of civil aviation in National Airways Corporation plane from Shanghai followed in its wake, so that passengers from the North and South arrived to- however; only stayed long enough for the passengers to disembark gether in the local airport for the first time. The C.N. A. C. plane., while the Clipper will make its return fight to Manila this morn-
ing.
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NAVAL OFFICER'S and play with keen perception and off the seawal to re-fuel.
"SCROUNGING”
Court-Martial Sentencé
Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Reid, of H.M.S. P.G. 74, attached to HMS. Woolston, Guilty" at a Court-martial at Cha- pleaded" "Not them on April 1 to stealing 400.
20, writes a Homo correspondent.
of paint, six electric lamps, a steel The King will arrive at Porta-ale, a number of electric bell mouth on the afternoon of Wed-pushes, and other articles or Gov- nesday, May 19. He will at once eran.ent property to the total value board the Royal yacht Victoria and of £1 18s. 3d. Albert. The Royal Standard will be broken at the mainmast and naval and military saluting batteries will Are a salute of 21 guns.
On the following day the Royal yacht will leave harbour at 3.5 p.m. As it approaches Spithead another saiute of. 21 guns will be fired by ships of the peet. The review will start at 3.30 p.m. and continue un- til after five p.m.
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He also pleaded "Not Guilty" to charges of neglect la not handing over, the articles to the
proper authority and attempting to re- move the articles from Chatham Dockyard.
Captain A. W. S. Agar, V.C., DS.O., prosecuted.
in Miss Prue Lewis they have an able leader.
In Honour of the City (by Dyson) came next, and in this the choir displayed" an alertness and crisp ness of attack which was most satisfying. The Sopranos sang with (Continued on Back Tage)
£500 FOR MR. HAYLEY MORRISS
Stanley Jackson, author, and Vic- Damages of £500 against "Mr.
tor Gollancz, Ltd, publishers, was awarded in the King's Bench to Mr. Hayley E Morriss, of Pippingford Park, Sussex.
Mr. Morriss sued for libel arising from Mr. Jackson's biography of the late Mr., Justice Avory.
Passages of which Mr. Morriss at Lewes Assizes on charges alleg complained dealt with its trial
Police-sergeant J. M. Beck, of the Royal Marine, police, said that on March 25 he stopped Lieutenant-ing offences against young women Commander Reld's motor-car at
and girls.
the
Mr. Morriss asserted that the gate of Chatham dock-
passages. inferred that he had com- yard. In the car he found the articles
mentioned in the the Court into granting an ad- mitted rape, attempted to deceive charges. Lieutenant-Commander
journment of the trial and that he was an unmitigated libertine.
MacDonald said that on the eve PHILIPPINES REVIEW Reid said: "The paint I got from
of the agreement becoming opera- tive the Government proposed to stabilise. the existing rates of Im- perial Preference during its five- year currency.
The existing quotas at present will also be continued subject to minor medications.- Reuter's Bulletin Service.
AGREEMENT SIGNED
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London, May 8.-The interna- tional sugar agreement was sign- ed this afternoon... Reuter:
Prelude To
A day of united intercession and conference is to be held at the Queen's Hall on May 11 as a pre- lude to the Coronation...
Coronation
SEE FEATURE ON PAGE 8
MANUFACTURE AND TRADE IN ARMS
Government Agrees With Royal Commission
London, May 8:
the paint shop and the remainder of the articles I scrounged in the dockyard for my.ship."
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Mr. Morriss alleged meant that he In regard to the passage which
bad been charged with rape, the jury awarded £500 damages.
They found that the allegation that Mr. Morriss had attempted to
TOURIST CONFERENCE deceive the Court to secure a post-
IN HONG KONG The Hong Kong Travel Association has been advised by the Director of the Board of Tourist Industry in
ponement of the trial was not true. For that they awarded £100 dam- ages, and one farthing.
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They found that the other words The British Government has ac-Tokyo that the Second Oriental meaning that Mr. Morriss, was an complained of did not bear the cepted the conclusion of the Royal Hong Kong in November this year.
Tourist Conference will be held in unmitigated libertine. Commission on the manufacture The first Conference was held in
Mr. Justice Macnaghten entered and trade in sms that in the pre- Tokyo in May, 1935. Practically £506, but held that he could not judgment for Mr. Morriss for the sent state of international stairs the adoption of a universal sy every nation in the Orient, includ- tem of State monopoly is unlikely ing India, was represented, and it farthing. Stay of executive was
Available
to further reduce the supply of arms and munitions of increase the prospects of general peace.
Marshal Sir William Birdwood, ad-substitution of state monopoly for The White Paper adds that the dresses will be given by Sir Thomas private manufacture may be im- Inskip, the Archbishop of Armagh practicable but it is undesirable.→→ (Dr. C. F. D'Arcy), and Dr. Daniel Reuter's Bulletin Service. Lamont (Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Beat- land), and prayers will be offered by the Archdeacon of London Dr. Sidney M. Berry. and Dr. Dinsdale T. Young.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent will be absent at the morning meeting-one of three to be held during the day, and among those who will be taking part are the Bishop of London, Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood, Sir Thomas Inskip, Mr. Ernest Brown, Si Josiah Stamp, and "Gipay" Smith. "King and nation" will be the key-htm note of the gatherings,
At the morning meeting the Bishop of Norwich (Dr. Pollock) will preside. Those taking part in this meeting will include Lord Crewe, General Sir Ian Hamilton, Mr. Ernest Brown, Mr. W. H. Edgar, Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, and the Rev. W. H. Aidis.
In the afternoon the" Bishop of London (Dr. Winnington Ingram) will preside. A passage from Scripture will be read by Field
The final meeting in the evening will be presided over by Sir Josiah Stamp. Those who will be with
оп the platform and will participate in the proceedings are Admiral
SirReginald Tupper, Bishop Taylor Smith, the Rev. H. Earnshaw Smith, the Rev. M. E. Aubrey, Prebendary. W. Wilson Cash, Mr. A. Lindsay Clegg, and "Gipsy" Smith.
At each service there will be a "Coronation choir" of 400 voices conducted by the Rev. Carey Bon- rier. with Mr. R. Arnold Greir, of the Royal Choral Society, at the
organ.
EURASIA PLANES FOR HONG KONG
Peiping-Hankow Service Extension
Shanghai, May 6. Extension of the Eurasia Avia- tion Corporation's present Peiping- Hankow service to Hong Korg in about four weeks time, is expected as a result of a visit to the British Colony by Mr. R. Walter, technical manager for the Corporation, who has just returned here.
Hong Kong is already a terminus for Imperial Airways, Pan-Ameri- can Airways and the ON.A.O.. "Houter.
is expected that there will be simi- coming conference in Hong Kong. lar representation at the forth-
Invitations have been issued by the Tokyo Board to Far Eastern nations to participate.
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refused.
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The
The people who went out to, the hangar where the Pan- greet the Clipper had a better American Airways held a small view of it than those who went reception, in their honour, and out last week. for this time, the was here that a "Dally Press" re- plane came alongside the pontoon presentative Interview Captain La Porte and some of the passengers. Captain La Porte was most eri- thusiastic about the said that the weather,
flight and up to Macao, was delightful. They got some rain in the Portuguese Colony and that in some measure must have prepared them for the drizzle which greeted their arrival at Kai Tak.
Shanghai plane was allowed to "tie-up first, in order that as little time as possible will be lost before she resumed her trip to Canton.
CAPTAIN INTERVIEWED No sooner had the passengers. on the Clipper stepped on ta terra arma again than they re- pared to the lounge attached to
HEALTH RETURNS
Two cases or disentery and one of cerebro-spinal fever were noti- fed to the local Health authorities on Wednesday.
REVIEW PARADE
REHEARSAL
A full dress parade rehearsal of the Coronation military review will be held at Happy Valley at 8 to-day. -
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LOCAL CORONATION SERVICES
An official communique issued yesterday says that the hope haa been expressed that all place of religious worship will hold a spe- cial service of commemoration or will commemorate the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the services on Wednesday, May 12th.
Straits R.N.V.R.
The Panglima at speed. This boat, built by Messrs. Thorny- croft in 1936, Includes accommodation for seven officers and twelve ratings,
The Straits Settlements Royal wireless, and have accommodation Naval Volunteer Reserve was raised for seven officers and twelve and is commanded by Com. L. A. ratings. The Peningat, a smaller W. Johnson, MV.O., R.N. (ret.), and slower boat, fitted with mine- The unit oficially came into be- sweeping gear and wireless, is also |ing in April, 1034. (From Our Own Correspondent)
one of the BS.R.N.V.R. Flotilla. The unit was recruited up to full The unit is trained, in all London, May 8.
strength immediately on being branches, and fias its own signal London silver
prices to-day formed. and is composed of Euro- and wireless ratings (Malays), and were unchanged, as follow...
pean officers and Malay ratings. takes its place with the regular May 6, May.6.
The principal duties of this unit units in combined operations and 20-7/16 20-7/16 in an emergency are minesweeping ceremonial parades. Regular cruises
20-1/2
and patrol duties. During the up the coast of Malaya are carried short while the wait has been in out. In the sports line the mit's existence a Headquarters and staff football and boxing teams have at Singapore has been established; done very well against Service consisting of a drill ship (H.MS. team. One Malay petty officer in ..Page 5. Laburnum), drill shed, with lecture proceeding to England with the Page 6, 89 rooms, and all facilities for train-contingent representing Malaya at Page 2, 7. lng a naval unit.
the Coronation. Page 12, 13.- Two fast speed motor patrol Admiral Bir Frederic Dreyer, Page 8, boats one of which is pictured late Commander-in-Chief, China Page 5. above, have been provided by the station, and Vice-Admiral Bir ¡Page 16. Admiralty (Panglima and Pahla- Charles Little, Commander-in- .Page 4
wan). These bosts are armed with Chief, have inspected the unit and ...Page 13 one 3-pdr. gun, Lewis gun AA, expressed their approval of its
..Page.10. dépth-charges, minesweeping gear; efficiency and smartness.
STRATEGIC PLACES IN JEHOL
General Ueda's Mission
Pelping, May 6. After ап inspection of the strategic places in Jehol, General Kenkichi Ueda, Commander-in- Spot Chief of Japanese troops in Man- churia, has returned to Chang- chun, capital of the "Manchukuo." Chinese papers here stated that his trip to Jehol is to find out the, extent of the military preparation Amusementa started by Mongol irregulars head-Cables ed by Prince Teh in the coming Court Cases Invasion of Buiyuan.
Finance One additional Japanese regi- Leading Article. ment will be sent to Jehol to Local Diary.. strengthen the position of that Mall, Notices province; according to Chinese re- Radio Programme ports.
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