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No. 24372. ⠀⠀ ⠀ŒƒÄ±T HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1937. 登拜禮 日期廿月伍柒佰玖仟登英 Price
EMPIRE DAY MESSAGE OF
PILE DRIVER COLLAPSES IN YAUMATI
Six Killed: Many Sent To
Hospital Seriously Injured
FOLLOWING THE
"BLOW" EXPERIENCED SHORTLY AFTER 4 P.M.. YESTERDAY, THE “VIBRO" CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PILE DRIVER. WHICH WAS WORKING ON A PLOT OF LAND AT THE JUNCTION OF CANTON ROAD AND KANSU STREET, COLLAPSED, AND SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED AND TEN INJURED. THE PILE-DRIVER FØLL ON TO A WOOD SHOP ACROSS KANSU STREET.
The first police officer on the scene was Sergt. Goldie and as soon as the report was put through other officers were sent out. The Hon. Inspector General of Police, Mr. T. H. King, to- gether with Mr. G. C. Perdue, Mr. R. IL E, Marks and officers. of the Fire Brigade, were also present,
Details of the collapse are very meagre but an eye-witness stated that everything was so sudden" that the infortunate victims had no chance to escape.
The casualty Hat was:-
KILLED
An unknown Chinese male, aged about 18 years;
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LI Choi, aged 40, male, of No: 304 Ma Tau Kok Road, first floor: Fung Yau. aged 34, female, of No. 207 Tung Chol Street. second Acor
Claudie Matthias, aged 51. of No. 212 Tung Choi Street, top floor; and two unknown persoris.
INJURED Na
The following were severely in- jured, and removed to the Kowloon Hospital-
Mok Shiu. 35, male, coolle, of No 56 Wai Chung Street second floor;
Kwok Kau, 34, male, coolie, of
the Dairy Farm Company:
Lo Huet. 40, male, foki of the wood shop. Canton Road;
Lau Tsing Man, 24, male of No. 301. Shanghai Street;
Kwok Fa. 32. male. coolle, of Vibro Ping Company:
Chan Chu, 28, fokl, of No. 238; Shanghai Street.
Chan Kau Wing, 14, student of Not, 18. Reclamation Street, ground Door
Chung Bing, 29, loki, of No. 238, Shanghai Street, ground floor:
To Wing Keung,:20, student of No. 11, Reclamation Street,
Mr. Ho Koi Tong, O.B.E. (wearing hat) discussing prospects with
Dr. Ma Buk at the Races.
NEW TRAM FARES
During Bathing Season
New fares during the bathing season are announced by the Hong Kong Tramways, Limited.
As from June 1 the fares between Westem Market and Taikoo Sugar Refinery will be 8 cents first class, 4 cents second class.
SOLD OUT!
Before 10 am, on Saturday The Hong every copy of Kong Daily Press '' had been sold.
New Canton Tax
On Foreign Firms
As all firms and merchants here are required to pay income tax from June 1, foreign merchants in Canton beve also been asked to pay this tax on the same basis as the native hongs.
The Consular body, hère recently referred the matter to their re- spective envoya in Nanking, and foreign firms and merchants will not pay any tax until instructions are received from their Embassies or Legations.
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and for a postponement of collec- tion pending a settlement of the business tax issue, Collection of the business tax is to be under- taken by the Provincial · Depart- ment of Finance though the in- come tax is levied direct by the Ministry of Finance.
LORD BLEDISLOE'S ADDRESS
Sense Of Greater Confidence And Conscious Strength
The following is the Empire Day Message of goodwill from Viscount Bledisloe, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.B.E., President of the Empire Day Movement (Non-Party, Non-Sectarian and Non-Racial)-
"As President of the Empire Day Movement in succesiion to the late Admiral of the Fleet Karl Beatty, I address you this Empire Day in a spirit of deep thankfulness to God for the bless- ings vouchsafed to us as members of the grëst-British Commonwealth of Nations during a period of almost unprecedented unrest 'and uncertainty throughout the world While"many nations have been racked with internal strife and serious economic distress our fraternity of British peoples, have remained at peace, and trade and industry have shown a steadily increasing prosperity with a sub- stantial reduction of unemployment.
"The grave, crisis which resulted in the accession to the Throne of our present gracious King was faced by all classes, races, and parties throughout the Empire with a dignity, self-restraint and common sense which have enhanced its prestige among the nations of the world, and cement- ed its internal solidarity in face of a common trial. It has emerged from it with a sense of greater confidence and conscious strength.
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"Our first duty this Empire Day is to accialm, with loyalty and affection, King George the Sixth and his charming consort, and to wish for the former a long and happy reign over a united properous and contented people. We have an Empire spread over å quarter of the surface of the earth, and on it a quarter of the world's inhabitants. Our influence and responsibility exceed thosė of all other nations. Upon our wise leadership and the example which we set will depend in large measure the future welfare and progress of mankind. Let each and all of us with a due sense of our individual responsiblilty see that our influence is exerted, not only in the cause of world peace, but also in promoting all those causes, social, educational, economic and spiritual, that will make the world a happier and better place to live in for all races and classes of the community,
"I send you my warmest greetings and best wishes, in the confident hope that during the coming year the peoples of the British Empire may be, knit more closely together in affection. mutual helpfulness" and beneficent world fence by ever increasing mutual knowledge and sympathy."
London, May, 1937.
London, May 22. Empire Day will be celebrated on Monday and in London the occa sion will have special significance in view of the presence here of so many representatives from all parts of the Empire, including the Dominion Prime Ministers now at- tending the Imperial Conference.
Central features of this year's celebrations will be the great Em- pire Day Service in St Paul's Cathedral, which will also be re- garded as a service of" thanksgiv- Ing for the Coronation.
The King and Queen and Queen Mary, together with 21 other mem-
BLEDISLOE,
bers of the Royal Family, will at-, Door, where they will be received" tend.
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The Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom and most of his Cabinet colleagues as well as the Prime Ministers and others representing the Dominions and representatives of India and the Colonial Empire will be present.
The King and Queen will travel by car Informally from Bucking- ham Palace to the Cathedral and other members of the Royal Family will arrive Independently.
In their procession down the aisle of St. Paul's from the West
by the Bishop of London and the Dean and Chapter, the King and Queen will be preceded by the Lord Mayor of London. "bearing the City's pearl sword which will le seats during the service. on the table before Their Majesties"
An interesting feature of the service is that the First Lesson will be read by the Prime Minister of Canada, and the Second by the Moderator of the Federal Council of the Evangelical Free Church. The Archbishop of York will preach the sermon.
DEATH OF MR. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
World-Famous Philanthropist Victim
Of Myocarditis
DAYTONA BEACH, CALIF., MAY 23.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SNR., DIED HERE TO-DAY, OF MYOCARDITIS, AT THE AGE OF 97—REUTER.
John Davidson Rockefeller, known throughout the world as *** John D.,” was born in Richford, N.Y, on July 8, 1839, and after receiving his education in public schools joined a forward- Ing and commercial house as a clerk. At the age of 19 he was made partner in the firm of Clark and Rockefeller, commission agents. The firm became Andrews, Clark and Rockefeller, and engaged in oll business. In 1867, trading under the name of Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler, the firm operated a large oil refinery in Cleveland, and in 1870 the business was consolidated with 'others in the Standard Oll Company.
Mr. Rockefeller has always given narrow lives, confined to his quat- generously to charity, and four of ters on the upper floor of his the best-known corporations which Florida winter home at Ormond he created are the Rockefeller Beach. There he sits in happy Foundation. General Education reverie, occupying and, amusing Board, the Laura Spelman Rocke-himself with simple interests. feller Memorial and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
SIMPLE INTERESTS'
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An account of how Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oll imag- nate, passed his days at the age of 97 was given in a booklet pub- lished last year by Mr. Curt Eng lebrecht, His personal photo grapher.
Mr. Englebrecht gave the picture of a man who had outlived all his Merchants here feel that they friends and business associates, should pay only one of the two
and existed in complete retirement taxes but not both. The Income from the world, carefully protect Tax Bureau announced that taxed by every resource of science and payers will be fined if they fall to
Chinese merchants are asking pay the impost next month.- for a reduction of the income tax Union Fown.
medicina.
"He lives," writes Mr. Eng. lebrecht, "the most cloistered of
"Ela-days draw to a close. He has relinquished his determinatiori to live to be 100. That now in not nearly so important as it once seemed:
"WANTING NOTHING "
"In 1929 living to the century meant another decade of power in the world. But now this has all changed, and to-day living to be 100 means almost three years more of sitting in a chair or lying in bed, following the ritual of exactly identical days, with even the attendance of a faithful male nurse becoming more than a little trying to one who has been mighty and now is tired.'
"John, D. Rockefeller
"A man so old and so tired has little use for vanity-ne more golf, no mere motor-car rides, no more strolls in the garden, no visitors, nó Alms.
"The immaculate wardrobe is museum, exhibit. His: two silver wigs, each costing more than 100 a-plece, made to special order, lie idle on their stands.
"Helts there self-sufficient, re- laxed, wanting nothing, but still with good mind and astonishing body, patiently measuring time against the ultimate day.
General Manage
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BOXING CHALLENGE
Fusilier Fisher To Meet Young Aromin
(BY "LEFT HOOK")
Fusilier Fisher- (Colony, Army" Amateur Bantamweight Cham- pion) has issued a challenge to Young Aromin, with the latter's local Bantamweight, title as the objective. In view of the fact that Young Aromin openly challenged six months ago, there la every possibility of him defending his crown against, Fisher in the near future.
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Lance Corporal. Whelan #{(Ulster), standing in. the way of those con- who can display a'string of colour-cerned. ful records feather-weight cham- Lance Corporal Whelan is pro pion of Egypt, Palestine and Hong | bably the most stylish and scienti- Kong hopes to clash with Fuel- } de exponent of the “noble art” we ller Owens on the same programme | have in our midst, and is now in- for the Featherweight title,
'dulging in strict training in readi-
Li view of the above, challenges, neas for all comers in the Feather- arrangements for the staging of a "weight" "division. Further detalls thrilling boxing show are in pro- | regarding this enterprising boxing gress, the obtaining of a suitable show will be announced at an early venue being the only obstacle
date.
Mrs. LA Tse Fong, wife of the prominent local Chinese, banker, photographed with her brother-in-law, Mr. Ll, at the Valley Races.
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON DONDON; 1s. 2-18/168, T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-7/15,
London Silver Murket
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, May 22. silver prices to-day were unchanged, as follow:-
London.
Spot Forward
HEALTH RETURNS
Two cases each of measles and dysentery were notified to the local Health authorities on Friday.
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Marshal Li Tsung-jen
On Conscription
never been able to solve.. Kwangsi is the only province that has suc- ceeded in carrying it out properly.
Ever since the Chinese Central Government promulgated the con- scription Law in 1931, Kwangst of all provinces, began to put that This has been due not to the into execution in 1934. The first issuance of a paper decree but to batch of conscripts was retired in the fundamental soundness of our November of last year; the second | political struggle.
"batch was due retire on May 20 "Scientiae warfare is becoming Marshals Li Tsung-jen and Pal more fierce everyday. We should Chung-hst of the 5th Route Army understand Its Importance and called together the 133rd and the master it is proparation for war."! 135th Regiments of these con-
(Continged on Ezck Page) scripts to whom Marshal I spoke as follows:
"All officers and men should know how hard it has bean to organise this group, how strenuous has 'been our, struggle, so that we all will realise more fully the strength of this group.
STOP PRESS
Paris, May 23:-Kho Bin Kie, the Chinese Davis Cup player, won The glory that is now curs has further laurels when he beat been fought for with beads and Mercier (France) in the Interna- blood, under the aegis of the Three tional Tennis Tournament here to- People's Principles. It is hoped that day by 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, we will strive to uphold our glory, and expand it.
"Conscription is a problem that for the last twenty years the Chi- ness Government authorities have
Brugnon (France) beat W. O. Choy (China)". 2-6, 8-6, 6-4, 6-3,——— Beutere