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HONGKONG. CANTON & MACÃO STEAMERS
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TRAVEL
THE
SHORT
SAFE
SEA
WAY
by the
British Line
NDL
Zurope
i
CANTON LINE
DAILY SERVICE
From Hong Kong: 10.00 P.M. only. From Canton: 10,00 P.M. only.
MACAO LINE
From Hong Kong
Work day
8.00. Klashau Wook day
5.30 p.m. Sal Tai Baturday 8.3 A., But Tai Beturilay 6.30 p.m. Enhan SUNDAY, 19.30. Xinshat BUNDAY 1.00 pm. Hul Tal
I EXCURSION.
From Hacao
3.00 pm. Klashes 3.00 ., 8ui Tai 3.00 1.0, Sul Tai
10 p.m. Bui Tal 9.00. Kinaba $5.00., Klasa
̈“Note:-All vessels equipped with Wireless.
QUEEN'S BUILDING, connaught ROAD Telephone 2010)
APB
FAR EAST EXPRESS
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE.
Ports
Data
30
From Hong Kong to
Vorla
Guristiku...
Genus, Southampton; Rotterdam, Bramed * Lamburg
May
Falda
`Marseillés, Onsedinnen, R'dam., H'burg...
Be..
(June
7
Straits & Ceylon
Manila
Unele
Fulis
Ganian
Hingapore, Penang, Belawan, Colombo ..
Hay
30
Singapore
Juse
7
Manila
Miny
30
Shanghal & JaPER
Scharnboral
Seala
9'bal, Yokohama, Kobe
Juar
10
S'hal, Tungtau Diren, Teku, Y’hama., Kobe, aka.
June
13
Yalderan......
Madang, Balamita, Tulagi, Rotari, nc.. Madang. Beletanus, Tutzgl. Rahnvi, rta...
May
July
Babject ta Alteration without Nelice, Por Page mad Praight apply to
Shanghai, North Ohio. & Sapan
South Sa lelanda
Friderun
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD · BREMEN
MELOHERS & 00.
AGENTS
CANTON AGENTS: JEBSEN & CO., SHAMEEN, B:O.
Queen's Building.
THE
Telephone 97771,
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
FREGULAR AND FAST | PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
LONDON SERVICE.
"HECTOR" Sails 2 JUNE, for Marsdilles, London,
Rotterdam & Glasgow .“ MENESTUEUS " Sails 10 JUNE, for Marseilles,
London, Rotterdam, Hamburg & Glasgow
LIVERPOOL SERVICE **BELLEROPHON" Sail 22 JUNE, for Havre, Liverpool
& Bromborough
Baila 28 SEPT., for Boston, New York,
Phiktelphia and Baltimore, vis Batavia, Straits & Ope of Good Hope. PACIFIC SERVICE (iä KOBE, NAGOYA & TOKOHAMA) "IXION" Sails 15 JUNE, for Victoris, Vancouver
& Santtie
NEW YORK SERVICE "PREMIUS"
INWARD SERVICE
"MEDON"
Due
26 MAY, From Europe via Straits "PHIL UTETES" 31 MAY, From D.K. 'via Btraits "AGAMEMNON " 6 JUNE, From U.K. vis Stenite -
Specially reduced fares are quoted for cargo steamers with
limited passenger socommodation
For freight, passage rates and information apply to
Butterfield & Swire,
Tel. 30333.
Agents. 1, Connaught Road, C.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1937.
MODIE AND LEMAUX
"Big Chief & Squaw Turn A Success
'Modle and lemaux have given
delightful däces during many their engagement at The Glou- cester, but never anything 60 thrilling as the wonderful North American Indian Dance with which they enthralled their audience on Saturday night.
It was absolutely the most unique and spectacular dance ever seen in Hong Kong.
FRENCH TENNIS TOURNEY
Von Cramm-Henkel Victory
Paris, May 22,
RIFLES WIN AGAIN
Football Encounter In Manila
The Royal Ulster Rifles, locul In the French tennis champion-football champions, beat the Uni- ships men's doubles semi-final, vonversity of Santo Tomas this after- Cramm and Henkel (Germany)
noon by 6 goals to 1. beat Hughes and Tuckey 6-4, 6-2,
The touring team will be play- 4-6, 6-8, 6-3. The winners meet the South African players Far-Manila team before returning to ing another game against an All- quharson and Kirby in the Anal.
The holders of the double title. the Colony. The latter combina Barotra and Bernard, scratched to the South Africans owing to the Indisposition of Bernard.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES ·
tion will be selected later in the week.- Reuter.
In the women's doubles semi- Marshal Li Tsung-jen
anals, the holders, Yorke (Britain) and Mathieu (France) beat Dear- man and Ingram 6-2, 4-6, 6-1,
Andrus (U.8.A.) and“. Henrotin beat Boegner and Iribarne 6-4, 6-0.
Clad in all the satorial aplen- dour of the Red Indian, they made an impressive entry onto the shining floor of the ballroom Lemaux, magnificent In white buckskins: fringed and beaded, and ¦ (France) Modie, brilliantly lovely in an abbreviated tunic fringed with
TSUI BEATEN "wampum of white and blue, which Tsui Wai-pul. Hong Kong's revealed her marvellous figure, young Chinese Davis Cup player, while both wore splendid head- | found Petra, the French star,, tool dresses made of the huge feathers much for him in the second round of the white North American <owl, of the men's singles. which reached to the ground, and flew out like the wings of some great white bird as they danced.
LARGE ATTENDANCE
The dance they gave was au thentic, with the stamping of feet, and beating of hands and wild blood-curdling cries 25 they whirled madly round, and the au dience watched them with breath- less interest and applauded en- thusiastically at the climax.
Tsui succumbed to the French- man in straight sets, winning only six games, the scores being 6-2, 6-3, 8-1.
Petra's great reach overwhelmed Tsui, who was seldom able to come up to the net, but when he did so. he scored.
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On Conscription
(Continued from Page 1)
GOOD SONS NOT SOLDIERS
Marshal Pai said:- "Conscription has been abolished ever since the Sung Dynasty for nearly 1,000 years, with the result that the belief becomes current that "good sons will not be sol- diers." If soldiers are not good sons, how can they protect the peo- ple and the country? Ever since Kwangsi began to enforce the con- scription Law in 1934, all our con- Both men drew byes in the first scripts have been" zood sons, cheer- round.
fully submitting to a discipline of WC. Choy received a 'walk-over two years. Those of you who have into the second round where he served your country during these meets Brugnon.—
two years and are now going home to be good citizens again, you will "take,the guidance of the Village Chief and assist him in training the Min Tuan Reserves. There will be a summons every year and all We of you are expected to come. are soldiers. because we want to
and we should throw ourselves in- protect our country and people,
There was a big crowd to watch | Reuter. them. Mr. and Mrs. Boulton had
a party for the occasion, and Mrs. Brulton
was with
while Mr.
A big party. Newton also had a
very large party. Others there
who entertained were Mr. J. Y.
LAHORE STRIKE
L
ENDED
London, May 22. The stay-in strike of 6,000 em-
Lum, Mr. Wilson, Miss Alcantara,ployees of the Moghalpura Rail-
Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Green and Mrs. Owen
非
WELL DONE, THE BAND!
I loved the dainty dresses worn
by Miss Sassoon and her sister,
Not far away I noticed Mrs. Van Wyllck in a charming dress of
palest cowslip yellow. Mrs. Prior was there too in graceful black 131 lightly powdered with silver.
የይ
way workshops has ended.
The strike started in connexion with a dispute over the workers" Mohamet's birth- holidays on day- Reuter.
COCKTAIL PARTY
A very successful cocktail party
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Paterson and
members of the staff were "At Home to a large gathering of
Miss Joan Armstrong looked was held in the Board Room of lovely in a dres with vivid fowers Messrs. Jardine, Matheson at 12.45 on a white ground. Misa Black-p.m. on Saturday when the Hon bum had a dress with a very wide skirt bordered with a deep hem in a delicate pastel shade, and Mrs. Brockert was beautifully gowned | friends, as always. Just a word of praise, by the way, for the band, who played that Indian Dance as they have never played before. It seem- ed to inspire them!
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DEVELOPMENT OF HAINAN
Britain To Lend Assistance?
Nanking, May 23. Lleut.-General Wang Ying-yu, former Commissioner of Ck Affairs in Kwangtung, will shortly return to Canton to take charge of the economic development Hainan Island. General Wang. has been specially chosen for this position.
pt
It is reported that Great Bri- tain, through the Export Credit Guarantee Department, will lènd' assistance in the development of Hainan Island. The United States and France are also reported to be interested in this venture, al- though the extent of their par tielpation in this scheme is not atated.--
Inion Newz.
ANTI-PLAGUE WORK
Epidemic In Fukien
Amoy, May 23.
In view of the seriousness of the bubonic plague epidemic
HONG KONG HOTEL
:
The following guests are stay- ing at the Hong Kong Hotel: Mrs. E. V. Bell, Mr. R. Bigazzi,
Mr. and Mrs. Z. Blumenfeld, Mr. R. Bonnot, Mr. N. Brandel, Mr. Caleb Cheong, Mr. and Mrs. Coll, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Davies, Mrs, C. H. Day, Mrs. M. De Biere, Mr. P. EL Derby, Miss Derrer, Miss A Durhsen, Miss B. Munanoir, Mrs. H: Eccles. Messrs. A. J. and J. J. Edgar. Mrs. G. C. Feltham, Misses. C. and R. Fossberg, Mr. A. Goldau, Mr. A. A. Gormely, Mrs. B. H. | Grant, Mr. Ho Tim, Messrs. C. A. and K. A. Kaluzhny. Mr. A. D. M. Longden, Mrs. E. C. Louw, Mr. F E. MeAreg, Miss 8 McLoughlin, Mrs. T. V. Miller, Mrs. S. Moller Olofinsky, Mr. A. Raquali, Miss E. Molle, Mrs. T. Nelson, Mr. V. Pachi, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Plo- vanelli, Mrs. A. H. Procter. Mr. C. M. Reed, Miss P. de Los Reyes. Miss J. Robertson, Miss M. Rona, Mr. J. Roos, Mr. M. Sasso, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Secor, Mr. and Miss J. R. Gindlinger, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Swalm, Dr. H. Talbot, Miss T. Ua- vernoki. Mr. J. Van der Ham, Mr. A. E. R. White, and Mr. A. A. Wolley.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLI From May 24. to 30, 1937.
HIGH WATER.
BOAR Kong
2 Standard
Lays of
Date
Height
LOW WATEL
Hong
Kong
Standard
Timr
Time
in
Fukien, Dr. J. Heng Liu, „Director
b. 2.
tú in
b. m.
of the National Administrailon," is. Mon. 24 now in Changchow to superviso
Tues, 25 anti-plague work in southern Fuklen, it was announced here Wed 26 to-day.
Thur. £7 0940 7.8
08.91 86 23 16+ 4 4.
100 43
25 41 7.8 140
After a brief stay Dr. Llu. pro--
28 Qeded to southern Fuktes. He Pri. will also take the opportunity to
Bat. 20 Inspect the Amoy Quarantine- service, the Fuklen military bos-Sun, 20 pital, and other anti-plague
clinica.-.-
Union New...
Height
0155 +29 18 26.1 2 02 28 20 1606 0 0 7203002
1845 10 7 03 98 18 8
∙10 44 7 2
ง
17 0 0 6
03 55 3.5 07
1804
0420 3 5: 18 45 08 01 47 14·0: 0444 8.7 11 21 17.01 : 1926 (1-0,
to the work of national salvation with the same ideas in mind.""
APPOINTMENTS
His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government, under instructions received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. has appointed Miss Beatrice Maud Auger to be a Nursing Sister, with effect from May, 12.
His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appoint- ments of the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Al- mada e Castro, to be an Unoficial Member of the Legislative Council, in succession to Mr. Jose Pedro Braga, OB.E., and of the Hon. Dr. Li Shu-fan in succcession to Mr. Ts'o Seen-wen, C.B.E, LLD... both with effect from January 17.
The King's Exequatur empower- Ing Mr. Jose Varelay Arias to act as Peruvian Consul at Hong Kong has received His Majesty's signa- ture.
FOREIGN MAILS
PUBLIC HOLIDAY ***
On Monday the 24th May the General Post Office and Kowloon Central Post Office will be open from 8 am to 10 am..and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed,
There will be one collection from the pillar, boxes, one delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and one delivery of registered correspondence at 10 am.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed, '
The Public are reminded that the postage on Printed Papers, Commercial Papers, Samples and Small Packets must be fully prepaid. Insufficiently prepaid Printed Papers, etc. are NOT. forwardell,
Letters, Postcards and Samples for Europe and South America are "forwarded "yia Siberia" if so superscribed.
INWARD MAILS
Tzou
PER
Dur
Imperial Airways
Plage
6th May
inghai Sirdhana...
20th May
2th May
Air Mall by "Imperial' Airways Direct Service”—London date, J6th May.
SHANOBAI and Amer
LALOUTTA and Sixares
SHANORAI and EUROPE via SIBERIA
(London date, 8th May) JATA
JAPAN
BRANOKA, FONCHOW and SWATON HAIPHONG, PAXHot and HoiHOW Mant
JAPAN
MENILA
Stains and Euxory via Buzz (Letters)
and Papera: London, 93th April and London Parcel--London date, YƐad April
SWATOW
SHANGHAI and Foochow and SwaTOW STRAITS
Air Mall by “Pro-American Air- #WAY! Direct Service-San
Francisco date, 19th May. USA., HaronULO, JAPAN and SHaxo-)
#41;(Bar Firncim+ 1st May}' STRAITS
SHANGHAI
HAIPHONG
---
BANGKOK and Swarow
JAPAN
Henafaris
Kup, óf Russia ... Takaoka Maru... Nept-na.
25th May
headans...
25th May
Lisbon Bluru
19.
25th May
Binkiang Kwangtung
1
26th May
***
25th May
26th Mar
***
26th May 28th May
Naldery
ffth May
Nanning...
96th May
duiyang Hedon
7th May
7th May
Pan-American Airways Plane
Pen, Coolidge Genoa Maru Tokiwa Maru Canto
$7th Bav
#27th
Blay
27th May
97th May
27th Mar
algan
27th May
Kamo Maru
23ta May
UNIA., Canada. Japan and ShanDNSE)
(Seattle, 5th May) .
Pres. Jackson
28th May
MANTLA
Gem Pershing.
28th May
SAIGON
Falia Roussel
28th May
Rawalpindi
28th May
Mirsapore...
39th May
JAPAN and SHANGRAT JAPAN MAKILA
SHANGHAI
Caloutta and Srsarts
JAPAN MA
STRAITS
JAPAN
SAIGON
STRATES
Japan and Shaxoral
Victoria Geisenau
Evang...
Tanda
29th May "11st May 31st May
3 th May
Philoctetes
Sat May
Africa Muum
let June
Tam
Is JnDe
Van Beute Aramia
IntJune
1 June
OUTWARD" MAILS
REGISTERED AND PABOEL MAILS are closed is minuten earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at er before 9 a.m., registered and parcel, mails are closed at 6 p.m. on the previous day.
FOR
TUESDAY
Mauila, Makasser and Soumabaya Air Mail for Canton and Dis-
tricts:
1
Air Mall for Swatow, Amoy,
Foochow and North China" (via Shanghai)."
His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government, un- der instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been pleased to recognise Benhor Fran: cisco Paulo de Vasconcelos Soares Amoy
Chancellor of the Portuguese Consulate at Hong Kong.
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PARIS-TOKYO FLIGHT
...
100
WEDNESDAY .. Swatow, "Amos and Fooshow
THURSDAY
Pn
Tiibudak...
C.N.A.C. plane,
DATE and TIME
Tunnday, 25th,
8.30AM G.P.O. &K.P.O.
Reg
Ora
Noon 19.30 PM Kowloon P.O Reg. $5th, 5.00P Ord. 25th, 5.30p Shengan P.O.
C.N.A.C. plane Reg. 25th, 5.0Gr
Ord. 26th, 7.00 PM {"G.P.O.
Reg. 2551, 5.00 r M Ord. 28th.5.00 A M2
Wednesday, 26th, 8.00 24 8.30 PM
Haitan Taiyuan
Thursday, 27th
Biakiang
16.30 11,80 M
· | Pras. Uoolidgs
Shanghai, Japan and *EUROPE via Siberia¦ Nalders Swatow
Manila
Air Mall for Manlia, Guta,”
Honolulu and U.S.A., by the ***Pan-American Airways Direct Service"-doe San Francisco, let June.
FRIDAY
Le Bourget, May "22. Another attempt on the clusive French Air Ministry prize for a Paris-Tokyo flight in under hours started when the famous Air Mail for "Imperial Airways."} French airmen, Doret and Miche-
Direct Service"--due. London, lette, left Le Bourget aerodrome
6th June, at 6.08 this morning for the Ja- panese capital- Reuter.
WEATHER REPORT
ROYAL OBSERVATORY HONG KONG
10 am, May 23: Barometer (at sea level), 29.82
"Temperature, 77 F.
Humidity, 94 per cent. Wind Direction, East. Wind Force (Beaufort); 3. Temperature, maximum yester-
day, 18 F'..
Temperature, night, 14 F.
minimum last
Rainfall for 24 hrs, ending 10h. to-day, 2.73 ins
Total rainfall since January 1, 18,21 ins.
Against an average of 18.74 ins. Surmet to-night, 7,00 m Sunrise to-morrow, 5.40 am,
4 pm.. May 23. Barometer (at sea level), 29.77. Temperature, 77. Humidity, 95. Wird Direction, 8.W. Wind Force (Beaufort), 4 Maximum tempera ture, 84. Minimum temperature, | 75. - Rainfall,' 0,20)
"
Air Mail for "Australia by Im-"}] periai Airways Service-due Darwin, 1st June,
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Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, Canada, U.8.A., and EUROPE via Van- couver, BC, (Paroels for Canada only)-dae Vancouver B,O,, 18th Jane Swatow sad Foochow Shanghai, Japan and "EUZOPE via)
Biberia Japan, U.8.A., Cesimi and South America, and *KUROPE vis. San Francisco- dua 'Ban Francisco, 1835 Juns (2) Manila, Australis sed New Zealand vs
Thursday Leland-due Thursday. Island, 10th Jane
Air Mall for “K‚L.M. Service”-
duo Amsterdam, 7th June
Pan-American Airways Plane
Imperial Air
ways Plane
Imperial Air- ways Plane
Emp, of Russia
vin Felix Roussel
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and *South Africa Aden, Egypt and EUROPE vis Marssilles-due Mar- seilles 26th June
Gen. Pershing
1.00 M
Kowloon P,0. Reg. $7th..00 PM Ord. 37th,8.00
G.P.O.
Beg 27th, 5,00 PM Ord, 28th,6.00 Friday, 28th, G.P.O &
K.P.Q. Reg. 8.30 A M Ord. 9.30 AM. G.P.O. &
K.P.O. Reg. 8,30 a m Ord. 9.30 AM.
Par. 27th, 5:00 PM Beg 181,0,15 AM Ord.18th, 10.00AM
Tai Suow Hong
10.30 AM
120 PM Parcoola 4.00 PM
Box.
1,00 M
Kamo Maru
Ord:
Beg Ord.
5.30 PM
6.00PM
5.30 M
G.PO,&
K.P.Q. Rawalpindi Reg. 9.30 AM
Ord. 10,00 AM
Rawalpindi
¡Par: 281h, 5.00 PM Bog. 29th 3.45 AM Ord£19th,19.30 AM.
*Bupermeribed correspondence only.
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