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Picturesque Ceremony At The Hague
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The Hague. July 31,
If Gossip We Must
<BY PRUDENCE)
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On Saturday night I went to the ly slit skirt and back, and with, leave in Vienna and England. coolest dancing-floor in Hong her was her eldest daughter Char. Some holiday. A total of 28,000 boy scouts, In-Kong, and found that quite a lot | lotte who looked delicious in dark cluding 8,000 from Britain and the of other people had the same blue satin which threw up her British Empire, attended the bright idea, and no wonder, for curly honey-coloured hair. She is opening of the Scouts' Jamboree The Lido is definitely the best here which was also witnessed by place on a hot night in July. thousands of spectators.
The Jamboree
was opened by the Queen of the Netherlands while the Chief Scout, Lord Baden Powell and the Chief Scout of Holland were..on the platform with the Queen.
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THE REPULSE BAY LIDO The lighting scheme is delight- ful, the cream-coloured Door of terrazo reflects the rose-coloured floodlights, in the roof. and one looks down the length of the dance-floor into the cocktail-bar which is a dream of mauve and
are
Mrs Dovey was with their party and wore a most seductive dress of demure checks in a pale colour, beginning to look almost grown-up which had a close-fitting bodice." and is off to America next week, with a bertha top of cardinal-red where she will spend a year at a
and a wide skirt bound with the "Anishing-school." Mr. and Mrs.
same colour. Mrs. Greaves wore J. W. Mayhew going to
very becoming gray with diagonal chaperone her across the Pacne, stripes of a deeper shade.
Mrs. when they go on furlough with O'Connor looked extremely cool their family in a few days time. »
and fresh in white organdle, Mrs. Mrs. W. J. L Robinson is doing Nixon was charmingly gowned In After the opening ceremony,
her hair in a new and most allur- black, with a touch of cerise, and TPS the 28,000 scouts marched passed silver, while the bar itself has ing way, and looked very pretty in the hostess," Mrs. (Dr.) Fehly was the Queen, this fasting two hours. cunning yellow lamps let into the flowered crepe-de-chine. Peggy radiant a vivid flame-colour, and After this part of the ceremony was sides.
Humphries wore a dainty summer Mrs. Ralston, a slenderly-fitting отег the scouts. made a spec- Even the table-lamps are frock, and Mignonne MeLay was dress of light peach-colour. tacular dash towards the plat- original, since they are made of one of the later arrivals. in pale form where they heard the Queen | wooden clogs fitted up like little gray. taxeta Mr. and Mrs. make a speech in Dutch, French boats with rudder and mast, and and English.
illuminated sails:
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, AUGUST 2. 1837,
APPEAL TO REASON
Reasonable
Lady Baden Powell and mein- bers of the diplomatic corps also attended the ceremony-
STONE-THROWING INCIDENTS.
There was a minor incident in
D'Aguilar Street on Friday at 6.30 a.m. When cement and stones were thrown into the rear of the Japan- noor of No. 7, D'Aguilar Street. ese Bazaar occupying the "ground
as is the stand Reuter, taken by the Government of China in this crisis, it does not so appeal to the Japanese. Judging by precedent that is not surprising. Taking the offensive on both the military and the diplomatic fronts, Japan has aggregated a truly remarkable number of tasteless and tactless indiscretions, and now nothing can outweigh the impression that all. Japan's camouflage has been particularly futile. Her Foreign Minister and his militaristic colleagues have made u rather pour showing in the matter. of the propaganda, especially when. with burlesque indignation, they protest that the Government of China is bent upon "attacking the Japanese in North China
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Lieut. A. W. Murray, of the
Rites, was sum moned before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloor. Magistracy Saturday for allowing his car to be driven by an unlicenced driver, Mrs. Murray, who was also sum- moned for driving without appropriate driver's licence July 10
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On
Trafe Sergt. Mcvey told Court that about 8.30 pm.. on July 10, when he was on patrol duty, he saw a car driven to such
a manner that it gave him the pression that a novice was at the wheel, at Chatham Road.
He followed the vehicle for a while and approached the driver, Mrs. Murray, for her licence when the vehicle stopped at Austin Avenue,
the shop immediately sanummoned Mr. 1. Nakazawa, proprietor of the police; who found that the mis- siles were thrown from a lane at the rear of the building.
No serious damage was done.
ANOTHER INCIDENT Another minor incident was re- ported by Juan Umekaro, a Japan- te priest, residing at 117, Wancha!
Road.
It is understood that he inform-
Thursday.
On Thursday night, at about 0.30
was broken.
THE HONG KONG LAND
If you attack a burglar in youred the police of three incidents, all INVESTMENT AND
cwn home. it is possible that of stone-throwing each night since AGENCY CO., LTD.
even he might feel a certain amount of indignation by letting AN INTERIM DIVIDEND Sergt. Mevey said that Mrs. Muris profession down through of One DOLLAR per share for ray had said to him "Don't mind that fanitiness of technique which the six months ended 30th June,e. I am only learning." She also led to his being discovered, but 1937, will be payable on TUES- DAY, 17th AUGUST, 1937, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application st the Company's Office, 3 Chater. Road.
stated that, she thought It not necessary to have a cence for learning, as it was in India, from where defendants had just come.
stones were thrown from the rear of the house and a window
On Friday night, at 11.30 p.m. a bo one would be likely to agree further volley falled to do any that his indignation was right- | damage.
20us.
Whatever we may think about the reiterated protestations by the Japanese of an earnestness to achieve a peaceful settlement of the present trouble, we must aduit the significance of the fact that all the statements issued defendant of the offence, and im-icially by the Government of posed a fine of $10. Mrs. Murray Japan plead for the introduction said that had it not been for her of a spirit of "sweet reasonable informing the traffic officer that ess"
-on, the part of the she was learning. he might not Chinese.
known that she had no A caution was registered.
In evidence, Heut. Murray sald "My wife was in the driver's seat. I was sitting next to her and was operating the gear and the hand NOTICE IS HEREBY brake. I was also in control of GIVEN that the REGISTER the speed of the car by the hand throttle. My wife was steering of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from THURS. but not driving." DAY, 5th AUGUST, 1937, to *** MONDAY, 16th AUGUST, 1937, (both days inclusive) dur. ing which period no transfer of shares can be registered. By Order of the
Board of Directors
0. EAGER,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 29th July, 1937.
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TRAM AND MOTOR CAR COLLIDE
But for the fact that both vehicles
were travelling at moderate speed
Mr. E. Himsworth convicted
have licence.
UNIVERSITY DENIES MATRICULATION RUMOURS
The following disclaimer was in- saed by the Registrar of the Uni versity yesterday:
"It has been reported to the Uni. versity authorities that a mischie- vous rumour is in circulation to decided to make all candidates for deposit a sum of $400 as earnest
university if they pass. money that they will enter the
the effect that the University: has
Examination
"This is as absurb as it is false
tradiction for general informa and I am directed to sisue a con- ton."
a trafic accident involving a tram the Matriculation car and a private motor car, which occurred at about 9.30 a.m. Saturday might have been attend- ed by very serious consequences.
Tram No. 62 was travelling from east to west when, Just outside the RA.O.C. Depot, private car No. 913 going in the same direction, aud denly swerved into its path. The distance between the vehicles when the car got on to the tramlines was
HEALTH RETURNS so small that though the driver. applied his emergency brake there
Three cases of cholera, one of Was no possible chance of pulling small-pox, four of enteric fever, up and the tram hit the car, pull one of measles, one of chicken-por ing her broadside on
and three of dysentery were report Damage was done to the rear and ed to the Health Authorities for front mud-guards and rear tyre of the 24 hours ended at noon on the car and to the stepping-board | Saurday. and front part of the tram
ال احمر
At the time the accident occur- ́red the tram was full of passengers, and these received" a shaking-up. The car, which is a Flat two-seater coupe, was being driven by a Chi- nese; with a European lady passen ger.
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That may be all very well for the Japanese, but it is a bit one. sided as far as the" concerned.
Chinese are
On Saturday, the stone-throwers made their "rald" at 10.30 p.m. but
no damage was done and no-one was hurt.
POISON SUMMONS
Appearing before Mr. Schonela on Saturday, J. Havelaar, manager of the P. J. King (Hong Kong Branch) was summoned for pos session of poisons.
Mr. M. A da Silva is represent ing the defendant while Mr. M. J. Abbott. Assistant Crown Solicitor, Is conducting the prosecution. Mr. Abbott, In the course of the hear- ing, requested an adjournment to
What Japan actually wants consider re-amending the charge has not been definitely stated as to the orginal figure which was
There was quite a crowd on Saturday, some in evening dress, but just as many in cotton frocks. Mr. Kadoorie brought a party of ¦ friends, and among them I noticed Miss Gubbay in a sweet little dress of leaf green with shoes to match.
CHARLOTTE SANGER LEAVING
Mrs. Sanger had a very intrigu- ing dress of white with attractive-
TEXTILE QUOTAS
LEGISLATION
Effect Of New Tariff
Through a concession from the Secretary of State for the Colon-
Womack were swimming very late, and came up cut of an Inky-black ees, to report that the water was simply full of phosphorus...
THE DOCTORS' FAREWELL
Dr. and Mrs. Fehily brought a number of friends, and their party was in the nature of a farewell, since they are off to San Francisco next week, and will then go by alr to Boston, and after a stay there. Intend to spend the rest of their
......., AND THE “STAGS"
There were quite a lot of stag- parties, and people kept drifting in all the time. It would be difficult to find a cooler spot than the Re- pulse Bay Lido. Being open on both sides there is always a lovely breeze, and under the able direc- tion of that popular young mana- ger, Mr. &.N, Potouloff, the cater- ing is excellent. Gourmets please note that when in doubt, just order "Chicken Maryland" cooked 'to a " turn and extremely edible!
IRREVERENCE ON THE STAGE
CHURCH ASSEMBLY ANXIETY
While theatrical managers and evangelisation of the world is res- cabaret producers were taking : ponsible for the lack of appeal of les excluding business booked be-steps to implement, the warning which we are conscious," he admit- fore July 7 from the operation of against offensive jokes and ges- ted, frankly. "If the Church's wit-'- the new regulation under the Tex-
tures given at the conference call- ness ät home is to be real, the mis- tlie Quotas legislation, Hong Konged by the Lord Chamberlain Lord sionary spirit is indispensable.” manufacturers will now be able to
Cromer the subject of blasphemous export some $600,000 worth of tex-language on the stage was raised tile goods which, have been held
at the final session of the Church up...
Assembly.
The new regulation requiries all goods from Hong Kong to other British Colonies to be spun, woven and finished in the British Empire, ur, if only woven and finished in Hong Kong, the yarn to have been spun elsewhere in the Empire...
As is generally known, most of the yarn and semi-fritshed mater- ial for this Colony's textile inuus- try has been hitherto drawn from non-Empire sources, and the res
triction
to Imperial Preference produced by the new regulation has found the local industry al- most totally unprepared for a change.
A resolution brought forward by Major W. Macpherson (Leeds) ex- pressed grave concern at the In-
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In an eloquent and fervent speech, the Bishop of Durham, Dr.. Hensley Henson, proposed a resolu— tion emphasising the number of vacant posts in the Overseas vpis- sions.
"The days of the unlettered zen-
creasing tendency to use the name lot, who essayed the" missionary of God, often with great irrever-task with no better equipment" ence, and called upon members of the Assembly to use their influence to counteract this practice.
Major Macpherson maintained that there was an increasingly prevalent use on the stage of the name of God so as to provoke laungter or to give emphasis to a statement.-
than his fundamentalist Bible and his own deluding · fervour," "are- nearly over, Missions may no lon- ger be the hireling agencies of 'im- perial expansion, or of economic. greed," he declared.
"SPIRITUALLY ARCHAIC”. "Abyssinia la, as we see it to.... day, spiritually archaic. The Va tican, marching in the rear of Mussolini, is as the "faith of the Western Churen carried by the monastic missionaries in the rear and it seemed to him that bias-
of the Conquistadores in the Wes- phemy was getting a dispropor- tern world. If Christianity is thus tionate amount of attention, established, it will degenerate and "Complete realism on the stage sink into the pitiable caricăture of la quite impossible." he added "It Christ's religion which South Ame- evil, it is possible to represent it certified to be.. it is necessary to represent sin andrica is, by all competent judges, with much more restraint and får more artistically.".
Seconding the motion the Rev. H. W. Orgill said that there was a tendency on the stage to over-em- One or two factories anticipat-phasise the less noble things in life, ng the new regulation as inevit able have begun to switch over to the indian, yarn, but the process. generally speaking, has been slow. Or more immediate concern to the the extensive orders booked prior majority has been the problem of to the new legislation, and for those concerned the information just received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies has pro- duced an immense relief.
Reaction on Japanese yarn has
yet, but if Japan insists on the 30.750 ozs. His Worship remand-been & decided drop in its price, virtual "separation of. "Hopei anded the case, sine die.
Chabar from the rest of China,
the Central Government has no
option but to go to war. On the to any demunds embodying such other hand, if Japan limits her principle without a trial of Topola to a demand that the strength that would first bring "guilty" soldiers at Lukouchino the entire forces and resources be punished, then, it can be of the Republic of China into authoritatively stated, the Gov-action against the Empire of ernment of China would treat Japan, then the national unity That upon which China's power is promptly and properly. would be peace with honour, the completely dependent, would be only basis on which China will gravely endangered, and that accept peace, as General Wu enormous amount of inspired Te-chen, the Governor of Kwang. and inspiring work so grandly performed by the late Party tung, informed us,
promoted further by the present tendency of the Yen to depreciate, It may not be without the bounds of, possibility that this drop may yet advance to a point when all advantages to be derived by local manufacturers from the use of the Indian substitute will be wiped out. As stated, the position of the rayon factories is admittedly dif comparable price can be obtained fcalt, as no Empire équivalent at a to replace the Japanese yarn they have been using.
H.K. BOXING ASSN.
The final general meeting of the
To us it appears that the Leader. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and direction of this crisis depends on his fearless and zealous colleagues one thing only, namely, what of and after the Revolution, Hong Kong Boxing Association was the military caste in Japan will may be cancelled for naught in held in the offices of the Liquid
demand" when all their troops the twinkling of a few hours. tor, Mr. F.Fleming, of Messrs. Lowe have arrived.
Bat this most Such a moral disaster, must be Bingham and Matthews, on Satur« important aspect should be kept averted in mind by that blood-lusting
With thall enets.
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day, when statements of socounts, showing the manner in which the winding-up had been conducted, and the property of the Associa
on disposed of, was passed. In terms of the resolution of members at the meeting held on $1,000 was paid to Mr. J. Brook as January
22, 1937, a gratulty of a mark of appreciation of his long
THE PRIMATE'S OPINION · On the suggestion of the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, the word "increasing" was deleted from the resolution. "I doubt whether it is quite the fact that it is increasin observed the Primate.
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The Assembly rounded off a week's session, notable for a series of useful and important debates, by discussing missionary work
Sir Thomas Inskip said that what the outside world wanted to see was that the Church meant business. The tepidness of the Church's attitude towards the
NO RESPONSE TO APPEAL
Anti-Gas Proposals.
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"In Russia and Germany
the Church la passing through a pain- ful disillusionment. In England: the shock has been partly mitigat- ed by the distinctively English phe- nomenon of what are called the Free Churcnes, but it will be cost- ly here alsu.
"The Church is rediscovering Ca tholicism, and is realising the strength of its own spiritual mes- sage, while the world, as it #x. hausts the potencies of seculariam, is being reluctantly driven to acknowledge the indispensability of religion."
The resolution was carried, and the Assembly, adjourned until the autumn session.
HOME CRICKET SCORES
London, July 31. Close of play scores to-day were
The Government's appeal to local | as follows:— foreign and Chinese Arms for co- the Colony has been very poor, it is operation in anti-gas measures in learned.
Worcester 213 (Mayer 8 for 70). Glamorgan 229, New Zealanders: Warwick 162 for 2 d
116 for 7.0"
Le center 277, Northanta 43, för: 17) Burrey 284, Notts: 51 for 15 Yorks 246 (Sutcliffe 122), Lancs
The Government appeal consiste arms appoint one representative, of a plan by which all farge local these factors in mind,
who would receive a course of anti-69 for 1 class (who, by the way, do not if the military caste in Japan
as instruction from experts, and Sussex 101 (Owen Smith 5 for reflect the suppressed pacifist insists on unpossible demands
would then be able to instruct his 49), Middlesex 284 for 4 (Hendren policy of that vast nation's wage and so hurtles Japan into the
colleagues in decontamination and 132 not out). earning millions), that the chaos of war, then they shall
other methods of preparation in the Kent 273 (Ashdown 116) Hants The fortnightly meeting of the Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek have only themselves to blame
Crest hopes were placed in the Gloucester 451 for s (Hammond event of gas attack from the air. 114 for 1 Urban Council will be held in the must not retreat before any for the resultant fury of innocent,
scheme, but it is understood that 110, Lyon 116) V. Somerset Council Chagiber to-morrow at 4.15 pan when the business to come be- demands by Japan which peace-loving people who will be and eficient service as manager the Government is somewhat dis- Essex 342, Derby 86 (Fares 7 fore the meeting will be at a pure envisage the lessening of China's lashed into a frenzy of retribu- The Challenge Cups and Belts appointed by the menthusiastic for 419. ly routine nature. A letter from rightful jurisdiction over Hopeition-madness by the entirely un- winners, or failing them to the scheme.
are to be handed over to the last reaction of local talpans to the the Clovernment relative to the ap and Chahar..
Diocesan Boys' School and Central The few firms which have re- MB to better bei
British School sa trophies for an-plied to the Government question nual competition,
nafre, however, have accepted the
It is thought that the reason for the driver of the car ewerving was that in rounding the slight bend he saw a few workmen is his way There was no space to get past of
going rather, pointme faster than the tram be thought he
ret clear oÍFA
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www necessary and unpardonable eu!- If Chiang Kai-shek and the fering which such an Government should ever submit must Ering upon the
proposal, and it is hoped that more
astic support will be forti coming in the near future,