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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1930.

'Phone 20022

FOR

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Twenty-Are Words three inser ilons prepaid $1. Every addi- tional word four cents for three Insertions.

All replies under this heading mont be called for.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE-3% B.P. P Model Triumph, excellent condition, recently overhauled.

No Any trials. $200. offers. Write Rox No. 651, c/n "China Mail."

TO LET

TO LET No. 5, Dragon Terrace, Causeway Bay, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Hoors. Each that has three bed rooms, dining room, servants' quarters, kit- ehen, bathroom, and

GENERAL NOTICES

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1988), LIMITED,

SHAR

REMINDER.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hong Kong, 10th May, 1930.

THE

AN AERODROME IN LONDON?

SUGGESTED THAMES AERODROME-BRIDGE.

AIR MINISTRY AND L.C.C.

MAIL.

CHINA

CHALLENGE TO CENSOR.

INVITED TO SEE A BANNED FILM.

This statement was made by of representative the London Eclair-Tirage, the firm which made the film "The Queen's Necklace," when discussing with a reporter recently the banning of certain sequences in the film.

NHARÈHOLDERS in the Com-

"Wo are challenging Mr. Edward Short, K.C., the Film pany are reminded that an INTERIM DIVIDEND in respect

Discussions have taken place be- Censor, to seek this film for him of the financial year ending 30th tween representatives of the Civil self, and we hope that he will September, 1930, is payable by Aviation Department and of the clear up the apparent inconsist- the Company on MONDAY, 12th London County Council on the sub-encies of his own examiners." May. 1980, on and after which ject of a site for an aerodrome near date Dividend Warrants may be the centre of London. The great had on applicution at the Com-cost of utilising the roof of Water- pany's Head Office. St. George's loo Station-45,000,000 was men- Building, Hong Kong.

tioned in Committee on the Charing Cross Bridge Bill-is regarded as prohibitive, and the Air Ministry

"The Queen's Necklace" view is. that the solution of the dimculty may rather depend upon made in France. It purports to of the improvements in flying machines be an authentic account

historical incident in which enabling them to ascend from limit-

Jeanne de la Motte was publicly ed areas.

After

and whipped recent trial of the branded

through the streets of Paris in the 18th Autogiro, a type of flying machine which ascends from a small nero- drome and can alight in a confined space, Sir Sefton Bruncker remark ed that it might be possible, by developing this class of machine, to the

COMPANY MEETINGS

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

BORTY-NINTH ORDIN-

a

sible the Puro cans. Apply ClarkTARY GENERAL MEETING dy from such a position ns

lu, 10, Des Voeux Road C

GODOWN TO LET.

of Shareholders will be held at Horse Guards' Parade to Croydon. the Offices of the undersigned on whence the big air liners start. FRIDAY, the 16th May, 1930, at The Air Ministry has not, in any GODOWN at Whitfield Road con-Noon, for the purpose of receiv-ense, contemplated giving up Croy- sisting about 2,500 sq. ft. next to ing the Report of the General den Aerodrome, but at the same time Kwong Sang Hong Glass Factory Agents, together with a Statement the grent disadvantage to the air Please apply to Kwong Sang Hong of Accounts for the year ended lines, due to the forty-five minutes' Ltd.

the 31st December, 1929.

road journey to Croydon Aerodrome, is admitted. It is a handicap in the case of such short routes as Landon Paris and London-Brussels. but it does not count much to travellers by air to Egypt 'and India.

WANTED.

WANTED. The Unites Directory of Canton, Hong Kong & Macao for the year 1930-1931 will be issued soon. These who wish to advertise in the anid Directory are requested to apply Sze Hing & Co., China Building.

TUITION

MANDARIN

CANTONESE AND LANGUAGE and characters TAUGHT. by Mr. SU. Special notes and hooks. Twenty-three years' experience. Rapid progress ensured. Special explana- tions in English given to beginners. Particular coaching in pronunciation. Terms moderate. First class refer. Onces. Numerous successes examinations. No. 16, Wyndham Street, Top Fluor.

SPECIAL PHYSICAL CULTURE CLASS.

MME. BARONELLI - Special atten tion given to stout and stiff ladies who desire to regain their youthful figure, Special treatment given to elderly ladies for renewing the youth

This ful appearance of the face. treatment can be accomplished in six days, Peking Ridg. 27a, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

HOME TUITION.

WESTOVEK-STEVENAGE Within an haar from London. In healthy neighbourhood. SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. A few Roarilers received, in the House of the Principal. Individual care and attention. Particulars apply to:

MISS RUTH CULLEY

The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will bo CLOSED from the 2nd to the 16th May. 1930. both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Agents.

Hong Kong, 25th April, 1930.

SPORT NOTICES

DANTRY

If it were possible to Usc the Thames near central London as an aerodrome the problem would be solved. Experiments with flying boats and amphibian aeroplanes have been made in the Thames, but the fact that their t [operation has to be confined to HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, certain states of the tide shows they would be severely hand- Moreover, the nearest and capped. RAFT PROGRAMMES

FORMS for the stretch of water suitable for regular

RACE SIXTH EXTRA

MEET operation is some distance up river, ING to be held on SATUR- and the saving of time therefore DAY, 7th June and MONDAY, would be negligible.

¿weather

The 9th June, 1930

suggestion

made

con^ mitting) may be obtained at the that it might be possible to Race Course, Hong Kong Club and struct across the Thames in London aerodrome a great platform, or Causeway Bay Stables.

not less bridge. This would be I practicable than the floating islands for the Atlantic, of which one is actually being built In America.

The width of the Thames is suf- ficient to form one alde of an aero. drome, and if the platform were about 800 yards long an aerodrome

per.

Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clock Noon on THURSDAY, 29th May. 1930,

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

WELB

was

SUMMER PALACE.

To Let by Government of Peking.

CHINESE EMPRESS RECALLED.

Peking, April 23. The splendid summer palace of the despotic Dowager Empress Tsu Hai is now to let. An advertise ment in an English-language news- paper here reads:

"To Let-Good houses in the summer palace, altuated in beauti- ful surroundings; a few houses on the hill and a smaller number by the lake are available for immedi- ate occupation. Apply city govern ment of Peking."

DISPUTE OVER "PLANET."

THEORY THAT IT IS A COMET.

3

WHEN SOVIET STOLE

£58,000.

LOOTED BRITISH EMBASSY.

VANISHED GEMS,

Was

"Controversy is raging in, astro- nomical circles concerning the character of the supposed new A Soviet theft of £68,000 "Transneptunian planet" discover described to Mr. Justice Horridge in ed by the Lowell Observatory at the King's Bench Division, when he Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.

considered points raised by the Among others, Professor A. 0. Crown by way of demurrer and Leuschner, of the University of answer to a petition of right claim- California Student Observatory, ing that sum. declines to accept the body as a The suppliant was Mr. Charles planet. He thinks it may he a Herbert Bucknall, of Marloes Road, large asteroid or a comet. He Kensington, who before 1918 was saya that computations of mass for 30 years a dealer in precious The Empress ruled China, as i made in his observatory indicate stones in Petrograd. despot for forty years and the sum-

that "the object is too small to, Mr. Bucknall in his petition said mer palace was her pride. She have caused the deviation in Nep- that owing to insecurity of life and diverted millions which had been tune's orbit. which originally led property in Russia in April 1918, he raised for the Chinese navy to re- to the suspicion that a Transnep-deposited with the British Consul, construct the palace and thereby, tunlan planet existed."

who was then in charge of the Petro- according to some historians, en- Dr. V. M. Slipher, director of the grad Embassy, jewels to the value abled the Japanese to defeat China Lowell Observatory, replies that of more than £57,000 and bank notes with ease in the Sino-Japanese war.

the announcement of the discovery worth £766. It was in the summer palace that of a planet was not made until:

In July, 1918, the Consul, Mr. some of the most dramatic scenes "Lowell astronomers, were sure." Woodhouse, finding it difficult to ob- In Chinese history were enacted. The body, says Dr. Stipher, "has no,tain' the necessary

money, to dis- But the British Board of Film For several months each year the cometary appearance. To-day we charge his duties, and being unable Censors refuse to leense the film Dowager Empress, with her puppet | are

more firm In our bellef to communicate with the Foreign unless the scenes of the whipping emperors, held court, with a In that all our observations and Office by telegram, asked Mr. Buck- and branding were expunged.

brilliant following of Ladies computations confirm the first an-nail to place the property at his dis- "This action of the board is com- } in-waiting and courtiers. This nouncement."

century.

The French Government is so im pressed with the value of the film that President Doumergue had it specially shown.

Fasclets in Chins-At the Italian Consulate-General, Shanghai gathered to celebrate the anniversary of the F Fascia Italiano of Shanghai, distributed a number of me Party. Com, V. Galanti, Italian Consul-General, was also

pletely inexplicable to the official of the company.

|

Shanghel, a number of members of the Italian Fazcisti of contation of Rome. Mr. R. Caminada, Secretary of the niberahio certificates to the members of the Italian Fascisti

prosent.--(Ah Fong).

us," said'i determined old lady made

number of decisions which ultimately led the Manchu drpasty to its doom, the completeness of which is illustrated so effectively by the advertisement.

"I know of three films with scenes in which a woman was flog

without protest in London. Those films were made in America,"

"That is why we ask Mr. Shortt, the chief censor, to see our film,”

THE FIFTH EXTRA RACE on which big machines could landed which have been seen publicly T MEETING will

be held would be formed. (weather permitting) at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, 17th May, 1930, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

The first bell will be rung at

For 2 p.m.

(Camb. Higher Local),

Such a platform would be support- ed on plere, the waterway being safeguarded and illuminated. The construction would not be nearly so complicated or costly as that of the floating islands, and the cost, it was

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they Camb. Teachers' Diploma) and their ladies must wear their by any means alarming.

badges prominently displayed.

No one without a badge will be air lines and from rentals of build- Chemist Offers Photos

ings erected in association with the aerodrome bridge.

stated by an engineer, would not be CREATING THE ATOM

Revenue could be derived from the

MISS GERTRUDE TURNER,

[National Frodel Higher Certificate).

MISCELLANEOUS

admitted to the Members' Enclo- sure.

UNDERSELLING?

Badges admitting non-members to the Members Enclosure and YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and Club Rooms at $5 for Gentlemen promptly printed. "China Mail" and $2 for Ladies, are obtainable £2,500 Damages Against Ofice. No. SA, Wyndham St. Tele- through the Secretary

upon in- phone 20022.

troduction by 狙 membar, such member to be responsible for psy- ment of all chits, &c.

Badges admitting to Members"

LAMMERT BROS. Enclosure will not be on sale at

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERB AND SURVEYORS,

-Public Auctions

the Race Course.

Newspaper.

Paris, April 10. The long litigation between Fran- cois Coty, owner of the "Figaro"

and the "Ami du Peuple," and the

National Federation of French Members can obtain, upon ap Newspapers has ended in judgment plication to the Secretary, badges against the "Ami du Peuple" for (limited to two) for the free ad- unfair competition through under mission to the Members' Enclosure selling.

of wives, lady relatives and The "Ami du Peuple" is sold for

friends. Names must be stated

THE Undersigned have received when applying.

Tinstructions to Bell by Pablie

Auction

ON

WEDNESDAY, May 14, 1930, commencing at'll am.,

at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.

A quantity of Cloisonne Wares, Leather Hand Bags, Card Cases, Wallets, Purses, Comb Cases, Table Mats, Bridge Seta, E. P. Wares, Nock Laces, etc., etc.

Also

A Large Quantity of CURIOS,

On View from Tuesday, May 13, 1930.

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT EROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, May 12, 1930,

ALEXANDER'S. INSTITUT DE BEAUTE

For the best Permanent Finger & Blarcel Waves." Hales Cutting and Manicare for "Lailles &

Gentlemen.U670

1st floor. Room 5

Ouporite“, sutrance. H.HF- Hotel,

On no pretext will children be permitted in either Enclosure dur- ing the Meeting.

As Proof.

in unele in America. It was made clear that no auch fortune existed.

Norman Howard' Knipe; belting

posal for his Majesty's service. Mr. Bucknall agreed.

On August 30, 1918, Mr. Wood- house was arrested. Next day Soviet Government representatives arrested everyone at the Embassy. Afterwards it was found that, the bag of jewels and money in a safe had been cut open and the contents taken. Mr. Bucknall claimed the return of the property or its value.

Mr. Justice Horridge, giving judgment, said the Crown succeeded under the Indemnity Act 1920, be-

assume cause he could

that the necessary consent of the Attorney- General to the bringing of the peti- tlon had not been obtained. He entered judgment for the Crown, without costs.

LUXURY PLANS.

Smoking Rooms and Cocktail Bars.

Liners of the air as luxurious as liners of the ocean, are now in course, of construction in London, says a Home paper in mail week.

As commodious inside as a Pull- man car, and far surpassing any passenger aeroplane, they will con- tain a cocktail bar and a smoking-

room.

manufacturer, of Broadway Avenue, Eight in number, these super- Wallasey, a lifelong friend of Mrs.machines will form the "Hush-hush" Harrison, for whose attendance the fleet with which Imperial Airways The palace is about an hour's coroner adjourned the Inquest, stat-will out-distance all competitors In ride by car from the walls of ed that Mrs. Harrison was a widow, the service to the Continent this' Peking. It is in an immense but he never knew her husband. Summer. park surrounded by a twenty- She had no private means, but foot wall, and in

They are being built at Crickle- the centre sublet rooms, addressed envelopes at wood by Messrs. Handley Page, Ltd.,

is & large artificial lake, times, and did election work.

and the details of construction are in which an island hus For twenty years she had thought being kept secret. been built. On the shore of this that she had money due to her from lake the Empress constructed a America through the death of an number of wooden buildings, inuncie who was in New York State.

The Coroner: Did she ever tell you whether she received anything from this American? -

which she and her court lived during summer.

Each machine will carry 40. pas- sengers, who will enjoy amenities. never before provided in the air.

To the proud motto of "Safety First," which British aeroplane ser- vices have always borne, is now to be added "Luxury, Too."

The machines will be ready in

Natural Wooded Slope. New York, April 9. The hill is a natural wooded Witness: She told me that she had Professor William Harkins, of the slope, upon which a series of stair-received £32, and I saw it. It was University of Chicago, states that, cases has been built, with a num- In British £1 notes. That was about about eight weeks and will be in after seven years' painstaking ex-ber of buildings suitable for resid-a year ago. perimental work, he has succeeded ences but hardly desirable now. Are you satisfied in your own in building up an atom.

In spite of its magnificence, it is all a little faded, and, wealthy as she was, the Empress apparently had Hittle desire for modern plumb ing-United Press.

He made the announcement to a group of highly interested chemists attending the American Che cal Society's convention at Atlaita, Georgia.

The professor's proof consisted of two photographs of his process. This involved taking 34,000 instan- taneous photographs of hellum atoms moving at a speed of 11,000 miles. a second at the moment of collision with atoms of nitrogen gas Into which they were propelled.

When a helium atom. struck a

Professor Harkins

operation within three months.

They are designed to cope with mind that there was no sum of the tremendous increase in air travel £20,000 or £30,000?-Quite satisfled. from Croydon to Paris and will, un- For twenty years, said Knipe, she doubtedly, be most popular with had been harping on the fact that women.

she was entitled to these thousands Stainless steel and duralumín are of pounds, and failure to get the the materials used in the construe- WOMAN'S VAIN HOPE.money probably caused her to de tion of the fuselages of the

what she did,

- Suicide Burns to

Death.

How baseless was a woman's hope of fortune was revealed at the re- sumed inquest at Waterloo.

machines.

Four engines will drive these giants of the skies at an average speed of 100 m.p.h.

WOMAN'S ARREST IN LINER.

Thoy will be by far the largest 10 centimes-that is only a forthing

Miss Kathleen Hobbs, aged 34, of aircraft on any regular service in -Instead of the usual 25 centimes.

Walbrook Road, Putney, S.W., who the world. The existing British The Federation boycotted the paper,

near arrived at Southampton in the machines of the largest type carry and having obtained. the alliance of nitrogen atom at such a tremendous Liverpool, on Susan Ellen Harrison, Union-Castle liner Arundel Castle, 22 passengers. the distributing trades prevented it į speed,

said, nged 68, of Clarendon Terrace, was arrested on a warrant alleging Although amoking is permitted on being sold in kiosks or shops. M. flourine was formed for an instant Beaumont Street, Liverpool, who the theft of jewellery valued at certain all-metal liners, these will be PUBLIC. ENCLOSURE

Coty responded by instituting his which in turn explosively threw off committed suicide on Waterloo sands £1,000 from a house at Eastbourne the first to have a special smoking- The price of admission to the own sales organisation, which has an atom of hydrogen and left by setting herself on fire after pour-last August. Public Enclosure 18 $1 for

oxygen. The professor's 'success in ing petrol on her clothes.

She went to South Africa as a all persona including ladies, In granting £2,500 damages yes-changing substances traditionally. A vordict of suicide and is payable at the Gate.

while of first-class passenger, but as a result terday the Appeal Court made it unchanging in their chemical na-unsound mind was returned.

of a wireless message she was not Soldiers and Sailors in uniform clear that the chief offence of the tures is considered remarkable. AL a previous hearing the allowed to land, and returned as a are admitted half price.

"Ami du Peuple" was not under- He explained his accomplishment evidence revealed that Mrs. third-class passenger. Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, & selling its rivals, but accusing the will not be permitted to operate latter of profiteering. within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

By: Order.

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary, Hong Kong, 10th May, 1980, /

JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE

Fise Assortment of

LOOSE - LEAF STAMP ALBUMS with spring back and patent stops from $2 to $22 each.

GRACA & CO., Dealers in Postage Stamps, -

Post Carde, Garden Seeds, * Toys, etc., atesta 10WYNDHAM STREET,

P.O. Box No. 620. HONG KONG.

met with marked success.

Athletes Entertained? torium, by the World's, Chi

fortune of £32,000

as "the synthesis of matter by Harrison had been expecting Her father was waiting on the Impact."

from quay, but fie did not see her.

rouin.

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