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EIGHTY - NINTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION.
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1934.
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HE GAVE HIS WIVES A PAIN IN THE NECK
And did khe mocking with a son Boury. The Edghich was dar of the world! And this plan taps...the wonder of all clown?
CHARLES LAUGHTON The Private Life of HENRY VIII
Dunced by Almandu Kardo
MATRAND YAKU UNITED ARTISTI
ALSO
THE "PIED PIPER"
A SILLY SYMPHONY IN
TECHNICOLOUR,
FROM TO-MORROW............
A BLACK NAPOLEON THROWS THE DIE WITH FATE!
A BOOK
A PLAY
AN OPERA
but greater
than all of thasa...
A TALKING
PICTURE!
Jabu Krimsky and Gland Cashewn second.
PAUL ROBESON
in EUGENE ONEILLS
Emperor
JONES
with DUDLEY DIGOES
Butacard Share Umbed Artista.
late Count de Sena Fernandes, ROYAL PARTY AT
MR. JOSE MARIA DE Mr. Caimira de Sena Fernandes-
CASTRO-BASTO
Within 13 Days Of
80th. Birthday.
PROPRIETOR OF NORONHA
AND COMPANY
Basto. Their golden jubilee was, celebrated in February last year.
After his marriage he worked for
OLYMPIA.
Queen. Shows Interest
In Industries Fair.
London, To-day. Her Majesty the Queen, accom-
a time in his father-in-law's firm, but soon returned to Hong Kong.
He was a keen traveller and made He three trips round the world. visited London in the interest of a syndicate with the late Mr. Barret- lo, making transactions for the ex-panied by the Duke and Duchess of York and the Duke of Glouces ploration of petroleum in Portu-1 One of the oldest and most pro- guese Timor.
A company, known ter spent three hours at Olym- minent figures in the Portuguese as the International Petroleum Com-pia, London. yesterday, inspect- community of Hong Kong, Mr.pany of Timor, was actually formed,ing, with evident interest. the stalls and exhibits of British Jose Mario de Cestro-Basto, but the borings did not justify the Industries Fair. - British Wire- Knight of the Order of Christ proceeding of the work.
Hess Service. (Portugal), passed away at the
Kong, Mr. Canossa Hospital at 3.05 o'clock Basto settled in Kowloon, his chil- this morning from
Three of his sons are civil en-! double dren receiving their primary educa- pneumonia after short illness.tion in Hong Kong, before being gineers, namely Mr. C. H. Basto, of Messrs. Little Adams and Wood, He was 79.
sent to Lisbon and England.
The late Mr. Basto acquired the Mr. A. H. Basto, of Messrs. Raven firm of Noronha and Company on and Basto, and a third son is in the death of the founder, the late Macao. Mr. Delifino Noronha.
D
The funeral will take place this evening. passing the Monument, Happy Valley, at 5.30 p.m.
One of the oldest residents in the Colony, the late Mr. Basto was born in Macao and would have celebrated his 80th birthday March G.
on
He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Casimira de Sena Fernandes Basto, seven sons, and five daugh-
tera.
Life History.
Returning to Hong
+
Mr. B. Basto, another son, la a the Hong The deceased was a keen horticul- well-known member of turist and was often seen early in Kong Stock Exchange, and is now the morning attending to the flowers managing his father's firm of and Company, in his garden at his residence in Messrs. Noronha
with his Tuipo Road. He was a firm be- Government Printers, liever in the buying of land in Hong younger brother, Mr. John Baato.
One of his daughters married Mr.) Kong, and owned extensive agricul- tural lots in Kowloon Tong and J. M. D'Almada-Remedios, the local Kowloon Tazi.
solicitor, while another is a Sister:
The late Mr. Basto was educated in Macao and joined an Insurance
Hong A sister of the late Mr. Basto is firm at an early age, later travel- faculty of Medicine at the ling to Shanghai and Hankow. HeKong University, and completed a now at the Italian Convent and has returned to Macao in 1883 and post-graduate course in Medicine in been serving in the sisterhood for married the eldest daughter of the Europe,
One of his sons, Dr. A. R. C. de at the Maryknoll Convent in New Casto-Basto, graduated from the York.
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