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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1934.

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TO 'LET.

A FEW Remaining Rooms are avail. able for offices in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Ice House Street.

10 Percy Apply

Smith, Seth Fleming, 6 Des Voeux Road, Central.

FOR SALE.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DENTISTS.

MR. HARRY FONG, DENTIST. DR & L KWONG, Dental Surgeon WISHES TO ANNOUNCE. THE REMOVAL OF THEIR OFFICES | ·

From

74 Queen's Road 2nd. Fl. To

5th Fl., King's Theatre Bldg. Telephones 21255 9-1.00; 2-6.00.

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ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

BRIDGE NOTES

What Price

Brilliance?

by Ely Culbertson,"

Whatever those who play Bridge| may say about my game, none of them doubt that I am a brilliant bidder-In fact, at times, extra- ordinarily brilliant. As a result. of this brilliancy`in bidding and equal brilliancy in play, I recently went down 9 tricks vulnerable on la contract to take. 9. Yet every step in the bidding and play still appears to me as logical-which merely goes to show, I suppose, that logic is not infallible.

The hand which brought about this remarkable result was:

West, Dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

W. S. BAILEY &

New Work & Repairs.

Bois Agents for

CO., LTD., Kowloon Bay,

Call Fing “T":

Kelvin Motors | NORTH:——

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

'Phone, Z2252. 53, Queen's Rond Central

COMPANY MEETINGS

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Nthat an Extraordinary Gen-

eral Meeting of the Union Insur- HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY. ance Society of Canton, Limited -On sale at all book-stalls and at the will be held at the registered of- office of the Publishers, SA, Wynd-fices of the Society. Union Build- ham Street

Mrs. Culbertson

S-5 3 2

D-873

HQ 10 7 6

C.--10 6

Mr. Yon Zedtwitz

WEST:-

S-8 7 6

K-A 932

D.-Q J 10 € 52

SOUTH-

Mr. Culbertson

S.-K 4

1-8 4

D.-9 4

C-A KQ J 8 4 3

Mr. Balte EAST:-

S-A QJ 10 9 H.-K 5

D-A K C.-9 7 6 2

ing, Pedder Street, Victoria, Hong Kang on FRIDAY. the 25th May The bidding: (Figures after COMPANY MEETINGS 1934, at 11.15 in the forenoon or so bide in table refer to numbered ex-

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

N°

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of the Society will) be held at the HEAD OFFICE Uniun Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 25th MAY, 1934, at 11 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of re- ceiving the Report of the Directors and the Stutements of Account Lo 31st December, 1933, and of declar- ing Dividend, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 8th MAY to 25th MAY, Both Days in- clusive.

By Order of the Board, A. W. HUGHES,

General Manager. Hong Kong, 39th April, 1934.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTY-FIFTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at ite HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 25th MAY, 1934, at 11.20 am.. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 81st December, 1953, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

England to Australia in This

You may call it madness, but Charles Sullivan has his own ideas on transportation. In this little 60-pound canvas cance, 17 feet long, he will attempt to voyage to Austra- lia from England. He is sho wa in training on the Thames River near London.

DESTRUCTION OF LOCUSTS

EMPIRE CANCER RESEARCH

Colony Donations To Fund Reach $4751.51

FRADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme will be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wave length of 355 metres | (845_K.C.'a)-;--"

1-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 1 p.m.-Local Time and Weather) Report

1.03 p.m.--Recorded Music. 1.15 pm-A Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra from the Hong

Kong Hotel Grill Room.

1.30 p.m.--Rugby Presi Nows, 2.15 p.m.-Close Down Daul Transm

To-night from

Music.

6-8 p.m.--Europeah Programme.

MONSTER

TELESCOPE

EYE CAST

20 Tons Of Blue-White Glass Used..

10 Months To Cool

Corning, New York. With the pouring into a brick mould, at the Corning Glass Works of 20 tons of molten blue- white glass, astronomy reached another milestone..

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The glass, cooling slowly, har- dened into a huge telescopic eye, the largest ever made, measur ing 200 inches in diameter and 26 inches in depth. It will be

5-7 pm-A Relay of the Hong fitted into a telescope in Cali-

Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the fornia.

Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden.

The "eye" is expected by as-

7pm-Closing Local Stock Quota-tronomers, to reveal vast, unex-

tions, etc

7.63-7.33 p.m.-Musical Comedy.

Vocal Gem

Follow a Star (Ellis),

Selection---

Charlot's Masquerade,

Vocal Gems

plored regions of the universe.

When finished four years from now, it will be twice as large as

Light Opera Company any other, and will reach depths of the void more than one billion The most powerful telescopic eye now... În existence, at Mount Wilson Ob Light Opera Company-servatory in Pasadena, Cali-

New Mayfair Orchestra. light years distant.

White Horse Inn (Erik Charell),

Selection-

Ball at the Savoy (Abraham),

fornia, reaches only to depths

Dury Lane Theatre Orchestra. 30,000,000 light years away. 7.33-7.50 p.m.-A Violin Recital Fritz Kreisler.

Slavonic Dance No. 3 in G Major

(Dvorak),

Indian Lameni (Dvorak). Humoresque (Dvorak),

Caprice Viennois (Kreisler).

7.50-8 p.m.-

"My Songs From the Show",

by.

Marie Durke (Soprano),

1. Bill ("Show Boat"),

Here are some facts about the new astronomical wonder

The "eye" will take 10 months to cool.

Its site will be some mountain top in California.

Cost of the whole telescope

will be £2,200,000.

It does not magnify, as is gen-

2. When You've Fallen in Love ("Herally believed.

Wanted Adventure").

It photographs 10 times faster

3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man ("Show than anything so far used.

Boat"),

4. Within my Heart ("Song of the

Drull").

Б.

Like a Star in the Sky (“Waltzes from Vienna"},

6. You Came to me ("He Wanted

Adventure"),

Will take pictures of objecta four times farther away.

Will reveal 30 times more ¡space.

Will show better the vast dust

7. For we Love You Still ("Waltzes clouds of space.

from Vienna"),

Will reveal more of the origin —8—p.m.-Local-Time-and-Weather of "Novae," or new stars,—————

Snap-shoots the speeds of no- 8.03-10.30 p.m.-Chinese Studio Con-bulae now moving too fast to

Report.

t

10.30 pm-Rugby Mid-day Press photograpph.

Will probably identify the 10.36 p.m.-Close Down.

parts of which cometa are mado All Relays of the Hong Kong Hotel! Orchestras are by courtesy

Will explain what is meant by of the Management.

curvature of space. 8.30.10 p.m.-A. European Recorded

Will show whether there is an

8.30-8.43 p.m-Sange by

Peter of stars.

Flame Method To Be afterwarde as the Annual planatory paragraphs.)

Tried In Mexico. General Meeting of the Society West North-East-South-

A sum of $3;750:51-was-realis- convened for that day at the same Pass Pass

BETTER THAN POISON

ed during yesterday's street col- place shall be concluded when the Redbi. (3) 2H

lections in aid of the British cert subjoined resolution will be pro-Pass зн

Johannesburg. (Transvaal).

Empire Cancer Campaign Re posed as a special resolution. Dbl. (4) Pass

The poison now used by the Gov-search Fund Campaign, and all News. "That the existing Subsection 1-The only chance in this situa-ernment in combating the locust boxes have not yet been return- "(a) of Article 125 of the

tion is aggressive defense. To invasion is likely to be replaced by ed. "ticles of Association of the puss or to bid clubs simply in-ja new method of destruction which This makes a total of $4751.51 "Society shall be cancelled and vites the opponents, practical- has been adopted by the Mexican to date. "the following Subsection

ly unhampered, to reach Government and all the Central] The Treasurer, Sir William Programame from ZEK. on 640 kes."edge" or break in the creation "such Articlo shall be substitut-

contract in spades or American Republics. In the areas Shenton, has great pleasure. In ack-Dawson (Baas-Baritone). "ed therefore:→→→

diamonds, AB 1 matter of where locusts make their appear-nowledging the receipt of the fol-Drake Gom West (Sanderson), "126 (a). All Deeds and Instru- tact, they can make a Slam inance, it is suggest that a long lowing further donations to the Yeomen of England ("Merrie

either auit. Therefore, this ag-barrier consisting of galvanised | Fund "ments requiring the seal of "the Society shall be signed

gressive action, designed to con-iron sheets be erected. ceal weakneca, "by two Directors and coun-

This forma "tersigned by the General 2-Mr. "Manager. All cheques re-

to

game

comes as a matter of course.

25

Anonymous impassable Mrs. C. Boswell

20.00 Selections. 10.00

50.00 10.00

Will pick up the light of an es Eng-timated 2,000 trillion stars.

land") (German).

Flaws In Glass, $ 1.00 Devon. O Devon ("Songs of the Sea")

(Stanford).

Although officials said that 30.00

He Heard the Great Sea Calling they fully expected the eye.

(Andrews),

which was poured quite recent 8.43-9.08

Orchestral p.m-Light

ly, to be a sucess, they disclosed that 4everal hemispherical Dollar Princess (Fall),

Nat Shilkret and his Orchestra,("cores" attached to the bottom Daly's Theatre Waltz Memories tam. of the mould disintegrated under

Prentice).

the terrific heat. They indicat Charles Prentice & His Orchestra ed that this would probably be Monsieur Beaucaire (Ronne arr.

Bucalon!),

of little consequence, but said New Light Symphony Orchestra. that a precaution planned some $181.00 9.08-9.25 p.m

A time ago will be followed. $820.00 Partita No. 2 in C Minor (Bach),

Harald Samuel (Pianoforte), new mould will be prepared. If, on examination, two or three 9.25-9.46 p.m.-Band Music. Rienzi-Overture (Wagner),

months hence imperfections are The Regimentai Band of H.M. discovered in the glass, a new Grenadier Guards.dise can be poured forthwith,

von Zedtwitz's Redouble barrier to the locust in the hopper Mr. & Mrs. E. P. H. Lang .. 25,00

stage. The hoppers are then National Mutual Life Associa- "quiring signature shall be 3-Again it is useless, from the driven forward this barrier and tion of Australasia Ltd. "signed by the General Mana-

standpoint of defense, to bid as they reach the smooth sheet Mr. R. Poinact the clubs. With "ger or by any such person or

seven-iron wall get banked up against it. Hon. Sir Thomas Southorn, card mult, other hands "persons as the General Man-

also fere they are not prayed with C.M.G. must be unbalanced, and show-poison but are burnt, or "ager may from time to time

rather The Three D'a "appoint. In the absence of "the General Manager all che-; "ques requiring algnature "shall be signed by the person "appointed by the Directors to: the "perform the duties of "General Manager or by any "such person or persons as the "Directors may from time "time appoint.”

By Order of the Board. A. W. HUGHES,

General Manager. Hong Kong 1st May, 1934.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.

10.00

ing my sult at this time is scorched with a flame ejected from Mr. D. W. Tratman, C.M.G.. 25.00 merely an invitation to op the nozzle of a portable spray Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington ponents to go on and take the pump carried on the back of the rubber as they please. My rea-operator. soning for this bid is that I ap-

Previously received

Total

$1001.00 On Saturday a concert, under the

A spray pump similar to those parently hold 8 tricks, assum-used in the spraying of fruit trees Ing a spade Opening. Perhapa used and is filled with fuel oil my partner has a stop in dia of low grade quality. The fine jet auspices of the St. John Ambulance monds. She has bid and rebid of oil is ignited, and the to

con- Brigade, will be held at King's hearts, so she must have some sequence is a long jet of fame, College in aid of the Fund. little strength there. It ap-about three feet of intense heat. pears at worst that I should be Merely passing this flame over the defeated 1 trick at a contract of mass of heaped-up hoppers a few three potrump.

times destroys them immediately von Zedtwitz refuses to and leave no doubt as to whether

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

Company will be CLOSED from 8th

4--Mr.

SKY SIGNS FOR SAFE FLYING.

In Britain.

let me out with a light penalty: they will utimately die or not as in 400 Indicators Planned 5-The question is; Shall I stand the case of the spray.

by my guns or shall I turn and fice? I studied it at length.

The chief advantages of this And finally reached the decision system are:-

to stand by.

Many Advantages

The rapid, simple and effective

London.

Aviation in Britain will be The result was too painful for means of constructing the barri-safer and easier soon. words. In the first place, West cade and again dismantling it. Giant sky signs bearing route crossed me by opening a diamond, The definite visible and, im- directions in 20 feet white, let TARY GENERAL MEETING been bid against me. He and his enclosed

ORDIN-rather than the spades which had mediate destruction of the swarmters are to be constructed at an

MAY to 25th MAY, Both Days In-THE

clusive.

By Order of the Board, A. W. HUGHES,

COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Kong Kong)

FIFTY-THIRD

Woodland Pictures Rural Suite

(P. E. Fletcher), The B.B.C. Wirdlers Military Band. The Funeral March of a Marionette

(Gozned),

The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band. 9.46-10 p.m.--Vocal Duets.

I Like to go Back in the Evening, Lazybones, Layton & Johnstone,

We just could, Charlie

Chick Ender & Charlie Farrell 10 pmClose Down.

TO SAVE BOMBAY FROM RUIN

Emergency Bill To Be Rushed Through.

losing as little time as possible. Everyone emphasised that mak- ing an eye of such size is a brand new experience and that only time can tell the exact outcome.

The cores are intended to make crevices in the bottom of the disc to help in holding it in place in the telescope and also to reduce the weight. If the mis- hap does not produce Imperfec- tions the glass works will make the required crevices by drilling' after the mirror is annealed, a

The job of making the eye cost appproximately £200,000. A large share of the grant of £1,

200,000 furnished by the Inter-

junctions throughout the coun of Shareholders will be held at partner then resled off 6 ́diamond;

The complete check in advance try. There will be at least 400

national Education Board, was the Offices of the undersigned on tricks, Interspersed with the King ment of the swarm treated and of these signs when the scheme

jspent in trying to make an ex- General Manager FRIDAY, the 26th May, 1884, and Ace of hearts. In the mean confidence of being able to con is completed.

pansion-proof glass of quartz... Hong Kong, 30th April, 1934.

Noon, for the purpose of receiv- time I had been forced to bare tinue to deal with the adjacent The first has already been ABOLITION OF TOWN DUTY That failed The Corning. Com BRITISH, TRADERS INSURANCEng the Report of the General down to Ove cards.

pany, after tedious research and area, with the knowledge that the erected at. Coventry, a turning Agenta, together with a Statement I knew that. Mr. von Zedtwits last area treated is completed dis point in the route between Lon-

Bombay experimentation, turned out a of Accounts for the year ended was a very fine player. The nor pensed with:

don and Birmingham. It bears The Government of Bombay have special glass with expansion of |the 31st December, 1938,

mal play for him to make next The portability of all materials the world "Coventry" and direc decided to get all' the three read-less than one-fourth that of win- The SHARE REGISTER and would be to throw me in with used in connection with this tions and distances for flying to ings of an emergency bill passed by dow glass-Reuter.. NOTICE. TO SHAREHOLDERS.

will be club and force me to lead from method: TRANSFER BOOKS

Birmingham and. London. It is the Legislative Council in one day The constant availability of fuel clearly visible up to a height of so that the trade of Bombay may be shipped to foreign countries. Nat the SIXTY-EIGHTH OR

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN CLOSED from the 11th to the whatever my spade holding might

25th May, 1934, both days inclu- be up to Mr. Balfe. I knew that oil in any quantities supplied in 5,000 feet.

saved from ruin." *

- Besides, this duty, the wharfage Mr. von Zedtwitź 'was too good s

Even in bad weather, when orThe Bill abolishes the Town and; handling charges of the Bom- sive.

four-gallon containers: DINARY YEARLY MEETING 'of]

player not to make the correct

No necessity, for diluting or mix dinary landmarks are undistin-Duty of Re. 1 (s. 6d.) on each bale bay Port Trust, and the freight. play Therefore I discarded my ing with water, which in arid guishable, the sky signs, will be of cotton brought into Bombay rates charred by the railwaye in single guard to the spade King. areas is often optainable only at readable from a height of sever-from other contrer in India Bombay are also said to have con

• Mr. von Zedtwits was now in a great distances from the field of al hundred feet-Reuter, dimcult situation. He too. knew operation; and

General Agents, Hong Kong, 3rd May, 1984.

the Company will be held at its JARDINE, MATREBON & Co., Ltd, HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY; 25th MAY,

· 1984, at 11:25 am, for the purpose of receiving » the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 81st December, 1985, arid of declaring Dividend, etc: (QUA The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be: CLOSED from 8th MAY to 25th MAY; Both" Dana. In-

By Order of the Board,

WHUGHES,

General Manager,

Hong Kong 80th April, 1984.

that he should land a club and No risk of poisoning to stock, as force me to lead away from my in the case of sprayed areas.-Ban, spade holding to Mr. Balfe's, Antep nounced strength, but unfortunate-

ly he held no clubs, and therefore,

RELIABLE PRINTING instead of the anticipated club on his successive lands.

no order too

smoll

TUBERCULOSIS: TOLL:

The commercial interests of tributed, towarda: schring... AWAY Bombay have recently been agitat Bombay's legitimate trade.

ing for the removal of the duty. Lord Brabourne, the Governor' of: According to them the duty would Bombay, held a war council" of "all"

Two cases of imported small-pox, wipe. pat Bombay's trade in the the various interests an

five cases of typhoid fever and dve very near future if it was not re the threatened disaster to Bombay's case of meningitis were reported moved forthwith. In unpport of prosp

lond,chus lod/a: apádemand tile re My partner was not very pleased; in the Colony during the week their argument they point out that the present Dill in the outcome of {sult: was¬that I failed to tados a but my readers, “I know, will be ending May: 19. During the amb to add the town; duty, thousands his, single trick) my now: unguarded glad to learn fast experts can period four persona died from of balms of cotton that would hav

King falling pitifully fundéri Mé, Balts, Acue and my (beautiful Jhonours in the clubṛault" deobiologi

from ordinarily come to Bombay for ex Imes/make-möre tragie errors] typhöld - fever-und- two thosd with which more Umitment

There were also. 16 port are now diverted to the Port I'deathé áfrom, tubektulosis.»

whence they

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