1937-12-15 — Page 16

PRESIDENT

LINERS are

LUXURY LINERS

with Every Staterooms, Outside, Lerge and Airy

NEW YORK

VITA MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY,

SUEZ CANAL, NAPLES,

GENOA AND MARSEILLES

S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE

Sails Sunday, December 19, 8.00 a.m.

SEATTLE & VICTORIA

is

VIA KOBE & YOKOHAMA

S.S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Sailing To Be Announced Later

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE

CANADIAN PACIFIC

LAYAWAY

12, Pedder Street.

ODAYS

¡ODAYS

5 DAYS

ANADIAN

PACIFIC

GoEMPRESS to America, Europe

Hong Shang- Naga- Empress Kong hai Baki Kabe

Leave Arrive Leave- Leave

→

Canada Dec. 24 Russia Jan. 26 Jan. 28 Jan. 30. Japan. Feb. 8 Feb. 10

Yoko-

Van- kama Henolain conver

Victoria Leave Leave Azzive

Dec. 29 Dec. 31 Jan. 7 Jan. 12 Feb. 1 Feb. 3

Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 15 Feb. 21 Feb. 26

RESUMPTION OF CALL AT SHANGHAI

Commencing with the Empress of Russia from Hong Kong January 26, 1938, Canadian Pacific "EMPRESSES" will call at Shanghai on the eastbound voyage.

The Empress of Asia from Vancouver will call at Shanghai on Jamzary 24th, en route to Hong Kong.

SAILING TO MANILA

Empress of Canada at midnight Dec. 16th.

Canadian Pacific

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 15, 1987.

LOCAL SHARE ITO-NIGHT'S CHARITY

MARKET

Following is the list of char enquiries in local share quotat mornings.

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1500/1050 sa. Hong Kong (Lon. Reg.) £91 b.

INSURANCES

Canton Ins. $27235 bu Union Ins: $516 sa

SHIPPING

Douglases $1834 3

BALL

FINE SUPPORT FOR FUNCTION

The Charity Ball to be held this evening in the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden in aid of the Inter- national Medical Reef Society of Hong Kong is already an assured success. An anonymous sym-. pathiser has promised to meet the bill for the dinner, and the Hong. Kong Hotel is supplying everything at cost. Another well-wisher has $11.-paid $1000 for his $10 ticket. All the tickets have been sold. --

H. K. Steamboats $8-bu DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.

HK and W. Docks $2814 sa Providents (Old) $2 b...

PUBLIC UTILITIES China Lights. (Old) C. R. $11 b.,

15 sa.

China Lights (New) C. R. $1080 H. K. Electrics $5212 b., $53, sa. Sandakan Lights $14 b.

MISCELLANEOUS China Lights Rights $5 be

LOCAL DOLLAR

In the course of the evening a few short speeches will be deliver- ed and dancing will be interspersed with cabaret items, contributed both by amateurs and profession- als.

The Ball is under the patronage

The demand rate on the Hong of HE the Governor and Lady Kong dollar this morning was Northcote, and the President of the Ball is His Honour Sir Atholl 1/27/6-

MacGregor The Hon. Dr. R. H Kotewall is the Vice-President.

18.

"Spot" silver was quoted at 11/16 and "forward" at 18-5/16.

The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £ US $4.9972 and the New York on London rate }at' £—U.S.$4.9934.

com-

The International Medical Relief Society was formed some months

local British and foreign ego to focus the sympathies of the

munity with Chinese sufferers in the present hostilities. Already the Society has despatched great quantities of medical supplies and medical comforts; also clothing for the distressed. The Executive Committee is composed of a num- CHINESE ESTATES, LIMITED ber of well-known people from different sections of the COM-

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THIRD INTERIM DIVIDENDmunity.

:

The Society is at present con- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN centrating on the maintenance of a that a THIRD INTERIM DIVI-Red Cross mit which will cost DEND for the year ending the 28th $1,200 a month, and the Ball has February, 1958, of two per cent, been arranged to raise funds for that is $2.00 per share, will be paid this purpose. on all shares in this Company on

Wednesday, the 22nd December, HONG

1937, at the Company's Office at China Building, 5th floor.

The TRANSFER BOOK of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to the 22nd December, 1937. both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

FUNG PING FAN,

Director & Secretary. Hong Kong, 14th Dec, 1937.

HONG KONG

PRISON REFORM

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a number of prisoners who are at pre- sent, to all intents and purposes, un- [employable, Le, short sentence prison- ers, skilled in no trade and unwilling to learn. These comprise what is known as No. 16 Party, which of course varies from day to day in num- bers. For these and others who refuse to fulfil their allotted tasks we sugges that real hard tabour be provided in the Passport No. 42 of Bureau form of stone-breaking and/or the saw- of Public Safety Amoy, issued to Mrs.ing and splitting of logs for frewood. Elizabeth Kozikis. Finder please com- A further suggestion has been made municate with Capt. D. G. Kozikis. c/o to us, that prison labour might very Messrs. Dimson & Co., Prince's Build-profitably be employed on the growing ing.

of Chinese vegetables to be used in the prisoners' diets.

LOST-

LOST

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

sell by

This discussion of the conditions, vie der which sentences are carried out does not however do much to anect the

HE Undersigned have received principal problem, ie, the flow of short

Auction on Monday, the 20th. December, 1937 commencing at 230 pim.

a fact that in July the total population of the Gaol was some 2,600 and the number of hawkers in Gaol at that time was 1,400. The Chairman of the at their Sales Room, Duddell St. Urban Council, Hon. Inspector General of Police and his Officers, were quite TOYS TOYS!! TOYS!!!

clear on the point that they did not re- A Fine Assortment of Dressed gard hawkers as criminals but as nui- diers, Crackers, Wooden and Me off the streets. It is also a fact ac- Dolls, Furniture Sets, Lead Sol-sances and merely wished to keep them chanical Toys, Stockings, Christ mas Decorations, etc., etc.

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneer. Hong Kong, 15th. Dec., 1987.

THE

HE Undersigned: have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on Tuesday, the 21st December, 1937

commencing at 5.15 p.m.

at their Sales Room, Duddell St.

A Fine Collection of Valuable Postage Stamps.</

On View from Saturday, the 18th. December, 1987.

Terms: Cash on Delivery...

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctionee Hong Kong, 15th. Dec, 1937.

thing to do with this problem that eco-

knowledged by all those who have any-

nomic ‘and: other conditions in China. provide a continual source of supply for these nuisances, but it is our opinion that the present method of dealing with them is cumbersome, inadequate and ineficient. They are not criminals and therefore should not be treated. such. They are nuisances and there fore should be kept off the streets. It is our considered opinion that special provision should be made for them by something of the type of an "Interment Camp" with the proviso that "hey should be made to earn their food by performing a stipulated amount of work. Incidentally a final corollary to this suggestion would be that hawking books which in spite of the arguments cases would not appear in Police case

of the Hon. Inspector General of Police we feel may have something to do with the abnormal excess of petty prosecn- tions. We would further suggest that beggars and such like might well be in- Icluded in suGT-1