1927-04-11 — Page 1

Page

MASON'S

DELICIOUS

OK.

SAUCE.

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General”

Post Office in the United Kingdom,

No. 21,451 號壹拾伍百肆仟登萬弍第日拾初月叁年卯丁 HONG KONG, MONDAY TRI 11th 1927, 登拜體 日登拾月四年七廿百九仟登英

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

Kowloon

Dep. 0.40 Dep. 6.50 Dep 1.01

[011]

1.M. | A.M|| AM. A.M. Now 8.03 8.30 9.15 10.50 12.00 9.24 10.29 19.09

EOE

TM. | PM. | TX. PM, | TM, 115 225 4,85 5,29 1.24 8.31 444 5.38 7.30 1,89 149 150 5.51 7.49 19.8 1.58 3.00 3.13 3.08 7.39 2.09 311 524 6.19) 8.09 207 3.13.8.23 8.23 8.13 1.25 12.58 213 3.31 6,94 6,09 8.19

9.49 11.041

9.07

Bhatin Taipa

Tapokarket Days 1.21.,

Fanling Daps 7,89 Shaungskal.Dep. 7,86

Blumäkaa ... 7.49 Canton

8.45 9.1310.1 A2.90

5.20

越

ANG, AC, AM, FM.AM.

P.M.FM. 7.X. P.M.

Shamshan

Carton ...Dep.

8.00

Shrungshad...Dep

728

7.19

8.06 10,88 11.40 8,00

Fanling

Dop

7.31

8.13 10.45 11.47 8,074.24

5.27 5.47

8.17 10.49 11.51 811 4.98 5.245.51 6.19

TaipeMarket Dep.

7,41

8.9710.58 18.09 8.21 4.38 5.34

6.01 6.29

Tripo

7.45

8.3211,04 19.07 8.25 4.42 5.63

6.08 6.53

Shin Yeumati Kowloon

Dep. 758

8,48 11.17 12.21 8.38 156 5,51 --

Dep. 8.13

8.57 11.29 13.33 3.50 5,06 6,03-

8.30 6,58

8.20 9,08 11.37 12,41 858 3.16 6.11 6.04

618 6.48-

6.58 7,06

Tealing Bhatankok

Shataulik --Freling

SHA TAU KOK BRANCH.

*. 8,40

745 11.20 12.35

F.L. P.M. 220 .8.20 6.25

• 3,16 4.15 7.20

E 10 J.X

4.X.

6.30 10.15

795

F.M. I.M. 1.05 1.03 1.00 5.16

11.10 2.00 1.00 1.55 6.10 E-SUNDATI AND PUBLIC HOLIDATS EXCEPTED. O-SUNDAYS AND PUBLIO Hozmar ONLY.”

Further information may be obtained at the Hamwat Offices, Kow- LOOM, or from Mours. Txca. Cook & Sex, Law, Homotoxa, er fram The Axxxican Express Corany, Hoxe Kano, ។

EL. P. WINELOW, Manager,

HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

CANTON LINE.

[* (Sundays

(Sundays

Sailings from Hong Kong: Daily, at 2 AM. & 8 LM2. only). Bailings from Canton: Daily, at 8 AM & 3 P.Mr.K. only).

STEAMER SAILS Fox HONG KONG. ON

15 and 16 APRIL at 1 instead of 3 and

RETURNS From CANTON at 3 r. Same Day...

MACAO LINE.

FROM HONG KONG:

8 am and 2 P.M. daily."

FROM MACAO: 8 AM and 2 P.M. daily.

(Sunday: 9 AM. only). " (Sunday: 3.30 P.M. only).

EASTER EXCURSIONS TO MACAO.

On FRIDAY, the 15TH APRIL (GOOD FRIDAY)

On SUNDAY, the 17TH APRIL and

On MONDAY, the 187 APRIL

9.8.

BITTEN SALOON Paskagz FARE:---- $5.00

BUI AN" will depart from Company's Wing Lok 'Street Wharf at 9 am, and "from Macao et 9.30 rx.

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

£1,000 en attaining the age of Fifty-£rs, Premiums moderate,

Conditions liberal

Partoulars frown

DODWELL & CO., LTD,

ACRETE,

2, QUIAN'S BUILDING]

CAMMELL LAIRD & Co.,

LIMITED.

Controlling THE LEEDS FORGE CO., JEWLAY WHEEL CO., Eld Birkenhead, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham,

Leeds, Penistone and London.

RAILWAY PASSENGER COACHES

FREIGHT & COAL CARS STEAM DRIVEN RAIL COACHES

• NEWLAY” SOLID BOLLED STEEL RAILWAY WHEELS

13. PEKING ROAD. SHANGHAI.

KOWLOON HOTEL

TEL. NOB.

K. 608; 609.

A FIRST CLASS HOTEL

Our London Letter.

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

ARMAMENTS AND

ARBITRATION. ·

FAMOUS HUERWOMAN'S

MRS. FENIE."

KILLED BY TRAIN.

Mrs. Edith

de, of Stone House, Blaston near Uppingham, MOTOR SPEED LEGISLATION. Ruthadshire, widow of the master of the famous Deicestershire hunt which bears her name and who for a few acasans after her husband's death acted as master of the hunt, was found dead on the railway at

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ›

LONDON, March 5th: Sir Austen Chamberlain, the For. eign Secretary, seems to have im- pressed a deputation of the Execu tive Committee of the League of Nations Union who saw him this week on a series of resolutions pre- vicualy submitted to him. These resolutions related to such subjects a the reduction of armaments,

arbitration, the Tralie in Arms Convention, and the mandatory aystem. The proceedings were held in private, but I learn that Sir

DIARY OF EVENTS.

To-day.

H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament (details in sports column daily).

Toa Dances H.K. Hotel, Hotel Saroy, King Edward Hotel, and Cala Parisien, 430 p.m.

Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, 8 P.CL

dance, Lane, Crawford's Restaur Hong Kong Dance Club opening

ant, 9 p.m. to 1 am

Principal Mailt':-Inward ·

(President U.S.A., etc.

Polk and President Taft); Europe

ward: Europe via Marseilles Mrs. Fernic, who was 52, had for} (Khyber), 230 p.m.; Europe ris hall Spa, hunting with the Blankney the last two years stayed at Wood Siberia (Glaucus), noom.

and the Southwold hounds. She went to a local cinema on the pre- vious afternoon, and as she did not return an all-night search was made for her, but without success.

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire' David Negapalam (Fuensang). Out- March 1st. A

It is presumed that she was knock- ed down by a late train and that sho had laid on the railway track all night. Her body was badly muti- lated

..

Lost In Gale.

Austen spoke very frankly and in hall Spa, where Mrs. Fernie had Miss Acres, of Southcote, Wood- great detail, showing that he is a

been staying, said that a gale was firm believer in the League of blowing on the night in question, Nations as an organisation capable Mrs. Fernie did not hear the train and she could only presume that of good and useful work. Perhaps owing to the roar of the wind or this is only what might be expected see its approach owing to her carry- from the man who did so much to ing an umbrella. Mrs. Fernie was found near a footpath which crosses bring to pass the Locarno Treaty. the line by the golf links, which is One thing, however, is certain said to have been her favourite

walk. despite the activities of supporters of the League. Neither Sir Austan Chamberlain nor any other Foreign Minister is free to take action. When the British representative sits at Geneva he is there not as the representative of Great Britain alone, but as the representative of the British Commonwealth of Nations.

The Chinese crisis was not dealt with in the Foreign Secretary's speech, but some of the Union's apeakers' expressed satisfaction that the British Government has taken the unusual course of explaining "ita Chinese policy in relation to the League in a published letter to the Secretary of the League at Geneva.

Tuesday.

(details in sports column daily).

H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament

THE

N. LAZARUS, Hong Kong's Only European Optician.

Established Over Forty Years, Manager-RALPH & COOPER Registered Optometrist (Canada).

PRICE: $8 TER MONTH

HONGKONG ALLSOPP'S

HONGKONG HOT BUS BAY HOTEL:

PRAX HOTIL

Telegraphic Addtreen 1 "KREMLIN, BONGKONG."

AND

SHANGHAI »

AsTox Equs HOT: PALACE HOTEL MANTIC HOTEL

BRITISH PILSENER

BEER.

Telegraphie Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI,”

COOL

LIGHT REFRESHING

HOTELS,

LIMITED.

SOLE ÁGITTS:

Infamiation with the GA Hor Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co., Ltd

zam WAGONS Luts, Prxivo.

Tes Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Farisien, 4.30 p.m. Res. (League: Division II.) A.F.C. KING EDWARD

Football: Kowloon F.C. v. Clab

ground, 8 pm.

Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, 3

Men's Club on "That Intelligence Debate at St. Peter's Young

a the Remlt of Environment and not Heredity.”

Europe via Marseilles (General Principal Mails:-Outward: Metinger), 2.30 p.fa

Wednesday.

H.ECO Tennis Tournament (detaila in sports column daily).

Tes dances: E.K. Hotel, Hotel Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Savoy, King Edward Hotel and

Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien; 8

Principal Mail:-Outward: Europe via Siberia (Chenonceaur), 1.30 p.m.

of living permanently at Woodhall She had expressed her intention Spa and was having a house built. the late Mr. Thomas Hardcastle, of P Mrs. Fernie was the daughter of Blaston Hall, Uppingham, and abe was a regular follower with the Fernie Hunt at the time when the late Mr. C. W. B. Fernie was mas ter. Their engagement was kept a secret, and they sprang & surprise the hunt one morning in 1900 when they announced on appearing at the meet that they had been mar Fernie died about six years ago.. ried earlier in the morning."

An inquest will be held,"

Mr.

New Motoring Legislation. It is now understood that the Government have decided to print

the Road Vehicles Bill and circulate it shortly for discusison among the public. The idea of the Bill is to bring up to date all existing Acts governing the usa on the roads of propelled vehicles. The speed limit of 20 miles an hour which now applies to all light motor vehicles will be abolished, but it is proposed to retain a speed limit of

Shortage of Clergy. The Church of England is faced with a serious problem, through mechanically threatened shortage of clergy. In some parts of the country-and in certain cases within my own know: ledge-there is the utmost difficulty in obtaining curates, with the result that incumbents scarcely know how

Thursday.

H.K.C.O. Tennis Tournament (details in sports column daily).

Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 Tea Dances: HK Hotel, Hotel

p.m.

Kowloon Bowling Green Club annual meeting, Club House, 5.45

PM

Choral Evensong, St. John's Cathedral, 5,48 p.m.

Diocesan Old Girls Association, first annual meeting, School Hall, 8 p.m.

Dinner dance, Cafa Parisien, 8 p.m.

Principal Mails:-Inward: U.S.A, (Korea Maro).

Friday.

Good Friday. Cathedral: Litany and Ante-Com- Religious Services :-St. John's

16 miles an hour for heavy vehicles, mon, 11 am, Prevacher: Rev. W. | munion, 10 am.; Matins and Ser such as lorries, motor coaches and P. Cannell, enbject, The Lone- vehicles are supposed to cenform to the Passion, noon to 3 p.m. (Rev. so forth. At present these heavy liness of Christ;" Meditation on. to get through the routine work of a limit of 12 miles an hour. Apart. Copley Moyle); Evensong, their parishes. But while that is from the question of public safety, p.m.; Vocal and Instrumental the position to-day, the position in cognised that the most Recital, 9.15 p.m.

serious road damage is done by. the near future will be infinitely heavy solid-tyred vehicles travelling

at too great a speed.

As everybody knows the 20 miles

worse,

„

(League: Division I.), Club ground, Football: Club .:South China

Club ground, 3 p.m.; Chinese "B 4.30 p.m. Club Rea. . St. Joseph's,

Matches League: Division II. "A").

"

LION ON THE BED.

· AND A HEAD UNDER THE SHEETS.

On inquiry at the Church House, an hour speed limit is ignored, R.A at Seckunpoo, 3 p.m. (Both Westminster, I learned that the though it is still a technical offence average pre-war rate of ordinations to exceed that speed Under the was between 600 and 700 a year, offences would be driving to the proposed legialation the only and the Church loses about 600 public danger," and "driving at clergymen a year by death and re-speed excessive in the circum stances." This would put respon- tirement. The number of mea or sibility entirely on the motorist, for dained last year was only 383, com- experience has shown that a motor pared with 371 in 1923 and 438 in driver on a clear road may--and M.. Cotineau, a grocer of Bourges, 1024. A steady decline in the flow hour without endangering anyone, ing by a lion which jumped upon often does drive at 45 miles an

was suddenly awakened one morn- of candidates willing to offer them though such a speed is, of course, his bed. selves for training as clergy has absolutely illegal. I believe the The lion had escaped from a local been going on for years, and has new rules will generally meet with become more marked since the war. the approval of motorists, who have One reason is that only men who for a long time past asked for fresh feel an overwhelming conviction legislation.

that their mission in this world lea [within the Church will condemn

CABLE ADDRESS : KOWLOTEL HONG KONG.

Under the personal supervision of an experience European Manager.

W. H. PERRY, Manager.

"

•It Pays To Buy British,

In business circles in the City themselves to a life of poverty. For that is what it means in the vast great satisfaction is felt at the news which has been cabled here from majority of cases. There are acores Johannesburg that a large consign of thousands of Church of England ment of rails shipped from the Con- clergymen in country parishes who ment for South African railways are receiving £200 a year or legs has been condemned on arrival by and they have no hope of ever experts as useless. Many of the ceiving more. If they are married, rails are, said to be cracked, and as so many of them are, they are the loss is estimated at 2200,000. cut off from practically all the

It was only last year that the means of enjoyment common to most educated mea, and eke out Japanese Railway Department an- their existence dominated by work pounced that rails supplied by mills and worry. In some dioceses the in England had withstood hard and deficiency at clergy is so acute that incessant usage for 40 years, and women are being called upon to showed no trace of war and tear, perform parochis duties, including and no actual defect. Investiga ministration to the sick, preparing tions by Japanese engineers extend candidates for confirmation, and ing over two years had shown, that English rails stood high shove, even conducting mission services.

the competing goods from other countries.-B.

(Continued on next Column).

|

HOTEL.

Nrw Low41 AND BAE STILL OPEN TO

Arrangements are in head for more

THE PUXLIC FOR RAYxLAHENT.

Spacious Public Accommodation,

Entrance by Public Her; alsa Private Highest degres of comfort and good taste

Exit

[All the other Accommodation is at present used by the Military Authorities}

Renovations and Lavish Decorations just completed; every Modern Con venience Catering de Lare; Best Food and Liquors." -

Each Room has Hot and Cold Water Private Phone. Box Mattress, &c. and Bervice. Epacious Public Facilities; Attention

J.B. WITCHERLI, Manager.

Phone C. 973. 45) Cable:"Victoria," Hong Kong

PALACE HOTEL.

Thi K. No. 3. Tel Ad: "PALACE.” Three Minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry Wharf and Railway Station, Entirely under English Management Electric Light and Fans Throughout

EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE; BATH.

Lounge Bar and Billiard Booms, Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the Proprietress.

TERMS MODERATE, Special Terms to Families on applies. Mon tor

MR. J. H. OXBERRY, +47

Proprietress

The Only Hotel in CANTON Directly under European Management.

THE VICTORIA HOTEL

SHAMEEN

Laserostatad sadar the Comppise! Detinizans

15. Quaza's Bead Chitral. TEL. ORNTRAL 75.

(67

YOU ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR STOCKIOF ASIATIC, FOREIGN AND

COLONIAL.

POSTAGE STAMP

Ix SETS, BINGLE PACKETS,

BAGS AND IN APPROVAL. SHEETS.

GRACA & CO., DEALERS IN FOSTAGE STAMPS,

PHILATELIC Goods, Proru

POSTCARD, Tora, &a

10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.O. Box No. BBC. HONG KONGE

13

SPORTING.

GUNS by W. W. GREENER WEBLEY and SCOTT, and Other Makers British, French American.

and

B.8.A. Air Rifles, and Miniature: Rifles, 23 Calibre, Repeating and Automatic:

SPORTING CARTRIDGES 67 all descriptions.

Agents for W. W. GREENER, LTD, BIRMINGHAM.

HONG KONG SPORTING ARMS AND AMMUNITION STORE, 8, BRACONSFIELD Arcade.

Guidem

and Trips

Arranged for

DISINFECT FREELY

AND

DRIVE AWAY

DISEASE.

and Special Care Taken of TOURISTS Cable?Address: "VICTORIA.”

menagerie. It ran into M. Coti- FOR EUROPE AND AMERICA, neau's shop just as the assistant INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &c. was opening the premises, jumped over the counter, and dashed up the

stairs.

M. Cotineau buried himself be neath the bedclothes so hurriedly that the lion took fright and ran away and hid in another room, where it was captured a few minutes later by a lion tamer and circus attendants.

WEATHER REPORT.

MORE RAIN AND FOG.

Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, inued by the Royal Observatory at 6.45 p.m., stated:"

Tongking

A depression has developed over Moderate monsoon may be expect ed along the 8.E. coast of China.

Local forecast: East winds, moderate, rain, fog,

Comprehensive and Complete Report of the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST-

Is given in the

“HONG KONG WEEKLY

PRESS,"

with which in incorporated "THE CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT."

39 Cents per Copy. Subscription, paid in advance-$13 per annum for delivery in Hong Kong; including Postage to any part of the world-15

WALKER'

CAR BOLACENE

AN ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE DISINFECTANT

Should be used freely everywhere as a Safe- Iguard against infection.

Bola Apeniaz ANDERSON & ASHE,

•Queen's "Buildingi -