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WE
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respect of
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A
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at
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CCUPANTS of Properties having Tanks for storing Government Main Water are Earnestly Requested To REFRAIN From Drawing Water From Taps szcept during Oficial Hours of Supply.
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of JUNE, 1929, at 3, r., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His EXUELLENOT THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Nham shuipo, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for term of 75 years, commencing frem lat July, 1898, with the option Crown Bent to be of renewal ta fixed by the Surreyor of His MAJESTY TAL
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THE GOODS or HUGH MCDOUGALL, LATE. OF HIGH- CLARE, WESTWOOD PARK, FOREST HILE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT IX THE UNITED KINGDOM, DECEASED.
Kona, for one farther term of 24 years that the Court has, by virtue of
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Salo.
Registry No.
*Locality.
Now Kowloon Inland
Adjoining Now Kowlcon Inland Lot No. 1205,
Lot No. 1246,
Cheung Sha Wan Road,
Shamshuip
G.
Boundary
Measure-
menta.
As per
sale plaa
Contents in
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Annual
flental,
About
1,018
00
1,672
[ Upset Price,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
PC by Pablis Auction to
by
be hold on MONDAY, the 24TH DAT of JUNE 1929, at 3.x, at the Ofices of the Public Works Department, Order of HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Sham-
shaipo, in the Colony of Eong
Kong
of
for a term of 75 years, commenting from Jet July, 1898, with the option renewal at a Crown Reut to be fired by the Surveyor of Bus MAESTY THR KING, for one farther torm of 4 years lea three days.
· PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
Locality.
Now Kowloon In-
hard Lot No. 1247,
Imitad Lots No. 233 Between New Kowloon and 375, Tin Lio
Street Shamshuipo."
Boundary 3
Measure
ments.
As per
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Contenta
Square feat.
Arnus!
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TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN the provisions of Section 58 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made An Order Limiting the Time for Creditors and otherr to send in their Claims against the above Estate to 14ru JULY, 1929.
All Creditors and others are accord- ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before That Date.
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ITUATED within Two
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WEATHER REPORT,
Yesterday's weather report, fore. cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5.05 p.m., statëd:-
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PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929.
The following naval
of the It is encouraging to note these
popular member optimistic expressions of British arrived yesterday by the ss. Khiva; Craigengower Cricket Club, C.P.O. opinion concerning Chlaese affairs. Capt. Wake-Walker, and Lieut-"Tiny" Campbell, secretary and of The Royal Naval That conditions in China are tar Comdrs. Langham, Jacob, Loyd, manager from what they might be is pain-and Lieut. Ashe.
Canteen, was the guest of honour fully obvious, but they could be
at cheery little dinner tendered A report by the Indian Coal him by a few intimate friends at infinitely worse and have been. In is, spite of frequent upheavals arising Grading Board states that Hong the Club last night. The proceed-
but advantage was taken of the occasion to wish Mr. Campbell, who is shortly leaving the Colony, "Bon Voyage" and all good wishes for the future.
Pressure remains highest in the vicinity of the Carolines and relatively low over N. China,
Local
Forecast S. W. winds from the force jealousy of rival Kong received from India during iugs were of an informal nature,
War Lords, China has been making 1028 twenty consignments of cool, progress with its tremendous task totalling 120,874 tons.
moderate, fair to abowery,..
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of national reconstruction. Much remains to be done, but that is
H.E. the Governor has awarded
Tho commissioning of the six
first stage in the post-war recons
not to say nothing has been yet the Colonial Auxiliaries Forces Long Service Medal to Lieut.-Col. Kuomintang prestige achieved. is firmly established, and if its L. G. Bird D.S.O.. 0.8.E., Com methods of exercising authority do mandant of the H.K.V.D.O. "İ"0" class submarines marks the not always follow modern Western
The following civilian appoint struction of the British undersen ideas of administration, it must be remembered that existing conditions ment under the Admiralty is an TPS, in China do not allow of the appli-nounced:--Mr. W. Vesle, first-class Engineer Depart- cation of the more downright demo. draughtsman, critic methods which have been ment, Hong Kong Dockyard. evolved in the Occident. During
The submarine Otus was com- the the next six years
Chinese
missioned by Lieut-Comdr. T. B people are to be trained in the
Brunton at Barrow-in-Furness an exercise of their political rights,
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, JUNE 91, 1929.
BRITISH OPTIMISTS ON
CHINA.
forces. They will shortly sail for the China Station in company with
the new depot ship Medway. The "O" submarines will, be followed by six "P" boats, the first of which, PerseUS, Was launched last month. The Odin, Olympus,
are
INSTALLATION OF ·
PETROL PUMPS.
QUESTIONS IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
WHY APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REFUSED.
The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga askeď several questions at yesterday's meeting of the Legislativa Council concerning the petrol pumps in the Colony. The questions and official answers follow:-.
vice stations exist in the City of Question: How many petrol ser- Victoria and at Kowloon, respec- tively, and at what places?
Reply: Twenty-one petrol service stations exist as encroachmente on Crown Innd in the City of Victoria and outlying district and 10 stations at Kowloon and New Kowloon,
Question To whom and under what conditions has permission been
DERING one of his election cam-introduction of a system of demo.Comdr. Brunton fermerly served in respects. They displace 1,540 tons granted for erecting and maintain- paign speeches Sir AUSTIN CHAM eratic government. This plan has command of L.14.
BERLAIN declared that the Govern- ment policy had found its reward in China. Our patience, coupled with "firmness in protection, he added, had won the victory, and the Chinese had recognised in Britain
absolutely uniform in all in preparation for the proclamation May 25 for trials and for service Orpheus, siris, Oswald, and Otus on the China Station. Lieut.-" of a National Constitution and the
on the surface, and 2,020 tonsing such service stations? when in submerged condition.
Reply: To the Asiatic Petroleum Their surface speed is about 15 Co., Standard Oil Co. and Texas.. knots, and they carry one 4-in, gun Ce, on annual permits subject to and six torpedo tubes Armour-such general and special conditions plate is fitted round the gun plat- as Government may require. forms. These boats were built with
Applications Pending.
at
the
recent
Bo Tiddly, one of the comedians
anal dancers of Jack Carter's Serenaders will give a special enter. tinmens at the Repulse Bay Hotel
#
at the dinner dances on Saturday and on Monday, and at the tea cruising endurance, and good actions pending for the erection of
a special regard for seaworthiness, Question: Are there any applica dance on Sunday.
commodation. The Perseus, Par-additional service stations; if so, thian, Phenix, Pandora, Poseidon, from whom have such applications and Proteus, when completed, will been received and how many await also join the China Squadron, decision! which will then include twelve ocean-going submarines of power;
class can be given, but they are ful type. No details of the "P"
been announced plenary session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuo- mintang. The unification of China having been effected, it remains to train the people to make proper use of the freedom and equality a country whose one desire was to see China strong and united, to live they new-in theory-enjoy. The there and trade there in the mutual | Kuomintang "therefore proposes to
Mr. Henry Ernest Wodehouse, interests of Chinese and British introduce a system of local self- CM.G., who died on May 27, at alike, without any desire to inter-government throughout the country. the age of 83, was for many years fere with their liberties or to secure whereby the people can gain know-in the Hong Kong Civil Servier, another foot of Chinese soil. ledge and experience in the exercise and
Hon. WAR
Secretary and "With a recurrence of peaceful of political rights. This done, Special Commissioner for Hong conditions, the lute Foreign Secre-system of democratic government is Kong at the Colonial and Indian tary concluded, "with such stability to be established, and the political Exhibition in 1888. and order as permit of that great experience gained during the and industrious population settling “tutelage period " of six years Mr. Paul Lauder, General down to work, there will be applied to national administration. Manager of the Union Insurance hope, to our mutual advantage, an At the moment details are lacking Society of Canton, Ltd., returns to immense revival and development of this most interesting proposal. the Colony this morning by the of the trade which we can do." but judging from the bare outline Rajputana from Shanghai, where Naturally, a member of the Cabinet available of the Kuomintang's be has been making a brief business could not do other than defend its policy: it appears that the party visit. Mr. Lauder is accompanied policy, more especially as it was has decided to act along lines, by his wife and daughter. Sir AUSTEN himself who was per-which have been advocated in these
certain to embody improvements on the earlier craft. The fact that no fewer than twelve of the twenty siz submarines authorised since the War aro detailed for service in China is a striking reminder of the world-wide responsibilities of the Royal Navy.
..
Reply Four applications are peading:-
(1) A.P.C-area at Fire Station compound Kowldca.
(2) A.P.C.-aren occupied by China Motor Bus Co., Chatham Road, Kowicon.
(3) Texas Co.-ares on the new Praya East reclamation.
(4) Standard Oil Co-area op-
posite K.E.L. 1464, Nathan Road,
Question: Have any applications been refused and on what grounds? Shanghai's Bad Reputation.
Reply: About 12 applications. On the invitation of Sir Edward have been refused either because and Lady Holland, a large gather-tes were unsuitable or because
sonally responsible for the parti-columna. We have repeatedly urged Mr. H. J. Fountain, of Messrs.ing assembled at Christ Church they were open to objection from cular phase of Government policy that the most effective way of creat Anderson Music Store, Ice House Hill, Sutton, on May 24, to hear the point of view of fire risk or
Major-General Sir John Duncan trafic. under discussion. Granting this ing and encouraging general and Street, has made a report to the "speak on the work of the Y.M.C.A. was an ez parte statement, the fact intelligent interest in practical police that a leather handbag con among the men of the Shanghai remains that it does represent politics would be to give the people. taining piano tusing instruments Defence Force. He said that he had been greatly impressed by the broadly British policy towards of the proviners local autonomy. was stolen from the premises at high moral influence the Associa China, and there is nothing in what China may be regarded as unified about 9.30 .m. yesterday morning. tion carried among the young men we have quoted to which exception in the sense that there is no longer! The instruments are valued at of the country. When one wanted spectively, for petrol stations in
could be taken by a member of the present Government. Continuity of
any organised opposition to the $80 Kuomintang based upon funds
Annual Revenue Question: What is the annual revenue derived from permits for the encroachment of Crown land and dangerous goods, licences, re-
respect of--
(a) the City of Victoria; and (b) Kowloon 1
foreign policy is not always easy mental differences of political prin undergoing a long refit at Chatham, that was how the Y.M.C.A worked rived from permits for petrol
H.M.S. Carlisle, which has been
ciples. But that the country is commissions, on May for trials unified in the sense that the people under Captain G. L. Coleridge, of one province regard the tribu- The Carlisle, which has been chosen Iations of their neighbours as a
for duty as flagship on the Africa matter of mutual interest and im- Station, has been on the China portance is, unfortunately, at pre- Station, where in 1919 she flew the
to BOme
to do good among men or women, the way to do it was to gain their confidence by helping them in the ordinary difficulties of life, and
The great Eastern seaports were hotbeds of vice and temptation;. they were bad, but Shanghai was worse. When the Force arrived there were no amenities for the British soldier, and the Y.M.C.A. men, who had been sent out at his request, especially made recrea- tional facilities for the soldiers as
cafés. There was only one scandal during the whole time. the Force was in Shanghai, and that splendid record he attributed to the fine. work of the YM.C.A.
Reply: The annual revenue de-
pumps, etc. amounts to:~
(a) 84,345 for Victoria, etc., and (b) 81,750 for Kowloon and New.. Kowloon.
To these sums must be added 864.
for petrol storage licences.
[Two schedules, "A" for the City of Victoria and the outlying dist rick and "B" for Kowloon and
as part of the reply.)"
1
SUBORDINATE STAFF COMMITTEE.
NO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS APPOINTED.
or even desirable, but in the case of Apgla-Chinese relations there seems to be no cause for any change Within a few days of Sir Austes CHAMBERLAIN'S speech there was held in London the annual meeting of the Pekin Syndicate, Ltd., LA Anglo-French concern which has sent cat true. And as there are fag of Rear-Admiral G. H. Borrett, counter-attraction to the low New Kowloon were laid on the table.
provincial jealousies, so there are Commanding the Fifth Cruiser many investments and interests in
town and village feuds, and clan Squadron various parts of China. lo his
prejudice, none of which things address the Chairman, Major W. S make for national unity: These Owing to the vacancy created on NATHAN, C.M.G., referred to the
the list of rear-admirals due to the social phenomena are not peculiar loan of Rear-Admiral E. R., G. R. fact that he had been told he was
to China; they have been seen-and Evans, C.B., D.S.O., to the Royal too optimistic in regard to the out-
extent still persist-in Australian Navy on May 17, Ave Looking Back 25 Years. look in China. His enities told him Western countries. They are the promotions have been approved, Yesterday afternoon. there took things have not changed, and inevitable result of ignorance and among them being Captain John place at Happy Valley the funeral of Police-Constable John Garzety, cannot change in a short time. This indifference, and can be removed L. Pearson, C.M.G., A.D.C., to be
His Majesty's who was drowned on the previous yesterday's meeting of the Legis
The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga at is the characteristic wail of the tical action.
only by education and positive poli- rear-admiral in
The institution of Fleet, May 21. Rear Admiral Pear- Walk from the Tram Station and pessimistic, especially those of the systems of local selfstation et son, who out of the five is the only day in the launch basin at Tsim-leite aus meing of the Legis shatsui Station while bathing; functions of the Subordinate Staff- die hard" variety, who derive throughout China would be of the one to remain on the active list, Deceased was 25 years of age, and
Committee. greatest value in breaking down the was appointed to the aircraft served through the South African
The Colonial Secretary replied melancholy satisfaction from brood.
many and intricate barriers of carrier Furious in 1924, and was
that the Subordinate Staff Board ing over the "good old days" gone Chinese social life. Not only would afterwards Commodore-in-Charge of campaign in the Sherwood Fore- sters. He held three Army medals.
was appointed so advise on certain with a Modem Conveniences, Drying never to return. Major NATHAN, citizens learn something of their the Hong Kong Naval Establish-It appears that he went in bathing matters connected with the, clerical.
political rights and responsibilities, ¡ments.
with a party of nine or ten others and subordinate branches of the however, has been to China recently but they would have opportunities
in the basin, a popular resort of Civil Service. in the interests of the Pekin for observing and passing judgment The death occurred at Wassenaar, the Tsimshatsui Police in the hot The Board makes recommenda- Syndicate, and emphatically refutes upon the work done by the officials Holland, on May 20, of Dr. A. weather. He dived in, but failed
tions for promotion in the clerical they bad placed in positions of ad- Capedose, one of the founders of to come up.. Among so many and allied branches of the Govern- the" assertion that there has been ministrative responsibility. Local the well-known banking firm of bathers his absence was not noticed ment Services and keeps the con- (no change in the situation during self-government will develop. in Schill and Capadose. In 1693 for
It seems that the past twelve months. The croak-citizens the acrise of personal res-Dr. Capadose appointed Garrety suffered from a weak heart, fidential reports made by Heads of Departments on officers of this ponsibility; it will stimulate interest Director of the Royal Dutch and that failure of its Retion led to class. It also supervises recruiting ing chorus endeavour to support public affairs; it will broaden the Petroleum Company, and in 1002 the fatality. A large number of the and advises on transfers. their criticisms by pointing to the present very parochial outlook Managing Director, in which Hong Kong Police Force attended
Mr. Brags also asked whether the funeral.-Hong Kong Daily having regard to the fact that the way in which the Nanking Govern- of the proletariat, and encourage function be continued until 1003.
eficiency in administration. Fur. On his appointment, he resigned Press, June 21, 1904,
Sub-Committee is composed, entire- ment has handled various foreign ther, it will check the mischievous his position in the banking firm.
ly of official members, the Govern- interests since it has been in power. activities of the military and bandit la 1007 Mr. Capadose became a Looking Back 50 Years,
ment would consider favourably, in In connection with the Baad the interest of the public service, Granted there have been incidents leaders who are hindering national member of the Board of Manage- which appear to have been anti- progress. Last, but not of least im- ment of the Bataafsche Petroleum promenade concerts in the Botanit the enlargement of that Board by WHY Continue to suffer when
portance, the Kuomintang plan Co., which position he occupied it has been suggested that the inclusion of unofficial members POO ON HERBS. are within
foreign and which caused discon- gives the optimistic foreign friends until his death. your reach-implas, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Cough, Constipation, Ditent, but Major NATHAN considers of China ground for becoming stil! betes, Dropsy, Rheumatism, and many
these incidents as pro-Chinese and more optimistic. other Diseases. No Drugs, Paraly Chinese Herbs.
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HONG KONG HANSAND RE
PORTS of the MEETINGS
of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
for the Session 1928.
TYRE BY MM
PRICE
;
Hong Koxa Daily Paxes Orvich,
as exemplifying the desire of the Chinese to control their own affairs, B-desire which should-meet-with sympathy rather than antagonism.
News and Views.
WAS
time. Bome
also,
In reply, the Colonial Becretary, said the Government is unable to Agree as to the efficacy or the de- sirability of this proposal.
attention should be called to the annoyance caused by the presence Marine underwriters, shippers, and unseemly conduct of women of It will and other business men inspected questionable character. the new British motor cargo vessel probably be sufficient to mention Aldington Court, of 4,800 tong the matter in order to secure the gros, while loading recently in removal of this public scandal in King George V. Dock, London, for future. The police, we-believe, Vladivostock on her maiden voyage. have ample powers to deal with the NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SWORN IN YESTERDAY, ships of the ownership have been receive their prompt attention, for chartered to the P. and O. Co. The the presence of these women. inter-
Col. W. D. S. Brownlow, Mr. M Aldington Court represents the feres greatly with the enjoyment latest type of modern cargo vessel, of many and has presented the J. Breen, and Mr. D. W. Tratman and is suitable for carrying cargo attendence of some. These outdoor were sworn in a members of the in bulk or a general cargo of mer-concerts constitute one of the Legislative Council yesterday.
Meesta. Breen and Tretman are 3152-tonicus can as Chiusze, cara ni diphtheria | chandise. The chartering of cargo greatest treats we enjoy here, and (Yegarding the Tekin'? Syndicate were and three tice of externe malo sapping the contine of slasheration estoring put the nation of Caldeia
"Colonial Secretary sincere and will in the end lead to Chinese and two Japanese, were regular lines suggests an improve- be allowed to mar them.-Long Treasurer"
ment in the export trade.
Kong, Daily Préet, June 9, 1879, respectively. reported on Wednesday." the resumption of its work..
He does not think the Nanking Yesterday's showers produced:13 She has been chartered. Two other matter, and it is one that ought to Government has any intention or desire to avoid its obligations, and
of an inch of rain.
There will be a meeting of the the manner in which he was met Legislative Council on Thursday in China by Ministers leads him to next at 2.30 p.m.
the conclusion that their professions
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