INTIMATIONS.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,
SOCIAL EVENING will be
A held in the GAYEEDRAL HALL
on WEDNESDAY, 11th ISTANT at 9 F.M
A SPECIAL INVITATION bas Lean Extended to the CONGRE GATION of ST. ANDREW'S and Sr. PETER'S CHURCHES. It is hoped that there will be a Good Attendance from the Cathedral Congregation to meet Those of the other Two Chambes
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THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1918), LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ELEVENTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of FEAREBOLDERS will be held at the HEAD OFFICE of the Company, ST. GIORGE'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, Victoria, Hong Kong on SATURDAY, the 2181 DAY OF DECEMBER, 1929, at
11.30 O'CLOCK in the FOANOON for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Roport of the Director for the Year ended 30th SETTEXIZE, 1929, and electing Directors And Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED From THURSDAY, 19Tm DECEMBER, 1999, Until SATURDAY, 21ST DE CEMBER, 1040, Both Days inclusive.
With referrence to the Notice dated 7th NOVEMBER, 1929.. of the Resolution of the Directore to offer to SHARE- HOLDERS ADDITIONAL SHARES in the Proportion of One New Share for Every Four Existing Sharez, Share- holders are Reminded that anch Addi tional Shares will be offered only in respect of the Existing Shares of which they are the Actual Registered Holders at the Date of the Ordinary Yearly Meeting, ... 21ar DECEMBER, 1929. Due Notice will be sent to each Share holder of the Number of Additional Shares to which he will be entitled.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 6th Dec., 1929, (8793
IN THE SUPREME COURT of
HONG KONG.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS No. 39 or 1029.
IN THE MATTER OF THE UONG KONG AND CANTON ICE MANUFACTURING COM. (AND PANY LIMITED REDUCED)
AND
IN THE MARTTER OF THE COMPANIIS.
ORDINANCE 1911-1925.
TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the Order of the SuraEx
N
Cocar or HONG KONG, Dated the
FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1929.
RFUME N-GIFTS
By the leading
makers
COTY
GODET
CARON
RIGAUD
VIVILLE D'ORSAY BOURJOIS GUERLAIN JEAN PARY
HOUBIGANT
Chocolates
THE HONG KONG" DAILY
In beautiful caskets
FOSS MELTIS NEILSON MAISON AMIEUX
A. S. WATSON
& Co., Ltd.
ESTD. 1841.
Confirming the Reduction of the Capital 1929 Edition
of the above-named Company from $400,000 to $200,000 and the "Minate (approved by the Court) showing with respect to the Capital of the Company. se altered the several particolars required by the above Ordinances ware registered by the REGISTRAR or Cox- PANIES on the 7th Day of DECENBEL FURTHER TAKE 1929, AND NOTICE that the said Minato is in the Words and Figures following "The Capital of the HONG KONG MANUFACTURING CANTON ICE
AND
CONTANT, LITED (and Reduced) Henceforth is $200,000, divided into 40,000 Shares of $5 Fach, instead of Original Capital of $400,000 divided into 40,000 Shares of $10 Each. At
OF THE
DIRECTORY
AND
The 67th Annual Issue
OF THE
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, fore cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 3.35 p.m., stated -
PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929.
News and Views.
But what is it that the Kuomin tang particularly objects to! This is a question many foreign journ- alists, are asking, yet the answer is very simple, says Mr. Lax. "To avoid trouble,, de not maliciously Petroleum Company that the price attack the Government or the Kuo- of Shell petrol has been reduced maintang, and do not circulate from 65 to 61 cents a gallon.
The anticyclone is now central to the S.E. of Hokkaido. The typhoon continue to move W.S.W. and is now near Cape Cambodia. Mode- rumours detrimental to the Govern rate monsoon may be expected ment or "fabricate something which along the S.E. Coast of Chica and over the China Sen..
Local Forecast:-N,E. moderate, fine.
winds,
Editorial and Businces Offices: 11, Ice House Street. Tel. Central Night Editor (Wanchai Office):
12.
Tel: Central 4511. M London Office: 91. Bride Lane,
Fleet Street, E.C. 4.
The Daily Press.
We are informed by the Asiatic
Silke forwarded from here by the
For trespassing on the Gevern. ment Plantation' at Shatin Gaß, a Chinese was fined 910 by Mr. W. Schofield at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. The defendant alleged to have been snapping branches off trees.
The
So Far
ALLEGED DISTILLERY,
IRREGULARITIES.
FALSE RETURNS TO DEPARTMENT.
The Chinese woman partner of a distillery, and two fokia, who are
facing several charges of attempt- ing to defraud the Revenue Depart
ment were again before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at Kowloon Magis tracy yesterday,
The charges against the two male. defendants were failing to record the setting on to forment of two kongs of molasses spirit, and 9 jars of rice mash, and failing to,
record and deliver to store, spirit
distilled.
amount
Of
Canton Now..
We notice that the Canton Gazette devotes a very considerable amount of its valuable space to a violent attack on scare-mongers with wag ging, vicious tongues and the fools who believe their reports. This out burst of editorial vituperation is due to the publication in our columns of a report relating to a is not true." Owing to extra-Empress of Canada on November 16 recent incident in Canton. territorial rights the National Gov-arrived in New York (St. John's writer in the Canton Gazette in ernment has little control over, the Park) on December 6, having been pleased to be facetious about sub- sidised fabricators and writers suf foreign-Press. "Lot a foreign 20 days in transit.
fering from delirium tremens, and newspaper or correspondent in any
The Imperial Ordinance pro-about the childish simpletons who self-respecting, sovereign country continually attack the Government, muigated in Japan last year for swallow their fairy tales. er circuinte unfounded rumours the restriction of imports of foreign ne the report in question is con- which are calculated to create dis- rice has been extended for one year ceraed-that the sound of gunfire order, and they will find themselves by Imperial Order. The Ordinance in the north-eastern suburbs was in serious trouble. But the only was to have expired on December heard the news was confirmed by
The woman and another Chinese, reports from other sources publish described as a partner are also. weapon which the Chinese Govern- 31.
ed in the Chinese newspapers in charged with making a false re- ment can use with any effectiveness i
Hong Kong. We do not propose quisition to the Department by de- is the ban on the circulation
to enter upon thy controversy with clacing the wrong Tess through the mails." The "eyes and
the Canton Gazette concerning the strength of spirit, and removing 16 cars" of the Kuomintang are every
respective merits of that journal gallons from the Distillery without where. In every District Kuomin
and ourselves in regard to accuracy reporting same to the Department. tang there is a publicity Depart
of the news of current events in ment, which keeps an eye on all the papers, besides doing publicity work. If certain undesirable mate-
At about 3 p.m. yesterday no rial evades the men" who keep track little excitement was caused when of the newspapers in the District& public motor-car struck a ricksha "HEAR all sides " is an ancient Party Headquarters, it cannot pass and capsized it in Queen's Road axiom which stands as good to-day unobserved in the Filing and Central. There was no passenger as when first minted. Refusal to Examining Section at Nanking in the ricksha at the time and the listen to a reasoned statement by which keeps track of more than coolie escaped with a shaking.....
the party of the other part," how a thousand newspapers, nor will it ever much one may dispute his remain unnoticed in the Newspaper
The Society of St. Vincent de alleged facts and disagree with his Supervisory Section of the Publicity Paul acknowledge with grateful deductions, in an indefensible at Department at the Contral Party thanks the following gifts in connee. titude. Our readers are aware that Headquarters, for there are men Mesars, Brunner Mond & Co., and
tion with the recent bazaar: a very strict censorship is exercised whose work is to read newspapers. Mrs. A. C. Botelho, fancy articles: by the Kuomintang, not only in
Ordinary proposis for banning Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co., serated regard to news of actual military a newspaper may be brought up: operations, but in relation to at a meeting of the Standing Com- political matters. Mr. EDWARD LEX, Chief Secretary of the International Publicity Section of the Central Executive Committee, has given the United Press a detailed staterarnt explaining the reasons for this censorship. On the principle that
HONG KONG, DECEMBER 11, 1929.
THE CENSOR SPEAKS.
even
watera.
wis
For keeping thirty-six galions of mitter of the Central Executive kerosene in his store without a Committe, and upon approval, a license, a shop keeper in Canton Road was ined 810 by Mr. W. mandate is sent down to the State Schofield at the Kowloon Magis Council, which in tara issues an tracy yesterday. It was stated that order to the Ministry of Communi- the defendant's license had expired cations, until at last the Post Office but he had since renewed it. is notified that they must prevent
the
and about that city. We explained the position at length in a recent editorial article, to which we have nothing to add but this-that a long atting of abusive adjectives is no argument, nor is a hysterical dis- play of bad temper in keeping with the dignity which should distinguish A Governinent organ.
Death 11 Years After Operation.
Miss Clara Maw (31), upon whom
Blind Justice.
W
One of the male defendants is
further charged with unlawful pos session of 35 green labels belonging to the Department.
The Distillery is in the village of Hang How, near Sai Kung, on the British Border, a considerable dis tance from Hong Kong,
Liverpool on the screen.
The Liverpool Organisation, that
Further evidence wha given in the ense by Mr. H. A. Taylor of the Department who said that he visited the defendant's distillery on October
quest last month, was stated to have referred to in the charges Witness the Hull City Coroner held an in-2, and discovered the irregularities undergone no fewer than forty-one was cross-examined by Mr. Lo and operations. She was in training as the hearing was adjourned." д rurse at Birmingham about twelve years ago when she operated upon for appendicitis, and Dr. Macrae Ted stated that opera- tions since, most of which were per- formed at Leeds Infirmary, were for abscesses in various parts of the energetic body whose business it is the operation for appendicitis be body. Recently the old wound of to sea that do one with ears to came infamed, and a small gauze hear has not heard of the great- wick about six inches long showed ness of Liverpool, struck out a new itself. This and another similar Captain W. Russell of the Governwick were removed. Death was dye line in producing" a short film, a man so little beloved by the newspaper in question from meat Marine Surveyors Office was to peritonitis arising from an
"The City of Ships," the moral of journalists as a censor should have passing through the mails. Thus involved in a motor accident yester- abscess caused by the gauze. The which is that "Liverpool is the best an opportunity to state his case, some time clapses between, the issue day morning when his car collided wound had healed, he said, but the we summarise Mr. LEE's apologia and carrying-out of the order owing with a privately owned car at the gauze, which would be used for the northern port for handling, ware- But there for the unkind things be and his to the many channels through which corner of Benham and Parke Roads, dressing of the wound after the housing, selling, and distributing
Both vehicles were badly damaged, original operation for appendicitis, food and materials." colleagues are compelled to do in the document must pass. However, but fortunately no-one was hurt. bad been left in the body. The
was a real effort to make the film Coroner recorded a verdict of death the interests of the State." First in the case of the Nourth-Chiga
by misadventure.
an agrecable record of the city's of all, quite naturally and quite | Daily News there was considerable. Canor Streeter, Great Britain's
daily life as well as a boost of its rightly, he points out that in delay in lifting the ban, even after Delegate at the recent conference
commercial activities. Some excel- in Japan of the Institute of Pacife Japan, Russia, and Italy a most it was declared lifted by the Stand Relations, will be arriving in the A curious paradox of justige has rigorous censorship is imposed, and ing Committee of Central Colony on Thursday, and will de been the theme of comment in Oslo lent photography might have bene- Questions Aris recently. A man boarded a small fitted by better arrangement. The declares that circumstances make it Executive Committee. This apliver à lecture on
ing from the Pacific Conference," fjord steamer plying between Oslo film recently, was shown in the necessary for the Kuomintang "to pears to be a mystery, but can
on the same day at 5.30 p.m., in and the numerous summer resorts Crane Hall at Liverpool, and was suppress publications. of a renc easily be explained. The mandate the University Great Hall. This bordering the fjord. He was drunk,
And began inmediately to make well received. It has already been tionary nature which Jeopardize to have the ban on the North-China meeting will be open to the public.
trouble. The passengers gave him a booked for every big town in South the peace and order (sic) of the Daily News lifted contained the
good thrashing, and then demanded had Among Chinese wills proved in That he should be set ashore as the Africa; negotiations are in hand country." There are still "many statement, that this paper disgruntled politicians of the old changed its policy towards the the Supreme Court is that of Lui next stop. This was done by the for its showing in Canada. Aus- Yung Hok, who died in his native ship's officers, but unfortunately the │|tralia, and New Zealand; and it Government, but the village in Kwangtung last April. | tanding bridge was rather narrow, will be seen also in the United regime and radical reactionaries" National whose activities it is necessary to Editor sent out a circular letter He was formerly in the grocery and during the fight which ersued States, in Egypt, India, South
business in America, and left estate the man's skull was fractured. America, Spain, and Scandinavia... CHRONICLE hold in check. Their efforts to die stating that the policy of the paper in Hong Kong worth 88,000. The When he recovered he lodged a claim seminate news detrimental to the had not been changed, with the estate goes to his son, Lui Yee for damages against the steamship Kuomintang and the Government result that another order to replace Woon, who died in January last company, and the court graated him makes it imperative to maintain the ban was issued after the order also at his native village. He left the amount claimed. The company Locking Back 25 Years.
catato in Hong Kong worth $31,000 being a small undertaking, with the!
The ceremony of laying and les strict censorship upon subsidised to lift the ban was sent out. An which comprised interests in house ship in question as its only asset,
the ship was "placed at the dis- sing the foundation-stone of the
New Roman Catholic. Church posal of the complainant. de Pekin. The ban on this paper nels."
Kowloon took place on Saturday The offer of a magnificent site for sixty years of existence the company Contrary to the charges that the was lifted in a very short time!
the London Welsh headquarters then went into liquidation, and the afternoon, before a fairly large. Kuomintang is endeavouring to because the proprietors sent an
has been made. It is part of the drunkard finds himself owner of the gathering of ladies and gentlemen and the clergy. In the absence of suppress the voice of the people, we apology, saying that they had not old Foundling Hospital grounds, ship; us with the high taxation on
Pro-Vicar Apostolic, the Very Rev. CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO are told Government welcomes con- intended to publish anything harm facing Gray's Inn Road, near shipping and the impossibility of the Right Rev. Bishop Piazzoli, the
So it is Mecklenburgh Square, and is valus getting the steamer sold the man
P. D. Maria performed the cere himself Low faces bankruptcy. SIAM, STRAITS atructive criticism. This was point- ful to the Government.
ed at £40,000. The offer is subject
mony, assisted by the Revs, P. de After Gabardi and G. Spada, SETTLEMENTS, MALAY ed out by Mr. YEH Tec TSANO, quite evident saya Mr. Lez-that to the condition that buildinge
some short prayers Father Maria STATES, NETHERLANDS Director of Publicity of the Central if a newspaper apologizes in due worthy of the site are erected, and Oxford's Glut of Societies.
time, the case will be quickly a sum of about £150,000 will be re-
As a seat of learning Oxford blessed the stone, sprinkling it with INDIA, BORNEO, THE Executive Committee and a member adjusted; but if an unyielding quired for the building. The ides would be more signifiennt if fewer holy water, and after spreading PHILIPPINES, Etc.
of the Standing Committee, who attitude is adopted toward the is to form a London Welsh centre papers were written and more books some mortar with a silver trowel, told Chinese newspapermen at a Government, then the, newspaper not only for social purposes but for were read," says the undergraduate the stone was lowered into its place, concerned will have to suffer. The a library, meetings, concerts, and journal the lait, which recently com and was solemnly declared to be reception in Nanking that the Government, we are told, does not other objects. There is in hand at plained in an editorial article of well and truly inid. The clergy Press 18. expected to circalate wish to suppress freedom of spreely- Alphabetical List of Residents accurate and reliable news, and that and a law has been promulgated to the present time a nucleus of near- the ever-increasing number of little then went round the foundation of-
20,000, and an effort is now but prior to that all Chinese news being made to The Government is not infallible; papers must register with the pub amount required. mistakes may be made, and the Kao-licity departments attached to the 20,000 FOREIGNERS,
various Provincial or Municipal | The Best Flm- of the Year. mintang is ready to adopt sugges Party Headquarter The pro-
One of the most unusual films in eis. "And yet the University is is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Arranged, with the initials as well
28 Surnames in strict alphabetions and criticisms made in a cedure consists of signing a state- tical order so that any name friendly and sympathetic spirit, ment of guarantee and filing all the world-3,000 feet of kisses-is in sometimes accused of being apathe of Pompeii, was the gift of Dr. A. publications during the preceding the hands of the cinema censorship tic. Why, more words are probably S. Gomes in loving memory of his can be found instantaneously. but if a paper maliciously attacks month with the authorities. If division of the Metropolitan Police spoken during a single evening bere dear parents and sister and as an the Government at every opportu- any newspaper is found guilty of Tokyo. The film is made up of than in whole City of London day, act of his love and veneration to the Blessed Virgin.-Hong Kong the films by CLASSIFIED LIST nity without reason, then it is of publishing counter-revolutionary kissing scenes snipped from various Little societies form the citadel of
censors. mediocrity. They impart a sense of Daily Press, Dec. 12 1904. articles after registration, publica foreign natural for the Government to take tion of the paper will be stopped. Japanese laws forbid the showing justification to those for whom no IMPORT AND EXPORT action against it." The foreign The Press needs a certain amount of passionate kissing scenes. justification could otherwise be Looking Back 50 Years.
They pander to fretful
In Canton the peel of pumelo and MERCHANTS
Press presents a different problem, of supervision, concludes Mr. LEE, An American Slm exchange man- found.
because China is now in the stage ager is responsible for the unusual minds that can do nothing better the kom orange is used for mak for there is a different background of political tutelage. It is not fair film. He pasted all the censored than scratch fochly at the half-opening a decoction for drinking when and certain "interests" aro at to say the Kuomintang is endea kissing scenes into a single film, doors of thought. There is every suffering from certain complaints, stake. Whether there are axes to youring to suppress freedom of which was exhibited privately to reason to hope that their present Orange skins fetch from one to and left prosperity, will be merely tempor three cash apiece when fresh from speech simply because steps are foreign newspapermen, grind or not, says Mr. Lee, certain taken to stop malicious propaganda even hardened war correspondents ary, God knows we are near the fruit-stall, but when dried they foreign newspapers have published detrimental to the Government. gasping. The film has a consid-enough to Suburbia already without reports or comments which are Mr. Lee makes out a good case for able continuity-despite the fact bringing it farther into our midst. sell for from ten cash upwards, the ensorship, as censors always it is composed of red-hot clinches It is generally said that people say there being a shop where one ekin coate a dollar, on account of its deemed harmful to the Government. can, but an equally good case can
from thousands of cinema stories, twice as much as they need to, and During the present military cam- be submitted on behalf of those and nothing else and was voted by the formation of societies to encour- having been preserved for some MAPS & TREATIES)... $12 paigo many rumours have been whose writings are not inspired by the correspondents the best picture age them in their folly is deplorable tons of yeara! Orange peel is also $8 circulated that are groundless, but malice, and who are not guilty of shown this year in Japan. In- in the extreme. Even if a casual frequently boiled with pork, to deliberate fabrication of reports. cidentally the film offers an excel-glance may seem to indicate that all give the latter a better flavour. above Property situate on RURAL SMALL EDITION
when the Government attempts to It is the failure to discriminate lent contraat in technique of the this welter of societies is laudable The skins of pumelos are cut into star-fish shapes and tied together YONGKONG=DAILY=PRESS Ltd when the rumour-mangers the hun between that which is written in screen's leading kissers. The cor- in ita aims and harmless in its con-
and cry at once thised that the good faith that which i respondente voted John Gilbert the sequences in the long run we learn in bundles of fifty, when they are
written with malice aforethought, most accomplished kisser, while Lift to distinguith easily the land way and busine
customers-Hong 11, Ice House Street,
Chinese Government is trying to which brings censure upon censor. Demita seemed to get the greatest thrive on pseudo-intellectualism and required by
kick from being kissed.
those that do not."
Kong Daily Press, Dec. 11, 1879. suppress the freedom of the Press, ship.
the Time of the Registration of This Directory and Chronicle newspapers and other news chan-other case was that of the Journai property.
Miante the Sum of $5 has been and is
to be deemed paid up on Each of the said Shares."
Dated the 9th day of December, 1929
DEACONS, - Solicitors for the Company.
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"PEAK MANSIONS." ITUATED within Two Minuter' overlooking the Southern Side of the
land. Ready for Occupation.
Five-Boomad and Bix-Roomed APARTMENTS
with all Modern Conveniences, Drying Booms and Out-houses, Two Lifta.
A150
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Situate at the Rear of PEAK MANSIONS:
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THE TREATY POSTS OF
CHINA,
This Large Voinme of approximate 17 2,000-Pages-gives, in addition to the Usual Lists of Firms, an
Names of Hearty
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AND
MANUFACTURERS
IN THE
LARGE EDITION (WITH Instructions from the Erocutor of
FAR EAST.
THE Undersigned have received
the Estate of the Late HORACE
PERCY SMITH deceased, to offer the
BUILDING LOT 96 FOR SALE.
Fall Particulars can be obtained
Trom
GEO. K. HALL BRUTTON & 00.
Solicitors for the Executor,
ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, Yoko Kore.
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holy water upon it. After this. ceremony the Rev. Father Spada, neting vicar of the district of Kow ioon, addressed the gathering. Ho said that the new Church, which
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