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Of course, the proletariat is well The total output of the Kailan provided for, by its own standards Mining Administration's mines for The factory worker receives more the week ending March amount fore-bread and more meat on his rationed to 109,888 tons, and the sales

book than he was accustomed to during the period to 108,657 tons. having before the revolution. Two

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Yesterday's weather report, cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 1.20 p.m. atated:-

A weak noticyclone is situated to the North of Shantung. Depres sions cover Indo-China and North Japan.

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Dated the 10th day of April, 1930.

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The simultaneous publication of

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PUBLIC INVITED TO SERIES OF LECTURES.

FIVE MONTHS FOR FORMER THIEF.

JACKET THROWN INTO HARBOUR.

foreign lawyers intending to prac

As ordered by the Judicial Yuan, tise at the Special Shanghai Dis trict Court and the Second Branch Provincial High Court must apply to the. Ministry of Judical Admin- | hundred grammes of butter a The Committee and members, ot istration for lawyers' certificates

month- dole which makes office the Society of St. George, will be and then approach the Sceon I

The public is cordially invited to workers and the intelligentsin At Home to H.M. Forces at the Branch Provincial High Court aut the series of interesting lectures wince is apparently sufficient for Lee. Theatre on St. George's Day horities for registration. Accord given at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. dur- the manual worker. But the prole at 8.30 p.m. when a rocal and in- ing. to the Chinese press, many foring the Health Week, continuing tariat. öven in Moscow, is a strumental concert will be given.eign lawyers have already been re minority. The paychological tone

gistered with the Second Branch till April 18, at 7.30 p.m. Some ot of the city is still set by the mass The Canton bombing aeroplane Provincial High Court and Mr

the vital subjects to be discussed, of office-workers, Government em 109 crashed into the river at Bryan, Police Advocate, was the ployees professional

arei and Wuchow day before yesterday, ac first foreign lawyer registered. women, and the remnants of private cording to a Chinese report. One

Prevention against tuberculosia, trading clasSES. And that tong, airman was injured and another in

by Dr. Lai Kwong Yak; Prevention The wrecked affected some of the members of plane has been salvaged. the Communist Party. They would

by means of wireless telephoto pox, by Dr. Yip Tai Ching: Menace newspapers throughout the world against malaria, by Dr. Chow Tin Chum; Prevention against small- be more than human to resist a As he was stepping ashore fromgraphy is suggested by the appear- formula flavoured WASTERE-On April 6, at the Coun: pervasive atmosphere. But for the the Shamshuipo Ferry on Thursance at Schenectady, New York. 10 public health, by Rev. Tsang Ki

Ngok; Prevention against plague,. try Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. majority of them, and particularly day, a nine-year-old Chinese boy last week of the front page of the by Dr. Tang Kung Sun: Preven and Mrs. H. M. W. WATCH, for the leaders, the spring comes slipped and was crushed between San Francisco Call, transmitted tion against intestinal and abdo- a daughter.

across the Continent, within three minal complaints, by Dr. Li Ch with high promises of success the ferry and the wharf. He is Despite all difficulties, fully half the now in a critical condition in the hours of leaving the press, by a Yau; Prevention against respira MARRIAGES.

peasantry has been combined into Government Civil Hospital.

recording machine MORTON BRICE-Ou April 5, at collectives.

invented by tory complaints, by Dr. Cheung. Despite a slow start,

Charles Young, a son of the famous Siu Fan. Shanghai, DOROTHEA MURIEL,

The Shunpao says that since the author of the Reparations Plan, only daughter of Mrs. G. BRICZcessary seeds for spring plant

schemo ings have been gathered. The reorganization

of the Owen D. Young. Charles, in a re and the late Mr. G. BRICE, of margin of failure in certain indus Shanghai Provisional Court was cent address, expressed the hope to Rochester, Kent, to Mr. F. T.tries in the Brst months of the enforced on April 4, 14 officers of ses the pages of the London Times MORTON, of Shanghai."

businesa year has in part been the old court, most of whom were flashed to New York with zip," PALFREEMAN DANSON-On April 5, covered during January and clerks and interpreters have been at Shanghai, MARGARET ELIZ February. What are the sacrifices discharged by the new president. BETH, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. DATOS, of Shang compared to the promised pros.

The meater of trading junk No, hai, to DENNIS CREEDON, eldest

perous future!

Among the latest generous pro- 3637 has made a report to the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.mises is the liberation of women Police to the effect that while hised to extend its activities. In con- PALFREEMAN, of Bradford, Eng from household drudgeries, advojunk was on the way from Sham-juction with Messrs. Alfred Holt land. WILKINSON-REID.-On April 5, at

cated by URI LARIN, one of the shuipo to the Wing Lok Wharf most important and picturesque about 3 p.m. on Thursday, & foki Shanghai, GEORGE, second son Communist leaders in Moscow. All on board named Li Sung fell over of Mrs. T. WILKINSON and the domestic tasks will be done, in and has not been seen since."

Mr. WILKINSON, Helens, Lancs England, to scale, for entire house communes if common, on a large mechanized ELSIE, second daughter of Mr.LARIN's ideas are put into effect and Mrs. G. H. REID, Birming releasing millions of women for ham, England.

work in offices and in industry. The present crowded housing con- ditions in Moscow and other urban centres, it is admitted, make re- organization of domestic life of a communal basis difficult. How ever, the aim is to apply the Rear Admiral J. G. W. Henley, scheme wherever possible, parti-C.B., who relinquished on March cularly in the hundreds of thou-

13 the post of Director of Naval sands of new homes now being con Equipment at the Admiralty, is stracted in all parts of the Soviet succeeded by Rear-Admiral H. O. Union. Because it comes from Reinold, C.B., C.V.O., who 30 years LARIN, the scheme has instantly ago was a lieutenant of the Plover attracted attention and loosed tor on the China Station during the rents of discussion. The Soviet Boxer War. public has learned to take this man's suggestions-now matter how far-fetched they might sound-with the utmost seriousness,

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General Managers. Hong Kong, 8th Apr., 1930. [9278

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DEATHS. HELLYER-On March 18, at Nishi-

mon, Beceles, TroMAs WATER SAN HELLYER, Inte of Stratford- on-Avon.

O'DRISCOLL-On April 6, at Shang

bai. Dr. JORN ALEXANDER ODRISCOLL, husband of Rix O'DRISCOLL aged 43 years. SHADGETT.-On March 18, in Lon- dan, MINNIE SUDGETT, late of Shangbei. THOMAS At Eastbourne, HELEN STRACHAN LLOYD THOMAS, last surviving daughter of the Inte THOMAS THOMAS, of Yokohama. WHEELER-On March 16, in Lon- don, Mar, widow of EWIN WHEELER, formerly of Yoko hama, Japan, in her 83rd year. WINGROVE O March 11, at Thornley, Havant, Hampshire, GroSGE RICHARD WINGROVE late of Shanghai.

LARIN is one of the most remark able personages produced by the revolution. He is partly paralyzed, and moves about only with the greatest difficulty, but makes up for hia physical weaknas by a tre mendous mental force and imagina tive daring A dynamo of in- tellectual activity, he is constantly Editorial and Business Offices: 11, advancing new ideas and carrying

Ice Houss Street. Tel. Central 12.

Night Editor (Waachai Office):

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, APRIL 12, 1930.

SOME HOPES AND FEARS

snow,

IN RUSSIA.

on furious polemics and propa ganda in their defence Probably LARIN has done more than any other single serbon among the pre ent Soviet leaders to revolutionize the everyday life of the ordinary Soviet citizen. His was the idea of the "unbroken work-week" through the abolition of Sunday. His was the iden of the five-day week--four days of work followed by one day of rest. At first grected with derision, both ideas are now the accepted time basis of life and work throughout the country.

In view of the activities of ban- dits in the districts, adjacent to Shanghai, merchants of Minghong. at a meeting held last week, re solved to strengthen the volunteer force of that town end, to raise $2,000 for the purchase of rifri for the volunteers.

The Blue Star Line, which for the past 20 years has been engaged in the homeward refrigerated trade from the Far East, has now decid-

and Co. and the Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd., a monthly cargo service will be in augurated to the Far East, to be the homeward service will be for known as the Far East Line, and both general and refrigerated cargo. In taking this step the Blue Star Line will now be associated with both the outward and homeward conferences.

It was the custom among Chinese to burn paper money made of tin feil for their deceased relatives dur. ing the festival of Ching Ming This year the Commissioner of. Public Safety for Greater Shang- hai issued an order forbidding this superstitious practice and saying that not only was money unneces sarily wasted by the burning of this paper money, but fire was frequent ly caused by it. Accordingly, According to the latest report policemen were detailed by the from Wakamatsu in connection Commissioner to the various resi- with the ferry-boat disaster, which nccurred on April 2, 73 bodies of dents guilds, where coffins contain drowned passengers have been reing the bodies of the deceased re- covered. The captain of the illatives of local Chinese were tem fated ferry-boat will probably be porarily placed, to enforce his indicted for violation of the ferry- boat regulations.

order.

Peeved at Hollywood's long-un- disputed claim to the world's most beautiful bathing belles, the Eng

lish Film Artistes' Guild has 15-

A Chinese who had only recently been discharged from gaol on a charge of larceny was again up to his old tricks on Thursday night, when, it was stated, he stole a

jacket containing 81.30 and decu- mments belonging to an engineer of the steam. launch Sengull.

"Detective Sergt. Kellett told the Kowloon Magistrate yesterday that on the night in question the accused was seen coming out of the engine room with.the jacket which he had stolen. He was chased, and while on the run he threw the jacket and contents into the barbour, Defen- dant was arrested, but the jacket was not found."

The Magistrate was told that larcenies along the water front were pretty frequent lately.

Defendant wag sentenced to fitte months' hard labour.

Motor Cycling Mania,

other type of public nuisance which

In view of the short shrift meted trick cyclists, a. Kowloon corres out by the local magistrate to pondent draws our attention to an- apparently is permitted to continue unchecked-the motor cycling zealot. who madly careers along the streets. of the Colony, to the accompani ment of staccato poiser, morning," The Duchess of Leinster was

poos and night, regardless of the charged at Lambeth Folice Court

feelings of residents living in the line of their manderings. It is not last week with attempting to com-

was remanded. nounced the intention of selecting easy to understand just why this mit suicide and Bail of £50 was granted her. The 13 bathing beauties of the English type of motor cyclist loves to keep Duchess, who was formerly May alm world to challenge the Ameri- his exhaust open, since it would be Etheridge, the actress, was found can girls. Films will be made of so impediment to his progress if unconscious in her two-roomed at the American and British girls he closed the same, but evidently separately and then the film public this particular species of the genus at Brixton a few days ago..

of both countries will be asked to

home thinks it nutty" to imitate judge between them. The British

a counterfeit aeroplane, thus draw- team will be chosen for their beauty, ing public attention to himself. with the result, that the main roads figure and physical fitness by a committee of beauty culture ex-of Kowloon are converted into a sort of testing ground for machines "perts, producers and physical cul-

ture instructors. All the girls will from five o'clock in the afternoon be crowd worker's,stars hot be- till midnight. There is, we believe, ing eligible.

a low on Hong Kong side render ing it compulsory for motor cyclists to have silencers. If there is none at Kowloon, the omission should be made good; if a law exists, it should be enforced. After all, it has been proved by medical science that noise is Derve-shattering, and if motor cyclists. cannot observe good read manners out of innate consideration for others-sick, and convalescent people, for instance they should be forced to behave by the long arm of the law,

A villager who was injured in the head during an

altercation with another villager at Ching I Island, Tsun Wan district, had to be sent to the Kowloon Hospital on Thursday for attention. The man sustained a cut in his head as a result of a

brick having been thrown at him; subsequent to which

tetanus set in.

To overcome the space shortage, LARIN worked out a scheme for using office-buildings in two or more shifts. By keeping different Mr. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of institutions, or "departments in the the Treasury, sent a letter to the same institutions, open at different House Ways and Means Committee "WITH the advent of apring hours, the usefulness of office space last week expressing his approval separate Moscow's charitable mantle of could be doubled or tripled, he of the establishment of

bureau to handle control of the urged. Again the notion was ne which turned the Soviet cepted sceptically at first, but it illegal traffic in narcotics. Such a capital into a fairy realm sparkling is already being put into effect in bureau, in the opinion of the with silver, has melted away, re-

scares of office-buildings. Among Treasury head, will assist in bring. vealing a city badly in need of his other pet schemes, for whithing about better narcotics control." SERVICE TO READERS, -

repairs. But the surrounding he works indefatigably, is total countryside is not at all sure what prohibition of vodka and other Commander Stuart, E. Holder, who has been placed on the retired THE HONG KONG DAILY the melting sucws will reveal. It strong liquors. He has had more T

PRESS, LTD., and the HONG watches a little anxiously, wonder. to do than any other single person list at his own request, with the FANLING HUNT & RACE CLUB. KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through ing whether the tender sheets of with putting into effect the present rank of captain, after 32 years

their London Offee, at 53. FLEET the winter seeds are still alive. The policy of limiting the manufacture service, was a midshipman of the STREET, E. C. 4, are prepared to give

winter was shorter than usual, and and sale of intoxicating liquors. Endymion and served with Admiral Subscribers and Visitors advice less stable than usual. The snow-

LAзIN never loses a chance to tell Seymour's expedition for the relief KWANTI. "SUNDAY, APRIL 131.regarding accommodation available, fall seemed insufficient to protect the Soviet public about the horrors of the Peping Legations, when he FIRST RACE: 3.00 .M. SPECIAL motoring facilities, suitable shop

of drink. His present intense in was mentioned in dispatches and TRAIN fearen Kowloor: 1.40 ping centres, etc.

Has the terest in altering the domestic lives awarded the China Medal and weather done any damage to the FM Returning from. FANLING at .33

of millions of housewives is there Clasp. bread crops, and if so-how much? FARE for Round Trip: $.200

The brave speeches of optimistic legislation to encourage such a

fore accepted as a sure sign that including Admission to The Racen.

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Commissara, the avalanche of decrees from the Sovnarkom head alteration may be expected. quarters, the bickerings of foreign correspondents through their rea pective papers-all these are less important than the secret soon to be uncovered by spring tempera-

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STEEPLECHASES.

LENTEN MISSION-CATHOLIC

CATHEDRAL.

SERMONS at 6'. P.M..

If, when at home, they will call or telephone to the above address, they will receive the utmost assist. ance and the latest available infor- mation on all subjects of enquiry will be placed at their disposal, *

DAILY SEE STANT inclusive, COMPREHENSIVE AND COM

Preacher, Father B. W. GALLAGHER, BJ. The Public are Cordially invited.

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NOTICE.

(9291"

THE SANITARY BOARD · wishes

To draw the Attention of the Public, and especially of those who have recently come to this Colony, to the "possibility of acquiring Diseases,: 8.9%, Dysentery and Typhoid Fever by eating of Uncooked Vegetables.

Chinese Market-gardeners use Manure from human sources and their custom is to pour the manure or spray it from watering-pela, in liquid form, over th-Growing Plants,

Disease-producing Farasites are, there- fore. possibly present on the Surface of Plants, e.g., Lettuces, over which the “Gardener's spray fallait

April, 1930,

J. WATSON,

Becretary, Bartrary Ecard,

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PLETE REPORT

of the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST

is given in the

"HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS,"

with which is incorporated

"THE CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.”

intense pelluce brief bit

tures.

of frost.

Meanwhile Moscow, as it becomes more drah and muddy on its sur "Face, "seems to be reflecting the sombro state of mind of a sub-

News and Views.

will

The crossword puzzle to-day be found on page 18 instead of in its customary place.

Five pirates were recently, cap tured at Bins Bay and taken to Canton by the gunboat Man Sang.

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On page 3 will be found details

fail, was cautioned by Mr. Whyte

Mr. J. E. Wilson, of the China Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when summoned for fail ing to produce his driver's licence when requested by a Police officer. Accused pleaded guilty and ex- plained that he was in a hurry to attend the Volunteer Inspection and had forgotten to transfer his licence to his uniform poeket.

The Sinwanpao reports that last stantial portion of its population.

week hundreds of pirates on about The shelves in the State and co-

30 junks made their appearance at operative food-shops are bare. Ā

a place known as Lu Sze Kang, decorative camouflage of empty

outside Woosung, and, after pirat cans and boxca in shopwindows of a fashion display being givering many merchantren, landed fools no one but the casual tourist at the Wing On Store during the and disarmed the members of the

the Elysian shop-named in next few days. “

Public Safety Bureau there. The Erneste hot in trong the shop

Woosung water police immediately sent two gunboats to engage the marauders who thereupon mode off to sen.-

where the Embassy people, news. paper correspondents, and other privileged mortals buy their food, is emptier of goods and fuller of echoes than it has been for many month. The rumour of butter or

To-morrow

oorrow will be observed as 6 holiday by the Sikh community, being the anniversary of the birth of Khalan Bisakhi..

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An opinion was expressed by the Kowloon Magistrate yesterday that cycling in circles was more dan gerous to the public than to ride

hands on the handle bars. The Magistrate said that it was possible to have a certain amount of control without placing one's bands on a bike, but riding in circles was risky to traffic. Ho differentiated be tween the two by inflicting a fine of $10 for riding in circles and 85 for the other offence.

The marriage is announced to milk, tes or fruit for sale in any take place shortly between Mr. shop spreads like wildfire among | Gustavo Uriel da Boza, of “ Fair housewives and maids, instantly view," 0, Robinson Road, and Mista bicycle without pincing one's creating queues, The question of Cecilia Maria de Belavisa Alves, of food-the monthly rations for 31, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong. # Cents per Copy:

various products," mentless days; sausage made of horse or caniel- The following appointment has Bubscription, paid in advance- | meat,, etc.--dominates conversation, been made:-Major G. St G.. The talk may start anywhere in the Robinson, D.S.O., M.C. Northern per annum for delivery in Hong realm of art or politics, but in B, from 0.8.0., 2nd, War Office, Kong-413; including Postage to evitably travels to the core of to be G.8.0., 2nd, The British any part of the world—818, things to food.

Troops in China, March 6.

"

The annual staff dinner of the

Nippon Yusen Kaisha, London branch, took place recently at the Cafe Royal, Mr. Blair, the manager of the London branch, presiding: The party numbered 103, including the wives of members of the staff; who were present at the special in- vitation of Mr. and Mrs, Blair. The guests of the evening were Captain T. Sekine, Commodore of the N.Y.K. feet, and Captain Kagami and Mr. Magno, of the steamship Matsumoto Maru. During the even. ing Mr. H. J. Wade, chief of the London passenger department, gave a brief résumé of his recent world tour, and subsequently the party ad journed for dancing.

H.M.S. Berwick Captain Eric G.

Robinson, V.C., O.B.E., arrived at Devonport on March 13 from the

China station to rent and recom mission. Captain Robinson will be C G. Brodie, from the Royal succeeded in command by Captain Naval War College, Greenwich, and Commander R. C. Woolerton, will be relieved as executive officer by Commander R. Shelley, who recent ly completed the Staff Course. The Berwick is the second of the five cruisers in her squadron to re

turn home. The Suffolk will leave

China on June 15 for Portsmouth; the Cornwall on November 1 for Devonport; and the Kent (flagship) on March 15, 1831, for Chatham,

Locking Back 15 Years,

Although the annual report of the Inspector-General of Chinese Customs, concerning China's for eign trade, begins by. the statement that the war's effect upon the trade

has been "of minor importance,"

it would be improper to ignore the fact that its effect upon the ex- change has been great; and as the ment appears to demand consider- two are inseparable, the first state- able qualification. It may be correct to call it an indirect effect of the war, when war causes violent fluc tuations in exchange, and these again cause trade depression; but the connection is none the less real and intimate. Therefore we hope that the Chinese authorities will be duly impressed by the pregnant sentence in this report that "no trade can stand such a strain”un- der conditions in which even the wice foresight which settles ex- The opening of the direct tele change in advance may involve the phone service between Berlin and operator in a heavy loss; and it Moscow proved to be a rather one. is high time that all interested in sided affair by which only the the prosperity of the trade of Russian newspaper correspondents Chinese Governments, banks, im- at Berlín profited, the German porting and exporting merchants, correspondents at Moscow being guilds, jobbers and retailere-used refused the use of the phone. Thus such influence as they possess to the hope that this new connection further any method of reform which would especially facilitate the des will ensure stability of exchange." patch of news from Rusia seems | -Hong Kong Daily Press, April to be definitely shattered. The re- 13, 1905. fusal to permit German press core Looking Back 50 Years. respondents stationed in Russia to use the phone is explained by the Russian authorities as complicating the work of the censora Ordinary calls by private individuals are also barred from transmission, for the present, so that only ofcial messages and business conversations remain. The latter however are also censored and it is feared, they will also be forbidden in time to come.

In consequence of the long and frequent delays which take place in the Supreme Court it has been suggested that a billiard-table should be provided for the smugo ment of solicitors and others dur- ing the hours they are kept wait. ing for the arrival of the Judges-Hong Kong Daily Press, April 13, 1860.