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Secretary. Hong Kong, 24th Apr., 1930.
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DEATH, WARREN.-On April 91, at South
son of the late C. E. WARREN, -aged 23 years.
In the North, the tone of the
were
It is reported from Canton that Fong Street for making counterfeit a printing shop in Cheong Yuen
Government revenue stamps was raided by the police on Wednesday. The prop ietor of the shop has been put under rest,
MATRIMONIAL TANGLE.
KOWLOON MAGISTRATE'S"
FRIENDLY COUNSEL.
An intimation that the dissenting The auction by Messrs. Lammert married couple would probably bo Heanley's house at Mount Davis reconciled within a fortnight was Bros. of furniture, etc.. at Dr. Gap has been postponed from made by Mr. J. T. Prior, solicitar Monday next to May 6. The goods for Mrs. Berths Soares, who sum- will be on view on Sunday, May 4, instead of Sunday next.'
+
moned her husband, Mr. J. O.
A formal remand for one week Soares, for maintenance. Hearing was granted when an employee of of the case was resumed yesterday, the Chinese branch of the Ching before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at
with theft of money and wounding the Kowloon Magistracy, the bus- Wong Lai Woo, the accountant, who band being represented by Mr. Leo had to be sent to hospital-earlier d'Almada.
entire Chinese, Press has been in mensely improved by one independ ant Chinese newspaper, and an equally independent Chinese news agency, both operated by the same stated:
editor. The organs referred to are The depression remains_central the Ta Kung Pao, of Tientsin, and over the Lower Yangtaze Valley. the Kuo Wen News Agency. Their
Local
editor is HE LIN, who is deeply Forecast: S
winds; generally respected by all classes of Chinese moderate; cloudy.
Mr. He has consistently pursued an independent policy, while the Nationalists
in supreme éontrol in the North and since the militarists have rebelled. Surpris ingly enough, he has been left alone ampton, ARTHUR CECIL WARREN, by the authorities, perhaps because Navigation Company was charged
he is tactful and has managed to express his views without indulging in personalities or angering any particular militarist. This editor is one of the few in the North who has accepted no subsidy, and his influence with the public is corres- pondingly great. While on the subject of the Chinese Press, it is worth noting that a four-page newspaper in the English language, to help Chinese students to learn English, has been started in Peping with a subsidy reported to come 'from Marshal FENG YU ESIANG. Tess. The paper is known as the Hua Pao-English Section, The Hun Fao," expressing views and printing news consistently favour able to FENG, has a considerable circulation in its Chinese edition. The English-language paper spec ializes in Chinese news, particularly political. It prints all the news agency reports, British, American, Japanese and Chinese, apparently
Editorial and Business Offices: 11. Tee House Street. Tel. Central
12.
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, APRIL 25, 1930.
EDITORIAL ANXIETIES.
EVERYONE who has knows how easy is the task of editing a newspaper. This is be
never
tried
cause editors as A class are ex-
tremely modest mea, and not given to telling the world about their troubles and anxieties, being also usually preoccupied with the re- cording of other people's tribula- tions. There are times, “however, when it is well for the public to be taken into the editorial confid- ence, and become enlightened as to some of the minor worries which
GOLD & PRIZE wrinkle the editorial brow.
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An
news.
with no bias in favour of any. The
more difficult words in each news
notes at the end of cach article the
way
the
story are numbered, and in foot- Chinese characters equivalent to these words are printed. In this steadily increase his vocabulary of Chinese student may English as he reads the news, and, no doubt, the student's respect for Marshal FENG is also steadily in éreased at the same time.
paper.
News and Views.
A Kowloon-Canton Railway ex- press brain from Canton knocked outbreak of war usually leads to down a big buffalo at Fanling on difficulties in handling
Wednesday morning, says a Chinese Censors on the one hand and pro- pagandiste on the other cause much editorial anxiety in the effort to present renders with fact instead of fiction, and we note that Chinese
H.M.S. Vindictive will sail for Woosung at 9 a.m. on Monday
April 28.
in the week.
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Mfr. Prior said that the husband
Queen's College is holding it's was arranging within the next fort- 15th annual athletic sports on the College ground, Causeway Bay, on night for his sister to live in "dif- Saturday, April 26, commencing at ferent apartments. He asked for kindly consented to distribute the the case to be adjourned for two noon. Mrs. C. G. Anderson has prizes, and all members of the weeks, when it is hoped that he Q.CO.R.A. will be welcome."
might be able to report that the
1.
A Chinese coalie fell out of a partics had been completely recon- motor-truck at Connaught Road eiled. West while the van was on its way
Before adjourning the case wine to West Point yesterday morning. The man sustained serious injuries. die, Mr. Whyte-Smith said: "I am and was taken to the Government very glad indeed that rettlement is Civil Hospital, where he succumbed
to his injuries an hour after ad- within sight. I consider it to be.
mission.
A report has been made to the
Police by Mr. Leung But Eu, Chair
Iman of the Board of Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital, to the effect that while his motor-car was Praya East, which he was visiting. parked near Whiteaway's-Circus at the horn of the car, valued at 850, was stolen on Tuesday evening.
Among the passengers on board the P. & O. Mantua, which arrived yesterday from Europe, was Mr. Edwin Haward, who is proceeding
a sad misfortune that these two should remain apart just on no-
count of a series of rather trivial
causes. After all, they have got the interest of the child to think of, and I think that they would be wanting apart. That is only one of the con- in duty to the child if they remain siderations, but it is a serious con-
sideration. I have no doubt that the child will help them to be happy
to Shanghai to take the editorial JOY RIDES ON CYCLES. chair of the 7.4. Daily News, This is Mr. Haward's first visit to the Far East, but he has spent many years in India, where he was engaged in journalistic work.
SCHOOLBOYS AND WOMAN
OF EASY VIRTUE.
The two Chinese youths charged For riding their bicycles, either. with riding ponies along Prince without lights or in a dangerous Edward Road, in a dangerous manner, four Chinese schoolboys. manner were before Mr. T. S. and`a`"prostitute were summoned Whyte-Sinith yesterday, when they before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy and fined compensation to the little girl, who 25 each. It was alleged that de-
were ordered to pay $20 each na
was knocked down by one of the fendants' bicycleg“ were again in accused. Defendants were told by fronts of the Po Hing Theatre, the Magistrate that Prince Edward Nathan Road, and that this habit ponies.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERO HANTS, newspapers in the North and South reported to the Medical Officer of Road was not a place for riding is carried to such an extent by
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CHIANG RAI SHER and the Northern militarists becomes more developed. The Kuo Wen News Agency reparte] that General CHIANG 'was annoyed Lecause Chinese newspapers in PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
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One case of typhoid fever was Health during the 24 hours. ending midnight, April 23.
Kong Football Club will take place The annuni dinner of the Hong on Saturday, 26th inst., at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant at 8 p.m.
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H.M.S. Cumberland, with four destroyers, namely, Serapis, Sepoy, Sterling and Scraph, will sail for Northern waters on Monday, Apri:
28..
It has been notified that the
is situated in position 2 point à wreck of a junk, with mast visible. miles oge point 5 degrees from Flag staff Point Lighthouse,
many cyclists that it is becoming a public nuisance.
The 49th ordinary general meet- Divisional Inspector Marks said Insurance Office, Ltd., will be held their icycles and taught presti- mg of shareholders of the Cantor that these cyclists brought out. at the offices of Jardine, Matheson tutes to ride even between one to &Co., Ltd., on Friday, May 16, four o'clock in the morning. They at noon, for the purpose of receiv made such noises that numerous.
General residents living in that vicinit ing the report of the Agents, together with a statement had had to report to the Police, December 31, 1999. The share
of accounts for the year ended
inclusive.
news-
register and transfer books will be closed from May 2 to 18, both days Looking Back 25 Years,
"Arcording to a "Chinese paper on a certain drill-ground Chinese agency says General CRIANG
Teang Sam, who was charged with outside the Anting Gate of Peking. accordingly instructed the papers
grievously wounding Char Pun (de- there occurred the legal execution, to print this official information
ceased) at Shamshuipo, on March according to Mongolian law, of as straight news, without saying
The Canton Civil Affairs Depart-20, was again before Mr. T. S. the murderer of a Mongol Prince.. anything about where it came from. mens has issued circular instruc- Whyte Smith yesterday at the The murder took place in the in- Kowloon Magistracy. On instructerior of Mongolis, but the mur- General CHIANG. was particularly tions to the magistrates in the
tions from the Public Prosecutor derer escaped and was only recap- annoyed because some Shanghai Various country, districts to start (Mr. E. Somerset-Fitzroy). Det. tured after his fight to and ar-
anti-opium smoking propaganda.
Inspector C. P. Fallon handed in a rival in Peking. The criminal papers printed news items under
Messrs. Pentreath & Co. have second charge, that of manslaugh was wrapped up in several rolla Taiyuanfu" and Honan date-lines,
ter. Hearing of the case was fixed of clothing and cotton matting but also explained these reports Messrs. Hornby, Hemelryk & Co. be represented by Mr. G. S. Hugh saturated with kerosene. He we
reecived the following cable from
for May 2 and 8. Defendant will
and the whole was then thoroughly were issued by General CHIANG Liverpool: "American cables copper Jones. himself. He is said to have direct-1 trade believes 12 cents probable.'
then placed, thus wrapped up, in a huge iron frame exposed to public ed them hereafter to print this
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha's The New Yorkers."
view on a pedestal, and there roast- "newa" exactly as sent to them, new motor vessel Heiyo Maru will Theatre-goers who like high class ed to death, after the manner of a and without comment.
be thrown open for inspection on vaudeville will be pleased to learn lynching in the Southern States Saturday, April 26.
that the New Yorkers" are bill of America. People were present Whether this Chinese report is served from 3 to 6 p.m. Those ed to appear at the Star Theatre in countless, numbers, and these true or not, the papers in North desirous of inspecting the vessel for a brief season of three nights say that the sight was even more China have had similar dificulty should make a point of calling at only commencing from Monday, interesting than the manual devil. with
the Northern militarists. the Company's offices for the neces- April 28. Miss Ruth Van Valey, dance which takes place at the
sary permit.
the gifted dancer who delighted Lara Miao, near the Anting Gate. After being warned for years that
local audiences when she last ap- Lictors and other officials were they must always refer to the A special inaugural service for peared here in October, 1929, ir present representing the Board Government at Nanking as the the Church of St. Laurence at show, and we are assured that she spectacle, though it did not seem-
one of the star turns in the present of Punishment at the "Central Government of China,"
personifies the poetry of motion and in any way shocking to them. they have now been warned that
invests all she does with a sense Hong Kong Daily Preu, April 25, they must do nothing of the sort!
of true artistry. Another outstand. 1905. The Government at Nanking, the
ing attraction that has been appre- Looking Back 50 YearÓ,
An extraordinary cause of diplo Northern authorities have informed
ciated wherever the company has appeared consists of Mantell's Manikine," who are a bevy of matic dispute, it is rumoured, has the newspapere, is not the Central
arisca between Portugal and elever marionettes giving a neat China. After holding Macao for performance.. This variety show is a space of about three contaries musical and revusical, and promises the former country has demanded
Tea will be
the consecration of a new altar at
Macao will take place on Sunday, April 27, at 8.30 am. Hong Kong residents desirous of attending this service are advised to make their rangements to be in Macao on Batarday evening.
hideous
Readers are reminded that prac of the Public Works Department, or National Government of China, tically all the costumes used in the of Two Lots of UROWN LAND at and must be referred to hereafter A.D.C.'s recent production of And Wong Nei Chung, in the Colony of as General CHINO's Governo To Bed" will be sold by auction to present to jaded theatre-goers that China shall announce the Hong Kong, for tea of 76 years, ment." "In like manner, they are at 2.30 p.m. Many ladies, and notainment line. It should be sup-
ut Messrs. Lammert's rooms to-day something different " in the enter recognition of Portugal's supre with the option of renewal at a
Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His told, the Nanking armies must be doubt also members of the sterner ported by the public. MAJESTY THE KING, for one further term referred to not as national but sex, may be glad to avail themselves of 75 yeKTA.
as General CHIANG's' armies.” of this opportunity of obtaining General CHIANG, the Northern striking fancy dresses. The ques warning to the newspapers 'states, tion of wigs need cause no mis. has treated the Government at giving, as these can be, hired from Nanking as his own private pro- the Institute de Beauté, Pedder perty, and the papers should lose Building. no opportunity of pointing this
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No. 1717.
Do.
Boundary
Measure
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As per
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23,900
Square fe
Annual
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$542
19338
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KOWLOON CITY BLAZE.
VILLAGERS HELP TO COMBAT FLAMES.
macy over the peninsula. The answer that the Chinese Govern ment has given to this demand from Lisbon, it is stated, is point blank refusal, and here for "the present the question resta It will be a matter of interest to await its further progress and watch the turn events will take.
out.
It is true that at present nothing. Since the break with the We are officially informed that
historical points to whether the Government at Nanking the for the treneral Agents and Consulting- thern militarists have suppressed Committee of the Canton Insurance. At 3.50 yesterday morning, a fire portuguete held the possession of two or three papers in Peping and Office, Ltd., will at the forthcoming broke out at a two-storey building Macao by the right of conquest or Tientsin, but they have taken over meeting of shareholders to be held in Sai Tau village, Kowloon City by Imperis bounty. Up to more papers than they have sup on Friday, May 16, recommend a district, near the village errcled your 1918 a yearly rental of The pressed
Some papers which were final dividend of $27 per share in by wala. The Fire Brigade, which 500 was paid, which, however, in subsidized by the Kuomintang or respect of working account for 1028 soon arrived, and some difficulty that your WAS INCONTINENTTM by the 121 General HK Por-Land add the balance 8476.019.40 in combating the fire, as the pre- Governor, who lost his life for it,
1. of nemand sonally support the Northern militarists, they will further recommend the The editorial stalls have been warn payment of an interim dividend of ed quietly to leave in a hurry for $18 per share in respect of working the South, and new editors have account for 1929, and that the kept the papers going without a balance of 81,732,681.53 be carried break.
forward.
Тате
to to underwriting
the
from the road and were surrounded standing between the two coun by rough and bumpy padi fields. tries. Since that time no rent has The Brigade had to use hand heen paid It is difficult to un- pumps in fighting the flames, and Zerstand why Portugal has made the fire was extinguished with the the cisim at all, Hong Kong assistance of the villagers.
Daily Press, April 50, 1880.
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