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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTIJL. QUIE has been conarmed Secretary of the Company,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Managers.

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TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN

4th June, 1930.' ..

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the ANNUAL ORDIN- of ARY GENERAL MEETING SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, the 14TH JUNE. 1930, at 11. for the purpose of receiving the Reports of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 30TH APRÍL, 1930,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MON. DAY, the Pru ray of JUNE, to SATURDAY, the 14TH DAY of JUNE, 1930, Beth Days inclusire.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

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Hong Kong, 4th June, 1930.

HONG KONG TELEPHONE CO., LTD.

HE TRANSFER BOOKS of the THE TW Le CLOSED From

the 23 JUNE to the Soru JUNE,

1930, Both Days inclusive,

Dated this 22nd Day of May, 1930.

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By Oder of the Board,

.G."

V.L. MCKENZIE,

Secretary.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Hale by Public Auction to

be held on TUESDAY, the 10TH DAY of JUNE, 1934, at 3 P.M., at the Officer of the Public Works Department, by Order of EB EXCELLENCT TAX Govzarox, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Sham uipe in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term

of 73

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OF GREAT AGE.

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DISTILLERS,

AWARDED 50 GOLD & PRIZE MEDALS.

IT NEVER VARIES!

SOLE AGENTS:-

Bent to be Ezed by the Surveyor of His A. S. WATSON

years, commencing from 1st July, 1888, with the option of renewal at Crow

MAJESTY THE Kmå, for one further term of 2 years less three days."

No. of Bale.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. «

Boundary

Locality.

Lot No. 1357.Registry No.

New Kowloon Inland

Between New Kow-

1998 and 12937,

N 1000000

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INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY, LIMITED,

Cox'

& CO., LTD. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

PHONE 20616.

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

EXTRA RACE

THEETING wil be held (Weather

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930.

WEATHER REPORT.

there was

un outburst of loud noteworthy not only as being the laughter from the Opposition-and | largest single order ever placed for Yesterday's weather report. fore- no wonder The Prime Minister | air-liners, but also because all eight cast and remaks, issued by the went on to explain that the neces-machines are to be larger than Royal Observatory (at る p.m., sary readjustment of machinery for any commercial land-planes now.in stated

The depression over Tongking re- mains stationary. The Northern depression is moving eastward and is now central to the E.S.E. of Shanghai.

Local Forecast:--S.W. or vari- able winds; moderate; cloudy; showery.

BIRTH.

Hovo O2 June 4, to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. S. HODGE, daughter.

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dealing with unemployment would be announced in due course-which probably caused more laughter from the Opposition, and possibly even from some members on the Govern. ment benches.

existence. Both types of airplanes will be fitted with four motors, totalling over 2,000 horse-power.

Handley Page, Limited, have been given the contract for the land 'planes, which will closely follow the If there is one thing Mr. J. H. lines of the present Handley Page THOMAS cannot boast about it is air-liners, except that their passen his handling of the unemployment ger capacity, will be more than problem. Admittedly it is a prob- double that of the machines now in lem not easy of solation, and arising use on the London-Paris route. All from a variety of causes, some of the flying-boats have been deve- domestic and others foreign. But loped from Sir ALAN COBRAM'S Mr. THOMAS was one of those who Caleutta ying-boat, in which in

* News and Views ⋆

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Deal this season. The local bont- tions between Cairo and Berlin for There will be no speed boats at It is understood that the negotia-

men's appeal to the town council the return to Cairo of the bust of to stand by their unanimous re- Queen Nefertiti, which is at pre- solution of October last not to sent exhibited in a Berlin State grant speed-boat licenses for 1830 museum, have almost reached a Was recently upheld by the successful issue. Other antique council. The matter was reopened objects will be given in exchange because a non-boatman resident re- for this unique and highly-prized. license for this season. Their cently applied for speed-boat relic jivelihood thus threatened the boat-

Home-lessons for telephone aub- men immediately protested in scribers who get the wrong num

that speed ber-or exchange-on the automatic body. They contend boats at Deal would so harm their system were suggested at the summer trade that eventually it

annual conferenes of the Na would drive them from the beach. tional Guild of Telephonists which was held in London last month. For the first time an M.P. is to Mr. E. J. Lansbury, the general.

rare round Britain for the King's go into a call office and dial 'Speed- Cup on July 5. Captain H. A. well.' In some mysterious way up comes Holborn." "I do not sco Balfour, M.P., intends to enter and fly his own machine in the why men and women who become race, which this year is to be con- redundant through the extensiob fined to civil craft. A hundred of automatic exchanges should not machines will compete, as compar-be employed to go round subscri- rd with 58 last year.

bers to explain the working of the automatic system."

Editorial and Business Offices: 11, very loudly claimed not only to have 1928 he few from Londen completely pilot a racing plane in the 750 miles secretary, said:"Sometimes you

Ice House Street. Tel. 30251. a remedy, but to be ready to put Night Editor (Wanchai Office); it into operation. His party came

Tel. 94311.

into power largely on its claim to London Office: 33, Fleet Street, be able to deal with a grave social

E.C. 4.

and economic problem, but it has done nothing-or, according to Mr. MAXTON and Sir OSWALD Mostar, rather worse than nothing That

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JUNE 5, 1900.

THE DOWNWARD DOLLAR

WITH the dollar still careering steadily downward, people are be gianing to inquire about the find- ings of the Currency Commission, Not that it is generally anticipated" any sensational suggestion is likely to be contained in that report such

just out of curiosity to know whe-

We have very good reason to believe that, as at present er- ranged, the report of the Com- mission is unlikely to be pub- shed for at least another two months and probably not be. fore September!

around Africa and back to London. The new machines will be used on the present Imperial Airways route from London to Karachi, and on the new routes that are expected to come into operation late this year or early in 1831 from London to Capetown, and from Karachi to Five-mark silver coins (nearly

route, as mentioned by Lord TROM- SON during the debate. From these facts it is clear that Great Britain is not quite so backward in going forward as some would have us

bearing the picture of the Graf Zeppelin, against a background of the globe, are now being turned out by the State mint in Berlin. new, three-mark coin is also be ing produced to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the death of Germany's most famous Minnesin ger or troubadour, Walter von der Vogelweide. "Walter of the Bird Meadow" is depicted seated, with

harp by his side.

sen, living near Holback, Zealand. has become a rich man owing to a dream. His economic conditions were hopeless, when one night he dreamed that a voice said to him.

the recent protest by the Indepen Australia, the latter, as an exten-equivalent to the sterling crown). A poor farmer, Mr. J. P. Peter dent Labour Party against the re-sionsof the present England-India jection of the Mosley Memorandum on Unemployment has something to do with Mr. THOMAS being given a change of Ministerial "duty is almost certain. His sperches on the subject have been lifeless and believe. evasive as they were bound to be,

There is a barber in south-west and the recent LLP. revolt, has probably made it clear to Mr. Mae- London, who refuses to cut women's DONALD that some readjustment of hair because of his religious beliefs. the machinery for carrying-out He will not even dye a woman's our own unemployment policy" is hair. A text hangs in the doorway

Passengers are to help in a new "Safety-first" scheme introduced by a London long-distance motorcoach firm. A notice "Please ring when cars overtaking" ia displayed near

Don't worry, there is pleaty of the purest and reddest gold in your fields." He probed in the soil, and found a quantity of red clay, the value of which is estimated at 1,000,000 kronen. A large organisa. tion to manufacture red clay bricks is now being formed, and Mr Petersen can remain at his farm a comparatively wealthy man."

The world record for an endur- ance flight by a woman was broken:

hours 50min. She also broke the men's duration record for flights with one pilot. Mme. Bernstein. who began to circle over Le Bourget Aerodrome at 18 flew all through the night, and finished the deciding circuft at 10.10.

* Local Notes and Events

as will restore public confidence, but urgently necessary to avoid more of his shop and copies of the Bible the back seats of their latest type recently by the French airwoman serious trouble among his followers. and "Pilgrim's Progress" lie near coaches. A member of the frame. Lena Bernstein. She was in It will be interesting to watch a row of hair-oil bottles. He bases said: "The driver is not able to the air 35 hours 46min. 553ec... ther the Commission has any plan at all to offer whereby fluctuations M. THOMAS at work in his new his objections on a text in Corin-see a car which may suddenly pull breaking the previous record by R

..but if it be a shame out to pass him. Therefore we have Appointed back-seat passengers to in the value of the dollar might be post. The coming Imperial Con- thians:-"

ference will make it necessary for for a woman to be shorn or shaven, watch the traffic. "Passengers will kept within reasonable bounds.

press a button when a car is over- him to discuss with the Dominion let her be covered..... But if" a

taking the coach, causing an elec representatives the question of woman have long hair, it is a glory tric bell to ring near the driver,

who will pull in to the near side.' economic relations between those to ber. countries and Great Britain. Mr. MACDONALD is anxious that the con- tacts already established should be The Commission met on April 7, used to greater effect, both in the| and at once announced that its interests of the British Empire and members were unanimously agreed in connection with Labour's laugh- that any other basis for currency ter-provoking and nebulous policy but silver would be detrimental to for dealing with unemployment. the Colony. Nevertheless, the Com The now Secretary of State for the mission magnanimously called for Dominions will have no unemploy. witnesses, and on May 15 announced ment problem of his own to con- that "practically all the evidence sider. He will be kept exceedingly requested and offered" had been busy when the Imperial Conference, received.

The proceedings were settles down to work, for the ques A naval wireless message states ticas of. Preference and Empire that Flycatcher No. 4 smashed its Trade are certain to be brought for undercarriage whilst trying to land ward, and to Mr. Thomas will fall on the deck of H.M.S. Hermes on the difficult duty of trying to Tuesday forenoon. A successful When the Commission first sat persuade Dominion factory-owners landing, however, was made later at two months ago the dollar was how important it is that they should Kai Tack Aerodrome. worth about Is. ed.; to-day it is encourage competition from British worth rather less than 1s. 3d In manufacturers. We fear there will another two months it may be worth be more loud laughter" when threepence less or more than its this discussion takes place. present value. Whether the market

then about to enter upon the report Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 7TH JUNE, and ou

stage, and what the public would MONDAY 9th JUNE, 1930, Commen-like to know is when is that report cing at 1 P.X.

to be published?

The First Bell will be Rung at 1:30 r.X.

on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE Members are notified that they and their Ladies meat wear their Badge prominently displayed.

No one without a Badge will be admitted to the Members Enclosure.

Badges admitting Non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentlemen goes up or down, however, is be and $2.00 per day for Ladies, are introduction by Member, such Mew should it take three months for the btainable through the SECRETARY apo side the point now at issue. Why

ber to be

responsible for payment of sil

Currency Commission to draw up It is very encouraging to learn, admitting to Members' a report covering so brief an in- from a statement made in the WEDNESDAY, the 182 JUNE, 1930, Enclosure will not be on sale at the quiry as that just concluded t The House of Lords on Tuesday, that at NOON, for the purpose of receiving Race Course, the Report of the Directors, passing the

Members can obtais, upon application Gnancial situation is so critical that Britain is not so far behind in the Accounts, and electing Directors und

to the BzCarTARY, Badges (limited to it is most important to know what matter of regular air-routes as Auditors.

Two for the Free Admission to the

THE FORTY-NINTH ORDINARY GEBERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Massas JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD, PEDDER' STRIET, Hongkong, on

Cmpany will be CLOSED from the IITE JUNE to 2xD JULY, 1930, Both Days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

JARDINE, MATHESON

“"&" 00, LTD.," General Managers.

Hong Kong, 28th May, 1990. [9491

A

COMPREHENSIVE AND COM- PLETE REPORT

of the

Stc.

Obiadges

The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 per ang for all Per- sans including Ladies, and is payable at Boldiers and Sailors in Uniform ars

the Gate.

admitted Half Price.

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C. B. BROWN, ..

Secretary,

BRITAIN'S AIR LINES.

Mr. A. Mallinson, A.C.T.L., will give a short address on music at p.m. to day in the music room of the City Hall. Teachers, students and all others interested in music are cordially invited to attend,

There is one advantage of having 1 Mr. L. D. Harris, of the Standard happily married couples working in Oil Company of New York, report- the same picture, according to Jacked to the police that a motor boats. Conway, who directed Joan Craw apparently in an abandoned con- ford and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., 'dition, was found by him when in "Our Modern Maidens," which drifting alongside the Laicbikok comes on Friday to the Queen's beach, somewhere near the Standard Theatre, as a sound synchronized, Oil Company's quarters. The ves production.

"They do intimate sel is painted red, above the water- love scenes to perfection, and they line, and has a white bottom, and never" cut before the cameras are is believed to have been constructed

by Messrs. A. King. through grinding."

The death occurred at the Govern- ment Civil Hospital at 8.30 B..

Among those who left aboard the yesterday of Mr. T. Kawa, assistant Empress of Russia yesterday were manager of the M.B.E. The late Major-General. J W. Sandilands, Mr. Kawa, who was 43 years of C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Lieut. Jage, entered the Hospital on Fri Baskervyle-Glegg, Mr. and Mrs. W day inst, suffering from appendi- E. L. Shenton, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. cities, and was operated on the game day. Complications, however, Morley, Mrs. Gen. Komor, Mr. J. E. Joseph and T.R.H. Prince Ajjha et in, and he passed away yester day morning. The deceased gentle- and Prince Chirasakti.

man had been in the local pifices of the M.B.K. some three and a half years, and previously, he was in the New York and Osaka offices. He

Two unemployed Chinese made

was very popular amongst the Japanese community, who recognis- ed him as one of their most efficient business-men. The late Mr. Kawa leaves a widow and four young sons, for whom much sympathy is being

felt.

Looking Back 25 Years.'

It surprised"a good many people. Mr. Ahmet Bumjahn at the last I fancy to read the contention of

meeting of the Sanitary Board that the demand in the Colony for house accommodation for Europeans is

Mr. Rumjahn believe that European not in excess of the supply. Does

families would crowd into the hotels as they are doing if they could get suitable houses at rentals within their means? I am perfectly cor-

tain that they would not. Until

there is a slump in rents-and that 'seems extremely unlikely for many years the prospect for hotel pre- prietors is an excellent one-Hung

Kong Daily Press, June 3, 1903, Looking Back 50 Years.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Member's Enclosure of Wires, Lady the Currency Commission have to many imagined. With 22,350 miles their appearance before the Kow

loon Magistrate yesterday on the relatives and Frienda. Namon must be say on the subject. Until then covered by British airplanes run- stated when applying.

there can be no getion taken to ning on a fixed schedule to and charge of larceny of 72 pieces of On ne pretext will Children be

a state of affairs which is from various parts of the Empire, Jewellery from a goldsmith's shop permitted in either Enclosure during meet the Meeting.

steadily paralysing business. That Great Britain is second only to the in Kowloon City. A third man PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

report should be in the hands of United States in her development was charged with receiving stolen the public now, but the Commission of this means of communication property, and the case was fixed for

The work of the reconstruction of has apparently not yet made up Lord THOMSON referred in his speech hearing on the afternoon of July 3. Mr. F. C. E. Rendall appeared for

the Praya Wall is now approach- its mind what it is going to say, to further developments contem

the defence:

Lilyan Tashman-specialist in ing completion, and the Surveyor and is holding further meetings plated-the extension of the Indian Bookmakers, Tic Tac Man, before reaching a decision. Such service, to Australia, and the ex- The health return for the week chorus-giris, gold-diggers, sophisti- General may be congratulated upon will not be permitted to operate with- in the Precincts of the Hoxe Koxe delay is indefensible, for the factors pected completion of the Cairo ending midnight on Saturday, Maycated ladies, and vamps." Thus having at length, almost achieved JOCKEY CLUB during the Race Meeting operating to-day are precisely the Capetown service by next spring. 31, shows that there were two Chi-rates the girl who essays the role this most important, work. It is a

By Order,

same as those operating when the As a matter of fact, muth more is nese eases (fatal) of typhoid, two of the vandeville dancer in "Futtin' matter for regret, looking to the Commission firet ant. There is no being done in the development of European cases, three deaths from on the Ritz," now at the Queen's fine roadway now existing along the change, except for the worse, and British aviation than is generally influenza (Chinese) 12 from malaria Theatre. Born in New York City, Praya, that it could not have been the community want to know what realised. Two fleets of aircraft and 16 from tuberculosis-all Chi- she attempted to get into the show continued along the front of the CREDÍT FONCIER D'EXTREME- proposals-if any-the Commimion comprising fourteen-machiner, and nese. The returns for the 48 hours business at a very early age, un- naval and military property, con-

EMORIENT**te.

has to offer to realise the grave and capable of carrying 800 passengers, ended at midnight, June 3, show successfully. Her firat attempts to necting with the Praya East at MORTGAGE. BANK AND ESTATE growing anxiety which exists. are at present in course of con- there was one death from typhoid find work did result in her meeting Wanchai. As a matter of fact, the Praya ahould at the outset bare ÅGENTS.

struction for use over Grent and one from small-pox, both Kirschner, the artist, who engaged been made continuoue, both for Britain's new Empire air-routes. Chinese.

her as a model. His many paint publie convenience and in the in- "When completed each fleet, in its

ings of her, and his declaration that torents of property, which in the sphere of operation, will be the A whist drive is held every Tues she had the most beautiful legs extent by being in a measure cut Was Eastern district sufferers to somio. Biz-roomed & Fire-roomed Apartments THE announcement that Mr. J. H. largest fleet of giant air-liners in the day at 8.30 p.m., and a dance every in the world, got her on the stage, off from the water frontage. The One Small Five-roomed FLAT Available THOMAS is to take charge of world

Thursday, at & p.m., at the first in the chorus of a musical scheme has frequently been mooted, kehallesin burit basangboom How Brand Bars NICHTS LE

bands of Lord Parizo, together 40-seater biplanes for use over land Canteen, City Hall. All Service of Weeds," "The Gold Diggers" | and other obstacles standing in the with the Colonial portfolio) Is routes. The other consists of six Men are welcomed. The bon. and other hits. She was also fea- way. If, however, the city con- tinues to progress and increase in surely a sequel to the recent split in 40-senter lying boats for operating treasurer of the Ladies' Committed tured in the Ziegfeld Follies Miss size, it may become a question or the Labour Party over the unem over the water sections of the Em of the Cheero gratefully Tashman has devoted herself exclu- consideration whether, this exten- ployment problem. When Mr. Mac-pire routes. The orders for both acknowledges the donation of 825 sively to the screen for the past tion of the Praya is not both neces DONALD Lunouncing the reshufflects have been placed by the Im from the Hon Mr WFL Sheneveral years, and has appeared in sary and likely to pay for the cost, "many Gutstanding pictures, “New | by_the_spread of population end fling of official positions-referred perial Airways, but the order for ton, and 300 from Mr. W W York-Nighte," "The Trial of Mary property eastward Hong Kong

Dugan," and many others.

Daily Press, June 5, 1880. to our own unemployment policy" the eight 40-seater land planes in Hornell.

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