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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930.

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WRITERS' ATTACK ON

RELIGION.

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What he described as melancholy decline in the general observance of religion was dealt with by the Bishop of Chelmsford in his first charge to his clergy in Chelmsford Cathedral.

Family religion, he said, was at a very low cbb. Children appeared to receive little, if any, instruction in religion from their parents--and less still in the way of example.

Dealing with the use of Sundays War for recreation, he said neue could deny that the day was completely disregarded as a day for devotional exercises by an overwhelming num her.

Washington, July 2-Speaker Nicholas Longworth of the House of Representatives has ruled that it would be out of order for the House to accept the pension amend ment passed by the Senate yester day, which would increase House provision for World veterans.

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Action on the more liberal rates is accordingly being delayed by the sending of the Bill to conference for revision.

The situation amounts to a vitual feud between Senate and House of

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BRIEF.

The Executive Yuan, in an order Lieutenant A. T. Wilson Brand anders, qualified as a First Class cipality instructs that pending the Interprater in Chinese (Mandarin) formulation by the Central Govern Fat an examination held at Peipingment of uniform measures for the in December, 1920, and Captain A. erasorship of moving picture films PARS FROM EVERYWHERE, K. Ferguson, Leicestershire Regi for enforcement throughout the

ment, qualified as a First Class country, the Film. Censorship Com Interpreter in Japanese nt unmittee of Greater Shanghai Muni. examination beld at Tokyo in j cipality be ordered to suspend its activities in order to avoid compli- February last.

The Kiangsu Provincial Govern ment is proposing to float a loan of $7,000,000 for the construction of roads, the installation ef long dis tanee telephones, the development of harbours, and other reconstruction works. This will be repaid in ten years.

The Waichinopu has formally notified the various Powers to the effect that Chungshan (Tongka wan), Hong Kong's rival," has been declared a free port and that all vessels may load or unload cargo there without having to pay Customs duties.

cations

of home manufactured goods will shortly be opened in the Weitsing chiao area in Nanking. The new project is understood to be part of the programme of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Labour for the promotion of the manufus ture and consumption of domestic goods. To ensure the mecess of the undertaking the Nanking Muni cipal Government and the Capital Construction Commision дре

operating with the Ministry.

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As a result of the continuous rise in the valus of gold, 40 Chinese A Conference of College teachers students in Japan have been sent interested in Religious Education is back to Chind by the Japanese heing held the first ten days of July authorities, says the Shupao. The at Shanghai College. There are i At a recent meeting of represen journal further reports that there about fifty delegates present. Chitatives of varions leading native are at present about 330 unemploy nese and westerners being about tobacco factories, it was decided ed Chinese labourers in Japan and equal in numbers. Delegates have that the Central Authorities should that the Chinese Minister in Tokyo come from as far south as Canton be immediately petitioned to give. has decided to send them back to and Fukien as well as from Peiping relief to the native tobacco indus China. The majority of these un in the north, and from the interventry which is facing total collapse, employed men are natives of Wen- ing territory. West China only is

not represented. chow, Chekiang.

to

Encouragement of the congump tion of native coal in line with the general programme for the develop ment of domestic industries is

to

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It is pointed out that as the bulk of raw materials for the native tobacco factories is imported from abroad,

the highly unfavourable exchange rate of silver has increased the cost of production to such an extent that severe financial losses" have been sustained by the native to bacco merchants who are finding it impossible to carry on the trade

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A proposal has been made by The Shanghai and Weerung Gen the, Nanking District Kuomintang darmerie Commissioner has asked

the City Government of the the Waichisapu to lodge a protest capital, that sing-song girls arrest against the smuggling of munitionsed by the police of that city should ordered in a recent telegram issued The mass of workers had very into Chinn by certain unscrupulous be inmediately sent to the Women's by the Executive Yunn little interest in any form of or.Japanese subjects who are said to Welfare Institute to learn some various Ministers, National. Com Hanised religion. Nor were things sling them to the rebels and useful trade instead of being fined mittees, and the Provincial act bandits, reports the Sinanpao.. and then released as has been the Municipal Governments. A special

In connection with the proposed practice in the past. The proposals order has also been issued to the "I do not overlook the compen- The Japanese Finance Ministry also suggest that schools, factories Ministry of Agriculture and Minational Industrial and Commer cial Conference to be convened by the amount of

and employment office for these ing to devise steps for increasing "that sating aet." said the Bishop,

foreign trade transacted in June is girls should be established at the the output from codl-mines in

merce and Labour for the purpose the quality of our churchgoers is as follows:-Exports 50,000,000 yen; earliest opportunity in the capital. China.

of formulating measures for the better than before, but it is vitally Imports 10,000,000 yen; unfaveur

The

development of domestic industries A joint campaign against im and commerce, it is learned that important that we should face the able balans 27,000,000 yen.

outflow and inflow of precious

proper advertising in Chinese news.

the date for the convocation of the brutal truth that only a very small metals was announced as follows:

papers of Shanghai has been launch Conference has been set for Sep- fraction of the population are prac-Outflow 4,171,000 yen; Inflow "458,000

by the Chinese Municipality oftember 16 of the current tising Christians."

Greater Shanghai, in conjunction Besides the various Provincial with the Bureau of Social Affairs Commissioners of Industry

Representatives, the House desiring I much better in other classes. to support President Hoover in his economy policy. The President has vetoed one measure for liberalizing compensation to disabled veterans and has repeatedly pointed out that such prevedure would result

in a marked tax increase.

Some members of the House, however, are threatening to demand

Outside the area of the Church a

a vote on the rates passed by the condition of things prevailed which

was probably unexampled. ·

Senate. This would delay other pending measure, and postpone ad- journment further..

The members of the conference to which the World War veterans'

House and Senate.

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Christian clains and beliefs have heen constantly challenged in the past, but never in the fashion of our own day."...

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announces that

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According tu_reports appearing

in the Chinese Press, the Ministry

for ex

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Yang The Lin. manager of

Concern, was defaulting savings

12 years in gaol, and his given assistant, He Chi Tsing, was given six years' imprisonment in Special District of Shanghai re

the

of Education has forbidden the ex- hibition of books bearing on F ligious subjects because they are means by Imperialists " plitation purposes and cultural invasion. Likewise no pictures are to be shown which are likely to have an effect on the minds of "youngShanghai two months ago for trial people.

cently. The accused started a shop in the Settlement soliciting deposits by paying from 30 to 50 per cent

year The unusually high rates! of interest attracted many deposit tors with a total of more then 8830,000. Yang escaped to Tientsin last year, and was brought back to

Not only was the existence of a personal God questioned, but ex- pension Bill has been referred areLeeedingly influential people, whose engaged in intensive discussion of writings are widely read, denied

A letter has been sent by the There was a sequel to the death the points of difference between the desirability of definite religion. Commissioner of Public Health for of Mr. Henry Morgan, the dredge According to them, religion was tipenter Shanghai is the Chinese mastre, of Serendah, F.M.S.. who a bad thing, and the scener it was Ratepayers Association, drawing was knocked down and killed by It is hoped that an agreement gone, with its gloomy message that attention to the prostitution con motor-ear while walking near his life was a sacred trust, and that ditions in the Foreign Settlemen: house, in Rawang police court when will be reached in time to mako

cach individual was responsible to and saying that, if it is impossible a Chinese, Gan Kuah. appeared on possible the adjournment of Con- God, the better for everybody. to suppress prostitution. steps four charges. He was sentenced to KTORS an Thursday, before

firmly believe said the should at least be taken by the one year's rigorous imprisonment Fourth of July holiday,

Bishop, that unless we can bring Settlement authorities to enforce for causing death by a rash act: is an end our domestic dissensions, periodical physical examination of six months for failing to report The Bill was sent to conference and testify by our acts, and not these unfortunate girls. The Com-the accident; three months' for fail. Chinese ing to stop and three months" for following Speaker Longworth's rul merely by pious expressions, our missioner requests the ing that it would be out of order unity with our fellow Christians, Councillors to urge the authorities being drunk in charge of a motor con- councillors to urge the authorities car. Charges one, two and four the religious landslide will for the House to accept the Senate's

Linue. and, possibly, evda be concerned to take steps without were ordered, to run consecutively

delay. liberalization of the pension rates. A accelerated?

and charge three concurrently.

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the Shanghai Times.

The

and the Bureau of Public Safety, Municipality plans to purge the vernacular press of advertisements

pertaining to improper pictures, certain medicines, indecent litera ture and schemes to induce people to invest money in doubtful enter prises and promotions.

For the welfare and interest of the working classes throughout the country, the Ministry of Industry Commerce and Labour, in a recent petition to the Executive Yuan, urges that the Legislative Yuan be requested immediately to draft" and adopt laws governing workmen's insurance against accidents, com pensation for sickness and unen- ployment as well as the organiza tion of werkmen's savings societies. It is pointed out that one of the cardinal policies of the Kuomintang being to protect the interests of the workers, the enactment of such laws should be completd as soon as possible,

the Ministry of Industry, Com-

year.

nad.

Commerer, industrial and commer-

cial leaders in various parts of the country will be invited to parti. cipate in the deliberations and co- operate with the Ministry in effect- ing referms.

The ceremony commorating the formal commencement of the Hule- tao Harbour development work was held at the Police Academy, Halo- tag. last week in the presence of i

large cumber of Chinese and for eign guests. Of those present were noted Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang, Mr. Wu Ti Chen, the Soviet Consul General in Mukden, and a repre- sentative of the South Manchuria Railway, "After speeches were made by prominent persons, the guests mounted a hill to nyel a nemoral monument. after which, half of Knoliangshan (Hill) was blown up by dynamite ignited by electricity, Marshal Chang then inspected the Chinese marines landed roin five men-of-war and the ceremony con- cluded.

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CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN NT AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of BHARE HOLDERS in the CHINA PRO VIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held on WEDNESDAY. ra 18TH DAY OF JULY, 1930, in the Company's Board Room, ALEXANDRA BETLDING, Hoxe Kons, at 12 O'CLOCK NOON, for the purpose of considering and, if thought Bt, passing the following Resolutions:- 1. That the Capital of the CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN MORTGAGE COMPANY, LIMITED, be increased from $3,000,000 to $4,500,000 by the creation of 300.000 Shares of $5.00 each and that the 300,000 Shares of 85.00 each stall each rank for dividend and in all other respects pari pass with the existing Shares of the Company. 2.-That in the event of the above Resolution being, passed, 294,780 Sharen ball be issued and cffered in the first instance the Directors

by at par to existing Shareholders on the Register of the Company as at the 16th day of July, 1930, rateably in the properation of ONE Share for TWO Shares held

by such Shareholders, and in the event of any of the said 394,789 Shares not being taken up by the Share- holders within the time stipulated by the Directors, the Board stall be empowered to allot them or dispose of them as they in their discretion deem expedient in the interest of the Company.

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NOTICE 18 ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED From MONDAY, THE 7TH DAT OF JULY, 1930, to WEDNESDAY, THE 1STE DAY or JULY, 1980, Both Days inclusive.

Dated this Twenty-sixth day of June, 1930.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

D. L. KING,

Secretary.

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