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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

PEAK TRAMWAYS. COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

WONDERFUL WHISKY

LAWAR

No

LATE CARS Will Run After 12.05 on The NIGHT of WEDNESDAY, 10TE INSTANT.

PER

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CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD.

ORDINARY GENERAL

AMERTING will be held at the

QUELD OFFICE, 67, Dis Vœux ROAD CENTRAL (DAVID HOUR), on WEDNES. DAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 130, at 5.00 O'CLOCK, PM...

BUSINES:-General,

All Members are requested to attend.

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THE HONG KONG & CANTON ICE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERN

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Not the NINTH ORDINARY

YEARLY MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS in the Company well be held at LANE, CRAWFORD'S CAFE, EXCHANGE BUILDING, OR TUESDAY, 2310 SEPTEMBER, 1930, at 10.45 A.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts, and re-electing Directors and Auditora."

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 177a to 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1930, Both Daya inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

M. MANUK.

Secretary. Hong Kong, 8th Sept,, 1930. [S12

NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that

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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that I have no concern with nor am I connected in any way with the Business now carried on ander the Name of "YER SANG FAT" at TAI PING BUILDING, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL I will not be responsible in any way for any of the liabilities of such business.

Dated this 6th day of September, 1930.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1930.

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 8 p. stated:

A belt of relatively high pressure extends from E. China to the. E

of the Bonins and a trough of rela- tively low pressure from Indo-China

to the S. of Guam."

Local Forecast:-East moderate; fair.

BIRTH.

winds,

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ROBERTS.-On September 3,

Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs, DONALD ROBERTS, of St. John's University, 2 son, MARKLEY ROBERTS.

MÄRRIAGE STODDART-DONALD.-On September

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may assist a minister in preparing candidates for baptism or confirma- tion, may even officiate at baptisms and the churching of women, and read morning and evening prayers, but they may not be ordained as priests. That "place of honour

is still definitely barred against women They may practice at the Bar, cater Parliament, perform difficult surgical operations, make world fights, prosecute scientific studies, or even become journalists, but the Bishops are solidly opposed to opening the ministry to feminine

competition. It cannot be because they consider women incapable of writing one sermon in seven days.

3, at Shanghai, SARAH NOLITE, The reason remains an episcopal younger daughter to the late JAMES DONALD, Alford, Aber-secret, but anyone is at liberty to deenshire and of Mrs. DONALD, guess at it. Miavaig, Currie, Midlothian, Scotland, to JAMES ANDERSON, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. STODDART, Leith, Scotland-

DEATHS.

ANDERSON-On September 4, at Shanghai, THOMAS ANDERSON. Aged 76. PASSOB.-On September 4, at Shang- hai EMILIA MARIA LUCIA PASSOS (née CRUZ), aged 26. Dearly

beloved wife of FRANCIS PA8809.

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The

Daily

"HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER. 10, 1930.

THE BOLD YET TIMOROUS

BISHOPS.

War the Archbishop of Canterbury considered it necessary to go out of his way recently to gibe at the Press is a mystery. Speaking of the then forthcoming Encyclical Letter and the resolutions passed at the Lambeth Conference, be made a reference to the use of senso

ting), may be obtained at the Rational headlines" which, if noth COURSE, HONG KONG CLUB, and Cause- WAY BAY BTABLER,

1930,

News and Views

Rowboats wore the principal means of transportation at Fair banks, Alaska last week as foods caused Fairbanka resident to scramble to keep their feet dry, The river is over its banks and is inundating the main streets. Pro- perty damage has been heavy. Mra Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, is visiting Fairbanks with an invos tigation party of the department, She and her companions were marooned in a house for several hours before they were rescued by boats.

The Argentine Consul-General Constantinople has been found this revolver bullet in his temple. Reasons for his suicide are at present unknown but it is understood that he had been suffer ing badly from neurasthenis,

latter, the Minister declared are only temporary and will be ex amined again for the purpose of

revision by the Government and) subsequently submitted, to the up proaching session of Parliament for final decision.

Sir George, Stanley, Governor of Madras, was thrown from his horse when hunting in the middle of last month, and was advised to take a complete rest, although the injury was not serions.

The ward ostracism has con used pretty widely about the late Sir William Gordon-Cumming, with the inevitable implication that for the thirty-nine years "that. followed the Tranby Croft affair, he was sort of pariah. It is true that in the official sense-resigan tion from the Army and his clubs- the scandal wrecked his career, though it never embittered him. But the suggestion that he was uni- versally shunned is wholly ina- curate. In the first place a large number of influential people have An interesting clearance of a always been convinced that he was lotter-box was effected at Paris a much-injured man. In this they last month. An errand boy on a shared the emphatic view of Sir tricycle, trying to avoid a podes- Edward Clarke, who was leading trian, ran full tilt into a disused Counsel for Sir William in his un- door at one of the smaller Parisian successful netion. Whether they railway stations. From the broken were right or wrong one need not woodwork there flow out in every now discuss; but it is a fact that direction a quantity of letters withhe both received and gave hos- the old pre-war ten centimes stamp. pitality in a far from negligible on them. It appears that they came set. That Sir William spent much from a letter box which had some of his time in Scotland was mainly how been forgotten since 1904. The because be preferred a country life scattered epistles were taken to the and not because he was undergoing nearest post-office. Among them a self-imposed exile. A list of the was a postcard in which a student guests at Sir William's house par- made an appointment for the old ties at Altyre would surprise those Panthéon horse omnibus terminus. who regarded him as fonely and: On another a retail wine merchant universally: barred. sent an order for a hogshead of

claret for 35 francs (about 50.

gallons for 288).

Air-Marshal H. C. T. Dowding has been appointed a member of the Air Council in the place of Sir John Higgins, who has gone on the

retired list at his own request.

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The Moscow Commissary for Agriculture hai. issued an appeal for the prompt delivery of grain from the collective farms, declaring that a failure to ship the allotted quotas must jeopardise the food supplies of the industrial contres.

and of the Red Army."

The Shanghai Minister for For On this issue of anti-feminism the eign Affairs last week stated that the Government has received num- Bishops stood solidly shoulder to

erous protests from foreign Gov- ernments concerning the recent in- shoulder. Then 193 of them skim-crease in the Customs tariff. These med safely over the very thin ice of birth-control, 67 others flatly refusing to take the risk. On all

When a youth of 19 was sum The anaouncement of Wilfred" other issues there was a most happy

moned at the Kingston County Rhodes's retirement, at the end of Police Court, for offering a bribe the senson does not come as a shock, unanimity which may seem highly

of 2s. 6d. to a police constable, he for it was anticipated, but certain- The German Social Democratic pleaded not guilty and elected to ly as a pang. Not even Grace him-- satisfactory until it is closely Party has introduced a novel form go for trial at the Old Bailey. Mr.self so prolonged the sunset glories Indeed, Rhodes's examined and analysed. The production of a special talking that people did not seem to realise cricketing life was the more extra-

of electoral propaganda by the E. B. Knight, prosecuting, said of his career. preme and unshaken authority of film which, among other things, the seriousness of offering bribes ordinary of the two. In last for

reproduces cutsanding speeches to policemen: Police Constable England, in first for England, with the Holy Scriptures" is upheld, but made by prominent leaders of the West said that he was taking para final appearance at No. 7-great we must not expect the Bible "to party.

ticulars of motor-car belonging to bowler, then great, batsman, then the defendant, which had been left great bowler again, we to-day and give information on those themes The German cabinet ha, unanim unattended and without lights, cricketers to come must contem

onaly approved the report of the when Hall came up and said he plate him with awe. But nothing which are the proper subject-matter Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr.had forgotten the lights. He then in all his life became him better of scientific inquiry "Le, the Curtius, on the programme for the squeezed half a crown into the con- than the resolution with which,

session of the League of Nations stable's hand. Accused told the after the war, he took up agaiman origins of humanity and of the which also approves of the declara- Bench that he gave the constable the bowling which he had almost tion made at Trove, according to the coin, but it was not with any entirely dropped, because Yorkshire universe, and the Flood! War, we which the Chancellor and the intention of bribing him.

was weak in that department." In this, he rendered a service not are told, is contrary to the will Minister for Foreign Affairs will

alone be responsible for the direc

merely to his county but to the of God," and though doubting-wetion of Germany's foreign policy,

whole cricketing world by allowing young players all over the country hope the three hundred Bishops will

to see what the bowling of the remember that solemn affirmation

classical age was really like.

if unhappily the time should come for them to declare themselves for peace or war. Race prejudices are condemned emphatically-another point upon which some Bishops will need reminding before the axt Lambeth Conference in 1940. Finally, the Bishops admit that the Church is too remote from common concerns, and is not playing its part in some of the most vital aspects of modern life. It should keep more in step with contemporary

Entries CLOSE at 12 'clock NOOxing worse, was certainly ungrateful thought, move more to the rhythm on THURSDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER, Were it not for the sensational of the 20th century. And the men

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A POST-MORTEM PROBLEM.

to be the first concern of the three hundred Bishops at the Lambeth Conference would ever read a line about their long-winded delibera- tions. Moreover, the Archbishop's prophecy was of course altogether funeral procession, or whether the

The Courts in Peiping have been asked to decide whether a street car has the right of way over a

of G$13,580,000.

The building of a bridge over the Danube, which was prevented by the outbreak of the Great War, is now being discussed again between the Rumanian and the Jugo-Slavian Governments.

The total amount collected at the- festivals of the three Masonic Ip stitutions in Great Britain for 1999 was £260,400.

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The Newport New, Shipbuilding Co. in Washington was the lowest bidder for construction of a new aircraft carrier for the U.8, Navy, it was disclosed last week. The. A large number of cases of carrier was authorized last Febru- cruelty to children in Great Britain ary, the cost being not in excess were reported to the R.S.P.C.C. during the year ended March 31. Altogether 43,043 cases were in- A stone is to be erected in the autumn to mark the site of the old vestigated, and all save 777 were found to be true. The overwhelm-Parliamentary Tree at Old Sarum, ing majority were cases in which which returned, members of par intervention was desirable, and liament from 1293 to 1831, when it disfranchised The voters affected the well-being of 107,172 was children. The report attributes the fluctuated between 10 and 2. The increase less to the growing wicked-inscription on the stone recalls that ness of parents than to greater pub that most notable member for old lic knowledge of the value of the Sarum was William Pitt, after- Society's activities.

wards Earl of Chatham.

The Deutsche Zeitung states that the soviet Government has ordered all persons to hand over Bibles and prayer books. They are to be con verted into paper for journals and newspapers, owing to the crisis in the Soviet paper industry.Per- sons who retain Bibles will be punished for anti-revolutionary ac tivity.

Local Notes and Events ★

Quarantine restrictions have been imposed against arrivals from Manila on account of cholera,

An ordinary general meeting of the China Coast Officers' Guild will be held at the Guild Office, 67, Des Voeux Road, this afternoon at 5

o'clock.

Before Mr. Whyte-Smith yester day, a Chinese lad who was charged chopper, was ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane

"Capt. R. Kamekawa, ofthe 8.8. Hakata Maru, which arrived from South America via Buenos Aires on Monday afternoon, has made a "re- port to the, Harbour Authorities to the effect that while the ship was between Singapore and this port a sailor fell overboard and, despite efforts to effect his rescue, he was not seen again.

The health return for the past week shows 39 deatha from tuber- culosis, 16 from malaria and three from influenza (all Chinese). There were also seven cases of typhoid, all but two being Chinese, with one death.

Pleading guilty to the charge of having stolen two iron plates from the s.e. Teucer, a Chinese boy was Before Mr. Whyte-Smith yester-ordered to receive 12 strokes of the a Chinese with keeping an opium day, Detective Sergeant Humphreys divan at 911, Canton Road, and said the defendant was seen by also with having in his possession contractor's foreman with the plates 1.8 tuels of raw opium. The de-inside his coat. Mr. Thompson, a fendant was fined $300, or une

ship's officer, stated that 33 iron charge, and $120, of 14 days, on the night. Each plate was worth $1.50. second, the sentences to run con secutively.

The following forthcoming mar-Looking Back 25 Years. riages are announced:-Mr. George The Shenpao had the following Herbert Sheriff, sanitary inspector,

10,

to Miss Daris Margaret Davey; of on September 4 which the North

Burgoyne Road, Harringay, China Daily News translated:- London, who it travelling to the The Shanghai Taotai has received on board the af Macedonia, dispatch from the U.S. Consul- Mr. Clement Chinery Hickling, of General, Mr. Rodgers, informing. 3 Branksome Towers, May Road, to him that news has been received Mias Hettis Korte, nursing sister, from the United States that the Victoria Hospital.

merchants and people of that coun- try are deciding to retaliate on the,,

wrong. The Press was very easily car must wait, no matter how long with assaulting a playmate with a day Revenue Officer Young charged birch by Mr. Whyte-Smith yester

the procession may be. Chinese able to arrange in “ sensational funeral processions are notoriously headlines" what the Bishops had long, and even the lower classes

Yesterday afternoon, a rickshaw thought and done, and the clergy spend the equivalent of a year's coolic was attacked by several other should be most thankful to the wages on funerals of near relatives. coolica in Wing Lak Street and month's imprisonment on the first plates had been missing during the

If the family is very wealthy, the sustained serious injuries. He was newspapers for giving them such procession may stretch but for rushed to the Government Civil

Hospital in a critical condition... generous (and gratuitous) publicity. | miles.

Mrs. (Dr.) I I. Dovey has re- In yesterday's issue we published A Peiping resident was being ported to the police the loss of a very brief summary of the points buried recently: The procession handbag containing $15 in money, mentioned in the Encyclical Letter was long, and a street-car drivega cigarette case and fountain pea. who was being delayed for a long The article was lost yesterday be- and in the 75 resolutions passed by time became impatient. The clang Road

tween Daddell Street and Barker

the Conference. The Bishops had ing bell had no effect upon the pro- to skate over ico which was exceed cession, which proceeded calmly on ingly thin in places, but they did its way, the din of the Chinese

band drowning the street car bell. Lind unanimously

Finally, the impatient driver Bave in

cases in one of which started ahead, but unfortunately they were unanimous about not even chose the moment when the heavy trying to get over! These two coffin was passing. The car crashed points both concern women. In into the coffin, and upset it. Great was the uproar, The chief mourner, regard to the one, all but 67 Bishops the dead man's son, prostrated were in favour of progress; in the himself on the track in front of other case, the whole three hundred the car, and stayed there, while were as solidly anti-feminist as were policeman took away the unlucky ST. PAUL and ST. AUGUSTINE The driver. The coffin remained on the

track, and the car service was year, 20th century shows no advance in

suspended for hours. Chinese legal regard to the part to be taken experts declare that the Court by women in Church affairs. The decision will rest largely upon whe. Bishops profess to be determined ther the corpse was injured" or not. If the corpse was damaged, to Beture for women place of

the tramway company may have to honour in the organised life of the pay damages, and, the driver may Church. Women, as deaconesses, be criminally liable.

The .8. Consuelo (Capt. Parson) visited the port for the first time when she arrived from Manila and Amoy on Monday. Bhe carries a crew of 77 Americans, and is now lying in the Cosmopolitan Dock. Charged before Mr. R. E. Lind- Chinese for the boycott, that the Messrs. Williamson & Co. are the sell with distributing seditious Americans intend also to boycott on Sunday (Inter Chinese goods; and are talking local agents, the owners being pamphlets Mears, Madrigal & Co. of Manila, national Youths Day), a Chinese, about expelling all Chinese at pre- who was represented by Mr. F. Xsent in the Statea. The U.S. Con- Sentence of 12 months' imprison-d'Almada, pleaded not guilty. The sul General then went on to state ment, and 24 strokes of the birch defendant was remanded until that retaliatory saps like these a Chiese who returned from banish the docements might be translated. the two countries and be would was passed by Mr. Whyte Binith on Saturday morning in order that endangered good feelings between ment before his term was up. The Bail was refused after the Magis therefore advise the Tantal to use his best efforts to consider without delay methods for abolishing the defendant, who said that he had trate saw one of the pamphlets. come back to see his sick mother, VAN had served 12 months and received When a Chinese was charged be boycott in China and thereby pre 20 strokes for a similar offence last fore Mr. Whyte-Smith yesterday serve the friendship now in danger de patroad with stowing away or the 1.4. of being brokm between the two Tjipanas, it was stated that a tooth peoples-Hong Kong Daily Press, Mr. H. C. Watson, of the Dairypick and a piece of clothing was September 11, 1903. Farm Company, was fined $5 yes all that was found his possession. terday by Mr. R. E. Lindsell for Detective Sergeant Humphreys told Looking Back 50 Years,

The long-talked of new Water driving his car on August 29 with Mr.Whyte-Smith that the vessel cut lights. The defendant, who is left Sandakan on September 2, and Police Station has at last been a veterinary surgeon, explained that the defendant was discovered ming decided upon. It is to be built be had proceeded to Poldulam to ling with the crew two days later. at Tsim Sha Tsoi, and we under Bee a sick animal and did not ex- Mr Whyte-Smith fined the defendstand that the work is to be com pet to be detained until it was ant 850 or, in default, one month's menced next month-Hong Kong dark

imprisonment.

Daily Press, September 10, 1880.

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