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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD,

N ORDINARY ·OENERAL

MEETING will be hold

At

the GUILD OFFICE, 67, Des Vous ROAD CENTRAL (DAVID HOUSE), -on

One Bottling-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1930.

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's" weather report, fare- east and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 3.16 p.m.,

iated:-

by the Brewer, feeble satherclone is central

THURSDAY, DECEMBER at the Brewery !

1930, at 5.00 PM. All Members are requested to Attend;

7. T. LAURENSON,

Branch Secretary. [10230

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY

CLUB.

THE THIRTEENTH

EXTRA

RACE MEETING will be held Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VAL LEY on BATURDAY, 181: DECEM BER, 1930, Commencing at 2 P.M. The First Ball will be Bang at 1.30 P.M.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE. Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed.

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

Non-Members to

Badges admitting

Clab

the Members Enclosure and Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $2.00 for Ladies, are ob- tainable through the SECRETARY upon Introduction by Member, auch Member to be responsible for Payment of All Chite, 84.

to Members' Badges admitting Enclosure will not be on sale at the Bace Coure.

to

Members can obtain, upon application

the BEURETARY, Dadges (Limited

to Two) for the Free Admission to the Members Enclosure of Wives, Lady Relatives and Friends. Names must bo stated when applying.

On No Protest will Children be permitted in either Enclosure during the Mecting.

PUBLIO ENCLOSURE.

The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 for all Persone, Including Ladise, and is payable si the Gate.

Soldiers and Sailors is Uniform are admitted Half Price.

Bookmakers, Tia Tas Men, etc., will not be permitted to operate with. in the Precincts of the HONG KONG JOCKEY Üs during the Race Meeting.

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By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

LAND FOR IMMEDIATE SALE.

"ACANT LAND ET POINT consisting of RP of I/Lot 749 and R.P. I/Lot 78, having Areas of 4,730 and 10,947 Square Feet respectively. The Lote re Very Suitable for CHINESE FLATS and are Situated Close to the MAIN ROAD..

For further particular apply

Property Offlée, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., La., Joint Liquidatore, CHINA SUGAR REFINING Co., LTD. (In Liquidation).

0.

FOR SALE:

B.

(10203

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY.

IAM ROAD.

NLAND LOT No. 2680, PORFU.

Particulars.

Area-35,314 square foot,

Term-75 Years from 8th May, 1021 with right of Renewal for Ozo further Term of 75 Years.

Crown rent-8162 Per Annum. The Lot has been formed into building sitas for three buildings, one of which has been completed. The completed building consists of six self-contained Flati

Apply at the Treasury, Hong Kong.

C. MOL MESSEE,

Colonial Treasurer.

6th December, 19"0.

[10121

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ORIENT.

MORTGAGE BANK AND ESTATE AGENTS,

*PEAK MANSIONS,” Bix-roomed & Five-roomed Apartments

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1. Local Forecast: N.E. or vari

able winde, moderate; fine,

Editorial and Business Offices: 11.

Ico House Street. Tel, 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai Ofice):

94511.

THE B.B.C.'S NEW PRAYER

BOOK.

For eight years the BB.C. has broadcast on Sundays a series of religious services, Anglican, Roman and Free Church, which have been received with general favour.

Will the B.B.C. stort a new form of religion It looks like it; and whether the Mahomet of a new radio cult will come to the listener, or the listener to the Mahomet, is no difficult problem to solve: the Prophet will Coino to the listener vid the microphone, who

Whitbread's Landon Office: 83. Fleet Street, ther the listener likes

(Estab. 1742)

Finest

London

Stout.

Quality unequalled.

At Beer Prices,

EOLE AGENTS:

E.O. 4.

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, DECEMBER 11, 1030.

DISTURBERS OF THE PEACE.

or not.

Recently, the B.B.C. compiled its own prayer book for the broad. casting of prayers and services. A new cult has, in fact, been started— the cult of non-sectarian radio wor. ship.

.. Commenting on the B.B.C.'. prayer book the Brewing. Standard

points out that it is very non- soctarian. It is, in fact, some-

thing almost original, and for that reason suggests that a new type of religious worship is being created nt Savoy Hill. For a long time General Yan Ha? SHAN and General FENG YU HIANG

The now prever book is most have been announcing, or have had interesting. Included in it are announced for them, their retire-meditations, which are used at the ment from public life and their close of Sunday programmes, col- departure from China. But despite loeta from the Book of Common all that is aid Marshal Catano Prayer, prayers translated from KAT SEK might well be justified the Roman Catholic Missal, and leasta, celebrations, in quoting the words of a celebrat prayers for el Major-General of light opera, "but, dn you, don't go." message of December & states that although it is generally credited in Chinese circles that General Yes H SHAN is in Tientsin his exact whereabouts are unknown. All efforts to confirai reports of his arrival hava so for failed. He is

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and other special occasions

The book was submitted to several prominent Church-men but it does not contain any evidence of having received their approval-possibly because of the clever manner in which the non-sectarian stylo of the book is observed throughout.

Some people have suggested that

JA. S. WATSON & CO., variously reported as staying in the B.B.C. have overdone the re-

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

comrade in arms, tho "Christian" General, Heuter declares:-It is learned definitely that Geacral FENG YU HANG has not yet left Shansi. He is living in the moun- taine not far from Taiyuanfu. However, the Shansi, authorities

are convinced that he is leaving very shortly, probably for Russia vid Mongolia, to visit his children, who are still being educated at

Moscow,

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* News and Views ⋆

Roligious organisations at Hull: A Novel Celebration, have protested to the Watch Com mittes against the playing of miniature golf on Sunday, and fully paying the maximum fine of were told the owners were cheer five shillings a work

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The Pontugúcio Ministry of Finances announced last month that the national floating debt for the financial year ending June 30, after taking into account the Trosary's credit balances in the Bank of Portugal. abroad, was 1,100,000,000, escudos

(about 844,000,000). The reduction of bille against the Treasury in the last 18 months bra been 300,000,0000 escudoa,

Canada's Oll Wealth.

Following a tour of the Turner Valley oil field, Mr. A. H. Thomp

son, a member of the British Coun-

clared that 7,000 neres of that ter

Miss

England's Civil Service,

Mr. Pethick Lowienos has given the House of Commonia some dia- treming figures regarding the recent increase in the numbers and salarice of our Civil servants. In 1013 the Civil servants numberod 150,000 and cost just over twenty millions. To-day they number

nine millions. The figures, as the 200,208 and cost not far from forty-

Reynolds Packard and Eleanor Cryan rently completed a novel protesting against mar

How shall we calbrate the com- ringe and similar conventions.

pletion of the book!" they asked, amiable Mr. Pethick Lawrence add- Let's got married," they replied.ed, do not include the Post Office So now they are men and wife.

Talkie House of Babol,

of

workers, whose numbers are indeed as the sands of tho son. And every year England is getting more in- sprotors, and sub-inspectors, and A four-language cinema is now super-inspectors and boards being built in Perla On Mondays inspectors. and Tuesdays the sub-titles of the films will be in Fronch and English, Flaming Youth. on Wednesdays and Thursdays in

fione for ever are the old Friday French and German, and on Fright Covent Garden balls which days and Saturdays in French and were such a feature of pre-war Lon Russian. Talking films will be

don. They became rather too lively shown

Rusian, German, after awhile, but were always good Spanish, French and English..

Temper!

in

fun, and the number of eminent and people (sometimes in mak domino) who attended them in their

In the course of a House of Com-youth might form to-day an em cil of Petroleum Technologists, demonis debate ou unemployment ingt irrasting list. A famous prelate month the Prime Minister mad was so fond of these functions in rain had been definitely proved as another of those speeches which the his undergraduate days that hn. a large producer of gas and oil. House knows so well. He talked used to pretend to go to hed ut Production, since the beginning of and ho

stormed. Interruptions B p.m., climb out of college secretly drilling operations, amounted to enme, as they invariably do, when to catch the 9 o'clock train from 3,000,000 barrels of a value of Mr. MacDonald thrown off re- Oxford to London, dance and cele 818,000,000, the present rate of pro-straint, but no ones was any the brate vigorously, and take an early duction being about 3,500 barrels wiser in the end. If those in his train from Paddington in time to rer day from about 60 wells.

vicinity heard oorrectly the bitter attend 8 o'clock chapel. words he used when he sat down-- and they penetrated as far as the Press Gallery-Mr. MacDonald had completely lost control of his tongu

Oofos Colour.

Describing their drinking water Da being the colour of coffee," residente in the Dearne Valley have made numerous complaints to the Water Department of Sheffield Cor- poration. The Corporation has re- plied that the trouble is duo to the abnormal weather conditions of Fast summer. Heavy rains have percolated through the pent cover- ing of the gathering ground of the reservoirs and have been stained by the poot. Samples of the water have been subjected to analysis and have been found to be pure,

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To Help Einstein.. The Josiah

Junior, Maey Foundation of New York has creat ed a Fellowship to provide a " còm- petent collaborator" for Professor

Einstein in his scientific research.

The foundation will pay all the ex- obensos of a famous German mathe- matitiam capable of helping Pri- fessor Einstein towards a quicker solution of the scientific problems on which he is working. It was not disclosed what sum of money was provided for the Fellowship. The Macy Foundation was created last April by Mrs. Walter Graeme Ladd, with an initial endowment of 8,000,000 £1,000,000), as a meme rial to her father.

The Bishop's Boast..

Fres Literature,

ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS.

STUDENTS AND POLICE A free gift of 500, copies of

* COLLIDE AT HAVANA. Pilgrim's Progress printed in Gaelic, have been made for distribu tion in the Highlands of Scotland, Havana, Cuba, Dec. 3-Students according to the Rev. John Knox, and police clashed here to-day, retary of the Religious Trust when the University renewed Ire Society in Scotland. Mr. Knoxgistration. Two students were in- said it was a crime to teach a manjurod when the police dispersed an to read unless he was given litera-anti-government demonstration. ture which was elevating. It was Freadout Gerardo Machado y not right, he said, that the coun-Morales had announced that mar try should be flooded with news tial law no longer prevailed in the papers of the worst type, and maid Republic and that the constitution- that the distribution of Christianal privileges suspended a week be

for would be restored, fear of re- literature was necessary to coun-

volution no longer prevailing. It teravt this evil.

was felt that political tension bad so far relaxed that the Govern ment was in no danger from hostile demonstrations.

What Millionaires Spend.

A NEW REPARATION

SUGGESTION.

JOINT

U.8. SHARE OF * EDUCATION PURPOSES.-:

the British and Japanese conces ligious side of broadcasting, and sions and also in the Special Ad-that the B.B.C. should be the ser- WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.ministration districts. As to his vant of every denomination.

The last suggestion is obviously absurd. If the B.B.C. were to

Who spends the largest amount serve the logical consequences of

annually on living expenses? From taxation and on the purchase of such a policy, it would take years

this is excluded expenditure on art treasures. A number of people. to give a hearing to every sect.

B.B.C. prayer, therefore, effect

canvassed on this point all named a compromise, and if the new idea

Americans, but were in complete Mellen, another Mr. J. P. Morgan, One named Mr. diszgromont. is not overdone" the B.B.C. will be able to congratulate themselves on

another Mr. Rockefeller, another Al Capone. A leading American. banker votes for Mr. Clarence having solved a difficult problem in a way which, although it may not

Hungerford Mackay, the controll- please. those who disapprove of zion.

er of the leading cable companies It is not often that a Bishop con- of the American continent. Mr. sectarian worship, cannot fail to

frases in public to having commit Mackay's expenditure is put at the demonstrate the spirit of imparted an illegal action. The Bishop colossal figure of £300,000 per sn- tiality which animated Sir Joan of Barking recently told a story num. Mr. Mackay, matho is in his Ruri in preparing the book.

to the effect that, when he was vicar fifty-seventh year, is a man of many af Leyton, he entered the house of hobbies and many houses. one of his parishioners, ecized a shoots in Scotland, he buys pictures covering the cost of the oaintea- keg of beer which the parishioner in France, he collects armour in ance of the American army of co- and some of his friends were drink-every country in Europe, ho hascupation ing, carried it off and emptied it three houses in the States, ho enter in the vicarage

This tains on, the most invish scale. garden. The Medical Officer of Health resounds like one of the more pirited Much of his expenditure goes on ports that for the 48 hours ended exploits of the late lamented Curry house decoration. He has a pasion Nation, but Dr. Inskip vacaped the for electricity, and recently spent December 9, there were four deaths of the law which fell more £12,000 on a special lighting system from typhoid, one from typhus and than once upon her. Fortunately for his armoury. Much of his ex the Church at large does not con- penditure goes on house decoration, three (cne, non-Chinese) from dipht to be part of the duties Including his purchases of art at a parish clergyman to act us an treasures, his annual expenditure Prohibition agent by is probably over half a million sterling. mens of strong-arm methods.

the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the 15TH

Other reports credit FENG YU SSIANG with the possession of a (air-sized army, well eqipped and in the good stato of discipline and morate which Fexo generally main-

DAT of DECEMBER, 1930, et Bra at the Offices of the Pabllo Works Depart ment, by Order of His EXALLENOT TEL GOVERNDE, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Shomebuipo, in the Colony of Hong Kong, fox a term of 75 yoourt commencing, from 1st July. 1899, tains, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rant to be led by the Surreyor of His MATROY THE Koo, for one. further term of 24 years less three days. `

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Sale.

Now Kowloon Inland

Registry No.

Locality.

Lot No. 1428,

Junction of

Fak Wa Street and

G.

Maple Street

Boundary

Measure.

ments.

[it. ft. ft. ft.

As per

salu plan

Contenta i

42047

asy artibg

5,016

·PUBLIC. AUCTION.

Anues

Rental.

52

Upset Pric

(10233

8,424

It is difficult to seo why the two war lords should be so long, and

so secretive about settling up their affairs and getting started. Until they are safely on board ship there is no certainty that China has seen

thoria.

COLONY'S HEALTH,

UTA

the last of them. The fact is that both men have a very strong follow-

During the week ended Decem-amateur ing in the North, and it does not ber 6 there were two cases of look as if either recognises that his diphtheria, five cases (two deaths) enure is lost, As long as the from enteric fever, one case of Mukden-Nanking alliance lasts cerebro-spinal fever, and forty-nine

deaths from tuberculosis,

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.

CONCERT BY MATRICULA- TION BOYS..

Two

Chiness

Berlin, Doc. 3.-Press reports from New York state that Dr.- Stopha Duggan, director of th International Institute of Educa tion, has issued an appeal for the apport of a motion tabled before Congress to the effect that the pro- Heeds from the German payments.

in the Rhineland he diverted to educational purposes.

Dr. Duggan's idea is that Ger. many, "who is doing her best to meet her obligations," should b placed in a position to profit from those payments which should be used for purposes of education or an exchange of German and Ameri- can students. Such a decision, he points out, would greatly streng- then the bonds of friendship be tween the two nations.

Local Notes and Events

А

Au Shun Hing, managing partner

Department, by Order of Biñann. With two of the ablest cularly humorous sketch was in-otal weights, the property of Ho committed to the next Criminal society working in the inland

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neither has much chance of holding his own except in the mountain fastnesses of the North-West But both are tough and experienced fighters; they are almost the sole

Wo have received a very neat A fine of $2,000 or six months, hear that efforts are being made little diary for 1831, from Mesars hard labour was passed on in both countries to introduce a survivors of the time when the

Reba Massey & Co., Ltd., the local Chiness by Mr. R. E. Lindall_nt system of writing the languago Nationalist Army set out from

agents of Samuel Osborn & Co.,

Central Magistracy yesterday when with a Roman alphabet. It will Canton, and they can probably

Lid, the famous firm of Sheffield the man appeared on a charge of to the appear as a simple neo- count on the support of the pro- An enjoyable concert was held at steel workers by whom the book is unlawful Possession of 24 Paola sity and a matter of course. There vinces where they have ruled with St. Joseph's College yesterday thor, and contains in addition to Grimmitt told the Magistrate that even cojcution, at which

issued. It is bound is brown leaof illicit opium. Revenue Officer are difficulties in the way, and thay creditablo success. Possibly they when the matriculation boys of the the space for daily entries, a list of the drug was hidden in the middle

would express surprise. We 16 are waiting the upshot of the con- Collego gave their farewell function the firm's overseas agencies, and a of a telescopic bamboo pole and ferrod to the subject last year, and flict around Nanning, where the to a fairly large audience, which quantity of information of a general the man was arrested on informa now note that it is receiving re- and an engineering nature. tion. Another man who was with newed attention in both countries. PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS active and enterprising PZI CHUNG included many past and prosent

him and who had a pole made good The Educational Association of 1 of the Sala by Public Auction

Chins, which hold its triennial to be held on MONDAY, the 157 Her is still holding his own and pupils."

his escape: were charged

moeting at Shanghai in May; has Dax of DECEMBER 1980 at 3 r... in raid to bo contemplating one The various items on the pro bofore the Kowloon Magistrato

considerable progress at the Offices of the Pablia Works of his sudden raids, this time on gramme were well carried out yesterday with

reported the inreony 1 by the school boys, and a parti- of a weighing machine and four

of the Li On firm, was yesterday and the "Romaji Hirome Kwai," fessions by Mr. E. IL: Williams on empire for u like object, has with charges of embezzlement of two in the last few wooks published the sums of money, namely, $2,000 and first number of a periodical de $1,500 belonging to the firm. The signed to further that object. defendant was also charged with Amoy, which claims to be the pione forging an endorsement, with in- jer in Roman isation, reports that tent to defraud, on a cheque, for there is an acknowledged success

by Messia. Gorin $6,100 drawn

--Hong Kong Daily. Preis Doc. 11, Drevard & Co. At the close of the 1005, Charged before Mr. E. II. Wirosecution's case, Mr. F. C. E. Rondall argued that there was no liams Control Magistracy-yes- terday will the theft myer question of intent of defraud," ns The P. & O steamer Mirzapore. neither the Bank nor Messrs, Gerin car born, a Chinese admitted the Drevard or the Lf On firm was de Captain Parish, which arrived hero offence and was sent to prison for

yesterday, made a very quick pass ago up from Singapore considering ton weeks with hard labour. Do

the weather.. She arrived at least tective Sorgeting Flattery told the Canrt that the min' was caught in

n day before she was expected, and her mails were delivered here: in A few hours after the declaration the street with the horn wrapped Looking Back 23 Years. that they should wait a little longer of a 49 hour general strike at up in a piece of paper and the The globetrotter class, which less than 35 days from London, and and see whether, after all, another Valencia, police and strikers came article had since been traced to anys on sooing the ideographic only two days after the French writing of China and Jaran, mail This is ant work and re- car je de antress Lamsdale Streof. change in the Chiness kaleidoscope

The Secretary of the Metal The Polices had hoped to connect However, as eney learn to discife. I moka Grond 1.ni by bee courpan

Konr might not see their old ambitions Workers Union was killed and a tho accused with other car thefte guich one spidery mark from on and the steamer Hong

but could not do so. (10234-fullied.

policeman was, seriously injured.

cthor" will not be surprised to Daily Press, Doc. 11, 1880.

for a term of 75

coloured 15

OF CROWN LAND Taimen in China waiting their optroduced in "Darkies Rovel" when kou-on whose address was given Kak Teul, in the Colony of Hopportunity to raise the standard of some

songs are yarns as 19, Argyle Street The first de

fendant was alio charged with the option of new year wit Bene revolt, and a third still in the word given.

theft of 70 catties of rice from the eamo shop.. After evidence w taken, both men were convicted and sentenced to three months' im prisonment each:.

to be fixed by the Surreyor of His MAJESTY 751 King, for one further term

of 75 years.

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PARTICULANS OF THE LOT,

No. of Bale.

No. Kowton Inland Lot)p;

2473,Registry No.

To bi Bed and

Locality,

ford Road,

Boundary

Measure

ments.

Na...

As par

zals plan

About

Square fee

Annual

க

Rental

48

Upect Price.

0078

field, CHIANG KAI Swex's task of pacifying Chine (apart from put ting down brigands) cannot be regarded as finished. The whole world would be glad to see YEN HSI SHAN and FENG YU HSIANG on, their travels, and two auch in- teresting personalities would re. ceive an hospitable welcome wher- over they went. But it is entirely in accord with their characters

KILLED

STRIKE DISORDER IN SPAIN.

UNION SECRETARY IN CLASH,

(ADROÇOK REUTER'S AGENOT.]

MADRID, Dec. 9.".

frauded.

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Looking Back 50 Years,