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Legislative Council Meeting.

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A fashionable Chinese wodding took place yesterday,

Though America provider the world with most of to light music England continues to send serious British musicians Amerien Mr. Eugene Goossens, who recently took charge of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, is arranging an operatic fratival |

Page 6. a. Cincinnati this year and is so- many British Ringera.

Annual meeting of Ladies Reeren- earing Among them are Miss Eva Turner. tion Club,

Page whose fame is wordld-wide, and

Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, the Yorkshire tenor, Mr. Walter

Page: 6. Widdap, who also has a European Ltd, dividend,

An interesting one wag taken by reputation and last year was Ring- ing leading roles at the OperaMr. Schofield in connection with.

the South China Dyby sweegina, a result of which Ho Leung Kuong. described as the chief executive of the Association, was fined

Раде 7. Shipping Intelligence, Page, 16, Today's wireless programme.

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Hospital Rates for Now Poor, etc.

A new hospital scheme, for mid. The Into Sir Joseph Hood, lle-class patients arranging for an a very rich man and his eslate will agreed weekly payment, or "flat- amount to more than £1,000,000.rate," to cover charges for oper Although well known and well liked tiens, residence, and entire treat in Wimbledon, Sir Joseph mns not ment, has been drawn an by the This will much in the public eye. The size West London Hospital. of his fortune will come therefore to the first experiment of the kind H. a surprise. It was made entire in England. Sir William from his investments in the Wells, chairman of the hospital, Com said that in the new acherie abil British-American Tob2000 pany, of which he was vice-chair-ity to pay in accordance with in- Come and other circumstances will man, and his name can now be added to the long list of tobacco be taken into consideration, and millionaires. Originally, Sir Joseph the minimum charge will be seven WAS

solicitor in Liverpool, where

guinens a week. So maximum in- he acted for Ogden's. In that

come has tren agreed capacty he met J. B. Duke, wheri though it is possible that a man that tobacco king was forming the with £1,000 a year, and a wife and British American Tobage, combine, five children, may be eligible, and is, therefore, negotiating the. purchase of the Ogden interests.

Tas Butler's Crime.

Sport.

Golf notes: By Gum".

Page 10. Volunteer Cricket week. Page 10. Cricket Notes by R. Abit.

Pago 10. H.K.C.C. tennis tournament upon.

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Is three days when the best written stories are often good sellere, if not quite hest, sellers," in, the renee that the word is applied to the work of certain lady novelists, it serms úndaly pessimistic to write of the impending doom of the novel. Yet this has been done by that very cultured author, Mr. J:

donment of Euston and the con D. BERESFORD. He is firmly con vinced that his own form of art is struction of a new station further north, "Tearnestly trust," says a dying. The English novel may writer in a London peper, "that seemt hale and hearty, but that, he when they leave that false Acro considers, is illusory, like the appolis, they will construct something from one or other of the diseases bright and convenient." Many of what eccentric. Crossing the At-well," replied Lord Westbury, "by

pearanes.of many a sturdý sufferer"

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Latest Cables.

yesterday.

THE London, Midland and Scottish Duke mads up his mind about

Mr. Justice McCandie at the A Bill is to be introduced in the Railway is considering the aban-Leod's ability toner, brought him

London, and put him into the banquet of the Knights of the Commonwealth Parliament by Mr. Briti-American Tobacco Company Round Table told two good stories Theodore to create and issue

about judges of a previous genera- | fiduciary ourrency)

Page 9. and into a fortune. Thuke was a tremendous figure in the American tion. One cerrned Lord Chan- financial world, His fortune was or Westbury. The horses holt. A British attempt to bring Italy not made intirely from tobacco, ed and the conchman, turning into the full London Naval Treaty He had also large interests in round to him in an agony of ap. was begun in earnest at Rome. Page 9 hydro-electric power development miehension, cried, "My lord, we schemes. To meet, hö zng some. ahal ave an haccident." Very

The Premiers Conference-of-the Commonwealth of Australia re- nn.extraordinary Henven drive into lantic it was sight to see him walking the deck cheap." He then gave av admirafismed the resolutions with regard to the Three-Year Plan to drił with day after day dressed in a morning able instance of pomposity, split- cost and, what the Americans all, ting metaphors. Lord Kenyon, in

tha'quancial problem. Page Derby hat. In fair weather or antencing a butler for robbing his master. pronounced as follows: in soul, when the sea was caliu or when a storm was browing, that "You have violated the profound bowler never left his head.. 'rights of domatic confidene. You have dann worse. In the course of the last three years you have, been feathering your neat with bottles of your master's wine."

us must have speculated, in idle invented in Harley, Street.

monients, on the form that railway Mr. BERESFORD and certain of his stations might have taken had brother-novelists agreed' a few years trains, been used in the Middle ago that "the novel in its popular Ages, when Gothicchitecture form cannot survive another genflourished. But trains and Gothic eration," and though he has cheered architecture do not and could not up slightly he looks for a strong flourish side by side; the minds at

conventional type of fiction. It is a pity to break with the traditions of a hundred and ninety yeare, but Here is a qualified observer who warns us of imminent, charge."

Particularly, it seems, the neatly

A. to 6.80 PM. The One THE HONG KONG DISPENSARY reaction against what he calls the Way Traffic will run from EAST to WEST.

KEAREDT ROAD will be Open to Weat Bound Trafis Only from 11 to £30 Vehicles proceeding up Brunes HOAD will proceed via ARENAL STREKT, Зонматоме ROAD (Old Praya East). Wanoka ROAD, MORRISON HILL ROAD Bad MORRISON GAP ROAD, PARKING OF CARS AT THE

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS,

LIMITED,

TOTIUE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Nat the RDINARY YEARLY

JARDINE MATHESON &Co,

Hong

A Judge of Men.. arches

conducted story with a plet that Albert Memorial style, and to-day Tabacco Contrans During the

is to go. The pluts are exhausted-

A £1,000 Blus Book.

something

The sentence passed on Lady Owen in regarded in many quar- ters as being unduly severe, and her Counsel is preparing an appeal to the Court of Cassation. Fago 3.

A big silver mine in Mexico.bas. bem compelled to close down as rauit of the silver crisis. Page si.. As the result of the worst "hur- in ripe that has ever visited Fiji. a. train was blown off the rails. lighthouse was blown away and a

Pago,

The Court of Inquiry into the j sorbed in dreams of pointed are Sir Joseph Hood was not the only

atranding and loss of the Highlan vaulting and flying buttresses, man whose outstanding ability

Hepe found that the master: failed: do not create the conditions that Duke spotted at first sight. Ha

in his duty in navigating the ves require trains. Trains "taine in made a still more amortant belee tien in mich the nene manner.

One of the largest and most ex-sel and suspended his certificate when the Ugly Age was at its height. Many years ago he went down to pensive Blue Books of recent times for six months,

Page fi If decoration of railway stations Bristol i purchase the Imperiat and one of the most amazing pro-

Tobacco Company's foreign inductions is the report of the Com were ever attempted, it was in the

terests for the British-American mittee of Capital Punishment, with n verbatim transcript of all the evidence. The report runs to one is grateful for the strict negotiations a young man, the man-. GENERAL MEETING OF HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED, will but were they not exhausted a utilitarianista of

ager of the Toperial Tebogo ex 114 pages: the evidence" set Paddington, be held at the Offices of Muskel,

the room. His services were of appendices, diagrams and memor. generation or so ago? Mr. BERER-which is simple and images. The port department, was brought into double column, and small print, LAD,

ong Kong, on FRIDAY, the

FORD acknowledges the excessive in- designers of Enston attempted to purely subordinate nature, and he and occupy 991. This tome sells at £1 28. dd. n conv. The pre- 27TH DAY of FEBRUARY, 1931, 12 O'CLOCK NOON, to transact the crease in detective novels, but to apply songthing of the cantins of as called in to answer questions of

fact. Agnin Duke formed a light-paration for publication of the | Ördinary Business of the Company. him this is ons proof of the novel's the ancient art of architecture toning estimate of the young man's shorthand minutes of evidence cost AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO failure; detective stories am not, the modern world, and though their duraeter and ability, and carried £197 159, 2d. The cost of print GIVEN that the REGISTER OF

terest of his own concern. That estimated by the Stationery Office MEMBERS of the Company will be property, novels, but forms of effort was but a beginning, its him off to London to serve the in- ing and publishing the report is OLONED from FRIDAY, the 13 to mental exercise like cressword lesson was not wholly lost. Most young man was Sir Hugo Cunliffe to cost £780. Witnesses' expenses FRIDAY, the 17TH FEBRUARY,

of Jandon's stations are very ugly. Owen. to-day the chairman of the amounted to £303 8. 7. And the 3.---Ventris Road Reserved for Public 1931, Both Days inclusive.

British-American Tobacco Connany not legislative result of all this What could be worse than King's the lending industrialist, of catly investigation is to be wil, Cars.

Cross and Cannon Street, except, Gront Britain. perhaps the drab insignificance of Charing Cross? The latter suggests one of Mr. Ansold BENNETT'S Com- mercial travellers, complete with tower and bag, rather than Queen ELEANOR and the graceful cross

RACE COURSE. 1.-The Stand at the Public Entrance in Reserved for. D. Owners, 2.-MORIBON HILL. Parking Ground opposite OrvIL ERVICE CLUB, and VILLAGE ROAD Reserved for Private Cats.

E. D. C. WOLFE,

Inspector General of Police.

By Order of the Board,

W. F. 8 MMONS, Soorotary.

Hong Kong, 4th. Feb., 1991. (87) Hong Kong, 6th Feb, 193”.

ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB.

TREVESSA TROPHY RACE.

NOTICE 1 NI-ANNUAL

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

RACE for the above TROPHY i

bo Sailed on TUESDAY, the 24 MAR 8.191.

COURSE-Start from CHANNEL Booka, KowzDon Rock (P Mark Boat off YACUT OLUR (8) Mark Boat off CUST ROCK BEACON (F) Finish at YACHT ULUS Acrons Lite. West to East and leaving Mark Boat to Port

Applications for ENT BY should Teach me on or Before NOON OF MONDAY, the 23RD MARCH.

B. J. VERNALL,

Bon Becretary, RE.KY.C., 14th Feb., 1931.

£300

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

TOTICE IS HER BY GIVEN

Not the ORDINARY YEARLY

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puzzles. These, doubtless, will give way to pure mathematics, and the inventor of the puzzles may yet be canonised as the leader of humanity to a higher mental plane. Anyhow, there to le a great slump in detective storie during the next ten years, because original plots are becoming impossible.

It is the kinema that is to take within' its taxi-rank? Victoria, on the other hand, showe an improve MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS the place of all but a few and re-

to SATURDAY. the ru FEBRUARY.

which Period No Transfer of Bharos at the kinema in an hour-and-a- can be registered.

half for a contemptible sum!

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THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI

HOTELS, LIMITED -, (INDORFORATED IN HONG KONG),

By Order of the Board of Directors,

V. M. GRAYBURN, Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 9th Feb, 1881.

Ah, economy!

As a sequel to the repudiation policy of the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lang), a movement is In fool to procure the secession of the Riverina District from the State and fo establish a Provisional Gov. emment for the province, which

NE "New Eng would be known

and, if New South Wales de Page 1.

faults.

Local Notes and Events

Three case of typhoid mere ev

The next' bi-annual race for the

Tuesday, March 24.

The chief engineer of the 5.5 Tilen reported to the Police that cothing valued at 830 was stolen from his cabin on board ship yes

day while he went ashore.

The

We are informed by the Eastern contemplates retaining her army in the estimated trafe recripts of the China is being cheouraged by Japon in this Corporation will be held statively high-eines nevels As Mr.ment. There is quite a fair façade, ported during the 24 hours ended Extension Telegraph Company that Manchuria on the ground that

February 23.

to prepare for war with Russi Imperial and International Com- CITY HALL, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, the 27 FEBRUARY, BERESFORD points out, the kinema with sturdy nymphs and vincleaves

munications, Ltd., for January, Russia is bound by the Portsmouth 1931, at 11.30 A., for the purpose can give you all that matters in incrnent casting, while within, over

131, were £112,909, compared with Treaty to withdrew her troops from Manchuria within 18 months of the receipts for January, 1930, amount- of receiving the Report of the Board

ratification of the treaty. Tha.con- of Directors together with a Statement elective story or even. rimantis the big circulating space, hangs the of Acounts for the Year ending 31st story in an hour and a half. It can great clock beneath which many of Trevessa Trophy will be sailed on ing to £519,485.

dition of the troops and of Russia. DECEMBA 1930,

herself is such that she is anxious THE REGISTER of SHARES of also make the figures talk, or give us have kept appointments Water

Two gold ist watdis, bracelets, to find any pretext to delay their:* the Corporation will be CLOSED from a fair iraitation of talking. Aloo has an even bigger circulating

The attention of our readtra is frings, and chains, to the value of withdrawal. To break the treaty, MONDAY, the 10 FEBRUARY.

novel costs 73. 6d, or a lot of bother spact and is a model of impressive drawn to an official announcement 8993 were stolen from Messrs. with Japan is an act of war; not clsewhero in our Windsor Bros, Nathan Road, Kow-only war with Japan, but war with, 1931 (Both Day inclusive), daring with a library, but you can get it simplicity. New York, we believe, appearilig

has triple-storied stations in the clumns in regard to traffic regula loon, on Wednesday. A report of Japan's ally, Great Britain, and it best ferro-concrete manner, andtions during the Races.

the theft has been made to the is difficult to believe that Bussin police by Mr. C. H. Windsor,' who' can consider, it sade to put forward. ferreconcrete, as our local archi-

added that the articles were missed the pretence that. Japan is en Mr. BERESFORD' does not make tects have shown, gives opportunity

after some customers had ended in couraging China to go to war with himself quite clear, but he seems for severe and striking effects

the shop to examine some trinkets Bassin-Hong Kong Daily Prend which they said they wanted to February 20, 1966, [201 to say that even our best novelists Perbeps the Colony may in the

purchas

Looking Back 50 Years have now to experintent in a new distant future possess the world's

Chan Asan and five others wors medium."! Sume of them may bej model station. It would not be the

annual health mmpaign charged before the Hon. Mr. Ng- able to express themselves in the larget, for with our requirements

under the aumiers of the Chinese Choy at the Police Court, yester kinema, but those who do not must that would be ostentation, but the

Medical Association of Hong Kong, day with assaulting a constable at the Y.M,C,A. and the V.W.C.A, | the facts on the rd instant. It THE HONG KONG AND SHANG: TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN depart, "more and more from the Calais Kowloon express of another

veting will be held at the Chinese tended, the races on leave on Wedi held at the Begistered Oos of the ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE classical and romantic forms that age will need an adequate fugle to

will begir to-morrow, when a public appeared that P.C. Chau Ass at Company (EXCHANGE BUILD Kong) of the Company. EXCHANGE fectiveness upon the screen," and

exhibited with greater its tremendous journey.

YMCA., Bridges Street, at, 7.30 |nesday, and when he arrived on, 2 p.m. Dr. F. I. Treung well the course he heard someone say, VORUL ROAD CENTRAL, Hong OD THURSDAY, the 10 DAY. OF BUILDING D VOLUX Roa D

Unclaimed telegrama for the preside at the opening and adThis is the misu. Immediately APRIL 1931, at 11.30 AM, for, the CENTRAL, Victoria Hong Kong, on develop a sterner though by no

following are lying at the offices of dresses will be given by Prof. Walterwards he was set upon by of oeising a Statement of WEDNESDAY, the 18TH DAY of

Members of the drug-trade are the EE. Telegraph Company: 1. Gerrard and Mr. T. N. Chan, about twenty men, some of whom purpose

meaus unnecessarily more de- Accounts and the Report of the Bed MARCH, 1931, at 11:20, A.M., for the

Torontoont StarT generá! subizæt for the enan- wielded bamboo poles, and hoŋwn an of Dinolors for-the Year ended on

An the purpose of

receiving a Statement of yssing realism. And if I were invited by the Organisera to Graso front B1st DECEMBER, 193 donfirming the Accomte and the Report of the called upon to advise an earnest is the 38th Chemists Exhibi-Motala Manufacturing Co. from naign is Public and Personal severely beaten. The prisoners, all

Madras Wekeli Sulcerorector, Health Llures will be given declared that they were arrested life appointment of Director re Direolors for the Year ended Slat

throughout the week in the even | mistake, and asserted that they, had DEOBBER, 1930. a Director and the *uditor.

young novelit as to his choice of Lion which will be housed from Hotel Creil, from Winterthur. electing a

ings and a health exhibit, will be | ben beaten and not the constalde. The TRANSFER BOOKS. of the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the treatment and subject, I should tell May 11-15 1031, in the new Hall

The first and sixth prisoners, were Company will be CLOSED, from Company will be CLOSED from him to study contemporary life of The Royal Horticultural A report has been made to the all day. WEDNESDAY, the far APUIL, 193,

discharged, the third was fined $2 WEDNESDAY. 47 MARCE, (),

in default, six days' imprisonment, until THURSDAY, the 16ru APRIL, to WEDNESDAY, 19TH MARUH, closely at first-hand, and to write Sounty, Westminster, S.W. prie Polies by Mrs. Baxter of 21 Hum- phreys Building to the effect that 1881, Both Days inclusive.

with hard, labor, the second and a he now it stiely under the shades of the the 18th of this month someone But this is what the earnest, young Hages of Parliament, and

and Weat entered for hours throgh he "Gjur minster Abbey, Admission. can window and stole £1. 10. in gold. novelist has been doing, and doing be obtained on presentation of coins mind also jewelery worth so nesiduously that there is now a trade card.

8120

NOTIOR 18 HEREBY DIVEN

that:ths ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of

HAI BOTELS, LIMITED will be

By Order of the Board,

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO.,

LIMITED.

that the dino ORDINARY

Des HOLDERS will be held at the Oflees an

By Order of the Board of Director, F. C. BARBY,

ALLAN KEITH, Socrêtery.

Scoretary. [377 Horg Kong, 18th Feb., 931.

Hong Kong, 25th Feb. 1931.-

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Silk forwarded from here. By .M.S. Empress of Japan on February 3, arrived in New York (St. John's Park) and Hoboken on bruary 21, having been 19 days

in transit...

Looking Back 25 Yearsing the chara deser An extraordinary bussage from fault, fourteen days imprisonment Tokyo to the North China Daily with hard labour Hong Kong

Year's says it is reported that Russia | Daily Press, February 9, 1991.