HEW
ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
DURING My Atence on Home
Leave An, S., H. LANGSTON
has been appointed to Take Obargo an From the 4TH MARCH, 1831.
HO SHRUBSOLE,
NESTLE & ANGLO-Swiss CONDENSED, Mun Co., Manager.
for Hose Kora and Sourn China.
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A, B. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the FORTY SIXTH ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Clampons (alco ite HONG registration) will be hol at the
MON KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, on
the 10 MARCH, 1931, at
11.30 A
Dthe Gederal Managers.
for the purpose of receiving
the
ent of Accounts together with a Statement for the Year
andel Sist OCTOBxs, 1930
The REGISTER of BHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 11TH DAY or MARCH, to TUESDAY, tho 17TH DAY. or MARUB, 1931, Hath Days inclusive, daring which perio1 NO Transfer of Shares can be register.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers,
Hong Kong, 5th March, 18).
(423)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION,
IN THE GOODS OF LORENZA SANCE DE 81UN, LATE or No. 15, CAMERON ROAD, KOWLOON, IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG, WIDOW, DECEASED,
Nthat NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN the Court hus, by virtue of the Provisions of Section 58 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, mado an Onier limiting the Time for reditors and others to and in their Claime again t the abors Estate to 28Tu DAY OF MARCH, 1931. .All Creditors and others are accord. ingly hereby required to soad their Claims to this Undersigned on or before bat Dato.
Dated the 6th day of March, 1931.
DEACONS,
Bolicitors for the Administrator, 1, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION,
IR
OF
THE GOODH JAMES STEWART, Late of PeitaiHO TIENTSIN, IN THE RIPPELIC OF CHINA, DECEASED,
YOTICE IS AERFRY GIVEN
REMEMBRANCE
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY. LIMITED, will be held on WEDNES DAY, 11TH DAY of M ROH, 1931, t the BOARD ROOM of the Company, Scoond Floor, BICHANGE BUILDING, Hong Kong, st 1130 A. for the purpose of ro eiving a Sistement of Accounts and the Report of the Board of Directors for the Financial Year
Nthat the Court bas, by virtue of the Provisioon af Section 58 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897. made an Order limiting the Time for Creditors and others to send in their Chime against the above Estate to 87 DAY or ended 31st DECEMBER, 1930, MARCH 1021.
All Creditors and others are accord-ART Director and
ingly hereby regaired to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that Date.
Dated the 6th day of March, 1031.
DEACONE,
Solleitars for the Executors.. 1, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.
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HONG KONG CLUB. NOTICE.
and
the
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the from Company will be CLOSED
the 4T to tho 117 MARCH, 1981 Both Days inclusive..
Dated this litt day of Feb., 19 1.
By Order of the Board,
W. L. MoKENZIE, Becretary,
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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., .IMMITED..
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1931:
WEATHER REPORT.
patronise them will have no dif culty in. Anding them, but at pre-
*
News and Views
Yesterday's weather report, fore. cast and remarks, issued by the west strong and insidious tempta.... Royal Observatory at 3pm., || cion is placed in the path, parti-
inted
Boviot Merchant Fleet,
Logle.
The anti-cyclone is moving east.cularly of men of the Services and ward and is now central over from merchant ships. Our Govern-
The Soviet irrcantile feet in Gorman born in London was Fresh to moderate mon- Koren. ROS inny be expected along the punt, which cheerfully moves hills the Far East wil shortly be in tried in Germany for fraud. He the S.E. Coast of China and over the and casts them into the sen to make craned by five steamers of 0,000 wished to "go alraight." so
tuns ench which are to be trans, euurt imposed u suspended sentence N, China Sen
Several on condition that he repaid his Lound Forecast:-E. winds, fresh more land, cannot, it appears, ferred from other lines.
steamers ro, nisa under construo victims. The German applied his to moderate; generally overensttransplant these special areas out. tun for the Far Enst in the Len legis to the problem of satisfying some drizzle or mist,
ingrad dockyard. Atogther the the court's demand. He called on into places where they will Soviet fleet in the Far East will several people and defrauded them longer be a nuisance as well as a
of money by a trick in order to disgrace. How strange a thing is
repay his first victims He was sent to prison. power! What it can do, and what it cannol !
Editorial and Business Offices: 11
Ice House Street. Tel. 251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office):
Tel. 24511,
London Office: 53. Fleet Street,
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The Daily Press.
Hong Kong, March 05,′′ 1031;
THE RED LIGHT.
A KowLoox employer of labour sent last June A letter to the Kowloon Residents' Association, from which we take the following
references to one of the Colony's
most debatable probleins:-
Works
As per attached drawing, my are being operated at Bowring Street, and just in front there are Chinese stalls, which at times do cooking, whilst near by, at Temple Street, there are some brothels. Both the brothels, which are functioning even at daytime and the stalls at such close proximity to my premises, are decidedly a nuisance and a hindrance to the decent and re- gular working of my employees, numbering about 50 people of both sexes
Besides, I must stata for your information that my Works are sometimes in operation till midnight, so you will also admit how demoraliz ing and evil-conducive are the brothels thero.
The Hon. Secretary, on behalf of the Asunciation, requested the Colquial Secretary's "unsidero thm of the points raised in connec- tion with the brothels in this
area."
The official reply was as fol-
lows:-
tthe
cently loft
f
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he increased during the present year by 10 atonmera of a total ton nage of 57,000 tons.
The Disarmament Farce." General, Sir Ian Hamilton who during the world war commanded the Allied troops at the Dardanelles 10-day delivered in arresting speech to the British Legion in which declared that it appeared to him
ther.
End of Famous London Hotel.
The Hotel Cecil, which was re- A League of Nations' Committee
purchased by Shell-Mex enks of inquiry into the traffe in Ltd., is shortly to be demolished has only ro- and a new block of offices will be women and children
erected on the site. The architects Colony, where it for the new building are Messrs. mado fairly extensivo investign Joseph and the Consulting Engine if the disarmament conference of the League of Nations was* de- er is B. L. Hurst, Esq., M. Inet. tions. The matter raised in this C.E. The contract for the struc-generating into a meeting of the tural steework, some 6,500 tons in board of directors of nemament Things in Europe article will not be officially report all, has been lot to Messrs. Dor- companies. ed, for it is outside the terms of, emg & Co., Ltd. of Middles-could not go on this way much fur Many of such things as war brough and, London, who have con-
dobta and reparations must come tracted to complete the erection reference, but no doubt the very
within twenty weeks from the date to a speedy end. The general con- able and conscientious members of of commencement. All the steel cluded by telling his former soldier employed will be of British manu-bearera that big events were im that Committee took note of many
facture throughout, being made in pending in the world today and things, and will be questioned the contractors' own works at fid- that it was the task of the former combatants of Great Britain and dlesbrough.
other countries to decide whether thereon. This is not the time to
they would be decided by warlike er peaceful menns lay the Colony open to attack upon a subject which lends itself to mis- representations and to interesting publicity in the newspapers of foreign countries.
..
TESTIMONIALS.
Tar case of a man, who was repeat ly fined £40 for offering false certificates of character to the New.
8,000 Tons Bank Vault.
Probably the biggest safe in the world, weighing something like 3,000 tons, will be instailed in the luge depository vault, which has Bank of Japan, at Tokyo. The been manufactured in the United States, has alrandy arrived at Yokohama, but about a year and a half will be required to construct the big vault in the underground room of the state bank. Schmidt, an American expert, who his ante, is supervising construc- has come over to Japan with the
tion:
Poland Wants Colonlos?
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Local.
Watson & Os.'s dividend. Page 0.
·Helen May Concert.
Pago B
Round the Shops: By. "Eve."
Page 2.
י
The plucky action of a servant girl in raising the alarm provented an armed robbery at Kennedy Road yesterday:
Page 1.
An order has has been made by the Supreme Court for the winding- up of the firm of E. Hing, skip chandlere..
Page 6. The annual general meeting of the Hong Kong, Canton and Macno Steambont Co. was held yesterday. Full details,
Page 7. The death occurred yesterday at the French Hospital of Mr. J. M. V. Ribeiro, a well-known member of the Portuguese community. Fage 7.
An apology was not accepted by the Puisne Judge. in contempt of Court proceedings for assaulting a witness. Defendant was fined $100.
To-day's wireless programme,
Shipping intelligence.
Sport.
Page 8,
Page 11 Page 15..
Last night's boxing. Page 12. Golf notes: Be Gam.. Page 10. Cricket notes: By R. Abbit..
Page 10. English and Scottish Cup football' resulta.
Page 10,
Latest Cables.
The British Naval Estimates for the year were announced yesterday.
Page 9.
The semi-official. Warsaw paper, Gazeta Polska, recently published an article in favour of strong pro. paganda for getting for Poland some colonial possessions in order to provide room. for the steady in
ME. W. J. Brown, Labour mem- crease of the country's population, Mr. which is reckoned at no less than|ber for West Wolverhampton, has
13 per thousand per nánum, as resigned from the Labour Party. Italy. While the latter has as a against 10 in Germany and 7 in
Page 0. The compradore of Mesars, Jar- result of propaganda, already fuldine. Matheson & Co. at Fiontain
Aed her colonial ambitions, Po
land does not se, how to provide was kidnapped by armed men in The Late Lord Russell,
for the 500,000 people who make-up the British Concession yesterday
alternoon.
Page 0. calle Education Committee gives
The late Earl Russell, whose the annual increase and on account
Their Royal Highnesses arriveď rise to some speculation on the sudden death is announced else of the economic depression and
where,
in the columna of. this consequent anti-immigration laws by air at Mar del Plata, the Tissue, lived down the memories of promulgated by many countriva Brighton of Argentina," a few.
& somewhat stormy youth, though find no place to go and work. In hours behind scheduled time owing in "Who's Who" of 1931, in still case of a redistribution of the to bad weather. announces with old-time defiance, former German colonies Poland that he is an agnostic as well as a would demand for herself part of Fabian. When a fairly young man these polonies and especially the Lord Russell, taking advantage of Cameroons.
American divorce, married au
Pago
The terms of the agreement be tween Lord Irwin, and Gandhi for the discontinuace of the civil dis obedience campaign in India hav been published.
Page 9. The President át. Colombia has signed an agreement with the Colombia Petroleum Company for the exploitation and development Page 9. of the Bogoin oilfields.
It is now stated that the dump- ing of Soviet goods into the Ditch East Indies is being carried on witlr the knowledge of the Government,
Page 9:
whole nature of testimonials. this instance, the defendant pro duced testimonials of such weight that he was placed on a short list. chosen from, 143 applicants.. The defendant pleaded guilty to the deagain, but on his return to Eng-Tomb of Egypt's Queen, 5000 B.0.
land was promptly arrested. The ception, but how many of us, who ford Chancellor of that time, Ear!
A tomb, believed to be that of have clicited genuine testimonials Halsbury, a great lover of pagean- a queen win is d00 years ago, try, and a stickler for the letter and containing objects which vie from our more powerful friends, of the law, insisted that Earl in beauty and interest with those Russell's trial should be before the found in King Tutankhamen's or given an ever-kind, word on fall assembly of the peers-the tomb, is reported to have been die and covered by Professor Selim Has Behalf of a needy acquaintance, House of Lords in robes
Earl Russell a little aan, the first Egyptian to under have not been troubled by doubt. spoilt the show by pleading guilty, take excavation work on his own. and there was a contretemps when Professor Hassau, dug up a tomb Human nature is, on the whole, the Lord High Chancellor hnd to in the enclosure of Ra Wer, a
break a certain rol of state across prince and high priest of the Third that Gaadhi and the Congress his knee, and found it a tough and Dynasty-about 5,000 1.C.-last Excentive have called off the civil painful job. While in prison (six year on a site close to the Sphinx. disobedience and notax campaign, months in the second division) Recently he resumed excavation and other cognate activities. the Earl beguiled the time by work in the enclosure, and has laid writing "Lay Sermons,”
?
As regards the complaint re- garding the proximity of certain brothels to the Works in question I am to draw your attention to the terms of my letter of 3rd kindly, and praise is a pleasant April on the same subject.
boomerang, Motives that havo no Thad letter referred chiefly to thing to do with the merit of the residential areas, and if business-
coronets.
premises are to be included in candidate will sway the generous very good vermons they are bare a 'tomb, which was found senl
the enquire the subject becomes testimonial writer, and nono has
a much wider one.
It is observed none of the a stronger pall than local patriot- houses in question are actually
visible from the Works mention-
rd.
Q
was ed and intact. It consists of two
It is annusinced from New Delhi
Page
be..
the testimony of a Sussex Bural chambers, one of which contains
Negotiations are going on Dean. Lord Rusell had a peetud the sarcophagus of a queen, sur ed residence," Telegranh Honge mounted by a gold crown set in een German and French concerne in the Sussex Downs..near Harting, precious stones. The other thum auping it, the institution of a re- and wonderful tales are still told, ber is filled with articles of furni ular motor bus line between Ber This summer months and in connection, "Beware," said Dr. JOWETT to in local village inne, The Earl, ture, toilet requisites in gold,lin and Paris especially during the
who-had long been an ardent So and alabaster statuettes.
at least this year, with the archite The whole question continues to
a young man who had just been cialist, enclosed a large part of tomb is said to belong to the mo receive the careful consideration
his Downs estate with high, barbed ther of Tarso Ankh, the high priest tural exhibition held in Berlin and of the Government, but, as alrendy appointed principal of a provincial wire fences. The rest of the Downe whose lody Professor Unssun dis the colonia show in Paris. The stated. no immediate solution of
There is a wall covered last year. Ra-Wer's tomb, irin would take about two or two is free to all. the difficulty has yet presented college, of Scotch testimonials and the trip which is Arundel in which all these discoveries have and a half days and would give itself.
and Irish gold medala!" Yet who Park, but the Park. like all the been made, is described as a "eity the travelers ample opportunity complete with to enjoy the many beautiful sights Careful consideration resulting will deny that to meet a man who of Norfolk, is open to the public.
rest of the land owned by the Duke below the earth."
buildings and roads. in "no immediate solution of the was born where we were born can difficulty is not encouraging. We tweeten the waters of Babylon ? So
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the 42ND URDINARY have in Hong Kong “tolerated"
Office
of the Сотарану, MEMBERS of the HONG KONG CLUB will be held in the CLUB BUILDING DEB HOOSE THURSDAY, the '12ru DNESDAY, the 18TH DAY
MARCH, 1931, at 5:30 PM.
By Order,
Hong Kong, 3rd Mar., 193.
(401
ol
long as we are abla we shall refuse
GENERAL MEETING of the HOLDERS will be hallANGE decent and safe at night-time. ask us for a testimonial, we shall
at the houses so that, the be to believe bim a villain; Vorux BOAD Vistoria Hong Kong, on Furthermore, the system is sup-stress his virtues and omit bis MARCH, 1931,
st 11.30 AM., for the poped to admit of some degree of faults. Perhaps it is all a mie purpose of rodiving a Statement of
lake. In the future, it may be T, A. ROBERTSON, Lieut. Col. Accounts and the Report of the police and medical control.
becretary,
Directors for the Year ended 31st.Tho objecte are excured in respect questionaires will take the place DECEMBER, 1930.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the of the Central District, but not of testimonials as they do in Company will be CLOSED, from WEDNESDAY, 4TH MARCE, 1981, for the remainder of the towns of America to-day-and candidates for to WEDNESDAY, 1818 MARCH, Victoria and Kowloon, Nathan 1931, Both Day inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors, Road and Wanchai Praya.being
'ALLAN KEITH, particularly in need of a clean up,
Bocretary.
[364 Many of va fail to see the dif feuity of the problem. Few would for total abolition," but argue.,
is hard to understand why one
THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the FORTY-SECOND Hong Kong, 19th Feb., 931.
ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING will be hold at the Company's Officis,
NOTICE.
P. & O. BUILDING, on WED., 18TH A. S. WATSON & CO. LIMITED, MARCH, 1981, at 11.AM, for the
purpose of presenting the Report of
undermentioned Certificate for of these areas should be just off the the Thirectors together, with a Stalo | 40 shares in this Company, ment of Accounts to 31 DECEMBER, gistered in the Name of JOAO main road in Kowloon, anti ad- 1980, and electing Directors and | FËRDERICO NOLASCO DA SILVA Auditors.
has been declared LOST, If at the vertised by glaring lights,, white
en route,
...
Local Notes and Events ✩
...
A maid servant, employed at 6, Photographers wishing to takery. Certain people, in the pro Lana Buildings, Kimberley Road, pictures during the Inter- Varsity vind, however, to be spread and committed nisite on Wednesday by Sports are kindly requested to founded rumours to be spread and hanging horself with e ilk girdle, apply to the Hon. Secretary, of the there have been some local riote be University Athletic Club for a passteca converts and others which to get inside the track. Only have given rise to the apprehension The following unclaimed tele-limited number of such passes will of Japan and the United States grame are tying at the offices of the be granted and therefore only thr The troops had been sent to the EE. Telegraph Company:Coard earliest applications will receive Philippines for quite a different Squarey, Cunard Co., from Long-consideration. posts will be required to answer don Jovino, Hong Kong, from
· posere sách is "Are you conscien- Shanghai; Tyebally, from Colombo. tious" and "Have you poins?" with the words Yes or No.
ronson, but telegrams had been sent
te the Chines Minister in Washing
The monthly Council meeting of ton and those to other Powers, in-. the Hong Kong Football Associa-structing them to dedare that the In an advertisment, appearing lewhore in this issue, it is un-tion will be held next Tuesday at Anti-foreign feeling in China was nounced that the annual general 10.30 p.zh Terms for the semi-finals without foundation.Hong Kong weeting of Messrs. A. S. Waten & in the Shield Competition will be Daily Prem, March 6, 1000. Co., will take place in the Hong drawn at the meeting and arrange-Locking Back Bo Yeurs, Kong Hote 41.30 am; en Marchments made for tone for the sun of the Sunday Herald Cum Con- petition.
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will also be made final
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woman
The Bism of Birmingham," Barnce, was interrupted by'a young
A Coroner's inquiry into the while preaching at St.
death of a Chinese boy muned Kwok James's Church, Sutton Coldfield, Ping (aged 7), who was knocked Looking Back 25 Years.
down by a motor-bus on February
Although the departure of the Chian Merchants Stem Naviga tion Company's eteamer Haeshin for England has no special political significance, yet the event is not wholly devoid of interest. Tho Hasabi will be the first steamstar é The REGISTER of MEMBERS of Date hereof the following ebun another is in close proximity tons of evolution, and had just said Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, but China Daily News states that the eier entered the Eaglich vore junke
noir Birmingham. He was speak
last, was to have boen, held nt! A Peking telegram in North Aying the Dragon flag which has the Company will be CLOSED, from Certificato bo not produced to the the Naval Canteen and the new that "from some apa-like form man owing to the non-appentrance of the Chinese high officinis have beld-a i good inany years ago a Chinese junke 5TH MARCH, 1991, to 19TH MARCH, 1981, Both Days inclusive, during for in Shares Nos. (3) 9391/8395. (10) Bailors' and Boldiers' Horne. It appeared, when the young woman, palico it wis adjourned sine die, meeting to discuss the reported sailed up the Tanines and was' ox-· which Period No Transfer of Shares
Mr. E. W. Hamilton, addressing anti-foreign movement in China. hibited us a curicity, and Chinese who was in the gallery, shouted: the jury, and he was arry they One of them stated at the meeting camen have long on to be can be registered.
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Co., Lin, "Agentä. Hong Kong, 19th Feb, 1991. [350
Company, namely, Cortificaté No. 118: 0490/8809, (6) 11881/11985, (20) 104445 104464, a New Certificate for the anid would appear to be common sense Bharos will be issued by the Company
acknowledged,
A. 8. WATSON & CO., LTD, Hong Kong, 12th Feb., 1951,
"I don't be jove you! The church-made the trip to the Abgistracy for that both Japan and United States, phenomena in London, and Liver
***tolerated" "placra în acelude her from the building, Ahd (ais area. Those who really wish to Bishop continued his sermon.
By Order of the Board of Directors, and thereafter. No Other will be to have these "licensed or wardens and the verger escorted nothing and added that he will get have expressed fears of anotherol, hut a steamer flaunting the
the
Tolice, in order that the matter are no symptoms whatever of any England. -Yong any. Daily Prac might be looked into.
anti-foreign tendency in the con- | March 6, 1881.
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