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WAR DEPARTMENT- CONTRACTS.

CONSERVANCY SERVICES. CEALED TENDERS will be

received: at the Offiod of the OFFICER COMMANDING, ROTAL ABNT SERVICE CORPS, Hoxo-Kona, at 12 NOON on TUESDAY, MAR- OK 177u, 1931, for CONSERVANCY SERVICES in the Island of Hong Kong, Kowloon and" Stonecutters, during the Year commencing: 1er APRIL, 1031,5

Form of Tonderand Full Particulara regarding this Contract can be ob tained by Personal Application to the 0.0., RAS.0, Victoria BarraČEN, between the Hours of 9 A.M. and 1. Daily, Except Sundays. ..*

NOTICE.

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NHE Undersigned desire to Notify The Fublic that an From MARCH

IT; 1991, M2, BITZER & C have Icon Appointed Dué AGENTS for HONG KONG and Dorricra,

For the LEGAL & GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETT, LTD,

HUGH MIDDLETON & Co.

General Agents for China. Shanghai, February 98th, 1931, 498

NOTICE.

TB18-19 TO NOTIFY the Fablic that We bare e From MARCH 18%, 1931, been Appointed AGENTS for the LEGAL AND GENEBAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LIMITED. and are now prepared to Acoept FIRE RISKS at Carrent Rates.

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HONG KONG CLUB.

NOTICE.

THE FORTY-FIFTH YEARLY THE

GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of HONG KONG CLUB will be held in the.. OLUB HOUSE THURSDAY, the 12rg MAROH, 1931, at 5.80 P.M.

. By Order,

T. A ROBERTSON, Lieut. Col.

Secretary. Hong Kong, 3rd Mar.; 1931.

C401

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the FORTY-BIXTA

ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company (since its registration) will be held at the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, en MON DAY, the 10TH MARCH, 1981, at 11.30 4.M., for the purpose of receiving the General Managers, Buport of together with a Statement of Accounts for the YPAT endel Sist

GOTODE, 1930, The REGISTER of SHARES of the will be CLOSED from

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WEDNESDAY.. the. 111 DAY or MARCH, to TUESDAY, the 1778 DAY or MARCH; 1981, Beth Days inclusive, during which period NO Transfer of

Shares can be registered,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hong Kong, 6th March, 1981.

THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

No

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Invited for the SUPPLY of Labour and ENDERS G Lighterage for Admiralty Coaling for Period of 1 Months Certain From the 18 APRIL, 1931.

Forms for Tondering can be obtained on Application to the NAVAL STORE OFFICER, H.M. DOCKYARD, Hong Kong, and Tenders should be lodged in the NAVAL STORE OFFICEE's OFFICE Not Later Than NOON on MONDAY, 16TH MARCH, 1931,

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WEATHER REPORT.

admirals and brilliant staff officers, determined thess Imutes. But if the Yesterday's weather report, fare undenied information af Reuter's east and remarks, issued by the Agency is to be believed, the happy. Hoval. Observatory at 17 pettlement of Italy's navel needs was stated

The anti-cyclone is central to the NE. of Shanghai. Moderate mon soon along the S.E. Coast of China and over the Na China Sen.'

Local Forecast:-N.E. winds, modernte: overenst; some light rnia and fog.

MARRIAGE.

due to this friendly meeting between three middle-aged man of honest plebian origin. They talked things over, and, the admirals could go home. And the fact is that thess three, middle-aged sons-of-the-people were entirely right, and we all cwo them an immeasurable debt, perhaps amounting, not only to our lives,

News and Views

| The Takir's Power, Swedish Steel. makers the Domnarvet Ironworksing the authenticity of his appar. Sweden's leading high-grade steel The fakir Tahra Bey is defend. in Dalecariis, are now building a now electric steel furnace of 25 tons enty-miraculous powers in

The Domnarvet mill, French courts. Some years ago IA capacity. ane of the world's leading electro saw Tahra Bey in Paris, at an metallurgical strol plants, will now

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in the

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Local.

K.R.A. annual reting. Pago 3 Colony's water supply, Page 4.. Report of the Hong Kong Broad- casting Committee for February

Page 3. A Chinese detective "was, shot dead.

Fags

have an annual capacity of 125.000 eld, sombre and draughty theatro iu the heart of the city yesterday. tana. It belongs to the Stora Kop-which provided a fit environment

An Australion was, pans to priša Great Copper Mountain Mining Company),

GALE-HAURAP-On March 4, at but to the continuance of humanity parbers Bergslags Aktiebolag (The for his extraordinary and fre for obtaining money and goods by

Shanghai, AfARGARET LIVING- BTONE HABRAP (née Martin), to BERTIE WILLIAM GALE,

"n son.

bo

large tracts of forest, valuable iron ore fields, copper, lead and zino deposits, saw mills, pulp, pa- per and steel mills, chemical plants and the largest private supply of water power in Sweden.

A Typical John Bull.

Page

Page 8 and 0.") A progressive year na reportód at the long annual meeting of th Cuero Club over which Mare D J. Lewis presided.

Page 4 To-day's wirekaj programac.;

Pago 3.

Fanling Golf resulta. Junior Cricket Notes: D. .W."

Pago. B

By Te

The company owns quently gruesome performance," falso pretence. on this planet. If there were war

The Sermon preaches by the Donn between Italy and France, or any

writes a correspondent to a Lon don paper. There was a faint on Sunday, March B, ut dhe Catho big naval Towers on both sides BIRTHS.

flects with immense powers of de

smell of some anecclesiastical indral will be found on pages. BAPTISTE-On March 2, at Shangstruction would be let loose to work

cense. He gave the regular fakir hal, to Mr. and Mrs. H. F. havoc on consta and trade routes.

programme-lying on a bed of BAPTISTE, & Bar...

Navies are not " sure shields "any

sharp nnila, hoing, buried alive, in- BEITH-On March 1, at Shanghai,

They are arrows of de longer.

Fow. mon fired a life of auch full ducing catalepsy in himecit and to Mr. and Mrs. IAN BEITH, a daughter.

struction without herring power. and variod. activity as Sir William in animals. I sat in a front Rail MORIN-On March 3, ut Shanghai,In the Great Wat hegtenig coun- Bull, whose sudden death was aand could find, I must confess,

great shock to his legion of friends.ne natural explanation of his Sport. to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. MORIN,tries blockaded the above water solicitor, by profession, with a feats. To my eyes, he really did of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine, ships of Germany and Austria, large and lucrative practice, he skewer his throat with sharp was a chairman or director of knife and cause the blood to flow thanks to overwhelming superiority three or four important companies, from the wound, or to stop flow. TAYLOR-On March 2, at Shanghai,

Pago 8. to Mr. and Mrs. C. T TAYLOR, and the short coast lines of those and had newspaper interests asing, as he willed; and, so far as

A marathon race two nations Submarines were not well. Then he was member for I could see, the wound had disap-

was hold in a daughter. (Stillborn).

Eammersmith' for nearly 30

peared a few minutes later. Soon Kowloon yesterday.. Page 8. blockaded, and will never

years, and chairman of the London afterwards Tabi Boy went to H.K.C.C. tennis tournement re- blocknded, and submarines very Unionist M. P.s; he unt on the Deauvillo, where he caused pro-sults

Page B found excitement and warned M. nearly decided the issue, against us.L.C.C. for nearly ten years, was

Programme of Events forthe Marios cannot now be shut up, dan the board of management of Zographos against, garab.ing on March Meeting of the Fanling

the West London Hospital, and

certain days. Later he came to Lon- Hunt Club. WAS NAPOLEON'Sanvy. Armamente during the war period was an

don nnd performed at a dinner " for effective, defence only mean Assistant Commissioner of Special given by Lady Queenborough, and Here he answered armaments of overwhelming superi- Constables Withal he found time in a theatre.

to acquire an extensive acquaint unspoken questions, Mr. Frank Latest Cables. ority, such na no Power would anoo with London and London his Romer, surgeon to the Jockey Club, tolerate in a neighbour. Armaments tory, of which his letter in a se

the Derby Coronach," was the will die bard, but unless they cent issue of this paper was a not asked in his mind: "What will win able example. Both in personality instant reply. This was on April die, they will destroy, civilisation. and in the strong common sense and France's two battleships and her sane outlook, which were his die 25, 1028. On June 2, 1928, Coronach

won the Derby, at 11 to 2".. extra 160,000 tons of naval shipping tinguishing qualities, be was quito of the John Bull, type, and with will not save her it chauvinist folly all his multiplicity of interest he

"It is announced by Mr. Stimson results in war. Two thousand years was very thorough in all he did. ago a brief parable of the strong and good citizen, he did great serpersonal attention to the demanda A good companion, a good friend, at Washington that ho is giving vice to his day and generation.. men armed" showed the fallacy of trust in armament, and at last thinking men are beginning to ad- mit with great reluctance that the Author of that brief story was speak- ing the truth.

DEATHS, BENJAMIN-On March 8, at Cap Martin, France, Dolly, wife of SASSOON BENJAMIN. (By cable). BONITACK-On March 3, at Sutton, Surrey, NonAn "Bosiracz, Tho Shrubbery, Mulgrave Read, Sutton, Surrey. ( GRIFFITH-On March 2, at Shang hai, DUDLEY PERCEVAL GRIFFITH, Husband of Gertrude Griffith.

ROLLER.--On March 1, at Shanghai, CARMEN DE VILLARICENCIO Roi En, daughter of Mr. RAFAEL DE VILLAROTENCIO and mother of Mrs. ALICE HEELOFSON, A Ross. On February 27, at Shang

hai, GORDON Craigie Ross, son of the late Mr. CHATOTE ROSS and of Mrs. CRAIGIE Ross, aged

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HTETE Tocken. On March 2, at Shanghai, HENRY TUDOR ST. GEORGE, aged 24 years.

Editorial and Business Offices: 11

Ice House Street. Tel. 30231, Night Editor (Wanchai Office) i

Tol. 24511.

AGRICULTURE» IN CHINA."

Bir Basil Zabaroff,

for a modification of the United States Russian policy, and that after a close study of the situa tion a definite policy will be for mulated,

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American Middle West on Sunday, Terrifle blizzards visited the thus breaking the long drought.

Mr. Hamaguchi, Premier of Japan, visited the Imperial Palaco zaterday to report to the throne. on his recovery from the recent attack on his fe- Pago 7.

It is now reported that the eye- Jones that visited Mauritius dur- ing the weekend have resulted in 11 being killed and heavy damage to property, Page 7. Pago 7. A "cardinal change" in Russia's governing position during the past two years

is claimed by M. Molotov in a re port to the All-Union Congress of the Soviets

What an extraordinary man Sir Basil Zaharoff is! On a certain Friday he

the was reported to be. Niney-five of seriously ill. On the Saturday he bodies within the proposed "New was lunching at his Monte Carlo England State in the north hotel, in, it would seem, perfect eastern portion of New South

The China Airways report that health. Ho is always emerging Wales, which comprises 130,000 | suddenly into the limelight-mak- square miles, have been invited to Saturday's air mail from Ilankow, ing some dramatic gesture, burn a convention to be held on on April to Niking crashed at Kiukiang, ing his private diaries or marry for the purpose of drafting but the pilots escaped. There were Page no passengers on board, “7 Page 7 titica" of -FIED*

Great Britain's Budget ffice (bang Imported once more into the mysterious-se

It is learned from Tokyo that tho into Shanghai from Japan. The cusion for which he is renowned embargo on the port of Japanese Like many other milionaires, too, ably have to provide for an expen- details of the Franco-Italian Naval diture of over 2800,000,000. It is not Agreement will be published simul, rice is circumvented by a contribuir Basil, is, fond of indulging tion from the Japanese of 20 cents trival fancies. He will give cigar. yet known if the Chancellor of the taneously in the five capitals of the

A HATTER of more than passing

London Office: 53, Fort Strest. interest is the feet that large quan- ang a duchess and disappearing constitution prob

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The Daily Press.

.HONG KONG, March 19, 1931.

NO SURE SHIELD.

being used for the building of before they enter the Casino. He will supervise the daily rearrang granaries in Shanghai. What is worthy of serious thought is the ing of the variegated flowerpotes fact that Japan, a country which under the sheet of glass on his is even more densely populated than dining table Sir Basil is an im- is China, and whoso agricultural pressive man to meet. His chin, territory is limited by four-fifths thinly veiled by his small board, of the country being mountainous, gives you an impression of great determination. He can speak is able to export rive to China.

Until the year 1020 Japan was finently in many langudges. But not growing enough rice for her it is his eyes that you will chiefly remember hard enigmatic, piere own people and was forced to im- SEA power and the Navies of the port large quantities from China ing eyes. They are, too, the per In 128. owing petually youthful; eyes that so and elsewhere. world have figured prominently in largely scientific methods of many great inanciers seem to our cabled news during the past cultivation and the liberað ung of have. fortnight. The outstanding event fertilizers Japan, for the first time has been the announcement of the in recent years, produced a surplus and is still looking for. markets Franco-Italian agreement. At the abroad for her agricultural pro- Naval Conference in London a year duce. The direct onus of this ago a Three-Power Treaty was sign undoubtedly the policy of the phenomenal increase in production ed by Britain. the United States and Japan, while France and Italy

Government in encouraging inten aive cultivation by the use of large quantities of artificial fertilizera

be able the Budget, but it is thought that Mr. William Graham, President of the Board of Trade, will do sá some time early in April, Page 7.

A Press despatch having report ed that the Chinese Debt Funding Commission had passed a resolut tion in favour of Nanking de- manding the cancellation of haf

Page 7. An earthquake shook the city of"

there were no casualties. The Hakodate yesterday, but happily sheet was felt throughout a wide ares in Northern and Centrel Таран.

Pago

Several hundred spectators at the

of Japan's unsicured leans to serial pageant at Tokyo were burn, China, Baron Shidehar, in replyed as the result, of military sero.. to an urgent interpellation in the planes spraying some kind of Upper House, asserted that "Japan chemical for the purpose of denon- will never consent to China's destrating the laying of amoke- Pago 7

mand for the cancelation of her screens.

unsecured loans to China" Page 7. (Continued on pretious column.),

Local Notes and Events

Osing to pressure..on our space Two cases (non-Chinese)

of

wore to continue the negotiationsThe annual consumption of sulphate Mr. R. Abbits commente upon the typhoid and one case (Chinese) of at Cap Martin, France, of Mra

of ammonia alens in Japan la over

ANNOUNCEMENT IS HEREBY that the. THIRTY-FIFTH

MADE that LAWRENCE K. ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS. in the KENTWELL, DA. (0x08.), L., be held at the Barrister at law, Inner Templo Company will Company's TOWN OFFICE, 2 LOWER ALBERT ROAD, on WEDNES Member of the English Bar, having DAY, the 187 MARCH, 1981, at renounced his allegiance to the NOON, for the purpose of receiving British Crown, has resumed the anxiety for the success of the Con-1 years or so that they Chinese taxmered ico and hail on the West River on tho Report of the Directors, together with Statoment of Accounts, declar- General Practice of his Profession as

ing a Dividend and re-electing a Uitizen of the REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 7rn to the 187u MARCH, 1931, Both Days inclusive,

48 hours, ended March 6.

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"Special Ferries have been ar- ranged for the S.P.C.A., Ball on Friday to run at 1.15 q.m., 1:45 a.m. and 2.13 am, by favour of “ The Star Ferry Company Limit-

A- Lecture will be given at the Helena May Institute on Monday. (Mrs.) Dorey will aprak on-The March 16 at 5.30 p.m. When Dr.

health of the growing child," Open to the public.

The death occurred last Sunday Benjamin, wife of Mr. S. S. Ben-

janin, who was at one time a senior partner of Messrs Benjamin & Potte and is now in retirement. A cable ans received by the firm con- vaying the sad nowa, and the office was closed yesterday afternoons a mark of reapoot.:

Looking Back 25 Years.

which, it was hoped, would enable them to adhere to a Five-Power 500,000 tons and of super-phosphates M.0.0. tour in South Africa have small-pox were reported during the

which large quantities of gaano, narrow, Wednesday, Treaty. It will be remembered that over 300,000 tons, in addition to be held over till our issue of to at one time Italy was claiming nitrate of soda, potash and "bern parity with France, and the a cake are used. The annual expens

It is reported that the river titude of Signor MUSSOLINI'S Gov. diture in Japan for fertilizers is ernment gave rise to considerable Yen 300,000,000

compra, San Nem Hoi, encounter It is only within the last ten has begun to realise tuin great a voyage from Kaukong to Pakkei ference.

benefits to the, derived from the on Saturday. Chunks of ice were ad." The terms arrived at by the two use of artificial fertilizers and still on the ship when the berthed at- Mediterranean Towers have not been although the quantities und "" are | announced, though reports state those of Japan, over 130,000 ton

state insignificant when compared to Pakkai. that they include a French dest of sulphate of ammonia, valued at of 630,000 tons, leaving a superi-Hk. Tis. 13,000,000, were imported in been scratched. Pioneer work in ority of 150,000 tons over Italy.

To those who understand the dif. the education of the Chinese farmer Another rumour has it that France Boulties inhereptiin any attempt in up-to-date methods of fertilizing is to be allowed $80,000 tons of sub- to wean, the Chinese peasant from the soil has been done, by the marines compared with Italy's customs which have been in use for

over two thousand years it will Japanese and also the British and 60,000, and two capital ships to not bo

to learn that Germans Educational work is aldo On. necount of bad weather the prising koep Germany's pocket battle- "foreign" fertilizers are looked being done by the Nanking Govern- anual prize distribution of the rhip in order. Router's remark upon with considerable suspicionment, and at. Chinese agricultural Cheung Chau Government School The farmer is however, beginning colleges in different, parts of the in the course of their cabled newe to realize that he cannot continueruntry the young generation is has been postponed till tomorrow, OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN

thint,Signor MUSSOLINI is very indefinitely taking more out of the taught the value of the application when Mrs. Gr. P. ds Martin will Nthat the 42nd URDINARY

impressed by the fact that this is wil than is put back into it and science to the business of grow ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE-

that the natural manures which are ing crops. There is still a great give away the prizes. HOLDERS will be held at the Offices A. 9. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. the first time that two British traditionally used are not concen doal to be done in this direction,

Cabinet Ministers have gone direct trated enough for the intensive and it is estimated that not more Expressing a desire to be sent to for some time that the Colony, is Con undermentioned Certificate for WEDNESDAY, the 187H DAY of hares in this. Company on a Mission to him, and that fact cultivation which China's dense than one per cent of the fertilizer his native village, a Chinese men-; shortly to lose its most active com-

· MAROH,' 1931, at 11.80 ́ÀM, for gitared in the Name of 2010 largely moved him to accept the population and modern cognomic) which is necessary is used at the cant, who appeared before fr, werdia: representative, the Inch wan

By Order of the Board of Directors.

J. D. THOMSON, .1 Acting Boulstary. Hong Kong, 27th Feb., 1991. [874

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COM LIMITED.

of the Company. EXCHANGE BUILDING. DES Vorux RoAD Chermal, Vistoria. Hong- Kong,

· Directora, : 10

LAWRENCE E. KENT WELL,

ADDRESS, CHOYLAN CHIR KAI,

P. O. Box 26,

TELEPHONE:-18941,

Carros, March 6, 1931..

NOTICE.

not

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bars

to

British proposals."

Thus is history made

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An important step has recently been taken by the Russian authori ties towards the colonisation of the Far East. A circular, has been dis

names of thos men who are willing tributed among the soldiers of the Manchuran Army asking for the

to become enrolled in the Constusk sattlement in the Ussuri region under a promise of a free grant of land in that region, together with free envoyange thither of their families who are now in European Russia Themen do not soon to Lo very cager to entrace this op portunity of becoming settlers Hong Kong Daily Preke, March 10, 3000, A

Looking Back 50 Years, Lun

1. Although it has been well known

Williams at Central Magistracy yes only publicly announced for the fi terday, was given the expense of a time yesterday, at the meeting of the passage on has undertaking that he Chamber of Commerce. The re-elec

Updation of the Hon. Mr. W. Keswick would proceed to Sheklang, k

to be Chairman of the Chamber, for the current year was, & matier of Aartin Gonzales Corren was: course had he been gong to remain Criminal Scasions on a charge of after he had announced bis, ap. murdering John Harrison, a plun oroaching departure, was, or happy, her on 1.M.8. Empress of humalo, and, one that wild meet the while the liner wow on its way from aimrobation of the entire Colony Hong Kong to Manila on February Hong Kong Daily Press, March

1881.

conditions demand, to present time in China... the FEEDERICO NOLASCO DA SILVA,

It is encouraging to those who The fact that the present demand, purpose of recalving Statement of has been declared, LOST 1 at the

have the real interests of China for fertilizers in Chips should be Accounts and the

of the Expiration of, Ore Month from the Heport

Two at heart to learn that the old multiplied by one hundred is stag the Year

ar-ended Slot Date

Dato: hereof the following,

a the worthy ex-working men of Great haphazard methods of cultivation gering and must be a matter for DORTANOVER BOOKS of the Compact, namely Certificate No

to modern and scientific methods.ested in the manufacture and dis Company will be CLOSED from for 40 Shares: Bos; (6) 999 7/9295,- (10) Italy, and because there were two There can be no doubt," however, | 'tribution of this article of com- yesterday committed to the next in the Colony; and he election WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1981, 6990/5809, (5) 11881/1985, (80) 104465/- to WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH, 104484 New Certificate for the end of the former,-Italy and France that there is vast field for Immerce. The true wealth of a country 1981, Both Days inclugise.

is soil and what can be pro Shares will be fasted by the Company will not throw the world inte aprovement and that at the presents and thereafter No Offer will be

time no more than the barest surduced from it, and this in most acknowledged,

race of naval armaments. One face of the mormous potential nous in Ohing where a vast pre AB WATSON & CO., LTD. iningined that grave considerations market for artificial fertilizers has ponderance of the people live on the

1318 of strategy, worked out by aged (Continued at foot of next column.) land, Hong Kong, 19th Feb. 1831. [346 Hong Kong, 19th Feb, 1931

By Order of the Board of Directors,

ALLAN KEITH

Secretaryden

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