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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1931.
News and Views *
An Over-arm Pioneeri
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Local.
Orchestra and the London Wiralces Orchestra were absorbed into the D.B.C. Symphony Orchestra with a Yesterday's wenther, report, re-full strength of 114 players. The cast and remarks, issued by the standing choral organisation of Royal Observatory tp the B.B.C. for concert-hall-ne die stated
tinct from studio-performances is
Victorian Diocesan Califference Page The Anti-eyelone is now central the National Chorus. It was form
Mr. Tom Collins," the "Oldest over the Yangtze Valley, it has exl in 1928, is 250 strong, and is Dandies.
Almost the only men who can
Hong Kong Telephone Co. Meut- Page 7.. increased slightly in Intensity. The composed only of amateurs, Before
ing depression is moving eastward if its formation the B.B.C, hnd to
Alloging wrongful sale of à mort- is now central to the NNW EM together a freeh chorus when now be counted upon to dress with Bing, whose ninetieth birthday
at the Tokyo. Moderate to fresh monsoon ever a big choral work was under scrupulous care, always excepting was recently celebrated, has any may be expected, along the Const taken: and thus all the trouble of bridegrooms on their day of days,thing but a happy recollection of gaged property, Chinese widow of Ching and over the N. China achieving 3 good ensemble for one are the managers of the great his one match against Oxford. commenced an action
concert had to be gone through
$49,000 damages from the Banque with a fresh body of singers for the hotels, whose attire, composed of Indeed, he describes his experience Supreme Court yesterday, claiming The National Chorus was black tail cont, white slip and--and with ample justification France Chinois pour to Commerce Page 11 formed on a permanent basis to obvinte this waste of time and striped trousers, almost amounts most informal luck, Immediate, at Industric
Page 3 to a livery, and carries a strong prior to the gront encounter, Today's wireless programme. The result from a practical aland hymoneal suggestion. We expect he and Plowden, each taking ave point is that wireless users steadily at any rate to see one over.coked wickets, had dismissed the formid- increase. The average number of licences per month taken out in grain of rice, one dise of confettiahlo Surrey eleven. for. 90, apd, în 1930 exceeded 20,000. The number Doctors once respected a tradition
Bu doing, had shared largely insults of licences in Iree on the thirteenth of September last, was 3,195,553, of sobor neatness, int they also single innings victory for Four: representing about. twelve million can be camunt to-day and I heard toon of the University. He thus listeners. The regular increase is of a distinguished surgeon who had good reason for hoping he no doubt helped by the continual went his Nursing Home rounds the would do well against Oxford. His improvement and cheapening in wireless reoption apparatus. The other morning, to inspect and even start was mos; encouraging, for grose inenme from licences in 1820 dress the wounds ho had inflicted, in the course of a few minutes he was $1,470,000. Once charges and in plus-fours, Our clergy, so for bouled two of the crack bateman, sam of have not perceptibly declined from. A. H. Mitchell and R. D..
a standard of decorous raiment,
Directly afterwards, however, ho was "no balled" five
BIRTH:
VILLAS-On March 6. at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. VILLAS, nson, MARTIN JOHN,
DEATHS....
ANDERSON, AL Claremont Hotel,
on March 11, 1931 AGXES, dearly beloved wife of Jonk EDGAR ANDERSON, of the Ander son Music Co., Ltd. ...[437 HARTWELL-On March 6, at Shang
trouble.
hai, CHARLES STEARNS HALT deducted Post Office WELL, nged 75 years.
taxation, leaving 'n.net £044,301 to the B.B.C.
sation led to the demand for more The rapid growth of the organi
accommodation, and in 1028 ar rangements were completed for the building of a new BBC head- Office):quarters in London. It was neces
Editorial and Business Offices: 1 lee House Street Tal. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai
Tel. 24511
London Office: 53, Fleet
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The Daily Press.
HONO KONO, MARCH 12, 1931.
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although I suspect them of axity in Switzerland, Mr. E. V. Luens.
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Empire Dialectics,
Walker.
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Sport.
H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament re
Page 10.. Programme of sport, events be Page 10. Kong police forces. tween the Shanghai and Hong Programme of events for the March meating at Kwant of the Page 10. Fanling Hunt and Race Club.
Latest Cables.
"Political treachery" is a typic- at National newspaper comment on air. Baldwin's decision regarding times in succession on the ground the Round Table Conference in
Page ... that his hand at the moment of India.
The bald phraseology of the Con- delivery was above his shoulder servative India Committee's resolu
Baldwin's Law Ten, as it stood at the time,tion announcing Br..
condemned.
Page 5. ordained the umpire in such cir-Round Talde decision is loudly.
Sandino, the insurgont leader in cumstances to call "no ball," but it does not appear to have been Nicaragua, claims that he has de-. strict y enforced at that period feated the United States National Guards in five recent battles, and Page 8 that 150 were killed and Collins's delivery would ne doubt. have passed muster out for the issue by the M.C.C. a few works
The Canada Club dinner to Mr. sary to provide more numerous and Street, better proportioned studios, per- Howard Ferguson, the new High
fectly isolated from one another and immune as far as possible from Commissionar, was a most enthusi the invasion of sound from the astic function. Mr. J. H. Thomas, City. The new building now who proposed the chief tomat, was course of construction in Portland
a little disappointing. He started Place will meet all requirements. There will be twelve floors, three well enough with a story told in of which will be below atreet level. bir own breezy. style. He raised 'a There will be twenty studios, rang-laugh by twitting Mr. Ferguson ing in size from the small apart about the silence which his new
office must now impose on him. But before the match of an instruction the supremacy of the British and ment necessary for news," to studio large enough to accommodate when, acting obviously on instructo umpires to watch carefully the a full orchestra and an audience tions, ho tried to inforin a Cana- height of the bowler's hand- as it of about 1,000 people. The shape dian audience that they must no passed the body in the last swing of the site has enabled the B.B.C. longer talk of the British Empire of the arm."
ensure the isolation of the but of the British Commonwealth studios from external noises by n of Nations he met with a full- simple but at the same time in throated roar of diapproval which genious expedient. The studio will seemed to embarrass him. Mr. be separated from the streets that Thomas looked a tired man. He bound the site on all but the north was like a large dog with a small side by "tuffer buildings" When muzzle, and the muzzle was obvious "Broadcasting House" is completly uncomfortable. Moreover,
arrived too late for dinner, and ed, the B.B.C. will be housed in a building worthy of the position to a speaker, who has missed his which this corporation has won for dinner much may be forgiven. ', itself in the national economy
ENGLISH BROADCASTING.
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A WONDERFUL testimonin to the quality of the programmes of the British Broadcasting Corporation is given in the first chapter of "Science and the New Civilisa tion," by Professor MILLIKAN, of thMichigan University. They are, he says, incomparably superior to anything to be heard in the United States of America, Tho HONG KONG SPEAKING! members of the public of England are provided with the largest re- for their subscription ever given anywhere in the history of the world. For the B,B.C.ém ploys only high-class speakers, musicians, and entertainers of all sorts, so that the whole British nation is now being given educa tional advantages of the finest possible sort, at less than a cent & family a night, collected only from those who wish to take ad- vantage of them.".
turn
The Distant Past.
Pontypridd Divisional Labour
Party has passed a resolution ex- pressing regret at the "misfortune" which had befallen Mr. T. I. Mardy Jones, who resigned his seat as
The United States, shipping lines superliners designed to challenge have postponed the construction of
The Jugo-Slavian Governement Germans on the Atlantic. Page 9. has erohibited the importation of manufactures On the Russian ground that the Soviet aims at the destruction of exchange and pro- duction in importing countries.
Page 9. Col. Frederick Wellesley, whose King Carol has summarily dis death took place last month, was missed the Governor of the Nation negotia a link with the diplomatic worldal Bank of Houmania, because he of the rather remote past, for his had tried to torpedo, father, Lord Cowley, was Ambastians with the Bank of France for Page D. that immediately followed the 46 in France. undor in Paris in the stormy days the flotation of part of a new loan Revolution and the expulsion of Jawaharlal Nehru, the President Louis Philippe His cousection of the Congress, forecasts, that if with the Napoleonia wars was pro- the forthcoming Karachi Congress The Shannon Electricity Scheme,
There is striking evidence al bably closer than that of any other decides to participats at the Round through Ireland of the progress of Englishman. The Iron Duke was Table Conference it will only do so. hia great-uncle, and his grand on bondition that Indians will have national electrification, popularly known as the Shannon Scheme. mother Lady de Ros (who surviv- complete independence and control Most towns and villagos how haveed until the eighteen nineties), had among finance, otherwise the Eight IN. these days when wo hear so much about the badness of tradle the light, and the percentage of danced at the famous ball given will be vigorously renewed. Page 5. and losses in all directions, it is private consumers, higher than in by the Duchess of Richmond on the satisfactory to know that our public many villages of similar type on eve of Waterloo. He had ratired utility companies in Hong Kong the Continent. The showrooms of from the Army as well as from the Tramways, the Star Ferry and the Electricity Supply Board in diplomacy as long ago 8-1881. Rut the Telephone Compinty-still and Dublin, are well. patronised, and hit retiremont was not, as was room for optimism. The Telephone have an attractive display of goods, said, due to his marriage with the Company's accounts show a profit It is now announced that the con- Gaiety actress and dancer, Kate of 2015,000 en the year's working, sumption is at least one year ahead Vaughan, though such a marriage and the Diretors are considering of estimate, and that steps must created far more of a sensation member for Fontypridd. The re an application, to enable them to be taken at an early date to. aug. then than it would to-day. Colonel solution expressed the Party's "ful carry to reserve more than the ment the supply of current. This Wellesley did not marry Missilest appreciation of the sterling two additional tarbines (for which Colonel Wellesley in 1810 in the behalf of the Labour movement in 850.000 allowed annually by the will probably be done by installing Vaughan until 1894 I first met services which he had rendered on Wintney, Hampshire, years, of which eight had been present franchise,
This has been an eventful year rovision has already been made) beautiful garden of his house at South Wales during the last thirty for the Telephone Company, and at Arnacrusha, on the Shannon, Hary
due to the and impounding the upper waters writes a correspondent to a London spent as member of Parliament for Would soon come back to public By Order,
How this high standard of brond-congratulations are
life, restored in full public con
The official report also smooth and efficient manner in where natural conditions are speci- in the neighbouring village of T. A. ROBERTSON, Lieut. Col. casting has been, achieved, the Directors and their staff upon the of the river in Lough Allen, paper. A pageant was being held the division, and hoped that he
Secretary.
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efforts which are constantly being which the change over to "auto-ally favourable for such work. Be. Eversley to commemorate the con
There yond, however, outward signs of tenary of the birth of Eversley's fidence,"
famous rector, Charles Kingsley, stated that the executive committee Hong Kong, ri Mar 1931,
made to improve it, and the matic" was accomplished. various schemes now in hand are were, of course, initial difficulties, activity and development, and 1 all fully described in the 1931 with, perhaps, a few faults on both general feeling of optimism, evidal whom he had known well. He gave considered it advisable, owing to B.B.C. Year Book. In the ordinary sides, but in a little while the new ence of financial success is "etill the pageant his support, and as the urgency of the selection, that A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. schools brordenating is playing a system was giving general satisfac- lacking. The last accounts appear he showed me his rosca thought the Miners' Federation be invited more and more important part-tion. We only get about thirtyed in March 1930, and covered I had never seen a handsomer man forthwith to submit a miners? little- cur though he was then 15. It was his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones, Nor
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN It provides features which serve as complaints a day out of 130,000 the year ending March, 1920. straight and white-moustached, a nominee Mr. Mardy Jones and
that the FORTY-SIXTH a supplement to the school curri- calls by 7,000 subscribers," said Up to then
the Company's leading reat had been distributed. The easy to see that Ouida had had were each fined £ at Marshbone- ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL enium, and which are outside the one MEETING of the Company (alace ite resources of the ordinary school. officials recently with justifiable report and accounts up to March, him in mind when she drew her on summonses in connection with registration), be held at the HONG Its special aim is the stimulation pride. Our informant also added 1930, which are shortly due, should Guards officers, though he had the the use of Parliamentary vouchers HOTEL, Hong Kong, on MON-of interest and imagination There that both Chinese and Japanese in the first of an instructive series, added grace of acute intelligence.", for travelling on the railway. DAY. the 1621 MARCH, 1931, at is at present a reorganisation of the Colony were showing the 11.30 A.M., for the purpose of receiving elementary education in England,greatgt interest in the telephon the Repart of the General Managers and a greater opportunity is avail-A number of shops that have had together with a Statement of Accountable than ever before for experi- one line only were now ordering for the Year ended 31st OCTOBEE, 1930. menting with new methods. Furtheir own exchanges, with seven or
of the The BEGISTER of SHARES of Company will be OLOSED from ther, many of the most prominent eight branch lines, while in private WEDNESDAY the TE DAT or educationists recognise that the rehouses the use of the phone was MARCH, to TUESDAY, the 172H DAT sources of broadcasting offer ex-rapidly spreading. The automatica OF MIRCH, 1931, Both Days inclusive, ecptional means of enriching the are working very well from the daring which period NO Transfer of curriculum in the senior schools, mechanical point of view, but the and of broadcasting the horizon of summer hent is likely to give soms Sharea can be registered....
the ariulewent boy and girl before anxiety to the technical staff. the end of their school.life...
THE FORTY-FIFTH YEARLY THE
GENERAL MEETING of the OLUR will be held in the CLUB HOUSE on THURSDAY, the 12
MEMBERS of the HONG KONG
MAROH, 1931, at 6.30 P.M."
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS A
General Managers. Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.
STORAGE CO., LIMITED.
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Local Notes and Events *
Looking Back 25 Yeats..
Before Mr. Schofield yesterday,
The list of Justices of the Fence Mr. W la Bart Sparrow, A.B.P.
a Cantonese policeman was charg (K.) left for Weihaiwei on the .. Kucichow yesterday. It is believed ed with assaulting two Chinese at for 1906 appears in the current with demanding $100 from them. Government Gaselle. We note the In accordancs with its trpdi. he is making the trip in connection Kennedy Town on March 9, and
He was remanded until to-day, bail addition of several new names, in- bluding Messrs. A 3, Abduleader, One of the greatest men of the tional policy the Company is ndwith police duties.
da Châu Tung Chang A. Byer, WL B.B.C, is Sir WALFORD DAVIES, who vancing in all directions Work on but the esteem and regard of has mande such progress that the will be given at the Helena May Several summonses for failure to Carter, J. G. Douglas, G. Forsyth, has won not only the admiration the Canton-Hong Kong trunk line The last concert of the season being allowed in the sum of $900. THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD millions of tirtenere for his one should be completed my next Institute on The Collegians!! furnish the Imports and Exports A. R. Fullerton, W. D. Graham,
derful broadcasts on music and the by at 4.30 p.m.
WH Parlane, J. Paterson, H.0, charming manner in which they August. It is honed, moreover, Glee Singers and a number of Department with statements of Ho Kom Tong, J. A. Jupp, E.
exported from the Colony were are delivered. He declares that that before long Hong Kong will variety items will constitute the liquor and tobacco brought into or Mast. 1. I. Michael, A.-H. Ough brought in Mr. Schofield's Court Simms, F. Smyth, Tong Lai Chuen, yesterday The defendants wir W. Wilson and Yung Hin Pon
March The new arrangements for traffic Messrs. Dodwell & Co the Horai Hong Kong Daily Pren; Contato musical nation, and he is certainly the man important cities of China, Barets of Deboutnres are invited to NOTICE to SHAREHOLDERS, there is no such thing as an unhe linked by telephone with hill
No
VOTION IS, HEREBY GIVEN stimulating the sense of music in and a tribute was paid by Mr.
that the THIRTY FIFTH millions of people. He has been SCOTT HARSIN to the kindly control at the Kowloon circus" Suisan Co., the 0.8.K., and the 12, 1808
Looking Back 50 Years, ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING teaching music by wireless in operation of the Canton authorities
Among the passengers by the At the Marine Court yesterday," of the BHAREHOLDERS in the schools for the past six years, and in this early stage of a great enter came into operation on Tuesday China Merchants 8.N. Co. Nominal
Capt. Paul Maternate of the ss. Occan Steamship Company's Larry [444 Company will be bald at the thousands of children have fallen prise that should be of immenso night when Sub Inspector Mason fines were imposed in each case
in low with his helpful and kindly advantage to all concorned. Long and Sergt. Clark arranged matters Company's TOWN OFFICE, 2,
voico, Melody, he declares, is the distance radio telephony has not 4ccording to plan... LOWER ALBERT ROAD, on WEDNES birthright of every child, and he been overlocked, and we are inform Moha
in about two years Mohammed Hussain, the 10-year Taipoosek, was summoned with tes, which leaves here this after- DAX, the 18TH MARCH, 1981, has set out to teach them to make that, NOON, for the purpose of receiving their own tunes with remarkably time a subscriber, in Hong Kong old son of L/Sergt. Nathay Khan arriving in the Colony on March neon for London, are the Right the Report of the Directors together good results. Every Tuesday after will be able to put a call through attached to the Au Tau Police Sta-0, with pigs in crates not stowed Rev. the Bishop of Victoria and with Statement of Accounts, declar noon SiF WALFORD DAVIES is buter to another subscriber in England. tion, was found dead in his bed on according to regulations. He plend Mr. Burden. The Bishop, guem Magistrate said:These regulations we trust, return a twolvemonth. ing & Dividend and re-electing teaching at least 50,000 children to with subscament extension to all Monday. It is believed that heed guilty and was fined $100 or two home to recuperate, after a good have been in foros for the past four encor with renewed vigour. We Directors and Auditors.
enjoy manic in a new way that important cities. in the world" succumbed to an attack of subter-months. In passing sentence, the long spell of hard work, and will,
Such a development involves fewer tian malaria. the
By Order,
T. A. ROBERTSON, Lieut. Col., Sporntury. Hong Kong, 11th March, 1991,
FANLING. HUNT & RACE CLUB.
MARCH MEETING,
RACES Nos. 4 AND 5 PUST ENTRIES.
ATTENTION is Drawn to the fuct that bose Racos aro Open Membora and Lady Racing Members of the Horo Kono JoOKEY. Coun Ls well a Member of the FARKING HURT AND BACH CLUB.
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or five months and you have had
• The TRANSFER BOOKS of the by makingly days of broadenst difficulties than din change-over to fore Company will be CLOSED. Both ing the B.B.C. formed the London automatic, and Hong Kong will Before Mr., Schofield yesterday, 7ru to the 183 MARCH, 1951, Both Wireless: Orobcatra then, as the look confidently towards the day a well-dressed Chinese girl was apple time to make the necessary work expanded, it was found desir when, daring an inaugural talk charged, with having in her posses provisions for the crates. If you Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directora able to consider the formation of between august personages in this son 10 inels of opium Mr. Loseby choose to ignore the regulations, permanent. first-class Symphony Colony and in Whitehall correct appeared for the defence and asked I must take a serious view of the J. D.THOMGON
Orchestra. A scheme was dorised sentiments about the wonders of for a remand until Saturday. This offence, as it entails great cruelty
other way!!! Acting Seuratary Hong Kong, 27th Feb., 1981. (88and it took definite form Inst science widths conquest of space was granted, bail being/5xed at to animals is stow them in any
summer, when the Queen's Hall will be expressed.
$1,200
may mention, iss a matter of in-
h
terest to his numerous friends that
sat for his portrait the other day to Mr. Almg, the well known photographer, who has succeeded in
Prea, March 12, 1891
curing a truly admirable likegoss if his Lordship-Hong Kong Daily
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