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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

COMPANIES WINDING-UP No,. 1 of 1931,

E. HING & CO., Auso KnoWN AS E. HING CHAN ANDA E. HING.

HEREBY

GIVE NOTICE that IN TBADE. FURNITURE, TENANTO FIXTURES, AND BUSINESS of the Above-named Company (in Liquidation) formerly carring on Busine at Nor 94 and 25, Wise Wo BraEx? and 310, HINNESSY ROAD. bare This Day been Bold by me.

Dated this 20th day of May, 1931.

F. L. AGASSIZ,

755]

Oficial Receiver and Liquidater.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

TN Accordance with Government

Ordinance. The EXCHANGE

BANKS will be CLOSED for the

TRANSACTION of PUBLIC BUSI

NESS on MONDAY, the 25TH MAY

(WHIT MONDAY).

Hong Kong, 20th May, 1931.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

(749

M Longer consted with this Company.

TR. E. J. COLLINS . No

.701)

VACUUM OIL COMPANY, C. C. STARK,

Acting General Manager.

CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the SEVENTH ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED, will be held at the Oficer of the Company, HONG KONG BANK BUILDING, 4A, DEA Vorux ROAD, CENTRAL, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 28ND DAY of MAT 1931, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31at DECEMBER, 1930 and of electing Directors und Auditor

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be OLOSED from 15TH

Daya inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, HERBERT R STUNT, Scarotary,

ORANGE

SQUASH

橙汁

AS. WATSONT COLL.

Make from

CALIFORNIAN ORANGES

This Squash is made from Ripe Fruit; Pure Cane Sugar and Aerated Water only is added, resulting in a Perfect Beverage.

*

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1931.

WEATHER REPORT.

The anti-cyclone remains central

and Tongking.

* News and Views ⭑

Civilization |

""The measure of a civilisation

may be estimated from the power antire at their own expense. To exercise the functions of a satirist in a primitive community is to court cortain douth."A New York speech by John Galsworthy.

"Hot Dogs" From Machines.

"Hot dogs" from an automatio machine were shown for the first

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Local..

Shatin train smash inquiry & für- ther evidence.

Page 7. Stock Market: Hong Kong

Page Croucher & Co.'s daily report.

Mr. D. Carstairs, area manager

vegetables, and bananus and was trying to secure a little profit on the deal. Presently his sister, a The weather report, forecast and remarks issued by the Royal Oberlittle larger than hinarli, come in to bail him out. The, Inspector on vatory, Hong Kong at 5 p.m. yes: duty mid, Five dollars,” and the terday state

little girl after depositing two to the chat of Japan. Shallow de- dollars and some "cents, said she | prossions are shown over SE, Chine would get the remainder. A few of its individuals tq, appreciate time"n the Leipzig Spring Fair,

minutes later the Inspector heard commotion in the street. He found the sister of the accused," el

Picces into a slot and turning a handle, a real, red-skinned sausage, all steaming and delicious to view leeting money from about fifty small friends to bail her brother out. Sho

-and to smell-comes out of the rangement by which the parties machine on a paper plate necom-umpire's award in the coal contract agree to the setting aside of the had raised $3.50 in all. The In-

Sir Malcolm Campbell told a speater returned the money and

story of the achievement of Austra panied by a slice of bread and disagreement and the appointment.

Page 7. found the $5 bail, and the little boy, lian machinery in cutting wool, blob of mustard. The automatic of a new umpire.

Round the Shops: By "Eve."

Page 2. who duly appeared before the Bench, from sheep, and making it into a machira can hold fifty sausages

No suit in a day. "But at Coughton

which are hung in a small chamber

To-day's wireless programme. Court, near Alcester, in a coat, the

Page 5. wool of which was shorn from the through which steam flow, keep- sheep and made up between aun-ing them moderately warm. Upon rise and sundown-and no ma- chinery was available then."

Local forecast-S.W. or variable winds, light; fair to showery,

Editorial and Business Offleca: 1

Ice House Street. Tel. 30251.

Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

Tel. 94011,

E,0.4

was enationed and released.

London Office: 53, Fleet Street,doubt the two youngsters, who carn' a precarious living by doing add jobs, are better off as they are, than ress. they are earning self reliner and

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, MAY 22, 1931.

PROTECTING THE

CHILDREN.

in a Home. They have freedom,

resourcefulness, and from now on- wards no doubt the police will keep a benevolent eye on them, or tuin them over to one or other charit able society,

The Society for the Protection of Children is, however, doing very useful work in exploring the prob- lem of how to assist Hong Kong children. It is no easy task to help wisely. China's social system is not designed for a vast metropolis lika Hong Kong, and it is difficult to know when and how to apply the Society's resourers. To struggle

Nothing New..

No Diddling the Bar's G.O.M,

The inte Sir Edward clarks, K., kept himself abreast of the times and read not long before hip death a "best seller" by a famous woman novelist, "Sho"must have counted on my not reading it," he told a friend, with a chuckle, "for I found in it, word for word, a long speech I made for the defence forty-five years ago!"

Aldershot's Tattoo.

make

Upon dropping the ten-pfennig of the N.A.A.F.1. was murdered

Kowloon.

Page 7." yesterday morning in his fint in At the Supreme Court yesterday, the Chief Justice accepted an. 47-

turning the handle, one of these Sport.

sausages is thrown into a hot-water bath, where it nequires the neces sary warmth for eating, and then alides down on ton cardboard plate. A samil pump squiris austard on to

age, and from some other hid Latest Cables. den quarter a slice of bread joins the trio. The interesting part about this machine is, that its beat is regulated automatically, so that it delivers the sausages at just the right temperature no matter how cold or warm it is outside.

Lawn Bowl Notes: By "Green.

The Financier.

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Page 10.

Latest British Amateur Golf Page 10. Championship results,

Further questions in regard to the fui Tai system in Hong Kong were asked in the House of Com- mens on May 20,

Page 0. Mr. Sun Fo necompanied by Mr. Eugene Chon left for Hong Kong yesterday by the m.v. Asama Maru. Page B The magistrates of the 11th Cor

Lady Owen's Counsel has applied rection Chamber of Paris, are try ing to decide whether Edmond for her pardon, or the least, the founding companies but not for sentence and her immediate release. Page . Rigala man with a genius for remission of the remainder of her

The Commission of the European making them pay, is n "erook" or The final decision will rest, with the simply a victim of circumstance, new President The persons whom he persuaded to about £24,000. But Rigal, who of an International Agricultural was formerly a singer on the Grands Credit Bank to assist farmers of Boulevards, protests his integrity. central and south-eastern Europe.

Page 9. His first company was floated with

The Soviet delegation at the the object of exploiting a new kind of roulette wheel. His second was London Conference wherein eleven to place on the market a mixture whent exporting countries are sit known as "the Swedish elixirting privately, agreed in principle a panacea for all ills. Whether to scheme of the establishment of the third venture was connected an international wheat quola, says Page 9.

the with real estate or the develop the News Chronide

A twenty per cent. cut in ment of the tourist industry in

Government expendi- not clear, but it was known as the Australian

Hont St, Michel Bay Company," Rigal's most brilliant effort, how ever, was the "Automatic Broad-

with the Colony's poverty and John Moore in the Peninsula War support him are said to have lost Union has approved of the creation

disease, superstition and ignorance, is like. trying to reclaim tho At-

Soc reform is a matter of money and goodwill. The goodwill of a Dr. BERNARDO, backed by the money of Mr.T. D. ROCKEFELLER, would make short work of the problema with which the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children islantic, but the Society has at least confronted. Hospitals, schools, re formatorics and homes for the de- stiteto would spring up, and Hong Kong's waits and streya would be given every chance of becoming healthy and useful citizens.

It is often assumed that there

made life happier for 14: children during its first year of existence, and that alone has been well worth while.

THE ENGLISHMAN'S OPEN FIRE.

A.S. WATSON & Co., is very little real poverty among To the

LIMITED.

"

TEL 20436.

Hong Kong, 11th May, 1931.

71727

THE HONG - KONG JOCKEY OLUB.

THE

AIXTH EXTRA MEETING

be held will

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS AND AUSTRALIAN PONIES

HE List of Subscribers to the HACE vill CLOSE at NOON on (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALSATURDAY, 30th May, 1931. LEY OD SATURDAY, SAD and

By Order of the Stewards, MONDAY, 25TH MAY, 1931, Common-

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fact.

Tattoos and military pageants are usually cheerful affairs, in gay design. And there is which bright uniforms of the past no mad. Hut the Aldershot Tattoo this year is to give us something different When the retreat of Sir in staged, the British troops will bo elad in old, begrimed and tatter- ed clothing. The Tattoo will hard- suffer by this concession to truth, Not So Gloomy 1

No one could accuse Dean Ingu of lack of sincerity or moral cour nge. His daring at moments makes 'btie guap. And seldom has he been so outspoken as in a recent ser- toon from his old pulpit in Ennis

ture and also in pensions, wagen Ho repudiated, in

and salaries is recommended among more gardens. fact, the theory of hell fire. Buch

other things in the report of the Utilisation Company," Loan Council Sub-Committee. A repudiation has been made becnating fore. What was so startling in which was to have supplied the unfes Dean Iage's renunciation was that

relic from the cal hell fire was iousness of past ages, "As men are said the Dean, so they will imagine God to be,"

Destroyer's Fuel Record.

inger with radio sets worked by inserting coins in a slot. Six of these radio sets were actually made, but there is no evidence that they

ever gave forth sound.

THE LADY WITH HAZEL EYES.

Hazel eyes screnely bright,

Ever entrancing and alluring, Chaag all darkness from the

And no depression's past their

curing.

Page 8.

The Shanghai Municipal Council has appointed Mr. John C. H. Wu, formerly the presiding judge, now defanet, of the Provisional Court. as its adviser. At the same time Appointing Mr. 1o Teh Kuei as Resistant secretary to the Council

Page 0.

The International Commission on the Diamond Industry has decided to abolish as from May 24 the limitation of production enforced since January 4, owing to South Africa not coming into line, by reducing working hours fity per nightcent: which has been applied to

European centres.

Page 9.. "International co-operation to aid China to re-establish her trade with a silver standard is impera- tive declared Sir Arthur Salter on his arrival at San Francisco from the Far East. 11n said that economically China was trying to create industria! independence.

Page 9.

A naval fuel economy record for steam propulsion has been set up by the British destroyer Acheron. H.M.S. Acheron is fitted with of tho Thornycroft boilers.

which are type water talie designed for a working pressure of soil, to the square inch-nearly double that of her sisters in the For several days she has been run-Would that I might earn the right modified "A" class of destroyer." ning a series of exhaustive trinle

To pledge my life to Then in Her oil fuel con on the Clyde. sumption on full power was 0.60816. signed for a speed of 35 knois, But per shaft horse-power. She is de. this has been exceeded with ease.

average Englishanan a the Chinese of the Calong, but the living-room without a fireplace he contended that the doctrino of that ho had long since deserted as fact that of the 107-cases investigat some as unnatural as a face with MAY, 1931, to 22ND MAY, 1831, Bath Aerated Water Manufacturers.ed by the Society since its inception out eyes. Winter or summer, even

TEL. 67139.

in Hong Kong's summer, the hearth a year ago 61 were found

tands to be the centre of his social be due directly to poverty, or existence, the focal point of his to disenso due to malnutrition, room. In vain to remind him that: shows that this comfortable over large tracts of Europe and Asin a hospitality as warm as hia sumption is founded

own centres round closed stoves, Although working along rather dif that throughout the bulk of the ferent lines the Society for the North America. Continent pipes Protection of Children joins in and radiators displace the leaping the struggle against poverty which flame as the syrabol of comfort. His instinct to kindle, refuel, and is being waged by the Society of

poke a fire is as strong in him still St. Vincent de Paul, the M.C.Lns in the days of the Druids. But And other charitable organisations it becomes steadily more question The Society concentrates its efforts able whether modern civilisation on the needs of children and thus enn face the cost. in filth that is strikes at the root of the trouble love of a blaze entails. From a against, which other carlier cetal-recent discussion in the House of lished bodies are fighting, for it Lords on smoke abatement the open is inevitable that the little army of hearth, as most of us have known children who are suffering to-day and honoured it, emerged with

Ten Chinese stowaways on the Two cases (one non-Chinese) of Looking Back 50 Years, through the neglect that arises from little credit, In fact, the Lords poverty will be later on, if they seemed to be giving a lend in a survive, claiments for the charity new campaign against open fires in 8.3. Tjisondari from Java were sentephoid were reported during Wed- of the other societies. Purticularly England. One distinguished mem-tenced to one month's hard labour resday,

oing at 2.30 P.M. on Both Days,

The First Bell will be Bung at 2 PM 734)

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE. Mombers are notified that they and their Ladica raust wear their Badges prominently displayed.

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

Badges admitting Non-Member to the Members Enclosure and Clak Rooms at $6.00 Per Day for Gentlemen and $3.00 for Ladies (Both including Tax) Dainable through the SECRE TARY

apon Introduction by a Member, rach Member to be responsible for Payment of All Chite,

to Members' Badges admitting

nt not be on sale Enolosure will not

-Race Course.

&c.

the Meeting.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE..

TAK,

the

for all Persone, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate. Soldiers and Sailors in

Uniform are admitted Half Prica.

Tio Tac Men, &... Bookmakers, will not be permitted to operate with in the Precincts of the HonG KONG JOCELY OLUB during the Race bfeeting, Tiffin will be obtainable in the Restau rant in the Public Easlosure.

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary,

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

NOTICE.

THE HALF YEARLY GEN ERAL MEETING of VOTING MEMBERS will be held at the CLUB HOUSE, HAPPY VALLEY, on WEDNESDAY, 27TH MAY, 1991,

6.15 P.M..

All, members are cordially invited to attend and participate in any discussion which may ensue.

The

pawn,

As in the radiance of the Dawn.

JOHN WILLWYN, To over dwell in their pure_light,

Local Notes and Events

:

copted by Revenue Officer Pearso land he was discharged.

tions. The having certainty, present donation will be an incen. tive to other residents to come for- ward. The Public School, if it is deserving to support, should not lack funds in a place like Hong Kong, and it will, of course, de The Hong Kong Recreation Club pend a great deal on the conduct known by its initials, V.R.C., holde public, will consider it deserving. that is sufficiently popular to be of the establishment whether the its annual menting on the 30th inst. of greater support. It seems to us From the various reports printed that some reforms are needed in in readiness we learn that a fair most of the institutions referring interest was taken in rowing dur to education, and if the conditions On the examinations ing the season; that they won five imposed

Hong Kong must ba congratulat ed on having such a resident na Mr. Belilios, whose munificent A fine of 80,760, or, in default, donation of 82,000 to the Public - so factory chimneys loon Magistracy yesterday.' Members can obtain, upon Application

good work is being done in the ber of the peeruge pointed out that each by Mr. Hamilton at the Kow- matter of the treatment of juvenile the 5,000 or

six months' hard labour, was impos. School of that Settlement has just The donation been made known. to the SECRETARY, Badges (Limited

ed by Mr. Hamilton, at Kowloon, has coms at a very opportune mo- to One) for the Fre Admission to the

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY offenders. There is, at present, no within fifteen miles of Manchester,

Mr. A. II. Potts, of High House,resterday, on Wan Yu Lip, who ndment, and the interest will at any Members Enclosure of Wires, Lady

GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY children's court, ne protection can easily be reduced to decent Relatives and Friends. Names must be

The behaviour if the Joint Statu Mount Davis Road, has reported mitted possession of 533 lbs, of rate provide a certain annual in- GENERAL MEETING of the officer and no reformatory.

come. As, however, this incoma stated when applying.

VOTING MEMBERS of the HONG On No Protest will Children be

· permitted in either Enclosure during KONG JOCKEY CLUB will be belt few makes the assumption that tory Committece whose formation to the police that between P. Chinese, tobacco on board a fishing will not be adequate to carry on the CLUB HOUSE on the 27TH Hong Kong has a Reformatory and was recently approved docs its on Tuesday and 6 a.m. on Wednes-junk in the harbour. A second man, the school, it will be necessary to VAY of MAY, 1981, immediately after a Reformatory Superintendent, but work thoroughly. But, as Lord day, some person stole from his Chati Sing Hoi, was also charged supplement it by other subscrip The Price of Admission to the Public the Half-yearly Meeting of the in point of fact neither exists. The PARXOOR and others replied, there chicken house eight fowls and two but his plea of not guilty was achowover, is a great thing, and the Enclosure is $200 Per Day including Voting Members when the subjoined late Mr. E. R. BELILIOS built in little to be gained from control geese, valued at $30,

resolution will be proposed:-

"THAT Article 6 of the Articles Reformatory at Causeway Bay but ling the big stacks while the little

ones continue to deposit a soot-fall Mr. R. Imura, second engineer "of Association of the Club bathe institution was not very success "altered by deleting therefrom the ful and the building was eventually of several hundred tons a year oD of the s., Sungshan Maru, haa "words "Ordinary Members may taken over by the French Convert every square mile of British cities. made a report to the police that Looking Back 25 Years. "be unlimited in number" and

aubsititating therefor the words It is perhaps debateable whether a And despite the encouragement while the vessel was lying by the number of Ordinary boy bad enough to send to a reforgiven in England's new housing B21 buoy some person entered his Members shall be one thousand matory ever gets much 'good from schemes to the use of gas and cles cabin through the porthole during "two hundred or such greater ach an institution. The Borstal tricity for, cooking and henting the his absence on Wednesday afternoon "number as the Voting Members treatment at Home has justified amount of raw coil consumed in and stole 870 in 'money, "shall from time to time "s determine ” ”

itecil, but a development of the St. domestic grates shows no sign of

A Japanese and a Chinese were out of eight inter club races; that nullify the intentions of the donore AND NOTICEia ALSO HEREBY Louis Industrial School, and the falling. The ideal remedy is, of

a plentiful and cheap involved in a fight in Johnston they own 22 boats; that the swim- of the funds put aside for scholar- GIVEN that a further EXTRAOR engaging of a Probation officer course, DINARY GENERAL MEETING would probably serve for most of supply at reasonable rates of a Road, Wanchai, on Wednesday, and ming bath proved immediately ships some powers, ought to be ob of the VOTING MEMBERS of the

Japanese, Hisao Haseda, received po vymnasium is not so well this. If the Public School is ad- Club will be held at the same place our local cases. Nor are homes for smokeless fuel which will enable the 35 an outcome of the affair the popular; that the splendidly equip tained by the trustees to remedy on WEDNESDAY, the SEVEN- the destitute so urgent a need. The sentiment that surrounds tho open a stab wound in his side. The Chi- patronised as it should be, and the ministered by a public commitico tor is recommended that out of certainly work up to n high stand searched for by. the police.. TEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 1983, at a Chinese clan accepts & responsibility fire to be preserved without the nete disappeared and is now being appointment of a regular instrue and not interfered with, it ought

The availability of such

84,101.61 worth of chits signed at ard. That it will be left alone ia quarter past Five O'CLOCK in the far wider than that of the English filth,

the bar, only 864.11' worth were what we wish for it, and if it le AFTERNOON, for purpose of receiving

and an apparent profs no one will for a moment doub A report has been made to tbo "bad," revolver and $10 in Shanghai and balance from the general working forthcoming for its support. There police of the loss of nn S. &. W. of 8844.11 is shown; and that the that further donations will ho Central Bank of China notes, which account for, 1005 was 8241.56, leav is nothing like giving the public were stolen from the cabin of the ing the clull with a balance in to power in public institutions. They shan Maru whilst the vessel was members, of whom only 41 uro ly, especially if the funds are pup- "absent."Hong Kong lied by them alone-Hong Kong second engineer of the B., Sung servo of $28.953.76. There are 283 will see the work is done thorough

Daily Brew Wally rear days09-1000. geklying-ub Buoy B1-en Wednesday marked

7453

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Becrotary.

CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME- -ORIENT.

MORTGAGE BANK AND ESTATE AGENTS.

"PEAK MANSIONS" Six-roomed & Fire-roomed Apartments PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, KOWLOON,

Detached and Semi-detached Villaw

-Modern-Constraction with Garagaven:

"QAMBAY, BUILDINGS" Tate with Modern Convenientos.

& Report of the proceedings at the family, and it is not often that fuel lags far behind the research above mentioned meeting and of a child finds itself derelict. Such that has perfected it. When i confirming if thought fit as a Special cases do, however, occur from time comes it should put a very different Resolution the above mentioned to time. A small boy was recently, face on England, and incidentally Resolution. dia 1.

brought to the charge-room of a visit upon, the householder, who per- GBBROWN,lose), police station for the heinous sista in burning raw coul as ready

Becretary,

offence of hawking without a punishment as Ye would-now, (788, licence. He had obtained a few for firing his chimney.

By Order of the Stewards,

Hong Kong, 14th May, 1931.

afternoon.