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MARRIAGE.

Box-MCKINNON-On June 10, at Peiping, ERNEST SHILSTON Box; of London Mission. Tientsin, son of the Rev. E. Box: late of Shanghai, to MARGARET ANDER- SON MCKINNON, of the English Baptist Mission, Sinifu.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931.

For Probate.

News and Views *

abroad, America's position seçmed impregnable. The range of her climate and her natural resources. enable her to produce nearly every thing needed, and yet to have plenty to sand abroad. What the could not grow within her own A will, written on a wall, with borders was obtainable from South rough sketches of 18 witnesses, is America, and that great Continenta feature of a Fifth Dynasty tomb offered a limitless opportunity for found near the Pyramids. American wealth and enterprise

Highbrow and Lowbrow

to

No wonder America cut adrift from distracted and warring The Secretary to the Hong Kong Europe, and took only a minor Broadcasting Committee writes to interest in India and the Far East. us to confirm the views expressed All these places might prove useful by this paper with regard to sidelines of business, but, after criticisms of local radio pro- all, why look further afield than

grammes All our programmes America, where all things needed are based on the answers to the lay close, te band? Like IDSEN's

questionaires we sent out recently, hero PEER GYNT. America took as most of which, show a preference and, as in the drama of PEER Gvwr for what is known as, Lowbrow the thing has failed, though it is not that last month's percentages music. It might be interesting to "difficult to see why. It is easy to show 53 per cent. Highbrow and blame Americs, but America has 47 per cent. Lowbrow"" 'music,”

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Hong Kong, June 20, 1931,

THE RIDDLE OF AMERICA.

At the opening cf the interna tional Colonial Exhibition of Paris colour in every possible combina tion and in every imaginable shade. not the eye on every side, touch ing with sudden life the red and white and grey masses of the pavi lions Down the great main stair- caso of the Templo of. Angkor-Vat n river of jewels scomed to flow as the Indo-Chinese dancing girls grouped themselves there in their "YOUNG MARY'S" BROKEN beautiful gold and green and scar- let dresses. Below them a group HEART.

of nobles in blue and silver and goldon tunics stood under many coloured umbrellas round the Em peror of Anaam, and on each side the native cavalry, and infantry animado long gashes of colour in the shade of the trees. The European crowd locked drab and dingy by comparison.

"EVEN & cauliflower may have broken heart," according to English authority-aproposition which has since received much more serious support from the researches of Sir JAGADIS BOBt. And certainly if cauliflowers suffer in that way no one ought to be surprised that the same complaint can bring about the death of an elephant. It is said by a Home paper to have done so in Paris, where the former elephant culled "YOUNG MARY," which used to play a saxophone in a circus, is suing a railway company because, he says, the animal died as the result of being shaken about in a train smash. The defendants admit that the animal was shaken, but allego that', it was shock; "YOUNG MARY," they main tain, was cut off in her prime as the result of a broken heart caused

Senator Tabern Oddie, who is in Shanghai, studying the silver prob- lem, blames Great Britain for the abnormally low price of silver. A further belief is expressed that the silver slump is one of the chief owner of An causes of unemployment throughout. the world. In our own interests he esks us to abandon our silver sell ing policy. Senator TASKER ODDIE is no doubt a most important personality in his own particular sphere, but probably most of our readers' heard of him for the first time yesterday morning when Reuter wired us his reflections on the world's economic situation. The Senator is evidently not aware by an unhappy love affair. It may that it is the Indian Government, be wondered how the railway com- not the British Government, which pany manages to know so much silver. No doubt Senator about the private life of its passen- TASKER ODDIE holds the common gers; are their inquiries "of this view that it is India's duty to obey kind confined to elephants, or would

is selli

'sentimental.

"Bemmy" Woods.

Unanswerable:

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Local and Far East.

My wife used to play the piano she doesn't have time." "Children on a lot, but since the children came are a comfort,, aren't they?"

#Decadente."

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Anti-Chiang move is described Page 12.

CORRESPONDENCE.

All letters intended for publi... `cation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, unless an desired, but as evidence of good faith:-ED.]

Forged revenue stamp case at the OUR RADIO PROGRAMMES. Sessions.

Page 7 K.R.A, activities. Bathing pools

for Kowloon; railway noises and (TO THE EDITOR OF THE Star forry approach. Page 7.

„DAILY PRESS.”].

Following an armed robbery in 2

TONG TONG

Six, I would like to associate

Professor carroll, of the Union College, U.S.A., has been rating his compatriots for being too good- The Filipino, who is said to have humoured. Tolerance, to his mind, is ran amok on the Empress of

The pioneer spirit la generally for trial on the capital charge myself with the remarks expressed 'a sympton of national "decadence."

Canada, was yesterday committed made of sterner stuff, and materi- by a certain rigidity of outlook.jewellery shop in Kowloon City which appeared in your issue of alistio success can only be achieved

Pago 7 by" your correspondent Radio,"

But is it decadent to disbelieve in shortly after 8 p.m. last night, to-day the glamour of materialistic auc shooting affray took place between cess Fow words are used with "decadent decadent to re. Indian policeman in Prince Edward such lavish uncertainty as this word fleeing armed robber and an

Road,

Page gret that ten million young lives

represents a falling off from the wero battered by the European war Unquestionably such a regret more militant patriotism of our fathers But is that to be regret- ted?

Boys of the Old Brigade,

WAB 'n

Round the local cinemaal

Week-end radio programmes,

Sport.

Page 5.

Page. D.

To-day's tennis league matches

Page 10 American major league baseball results.

Page 10. To-day's lawn bowls games and Page 10, prospects: by "Green."

Latest Cables.

There is a likelihood of a con-

torium for a further six months..........

May I ask, through the mediam of your valued columns, why, if the local broadcasting cominittee can- not put better programmes on the ether, local wireless listeners-in cannot tune in foreign stations without paying a $10 tax?

Must Hong Kong always give way toit is the best we can do.”—~~Yours, etc.,

RADIO ALSO." Hong Kong, June 19.

PRAYA BATHING TRAGEDY.

A writer in a Home paper thus describes the recent inspection of some 400 Chelsen Pensioners by F. M. Sir William Birdwood: The parade and inspection in front of Wren's stately colonnade brave, rather affecting spectacle. tall men among the There were veterans who averaged 70 years of

Srn, The tragic drowning of age, though at the Hospital there tinuation of the R.M.S.P. mora. two boys reported in your paper are 57 who are over 90, and six who have exceeded four score years:

Page to-day emphasizes the necessity for and tea. The average height waa The General Purposes Committee the provision of safe bathing about 3ft Sin.. and certainly was of the Federated Malay "States, places, especially for children. In above that of the modern bandemen comprising of European and Asiatic who helped in the ceremony. I citizens, representing various public this hot weather, children cannot noticed what a number of the vete- bodies, has submitted a Memoran be provented from bathing, and rans were blue-eyed, and also that dum to the Government Page 8 they ought to have gome-

in the old- they stood at ease

Legal circles are debating the way with their hands:

question of the validity of the Will where clasped in front of them. And when of Lord Trent who left his entire than off the Praya. It is note they marched past Sir William Birdwood they saluted: also in the state of between £2,000,000 and worthy that this tragedy occurred during the period when the public old way, with the hand farthest£3,000,000 to his wife, who is a

Jersey woman. from the officer they were eluting: An epic battle against the ele-matshed hitherto provided by the About hundred white-hairod ments is proceeding in the Atlan-authorities wern not available, Pensioners who were too frail or tic, four hundred miles from One would think it axiomatic that crippled to stand the fatigue of the

fashion

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suitable to bethe

Hong Kong, June 10.

The late Mr. "Sammy Woods has one agreeable habit besides his habit of bowling very well and batting breezily He used to go parade ant in lines at the side of Queenstown, to where the Ameri- about the countryside in a tran the centre court. Those of them who can warship Wyoming is steaming risking children's lives is ph ex- laden with bottles of bear, which began to and and doze while Sir slowly directing at night time by pensive way of economising.-Yours

GIGADIBS. he buried here and there in hedges William, Birdwoood went on with powerful searchlights and with etc.

the radio, buzzing incessantly to main. and under trces. Then, when later, the inspection sat up when

'speck " he was walking with a friend, he band struck up The Boys of the tain in sight a "small" "

- Page 5). would say, "When we get to that Old Brigade"; and Sir William rolling heavily in the mountainous oak at the corner of the lane we and Field-Marshal Sir Nevile seas behind. will have some beer" to the friend's Lyttelton, the Governor of the Hos Ang authoritative addendum to mystification and eventual gratifien-pital, who himself is 86 years old, the Foreign Office denial that Dr. tion. One of Woods' closest lornl took up their stand at the base of Marie Stopes has been invited to original couch proprietor, Moses 11, which in memory of Oak Apple ship of Signor Mussolini on con friends was a descendant of the Grialing Gibbons, statue of Charles Italy to lecture under the chairman- Pickwick, from whom Dickens took Day was hidden in oak boughs, and structive birth-control says: It is was merely ridiculous to suggest that the name for his immortal hero; the march past began. It there is, of course, a village near noticeable that the band conductor permission has been given to any

distribute birth control Bath called Pickwick. This genial played the great old tuna ab abody to soul lived in a house which he had tempo suited to the marching pace information in Italy, where the duty solemnly christened "Stagger of the veterans, who kept step right of every woman is to provide cons

for the Fatherland."

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well.

*Local Notes and Events

where Britain commands; that she they be equally ready to certify

An apprentice fitter was electro has no say in her own destiny, but heartache instead of a fractured lies prostrate at the feet of British spine, in the case of a human ticket-cuted at No. 17 Power Street, Tai Imperialism. Those, we all know, holder? People who do not like saxo Hang, while fitting an electic bulb are the correct sentiments, not only phones may argue that an animal on to a socket.. for non-British people, but for our which is capable of playing that own Radicals and Socialists. How instrument is necessarily incapable

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CENSORSHIP OF FILMS IN CHINA.

BOARD OF CENSORS MOVED. TO NANKING.

According to an official edict from Nanking, censorship of 5lms to be shown in China will be made in Nanking, hereafter instead of Shanghai as has been custom in the past. This ruling takes effect from to-day and the Film Centorship. Committee of the "Education Bureau of the Municipality of Greater Shanghai has ceased func

The Colony had a clean bill of Looking Back 25 Years.

SIR, It is not quite the facttioning health for Thursday.

that the ordeal of "boiling the It is understood, however, that bones has been out for use for this order will not affect the boards There was a large gathering in China for 300 years, as stated in

that the Provisional Certificate ever, when we remember the present of finer feelings of any kind, it Rev. C. R. Duppuy) will be the} feld, who is on a visit to the occurred at Hankow in 1882. A ties desire, may censor for use here,

of

No. 87/458 dated Hong Kong 20th FEBRUARY 1999 for Four hate this Bank Namborod 123990/12699 inclusive registered in the Name of Estate of LO LAN BHANG (deceased) has been LOST or STOLEN, and should this Cortificata not be produced to the Bank before 17th: JULY 1931, New Certificate for the Shares will be issued, and the aforesaid Certificate No. 57/488 will be thereafter treated by this Corporation me full and Fold. By Order of the Court of Directors.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager..

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY

BEACONCERN.

The Bishop of Victoria (the Right

state of America and contrast it must be thick-skinned by profession preacher at the 11 o'clock service at with the prosperity, and the bright as well as tradition, and no sya. St. Peter's Church, West Point, on

Sunday. hopes of a couple of years ago,

pathy need be wasted on its ecnti- is not surprising to hear Senators mental misfortunes. On the other and publicists of áll kind scattering hand, the luckless animal is un- blame on every country and person deniably dead, and it might as well

.

A Chiuczo was admitted to Gov.

L1

the Great Hall, the University, your yesterday's extract from the in the French Concession and Set- last night when Dr. Magnea Hirsch-Shanghai Times. A similar case tlement, who, if the local authori death by suspecting poisoning, oc Colony, delivered a lecture on curred a little farther up the river in addition to the Nanking censor-

Love, Sex and Marriage. The and the parties concerned being ship lecture was illustrated by lantern influential, a commission was sent

According to information, the from Peiping to enquire into the slides. Dr. Hirschfeld is leaving matter. The body after a year's local distributors are greatly con for Canton to-day where arrangeburial was exhumed and sent down cerned over this order, pointing out ments have been made for him to to Hankow for trial. A tempor that there is danger of loss or ary kitchen was built outside Wu- deliver a lecture.

Dr. Mistowski, the well-known chang, and water from the middle damage of the films while in tran- cf Yangtsze being used as most sit. Secondly, there is loss of time; musician, who is now on a visit to pure, the remains" word duly inasmuch as Shanghai is, usually the Colony, has promised to give cooked. Then the story goes on to a lecture on “Music" at 5.15. p.m. say that the resulting liquid was the first place in China where films A Chinese, Chan Hok Hung, who on Tuesday, June 23, at the Music tasted by the experts. As a 60 are screened. Here they are kept. is charged with ecnverting to his Room of the City Hall. Teachers of quel it was said that they nil be. own use sums of money given him music, pupils and everyone intercame very sick. One of the tests in fire-proof vaults--but no infor by other persons to purchase steam ested in music will be welcome. Ad was whether there were black marks mation is at hand regarding er tickets to Franco, and who was mission will be free. Dr. Mistowski on the bones, cr not; and to, the storage facilities in the capital. She smiled; then drooping mute released on $250 bail, has abscond- is also lecturing to the Rotary Club bost of my recollection the result Further, it has been pointed out.

ed and a warrent has been issued on Tuesday on Trinity College was inconclusive, the operation

and its Work."

ality from the British Empire to be given the benefit of the doubt the President of the Black Re-It must have had a very severe public of Liberia

shaking of some sort, either in the The only people whom American's realms of romance or on the rail- do not blame are themselves, and way, and it is perhaps kinder to that, they could justly reply, they assume that it was the tremendous leave to Britain and to Europe victim of true love. in general. When one remembere the things said "andwritten „în England and France it is easy to forgive Senator TASKER ODDIE, and merely ask him when the American- owned silver mines are closing The Newdigate Price Poem which down! We are all getting tired contains that couplet was composed

and brokenhearted

To the cold comfort of the grave

departed":

ernment Civil Hospital last night with burns to his thighs caused by his having applied an acid in the mistaken belief that it won'd rid him of boils."

for his arrest

Whop the P. & O., Ranpura

THE Partnership existing between Myself and Masse. CHAU CHIK BUN, OHAU RHING WO and

LAU YAU KEE has been Matpally Dissolved, and they barn No Authority to set en my behalf in. Any Capacity whatsoever, and I am Not Res- ponible for Any of their Dobte....

ULA, W. MILLAR,

Building and General Contractor, No. 184, LOCUART ROAD, WAMQUAL

life, that America, evolved in the [852 Jane 18th, 1931.

carly days of the Great War her CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME. slogan, of self-supporting The No More Exemption!

enormous wealth accumulated by Hundreds of Chinese in British ORIENT. MORTGAGE BANK AND ESTATS trading with all the belligerente, Columbia, who have gained exemp

up to the time that America anally tion from the now provincial declared war on the Central por cont, income tax because they Powers, and the immense payments are supporting wives in China, havo Among the passengers who left without the owners content, was of the Chiness Tramway Company has been received, on mancy lent to allies went to been told by the Provincial Tren yesterday by the se. Chingte was resumed yesterday before Mr. As regards the professional gentle An additional handicap on dis Bev, H. B. Well OBE who left Hamilton at the Kowloon Macismony, the matter has been felltributors lies in the fact that the building up America's superb isola auror that no exemplion will be on leave to Australia and England. tracy Witnessrs stated that the citously arranged by the appoint films must habe a Chinese title and With feet sumcient to allowed unless their wives-five in When Mr Weller returns to the defendant was the man who was mout of Mr. W. Dunky, C., as be accompanied with a synorbia în secure her tride through any British Columbia. This is the first Colony nart year he will be prin seen to Jedyè a motor-orele at engineer, Mr. R. G.. Aford Chinese for: the Consorship Board: blockade, should another war break tax with which the British Columipally occupied as Director of the matshed on the Castle Peak Road surveyors and. Mesara Brereton Again should a portion of the film Hong Kong General Chamber of and who later came back on another and Wotten as solicitors, to the be banned, great hardship, it is out with immense reserves of bis Government has been able to Commerce Chinese Language School motor cycle. The case was adjourn Company, Hong Kong Daily said, will fall on the local agents

Press, Juno 20, 1881.

admin order to comply with the Board's gold and vast investment holdings reach the casual Oriental worker. for teaching colloquial. Cantonese.

having been spoiled by the officer that 15 or 20 miles of film are. who conducted the affair putting censored weakly here jo various There was some excitement t salt in the water. He was severe-

theatres, also that projecting leaves for Home to day she will Whitfield Barracks yesterday mornly punished for the mistake, carry on board a number of Police ing when a couple of mules sud Hong Kong Daily Press, June 20, machines overheat after two feature films are run through and if mora Cfficers who are proceeding on donly took fright und bolted with 1908. home leave. These include Mr. P. aeart in their wake within thei

are shown at once, the celluloid is of being told that America is in 1812. The same subject might be King, Director of Criminal In compounds of the barracks They Looking Back 50 Years. self-seeking. It was by taking set for the Oxford battle of the telligence, Inspector John Ogg, hoaded for a steep wall and for In the Gazette is published the subject to damage and cracking. to heart the example of Great bards in 1932, but this time with Delective Sergeant Lamont, Bera time it looked as is the mules text of a Bill entitled "An ordin-As far as is knows, there is but a

and the cart would topple over, ance enacted by the Governor of but an Indian. managed to frighton Heng Kong, with the advice of single high-class talkie machine Britain's utter dependence on over the unhappy elephant" as its Beant Allon and Sergeant Fowlie. ecas markets for the necessities of heroine..

Bentence of nine months hard them sufficiently to cause a sharp the Legislative Council thereof, to in Nanking, and it would appear labour with 18 strokes of the birch, swerve which, while upsetting the authorico The Chinese Tramway that proper facilities have not been Was passed by Mr. Willings on a cart, put an end to the stampede. Company of Hong Kong" to lay installed in Nanking to take over- Chinese who was convicted of snat

down and maintain tramways in ching a handbag from WOMEN

The case against William Simin- the town of Victoria, and in the this huge job. near Messrs. Wing On's on Thurs son, who is charged with the theft island of Hong Kong, and to, con The distributors have written to

at of motor-cycls accessories from upon said Company cortatri day. The incident happened he ongo and Castle Pen Rond, and atherod and Cology Core Nanking urging the postponement defendant was arrested, be an In-with-having ridden a motor-cycle understand that an amalgamation of the enforcement of this censor dinn ccnstable

belonging to Pte. Angus of the cf the two projected companies ship ruling, but no favourable reply Aud: Sutherland Highlanders, has been arranged, under the sizin

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