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of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY,”′′ 29′′m, to MONDAY, SIST AUGUST, 1981, Both Days inclusive,

By Ondor of the Board,

B. ALVES,

Hong Kong, 17th Aug., 1931,

Becretary,

THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.

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Nthat owing to the Non-arrival

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE & PINANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

THE Undermentioned Certificates

for 150 Old Shares in this Com. pany registered in the Name of the Late IS AAC SAMUEL PERRY have boon LOST or DESTROYED; and should thro Certificato not be produced to the Company before

the 20TH AUGUST, 1931, New Certificates 'for said Sharen will be issued and the Old Certificates Nos. 6744 dated 2nd. June, 1911, and 6765 dated 27th July, 1911,

will be thereafter treated by this Company NULL and VOID.

Certificate No 0746 dated 2nd June, 1911, for 50 Charts, Nos, 38507/39550,

Certificate No. 6765 dated 27th July, 1911, for 100 Shares Non 36901/85980 and 129645/120604

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers, Hong Kong, 20th July, 1931, “

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HONG KONG, AUGUST 17, 1931.

THE HANKOW FLOODS.

during these irregular proceedings, in Kirin province the Itung River is also flooding vast tracks of land. Meanwhile the Nanking Govern ment in doing all it enn to relieve the situation. Relief Funds have been started Two model reclama. tion" bureaux are to be catablished by the Ministry of Industry" and Mr. T. V. Soona has been appoint ed Chairman of a Food Relief Commission, which is to make-a survey of the situation and to co operate with big private firms in getting relief to the sufferers and, when the waters subalde, in taking ir hand work of reconstruction in the damaged areas.

* News and Views *

No, Escape!

A bad actor, but a very good follow, accused a certain critic of having stated that His. Hamlet was the worst he had ever

Old Friends are Bost!

"The dinner was delicious, You must have an old family cok "Yes, indeed; she's been with us ten or twelve menle."

COLONY'S FINANCES.

SLIGHT DECREASE IN APRIL

The latest statement of Hong Kong Annnées issued shows that | thero ¿way, a slight; decrease in the' credit balance at the end of April as compared with the position on Been,

March 31. The balance on April There's one thing," he comment.

20. wx. 810,004,403, ́ ́as against ed cheerfully, "next time I play Hamlet you won't be able to say anything worse,"

"Oh, you !

All previous records of pulpit $11,056,007 at the end of March. marathons were "smashed" when Revenue during April' totalled shall," paid the critic. I shall tho, Rer, E. A. Sandifer, of the $2,973,152, compared with $1,883,438 sy you're not upto your usual Baptist Church, Cation Valley in the same month last year. For standard."

Louisiana, would up 48 hours' con-

One Batter.

Sir. Oswald Masloy will soon bo in the position of Tim Healy, who used to claim that he was tho only

Record Manta.

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tinuous preaching. Horse and the four months, January to April exhausted though he was, MT inclusive, the revenue was Bandifer was gonadent that he had.

set a mark which none of his breth-20,913,397, as against $7,907,152 in ren of the Cloth would pass. Dur. 1930. united Party in the House, Siring the two nights of th pastor's Expenditure during April absorb- Oswald, however, will always be marathon sermon the number of lined 83,004,385, ns against 62,419,107 able to go one better, for he has tenors was never fewer than his wife to count two on a divi-

sjon....

Fight to Save Girl.

00.

while 600 assembled for the closnat year, whilst for four months. ing stages Mr. Sandifer kept up the outgoings were 89,312,813, com- his strength by egg and chocolate

and drinking coffee. The chief subpared with 8.197.08 in 1930. jeet of his discourse was: "What's wrong with the Church

Herbalists and Cancer.

MATSHED DESTROYED

BY FIRE....

These measures are all very ad mirable, but the situation is a terrible commentary by natural forces on the long remissness of the Chinese authorities. Such floods occur periodically in China. In 'a |land with huge rivers, fed by large | The Russian Alphabet.

and innumerable tributaries, floods Further simplification uf the are inevitable, unless provided by the congress of academicians, Russian alphabet is recommended against by adequate conservaner who suggest abolishing four letters,

Mr. W. T. Dawes, of Plymouth, engineering. The outbreak of dis adding bus new one and dropping order in the Grand Canal area is the apostrophe symbol. Before the president of the National Associa

revolution the Russian alphabet ten of Medien Herbalists, in his ON NEW STIE OF K.O.C significant. The people in that area consisted of 36 letters, of which five presidential address at the annual

CLUBHOUSE. "felt that the Canal has been neg. have been dropped. The new letter conference at Southport, and they lested, and that they were, suffer would be another "i" pronounced believed that not only the cure but

like the English "y"

Also the prevention of cancer could A contractor's matshed in the ing from, the effects of the short-

be obtained through the vegetable comings of the Conservancy Bureau.

kingdom. One thing was necessary vicinity of the Kowloon Crickes One cannot help feeling a certain

Dr. R. M Jones of Mossley, Hill, to full achievement and socomplish Club caught fire, yesterday evening," sympathy with those misguided giving evidence at a Liverpool on ment, and that was the recognition at about 6.30. Strong winds funny? Clara Farrer (17), who Was and national support of the associa

the flames and for while no one persons who took the matter into fatally injured when her eyeletion as the acknowledged repre their own hands. One can only came into collision with the doctor's sentatives of botanic therapy. Mr. attempted to combat the Aro due hope that these floods will at lens: car, said he carried the girl in R. J. Wilson, M.P. for Jarrow, in its intensity and the lack of taxicab to Alder Hey Hospital. a letter to the president, advocated damp the martial ardour of Chi-She nearly died from asphyxin on the formation of a scientific re.propor aparatus, nese patriots, and suggest to there the way," he added, "and I had to search council for the further ex- Mr. G. Royinnce took charge of thist money spent on wars could be hold her mouth open all the way to tension of the use of herbs in the situation and directed the

that she could breathe. When we medical practice. laid out to better purpose in a reached Alder Hey she was so far

Chinese in their efforts to quench the flames. Mr. Roylance, who was scheme for dealing with floods. The one that we brought oxygen down Grahame-White's Mishap. present inandations may be of unwhile she lay on the floor." "Ac- Grahame-White, one of our pioneer was overcome by the heat and

to the taxicab and administered it

In Sopteraber, 1923, Mr. Claude fighting the fire at close quarters. precedented severity, but similar cidental death" was the verdict. airmen, broke his left arm starting and smoke but was rescued by the visitations will inevitably be experi

1a motor-bont. About the same time Prince Buja Speed-Boats.

members of the Fire Brigade who' his brother, Lieut.-Comdr Montague onced in the future. A scheme of

The Prince of Walee enthusiasm Grahame-White. had his left, händl¦ arrived at the scene of the fro dykes and dams, clearance of

for speed has found a new outlet-crushed in the hood of a motor-car shortly after the alarm was sound- shallowe, and other work suggested outboard motor-bonts. He has or and had to have two fingers amed. Three ougins soon put the fire

dered from Messt3. by competent experts would be a fotora, Ltd., of Birmingham, two hame-White is again in the wara. were completely destroyed.

Sharland rutated. Now Mr. Claude Graout but the house and its belongings even mare fitting memorial to the bonts, with engines capable of 10 He was at Cowes taking a run on Apparently some smouldering en- Father of the Republic than the miles an hour. Meanwhile, he is the Mairi, the well-known yacht hers remained and the fire broke out great monuments at Nanking.

practising with a borrowed boat on that belonged to the late Lord anew at about 3. a.m. yesterday Virginia Water, Windsor Park. The Birkenhend Mr. Grahame-White morning. Residents were awakened driver of one of these bosta les bought it in the spring. He had by sounds resembling, pistol shots inée downward, Turning corners part of a finger torn off by the which turned out to be nothing butt he has to lean right out of the boat machinery. It was in the summer the crackling of the burning wood. WARSHIP # DISPLACEMENT. | and in always in danger of capsiz of 1910 that Mr. Graham-White The Fire Brigado was called out.

ing The Prince, however, is a good made an historic flight over the immédiately and succeeded ex- swimmer and will wear the usual British Fleet, assembled at Torbay tinguishing the flames in a short life-saving jacket.

for manœuvres.

time.

AN interesting feature appeared for the first time in the June issue of the Navy List, the tonnage of warships Being given both in terms at old-rule, displacement and in standard displacement The Inter system was introduced by agreement at the Washington Conference and adds considerably to the old-rule

As long ago as August 19, accord- ing to a Kue in cable, soundings at Hankow showed over fifty feet of water in the Yangtze River, and the flouds had already reached unprecedented levels. There were a quarter of a million refugees in the city, and such was the struggle for life that uninterred coffins had been emptied and turned into rafts to ferry emperilled persons to figures. A vessel's displacement ton- places of comparative safety. By dast Friday the ex-British Conces sion was under 'ten feet of water, the Chinese City under Biteen feet,

last remaining dry area, was flood. ed three feet deep.

GIVEN this is, at the Expired DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE and the Japanese: Concession, the

One Month from the Date hereof, the above Certificate be not forthcoming the Said Certificate will be deemed CANCELLED and of NO EFFECT, and a NEW CERTIFICATE for the Said Bbares will be issued in its stead by the Company.

B. ALVES,

Secretary.. Bong Kong, 2nd July, 1981. [988

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Local Notes and Events

St. Andrew's Young Men's Club are holding a Whist Drive at the Church Hall this evening at o'clock."

Mrs. Hannibal and, Mrs. Slade were passengers on Saturday for

mago is the weight of the water which she displaces. In order to get anything approaching unifor mity under this system a fixed water-line must he arrived at Shanghai by the Empress of Otherwise, in the case of two ships of precisely the same dimensions,

Cables received yesterday in-ry different displacements may

be shown by difference in sinkage dicate that the position has worsen- ed. The Yangtze has risen

Standard displacement means the measurement of a ship completely further Venty-three inches in three. days, and a rise of another fourcaded for sea minus fuel and re- inches will turn the entire Wuhan sorve feed water.

Old-rate dis

area into one vast lake.

The placement was arrived at by mea. Japanese Concession has been abansuring a ship on her normal water. doned, all the power stations are line when completed, but empty; flooded and the city is in complete The new rule works against the darkness." It appears that, under designer., A ship of 10,000 tons ald the strain of the long flooding, dieplacement may be about 12,000 houses and godowns are collapsing, tons standard displacement, and if and the work of ovacuating women

the designer is limited to 10,000 and children is in progres, under tens, as in the case of Cruiser can Humid heat, struction "under the Washington great differities. always experienced at this time of Agreement, he will have to accom the year in Hankow, has been in-modate dimensions to compensate tensified by the rains and adds to for the higher load line. the hardships of the stricken popa. lation. For days it has been hoped that the floods would subside, but the distressing report "water still rising" is the latest news from the

arca.

Canada.

Tenders are being invited for the supply of special hospital furniture to the Maternity Block, Kowloos Hospital.

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It is notified that the name of the Far Eastern Advertising Company (Hong Kong), Limited, has been truck off the Register.

Mesars Lane, Crawford, Ltd., are making arrangementa for the King's Restaurant to be air-cooled. It is expected to bring this about within a few days.

The speaker at the Rotary Club meeting tomorrow will be Mr. D.

year.

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending. August 1, amount. ed to 100,082 tons, and the sales during the period to 98,833 tous.

been paid to the appointments and edicts" published at Canton for some time, because it has been well understood that all were likely to be declared nitra vires. It seems, however, that the selection of Bel- In order to assist Chinese con¡ { gian engineers for work on a rail- merchants and strengthen China's way that is so much indebted to position against Japan, the Anti- | British capital was regarded as Japanese Association recently re- too improper even to be allowed to quested the Ministry of Railways be discussed without official pro-

and to afford every facility for the test,

that His Excel- transportation of Chinese coal. In leney the Governor-the Bait- reply, the Ministry states that in way Governor, as he may very structions to this effect have already likely be nicknamed by future his-

• been 3

issued.

torians of the Colony used the Viceroy to be reminded of his ob The Chinese National Quarantine, ligations. The reply of Vaceroy Service nunounces chut, beginning Shura might have been recasted from Sept. 1, all vessels arriving to a comma. This satray, who has from foreign and/or infected parts, been more diligent to cripple the when presenting their fumigation undertaking than Sir: Matthew certificates for approval to the Nathan has been to foster it, tells Service, will be required to produce the British Consul that the Gov- at the same time their respective ernment having in ita wiadom

certificates of practique duly transferred control from himself to signed by one of the officers of the the merchants, these matters no Quarantine Service.

longer concern him.-Hong Kong Daily Press, August 17, 1500..

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from the files.

M. Maynard, his subject being, "A The man who was shot in Con Trade Commissioner at Work. Annught Road Weat on Friday,, Looking Back 50 Years. for 50 years Director of Siccave Chinese attempted to resist arrest, of the shareholders of the Hong likely visitor is Father Louis Free, following an affray in which n

The ordinary half-yearly mosting Observatory, Shanghai.

has now been definitely identified Kong and Shanghai Bank was held f one of those who went to the at the City Hall yesterday after Miss Wang Khei Ten, the avinassistance of the man resisting arnoon There were present Messrs. The man who resisted has A. McIver (Chairman), H. L. trix, who is the daughter of Mme. rest. It is interesting to note that the Tuang Chiu Ching, the noted been sentenced to one year's hard Dalrymple, Hou, E. R. Belilies. H, difference between the two methods female revolutionary, has gone to labour if he fails to meet the alter do C. Forbos, H. Hoppius, Hon. amounts to about 3,000 tons in the Nanking to offer her services to the native of a fine of $30,000.

F. B. Johnson, W. Reinors (direc Central Government for Queen Elizabeth class. The dis after which she will leave for

tors): A. McConachie, D McCal Joch, R. Fraser-Smith, J. F. Mard- feldt, E. George, H. Jast, J. Thur- placement of a warship gradually Europe to continue hor studies, Increases with age. Moreover, her Owing to Communist activities,

burn, W. H. F. Darby, A Newton, A: Coxon, H. Smith, J. Mosely, Serious reports, though not com shape perceptibly changes through says the China Times, martial law

J.. R. Anton, C. P. Chater, E "parable to the Hankow disaster,“preading" under the tremendous has been declared in Wenchow and

Beart, A. T. Manger, J. Y V. Vor- come in from other parts of Central pressure of her own, weight. The the city gates are closed between

non, J. T. Chater, Hon. P. Ryrie, A. P. MacEwan, W. M. Morgan, China. At suchow the waters in Navy naturally prefers to see its midnight and sunrise. The District

Magistrate has ordered all Looking Back 25 Years.

M. E. H. Asgar, . H. Sleeman, the old bed of the Yellow Riverships represented as big as possible, pentant Communists in the city wo

W. Legge, and T. Jackson (chief have begun to subside, and the for this is impressive. The Merogister at once and produto shop It was a good while ago that our manager). The Chairman said:- to We have again the pleasure of inhabitants are feverishly at work cantike Marinu likes to represent grantees for their future good Canton correspondent began

behaviour."

note the difßculties of Viceroy coming before you with a satisfac strengthening the irrigational aya its ships as small as possible, for

Chum in getting Chinese rugineurstory report, maintaining our in- tem. A message from Chinking this means smaller dock dues. A Mr. Hou Shih Ying, chairman of for the Canton Hanko Railway. creased dividend of 108, tier share states that the flood victims along mercantile vessel of 10,000 tons re the National Famine Relief Com We had already anticipated those and placing one lakh of dollars on mission, who left for Nanking to dieulties. Then came the arnus the reserve fund. The business of the Grand Osoal area expressed gister will have a very much bigger attend a relief meeting stated, in ing correspondence as to the rola the bank continues prosporcus, and their displeasure at the alleged cubic capacity than a warship of an interview with the Chines tive merits of different foreign en considering what we have accom-, negligence of the Grand Canal 10,000 tons displacement. The sys Press, that the Ministry of Finausgineers, and the unconsciously displished during the last few years, and set aside 82,000,000 worth of respectful way in which the Chin there appears every reason to look Conservancy Bureau by larning a tem employed in immaterial, so long | Salt Treuiry Bonds for the sellesse referred to some as being chean forward with confidence to the fu Bureau launch, and seyer! officials as it is internationally uniform, so of the good sufferers in the variouser than others made Englishmen ture Hong Kong Daily Prest

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Bmile Very little attention has ¦ August 17, 1861. appeared to have been injured as to set a definite standard.