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NOTICE.

MILLINGTON, LIMITED,

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AROM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER

Lion, Our Address will be 5, WHITBREAD'S

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NOTICE.

THE "Government of TANGAN

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prepared to consider Offers for a Tug £80,000 built This Year now lying at ADan, Berew Reciprocated Engines, Stilt Home Power. Coal burning. Hull and Engines by FLEMING AND FaBonsor, Speed: 11 Knots. Pull on Tow Rope: 10 Tons, Latest Marry wanther Fire Pump Length 100 Foet, "Beam: 281 Feet, Draft: -11 Fect,

Accommodation: 3 Europeana, 15

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Communications

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OFFICE.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY- CLUB,

DRAFT PROGRAMMRE

and

ENTRY FORMS for the EIGHTH EXTRA RAUS MEETING, to be held on SATURDAY, 15TH SEP- TEMBER, 1931 (Weather Permitting), bo obtained at the BACE COURSE, may HONG KONG CLUB, CAUBRWAY BAY STABLES and the BECRETARY'S OFFICE

ENTRIES CLOSE at 13 O'CLOCK NOON, on THURSDAY, 17 SEP. TEMBER, 1931.

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THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.

DRAFT

PROGRAMMES and ENTRY FURMB for the FIRST EXTRA RACE. MEETING, to be held at MACAO, on SUNDAY, 4TH OCTOBER, 1981 (Weather Per- milting), may be obtained at the Broars ULUR, the Hose KONG JOCKET CLUB STABLE, or at the Offices of Mears. PRACY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING, 8, Des Voeux Road Central, on TUESDAY, 15r8 SEPTEMBER

Entries CLOSE at 12 O'CLOCK NOON on THURSDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER,

[1177 1981,

GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

SPECIE and TENDERS for

MEXICAN DOLLARS Carront In this on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty'e Treasury, London, up to and for the Sum of £50,000, will be Reosived by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE, il 17 O'CLOCK AM. On the 14TH SEPTEM BER, 1931.

PALE ALE

BREWED BOTTLED BY

WHITBREAD

SOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED.

EST. 1841..

NOTICE.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, THE Undermentioned Certificate

for 30 Shares in this Company, registered in the Name of KWOK IN HING, has been declared LOST. If at the expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the following Share Certificate be not produced to the Company, namely, Certificate for 60 Shares No. 20,191 tu. 20,240, A

The Tenders to state the Total Amount (in Pounds Sterling). No Telegraphic NEW CERTIFICATE for the said Transfer will be made for loss than £100. shares will be isrued by the Company Tanders to be in Duplicate, and in and thereafter NO OTHER will be Sealed Covers, addressed to the TREA SURY.C CHEST OFFICER COM recognised, MAND PAY OFFICE, and endorsed "TENDERS FOR GOVERNMENT BILLS, Etc.

The right to accept or reject any or all of the Tendlers is resorred.

Copies of Forms of Tender, can be had on application.

"Persons tendering for Bilis) aro hereby Natided that, having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George III, Cap. 46 and 41, George III., Cap. 62, the

A'S. WATSON & CO., LTD. Hong Kong, 3rd Sept., 1981. [1147

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

scceptance of any such Tender is abjectTHE Undermentioned Certificate for to the express condition that no Member 100 Old Shares in this Company registered in the Name of Mas, E. S. ANDREWS has been LOST, or DES TROYED; and should this Certificato

of the Brilian House of Commens shall be admitted to any share or part in or to any benefit te arise from the Con- fra

ruch (Billy made for the allotment of not he produced to the Company before

Apply

The provisions in question do not to Contracts entered into by any Incorporated Company in ita corporated capacity and made for the general beneft of the Company.

E. A. LANG. Colonel, R.A.P.C.,

Trosary Choui Qfroer. His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hong Kong.

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PHOBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS OF WILLIAM SUTTER, LATH OF WOGD- LANDS, DULTS, ÅRELDERNAMELE BOOTLAND, AND OF THE UNIVER BITY' CLUB, ONE RUBISLAW TERRACH, ABKADERS, RETIRED HART INDIAN DECEASED.

MERCHANT.

the SEPTEMBER, 1991, Now Certificate for the mid Shares will be issued and the Old Certificate No. 5181 will thereafter be treated by this Company as NULL & VOID.

Certificate No. 5161 · Rated. 7th Bertemako, 1904, for 100 Shares Nos. 78801/76900.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hong Kong, 24th Aug., 1931. [1090

IN THE GOODS OF FRANCIS ROBERT JOHN - ADAMS, LATE OF RATFIELD BAY PARK Avenue, MaldREUZAD IN TRZ COUNTY OF BERIS, FORMERLY OP VICTORIA IN THE COLONT OF HONG KONG, CIVIL ENGINEER, DECEASED.

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ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1931.

MAKE UP CAN'T CONCEAL DEFECTS You must remove the cause; and that is, generally, infection from dirt, Yes; just the little particles which settle on the face' and stick to the pores these bring germs and germs spoil the com- plexion..

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News and Views *

| The Keys to Spoed."

the coroner's olerk at a Brighton A noiseless typewriter used by

educated persons, but they will not, as a rule, rise to the pivotal positions. In England, ninge the war there has been a great levelling. of the classes. The new poor." are ready to accept work of a kind that Sucoes would havo horrified their Victorian As you go plodding through this life, grandparents, and, on the other You have both sad and happyinquont to take down the state hand, state, education and the But happiest is the one when you higher standards exneted in all forms of commerce have hasten- ed this process of oqualiention. Economic pressure at Home has led many enterprising and well- educated individuals to sork cu ployment abroad, and not a faw have found jobs in Hong Kong where they aro doing excellent work, and are keeping the fing of British radó flying, Lo an extent that, in not realised.

ments of witness resulted in a Can yell" Hurrah! The car is saving of fully half the time which would have been taken had the oury??

statements been taken in longhand. It was the first ocension" on which. typowriter has been used in toy court in the district,

10,000 Aviators.

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The tenth thousandth aviator's certificate has been issued by the Royal Aora Club-to a girl-Isabel Bulcide's Farewell on a Record,: Craig Watson, of Wishaw, Scotland. The voice of Norn Goldberg, Certificata, No. 1 was issued on twenty-three-year-old stenographer, March 8, 1910, to Lt. Col. J. J. of Paterson, New Jersey, informed Moory Brabazon, the first hirmon the police that she committed to fly on British soil.....

suicide with poison. She had boon out of work and over-studying. Dictating a farewell message to her

From Germany..

New Church Title.

An Admiral's Homecoming.

Rear Admiral ER. G., R., Evans, of Polar exploration and destroyer fame, chose to go home. from Aus- tralie--where he una boon for: two years in command of the squadron--

long journey at Dunkirk. Ho in n Norwegian, enrgo-vessel, ending

struck a new uoto when his tenuro

of the Australian command ended. Instead of formal farewell paraden on the decks of, his ships, hq invitel all the men serving under him, with their wives and children, to a tremendous party at a cinema in Sydney, and spoke his farewell from the stage. That, as might be, imagined, went down well with the Australian Navy.

Cooled Negotiations. own impreuna

Anyone who has felt sorry for Prosidans Hoover carrying out his

strenuoue negotiations connection with the moratorium during the heat wave has been

wanting his sympathy. For Presi dent Hoover is one of the tow politicians in the world who keeps. cool in the litoral senso-in spite

Lesson

In Great Britain, this sturdy

Ir the course of the voting for the parents on a dictaphone record, she plebiscite in Germany there wore left a note asking that it be play middle class gives honourable and naturally many papers that were ed in the presence of the police valued services, an town council's, invalid owing to improper marking. She then swallowed carbolic neid in political associations and on

One if the spoilt ballot-papers is and died. The voice of the dead many public bodies. Incidentally worth of being put on record. On girl appealed to the members of her the paper was written: If it is family to love one another, and they sure the amenities to which for the good of my Fatherland, yea; begged for forgiveness. they are entitled. In Hong Kong, otherwise, no." however, these newcomers, whose 30,000-Ton Battleship Picks Up Cap. Incumbents of parish church of an outside temperature of 109 enthedrals such as Birmingham aro in the shade. Thio executive offices presence is reflected in the big Mr. Murray King, an Eastbourne to received a new title. They ar of the President at the White European quarter of Kowloon betheatre proprietor, was cruising in to become the Provost and House are artificially maintained tween Nathan Road, Jordan Road his yacht Cavallini at Cowes when have the precedence accorded to the at a constant temperature of 70 and the sea, and also in Kowloon his rachting cap blow overboard.dean of a cathedral. The churches degrees in the same way that mo On reaching home he was surprised affected by this decision will be:dorn einemas are kept cool; and Tong, complain that their needs are to receive a communication from Blackburn, Bradford, Cholinsford, many a perspiring ambarendor or COAL TAR SOAP Beglected by the Government, and H.M.S. Malaya (31,000 tons) that Coventry. Derby, Guildford, Bir journalist welcomes, duty which

that not a few social slights are im the enp had been picked up and was mingham, Leicester; Nowcastle, calls him to the White House.

being forwarded to him. His name Portsmouth, St. Edmundsbury, Shef ||[A.P.B. [4] ||

pased on them,

and address were inside the cap. field, Southwell, Wakefield. The Primate and the Archbishop of York have agreed that the title should be adopted as soon as the Catho drala Measure authorising it obtaina; the Royal Assent.

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HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 14, 1031.

"IT WILL HAVE TO BE.

MET.

The Hon. Mr. W. E. I SHENTON made

most significant and interesting contribution to the Rotary Club discussion on the ques tion of the desirability of Muni- cipal Government in this Colony

when he said:

i

Sherlock Holmes Outdone.

The Government spokesmen, would no doubt reply in pained accents, that it fully recognised the growth At Inst modern criminals have and value of this class, that every-produced, and modern detectives thing possible" was being done, but have solved, a problem which would

have completely defeated Mr. Sher- Public Bar in a Castle.. that times were hard. But, how-lock Holmes. Few people have ever In the castle of the Duke of ever much members of the Govern-heard of a problem in detection Cumberland, at Gmunden Salzkam which they did not think Sherlock mergut, which at prosent in owned ment may administer southing Holmes, could have disposed of more by the Duke of Brunswick, a public syrup to themselves, the hard fact rapidly than the average police sada foundation will be installed. romains that this section of the sleuth. But if he had been con- next season. There will also be

music and dancing. The project is, community is thoroughly dissatis.fronted with the task of tracing

earrier pigeon to a blackmailer's, said to have been initiated by the fied. They point to the shabby, lair, as German detectives were re-wife of the owner, who is the only inadequate structures of the two cantly, he would certainly have met daughter of the ex-Kaiser. The British schools in Kowloon; to the his Waterloo-because there were profits resulting from the enterpriss no aeroplanes in his day. The will be devoted to a pension fund closing of British school a thought of Holmes and Watson of persons employed in the castle. Causeway Bay, which served the vainly pursuing a cartier pigeon Conservative circles are shocked by Happy Valley and Stubbs Rond down Baker Street in a hansom cab the idea of the ex-Kaiser's daughter is one which their admirers cannot running a public bar in the historic aren; to the bathing beach policy, bear to entertain.

castle. which had to be modified owing to popular: outery, and to the absenco of British representation from Kov- loon on the Legislative Council.

The Government can, of course, emulate a certain King OnARLES Of defiance of an important section of England, and maintain an aloof

the community, but we hope that generous concessions and modifica-

tións will bo-made.

Paris and the Nudists.

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"Das curious sidelight on the fact that. Paris is, according to Professor Burt, so morala place, comparatively speaking, 18, the a titude of Parisians towards the nudist cult. Päris le intensely anti-nudist. She may allow scanti ly draped females on the stage, but otherwise she holds up her hands in pious horror at naked- ness, The nudists are relentlessly pursued in caricature and her ally pursued by indignant Partaf ans, who only a few days ago set about some of these folk who were basking near Bagatelle. In Ber- lin, on the other hand, andiam is regarded seriously, and in Ger many has three million devotees, nodists themselves would The doubtless argue that this is a proof that Paris is, not "prudish, but vicious.

Local Notes and Events

Two cases (Chinese) of typhoid The Governor of Macne paid a The fetidalian fever were reported on Friday.visit to the Chungshan district re-

H.E. the Governor has appointed Mr. A. E. Wood to act as Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

cently, being greatly impressed at the work executed on the Model Village. His Excellency and party' were the guests of Mr. Tang Shao Yi. Mr. Tang being district magis

from the files.

Looking Back 25 Years.

A certain number of caddies at trate at Chungshan. Fanling, who have been “on strike" };

The old question as to whether. against the recent registration Playing on a bed near a window, Hong Kong is healthy or unhealthy scheme, have now registered.

two Chinese girls, aged 0 and 3, has been revived by a recent pub

espectively, fell out of the window

lication The Historical Géo- into a lane forty feet below. Both

graphy of the British Colonies" were fortunate in escaping serious which our reviewer treats in this injuries. They were removed to the issue. The author has apparently Government Civil Hospital, where, two opinions on the subject, One'. after medical attention, they were is that the climate of Hong Kong allowed to go home.,

A proclamation by H.E. the Governor provides that the Mer chant Shipping Ordinance comes into effect from the 11th inst.

of Hong Kong should be modified, "Formerly all nationalities but not, we believe, by introducing came to the Colony for the purmunicipal politics. Unity in the pose of trade, having their per British community is a very urgent manent homes in China or in need to day. It can still be other "paria of the world, but, achieved, but Mr. SHENTON e re- to-day, this is changing rapidly, marks about a period of transi People are making their per- tion" and that people who de- manent homes in the Colony and sira to take a part in the adminis a new generation is growing up, tration must, by education' and who have no other, outlook but general environment get used to the their future in the Colony. These responsibility which it entails," permanent residents are naturally, would hardly appeal to men who Taking a real interest in matters have no chance, no things stand, of other than trade, and rear by being mumbers of the Legislative year they will demand a larger Council, but who would be mayors Lee Wan Ngan, "a married woman, share in the administration of the and oldermen at Home: Sir was admitted into the Kwong Wah Colony's affairs. It is an inspira- WILLIAM PERL has the chance to Hospital, where she died as the re- tion and a revolution, but it will make his administration a notable sult of swallowing opium, have to be met,"

one in the history of the Colony by consolidating the British community. and by giving these new residents of Hong Kong the consideration and the share in public affairs which they would enjoy at Home,

There was nothing at all pro found or original in these remarks. Mr. SHENTON was merely, stating what most people know to be true. The importance of his utterance lies in the fact that publie acknow- ledgment of the situation should be made by a member of the Legis lative Council. The general view of the new type of British citizen in Hong Kong, of which he was. speaking, is that the Government, refuses to admit the fact of their existence, and by a series of recent actions has emphasised that re- fusal

SOUTHAMPTON.

Cross-

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It ia notified that His Honour the Chief Justice has ordered that the next Criminal Sessions shall be held on Monday, 21st inst., at 10 o'clock

in the forenoan..

during part of the year telle on a European constitution, and the other is that though in its early years the Colony acquired a re- putation of being a very unhealthy place of residence for Europeans, it is not now unhealthy an

The Troop of Boy Scouts attached to St. Andrew's Church, Kawloon, propose holding an "At Home during the present month. The function will be held in order to allow parents and friends to viow

Most people who come out bere the scouts at their work and re- have, td, satisfy a certain standard creation. The actual date and place of fitness under medical examing- of the proposed At Home" has not as yet been fixed.

睡

That

tion. Without considering the A revised copy of the Fiji Customs

Noval and Military elements, in Tariff is to be seen at the Colonial

which only those who are physically Secretariat, This provides pre A cargo of opium estimated at fit are found, the majority of young ferential rates on goods produced 10,000 to 12,000 taels, wha acized men now in the Colony have also by the police on Saturday from a been tested in a similar manner The resources of the Port of and manufactured in Hong Kong.

sampan in Harbour. The drug, it before they stepped on board the Southampton have been severely strained for some time.

Chu Sia Kee, an electrician, was was stated, was found in two steamer which was to introduce Channel and Trans-Atlantic traffic admitted into the Kowloon Hospital wooden chests and two suitcases, them to Far Eastern life. have increased enormously, and the on Saturday with burns received The occupants of the junk were de being so we have to remember that famous, oceat dock, built in 1910, when a switch blew out and be retained by the police, und will prob wo bare speaking of the men, at His condition is ably be charged in the Kowloon least, really a picked population, has become out-of-date. Added to ceived a shock.

Magistracy to-day...

We have here, to start with,z dry-dock accommodation for the this was the necessity for finding regarded as serious.

healthy typo, of individual, able to Members of the local branch of withstand the trying nature, of the.. new Canard liner, destined to be The St. Andrew's Club, Kowloon, the largest ship afloat and which are holding a whist drive at the the League of Nations Society will climate. We have few of the weak- no dry dock, in Britain could hold. Church Hall at o'clock this even be pleased to learn that a small lings whose early demiso help to Here was a challenge to the Perting. These functions are always amount of literature relating to the swell the death-rate of communities of Southampton, and it has been well patronised, and those parti-League is now available. Current less deliberately formed. accepted with such spirit that the cipating this evening can be assured and back numbers of Headway," population thus selected, is it any port promises to become the greatest of a very pleasant entertainment, the official organ of the League, Are wonder that the death-rate is com- in existence. Before a year is up The two Filipinos (Martin Correa in Wyndham Street or can be pur-Press, September 14, 1906,

on sale at the Bible Book Depot paratively low-Hong Kong Daily borth to house one of the world's largest liners will be completed. Gongulis and Graciano Bilas) who chased from the Hon. Secretary. In due course there will be accom. were charged locally in connection modation for six more, the largest with the murders on the ILL.M.8. graving dock in the world will be Empress of Russia and Empress of opened, and British marine engin Canada, respectively, were sent back cering will have become the chaf to Manila on the .s. President Taft enger against all other nations,

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Looking Back 60 Years,

With e

Mr. E. D. Kotwall, living at 18, Staunton Street reported to the

Wong Ping Nam and Tong Aki, police on Saturday that a Chinese tried to enter his flat from the street servant boys in the employ of the Portuguese Consul were charged by climbing up a rope which had be Mr. Jose Maria Teixeira with boen tied to the drain-pipe. His refusal of duty.. Dr. Jose Loureiro Returns issued by the Royal Obamah, on seeing the mun, raised stated that the 8th inst. in con

on Saturday.

In former times, the permanent IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IN THE SUPREME COURT OF British community consisted in the HONG KONG.

main of the Government servants, » HONG KONG,

and members of the Great Hongs PROBATE JURISDICTION.

and professional firms. Recruits were of the cadet officer type, who had every chance of rising to the top positions. There were white men; beyond these circles, but they [wers : a' minority, and some, no doubt, merited the unflattering

The new dock extension scheme label of "white trash.". Hong Kong involves the shifting of 20,000,000 has grown; new retail business have tons of sand and clay; the cutting

in half of a river and the reclama mean temperature during, August escaped. It is stated that Mr. sequence of his having had much sprung up, and many firms find in

tion of one-half of it for building was 82.7, the highest being 94 and Kotwall fred three shots in the to do the provious day, he did not these days of intensified competi-purposes; and the expenditure of the lowest 74.8. There were 203.8 air to frighten the thief, " tion that it is necessary to employ several million pounds. There will hours of sunshine and 26.27 inches be a new quay wall one and a half of rain, while the average bumidity:

He rang the bell about half a dozen miles long, surmounted by eight was 83.

would turn to, but having sent for times and nobody turned up. He sheds and several miles of railway, to track; four serce of land will have Amishap in which a Hong Kong a constable ho gaid that the boy was then went downstairs and found both been reclaimed; and the new gray Hotel bus was involved accurred in given in charge and he must go to defendants in their room. They told ing-dock of 1.900 feet long by 138 Morrison Gap Roail on Friday, the the station. First defendant was him that they were doing no more lot wide and 4 feet deep. The victim being an old woman aged 70 fined. 81, in default four days im work and were going away. He sent whole of these operations are being years, who was knocked down and pprisonment, and second, defendant for a constable and gave them in fostered by the Southern Railway, injured. She was removed to the iwas fined $a, in default, seven days charge; afterwards the first delen- which is bearing practically the Government Civil Hospital, whore imprisonment.-Hong Kong Daily, dont came to him and said that, ho

Press, September 14, 1881.

(Continued on previous,col she is not expected to live. whole of the immense cost.

that

Not the Court has, by virtue of

TOTION 18 HEREBY GIVEN NO that the Court has, by virtna of Bection 38 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, Beation 58 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for made an Order limiting the Time for Crediton and others to sand in their Creditors and other to send in their Olaims against the abere Belate to the Claims against the above Estate to, the

3RD DAY of OCTOBER, 1931, Ma 3D DAY of OCTOBER, 1981.

All Creditors and others are noord. Ingly hereby required to send in their Cims to the Undersigned on or before that Date

Dated the 3rd day of Sept, 1981. JOHNSON, STUKES & MASTER, Balioitors for the Executors,

Prince's Building,. Hong Kong.

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All Creditors and others are accont ingly hereby required to send in their Olsims to the Undersigned in or before that Date

Dated the Ind day of Hopt, 1981,

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER

Solioftor for the Execpters, Prince's Bulding, Hoa Kour

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Europeans, from Home for work that was once entrusted to "local labour. There are, in fact, men and women whose position might be compared with that of offers of the non-combatant branches, and the warrant officers of the Army and Navy. They are skilled and

servatory show that the average an alarm and the would-be burglar

get up until 9 am, and he found

that his room had not been tidied,

IF

and the water was not changed,