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HONG KONG DESIRESS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1931.

ficonsod, or tolerated houses bas

always scen the rise of; an organi«. sation for the supply of inmates both to the places, and to the illicit houses that are never, in Lot, elitinated from a big town Simultaneously there is an iron exploitation of girls decoyed or persuaded into this way of life Big money becomes involved, and the enmplexities of the problem iu crease correspondingly,

Tale of the. Day.

News and Views

Talkie Director: "Thank good- russ, we've finished that scene. I wouldn't do it again for a million dollara pe

Assistant Director: "Well, you almost hid to. One of the visitors:

Director: He didn't talk or anything, did ho?”

Assistant Director: "Oh, no. went 339SHHANUKE /

Dignity of the Forca.

5,000 for 50 Joba.

Five thousand young people queued up in Birmingham for 30 jobs advertimod by a drapery firm.

More than 1,200. names were en tered on the firm's books as being "possibles," and these will bong-t tified,,

£794,584 Savings.

The Bishop said it was his first bear anxious, to are the conditions descent of a coal mine. He bad under which many of his people

CORRESPONDENCE.

fall letters" intended, jor publis ""'cation must be accompanied by the tame and addren of the writer, not for publication, unlear so desired, but as evidence of good faith.-ED.]

THE BRITISH MINISTER AND THE THORBURN OASE,

worked. He was everywhere kind- ly, received, and the experience had ⠀⠀. boen most interesting,

Eton College Winter Half Begins.

The winter Half has begun at Eton College, the entrance and pass

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HONG KONG

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Sin, The British Minister's name bad beer so long out of

Did he soo Chinng Kai Shek personally f

Did be get any coherent reply 1

Government P

Did he hand this to the Britis

The arguments in favour of the system of toleration," are that

Capt. the Hon. W. G. Ormeby-exame being hailed with the usual control both of disease and of ex-

Gore, the

Postmaster Genpra],¦| umount of trepidation. ploitation are possiblo, and, more-

- 1 stalen in a printed Parliamentary There worn. 1,120 boys on the new the local papers that, ona feared he over, the social eril" is kept

reply that at Aug. 91 there were school, register, as 118 new arrivala had met with a fate similar to that approximately 10,202,000 Savings were admitted to take the places of away from the eyes of the public.

Hook depositors, and that the tata) the 102 who left at the end of last of poor Thorburn, and one also Ag we have already pointed out,

amount of their "deposits, with a half,

feared that a similar policy of The new boys included Viscount silence was being adopted. Now Wanchai and Nathan Road after I considential circular issued crued interest, was £704,354,000.

In reply to another question, the Errington, Viscount Vaughan, the that he is reported to have arrived dark hardly bear out the last to heads of administrative depart Postmaster-General states that the Hon. J. J. Astar, the Hon Ki Shanghai may one ask the fob contention. Impressive facts and menta sindor his control, M. soparats holdings in National Sav MacKay, and the Hon. E. R.

Wills.

lowing questions? figures from all parts of the world, Chiappu, the Paris Profect of inga Certificates number 8,000,00

The amount of capital and intar- There were very few staff changes have been additoed showing that Police, has laid down rules govern-est outstanding is approximatel; this half. The Roy, G. J. Chisty's both diamuse and traffic" decreasing the private lives of policeman | £500,000,000 (£378,000,000 capitai House WER takon over by with abolition, the general moral, and other public servants.

and £122,000,000 accrued intorsit). Mr. C. Mayos, while Mr. R. T. |

Asheton entered into possession of standard being raised by that It has been fairly common in the New Zealand Cricket Tour Loss."

the house formerly occupied by Mr. polity, while it is debased by the past for a policeman in Paris to

F. W. Dobbs.. have a second.occupation. Some, of The New Zealand cricket tour of provision of an open market them have bean concierges and Great Britain this season has re be the field game, which is played ed

The principal sport this half will! Why are the details not publish- The great seaports whers, East others market porters, wine mersulted in a loss to the New Zealand by all the houses, and the numeri If the Thorburn case is to be and West meet, present special dif- chanto, or bookkeepers in their Cricket Council of between £1,500

spare time. They are now warned and £2,000.

ous playing pitches on Agar's Beulties, and nowhere more, as His that a police officer must have no

Plough, Dutchman's Farm, and quietly dropped I suggest that the The weather was against us," Excellency said, than, in Hong business cares beyond those con- Mr. A. T. Donnolly, stated. "But readiness for an immediate start from China as part of a National School Field have been prepared in Minister and his staff be removed nected with his police duties. » Kong.. "Singapore's experiment

for the rain we should have made The underlying idea of the new a profit on the tour: 2 must be watched carefully and im regulations is, the Prefeat explains,

seonomy movement.-Youre, etc. However, we are not down.

"FED UP. partially. It is within the bounds of that, public servants must preserve hearted. We were perpared to possibility that more harm than not only their dignity, but com-come over here and take our good might be done by abolition,

chance. Everyone in Britain has gate the financial position of that plete independence,

extended to us the most extraor colony and to see if it wore posal- though, we believe, Colombo bas MARRIAGES.

dinary kindness and hospitality.ble to maintain a balanced Budget, ven a big improvement due to sup

We have enjoyed every moment of the anticipated deficit to £181,038. made proposals which would reduce BAPTISTA JOSE,On October 17, at

The latest Indian Census figures our stay." Shanghai, Mrs, MERCEDES MARIA Pression of "houses." Neither disclose interesting results.

Among the recommendations COELHO Joss to Mr. P. M.Colombo" nor Singapore has, how-

are the omission from the estimates The total population is 350,933,- New Repertory Theatre, BAPTISTA:

of the cost of fring a time gun at aver, the complication of the proxi-678. The Hindus number 238,330,London is to have a new Re JACORBEN-LEBRNED.-On October 15,

crease on the last decade.

5 am and 8 p.m. daily and the | 912, representing a 10 por cent. in petory Theatre controlled by a abolition: of a militia" band at Shanghai, PAULINE MARIE,

number of West End notors and owing to the cost. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. 8, LEANER, to Mr. JOHN H. JACOB BEN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. JACOBSEN of North Merrick, Long Island, New York.

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

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ENTRIES CLOSE at 12 O'CLOCK NOON, OG THURSDAY, 20TE OCTO BEE, 1031.

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Hong Kong, 21st Oct, 198). [1358

AGENTE,

"PEAK MANSIONS"

PRINCE EDWARD BOAD; KOWLOON,

Detached and Semi-detached Villas Modern Construction with Garage

CAMHAY BUILDINGS"

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mity of large towns, nor are those places to the same extent as Hong Kong, centres" of coolie and other passenger traffic.

If the balance of evidence sug. gested thap "toleration " is prefer- able to abolition in Hong Kong surely there might be better ad ministration than at present? The

abolitionist would, however, reply,

that in point of foot there never London Office: 3, Fleet Street, has been "better administration," in any place, or at any time; that the system is so evil that abusos cannot be controlled.

The Bady Press.

HONG KONG, OCTOBER 23, 1931.

UNCENSORED TRAVELS.

Indian Population 350,355,678.

The Moslems aggregate 77,743,928,actresses, who have decided to a 13.1 per cent increase.

meet the shortage of engagements Sikhs have increased 33 per cent., by a co-operative enterprise on Jains 2 per cent.. Buddhists 9 per their own account, Miss Lydia Donovan is the moving spirit of the venture, and she has with her Ray Desmond, Digby Vernon, Omald Lingard, and C. W.

cent, and Parsecs 3 per cent.

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Battle of the Paint Pots at Oxford,

Most Oxford: men of this genera- tion know the name of Hell Pas

sagn--that narrow path near New

College-but they will apparently know it no more,

Crowe..

Factory Site Quest,

Carleton

Scores of American industrica are inquiring of the American Chamber of Commerce in London branch factories in Great Britain regarding the possible location of to escape the threatened British tariffe.

Guinon's Time Gun.

· A financial commission which visited British Guiana to investi-

Swatow, October 23.,

PENINSULA HOTEL ROSE ROOM.

Los Dejebens and William Rimels appeared on Saturday evening with a new and entertaining programme

No provision for the time gun which included the following items: appeared in the estimates for the Dance of the Marines, Apach current year, but it was understood that the gun was being fired by Dance, Rokkoko Dance Ilyle, Louis using up surplus powder., XV Moaning Low and Innal maintained, among other reasons, They were accorded a hearty wel

The gun," it is stated, "is being dance:

for the sentimental one that it in a reminder of the emancipation of come by a crowd of more than 200 the slaves, since the five o'clock people, among whom we noted:- gun was always fired to call tho slaves to work,

Art Treasures in War Time.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Pooley. At their tablo were: Com. and Mrs. Walker, Col and Mrs. C. R. Saville, Cape,

initiative of the New York Roerich Marrick." Museum, for the purpose of draft

A congress, instituted on the and Mra, Moir and Capt. and Mrs.

Further we noted: Major (anti ing an international pact for the protection of artistic buildings aud. Mrs. N. C. Bennett, 0.3.3, MO. sitting in Bruges are productions in war time, is at their table were: Capt. and Mrs.

ward is a proposal by M. Chakla. P. Grant, Capt. R. C. B. Ander Among the suggestions put for. Agnew Wallace, Capt. and Mrs. D. ver, of Paris, who said that all his sen, Capt. R. G. Hyde, Ineut. torical monuments should display

a flag consisting of three red cir-Roper-Calbeck, Lt. Younger, Lt. clos on a white background. This Church, Lieut. Keith Murray, Lieut." would protect them from bombard Cape, Licut, Graham, Mr. and Mrs. It is hoped that all nations will | Robin Gordon, the Misses Haz- rntify the proposed agreement, cock, Miss, Mackie, Miss Whitham, which bears the namo of the Miss Taylor. Roerich pact.

Bishop at the Coal Face. Cyril Bardsley, recently descended

ment, The Bishop of Leicester; Dr. Ellistown Colliery, near Conville. and spent two hours underground visiting the coal face.

It has bean made nameless...\" Originally it was called St. He len's Passage as Joard to that effect bare painted witness, but mysterious hands with a few. strokes of a brush took the Seint efforts will be made to extend n It is feared in New York that out of Helen's and made it "Hell." tariff wall around the British Em Descended upon the board once pire, which would constitute a seri more the official painter; again the ous blow to the foreign trade of the midnight eraser erated, until at United States as about half A newish aspect of travel is sug last patience was exhausted, and America's exports go to member of gested by a New Zealander's re- now the board bears, like, the ban the British Commonwealth. THE SOCIAL EVIL.

ported “world - pilgrimage to sooner, mid snow and ice, a single banned plays and films and read

word-Passage." Nor the least interesting and im banned books" If it be the aimsible," said an old resident, but

We don't know who's respon Portant part of the Budget Debate of travel to broaden the mind here there are some round here who was, the reply of H.E. THE GOVER is one way of deliberately applying don't like the word 'Hell' They NOR to the Hon. Mr. BRAGA's ro the stretching process the happy feel it lets the passage down. quest that disorderly houses in voyager says that he reads Jovor'A Kowloop should be removed "from" Ulysses in Paris, LAWRENCE'S their position in residential arenë "Lady Chatterley's Lover" in and close proximity to certain Italy, nad other banned works in schools. Sir WILLIAM PEL, in the Austria There may be some, of course of a sympathetic reply said the sterner sort in New Zealand that Singapore's experiment in who will be inclined to tell him, abolition was being closely watched that his philosophy ja too much like with a view, presumably, to its that of the Llangollen innkeeper possible application to this Colony, who assured GEORGE BORROW that

The Kennedy Town Bathing The Government's policy. in the "a pint of bad liquor abroad is Beach is to be closed on the 31st past seems to have been one of better than a quart of good at instant. laisser faire. Cerinin areas always, home "he goes abroad to look for have been devoted to thin particular roantre heaps instead of nosegays, in respect of dairies in the New The Gazette contains regulations | pürpose, and the mere fact, that ne MAX - OʻRELL, and told MARK Territories excepting New Kow-arrested three Chinese youths, whoʻj

decent residential property, and, TWAIN in the course of rather loos even schools, have since been built unedifying and now forgotten con

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notorious area, within 2 fow minutes walk, where the inmates,

*Local Notes and Events

Ono case of diphtheria was re ported on Friday,

A to-morrow's Rotary Club tiffin the speaker will be one of the debating team, and his subject, members of the Oregon University

It is notified at His Excellency the Governor in Council uns au thorised as a place to be used is a Cemetery and to be known na "Cheung Chau Chinese Christian Cemetery" a piece of land contain-

from the files.

Also present, were:--Mr. M. 4. Robertson, Mr. McLellan, L.-Com. and Mrs. Allinson,

and Mr. Capt

Kearry, Mr. Rock, Mr. Dale, Mr. O C. Grays, Mr. E A. Walter, Lt. Humphreys, Com. Stevenson, Mr." Pentreath, Mr. H. B. Joseph, Mr. Foxull, Capt. Ashby, Mr. Dowling, Mr. Lawber, Mr. Lam Mr. M. P. Olesen, Mr. Fournier, Lt. E, G Pound, Mr. B. Pasco, Lient."and Mrs. Donohue, Mr. and Mrs. Stan- ton, Mr. A. . Harvey, Mr. H. 1. Ling, Mr. Pristup, Mr and Mrs.

ing about 10,000 square feet, situat- | Looking Back 25 Yearò, ed at Cheung Chau.

To-day Mr E. H. Sharp, KC, POLICE CHIEF GOES MAD. On Saturday night, the police Australiji.

leaves Hong Kong on a trip to

CLIMAX OF POLISH FRONTIER

"INCIDENTS,

danger a danger which the mariner in the locality, beset with

"

A complimentary farewell dinner will be given to Sir Charles Dud- gcon on his resignation of the chairmanship of the China Associa tion and on his departure from Shanghai. The dinner will be held

The series of sensational dis coveries and events at Schneide:

muhl, one of the more important German towns on the Polish-Ger-" man frontier, resched a climax on. September 25, when Herr Waltz, the head of the political palice, w certifled by three doctors as a dan gerous lunatic Cubeken This verdict puts an end to the investigations into his affairs which police as a result of his unusual behaviour while giving evidence té

are alleged to have been caught Mr. J. W Lee Jones, having re- throwing stones at a Japanese ship turned from his holiday in Japan, It is notified that the names of activities of these youths fust be of the Supreme Court. It is expect CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME within a stone's throw,, is no reason troversy. However, the traveller the Kwok Fung Co., Ltd. and of

tied up at the O.S.K. wharf. The resumes duty as Deputy Registrar 1 1% ORIENT.

for upsetting "olo" custom," and who goes to Paris to read JAMES the Asintic Trading Co., Lad, have to own when stones were seened that Mr. J. II. Kemp, who now MORTGAGE BANK AND ESTATE

to fall on the wharf apparently undertaking a difficult piece of Joyce is not absolutely precluded heen struck off the register of com. from nowhere. The direction of the fills that position, will act as arcond administrative work! In Wanchai from making some other use of his panics,

missies was soon traced, however, police magistrate... the situation is particularly bad vist. When he has finished

and, the youthful demonstrators were taken into, custody. Bix-roomed & Fire-roomed Apartments and it is difficult to understand Ulyssa there is nothing to stop why the authorities responsible for his wandering into the Louvre or tho Naval Canteen, the Seamen's Luxembourg nor nued his addiction America in the New Age." ! of the Institute and the Sailors and Soldiers Wesleyan Home do not him in the case of the young gentle.Up) Ordinance, a second and final when he may come in contact with. Shanghai Club.

to D. H. LAWRENCE in Italy leave Under the Companies (Winding uncertain currents, never knows on Wednesday, October 31, at the were instituted list week by the insist upon the removal of a mán described in the " Duneind"-dividend of 88 per cent, has been Within the last few weeks the

"All classic learning lost on classic declared in the matter of the In- Bolton Abbey and the General Thero has been a general exodus the trial of two of his subordinates and their agents (as in Nathan ground." He may begin with the Ranking Corporation, Ltd. Paget have been wrecked there, of residents during the last few on a charge of embezzling, public

and the Court has in each case re days from Cameron Terrane, and funds Make N banned, but is at full liberty to

Although he was in no way im The name of My Arthus Fung, commended the proper lighting of Austin, Humphreys "and Granville proceed to versally admitted. Nathan Road Kowloon, Licen the Shoal-Presuming that the sub-Avenues Kowloon. It is stated plicated in the affair, he trambled And as a lure to "tourizmo in tato of the Royal College of Phy-ject is taken immediately, the ques that these blocks of houses bare uncontrollably as soon as he enter siciane and Surgeons, Ireland, has tion would arins as to what country been taken by the Military Authoed the box, could scarcely speak and recently visited Hong Kong and general his system is not without been added to the list of medical ought to establish and maintain rities for two years-Hong Kong

Fits possibilities Liquor that is practitionera..

the light or lights. The Pratas aro Daily Pren, October 28," 1000," other places in this part of the banned in U.S.A., is said to bring

about half way between Hong Kong, Looking Back 50 Years. world, and, examined the problem

Bankruptcy netifications stato and the north-west point of Luzon,The recommendation of the of traffic in women and children some. American tourists. to freer that a first and final dividend, of, and about the same distance south Marine Court of. Inquiry, that the house, where they found quantities

Burope forbidden letterpress may $7 per cent as bhen declared in of Formos.It is hardly likely in the Far East, which has a close have the same effect. It is a pity tractor, and a first dividend of $8, do, the work, nor, we fear, could cannot be too warmly, commended with importtalenses of frontier

the case of Chung Chiu-kee, con that China would be disposed to Frates Shoals-be-lighted in on that bearing upon the matter of "abolis that the idea does not hold out per cent, in the case of the Kwong much assistanco be looked for from It is fearful to contemplate the espionage which had passed through tion," "The report has not much hope of profit for the "Come Mee Shing, rice merchants,

Spain. The interests of England number of wrecks, attended by loss the hands of Herr Waltz ainos-1924 been publishod, and we hope that

are involved, to the Inrgest extent. of life, which have taken place on This discovery led to his immediate to Britain " "movement; porhaps we

The polles have received a report since the number of her merchant, this dreaded spot. Scarcely a year arrest when it appears sundry misgivings. un to the extent to which this have been too rash in our embargo from Ng Hang-hing, managing ships in the China Bra fat surpasses, passes without one or more vessels. In the ensuing inquiry, to elicit Colony is involved, in an elaborate on nedifying books. Perhaps wo partner of the King Cheong firm, that of thors belonging to any other coming to grief on the Shoal, and the purpose for which the decu

stem of commercialised vios will ought to have remembered that 98 Connaught Road West, in which nation, and on her therefore would the fact that the Courts held to in ments has been removed from the to set at rest Carefat investigaTiara, a well-abrhed her doodheath, wesponsibilites autre into the pircumstances of the Cost of Mr Walt he tions by the League experts over a may be part of the traveller's lure the embezzled 88,383.62 monies, releast initiating the work, and this wrecks usually and no blame attach haved in so vigjent and unusual s large number of years have shown when the voyage is suffering from cerved by the firm between the dates ought to ba made an Imperial rathering to the master is of itself auf manner that the police were finally that in Europe, the Middle East too many repressions on the home of June 30 and July 18 of this then a Colonial matter-long Acient to show the insidious nature convinced that he was not malinger-

Kong Daily Press, October 26, 1881,- (Continued on previous Calumŋ), ing, but was genuinely mad. !' and America, the existence of front,

"People Who Matter'

EOPLE WHO LATTER to the

advertisor are the

people who can.

afford to buy his

goods. Most of **these "people" buy

and read tho

Hong Kong Daily Press,

Road) hava a fairly free run of the adjoining streets."

A Longue of Nations Committee

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finally broke down in a. ft. of

hysterical sobbing, sewa

Thinking that this conduct be trayed a guilty conscience, the police paid a surprise viit to his of confidential-documente dealing

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