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and JÁNUARY 18T with the following exceptions: Both Restaurants will remain He usual.

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On CHRISTMAS DAY and SATURDAY, the 26th DECEMBER, All Departments will be CLOSED.

On these days,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Dispensing Department, will be open for dispousing proscriptions from 10 am to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7.80 p.m. ....

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1931.

desire to ascertain whether there

News and Views *

Those Kilometres,”

ed.

Three kilometres," ho respond A kilometre and a half later they asked again of another T.C.

Git Before He Died,

of his death.

Mr. Sinithors had split two Please get the cheque through the gruinens, and his letter said.

bank as quickly as possible because of illness." Mr. Smithors was 9. When Is a Tourist?

Three kilometres," ho said The International Hotelkeeperat **Thank God it's not gaining on Associations, including reprosenin- us!“ exclaimed a voice from the tiven From Great Britain and all ranks-From, a' War Time Regi|ther countries, are in conference at Geneva, and trying to actile . mental Journal,

most vital point: When does the

light on Chiness, politiez was, how avor, the sudden capture and in an island there," and, if not, to excaution of Tana YEN T、 on alter the charta."... charge of attempting to lure The Admiralty, it is believed, CHIANG KAI Sue's Army, from its | were a little staggered at this an- allegianco. It a interesting to | Kounejment of their “desire.” bub, “| moto, by the way, that. Mr. Sux with a very creditable sympathy in

They were muking their way back Brighton magistratee were open. Fo, - whose name, with Evazn the public enjoyment of romance so the battalion, sodden-an-1-fool-ing-a-i-fler-containing bho nana CMEN'S, has bin implicated in that they haws abstained from official weary.

donation to the poor box of Mr. "How far to the next village !"¦ Honry Wolsford Smithers, a nenior supposed intrigue, is still in Nan disavowal of any idea of huntingther neked a Traffle Contrul chap at magistrate, when news was reuoived king where pewor Teat with for Atlantis or of "altering the the crown-roads. Gineral Ho Ytxo Cuan. Perhaps chart" of the Atlantic where the " Three kilometres," he said.

About a kilometre, further on they Mr. EUGENE Chika who is in Shang depths predlade charting at all put the same question to another kaj now feels that Concessions havs After all, the story hurts nobody T.C. their us. If CHIANG should in- and pleasși many. There is little | deed return to public life it will enough romaner left in the sen "life Be interesting to see whether the these days, and we may forgive any exvention of TANG "Yey TA' will fetitions rumour “ which worver prove an insuperable obstacle toto rekindle the old glamour. the revončiliation with Mr. WAND When, tho Rodney wäs acebmpany, CHING WI, and his adherents, ing a portion of the Atlantiq Flect which med" on the verge of cam which early this year paid a“ visit pletion a few days ago. Madune to the United States Fleet she car British Victim of Bourbon Terture. tourist season begin 7

In a newly organised criminal} It is proposed to make March SUN YAT SUN is now, more than Į ried s maalt party of scientists änd

musoum within the grim walls of 21, the first day of spring, "Tourist the implacable enemy of certain appliances to enable them the Carcere Nuove in Rome, among Day." This shall formally in CHANG KAI SREK. But Madame to carry out biological investiga- | gruesome memorials to unknownaugurate the tourist season, and the forms of punishments there has 'great hotels will be dressed with SUN YA? Sex hopes to east out altions whilst crossing the Sarag been brought to light evidence of bunting, and dy a special flag for militarista Dr. SUN wished to do Sea. It is believed that mysterious British victim of ferocious torture the day. The flag has already been the same but in the eyes of his fish of enormous proportions Jurk in the days of British participation designed: a bird's nest on a blue in the warm depths of these waters. in Bourbon affairs during Napo-ground, with four young girls lying widow his “unturn) auecersor: hrs What more natural, therefore, than leonis- times".

From it in different directions. of Whether this is symbolical of travel become the Prince of the Mili. ( the serious suggestion that the The particular inftrument

} an iron chge roughly Jars, ripe for plucking, is not ex- tarials.

And how can militarists Rodney, was, making an attempt torture is

to solve the mystery of the sea following the shape of the human plained. GILMAN & Co., Ltd. Agents. | be cast out, except by fitting other serpent" Moreover, these pretty form, in which the prisoner was

militarista against them?

little stories may have a certain tightly compressed in a standing element of educational value. Tosition and then avapended from Probably a good many people who the battlements until he died of never heard of Atlantis before have exposure, pain, and exhaustion. te thank this yarn about the Chal- lenger for now knowing that it was described by Plato as an island larger than Libya and Asia Minor, which was engulfed 8,000 years or so before his time. Some may be even, tempted to read his picture of the beautiful interior of this, faby lous land, but one unfortunate re Kwangsi Paymanter General hassult of such a, perusal would be to except some shreds of rags and The 'otal number of decrees nisi

to take back and munch on the sofa till cocktail time. Take the best.. man, don't stint ber to-night. Take only

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HONG KONG, DECABER 21, 1031.

A PEACEFUL YEAR!

over.

CHEN THAT TONG, the Kwangs militarists and CHANG FAT Fr were last Spring cast for the role af the final destroyers of the mili; turists CHANG FAT Fui has, how ever, born dallying with his old

chief, OHIANG KA SAKK, aad n Chinese report has it that

gone JVBY

to

a

The

Anglers' Sense of Humour.

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the Ironside "shake faith in the judgment of the leader, with a very large sum due Admiralty in "deciding" to send for the Kwangsi Army, and the warship to hunt for it! pair of them hope to go sortli to set up a standard and a pay cheat that should attract old campaigners like Aies to a honey pot.

Ironsides" aris said to have dwindled to about two thousand ill- equipped and dispirited men the Kwangsi border, from whom CHANG FAT FUI has long separated. His resignation, from,

conim and was, the "Ironside " therefore, neither surprising nor significant.

on

The popular fallacy that anglers have no sense of humour is explod ed by the following story An elderly novice was invitad by an expert angler to spend a day on Loch Katrine. After a while he antrived to hook a small trout estimated to weigh 3 oz. With great care he reeled up his line till the luckless trout was suspended in the sir. His host made no comment as he continued to wind until the trout reached the top joint of the rod, beyond which, of course, it could not goi

If we look back over the history of the last twelve months in China we see that awhile, political compe and crisis have followed thick and fast, and more, and more," there has not been very much fight ing. Apart from the desultory campaign against the Reds of It is a pretty game and might A...S. WATSON & CO., LTD, Enkien and Kiangs, there has been not do much harm if Japan and And now observed his host, uttering for the Arst time, just pence in China proper for over a Russia were not on the map; if swarm up the rod and cut his Hong Kong, 23rd Dec, 1931. [164]ear. The most important poli- there were no

"Reds" and no

throat!" tical event" in 1931, Canton's body of angry and puzzled patriots BANK" HOLIDAYS.

recession from Nanking has not being inflamed by the students and lead to any fighting, The "Reds" such leaders as Madame Sun YAT and Yangtze foods pat a barrier SKN. CHIANG KAI SHEK flew to bin between Tweedledes and Twerdle-Freedian retreat in his private duni, who enunot, however, forget äcroplane. Perhaps a good many their quarrel, though a flock of of China's generals and politicians ill-omened birda fur more formid- would be well advised to have 51able than the crew of the nursery planes ready in their back gardene. itale is darkening" the sky. Perhaps | 11⁄2 looks' is if China's traditiona!

IN Bocordance with Government Ordinance, The EXCHANGE BANKE will be CLOSED for the TRANSACTION of PUBLIO BUS3. NESS on FRIDAY and SATURDAY

the bru and 20ra DRCEMBER (CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS). Hong Kong, 21st. Des., 1937.

Was He an Inniskilling

The cage-a common enough mediaval instrument-whe found in the most of the Chatle of Milazzo, in Sicily, near, Palermo. By the age were found the remains of a human skeleton, but nothing to identity the character of the victim

It is understood that a propoun! to induce the first official tourist of the year to webe a special cos tums and to bo put up gratis has been turned down..

Divorce Cases Increase.

The Civil Judicial Statistics for last year state that the number of matromonial petitions flod during the year was 4,470, an increase over the preceding year of 342, and the greatest number since 1920 (5,182), military button stomped Innis- for dissolution of marriage was killing 27," and on the back the 3,722, 1,598 being on husbands' words "Covent Garden."

petitions and 2,124 on wives' poti- Although the care is a merlinvaltions. Matrimonial causes to the device, it had in this case presum- number of 1,500 were tried daring ably been used for public punish. 1929. ment or private revenge during Napoleonic days in this remote castle, and the button presumably is of the London-made tunic of an Inniskilling Dragoon.

Reforming the Esform.

"' extra-

Matrimonial causes formed 93 per cent. of the total of Poor Persons. cases, increasing by 184 to 1,5L8.....

Moonshine.

+

An American, Professor believen- that within the next hundred years men will discover means of travel-

It is reported that ordinary" and "exciting dennes ling to the moon in a rocket-pro- wore witnessed at a general meet-pelled ship, which will take six days ing of members of the Reform Club to do the journey and cost about when it was decided to admit £400,000,000. women to the club for tel and driner on Saturdays and lunch and dinner on Sundays.

This suggests a subject for one of Mr. Punch's inimitabla "Enter tainments at which we have never assisted-passing & reform at the Reform Club.

i

He says that on arrival travel- lers to the moon will find no soil. no..water, no clouds, no air, and no naimal life. In fact, the only thing he does not explain, is why anyone in these circumstances-- should want to spend £100,000,000 on getting there.

Local Notes and Events

of enteric fever were reported on Four cases of diphtheria and ope Tuesday:

His Excellency the Governor will)

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due from Shanghai at 9 am, on The R.M.S. Empress of Japan 13

Christmas Day, and will lente for Maila at p.m. on the 26th.

played out, now that the ignoranting of the Hong Kong society for of Commerce and the Exchange. The Hong Kong General Chamber masses are hoing asked to take a

the Protection of Children, which Banks, have written to the Govern- Looking Back 25 Years. will be held at the City Hall atment suggesting hand in the affairs of the State.

that, as

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, the political upsets are merely the strategy and Matruraft are nearly preside at the annual general meet

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Nt the Discoters of the above named Conipany have resolved to isuno 30,000 shares forming the remaining part of the unissued Capital of the. Company and thin such shares shall in the first instances be offered to the persons appearing in the Company's rogleter of members us sasroheldars ön

prelude to a settled pene, though at the moment Chinese, opinion is not optimistic as to the putlock. CHIANG KAI-SHEK's resignation is men to be no inore than a strategic withdrawal. If the President's

enemies had really prevailed he

the 1st day of January, 1932, at par would have left the country.

and on terms and conditions which probably expects to sail in agnia will be comminuicated to such persons

KEEP UP ROMANCE.

at a inter date. The attention of all on the breezes within the canncils of buried treasure stories must persone who are now or may become | of his suecissorë, CHIANG was still rank the fascination of lost landa, before the 1st day of January, 1832. the holders of shares in the abore strong enough to appoint a week It is impossible not to sympathize named Company in respect of which ago trasted henchmen

the with journalists who have con- their names have not been entered in

ter of members.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers.

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MOSLEM UNION NEARER.

SHIAH CHIEF LEADS SUNNI PRAYERS IN MOSQUE,

ZIONIST MOVEMENT

OPPOSED,

Jerusalem, Dec, 1-A centaries old rule was broken at the Islamic Conference here to-day when the Iraq delegate, Muhammad Alghatta, who is Imain of the Shia soct, acced ed to the request of the Congress. to load the mid-day prayers for the Palestine Sunni Moslems.

The differences between the Sun

5 p.m. on Monday. Any person Year's Day falls on Friday, the The Nautical Magazine says:- who is interested in child welfare, Saturday following should be de The inunching of the Mauretania will be welcome.

clared a general holiday, as it is causes speciation as to who will nis and the Shins over the question already in Shanghai.

of the headship of Islam ara almost undertake the immenso respon- His Excellency the Governor his appointed Tuesday, January 26, Two young "Russions, Knionets cummander. As the new Cunarders of

Bibilities which will fall upon hers long standing as the Islam faith That an Imam of the Shia seet 1939 at 4.30 p.m, as the date of the Dmitriy Apanasorick and Vono- have been built under an agreement

an

STONED TO DEATH.

He EST to the irresistible fasgiasion Annual. Inspection of the St," John Soft George Nikanov, who had serv with His Majesty's Government, thould lead the prayers on behalf Ambulance Brigade. All interested sentences in Hong Kong for is very probable that they will have of the Sunnis is without preendent in the Order of St. John are car arriving in the Colony without a some may as to how they shall be and demonstrates as nothing else dially invited to attend. Details passport, were yesterday fined $10 officered and-manned. The impres-ould have done the sincerity of the will be notified "later.

by Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Ma-ision exists that the Admiralty will desire among all the delegates at gistracy for defrauding the Kow-insist upon the chief executive hold the Conference to achieve Islamic An unknown Chinese committed Icon-Canton Railway of 80 centsing commissions in the Royal Naval unity.

al- Reserve. If this proves to be the The Congrees, which is being hold the Company's rexister of members imrmanships of four provinces, ferred so much romantle glamour suicide by jumping into the har representing train fare. The is particularly directed to the above Kiang, Cheltiang, Kiangao, and upon projected expedition which bour from the lower deck of the ternative to the fina was 14 days caso, it will debar the two senior at the Al Asque Mosque, was call- resolution and to the fact that in the the distant Kansu. CHIANO'S army, sene imaginative soul invented for whilst it was halfway between Hong

Yaumati ferry-boat Man Ying hard labour.

commanders in the Cunard Line ed as the result of a viit paid to Ovont of such pertoes wishing to

from taking either of the vessels, Palestine this year by Shaukat Ali. participate in the said offer they ahonta ander the faithful Ho YING CHEN,

the new survey loop Challenger. Kong and Yaumati on Tuesday An Indian named Ram Nath: The two Senior Royal Reserve the distinguished Indian Mosium taka immediate stops to have their also controls Anhwei Brovince, It will be recalled that this vessel night. The launch was stopped and Biswas, 36 years of age, arrived za officers serving in the Cunard Line leader. Its object is to strengthen the names entered in the Company's regis while CHEN, MING SHU's forces, was designed and built for fishery a search made for the missing man, the Colony yesterday on the as at present are Commander D. Dow, bands throughout the whole Moslem

but no traces could be found... which may take an itidependent | exploration service.

Borneo. He is travelling round the RN.B, of the R.M.S. Umbria, and world in defence of the Arabs, of ander the attitude, are well scattered among Fisheries Board, but that, Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., the world on a push bicycle and has su Lieutenant J. W. T. Charles, Palestine and the Holy Places in far covered Malaya, Siam and RN.R of the Saxonia, our Terusalem from the pressure that it is believed will be exerted against Nanking, Shanghai, Kiangsi and renomic reasons, this plan has been local agents for the famous Scotts Indo China. He boarded the song Daily Press, Dec. 24, 1906.

boor brewed by McEwan-Younger

them by the Zionist, Colonists. the territory north of Shanghai, abandoned, at any rate for the Ltd., have sent us three delightful Borneo for Hong Kong and intends f The Kansu appointment is of in present. As we hayo already stai lendars, from the latter to proceed to Canton, Shanghai, Looking Back 50 Years. terest. Formerly the province was

illustrating, sport in the Highlands Nanking, Mukden, Harbin, Korea.

The twenty-sixth mesting of the Japda and then America ed, the present intention of the particularly those virile kinds to Europe. He reckons the trip round Victoria Regatta commenced yester part of the FENG YU HBIANG tor | Admiralty is to dispatch the which beer is the proper accom- THE THIKTDENTH THE

ing had been showery, but it lear OBDIN ritory and it is possible that some Challenger to the China Station in panimentWe also have to acknow the world will occupy twelve years. day. The weather during the morn ARY MEETING OF SHARE- kind of rapprochmeat with the the coming spring to replace the Mackintosh's Ltd.:

ledge a neat desk calendar from

ed up before, noon, and the con ditions proved favourable for good" HOLDERS will be held at the Hend **Christian" General and Office of the Company, St George's st SHAN is being sought. While vesels maintained in the Far East.

YEN Iroquois as one of the two survey Dr. S. W. Phoon has been success three quarters of a length. For the for good rowing, while there was ed in a win for Sampson's four by sport. The water was not too lumpy Building Chater Road, Victoria,

ful at the recent examination for German Cup there. were three sufficient wind to make the aniling, One man has been killed and 15- Hong Kong, on Thursday, the 31st CHANG HSLEH LIANG has badly lost But apparently it has struck some

the degree of Master of Surgery starters, but an accident happening races interesting. A little sunshine ather badly hurt as the result of a day of December, 1931, át 12 o'clock, face over the Manchurian affair, fertile fancy as a pity to waste the (M.B.) Dr. Phoon is the first to one of the boats just after the would have thrown a more cheer mysterious stone-throwing attack at Noon, for the purpose of receiving he has preserved his Fengtien Army vessel in such routine duty, So graduate of the University to get start, it was left between Bennett's ful appearance over the affair, so Tuy Law, County Durham. Statement of Accounts and the

this honour, and it is of interest and Ruck' boots, and was won for as the spectators were concern- The dead man is Thomas Mather Report of the Directors for the year intnet, and with the, province of far more attraeive programmes was to hear that one of the examinera easily by the former. The race for od, but the rowers were glad to 111), and the injuredan 18 Ales ended 80th September, 1931, and Chihli and the old capital of prepared for her, according to is the well-known Prof. G, B. she Endice Purse, rowed in pair have things as they wars. Thero Hacemo (98).

Peiping electing Directors and Auditore...

the which she was to have left Chatham Glask of London University. After oars, was the ovent which paused was but a meagre attendance on the They went ale" at night to look The Transfer Books of the Cam-Young General is said to be con alter completion of her trials, and working as Orthopaedic Clinics! the greatest excitement. There were Grand Stand, which may perhaps after som poultry which they kept pany will be closed from Monday, templating a northern bier inde make an

üt Guy's Hospital three starters, and the ract was won be accounted for by the social and on the falls An they walked along effort to discover the al, London, Dr. Phoon worked in, by Sampson and Hughes. Fisher general festivities which are now there was a fusillade of stones, and 28th December, 198, to Thursday, 31st December, 1931, both days pendent of the Nationalist Governmyat' island of Atlantis; which a similar capacity at the Hospital and Angier made a splendid spurt taking place in the evenings and both men were struck.

Hansone crawled half a mile mout. FENG, Yes and CHIANG KA is supposed to lie under the sew in for the luptured and Crippled in at the Enich, but too late to snnten the fatigue consequent upon them.

New York Upon his return to the race from the leading best. The programme opened with the home and summoned assistance, "RHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Shex Ave montioped us possible ad- the neighbourhood of the Azores. Hong Kong he was appointed Ay The Pirse was presented im Junior Sculls, which was cloverly Mather was taken to hospital and

General Mahagora, herents to this scheme."

Ong of the most staid and usually sistant to the Professor of Surgery, mediately after the race by Miss won by Angier. For the Chair- died later.

Ho resigned from that position in Barff, who graafilly congratulated man's Cup there were four starters, It is thought the 'assailants may Hong Kong, 16th December, 1991. In the South the struggle for reliable of the daily newspapers become the Superintendent of the the winners-Hong Kong Daily and a closely contestod race result have been conl thieves, who toistook

[1587unich still lags. A curious sides announced that the Admiralty Tung Wah Hospital."

Prem, Dec. 24, 1881.

! (Continued on Previous Column.) Mather and Hansone for watthere."

inclusive,

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foundation, T

Assistant

NIGHT FUSILLADE AT TWO. MINERS.

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