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NOTICE.

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ARMS LICENCES.

HOLDERS of arms licences aro reminded that their licences are due for rsnewal on 1st January 1987. A fee of $10.00 per leende payable in advanca will be charged.. Licensees should call, at the Arms

Ofoe, Police Headquarters between the hours of 10 m. daly (Sunday and Public Holidays excepted), with their arms and licences beforò 31st January 1982. Ono new pass-port size photograph is necessary."

E. D. C. WOLFE, Inspector General of Police. [1642

81.12.31.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

8. from January 7** 1939, thỏ offeen of THE ADVERTISING

& PUBLICITY BUREAU are movıkl

to ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, Top floor. Tolephone 20030.

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

E hava, today removed our

Offices to

1st Floor

GLOUCESTER BUILDING.

E. D. SASSOON BANKING

CO., LTD.,

THE HONGKONG TRUST

CORPORATION, LTD., ARNEOLD & CO., LTD, Hongkong 1st January, 1092.

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NOTICE is hereby given that

the partnership heretofore su baialing between Charles Edward Hartuell Beavis and Denis Henry Blake practising as solicitors at No. 2, Queen's Read Central, Hong Kong, under the style or frm of Wilkinson & Grist, has been dissolver na from the 31st day of December 1931.

All debts due to and owing by the anid late firm will be ree-šved and paid respectively by Denis Henry Blake, James Temper Prior, Grneme Sisson Rugh-Jones and Charles Edward Lawrence Grist who yill continue to carry on the said practice "in partnership under the style or firm

of Wilkinson & Grist at. No. 2. Queen's Road Central aforesaid.

Dated this lat day of Jan,, 1939.

C. E. H. BEAVIS,

D. H, BLAKE,

J. T PRIOR,

4. S. HUGH JONES.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JANUARY

1932

News and Views

Novertholean of the tan regional areas into which the adininistration of the Commissioners is divided two only (North-West England and Central Scotland) showed a falling off in output the total dedila here amounted to Iso mlion units The other sight districts snowed gross increase in output of, svo been workin! "overtime an'

Of a tocai, abu

nition unita

Tale of the Day.

Why are you in such a hurry to finish your ta, Bil!".

mimion units, or upwards of bu yery supper will be ready in coat, Were noboaname for by supply minutes. companion in the South-East Augium TRO» NOTER-ast and the Centrai

Scotland disoricia Aave doubtin

kreun, nuected by the recent veciine of shipounding activity, and to bota-mast isoriot includes Lon Poon. The great increase of factories: in the London area hes booti

transmission of power instead Bar

"We Are the Queen."

ten

When an English judgo in on As- size he is treated as the King's per Monul representative.

inoze

THE TRUTH ABOUT

I have just invented the Simplement could buy furniturs

To nuot the anticipated domand "To ascertain whether of depart REAL CHOCOLATES 11

any unauthorised person who doos experts from the War Offen and Skylight, which, when opened by cheaply than another, & mesting of not know the souret, automatically from the Office of Works was held. rings a ball in the nonrest car park for any other place where policoman ¡ foregather."!

The meeting was "inconclusive, as it was found that the furnitaire boughs by the two dopartments was so distinct in design that no, com. Girl of 18 Not to be Executed. parison could be made, and it was

Once when the late Baron Hud-Negro-who-was-sentenced to death five years that no uwful purpose. Boatrice Robinson, the 18-year-old felt, after a discussion lasting some racilitated by electric power, andleston and Mr. Justico Manisty for murdering her sweetheart, would be served in carrying the the transport of coal making this were on circuit, the latter rp Aubrey Trost, is not to be executed investigation further." development more tossible. Do this loyally to drink the Royal toast, An appen for clemoney made to as it may, for the whole country only to be greeted with the whit the Governor by Mr. Justice Rowan the increased me output of pored asperity of his brother Hamilton, who conducted the trial, million units over that of the pre

has beer successful, and the girl

vious year represents a growth of judge: Sit down, Manisty, you

fopl, we are the:Quem”

upwards of 5 per cent.

sentanee has been commuted, to 10 years' penal servitude. She is a Of Huddleston another story is posed of seven whites and five British subject. The jury was.com-

Unfortunate.

Sales of electricity follow very closely output, for electricity can not be easily stored. The report statos that in 1930-31 sulus showod an increase of 433 million units, or told about 6 per cont., as compared with

Negroes. Robinson boarded with Inclined to be a muker of friend-Trott's mother, and she stabbed the year 1020.30. On the basis ox. The estimated total population of ship with the glittering great, he Trott to death last July after ho Great Britain at the end of 1930 went to stay at a fashionable

had remonstrated with her for flirt namely, acout 44,700,000-thu salas French resort and inserted in the g with two other coloured 'men. from public sources of supply invisitors' book his own full name

that

year thus represented average consumption per head of population of 202 units. 16 is interesting to noto that this in- creased sale was made by a slightly luse number of purveyors, the num ber on March 31 last being 05,

not decrease of three on tire number holding supply powers at the end of the preceding, twelve-month,

sioners,

and titles.

Anemy came and wrote the suffix Tuft hunter and toudy.

Next arrived the correspondent of the local newspaper; and in the "Distinguished Arrivals" next day appeared Baron Huddleston's name

and dignities, including this queer honorific!

Brighter Days in School.

City of London" schoolboys are studying by the light of a giant roflector.

A Divorce Spa,

who himself wont through the Reno Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, junior. divorce mill last August, announces that he is opening a combination at his ranch at Indian Springs, holiday resort and divorce mill Nevada,

cludes the lawyer's fees, guests wil For a dat rate of £100, which in

be provided with menia, and enter Jinment for the six weeks which is necesary to qualify for a divorce. If the venture proves successful. the millionaire expecte to open a chain of similar rozches through- The reflector is of white tiled cut Savada. bricks soft, high and about 200ft. long, which forms. the west wall of, 71 Minutes, 76 Miles. of comments overlooking Black the Unilever House, the new palace friars Bridge, which is now nearing completion.

The aggregate opacity of the 30, 1931, at his residence, No. 3 generating plant for now stations, fordon Road, Hong Kong. The and extension of existing stations, funeral is to take place ensanctioned by the Commissioners Friday, January 1, 1922, and

during 1930-31 amounted to 802,000 the cortège will leave the raš sidence at 2 p.1. for interment compared with, 202,000 kw., in the preceding year, and an at China Permanent Centetery.

average annual increase of, 500,000 Aberdeen,

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kw.during the past ten years.

The elimination of the smaller the settled policy of the Commis power plants is, of course, part of

the larger power station is revealed: The greater efficiency of in the fact, mentioned in the re port, that in the ten yours that have elapsed sing the Commission ars began their labours, namely, in 1920-21, there has been an all-round increase of 78 per cent. in the amount of electricity preduced for of the sky. Dead white at mid- The wall also reflects the colours each ton of coal and coke consumed. day, it turna to a pale yellow in the The decrease in coal and coke con-afternoon light, and as the sun sets auued last year was over 14 per its reflects rich roso shade. cent, as against 1920.30, Side by side with this increase in the The 13th Guest. thermal efficiener of the fuel used

Night Editor (Wancha Oco)

Tel. 94511.

London Ole: M. Flat bumet,

1, 0, 4,

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JANUARY 1, 1932.

LIGHTS OF ENGLAND,

NEVER was so much written on the subject of trade, which is visualised largely as a matter of imports and exports, This is particularly tray of Great Britain, and on all hands. there is discussion of tariffs and hounties, of ourteney problems and preferences, and of all manner of political expedients. But quietly

place.

ble the wall traps the light und re- Liko a cliff of shining white mar- flects it down into the class rooms of the City of London School next door.

in the generating stations has gone. The 13th guest brought tradi- an intensive research into the tional bad hick when Mrs. Paul elimination of the poilution of the Benry, of Southbend, Indiana, in atmosphere. In all the modern vited him to her son's birthday power stations the control of com-party.

bustion of fuel and of the omission He was a boy of seven, and on of smoke and sulphur fumes is the telephoning his hostess that he had! object of constant solicitude, and lost his way she drove out in her the fames emitted by a modern car to pick him up.. London, is practically negligible. station, such as that at Battersea,

HOW IT IS DONE.

On the way back Mr. Berry was killed in a motor smash and the 13th guest received an injury to the head which is likely to prove fatal.

Fortify the Roofs.

"

Novels at d.

A new series of novels at si

each will be published by Messrs,

Benna.

The novels will be 40,000 words.. in length, and among the authors.

Are:

Mr. J. D. Beresford, Miss Naomi Royde-Smith, Mr Belloc Lowndes, Mr. Eden Phillpotts, Miss Storm Jamoson and Mr. Alec Waugh.

Air Ernest Benn caloulates that the venture will add £137,500 to the túrnover of the Epoksiling trade

74 Years' Church Membership,

By the death as the age of 100 of Tabernacle Almashcasca, Spurgeons Mrs. Road, of the Metropolitan

old church as Novington Butts haa Although by no means the first lost its oldest member, member of Spurgeon's congrégation, her name stood No. 1 on the Church Roll of

the Metropolitan. Taber- Racle:

She joined the church in 1857,

Works Removal by Rail,

express which, loft Newcastle for and Company (1914, Limited) is be

The transference by rail of the The first part of the L.N.E.R. motor-cycle business of A. J. Stevene King's Cross at 10.98 one morning ing undertaken by the L.M.B. from. last month, ran the last 76 miles the firm's Wolverhampton works te despite a speed restriction to five ondan.... from Peterborough in 71. minutes, the Matchless worka Plumstead, miles per hour at New Southgate, where a bridge is being built.

An official of the L.N.E.R. said: the record. The train left Peter This was not an attempt to beat borough four minutes late and ar rived at King's Cross on time."

"Keeping His Old Dad.”

After Lord Chesham had been elected chairman of Chesham and Amersham (Bucks) National Farm er's Enion, and his son, the Hon. Charles Cavendish, had been made a membor Lord Chesham told the committee:

The removal began on Nov. 23 ar í. will continue. for overal weeks, by. which time it is estimated 750 to etc. will have been transferred. 1,000 tens of miscellaneous parts, from Wolverhampton to Plumstead.

FORTHCOMING LOCAL WEDDINGS.

riages are announced:

The following forthcoming mur: Mr. Stanley Oswald Gregory, of 13n, Macdonnell Road, Hong Kong, agricultural knowledge, and I am Swanne Lane, London.

"I am sorry for my lack of to Misa Dorothy Priestley, of 47, determined that my son shall have! Mr. Charles David Belton, cf

a better agricultural schooling and Hong Kong Road, Shanghai, to a more practical knowledge, so that Miss Dora Kathleen Dovell, nurs in the fature he can keep his olding sister at the General Hospital, dad-which he will have to do." Johore Bahru, Malaya.

The Hon. Charles Cavendish, Lord Chesham's heir, is 15 years of

ago.

Mr. George Frost, of 16. Hankow Road, Kowloon, to Miss Curtis Eva Curtis, of Savarin House, Kowloon. Mr. Joseph Vincent Panizzi, of 1. Kent Road, Kowloon Tong, to Miss Marjory May Martin, of 74, Nathan Road. Kowloon.

Mr. Antonio Carlos Neves, of 80, Robinson Road to Miss Sophia Mohamed Alarakia..

Local Notes and Events *

1 There have been so many casEN A PITILESH light is thrown on the publicity methods of film stars by lately of burglars effecting an Talked & Years: Decided Nothing. in the background, almost

the case, reported in the Darty entrance through skylights that I noticed by the Press and public, a Press of Tuesday and Wednesday, wonder when people will start to PINTEREST dus

AYMENT of The HALF-YEARLY great industrial change is taking which ended with a verdict against fortify their roofs and make them which proved abortive, is described A five years' economy discussion, On the 187

Great Britain, the classic woman who had acted as his agent

Mr. CHAPLIN in a JANUARY, 1982, will be made on

burglar-proof," writes claim by a

a London by the Select Committee on House diarist Prosentation of Coupon No. 30 st say of home of machine industry, is turn-in his present tour of Europe. The

tof Commons Estimates, the undermentioned Banks, vin, an

ing from steam to electricity as the public, no doubt, is dimly conscions HONGKONG AND SHANGWA ( At prima mover of her machinery.of the stage, the boxing ring, or the that when its popular favourites Quietly, through all the trade dif- Gim receive a civio welcome from ficulties of the past decade, electric the Mayor of This, or an invitation power-stations have been erected, to lunch from the Duke of That, a existing ones have been enlarged, to achieving the event. But the good deal of organisation has gone und the whole output of electricity actual workings of the elaborate

We wish all our readers a happy organised" and co-ordinated by aand expensive system that attracts Now Year and the best of luck system of power cables known as are prepared to pay for it are during 1992.

a constant limelight upon those who the Grid. All this activity has endom revealed. In this case the been directed by a Government film industry, we may well imagine. would have been better pleased had Commission known as the Electri- the inets not come to ligh. They the Daily Press to-morrow, The .8.3/5 city Commissioner Bad their take the bloom off the bouquets. next issue will appear on Monday, 8. 8 2/5 annust report, affords a valuablo The organisation which paid the commentary on the progress that penses of Mr. CHARLIN's Euro- paan tour made the mistake of

BANQUE DE

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Hong Kong Tientsin and Hong Kong only. Tientsin and Shanghai only The Interest, leas Income Tax at 58. Gd, in the £, will be ----

Banque Batas rous·

L'ETRANGER

ON 220 DESENTURES: Per Coupon (Gross) Lean Tax at 3/8 in the e

Net Amount Payable

ON £100 DENENTURES I Per Coupon (Grown) Los Tax at 5/0 in the 2

n. d:

12. 0,

0. 0.

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ON £500 DESENTURIS,

Per Coupon (Grom) Leas Tax at 5/8 in the £

Not Amount Fayablo £19. 17. 6'

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There will be no publication of

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from the files.

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FOSS Chocolates. are widely known for their smooth richness, tooth- some fillings and delightful sweetness, while mints, creams, fruits, nuts and .caramels are daintily assorted and elegantly packed.

"FOSS

CHOCOLATES":

SOLE AGENTS:

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'VARSITY JOTTINGS.

A GRADUATE ENGAGED.

Hong Kong University is engaged Mr. Bocy Feng Lam, B.A., `of“

to be married to Miss C. Y Loc. third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Cheong Siew of Singapore.

Mr. Cheung's Naw Post It is learned that Mr. Cheung King Pak, BA, has joined the Cheungchau Government School, where he will start teaching early in January, 1982. My Cheung, who is popular among the undergrade, has been Chairman of the Arts As- sociation, as well as the Education Society

Mr. Yeap Choong. Yeow.--

..

Mr. Yeap Choong Yeow, B.A., of Eliot Hall, has decided to join the staff of King's College. Mr. Teap has ably edited the Union Magazine for two successive years-1930 and 1037. He passed a course in educa tion.

TRIAL AT CRIMINAL *SESSIONS:

tion with the attack made upon The Chinese, arrested in connee- Miss E. St. Quinton of the Military Hospital, was brought before Mr. Williams at Central Police Court and charged with highway robbery. stalen property. The defendant Looking Back 25 Years, or alternatively with receiving was originally charged with assault with intent to rob and with lar The annual ball given by the stuff ceny from the persons The court of the Hong Kong and Whampoa remanded defendant until Tuesday Dock Company took place last afternoon.

night and the consensus of opinion was that no more pleasant dance had taken place in the Colony this before and after is the habit of our assigned special seats: Mr. Wolson scason. The following guests were suggestion of New Year's Day is and Mrs. Parlanco, Dr. Jordan and daily mind, and though the chief and Mrs, Jordan, Mr. R.: Mitchell that another period of our career Mrs. W. Ramsay, Mr. J. Labort days until Monday morning was is about to commence, it is scarcely and Mrs. Jack, Mr. W. Ramsay made at the close of the morning less remindful of the fact that one and Mrs. Lambert, Mr. J. Mac

ADJOURNED OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

An adjournment over the bol

(No. 2) Act, 1981, dated 6th October, and of general defintion and lioni/aught at Nice. Judge Tobin ra R. W. Hocking, master of the e.n. iof that the darkest day has its Mr. Graham and Mrs. Neave, Mr.

The Filipind community have the country is making in the equip-breaking its contract with a lady arranged a musical concert ment of industry with the most skilled in the arts that give the Sunday, January 3, 1002, at the modern methods.

publicity-huutor access to places where the limelight burns bright Peninsula Hotel, commencing at The report for the year ended and that provide him with "stunts" 8.30 p.m. in coloration of Rizal March 31 last (the eleventh) has which are bound to attract notice. Day. A very pleasant evening's £15, 0, 0,

She fixed for him a reception by 4. 2. 6. just been issued, and, as might be the Lord Mayor of London, an in-entertainment is promised.

expected, the Commissioners com spection of a goal, and visit to meat on the extraordinary difficul- his old school. She just missed According to a report made by Fayment will be made in Local ties of the year under review. gotting him the use of a state conch Capt. E. Holmes, master of the .s. more year has been taken from the donald and Mrs. Skinuor, fr. sitting yesterday of the trial of two Carrangy at the Damand Raying Rate. This

for one of his triumphal progresses, Lycemoon, two passengers died at cannot fail to make up pause, and Captain Innes and Miss Ron Kak Hang Village, Kowloon City Wax the period of the bus she successfully planted on a

term of our existence, an idea that Skinter and Mrs. Macdonald, Chinese on a charge of robbery at of Prabangs of the Day the Coupon is maximum decline in gommodity London newspaper his account of sea while the vessel was on her way reflect on its history. Well, it is call, Dr. prosented,

Forsyth and In accordance with the Finance prices, of increasing unemployment his menting with the Duke of Cor to Hong Kong from Halaas. Capt. for us that "hope springs eternal Parlone, Mr. Neave and Mrs. Misa in the human breast." that the be- Hand, Mr. Hand and Mrs, Graham, December bist at the Criminal Sex

The case is the last one in the 1931. Income Tax must be dednated dation. The conditions were such readiness to

marked with some sarcasm that our

to respond from the interest payable on Kailan

such Talm, which arrived in port on Bonds for the year 1931 at the rate as to impose a definito check on the methods can hardly increas our Wednesday, also reporotd the death of bf in the Inasmuch as Inooros rate of growth of "demand for elections. Perhaps he takes too gloomy

dignity in the eyes of other no. of two passengers. Tax at the rate of only 4/6 in the £. was deducted from the six months tricity, particularly as regards sup view, for the United States at interest payable on the 1st July, 1901, plies for industrial power. Indeed, any rate must think us mere lag, it will be necessary to dodact 6/8 in the E from the six months' interest payable on the lat January, 1939.-

By Order,

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,

2. J. NATHANA

dawn is universal, for the time that Hockaday and Miss Wingate, Mr. sions and has occupied maay sit has flown more often than not A. Cumming and Mrs: Richardson, tings before the Chief Justice (Sir leaves behind bitter recollections of Capt. Douglas and Mrs. Murphy, Joseph Kemp) and jury owing tó trouble, perplexity, and failure, M, Murphy and Mrs. Douglas,

of happinets for us. We write of

What has been is not likely, we are Mr. W. C. Jack and Mrs. Wilkie, the large number of witnesses for Three men visited the first floor prone to argue, to be immediately Dr. Swan, Mr. A. Ritchis' and Mr examined at length by Mr. Hin the curtailment of production and to the art of "boosting." But the of 13, Upper Lascar Row, on disastrous, the new may have stores Press, January 1, 1907.

garda in the indulgence we accord

repented; if the old year has been J. C. Wilkie-Hong Kong Daily Shing Lo, defending counsel.

the prosecution, who were cCTOR- the lessening of industrial activity court hearing, in which for once Wednesday morning when they told rendered it difficult in some cases in a way Mr. Chaplin was very a woman that they had a parcul properly relegated with reluctance for the electric power supply.com to a back mat, should at least seres for the tenant. After they wore panies to maintain their output atas an acid reminder that what allowed in the house, however, the the level of the previous year, and looks like ardent and spontaneous

the many; the fortune-favoured few Looking Back 50 Years. up the good things of life and find. no on from year to year garnering, ing their pathe strewn with flowers until at length even they discover loaves where erst were rosea-Hong Kong Daily Press, January 1, 1862

At the present hearing the case for the prosecution was alosed after Chinese detective, who arrested the further cross-examination of a first nocused, He denied that phy sical force à used in order to

The defence will open on Mon

We have just crossed the threshold of an unkonwo year we have to day reached a point when the Fast, as it were, in conjunction. To look (Continued on Previous Column.) | day.

in a few cases there was an actual applause of the famous is fromanu produced daggers, bound and bitterness in the shalice, and "dead the Present and the Future come foros accused to make a statement.

General Manager.

[1043 decrease 'in "output",

quently the result of a costly and gagged the inmates and robbed them well-engignored claque.

of valuables amounting to $65.