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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

THE

HB Burus Dinner of the Society will be hold in Lane, Oraw- 'ford's Restaurant on Saturday, 23rd instant, at 8.30 p.m., when the toast of The Immortal Memory" will be proposed by Mr. W. L. Handy- *side.

Subscription (exclusive of winos) $4.00 each.

-All-Members--wishing-to-become subscribers are requested to for- ward their names, at their early convenience.

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DAVID S. ROBB.

Joint Hon. Secretary, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews.

IN THE MATTER OF THE HONGKONG" COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1911.

AND.

IN THE MATTER OF T. E. GRIFFITH LTD.

(IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION),

NOT

TOTICE is hereby given in parruant to Section 181 of the Companies Ortliannos 1811 that a meeting of the creditors of the above- namod Company will be held at tho Company's ollos Sameon, Canton on the 2nd day of February, 1932, as olevan o'clock of the forenoon.

Canton, this 4th day of Janu877, 1932,

M. A. ANNETT,

Liquidator.

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THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.

PROGRAMMES and

DANTRY FORMS for the First

✔

DOUBLE

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1932.

twice that number, and at hoavior

· weight. -- Thort, are no milch "pows in the New Territories, and prae- tally no agricultural minebinary.

BARRELLED Man power is cheap! In that doe OPPORTUNITY

HILLMAN WIZARD

HUMBER

SNIPE

This seasons pheno-," menal successes gained by the Hill man 'Wizard' and the HumberSnipe cars put them at the top of all competi- tion. We congratu late ourselves for having 'bagged them both-

HILLMAN

WIZARD

SNIPE

HUMBER

"AT THE

DURO GARAGE

In Nathan Road, Kowicon.

GILMAN & Co., Ltd., Agents,

BIRTES.

3.P.4

DAV 1908.---On December 30, 1933, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. I DAVRION, a daughter. MILLER.-On December 30, 1931,

at

H. MULLER, Fire Brigade, daughter.

a

DEATH

trine lies half the толков for Chinese stagnation. Human labour is more plehtiful and low costly than horses and machinery. That applies to the New Territories, and the land is worked on that basis" Big helds, new crops and stock, machinery and fertilisers are the need. Not long ago, as time, is reckoned in China, English agricul

News and Views

Tale of the Day.

SheHore is your ring back. I cannot marry-you. I love some- one else."

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"You're not

He: Who is het" She (nervously). going to kill him 7"

Hot No. But I'll try to sell him the ring."

Homicidal Maniaca.

An attendant in an asylum obser. ved a patient wandaring down, the word carrying a human head under his arm. Ha thought tact was call- ud for, and asked the lunatic politely

The horrible story of the asylum" bare, with its "common fold "aattendant who died as the result of kind of super-allotment ground adstruggle with a manine, brings to nind a remarkable story of another joining each town and village-waaghastly happening in an asylum. not altogether unlike that of this

New country.

crops, scientifle breeding of stock, and then better transport and machinery changed the English countryside and gave it great prosperity. The New Territories are most favourably situated. Fertile, well served by rail, rond and water transport, and enjoying proximity to a ready market. the progressive farmer in that area should find great reward if he can adapt himself to these" new opportunities.

Extra Rnce Mesting of 1932 to be held JACKSON-On December 30, 1931, agriculture is not holding its own

in Macao, on Sunday, the 17th Janu- "Ary, 1932 (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Sports Club, Hongkong. Jockey Club Stablos, or at the offices of Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming, 6. Des Voeux Road Central.

ENTRIES close at 11 am, on Satur.

1982. day, the 8th Jaapary,

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ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY OF

HONG KONG.

HE Annual General Meeting of St. Patrick's Society of Hong Kong will be held in the Hong Kong Hotel, Roof Garden, on Friday, Jan. nry 8th, at 5 15 p.m.

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G. P. MURPHY,

P. T. MABONY,

Pointes d'Asperges Riviera, Selle d'agneau Dorchester: Cardon Epineux"de" Tours, Pommes. Voisin. Bécasse Fine Champagne (Quails) "Salado Séville. Mousse des Gastronomes, Friandises.

Tous les Fruits. Lo Café,

The 50 guests chose their own wines, but most drank champagne with each course,

Brighter Justice,

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made to brighten justice. In Vir- In some conubrios offorts are being ginia an Opera House has been whoso head, he had got and whay,

ronted for a oriminal fial, and in As it was the most matural Turkey the law has taken over the thing in the world, the other gave local cinema for the same purpose, him the information he asked for and said he decapitated his unfortuIt seems a pity that Britain's ann nato follow patient in his sleep be servitive judges are content with cause he thought it would be so the gloom and stuffiness of the Old amusing to see him looking for his Bailey and the Law Courts, head when he woke up.

France's 2,800,000 Unemployed.

A sensation was caused in the Chamber at Paris when M. Landry, Minister of Labour, admitted that the number of wholly and partially than in Great Britain. unemployed in France is greater

The figures (taking the latest British returns) are:-

Great Britain' ... '2,822,097 France

*****.......... 2,800,000

£10,000,000 Loss on Beer Duty.

Instead of the anticipated revenue incronsa.al £10.000.000 from, tha. extra beur duty, a serious loba sö

FINE

SHERRIES

the Exchequer is foreshadowed by SUPERIOR PALE DRY Sir William Butler, chairman of Mitchells and Butlers, Ltd., tho: Birmingham browars, there huving been, he states, a reduction of about 45 million bulk barrels.

What a Life 1

A centenarian has attributed

his age to a life of Hard work, un relieved by recreation, thantrés. einemis, music, wireless, drinks, or amokes.

If this is the price of longevity.

young, most people would.o sooner

The Walking Booking Offices.

and

die

Tottenham

The Underground railways have launched a two months' trink of a series of perambulating ticket-nellers at Piccadilly circus, Oxford-circus, Loicestor-square Court-rond stutions. | The ticket-sellers are four' men. whose duty it is to assist strangers to find their way about London' on the Tubes, and to sell tickets for

causes cur

One feels sure that managers of London diteman would be glad to co-operate with the Director of Public Prosecutions to provide more fitting settings for elehres, complets with uniform any station to anybody.

usherettes, refreshments, and a Wo introduced the system with-

An Underground official "anid: good talkie during the jury's retire-out previously advising the public, ment.

The ushorettes, like counsel, cold but the results were so good that

it is likely to become permaneņt,' be trained to laugh uproariously at ! overy jako from the judge.

Boldier's Lost Memory.”

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Police Wireless,

It is reported that pocket-Wire A private in the 1st Battalion loss-sets to enable police constablec Welch Regiment, who lost his to lister in to crime bulletins from memory for 18 months, and forgot headquarters have now been per- be, was a soldier until he rend in lectod. We may suppoar, therefore, a newspaper about cuts in Army that it will not be long before

FULL GOLDEN

of very superior

quality grown and bottled by Anto R.

Ruiz Y. Hermanos

Xeres de la Frontera. Specially

selected.

One sip

will bathe the drooping

spirit in delight

dreams."

Mr. Buau pointed out that only the Chinese farmer himself san effect an agricultural revolution, auch as the economic deeds of the Republic are now demanding. The new agriculture must bo grafted upon the old. The immigrant in- M. Landry declared that the total novator lacks the intimate know- of wholly unemployed was 300,000, Sledge necessary to make farmingly one fifth of whom were receiv

ing relief. succeed. His crops fail for some reason of which he is not cognisant,

"Biscay." Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. H. his chickens die of some unexpected word "Biscay" shall be pronoun- court-martial with desertion and It would be a pleasant gesture it

The B.B.C. has decreed that the pay, was charged at an Aldershot constables are equipped with teal Beyond the bliss complaint, and the Chiném farmer ned "Bisskay," writes a London loss of kit

the B.B.C. transmitted a special The soldier is Private Michael Copper's Hour on their wave- smiles and says. "I think so my dianist,This sottles doubts which way more better." But Chinese

have bothered me for years. My Cullen, aged 2, and he told the length to brighten the weary hours first instinct, of course was to pro- court that he remembered nothing of "waiting beside parked motor nounce it Chumley. At a later since he went on leave in April, cars. The silk and the tea industries stage of my intellectual develop 1930 until last month, when, sud- languish Japan and Ceylon have ment I wanted to pronounce itdenly realising that he was in the Bisexy (as in hiss). Later on it Arms, be reported to the regimental captured the market thanks to occurred to me that the word should depot at Cardiff. modern methods. China buys huge be Biscaye (as in "Ready, Aye |

Sentence will be announced, Ready). quantities of rice and flour, and, in partly westernised places, tioned me to pronounce it Biankay till I Frankly, it never occurred to milk! Can the New Territories on the B.B.C. decree on the sub- show the way? The place looks

ject." small on the map, bat a seed is small compared to the plant it pre- drees, and the world has always learnt more from small and alert countries than from larger" ones whereolo custom" is considered good enough.. Show may not appear very thrilling The Agricultural

Shanghai. Hvar, nged a years. Only son of Capt, and Mr. A.

E Jackson,

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JANUART 6,1932.

WHERE CHINESE

"AGRICULTURE FAILS,

REVIEWING the work of the Hong

Joint Hon, Becretaries. Kong Agricultural Association, and to the townsman ininterested in

PLEASANT OUTING.

ATTEND THE NEW TERRITORIES AGRICULTURAL SHOW

ON

-SATURDAY AND SUNDAY JANUARY, 9TH & 10, 1932.

T-SEBK WU HUI (Near SunUno

SHUI RAILWAY, STATION),

Watch for the Handbook

on the Bookstalls

cal PerformaNICHE,

Facilities and

See the Development and Growth of Local Vegetables, Poultry and Cattle.

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its efforts to promote up-to-date nature and the products of the methods of tillage in the New soil. But some of us see, in it tho Territories, Mr. J. D. Bun told slow and cautious awakening of the the local Rotary Club yesterday New Territories farmer, who has that the struggle Way against the power, to start a great movement, methods that had prevailed for for increasing the wealth, first of thousands of years. Within is his own area, and, perhaps, in the own limits Chinese agriculture has course of years of the whole Chines: reached a high state of perfection. people.

Who has nos admired the neat and

simple system of miniature dykes

The Perfect Dinner.

This was the menu for the 27th anal banquet of the Reunion des Gastronomes the perfect dinner at Dorchester Hotel:-

Whitstable Choinies. Rossolnick Clair. Crême de Potiron. Saumon Braisé Talleyrand: Suprême de Volaille Carême (Breast of Chicken)."

Happier Lot for Constables.

Huntingdonshire Polies Constables are to be allowed to bavo tele- phones in their bed-rooms to avoid their having to wander downstairs on a cold night, when they are call ed up. But their wives will lose their annual grant for attendance to the telephone.

This stop has been taker, because

it is felt that the police should have

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English Employees Leaving the

Riviera.

Over 10,000 foreigners, including many Britons, are to be discharged: on the Riviera, as the result" of a joint order of the Profeck of the Department of the Alpes Maritimer and Mayor of Nice, despite the fac that they have foreign workers' per mita.

This order follows the decision. that only 20 per cent. of the per· | sunnel of businesses and hotels, etc.. may be foreigners.

The British owners of several bars

of

A. S. WATSON

& CO.,

LTD.

Established 1841

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS

1:

PHONE 20616.

have approached their Consul in CARPET EXHIBITION. order to see if any action can be diftaken, in view of the fact that their staffa come from England on an which the "exchange basis," authorities refuse to recognise."

the same facilities as doctors.

Burglars will now have no ficulty in summoning police ageist anco when they become involved in motor-accidents.

Local Notes and Events

The total output of the Kailan The Buous Dinner of the Hong Mining Administration's mines"för | Kong St. Andrew's Society will be the week ending. December 19, held at Lane, Crawford's Restaur- amounted to 119,056 metric tons, ant on Saturday, January 23, at and the sales during the period to 8.30 p.m., when the tonet of "The Immortal Memory", will be pro- posed by Mr. W. L. Handyside."

which allows each tiny held to bo | IN THE YEAR 1,000,000 B.C. 101,891 metric tons. fooded as the owner wists? The

A girl named Wong Hee (10) liv- ing at 126, Reclamation Street, whe

owner.

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From the files.

Looking Back 25 Years.

Bent to the Kowloon Hospital ön Mr. E. A Yon Kchza-Nagy will The Captain of the steamer Monday, suffering from a monkey give a friendly criticism on some Michael Jebsen Avas convicted on bite. The police have not been of the pictures entered for the Saturday of having no rat funnels able to locate the animal or its University Photographic Exhibition on the ship, and fined $6.

at a general meeting of the Uni- versity Amateur Photographie Club Mr. F. A. Hazeland was prevent which is to be held in the Union ed by illness from taking his plae Assembly Room at 8,15 p.m. to-day., in the First Court in the Magin tracy on Saturday, and Mr. Mal bourne dealt with the few eases that yesterday in a

Sub-Inspector Nicol prosscuted came before the Court.

case in which Chinese motor cyclist was summon.

driving a rickshaw without an ap Pleading guilty to the charge of propriate licence and with using coolie was fined 89 on his appear abusive language te a constable, ă ence before the Magistrate yester day.

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little plots in the New Territories, ANTHROPOLOGISTS are putting the too small to be called Belds, are primitive human being further and Special Builway Roduced Fares Band in attendance, tiled with the meticulous care ap. further into the past. The Peking English and Chinese Restaurants, plied to market garden land under man, the latest find of natural Drinks with Meals obtainable, Theatri-intensive cultivation in Europa veniences as

scientists, enjoyed auch modern con- a hented apartment And yet, for all his industry arid and a full set of stone implements skill the New Territory farmer, more than 1,000,000 years ago, they declare. Excavations thus far have complains that he only scrapes uncovered no evidence of prehistoric bare living and has no money to steam radiators, but this primitive individunt was posscreed of know- invest in improvements. He growledge which enabled him to build a rice, peanuts and vegetables, on a bit of a fire to take the chill from

ed for dangerous driving in Perin London, for the study of the A China Society has been formed mere 40,000 acres out of six times a cool midwinter morning while he

cival Street. It was stated that Chinese language, literature and The Volunteers are holding their the defendant was about to turn history. A series of lectures is pro- that area. It in true that much of etirred up a couple of dodo's

ggs for a breakfast of sauropoda ixth annual, athletic sports on the into Leekhart Road and when he liected, and the Chinese minister, will the New Territories is mountainous, omelet.

Kocroio ground On. Saturday, saw the officer he swung across the read a paper at the opening ment January 23. Entries, to be but there is plenty of land that British investigators who were dressed to the Hon. Secretary of the pavement. He was fined $15.

ad-right side of the road onto the ing, could be used if the farmers can recently in China attest the anding Sports Committee, close on January similar fine was imposed on a lorry ELE Company. having, decinred a

2 driver who pleaded guilty to FINAL DIVIDEND of 21% (two sidered it worth while. There is of stone implements which had been formed with high degree of skill and one half per cent.), The outcome civic peace and security and if and of evidence that the primitive On their admission to the Kow speed. In another case a public charge of driving at an excessive year ending 30th June, 1931. holders of Bearer Bharus, and bolders of agriculture were a really paying Peking man of 1,000,000 years ago icon Hospital on Monday, suffer car driver was fined 825 for failing Dividend Warrants, received frota Lon-proposition there would surely be used fire. Not only does this put ing from dog bites, a man and to report an accident,

back fire making to "a period more

woman were given precautionary

THE CHINESE ENGINEERING &

MINING CO., LIMITED. "

PAYMENT OF FINAL DIVIDEND ON BAs You THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1931.

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don on account of Registered Shares, plenty of labour available from up-than twice as remote as that which treatment againet complications. will be paid thair Dividend on present"

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→ DISPLAY AT "L'ART MODERNE.

"

"L'Art Moderne," that delightful “ little shop in the Glougeator Build ing Arcade which opened sometime last month, must be, by this time, well-known to all lovers of things: beautiful so that it is unnecessary to dwell upon the many beautiful. articles that can be obtained in thin atore.. We would, however, draw the attention of our readers to the fact that the shop is now having a carpet exhibition and a visit, if only to see the very pretty and... modern designs, is worth the while.

There are some very attractive. velvet carpets, also heavy and light. carpets, rectangular and oval, and bed-room rugs, all by famous British and French designers. The prices are very reasonable and as there is. also a host of other beautiful things, too numerous to mention, a visit to this shop is recommended:

Interior decoration, on a large scale, is also undertaken and it may be mentioned that samples of their workmanship may be seen any time upon application to the manage-

A fire, which at one time threaten- ed to have disastrous effects, oceur- Kowloon-Canton Railway at Tai red in the stores department of the ment. koti-Ca

Saturday afternoon. The damage is roughly estimated, at $50,000. Fortunately, the loss will not interfere to any appro

inz No. 89 Coupon of the Boarer Bharos country. Some of us may suspect hitherto had been assumed," but it i The police were unable 10 loc88 fore" and "The Sorcerer," and ciable extent with the progress of

Banks →→

TA CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

THE BANQUE BELGA FOUR L'ETHAN-

GER.

The payment will be "inada in Dollars at the buying rate of exchange of the day.

E. J. NATHAN,

General Manager,

idlo.

TIMBER YARD FIRE,

AT TAIKOKTSUL

A call was received at the Taim-

shateni Fire Station at 3.18 0.

had broken out in a timber yard

Shares to one of the following far better than he admits, but if more thousands of centuries to and Dividend Warranta on Begistered the New Territory farmer of doing so indicates that humankind hudthe animal in ench case.

travelled through a good many

scoring a most uniquivocal triumph the railway undertaking-Rong EARLY MORNING OUTBREAK

0% The Chinese Maritime Customs on such occasion, it was only Kong Daily Prz, January THE HONG KONG & SAXONAL this be the case it in difficult to get arrive at the knowledge and skill having effected payment on the natural that the Hong Kong Choral 1007.

BARKING CORPORATION.

Revised Boxer Indemnity, the coupon No. Society should essay the representa- over the fact that so much land lien necessary to make fre.

calculations, therefore, may result 14 of the 5 per cent. Gold Loan 1925, tion of that popular comic opera Looking Back 50 Years. in pushing the primitive human a

H.M.8. Inconstant arrived here: as well as the bonds drawn at the, by the same authors, the "Pirates But even if thosa cheerful, sturdy couple of millions of yearn further drawing of December last, will of Penzance." This work had never yesterday morning from a two days and prosperous-looking farmers of into the dim and distant past, so be redeemable at any of the Banque yet been produced in Hong Kong, cruise. She has been taking a trial yesterday to" the effect that i fre far, in fact, that anthropologists Franco-Chinoise agencies frons Jan- and to the large number of residents trip out to set for the purpose of the New Territories have stout and geplogists may have to organize uary 25, 1992

it was fresh and new, as an entire testing her rudder. The Inconstant

at Ping Street," Taikokisui,, but on representation at all oventa. stockings of gold and useful ac a joint expedition to dig into the

The is now the flagship of Rear Admiral

arrival at the scene, the Bremen Sullivan, found that the contents of nearly. counts in the bank, there is no situation.

There was nothing of public in Theatre last night was crowded Sir Francis William When one considers that in evi terest at the fortnightly meeting of, with a highly appreciative audi- K.O.B., O.M.G., who will assume

the whole ward had been destroyed, doubt that they ought to do better dently took about 10,000 centuries the Sanitary Board yesterday, the ence, and the Society raust have the command of the Detached together with an adjoining matshed. THE KAILAN MINING than at present. That is what Sir to advance from the open fire to the

matters which camp up for discus bern woll repaid for their industry Squadron succending Vice Admiral ADMINISTRATION.

gonerous encouragement the Earl of Clanwilliam, who has.

The firefighters set to work at. [1621

Robert and Lady Ho Tuno, Mr. open fireplace, one may be excusedsion being of the usual routine by the

opinion that nature. Those present were: Mr. afforded to them. Among those pre- left for England. We understand once und. by 3.45 am, the J. D. BUSH, the Agricultural Asso- for venturing an

primitive," man may have been nG. R. Bayer (president), Dr. G. W. sent were His Excellency Sir John the squadron will probably leave clear signal was given. The place, however, was smouldering until ciation and the Botanical and million or two.. years old when he rope (Medial. Officer of Health), Pone and Lady Hennessey, His Ex Hong Kong about the 13th instant, Forestry Department have been drove the herd of dinotheriuma into Messrs. Wong Kwong Tin, T. N cellenéy Lieut-General and Mrs. when it will proceed northward to about 6.30 am, tulling them for a long time, past,

the back pasture for a couple of Chau, M. K. Lo. F. C. Hall, L. C. Donovan. Contre-Admiral Danerré, Japan. weeks while he gave the ceratopsin F. Bellary, J. H. Gelling (Socre the Chief Juation and Mrx Snow- After producing in succession Their scraggy boas lay about seventy an opportunity to browse in the tary) and J. Hargreaves (assistant den, etc.-Hong Kong Daily Press, Trial by Jury," H.M.8. Pina

Secretary),

January 0, 1882,

(Continued on prenahs column.). egg year instead of well over meadow.

Editorial and Business Offo: 11

Ice House Street. Tal. 20951. Night Editor (Wanchai: Qfico):

Tel. 94811. London Office: 58. Fleet Street, i

The place was occupied by the Chan Tak Choong timber-yard and was, it is understood, insured for $8,000

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