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DAIRY FARM NEWS

We beg to announce that from to day and until further notice all Milk and Cream sold by us will be Pasteurized and may be consumed as delivered to customers.

This step has the full approval of the Medical Officer of Health.

THE DAIRY FARM, IGE & COLD STORAGE CO. LTD.

30/12/1931

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1932.

CANTON-KOWLOON SPAIN'S SHIPYARDS

RAILWAY

NEW DIRECTOR FOR

"CHINESE SECTION

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, Jan. 1 Mr. Ldu Ching Chang, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Chinese Section of the Canton- Kowloon Railway, strived in Can- bon from Nanking this morning.

The newly appointed Managing Director, an intimate friend of Mr. Sun Fo, has bad long connection with the Canton Kowloon Railway, having been for over ten years its Traffic Manager.

STRIKE PEVER IN SPAIN

CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER

SUSPENDED

ĮTHROUGH REOTER'S AGENCY.]

MADRID, Jan 19.

The general strike fever is still raging throughout Spain." Work- ers in Galicia have declared a strike affecting the whole province as from to-morrow,

A leading Catholic newspaper in Madrid, FL Debate, has been sus pended for an indefinite period for publishing a loading article eritida. ing the Government in connection with the labour troubles.

RUMANIAN FINANCE

MINISTER

ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO LONDON

(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE)

RUGBY, Jan. 10. M. Aregetulane Rumanian Fia. ande Minister, was to-day the guest of honour at a luncheon given by the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon. He was also received by the Prime Minister at 10, Downing

Street.

SUMMER WEATHER

IN WINTER

LONDONERS ABANDON HATS. AND COATS

(Reuter's Special Service.)

LONDON, Jan. 18. Loudonors who ate abandoning hats and coats in the mid-Winter heat wave " are encouraged to practice still further divestmonta by an official forecast that "The inflow of sub-tropical Atlantic air is likely to continue and he main

IN DIFFICULTIES

ตร

MAY BUILD TANKERS.

"FOR SOVIET

In Exchange for Petroleum

(Reuter's Special Service.)

MADRID, Jan, 20, Spain is considering the proposal of building fifty tankers for the Soviet la exáhange for a large, sup- ply of petroleum.

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In announcing this the Minister of Marine, Soffor Geralt, declared that if the proposal is accepted the difficulties now being experienced by Spanish ship-yards could be solved immediately.

It will be recalled that Spain was not represented at the Interan- tional Conference at Copenhagen which decided against the construc- tion of the projected ships.

FRANCE'S GIANT. LINER

NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM GOVERNMENT

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY,].

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PARIS, Jan. 19.

The Finance Commission to the Sonnte has rejected the Govern ment's plan for financial assistance to the Compagnie Generale Trans- atlantique, in connection with the building of the super-Ile de France. The Commission decided that apart from purely temporary finan- cial arrangements, the only measura“ it could support would be the estab lishment of new organisation within the framework of the gen- eral policy of development of the mercantile marine.

Such a project could not be drawn up until the Company has been put

upon a sound financial basis.

A questionnaire on the issues being submitted to the Cabinet.

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KIPPERS

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HADDOCK

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Now $1.00

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'A FREE SOUL."

AND NORMA SHEARER'S

OPINION OF LOVE

GROCERY, DEPT:

THE OLD SEA FORTRESS.

OF MAZAGAN,

(Continued from, Page 1.)

ARMED "ROBBERS DISCARD REVOLVER.

WOMAN VICTIM PUTS THEM TO 'FLIGHT.

At about noon yesterday, two men gained entrance to 401, Queen's Road West, the home of a married woinan. One man entered first by

I was happy that we saw the pretending that he had been sent by the woman's husband to deliver

morning sunshine-when the sus Love is essential toxlife-which it setting-but best of all by moch is why it is essential to drama. light, when everything is pure sil- For drama, to be true, must be life.ver, cut against the black velvet of So Norma Shearer, star of dark shadows, and even the old "A. Free Soul," which will come stores come to life, on Bunday to the Queen's Theatre. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star, for the first time at night, leaving plays a woman seeking freedom" the yacht after dinner, and enter in the now picture and finds thating with our guide under that it leads only to disaster. The story double gate, which splits a wall of

tells of a girl who tries to lovą two immense thickness to the law

where the sentries stood day and night, and where no one goes now, for it leads to the basticns and not to the streets of the town.

"CHEMICAL DEFENCE

MANCEUVRES"

3,000 MOSCOW CHILDREN

;' TO PARTICIPATE

men at once-without success.

ון

Ascending gradually, we came first to the forges, where the serv-

a basket of fruit. The confederate came in a few minutes Inter.

The first man, pointing a revolver at the woman, relieved her of her jewellery worth about $100. wrists were tied with wire and a rubber ball inserted in her mouth

sagak.

Her

While the men were attending to. the daughter and the amah, the mis- tross ran down the stairs, and the gag falling out on the way, she rais

Composite of Emotions. "I mean real love not sham affection," explains Miss Shearer outlining just what happened in the picture. I think love is a comants of the Portuguese officera took posite of many emotions. Many their masters horses to be shod Ited the alarm. The robbers, how- think of love as having two entities seemed to me that I could hear the Lever, ran past, and escaped into the

first love' as it were, and second ringing of the metal, the clamping treo love. That is not true--and it is of great hoofe on the stone, the

(Router's Special Service.)

chafing and laughter of the men. Moscow, Jan. 20.

Then long dark lanes, up steep Three thousand Moscow children

stairs, suddenly coming out on the are being trained to participate iod, Miss Shearer remarked. Play-asa-fronting battlements, looking

this fact that forms the foundation of Adula Rogers St. John's story."

Regarding the charpeter she play

tained, there being no indication of the forthcoming chemical defence ing this type of rôle in stimulating straight out to the Atlantic.

a break in the extraordinary mild- ness,"

manœuvres," which have been or Modern woman thinks differently

can still be man's idea). I think

The minimum night temperatureganised by the Soviet Government, from the woman of the past, but she of 5 degrees last night was the The children will denionstrate highest such January temperature how they would work, play and behaye, generally, with gasmasks on during poison gas attacks.

ever recorded.

Winter ailments, however, are not less severe than usual for example, influenza is more prevalent than for several years past.

PASTOR DROPS DEAD

IN PULPIT

DEFIED PARENTS AND BECAME CHRISTIAN,

PRINCE OF WALES SCHOLARSHIP

FOR ARGENTINE STUDENTS

[THOUGH.REUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, Jan. 19. Klang, January 10-The Rev. S. W. Arumugam, the Tamil pastor at

The establishment of a Prince of the Klang Methodist Church, collapWales Scholarship for Argentinian sod and died of heart failure in the students at Oxford University was pulpit while leading prayer this announced by His Royal Highness morning.

at a dinner held in London to-night The funeral will take place at 4.30 under the auspices of the Argentine this afternoon.

Chamber of Commerce.

The Bev. 8. W. Arumugam was born in Jaffna, Ceylon, about sixty years ago. Despite his parents' op- position he became a Christian and went to Klang about 20 yours ago where ho joined the firm of United Engineors.

In his spare time he preached on the estates and at the time of his death visited about 60 estates,

prove.

It will be recalled that the Prince last year visited Buenos Aires and opened a big British Trade Ex- hibition there..

anch riles give one more of a sense of being alive."

An elaborate cast supports the star" with Leslie Howard

aa the millionaire sportsman, Lionel Barry more as the lawyer father, Clark Gable as the gambler, James Gleason ns the amusing bodyguard and Lucy Beaumont as the aristocratic grand

mother.

HAWKER SQUEEZE"

RAMP.

PASSWORDS IN RETURN FOR "BRIBES.

The police later picked up a res volver discarded by the men during their flight.

PEACE PALACE OPENED.

They are not much changed; thesso huge bastions and mighty walls. In the half-light you cannot ser that the old gaus are tottering cu have fallen off, though on others" their wooden stands, that some NEW BUILDING TO HOUSE the black muzzles still point

ARMS CONFERENCE. through the embrasures at an ima ginary enemy.

Geneva, Jan.11.-The first con.. THE FORTRESSES. erete step toward the Disarmament.

Conference to take place in Geneva A great silence is over all; no. on February 2, was made to-day. scldiers in the guardrooms; no ser. The beautiful new building, adjoin- tinels in the watch towers; just curing the League Secretariat, orected own shadows for company as we for the gecommodation... of tho went up and down the battlements, various Committees of the Con- the echo bf cur fast on the old forence, was officially opened this, flagged "tories the only sound. Very afternoon.

silently we went round, past_one The President of the Geneva State great bastion after another. They Council presented the building to have such lovely names, those tur- the League of Nations, and was reted fortresses which punctuate thanked by the Secretary Generaly the walls at regular intervals; the Deputy, M. Avenol. In his speech,, Bastion of the Generals, the Bas M. Avenol, said, "The Conference tion of the Storks, the Bastion of will assume in character a solemn St. Anthony and St, Sebastian, the gravity which the authorities and Bastion of the Angel. One of them poople of Geneva cannot escape. I stood the forcest attacks of the am therefore asking the citizens of great siege four hundred years Geneva to contribute to the great The two men, Chau Tang and ago; the Bastian of the Angel is work this year before the Leaguet Wong Tok, and the three constables now a powder magazine; the cthers their warmest and most active

are deserted. You can look down sympathy. Li Lan, Mak Iu and Wan Pui, over the outer walls and see the The building contains three large- all of whom are charged with havold port into which the galleons halls for Commissions, a library. ing made unlawful exactions from cama in ancient days, but the sen Press room able to nocommodate hawkers, wore again brought before gate at the end of this port is acw tea-room, telegraph office and a Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magie-filled in and it is no more used three hundred journalists. tracy yesterday afternoon, when Some day the inflowing tide will

X.R.H. Speaks in Spanish, [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Jan, 20. The Prince of Wales, dining with Argentine Chamber of Commerce, the evidence of hawkere was taken: ailt it up with and and pebbles,

In 1991 Mr. Arumugam left United

in London, last night, announced Mr. Somerest Fitzroy, the Public the Isp-lapping of the water mound of Moorish dancing came to Engineers and was ordained.

Last year he visited Ceylon and, the institution of a Prince of Prosecutor, appeared for the pro against the old, walls will crae, after a lengthy preaching tour, re- Wales Scholarship to enable Argen-secution, while Mr. Horsee Le was and someone will make a garden their cara We looked over bow turned to Malaya. His health was tine students to study at Odord for the first defendant and Mr. here they have a love for gardens ever, hud saw through a slanting window, the shadows of,„women Arrangements have F. X. D'Almada (Br.), for the none too good and it failed to im- University..

been made, he said, to provide for three constables. The second de- in Maragan at any rate three years, for two fondant, Wong Tok, was not legally students, selected from the. Buenos represented. Aires University to come to Oxford for two years and receive the same treatment wont walome given to A short memorial service was held scholars from British Dominions. at the Wesley Church, Singapore, The Prince, who delivered part of this morning, conducted by Bishop his speech in fluent Spanish, em Lee. The Rev. 8. 8. Pakianathan phasised the value of cultural as

Mr. Arumugan leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters. One son is at the Theological College, Simla, and the other in, a teacher at the Klang Anglo Chinese School.

And so we came right round the dancing and heard the ery ramparts till we bad left the sea Allah Allah Allah as the fol behind us and were ca the land-owers of some holy Mussulman Evidence to the effect that they ward side, over the outskirts of the passed down the street. But Moor had hawked without licenses, ob native town. Here the silence wasish dancing and Moorish music taining freedom from police inter- broken by the haunting refrain of zoomed like a dream in Mazagan. forence by the paymaut of sams of Moorish music, and our guide told As we came round to the son wall money from time to time in return. us, that the Portuguese sentries again and saw the bastions in the for which they were given a pass were warned in olden days not to mconlight, the esence of Portugal words and numbers, was given by cok over the land wall when the was abroad and had claimed the old sen fortress for its own-alt tween Britain and the Argentina; case was again adjourned.

paid tribute to Mr. Arumugam's i wdl as commercial relations be- various hawkers, after which the Continued af foof of next column-) ] else wad but a fiction of the night

good work for the church.

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