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'THE HONG KONG

NATURALIST.

A QUARTERLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL.

PRINCIPALLY Pox Hoxɑ Kong

AND SOUTH CHINA.

YOLDAT 11, 1982.

Edited by G.A.O. HERELOTS, PH.D., M.Sc., FL.S."

THE UNIVERSITY, Hosa Koxa.

THE

HE first number of Volume III will be published early in March. It will contain one coloured plate and 12 half tone plates of flowering shrubs, birds' nests, crabs, leopard, barking deer, etc. benidos numerous figures in the text.

Contributors include Mr. A H Crook, Lieut.-Commander 9. R Asaharson R.N., Commander. E. A Aylmer R.N. and others who wrote for the previous volumen,

Volume I (208 pages) is sold out and less than 20 complete muta of Volume II (324 pages) remain.

The subscription rata for Volume III i $7.00 H.K. per annum 'port free, but a request in made that those who can do so will send $10.00, the axtra $8.00 being put to fund to defray the cost of extra coloured plates,

Subscriptions may be sent to the Editor.

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be held on MONDAY, the 20ru Day of FEBRUARY, 1982, tx, at the Office of the Pablo: Works "Department, by Order of His ExCELLENT THE GOVER xox, of One Let of OROWN LAND at Wong Nei Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for term of 76

with the option of renewal at a Crown Reat to be fired by the Surveyor of Hus MAJESTY Tas Kiss, for one farther term of 15-years.

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ad aining

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SOCIETY.

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THE ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING will be bald on FRIDAY, 4TH MARCH, at 11 am... in the Sanitary Board Room, Brd floor, Post Office.

Mrs. Southorn bas kindly consented to take the Chair..

ANNOUNCEMENT.

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WE have pleasure in annouating we have appointed Means. A. GOEKE & COMPANY our Sole Agents for Bong Kong and South, Uhina,

Per Pro Société Internationale de

Placements, RA. COCHRANE WATSON, Manager for the Far East.

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TO-DAY

and see the finest motor cars in this Colony.

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tion and body-work, high-power engines following the Ameri can practise, and every good point of both styles

HILLMAN

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AT THE

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· in Nathan Road, Kowloon,

GILMAN & Co., Ltd., Agents." LAPB, 5

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, wred by the Royal Observatory at 6.50 p... stated:

The anti-cyclone appears to he stationary, and the depres sion remain to the east of Tokyo.

Local Forecast:-N.E. winda, fresh to strong cloudy withi drizzle or mist.

GARCIAS. —On

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February Shanghai, Entre JOSEPH MARIA GARCIAS, aged 60 years.. MAASSERO.-On February 17,

Shanghai, CARL AUGUST MAAO- BERG, agud 71 years.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932.

Tale of the Day.

News and Views

"I'm sorry, sir. I did not catch your name when I utered the the other two are. Nelson and ruom," replied the student, but Drake,"

The Witty Compositor.

to

Duce Denounces Slimming.

Heath hints from an address by Siguer Mussolini to a conference of doctors

Slimming is bound to weakon the rner. Motherhood, far from spoiling womnis's beauty, enhancòs it. The whole mudern manner of cat. ing, clothing and sleeping orius aloud for reform.

Air, sun and exercise are essential

to health.

A nation with a falling birth-rate

is a senile nation.. Those who refuse to believe that. Mussolini said that since he had a printer's devil resides in the urged the eating of grapes for their nimble finger-tips of the linotypa medicinal qualities their consump porator should read "Breaks, ortion in Italy had increased Ave-fold.

nintentional Humour by Tired New papermen and Others," pom-

f;

Hindenburg's Lapse.

new heart to the Chinese people. The redoubtable Japanese Infantry have been repulsed and the defend. ers have not only withstood heavy artillery bombardment. - und ̧ ́cen- stant bombing from the air, but after two days', intensive, fighting The admiral, who was conducting they have hit back, and hit hard. an examination for the navy, was The battle of Tsinan, in 1987, addressing one of the candidates

Who, in your opinion, at the when a small Japanese force seyenethrod grentant sailors in history ly handled large numbers of the Nationalist Army, then advancing on Paiping, was a severe blow to ap awakoning military, priče, and the recent debacle in Manchuria seemed to confirm the view that Chinese soldiers were still no match for taly Japanose. It was suggested in this column last week that the launching of the Japanese attack would be an event of the greatest significance. Then we should know led by W. W. Scott and publish ed by Jpnathan Cape at 2.. not. whether the gallant fight of the Here are some of the gems for which 10th Army was but an isolated chapter and verse is quoted:-- ineident or whether the Chinese From his left ear to the corner of Government and people were at his mouth ran a long wear, the re- last propared to sink their differant of a duet many years before.nged President, surrounded by his

Short story,

She was married in Evansville, achieved by the Chinese Ind., to Walter Jackson, and to this defence, was, we admit, not anti-chion was born three children.--

We expected that the Willard (Ohio) Times." cipated. Japanese would guage. the situa tion to a niocly and wait till they were assured of 'success. A gallant but losing fight by the defenders seemed probable. When the houn of, trial came the Chinese soldiers not marely fought gallantly, but the Higher Command conducted the campaign, with "coolness, and skill. They accomplished one of the chief objectives of war leader. ship, a concealment of their real

This wealthy young American was strength that completely deceived married yesterday to Miss the the enemy, Adequate forces have 16-year-old London cabaret danger, been, in the right place when need---Sunday paper.

Charles Sales went to Kansas

ences and to fight the invader. The

SUCCERS

WINNIE WHERE ART

THOU?

BLOCKHOUSE PET LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED.

LOSS TO SHANGHAI SCOTTISH.

Shanghai, Feb. 19.-One of the minor tragedies of the wer or whatever it is-but a sad one never- theless, is the loss of Blockhou Winnie, and it is a lom which the Shanghai Skottish, if no others. trust will be no more than tempor.

Many stories go to the making of the Hindenburg legend. Hora is a new one, which is not entirelyny. Unfortunately, the necessity apocryphal.

of recapturing all the business that It was. New Year's Day, and the

was lost through 120 perfectly good muito, stood in the long reception Scotsmen manning the blockhousES room of his palace awaiting the and barriers for three weeks. haw arrival of the foreign ambassadors. precluded the Company going out

Hindenburg does not like recep- tions. He finds no joy in being in search of their adopted mascot... en maire to comb the countrysido So. By an unfortunate typographical President. when the door.

Blockhouse Winnie W38 Birm error we were made to say on Tues opened and a frock-coated figure day that the departing r. was appeared, he gave an excusable sigh friends with every member of the member of the defective branch and, turning to his secretary, whis Company, from Capt. Torry Wilson

"Here comes of the police force. Of course, thispered:

the first down to the newest recruit, buz should have read. The detective monkey,”’

had a special passion for Pte. Fred- branch of the polica farce.--New

die Hindle, sleeping in the crook Zealand paper,

of his arm by night and snarling at the Orderly Sergeant who came to wake him in the cold small hour. blankets by day, when not other; to go on duty and eating his

wise engaged. Thus it was natrical that, when the war--or whatever it is reached that stage when 'ity further prosecution could rafely ha left to the Mih-ho-loongs and the Regulars, blockhouse Winnie was taken by Pte. Freddie Hindle in trust for the Company.

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entered the

ed, and morale has been wstained City Wednesday night to meat his room, you did not recognise me," by keeping up steady supplies of wife his wife his wife his wife his food and ammunition.

wifezdjgwihwmyxETAOIN." But falo Courier presa."

scer

to

Said that world-renowned beauty, Miss Cholmondeley:

The young men all stare at me

dolmondeley it

I

Though my charms are unique,

Twould Be nice if they'd

spique-

I could with I were not quite so

colmondeley."

炸

and Fishin'

For the information of any who may be accosted the neighbour hood of Edinburgh Road elsewhere by a very friendly dog-and Winnie says not for introductions Block

The Soviet Government has been A Fortunate 'Escape." recognised by Great Britain as the awful Government of Russia-Bir-penetrating voice. His whisper is Now Hindenburg has a deep, mingham paper.

like the noise of a train entering It took many rabbits many years a tunnel, and the foreign repre- to write the Talmud:-"Holland, sentative heard it. Evening Sentinel,"

Fortunately, he was the Minister of a small but friendly State, and he took the incident in good part, His only comment was: Ex- cellency, I heard your remark only hope that, when

The canine mind failed to appre cinty the fact that dogs cannot be Then, as he wiped the awent fromvertising, however they may be For once Hindenburg blenched..given any part in commercial ad- his honest brow, he muttered: used for comiting purposes, and Official reports of casualties, and.

Thank Heaven it was only you many times each cay bit and claw- The давіс quartet, will sing Just think what might have happened a way through restrictive fencing. accounts, from" people arriving from Angels that Around as Hoover,"ed if it had been the Frenchman."

in the hope of scenting a way Shanghai, who have not beenin-Zanesville paper.

through Shanghai to the office of the battle area may

Hunting Woman of 82,

the beloved Company kennelman. Each time the chatelaine of Hindle minimise the extent of the fighting. II Taut. Soufrir.

Aged 82, Miss Alexander, of Minor and all the retainers, want On the other hand, the size of the

Malton, Yorkshire, rides regularly out in timely, hot, and successful Japanese forcen engaged is well

to bounds with the Middeton" Hunt, pursuit, but yesterday Blockhouse authenticated, and we may lo sure

and she declared: "I shall con- Winnie got & Tod Sloan start and tinue to hunt as long as it is pos- has not been seen since: that the importance of immediatè,

sible, for I enjoy nothing more success had not been overlooked.

than a gallop in the morning" No commander, under such circums stances, would play "cat-and- mouse" with his opponents. It was all-important from the Japanese point of view, bq win outright and give the Chinese Army and nation an idea that resistance was useless. On the other hand, from reliable source of Japanese infor mation, we were informed that there is

no question of Japan with- drawing from Shanghai; the toases bave been slight and the real fight- ing is yet to come! If Japan bas two, or oven three divisions at Shanghai, that is only a tiny bortion of her immense military strength. The Chinese have, how- over, shown that an invasion of Rumours of fi decisive Chinese their country would be a grave pro- victory yesterday morning were position, and it is to be hoped that, followed by

B remarkable and an honourable settlement of the significant demonstration by the conflict will be reached without the Chinees community. The carlier misery of prolonged carnage and reports placed the Japanese losses wide destruction of property. at one thousand, this number soon- rose to ten thousand, and it was

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The Baily Press.

HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 24, 1932.

THE CHINESE SUCCESS.

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declared that the whole of the in- MURDER S' QUÉL. WE beg to announce we have vading force had taken refuge in

ALE DE PLACEMENTS, BASLE,

been appointed Sole Agents the warships anchored in the for the SOCIETE INTERNATION- Whangpoo River. The excitement for the territory of Hong Kong and was largely caused by a belief from South China, for the sale of INTER- the beginning that the Japanesą NATIONAL INVESTMENTS Commander-in-Chief wie either DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES.

killed or a prisoner.. About a week ago similar celebrations took place

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Woman-Undertaker..

The Pytchley Hunt met atehouse Winnie. is a puppy about the Creaton recently, and a prominent size of a large fox terrier, fashioned member of the Hunt, either from as to body and he ud somewhat after" curiosity or inadvertence, investi- the style of a pointer, but with u A woman undertaker was ingated the nature of the boatom of longish tail which has a jaunty up- charge of the arrangements at the Spratton Brook. The cold water ward trend. Body and tail virgi funeral of Canon Surmount. Fair-closed over his head, and it is re-white when handed over to Pte. ahaired and dressed in black, she corded that bubbles appeared before Hindle: head evenly marked in tan directed the mournera to their he came to the surface, caught his over both eyes and cheeks, and conches at the end of the service in horse, and returned home to change with a tan stan in the centre of the Westminster Cathedral, gave the and rejoin hounds.

forehead. Possibly til retains a large tartan collar and bow.

Pte. Freddie Hindle or any mem. ber of the Shanghai Scottish will consider the return of BlockhousO Winnie ample reward for all mar- tial services rendered or to be ren- dered. /

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signal for the cortage to move off As he was leaving the house his from the chapel to the grave in St. man came to him and said: "I Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery at do not know whether you are Kensal Green and, after the burial, aware, sir, but I found this fish saw the mourners seated in the in your pocket." coaches and gave the final instruc. I The fish, six inches long, hoe

been preserved in spirit.

tions.

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* Local Notes and Events

There will be no concert at tho Helena May Institute on Thursday, March 3, owing to the Flower Show.

Appliances from the Central Fire Station responded to a call at 6.30 a.m, yesterday from 290, Queen's Road Central, one of the upper foors of which was occupied by the There will be a meeting of the Tai Chúng photographers. The Hong Kong Practical Psychology place was wall alight" when the Club at Lane Crawford's Restaur- appliances arrived, the second and ant at 8 pm on Friday, February third floors being completely dei- 93, when Mr. Manuk will speak on troyed after the fire was extinguish- Comparative Psychology as ex-ed. The contents of the first and pounded in the net and in the ground floors, were damaged by West.

19900

of

water.

From the files.

Looking Back 25 Years.

The Mellowness of

Great Age----

with a fragrant bouquet,

a genial flavour

that warms the heart-

such is

Dewar's

a rare old

SCOTCH

WHISKY

White Label

and

Victoria Vat

(de Luxe).

SOLE AGENTS":

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LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT

HONG KONG STOCK MARKET.

YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL

QUOTATIONS.

No elinge to report, the mark 'being: practically closed during ti

Races.

Sales...

Hong Kong Banks, $1,350. Hong Kong Trams, $20. Hong Kong Electrics, $75,

Buyers.

Union Insurances, $405, Hotels (Old), $13, Chinese Estates,” 806.

Singapore Tractions (Pref:), 14/

Amusements, $19)

Government Loans, 3 per cen premium,

Sellers.

Hong Kong Banks, $1,350. Docks, $29.

Ohing Lights (Old), $21.

Japanoso had been driven into the 1 before Mr. Wynne Janes at Central ontorie fever and 68 deaths from crackers: The elder boy had his, Harry Cole is amusing the audien- scores which have occurred recen

pulmonary tuberculosis.

Those who remember the indivi dual members of Mr. Bandmann's previous company visiting Hong

MUCHADO- ABOUT: Kong may be interested to know

NOTHING.. that Miss Georgie Corlass (Mrs. Warwick Major) is still touring the Three cases of small-pox and According to a report issued by East under Mr. Bandmann's skil- BOMBING SCARES IN ITAL The four Chinese who are under three of diphtheria were reported the police yesterday, two Chinese ful guidance. Miss Nora Morra arrest on a charge of murder in on Monday. During last week, youths, aged 16 and 12, from a. (Mrs. Mark Lester) is playing

there were 19 cases (9 deaths) of

PROVE A JOKE. China Building, Hong Hong, at Canton following the arrival of student, Tsang Kai Kai, were again diphtheria, 3 cases (1 death) of were injured by the explosion of a pantomime at the Elephant and

small-pox, & fatal

village in Au Tau, New Territories, second boy" (Dandini) in the wire stating that seven thousand

bottle filled with gunpowder froin Castle, Bouth London, and Mr. Rome, Feb. 18.The Lombin left hand blown off and also received ces at the Coronet Theatre, Not International Settlement and in. Magistracy yesterday, when addi

injuries to his face and legs, while ting Hill, in the part of All Baba y in Italy by the placing of bout terned. The information in that tional charges were brought against

A butcher's coolie employed at the the other escaped with light in- in the pantomime of that name er case was said to have been original the fourth accused, who is alleged Dairy Farm butchery was sentenced juries Dr. K. H. Uttley happened the "Forty Thieves Miss Wil addressed to individuals and con in the Vatican and also package

ed and spread by certain restaurant to have been the man who present to two months' hard labour by Mr. to be in the neighbourhood at the mot Karkeek is playing Cornetaining explosives, to-day assume proprietors and owners of ornekered the letter demanding ranson Wynne Jones at the Central Magis time and removed the injured lia" in the White Chrysantha- OF CANTON, LTD.

from the relatives of the murdered steal twelve ounces of mest. It was his car after rendering first aid. Hong Kong Daily Press, February

tracy yesterday for attempting to youths to the Kowloon Hospital in mum" tour in England, the proportions of praitical joking (Incoat Home Kong')

stated by Mr. C. F. Andrews, of the While youterday's reports for youth.

A loud and regular ticking wal Dairy Farm Co., 'that the meat was

heard manating from an em ERTIFICATE No. 13345 for Eigh-exceeded the facts, there was a Chief Detective Irapector Rey-hidden by the defendant under his

teen Shara, £ per Share paid real foundation of truth and the nolds asked permission to add a long white garment and was econstituted under the local ordinance Colonel Iko Austin, the well-in Milan. Employees immediately grant's trunk in the baggage room up. Numbered 77578/77691 and 90125/-

further charge of murder against to fall to the floor.

| but will be a Chinese company with 90737.in this Coolety standing in the Chinese people have every reason

unlimited liability. The head-known American shot, arrived hero called the aid of police reserves and name of Mas (RENG PUN SZE of for pride and exhilaration Athe fourth accused, Cheung Bau

yesterday by the steamar Moray. Shanghai, has been Declared LGBT clever counter attack upon. the Foo, in respect bf the discovery of The first number of Volume 111. quarters of the Company are to be The Colonel, intends to open a rifle artillery experts, who opening the

at The Hong Kong Naturalist, at Canton. The line, from the date hereof the above Docu- Japanese position at Kiangwas met the body of Liu Buck Hong at which will be published cars in exception of a short cable to connect gallery here and give some exhibi- trunk, found nothing but a cheap ment be not forthcoming the Said with considerable success, and came Wan Fort early this month. Twp March, will contain one coloured it with the mainland, is to be of his skill. He stayed some alarm clock.

months in Singapore and his per formances were favourably noticed The so-called Vatican babe which plate and 12 half-tone plates of an overland line,

in the local paper. Blowering shrubs, birds' neste, crabs,

The British steamed Esmeralda

had been demonstrated as being leopard, barking deer, etc., besides ! numerous figures in the text. Con- and the American gunborg Palos

We understand that the project-

perfectly harmless, are now bellow tributors include Mr. A. H. Crook, left the Kowloon Dock yesterday Comdr. E. A, Aylmer, R.N., and went in ong Kong Daily Prest, Braph Company will not be con- for the sole purpose of simply be Lt.-Comdr. 8. H. Ascherson, R.N., and the German harqué Ferdinand ed. Canton and Hong Kong Tele-ed to have been left in the church

February 24, 1882.

(Continued on previous column ing discovered - Bellar, meet

wad if at the Expiration of One Month

Certificate will be deemed canoëlled and

of No Effect, and a NEW Certifiente for the said Bhares will be issued in i

taad by the Society.

Iactories.

neste mehieving a big victory. other charges of delivering threat But the moral effect has obviously ening letters to this relatives of the been of far greater importance than two dead men were added against

·PAUL·LAUDER,/. the notice guins The whole the accused,

General ManÁGOT,

course of the fighting, culminating A further formal remand was Hong Kong, 20th February 1987.

[18:8'in yesterday's offensive has given · granted by the Magistrate.

others.

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24, 1907,

Looking Back 50 Years,