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NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY

GENERAL MEETING.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.

NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY

GENERAL MEETING of the Mam- *bers of the above named Company wil be hold at the Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street. Victoria in the Colony of Hong- kong at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon on SATURDAY the 2nd day of APRILA 1939 for the purpose of considering and if thought fit passing as Extra- ordinary Basolutions the following Resolutions.

1. That the Articles of Association of the Company be altered in manner following-

(a) by the deletion of Article 84

And by the substitution of the following Article to be known

in ita plac aa Article 84 in (84) Each Director other than the ex-officio Director shall be paid the funds of the Com- out of pany de remuneration. for his services the sum of 82,000.00 per annum and such remunera- tion shall be deemed to accrue

FIRST

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY. APRIL 2, 1932.

the people, of Great Britain rejost- ed the false counsels of plausible gentlemen who tried to persuade. them that the crisis was nothing but

banker's ramp..

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This matter of fact question of makaokuntanayi is therefore the reflec

Tale of the Day

News and Views

In a sahool where the scholars are tought the vory, vary best English accent, teacher the other day was giving a lesson on gongra. phy..

Can anyone give me a town in Belgium " he asked

The class was silent..

Typlits' Wer On Rod Tapé,

Civil Service typists in London the yacht clubs. he rodeling against red tape, And American Sportsmanship. there is to be an inquiry.

Every time a typist takes down a letter or note the typist has to All in a form, and he dictator an- athar.

he hoped they would be encouraged

2.

It takes up to twenty minutes at "Dear, dear!" he exclaimed, in the end of the day to detail the dignantly. "Ostand!"

required information, which in cludes the number of lines typed

And all stood.

The Importance of the Flapper.

How the ways of modern women

Vice-commodore Maudslny spoke of the fine sporting spirit shown by the members of an American yacht club who are coming to England this summer for the 6-metre boat, competition between England and America.

"The Solont, with its short bob- and the time apont taking short-ble, is tricky sailing," he said, hand notos.

and local knowledge conate much. “We wrote to the American club, suggesting that as this would give us an advantage the races might be decided in Weymouth Bay and Tor Bay.

In some cases the number of de- tails which have to be written is as many as 34.

Heard in a Bank,

tien of a great national effort, showing toughness of Abrò, discip line and patriotism of the kind that enabled us to surmount the

· crisis of the Great War. Stato bonats were foregone, salary ro duetions were accepted. increased taxation, even on goods and' articles of ommon use, were approved, in- etmo tar was paid in the spirit (with which men enlisted--because it had got to be done, and the in-have affected the commodity market was explained by Mr. Harold structions and advite of the Gov. Whitehend at a meeting of the In ernment and the financial experts

In a Hong Kong Bank recently were listened to with the attention

a olork wad heard to apologise for A few years ago, he said, long having kept a customer waiting of orders from G.HQ. The for dresses weregrywhere-now they Another customer, quite used to the mula has been simple: save vare sect for livening wear only, idiosyncrasies of our local banks, money and pay your taxes' The In the long-day-dress oru, stockings laid to a companion in distress

were black or white and a woman "That's almost as funny as hearing. crisis Waa not merely govern would have blushed at the thought a Major-General apologise to the mental. Exports were falling; im- of Besh-coloured hosiery, The "entroops on parade for boring them." perts were proportionately grontor: semble idea was a product of recent gold was streaming abroad markets times and its effect on the produc tion of everything to wear was tre were being lost, and the wholemendous.

corporated Sales Managers' AB80-

ciation.

DURO GARAGE fabric was in danger. The wara- Facial make-up and lip-stick that

in Nathan Hoad, Kowloon.

GILMAN & Co, Ltd., Agents.

THANKS.

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Fountain and Garden:

Kowloon owes much to the Pon- insula Hotel, and not least for the delightful garden in front of the occesions, when, as Kowloonite put it, the water is A youthful striking up, and the food-light light is switched on, makes another

ing was given in time, faithfully our grandmothers would have rebuilding. The fountain, on partive garded with horror were the com- and with brutal frankness from the places of today. With make Labour Prime Minister and Chan up" and "the bob" the beauty cellor of the Exchequer. It was parlour business came in, and with accepted; short work being made it an entirely new range of com- modities and services dedicated to of those who refused to soo the painting the lily.. rocks ahead. Clever and atondy

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finance could not alone have saved 3.3.0. and. Chinese.

MIAR E. JOHNSON of the Peak the situation, any more than good Hospital desires to take leavesoamanship enn rescue a leaky ship of and to thank all her friends in a typhoon. In Britain a great for their very kind expression. of friendship and good wishes, co-operation of officers and crow is which she very much appre-saving the ship and showing the ciates, P.P.C.

world that it is possible to drive through the economic blizzard.

Editorial and: Business Offless: Ja

Ice House Street. Tal: 30251.. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

Tel. 94513.

RECENT MURDER.

tion.

real altraction.

London's Musical Police.

Sir Henry Wood, who w 63 last month, has met all the great musical lights of the past half century. But none has interested him more than some of the humbler patrons of music..

There is, for instance, a certain policeman on duty near Qaton's Hall, with whom Sir Henry rogu larly exchanges geetings. The policeman takes a keen and intal ligent interest in music.

Once Sir Henry missed his friend. for a time, and on his return in quired where he had been "O, I syncopated for a few days, was the reply. "But now, thank good again"

"But he added, the Americans have written back saying No: wo want to race you on your own ground-wo want to race you t Cowes."

The Londoner's Orange,

Since

orangos awest oranges to Royal Nell Gwynne offered

patrons of the theatre, that fruit has advanced somewhat in the esti mation of Londoners. It is starting. to realise that during last year the arrivals at the Port of Lendon averaged four millions every day,

Consignmente of oranges, indeed, tons, and while Lordon does not run into hundreds of thousands of

receive the whole national supply; it must be recognised that a portion

of those entering the Thames go into the provinces. Even. so, the Londoner, alone makes an anormous call on the growers in South Africa, Spain, Brazil, Italy, " and Palestine,

pro-

A more vivid impression of this

to the docks, where one discovers orange cult it imparted by a visit the holds of great vessels crammed with cases, and cranes lifting them out by sixteen cases at every lift. Thousands of men And employment in the culture and delivery of oranges for London alone.

de die in diem and be payable London Office: 63, Fleet Street, TWO MEN FROM CANTON at any time of the day or night to nean I'm back on the right beat of whom four are women to call-

by half yearly instalmenta

(b) By the insertion of the figure

$18,000.00 in the place of the Bgures $10,000.00 in the dfth ling of Article 105.

2. That the foregoing resolution shall be retrospective and shall take effect from the 1st day of January 1032

AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that a further Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above named Company will be held at the same time and place on MONDAY the 18th day of APRIL

of 1939 for the purpose receiving a Report of the proceedings at the abovementioned meeting and of con- as Special firming if thought fit

mentioned Resolutions the above Resolutiona.

M.O. 4.

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, APRIL, 2;.: 1832.

NO DEFICIT {

DETAINED.

Stall Women be Preachers ↑

The Archbishops, of Canterbury and York have appointed a com mission of bishops, elergy and laity sider the Ministries of Women in the Church. The members include: Bishop of Carlisle (chairman); Bishops of Rochester, Blackburn

and Middleton; " Dr. W. R. Matthews; Archdeacon of Auckland (Dr2 A.

E J. Rawlinson); Canon E. W. Granted (Oric Pro- fessor of the Philosophy of Re- ligion, Oxford;

B.B.C. announcers are learning how to pronounce Chinese. Events in Shanghai have set the announ- cora Chinese puzzles. Listeners who speak Chinese complain of the pronunciation of Chapei, Chiang Kni-Shek, and oven: Shanghai.

So Mr. A. Lloyd James, of the School of Oriental Studios, and the official on B.B.C. English," s giving announcers a weekly lesson in which he instructs them on Chinese and Japanese pronuncia- The announcers may ring him up

get a ruling on a particularly diffi cult word.

Thorosis, de word that cannot be Air Force and Yachting... pronounced," he said, "but some i Yachting mbi are supposed, to words dofy English pronunciation, talk best when sitting round a and therefore we have to compro- table, but the flag officers of the mise. Listeners should be able to Royal London, including the new recognise the names they hear, and Roar Commodore, Mr.

"Dick" associate them with the spelling Fairey, the aeronautical, engineer,: they see in newspapere.

are attractive sponkars. something like a buzzer, so we say, the naval endet who was asked how Rear-Commodore Fairey told of Dr. Zay?

he would set about finding a miss

The youngster's Japanese is not so difficult, for ing elephant. all the syllables are equal, and written reply was: "The elephant owels are easy. General Uyeda is is so large that it is hard to General Oooods. We call Chapei, lone.".. Shapag (with the first 'a' as in Mr. Fairey also said that the Anglican opinion on the Ministry ban-lamb.)

Army supported yachting much of Women at present divided, and than did the Air Force.the clergy are against any Bug Yachting should be an admirable gastion of their receiving ordina more diversion for Air Force officers; and tion.

Thus Dr. 6zo starts with a noise Į

The murder of Mr. George Fung at Happy Valley last week con- tinues to engage the close attention of the police. In the course of their investigations several persons were temporarily detained and closely questioned by the authorities. It is understood that two men who ar rived from Canton by boht BRITAIN'S antional, nounts for Thursday afternoon were detained the past twelve months show. ain scanection with the matter. surplus of £384,000 Revenue was It is still believed that the assail, Dated this 18th day of March 1932. Brzi millions and Expenditure ant who fired the shot and imme:

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,240,000,000. The significanes of diately disappeared in a side lanekawa."

General Managers.

1980 these prosaić figures can be grasped was hired for the purpose. The

when it is recalled. that last. September the then Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr.. PHILIP SNOW- DEN) found himself faced with an estimated defeit of £74 millions for

HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT: SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS. · OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES AND DOUBLES.

to

On and after Saturday, 2nd April, booking will be at Messrs. Moutrie &Co.

chse presents great difficulties even if the actual murderer is traced owing to the absence of eye.

witnesses and the fact that Miss Lai Ming Fay, who was in the company

the year now ends), and of £170 (of the deceased at the time of the Imillions for the year 1932-33. The shooting, in unable to identify the

them.

THE BOMB EXPLOSION,”

ales. General Shirakawa is Sheera "Kinngwang has only two sylla

Canon J. K. Mosley;

Mr. Cyril Bailey (Fellow of

Balliol College, Oxford); Deaconess Wordsworth; Lady Hoskyns;

Miss Christine Burrows, and Miss Dorothy Swayne.

Local Notes and Events

门

The Hong Kong dollar was yes-

mand. ⠀

The B.I. 8. Takada, left Singa poro for this port on March 31, and ia due here on April 6.

PLANS will be open at the Pavilion serious nature of the situation was Asenilant who was walking behindterday quoted at 14, 34d on de-, PLAN ambers and Subscribers for the Booking of Reserved Seats from 6 further increased by the fact that p.m., Wednesday 30th March, to 8th rovenue was falling for short of pm, Friday 1st April

catinates. The year 1930-37 had ended with a deficit of £23,276,000 in place of an expected surplus of. £2,300,000. Expenditure had risen, in fact, owing to the way unem- being ad- HONG KONG ENGINEERING &ployment benefit

ministered, the disbursements from the public purse, wore out of con-

Price per seat, 81.00 including tax.

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CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,

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VICTIM SUCCUMBS "TO

INJURIES.

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Two cases of small-pox and two of cerebro-spinal fever were CA" ported on Thursday."

!

What hope the authorities onter

A Harbour Office. notification trol, while the revenue was, intained of solving the borah explo states that às from sunset yesterday. xion mystery which occurred in the TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the TENTE ORDINARY several directions, less than expect. Cathedral compound on Wednesday the colour of the light at Siu Chau YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders ed. This was a clear indention is now reduced to a minimum as Wan, on the north side of Lyemun, of the Hong Kong Engineering & that the taxes had reached a figure Yuen, succumbed to his injuries at

the victim of the incident, Tsoi will be green instead of red. Construation Company, Limited, vill be held in the Board Boom of Messrs where they were defeating their the Government Civil Hospital at

The speaker at the meeting of Building Chair Road, Hong Kong the Brenzror base when the inh

St George's own ends and bringing in less to 3 m. yesterday.

the Rotary Club on Tuesday will It was at first thought that when be Mr. J. P. Shorry, Manager of the man. recovered sufficiently to The Telephone Company, and his foto kengay, the 6th April, 1982; at 12

noon, for the purpose of poste werd lower. Moreover, that maka statement some light would subject will be The Dial Switch olving the Report of the Board of stand-by of postwar Chancellors of be thrown on the matter, but as in Automatio Telephony." Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended on the 31st Decem the Exchequer, Denth Duties, were over since his removal to the hospit he had been practically unconscious Her, 1931, and electing Director and showing ominous signs of shrink-al, it now seeme almost certain Auditors SIEGEL

The Transfer Books of the Company aga. The rate had been two foro- that the police will not be able to will be closed from the 24th March to clous to last.

got to the bottom of the matter. the 5th April, 1932, both days includive.

By Order of the Board,

B. ALVES,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 17th March, 1032.

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When an Indian motor driver. was brought before Mr. Fraser at Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, it | was stated that the charge was driving a motor car whilst under the influence of liquor. In impos- ing a fine of $5, the Magistrate re- commended the permanent canalla. tion of the man's licence..

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CAMBRIDGE BEAT OXFORD, IN SPEED CONTEST:

Cambridge fbeat Oxford in the inter-University car and motori cycle speed context at Eynsham, near Oxford, by 7 points, the scores being 18-1

The entries, this year numbered nearly 100 and constituted a récord, Many famous motorista attended. in cluding Earl Howe, who brought. two cars; Mr. A. M. Conan Doyle, son of the late Sir A. Conan Doyle; and the Hon. A. D. Chetwynd.

The fastest time of the day was pub up by E. C. Bernihough, who attained a speed of just under 90 miles per hour on an Excelsior Jap motor-cycle.

J. M. Muir, a former Cambridge. undergraduate, who won the Ama tour TT last year, reached 70 The staff at Kowloon Docks, met-

miles an hour; while the fastest uri on Friday night in the Reading W. Fell, of Cambridge, who exceed- dergraduate motor-qyclist was J. Room to present Mr. Robert Whyte,ed B7 miles an hour on a Douglas. who sailed by the P. and O. steamer

Malta on Saturday, with a hand- In the car class the highest speed Whilst engaged in hoisting pieces some gold watch as a mark of po

was put up by Earl Howe in a Mer of iron on board the naval tug Apularity. Mr. Morrison, Chairman 20,7sec., a speed of just over 75 miles cedes. He covered the kilometre in liance on Thursday, a Chinese of the Reading and Recreation Club,

an hour.

named Li Xamyau received a in presenting the testimonial, ex The fastest undergraduate mo wound on his leg and bruises to his pressed regret that Mr. Whyte'n torist was T.S. Fotheringham in a back when an iron bar fell on him. connection with the staff Wie Though not seriously injured, the severed. He would not dilate on Bugatti, who was only 0.2 miles

behind Earl Howe, man was removed to the Govern the many good services rendered by ment Civil Hospital for treatment. Mr. Whyte nor on the upright and manly conduct that had characteri- sed him during his term amongst them-Hong Kong Daily Pres. April 2, 1907.

A memorial tablet to the late Mr. Charles Makeham will be unveiled at the Wesleyan Church, Wanchai, by the Rev. Ernest Bastin, B.A of Looking Back 50 Years. Shiu Chow during the evering service to-morrow. The service will commenos at 8 o'clock and sil Mrs. Marah will be at home to re We are requested to state that friends of the late Mr. Makeham ceive visitors every Tuesday after are cordially invited to be present. noon from 3.30 to 6 o'clock,

Sentence of four months impri- . E. the Administrator paid a sonment was passed on a Chines at visit on board the Iron Duke, the Central Magistracy yesterday when Dona Maria de Molina, and the A nasty accident occurred during the man was brought up on a Stoich yesterday, and received the blasting operations on the billside charge of theft of a gold watch sad usual salutes on leaving. near Tai Shok Street, Shankiwan, leather wallet from Lt. Comdr. Ad-

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HEALTH IN EASTERN

PORTS.

The following health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ended Marob 96, has been issued

Plague.

Bassein Bombay Rangoon

Uholera.

Madras

Small-pox.

Suét

Bombay

Cochin

Karschi

Madras

How the nation rases to the emer gency is now a matter of history. The beat elements in all politien? parties formed. National Govern meat, and after passing emergency measures to deal with an immediate

on Thursday when a stone-breaker, dington, H.M.8. Temer and L, When it is desired to forward. ánancial crisis, appealed to the

who was near the site when the Paymaster Vallance of the same letters to the United States by country and received a thunderous Miss E. Johnson, a well-known

blasting operation were carried ship.

sailing ship which is not notified, support. All classes rallied to the legal resident, who has been in the out, was blown to pieces.

as carrying a mail, it is only neces Colony for about 29 years, is leaving statesmen who had given tho, lead. for home to-day by 8.8. Nanking.

The case in which the Chinese sary to post the letters in tho The unemployed accepted drastic Miss Johnson was originally a famous cinema star and his with the manslaughter of a coolin name of the ship, and prepaid stenTuticorin

Charlie Chaplin, B

the world driver of a motor lorry was charged ordinary way, marked with the reductions of their boncats without nurse in the Matilda Hospital and brother Brd Chaplin who wors on February 19, on Waterloo Road, cents per half cones as usual. The has latterly been for many years scheduled to arrive in the Colony was brought to a conclusions: Post Office then undertakes the duty murmur. They know permatron of the Perk Hospital the Saws Marm yesterday Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when of obtaining lotion of departare well that if national bankruptoy

She had a large circle of friends have postponed their visit to the the defendant was committed to and despatching the correspondence. same there would be nothing but in the Colony and the esteem in Colony till April 21. They dis-stand his trial at the next Boasions. It is requested that the lettera be starvation for the crowded miss which she was held was evidenced embarked at Bingapore and are Mr. R. E. Lindsell conducted the nosted if possible, at least one day

by the unofficial presentation of making a tour of Java and the case for the Crown while Mr. F. before the date fixed to walling gifts at several farewell parties Dutch Enst Indies before coming CE Rendall appeared for the Hong Kong Daly Press. April 3,| koristio steadiness and good sera recently.

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