1932-05-12 — Page 1

Page

SALCE

Served in the best pizzas,

Hongkong Bily

ESTABLISHED

MANAITAASA BUHARTE HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY

If all be true that I do think

There are five reasons why men drink,

Good wine, a friend or being dry

Or lest we should be by-and-by,

Or any other reason why.

Henry Aldrich (1647),

WHATEVER THE REASON-

44.

THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO

CALDBECK'S"

-P

WHOLESALE & RETAIL WINE-MERCHANTS. PRINCE'S BUILDING (GROUND FLOOR), Fen House STREET.

Telephone 20075.

HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SHAVION OF THE HöNG KONG, CANTON AND» » MAÇÃO... STEAMBOAT OD., LTD., AND CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd.

HONG KONG ĐÀNTON LINE

BAILINGS From HONG KONG-Daily at 3 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Sandays 10 pm, only). SAILINGS From CAN PON-Daily at 8 am and 4.30 p.m. (Sundays 4.30 p.m. only).

07

HONG KONG-MACAO LINE..

'SPECIAL SERVICE.

SAILINGS: From HONG KONG-Daily at 8 a.m. & 5,30 pm? :

· (Bundays exospted).. SAILINGS From MA O A ̈Ù-Daly al 267, & pak

(Bundays exceptéil).

SPECIAL WHIT EXCURSIONS O: BUNDAY, 15TH MAY, 1932

S.S. SUI TAI

will leave Hong Kong at 9.a.m. and Macao at 4.00 pm.

aut on MONDAY, 181 MAY

ab0a.m. and from Macao at 3 p.m.

SPECIAL SALOON FARES.

WEEK DAYS -Single; $3.00; Return: $5,00; EXOURSIONS—Single: $1.50;: Heturn: $410,

Nors -Al Steamboat Company's Steamers are fitted with Wireless,

Hong Kong Weekly Press

:

Political Upheaval in Canton

The Lytton Commission

Happy Valley Murder Drama Local Sport

Bowls, Cricket, Racing, etc..

and

Other Interesting Features.

THE PAPER. WITH THE YELLOW · COVER

Price:-30 Cents.

Annual Subscription: Hong Kong, 818; Post Free to any address, $18; Quarterly Subscription, 84.50. Orders should be sent to the

– HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LTD, TILEPRONTE 80251/7

11, Ton Hous Braakt.

1932 昇拜畫日式拾月伍年式世佰玖仟登英

DIARY OF LOCAL GIRL DETECTIVES AT THE

WORLD'S WITCHBOARD.

EVENTS.

TODAY

9. Watson

Company Mesting!" Co., Ltd., 11.80 8.1 Theosophical Society Meeting 'St. Andrew's Club Committee Meeting, 9 pm,

Spring Exhibition of Waterų Colour, Messrs. Komor & Komor

Central Theatre: The Painted Desert,"

HOW

MR. SH, OF LONDON, TRACED TRANSATLANTIC TE EPHONE.

TELEPHONE CALL THAT COST

BY HOWARE SPRING.

I have just spoken in the mud dle of the afternoon to a man in New York who told me that it was Queen's Theatro: "Alias Franca | 10.13 a.m.; to another in Busnos Gartie."

Airs, who was equally confident King's Theatre: "This Reckless that it was 11.15: and then I roused Age,"

s sleepy Australian operator, who World Theatre: "A Wild Rose" agured me that it was well past (Chinesa Alm).

midnight, and that my voice was echoing through the early hour of to-morrow;

Star Theatre; "Blackmai Ton Danvas at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dagcse at Hong Kong Hotel, Ponin zula. Hotel and King's Restaurant.

Tidas-High at 19:38; Low at 23.20

European Mail-Inward: Europe Pia Negapatam (Idomeneus).

FRIDAY.

(May 13:)

!

Then the supervisor got in touch with all the cable companies and teingraph, companier, and at last a man named Smith was run down who did receive three or four telo grams a day, from America, He was the man wanted, and he was put through

Inquiries of this sort range, all over Europe A London caller

wanted men who had gone to These conversations occurred in Paris The Faris exchange, disco- Carterlano, a stone's throw fomvered that he had gone on to Rome, St. Paul's, where they are very and, getting through to Rome, was busy just now. There you will told that he had returned to Paris. find the Overseas Tolephone Ex He was missed there and gov change, which is something unique. through to London, where, finally It is the world's witchboard the landed, he was put through as B.

of international

"local" clearing-house

"And as these long-distance calls" conversations,, a vital organ in the hody of modern business which is Are "personal-that is to say, you thrown out of action, would dislo-produce the body or you get no pay-only a local as)l was charged"

Chess:-Open Championship of the Colony D. E. Carvalho Cate important relationships, befor

tween the Old World and the Now! Then there was the case of Cap- M. Sequeira,, S. L. Hussin v. 1. ♣

No one in North America, Mexico tain Armstrong, who, was wanted Bonlanin, E. W. Paul v. P. or Canada can speak by telephone by America. The War Office was Rosario, H. W. Randall

1. G. W to anyone in the Continent of Eu-approached, and the Army List Gronne,

ropo save through this exciting consulted, and there were many room in Carter lane,

Captain, Armstrong to choose from. Queen's Theatre Aliza Franch

Git

Central Theatre The Painted Desert "

King's Theatre: "This Reckless

Age."

**

World Theatre: Trail of me.” Star Theatre: "Blackmail."! Tea. Dances at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Peninsula Hotel and King's Ros.

taurant.

Tides: High at 16.30; Low at 22.14..

European Mail-Inward: Europe

They are busy now 10 Car The Service aluba, too, could pro» lane because, efficient, sa the pre duce a number of men answering bor gent service is, it has got to be the name and rank of Captain. better still A new exchange and Armstrong. Then one was disco

bigger exchange is being, equip-vered who had ped. It is hoped that before the America.

relations in

Bu hotel in end of the year it will be workHe was traced o ing. It is hoped, too, that it will Southampton and was asked whe tap territories that the present ex-ther he knew the person who had chango does not reach, MaHoow, called from America. He did, and India, Japan-those are places you he was "put through. The stop cannot speak to by telephone at watch on the operator table in the moment; but as per cant, of Carter-lane checked off only the the world's telephone subscribers actual time of the conversation. Can be reached

A TIME-MACHINE, The big L-shaped room in which the exchange." is situated 19. I sort of time machine as Mr. Wella con- ceived it long ago.

You cannot

ri Siberia (Suwa Maru); Out-travel back, as the Wella hero did, ward: Europe via Siberia (Pren to the primeval alims, nor forward to incredible encounters with Jefferson) 6. p.m.

| futurity. But you can have the queer experience of moving back wards and forwards through time within a compass of hours,

SATURDAY.

(May 14.)

Racing: Sixth Extra Race ing, Happy Valley.

One night there was a call from the Olympic in mid-ocean. 1t was. found that the man wanted had, gone to the theatre. The number of his seat was discovered, and he Was summoned, to the theatre. call manager's office, where the was fixed up.

Ibogan to feck as I listened to all this, that if I had committed a crime the easiest way for the police to run mas down would be simply. to go to New York and ring me up. Once that process is set, in

headquarters in Europe,

TO NEW YORK IN TWO-

MINUTES.

Each of the girls dealing with motion nothing apparently can the very long-distance work has sive a man from the cheerful Meet-before hor a ofeck which has two polyglots of Canter-lane, who have hour hands. The black band indi-established the most cordial under- Athletics: Indian Recreation cates the English hour, the red one standing with all the telephone Club Annual Athletic Sports and the hour in the country with which

her switchboard deals, Diätribution of Cricket and Tennis

English is all right for most of Shields, Medals and prizes. the long-distance work. If," how- Lawn Bowls Division L.: Police ever, you take a line that merely

crosses the Channel you must be there comes a daily average of Krom South and North America Trikoo, Kowloon CC Chad ready for whatever you And I between. fifty and a hundred calls. gengower, Kowloon Docks . Eow.hstened to the ripple of a conver. About 2200 go every day to the Con- loon B.G.C., Civil Service v. Re-sation in French with Parie; Itinent of Europe. Assuming that heard a German in London ex- crsio, Division 11.: Taikoo . Civil changing gutterala with colleague sither end, you can get through to the subscriber is in readiness at Service, Club de Recreio. Yacht in Berlin I listened to Copenha New York in from two to five: Club, Kowloon B.G.C.. Kowloon gen, Madrid, Bukarest and Rome minutes. San Franscisco can be C.C., Craigeligower v. H.K. Elena in touch with London.

There are about a hundred girls reached in hardly more time than in the room. About 70 of them A three minutes talk to New Cricket: Interport Team leaves speak French, twenty or thirty York costa 6, with £2 for each for Shanghai...

speak German and there are a few subsequent minute. We each for Spanish and Italian. It golden-voiced on the transatlantic Opening of The University Club's is found that those four langue line, clubhouse, King's Theatre Building ages, plue English, are enough for (Roof) by Sir William Hornell, 9:30 talking to the world. pim....

This Reckless

tric

King's Theatre

Ago.

Queen's' Theatre: "Alias French Gertie."

Central Theatre: The Painted Desert."

World Theatre: "Trail of 08.!!« Star Theatre: " Blackmail."

Toa Daboos at King's Restaurant and Hong Kong Hotel Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Penis. Faula Hotel and King's, Restaurant. Tidesigh at 14.41 Low at

23.06.

European Mall: "Outward :. Europe via Suor (Suwa Marn), 9.30 a.m.; Europe via Suez (Somali), 10.30 m Europe via Siberia (Shinyo" Maru); Europa, ria Bria- disi (Conts Rosso), 8 p.m.

that

N. LAZARUS

Single Copy

Price

Per Month, $3

JUST ARRIVED

SHIPMENT OF

TUBORG BEER

Purveyors to

The Royal Danish Court The most popular Danish Beer

6 doz. pts. 4 doz. qts.

on the Market.

$36.00 duty paid.

$37.50 duty paid.

SOLE AGENTS;

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,

WINE AND SPIRIT, MERCHANTS

St. George's Buildings, No. 2, Tee Bonsa Street.

DIAL 20135.

HONG KONG.

The World's 9-to-1 gift favorite

For years Sheaffer's flat-top Lifetime pas

SHEAFFERS

SOLD BY

THE SUN CO., LTD.

3

YEAR GUARANTEE

fanuus Montier Top «.

are all

ond?

The longest foreign call that Carter-lane has recorded lasted 102 LIKE YOUNG DETECTIVES minutes the largest fee over col

lected for one call was £2707 and As story after story was poured the longest-distance call avor put into my ears in Carter-lane be through was when someone in Mel- gan to see these alert, intelligent bourne came through to London, young women, in their gay jumpere was handed across the Atlantic to that made a ripple of colour down New York and across the American the long room, as members of an continent to Vancouver," international detective ageboy.

There come moments in Carter-

Here are some of the things they lane when things may be expected

dr

York

calling"

to be slack. It is then possible to concentrate the working of this what room into the compass of a single switchboard and to leave the switchboard to a small staff. It fi even possible to leave it to one girl knowing four languages

New Yes. We want to get in touch with Mr. Smith, of. London

"Oh, but surely the "Yes, I know it's a common ame, but it's all we've got “That struck me as, the most mar- "But in't there anything vellous thing of all: ons girl at the about him that will help hab of the five continents, sitting “Well, was know he reosives alike Destiny at the heart of the lot of telegrams and, cables from | nations, holding the words of the America

world in the hollow of, her bandi

ALL-STEEL

Construction

means

DURABILITY

STRENGTH

SANITATION

BEAUTY

ECONOMY

ZX1OT GRILSEB BALADS, AND THÖZ

"GENERAL ELECTRIC

GENERAL ELECTRIC

ALL STEEL AND PORCELAIN MODELS.

Demacie, Aartment House med Comissarela). Refri

· ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LIN David Hose, Hog Kong, Centirana s

Am Iuberested in yom KÄSY FATURA GKURRERIGERATORĄ

Kindly and partial