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THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS:

THE FIFTY-FIRST ORDINARY

TGENERAL MEETING

of

Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on Thursday, the 19th May, 1982, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving. the Report of the Goneral Agents, together with a statement of Ac

CILMAN'S

for

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1932.

montas, supply, but the population. bas grown andemqusly since 1980, and probably industrial uses have alsa ineronaedi The Aberdeen: Re sarvoir adds 175 mg., a useful help

HILLMANS in time of urinis, but only a small

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Tale of the Day.

* News and Views *

turk-

Mr Bargainiunt (at jeweller's) :"| just bought this ring at Cut Rate Joe's, across the street. How do you pronunce the name of the stone? Is it turkcise or woisa !!!

Joweller (after inspecting stone): The correct pronunciation, ma dam, is 'glaas."?

Spider Earthquakes.

contribution to the problem of maintaining a proper supply The Waterworks Engineers. fully under stand the position and their answer w the Shing Mun schime. This doubles the reservoir capacity bring. ing it up to 6,000 mg. or a full twolve months' supply, with, in addition, the intake from the Shing Mup. That would make" us safe.

Experta all over the world will and it is difficult to see why the be following the course of the South Government, with these figures and American volcanic disaster on their the Observatory statistics of local will record any earthquakes ahocks seismographs. These instruments weather, vagarien, before them, hare and give us the news perhaps be- not pushed on with this schemefore it comes from this stricken

Without ib

WWDS... the the 1020 crisis.

The seismograph is an exceeding they have had no reserve against ly delicate instrument, although it contingencies that cannot be called measures much torride forgos.

Sir in any way abnormal and too rescience and virtual foventor of the John Milne, the pioneer in this. mote for practical consideration. seismograph id that spiders As intervals the Colony is faced caused more earthquakes than any with severe drought, nad delays in thing else! the coming of nummer rains, aro a common expectation,

It is often said that water

What he meant, of course, was that spiders roaming about the de alicate instrument often recorded a

DURO GARAGE wasted and in remedying this lies shook when there had been none.

In Wathan Road, Xawloon.

GILMAN & Co., Ltd, Agents. (4.73, 3

Editorial and Business Office: 112

Ice House Street. Tel. 802S 1. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

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the solution of the problem. Per haps the meter system, now being, installed will check waste, but the average consumption per hand of population is not undfly high, and a big reduction is not to be ex- pected by this means Moreover, an officer of the Medical Depart mont has officially stated that the Chinese community shoald, for health reasons be encouraged to use still more watero

"

Miss Jennie Dolly to Give Up Shop. Hundreds of coins struck by the Mies Jannie Dolly, one of the famous Soubian kings of the Mid- famous Dolly Sisters, is indignant dle Ages have also been found. Atroparts that she has won all fortance at baconrab.

Yugoslav Official Inaiste on. Wage

"It is absurd," she said, "to say. as an American newspaper Officials of the little village of did, that I won £50,000 in an hour. Fetrovals, in Macedonia, have of I have been too worried with my their own accard reduced their Bobby to think about casinos,!?

Babby, a pretty blonde child of that of the Mayor falling from 1200 salaries by approximately half, seven, had, three fingers crushed into 600 dinars a month, of the execu the door of Miss Jennie Dolly's tive secretary from 9000 to 1500, of motor car in Paris recently. operation was performed and the the porter from 700 to 300.

An the clerk from 1400 to 800, and of child has since been received medi- Jennis Dolly adopted two girls, cal attention. Two years ago Mist who are now seven years old..

Miss Jennie Dolly said that, she will close the shop which she opan ed in Paris about two years ago to help to establish and maintain an orphanage in Paris

the slump last year," she said. "I "My shop was successful until cannot devote all my time to the business, however, 14 my two children have the right to share my company,"

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Malayan Tin Firms Push Pewter

Style.

If the fashion for modern pew ter ware booms in the near future, it will have received a new impetus from Malaya.

Some time ago a mild sensation was caused by the recording of a series of shocks at Fordham, which ware not found on other seismo. graphs. Obviously; n spider was to blame. The instrument was spring The Straits Settlements tin pro- cleaned,” without result. A web ducere, hard hit by the tin slump, was found, and ultimately the have decided to revive the con- spider also-hiding in a orsany that sumption of this metal by launch did not appear large enough to haring a campaign in behalf of the bour a microbe.

once popular pewter articles.

A collection of exceptionally at Gold Bars-a. Surprise,

tractive pewter goods manufac Unilever, Ltd. the £14,000,000tured in Kuala Lumpur, including margarino combine,, has sprung a o tea set, trays, flower vasca and surprise in the disclosure of the boxes of various shapes, was sent

to London by the Federated Ma bars, at present held on its behalf in the Netherlands Bank at Ams-

exhibited at the Malayan Infor tardam.

mation Agency.

Ab Arst the council radacad the only to 1800, since it is he who pay of the exemutive orotary doos mont of the work, but. he felt. that such a cut was insufficient and insisted on eliminating 300 dinara! more.

Aaroplanes to Speed Mountain:"

Climbing.

Much of the time-taking drud- Bory of mountain, climbing has boon oliminated from plans of the Colorado Mountain Club, which Procently announced that it will use aeroplanes to carry members from Denver to the base of Mount Snaf fels late in August,

Mount Shefels. which is 14,143 feet high, is in southwestern Colo rado, and by automobile and train the excursion would take. five days By using aeroplanes, however, the time may be cut to one wock-end. The planes will leave Danver Saturday afternoon and roturar late Sunday.

Control of Radium in Canada

„Proponed.

Canadian Senate by Maj. Gen. A

counts for the year ended the 81st London Office: 82, Fleet Street,exorcise a care quits foreign to their fact that it has invested in gold lay States Chambor of Mines to be mining world has, been turned to

Decomber, 1931.

The Share Reg ater aid Transfer Books will be closed from the 5th to

the 19th May, 1982, both days inclusive.

· JAEDINE, MATHESON

✰ CO., LTD.

General Agents.'

Hongkong, 28th April, 1982.

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CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the RIGHTH ANNUAL

N

X.C. 4

The

At the moment our duty is to help tha, authoritica in every way wo on to economise water, and, till more, to see that servants natures. But let us make certain, when this crisis, passes, that the Government pushes on with the accond section of the Shing Mun

This unusual step of an industrial scheme. There will be many fine reasons for moro delay, But this ising of gold would assist stabilisa- the second bite 1,

tion of dividends better than bank deposita in a country which might go of the gold standard."

The gold bars were bought in the

the United States. 1

company was taken because a hold-Lindbergh Calumnies. Baily Press.

HONG KONG MAY 14, 1982 THE LINDBERGH CRIME,

OUR WATER SUPPLY.

WHEN the Abordoen Reservoir was oponed last December His Excel loney, Sir, WILLIAM FEE, paid a graceful tribute to the skill and the ingenuity of the War Engineers:

THE LINDBERGH crime reveals a depth of human depravity that makes ono ashamed of the human The child was murdered and the ghouls concerned proceeded, with calculated cloverness to make money out of the distracted parenta They had carefully taken into con DEROE leiderntino, the face dias Mis, LIND- was expecting her second

Government monopoly of radium was advocated in the.

D. MacRae The interest of the Great Bear Lake, due north on the Arotic Circle, where vast deposits of radium-bearing pitchblonde were discovered last year,

WATSON'S PRICKLY BEAT

LOTION

75 cts. & $1,25

Per Bot

THE SOVEREIGN

REMEDY

open market, and some came from more than any cabled account the of the Belgian retail price. The A. S. WATSON & Co.,

Every Man His Own Detective. Mr. W: H. Beacher, has sant nearly a thousand letters to residents in The Chief Constable of Reigate,

Reigate and Redhill, asking for their support fu ridding the borough of his breaker a

He particularly palm that a watch

"I have been shown latter from member of the Lindbergh family Lake deposits with the Belgian, Ho compared the Great Bear to an English friend," writes. London journalist. Its poignant daced from the former at a cost saying that rudium can be pro simplicity brings home to

one of $10,000 gram, or one-seventh terrible anxiety through which the Belgian Trust, he said, produces family is now passing

"What has caused them the scu-supply.

05 per cent of the world's radium"

(apparently widespread in Ameri- Check Advocated on Norwegian test distress is the oruel suggestion ca) that the missifig baby is only Press, Happy event Colonel Lindbergh an adopted child, and that when Mr. Lindbergh was expecting a arranged for the dispoent of the adopted child.

any of individuals, invalzod ip Legislation to protect the pri- lawsuits in Norway from the ng gressive incursions of press pub-. Rode, advocate, in a lecture deliv ered to the Solicitors' Society at Oslo, Norway.

ORDDIANT GENERAL MEETING of the Public Works Department, child, and that the husband won should be kept for loiterers, and I can imagina no calumny more licity was urged by Mr. Leif 9.

of Shareholders of CHINA UNDER

WEITERS, LIMITED, will be held

This tribute was well deserved sad

at the Offices of the Company, Hong had their recommendations to push Bank Building, 4, Des Youx on with the scend scetion of the Road, Central, Hong Kong on Shing Mun Scheme been accepted Thursday, the 18th day of May, 1932,

squeezo.

horror

thereby be the more amenable to This is the culmination of a great nation's truckling to prime Only out of a hot-bed of arise, for the murder, and the pro corruption could auch at noon for the purpose of receiving when first mooted neither the in-teering from it, must be the work the Report of the Board of Directors crossc in the population of the of large and wealthy gang. and a Statement of Accounts

for the

year ending 31st December: 1931, and of electing Directors and Auditors,

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 12th May, 1832, to 18th May, 1923, both days inclusive By Order of the Board of Directors,

HERBERT R, STURT,

Managing Director Hong Kong, 9th May, 193%.

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (weather parmitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on BATURDAY, 1428 MAY, and on MONDAY, 16TH MAY, 1932, comten cing at 2.00 p.m. on both daygun

The First Bell will bo Kung at 1,30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE. Members are notified that they and their Ladies. zaust wear their Badges prominently displayed.

No One without a "Badge will be adimitled to the Members' Encloanra,

the

par

Colony during the past two years, nor the present delay of the usual rainy season would have caused any anxiety or inconvenienos.

1

Our water supply is based on the Pasumption that the summer rain begin at the latest in May and are sufficiently heavy to all the reser

intellectual leadership among the The United States claims at nations, but while that country accepts the existence of a vast army of racketeers, bootleggers, and ghagsters, the influence of American culture-filma, education, booke at the source. A report states that. and political ideas alike is tainted Colonel LINDBERGH intends to leave his own country for ever, Perhaps,

voirs by the following autuma.whom, and to whose wife, the gym-. however, this great-hearted man to The storage capacity in millions of pathy of the whole world will be gallons is as follows:-"

2,383 098

Hong Kong. Kowloon Shing Mun (per annum) 1,000

Total

suggests that one man in every street should be especially vigilant in regard to his own thoroughfare. Milkmen, postmen, railway work-

whom Mr. Beacher bas ers... taxicab drivers, tradesmen, and roadmen are among those to letters. He said:

sent the

ridiculous and more cruel." Felgrade, Museum Holds Coin

•

!)

Record

His proposals would require According to a recent report, the only for direct financial loss, but newspapers to make restitution not Belgrade National Museum has also for mental suffering and in acquired since 1927 mere coins of jury to character. He advocates "I am determined to stamp out ancient origin than any other that where an acquation regard. enough to hope that my letters will time, this scourge, and I am optimist museum in the world in so short ing sa individual's private affairs produce many amateur detectives Among the new acquisitions are concerned should not be permitted is published in the prase, the paper at least 20 per cent. of those to: 11,000 pieces of Roman money dat to free itself of liability to prose whom letters have been sent. Evening from about 240 A. D., another cution simply by proving the truth if no arrests are made the fact re Roman collection of 9000 pieces of its statements. mains that prevention is butter dating from a slightly later period, that a greater number of trials be than cure."

Ho also askë and 1000 very old Greek drachmas. held behind closed doors..

Local Notes and Events

The Hong Kong dollar was yes:]

extonded, may be persuaded, when the Brat sorrow of bereavement has passed, to lend a great movement to drive these Gaderens swine of to- day into the sea, and to break every corrupt organisation in his terday quoted at 13 3-7/8d. 4,071

country from the lordly Tammany Hall to froway speak-easics of unknown slums. The World has every need of the true America, of and settlers who made her great LINCOLN and LEE, of tho pioneers

The consumption, when a full supply is given comes to nearly 500 million gallons per month, or an eight months' supply, Since very little rain can be expected after September or before the middle of April, a period of six and a Half months, this would cut matters fine, even if the rain could be de

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COOLIE WOMEN.

Little coolie women Working all the day.

pended upon, to arrive up to time. Life one round of toiling

Badgt admitting Non-Members to We all know that the possibility For a mite of pay.

Members Enciosera and Club Rooms st35.00 per day for Gentlemen and $3.00 of the dry-sonson-imating-well into Aching backs and weary

r day for Ladies (Both inoiad ag far) June must be faced. This means Nath your bamboo poles;

le through the BEORE. are obtainable TARY upon Introduction by a Member that every your restrictions must Creeping to your holes. Dusty, hot, exhausted, anch Member to be responsible for be enforced. Last month a street, Payment of All Chile, etc.

Badges

admiting to Member fountain supply only to rider main Enclosure will NOT be on suls at the districts brought consumption down On Ne Protext will Children be to exactly 400 mg (Hong Kong permitted in either Enclosure during £ba Meeting.

Timea are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in adranoes Telephone 21920:

Race Cours

48, Kowloon 153). The storage on April 30 totalled 710 mg in the Island and 212 in Kowloon!

Up and down the ladders Swaltering 'neath a burning Shouldering your loads, Sweating on the roads... Life is just a tread-mill

Guiding you to dust Work-to match existence,

Sleep because you must!

3.

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Rotary Club, Rotarian J. H. Mont

At Tuesday's meeting of the gomery will speak on "The Truth about Cancer."

Dr. P. H. Burton, who is in the War Memorial Hospital, is making good recovery after an operation for appendicitis.

One case of diphtheria, one of onteric fever and Ang of perebro. spinal fever are reported on Thursday

There will be a cally of Girl Guides at Government House on Empire Day at 3.30 p.m. when Mrs. W. T. Southorg will be "At Home:'

The death occurred in Washing ton on May 7, of Major-General Enoch H. Crowder, wartime Judge former Ambassador at Cuba, and Advocate General of the U.8. Army, one time Associate Justice of the Philippine Bupreme Court.

from the files.

Looking back 25 years.-

..:

LIMITED:

HONG KONG, KOWLOON,

ESTABLISHED, 1841. CANTON.

GUIDE TO BUYER.

If you want to buy prepared medi." Dine at mederate price or to order a pair of glasser of the highest point of perfection please come and patronize. The Great China Medical Co., No. 11, Wire LOK STREET

W

(Opposite The Sun Co.).

A trial will convince you and make youʊsatified.

"GROSSLY EXAGGERATED 1

REPORTED DEATH OF SIR R. HỌ TUNG.

The reported death of Sir Robert Ha Tung, widely circulated in the Malayan papery, in, bike that of Mark Twain,growly exagger- sted:"

Tang Tuk, a tailor of Bonham Strand, in a report to the police, states that" while travelling on the community, which is to be forward- Tung Informed the Daily Pres

The bandsome address from the.

The local office of Sir Robert Ho Yaumati ferry, Man Wai, on Thurs Fed to Sir Matthew Nathan, was on yesterday that Sir Robert is alive day night, he saw a man jump overview at the Legislative Council and well and that he arrived in board, and although a search was yesterday afternoon. made, ho was not found again.

It is bound

true,"

"

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CYCLIST GOES BLIND.

Fin blackwood covers artistically London on May ; a telegram from The death occurred at the French On the front of the book is affixed

sarved in pure Chinese designs him having been received to that 5 Hospital on Thursday of Joan the rest of the Colony is gold, Joseph Lounay (20), a French blue while above and below it are the

effect. jacket of the dagship Waldeck Hostwo Chinese characters represent characterised as absolutely u

The report that he was dead was Beau. The funeral took place the ing "good luck." At the battom same day, and was attended by off of the cover is a plate bearing the cers and men from the flagship, Jasomption "presented to E. Roman Catholic Cemetery. the remains being interred in the Sir Matthew Nathan, K.Q.M.G., on his departure from Hong Kong, 20th April, 1907. The tifully carved, displays a golden opposite cover, which is also beau bat with outstretched wings at each of the four corners," This is expressive of good wishes being wafted to Bir Matthew Nathan on favourable winds from those who which turned him blind, and that admired him in Hong Konghe orashed into a wall and was Evidence that a cyclist. had aft

Hong Kong Daily Pren, May 14,

Lalled, was given at quest.

Bun-John Ambulance Brigade are giv- The Indian Division of the St. ing a dinner in honour of MTA.... o Arculli to-day at 8.30 p.m. at the LR.C. Pavilion

The significent thing is that it Little patient women. PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

cannot be said that this year has Labouring in the Sun, The Price of Admission to the Public put abnormal demands on the water Ploughing in the paddy fields Haslosure is $9.00 per day, including supply. We had 80 inches of rain Timing weary footsteps

Till the day is done. Tar, for all Persons, Inaluding Ladies, tast year and at the end of October To the bullock's pace, and is payable at the Gate,

Boldier and Ballors fa Uniform are the reservoirs in Kowloon were full Bowed kencath your burdens-- admitted Half From Vik

and in Hong Kong the storage was

Carrying on the race. Bookmakers, T The Man,

Man, abc., will not be permitted to operate with 8,100 mg or only 380 mg. below Little Chinese women, Focus on daring the Haos i wating capacity. The your was started Searce and time to life the

Meeting

Island com- Since your day of birth; Tiine will be obtainable in the Ras. with 1,813 m.g. in taurant in the Pullie Holosure.

pared with 1,487 m on JanupryPatient-uncomplaining. By Order,

lat, 1931, 1,448 in 1905 and a meagre As you meekly plod,............ 998 in 1929. Since then the Shine Brings your nearer God.

Surely every footstep

183 Mun has added 1,000 m.g. or a two;

E. 8. SHILLINGTON..

8. ABDEAF-

Acting Boaretary

Hong Kong, di May, 1931.

them

branch post offices will be open The General Post Office and from B &, to 9 am, on Monday, when there will be one collection The French cruiser Waldeck Rous-and one delivery of ordinary corre- seau which has been relieved as a spondence an on Sundays, and one flagship of the French fleet in Far delivery of registered correspond Eastern waters, left Hong Kong once at 9 am The Money Order yesterday on its return to France. office will be entirely closed

1907

DEATH CRASH INTO WALE

The cyclist was Samuel Lindsay

A report has been made to the police by Capt. Eve, of 3, Armend Building, of the loss of a tork Sir John was always believed to be Looking back 50 years, mascot which was stolen from his the Chinaman's friend. Slander, motor car on Thursday night whilst indeed, ventured to call this The Japan Mail says, "It (49), a miner, of New struct, Woo it was parked outside Kim house uglier name, and a certain media has been the victim of ingrant

friendship by Another and an would appear that a great man lenford.

Whilst carrying hinte of glass cal officer of high standard has along Queen's Road West, a Chi actually hinted that, the Choverage nexe named Law I slipped and carried his partiality so far as to cut-his-forearm to each no extertenorifice bhr hiemith of that he had to be sent to the community to the dirt Government Civil Hospital for pensities of the ne treatment.

Kong Daily Préu,

14, 1881

injustice. We allude to His Excel- At the time of the accident Tánd- lomoy Sir John Pope Hannandez, sy was absent from work over the certainty of whose para suffering from. minent “almowce from Hong Kong aya disease), In an oficial capacity the residenta Ats of dizzines of that Colony are now rejoicing, (Contini

verdict of