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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

A.S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

NOTICE..

On FRIDAY KING'S BIRTHDAY, the 3rd June, 1992, All Departments will bo CLOSED.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Diapensing Department, will be opened for dispensing proscriptions from 10 am to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7.80 p.m.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, 1st June, 1932.

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ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE.

TENDERS are invited for the

supply of Carpenters, Caulkers. Platers, Plumbers, Painters and Sompers to H.M. Dockyard, Heng Kong.

Forms of tender 'can be obtained nt the Office of the Obief Construc tor, H.M. Dockyard, Hong Kong, and should be filled in and returned, my indicated in Tender Form, an later than noch on Monday, 13th June, 1982.

A. NICHOLLS,

Chief Constructor!

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WANTED

WANTED Importers

of Cinnamon Oil and Citronella Oil. No adulteration. Buy direct from distillers. Samples, quotations ready. Mica Works, Colpetty, Ceylon.

FOR SALE.

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Tor further particulars, apply Superintendent of Crown Lande and Surveys, P.W.D., or District Officer, North, Taipo

BANK HOLIDAY,

accordance

(5217

with Government

Hong Kong, 30th May, 1932.

4115 888

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[tep off

The Ship

into your own motor car.

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man or Humber.

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LIMITED.

Have the car you want just when you want it,

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BIRTH.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1932.

Tale of the Day,

السعد

News and Views

Women's Summer Complexions...

A Mother's Veto.

The Hon. Jane Emily Dawson, of Holne Park, Ashburton, Devon, widow of the Hon. Richard M. W. Dawson, whose will has just been prevod, expressed the desire that no women should attend her funeral, and directed that her property in Devon should not be sold to her daughter or nominee of her

the home trade had suffered temporary solback. In comparison with the #gurts for 1030 thern wea Tast yenr a decrease of 73,000 in such licences, This duolino, bow- over, is mainly in the figures for motor-cycles, the falling off in lioners for driving such vehicles frock cont. sir?"

Artist: Shall I paint you in, n

being 100,000 In all other alassos Newvich: "Oh, don't make any of vehicles there was an incronae,fus-just wear your overalis.” Two reasons have been suggested | For this deolins in the number of homo purchasers of motor-eyolm,

An expert at a Bood-street, W., one in that the potential buyers of beauty specialist's has said that if this class of machine have been wonten wish to look their best during the summer in the fashion- more hit by the general trade deable tones of blue they will adopt a daughter. She left her £100 a year pression (the motor-cyclist having delicate make-up. a smaller puree than the car buyer) and the contrary view is that the cheapness of the small our has indo the motor-eyoliat ambitious to be a car owner. The low prices now fixed by British manufacturers of these small. (or "baby") cars is effecting a revolution in mutor transport.

If more numbers are to be taken.

as she criterion of success, there is reason to be satisfied with the pro- greas the industry has made in the Inst drende. In 1999 licences were isaved for 978,000 motor vehicles of all kinds By 1925 this total had risen to a million-and-a-half, and bust year, despite the temporary A.P.D. 10 check in. the rate of expansion, no

less than 2,2/3,722 cars were British roads an increase of nearly C0 per cent.

MARTIN At the Victoria Hospital on Jane 1. to Mr. and Mrs. T A. Mtn, a son.

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Ice House Street. Tel. 30281. Night Editor (Wanchai. Office):

Tol. 2481).

London Oe: 53, Flent Street,

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The Badly Press.

HONG KONG, JUNE 2 1032

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A faint powder, with a blush- rouge and matching lipstick, will be the correct cosmetics for almost every complexion.

**Light Fan."

Blues throw a yellow shadow on to most skins, except thoms of ox tremely fair people, and in every cass reflect a shade under the eyes, They very fair women may wear very light tam make-up with the new blues, but the woman with the dark skin will be wrong to use more than a delicate make-up.

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$180,000,000 for War Veterans.

Mr. Mille. the United States Secretary of the Treasury, appear-

before the House of Representa tives in a dramatic offert to exer ciso the ghost of monetary inflation raised by supporters of a Bill to give war veterans immediately ad justed compensation" amounting to £180,000,000.

The veterans are already costing the United States more than the dole ever cost the British Govarn-

on trust.

The

trustees of the estate were authorised to give spe- cially favourable terms to a parment chase who was not a Roman Catho lic.

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to a

A friend of the family ach reporter that Mrs. Dawson, whe was 77 when she died, held pro mounted views on religion, and that her daughter was a Roman Catho lie, but Mr. Dawson was not,

and the darker tones of lipstick

The aunburn shades of powdering the Judge,

When, at Mullingar. County and rouge are only correct with Month, Patrick Power, of Dublin, country clothes or senside wear..

Women with very fair hair and was prosecuted for playing the dark eyelashes and eyebrows are threward trick District Justice being advised that it more be Boutty agreed to an exhibition coming to bleach the eyebrows very being given to him of the game.

lightly, while the eyelashes should be made up in the ordinary way. Power brought his stool and table before the bench and spread out the cards.

He then performed the three-card trick, amid loud laughter The Home Office had approved af is a densely crowded court, scheme for suitable special con-

After a few efforts at Anding the stables to become volunteers in the lady (or queen). District Justice mounted constabulary section of Beatty, with a good-humoured ges the Metropolitan Polico.

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During the past two yours thers has been some contraction in the value of "exports of British cars, part of this being due, of course, to lower prices. This falling-off, however, has been smaller than in most other British industries. But while falling world prices played their part in reducing the value of British motor exports in the „last year or two, "the depreciation of British currency in terms of tha currencies of those countries still Ex-Cavalrymen. on the gold basis undoubtedly, has

Mounted Specials for London,

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The new volunteer, mounted force ture, acknowledged himself bewild der the command of Major Dale will consist of about 100 men, un-red, if not defented.

He reserved his decision. Glossop, who has been identified with the special constabulary for of recruits has already been ob Rome years. The required number |tained.

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All are good horsemen who have

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Flying in Siam,

Mr. Patman's proposal, which

to

seems to command the majority of the House, would authorise the print $180,000,000 Treasury worth of currency and distribute it" among the veterans,

Protection for Bathers.

روم

Demands for the provision of swimmers and people in rowing boats who suddenly find themselves in danger are being made by Sue-

fast motor-lifeboats to protect

sex seaside towns.

At an inquest on two Worthing men who were drowned when their sailing boat entisized half a mile from the shore it was stated that the Shoreham motor-lifeboat arri. ved an hour and a half after the tragedy. The coroner, Mr. F. Had- dock, said that both men would probably have been saved if there had been some craft at Worthing which could have got quickly out

to gea.

Motor-lifeboats are provided at Now-haven, Shoreham, and Selsey, but it is complained that they are of little use in cases of overturned boats or swimmers in distress.

The Aerial Transport Company

The Brighton lifeboat wa re of Siam Ltd. reports its total dis

moved last year, and since then tance Hown with mail," goods or pinssengers, from Aug 24, 1932, to repeated demands have been made May 14, 1933, a period of sight and to the corporations of Brighton a half months, as 83.874 kilometres. and Hove to provide a joint" boat

Administered a fillip to the expert served in the cavalry or artillery, This, says the Bangkok Times, is for local rescue work.

trade in recent months. In each month since last November more

British motor vehicles have been exported than in the corresponding months of the previous year. These

and they will undergo special raining at Imber Court, the bead; quarters of the regular mounted police

Thoir police training will be on the same lines as that of the special constables who are now accompany

Cars are, of all classes, bus the advance made in recent months in the export of commercial cars has PROTECTION AND BRITISH boon one of the more striking foeing regular police officers to get

CARS.

I BANKS will be CLOSED for the EVER sine the War the motor TRANSACTION of PUBLIO BUS1-industry has had the advantage of NESS on FRIDAY, 3RD JUNE (THE

want the newly-appointed Import BIRTHDAY or HIS MAJESTY 712 KING).

Duties Advisory Committee has [9226 called "duties of a pronounced protective character." These duties, termed the MCKENNA Duties after the Chancellor of the Exchequer who impened them in 1815, were as high as 333 per cent, an, inter alia, motor vehicles,

ALICE MEMORIAL & AFFILIATED HOSPITALS.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the above Hospitals will be held on Thursday, June 2nd, 1932, at 12 upon, in the Board Room of the Chamber of Commerco.

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(1) To receive report and state- ment of accounts for the year ended December 31, 1981. (2) To approve the general esti- mates of expenditure for the year 1932; (8) To elect the Chairman and

accessories and parts. They were originally im Post for a variety of rezaons. nestly connected with the War, and they have remained unrepealed

the present day. Whatever the

intention of Parliament was when

tares. Especially noteworthy have been the exparts of British trolley- omnibuses, which are making rapit headway in all parts of the world. British manufacturers lead in the production of this issue of vehicle, which is, popular for its low sun- ning costs, large carrying capacity, and its ability to take up or dis charge passengers at the pavoment's edge.

CAPTAIN BAKER “

RELEASED.

OVER FOUR MONTHS IN BANDIT HANDS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

experience of the work on the heat.

An official of Scotland Yard.

more than twice around the world, which feat was accomplished with on a single forced landing, and A Shining Example. with no flight accident of any kind. A total of 10,000 kilogrammes or eleven short tons of mail has been carried to date.

Seaboard.

said: "It is not a new idea. Ita Bombarding Six Miles of British already in force in the City of London and in Edinburgh. It sim ply means the creation of a volun- tary force which will be available for an emergenty."

Learning French.

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IN QUARTS, FINTS & SPLITS.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. For some reason which I have Dover been Gideeks and Spaniards make the

able to understand, Aerated Water Manufacturers. best bootblack's, writes a London

ESTABLISHED 1841. journalist.

In New York almost all the "khoe-shine parlours are kept by Greeks. And one of the most cele- brated features of life in Madrid Six miles of uninhabited sen- is the ubiquity, persistence, indus and in the vicinity of Cape try and professional pride of the Wrath, Sutherland, hay heen bootblacks, who go from table to hought by the Admiralty and will table in the cafes and lovingly be used for bombardment practice polish the shoes of the young during the visit of the Home Flect to Scotland this summer.

The idea behind the acquisition

Madrilenos.

Now the Spanish bootblacks have invaded

which hitherto Paris,

of

Princess Elizabeth, who already reads and writes well, has recently started taking French lessons, and of the land, it is understood, is to boasted only a solitary shoesshine is already showing the aptitude train Navy gunners in direct fire parlour hidden away in the gloom which all the Royal Family have on unseen targets. The range will under the staircase the St. for mastering foreign languages. be found with the co-operation of Lazare railway terminus.

She is very fond of carefully neroplane observers. timing her lessons with her now; watch, a birthday present..

It is many years since bootblacks

This marks a new phase in Ad-were common in the West End of

London. i miralty operations.

Local Notes and Events

HANKOW, June 1 Chptain Charles Baker, the American who

The Colony had a clean bill of was captured by andits on January 18, when the health for Tuesday. lighter which he was taking up'

Members of the Y's Men's Club

of Houg Kong are reminded that the regular meeting for this week will be held at 7:30 to-night at the

Merchants' Chinese

the duties were Excú, few will be found to deny that they have con- tributed greatly to, the building up Deputy Chairman of the of the British motor industry, river stranded about a hundred Dr. W. & New of Shanghai win General Committee who shall, which in the same period has pass.miles above Hanków, has at last deliver an address to the members ez offició, be members of theed froin an industry manufacturing en released.

of the Hong Kong University Me He was set free yesterday follow-dical Suciety to-day at 5 p.m. Chinn Building instead of at tiffie Executivo Committee. (4) To elect five other member of anos entirely for the home marketing mediation with the bandits by the University Union Assembly

the General Committee, of, to one with a large and expanding the Reverend Findlay Andrew, the Room,

well-known mission, worker. whom three shall be Chinese export urade. and two other than Chinese, to serve on the Executive Committre.

(5) Other business.

F. R. ASHTON.. Secretary,

In a recent article in the British Press, Mr. Prous, the Minister of Transport, said that it is a matter of congratulation that during period of unparalleled depression the British motor industry, though not passing unscathed, has been AFFILIATED HOSPITALS. | able to hold much of the ground Hong Kong, May 30th, 1932. [2234 | which Ims been won in the past. He states that in motor engineer- PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, ing and construction Great Britain

ALICE MEMORIAL &

LIMITED.

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stands second to ne, other country.

It is only necessary to recall the

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI June 1.

It is reliably reported that Cap- tun Baker has been released by Communists or the Yangtze Valley through an adroit maneuvre by Sir John Hope Simpson, who supplied and relief wheat as quid pro du.

LOCAL JOURNALIST LEAVING.

MI: R. W. BARNETT. ·

Club,

to-day. Ladies may be invited and the function will be a send off to Mr.

from the files.

Looking Back 25 Years,

His Excellency the Officer Adimi- A meeting of the Hong Kong Wm Yinson Lee, President of the Football Association Council wil Y's Men's Club of Sannghai and fistering the Government has been be held on Wednesday, June 8, nt organiser of the sister Club in pleased to appoint Mr. Henry 4.30 p.m. "The appointment of au- Hong Kong, who will gail for Keswick, provisionally and subject ditors will be considered by the Shanghai to-morrow. meeting.

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GUIDE TO BUYER.

If you want to buy prepared medi. cine at moderate price or to order a ́pair of glasses of the highest point of perfection please come and patronize The Great China Medical Co., No. 11, Wind Lor Staser (Opposite The Sun Co.),

A trial will convince yon and make you satiful

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NEW TRAP FOR" FORGERS.

ERASED WRITING "SEEN " BY CAMERA,

A new terror for forgers lies in a discovery made aridentally by Lient-Colonel W. R. Mansfield, a handwriting expert, while working. in the dark-room at his house in St. John's road, Brixton, S.W

He was experimenting with my thods of photographing ink-writing which has been chemically ernyed when he suddenly hit upon a pro-“

when reds the time neces-

to His Majesty's pleasure, to be an aary for the taking of such photo-

unofficial member of the Legislative graphe--or luminograma

tion of At Central Magistracy yesterday Council, with effect from the 23rd.

second.

to a frac..

are invisible to the eye with, he claims, a speed and simplieity- hitherto unknown,

A report was made to the police yesterday by Mr. Mitford of the yin of 8. Po Lang Terrace, 204 Hon. Mr. William Jardins Cires for him to detect erasures, which a married woman named Yun Lal ultimo, during the absence of the As a result, it will be possible Hong Tramway Limited that a two charged with keeping an unregis son, or until further notice senter American Star coupe, No. tered" mui-tai. Inspector Fraser Kong. Daily Press. June 2, 1907. 261, which was parked at Status old the Court that the girl aged Sonare at 7.20 p.m. on Tuesday was missing when he returned to the spot at 11.40 p.m.

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hold work. She received no wages 13, was required to do heavy house- Looking Back in Years.

ordezod ta

Sixteenth of Second.

Colonel Mansfield said to a re-

and was sometimes beaten. The de- The annual meeting of the men- For stealing a water bucket from fendant was fined 850. Brought burs of the Victorian Recreation porter: "Only a month ago, after a street fountain at Sarashuipe, a up for the same offence, Yu Wui, Club was held in the Gymnasium 10 years of research, I reduced the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN fact that at the Motor Show held Mr. R. W. Barnett, who has been coolie was sentenced to four weeks' married woman of 21, Bridges yesterday afternoon. Mr. Jack time involved in making lumino-

Street, WAS.

payson, the President of the Club, oc grama to 40 minutes, which was a that the ANNUAL in London Just autumn there were for the past seven years on the hard labour. In passing sentence: similar fine.

cupied the Chair, and in moving distinct advance on the 12 hours DINARY GENERAL MEETING

editorial staff of the Telegraph and his Worship unid: "You have not F SHAREHOLDERS will be held three great engineering-otionsforming For was the recipient of only stolen this puit, hat you have-

the passing of the account a con- taken by other methods. Now, the at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hongkong, by which the speed recorde by land, farewell gifta from his colleagues on deprived the woman (complainnat) When Capt. W. Pithe of the gratulated the members on the eat-actual exposure only requires one-

of the finances. sixteenth of a second. on Saturdy. the 4th June, 1932 ut water and air had been captured the two papers at a gathering on of the water is contained and on 9.8. Kwong Fook Cheong was charg-, isfactory state

"Luminograms providin clear 11.30 am for the purpose of receiv ing the Report of the Directors by Britishers operating British in the bond room of the this account, I am sending you to ed before the Marine Magistrate There had been an increase in the

Morning Post Building."

prison for four woes."

for allowing his vennel to bej number of members lately, and it proof of alterations and 'ernuures. Mr. A. Hicks, who mado", the

overloaded, fic was ordered to pay was anticipated that the amount toin ink-writing which could not together with a Statement of Ag machines, to realise the truth of the

received from subscriptions otherwise be detected." counte for the year ended 30th April, minister's statement. No greater Presentation of a sterling silver Banished for lite from Singapore a fine of 8200. The Magistrate later be

Colonel Mansfield explained that 1982.

tribute could be paid to the genius cigarette box, suitably inscribed, in 1995, and from Hong Kong for recalled Boarding Officer Cairus would exceed the amount received

and sterling silver cigarette caso, 10 years in January of this year, and asked him who was doing the from that source last year (83,203). although the human eye can only The Transfer Boots of the Coin-}

The Officer replied that Mr. Leigh, the Secretary, then see the limited range of light cam- pany will be closed from Monday, of the engineers and the skill of the spoke of Mr. Barnett's excellent a Chinese was brought before Mr. loading.

which work for close) on seven years, sinco Fraser at the Kowloos. Magistracy the compradores were doing the made a few remarks with reference monly called the rainbow. the 30th day of May to Saturday, the antchanics and craftadien

coming to Hong Kong, particular yesterday on a charge of larceny. loading, and that, the owner was to the Lath-house, and explained camera, can register invisible. co- 4th day of June, 1982, both days rendered possible these fenta: A

reference being made to his interest He was convicted and sentenced ton board at the time In view of that it was not thought desirable lours. including the ultraviolet, inclusive.

A superficial examination of the in aviation.

three montha'

Comdr. Bois to fix bamboom, as they were too which is involved in the making hard labour for this development, In a neat speech, Mr. Barnett larceny, and nine months for ro. cancelled the fine and administered much like a wall in rough weather, of luminograms. In the process the JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, Agures for licences wued Inst

His a caution to the Captain, at the and endangered the structure-invisible light passes through a fine General Managers.

year for driving, motor vehicles inexpressed, his thanks and was the turning from banishment. other members of the staff.

Hong Kong, 28rd May, 1932. [2223 Britain would seem to suggest that recipient of the good wishes of tho Worship ordered the sentences to kame time requesting the prosecut-Hong Kong-Daily Prcio June 2silver screen, before reaching the

rua consecutively.

1990. ing officer to summon the owner.

photographis plate.