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ADVERTISEMENTS.

· LANE,- CRAWFORD, LIMITED,

OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN

NOT TENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS will be held in the Company's Board Room, 1st Floor, Exchange Building, Hong Kong, on WEDNESDAY. 8ru June, 1932, at

11

Noon

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 28TH MAY, 1939, to Bru JUNE, 1932, both days inclusivo..

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A W. BROWN, Manager and Secretary.

Hong Kong, 20th May, 1939.

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THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY OLUB.

THE EIGHTH EXTRA RACE THE

MEETING will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, TIm JUNE, 1939, com- mencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be Rung at

1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Members are notified that they and their Ladies munt wear their Badges prominently displayed.

No One without a Bades will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure.

Badges admitting Non-Member to the Members' Enclosure and Olab, Rooms at $0.00 for Gentlemen and $9.00 for

Ladins (Both including Tax) aro obtainable through the SECRETARY upon Introduction by a Member,

to

Member, to be responsible for Payment of All Chits, etc..

Badgon admitting

Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course,

On No Pretext will Children be permitted in either Enclosure during The Meeting.

Tifins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in advance. Telephone 21920.

* PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure in $200, including Tax, for Parsons, including Ladies and is allpayable at the Gate.

Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform ar admitted Ball Price.

Bookmakers, Tia Tac Mos, etc., will not be permitted to operate with in the Precincts of THE HONG KONG Jockat Oluz. during the Race Meeting,

Tilos will be obtainable in the Res taurant in the Public Endlosure.

By Order,

S. A. SLEAP,

Aoling, Socretary, Yong Kong. 6th June, 1932.

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HONG

KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1932.

★ News and Views ⋆

Tale of the Day.

"I'm sorry, All, I can't "go to the movies with you tonight. You won't be cross with me!"

"Wal, not exactly crows, Bookie, but it's a bit aggravating fer a fol. torto And bo's wasbad his faes 'and hands fer nothin'."'

Millions to Polos London, The accounts of the Metropolitan Police Fund, show that the financial year was £8,634,378.

much the same as when they fre- quinted it of old. The great weigh- jng, scales' now suspended from ita low ceiling are of seventeenth en- tary construction, and the records show that members of the Royal family, the elder Pitt, and many of their distinguished contemporaries all used them when testing the effect of their slimming treatment,

Regent Strivs boasts a dozen shops over Bundred years old Hedges and Butler began their career as wine merchants in Regent Street in 1607, and the business is still carried on by members of the same family. The ground rent paid in their early days was £19 19. did, half yearly less tax of 7/04," Fon the same piece of land the ground runt now paid to the Com- missioners of Crown Lands is $2,000 A year Tradition has it that on of the original lenary, of this land in the hourt of London's busiest thoroughfare contained clause prohibiting the, shooting of snipe en. Sundays! Apparently the firm | Act. has always believed in extending lung credit to its trusted clients, for an old bill sent out in 1813, the year of the battle of Waterloo, was paid in 1902. Which brings to memory that an account contracted in 1858 was met quite recently by the Court of Chancery, which was administering the estate of the client concerned, od ledgers being produced to establish the claim...

Américas

The existing Red Lion. Browary, near Waterloo Station, was licensed during the reign of Henny VII. to export fifty tons of ale. During the eighteenth century, two Lord Mayors of London were owners of the brewery. To turn to another pegular beverage. tea, the firm which had the honour of supplying" the tea which precipitated the War of Induperidinee till exists and carries on business At the Three Sugar Loaves and Crown." The family of DAVIDSON has been associated with it from 1660 to the present day. The cor- nection with the Boston Tea Party" is proudly maintained; ledger entries note the sale of the tén to a Boston merchant and letter les record that the cargo was thrown overboard by the THE lover of London is well aware

Indian's

on the 18th of December, of the existence in certain thorough | 1773. fares of quaint, old shops and busi-

HONG KONG, JUNE, 7, 1932.

LONDON'S HISTORIC

SHOPS.

nesses which have been in existence for generations. There are not an amazing number of them. It is said that in the whole country less than 1,700 are more than a century

cld. But the real Londoner himself was seldom aware of the chequered histories and romantic associations of some of the best known of them; he has now been enlightened by fascinating records recently published in the columns of the London Daily Telegraph,

the

I was difficult to procure full Preords of these old firms. Few of

Of this women police accounted for £11,003. The Pensions Bill of the fores was £2,004|117,

Here are some interesting incid entals of policy finance:

£72,848 from fines....

£3108 from sale of old police oto. thing.

Phey have discovered that money londers"are an essential element in business. The sheriff can no longer

self the pensante land, but that land a longer serves as a security, for vitally needed help,

FRANCO-GERMAN

RELATIONS.

BAD IMPRESSION CREATED. BY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

M. HERRIOT AND THE

DANTZIG QUESTION.

All transactions are on a cash basin now, and no one has easl' The Berlin, May 29-A painful im peasanta now trust the bankers, but pression was created in politiend the bankers refuse to come to their eircles, her by an article in the rescue. So a new method of funne, Lyons. Le Democrat over the sign

ture of M. Edouard Herriot who ing will have to be worked out.

is expected to take over the French premiership nest wock.

War Falle to Halt Shanghal's

In this article, M. Herrict - Building..

vives the alarming report, raamat Shanghai's confidence in the fu- ing from Polish sources and fen. ture is shown by the fact that in Lures by the Frutich Press. to the 1931 hotels, 4 office buildings, effect that the German National- apartment buildings, 73 factories, Socialists were harbouring sinister) 4 cotton mills, 14 hark building, designs on the Free City of and theatres were added to the Dantzig and that, in particular. International Settlement, in addi-, the National-Socialist storm

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WATSON'S

Dry Ginger

Ale

A WELL ESTABLISHED FAVOURITE OF PROVED HIGH QUALITY.

Prepared from our own special formula, flavoured with real fruit essences and the finest Eastern spices.

Unequalled by any similar product throughout the world,

FORMAZONE

The non-alcoholic

£3470. received under the Dogation to 6087 Chinese-style house tachments since their dissolution Champagne. Au excellent

£4447 lost property office receipts, £149 spent in rewards, £97,980 on mounted police and river police launches and boats.

£8880 on polies lanterna Telephone, telegraph and wireless services account for an expenditure totalling £34,180.

Higher Prices Necessary.

Sir Robert Hurne, speaking in the Commons on the Finance Bill said if we could not raise prices, the alternatives were forcing down wages, compulsory cutting of in tarest derived from fixed interest accurities, and perhaps even a capit. al levy.

In these circumstances he asked the Government what was their

policy? Were they to carry out the ecisions of the Macmillan Com mitteo, which said that world prices must be raised, and agres with, the Prime Minister that this was re- quired, or let matters drift ont

The raising of sterling prices wax of vital importance because as the present time, it was a close thing as we knew it and ita decline. between the Rurvival of civilisation

Million Miles' of Service:

It

WEB

'stores.

and shops and 273 foreign-style are concentrating their netivities in Dantzig where they have not been Chiness investors contributed a disbanded. large part of the money for build-! It was pointed out here, that ings in the International Settlement these allegations had no basis in

5.3 in previous fact, during 1982,

as had been emphatically years, Chinese funds will be used stated from authoritative sourers almost entirely for the reconstruc immediately after they made their) tion of the Chinese-administered appearance in the Polish and] cities of Chapei and Paoshan, French Press If M. Herrios, in directly adjoining the Settlement, these circumstances, thinks fit to during 1932

lend his name to these unsubstan- tinted rumours at a moment when he was about to take over the rains of the French Government, that

What Is a Monkey, Quadruped or

Riped?

träde bas its difficulties,

Britain's departure" from Tres would not mem to augur well for an improvement in Franco-German

relations, it was declared.

Furthermore, exception was taken to an illusion made by M. Hergiðt in his article to the machinations

A consignment of monkeys arrived from the Continent. The railway company taking delivery maintain- ed that as monkeys ware obviously four-legged animals, there should of General von Schleicher," one of he no duty to pay. Not so, repii- the chiefs of the German Ministry ed the customs officers, monkeys of Defetter. This singular atter

substitute for sparkling wine, possessing the same wonderfully stimulating and refreshing qualities.

Pyeris

SPARKLING

MINERAL WATER.

A Delicious Table Water, healthful and refreshing.

Blends excellently with Wines and Spirits, especially Whisky.

IN QUARTS, PINTS & SPLITS.

have two hands and two fert, therence, it was declared, constituted A. S. WATSON fore they are bipeds.

Customs headquarters in London finally ruled that monkeys should be placed in the quadruped class and freed from duties.

Starting with the current issue from the Copenhagen dockyards of Burmeister & Wain we are publishing, a series of week- that the firet large Diesel motor-ly articles, appearing every Tues- boat Selandia was launched in 1912.

Ito

A rival tea firm, Messrs. Twin-She is still going strong after day, entitled "Hong Kong Sports- ings, of the Templo, has occupied which she has covered over 1,000,000 prominent local sportsmen. Sport twenty years of service, during mon." These articles will be about the same site for over two centuries miles. The cylinders have been re-

on its present scnic is a new thing TWINING in 1706, when ten was al average speed of 10.9 to 11.9 dard both of kill and of the spirit It Was established by THOMAS placed once in the last twelve years

in the life of Hong Kong and the vessel maintains its origin development, and the high star- sold for from fourteen shillings to knots. A milestone in inarine of sport, are largely due to men thirty shillings a pound. The 2gineering, Selandia is the proto who are not only still with us, but type of motor-propelled shipping, count books and letter files of the about half of the world's motor should for many years continue to firm contain orders from crowded ships being equipped to-day with give us their help and the inspira Diesel engines, of its particular tion of their example, Such a one is Mr. H. R. B. Hancock, the sub- ject of our fret article,

heads all over Europe. WILLIAM Pirr sought the advice of RICHARD TWINING in 1753 before removing the Tea Tax which suberquently precipitated the trouble in New England,

model.

Balkan Peasants Seek New Credit.

Peasant credit in the whole of the Balkans is completely frozen," in fact, nonexistent.. The peasants are relieved by law of paying old debts, but they can get no more credit and that at a time when it 1810 by a is badly needed.

The brm of Meeurs, Barker and Company, the famous coach-build

The Required Information should be them make any outward show cters, was founded in

their honourable connections. They guardman, and ever sinds then are content with an old and often it has been building conchos for

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nouncing in a matter-of-fact way Eng Kong.

that the business was established during the reign of Gzonex III. In many cases the proprietors do

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of the

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST

is given in the

"MONG KONG

WEEKEN

PRESS

"THE "CHINA OVERLAND

TRADE REPORT:"

2 Cents pe Ce

Babérictiod, paid 'in advance per annum for delivery in Hong Kong 11; focluding Postage

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not indulge even in a signboard. They bave romantic pasta, quaint exteriors and blameless reputations, Surely, they seemed to argue, these things, and the fact that they have flourished under so many monarchs, are adequate advertisement even in the rush of the modern world

some

Royalty and the nobility. Com. mands for the GEORGES, for KING WILLIAM, and for Queen VICTORIA are frequent entries in its ledgers One of its most expensive produs-

an unwarranted interference with Germany's domestic affairs which was not in keeping with M. Her-

riot's character as a statesman and the future Premier of France.

DEATH AFTER

FATHER'S

FUNERAL.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. MELVILLE DOLLAR.

& CO., LTD.".

Aerated Water Manufacturers.

ESTABLISHED 1841.

GUIDE TO BUYER.

If you want to buy prepared modi. cine at moderate price or to order a pair of glasses of the highest point of perfection plones come and patronize The Great China Medical Co., No. 11, WING Lox STREET (Opposite The Suri Co.). A trial will convince you and make you satiffed.

News was received in the Colony over the week-end of the death of Mr. Melville Dollar, the eldest son of the inte Captain Robert Dollar.

Mr. Dollar was returning home Saladin" who will be contri- after attending his father's funeral buting these articles, is himself when he collapsed in his car and an allround sportsman, and has died from a heart attack.

He" wi very won distinction at various forms of

well-known in sport. He is a member of a well-American shipping circles and at known sporting family, whose | the time of his death was President activities locally date back to the of the Canadian-American Ship- end of the nineteenth century, and ping Corporation, completely con- LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES. we feel sure that his contributions trolling the Canadian interests of will prove a popular feature. the Robert Dollar Co.

Local Notes and Events ★

tions was WELLINGTON'S State The Hong Kong dollar was yes His many friends will be interest. According to a report minde to the Coach, which cost £1,800- con- terday quoted a 1.2idon deed to learn that the Rev. P. Sands, police by a married woman resid- M.A., formerly Assistant Secretarying at 11, Chi Woo Street, two siderable sum in his day. Very mand.

at the European Y.M.C.A., Kow- men entered her das early on different are the firm's products

loon and Lay-Reader at St. An- 1 Saturday morning and after bind nowadays. One of its most recent. Three cases of enteric foyer, and drew's Church, bas boop appointeding and gagging the inmates, the e Padre to Toc H, East Midland intruders stole a small quantity of masterpieces, was the "Barker "

"one of meningitis were reported Area

jewellery and clothing. An alarm body for Sir MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S

over the week-end.

was raised and one of the men was "Blue Bird" motor-car.

When a Chinese was charged be-subsequently arrested. fore Mr. Schofield yesterday with the possession of a chisel,

As the result of a raid on a house!

Street,

While at work in the Kam Wah! Knitting Factory, 153, Fuk Wing woman worker had her arm caught in one of the machines and had to be removed to the Kowloon Hospital suffering from a fractured arm.

In the very centre of the metro- A Lambeth firm, now producing The total output of the Kailan polis are some of the most interent artistio candles and exclusivo soaps the week ending May 14, amounted Mining Administration's mines for ing firms: At the top of the Hay- and cosmetics, was responsible for to 114,098 metrie.. tons, and the markat there is a tobacco and snuff the equipment of Drake's ships sales during the period to 10,980 shop, with its tiny-paned, bow with candles when they sailed to metric tons. fronted window, which has seen mist the Spanish Armada....... Á frm. amazing changes since in Whitechapel, which was founded NAPOLEON and the Regency bureks.

in 1570 and which is still in exist were counted among its earlierence, cast the cannon for Drake's lients Not far away, now almost flect. Bello chat by this firm, Jost in the roar of Piccadilly, is a dating from the sixteenth century bookseller's shop which survives in onwards, are hung in the belfries much the same form

of. St. Paul's Cathedral, West- Ա when

Two truck coolies were each fined GEORGE 111, was on the throno. In minster Abbey, Lincoln and Canter- 87 by Mr. W. Schofield yesterday aristocratic St. James' Stroot, off bury Cathedrals, and in many when they were charged with drive ing a truck without a licence. A Piccadilly, are a number of fas London churches. Those now in use third man was also charged but a

at St. "Olur's Church were cast he was only a puller, he was let cinating places. If the members of the nobility of the eighteenth cure four years before the Great Fire of after Lup. MaWalter had ax

plained to the Magistrate that tury returned to their old haunts of London, And this list cover licence was not necessary for a pul they would find Berry's wineshop but a few of the old London firms.

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file,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

MONDAY-May 20.

Mrs.

Hie Excellency ared Soutborn gave e mall luncheon party in honour of Mr. G. A. Walker on his retiremens from the

Colony, and of Senor Fernando Reiny Loring. TUESDAY, May 31.

The Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, C.M.G., called ot Government, House, and had an interview with His Excellency. THURSDAY, June 2.

His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government présid- ed at a meeting of the Executive - Council.

it was stated that the articles were woman, Kwan Sau-mui a picklook and seven skeleton kays, at Yaumati on Sunday a Chinese FRIDAY, June 3. found in the defendant's pocket,

(26) W 2.4 His Excellency the Officer Ad- He was remanded until today for arrested in possession of four un ministering. the Government repre. tomatic pistols, 1,060 rounds of further inquiries to be made.

ammunition, 36 clips, twelve springe sented His Majesty the King at the -and-two-magazines. She was takeParade-held in honour of Bir Mc to the Water Police Station for jesty's Birthday. interrogation, and will probably

"Anong passengers leaving yester

day for Home, by the R. Hiye Maru. wna My R., W. Barnett, of the South China Morning Post Mr. Barnett, has been most popular among journalist colleagues of the European Press, who join in wish.. ing him the best of luck in the Homeland,

pear before the Magistrate to

day.

His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Government and Mrs. Southern held a reception at Government Houss for the membara A student named Leung Kim of the Consuler Body. chan (20) was charged before Mr.

"His Excellency the Officer ad- Wynne Jones yesterday with the possession of a shot-gun. It was ministering the Government, at- The forthcoming marriages are stated that the lad was staying here tended by his personal staff, lan- announced of Frank Lee of 46, for a few days prior to returning ehed with the Chairman and Com Village Road, Happy Valley, and to Canton. Ellen Martha Field of Savaria that they did not press the case

The Police intimated mittee of the Hong Kong Club.

His Excellency the Officer Ad House, Kowlnón: To Sing-line, and a caution was rogistered, Re ministering the Government and Professor of the University ofgarding the gun, the police will Mr Southern held 4 onestion Shanghai, living at 29, Man Chung take custody of it and will return Government House in honour of Fong, Happy Valley, and Mabel to the lad whom he leaves for the Birthday of His Majesty the

King.

Wan Chinn, of the same address. Canton.