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NOTICE.

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A Partner in our Firm as from the 1st instant.

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NOTICE.

WING to the decease of our 0

Chinese Agent," Alfred Ler Yook Quan, we have appointel LEE YOOK TONG, Chinese Agent, as from JUNE Twenty-fourth, Nine! teen Hundred and Thirty-Two, "for! both Passenger and Freight traffic. !

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JUNE 9, 1032.

CHARTING THE SEAS.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

un unsuspected shoaling, amount- ing to about two fathoms, since the precious survey of three years be fore. It now appears that thero is

Meady drift of the sands to the south-west, "which may close up the southern appranch "altogether.

Tale of the Day.

Sho (whispering): has a silver tongue."

MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1932.

News and

Ho (djtto): "That's probably why he doesn't get down to brass. tanks."

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Air Lines for Birds.

Views

Not Worth It. That orator Chung Ling, a market gardener near Melbourne, was sitting in his bedroom counting the £41 he had made in a deal, when he looked out of his window and saw a neut feminine leg clad in silk, and then another heralding the coming of a girl who dropped from an adjacent ! roof into his yard. He wondered what he had done, to deserve all this, when another girl arrived in a similar manner, and then a big, burly man. The three of them beat him very badly and stole his money. All of which goes to show that things aris not always what they

Although the work has been going on for centuries there are many places still to be surveyed, for thore ars no reliable records-in some esta no records at all-giving full particulars of depth of water, strength of ourrent, tidal phases, and land configuration. The Con-

Last September a sudden spell of ference at Monaeb paid particular excessively cold weather set in all attention to this question, and 'de-over Germany, proving disastrous cided to arrange for a chart of tharts to be made, showing those to the swallows, which had not yet parts of the oceans which are still begun to think about their annual amurveyed and those requiring re-journey to the South. By the kind vision. As far as the British Em.ministrations of the Society for pire is concerned, hydrographers Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Mill Hee about one hundred years the Luft-Hans and of private in- dividuals combined thousands of the little birds were safely convoy- ed to Italy by airplanes. A tiny ring was placed round the foot of many of the swallows to distinguish, them abould they return to Ger- many. There are now arriving in hundreds in Bavaria and farther north, and are building thein neus in the north, and are building their nesta in the old places with cus

No doubt they tomary chatter.

work ahend of them! This will include certain parts of the const line of the British Isles, notably portions of Ireland.

Between 1950 and 1930 there were 1,600 new rocks and shonls report-

edine various parts of the world eighty-two of which were discovered by ships actually hitting them: The existence of such danger is promptly broadenst, and as soon as possible proper surveys are made Their positions and other decails are determined more accurately by the surveying ships than would be possible by an ordinary ship, and all particulars are then embodied in new editions of charts.

An interesting side-light on the importance of the hydrographer's work is thrown by the quotabious for insurance rates for ships on For example, an certain router, important survey has just been begun of the coast of Labrador

The c-infested waters are now of importance because of the open- ing of Port Churchill in Hudson Bay, which, it has been said, brings the Cañadina wheat prairies about a thousand miles nearer London. The inadequacy of charts and sail ing directions tovering this area adversely affected insurance rates. Now that is to be remedied, and in the developmout of Canadian accurate survey will also assist

will pass the summer in happy as- surance that if wipter should come again too abruptly they may travel south by airplane free of charge,

Danes Open First Women's College.

Although women were admitted to the University of Copenhagen as early as 60 years ago, only this spring was the first women's re- sitiential college opened, affording convenient and inexpensive housing for wen students.

The new college, ceremoniously opened by the Queen of Denmark and various educational authorities on May 15, is near Langebro. It provides accommodation, for about conveniences, a kitchen where the 30 students. It includes among other students may, ook their Own meals.

Grain.

The Riga ship-brokers have re- ceived information. that this month two cargoes of grain, of 3,000 and 5,000 tons, are going to be sent abroad by the Sovieta ma Riga."

This information is regarded as significant in view of the news that the Soviets are buying large quan- tities of grain from Australia and Canada,

To the uninitiated landsman the ways of a ship on the sea are air-routes.

Science has fortunately rendered mystery. Every day thousands and thousands of vessels thread their surveying work more rapid than it used to be A hundred years devious paths between the ports of age. there were few labour-saving Soviets to Export 8,000 Tons of

devices. Each tiny bay had to be the world, carrying goods and pas. measured according to the prin sengers with astonishing regularity. ciples of trigonometry and every Occasionally a catastrophe over-sounding was taken by the hand Lakes,one or more vereris, and this lead. Indeed, until quite recently the depth of the ocean was mensur- serves to remind us of the hazardsed by in weight lowered to the of the veran; but ordinarily we ocean bed. To-day depth is men- think of ship's routes much in the surer more necurately by the time taken for sound made on board same way as we think of railways ship to be echoed back from the Yet the old MAIS is to state that on enquiries There is good cause for this. On bottom of the sen THIS

we now find that the ringhanger the whole oema travel is now con hydrographers did their work well, at the end of the electric flashlighfortable, and safe. Apart from bad for ships will navigate Cape Horn and the Magellan Straits by charte which is the product of our factory weather risks, and even here warn ande by the British surveyor, and the focussing mechanical inside the flash-light (ie. the circle ing is possible, mariners are. Aware Captain FiTanor, a hundred years

ago. at the end at which the rays of light of where most of their enemiek from far and near dieet) accidentally Turk-such enemies us rocks, shouls resemble to the product. of the National Carbon Company of New, and dangerous currents, York, United States, bearing (A) mark, which was registered with the Hong Kong Government. In availing (ourselves of this notice) ws specially declare that we will carefully Borutinize the products, which heres after shall be manufactured and sold by our factory, with a hope to respect the registered privileges which the sand Electric Factory (National Uarbon Company) have in their products This declaration is specially made

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ANNOUNCEMENT

REICH DEFIED BY BAVARIA

REFUSAL TO RAISE BAN ON NAZI UNIFORMS

(THROUGH REUTER': AGENCY.]

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BERLIN, June 25,

BAVARIA has revolted against eich and has definitely refused to raise the ban on Nazi uniforms.

The Premier of Bavaria, Dr. Held, announcing the decision at a meeting of the Diet this morning, declared that Bavaria would strick by adhere to the Constitution and Law; and would maintain law and

The great factor in the mariner'i safety is, of course, the reliability of the charts he uses. Those charu depend upon the work of the hydro graphic surveyors. This work is international in character. Inter- national co-operation is necessary in order to avoid over-lapping, to standardise the marks and signs used on marine charts, and to pol [2318!

experience so that accurate infor matían may be acquired. For many years Great Britain has led the world in this task. Eight British hips, manned by about one thou sand officers and men and support

order in Bavaria Loud "cheers ed by an Admiralty staff of 100 technical men, in addition to the

greeted this announcement.. clerical staffs, are employed on this The Diet, without any discussion work of mapping out the ocean whatever, passed & resolution sup- highways and approaches to importing the Government policy, all parties except the Communists vot portant porte. A British presidentang for the resolution.

The Nazis were absent from the was elected at the five-yearly inter-

Diet ne they were expelled last week national conference hydra

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for wearing their uniforms.

LATER. The Bavarian Premier, Dr. Hell, has sent a letter to President His denburg, emphasising that Bavaria is loyal to the Reich and that the on the refusal to raise the ban wearing of Nazi uniforms is based or legal grounds.

We have pleasure in announcing the arrival of a shipment of

MOSLER SAFES

MOSLER VAULT DOORS

in a variety of sixes and in most upgraphy, which recently concluded to-date style and fniab.

INSPECTION IS INVITED.

On view i DAVIS HOUSE, 67, DES VORUX-ROAD, CENTRAL (2ND FLoon).

its sittings at Monaco.

In spite of the enormous work that has already been done, there still remains a great deal to be accomplished. In some cases it seems endless. For example, on important piece of work is now being done by I.M.S. which is charting the Thames and its approaches. But the task will never be really completed, for the basks are always shifting and every summer one ship is kept buy on this particular survey. Some months ago a vessel went ashore on the Goodwin Sands, and it was [2807 then discovered that there had been

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Sole Agents for

HONGKONG & CHINA.

Two Killed in Blots.

Did. He Escape Jall?

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A prisoner at the General Ses- sions, Melbourne, recently said that he gave all that he earned to his mother

Coutisel: Do you drink?—No. Do you smoke 1--No. Do you go to dances or theatres? -No.

Do you eat Judgo Winneke: grace?

Prisoner (wonderingly): No. Judge (smilingly): Then you are not fit company for man or heast!

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South African Natives Speed Up

Prasses.

Recently there has been a revival in African native newspaper C

A weekly paper, the tivities. is now followed by the Bantu African Leader, appeared, and this venture controlled "and IFerid, a staffed jointly by Europeans and nativea

The compositors and printers are recruited from the native college ut Lovedale, and the editor is a Johannesburg native. Banta World is printed in four languages and contains a supplement for native readers who have difficulty in fol lowing ordinary news in a langunge which is not their mother tongue It is also probable that another weekly will soon "be started by "native intellectuals."

Gold of Gresk Ohurch Offered to

Government.

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Technique.

Tao Englishman's habit of hitching up his trousers before he kecis to propose is evidence of that overwhelming ardour in love which makes him irresistible to the women of the world."-Indy Cleh- bridget, addressing Girl Guüles at Epping,

That's a Fact.

"On the condition that he changes his name to Rutherford, Mr. J. Rutherford Chalmers the 20-year- old M.P. for Edmonton, becomus £500,000 Will of Sir John Ruther the chief cficiary under the ford, the Blackburn browar and racehorse owner-Many a woman

for very much less.. has been known to change her name

Greece Limits Tradea to Eight-Hour

Day.

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Working hours in a number of" industrial enterprises, such mines, bakeries, limo, plaster and lishments, have been fixed by new regulations at I brick factories, and printing estab government inaximum of 48 hours a week.

Im emergencies and under cortain spécial circumstances, these hours may be extended somewhat,

Effort Necessary.

"If we will but make the effort to develop them, if we will apply ourselves taithfully to our tasks, we shall all find we have powers we did not know we possessed."---- Calvin Coolidge,

Oh, Boy this Beats Huck Finn's

Outfit.

There is a rare atmosphere of

All of the sacred gold objects " of the 7,300 churches and monas-romance in an enterprise that will teries of Greece have been placed shortly push off from Auckland for, at the Government's disposal by the the East... Half a dozen young men, former pupils of a leading Metropolitan of Athens to rein-

secondary school are manning an force the nation's gold reserves.

Likewise many private citizens old auxiliary ketch. called, the whose savings were affected by the Water Lily, of 42 tons, and plan depreciation of the drachan when to pay to the East, and probably on Greece went off the gold standard to England, hurried to the Greek Bank of Isane, The bank has consented to receive the articles provisionally while and proffered their old jewellery

awaiting a definite decision by the Government as to whether advan- inge will be taken of these offers.

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Motor Transport Route Charted:

Over Sahara,

The commander, an Oxford grad- similar craft that sailed across the Atlantic. The voyagers do not seem ate was one of the crew of, a

to have any definite object in their cruise. It will probably be a lei sarely progress through the Pacific to Singapore and India, with Eng.. land v Africa as an ultimate goal,

The Water Lily sailed out of Wellington for Auckland recently, crew of all owners" personify- ing the idents of youth and high

adventure.

World's Soundest Sleeper.

Prineo Sixte de Bourbon, brother of former Empress Zita of Austria, has completed & 117-day motor trip. through the Sahara and the jungles of equatorial Africa, charting a motor transport route from Tunis to

The world's soundeat sleeper lives Lake Tehad

The trail will be used in connec- in the little village of Irrendorf. tion with an air route, recently A motor-lorry crashed through surveyed by Cupt. Dieudonné the wall of the young man's house, Coste, Frencix tranentlantic fier. and the ceiling collapsed. Firemen arrived, and cleared away a huge File of debris, pieces of brick, plaster, glass and china. Under- neath it all they were surprised to and a human being.

Somebody,

Queen Maud Dislikes Lifts,

Could he be alive?

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If you want to buy prepared medi- cice at moderate price or to order a pair of glasses of the highest point of perfection please come and patzoziza The Great China Medical Co., No. 11, WING LOK STEZET (Opposite The Bun Co.). A trial will convinsa you and make yon satified

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Queen Maud of Norway crowded many visits to theatres during her stay in London, which she has just shook the young man despairingly. IRAQ REBEL SHEIK left for Oslo." She saw a play What's the matter," growled a nearly every evening, showed not sleepy voice. waking me up at the slightest sign of fatigue, and on this time of night.". returning to Claridges, where she occupied one of the new suites, in- variably walked upstairs, disdain Household Hint. ing the H. As a matter of fact, her Majesty has disliked lifta ali her life it is one of her very few foibles.

When driving nails hitting the ONE OF BRITAIN'S “LITTLE thumb em be avoided by getting the wife to hold them,

Local Notes and Events ★

On Friday one .cake ench cholera, diphtheria, enteric meningitis were reported,

of His Excellency the Governor in and Council has appointed Saturday, the 2nd day of July, 1989, to be observed as a general holiday.

.

Among the passengers arriving in the Colony on the R.M.S. Empres and the Misses Ferguson who have of Japan were Mrs. A. H. Ferguson jusu spent a vacation in the United States.

From the files.

WARS" ENDED

(THOUGH KEVIER'S AGENTZ.]

BAGDAD, June 25. ONE of Great Britain's little.

wars" has ended, momentarily at least with the capture of Sheik Ahmad, of Barzan, who has been stirring trouble in Iraq,

British troops drove Ahmad Beross the Turkish border whore be surrendered to. Turkish oficials.

At tomorrow's meeting of tho Montargia will speak on The New i Rotary Club Boterias M. J. B. Looking Back 25 Years,

In this The shower of honours on Sir UNVEILING OF "WARRIORS: French Foreign Legion,"

Har continues. The CHAPEL IN WESTMINSTER address Rotarian Bloatargis, says Robert the Members' Bulletin, will dispel the Gazette last month contained Shortly after 11 p. on Satur glamour in which third-rate novel the announcements that the King day a fire broke out in a contracists and moving picture producers has given the famous Inspector of tor's mashed at the junction of have enshrouded the French Le Chinese Customs permission to wear

Road. The conflagration was extruth is stranger than action" Prince Edward Road and Tam Kung gion, but ko will go on to show that tinguished by the Fire Brigade and thus the Foreign Legion to-day assisted by Police at Kowloon City, is not a bit what you would think For one thing, the bulk of its mem- bors are Germans! and nobody was injured.

of the Order of the Crown of Tanly the insignia of the Grand Cordon and the First Class of the Order

BRITISH WIRELESS #ELVICE.]

Rock June 24. of the Rising Sun, conferred on HR.A, the Prince of Wales to day unveiled in Westminster him by Italy and Japan.-Háng |21

the Abbey the new chapel to Kong Daily Press, June 27, 1907,

memory of "The million dead." The shrine which is close to the In our issue of Saturday we pub-Looking Back 50 Years.

Luknown Warriors' Grave" is lished in our Correspondence Col

The Captain Superin endant of to be called the Warriors' "Britain's Old War the Hong Kong Police Force has Chapel."

An anonymous donor who died behalf of Horms." In the last paragraph of beep recruiting for that body in his letter we omitted a line which, England, and has had much success. when put in, should read: "I shall in Bristol. He was not particular- some months ago contributed half be glad to send any donations only in London, having obtained only the east of the chapel, and the their behalf (ex-Service men) or on fourteen men, but in Bristol between balance was collected in pennies behalf of any animal lovers the thirty and forty men were induced from mothers of the British Empire Members of mother's unions of wish to assist in stamping out this to accept the terms offered, and who lost song in the Great War.

East all parts of the world ware present dreadfal traffic if they will send therefore will resign from their such donations to me at the above present force and

comprised mainly of women. address or at the Colonial Beers Hong Kong Daily Pra, June 27, in the congregation which

The announcement by the man- agement of the Queen's Theatre tos the effect that they have decided BERLIN, June 25,

umn an appeal by Mr D, Davies on Kellet, Two people have been killed and to absorb the Amusement Tax in forty injured as the result of clashes their prices of admission is welcome between the Police and political news to movie fans. The new sene of prices will be effective from Juy rioters all over Germany.

These encounters, which were 3, commencing with the outstand Four Infantry Men," chiefly between the Natin and the ing war fim Communista, were the result of the a German production and referred in restely given by the to as Germany's reply to All Government to the Nazis to resume Quiet on the Western Front. The their uniforms; and it is probable now prices, including tax, will con- that President von Hindenburg will sequently be:-Dreas Circle, $1.00: esoke this permission if the situa- Back Stail, 8:00; Front Stalls, and

gallery, 30 cents. tind does not rapidly improve.

tariat."

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