1932-10-26 — Page 8

➡

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

IN THE KUPREME COURT OF

HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION,

IN THE Goons or ALFRED STONE BRYER, or 3

BUILDINGS, LINCOLNS INN. IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX AND FORMERLY OF OAKLANDS HILDENBUHOUGH, TOBRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT IN THE UNITED KINGBON, DECEASED

N

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtuo of the Provision of Section 58 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made na order limiting the time for Credit and Others to and in their flaims against the

to above Fatate

the 2070

NOVEMBER, 1932,

All Creditors and Others are accord ingly hereby required to send their Clims to the Undersigned on or beforn'

that date.

DEACONS,

Attorney for the Executor. 1. Des Venx Rand, Central, Hong Koug.

0.

B.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

[2703

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

of the Sale by Public Auction to be lid on MONDAY, the 31ST DAY of DOTOBER, 1992, at 3 r.., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of flis ExXCELLENT TER GOVER NOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Ms Tan Wei, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Hent to be Bred by the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE Kiss, for one farther term of 75 pesře.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Sale.i

Begistry No.

Locality,

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 3046.

Prince Edward Boad.

Boundary

Measure mente,

N....

FL. FL. ft. ft.

זיאן 18

xale plan

Contents in

Square feet.

Rental.

c.j. Upret Pnce,"

Abont

16,350

THE FANLING HUNT AND

RACE CLUB.

AUTUMN MEETINĠ.

12,203

TWO Buses of the China Motor

Bun Co. will Icavo the Star Forry (Godowa Entrance), on SUN- DAY, 30th instant-Ono at 10.45 n.m2 and One at 11.00 a.m.-going direct to Kwanti Race Course rio Castic Peak, and returning soon after the lust

race.

2890]

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

THIRTEENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING,

DAY, 6th NOVEMBER, 1932 (wcatler

1932,

By Order,

S. A. BLEAP,

Acting Becretary,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1932.

DEWAR'S

"White Label

Whisky

Sole Agents:-

50

Pris

White Label WEST SCOTCH WHIS bp Dewar & Sops! PERT

OF GREAT AGE.

DISTILLERS

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

Est. 1841.

Editorial and Business Offices: 11,

Ice House, Street. Tel. 30251.

Tel. 24511. London Office: B.C. 4.

Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

53, Fleet Street,

The Daily Press.

Hong Kong, October 26, 1932.

THE ANTI-MUI TSAI SOCIETY

★ News and Views ★

Submarines Chief."

the ideals and dreams of those ro-

It is announced by the Admiralty |sponsible for their revival. that Rear-Admiral Noel F. Laur While admitting that fewer des

moustrations occurred during the

BULKHEAD GIVES WAY

3 WORKMEN TRAPPED:

1 KILLED.

Terrible injuries were suffered by

AT THE PENINSULA

BORDERERS BAND NEXT

SUNDAY

By kind permission of Li-Col.

G. T. Raikes, D.S,O., and officers ence, who was recently promoted to dag rank, has been appointed Rear Los Angeles Games, Mr. Forris three workmen as a result of an of the 1st Battalion the South Wales Admiral, Submarines. He will sue says, they were not entirely free neoident which occurred at Taikoo, Borderers, 24th Regiment, the band, ceed Rear-Admiral' C.J.C. Little on from acts by competitors officials, ' Dockyard during construction work under the leadership of the band- master, Mr. J. L. Gecks, will pro- December 10. Rear-Admiral Laur and spectators which must be class' on a new ship on Monday. ence is a submarine specialist anded as unsportsmanlike. has been in the Navy since 1807.

Smallest Baby?

A number of men were engaged in¦vide the entire concert entertain- placing an iron bulkhead into posi-ment at the Peninsula Hotel on tion, when the supports gave way Sunday night.

and the bulkheads crashed into the The programme to be presented New Telephone Cable,

London, Sept. 22.-Expert modic midst of the workmen. The bulk-comprises an attractive selection of The British Post Office have been at men and trained nurses are head, which weighed twelve tous in interesting instrumental pumbers, preparing to lay a new cable in fighting in a London hospital for jured three men, one of whom, which will be published m duo the Clinnnel between' St. Margaret's the life of a tiny bundla of human Wong Chuen, sustained a fructured course, anil an excellent musicni Hay and La Paune (Belgium, since ity wrapped in cotton wool. The skull and subsequently died in hos-evening is in store. last December in order to improve bundle is Elizabeth Ann, an 18-oz. pital. telephonic communication between baby, who was born at the City of England' and the Continent. One London Maternity Hospital. section has already been laid from La Panne, to about mid-Channel; and the second section was laid on September 28.

Big Order for Wales,

Elizabeth Ann was still alive yes terday. "I do hope she will live," a nurse at the hospital said to a

reporter. "She was named by the nurses, and everyone of us has taken A personal interest in the little thing." She is the smallest baby

If the statement made by Mr.ever born in this hospital, and the

Air Defence of Britain.

Chinese Chow in London.

;

A

An admission fee of $1.00 will be Two others were admitted to hos made owing to the expense involv pitat in a grave condition. Inves-ed, and those intending to be pre-. tigations by the authorities seem to point to the flet that certain screws sent should arrive early to avoid and nuts which held the bulkhead disappointment in preferential Beat gave way, thus causing the accident. ing accommodation. The concert 15. scheduled to commence at the usuni time, approximately 8.45 p.m.

FIRM'S PARTNER IN DOCK

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.

FAMOUS DANCER TO APPEAR ON SATURDAY. At the Fancy Dess Dinner Dance to be held at the Peninsula Hotel Roof Garden nid Rose Room an the night of Saturday, November 'Li Yat Wah, a partner of the 12, in aid of the New Territories Kwong On Cheong firm was brought Medical Benevolent Society. Mrs. before Mr. Wynne Jones. yesterday H. Main, has consented to dance on a charge of embezzlement of a during the special entertainment sum of $10,000 from the armi.

following the dinner. Mrs. Mein The defendant admitted that he had the honour of being the prima

ballerina at the Benla, Milan.

She has performed at Government House, and it is said of her that she ranks high as an accomplished classical dancer.

Other excellent features are in-

CHINESE SERGEANT

J. M. Justham, a member of the whole staff is watching her progress. Empire Marketing Board's Food with anxious eyes.” Products and by Mr. A. E. James, president-elect of the Federation of Grocers' Associations of Great Bri- tain when they, spoke at the open-

A correspondent sends some in ing of an Empire shop at Cardiff ieresting prives from a Chinese shop had taken the money, rermarking that Australian Industry has placed in Soho, where, in the same street, that he had purchased house but an order for £1,000,000 of Welsh may be found restaurants after the did not have sufficient funds with tinplate, it should be the salvation style of South America, Spain, which to pay for the building. of the Welsh Tinplate industry.

Detective Inspector John Murphy, Italy, Austria, and France, The

who prosecuted, said the defendant window of the Chinese restaurant was handed over to him yesterday cluded in the entertainment for always attracts the greatest interest, morning. He was arrested in Can- this occasion and altogether there The head bore of the yellow fish ton by the Canton Police and are promises of a most enjoyable No one will be surprised at the is 15% per lb., bird's nest is 30 brought back to Hong Kong on Mon- night, from 8.30 p.m. to 2.00 a.m.

day night. appointment of Air Marshal Sir per lb., and dried shark's fin 369. In September last he was given very well how to look after their the Service as "Brookham," to the at the astonishing price of £18 Banking Department for renewal. Robert Brooke-Popham, known in The titbit, though, is Snow Ear, a deposit receipt for $10,000 to be taken to the Sincere Company's own interests, and it will be remem Air Defence, Great Britain Comper lb. Even at the price among He was handed the firm's chop, but bered that shortly after the passing mand, for there is no officer in the the connoisseurs of London the de- instead of renewing the receipt, he FOR STRIKING MAN IN COURT of the Registration Order n number

cashed it, using the firm's chop to service who has made a closer study liency finds. customers. Other

get the money. The police under- of young women, suddenly realising.

of the grave problems with which¦ specialities of this Chinese shop are stood that the defendant had ex- thair position of legal freedom this command has to deal. He is dried oysters, dried mushrooms, pressed his willingness to inake re from the persons who had bought

one of the most brilliant officers lichen and salted and preserved stitution to the complainant, and them in good faith, exploited the in the Air Force, and, as he has eggs, at the modest price of 3d accordingly asked for a remand position, in collaboration with their

His Worship adjourned the case been connected with the Air Service blood relatives. Those instances for over twenty years he was in were extraordinarily few, and do not affect the problem. Nor is it denied that many mui trai aro happy and well treated by their foster mothers. A system that has taken root in a great civilisation, must have much to recommend it,

each,

the first Air Force Contingent which of the Daily Telegraph" said to

Franco in 1014-he is day. flaw to thoroughly air-minded.

The Olymple Games.

1

According to the correspondent, M. Herriot will go to Spain on October 31, ostensibly to decorate Prezident Alcala Zamora with the grand Cross of the Legion of Hon- İ our but actually to arrange the new understanding, it possible.

The correspondent understands!

for 48 hours.

FRENCH ENTENTE WITH SPAIN

ASSERTIONS BY BRITISH

JOURNALİST.

** TICKED, OFF "*

A Chinese policeman who struck an unoffending man in Court waa Mr. Wynne-Jones who had seen the sharply reprimanded yesterday by aes and caused the man to be charged. His Worship termed the ret na disgraceful 1) and told a police official who came in, with the policeman's records, "I am not go- ing to have this sort of thing going on if I can help it."

Lance Sergeant Kung Chik Yan, the policeman concerned, mads the exense that he gave the man o push "unintentionally."

His Worship (sternly);-Don't lia io THC. I saw yr with my own eyes striking that man in Court.

Kung insisted that it was a slight

wrongly answered when another man's name was called in connec tion with a case,

that M. Herriot's scheme contem London, October 10, -- Premier plates Spain as a depot for heavy Edouard Herrict of France will push he gave the man, who had war materials like guns, tanks and seek a "new and real entente Spain and France, with Spain, designed to Assure would pool their war tmaterials at French security on the Mediterran such a depot and place them at the gan, the diplomatic correspondent disposal of the League of Nations. (Continued on Previous Culuma,

Local and General

The Hong Kong dollar was quoted yesterday at 18. 4d.

subscribing members of tho Belén

The annual general meeting of May Institute will be held on Wed- wesday, November 10, at 11.30 am.

i

A fine of $100 or two months' hard labour was imposed by Mr. Batters at Kowloon Magistracy yes-'

u taai. It was alleged against convicted of cruelty to a 14-year-old terday on

Chinese woman who was

the accused that she had beaten the

girl excessively.

The next Helens May Institute November 3, at 8.30 p.m. Items Concert will be held on Thursday, will be given by Mrs. Lockhart, Mrs. Valentine, Miss Amelia Lee and Mr. Anderson. Members wishing to e- servo tables for tea, please tele phone Matron.-ADVT.

From the files.

Looking Back 25 Years.

Į

Cantonese, and you know it.

His Worship-He does not speak

Kung: I didn't know.

His Worship:-Why lie to me ? (To Mr. William La Bart Sparrow, A.S.P. who came in with the man's records): What record has this man !.

Mr. Sparrow:-He has 19 years' service and he has a fairly good record,

His Worship criticised Kang's act in hitting the man over the ear with the open pain as disgraceful.” He asked what the man's pay was, and on being informed that it was $40 monthly, fixed the fine at half the sum In giving the defendant seven days in, which to pay this Ene, his Worship noted that by that time, Kung would have drawn his pay.

(medal play) under senled handicap A nixed foursomes competition

afternoon and was won by Mrs. was held at Happy Valley yesterday Keswick and Mr. T. S. Forrest who DUKE MAY LOST ESTATE returned a good scratch score of 74. The following cards were also sent in :-

!PENINSULAR WAR RECALLED

A New York suggestion to drop but, under the conditions of Hong such events as boxing, wrestling, Time speech of the English Seere Kong, which are utterly different fencing, and water polo from the The Fare there and back (including

from those where the customs Olympic Games is made by Mr. Entrance to the Race Course (Public tary at the annual meeting of the originated and developed, the miti Daniel J. Ferris, secretary-treasurer, Enclosure), will be 83.00,

of the Amateur Athletic Union. air tombers, Anti-Mui Tani Socioty shows that tai needs strong and special pro THOMSON & CO.,

With the elimination of such the organisation, in co-operation tection by the authorities and sports (says Mr. Ferris) the Olym Chartered Accountants, Secretaries.

with the Government, is coping humane-minded persons. Two

pie Games will more nearly meet satisfactorily with a problem that special evils have to be counteract- is still as large in its scale and ased in these times. Though home in- difficult an ever in the past. Under dustries are age-old in China, the the supervision of a Cadet Officer, factory is not. In the home the one police Sub-Inspector-to whose mui tsai at least worked alongside work a notabla tribute was paid-children of her foster parents, but and two Chinese lady assistants where there are factories it is easy are fully employed investigating to see how "farmers" can buy up Dorr, for the Thirteenth Extra cases of cruelty against mu tai mui trai for labour axploitation,

RAFT Programmes and Entry Race Meeting to be held on SATUR- and cases of non-registration. Re- and how individual owners can send permitting), may be obtained at the parts of police court proceedings a mui trai to work, taking from Secretary Office, the Club House, show a steady stream of prosecu- her every cent of her earnings. The Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Club, tions for neg' et, active cruelty, and buying and training of young girls the Sports Club, and the Stables, Village Road.

trading for immoral practices be for brothels is the second gross

A case of suicido was reported by Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON sides technical breaches of the re abuse of the mui tsai system that launch Man Fat. A man threw him- the crew of the Shamshuipo ferry on THURSDAY, 27 OCTOBER,gistration nets. As in the case of did not apply to anything like the self into the water shortly after the the Society for the Protection of same extent in villages and small bont left Hong Kong pier at 1 pm. Children most of the cases are

towns of China as in the great Ho sank immediately and a search denit with out of court, legal pro- and above these two

cities of modern times. But over for him proved futile.

forms of ceases being reserved for had in human degradation, is the more One case of diphtheria was re stances. Mr. BUSH mentioned common fate of the girl who bo- ported over the week-end, while one of comes the household drudge, and ease of diphtheria and one

Tong Tant, whose skull was frac several examples of gross ill-treat-unpaid servant of an impecunious meningitis were reported on Mon- tured with a bamboo pole in the Mrs. Moxon and Mr. ment which showed what might be family. The mutta has certain day. During last week there were fracas between market coolice on

Grist... widely expected if the Anti-Mairighta under Chinese custom, but six cases (two fatal) of diphtheria the Central waterfront on Sunday Mrs. Wilkinson and Mr. Tani Society, and the authorities, the unfortunate thing is that and 63 deaths from pulmonary tuber-night, is lying at the Government

Wilson, R.N....... 88-10-78 modern developments, of social life culosis...

Civil Hospital in a critical state Mrs. D'Esterre and Capt. not showing perpetual activity. lead to the evasion and abrogation

Meanwhile Lo Chung and Lo Tak, The ss. Scistan, while manoeuv market fokia, who have been held Mr. and Mrs. E.. F.

Beetham

01-13-79 PIANO RECITAL In a village community everyone's of her safeguards and privileges,

unless a keen watch is maintained ring to pick up its buoy on arrival, în custody as a result of the affair, ; affairs are known and public

in Harbour on Monday, collided were brought before Mr. Wynne- Mackay by the authorities. opinion puts a strong check on The strange thing is that heated with a lighter loading cargo along. Jones at the Central Magistracy Mr. and Mrs. H., W.

Blade The lighter yesterday, charged with inflicting Mrs. Hallifax and Mr. inhumanity to children. In a great defence of the system is occasionally side the as. Linan. city like Hong Kong-a place of know better. This curious attitude rescued. A cargo of 160 sacks of Detective Inspector John Murphy Mrs. Cameron and Mr.

offered by Europeans who should sank immediately but the crew was, grievous bodily harm, on Tong Teat. Hutchison transient abode to many of the is founded upon a vague belief in beans was lost and the lighter reported on the serious development. Moxon

no public the superiority of past times over master claims a total loss of $3,600 which may cause a revision of the Mr. and Mrs, Harston ...101-1487 inhabitants-there is opinion. Next door neighbours are the present, a dislike of interfering in a report which he has since made charge, and requested a three days' Miss Chatham and T. C.

with local customs, and a general to the police..

remand with the accused in police Gray

105-19-93 "humanitarian- HELENA MAY INSTITUTE strangers. It is not their business impatience with

to interfore, when anything short ist"

There was nothing of publio in custody. The two accused were at Hong Kong Daily Press, October The fact is that the mui

cordingly remanded.. of felony-is-boing done, and not

tsar system-belongs-to-an-age and terest-at-the-fortnightly meeting of conditions that are rapidly passing. the Sanitary Board yesterday, the always then. Quiet and persistent The transition period is difficult, matters coming up for discussion FRIDAY, OCTOBER 281H

ill-treatment is totally unchecked, but the local compromise of regis being of routine nature. Those disgusted, on casting anchor, to find AT 5.80 P.M.

and it is overwork, under nourish tration and supervision is much present at the meeting were:-Mr. that he had to pay a poll tax of The

to recommend it. An immense G. B. Sayer (President), Hon Mr. £10 on his Chinese cook. The New Sinclair) which left Yokohama onnel to the "Iron Duke' not by the are evidently deter May 27 for Auckland with a cargo Spanish Government itself, but y "TICKETS:33 Each, obtainable atment and moral degradation that amount of human suffering is stop-R. M. Henderson (Vice-President), Zealanders

TUR INSTITUTE, ANDER are often the fat of the defercices and probably better resulte ase Dr. G. W. Pope (Medical Officer of mined not to mimic to an invasion of rice actived at her destination the Cadiz Cortos Also they were and TRANG Fooxa'---

mit test. There are of course, obtained in this way than by any Health), Mesara Wong Kong Tin of Celestial professors of the cuisine after a two months passage a gift from the intion for services attempt at the complete suppression L O. P. Bellamy, O. Champkin, Jart without being well paid for tigrice being in excellent condition rendered to Spain at the same time somewhat that the title of Duke of Cuidad 'stubborn and truculent young of the system, which is sometimes telling (Secretary), and Ng Mui privilege allowed. Hong Kong Captain Sinclair was

Kai (assistant secretary).

Daily Press, October 28, 1882. {fontinued on Previous Column || Rodrigo was conferred upon him. women in that status, who know demanded.-

2804]

HONGKONG MUSICAL

SOCIETY

ANNOUNCES A

by

PROF. HABBY ORE

(PROFESIOR AT THE ACADEMY OF Music or MANILA)

at the

32 TICKETS obtainable at the Doon

[2698

were not

4

Mrs. Vaughan-Lee and

Mr. Swan, R.N, ......... 85-0-74 Mr. and Mre, W. J.

Saunders

28, 1907.

| Looking Back 50 Years.

schooner

Sybil

London, Oct. 19,-Tho actogena- rian Duke of Wellington may be 889-deprived of estates overing 4,000 neres, and bringing him in an an- nu rental of £2,000, under the agrarian reform measures which have just been adopted by the Spanish Government.

82-478

87-879

04-14 80

65-652

100—1480

The Duke is one of several hun- dred nobles whose property has been confiscated by the Republican Gov- Jernment, E

Hs is the grandson of the famous "Iron. Duke" whose name is im- perishably identified with the battle of Waterloo' and the Panínsular War against Napoleon. These or iates were conferred on him, by the Spaniards of that day in return for his immense services to them.

The Spanish Government has stated that exceptions will be con-. Istrierad to the confiscation ardora. and the Duke's property may escape. the law as it is not a faudul in- fCaptainheritance. The estates were grant-