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T has been suggested that a sub- scription ba rained with a view to making some presentation, to cela- brato the School's Centenary next Will any old Boys interested, year, please communicate with

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NOTICE.

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PPLICATIONA are invited from young Chinese Civil Engineers having University B. Sc. degrows in Engineering for appointment to the Engineers Staff of the Marino depart- ment of the Chinese Customs Service. Candidates shall be required to pass a strict medical examination, must be of good physique and character, and must be between 22 and

of 27 Years age. A competitive examination will be held to test the abilities of promis ing candidates before final selection is made. The men, Relocted will be

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ed to serve satisfactorily for a tionary period of four years (on before being placed on the permanent staff of the Department. Applications in the candidates own handwriting, together with copies of certificates and testimonials or re- ferences, should be forwarded to the Engineer-in-chief, Custom House, Shanghai, on or before, the 14th January, 1933.

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

TOTICE is hereby given that at

No

A Meeting of the Board of Directors of Green Island Cement Company, Támited, held at Exchange Build ng, Victorin, in the Colony of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, the 17th day of August, 1932, a Call of $2.75 per share was made upon all the members holding shares, whose bamos appear in the Company's register of shareholders on the 17th day of August, 1982, upon which only $1.0 - per share has been paid, and it was determined that such Call should be paid on the 31st day of December. 1982, to the Company's Bankers, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, at their Head Ofice, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, afore said,

Upon presentation at the Office of the Company of Bankers' Receipt for the payment of, auch Cail, together with the Certificate of Shares, a nota of the payment will be endorsed on the Certificate.

Dated this 17th day of August, 1332.

By Order of the Board,

ALLAN KEITH,

Q.

Societary.

R.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

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In the MatTER OF THE ESTATE or WILLIAM KNOX COCHRANE, LATE OF ROBELIA TWENTY TALBOT STREKT, ORANGEMOUTH, So LAND. MARINE ENGINEER, DR. OBABED,,

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HONG KONG, Dxozмskx 1, 1932.

THE WORLD'S MODEL

DAIRY SHOW

HONG KONG. DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1932.

depression has had on mest of the provincial shows hold during the summer. And in one section, that for machinery, the demand from exhibitors for floor-space had been so great that the entire-Contral Tall was given up to apparatus and mechanical devices in connection with dairying, poultry farming,. and boo-keeping.

The greatest interest centred naturally round the fine hord of

cattle which had arrived from every point of the country. In all 344 head were entered. All the famous breeds of British dairy cattle wore well represented, and it was es

pecially gratifying to find that the

HONG KONG being fortunate enough to have modern dairy farms, with

number of cattle this year entered Homo cattle, is in a position to from herds oertified fros from tuber- take an intercat in so far-away an culosis had increased to nearly the event as the London Dairy Show. double of last year's figure, Moreover, the show includes poultry and in view of the efforts to intro-

The compétition for the trophy, duen British breeds into this Colony valued at 200 guineas, presented by the fortunes of that section will Lord BERDISLOR to the breed society be followed by poultry keepers out adjudged to have the best exhibit here. It is also good to know that of good all-round dairy cows, at- despite the badness of the times tracted an entry which has never before been approached. The trophy this annual London enterprise was

was won by a magnificent team of a great access.

six Ayrelica cows, a breed much

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far as milking

DEBATE AT SAILORS'

& SOLDIERS' HOME

FOR AND AGAINST -SMOKING“

ThWildast London."

News and Views

Willesdon Magistrate.-Where did you say you lived? In the Bush

Witness, Yes, air. Shepherds,

Wise Spending?

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Counsel inaking an application to Mr. Justice MacNaghten in the King's Bench Division asked that a case should be tried at Hartford Assizes, as three of the witnesses

came from Warc.

The Judge-Come from where f Counsel.-Ware.

An entertaining debate took place at the Bailors' and Soldiers' Horne, Wanchai, Inst evening, on the notion "That the prevalence of A Home paper announces that it the Emoking Habit is to ho deplor-cost £1,400 to discover America, that sum providing the entire cx ed" Mr. A. Edwards presided penses, including salaries of Co- Jover a large audience.

lumbus expolition. There The Hev. W. Walton Rogers, in those who, in the light of subse: quent events, would suggest that proposing the metión, deprecated there are wiser ways of spending kmoking as an utterly savage and so much money.

degrading habit, which was was 'of

Where is Ware? the consequences of the discovery of Aniarica. (Laughter.) As to the evil effects of smoking, Mr. Rogers hurled medical dictionaries at his Audience 'and 'arded that although the smoke from the Cemont Works in Kowloon was often complained f, the far more prevalent and in jurious clouds of smoke from ad- diots of the tobacco habit wore not mentioned. (Laughter.) About the ponly use of tobacco which the speak- fer could think of was as an emetic, as demonstrated by Robinson Crusoe. on a famous occasion. With great gusto he quoted Butler's. "Ana- tomy of Melancholy in a refer

"hellish, devilish and damned tobacco." In Turkey. the penalty for its use at one time was death; in Russin, krouting; the Mothodist Church 100 years ago prohibited, its ministers from the use of tobacco, and the prohibition

till stood.

jence to

The Judge. Oh, Ware. Whore

is that? Counsel, Hertfordshire.

The Hero.

The following story is told of nå Young Man of Prague:-

When his landlady gave him a fortnight's notice, a young man lodger told her, "If I can't live hore, then nobody else shall !" Then he set the house on fire. It was completely destroyed. Blaxing Wrath.``·

All who have aver tried to prac- tise the art of lodging and lodg ing is indeed an art requiring as much tact and, finesse as matrimony itself-will be interested in this brave youth. Ke cannot. it is frue, be allowed to have discovered the secret of successful lodging, but ho must be credited with having The Opposition.

found the answer to the most un- The Rev. E. G. Powell, opposing answerable of all demands-naties to quit. Where most dismissed the motion, denied that tobacco lodgers merely allow their wrath to could be condemned. under any of smoulder, he allowed his to blaze tha dictionary meanings of "de-forth-and in something more than transient words. He had the cour plorable; it was helpful to min-1 age of his righteous indignation, and nerves; it give a feeling and a few more demonstrations such as his throughout the world repose and comfidence, thereby im-would do much to raise the status proving intellectual work. Tobacco of lodgers as a class. gave a great deal of employment: and was a largo revenue producer. As most of the tobacco came from Americh, we were paying our war debts with our "breath (laughter). He looked forward to the day when all the nations would smoke the pipe of peace (applause).

Mr. S. Hamer smoked a fat cigar | at-18. 4d. while he declared, in support of the motion, that andking was a "sty dirty, dangerous habit" expendi- ture on which was non-productive, as it would be a better applied to more useful enterprises.

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A On Pig Fair”“”“

Mr. De Valora's last visit to

"Skemald's "City"Hall;"

Tho now City Hall in Sheffield, London coincided with the arrival England, is an inspiring example of a true story from County Gal. I of civio enterprise. Built at a cost way. Not long ago the Brst fair of £443,000-almioit a pound per of the season was opened at Clifden | capita of the town's population-it in Connemara. It consisted of one is not intended to be used as the largo sow aaleop in the middle of headquarters of the city's adminia- the fairground and one woman, the tration, nor for the transaction of owner of the sow, sitting quietly civic business, Nils City Hall, a beside it smoking a clay pipa, magnificent structure that recalls After a while, as no buyers arrived, both the Greek and the Renaissancs the woman rose, woke the sow, and styles of architecture, is designed largely for concerts of music, the proceeded to drive it home again.

presentation of stage plays, ban quets and speeches. It is primari ly, a recognition of the value of culture and beauty in a great in- dastrini city.

...

"Democracy's Greatest Gift? **

A monument has been dedicated at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to its citizens who declared, more than 150 years ago, for the separation of church and state. The monument is composed of stones brought from 10 churches of differing creams. Governor Pollard terins the sopara tion idea as "democracy's greatest and most distinctive gift to the "Distin- science of government." guished scholars and religionista listened attentively to the Gover- nor's elrong worda-in, the silence that spells assent,” an American paper.

The Death of Nelson.

The exact wording and author, ship of Nelson's famous signal is a matter authorities like to quarrel over on Trafalgar Day. In France they have another Trafalgar ques- tion that stirs much controversy- Was it a Breton or a Provençal who fired the shot which killed the Admiral! An old French sailors' shanty gives them both, a share in the fatal shot.

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East-West Trade In Year 900 A.D. i

Copenhagen.-Proof that trade connections existed between the far North of Europe and the East. 1,000 years ago in said to be provid ed by the discovery of a collection of coins on a form belonging to Anton, Mortensen, of Over Randlar.

Nearly all the coins in question are Kuphian (old Arabio), datingTM back to about the year 900; two are still older and hail froni Per- sin, and one was minted in Milan at the time of the Carolingian Em- pire. Another is a kind of memo- rial coin or medal hailing from East Anglin, which is considered exceedingly rare, only very few spe- cimens being known.

Butchera in Glass HouSES.

A new meaning has been given by & Paris butchor to the old adage about people who live in glass houses. He has enclosed his, as sistants in a glass case, and there in future all the ment that ho sells will be cut up, weighed out, and: packed..

When the Redoubtable went into action, says the balladist, a Pro- vençal and a Breton were together in her fighting-top. "Have you your musket loaded ?" asked the This system, which is the last- Provençal, and, being told yes, word in hygiene, was inaugurated said "Pass it to me, for I can see in the presence" of doctors and Faculty of Lord Nelson." The Breton passed biologists from the his musket, the shot was fired, and Medicina and the Pasteur Instituto Nelson foll, The Redoubtable, shot They were enthusiastic about it. to pieces in her engagement with The air in the ease in filtered by the Victory, hauled down her flag'a spécial apparatus kituated in the when there was scarcely a man left basement of the establishment and to keep it flying, but the balladist is always gorm free, dry and cool. asserts that before that happened The men ara clad in spotlessly the two 'who had co-operated to while overalls and wear white rub- slay the terrible Nelson" had, ber gloves. They look more like died together at their post

surgeons then butchers.

Local and General

The Hong Kong dollar dropped. slightly yesterday and was quoted

for

Two hoalwomen were fed $50 and 8100 respectively at the Marine Court yesterday obtaining water from a place other than that specified on their licences.

Cath R. Rule, master of the At the marine Court yesterday, .8. Kwangtung was fined $250 or two monthe' imprisonment for allowing his vessel to be loaded on Sunday, November 20.

Mr. W. Sprague, speaking fourth, entertained the audience with an amusing defence of tobacco, amongst other things as a specific for ang ging wives

The Chairman then invited tho All seats for the Childrens' audience "if they could find a spare Pantomime at the Helena May inch of ground not covered to take Institute on December 15, have a hand, and a number of further been booked. Those wishing to entertaining speeches were made. Mr. Rogers finally demolished, the have tables for tea, must hook "argument" that smoking is good thing because it prevents giv ing way to worne habits, by saying "You might as well encourago a murderer to give up murder and go

in for theft./

The motion was declared carried by a large majority.

The Colony had a clean bill of bealth on Tuesday.

As from to-day copies of the | Daily Press will be on sale at the Tobazo Department (on the ground floor) of. Mesers. Sincere's! Store.

from the files.

LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS

H.M. stonmar Nimrod was dit- potched on Sunday in search of a

and returned yesterday.

The Fire Brigade received a call yesterday shortly after lour pm, used as a stable had caught fire. pirate from Tai Hang where a matahed The appliances were rushed to the morning. The pirate was found at scene, but the matahed was too far ↑ Liatin with her stern hauled on the beach. The steamer commenced involved to be saved and was al

most entirely burned out. The ap- pliances were at the scene for firing as soon as she came withio almost fifteen minutes,

range, whon the crew of the pirate "The Chairman and members of

made off under the land and es the Executive Committes of the caped among the rocks in small Hong Kong Society for the Proter sampans although a boat was sent tion of Children gratefully acknow ledge the receipt of 85,000.00, from in chase. On boarding the pirate revolver and two others who had Hospital, being a part of the pro the men's dinner was abandoned Ono man with a fully loaded the Directors of the Tung Wah he was found deserted, and so

sudden had been the retreat that. daggers in their possession were

ceeds of the performances by the surprised by the Police at Sham: Yan Shau Nin Theatrical Company

of the Ko Shing Theatro.” shuipo "yesterday. They were ar rested as, they left 107, Saiyeung.

these from Matron 22160,

choi Street.

Captain L. W. Kesly, master of

from young Chinese Civil Engineers for appointinent to the Engineers staff of the Marine Department of the Chinese Customs Service. Full details are given in our advertises

large gun was dismounted and bid- under process. of cooking. The

fden, a quantity of rockets, muskets, A Gala Dinner Dance will take powder and ball, were found on place at the Repulse Bay Hotel on

board. She was set on fire in two places and totally destroyed- Saturday until 1 a.m. Fred Pieres, the versatile American vaudeville Hong Kong Daily Preu, December

known 06 Shanghai's 1, 1857. artiste, favourite entertainer, will appear. at intervals during the evening. Music will be furnished by the "Lincolna" Dance Band, and, al together, the arrangements for the occasion promise a very pleasant evening.

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LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS

"Looking Back 25 Years,

Of late years the opinion as favoured by the Dairy Farm frequently been expressed that too in Hong Kong, while a British shown in the ring where these the 5.8. Carvonshire has made a many agricultural shows are being Friesinn team came second. In the animals were being judged. It report to the Harbour Office to the effect that a Malay castaway Was held in England, but nobody has last twelve years British Friesian would seem that the disinclination rescued from a raft while the over suggested that the London cattle, the big black and white

in England to use goats' milk as steamer was on her way from Sin-

A match between the D Company. [OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Dairy Show organised by the animals, also seen locally, have an item of dietary is slowly disgapore to Hong Kong.

of the Buffs and Royal artillery that the Court has, by virtue of British Dairy Farmers Association, won this coveted trophy six appearing. In the poultry section Applications are being invited

took place yesterday, when the Re Section 88 of the Probates Ordinance

the standards wete alie unusually)}

gimental team wen by 82 runs. The 1897 (No. 2 of 18971, made an Order could be dispensed with. This times, and as

top score was made by Bergeant. limiting the Time for sending in Claims show, which has taken place an- performance concerned they high, and Rhode Island Reds re

· Tokyo Metropolitan police off. Moreland of the Buffs, who put to to or against the above Estate to the nually for 54 years, has indeed ren- proved the best also this year. tained their popularity as exhibi-

cials estimate that at least 500,000 together. Three other of the Bulls Creditors and Claimanta are hereby dored signal mrvices to the British although they lost points on inspection breed. The sale of prize

pistols have been smuggled into made double figures. On the part ment columns.

Japan since 1997, according to the of the Royal artillery Gunnors required to send their Claims to the dairy industry by stimulating tion. During their last lactation winning birds gave their owners

Secret importation of small arms Cockerell and Dunning made the Undersigned by the above Date.

Dated this 29th day of November, farmers to greater and yet greater period this team averaged 1,632 handsome suns, one Indian Game The Consul General for the on a large and well organized scale best scores, but several artillery- efforts in breeding animals worthy gallons of milk per cow. A team of cockerel fetching £30. while others Netherlands in Hong Kong informs recently was brought to light by men failed to crack the egg-Hong to compete with the best and finest Dairy Shorthorns came third in the ranged in price between £80 and us that the Netherlands Indian the authorities with the arrest of Kong Daily Press, December 1,

Government have rescinded the Aruma Oda; general exporter of 1882. of the various dairy breeds in the competition and was awarded the £10. Over three thousand birds orders by which, Hong Kong Harima-cho, Robe, who originally country, and to concentrate on highest number of points on inspecwere exhibited in this section, and Macao, Canton, Ewatow and Amoy was taken on A minor charge. cattle which, as proved by the com-tion, but in the milking tests they it is another proof of the growth had been declared infected ports later, in the course of police ques

on account of cholera,

tioning, it was revealed that the of the poultry industry in Great:

man had been the ring-lender af an Britain that 2,000 square feet of

Owing to the delay of the s.s. extensive smuggling organization. Allen with a big consignment of extra space had to be allotted to toys on boar the bazaar arranged"I am not going to let this Court ing. There was but a small mus the machinery section of this year by the Society of St. Vincent de to accommodate the exhibita from Paul, in aid of the Poor of the Grms catering for the needs of Colony has been postponed to Sun- day, December 11. The original poultry-keepers.

date fixed was December 4--- At the present time dairy farm ing is the most confident branch Andrew's Society. Mr. K. E. Greig. On behalf of members of Bt, of Great Britain's agricultural the Chieftain, laid a wreath on the industry, and the general excellence Cenotaph yesterday. Accom on

Mr. Greig were Mr. J. W. C. of the produce at the Dairy Show nat, Mr. T. II. Show (Paat this year was indicated the reason why so many President), Mr. J. B. Rose Mr W The enfrics in most classes were 114, or ten por cent more than a foreign cattle breeders turn to this Kav. Mr. K. 8 Morrison, Mr. H. surprisingly good when one con- year ago, and much interest was country when they wish to intro. Forayth, Mr. A. Mackichan (Committee) and Mr.. 8. Robh [2947 "siders the detrimental influence the (Continued at font of next Column) | duec new blood into their herds.

(Joint Hon. Recretary).

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, NOTICE,

DUE to the delay in the arrival of the 8.8"Aller with 1000 Toys, the Bassar to be held ou December 4, in aid of the funda for the support of the Poor of this Colony, will have to be unavoidably postponed, until, the following Sun- day, December 11.

The Motor Car Draw will take place on December 11, in the Cathedral Compound.

bination of inspection and texts of fell below the standard of their performance at the pail arranged rivals. In the butler tests a British during the show, combine high milk Friesian cow gave in one day 97.8 yields with good looks...

pounds of milk, which yielded The entries this year fell numeri- pounds 191 ounces of butter. In eally below those of last year-7,841 the Bhorthorn clans the winner against 8,045-but the decrease gave 72.8-pounds of milk with a canec no alarmIt was chiefly butter yield of 3 pounds 2′′ounces, accounted for by the sections of while among the Jersey cows the Irish butter and eggs, Cheshire highest vield was 6000 pounds of these and bottle fruit, and was by milk giving 3 pounds 9 ounces of far outweighed in importance bỷ | butter.

the increase in bacon and hams. The outry of

Bon-

At two o'clock on Saturday after- noon the Volunteers embarked at Pedder's wharf for Stonecutters to obtain a little practice in gun lay-

be made a convenience for neopis ter, due, no doubt, to the fact that like this," said Mr. C. H. Teines, St. Andrew's ball was held on the Registrar, in H. M. Police Cour, previous evening. After landing. Shanghai In issning a warning to practice took place with the 15 the Sikh community that the Court pounders from an eminence on the must not hy rad na anagency for north west slope of the island, the The case at bar was a private. Considerable time was last owing to the collection of settlement money, target being erected Changhe. criminal prosecution, Ran Singh junks and anmpans getting in the the head and body by Hazara Bingh these were got out of the way and alleging that he was beaten about, way of this ranger, but eventually, at the corner of Boone Road and Bring began, Crosse of the R.G.A., Quinsan Garden at 0.30 p.m. on addressed the men November 8. Mr Haines You When the addrer had concluded: are both bad men. If you, Ran the men embarked for Hong Kong. Singh, come up agait, you will Hong Kong Daily Press, Decem not get a summons.

ber 1, 1907.