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Monkey Business.

Hindenburg's Dream.

The London Daily Express saya The whole world will sympathise that most of the large banks with President Hindenburg in his The Postranster Genaral wishes Siam employ monkeys to help effort to bring order into the chaos to draw attention to the revised cashiers to detect base coins by the of German politics. His present for the Saigon Marseilles process of training the monkey to dilemma is illustrated in the follow Air-Mail Service published in the bite the ecin to detect its true ing story Mail Notice. The now rates are worth. At last we have found a inclusive of all postage charges and monkey business that is a business," the service has been extended to include a special quarter ounce letter rate, postcards and printed A Franco-German Accordi

and rapera, commercial papers samples.

Letters (Ordinary and registered but not insured), Postcards, and "Autres objets (Commercial papers, Printed papers and, sam plea) will be accepted for trans passion by the Saigon-Marseilles Air-Blail Service.

The rates specified below are inclusive of the regular postage

Tates.

The oz. letter rate is special. Letters exceeding oz. will be charged at the oz. rate for each

oz. or part thereof.: Postcards must be the standard Postcard on sale at the Post Offices at 2 erats per card with a surface printed stamp of 1 cent or 5 cents, per card with a surface printed stamp of 4 cents.

Inclusive rate Letters 4.0. P.C. Special Per

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Britain (Lon- don), Europe other coun- tries (Mar- seilles for on- ward. trans- mission by

body must be elected within a similar period. Thus provision is made against the Assembly lapsing like the States General of pre-re- volutionary France. The Assembly selects its own president and vice- presidents, the appointments receiv-rail) ing Royal ratification. The members have full privilege" in the matter of free speech and are protected against arrest after the manner of British M.P.'s. The Assembly is vested with complete legislative powers, the King being given a If

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suspensory veto of one month

1.05 1.60 0.55 0.31 The air-mail for each country will bei landed at the place named in brackets.

A Franco-German accord is pro- posed for the purpose of building public works and providing amplay. ment. It might also serve the more important purpose of building friendship and causing useful nu- employment of fighting mẹn,,

Plus-Four Calves,

The other day the old-gentle man "dreamt that he was ent: ing the gates of Heaven. As he walked St. Poter stopped him...... "Who are you" he asked. "Paul Hindenburg." "What did you do on earth?" "I did my duty was the soldier's reply.

St. Peter raised a finger." Are you sure," he said slowly, that you did your duty, or did you only keep your cath to the constitu- tion 1"

And before the President could think of the proper answer he woke

Lean times and thin calves are cline in the popularity of plus stated to be responsible for a de- up. fours, at least in Britain. But. though the times may continue lean, there is no reason why calves should remain so

Polat to Point Proposals,

Efforts are being made in Eng- land to revive the old-fashioned point-to-point race over a natural

course,

..

This is a hardy annual. So is the advocacy of riding with legs Hang

According to a London paper, a viud to lend rotundity to thin legs. new type of plus-fours has been de By adopting this design, tailors will be able to disguise a customer's legs as easily as they can broadening perpendicularly, which was the

fashion of the Crimean War. his shoulders and fatten his back." They will be able to tailor any pair of Cassius calves to the dimensions of Falstaff's.

Mr. Shaw and U.B.A.

Once Mr. Bernard Shaw has made a joke he is not the man to allow it to die of neglect. His forth coming world cruise provides a fresh opportunity for teasing the Americans, whose supposed year ing to see him in the flesh has in spired several quips in the past. Now Mr. Shuw says that during the cruise he might land in the United States:" for a few minutes."

It is generally believed that Mr Shaw has made a definite arrange, ment not only to land in America but to broadcast; and the broad- chat will be what is called & "nation-wide hook up

English point-to-point meetings are not now purely local affairs. They usually include an open race. It this were a race from one point to another, under the old conditions, the local rider would have an over whelming advantage,

In the old days one or two races at the most were run over a naturai. course. Now the normal pro- gramme includes Are at least. If fences on the course were not arti- ficially strengthened they would be knocked to pieces before the last two faces were run.

Drastic Changes Unlikely.

The modern point-to-point is further nocused of doing serious damage to meetings under, National Hunt Rules:

The National Hunt Committee, who have an indirect control over point-to-point meetings, are said to He will speak from a text-" Gole trying to legislate against their into the world and fully feed every competition. hungry child." He has written letter to Judge Henry Neil, a cham-' pion of mother and child welfare in U.S.A in which he says: The proper primary business of a police man is to size cvory hungry child and feed it, to collar every ragged child and clothe it, to hand every will teach it how to read and write If America cannot see this there is no future for America,"

Hostile action would probably result in further trouble for National Hunt meetings. Point to point meetings could be carried on

and riders would be cost to meet under an independent organisation, while a valuable source of horses

The Payment will be made in Dollars London Office: 63, Fleet Stros the Assembly, by, secret ballot re- steamers and on alternate weeks illiterate child over to those who linga under National Hunt rules.

at the buying rate of exchange of the

day.

E. J. NATHAN,

General Manager,

E.O. 4

THE KAILAN MINING The

ADMINISTRATION,

NOTICE.

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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG.

CERTIFICATES No. 2198 and

The Daily Press.

HONO KONG, DECEMBER 20, 1932

affirms a measure so vetoed, the King can delay it another fifteen days, but it then automatically be comes law.

The AinMail Service from Sal- gon to Europe is weekly. The Hong Kong Sam, connection will be maintained by the regular fort nightly sailing of the French mail by any available stomers that man make the connection at Saigon..

Letters for this route should be marked "Saigon Marseilles Air. Mail Service" and handed in at the G.P.O. or Kowloon Post-Office,

Ants Can Never donquer.

Therefore, changes, if any, to be made in the rules will be found to be of little or no importance.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY (December 29). Austions. Lammert's Sale of Stamps, Sales Room, 3.13 p.m.

Sport,

Postage-

Billiards: Open Championship: Sg Buckle A. H. Oywick (St. Patrick's Club), 8.30 pic

Cricket: Triangulay Tourna inent: Anny. Navy (Hong Kong C.C. ground); 11 am..

Theatres.

King's; While Paris Sleeps.” "My Pal the King." Central Queen's: "Love on the Spot." Oriental: "Amateur Daddy." Taiping: "Don't Bet on Women," Star: "Young Donovan's Kid."

Dances.

Ten Dances:-King's Restaurant Dinner and Hong Kong Hotel. Hotels, and King's Restaurant, Dances: Peninsula, and Hong Kong Entertainment-Italian Grand Opera Co. ("Rigoletto"), Star Theatre, Kowloon.

Miscellaneous, Meetings:-Theosophical Society. 6 p.m. Creditors' Meeting, Tai Tung Match Co., Ltd., Mercantile Bank Building, 7, Queen's Road Central, noon.

FRIDAY (December 30). Auctions, Lammert's. Sale of Household Furniture, Sales, Room, 2,30 p.m.;. Crown Lands Sale, District Office, South, 11 am.

Sport. Billiards-Steel, Coulson League, Police Garrison Sergeants Palace Hotel . Borderers; Royal Engineers r. C. & P.0, Club Royal Artillery. e. St. Patrick's.

..

Hockey-Friendly match: Hong Kong Hockey Club Av. Lincoln. shire Regiment (King's Park), 5.15 Theatres, P

King's:

While Paris Bleeps" Queen's Love on the Spot. Taiping: "Don't Bet on Women. Star: "Young Donovan's Kid." Central: Bring 'em Back Alive." Miscellaneous

A meeting of the H.K. Practicel Paychology Club will take place at Labe Crawford's Restaurant at C pm. The speaker will be Mr. Victor K. Kwong and his subject:

Principal Hallar sajan Inward America by President Some Observation on Advertising- and Business Paychology

Madison. Outward-Canada and Europe via Siberia, by Empress of Asia, 10 am.

Local and General

The Hong Kong dollar dropped yesterday and was quoted at 1/2fd.

Pasadena (California)--Human beings neod not fear that the ruler- ship of the world will be wrest from them by the ant, as recently

The Mui Tsai Ordinance is to predicted by one group of scientists, says Professor Julian Huxley, the British biologist. In the free come into effect in the Straits ho told students of the Settlements on January 1. place," "it would take 100,000,000 anta to California Institute of Technology, equal the fighting weight of an average-sized man.

The Chinese Chamber of Com. merce is bolding a celebration in honour of the New Year, at their headquarters at 3 p.m. on New Year's Day.

The State Council, which exercises executive power, consists of from fourteen to twenty-four members. The President is chosen by the King, but the appointment has tɔ be countersigned by the President of the Assembly. The most import ant provisions relating to the Stata SIAM'S NEW CONSTITUTION Council are that it must possess the confidence of the Assembly, and must resign, as a body either on a vote of want of confidence, or 2194 for Fifty and Ton Shares The Revolution in Siam was a

when the Assembly supporting it respectively, per share paid op: model of its kind. No one was has ceased to exist. At least fifteen Numbered 61136/81185 and 95008/

the President are to be concurrently 95017 in this Society standing in the hurt, business was not greatly inter-members of the Council, including name of MRS. TAN KIM NEO have rupted and confidence received no members of the Assembly. An

The size of the ant's brain ap been declared LOST, and if at the stocks. The Royal Family, to whom interesting provision is that other Expiration of Ono Mouth, from the the course of events was not un-members of the Council have the

Ants cannot hand down facts from

Lau Wong, a mason, was severe "Date hereof the above Documents be

but not of voting.

one generation to the next, but are not forthcoming the Said Certificates expected, offered not the least op right of addressing the Assembly, para a true index to its efficiency. will be deemed CANCELLED and position and, headed by the King,

The British model has been closely completely tied down by instinctly hurt in a fall on Tuesday from a new building at which he was at "The ant has a serious handicap of No Effect, and NEW CERTI have cheerfully acquinced in the followed, with the exception that

to world ascendancy in that the work, at Breezy Point. He was there is no second chamber, an Siam has, however, made drastic the King's political powers will spices reached its present develop admitted to the Government Civil

evidently remain, for the time being ment the evolution of man started, Hospital and far-reaching changes from auto-at lehat, an important factor. There and now appears to be at a stand cracy to constitutional monarchy, is no roaon why the constitution still." based on the British model. "The thould not work well in a quiet and orderly country. It cannot be [2921 | sovereign power emanates from the denied, however, that very few. Siamese nation. The King, who is safeguards against faction and ex- tremism are provided. If, by some the Head of the nation, exercises it mischance, power passed into irre in conformity with the provisions sponsible hands there would be of this Constitution." Formerly little or no check upon arrers and abuses. The defence against such the King presided over the Execu misfortune is the general prosperity, contentedness and law-abiding quality of the Siamese people.

FICATES for the Said Shares will

be issued in their stead by the Bociety.

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager.

Hong Kong, 28rd December, 1982.

H.K. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

NUrgent is

new .order.

A Winter Appang mada for tive Council, consisting of the ten

for Children

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From the files.

LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS

to obtain the results, but disappointed.

were

The editor of the Chiu in Pr During the four days of thei

Magistracy yesterday, amallpox, one of diphtheria and Central

where he was summoned for insert- Christmas holiday three cases of was cautioned by Mr. Schofield at four of meningitis were reported.

ing an indecent advertisement in the columns of his journal; in Octo ber last.

H.E. the Governor (Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G.) will perform the opening ceremony of the completed Tung Wah Eastern Hospital at 3.30 pm, to-day, at Sockumpoo.

siderable interest both to Macso A forthcoming wedding of con- and the local Portuguese community Captain Yamaguchi, master of in that arranged for January 1/be the a.s. Foo Lee, was charged between Miss Angelian Maria Mello. fore the Hon. Comdr. Hole, at the and Dr. Joaquim Concalves Cor Court yesterday, for geiro a delegate of the Juizo Civel. his The bride is the daughter of Mr. Marine having on-December 4 used steam whistle for a purpose other Antonio de Mello was represented by the agents of the vessel, who submitted a written than for navigation. The accused

plea of guilty. A fine of $15 was imposed.

The Opening Ceremony and Con Kowloon, will be held at Prince's The University Junior Examina

cert of the Normal Guide School, Theatre a New Year Day at 9. 8.m. tion results will be announced on Many about January 10, 1933.

When the Police raided the Wan Mrs. B. Silver will be the Fre visited the University yesterday Hoi Boarding House at 73. Con- sident of the Ceremony. There naught Road West, on Monday, a will be an exceedingly fine pro- man occupying one of the rooms, gramme of which the most attrac who had two daggers and a loaded tive features are the playwo revolver in his room, was arrested, Conical Soldiers acted by the He is believed to be a member of a Chung Sing Charitable Association gang of armed robbers. He up and the fantastical dance by the peared before Mr. Schodeld yester Chin Woo Athleticsociation. day and a remand of seven days (ded on BELLENMEKANDA was ordered to enable the police to make further investigation

Mr. J. E. Hansen, who for 30 years was Harbour Engineer of Talkoo Dockyard, left by the Tai ping, for South Australia, where his daughter resides. He intends to make his home in Australia.".

Cheung Wai On, alias Cheong Yat Chee alias Cheung Yip Keb. late of the Sun Tsoi Loong firm, of principal ministers of State, and

The murder, is out at last. Dr.

Victim of an accident on Tues- Many requests for blankets are

The Manager of the Cheong Hop 41, Connaught Road Central, who over the larger Legislative also over

A curious omission in the summary Macgowan is publishing in the being made. Any covering of any kinil or any thing which could be converted Council. His Majesty exercised an of the constitution before us, is the North China crald series of day in Queen's Road West, where into a covering will be most gratefully absolute power of veto, and the terms upon which the judges hold articles upon Foreign Relations he was knocked down by a lorry, Co., building contractors, was fined died on March 23, this year, left received at the City Hall on Mondays right of initiation of law rested office. Judges are independent in with China, consisting of four Ying Wai Nam, 15, living at 307 8500 by Mr. Butters at Kowloon local estate valued at 811,000. and Thursdays between 10.20 and mainly with him. Under the new holding triads and giving judgment parts. The first part appeared in Queen's Road Wost, is in a pre Magistracy for using material con- Probate to the will has been grant. Reynolds, who prosecuted, inform aliar Leung Shi, widow, to whom constitution the King, whose person according to law," is the statement the issue of the 19th inst, and the carious condition from head intrary to the requirements of the ed to Yu Man Cho, restaurant. is sacred and inviolable, and who of their position. Nothing is said second on the 19th inst. We would furies at the Government Civil Building Authority Mr. AF keeper, and Cheung Loung Shi, is Head of the Siamese Forces, as to how judges are appointed strongly recommend these articles Hospital.

Attention is drawn in our adver complained of was used for build-them to administer prior to the exercises legislative power by the and still more important, under to the perues of our readers, and advice, and with the consent of what circumstances they can be we sincerely trust that they may be the Assembly of the Peoples' Re removed. In England the great brought to the special notice of the tapement columns to the reminder ing walls. It was supposed to be marriage of his son, Hou Ming.

Jonday when a Chinese youth came exercised through the State Council, and their subjects turned largely on Reed The latter more partionlar vessels are plying in the waterways very inferior material, The build. Miss E. Best, of Prett Building, hind her and tried to match her this question, and after the Revolu-ly, inasmuch as H.E.'s legal attain within the Canton Consular districting in question is Nos. 1-3, Chat had a nasty experience on

The attention of British subjects, handbag Helalled) ton of 1889 It was provided that mente, and pacifc dispositions, by the British Consul-General, Shaham Road."

attempt and was about try again judges could only be removed by a eminently qualify him for devising meen. Copies of the relevant ex

obtained from the Consulate residentin the Chalon distr

whand its Best called for petition to the King, phased by bot come means of efficient legislation tracte from the regulation may be

General at Shameen Das notified in our advert

whereupon he made off into Houses of Parliament, which made to mock this evils Dr. Macgowan so

columns, is direct to the re

narvon Road where he wE a judge's position impregnable, ably exposes Hong Kong Daily unless he were guilty of misconduct, Press, December 29, 1887,

--Bmmoned for keeping an un- which provides for the com

by a Portuguese gentle Many of America's troubles have

registered ni tsal, Vit Ho Kami, annual registration of all Brit

handed him over to an of 10, New Market Street, was, fcets during the month arisen because the judicature is Looking Back 25 Years.

fined 50 by Mr. Schofield at the

nuary,British subjects are re-stable Charged before weak, and at the mercy of political

their passports tors at the Kowloon ster Byesterday shina pluuded. idinance, No doubt this entision

Central Police Court-

or send them by will be repaired by the makers of the Biamese constitution who ap

British subjects to the pear to have done their work well and produced a plan of Governm that should provide simultane elective control and a rent between people and rulers.

DONT FORGET prosentatives. Excutive power in struggle between the Stuart kings Earl of Elgin, Baron Gros and Mr. issued to British ship-owners whose cement, mortar, but in fact was

THAT WHEN You are at Home: "you can get the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS at SELFRIDGES.

and judicial power through the Courts The King has, however, power to declare war to make peace and to conclude traties, his signature on all Stata documents 15 be endorsed by, that of a member of the State Council,

The Assembly of the Peoples Representatives is the chief creation of the revolution. This is a body of popular representatives, elected by franchise for four years. The King holds power of dissolving the Assembly, and of convoking it.The nex Assembly has, however to bi convoked within ninety days of election, And, on dissolution & new

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