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· HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

Notice of CHANGE of Address.

OMMUNICATIONS to the Association, should now be sent

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The Hon. Secretary,

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ASSOCIATION,

eo Messrs. LixSTEAD & DAVIES

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NOTICE.

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Dated the 3rd day of January, 1033

H. L. DENNYS.

--NOTIFICATION.

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REGISTRATION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS FOR THE YEAR 1033.

THE attention of British subjects THE

resident in the Canton Consular district is directed to the provisions of Article 215 of the China Order in Council, 1915, which provides for the compalsory annual registration of all British subjects during the month of January.

British subjects are requested either to present their passports personally, or send them by a rasponsible British subject to this Consulate-General be tween the hours of 10 am to 1 p.in. Fand 3 pm. to 4 p.m. in order that the endorsement of registration may be made thereon.

Attention is drawn to the irregu larity of entrusting British passports to any person not of British nation- ality, and under no circumstances should these documents be transmitted by chit book or post..........

- : HERBERT PHILLIPS,

Consul General.

BB. 3. CONSULAtz-Gentbal,

CANTON, January 1st, 1933.

NOTIFICATION..

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RITISH Shipowners whose vessels BR

are plying in the Waterways within the Canton Consular District are hereby reminded of the provisions of the Canton Consular District General Regulations of the 19th May, 1915.

Copies of the relevant extracts from these Regulations may be obtained on application to this Consulate General.

(Sd) HERBERT PHILLIPS, H. B. M. Consul-General.

H. B. M. Consulate-General,

CANTON

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January 1st, 1933, Mr. H. K. Goldsmith, M. I. STRUOT, E., M. I. M. OT. E., has been admitted as a part.

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DENISON, BAM & GIBBS, Architects and Civil Engineers.

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above it. If he had a policy be- yond this no one discovered it." To his own, countrymen, and to the world, COOLIDGE was a symbol

of what was best in the American character. He was a Puritan, out- wardly cold and reserved, and, apparently, not very different in his private life. His austerity badly needed, and America, wealthy and arrogant, during, his term of office, hold in deep respect the nacetio captain who was always on the bridge. Whatever the in- dividual American might do, the man at the top was of the right

London Office: 53, Fleet Streak, sort, and would never by flow of

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character betray the beat traditions of his country.

The question is often asked, had 1298 COOLIDGE been a greater man, and had he possessed the added gifts of vision, and imagination, could he have saved his country, and per- haps the World, from its present distress? The weight of routine bus ness thrust upon the President of the United States would seem to pre clude such expectation from fallible

HONG KONG, JANUARY 7, 1933. -

EX-PRESIDENT_COOLIDGE

humanity. When he should have been devoting his mind to the problems thrust upon him by the powers and responsibilities of the Presidential office, weary hours had to be frittered away signing unim portant documents, and receiving insignificant people. He was tied down to the day's work. Perhaps Julius Caesar, a Cromwell or a LINCOLN might have broken these

MR. HORACE LO AND MISS GRACEHO TUNG

POPULAR COUPLE ENGAGED

All Scotch,

News and Views

Japan's Birth Rate,

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(January 7).

(XII Moon 12th day), Catechism Competition open Chinese Catholic Schools

Billiards-Open Championship C-Sinn F. Jones (St. Patrick's

Club), 8.30p.m.

Says a well-known agriculture | Tokyo:-Although Japan's popu«| expert: The practice of three lation for last year increased by The wedding will take place milkings a day is not new." I re- 801,503 persons, or an average of member when staying with rela361 persons a day, the increasing shortly, probably at the end o tions many years ago that the trend showed a decline of 00 per January, between Miss Grace Ho Tung, Bevonth daughter of Sir family cow was milked morning, cent, in comparison with the year Robert Ho Tung, and Mr. Lo Man noon and night, and gave a good before last, according to the Sta Ho, popularly known as Mr. Horace yield. The bousehold was, of course, tistics Bureau. Lo, a member of the firm of Messrs. a Scottish one (Aberdeenshire), al-

Rosy Was not & Trade The actual figure for last year Cricket:First Division Navy Lo and Lo, solicitors. Mr. Horace

Unionist.

was 2,841 less than for 1930, when v. Civil Service (L); Oraigongower Los in the son of Mr. Lo Cheung

the average increase per 1,000 per C.C.v. Hong Kong 0.C., (L.);: Shiti, of 20, Conduit Road, and is a

Bonn was 13.19. Compared with University Indian R.C. (E.). brother of Mr. M, K. Lo and Mr.

other countries, Japan's popula- Second Division: Hong Kong O.C. M. W. Lo.

tion rate increase is the second v. Craigongower C.C. (L.); Civil present holds the highest rate of v. Police (F.) highest in the world. Holland at Service Navy (L.); Indian R.C. « increase, according to recent sta tistics.

As is well known, Mrs. M. K. is a daughter of Sir Robert Trung

R.N. SEAMAN'S DEATH

A.B. THOMAS OF H.M.S. CORNWALL.

Suspicious Mexico.

Lohe Mexican Congress to place the President Rodriguez has naked, Ho electric power industry under fe

Football:-First Division: Navy deral control. This would put the

v. St. Joseph's Club Recreio Police v. Lincolna; Chinese Athle-- industry on the same basis as min. ing and oil production. The legis

tics. Borderers. Second Divi-- sion: Eastern / Club; Kowloon lation would affect British, Cana Stolen Thunder. dian and American companies.

St. Joseph's; Tsung Tsin v. South most of which operate 'as Mexican' In arguing during a House of China; Borderers e Navy; Chinese subsidiaries. In some of the Mexi- Lands debate that motor vehicles Athletics. Royal Artillery: Ewo Division i Lincolns Third can states, where all foreign-owned should be equipped with speedo enterprises are regarded with sus meters, Lord Buckmaster made a Signals e. Borderers; Recreio. picion, various. "cinch" lawa have very neat, though not quite a St. Joseph's, University v. Chinese heen passed. The Federal Govern curate quotation. The Minister Athletics; Radio South China, ment is expected, to

of Transport," he said, "appeared Tsung Tein v. R.A.S.C. secure fair

to answer the description that Mat thew Arnold, gave in a passag which I quote, only altering two words in the whole sentence:

The Minister he bowed his head in, eilent proud disdain.

A

While at sea on Wednesday carry-play! ing out exercises, the sudden death occurred on board H.M.S. Comwall of A.B. Thomas Harding.

The Cornwall returned, to port and the funeral took place yester day morning, the Chaplain of the Cornwall, the Rev. J. T., B. Evans, B.A., officiating.

*

Full naval honours were accorded. to the deceased, a firing party from the ship firing the usual volleys and the Last Post was sounded over the grave. Flags on H.M. ships in harbour were flown at half mast between 10 and 11 m.

The lato A.B. Harding leaves a widow, who lives at Cowplain, Hampshire, to mourn his loss.

In connection with Col. Stroebe's speech at the National Flood Relief Commission luncheon in Shanghai in which he compared the Chiness. dykes with the Panama Canal. Col. Stroebe said that the earth. work was 4,000,000,000 cubic feet (English feet) for China and 7,000,000,000 cubic feet for Panama the earthwork at Panama being half again as big as the Central Chino earthwork. In six months on these dykes there was accomplished earth work equal to 80 per cent of that at Panama which took years to do,

From the files.

·Oldest "Old-Maid,"

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The oldest woman in South Amories, who is 120, attributes her long life to the fact that she is

old maid." Her name an Dona, Rosa Huencho Tobar,

She still takes in washing, the work she began as a girl when the Chileans.

fighting the Spaniards for independence. In addition she cooks all the menis for her adopted children. Podre and Rosita aged 85 and 00.

Were

She is sorry that she has been discovered as the oldest woman in South America, for she says that the stream of visitors to see her at Llalleo, a seaside village near San Antonio interrupts her work at the washtub.

Duchess Visits Elstree,

The Dake and Duchess of York paid a surprise visit recently to the studios of British International Pictures Ltd., at Elstree.

He heard the lorries thunder past, then turned to thought again. The lines appear in "Obermann Once More" and they run:

The East bow'd low before the blast,··

In patient, deep, disdain, She let the legions thunder past, thought And

plunged in again."

Oircumstances Alter Cassa.

The other day the Tokyo corres pondent of a distinguished London newspaper announced a strong spat of bother between the Chris tian schools in Japan and the Jap anese military authorities. Ap parently the warlords of Japan have long been annoyed because the students at those schools do not comply with the regulation reli A night club scene in His gion of Shintoism, and in particu Night Out" Brst claimed their at-lar do not worship the pictures of since the war lords have got a bit. tention. Miss Binnie Barnes was the Emperor and Empress. Now, singing her number, and the Royal above themselves they have been visitors were greatly amused to dis- making it clear that, in their cover that Claude Hulbert and opinion, it is high time that the

good-old' practices were enforced. Renee custon were drinking- milk.

U.

Hockey:Caer Clark Cup, Club- de Recreio v. St. Andrew's Club, Mamak Tournament: R.A. M.C. 20th Battery (Sookunpoo), 4 p.m. *- Police t University (U.S.R.C. ground), 4 pm

Hunting-Fanling Hunt Hounds. 3.18 p.m. Meet (Lok Má Chau Crom Roads),

Rugby-Triangular Tournament: Hong Kong Club v. Army (Happy Vallay), 4 p..

Shooting: Hong Kong Rifle Club January Competition. (Kow-- loon Tong), 8.30 p.m.

Theatres,

King's: '' Madame Racketeer.” Queen's: "Bought.” Central

Peach of Reno.", OrientalPalmy Day." StarBachelor Apartment Majestic Night Like This."

Dances.

-H.M. Submarine Osiris Dance,. Garrison Fecare Haily

Tea Dancès at King's Restaurant. Gloucester Building, Hong Kong Hotel and Majestic Dancing Academy.

Dinner Dances at King's Reetan- rant, Peninsula and Hong Kong Hotels, and Gloucester Building.

Principal Maila."

Inward: From Europe Negapatam, Suwa Maru

via

From America, Emp. of Canada.

· Outward. —Europavia Suez, Soudan, 10.30 am.; Kashima Haru, 12.30 p.m.

SUNDAY

(January 8).

Bays the Manchester Guardian: "This is doubtless symptomatic of In an adjoining studio” they the military mind, in Japan, which watched the filming of a fancy dress believes in firmly applying its own

(XII Moon 13th day). ball scene. The Duchess was told maxim of Heathen is as heathen

old does." But what one has looked First Sunday after Epiphany. that four people in fancy dress for in vain is any denunciation or Rizal ay-Colebrations, Panin- were, in the film, crooks. She this attitude from the paper which sula Hotel

--Bishop of Victoria preaches, St. Promptly picked out two of them, published the information, though Andrews, Kowloon, 0 p.m. ene being a clergyman with a par- in the ordinary way that organ is ticularly innocent expression.

LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS.

A Chinese bost capsized in the harbour on Monday last during a aquall. A boat was promptly lower ed from H.N.M. str. Medusa, which

During the visit Mr. Lupio succeeded in rescuing the crew from

watery grave. The unfortunates Lane and a unmber of the prin- were kindly treated on board, and we hoped will long remember the cipals were presented to the Duke humanity of the white mun. It is and Duchess. singular that upon every occasion of Capt. Fabius being brought be fore the public, it is for some act Daily Press, January 7, 1858. of humanity and zeal.-Hong Kong

LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS,

one of the most valiant supporters Queen's of official Christianity particular ly when it comes to using it as an excellent stick with which to beat those gawdless Rooshians,

Theatres,

Fireman ave

Child."

King's:

"Trial of Vivienne

Ware.

Central

Panch of Rano"

Oriental

Palmy Days,!!

Local and General

The Hong Kong dollar register a amall rise yesterday and was quoted at is. 31d.

Mr. Y. Shirai, of the Japanese 25. Consulate General în Shanghai, p who is now in Tokyo, will not be returning, he having been promoted to the post of Consul at Hsinking, Manchuria,...

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Murder by consent," is the formal charge, filed against Sh

iro Nakamura, aged 29, a novelist, who was found ill in a Tokyo hotel with his dead mistress lying at his aide. He has been cent to the Tokyo Procurator & Office, Naka- murs, whose recent works hare not taken the public fancy, staged the whole drain with intent to write a love story on the tragedy,

The sudden death of Ex-President COOLIDGE, at the comparatively

The handsome building near

The death is reported from Lon- At the Supreme Court yesterday carly age of sixty, has come as a shock not only to the people of

Genealy, erected for the purposes

don of Major-General James Robert the Paisne Judge (Mr. Justice of the Christian Brothers School,

Johnstone who took a prominent Wood) intimitated that in view of America, but to everyone in touch

known as St. Joseph's College, was

part in the relief of the Peking the fact that Chinese New Year with public affairs. It is true that

formally inaugurated on Saturday

Many congratulations wire re- Legations during the North China holiday falls on Thursday and afternoon by His Excellency the ceived yesterday by Mr. and Mrs | expedition.

Friday January 26 and 27, he would BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, the ex-President had been living in

Administrator. The premises have B. Stewarts on the birth of a

take the Summary list on January retirement since he relinquished

in fact been occupied for several son at No. 351, the Peak weaks past, but the opening care-MAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. office in March, 1920, but it was believed that his same and moderat

mony was delayed until the return Mr. Ohta, the new Ambassador to of Bishop Raimond. There a Soviet Russia, has presented his THE Council hereby invites ap-ing influence still carried weight,

very large attendance on Saturday credentials to Mr. Khalinin, Presi- plications from British subjecta.

dent of the Central Executive Com the post of Engineer and Manager both with, the people of Amorica fetters, but men of such stature are afternoon. Amongst those present mittee of the U.S.S.R.... Of ifs Electricity Department.

The Ministry of Communications and in the inner councils of the above the expectation of mankind, be anlary offered is Tia 800.00 | Government,

and work cannot be based on their in addition to the Administrator

(Hon. W. H. Marsh) were Bishop The Kobe central post office has decided to take over the Yang Tentsin curroner per month.

handled over three million post taze Wharf from the Japanese mer Applications should state age In the view of his own generation potentialities.

Raimondi, Major-General Sargent, carde én five days from December chants and to place it under the malifentions and experience, and COOLIDGE was not a great man, but It would be interesting to know Admiral Meyer, the Chief Justice 26 to 29 Over five hundred em control of the China Merchants hould be forwarded, together with his was able, conscientious and whether Mr. CooLIDOR foresaw the (Sir George Phillippos), Hon, E. ployees, including permanent and N. Co., according to the Chinese pies of testimonials, to the underbones. He did what was needed, read the historians. Will with the O'Malley, Mr. Justice Snowden, day, ay napaper

extra, have worked twenty hours a Press.

A'Seoul telegram, to China and, during his years of office his No doubt historians sift the Hon. J. Russell, Mr. Romano,

Mr. Myers, technical adviser to Times may that, the Seoul Court country enjoyed peace and pros, evidence and wrangle over the de: Major Hamilton, ADC, and and the following report showing king, is on a visit of inspection at former Premierin

The Canton Bureau of Health the Ministry of Railways at Nan has sentenced Mr. Ahn perity. On the other hand, it is vision. If President Hooven had easy to overlook his early accom doubts in the early days of his age number of ladies including the number of cases of infectious Canton. He is estimating the true Provisional

Baked Mra, March The band of the diseases which occurred in Canton cost of the Chuchow Shinkwan see leader of

ment to four plishment, when as a candid administration, he certainly com French flagship was in attendance during the week ending Decembertion of the Yuet Hos Hailway American publicist put it:

eduled them. It would be

31 Small-pox, 188 (8 deatha) that a definite amount can be ap:-) for committing: in: and played a bolection of music diphtheria, 1; measles, 2

propriated from the Boxer Indem pence) Mr Ahn, it may teresting to know if COOLIDGs Hong Kong Daily Press, January wombina

nity Fund. Coorsoor cleaned out the holy moss which HARDING left, passed on, any word of warning

The residence of not at once-but-by-degrees and But whatever he may have.

Hong Kong to day from-dington-No-510 Th then he gave us normalcy The thought of the future the hard-Looking Hack 25. Yours.

Shanghai, for a business visit to zino Gap, wan country wanted to make money, and made it it didn't want to working sad self-denying man from

Yesterday afternoon, as the three the Colony. The branch of Messrs some time between

Bwan, Cumbertson and RA be botlured with propheter and Vermont can hardly have seen

o'clock Peak car was descending thecently opened in the Colony it wasn't He stuck to the without misgiving the lawlessness,

between -Fiaute; the Ala-Life Bulidin instruction which he, as President the sharp practices in business and sleep of the Massachusetts Sanate had politics, the luxury and the bossttion, and

Roads rge dog Road Central given that body Do the day's fulness that accompanied the yours work. He did the day's work of prosperity. If he did not clearly cros though it irked him

and vision the reaction, he probably the car when he said at the end of his realised that the pace was too hot The term I do not wish to run for to last. COOLIDGE's loss at this. President, nobody believed him time 15 8 Feat one, for it is the until it was discovered that he abandoning of his principles, that the in meant what he said. He was has brought the world to its present President, doing the pass, and it is to men of his type vit on his Vermont that we must look for the building

By Order,

M. 8. FYFFE,

Becretary,

BETTISH MUNICIPAL COUROIZ, 22nd December, 1982,

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