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ADVERTISEMENTS

TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

UGMENTED SERVICE

and after 1st February, 1992, the Arst Tram will run at 6,00 Bundays and Wookdays), and a inutes service maintained until m., from whinh hour the usual Tabl will be followed.

Mex as usual,

END. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers,

OFFICIAL NOTICE.

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME:

(TĽUJE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1933.

WHITBREAD'S

DOUBLE BROWN ALE

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IS CLEAR GOLD

Thomas Henry Robert Shinw, of Hong Kong, hereby give notice

new vesens

t in consequeues of the Owners at sent building Jacoment.

have applied to the Board of ade, under Section 47 of the Mer- Ant Shipping Act, 1894, in respect the ship "FATSHAN" of London, Bcial number 88843, of gross tonnage 316 tons, register tonnage 1,150 tons, retofore owned by Messrs. The ina Navigation Co., Ltd., 8 Billiter asre, London EC. 3 for the per lesion to change her name to Fatehan" 1, and to have her regis red in the new name at the Port of andon, as owned by Messrs. The hina Navigation Co., Ltd. Any ob- tions-to the proposed change of me must be sent to the Registrar Shipping at Hong Kong, within ven days from the appearance of

is advertisement.

Dated at Hong Kong,

this sith day of January, 1933. (Signed) T. H. R. SHAW, Manager Mesara. Butterfield

Swira under Fower of Attorney for Messrs. John Swire & Sons, Lul, General Managers of The China Navigation Co., Ltd.

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL OR- DINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at

No

the Hongkong Hotel, Hong Kong.

MONDAY, the 18th February. 1988, at 11.00 am. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directore together with a Statement of Ao- ounts for the year ended 31st December, 1982,

The TRANSFER/BOOKS of the Company will be. CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, 1st February to MONDAY, 18th February, both days finclusive.

JOHN D.. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 4th January, 1933.

(282

THE STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE THAT

THIRTY.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be CSED from Wednes lay, the lat February, 1938 to Thursday, the 9th February, 1998, both days inclusive.

FINE

WN A

"DOUBLE BROWN

WHITBREAD,

.. & CO LT LONDON

HEALTH GIVING AND

INVIGORATING.

I FILLS THE NEED

FORFA FIRST, CLASS

NIGHT-CAP,

Sole Agents,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

MARRIAGE.

Est. 1841.

PATERSON-STANTON.-On December ..17, 1939, at Carson City, U.S.A.,

PATERSON ELSA BUNGEES

to WILLIAM TILLINGHAST STÁNTON.

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JUBILEE ROAD MURDER

(Continued from l'age 7.)

* News and Views *

The Judge's Dilemma,

Lord Justice Serutton in the Court of Appeni

the accused put when he was arrested on November 7-I am Afraid I do not know anything about him, until he was charged on

"I am constantly having this November 0.

After Mr. Major had given evi-difficulty when crossing the Mall. dence-in-chief, Mr. Lite asked him: A motor-car comes along taking no notice of me. What am I to do? In your opinion did the defendant Should I stop or run? understand the charge -He did.

You were prosent at the identi- fication parade at the next day i- Yes.

"I remember ones I directed a that a motorist had no jury business to make a foot passenger Do you remember his asking whe

run. The newspapers made it had ther he could say anything at all 1-no business to make a "fat" pas

(Laughter). Ycs.

senger rum." And the question he asked waa whether he was charged at all?-- Yes.

The Statement. After hearing Mr. Tim's submis- xion, His Lordship called the inter- proter who read the statement to the Court. It was as follows: I ilid not murder him. The trouble about him was not caused by me. Lam Yat and Lam Fuk Lung nak ed me to do something good. They said Lam Kam Chuen was going to the country to cut his father' concubine. Lain Yat naked me to go and do something good, that is to assist it. They two would put their hands on first and asked me to give a helping hand. I refused hini and he said it would be better to save the lives of several per

5008,"

"

Begging à la Mode.

Frank davis, whose legs are paralyzed, was arrested, recently at Wewarli, now Jersey, for beg- ging as he pushed himself along the side walk in a low-wheeled cart, The police said he had been on the street only half an hour and he lind 13 dollars. He was locked up at the First Precinct police station in default of 50 dollars' bail.

The police were told that he had been driven to the city in an expen- sive limousine, got out at. Campbell Street and took to his sidewalk cart. He confirmed this report, telling them that his father was dirving the car. The prisoner is about twenty years old.

Epaulettes for London Police,

With regard to another statement which is alleged to have been made by the accused following an identi- fication parade, Mr. Lam also ab jected to its admission, one of the

The next issue of aniforms made grounds being that there was no purpose in the identification parade for the Metropolitan polica will be as the accused had never denied the slightly different from those in usu fact that he was Chan Kua. Mr.the tunics being fitted with epau Lim submitted that the parade was letter somewhat similar to those

worn by some of the military. in the nature, of an inducement or Father, threat, to the accused.

His Lordship decided that the statement was admissible and re- served the point raised by Mr. Lim.

The Second Statement. The statement which the accused | is alleged to have made volun- tarily to the Police was very lengthy one and among other things it described the murder which is alleged to have been carried out by one Lam 'Yat the accused and an- atker person being present, Accus ed alleged that he was given $10 to keep quiet and Lam Yat had threatened him with an accusation of having been party to the murder if there was, any question of ex-

Altej su

written statement by C.D.I. Reynolds, who has returned Home, had been rejected by the Court, the case for the Crown was cloned,

Mr. Lim indicated.that he was not calling any evidence and the Court adjourned until this morning.

was offering prayers" for an end "which was as dis- to a situation, graceful as it was deplorable." Mr. DE VALERA admitted. in the Dail, that the tariff war “was sure to impose hardship on the people, but he believed that the re-orderingposure to the police. of their economie life, which the war Roretto-On Saturday, Jan. 25 necessity for meeting this

1933, ut his residence, 18 Cum would bring about, would in the berland Rand, Kowloon, Jons Hertor Botelho, aged 48 years, long run relieve them from a posi- Vice-Consul for Portugal intion of dangerous dependence." Shanghai. (China, American' and European papers please copy).

DEATH.

Ice House Street, Tel 30251. Editorial and Busness Offices: 11, Night Editor (Wanchai Offics):

Tel. 24511, London Office: 53, Fleet Street

E.O. 4.

The Daily Press.

·HONG KONO, JANUARY 31, 1933,

There was ground enough for considering this, a wretchedly weak election reply to the complaints of hard-hit farmers, manufacturers, and general populace. What had Mr. DE VALERA to offer in return for these sacrifices A Republic, when the Irish Free State has the substance of independence already? And even Mr. DE VALERA does not "favour a clear cut from the British Empire; he wants some sort of a connection. The panuiment of the Land Annuity payments? Not a bit of it. They are to go to the Irish Treasury, for a farmer's bounty-a caso, if ever there was one, of feeding the dog with his own tail.

This martyr

From the files.

No use will be made of the epau- lettes, and they will bear no letters or ornamentation. It is thought, however, that the new tunics will be smarter in appearance than the old.

The additional cost of making the alteration will be 18. 6d. each

The Capri Sanctuary.

The island of Capri, by Mus- as bird solini's decree, is to be sanctuary.

Before the war it provided a sanctuary of a different kind. It was here, in 1000; that the Bol shevista organised their school for training agitators and propagni- fists.

Gorki was the beadmastor, and among the chief lecturers wore the scented Lunacharsky and Pokrov. sky, the historian.

Many fire-brands who afterwards carried the torch of Bolshevism in- to the Russian villages graduated from this school. The most famous papil of all was Romanoff, the notorious agent-provocateur, who supplied the Tsarist police with a faithful account of the school's activities.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(January 31).

(I Moon 8th Day}, Sanitary Board Meeting, p.m.

4.15-

Meeting of H.K. Pence Group, Helena May Institute, 5.30 p.m.

Theatres.

Tom

Brown

King's: Sky Devils." Central: Culver,"

Questa: "Kismet.'i

World: "Hen and Duck Spouse" (Chinese film).

Oriental:

lion."

"The Doomed Batte

Star: Tarzan the Ape Man.' Majestic Movie Crazy."

Sports.

Hockey-Mamak Tournament: R.A.M.Č. r. Veteran. 4 p.m.

Billiards:-Open Championship, A. J. Osmund r. A. H. Oswick, 8- p.m.

Kowloon Chess Club, 6.30 p. Sunrise: 7.03 a.m.; Sumot: -6.11 p.m..

Scots Bang the Threepenny. Bit,

A remarkable increase in the

Tides --High at 0.07 and 13.36: demand for threepenny pieces" is noted in the report of the Deputy Low at 6.2 and 18.43.

via Siberia by Andra. Master and Comptroller of the Home Mails: Inward from Royal Mint for 1931: "During Europe 1031 nearly 6,000,000 of these much- Lebon: Outward for U.3.A., by maligned coins were required- Pres. Hoover. 5 p.m. Air-mail for much larger number than in any Europe by Andre Lebon 1 p.m., year since 1022" the report states. steamer 2.30 p.m. "Scottish banks requisitioned for. £42,500 in this denomination-more than half the total issue. The in- creased demand in England for threepenny pieces was much accen- tuated by the changes in the rates for unemployment pay, which in Labour Exchange officials found volved the payment of an odd 3d.

penny pieces rather than for the it convenient to indent for three- heavier weight and larger bulk of bronze coin.

Elixir of Life!

WEDNESDAY (February 1).

(I Moon 7th Day). Theatres,

Central: "Young Bride" Queen's: "Kismet." King's: "Sky Bride." World: Three Modern Girls." Majestic: "dovic_Crazy." Stars At the Villa Rose." Tea Dances at King'a Restaurant,. Gloucester Hong Kong Hotel, Building, and Majestic Dancing Academy

Onions must now be added to all the other ways of reaching an over- ripe old age. A lady in Mexico

Dinner Dances at King's Reatau- is now reported to have died at have announced that this feat was Repulse Bay Hotels, and Glouces the age of 120, and her relations rant, Peninsula, Hong Kong, and performed as a result of eating, ter Building.

Sports. No change is at present contem-faw onions at every one of her plated for the City of London po-three meals a day, a diet, which lice uniform.

tunic.

Mollison. Visiting India.

of the

p.m.

2,15 p.m.

1.

Hockey:-Friendly match: Hong she maintained to the last week of

Kong Hockey Club Seniors her life. She must have been a fragrant old lady; people who do H.K.S.R.A. (Marina ground), 5.15 not like onions may think that they

Hunting:-Fanling Hunt Hounds Guess who is to be among the were gallant relations who remain Meet (Sheung Shui Cross Roads);

Maharajah of ed for so long in her vicinity. In- guests

Home Mails: Outward for Rajpipla, whe, has invited a party deed, any tears which they may D matter of habit,

by Empress of Canada 10 a.m.; for of English friends to make his shed now for her passing my America and Europe via Siberia State their winter resort ?~J. A., sedm almost

many a year as they self! The Maharajah of Rajpipla them for Mollison, the famous airman, him since they must have been shedding Europe vid Suez by Memnon 2.30

lavish provoking herb. Pip to his numerous English sliced her daily ration of the tear-pin for Australia by Nellore, fricada-proved himself a and kindly host da his recent visit to London.

Mollison is going to fly to India. 3,000 years ago were uncovered. He holds the India-England speed They lived in a little Stone Age record-three days and two hours. village not far from where the This time, however, he is going to Persians, hunderds of years later, "take it easily." It will take him built their magnificent black marble about five days.

palaces in Persepolis, the ancient "Local admirers of Mollison will capital. hope that he will hop over to Ceylon before he returns to Eng- land says the Ceylon Observer ad- ding:- few

LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS

The Russian ficet should be bere The Japanese Emperor's soon. yacht will be presented a months. The times are portentous.

1858.

་ ་ ་ ་

4.30 p.m.

EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS AGO

RELICS UNCOVERED NEAR PERSEPOLIS.

Chicago, January 23-An expedi- These palaces, in which immense

tion by the University of Chicago, treasure" was found after the Mace and the Oriental Institute hae re- donian conquest, were those of the sulted in the finding of a village He may be curious himself to see legend which tells of Alexander where men lived 60 centuries be the place from where his wife Amy setting fire to them with his own Johnson oarried home a necklace of hand at the instigation of the

courtesan, Thais, in 331 B.U. Ceylon stones presented to her at civic reception.”

fore Christ,

By digging into a huge mound, (l'udined on Previous Column, the relics of a people who existed

Local and General

The Erection of

will be delivered by Mr. H. Braga, B.Sc. (Eng.), in -Room K on Eri day, February 10, 1833; at 8.30 p.m. ~

The lecture will be illustrated. Tea will be served in the Union after the meeting. All interested are welcome.

Japan and Saghalien, and Kam schatska, the Great Wall and the Russian bugbear will soon cease to be mysterious and terrae incognitae We shall have furs and Tartar costumes as plentiful as blackber- rics. The Hong Kong painters will be as busy as bees copying original sketches and we hope the newspapers will have a good time of it. Wel trust our legislative council, devoid THE IRISH ELECTIONS YEARLY

Mr. DU VALERA- knows his own of principal, ability, party, or lead FIFTH ORDINARY

Only business of a routine nature | During the week-end nine cases A lecture on MEETING OF TRIS COMPANY

enjoy their insignificance, whilst

loan), three cases of diphtheria, will be held at the Office of Messrs.

one of enteric and three of menin- Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on I was fairly confidently expected countrymen. This sad and stern era may spare their foolscap and

gitis were reported. THURSDAY, the 9th February, that the economic consequences of figure, dreamer and fanatic, who our lawyers agreeing like witnesses, appears on the agenda for today's of small-pox (3 Victoria, & Kow-the Kai Tak Aeroplane Hangar " 1983, at NOUN, for the purpose of Mr. DE VALERA's policy had been put his own life to the stake, has may, cease to squabbls like kites.meeting of the Sanitary Board.

Nauking's new power plant, eres receiving the Report of the Directors such that an indignant nation caught the imagination of the Irish Hong Kong Daily Free; Jan. 31.

tion of which was made possible by together with a Statement of Ac Goats for the year ended 31s. would wreek condign vengeance people. There is no denying now.

upon his party, Fianna Fail, in that they will follow him through Looking Back 25 Years,

A quarrel attended with serious a loan from the British Boxer Fund, The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes December, 1982.

results, took place in the Colonial will start functioning early next is confined to bed with pneumonia the elections to the Dail. Irish thick and thin. trade was being blooked by the quality of the Irish race--the fun place then month. All materials were purchasat his residence, No. 402, The Prak

Bedford fought with a party of British made, this being one of the expected. tariff wall which was Britain's an readiness to offer all for a belief party of bluejackets from E.M.S. gd from England, or at least were and is getting on as well as con be swor to "Mr. "DE VALENA's repudia and an idea-is one of the thing Italian sailors, the result being clauses in the Fund "agreement. of the Land Annuity Payments that the English have never under that one bluejacket, and a police. The plant will have a daily capacity As early as last August both im stood, and has been not the least man were taken to hospital. The of 10,000 kilowatts.

cause the Italians, monopolised the

The point to point for the Cap ports and exports had heavily de cause of the appalling strife be quarrel is said to have started be creased, it being reckoned that two- tween two great and generous piano; they were having an even thirds of the market for bacon had peoples. Is the end of the struggle ing of song, and some of the blue- taiu Cuttle Challenge Cup, premiernity.

of that for now in sight Frobably not, for jackets wanted to sing as well, but event of the Peking Paper Hunt bos lost, five-sixths

the Italians refused to give up the Season, was won by the defender The Directory of the Hong Kong united #

piano. In the fight which followed Bluebeard, E. D. Thunder up, in

Ltd., have declared a final dividend pork, about three quarters of the Mr. DH VALZHA wants I poultry and egg trade, and half Ireland, but Ulster stands stub the Bluejackets' attempt to take an exciting race on January 18 Miss Land Investment and Agency Co. also of Tientsin

wealthy the butter trade. England, was bornly aloof. Ulster, however, is possession of it, one of the British Arguello, on Rajahmi, hollowed of $2 per share. This with the in- A farmer was killed at Paoshan- sailors was stabbed in the back, length behind and was followed

resident of that district received threatening letter demanding a HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LTD turning to other cliente, Germany more likely to be won if the Free and police staren Coper who closely by Mr. Neppo an Badajoz terim dividend of 32 mlready paid, heien last week through a mis

had put a prohibitivo tax on Irish State retains some kind of alliance rushed into the hotel and andear Five ladios were among the 20 start makes 84 in all for the year 1982 take Boveral days ago,

oured to stop the fight had his eazers in the race,

A lecture on the erection of the foon bf. $1,200 and instructing that TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

badly cut with a knife. One of the that the ORDINARY YEARLY butter, and other European coun- with the British Empire.

Kai Tak Aeroplane Hanger will a man be sent to meet the writers are all producing more

One thing quite certain is that Italian sailors has been arrested, GENERAL MEETING of HONG tries KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED will agricultural commodities than they

the Engineering Society, on Friday, and detectives disguised as pedes ruine,Matheson &o., Ltd. Hong need. Even Mr. DE VALERA admit. if Ireland wishes to break the lost and released, on promise by his charbouring twa very distinguished be given by Mr H Braga, B.Sc. at a bridge at San Kunnge Tang, February 10, at 6.30 p.m. The trians were sent to the appointed Deared and upon reachima-the (Eng) at the University, before A report was made to the police lecture will be illustrated and all place. About 4 p.m., deceased ap

at bridge, he stopped interested are welcome.

round,Thinking

By order of the Board of Directors,

F. H. CRAPNELL,

Secretary, longkong, 24th January, 1988.

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be held at the offices of Messrs.'

* on THURSDAY, the 18th day ted that there was no other market linke with England she will be

1932, at 12 o'clock noon,

balordinary business of than England, for the Irish farmer,

dess not stop duties

cers to bring him up for judgment Hong Kong Daily Press, Jan 31. allowed to do as she wishes with- | 1905. || out more than warning and pro- test from the Bride Governments

ong Kong, January 251

Hong Kong is at the moment and Lady Bernard who disembark od here from the R.M.8. Empress guests in, the persons of Sir Frank of Canada in week or so ago. Sir Frank, who is an ex Governor of impossible. - · ̈IdsarTM have changed. Exilia Columbia zoriginally in- In - tho - old days England held since then; igens on peace and war. tended making the ground ehr vi Ireland largely for strategic rea-The risk would be taken, in these the Empress of Dans but his dmiral MAHAN, the days, of Ireland as an unfriendly plans were altered in order that n neutral or even an opponent in visit might be made to Peiping time of war. A. European conflict Our distinguished visitors now in today would be fought in the air, tend returning to Canada on the

kkas not an armed ruggle be- Empress of Britain which is due for

Brit

ritain “un- arrive at Hong Kong-on February

An extremely pretty wedding took place on January 21 in St Louis Church, Tientsin, the Rev... The Third Annual Ball of the Father Molinari officiating at a fully Hong Kong University Engineer choral service when Miss Sinfii Lillea Dean Fitchford became the ing Society will be held on Saturbride of Mr. Robert Loais Sambroq) Alay, February 4 1033, at 6.30 p.in., Miss Fitchford is the eldest daugh in the Great Hall of the Univerter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W Fitch- ford, of 2 Tsung Jen Lane, Race courso Road, and the bridegroom is the son of M and Mme Samarcq

To facilitate work in the controle had been

of the telephone service in Canton, detectives, attempted

new building has been completed when 'decended for the offices of the Telephone Ad band h his ministration near the Automatte fearms that Telephone Exchange at Fung Ning produce his p

clothing revealed Road. The Administration has since | tatarl moved into its new quarters,