HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 7- 1933.
BRITISH EMPIRE
FAIR.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
CHINESE STUDIES AT OXFORD
DR. STOBIE HONOURED.
Oxford, Jan. 34-la Convocation to-day the Rev. F. J. Lys, Provost of Worcester College, presiding, Dr. W. Stobie, O.B.E., received the honorary degree of M.A.
MAKING GOLF POPULAR
OSAKA SOON TO HAVE TWO NINE HOLE PUBLIC
COURSES.
Osaka may shortly have two public golf links. The plan is being pushed on by the Osaka Prefectural Office.
reach of the general public in Golf at present beyond the
Japan. In fact, the only publiq links are in Unzen, Nagasaki and at
AMERICA'S TOBACCO
RUSSIA'S CHINA MARKET
BILL
FALLING OFF IN CIGARETTE OUTPUT
HEAVY TAXATION
ATACOMFORT AND SPEED
ACROSS AMERICA
WILL ACCEPT ORDERS AT A THIRD OF JAPANESE PRICES.
THREE MONTHS HENCE Decree to accept an offer by the Maiko, the others being run a club dix," published by the New York some time ago instructed its trade
FOR FOUR DAYS Empire Day, Wednesday, May 24
to
Saturday, May 27, 1988,
at the
In order that allocation of atalla may be made, INTENDING EX- HIBITORS who have not already applied for space, are requested to
communicate with
The Master of Balliol moved
Universities' China Committee in affairs. The Osaka prefectural London to contribute the sum of authorities wish to afford citizens £775 per mum for 10 years to the opportunity of playing golf for encourage the teaching of Chinese moderate fem on Saturday and language and literature with special Sunday. In their opinion, the now reference to religion and phile public linka may be made to pay phy. He pointed out that this for one round, clubs being
loaned.
The new links are each to have nine holes,
committee was founded in 1996 on PENINSULA HOTEL.the initiative of the Society of between England and China Dr. Friends to encourage relationships Shipley acted as its first chairman, the Hankyu Tramway), Yodogawa The sites will be at Hattori (along Until 1930 its activities were re-
tricted by lack of funds. In that Nagars Bridge), or Kanzaki (down- (between the Juso Bridge and the
year, through the final settlement of stream of the Kanzaki river) or the Boxer indemnity, the sum of Takitani (along the Naakai Tram £200,000 was given to the Univer-way). Each course will cost 120,000 sities' China Committee in London to Y100,000. Construction.work will to administor, under conditions laid take until next year. The scheme down by Parliament. The sum of ones under the Government uneth £775 was the share of Oxford in a ployment enterprices. total sum of £3,000 allocated be- tween various British universities..
THE EMPIRE FAIR COMMITTEE,
M. F KET, Hon. See.. c/o The Chamber of Commerce, Chartered Bank Building, Hong Kong.
FOR
TONE, QUALITY, BEAUTY, DURABILITY,
obtain the
MORRISON PIANO
In two subsequent decrees Con- vocation proceeded to allot this money. A sum of £575 is to be given to the endowment of a Reader- ship in Chinese Religion and Philo sophy; and altogether £150 a year for five years to be given to assist in the publication of the rearches of Professor Soothill, the Professor of Chinese.
MANUFACTURERS LIFE
COMPANY MAKES RECORD PAYMENT TO POLICY- HOLDERS.
The 40th Annual Report of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Com- pany for the year ending December 3lat, 1032, submitted to Policy- holders and Shareholders at the marked activity.
NETHERLANDS. BOXER FUNDS
the Netherlands Minister, is leaving Nanking, Feb. 28.-M. Thorbecke, for Peking to-night, the Foreign Office announcing that the question of the use of the Netherlands Boxer Indemnity Funds, amounting to #1,300,000, had been settled. Details nd the agreement are being an- nounced in a few days.
DO WIVES LIKE TO BE BULLIED?
A PROFESSOR WHO THINKS THEY DO.
ing to Professor Eric S. Water- Marriage is of four kinds, accord-
house, of London University. The total Assets amounted to Speaking Annual Meeting shows a year of marriage,
temperament in Professor Waterhouse, 8117,786,820. Of this amount Gov-said: ennent, Government Guarante- "One quarter is ideally happy, a ed, Municipal, Public Utility second quarter is more happy than And other bonds FOR SALE OR HIRE $47,028,023.
comprised unhappy, a third quarter is more First Mortgages on Approved Real Estate
unhappy than happy, and the amount fourth quarter is absolutely miser- ed to `832,860,503.
Investments' able."
(Guaranteed ten years.)
at
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COMPANY.
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the
WANT ADS
in Preferred and Common Professor Waterhouse said he had Stocks amounted to $2,917,332, All recently been talking to an ultra securities have been conservatively modern young, woint, who said, "I valued being held in the Balance would not dream of marrying a man Sheet at a value substantially Icas who did not rule, but I would never than that authorized by the marry a man who could not rule Dominion Department of Insurance. without bullying." New investments made during the year wore confined to Government and high-grade Municipal bonds.
The New Insurance amounted to 802,415,835. The total Insurance in Force amounted to $599,263,191.
Payments to Policyholders and Beneficiaries surpassed all previous years and amounted to $18,288,741, au increase of nearly Four Million Dollars over 1331.
point of view of a great many He thought that represented the women. Men should show, a quiet firmness of decision, and in their heart of hearts women liked it.
One cause of unhappy, marriages was that men, made too much fussi of their future wives while they were engaged, and then neglected these attentions afterwards.
There were three types of men, Payments. to those who wanted to be cave men, Living Policyholders for Matured those who wanted to be chwn Policies,Annuities, Dividends, etc.,men," and those who wanted to be amounted to $13,381,043, while cradle or children-men." Beneficiarica under Death Claims
received $4,907,808.
T
The earnings of the Company con- FIVE DAYS IN A HURRICANE tinued to be satisfactory. In addition
to maintaining a Reserve. for Divi- dends to Policyholders of 85,502,520, and a Contingency Reserve of 3700,000. the surplus amounted to 82,049,374.
Hong Kong Weekly
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
Another Piracy
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The Struggle on Jehol Border.
Press
Last Two days of Annual Race Meeting.
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Other Interesting Features
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Liverpool. A remarkable BLOTY
Soviet Rumia is active in develop- In some Statea in Amurica, on aing her market in China. She willi Bucket of cigarettes designed to take orders at one third the prices soll for 15 cents the combined Federal and State taxes amount
quoted by Japanese goods which na is given in a review of the Ameri to as much as 11 cents. This fact a result feel a serious oppression.
According to a Shanghai message a Tobacco Industry in the In-to the Asahi, the Soviet Government Trust Co.
commissioners in China to secure tobacco taxes brought 466 million merchandise, and the Soviet Com During the calendar year 1931 and expand the market for Russian dollars of revenue to the United missioners have already concluded States Treasury, being the second long term contracts with aight most important source of revenue, Chinese firms for lumber and cotton and exceeded only by the-income fabrics Russian goods are being tax. To the heavy State taxes on shipped.
not tobacco is attributed the chief re- Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy and only to Tientsin, sponsibility for the decline in the Canton, but also to Changkiakow! consumption of manufactured ciga- and Suiyuan. The principal goods rottes in America in 1931,
The peak production of cigaretisques and metals. Their prices are lumber, petroleum, woollen
reached in 1830 with total of Japanese. Japanese cotton traders tes in the United States was ns cheap as a third that quoted-by 123,810 million, but in 1001 the a seriously threatened by Russian. output fell to 113,449 million. To fabrics, and this oppression is more tal exports of tobacco products in marked in North China 1931 amounted in value to about 120 million dollars,
1.5 compared Greatly encouraged by, the results with 15 million dollars in 1930. so far obtained, the Soviet Govern-
ment British Imports,
has now ordered the Far Eastern Bank to give liberal facili Cigarette production for the first ties to Chinese inerchants handling! ten nionths of 1932 declined 9.91 | Russian goods. The National Sal per cent from that of the corres-vation Association, with the Shang ponding period of 1831. The in-bai Chamber of Commerce creasing ase of cigarette papers, nucleus, on the other hand, forces however, indicates that large num- Chinese banks and money merchants bers of smokers have been forced to refuse loans or other facilities to cigarettes. temporarily to
uke.
home-made Chinese. merchants handling Japan
chief importers of United Stated England has been one of the leaf tobacco, but it is expected that the agreements reached at the recent Ottawa Conference, giving preference to Empire products, will have some adverse effect upon U.S.ales of tobacco to England..
Since about 40 per cent, of Amorica's leaf tobacco is sold abroad, the Index" is of opinion that this accentuates the need for the lowering of international trade
tarriers.
PTERODACTYL IS NEWEST 'PLANE
DESIGNED ON LINES OF PREHISTORIC BIRD
are
然
еве goods. Chinese, merchanta handle Russian goods, and are naturally find it advantageous to ready to conclude long term con- tracts with the Soviet Trade Com- missioners,
BROADCASTING THE WAR
Tokyo, Feb. 28.-Radio listeners throughout the country will be able to hear the booming of gunfire and the shots of rifles and machine-guns from the scenes of actual fighting in Jehol through the facilities now being prepared by the Japan Broadcasting Association in colla boration with the Manchukuo Radio Association, it is reliably stated here.
An airplane designed or the lines Comte de Mertol, French Ambas of a prehistoric bird is being test-sador to Tokyo, who was formerly ed by the Air Ministry.
Minister to China, has arrived Nanking.
Known as the Pterodactyl, it has been planned by Captain G. T. R. Hill, who, with Professor D. M. S. Watson, Professor of Zoology at the University College, London, spent hours among the fossils in the College Museum making the de-
signs.
Captain Hill said:-
anatomical basis, and its propor The airplane has a definite tions are very much the same as the prehistoric bird, except that it while the machine is 40 feet across. bad a wing span of 20 feet across, The radders on the wing tips, which wore a feature of the earlier models, were taken directly from our studies of the bird,
"Features of the machine are ita curved wings and engine behind the cabin. Pilot and passengers have a clear view both ways, and brakes and wheel brakes enable it noise is greatly reduced. Air
to land in a very small space, and it is efficient at low speeds. This, it is claimed, robs flying of its greatest danger-stalling."
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ROYAL OBSERVATORY'S DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
STATION
Wladivostock Nemuro Hakodate
. Tokio?......
Kochi........ Nagasaki Kagoshima
Oshima Naha Ishigakijima Bonin Island Chefoo Shanghai Gutzlaff
Wenchow
STANDARD
MARCH 5, 1938.
BAROMETER
AT SEA LEVEL
ischre
12
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12
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11 29.82 757.5 29.92 760.0 29.69 754.0 29.99 7600) 30.16 766.0
YIRIBILITY
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STANDARD
MARCH 6, 1983.
BAMONTER
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30.16 766.0
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Foochow..
Amoy
Bratow
Taiboku
Thichu
NOW FITTED ON AUSTIN TWENTY
Tainan
Koshun
"1
Pascadorer
Rong Kong Gap Rock
The Austen Twenty is now fitted
easier gear change
of the sea was related by Mr.ith a new type gearbox, notable Lawrence Holt, at Liverpool, when for exceptional silence as well as an Captain David L. O. Evans, mas ter of the steamer Pheming, waż presented with a piece of plate in recognition of his fine Besmanship when his vessel was for five days at the mercy of a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. ---
The ship met the full force of the storm one afternoon;-
This gearbox employs helical constant mesh geams for all double forward speeds except first, which is vitually an Cibergenoy gear; engagement ia by aliding dogs,
The ratios for the landdaulet or limousine models are as follows: First, 2034 to 1; second, 11.41 to Great asas began to wash over1; third; 7.34 to 1; and top 4.67 to her. Early on the first morning for the short wheelbase Whitehall the air was filed with fumes, and salon slightly higher ratios are the funnel was seen to have been bodily lifted out Thirty tons of
employed. steel had been torn away. --The wireless went, and steam at 220lb. prossure was escaping from the damaged machinery
Without lights, the crew turned to the emergency engine, but the storm, had drenched out the engine and everything connected with it. The ship filled with 1,000 tons of free water in the holds and took a list of 20 degrees.
She was four times in the vorter, and four times was thrown back into the worst of the hurricane.
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER. FES
Hong Kong Observatory, March 6,
Previous On Date On Date
·Day
at at p. 10 am. 4.D.m Barometer.. 29.97 30.16. 20106 Temperature ச1
6%
50 Humidity. 98
.80 Wind
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80.16766.11.58) 80.08 768.9 66 29.80 767.0 58
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30.01 782.81 70 20.94760.4 66
29.98 260.172 29.88 7688.75 29.93 760.2174
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4.22 19.79 768.7 .65
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29.84 757.876- 29.82 757.478
Mitoh od 10%. 30m. The anticyclone has moved southward and is now centred to the west of Shantung. Freek monsoon will prevail over the China coast, and the northern China Bes
Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, today, 0.00 inch. Total since January 1, 0.65 Inches, against an average of 8.47 inches.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON ON MAROH Z
FORMCAST.
DISTRICT,
B. Turnabout to Hong Kong
D-Hong Kong to Hainan Straits E-North Chica Bea
OD
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dimperature, 4362 perature 6:08.
A
Shanghai to Turnabout.
C.-Hong Kong to Gap Rock...
News has just been received by Ellhet mail that Lady Dorman, widow of Sir Arthur Dorman B, founder and chairman of Meters, Dorman, B=Blansky, O=Clondy." D» Long-and Co., died on Jan. 28 at Dritalo; F-Fog; L-Lightning; Newton Hall, Yorkshire, at the age MMist; 0-Overcast; P Passing Fordjoy Sat Arthur Dorman died in Showers; Q-Squalls; R-Rain; T
Thunder."
N.. winds, moderate to fresh,
N.E. winds, fresh,
winds, fresh, aloudy.
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