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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

WING 'le temporary disorganisa.

Bre our business will, until further “zotice, be managed from the Offices of Calander's Cable and Construction Company Limited, 2nd Floor, St. George Building., Tol 25602...

WILLIAM O. JACK & CO., LTD.. 5873 197

THE HONG KONG AND NEW TERRITORIES FERRY 'CO., LTD.

FOURTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING.

NOT

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FOURTH ORDINARY. TEARLY MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Com- pany's Office at China Baildings (5th Hoor, Hong Kong, on Thursday, the 23 March, 1933, at 12 o'clock nosu, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and a statement of Acounts for the year ending 31st December, 1932, and of electing an auditor.

The TRANSTER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 10th to 23rd Marcb, 1833, both days inclusivo.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

HENRY LOWCOCK, Socretary, Hong Kong, 18th March, 1933.

CANTON CHARITY RACE MEETING.

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ROGRAMMES and Entry forwa

PROG Canton Charity Bace Meeting to be held at Canton on Sunday, 26th March, 1933, can be obtained at the Offices of Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Flaming, 8, Des Voux Road Central..

Entries close at 10 am, on Friday, 17th March, 1933

THE

HONG KONG CLUB,

NOTICE.

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THE FIFTH YEARLY DRAWING of 120 Debentures (1928 iuae-

$500 each) of the Hong Kong Club, payable on Saturday, the 30th Septem ber, 1033, will be held in the Clab House, at 10 o'clock, A.M., on Monday, the 20th March, 1933,

Bearers of Debentures are invited to attend the Drawing.

By order,

T. A. ROBERTSON, Lieut. Col.,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 8th March, 1993. [556

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

No

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forty-Eighth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the Company (since its registration) will be hold at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on Tuesday, the alst March, 1933, at 11.30 AM.. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st October, 1932

The Register of Shares of the Company will be closed from Thursday, the 18th day of March to Wednesday, the 22nd day of March, 1923, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be rogistered.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON

General Managers. Hongkong; 9th March, 1933.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1933.

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

MARRIAGE.

Est. 1841.

The marriage between Miss FLOR

ENCE HO TUNO, daughter of Sir ROBERT und Lady Ho Tuna, and Dr. K. C. YEO, son of Mr. and Mrs. YEO Kix HONG, of Penang, will take place on Friday, March 24. No formal

invitations are being issued but all friends will be welcome at the reception which will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel at 4

p.m.

Editorial and Business Office: 11.

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HONG KONG, MARCH 14, 1933.

TAKING CHINA FOR GRANTED!

afieid whenever the opportunities offer? Are not riding and walking, exploring and climbing just na beneficial from the point of view of health, and still more so from the point of view of mind than tennis or gelf or even cricket. The ad. nutage of the change that is indicated lies in the fact that the young man will grow up with that sort of knowledge which gives him a more rympathetic hearing from his Chinese friends in business. It is not only a knowledge of the language which is desirable but also a deeper insight into native life and thought, and a sense of familiarity with everday things in

China

OBITUARY

MR. ALEXANDER ROGER

FORBES

It is with much regret that wo have to ganounce the death of Mr. Alexander Roger

Forves, which ccurred at the Cunnossa Hospital. in the early hours of yesterday morning. The late Mr. Forbes was 12 years of ages and first came to the Colony in 1912. He was for many years the works manager, oí the hina Sugar Refinery and when that firm went into liquida- tion in 1925, he joined Messrs. A.8. Watson & Co., Ltd, with whom he was employed up to the time of his death.

The deceased is survived by his widow, formerly Misa Goldenberg, who is in Hong Kong, an aged mother, a brother, and sister all of whom are resident in Scotland. Ile is also related to a number of local residents, Mrs. T. E. Fearoe, Mrs. P. S. Cassidy, and Messrs. Jack and George Rodgers being his

cousina.

A keen lawn bowler, the late Mr. Forbes was formerly a member of the Craigongower Recreation C.O. and the East Point "Rearcation Club.

The Funeral.

The funeral took place at the Jewish ecmetery yesterday, the Kaboi Eliza othciated. Those pre- sent at the graveside to pay their last respects were:—

Mr. and Mrs. W. Goldenberg and Mr. and Mrs. H. Goldenberg (brothers and sisters-in-law), Messrs. I. L. and C. A. Golden berg (brothers-in-law, Mrs. J. H. Oxberry (sister-in-law), Messrs. Jack and George Rodgers (cousing), Mr: TF. Pearce (cousin), Messrs. J. A. Tarrant (Secretary of Messrs. A.S. Watson & Co.), J. M. Wong (compradore), Peter Wong, A. §. Gubbay, E. Joseph, Ezra Abrahun, I Walsh, M. Berieux, B. N. Al bert, E. M. Raymond, E. S. Moses, R. M. Omar, D. Wilson, L. Leong, Mrs and Miss Bogdatzki, Mrs. Eliza, Mrs. Elias, and others.

With the remains were buried a

Bunch of flowers from the widow, from the mother and from "Eileen."

Although flowers de not usually

Jowish FL

funeral,

feature in wreaths were sont by Mr. John Rodger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hodger, Enr., Mr. and Mrs. J. i. S. Rodger, Mrs. Cazell and

* News and Views ⋆

'Fiu Away,

A Seanian (charge with drunker- ress at Stratford Police Cour)- I had three whiskies because the

Bu was coming on.

The Chairman-How is your tem- perature this morning

The Seamar-Clean gone, kir, Multum in Parvo.

Winning Words.

★

Competitions to decide the ten must beautiful words in the English language have affected Americs like a

afluenza epidemic. They have been taken seriously, and have drawn the authors and the publi city-mongers in large and enthusias tio numbers.

Astronomers, according to Sir

Personally, I think this kind of Frank W. Dyson, think and talk ac competition has been solved for often in terms of "million millions" over by the gentleman from Duluth, that they have invented a word of whe gave as the ten most beautiful

is meaning words: Basiness their own "parses"

improving miles which steadily so are raising your 19,000,000,000,000 saves time and spares the vocal salary." A few such omnibus words! corda. might facilitiate discussion of such contemporary problems as inter. Allied debts; yet one would have to guard against their too general sc eptance.

Otherwise familiarity might breed such lightheartedness that we would be willing to part with "

linking an eyelid. Billion" has parsecs of pounds without for most of us an ominous sound our financial that keeps us in

senses.

Carl Fuerstenberg's Duel,

Germany will be a duller country without Carl Fuerstenberg, the famous Jewish banker who hna lied at the age of eighty-two, He was the wittiest German of his time. One could tell innumerable stories about him.

New Drug for Heart Disease,

A drug, named harmol, which long-sought-for may prove to be a means of relieving sufferers from heart disease, was referred to by Pharmacology in the University of Oxford, at a meeting of the Phar Pharm-acology in, the University of maceutical Society, Bloomsbury- ¦ square.

"For twenty-five years I have been hunting for a new coronary dilator," said the professor."This is the first case in which I have got the promise of such action."

SUMMARY OF NEWS

Far East.

A message from Poiping states that after severe fighting, in which the Chinese suffered between four. and five thousaiki casualties, the Chinese troops retreated twenty miles inside the Great Wall.

Page 1. A message from Nanking states that Chinese troops still hold Ku- peikow Pass.

Page 9. A Chinese official report from.. Nanking states that Chinese troops repulsed Japanese forces at Hsi- fengkow yesterday.

Page 9.

1

General.

Four British employees of the Metropolitan-Vickers company were arrested in Moscow by the fusion secret police on Sunday. Page 1....

Herr Spiegel, a prominent molici- tor, who has acted for the Gorman Socialist Party in many political law suit, was shot dead at Kiel on Sunday.

Pago 1. Twenty-nine cities in southern California are reported to have sui- fered serious damago owing to the severe quakes which occurred on Friday and Saturday. Page 1.

Local,

Nazi troope have penetrated the Ha explained that in angina per- demilitarised zone in Germany as toris the arteries of the heart spas- | far as. Speyer und Cologne. montically contract. This gave rise

Page to intense pain and frequently led to heart failure. Thus the finding Two must suffice. On one occa at a drug which would cause the sion he had "sacked one of his heart to dilnte and increase the directors, who immediately chal-Bow of blood through it would he lenged him to a duel. Carl received!

very important, the seconds in his room, paid great | attention to the details of the duel, and finally, accepted all the condi- this effect had been outstanding produced. Tests were now being tions without protests.

made with human beings.

Then, as his opponent's second was leaving the room, he called him back:

"By the way," he ahid very courteously, "just in case I'm late to-morrow morning, please tell your man he can start by himself." A Banker's Birthday.

Some weeks before the celebra tion of his seventieth birthday Fuerstenberg was approached by an army of provincial relatives, most of them in poor circumstances. They wished to give him a birthday present. What would the great man like t

Carl thought deeply for a moment and sighted. An album," he said gently, an album with all your photographs"

On the day the relatives, in rusty frock goats and top-hats, turned up at the bank to make the presenta

·

In his experiments with animale

Lord Kylaant in the House of

Lords,

Lord Kylsant made his first up- pearance during this Parliament in the House of Lords last month. Peers who attend the House for the first time in

any. Parliament

are required to go through the short ceremony of taking the cath, and this Lord Kylsant did before the business of the sitting began,

The second of the tiffin hour dis cussions, held a Monday's at Lane Crawford's, was opened yesterday by Bishop Hall. There was a good attendance.

Page 10. Hong Kong Stock Market report

Pago 12. appear ob

For not keeping his factory and sales books properly a tobacco deal- er was fined $55 by Mr. Behofield at Central Magistracy. A charge of- not paying duty on tobacco in his possession was dismissed. Page 7.

The final report of the liquidator, Mr. S. Flenning, of the Chinches

Page $7. Merchants' Bank, Ltd, appears on

The case was continued, in which

two Chinese are summoned by the S.P.C.A. for keeping birds under

conditions that cause unnecessary

Page 7 suffering.

A junk owned by an adventuroCS American subject, has arrived from Shanghai-the first stage of a voy age round the world. Page

He entered the Chamber, which was fairly well filled, from behind the throne a few minutes before the Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack, and for a minute or two sat on one of the cross benches. As soon as Lord Sankey had taken his sont Lord Kylsant rose and walked to the Clerk's table, where he read the words of the short oath, The Chancellor (Lord Sankey) warmly. shook hands with him. "Take this album," he said, Lord Kylaang then went to the found on "and study all the faces in it. And, opiscopal benches and sat down just remember, if ever you show up one behind the seat usually occupied by. of the people in it you're fired." the Archibishop of Canterbury.

tion.

family, Mr and Mrs. J. Gibeon and Leuise, Me and Mrs. P. S. Cassidy, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. W. Paterson, Col and Mrs. E. D. Matthews, Mr. and

Carl thanked them profusely, Mrs. I. L. Foscall, Mr. and Mrs.

bowed them out, and then rang the J. P. Robinson and Bonnie, Mr.hell for his head porter. and Mrs. F. W. Stapleton, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kinnaird, Metara J. A. Tarrant, J. M. Wong, D. Wilson, II. Austin, T. Ramsay, L, Guy, A. O. R. Benson, Lawrence Leong, J. MeKirdy and D. 8. Clark Messrs A., Watson & Co., Ltd., Messrs. John D. Humphreys and Son.

Chinese Staff. Warehouse Depart- ment, Watson's, Ltd., the whole. sale department, and the staff of the Hong Kong Dispensary.

CORRESPONDENCE

In multiplying the opportunities for distractions of a lighter kind,

lidos,

for and clubs PES enbarets

sectional interests we leasen the opportunities, or the inclination for

All letters intended for publi learning something of the East. Some of us cré, indeed, getting name and address of the writer, not cation must be accompanied by the to take China for granted and for publication, unless so desired, moulding life on the British, subur. but as evidence of good faith.-ED.1 ban model. Others fcel that their day's work and the reires- tions that are available are not [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " altogether satisfying but that their

DAIY FRESS"] work would probably be carried on

SIR. With reference to the letter with more intelligence if they by "Disinterested" appearing in could get a better knowledge of your issue of to-day; I desire to state that the prompt and excellent

Á GENTLEMAN OF wide experience said recently that golf and tennis were ruining rather than building up the character of the British Nthat the OBDINARY YEARLY for that softness and lack of spirit OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN nation, and they were responsible

MEETING of Bhareholders, will be held in the Office of the Company, 2 of adventure

which

seems

to

Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on characterise zo many young men MONDAY, 27th MARCH 1938 at of to-day. Both tennis and cricket Foon, for consideration of the Direc- tors' Report and Statement of Accounts cease to be of much value when for the year ending 31st December, they become a spectacle, for they The Shore Register and Transfer bring out and put a premium upon Books will bo oood from the 20th those qualities which we associate to the 27th March, 1933, both days with the lime light.

1932.

inclusive.

Golf is not a spectacle, but it has become such an obscasión as to

·GOOD WORK

IONG KONG

Local and General

Was

Mr. R. Vaughan Fowler amongst the passengers who arrived here by the President Cleveland.

The Hong Kong Amateur Drain tic Club's new first night of "Nino Till Six" is timed for 9.40 p.m. at the King's Theatre to-night.

•

Sir Joseph Kemp, Kt., C.B.E., and the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G., CBE, who are retiring shortly, will be entertained by their Chinese friends to a dinner at the Kam Ling Hotel, at 8 o'clock to- night.

At today's meeting of Sanitary Board Dr. Li Shu Fan will ask a number of questions

Page garding the small-pox epidemio

Yesterday's tennis results will be Page 10,

From the Files.

LOOKING BACK 75 YEARS

Shanghai Latest Quotations. Ex- change. On London, Rank Bills 6 months sight, 58, 101d. a 58, 11d- First class credit Bs 11d, a 6s. Od. per Shanghai Tael. On Calcutta, E.I. Co.'s Bills accepted, and Bank Bills 3 d/s., no business. On' Bom- A sampan, while lying in the Yau-bay. Bank Bills 3 d/a., Rs. 975 a 280 per 100 Shanghai Tacis. On Hong mati anchorage on Sunday was run Kong, 15 d/8., 21 a 21 per cent into by a steam launch and the oc-

discount.-Hong Kong Daily Preke, cupants, a woman and three child

March 14, 1858. .- run were thrown into the water. Fortunately there were quite a num-LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS her of sampuns nearby and they The Hong Kong Fire Insurance quickly rescued the unfortunate Co., Ltd, at the annual meeting victims of the collision. shareholders on April 10th, will de- elare a dividend of 850 and a nus

During the week-end eleven cases of small-pox, eight from Kowloon, were reported. There were two cases of meningitis and one of enteric..

pf 25.

Dr. Li Shu Fan will ask questions,

the culture and of the arts of the service rendered by the Chinese relative to the present wallpox people among whom they live. Staff of Exchange Restaurant at the epidemic at the fortnightly resting Tho Colony offers

considerable Fire on Saturday night, is greatly of the Sanitary Board to be held at scope for enterprise in this connee-appreciated and that this apprecia-4.15 this afternoon.

tion is being shown in a tangible tion, for not only are the New form. Yours faithfully, Territories open to the explorer

D. M. GOODALL. -Hong Kong March 13, but there are numerous islands not

far away. Then there are many towns and villages round the Delta," and for longer period's there is the interesting trip up the River, beyond Canton, to Wuchow By Order of the Board of Directors, “

or up the North River by rail to -E. COCK,

Blechow. There are rhonasteries challenge seriously every other in- Chief Manager,

at which to stay, and temples to [667 terent in life. It takes up a con.

siderable amount of the entirexplore. There are village crafts examine and leisure time that many men have, and industrica to

the the interval between office and the understand, and above. ull course being occupied with that deficate and beautiful products of other great escape from reality, Canton, in silk embroidery, ivory

and porcelain. namely bridge.

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1933.

1933-1934.

EALED TENDERS will be received at the Royal Naval Hospital, until 10 a.m. on the lat March, 1938, from persons desirous of Bupplying Beef, Mutton, Fowls, Pork, Chesse, Pure, Cow's Milk, Ice, and

There is a certain age at which

No greater compliment can be

other provisions, and necessaries for such distractions are permissable paid to the people among whom

the year ending 31st March, 1934.

Printed Forms of Tonder and further particulars can be obtained at the R. NI Hospital. |

The right to reject the lowest or any tender is reserved.

AT RIVERS, Surgeon Captain, B.-N... “Modical Officer in Charge. Royal Naval Hospital,” Hongkong, 18th March, 1933,

to understand and appreciate the

and crafts of the present, a arts and er well as the monuments and master- pieces of the peat. It is not neccs.

but the question is pertinently wo mingle, than by seeking asked whether that age is not at present too low, Ought not the young maú, besides playing games bo making himself acquainted with the people and the region within which he has cast his lot? Ought he not to be familiar with the villages of the New Territories not be pursued to the exclusion of (873 and a making excursions further them.

ry to sacrifice cricket, tennis and golf in order to achieve these things, but they should certainly

HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS

WEEK ENDING MARCH 4.

FOR

Cases. Deaths.

1

0

1

0

0

1

Plague.

Baghdad Bassein Bembey

Rangoon

Colombo

Pnom Penh

Cholera,

Bombay Calcutta

24

Macao... 2

Small-pox. Alexandria Port Said (import

ed) Boirut

35

Bussch Bombay

Oloutta-

218. 316-

Karachi Rangaon Colombo

க

Baigon

Maono Shanghai

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On the ground that there was no direct evidence of theft, and that rio stolen property was found on the defendant, the polico applied for a withdrawal of charges brought against a "boy" employed by the Repulse Bay Hotel who was charged with the theft of a portmanteau con- taining money, the property of Mrs... Culbertson,

The

The Volunteer orders published elsewhere state that commencing

There were two minor outbreaks from March 14, full band practice will take place every Tuesday and of fire last night. The Fire Brigade Friday and that band recruits will { received a call from Elgin Street parado every Thursday.

early in the evening and rushed to. the sceno only to fine a chimney fire which had been put out by the time the appliances arrived. second call was from a shop in Tin Lok Lane, where a motor cycle, stored in the backyard, had caught fire. The flames spread rapidly, but thanks to the use of a fire ex- tinguisher which was brought into play from a motor garage netby, the fire was put out before the fire appliances arrived,

At to-day's meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club, Mr. G. B. Gifford Hill, resident engineer on the Shing Mun Construction scheme, will give "A Tew Observations on Dains."

The Schneider Trio gave another delightful concert of classical music last night in the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel. A full an count of the concert will appear in our issue of to-morrow.

The rubber between Ireland and the World was played out on Saturday, and resulted in favour of the Fenians by 76 runs on the first innings. It will be remember- ed that in the first match the Irish

were successful, while in the scoond the World regained their laurels, so that considerable interest, was cited by the concluding match. The following in the score:-

IRMAND

H. G. Rice, b Tomkina

A. K. Travers, b Tomkins... 20 R. C. Hodder, o Groves, b

Tomkins

W. Hynes, b D'Aeth G. 8. Coxon, b Hedley. J. McMur b D'Aeth W. O. Wolseley, b Shepherd C. Holliday, e and b Hedley 14 Lt. Lloyd, B Hedley..... Rev. HB. Harper, run out A. Coxon, not out Extras

Total

THE WORLD

Lt. 8. Hedley, o McMunn

b Rico

136

Lt. G. G. D'Aeth, b Rice 23 C. U. Stuart, hit wit, b

Lt. W. H. Grove, b Rice

A. Shepherd, o Travers, b

Rico de

When the door of Sincere's opened. this morning it was observed that A wreath will be, laid on tho all the assistante were wearing Cenotaph by Professor F. A. Red-uniform, The neat uniforms in mond, President of St. Patrick's grey helped considerably to create Society of Hong Kong at 9.15 am.

Hydes a pleasant businesslike atmosphere. on the 17th inst. The full committee Sincere's have decided to adopt this of the Society is expected to be in rule as the many advantages of attendance:T

puke uniform dress for their employees is fully realized. Perhaps the great Among the cases to be heard at est point of vantage is the fact that the March Criminal Sessions, which representatives salesmen and expe- will commence on Monday next bo- cially delivery coolies may be re Core the Puisno Judge, is and incognized by the uniform they wear" which Joseph Evangilist Besa, in In a busy Chinese departmental charged with fraudulent misappro-store it is often difficult to distin- priation, uttering a forged docu-guish assistants from shoppers suð ment and obtaining money by false the adoption of uniform removes pretences ** Six other men are due this embarrassing and sometimes to, be trieka

annoying difficulty.

LL W. C. Hunter Blair,

Traversante

Capt. C. Gordon, run out H. Farquhar, b Travers ... J: CrVan Buren, b Rice |A. B.Tomkins, b Travers

Whyte, not out

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