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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE FAR EAST AVIATION CO., LTD:

EFFECTIVE MAY 1st, 1933, The

Far East Avia ion Company have been appointed distributors for Chevrolet Motor Cars and Trucks for the following territory:-Hong Kong, Mano, Heung Shan District and Hainan Island.

For the purpose of handling this Agency a new department of the Com pany has been formed which will le known as FAR EAST MOTORS," This Department will be under the management of Mr. O. E. White.

Far East Motors will be tamporrily Accommodated at 226, Na'ban Brad (Katherine Bailding) Telephono No. 58882.

Canadian Built Chevrolet Motor Cars and Trucks will be available in Hong Kong as from May 11th, 1933. These prolucts can be licensed in Hong Kong on the same basis as Bay other British Automotive Unit. a. no exits tax applion.

Complete stocks of Spare Parts will be held. at all times and service to Chevrolet buyers' asvore'.

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be held on MONDAY, the 15 of MAY, 1933, at a P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department by Order of His EXCELLENCT TUE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CHOWN LAND at Shamshuipo, in the Colery of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 yOMER, commencing from 1st July, 1998; with the option of renewal at N Crown Reat to be fixed by the Surveyor. of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one farther term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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HE Fifty-second Ordinary Gen- THE

eral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on Thursday, the 95th May, 1933, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1932.

The following Resolutions will also be submitted to the Meeting:-

(1)

That as from the 1st day of "January, 1833, the remunera "tion of the Consulting Com "mittee be increased from "$16,000 to $24,000 per annum." (2) "That an from the 1st day of

"January, 1933, the remuner **tion of the Auditors be raised "from 31,250 to $1,500 per "annum for each Firm"

The Shars Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 11th to the 95th May, 1833, both days

inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Agenta-

Hongkong, 4th May, 1933

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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING CO., LIMITED, (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM).

PAYMENT OF INTERIM DIVIDEND OF SHARES FOR THE YEAR ENDING

Söru Jux, 1923.

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HONG KONG, MAY 10, 1933.

operations: It's up to the Chinese." He added laughingly that the Japanese and their Manchukuo allies this time might even go "as far as Canton."

MORE BATHING BEACHES

Development Fore- shadowed near Repulse Bay

MOTOR ROAD TENDER

TO BE CALLED

The rapid development of the beaches adjoining Repulse Bay dur ing the next year in forestradowed by the fact that a motor road will shortly be built linking these, bays with the present Beach Road,

A representative of the Daily Press, on making inquirica from the Government, was told that:-

*News and Views

Chinese Girl Tennis Flayer,

Chinese

The performance of a girl, Miss Gem Hoahing, aged 12, in the girl's singles at Roehampton recently attracted great attention

Miss Hoaking won her match with Miss E. V. Hewitt in tine style, hitting with surprising free dom for one of her diminutive statura. Her fatfier and mother were present to see her play.

A Blarney Stone Tragedy.

Hitler's Horoscope.

SUMMARY OF NEW

Local

The monthly report for April. the Hongkong Broadcasting Co mittre appears on Pago u.

An obliging Prague astrologer has drawn up & horpscope of Herr

The report of the manager ai Hitler. It appears that, after mas tering the German situation next chief engineer of the Kowloo year, the Chancellor will maintain Canton Railway, British section, his position, with difficulties at 1932 states that both gross and ne home in 1936, until 1946, which receipts were by far the highest will bring clouds and trouble with the history of the Railway. Al an important foreign Power." The gother the year was a macet satisf whole trouble about a Dictator's tory one. horoscope is 'that it will trespass on other people's.

Venesuela Oll Deposits. A young man's fatal fall from

Washington. According to die the top of Blarney Castle last July patches from Caracas, Venez, there while attempting to kiss the famous is a strong likelihood that half of Blarney stone had a sequel in Cork the Republic. is a vast deposit of Circuit Court.

petroleum. Recent explorations in man, sued Sir George Colthurst, the western State of Falcon give James Burke, father of the dead the eastern State of Honsgas, and owner of Blarney Castle, for £900 evidence of petroleum wealth ',,, damages.

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The action was dismissed, the great or greater than found at the

Lake Maracaibo section of Court holding that the dead man

State of Zulia. Development of oil voluntarily undertook the peril of

resources in Venezuela has been as accident.

sisted by the lack of red tape and a fair policy toward foreign enter- prises, observers ›say.". Prince to Vist Stowe.

Page Extracts from the reports of th Superintendent. of Prisons for th year 1902 appear in this issue. *. Page According to the report of Medical Officer of Health, th were only eight fresh cases of sma pox laat week. This week, only or case has so far been reported.

Page

M. W. Hallums of the Chin Maritime Customs was at Cent Magistracy yesterday committe" trial for the manslaughter three-year-old Chiness girl on

trading junk outside Lyea Pasa.

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Work has already started or pavilion for the British En Fair. Our Kowloon Supple contains further details of plan that fair.

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It will be recalled that recently cortain bathing matsbed sites at Repulse Bay were resumed by the Government, who gave the present occupants until the end of this year to more out. Alternative sites on the Bay adjoining Repulse Bay have been granted and steps are now. being taken to make these places A Masonic Flying Club, in every way as popular and attrac-A Masonic country and flying tive as Repulse Bay itself.

club is in process of formation in

The Prince of Wales has promis- England to enable members of the craft to learn to fy or make pleased to visit Stowe on June 1, when At yesterday's meeting of sure: flights, and otherwise to enthe school will celebrate its tenth Sanitary Board the question of joy the amenities of a country club. anniversary. The visit is to be supply from non-registered A proprietary company is being semi-informal, with no official care- ources was discussed. It wi formed with a capital of £100, and monies for the Prince to performcided that the source, which members of the Croydon Airport The present plans are that imme-otherwise quite satisfactory s Lodge have been given the first op- diately after being received the be required to register. portunity of applying each for 40 Prince will go through the central A new, motor road between 18. shares until the desired number building and say a few words to pulse Bay and West Bay will of 60 founder members has been the boys from the south fronty ba constructed and it wa reached. It is suggested that the stops.

thoritatively stated yesterday club shall make Brooklands its fly- After a short tour of the build the sponsors, of the new ing headquarters.

ings and the park it is not unlike-Scheme at. Repulse Bay will ly that the Prince will play a game part of the cost. of squash rackets in the IGW courts thus preserving the inform

A preliminary survoy is in

hand and tenders will soon be called for in respect of the new road to Bathing Beaches lying between Repulse Bay and West Bay. The proposed line of the road is to the rear of the bunga. lows at Repulse Bay and thence ng an extension to the present Beach Road."

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As regards the cost of this new road, a study of the Estimates for the current year would show that it is estimated that the road would cust taxpayers $70,000 but that only $15,000 has been set aside for this purpose in the current estimates. On this point, the Daily Press learns officially from the authorities that A proportion: of the cost is being mes by the sponsors of the Repulse Bay Lido Scheme." -

UNEMPLOYMENT IN

MALAYA

LOCAL FUNDS SUFFICIENT FOR RELIEF "OF EUROPEANS.

London, May 3- I am informed that the present income of the European Unemployment Fund in Malaya from public subscription is sufficient for locad relief without Government assistance."

The laugh is surprising Humour was never a strong point with the Japanese. They are studious and anstere, but perhaps they have dis- covered, as the result of extensive. researches, than a joke and a smile are part of the proper equipment of the complete diplomat. No doubt courses in the subject have been organised, and provided for in the estimates. It is also suggested that the threat to Peiping and Ticatsin is just blaffa mere unsheathing of the tiger's claws, as it stretches itself, smiles and purrs amicably. But these little signs means noth-servative). ing; their significance can be taken either way. What really matters is the plan in the mind of Generals MOTO and ABAKI, Surprise is the essence of good strategy and we must "wait and see." There is nothing as yet. upon which an opinion as to their intentions can be formed.

JAPAN'S OBJECTIVE

JAPAN is expected to launch to-day a big offensive South of the Great

The Chinese have quite definite Wall. The ethics of such action opinions. Their unshakeable belief need not be discussed. Judgment for the past two years, going back on that, score has already been at least six months before the passed by Geneva, and endorsed by notorious S.M.R. incident and the world opinion. Jepan considers capture of Mukden, has been that China a troublesome neighbour, and Japan intended first to sieze Man she reserves to herself the right to churia, setting up the Ex-Emperor do what she may deem necessary:

as its nominal ruler, and the

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Jusilce-First: Hand1

An interesting tale is told of Mr. Oswald Pirow, Minis ter of Railways in South Africa.

al note until the end of his visit.

Dodging a Difficulty.

Pa

Pa

A claim against the Hong Riding School for $770.35 for

done by a contractor was hear fore Mr. Justice Lindsell yeste The Parties came to sett during the course of the case.

Kowloon Supplei

General.

The Mahatma Gandhi, who de menced his fast at noon on Mo was released from Jeravda, the same afternoon.

Mr. Pirow always insists on

Since the days of the Temple and knowing first-hand everything about Grenville families Stowe House has the Department he controls. When been visited by nearly every Bri- he was Minister of Justice police tish Sovereign from the time of Queen Victoria paid the second recruite at the Pretoria training William and Mary. depot complained that the drill ing early and for a fortnight Mr. & visit in 1845. course was too severe. Next morn- Duke of Buckingham and Chandos The Duke, "who in- spant

The Air Ministry has issue Pirow turned up at the depot, herited six millions and stripped for action as he had done seven, was in embarrassed circum- in the fights that won him the light-stances at the time-in fact, the tails of the proposed five year weight boxing championship of bailiffs were actually in possession, ment with Imperial Airways

Despite the Duke's remonstrances regular. two-way London-Aus South Africa, and went through the

P drill with the squad The com-go they would not. Finally a way Air Service.

out of the impasse was found. when The question of whether painte ceased.

some one hit upon the happy idea armies of Europe should be of clothing them in the ducal liardized has led to a serious Smeilors and Tasters,

very-to which they agreed.

Curiously enough, no one in the lock over the procedure, of th The other day a British factory house party, which included Sir Armament Conference P Many arrests have been ma inspector announced that the most Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen, monotonous and unpleasant job she seems to have noticed anything Spain in connection with the

alist plot. had ever

was at a biscuit strange about these incongruous works some years ago, where a flunkeys. worker sat smelling eggs all day! long to see that they were good. Nowadays eggs are tested by a

seen

more scientific method, but science has not yet been able to eliminato This statement was made in the the brewery "smeller," whis sniffs House of Commons to-day by Sir the empty barrels which are ro Philip Cualide Lister, Secretary of turned to the brewery in their han- State for the Colonies, in reply to dreds for refilling. He has to "re- a question by Mr. Hall Caine (Conject those casks-"stinkers" he calle them-which might damage the new beer, and, since all casks mell

when they come back, only a very sensitive nose can pick out the right ones.

NAVAL APPOINT- MENTS

· (Special Air-Mail Service)

LONDON, Aptil 22, ̈ April 20,--Actg. Lieut. Y. J. T.

Far East.

Reports from Laanchow that the Chinese forces hav treated to the vicinity of Cha Ра Mr. Tang, Secretary-Gener the Central Political Council clares that Communists are sti tive in Kiangsi.

Pa Japan will lose the prefere tariffs she enjoys in China on LO.

Pa Brown to Devonshire (April 21); The Manchukuo has passed Faymr. Lts. R. A. J. Uwen to Kent the measures against persons (April 20) and J. E, Lancaster to anti-Manchukuo aympathies. Keppel (May 17) Wr. Writer J. FO'Leary to Egmont (May 3), Royal Marines: Major R. 8. Bur- gess to Courageous-Times, Lt. K 8. Monro to Dolphin, for April 21-Royal, Naval Reserve: .54 (April 15); Sub-Lt. 2. E. Wil demand is not so much for natural liams to Comus for Emergency odours as for exquisite inventious, Destroyers (May 6)-Times, and the chemist's smell must be April 29-Lt.-Comdr. "B. Ę. Ken- acute enough to discern, the neces- dall to Osprey (May 5). Royal sity for the addition of the minu Naval Reserve It, K, M, NichoF LOOKING BACK 75 YEA test part of an ingredient. It is son to Dolphin for course, followed

The fino army collected b remarkable tut nevertheless true by training in submarines (April that few Englishmen have à suffi- 15). RNVR. Lt. Cmdr. H, Commander-in-Chief in India ciently artistic sense of smell for Mather, D.SO. to Pangbourne much cost and trouble har this work The French note is the May 10) Liett, C. G. Helyer to dispersed. Lucknow receives a Pangbourne (June (5). --Times.

In the Perfums Trade.

Mr. Hail Caine called attention, to the serious position existing in Malaya through the slump in the rubber and tin industries the two main industries of the country. He asked whether, in view of the In the perfume trade the same lack of funds to carry on this work," the British Government was and a good nose commands & four. of smell is a tras artistic, merit, taking any further action to figure salary. To-day the public patriate rubber planters and other men who could not be focally sup- ported

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little doubt that she will stop at thing to clear Russin, "bag and baggage" out of Manchuria. She can never enjoy that misgotten - £1,000-a-year "nose. -- heritage in peace while Russia has

share. To keep Russia cat of the Pacific and out of the Far East is vital, us nothing else is strategical

to her own welfart. The official after occupying Peiping and Tienly vital, to Japan. If

Japanese attitude is that having tain to declare the restoration of

prepared to fight for thesia. ja

Chinesa

Local and General

From the file

rison of eight thousand men, thousand proceed to the North and the remained have been det to garrison Goruck pore, Allh Benares and Dinapore.-Hong- Daily Press, May 10, 1858, LOOKING BACK 50 YEARS. etWriting on the 27th ult. on

Messrs. Wallace Harper, & Co., At the Rotary Club annub meet-

dinary general meeting of share

the Manchu Dynasty, and to repeat that it Led, will hold their fifth annual or ing, bold yesterday, the following

will be paid their Diralands on procent vince, the Imperial Government in the Korean policy on a wider scale. implics, Japan, while finging her holders at the Hotel Cecil pt 5.15 officers were, elected for the coming Francie Wade, K.C.B. from the p and Dividend Warrants on Begistered quite content with pt mili

ingCoupon No. 41 of the Rearer Shares, Bharos, toither of the following Backa

at Hong Kong, Shanghai or Tientsine. If the Chinese

Payment will be made

in

as they

these will be attacked. Tamt has

News from London to the Daily

of British Minister to the Court Feking, we expressed the opini that Sir Harry Smith Parke KCB G.C.MG; Her Brittani was the man of all others best to take charge of British intereste fitted by character and experience

in China." At the same time we gave utterance to the belief that it was unlikely that Sir Harry would be removed from Tokyo,-Hong Kang Daily Prese, May 19, 1853, Cooking Back 23 Years,

The Japanese ruling and commer- main forces against the Soviet, may pm today,

year:-President, Rotarian T. B. vial cleases, it is contended, are well stand on the defensive along THE HONG KORS & BRACHA?tary concentrations in the North, afraid of Republicanism in China, the Great Wall, it only to avoid pro by our Special Air-mail Ser. M. E. Lo; Directors: Rotarians Majesty's Representative at. Tokyo

Wilson; "Vice-President, Rotarian

BANKING CORPORATION. "- THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

been done once; and the lesson is they resent the disorder and are complications with the other vice includes the announcement of P. Sherry, J. L MoPherson, A. el AUSTRALIA & CHIFA, G

determined to break the boycott. Powers; but if Tokyo and Moscow the birth of a son an April 20, in Arculli, G. W. Greene, Li Shu Fan TAS BANQUE BULGE FOUR L'ETRAX to be repeated. The Chinese are,

and W. N. T. Tam; Hon. Secretary, indeed, accused of attempting to The authenticity of the TANAKA have agreed over the Beilway then London, to Dr. and Mrs. Herklots, Dollars

On her hat voyage, the RM8. Rotarian M. F. Kay: Hon. Tren dah buging rate of archange of the lure the Japanese into Peiping and memorandum, is fully accepted, and the extent of Japan's operations

the plans for Far Eastern and against China will depend on the Empress of Japan created record

surer, Rotarian N. 1. Perrin Tientsin, so as to make trouble with the Powers.

World conquest there set out, are will of the General Staff Mr. run from Honolulu to Victoria her tering of

time, being 4 days, 8 hours and 3 private life it is like a burglar taken by China as defining Japanese WANG CRING WAL and other Chinese minutes.

policy.

patriote bave proclaimed ́s un- saying to a protesting householder, You are trying to goad me into

relenting resistance to Japan., Will nesault and battery, so as to get

to the situation they carry the nation with them on will remain i he

Russia at a course that entails untold suffer gesture of ing, with no prospect of beating to Japan in the field, but only the uncertain hope of bringing her Enancial system down in

MUNNING

ADMINISTRATION,

J. NATHAN,

General Manager

NOTICE.

8 from HÁY ård, 1933, we have | me into trouble' with the "Police. "

opened our Office at the National Book Building, JA, Des Voeux Road Central (extranse in Ice House Street); Telephones 30089,-

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The Chiness Esstern Railway

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A statement made iz Tokyo a few the days ago is, moreover, at variance with the latest declaration: ¦ Asked whether the occupation of Peiping and Tiantain were likely, an official Dokoman said that it is im towards possible to fix the limits of pur" (Continued al foot

A meeting of the creditors of St. Francia Hotel, Lid, will be held at the offices of Messrs, Lowe, Bing ham and Matthews, Mercantile Bank Building at 12 noon to-day.

The third annual weight lifting competition for Mauricio College.

Hong Kong's yachting Beet con- pupils will be held at 5 p.m. to-day tinues to grow. The latent is a at the College gymnasium The carvelbuilt cutter just imported same three lifts that were chosen this week from Singapore, built at

the Tanjong Pagar Works, to for the Hong Kong Weight Lifting design by Fyfe The Sultan of The wedding will shortly take Competition will be attempted by Johore has the sister to it. It is place between Mr. Frederick Arthur about eight lifters of the College. now being refitted by Mr. C. Cooke Robertson, assistant junk inspector, They are the Two bands clean of the Corinthian Yobt Club, and is expected to be as fast dr: Isster of 197, Gloucester Road, and Miss and jerk,“ Two: hands snatch

than anything now in the barbour. Erminia Xavier, of the same and the two hands press from be--Hong Kong Daily Prent May 30,

1909

hind neck.!