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ARRATOON V. APCAR & CO.. LIMITED.

(IN LIQUIDATION.)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in

pursuance of Section 188 of the Companies Ordinance 1911, that the Final Meeting of Members will be held at the offices of Messrs. Percy Smith, Soth & Fleming, No. 8, Des Voeux Road Central, 74th floor) on Saturday, the 8th July, 1832, at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose of having showing an account laid before the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanations that may be given by the Liquidator, and also of determining by Extraordinary Re- solution Lhe manner in which the Books, Accounts and documents of the Company and of the Liquidator thereof shall be disposed.

Dated the 7th day of June, 1933. J. HENNESSEY SETH,

Liquidator.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG,

IN BANKRUPTCY

No. 38 or 1932.

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STEGER & CO.

Ex parte LAU YEE MÜL

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.

Nor

that the Court has appointed 24th day of June, 1933, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon for hearing t'e appli cation for discharge of Being Arfas, a partner in the Above-namid debtor firio.

Da'ed the 9th day of Jane, N133.

E. L. AGASSIZ,

Official Receiver.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONG KONG.

COMPANIES (WINDING UP).

No 3 CF M33. ̧

IN THE MATTER OF Taz COM. PANIES ORDINANCES 1911 - 1930

AND

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHINESE

RESTAURANT LIMITED,

WINDING-UP Order made the

day June, 1933, Date. and place of first meeting:

Creditors, Monday, the 28th day of. June, 1933, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon at the Official Receiver, Office, Supreme Court, Hong Kong.

Contributories, Monday, the 20th day of June, 1933, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon at the Official Receiver's Office, Supreme Court, Hong Kong,

Dated the 9th day of June, 1933:

EL. AGASSIZ,

Official Receiver and Provisional Liquidator,,

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Hosa Kosu, JUNE 10, 1833.

THE SEASONAL WAR

FOLLOWING the assassination of CHANG TSO LIN at the end of 1925,

DE GROOT DEAD

A POPULAR VIOLINIST

(Special Air-Mail Service)

LONDON, May 23. Mr. David De Groot, the well- known violinist, died in his London home, Mantagu-mansions, Baker. street, last night.

News and Views *

Doctor's Magic.

By replacing a top section of a patient's skull with a piece of aellu- loid Dr. Karl Ney, of Manhattan Homeopathic Hospital, claims to be able to are enses of epilepsy.

He had been suffering from heart Wesley's Mother.

A memorial tablet commemorat- trouble for some time, and a month

it wis announced that heing the birthplace of Susanna Wes- would never be able to play inlay, mother of John Wesley, wae public again. He intended to unveiled by the Lord Mayor of devote his retirement to musical London on May 24, which is John composition.

Wesley's Day, The tablet is in His heart could not stand the Spital Yard, off Bishopsgate. strain of his many years of hard work. Often he went without his meals to play and conduct.

On Saturday his condition was serious and gradually became more critical. His wife and two daugh ters were with him when he died.

De Groot, who was 32 years of age, established his reputation as a musician by his playing at a West end hotel, where for over twenty years he led the orchestra. His was the first orchestra to broadcast from a. hotel, and his Sunday evening concerts were a regular fenture of the B.B.C. programmes for over two years.

Among his most treasured posses sions were two violins. One was the instrument he played when, starting his musical career ; the other, a £2,000 "Strad," was pre- sented to him by an enthusiastic admirer.

SINGAPORE TIMBER FOR PACKING PINEAPPLES

The Prophetess.

Great Expectations.

Court Clerk: What offer do you make for payment!

Man: The oas day in the year we all look forward to is at hand- Derby Day. After that day I'll have the money, and will be able to pay.

The Magistrate iade an order for £20 to be paid on June 6.

Testing Women Athletes,

SUMMARY OF NEWS}

Local,

Morning Dew's" selections for to-morrow's race meeting at Macho. appear on Page 1.

Volunteer Orders for the week appear on Page 10.

The great Portuguese poot, the anniversary of whose death is being observed to-day in Macao. Page 3.

On page 3 we published an article - on the electric power plants in Chinu. There are 605 such planta in the country.

Data is to be collected in London in an attempt to prove finally and Our Canton correspondent ex- conclusively that field sports such presses the hope that a determined na running and jumping have no effort will be made to break the harmful effect on women. The task Communist movement in Kiangai, of gathering the facts is to be and that the 19th Army is to be Page 7. "Granny" Ljubitza Milkovitch of undertaken by the Women's Amateur used for that duty,

Many bankruptcies are reported Belgrade, thought she had accond Athletic Association, which is to sight. The judge, listening to her call in the aid of doctors and pay-from Canton and business circles 'Page 7. defence on a charge of fortune-tell- chologists in a series of tests on are uneasy,

In our Macao Supplement on ing, asked her if she could really girls who are sports enthusiats and tell what would happen, in the who participate frequently in ray page 3 we publish an appreciation future. Granny was confident. ing and other strenuous athletic by Mr. J. M. Braga of Camoens. Those who use the air mail ser- Very well," said the judge, are events. Special attention is to be

"No," paid to the effect of certain forma vice from Hong Kong can now have you going to be punished

of athletics on the nervous system, the choice of two når lines for their replied "Granny" firmly.

Particulars of the Ban- "Three pounds or prison for ten a subject in which the Association mails days," said the judge.

Justice in Kenya,

As the result of much criticism of the administration of justice in Kenya, a Justice. Commission was sot

is particularly interested in rela- doeng-Amsterdam line whose planes tion to the sports activities of leaves from Singapore to Europe young girls, who, if they are mem-weekly are given on page 12 gers of the W.A.A.A., are permitted Two, swimming galas have been ta rage only over certain distances. arranged for to-night. The Kow- loon Y.M.C.A. and the V.R.C. are both offering attractive programmes Page 12,

Ten years ago he made his debut on the variety stage and quickly ratablished himself as a favourite both in London and the provinces, but as far back as 1912 he was engaged in cinema music and train-up some time ago to inquire into The Compleat Conferencier.

Writes the whole situation. In the ad-

Pe compleat cynie:--I ed orchestras in the then little un-

ministering of justice the Kenyal opened the latest Bulletin of In- After long discussions between derstood art of playing to films.

De Groot, who was a naturalised courts below are staffed in the formation on, the Work of Inter- M. Daladier, Mr. Norman Davis British subject, delighted to recall main by administrative officers national Organisation," issued by (America) and Captain Anthony Edén and Lord Londonderry how, as a lad of 14, he played the without legal training, to whom is the League of Nations, with every violin in an Amsterdam dance hall given pretty full jurisdiction. The hope of half an hour's quiet fun. It (Britain), it is believed that a con-

siderable advance towards a for d. a tune. It was said that he apparent safeguard is, that the sen- did not disappoint me. could play between 400 and 500 tences of the courts below come up The bulletin's purpose appears to mon disarmament policy has been Page 0. pieces from memory.

for rovision and confirmation in the be to record the doings, or their achieved. Supreme Court-some time. Ac absenee, of, every conceivable and A general moratorium has been cording to the evidence tendered to inconceivable international body declared on all credits given to the Commission, this has led to which cares to hold a meeting and Germany before July, 1931. Details some surprising results.

pass a resolution. In the current on page 9.

The United States Treasury loan The Supreme Court is given no issue 07 pages are devoted to 120 notes of the evidence upon which congresses held in the last six issue in the form of Treasury Notes sentence has been given, and thus months and to 139 to be held in the and Certificates of Indebtedness, only reduces when the sentence ap next.

totalling G900,00,000,. was... more. pears to be flagrantly excessive, as The variety of the meeting-places than five times over-subscribed, ac- when two children were sentenced selected would impress even such cording to a statement made by Mr. for "stock theft" to twelve strokes experienced travellers as Mr. Ram-W. H. Woodin, the Secretary of the with the whip, two years' hard say MacDonald. Sofia, Madrid, Treasury Department, Page 9. labour, and a fine of 600 shillings. Boston, Bukarcet, Helsinki, Flor The Supreme Court quashed the ence, Ragusa, Palermo and Osiro hard labour portion, but only have their patrons. St. Moritz is 20,000 CROWD TO SEE HIS after

had Thus present methods mean that Traffic Association.

part

been served, chosen by the International Air Chicago, not

CENTURY sentence is often carried out before unexpectedly spurned by the World it can be revised, and it seems in- Prohibition Federation, was select- THIRD, WICKET STAND OF variably so in the case of flogging, ed by the International Union of

107 RUNS Singapore, May 31. the position being made all the Pure and Applied Physics. Prospects of increasing the Jo-worse because, owing to lack of! The World Y.W.C.A. coyly de hore timber trade by inducing pine-legal training, the officials in the clines to commit itself to anything will meet apples packers to us Johore tim-

courts below, have illegally ordered more specific than that ber in preference to foreign, im the flogging.

next time" in China." ported; timber, were referred to at the meeting of the Johore State Council, Mr. B. J.-R. Barton stat- ing that Johore had a valuable as. set in her forests. He understood that some success had already been obtained in placing certain of their timbers on European markets.

There were large quantitics of timber not suitable for export but which were quite suitable for mak forces, curiously allied with CHANGing packing cases of the type used

by the pineapple industry. Far Fur's Ironsides," nearly took Canton, and on the second occasion reinforcements had to be sent from

Hankow Army, who effected a coup d'etat, because, so he said, the Civil Governor nominated by Nanking was a Communist. PEI CHUNG HS, another. Kwangsi leader made similar coup at Peiping. The able and patriotic Li Tsar HEIN, head of the Kwangtung Government, went to Nanking to try and heal the breach between his colleagues of the Kwangsi clique, and CHIANG KAS SHEK. The latter put him into prison for his pains, and kept him there for some two years. The Kwangsi leaders were turned out of Hankow, Peiping and Canton, CHEN MING SHU and CHEN TSA1

and the final unification of the Town declaring the latter place country under the Kuomintang, for Nanking. Twice the Kwangsi

ASSOCIATED WITH IMPERIAL | hopes were expressed that the nation

& INTERNATIONAL COM-

MUNICATIONS, LTD.

HONG KONG BRANCH.

further notice, Mr. Laurence Carter will be in charge of the above Company's Hong Kong Branch." C. C. CLARKE,

Manager.

would enjoy a new era of peace and internal development. No one imagined that the Nanking Govern

MR. B. J. R. BARTON URGES USE OF HOME PRODUCT

The Bekok Road Mr. Miller Mackay raised the question of the Bekok Road and the estimates for next year for the work of completing the road,

The Acting General Adviser, re-

AROM June 12, 1938, and untilment had real authority over the Nanking. Then, as might be ex-asked for provision to be made in

whole land, or that the Republie pected in China, Kwangtung and way more than a loose Confedera Kwangsi leaders forgot their quar tion of virtually independent pro-rel, and entered into an alliance vinces, but, at least all provinces with each other against Kanking, adhered to the Kuomintang, they In 1931 the stage was set for a war sent delegates to its conferences, and between Canton and Nanking when accepted the Nanking Government the great floods intervened. By the

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NOTICE.

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Local and General

The only case of notifiable disease reported on Thursday was one of cerebro-spinal fever.

The formal unveiling of a statue of the late Lau Chu Pak, will take

place this afternoon at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at 3 p.m.

(Special Air-Mail ́Service)

London, May 23, G. Headley, the West Indies. batsman, played a great innings of 120 against a strong M.C.C team at Lord's to-day. A great crowd acclaimed the feat, and also gave a warm welcome to D. R. Jardine and the other members of the team that won back the "Ashes."

The funeral of Leading-Cook F. N. Bunt, of H.M.S. Caradoc, who

The tourists were undismayed died suddenly, of heart-stroke on losing their first wicket for only Thursday, took place at Happy nine runs. Both C. A. Roach and Valley yesterday morning. The G. Headley played enterprising funeral was attended by over.

a cricket and were occasionally hundred men under Lieus. G. E. Jones. Naval vessels in the Har- bour flew their flags at half-mast.

A police report states that as the 8.8. Hydrangea was under way four Chinese passengers threw themselves overboard. They were picked up

severe on Bowes.

Bowes bowled many short-pitch- ed "bumpers," and Headley hook- ed them with ease. C. de L. In- niss joined Headley in a third- wicket stand of 178 runs.

Early last night a small fire oc curred at North Street, Kennedy plying to Mr. Miller Mackay, Town. Twenty tons of dry hay were said that the Bekok Road would stacked by the hill-side and got set be included in the draft estimates, alight accidentally. One hydrant by craft in the vicinity and hand-advance of Yorkshire, who dismiss- and enquiries were being made, as was used and this proved enoughed over to the Police. The men are a result of the charge of breach of to extinguish the blaze. faith made against the Government

at the recent meeting of the

THE 80CONY FILLING the mouthpiecs of the nation in time the floods had cleared, the P.A.M., to ascertain exactly the minor offence in Court yesterday: T

STATION formerly at City Hall Square has been moved to Chater Road near Murray Road. Interus- tional Motor Supply Company {899 operators.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

OF SHAREHOLDERS will be beld

Building, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, 10 JUNE, 1933, at 11's..

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 30E MAY, 1933 to 10TH JUNE, 1933, both days inclusive.

foreign affairs...

The country was over-run with soldiers and now that the wars were

Japanese crisis had begun, and now that that is settled the question! pied. of the hour is whether Canton and

terms upon which land fronting on the Bekok Road had been occu-

Communist movement are slowly the

art of war.

believed to be Chinese army recruits who changed their minds at the

moment.

In the county championship mut-

was the continued steam-roller-like ches the feature of to-day's play

ed Leicestershire for 65 runs. This time it was Macaulay instead of Verity who had a wonderful bowl ing spell. Of his six wickets four were lbw., and his figures were:

0. M. R. W 25.2 14 25

JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE

2

AN IMPROVEMENT: FAVOUR- 'ABLE BALANCE OF Y1,639,000

!!

Nanking, June 2-The Bankers'

A Chinese, when charged with a blinked incessantly, and complained Mrs. A. Landau, who was serious- his eyes were sore. "You are tryingly injured in a collision between a motor-car and her risksho, in to persuade me you are crying," re-

Wanchai on May 25, and was un- marked Mr. Wynne-Jopes and im-

conscious for a considerable time, over the sensible thing seemed to Nanking will duly resume their oft the peace once and for all. With posed a fine of $4 or four days.

has progressed sufficiently in hos pital to be considered out of be to have a "disarmament confer; postponed engagement i

FENG's elimination quiet may for a

I think he should pay 810 as danger, but will have to remain in his friends, were paying for the hospital for the present. ence," allot so many troops, for It is a favourite argument of the

time be enjoyed

amusement," remarked Mr. Scho- garrison and police duties to each enemies and the candid friends ofį

case in which U yesterday, in a NOTICE IS HEREBY ONVIN area, while the bulk of the National China that the civil wars are so Twenty years of civil war in field, at the Central Magistrany.

Tokyo, June 1.-There has been ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING | Army romained in Nanking, Shang-sonal affairs. Fighting breaks out. China, culminating in the clash with Hing. Piu was charged with cruelty Association of Nanking was formal- in the Lounge adjoining the Company's hai, Canton, Mukden and other it is said, with the gathering of Japan and the great menace of the to a sparrow. It was stated that ly inaugurated at noon yesterday, an improvement in Japan's, foreign

defendant

was swinging a It is announced that the Associa trade. The Department of Finance announces that trade through Restaurant, 1st Floor, Exchange key positions. Unfortunately, Chi-1 the opium crop, and as this pre teaching the ruling powers of China sparrow round and round with ation will commence to function on

piece of straw tied to ons of its Monday, the oth. A standing com Kobe, Yokohama and fourteen nese disbanding, or disarmament, cious commodity is due to be ship something of the

lego.

mistec of five of the Executive Com-principal ports for the Tost eleven mittee of the Association was elect days of May totalled Y118,483,000; "followed much the same course as ped down the Yangtze and the

Troops are becoming better discip-

Three hawkers, a man and two ed at the inaugural meeting yesterY60,686,000 exports and Y58,927,000 in post-war Europe, and no in- West Rivers, the various factions lined, and more capable of hard women, were engaged in a fight at¡ day.-Kuo Min.

imports, showing afavourable dividual ruler of a province was struggle to control the key posi-fighting. The armies of the big war the Chiu On Wharf on Thursday,

balance of Y1,030,000.

Compared with the corresponding By Order of the Board of Directors satisfied. One and all were afraid tions, and levy toll on all passing lords are fairly well equipped and, when Police intervened and stop. A long distance telephone ser-

ped the combatants- They appeared vice between Canton and Waiehow period of last year, this shows an A. W. BROWN, "

that CHIANG "KAI SHEI was concen-vessels. Manager & Becretary.trating military power in his own But whatever the cause of the the whole, they are able to sup-before Mr. Wynne-Jones in Court has been fully established and will increase of Y23,649,000 in exports press the sporadic brigands and the yesterday, when it was stated that be open for the use of all subscri- and 13,000,000 in imports, and as [864

favourable by Y20,341,000, it means, hands, and would destroy every Civil Wars may be there are signs smaller soldiers of fortune. CHIANG the man owed one of the women bers of telephones of the two the balance & year ago was un- five. an increase of Y21,980,000 in the provincial governor in turn, event that power is slowly tending to con- KAI SHEK's forces are & formidable some money, and Thursday was places. The charge for a

"settlement" day. First

and minute call is only 60 cents. The export excess. The following are THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER ually making himself emperor. No centrate into fewer hands. Mars-body, and so are the armies con- second defendants were bound over, service is under the manage the particulars of the principal

of the Provincial TelegraphTM Ad- Co. (1918), LTD.

exports and imports: '.. one could see why CHIANG KAI churia is at least for the present trolled by CHEN TRAI TONG, the the other being discharged.

ministration.

1983 from Chinese faction SHEK and the Nanking Government removed

Kwangsi Clique and HAN FU CHU.

(Unit-Y1,000) Exports Remarking that it was the same

Found guilty of stealing six bed-

Y 503 should be allowed to do any such fights. FENG YU HBIANG seems to If Canton and Nanking keep the with most Indian policemen, Mr.

Cotton yarn

104 Raw silk: 12,982 + 7,308 thing. That was not their iden of bo far less successful than ever in peace, and use their respective Wynne Jones yesterday reproved sheets which had been sent to the

(100 kin) (16,502) (+ 6,883) an Indian Sergeant who seemed to Steam Laundry Company to be unication, and turning China into his old game of stirring up a armies to put down petty disorder, specialise in arresting women and cleaned, an employer of the firm

Cotton tissues 12,641, 4, 4,848 sentenced to three months' Silk tissues 2,223 + a modern state. Over the matter northern coalition to act in conjune and break up the Communist children for hawking without was

Raw cotton

14,206

6,200 there have been, in fact, a long tion with the South against the state" then there is a fair prospect licences. The Magistrate asked if hard labour. It was stated that series of civil wars.

(100 kin). (316,640) (-382,776) capital. Beizing on his weakness of prosperity in China. If they he was afraid to lay hands on a employees of the firm were allowed man bis own size and added that to have their washing done free of fight each other their strength will there must be a lot of men who charge and the defendant was seen The excess of imports over ex-" BRAM SHUI FO (North of A start was made by General Li CHIANG KAI SHER is evidently deter be wasted, and the country handed must be hawking without licences taking away, in addition to his own poris since the beginning of the

Arran Street).

TSUNG JEN, of the Kwangai clique, mined to destroy this disturber of over to the Reds" and the The woman who was arrested was property, the six bedsheets which year is now Y210,368,000 against The supply will be restored by 5

Y253,838,000 a year ago...... formed the subject of the charge. fined $4. the (Continued at font of neat Columa) brigand leaders, commander-in-chief of

Hong Kong, 24th May, 1:33.

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TOTICE is hereby given of inter- ruption of supply of electricity to Various Districts at 7 A.M. sz follows

BUNDAY, 11TH INSTANT:

LAI CHI KOK,

CHEUNG SHA WAN,

SHEK LAI PUJ,

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