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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONG KONG

:

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS OF SAMUEL MURRAY, OFFICER, LATS or Victoria, BRITISH COLUM- BIA, IN THE DOMINION OF Canada, MERCHANT, DICEASED.

FOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of the Provisions of Section 39 of the Probate Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for Creditors And Others to "yond in their Clima Buninst the above Extate to the 28ro Dar of SEPTEMBER, 1934,

All Creditors and Others are accóril- ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that date,

Dated this 31st day of August, 1933. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

G.

Solicitors for the Excutrix,

Prince's Building

Ice Housi Street,

"Hong Kong.

1758

R.

HONG KONG DAILY FRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.

Dewar's

SING A MONTMENT TE ME NGETO

"White Label

"The Whisky

of Age

Purity

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ENGAGEMENT. BOYD-ANDERSON--The engage- ment is announced between Mrs. Violet Constance Ander- the Searle) and Lealle Coutts Boyd.

DEATHS. JOACHIM PAS bom 8th Octo- ber 1913, at Tsingtau, only son

OBITUARY Mr. J. G. Campbell

PETER YEUNG

Bank Cashier And

Missing Funds

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Sept. 8.

4

BUSINESS TAX IN NEWS SUMMARY

CANTON Foreign Firms Must Pay

Mr.A. D. A, Macgregor, Attorney- General of Kenya, has been ap- potated Chief Justice of Hong Pare 7.

Page 6.

The Colony had an unusually clean bill of health as regards » notifiable diseases läst "wesk. Only four cases of enteric (2 fatal) were recorded. Deaths from consumption Page 7. of Mr. and Mrs. Paelz, Shang-OFFICIALS of the Kwangtung (From Our Special Correspondent) numbered 49. hai, died July 27, 1933, in Provincial Bank to-day made

There were "sharp disagreeanents Canton; Sept. 6. Berlin. (Tientsin, Tsingtau, a search of the real and personal

between counsel during the hear Canton papers please copy. property of the late, Mr. Yeung PAYMENT of business tax la aping of the claim by David Sas-

plicable to all merchants in BAKER-ASHFORD. On Friday, Sal" Ngam (Yang 8 Yen), who

soon's, Ltd., against the Yan 'On" September 1, 1933, at the Coun- pledged his possessions as security Kwangtung regardless of national-Firm before the Acting Chier

Justice.

Page 7. try Hospital, Shanghal, Gülbert for his son, Peter Yeung, the form-ity and foreigners are not, tk- Reginald Garland Baker-Asher cashier of the Hong Kong empted from this levy, asserted Mr. The marriage was celebrated on Haleh Yung Nien (Tse Wing Nin), Tuesday between Mr. C. P. Murphy ford.

The branch of that Bank. years. aged 37 funeral, cremation. (private). On August 21. Peter Yeung sud- director of the revenues section of of the P.W.D. and Miss Violet. will take place to-day In Bub- denly left Hong Kong, and in the the Provincial Department of Fin- Hard. bling Well Chapel. No Rowers next morning an examination of ance."

Charged with keeping an unre- by special request.

the strong room revealed that He asserted that the regulations"gistered mui tsai a Chinese woman $208,391 were missing. As Peter of the tax as proclaimed by Nan- was fined $50 by Mr. Butters. The Yeung was the cashier of the Eing expressly stipulated that for girl, who is very happy with her Bank and had access to the vaults, eign merchants have to pay this mistress, had been taken into the he is alleged to have embezzled the tax, if they are doing business in latter's house in settlement" of a amount. He had béen .con- China. Foreigners and Chinese debt.

Page 11. nected with the Bank for more engaged in commercial pursuits in An interesting, account of mas- than three years and has served this country, Mr. Hsieh insisted.riages in Manila-despite the de- A GREAT LOSS TO

S cashler in the Shao Kwan should be subject to the same pression appears on page 6.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange branch as well as in the head office privileges and obligations.. .SINGAPORE

This official did not state what offcial report appears on page 13. here:

The ease in which the Chinese Thirty years old, Peter Yeung would be the basis of payment by Singapore, Sept. 1. Cable news from London announced first joined the Kwangtung Pro- foreign firms. Chinese shops and lorry driver named Lo Leung was the death of Mr. John G. Campbell, vincial Bank at the recommenda- companies pay the business tax charged with dangerous driving famous father, aby one or two per cent. of their and over-loading his lorry was one of a prominent band of public mention of his

when the in Singapore and a leading member of wealthy and influential merchant. registered capital on a yearly pro- concluded yesterday, the local Bar. The death of this well. He offered his property as security position, but difficulty naturally man was sent to prison for 52 days known and much liked member of the for his son's good behaviour, and rises in the case of foreign firms on the iwo charges. European community will come aa aseveral other well-known mer-whose capitals are not "registered. rude shock to all who know him. Mr. chants and officials are also with the Provincial Department of

Finance. Campbell was in comparatively normal guarantors of Young health until he fell ill in July from a

Officials of the Bank will Arst

The question of paying business seyere internal complaint and entered the General Hospital. Pleurisy de- get hold of the late Yeung Sal tax was to have been adjusted by Ngam's property as reimbursement Sir Miles Lampson, British Minis- veloped but he then decided to go home in order to consult a specialist of the loss and will also look to ter to China. who would have He left Singapore on August 4 on the the other guarantors to indemnify taken up the matter with Nanking P. and O. Ranpura and evidently the Bank for the amount em- on behalf of the Powers, but no It is known that the negotiations have yet taken place. underwent an operation in London bezzled.

elder" Yeung's estate in Canton It was learned, to-day that as four days after arrival there.

Mr. Campbell had hoped to return to consists of several modern style far as Canton is concerned this Singapore in six months and his death houses and other holdings as well collection has been indefinitely put comes as a shock to everybody who as property in Hong Kong. knew him and to many others who must have observed with admiration the active interest he had displayed for many yours past in the public,affairs of the Colony. For about twenty years he was closely associated with this work of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association and was vice president of that borly three times, in 1922, 1923 and 1925. He was elected President in 1926, 1927, 1939 and 1933, and held this " office at the time of his death. On Building. In the near future we shall have the Hong Kong and receipt of the sad news yesterday the Association sent the following tele- Shanghai Bank's new home and also the Stock Exchange Build-gram of sympathy to Mrs. Campbell:

Vice-President, committee and London Office: 53, Ficet Street, ing. Are these the signs of a

members of the S.S.(S)A. offer condolences and sympathy."

PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

Psale by Public Auction

to be naid on MONDAY, the

T

DAT of SEPTEMBER 1933, at 3 r.., at the Offices of the Public Works Depart ment, by Onler of His ExarLUENCY

THE

GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Tai Eang Road in the Colony of Hong Kong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY THI KINO, or one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary

Measure-

ments:

White Labe KEST SCOTCH WH

OF GREAT, AGE,

Dewar&So DISTILLERS.

PE

No. of Sale.

Hural Building-

Lot No. 373,

Registry No.

Locality.

Tai Hang Dond

fu.ft. ft. ft.

ÅR DET

'kale plan.

Contanta in

cquare feet.

Annual

Rental

Upset Price,

About

1,000

114

L1767

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s STEAMER "SOU DAN."

ALLVED HONG KONG on 57 SEPT., 1933.

5,000

Sole Agents:-

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

EST. 1841.

Editorial and Business Office: 11

Ice House Street. Tel. 30251

Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

Tel. 94511.

2.C. 4

The Baily Press.

trade depression? More power, therefore, to those who are boldly

FORMERLY. A HAINAN MISSIONARY

giving Hong Kong a solid outside Mrs. H. M. McCandliss ressappearance despite the wailing Street to chorus from Wall Detroit and on to the Texas deserts. This cry of woe and state of panic is one of the chief contributors to the sad condition, of affairs that is real enough the world over.

HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.

HONG KONG HOLDS ITS

OWN

FaxANTWERP LONDON, GIBRAL The Trade Depression came from

TAH, MARSEILLES, MALTA. PORT SAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

obtained the Goods are innded.

the Stemmer.

Goods not cleared within 8 days," in. cluding date of arrival, will be abject to Bent

on in any case whatever.

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Hong Kong had its first taste of what depression meant in 1925, but the great blow suffer- ed by the business community that year hardened all and sundry America, and has enjoyed magni-and induced a state of cautions ficent publicity, Never for a moment have its admirers, its detractors, and myriads of in

suspicion so that "what business YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the store

has been done since then has been Named Vase) are hereby in are

either on a cash basis or on credit that their Goods are being lauded and terested parties, ceased to pro given under very rigid" terms. placed AT THEIR RISK in the Hong Kong claim how big it is, how power This lack of confidence spread ind Kowloon

Endful, how universal (no doubt re rapidly at the time and had a bad Company's Godowns at Eowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out percussions are felt from Mars to effect on business with outport Mark by Mark and Delivery can be the outer circles of the Milky firms, so much, so that the latter Untioned Goods will sided here Way), how domineering, how began to hesitate over taking any anless Tastractions have been given to like, in fact, to its country of risks with orders" from Hong the contrary Six Hours before arrival of origin. Only a few places refusé Kong, firms. In the case of the In Oxford, for higger hongs, things were differ- to bend the knee. instance, it is called by some ent but it was the smaller ones. the Post War Reconstruction that were wiped out of business. No Fire Insurance will be effected by and by others "the Second In- This had a very serious effect on Damaged Packages must be left in the dustrial Revolution." In Hong trade in general for the people Godowas for examination by the Con- Kong most people say, cautiously; most damaged were those who had signees, and the Company's Sarvoyor. and with a finger on the leg of staked their all in an effort to Mestre, GODDARD & Docolas, at 10 their chair, so far we've been forge ahead. Had they been on Mondays and Thursdays, within the

successful-and the chances are Free, Storage period.

Consignees are specially notified that Perhaps the rumour of our that they would have been so but it is necessary for a Revenue Officer to relatively good position impelled for the 1925 Strike it would be present at the examination of a Ceylon correspondent to write have pushed trade tremendously damaged dutiable cargo.

All Claims against the Blenmer mast and inquire if much building was But circumstances decreed other be presented to the Undersigned on or going on here, and if so, could wise, and as these firms were before 25th Sept, 193, or they will

he have a detailed account of the directly or indirectly connected not be recognized.”

No Claims will be admitted after the situation. Little did he realise, with one another, they nearly all Goods have left the Godawa,

however, what he was asking for failed. Moreover in fading out, MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co. as the compiling of such an ac some of these firms hit the old

Agents. Hong Kong, 8th Sept 1933

[1764 count would be no easy task established houses badly, and There is so much building work trade in Hong Kong had such a in progress that even the most hard blow that up till to-day it pessimistic businessman is begin has not yet goue back to normal. ning to think that the trade de If nothing else, however, 1820 pression may be lifting, that be was a full dress rehearsal for the ter times are ahead, and if Great Depression.

In the meantime, what have pect we may return to what is the Government and leaders in called "normalcy

lucky.'

DONT FORGET business boom is too much to ex

THAT WHEN You are at Home you can get the HONG DAILY PRESS at SELFRIDGES.

KONG

side of the Ocean:

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the business world been doing"?-

Kachek, Hainan, Aug. 28. "Recently word was received from the U.S.A. by cable of the death of Mrs. Henry M. McCandliss on July 31st. Mrs. McCandliss was born in Canton, as Olivia Kerr. the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. G.

the Kerr, pioneer missionaries there. She was educated in Can- ton and in the United States, In 1886 she met Dr. Henry M." Mc- Candles at her father's home. when the young doctor was taking Kerr before coming to Hainan to

months training under Dr.

begin ploneer medical work on the island.

In 1388 the young people were

married and Mrs. McCandliss came to her new home. She and Dr. McCandliss laboured faithfully her loved by the Chinese.

Friends of Peter Yeung stated that he had indulged in gambling and speculation of shares and ex- change. Simultaneous with the disappearance of Peter Yeung, a well-known former" sing-song giri was reported missing.

CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT

Sun Tung Kang Arrives In S'hai

Chineso at

off.

HARD FIGHTING NEAR FOOCHOW

Reds Hold Strong Position

"Page 7. A "building. crash in Canton, ou Tuesday, carried one fatality and number or people had a narrow Page 7. Lucy Giltters did a fast half escape. mile at yesterday's training gal- lops, full particulars of which ap-

Hyde Laye easily defeated Luz pear on page 12.

in the Bowls Open Championship at Craigengower yesterday.

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ANTI-JAPANESE AGITATION

Fears For A Revival

Tientsin, Sept, 6. With the return of Mr. T. V. Foochow, Sept. 5. Soong, Minister of Finance, to considerable Normal condition is being grad- China, there is ually restored in Foochow, but the anxiety in Japanese military and

diplomatic circles

that anti-

It is stated that if the Chinese authorities depart from their pre-

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Nineteenth Route Army has to 'surmount another obstacle before the "Red" menace in North-west Japanese agitation will revive to beaten disturb the present Sino-Japanese Fukien can be definitely off. The main "Red" forces are tranquility and co-operation in holding a strategic point at Yu the Peiping-Tientsin area. Shanghai, Sept. 6.

chi, to the South of Yenping which Sun Tung-kang, the

is an important military point from Nanking pilot, arrived

central Fukien. On Monday, a noon to-day on his cross-country brisk battle was fought at Shiu-sent-policy of co-operation with flight.

kow. The Government troops are Japan, the Kwangtung Japanese" He was met by a large and en- advancing beyond Yung An and command will be ready to send

the "Reds" troops again into China Proper.- thusiastic crowd; also by reprez combined attack on sentatives of the Municipal Gay position at Yiucht is imminent-Central Press. ernment of Greater Shanghai, of Central News Agency.

and of Headquarters Garrison

Commerce and the Chamber of other prominent personages.

He is remaining In Shanghai for a day or two, and is then pro- ceeding to Hangchow.-Reuter.

CANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Canton, Sept. 6.

FOOD CONTROL IN CHINA

in

Nanchang, Sept. 8. The Nanking leaders are earnest to act on the recommen-

dations of the Military of Interior for national control of food sup- plies. A conference on food con trl is scheduled to be held at Nan- king next month. Marshal Chiang

ALL the guilds in the counties Kal Shek is urging provincial and

must join the local Chamber municipal governments of Honan; any movement by the merchants Anhui, Kiangst" and Kwangtung of Commerce, and this is to unify Hupel, Hunan. Kiangsu, CheRang, many years, and were greatly be-

in up-province, according to a to send delegates to Nanking at a Di. Candles stayed on the field rulding of the Kwangtung provin- date not later than October twen-

tieth-Central News Agency. cial Kuomintang. even after he was eligible for

he Many guilds refuse to join thet honourable retirement until suffered a stroke and retired from chamber of commerce, preferring |

HUANG MO SUNG to be "masters

own of their He and active service in 1926. Mrs. McCandliss lived in Los An- destiny," but without enough mem-

Nanking. Sept. 6. geles, Calif., until his death in bera the Chamber of Commerce

Huang Mo-sung to-day assumed sustenance. Candlias made her home with her

The decision of the office as acting President of the 1931. After that time Mrs. Mc-will not have sufficient means of

13 to Military Academy during the ab provincial Kuomintang daughter, Mrs. X. Herbert Judson,

among formerly of Lienchow, in Santa effect unified action

the sence of Yang Chieh, who has gullas Monica until her death.

and merchants. Central been ordered to Europe for an in The Hainan Mission has lost a Press.

vestigation tour-Reuter. veteran worker, and the sympathy

of the mission and of many other. friends is extended to the child- ren.-Dr. W. K. McCandliss of the State Hospital, Trenton, NJ.; Dr. Presbyterian Mission. Hwalyan, Anhwel; Mrs. Judson, and Charles McCandilss of Los Angeles.

H. J. McCandliss of the American

Dr.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL

GOOD WORK BY VOLUNTEERS

Machine Guns And Rifles Captured

Canton, Sept. 6. Volunteers in the North-east

of the post of commander-in- are beartened by the assumption chief by General Wang Teh Lin. According to a report received here to-day by the local office of General Wang from the North, the volunteers have cut the Kirin-" Tuanfa Railway.

In their encounter with the "Manchukuo" troops, the volun-.

bundred teers killed Puppet troops and captured ten machine-guns and over a hundred rifles.

over

a

The report that the volunteers will launch a general offensive against the Japanese-Manchukuo troops as soon as General Wang reaches Kirin-Central Press.

Against Fifth National Congress

To-day is the Parsee New Year,, defendant did originally have a licence and so he was charged with obstruction. Mr. Wynne-Jones: Get MORE OPPOSITION Capt. and Mrs. T. M. Malone Him one way or the other. I don't Mr. Max Gavin, popular resident were among the passengers leaving like that. Discharged. at Shameen, who, owing to the long by the s.s. Asama Maru yester connection with the neighbouring day.

I'M.S.. Capt. Malone,

The Colony had a usually clean part of Canton, is also very well M.A., has been a popular officer bill of health last week. Only four known in Hongkong, arrived back attached to. The Indian Military cases of enteric (2 fatalities) were at Canton yesterday, with Mrs. Hospital at Kowloon. Gavin, and was warmly welcomed by all his friends tat particularly by his fellow Rotarians. Mr. Gavin has been on holiday in Switzerland

The engagement is announced of Harold Noel Davies, of the British Cigarette Co., Shaughni, second son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Davies of Liver pool, and Mary Beatrice, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.

on the otIn order to meet sterling com- this year, more than 3,000 speci- | Benjafield of Singapore,

Building is apt to do well when

mitments, and to keep a substan-fications have been submitted to

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notified. There were 49 deaths from tuberculosis. On Tuesday no cases of notifiable diseases were re- ported..

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Canton, Sept. 6.- Opposition against the Kuo- A Chinese boy, a member of the mintang Fifth National Congress Street Boys' Club, sentenced by to be held in Nanking is voiced in. Mr. Wynne-Jones on Tuesday to circular telegrams issued by the.. four strokes of the cane, ran away Yen Ping County Kuomintang, from the Central Police Court be-East Hainan County Kuomin- fore being thrashed. He was found

We are requested by the Hon. there is no other outlet for money tial balance in hand the govern- the P.W.D.. for approval and no orary Secretary of the Peak Club in the afternoon yesterday. Sub tang, Ko Yew County Kuomini-:. but unless conditions have begun ment has had to devise all pos- sooner are the new buildings reming. Members that the Entry Inspector, Smith told the magis tang, Fa Yuen County Kuomin- to improve, investors would not sible ways and means to increase completed than they are occupied. List for the Contract Bridge Tour- trate that the lad, when brought tang, and the, Pao An County find the money necessary for this the revenue, while the latter have It seems needless to add that both nament to be held on Saturday, the back, stated he would rather lose Kuomintang.

All these county Kuomintang development, preferring to leave been fighting an uphill battle all offices and residential accom- 9th of September, will clore at four dollars bail than be eaned. Magistrate (to defendant) Four their capital in the banks. Of the time. They were not very modation are growing like mush-um, on Friday evening next.

strokes of the cane. You can have offices are following the lead of late several office buildings, on successful at the start but now at 100MB. Whatever the Great De

Prosecuting a hawker, before Mr. your four dollars back. Another the South-west leaders in op- large and up-to-date scale have last, things appear to be a little pression may be, and may have Wynne-Jones yesterday on a charge boy, who had been arrested on three posing the Nanking Congress on been completed. One need only brighter and from all indications the power to do there is nothing of obstruction in Queen's Road previous occasions for stealing, was the ground that it will not further, quote the new National and Com- better times are promised. To more consoling than to take a Central, Sergeant Cleathero aid ordered to receive twelve strokes of mercial Savings Bank, the China take the building trade alone, walk round Hong Kong and look he was originally going to charge the cane for theft of a quantity of national interest, but to streng him with having no licence. It was cigarettes. He went down on his then the power of the Chiang Kai Emporium, and the Of Kwan during the first five months of at the new buildinge,

found at the Hawkers Office that. knees and pleaded for leniency, Shek government-Central Press.

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