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ADVERTISEMENTS·

NOTICE.

AIMS against the estate of Mr.

CLAIMS

J. M. Shroff, deceared, late of No. 185, Prince Edward Road, Top Floor, Kowloon, should be sent before the 15th October, 1933, to the Official Administrator. "Suprems Court, with whom any relations of the decented are requested to communicate.

NOTICE

(18/8

LAIMS against the estate of Mr. FC. E. Rendall, Solicitor, dec- eased, late of the Peninsula Hote). should be sent to the Official Adminis trator, Supreme Court, Lefore the 18th October, 1033.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HỒNG KÔNG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS OF FLORENCE FANNY MCCLATCHIE, LATE 07 4 KIDBROOKE PAEX ROAD, ZOMERLY OF 21, ORAI- GRANE

BLACKULATH ENGLAND, STINSTER

KANT,

DECEASED,

ROAD;

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the Court E, by virtue

of the Provisions of Section 58 of the Probate Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made. an Order limiting the time for Creditors and Others to send in their Claims against the shors Estata to the 18TH day of OCTOBER, 1993.

All Creditors and Others are socord- ingly hereby requied to send their Olaims to the Undersigned on or before

that date.

Dated the 19th day of September, 1931.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

18051

Solicitors for the Executors,

Friner's Building.

Tee House Street,

Hong hung.

CUSTOMS. NOTIFICATION,

the

ENDERS are invited for the TENDERSI

be used as a bulk by the Chinese

Maritime Customs.

The approximate dimension of the wessel should be: length 200 feet, beam 35 to 40 feet, draught carrying a dead weight of 500 to 800 tons not to exceed 9 feet.

The ball to be of iron or steel in good condition and subject to the approval of a Customs Marine Surveyor.

Preference will be given to vesels which have had the engines and boilers removed.

Delivery to be in Hong Kong Bar- bour within two months from accept. ance of tender,

Sealed tenders to be sent to the undersigned, not later than noon on. 15th October, 1933,

The Customs does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

Further particulars can be obtained from the Coast Inspector's Office, Custom House, Slangtai

E. N ENSOR, Commissioner of Chinese Customs Kowloon and District.

York Building.

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HONG KONG, September 2, 1833..

THE PICTURES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Special Al-Mail Service)

Engagements

MR. C. DAVENPORT AND

MIES TOLLDANO, DAN

September, 12,

The engagements announced. between. Cyril, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Janies Davenport, of Thursley Hall Haslemere, · and Beatrice, elder daughter of Mr." and. Mrs. T. Toledano. of Villa Jullet. Florence, Italy, and lately of Shanghai. COMMANDER C. T., ADDIS, R.N.

If Gossip We Must

THE RACING.

The racing season opened with the first meeting last- Saturday. | The course after the recent rain was in good condition and the AND MISS P. POLAND. The engagement is announced green to be, seen everywhere was between Commander Charles very restful to the eye. The go- Thorburn Addis, Royal Navy, Ing was rather heavy and this several second son of Bir Charles Addis, probably accounted for

with outsiders winning. KCMG.. and Lady Addis, of upsets Woodside, Frant, SU and Jockey's do not all seem to realise t

that considerable judgment Pamela daughter of Captain Al- Ian Poland, D.S.O. Royal Navy, necessary on the back stretch of and Mrs. Poland, of South Stoke, the course where there is a rise of some thirty-five feet If the Oxon..

public did not all come away win- ners they at least spent a plea-, sant afternoon. In most caSES the fields got away to good starts, but one would like to see horses made to all walk up and then let 80. With a starting gate it seems try standing starts, and furthermore it is so llable to strain horses backs."

MARRIAGE

FIEDLER: CONSTANDUROS. On September 9, 1933. Oscar Leonard, son of the late Robert Fiedler and of Mrs. Fiedler, of Bournemouth, to Gertrude Norah Constanduros, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Tilling. (China "papers, please copy).

DEATHS

.On

F.

YEO. August 31, 1933, at St. Leonards-on-Sea. Alice Yeo, widow of the late George Yeo, of Shang hal, aged 82 years.

HILL

On September 10, 1933, at a nursing home, Henry Hill, for 52 years with the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company, in his 70th at the Great "Interment Northern London Cemetery New Southgate. N. (China and Japan- papers, please 'copy).

year.

WILL

Mr. Andrew Barrow Lowson, of Chadley, Woldingham Surrey, for many years connected with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (bet personality £58.073) left £61,856.

the NEWS SUMMARY

one per cent. of work that is more than good entertaiment Charles Chaplin, the Jack Point of cinema, has expressed the streak of futility and, helplessness that in certain moment assalls the aver- age man, and, moreover, the aim is no powerless weapon as propa- ganda." "Scarface," was a remark- able indictment of the gangster,

...

The Colony's budget for 1934 totalling 27 milion dollars is to be presented at: to-morrow's meeting of the. Legislative Coun-. cil.

to unnecessary

Photu by Leica,

Golden. "Dragon" (Mr. Heard There was ab objection raised up) being led in by Miss Pamela after the fifth race which was Scott-Harston after winning the overruled. What apparently hap- big race. pened was that coming into the straight two horses were shut in, and when the opening, came they both went for it. Apart from this several horses appeared tired and were rolling badly.

Two Chinese ladies at the races. Photo by Leica.

Punters bad rather a difficult

and the Phanton President" a General will be read for the first time. the first two races were' won

ON THE LAWNS.

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel were not able to be present at the races as they went to the Police Aquatic' Sports, but I hear that they are likely to attend the meetings in October.. Major General and Mrs. Borrett were amongst those who attended. They were walk- ing on the lawn in front of the stand when I saw them and' was particularly, struck by the stylish dress Mrs. Borrett was wearing It was of brown silk volle in autumn tints and to go with it. was a hat of brown Bangkok straw, trimmed with tiny cerise flowers to complete a very attrac tive turn out "

BY REGULAR

OUR DANCES.

on

The Hong Kong Hotel held a successful dinner dance on Satur- day night, when #11 avallable space was taken up. I under- stand this is the fore-runner of A series of dances which will be held regularly during the winter season, and as they are always attractive affairs, people are al-

beaches ready deserting the Saturday nights for them."

Tea dances in the Roof Garden of the hotel' are about the most popular feature of the hotel's winter. programme, At these, one sees fashionably dressed Chinese ladies" mingling with their Western sisters," and entering fully into the fim of the affair. Only a few years ago, one. seldom kaW a Chinese lady at a dance but to- day, a dance would not seerp an dance without some of Cathay's daughters in their picturesque

gowns.

One of the first couples Tran into was Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tag~/ gart who were among the early arrivals. Mrs. Taggart wore B dress of pink orgardle-a "pattern taken from the Tatler and very, { paddock, becoming. She wore a white hat. with gloves and shoes, but I throught the "mat" parasol she carried was the cutest thing of

all

A few minutes before the third race was due to start I strolled over towards the Paddock in the hope of spotting a likely winner. and on my way I saw the Mistes

by the favourites; but then a spot of bother started and there was some in-and-out running which put the unlucky ones into dim-Tse, those charming sisters who culties. Gold Ring won the

Page 7. At the meeting of the Finance Committee on the same day, sup- plementary estimates totalling $168,000 will be presented. Page 7.

At yesterday's meeting of the seventh race, which gave one a Rotary Club Mr. A. Bianconi, Con- chance of getting out. When col- sheckles, "I heard sul General for Italy, gave an in-lecting the tereating review of Italy's indus somebody humming "Home Sweet trial progress during the past ten Home," so I decided to look on for

Page 7 the rest of the day..

The eighth race was an - Society has issued a special ap-teresting one to watch. Mike wis peal on behalf of its work in made favourite but Anished third, transforming St. Peters Club into Mr. Noronha, riding Flying Tours a shelter for those who habitually kept with the pack nursing his ΟΣ the back stretch, sleep in the streets through the mount

page was full of running when he got depths of the winter.

"Nomad" gives his wetkly review Into the straight, and

excellently timed race, finishing of local sport on page 10.

A Chinese woman who had mar like Gordon, Richards (one leg on

years.

own the Clover Flower Shop. Mas Lucy looked very attractive in one of those fascinating long Chinese dresses of blue Paris crepe. It was one of the latest designs and suited her very well. Her sisters

Two ladies coming away from the

Photo by Leica,

While on the subject of danci ing it would be interesting to hote that officers of His Majesty's Navy will be holding "Navy Ball" in the Peninsula Hotel on Trafalgar Day. Details are not yet available, but arrangements are being made for dancing to go on until 3 a.m. On 'the same day, there will be & Ship's Company dance on board HMS. Tamar. ·

POLICE SPORTS.

While the races were going on at Happy Valley, our guardians of the peace had a race meeting of their own-their annual aquatic sports which were held in the Victoria Recreation Club.

The figure is a slight reduc- tion on that of last year, Page 7. At the same meeting six new bills presented by the Attorney

the vein of time... scathing satire, in comedy, and not farce, on the American Presidential election.

Cavalcade represents the high- water mark of film production, apart possibly from Russian: Alms that are not shown beyond the "The pictures" having killed all borders of the Soviet Republics. other forms of professional enter With the foundation of a play.of The Street Sleepers Shelter tainment in the Far East, have first-rate calibre the Director has come to occupy a large place in been able to advance his technique People's minds alike books and present a story, that, like all apart from light fiction-their aim good drama, also Interprets a so far has been purely that of phase of life Cavalcade is the entertainment. Not more than one attitude of the ordinary woman per cent

of films attempt to towards..war. The film has been

Amongst those present in addi- tion to His Excellency, and Lady. convey a lesson," or to interpret called an indictment of war, and a ried a Sikh successfully sued him either side) the tote paying the for 880. three months arrears of handsome dividend of $288...

OUR SCOUTS.

So far as the men were con Peel were the Hon. Mr. C. “G. te in the manner of the great presentation of a philosophy of maintenance. Plaintift gave an

Alabaster (Attorney General), the conven- Saturday next will be a great cerned, they wore the dramatist, or historian or novelist. life. But the heart of it is war, interesting account of the wide

day in the lives of the Scouts, tional summer sults and the only Hon. Mr. E.-D. C. Wolfe (Inspec- Page 7 Wolf-cubs, -Girl"·" Guides Herein lies their power. Like de-seen through the eyes of women, privileges of a Sikh husband.

and diference appeared to be that tor General of Police), Mr. R. E. favoured a topee, Lindsell (Pulme Judge), Mr. 3. A. tective stories they are a pastime, The Boer, Wer sequences suggest

Major HB. L. Dowbiggin was Brownies of the Colony when they while some

others preferred a soft hat. I Fraser (Assistant Attorney Gen- forgotten almost as soon as one the suppressed rage of two women complainant in a summons against all go up the Peak to tea at

at their husbands leaving them, Lo Wah, a public car driver, who Mountam Lodge, by the very kind noticed however, that co-responeral), Mr. D. Burlingham and Mr. leaves the theatre.

dent shoes are becoming fashion- C. G. Perdue (Divisional Superin“ able on the course High-brow criticism of the film. and their family responsibilities, was fined $30 by, Mr. Schofield, at invitation of His Excellency the

the Central Magistracy yesterday, Governor and Lady Feel. of is mostly unfair and Ill-informed. for a cause and a distant quarrel for having driven in a dangerous September, 1833, upg which only How many denouncers of the which means nothing to them manner in Stubbs Road on Septem Page 6. $3.75 per share has been paid, and it

L. Roza Pereira won the 200 was determined that, gush Call should cinema have to admit that they There are young men who shouldber 10,

Hong Kong, 25th September, 1933

26

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN NOT

that at a Meeting of the Board of Directors of Green Island Cement Company, Limited, bell at Exchange Building, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, on Thursday, the 21st day of September, 1933, a call of $3.75 per share was made upon all the members holding shares whose names appear in the Company's register of @sarebolders on the 2 st day

be

1933, 40 the Company Bankers, The

paid on the 18th day of December, really know nothing about it? 80, and the natural pride in the yards last evening at the V.R.C Hong Kong & Shanghai Baking Cor- have been twice, and that was soldier-hero is tempered by the by a touch from Lawrence.e poration at their Head Office, Queen's enough." Considering that the feeling he goes because he wants Road Central, Vidoria, aforesaid.

Upon presentation at the office oflm industry is but twenty-five to go!

Page 10.

In the Great War scenes the progress not only in the technique author still holds to this presenta

The last alterations to the list of pony classification by the Jockey Club is given on Page 10.

the Company of Bankers receipt for years old it has made remarkable

the payment of euch, Call, together with the Certificate of shures," a note

Certificate.

won

wore. dresses of angel skin'lare, The Misses Tse are very popular, and one meets them everywhere.

Miss Pamela Scott-Harston looked rather pensive, I thought, studying the programine just be fore the big race, but she was very excited leading in on Dragon" the winner. She wore a white dress with blue cape-collar, a white hand-bag with shoes to ful touch to the scene. match, and looked exceedingly

well.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

of the payizant will be endorsed on the of acting and producing, but to- tion, of the tragedy, of 1914-ledge that the men who held the Sir Harry McGowan, accom- ally another mar, Chin Wing, was"

1032.

Dated this ist day of September

By Order of the Board,

ALLAN KEITH,

Secretary.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Most of the races were evenly contested and it was rather fun watching the obstacle race and the pillow fight There were many ladies among the spectators and their dresses added a colour-

tendants):

T.

Dr. Arthur Woo was the host at a happy little dinner party given The MCL Gala will be held in.. Bentence of three months hard at the Chinese Merchants' Club

Jabour was passed on Tam Yuen

last night. The guests of honour Repulse Bay this afternoon, the

by Air. Wynne-Jones at the Kow were His Worship: the Bishop of first race being timed to start at. 2.30 p.m.

loon Magistracy yesterday for re- Victoria and Mrs. Hall and others ceiving a can of paint stolen from present included Mr. and Mrs. A.. the Kowloon Naval Yard. Origin. C. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Martin, Mr. Lam Chi Fong, Mr. charged with larceny of the paint. D. Bush and Dr. T. C. Ip. The but on the ground of insuficient Chinese Merchants Club, pften avidence he wha discharged referred to as the "Millionaires Da Club", is a favourite rendezvous of

leaders of the Chinese community.. It is on the Afth floor of China Building, and those who have visited it have nothing but praise and admiration for the efficient way every thing is ran

wards raising itself to the status 1918 through a woman's eyes. All big positions in the war are a fast panied by his younger son, Mr. of one of the fine arts. It has to men must go that is accepted, diminishing band.

W. J. McGowan left London on-September 7 for China and Japan. He expects to return to London via Canada and the USA. early in December

Jou

The Management of the Hong kong Hotel announce that as from Bunday the 1st October the Root Garden Chinese Restaurant Din ner Dances will be a nightly feature throughout the cooler months: The Dance Orchestra för vellers" a band of accomplished musicians who were extremely, popular last season.

be remembered, moreover, that with a resentment that men's own One may agree or disagree with with the coming of the talking folly has made it necessary, The the thesis of Cavalcade, but their pictures a technique that had reach hectic, bitter kaleidescopes of men are subtle emotions to convey in ed a considerable degree of ex- marching and dying, are again a vivid and fast-moving action. The cellence had to be scrapped and a woman's vision of the Front gather-drama and the novel always ex-

The Medical Officer of Health's new start made on the old founda-ed from pictures and letters, and press the issues that divide man report for Monday records: an tions. We are bound to give the tales of the men who have ind, Agen, ago, in the Greek Imported case of human rames, from Macao. There were also 3 crude stoff for several years, been there. The resentment not drama, "The Trojan Women" dealt cases of enteris. During last week these occasions will be The Re- said Miss Mary Pickford, some five only at the slaughter but at the with exactly the same theme as 4 cases of enteric (3 fatalities and

2 Imported cases) were notified DRAFT Programmes and Entry

Forms for the Tenth Extra years ago, to a representative of deterioration of war, the war mar-Cavalcade, and no doubt roused

BURSA HUGE Deaths from tuberculosis number- Race Meeting to be held

on this paper, on her vial to Hong rage and the war intrigue, follows similar sympathies and resent-

ed: 59. SATURDAY, OCTOBER, and

Without entering into the TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER, 1933 Kong. We can't attempt delicate in relentless succession: One is help ment (weather permitting), may be obtained work' and fine shades until we have less, one must put up with

controversy, it is at least in There teresting to recall that the film in- Interest.

de this advance from ing of the

ки на Those and, while the

at the Becretary Offico, Glonoester developed the new technique.” the burden of each incident! Building, the Club House, Happy

Valley, the Hong Kong Club, the

Sports Club, and the Stabler, Village

The film industry, in addition to the aftermath of war, the

routine output, has produced of political 'talk; the con Entries close at 12 delock NOONa little in the highbrow tradi-jealousies and hatred

Hond.

on THURSDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, tion, and on a level with the to build up, somethin

Stage Society theatrical perform woman

ances that never get beyond a watching private presentation on

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always be

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stili strong

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Order:

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"The evidence adduced by the prosecution is too flmay for wards remarked Mr. P. H. Sin when defending Lai Kan, employ.

I am of the opinion that thereed as a broker by the Kwang Lee has been gross slackness, on the Fruit dealers, before Mr. Balfour nothing of public part of the complainant in 'allow-in the Central Police Court this

ghtly meeting a man getting a salary of only $15 to collect sums amounting to three or four hundred dollars makes theft alto and you wli

tary Board

Euch

morning. The man was charged. with stealing a Ave dollar bank. note from Lal Chima After evidence, bad been taken Mr. Bal

convicted, and passed dem- tence of three months hard over Blu Bré labour Defendant asked for the option of a fine but this was re- fused, it being stated that the man had three previous convie