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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

IN' THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION,

IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES SIMPSON, LATE OF CUMBRAE VIEW INNKELAN, ÅRSYLLABIRE, SCOTLAND, Dzonased.

FOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE the Courts, by virtue

of the Provisions of Section. 58 of the Probate Ordinance No. 3 of 1897, made an Order limiting the time for Creditors and Others to send in their Claima against the above Estate to the 14TH day of NOVEMBER, 1933.

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

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Dated the 16th day of October, 1930.

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WILKINSON & GRIST,

Solicitors for the Executrix,

9, Queen's Road Central,

Hồng Kong -

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS or FANNY ELIZA

ROWE, LATE OF 35, WHIT WORTH ROAD, SOUTH NORWOOD, IN THE COUNTY OF SURKEY. FORMERLY Os No. 1, FawCITI STREIT, FULHAM IN THE COUN- TT OF MIDDLEX, ENGLAND, SPINSTER, DECEASED.

No

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court han, by virtue

of the provisions of Section 38 of the Probates Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made

Order limiting the Time for Creditors and Others to send in their sim against the sbava Estate to the 16TK day of NOVEMBER, 1933

All Creditora and Others are accord- ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before

bat, date.

Dated the 20th day of October, 1933" JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER

Solicitors for the Executor, Prince's Building,

Ice House Street,

Hong Kong

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION,

IN THE GooDS OF WILLIAM |

JEVKINS, LATE OF THE MENTAL HCAPITAL VICTORIA IN THE COLONT OF Hosa KONG, ENGINEER, DECKÄSED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of Probates Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for Creditors and Others to send in their Claims against the above Estate to the 18TH DAY of NOVEMBER, 1933.

All Creditors and Others are accord ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the undersigned on or before that date.

Dated the 20th day of October, 1933. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER Bolicitors, for the Administrator,

Prinos's Building,

Ice House Street,

Hong Kong

1904

IN THE ESTATE OF H. A. RODGERS, DECEASED.

FOR immediate sale Morris Major

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Howa Kono, October 27. 1933.

BRITISH EMPIRE

TOBACCO

"All the world knows that Great Britain was for nearly a century a staunch supporter of Free Trade. Even to-day there are certain figures of outstanding national im-

has been an increase in imports of

THE EXTREME PENALTY

For Corrupt Officials

(From Our Special Correspondent)

A PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST | NEWS SUMMARY

TABLE

Beef Teas and Oysters Do Not Fatten

Many fallacies about food and ex- arciss were exposed and much useful Canton, October 26.

advice was given to those who wish to Two county officials and one

alim by Dr. F. C. Dodds, Courtauld policeman were executed yesterday Professng of Biochemistry in the because of corruption. The guilty University of London, when he spoke county officials are Chen Chi Huat the opening of the winter session former magistrate of Lin Shan

of the Middlesex Hospital Medical County on the Little North River, School, and his chief of police Chau Kin Ping.

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These two men were prosecuted by Lieutenant-General Hon Wan, Paclication Commissioner of North-east Kwangtung and were found guilty by the special ad- "ministrative tribunal which was fdrmed to try civil servants charg- ed with misdemeanor or malad- ministration. The extreme penalty was imposed because under General Chen Tsal Tong's Three-Year Plan official corruption is punished by

death.

of

Common beliefs which he exploded included those that:

Cold Baths for "Slimming" " "How often does one hear a person refuse bread because it is fattening, and say that he can only cat toast? Weight for weight, toast is nourisiting than bread.

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One often hears that a particular soup must be really good and nourish ing because it sets tos jelly when cold. | This is due to the gelatine which is extracted from the meat or tendons and it is known that gelatine is one of the few proteins which will not

Beef tea, oyster and lobsters are restorative:

Soup that sets to a jolly is particu-support life." larly nourishing:

Turkish baths, warm baths, massage and exercise all reduce weight; and Toast is less fattening than bread. All these bellefs Prof. Doxide con- troverted..

den what a nourishing food really is

Most people," he said, "hare no and during times of convalescence and illness many valuable" pounds are wasted in preparing more or less valueless dishes to rally the invalidi's strength. A typical example of this may be found in the misplaced faith of most people in beef tea.

Chau Kin Ping, as chelf of police the county, extorted money from the people of the county who brought the matter to the atten-

"The anxious mother purchases a tion of "Magistrate Chen. Instead of reprimanding Chau, the "magis-pound or so of beef and proceeds to trate detained the plaintiffs and boil it for a prolonged period. Then the solid material is strained off, and released them later only upon pay-

the watery Hukl, which contains, the ment of 8000 Hong Kong currency. This is the offence for which Chen 80-called nourishment, is given to the invalid, while the solid matter is us- ually given to the dog.

was sentenced to death.

Magistrate Chen was apparently not a party to the maladministra- tion of Chau. as the former was a man of means and had served as secretary to General Heung Fan-Ping, officer commanding the second army, for many years. His crime was his connivance of a sub- ordinate official and defiance of the admonition of General 14 Hon Wan, who is a military superior of

the defendant.

The third condemned man is named Wong King Tseng, a police. man of the Tal Tung Road Sub- Police Station. He lived with an- other man's concubine and sold her infant son. These executions were

On this occasion it is very de- finitely the dog which scores, be cause 98 per cent, of the nourishment goes to the dog and only 1 per cent. to the invalid.

"To the lay mind there is perhaps

value and can be taken with impunity "Clear soup is of very low caloric

by a fat person. It is a pity to see anyone at a dinner, refusing oysters and clear soup, because they fear that they will get fat, but while their thin caloried delicacies, they themselves are friends are consuming these low taking in literally hundreds of calories by eating rolls and butter.

Most people, he went on, had a false view of the weight-reducing character of exercise. It was much easier to absorb energy than to dissipate it, and exercise could not be recommended for weight reducing unless combined with very rigid dieting.

Turkish haths, "warm, and tepid baths ha no effect in dissipating ile massage only reduced

energy. the wair Cold b

get rid

of the masseur.

, on the other hand, did energy. A cold bath at 60 deg F, lasting for five minutes, caused the loss of about seventy, calories.

ONE WHISKY-THREF EGGS · "A glass of champagne is equíva."

no more potent restorative than oya-lent to about ten minutes' squash, and ters. Now a dozan oysters will yield eighty-eight calories of energy. That is to say, the well-to-do person is pending say seven shillings to put chase eighty-eight calories of food."

"But the slice of brown bread sad

butter which he eats with the oysters will give him well over 100 calorica,

double whisky and soda would re quire the full half hour to allow for the expenditure of the necessary amount of energy. Remember that a large whisky corresponds in, food value to three boiled eggs, yet very few who have dined out would take

ix boiled eggs as a night cap."

made to discourage corruption and TRAFALGAR DAY FIRST KITCHENER” V.C.

Immorality among civil servants.

Empire tobacco. Southern Rhode THEIR MAJESTIES

sian tobacco shows a remarkably steady improvement. In 1926 the amount of Southern Rhodesian to- bacco retained for Home.consump-

AT

NEWMARKET

tion totalled 1,098,000 lbs. Last Richards Rides 237th

Winner

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Results of Sale of Flags

We have been omcially informed that the proceeds from the sale ed to 83,843.00 and that after ex- of flags on Trafalgar Day amount penses have been deructed, the money will be given to the fol- lowing:-

Hong Kong Navy League Cheer-O Club

A

Sallors' and Soldiers' Rome Seamen's-Institute Trafalgar Orphan Fund - Chinese General Charity Fund.

London, Oct 24. Despite unfavourable weather Their Majesties the King and Queen drove from Sandringham to New- the Cainbridgeshire Stakes market yesterday to see the race for The Frince of Wales and the Princess Royal were also present.

Sir Abe Bailey's Raymond at 33 to TREVOLT was first, Sir Ernest Tate's Denbigh at 22 to 1 was second, and Sir Putnam's Stalky at 50 to'l was third.

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year the amount had risen to 7,870,000. Ibs. It is estimated from the amount of trade already done that the figures for this year will approach the ten million mark. To emphasize still more strongly the enormous progress made in this direction we might note that in 1919 the British consumption of Southern Rhodesian tobacco was only about 150,000 lbs.

Canadian tobacco was for many years imported in considerable quantities, but it was not smoked as such. It was all used for blend- ing with American tobacco, and its Identity was lost. To-day several brands of first class Canadian to-senson, as

compared with Fred baccos and cigarettes are available | Archer's fifty-years-old record of 246 in the British Isles. In 1839, the winners in a season.-- British Wireless

Service. total imports of unmanufactured Canadian tobacco amounted to 5.024,604 lbs.; in 1932 this was doubled; and this year a record

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H. E. the Governor and Lady Peel are to make an officia! visit to Macao next Tuesday, Page 7

The trial of Fok Kaq, a Sha Po coolis for the murder of his em ployers wife ended yesterday, at the Criminal Sessions, in the acquittal of the accused.

Page 7.. To-day's Radio Programme.

Page 4.. Mr. H. R. Wells is to give a series of lessons in Cantonese on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 7.30 p.m. to 7.58.p.in, from Friday, Nov. 3rd.

Page 7. At the Legislative Council meet- ing yesterday the Telephone Co.'s increase of capital from $5,000,000 to $7,300,000 was authorised

Page 7- Le B. W. discusses the probable

team, and makes his selections. personnel of the cricket interport

Page 10. The Annual Acqua.ip Sports

Meeting of the Central British School took place at the Y:M.C.A. Bath yesterday.

Page 10.

Tennis playing members of the Hongkong Cricket Club registered n protest yesterday at the Annual Meeting of the Club against the playing of league matches on week days. This deprived many members. of the use of the Court. The mat ter was left in the hands of the Page 10. Committee

Col. McPherson gave a most in- teresting talk on big game fishing to members of St. Andrew's Club last night.

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Shipping news,

Page '75. Scottish airmail letter, Page .. Hong Kong Stock Exchange re- port and share quotations, etc.

Page 13.

OPERATIONS IN IRAQ

List of Honours.

Special Air-Mail Service

London, Oct. 11. -Honours conferred by the King for valuable services rendered in operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq, ‹ during. the period December, 1931, to June, 1932, were announced in the Lon- don Gazette as follows:-

Killed By Fall From Ladder connection with

(Special Air-Kail Service)

London, Oct. 21. John Ripley, of St. Andrews, who has been killed by an accident fall of "Kitchener's Army to receive from a ladder, was the first member the V.C., and was the only holder of the Long Service Medal to win

the honour.

Ripley was awarded the V.C. for most conspicuous bravery" while a corporal in the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch, at Rue du Bois on May 6, 1915. The official record states:-

"When leading his section on the right of the platoon in the assault,

SIAM be was the first man of the batta

The King's horse, Limelight, which Reported to be Dying

started favourite, was fourth.

Gordon Richards, the champion jockeys had four mounts at the Newmarket meeting yesterday, and won one.

He has now ridden 237 winners this

NEW GOVERNOR

portance, such as Lord Snowden consumption may be expected, as OF SEYCHELLES

and Sir Herbert Samuel, who are unyielding opponents of tariffs and of protectionism in any form. But the vast mass of the British people ho matter what their views may be on economic principles. or theories, are convinced that tariffs are necessary for the time being, ir

only as a bargaining factor with

other protected countries. More important still, the actual facts and figures relating to certain in- dustries have proved the need for a certain measure of protection against foreign competition. In some cases the measures taken have referred more to the develope ment of inter-imperial trade than to the supporting of national in dustries; and a good example of the effectiveness of tariffs from this point of view" the tobacco industry.

In 1919 the British, Government abandoned "Free Trade practice," (which means an equal tariff, on certain

nearly 8,000,000 lbs. had been im- ported by the end of the first quar- ter

Nyasaland is the most important Empire tobacco producer.

Last Year Great Britain imported from there over 15,000,000 lbs., of which nearly 11,000,000 was retained for home consumption. Cyprus con- tributes a modest proportion of the 30-called "Turkish" leaf, and pro- duction is increasing. The most important point is not, however, that the quantity of Empire grown' tobacco has increased, but quality

Mr. G. Lethem

Appointed

London, October 24

Down

Bangkok, Oct. 25, CALM appears to prevail in Siam. Both the loyal forces and the Insurgents are exercising the ut- moat caution.

No further news has been re- ceived from the fighting line. Reuter.

lion to ascend the enemy's parapet, and from there he directed those fol

C.B. (Military Division) Colonel (Honorary Brigadier- General) (local Major-General) E. Rowan-Robinson, C.MG., D.8.0. of Officers, Inspector-General and retired pay, Regular Army Reserve Military Adviser, Ministry of De- fence, Iraq Army.

O.B.E. (Military, Division) - Major and Brevet Colonel D. F Dickinson, D.S.O., M.C., The Welc Regiment, Inspector, Quarter-Mas

ter-General's Branch - CAssistat. Quarter-Master-General), Irú

Army.

CB. (Military Division) Air Commodore C. D. Bree. Bree. A.F.C. Royal Air Force.

Bar to Distinguished Service Order

lowing him to the gaps in the Ger- Royal Engineers, late Inspeor,

man wire entanglements. He then led his section through a breach in the parapet to a second line of trench, which had previously been decided upon as the final objective in this part of our line. In that with position Corporal Ripley, seven or eight men, established him. self, blocking both flanks and ar ranging a fire position, which he continued to defend until all his men had fallen and he himself had been badly woundel in the head."

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Colony had a clean bill of health on Wednesday.

The Scottish Company, Hong- kong Volunteers Defence Corps will hold their annual Hallowe'en Heu- quarters at & p.m. to-day.

The Lam Tuk Company of con- tractors summoned before Mr. Scho- field, at the Central Magistracy, for having allowed debris to be dropped from a building under con- struction in Johnston Road to the

Major P. W. Clark, D.S.O., 10..

Military Works, Iraq Army, (D.§O., gazetted January 1, 1919.)

Distinguished Service Ordai Captain and Brevet Major CW. Autrey, M.C., Royal Artillery In- spector, Artillery, Iraq Army.

The Military Cross Captain E. C. Mansergh, þyal: Artillery, Assistant Inspector, Ead- quarters, Iraq Army.

Lieutenant E. J. Laverty, The Essex Regiment, Inspecto of: 'Bignals, Iraq-Army."

Flight Lieutenant C.-B. R.Pally. Royal Air Force, Air Halson. Officer. Το

Brevet Lleufmant-- Colonel-Major E. G. Wareh,. The Northamptonshire Regimen, late. Inspector, Iraq Royal Military College (Oct. 6, 1933),

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ROYAL AIR FORCE. Bar to Distinguished Service Order, Squadron Leader, M. B. Frew,,

His Majesty the King has ap. nion Dinner at the Volunteer. Head-¦ danger of the public were fined $30. 'D.8.0., M.C., A.F.C.

pointed Mr. Gordon Lethem, who has been Secretary to the Northern

Provinces of Nigeria since 1928, to Chief of Seychelles in succession to Sir De Symons Honey, who has retired.-British Wireless Service.

be Governor and Commander-in-

Sergeant Morris said he was hit on the face with a stone.

Distinguished Flying Cross. Flightt Lieutenant . D. Harvey..

Distinguir id Flying Medal

364651 Leading Aircraftman M

guilty before Mr. Balfour in the An unemployed Chinese pleaded

Mr. W. B. Fleming was fined $5 Central Police Court yesterday, of by Mr. Wynne Jones at the Kow-363013 Serget R. C Stafford stealing a tabby cat. Inspector loon Magistracy yesterday for al- Brennan.The cat was apparently lowing his dog out in Somerset outside the door and the defendant Road, Kowloon Tong, without a helped himself to it. Bound over. muzzle. Mr. N. M. Xavier was also' fined $8 for allowing his dog out without a muzzle and for not having a licence.

has greatly improved. Empire pre-writing recently in "The Times Judgment for the defendant was ferential tariffs have contributed Trade and Engineering Supple given by Mr. Justice Lindsell yes- terday in a case in which Mr. N. to this, by increasing the "demand ment, experiments are also in D. Daniloff claimed $737.71 from Because the defendant had taken" and enriching the growers, thus progress at a number of small sub-Capt. N. A. Rojdestarin of the part in the quarrel and had stabbed

stations. on private farms. enabling them to devote more

Hong Kong Riding School for sabis uncle to protect his mother, he In Canada, Nyasaland, South Jary and a passage to Shanghai. was shown leniency by the Court. money to the raising of superior Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Cyprus. The pase in which

when charged yesterday before Mr types of plant; but behind this has

and other British tobacco growing

Chinese Balfour at Central Magistracy with been the modern scientific research centres, official and private renamed Tae Kwai is charged in con- malicious wounding. The Magis search work has raised the nection with an armed robbery at trafe fined the defendant $28, in de methods which have enabled the standard of quality to a high 171, Thompson Road Wanchai, on fault of which he was to serve three experts to improve their product.

degree, and the British smoker is July 18, last, was again before Mr.weeks' imprisonment.. Aided by grants from the British now, in an enormous number of Schofield at Central Magistracy

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H.E. The Governor

To Visit Macao

OFFICIAL CALL ON TUESDAY

His Excellency the Governor, Bir- William Feel, K.C.M.G., KB.E... will pay an official visit to Macao on Tuesday next, to return the recent visit to Hong Kong of His Excellency the Governor of Macao. Li-Col. Antonio Jose Bernardes de Miranda,

Canton, October 20-According to To Members' Enclosure. $2.

cases, accustomed and satisfied to yesterday, and after further evi- commodities that Free Government, the Government of

smoke only Empire brands. That dence was taken, the case was rea report by the Agricultural The party, which will comprise To Public Enclosure 40 Cents. Traders do not like, such as winer Southern Rhodesia have establish-

the, present wave of economic nanded until November 1.

Bureau, $10,000 mow (Chinese acres) His Excellency, Lady Peel, Cap- Members MUST show their budges and cigars, no matter what countryed a tobacco research station which nationalism will wear itself out,

of barren land have been granted tain R. F. Walter, A.D.C., and Mr... to gain admittance. LADIES are they come from) as far as tobacco is carrying out a full scheme of

and a breach be made in the high Mr. G. Sima, Assistant master at to the people during the past three J G Pilcher, Secretary to the tariff walls which have been built King's College, was fined $8 by Mr years. These strips of turren land Governor, will leave at 8.16 a.m. Races without charge. No LADIES was concerned and announced experiment covering the use of round so many countries, is ardent Balfour at Central Police Court were distributed to people in fon HMS. Tarantula, commanded

NO rebate of one-sixth of the duty on TICKETA will be issued.

artiacial fertilisers, plant-breeding,ly wished for by most students of yesterday for allowing his dog out ferent coninties. About seventy per by Captain W. G. Bern. Tiffine, Teas and Refreshments, will all manfactured tobaccos imported strain and variety, investigations contemporary affairs. But as long without a muzzle Miss Homs of 3, 1 cent of the land in this province is. The official landlog at Macao. be obtainable at the Race Course at into the United Kingdom from methods of held management, and tained Great Britain mas obvious respect of an unmuzzled and un- arena. Such soll is granted to the am, and will be followed by an as protection" is generally main Conduit Road, was fined $12 in mountainous and lies in barren will take placas at about 11,45 Jeasonable prices,

other parts of the British Empire, d'seases such as Red Rust and ly continue to use it, herself as a licensed dog, while a fine of Fe was people for development, as this official luncheon at Government Bix years later the rebate was in-White Mould. Accord to the

means of defence, and in the case imposed on Miss J. Gordon-Mackie. would find work for the people and House, heru of tobacco it has obviously proved for allowing her dog in the strees increase the agricultural product of [1910 creased to one-fourth. The result British expert, Mr. Digby Sperring, Its worth

Kunmuzzled,

the nationCentral Press,"

Bee Steamboat Co.'s notices for special sailings to Macao

His Excellency will leave Macad at 6 p.m.