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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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NOTICE.

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IT is heroby notified that the Cape -D'Aguilar Path from Windy Gap

to Cape D'Aguilar is closed to motor traffic until further notice.

E. D. C. WOLFE, Inspector General of Police,

17th November, 1993

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY

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CLUB.

NOTICE.

THE NOVEMBER HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING OF VOTING MEM- BERS will be held at the Club House, Happy Valley, on Tuesday, 28th November, 1933, at5.80 p.m.

All members are enrdially invited

to attend, and participate in any discussion, which may ease.

By Order of the Stewards

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary,

Hong Kong, 18th November, 1933.

€2602

ST. ANDREW'S BALL.

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THE First Practice Danco will be held in the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday, 21st inst, 5.80 p.m. to 7 p.10, Tens will be served in the Roof Garden from 5 p.m. Members who have not yet returned their Bub caiption lists are requested to do 40 as soon as posible to

E. M. RYDEN,

Joint Hoa Secretary,

c/o Messrs. Lowe, BINGHAN & MATTHEWS.

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holders on the 21st day of September, 1933, upon which only $3.75 per share has been paid, and it was determined that such Call should be paid on the 15th day of December, 1933, to the Company's Bankers, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Barking Corporation, at their Head Office." Queen's Central, Victoria, aforesaid.

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 18. 1983.

SKITTISH DOLLAR

that had been given up to the pro- duction of war-material, struggling to readjust themselves, could not compete: The consequent drop in the standard of living and scale of wages was to be expected, while in the United States they rose to an unprecedented level out of all proportion to the "industrial pro- gress of the world. In point of fact the United States were living at the expense of the rest of the world."

Eventually the world began to grow "wise " to those tariff The depreciation of the U.S.

walls; and their retaliation deliar in relation to the pound is

found the United States with something that has been appre-a vulnerable standard of living handed for months. In fact as

far back as the autumn of last

year financial experts were voic- ing the probability of a London-

New York cross rate rather above

and a scale of wages that could only exist by colossal production and world consumption and more a production more frenzied with the stringencies caused by their dwindling world

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BIRTH.

SCHWARZENBURG.-On Novem- ber 8, 1933, at the Paulum Hospital, Shanghai, to Dr. and Mrs. C. Schwarzenburg, a son.

ENGAGEMENT.

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MORE-NEIL-The engagement is announced of Jessie Ritchie Main, only daughter of Mr. and Mr J. Neti, of Glasgow, Scotland, to. Geoffrey Robert, only son.of the late Mr. A. C. More, and Mrs. More, of Hong Kong.

ANNOUNCEMENT, A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place in Swatow,

between Gertrude (Bobble) St. Maur Stocker, "eldest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. G. St. Maur Stocker of Swatow, and Paul Frederick Ferdinand. Watkinson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Wat- kinson of Bradford, England. (Shanghai papers please copy.)

(2004 DEATH. LARSEN On November 13, 1933, at the Country Hospital, Shanghal Margaret Larsen, aged 39 years. Widow of the late Jacob M, Larsen.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Is It Worth The Expense?

That a University Education is NOT an unprofitable investment was the view of a majority of the graduates who present in the University Union Assembly Hall last evening-when a debate on that subject was held.

were

The principal speaker for the motion-That a University Educa- Hor is an unprofitable investment

Mr. Wong Siew-leng of the Graduates Association, in opening his argument said that he would take the subject from a financial point-profits and investments and therefore would confine, his arguments on those grounds.

Owing to the present depres- sion. he said, the Universities were suffering a slump and the demand for University inen reduced to a minimum. At time the University looked upon as a man of learn- ing.

but now he was regarded

LTELIJ

was

one.

was

only as a man, of books. It was rather strange that those people who supported the Universities were those who were rather re- luctant to recognise

University degrees.

After a person had been gra- duated he, had to start from the bottom when he went out to the world like any ordinary man, It made him reluctant to accept a position with low salary for after all the money that he had spent in the University, he thought he deserved more.

"

4 Gossip We Must

ARRIVALS

Buch a dose of frocks you

time hud last

that I promise not to mention a single one to day. We'll talk of shoèi and ships and sealing wax instead. Well, perhaps not shoes (though. I never could bear brown suede), and only.

line or two on sealing wax (did you get your Christmas parcels away in time? I wish I hadn't- someone told me a wonderful anti- Customs device yesterday!), but I'll write on ships. The Ranchi brought back several ald friends. It was nice to see the Cassidys again; Mrs. Chanidy is, af course, alster to Mrs. Tam Pearce. Mr. Bell was looking very ft after his leave, but I am sorry to hear his wife is, so ill again. Then there was Mrs. Roger Lindsell with her niece; the Longs; and Mr. But terfield, but without his charm- ing family. Miss Harry has come back to the Peak Hotel, and a visitor many will recognise is Mrs. Lay mother of Mrs. MacKichan. Mr. Hyde-Lay, and Mr. A. T. Lay. She has come out just for the winter, and will be staying for a while with her daughter on the Peak.

be

BY STELLA

IDLEWILD

There is much activity going on

THE SILENCE BEING OBSERVED AT THE CENOTAPH · ON

· REMEMBRANCE DAY.

reduced to men too statistical, though; I hate almost

I have figures.*" tioning cricket again! managed to keep away from the I

the match, but when scene of husband and son take to discus sing averages I have-to pretend a mild interest and be careful not to drop any too violent bricks. 1 gather that the bright spot of the Good match was Alvis' ninety. THE NEURALIA -

that when man! it must be rather fun to Thank goodness

have be responsible for half the entire travel It "doesn't

in that familiar red building in Seymour Road-Ildewild, which is Sir Robert Bo Tung's town re- sidence. For sometime now. work- men have been busy pulling down certain parts of the house and on

making enquiries. I find that re- novations, on a large scale, are being carried out.

to be on a trooper. I was talking score. But what about the times

Those who have been inside the to some of the Neuralla passengers when all one does is to hang about

for a whole day waiting one's house need no telling what it is" yesterday, and though they were due to leave within a few hours turn to bat and then either come like Chinese and Western rooms, else the furniture by the best designers they still had not heard where straight out again, or their cabin was, how many people Captain declares before one gets and in fact, everything of the best in Its many rooms. I was a guest they had to share it with, or even in? No, I still think it is incredi-

bly dull. What about some Inter-ata Chinese tiffin party there what time the ship was sailing And on top of that they get home port netball? Or conkers?, Some- some time ago and thought the just too late for Christmas, having thing with a real thrill to it? spent a merry four days in Port Sudan.

The Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson as seen through the Des Voeux Road entrance of the old Hong

Kong Bank,

TALKIE TOPICS

An excellent and most varied selection of sims this week. I have веел one German and three American, and I would recommend all of them. My knowledge of German is so trifling as to be almost non-existent, but with the aid of the programmė

a few sub-titles I' 'and "Madchen in Uniform"

Chinese - dining room one of the trickiest pieces of workmanship' 7` ever saw,

-I understand there is no 'Ukeli-

·hood of Sir Robert returning to the Colony before the New Year as he is still convalescing in Berne. cousin. Mr.

Switzerland,

TH

Cheong Shul-hong is there with

him and the latest news to hand found is that he is making good progress. easyHis daughters, Dr. Eva Ho Tung

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enough to follow. I was curious and Miss Irene Ho Tung are stil to see something the London in England, the former doing some post-graduate work while the papers had so praised, and it was certainly an amazing production. latter is still pursuing her studies. I have one criticism of the direc- A CHINESE ENCOUNTER tion there was far too much

Going across the harbour Heads fifty times close-up work,

the new ferry, the Electric Star. life size talked at you, repeatedly,

the other day. I was surprised to and when two people spoke to-

see Mr. Kenneth Chan, the popu- gether the camera men swung

lar branch manager of the Bank the conversation uncomfortably

But the disconnected.

acting was superb; this is definitely a fim that no highbrow should · miss little lower but still For brows appreciative of good acting and a atory well told. I recommend "Hell Below." Robert Montgo mery' shows that he can be some- thing more than the "bad young man about town:" But if you like and the man-about-town. type

humour, try slick American "Night after Night"; George Raft is excellent and so is Mae West that delightfully curved vamp-of "She Done 'em Wrong." It makes a marvellous contrast to the light sentimentality and delicate charm of "Paddy the Next Best Thing."

COMMUNISM * What do you know

found my- Russia? I modern self drawn into argument with an ardent Communist the other day, and though. .everything for having taken the subject

and Mrs. Peter Wood from Kat fiercely Conservative, it was ex- from a financial point of view. Recently, the Hongkong University Tack Miss Gerrard's fiance is asperating not to be able to meet of the Ladies Section of the South was asked to send some of the passenger, and she leaves by the him on his own ground from sheer, students to England for appren-next P. and O. Captain and Mrs, lack of knowledge. I promptly got ticeship in engineering, and that Allen are exchanging the delights hold of. Maurice Hindus Great of East Arla, as I was under the of Stonecutters for Ceylon And Offensive" and though I took it impression that he was still away if the Neuralla decides to walt with a grain of salt I was amazed on holiday. He told me, however, for them-the Croomes and two how successful this Communist that he; or I should perhaps say other Singapore cricketers Messrs business apparently is. By sheer they, as Mrs. Kenny went along Wills and Morgan, are sailing chance the next Book I read was with him had been back for too Colonel Bennett of the Looking Backward", a picture of some time Mrs. Chan is the Argylls is O. C. Troops; he comes the ideal state in 2000-A.D. as daughter of the late Mr. Wong: from the North, And "Court and

visualised by a writer as far back Kam-fuk, and the couple are very Society" is represented by Major as 1887. Maybe you all knew.It in popular amongst the young Chin- General Fleming, also from the your cradles, but it was new to ese set. They have a charming opposite North A

me and I found it most fascina-house in Shatin, right THE INTERPORT

ting. Will somebody please re- Mr. A. el Arculli's bungalow, and' in my their week-end parties are ever no There

1280 Uttle tad write commend the next step about this week that. shall Communist education? Nothing popular.

The speaker concluded by main- taining the a University education was, unprofitable unless the gra- duate was assured of a high posi tion.

Mr. Fung Tin-yau who led the said that everyone opposition when at school had a natural de- sire to go on to a University. It was only after graduation that be regretted having taken such a

I

WHO'S WHO But stili. : these voyages

rather Jolly ar are always fairs in spite of the overcrowd- ing and discomfort generally. am ntre Miss Jessica Cousens will enjoy herself. She and her father. the Brigadier, are going all the way home. So are Captain and Mrs. Cooper

three and their

about

TOTICE is hereby given that & its usual parity of 4,86, basing market, the human element in the step: He criticised his opponent children, and Flight Commander he said made me more and more Mrs, Y. K, Mok who is in charge

their deductions on the improv- ing trading position and consider-

Pence per share, and a Bonus of Two Pence per share (making Eight Pence per share) on account of the financial year ending at March, 1834, has been ably more favourable budget of declared by the Directora of the Company in Brisbane, payable to Great Britain under the stimulus Shareholders, on the Registers at Brisbane and Singapore on Thursday, 14th December, 1933"

Notice is also hereby given that the Singapore Transfer Registers will be closed from Friday, 8th December to Thursday, 14th December, 1923, (both days inclusive) for the prepara". tion of Dividend Warrants,

By Order of the Board,

DERRICK & CO.,

Chartered Accountants,

Local Secretaries.

Hongkong Bank Chambers, Bingapore, 4th November, 1933.

NOTICE.

of a low pound on, the one hand, and the adverse trade of the United

States and their steadily mounting budget deficit on the other. That

their

prognostications did not

begin fully to materialize until so many months later has been thie partly to other issues such as War Debts, but more especially by pegging manipulations in London, 1987 who, with the United States sworn

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. (INCORPORATED I HONG KONG)

standard of living fighting a battle dollar for dollar.

Not until her scale of wages and general stand- ard of living levels more or less with that of industrial Europe can. conditions grow really normal, and then perhaps a general and recip- rocal reduction in tariffs may be possible and a straight-jacketed world breathe more freely.

to gold, held a decided advan tage. It is no secret, however, that already in the spring of this year there were distinct tendencies for the cross rate to bump up, in spite of the fact that the pound was away from gold and the country's ERTIFICATE No. 7685 for One currency based actually on its Share, 24 paid op, Nambered credit standing owing to the in- 106317 in this Booisty standing in the creasing seriousness of the econo name of NEVILLE SIRVW BIG HT MOBAIN has been Déclared LOST, mic conditions in the United modity prices go up.

and if at the Expiration of One Month States. When all is said and from the date hereof the above Doon ment be not forthcoming the Said done, the position of Certificate will be deemed CANCEL LED and of No. Efect and a NEW Certificate for the said Share will be isaned in its stead by the Society.

PAUL LAUDER

General Manager..

Hong Kong, 15th November, 1933,

showed that trained men were

needed. The motion was defeated by 34 votes to' 17,"

ICHANG NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent)

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Radio communication has been

restored on all services and is now normal Messages for transmission via Radio, are accepted as usual.”

Infationists in the United States do not seem to care about facing these facts and it is only to be

Ichang, Oct. 30. hoped that in carrying out their

Owing to the determination of policy they do not lose a grip on the situation. In the words of the military officials in Chungking to compel British and Americad steamers to carry troops down" to William Green, president of the AFL We have not forgotten Wanhien, there has been some how workers in other nations in delay in the movements of these ships. Both British and American Europe suffered because it required Companies have declined to carry on some occasions an amount of troops sad in consequence there money that would all a bushel seems to have been some love in official virples to prevent coolies basket in order to buy just an

from handling cargoes. Things are

Two members of the Chinese Air ordinary commodity. We do not easier just now and seem to be

Force, Captain Wong and Lieut want to go through that because coming back to normal conditions, the records shows that wages re- Wanhaien had the wind up & bit Yo Ling Ming, were among the main static, stationery, while coming to some cities only a few passengers who returned to the days journey distant being captur Colony from London yesterday on ed by the Reds" There has been the s.a Ranchi. It is understood quite an influx of foreigners from that the two oicers were on their several cities into Chungking and way to Canton, Wanhsien for residence became too unhealthy away from these porte. A despatch from London an- The latest report is that the mili-nounces that Mr. P. E. Baskett, of tary have retaken two of the cap the Manufacturers Life Insurance tured cities. There seems very Company, Hong Kong, won- £10 little danger of Wachsion being at in the Duke of Atholl's lottery, tacked Owing to these conditions Mr Baskett was one of the um

Wantang as unable to proceed, pires in the two Interport matches Hup For The river just now is at between Hong Kong and Malaya

and Hong Kong and Shanghai,

Opponents of currency inflation country's are not necessarily opponents of tradit expansion, nor are exponents of regulated currency infintion necessarily opposed to adjustment In the value of the dollar, but they

do-fear. the dangers th "ault:"from","art" mara

Hances depends in the last re- sort on the briskness of her ex- ternal and well as Internal trade.

The causes which haye led to the present crisis in American finance can clearly be traced to 1991: the years succeeding the war, when

ment

China Athletic Association,

NEWS SUMMARY

The final day's Cricket Interport between Shanghai and Malays is reported on page 10

The Interport Cricket Dinner held in the Gloucester is described on page 7

In an advertisement appearing in this issue, it is announced that the first practice dance for St. Andrew's Ball will be held at the Peninsula Hotel on Tuesday, 21st Inst. from 5.30 p.m. to 7 pm an account of the exhibition WE ARE WE tennis played on the H.K.O.C A Chinese Lamed Mul Kan. 18ground by members of the British lying in a critical condition in the Wightman Cup team appears Kowloon Hospital, as the result of page 10

Special Racing Notes appear on an accident which occurred yes- terday afternoon in Shanghai page 1 w Street, near Butte Road Accord-In Gossip We Must appeary on

ing to Information received from page 8.

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the Mongkok police station, the in- Official report of the Colony's jured man was proceeding along Trade Returns for October appears Shanghal Street on a bicycle, on page 7. when he collided with a motor Notes from Lobang appe lorry driven by Yan Kang. He page was taken to the hospital where. Week end wireless he was found to be midtering from appears on page 4. serious internal injudes as well Your Views and Mine" MIDOR as external cute and bruises.

on page 6.