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THE HONG KONG JÖCKEY

CLUB.:

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DRAFT Programmes and Entry

Forms for "The Fifteenth Extra Bace Meeting to be held on SATURDAY, 16TH DECEMBER, 1933 (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Gloucester Building, the Club House, Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Clab, the Sports Club, and the Stables, Shan Kwong Bond. One hun

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on THURSDAY, 7TH DECEMBER, 1933.

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By Order.

O. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

THE HONG KONG BRANCH

OF THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION. «

The Second Meeting for the Session 1933-34 will be held in

THE HELENA MAY INSTITUTE

at 5.30 PM.

on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5

{TO-MORROW)

Miss. H. D. SAWYER will speak on

THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS."

Those who wish to have tea in the lecture hall, mut order it the day before, from the Matron of the Helena May Institute, (Tel. No. 22160).

ROBERT E, M. SIMPSON,

Hon. Sec. & Treasurer.

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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

COMPANY LIMITED.

TOTICE is hereby given that at a

Meeting of the Board of Directors of Green Island Cement Company, Limited, held at Exchange Bailding, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, on Thursday, the 21st day of September, 1833, a Call of 83.75 per share was made upon all the members holding shares who names appear in the Company's register of ahare. 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 18th day of December, 1933, to the Company's Bankers, The Hong Kong

& Shanghai Banking Corporation, at

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1933.

HEALTH

and ENERGY

COW & GATE MILK FOOD

Children fed on Cow & Gate Food are always happy! The stream of vigorous young life runs in their veins, their limbs are strong and firm, they are vital and active in any climate

ASK TO SEE THE NEW ECONOMIC HOUSEHOLD SIZE,

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DEATH.

GIBB. On Nov. 12, 1933, in Lon- don, Alexander Williams Vans Gibb, late of Foochow, China, Green-to- day (Tuesday) at 4 o'clock.

Editorial and Business Office: 11

Ice House Street Tel. 30281 Night Editor (Wanchai Office):

Tol. 24511," London Office: 53. Fleet Street

8.04

The Daily Press.

"HONG KONG, DECEMBER 4, 1993.Į

their Head Office, Queen's Road THE GREAT MOTOR SHOW Central, Victoria, aforesaid.

Upen presentation at the Office of the Company of Bankers' receipt for. the payment of such Call, together with the Certificate of Shares, a note of the payment will be endorsed on the Certificate.

1833.

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Dated this 21st day of September

By Order of the Board,

ALLAN KEITH,

Secretary

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAI. STEAM NAVIGATION Co.'s

STAR “BANGALORE.” --

OBITUARY

Mr. Harry de Windt

London, Dec. 2

The death occurred yesterday of the famous explorer Harry de Windt-Reuter.

LONDON FIRE CONSPIRACY Some Astounding

Revelations

Landon, Dec. 1. Astounding allegations were made in the course of the hearing to-day at Bow Street Police Court the prosecution of Captain Brynmoor Eric Miles, the Chief Officer of the London Salvage Corps.

BRITISH STAMPS of evidence for

SOLD

Realise £35,000

London, Dec, 2. The sale of the Manus collection of British Empire postage stamps concluded in London yesterday,

and has realised £35,000.

The Mauritius specimens alone realised £4,000.

M. Manus, who was A Dutch tobacco magnate, died last year and has been collecting for 70 years-Reuter.

WEEKLY TREASURY ISSUE £50,000,000 Allotted

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London, Dec. 2." Treasury bills at three months to a total amount of £50,000,000 were allotted to-day at an aver- age rate of 19/0.79d as compared British

with 18/2.894. week ago

Wireless Service.

JAPANESE ART. SILK

Being Worn By Manchester Workers!

London, December, 2. Manchester is buying Japanese artificial silk fabrics in order not to be entirely crowded out of the overseas markets.

They are buying cloths at ten yard which pence-halfpenny a cannot be produced in England

under 1/11 a yard.

The work-people themselves, ow- ing to the hard times are forced to wear Japanese materials.

Captain Miles, who appeared after a fortnight's" adjourment on bail of £5,000, is charged with conspiring with Leopold Harris, ringleader of the great fre-rais- ing plot, and with others, to per- vert the due course of Justice.

It was alleged to-day that Cap tain Miles was in the pay of Leop

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old Harris and that he warned him when trouble was brewing and a trap had been laid.

To-day's hearing revealed how long and carefully the police were investigating the long series of mysterious fire ocurrences before effecting any arrests.

IN PAY OF HARRIS The prosecution alleged that Miles received £25 every month regularly from Harris from 1930 onwards, the payment being the result of a meeting between the two at which Miles is alleged to have mentioned that he could heip Harris by shutting his eyes suspicious circumstances in fres. It was further alleged that, when the investigations were started. Miles pretended to be on the side of the insurance companies while giving Harris warning ́of various pitfalls.

to

FAKED ACCIDENT BUSE It was said that he discussed plans with solicitors of different insurance companies for arrang- in- ing a meeting between the former, Capsani, who was scathi- fogly referred to by the judge at the Harris trial and Harris, so that the conversation should be

overheard.

SIR FREDERICK NEWS SUMMARY

SYKES

The annual al fresco Fate of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul was dra Grounds, Caine Road yester- day..!

Fage 7.

Gives Up Governor held at the Roman Cathalie Catha

ship of Bombay

Results of the Home Football Matches played during the week- London, 'Dec; 2. end, as cabled by Reuter, appear A notable tribute was paid to un page 11. Sir Frederick Sykes, retiring

The Rev. Governor of Bombay, by the De-Church, Missionary, Socisty preach- P. Jenkins of the pressed Classes yesterday.

He received a deputation of 150 ed at St. John's Cathedral on Sun- of them who presented him with day evening. The full sermon, at a farewell address "in "a sliver special instanes of the Bishop, is casket and displayed genuine re-given on page 3. gret at his departure.

The first of the annual Mamak Doctor Solanki, vice-Chairman Hockey Banquets took place at the of the Depressed Classes institute China Emporium on Saturday of India, read an address stating night. An account appears o that schemes launched by the page 10. Governor to bring abour better health enlightenment and pros- perity of villagers would be re- membered with gratitude hy agriculturists and labouring classes, and adding that the trust which the Depressed placed in the Government had been conscientiously discharged The entries and weights for the In reply Sir Frederick Bykes Macao races on Sunday are given said" the Government recognized on page. 10. the loyal support" received from

If Gossip We Must Page 1. the Depressed Classes and had done its best to bring about every constructed by the Nam Shiu High- A new parking place is being possible improvement in their

„Page 7. condition. The Governor remind | way.

H.V.D.C.. turned

The Scottish Company of the Annual Church Parade yesterday.

out for their

Page 6. Full reports of all three Divisions of Local Football are Classes

given page, 10,

ed the deputation that it was Mrs. Enid Lytton was beaten in" their duty to do everything possi-the semi-final round of the Colony ble to change the attitude of class Ladies' Lawu Tennis Championship hostility and to win respect and by Miss R. Hancock by scores of friendship of other communities. 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 at the U.S.R.C. on If they took advantage of the Saturday.

Page 7. favourable atmosphere now pre- The result of the draw in the valling he was convinced a bright Contract Bridge tournament ap- future lay before them-British pears on page 8. Wireless...

BRITISH CYCLE & MOTOR CYCLE SHOW

Orders Received Exceed

£1,000,000

London, Dec. 2. Buyers from 27 countries have

Results of week-end cricket will be found on page 10,

A complete account of Saturday's Racing is given on page 7.

Playing in an all day match, the Craigengower C.C. drew with the Kowloon C.C. In the junior game between two clubs at Kowloon, the Peninsula side won by 142, runs-,.

A street accident was faked attended the Cycle and Motor Cycle FUTURE OF NEW- and Capsoni was taken to a nurs Show at Olympia in London dur ing home.. Mrs. Capsoni - then †ing the

present week. Foreign" rang up Harris on the telephone business done amounts to £380,- the 000, and the total orders received urging him to call and see

exceed £1,000,000. British Wireless.

invalid.

The ruse failed, it was alleged, because Miles also rang up. Harris and warned him not to go, saying stalled at the nursing home and shat microphones had been" în-

that the whole incident was a plot to entrap him-Reuter.

Perhaps the most striking fea- ture at this year's exhibition is the universal increase in auto- matism. It is as inevitable as it is destrous that the development, in car building should take this direction in "days when so many people regard the possession of a car as a necessity rather than as a luxury. The man or woman of

The Morning Post" records a limited means who runs a car has movement to prevent the spinners MARSHAL CHANG HSEUH

Over 300 not always the desire or the op- from selling at a loss.

mills are affected by a ballot-now portunity to devote much time to proceeding on the question of a the uninteresting details of driv-price fixing scheme, but it requires ing or the maintaining of their a 90 per cent, majority. vehicle, and the British manufacing all spinners under an appoint- The promoters, propose combin-

turer fully realises their needs.

ed permanent. committee. Reuter,

Automatic starting is à sine `qua

now of all cars, but new methods,

LIANG

Flies To Paris On Private Visit

Marshal

TALKS ON DIS- ARMAMENT

Mr. Henderson's Programme

the

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FOUNDLAND

Newspapers Criticise Pending Changes

London, December. 1. Newspaper. comment on the im pending, changes in Newfound- land emphasises that the initative throughout comes from the Dominion

Both Houses of the Newfound land Parliament have now passed London, Dec, 2 resolutions in favour of a tempor- Mr. Arthur Henderson, President ary suspension of the Dominion of the Disarmament Conference, Constitution. The dext step will Paris, Dec. 2.

be the presentation to the King of Chang Hauen-lang's will leave Geneva on Monday for visit to Paris is stated to be of a Paris where he will see Mr. Paul a humble address asking for sus

French Foreign pension of the present Letters are introduced in some of this NAZI LEADERS PROMOTED purely private nature. It is not Boncour,

Patent for the administration of thought that he win visit the Pro- Minister. year's models which will save the

vinces,

He will also discuss the Disar-Newfoundland by a Commission of Government. on the lines re- driver much worry in this regard.

The date of his return to China mament question in Paris with Herr Rudolf Hess, Chancellor is not yet fixed, but it is probable the following heads of delegar Commission, which, it is recalled, commended by the recent Royal Ignition control also tends to be- Hitler's representative in all par that he will visit Italy aret-Reu- tions: M. Politis, Greece; M. come more automatic-in some ty affairs and Captain Roehm, ter

Dovgalewski, Soviet Russia; Se-

was appointed by and comprised cars at Olympla it is indeed en-

Chief-of-Staff

of nominees of the Governmenta "Brown of the

London, Earlier. nor de Madariage, Spain, Shirts have been appointed

of Britain, Canada and New- tirely automatic-while even in Reich Ministers without a port- to Paris from London yesterday. Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang few

foundland. expensive models are provided with 'folio.-Reuter. automatic lubrication in greater or smaller degree. As regards at

least one car the lubrication is carried out entirely automatically, while the semi-automatic chassis oiling which is a feature of most of the cars, merely requires the driver to press a plunger to of most of the minor parts through- out the chassis,

Berlin, Dec. 2.

18 different types to choose from, including roomy and comfortable family cars. And all models, be they small runabouts priced at £105 or large luxury cars at more than £3,000, are well ventilated, quiet, safe and efficient, while the general adoption of stream-lining and neat, clean colour-schemes give a spick-and-span appearance with which the most fastidious could not find fault.

Although the great motor ex. hibition, which is held annually In London, truthfully has been called the most international of at automobile shows, it is but natural that British products generally dominate there. The present, the twenty-seventh re- petition of the event, which at the moment of writing is being held at Olympia, forms in this regard no exception, for out of the 400 different types of cars there as- sembled, 205 were built in Great Britain. Many fine examples of MAES from America, Canada, France, Italy, and other countries are or view and serve 253 stimulus to our own manufacturing automatisms are the numerous ers and a useful means of com- devices for easy gear-changing. parison for the intending pur There are automatic clutch con- chaser, but this article will confine trols which obviate all use of the itself, to the British section only. clutch; self-changing pre-selective YONSIGNEES of Usigo by the above- named Vessel are hereby informed

In its comparatively. short term gear-boxes; synchro-inesh speed- that their Goods are being landed and of existence the motor car indus-changers which by approximation placed AT THEIR E in the Hong Kongtry in Great Britain has reached of the relative speeds of the and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com

the wheels. to be meshed practically pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each surprising dimensions.

last decade alone production has excludes the possibility of mistakes by Mark and Delivery can be obtained as

more than trebled. Exports dur- or noises in gear-changing. Gone

under-powered for the rough. the Goods are landed, w

Optional Goods will be landed hersing the year 1832 rose 68 per cent., are the days when the nervous be="

and hilly roads in various parts unless instructions have been given to the above the figure for the preceding ginner approached the gears in last-named contention is concern of the world, As far as the contrary Six Hours before arrival of the Steamer.

year, while in the same period the fear and trembling, invariably home trade increased 27 per cent. missed the critical moment, rattled

ed it should be pointed out that

fused with brake-horse-power, and

ARKIVID HONG KONG "or 2 DECEMBER, 1938.

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FROM ANTWERP, LONDON,GIBRAL- TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORT SAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

Consignment will be sorted ont, Mark

Goods not cleared within 8 day

In

Most important of all simplify-

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--Reuter.

Later in the week he will pio- ceed to London-British Wireless

Bervice.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr. A. C. I. Bowker, the Inter- port Cricketer, has returned from leave.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Felix returned to the Colony by the

Conte Rosso,"

Dr., and Mrs, G. A. C. Herklots bave returned to the Colony after their holiday.

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There will be a meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 6th, at 3.p.m.

One case of diphtheria and two cases of meningitis were reported in the Colony for the twenty hours ended Oct.

Dr.

advantage to foreign buyers of It has been quoted as a dis- British cars, that spare parts are

Joseph Patrick Fehilly, M.B... B.Ch., BAO, FACS, The population of Hongkong was D.P.H., resumed duty as Health dimcult to obtain abroad, that increased by one-hundred yesterday Officer of Port and Inspector of right-alde steering is unslotable ed from Singapore. A good ma

when a shipment of deportees arrive | Emigrante, on 21th November, 1933.

for

foreign countries, jority of these are now reposing in and that the cars are often the local gaol.

most

Canton, December 1--The bureau of public health of Canton intends

about 180 in number. The fund for to rebuild all the old public water closets in Canton which amount to, the project would take $200,000 as

including date of arrival will be subject to In the home market the industry the gears until his own teeth nominal horse-power is often con estimated.

Bent,

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Mr. Karsten Larssen, Consul for Norway at Hong Kong resumed charge of the Norwegian and Danish Consulates, on flat Now ember, 1938.

When the necessary legislation to give effect to this request is passed by the British Parliament; aix members of the Commission will be appointed by the British Government, three of them being drawn from Newfoundland."

REFORM SCHEME. According to the Royal Commis sion's report economic restoration cannot be hoped for, in present conditions through a Government subject to local political pressure, and it will be the duty of the Commission of Government." to work out and carry through a propramme of reforms, not mere ly to meet the present financial emergener, but to secure the economic development of the is land and improve the social con- ditions of its inhabitants.

When the present "dificulties are overcome and the country is again self-supporting, responsible Government will, on a request from the Newfoundland people, be restored British Wireless, BRITISH ACTION APPRECIATED

Honourable Mr. Richard McNeil

London, Dec. 2 Henderson, M. Inst., C.E. M.I.

To-day · And” yesterday both Mech E., resumed duty as Director Houses passed a resolution, ex- of Public Works or the 30th Nov-pressing appreciation of the gen- erosity of the United Kingdom ember, 1938

Government's financial provisions. .cal-

declaring that measures culated to help in the restoration of prosperity would receive grate- ful and hearty co-operation of all A patriotic Newfoundlanders.

The Prime Minister, Mr Allar Dyce explained that the length of

No Fire Tararance will be effected by now reigns supreme. In 1925 the chattered, and finally stalled his us in any case whatever...

Great Britain of engine at the very moment when that in any case several British Police turned out in full force His Excellency the Governor has

The Emergency Squad of the Damaged Packages must be left in the imports into Godowns for examination by the Con private.cars and chassis from for- it was essential to move smoothly manufacturers now produce chassis 10 o'clock on Saturday morning been pleased to make the following signees, and the Company's Surveyoreign countries amounted to no less out of a traffic block

with an alternative of engine Kong and Canton Steamboat Com appointments: Mr. Koh Wai Lama in answer to a call from the "Hong. Mosers. GODDARD & Douglas, at 10 am, on Mondays and Thursdays, within the than 42,748, whereas the number Emergency has called the atten-power. To correct any possible pany' wharf, where trouble to be a Probation Officer. Free Storage period.

in 1932 had fallen to a modest tion of the British car manufac difficulty of obtaining spare parts expected on the arrival of the sa. Mr. Christopher Patrick Fallon Consignees are specially notified that it is necessary for a Revenue Jfficer to .3.403. Undoubtedly the impost- turer to every possible point where various steps have been taken, Fatahan. It is understood that the to be a Probation Officer

wharf-coolies who were dismissed present the examination totion of customs duties on vehicles economy in running and upkeep among them an insistence on the as a result of the recent strike as- Mr. Alan Eustace Wood to be the period during which the con- damaged dotiable cargo,

All Claims against the Steamer must has stimulated the home trade can be effected. The mileage per part of manufacturers that their sembled at the wharf with the in- Secretary for Chinese Affairs institution was suspended must de. be presented to the Undersigned on or considerably, but the constant galion of fuel and oil is greater agents must import spares in pro- tention of creating trouble with the place of Mr Edwin Richard pond on thrift and enterprise newly-engaged coclics who were on Hallifax, CMG., C.B.E. retired, shown by the community in re- drop in prices for English cars than ever, the low mad-guards portion to the number of cars they board the Fatahan. Nothing hap-with effect from 30th November, gaining its former place. Speak during the past ten years and the

and flared body and chromium-order With regard to near-side pened, though the wharf was 1900.

ing for the opposition, Mr. Brad- remarkable, increase in value for plated metal parts reduce clean or off-aide steering, most British thickly crowded with coolies. The Mr. Ernest Philip Henry Lang to Ley declared that in such circum- Emergency Squad remained in af- be a Deputy Registrar of Com- stances the Government and up- money has nevertheless been the ing to a minimum.

At prices manufacturer have now made pro- tendance until the crowds dispanics, with effect from Decem- position muss close their Tanks, prime factor.

under £200 there are no less than vision, for optional control,

parsed.

ber, 1933,

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⠀⠀⠀ before £2nd Doc., 1938, or they will * not be recognizadi.

No Claints will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, - "MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co,

Agents, Hong Kong, and Dea., 1933. [2044