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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1934,

NOTHING LIKE IT EVER BEFORE! NOTHING LIKE IT EVER AGAIN!!

AT POWELL'S SALE

NOW:

CONT

Owing to the mildness of the present winter large stocks are on hand in all departments, and as we are removing into NEW PREMISES. upon completion of the New Stock Exchange Building we are determined to clear all Winter "stocks and surplus goods before removal. Unheard of drastic reductions are being made to effect a clearance.

We enumerate a few items, there are many more which you cannot afford to miss. Powell's Sale has always been a Popular event, this one will be more popular still

DO NOT MISS THE MANY BARGAINS NOTE THESE DRASTIC. REDUCTIONS

AT HALF PRICE

PULLOVERS

SWEATERS

SOCKS

GOLF HOSE

TIES

SCARVES

GLOVES

HATS

At 331%

Reduction off regular price OVERCOATS

TRAVELLING RUGS DRESSING GOWNS

SUIT and ATTACHE CASES BOOTS and SHOES SHIRTS

PYJAMAS

BATH GOWNS

25% Discount will be allowed off all other regular Stock

Powell's Guarantee all goods in their sale to be Genuine Bargains. Call and inspect them, there are many other bargains that are being offered.

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SHANGHAI DECADES AGO STERILIZATION

IN GERMANY

Roman Catholic Protests

Reminiscences Of An Old

Resident At Landing

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, Dec. 97. Undeterred by the protests which have been raised in many quar tersand voiced in the Vatican the German Government is prepar ing a sterilisation campaign on a tremendous scale.

"It is fifty-nine years since I first the founel in the ship was done a- landed in Shanghai, coming by the way with, the mainmast giving the then old British transport H.M.S.necessary draught. The Active was Adventure writes old China Attel with this arrangement. It Hand in the North-China Daily could not have been a success; be Nema

Our trip was round the cause no other vessel was so con- Cape, then on to Australia and up strasted. Two young ordinary to Hong Kong. After refitting we seamen, just made men on the voy came to Shanghai, where we spent age out, were looking at the vessel, a week or so; then to Nagasaki, smoking one of their first pipes.ded almost equally between the More than 400,000 persons-divi- where we witnessed the results of One remarked to the other "that sees will, when the New Year. the Saigo war. The Imperial army is a fine ship, she confos begins, run the risk of being forci fought with modern arms, while the other used Japanese swords. The

bly deprived of any possibility of way the wounded soldiers returned to hospital. out up by the swords

was awful to see.

Next we went to Yokohama and embarked the Battalion of Marines which had been stationed there a a Legation guard for years. There were also a French Marine Battar tion stationed there. Both left their barracks at the same moment, the French marched to the so-called French "hateba." the British to the British "hatoba." The officers of! each nation met between the two piers shook hands and saluted, then returned to their men and embarked in the boats waiting for them. A

·

I have the best reasons for as-

not

sorting that the Vatican is prepared to do more than agree to the sterilisation of hardened cri minals as a punishment-but in no other case whatever. This, how law. ever, is proposed under a different

ses her own smoke."

Our ship towed the old parenthood. der to give her an offing. We part as she was called out to sea in-of- ed, thes for China, we for Australia, Next time we met was in Hong Kong harbour where she was being dismantled to replace the old Princess Charlotte," also a 100- den wall, as receiving ship. After many years of this service she was sold out and went to Whampoa to be broken up any a junk was built out of her old oak timber.

French mail ship took their men to TRAVELLING IN

Saigon, while ours were taken to Durban to do a bit of fighting in South Afrion before returning to England. The Kafirs were com- mencing to give trouble at this time. 1089 the writer was more

OLD DAYS

The present regulations will meet with strong passive opposi tion in the Roman Catholic parts of Germany.

No Roman Catholic doctor, nurse, public official, or other person will tako part in applying them. If attempts are made break this boycott, the friction already existing will be increased to a point at which diplomatie mediation may be of little arail. Disease Court

Whether the law will be

back in China, coming by Lady's Lucky Escape dropped in Bevarin and the Ruine

P&O. . Travancore. Shanghai settlement was not a large place then, rickshaws were not known, the sedan chair was the morle of! transport. In Nazking Road, about half way out to be Racecourse, there used to be a yamen of some kind, in which prisoners were kept in wooden cages. Any foreigner pass ing there would be execrated and spat at. A walk to the Bubbling Well was quite, a pilgrimage.

THE OPENING OF IOHANG

at Pukow

and the strongly Roman Catholic province, remains to be seen. Mat- ters may be hrought to the break- ing point if, for example, the Roman Catholic doctors, officials, or hospitals, are punished for re fusing to act contrary to the doc- trines of the Church..

Tenghsien, Sung, Jan. 1. Now that the railway ferry is completed at Pukow and the trains cross the river without dan- Some 1,700 "hereditary disease ger to the passengers, we are re-courts," and twenty-seven special minded of a narrow escape one courts of appeal will be set up for of our Tenghsien ladies, foreign, the purpose of authorising the had in the old days when steam operations for sterilisation, or giv ferries were used, writes the ing a decision in doubtful case: "North-China Daily News." There were two of these one a large steam ferry that carried the pas

"large sengers,

and ample-the

other was a barge tugged by a small steam launch. For various reasons, at times, the steam ferry was not in use and to land from the barge at the Pukow wharf was a difficult proposition.

The writer did not stay long in Shanghai, but went up river to join the gunboat. Kestrel stationed at Rankow. After short while we started for Iching, in order to at tend at the opening of that port to trade. Our ship, however, never reached Ichang. We stack on every sandbank in the river I think. W were not able to obtain a pilot at Coolles and baggage took up the, Hankow, owing to official opposi-space and coolles rushing on and tion, so had to go without. We off mde a landing most unpleas- were three months on the trip, go ant and not free from danger ex- to within twenty cr so miles of cept for the agile. At one of these Ichang when the U. S. S. Monoca. times the lady mentioned above cy came along. Our captain with was delayed and just as her hus- consular official were taken on and had caught her hand to help board, the writer going as secreber up from the barge to the tary, we arrived in time for the wharf, a distance of several feet,

opening day. Our ship was close do three months on this voyage, which takes about six days for the return journey now

swiftness

The number of persons affected and the disenses are as follows:

Hareditary

weak-mindedness,

200,000 persoas. Three other forms of mental

..disease, 160,000.

St. Vitus's dance, 600. Hereditary blindness, 4,000. Hereditary deafness, 16,000. Severa physical deformity,

90,000,-

Hereditary alcoholism, 10,000. The cost of performing the 400, 300 operations required is expected amount to about £270,000 in the case of males and £660,000 for the operations on women.

U.S. Equity Waives

stage of the current and the MR. COLIN CLIVE carelessness of the pilot, so there she was hanging in air held by one hand and no place to catch hold of or rest the foot upon..... Just at this juncture two young. Chinese students on their way to Peking came quickly to the rescue and saved the situation. Then they rushed off to catch their train and did not even wait for a "Thank you.”

Rule

A laughable incident occurred during this trip. The writer was then studying Chinese. or-to be correct-Cantonese. It was decid- ed to give the crew some fresh beef, so he was ordered to go on shore

New York-An" important rule and buy a cow. An animal was

of the Actors' Equity. Association selected and brought to the bank.

has been broken to allow Mr. Co-- It was the custom in such cases This is written for their credit lin Clive to appear in a forthcom that representatives of the officers, and we hope their eye will see it. ing production in New York of The the sailors and the marines should Th Chinese are oftn not quick to Lake "the play by the late Do- satisfy themselves by personal in respond to a need but these came rothy Massingham and Murray spection of the animal before it without any one asking them and Macdonald which had a success- could be alaughtered. Sathe it has been laid up as a memor-ful run in London. sergeant of marines, a quarter mas lal and a testimony for them, a ter and an officer were landed for never-to-be-forgotten experience a play in New York called "Eight Mr. Clive has been playing in this purpose. The officer locked at Tenghalen is feeling very elated Bells." In the ordinary way Equity the cow, and said he thought it over being on the new "National rules would prohibit him from would do, then asked the sergeant Geographie" may. The Nation appearing in another play in New to look at it. The sergeant felt it al Geographie" as most of your York for at least air months. and agreed that it was all right, readers know is a monthly pub- then the officer turned to quarter- Ushed in New York City dealing master and told him to give his with all countries and places and opinion. The quartermaster look-publishes maps that are most ed at the cow and was about to carefully reviewed and accurately reply when the officer mid ex amine it, quartermaster," upon The latest is one of Asia em-actors."-Reuter. which he leaned down and felt its shins. The officer getting incensed asked,What are you feeling that part for to which the man answered, "That's the part we geta, Sir."

corrected

braces many new features and the compiler placed Tengahlen upon it. The annuals of Tenghalen county are kept up-to-date and printed in clear large type. One recently printed gives a census of the county are kept up-to-date: and printed in clear large type. One recently printed gives a cen- The day before our ship left us of thec ounty and officially Portsmouth we witnessed the sail-reports nearly one-half-million in- ing ont of the harbour of the old habitants and, what has surpris. line of battle ship, Victor Emsaed every one, there are about.

AN HISTORIC EVENT

especially for him, because It has been proved to the president of Equity that the employment of Mr. Clive would benefit the em ployment of 25 or 26 American

This rule has been suspended

• JAPAN-FORMOSA AIR MAIL PLANNED

Formosan Government Bill Introduced

Tahoru. Formosa, Jan. 11.

A bill providing for the estab

uel, for China. The I believe wax 20,000 more men than women, 18, shment of a regular bassenger the last of the old "wooden walls 117 to be exact.

that, sailed out of on English har- Why this should be we know and mall air service between For-

not. There is a certain amount of infanticide of girls practiced but not a great deal.

mosa and Japan has been drafted by the Formosan Government it was officially announced here to day","

at

bour. Again we saw her sailing in- to Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, It is one of the nights that remain in my memory, seeing her come in Many men leave as soldiers or the harbour under full sail, furl her looking for work, but rarely any The cost for starting the service ail and drop her anchor, with the women leave. The census does is estimated in the bill at Y,180,- Precision in all her sations that ob not include soldiers not native, 000. Of this amount, 110.000 tained in the navy then In the to the county. The Chinese bare will be used for enlarging and Cape: harbour was also another no law which legally trees a vite modernising the aerodrome queer ship, called the Active This from her frusband should be Talhoku and the remaining 70- vessel was carrying a party of ob main absent number of years 000 for the construction of new

vers for Kerguelen Island, to En China should a husband re- aeroplanes take chervations of the transit of main away for a score of years The proposed measure, which Venus series the sun. It was when he hs, legal right to demand his will be submitted at the forth stein was being adopted by the wife on his return,

coming session of the Japanese navy. Many captains disliked the Bweets from Shanghai are being Diet, suggests that preparators use of funnels because it dirtisa the sold on the street here by an en- nights be started during July thie sila so much. Some one brought terprising merchant and while year and that the regular service sales are not very big at present be inaugurated during the earls more is being ordered

part of 1935, United Press.

out a method whereby the smoke was returned through the furnaces,

"H.B." BEER

"Let ministers shape.

the duty on cape And ordain that port.

shall be dear,

But damn their eyes.

they ever tries

To rob the poor man of

his beer.

For I likes a drop of #good beer, I does,

I be mortally fond of

beer, I is;

Then loudly sing, live

Billy the King-

For he bated the tax

upon beer,"

"(OLD SONG)

"

Billy the King, William the fourth, hated drunkards, but he hated water, drinkers no lest. When King Leopold was dining with him, he exclaimed, "What is that you are drink- ing, Sir? Water, Sir." God" dame it! why don't you drink wing? I never allow anyone

to drink water at my table."

HB

H.B PILSENER H.B. DARK BEER.

BOTTOX BUILDING, 7, DUDDELL STREET.

TEL. 25146.

ALHAMBRA

FRENTEE

OPENING SHORTLY

IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?

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