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1 ONGKONG TRAMWAYS
LIMITED.
ROAD SENSE
example, without which no amount of posters can improve the conduct of such reckless people.
Not sufficient emphasis, we can- sider, has been laid on the danger of "jumping off moving tremcars and buses. In this connection the conductors are sometimes as much to blame as the passengers, for they have been known to show ar
inclination to move, off before passengers have alighted. This Impatience should be, curbed and the Tramway and Bus Companies might add to the success of the campaign if they were to arrange
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Refers to Germany's Troubles
London, January 24 The Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Upper House of Convoca- |tion, referred to the difficulties of the situation between the German Church and State.
CONTINENTAL NEWS BY CABLE
NEW COMMISSIONER FOR DANZIG
(Special to the Hong Kong Daly
TURN TO THE LEAGUE
NEWS SUMMARY
"The Babes in the Wood", the delightful pantomime written by | Mr. S. D. "Sweet and produced af. the YMCA has been written up on Page 8
Pago .
Cinema Diary
Page 3.
Diary of Local Events
Page 5.
Echoes of 1859 i
Page 8.
Around the Courts Home Football News Broadcasting Prograjames_
Page 6.
Page iv.
Page 4.
Burns Night was celebrated in a "braw wa
at the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden last night. [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally There was an Excellent attendance
Presu" (Jopyright:33
who listened with enjoyment to Sir William Hornell's speech Berlin, Jan. 24-
· Press" (Copyright,)}
An Official communique publish- Danzig. January 24.
London Air Mail Letter Page 1. ed here on Wednesday night The New High Commissioner for
quotes foreign papers have re- Danzig Leon Lester who
wag peatedly reported during, the last The Archbishop said, "With the appointed by the League Council | few days that the Austrian Govern- desire that the new-found unity of inst. October as successor to High, ment has turned to the League of
and the State should be accompanied | Commissioner Rosting. was 'Nations in order to bring up the by greater unity in the Church we | formerly the.. Trish Free States German-Austrian relations there. cannot but sympathise, but we permanint representative on the for discussion. Regarding these re- trust that the unity of the Church League of Nations, arrived here ports it should be pointed out that will not be achieved at the cost of on Wednesday to take up his the Austrian plenipotentiary In its spiritual freedom; and we | duties-Transocean Kuo Min. Geneva himself denies having dis-around town Page 9 nad 3 earnestly trust that both the
Trade Supplement continued on cussed other than purely Austrian Catholic and the Reformed Chur-
questions during his last call Pages 11 and 12 ches in Germany may be left free
on the Secretary-General of the Mysterious Death of Bird Dealer to give their own unhindered whi
League of Nations. It is ness and influence of national
Minister life."
fact that the Austrian has presented himself to the For- eign Office and delivered a series
Touching on the question of dis- armament he expressed the deep anxiety with which the Bishops were watching the negotiations for a solution, without which there could be no recovery for the world from the economic issues which beset t
FUNERAL OF PROF. TROOST.
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Copyright.}]
Munich, Jan. 24. "
In the presence of the Reichs- kanzler the Tuneral took place of the architect Professor Troost: who, was well-known as a designer of Inner-decorations of many of the German liners. Professor "However strong and clear ourTroost was a veteran member of ideals may be," he said, " we must the Nationalist German Labour recognise the realities of the di- I'arty, for which he designed the culties of adjusting the "naturai |~Braune Haus" (Brown House), the claim of Germany for equality with centre of the party administration the equally natural claim of France in Munich. He was only recently for security; but we earnestly hope entrusted by Herr Hitler with the that some preliminary convention | building of the "House of German may be obtained which will clear | Art" in Munich." In recognition of the way, within the near future, his services a state-funeral was or- for a wider and fuller convention.
dered by a special decree of Herr on the basis, not of the levelling Hitler-Transocean Kuo Min. up of armaments, but drawn by common consent to the level neces- sary for internal safety and de- fence." British Wireless Service.
A REAL LONDON
FOG
SERSHKITCH'S CABINET
RESIGNS.
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Copyright.)]
Belgrade, Jan. 24. Sershkitch's Cabinet handed in its collective resignation on Wed- nesday. The crisis is attributed to great differences of opinion within
A
Special Supplement of Women's Fashions and informatica, of shop
Page - 1
DISPUTE
Austria May Ap- proach League
of points of complaint concerning AUSTRO-GERMAN
certain alleged interference by Reichgerman, circles in the Na- tional-Socialist movement in Aus- the notideation that tria. with Austria would turn to the League' case satisfactory of Nations in action is not taken of the com plaints. Separate assertions are now being examined in Berlin and It can be stated already' that this examination will be within short time concluded.-Transocean Kuo Min.
BIRTHS OR DEATHS? ¦. ¡¡
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)],
Leningrad, January 24. Elther the birth rate has been cut in half or death rate doubled" in Soviet Russia in recent years, according to figures-contained in a speech of the Party Secretary Kirof dellëved before the Party The population Conference here. increase in 1932 reached only an average of 17 per 1,000 as opposed to previous average of 30 per 1,000.
Causes Many Road the Cabinet, partly owing to the-Transocean Kua Min
Accidents
"
A MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENT.
[Special to the "Hong Kong, Pally Press" (Copyright.)]"
-
Berlin, January 25.
A formal Austrian diplomatic complaint against the alleged Ger- man influence upon the Nazi move- ment in Austria, is accompanied by a threat to appeal to the League of Nations if satisfaction is not forthcoming.
Trustworthy
가
forecast. sources that Germany will reply disavow- ing any responsibility.
Thus, the 'League will shortly be faced with another Arst-class dis- pute-Reuter.
A GERMAN VERSION.
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" {Copyright.)]
Berlin, Jan. 24.
In connection with the reports that the Austrian Government is planning to lodge a protest to the League of Nations against German "aggression," an article published by the Berliner Boersenzeitung. analysing the situation in Austria deserves special mention. ⠀⠀
Finance Minister's insistence to tri- crease taxation. partly owing to the situation created by the Minis- ter for Education, Stankovitch who is said to have opened negotiation London, January- 25. with the Opposition behind. the Four people were killed and Premier's back and who handed in
Paris, January 24. hundreds injured in traffic colli- his resignation last Saturday after A mystery aeroplane of unknown slon here to-day during the worst the fact became known. Bersh-origin crashed on Wednesdy, near
After maintaining that the former fog experienced England for kitch's failure to bring about are- Nidederwieler, in Alsace, bursting Heimwehr leader, Count Alberte. many years. The fog enveloped conciliation with the Croate is also into flames after hitting the who was recently arrested in Vienna the wide area from Yorkshire to held to be one of the principal rea- ground. The charred bodies of after being found in consultation
occupants Sussex, reducing rail and road sons of the Cabinet's abdication. two
were extricated with the Austrian National-Social- traffic to a chaos. Three rallway The former Premier and present from the wreckage but as yet it ist leader Frauenfeld when the lat- head of the Government Party has been impossible to establish ter's flat was raided by the Police accidents were reported while hun- dreds of cars, buses and lorries Uronovitch, former Foreign Minis- their identity. The plane also is
had acted with a full knowledge of were left derelict on the roadsideter Marnikovitch, the present For- so completely destroyed that its
the supreme Helmwehr leader Prin- ce Starfiemberg in opening nego- or abandoned, in ditches, The eign Minister Yevitch as well as type is not even ascertainable. It Huer, Aquitania, bound for New President of the Chamber and is belleved, however, to be of Bri- tations with National-Socialists, York ran aground in Calsnot 'Spit former Foreign Minister Kumano- tish or American make and had the paper goes on to say "the ac- and was refloated after two hours dy are prominently mentioned as been on a flight to or from some tual situation in Vienna is such. In spite of the efforts of the special lectures for their employees
with the aid of tugs.
likely candidates for the Premier-Swiss winter sport resort-Trans- that everyone within the Govern- A complete black-out occurred in | ship-Transocean Kuo Min.
ocean Kuo Min.
ment is suspecting the other, as organisers, and the Warm Co-
In connection with points, such as North London owing to a tem-
baving sold out National-Socialists, operation of those who have been the one we have raised. It mayporary failure of the electric light
the main cause of anxiety being asked to help, the "Safety First
plant. Three, daya "frost curtailed
not so much the dread of National- be pointed out that all conductors the sporting fixtures" but skating
Socialist but the dread of missing campaign does not seem to go down' seriously enough with the
their allegiance." There is nothing community. There is no want of
left of the much wanted Austrian Athens, January, 24. posters and placards, but their
Samuel Insull, the former Amer-independence with the exception ican public utilities magnate and that Austria represented by Doll- value is at best doubtful. The atm
fugitive from justice since the fuss, is absolutly independent of tention given by the English and
collapse of his fortune, must be public opinion in Austria. Had it Chinese press to the campaign,
released within a week, and the been otherwise, the Italian Under- State Council to whom he had ap- secretary Suvich might during his pealed against his expulsion have rejected the appeal
and even the "red, triangle" on the windscreens of motor cars. while serving excellently as re- minders, do not drive home to the average man the fact that he has to "watch his step" all the time. Cultivating road' sense must neces- sarily be a glow process and cannot be learned in a few days especially if there is no instruction other than posters and placards,
The Hon. Inspector-General, of
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Police gave an interesting address
LY
that the ORDINARY YEAR-
GENERAL MEETING of on Tuesday at the Rotary Club in HONGKONG TRAMWAYS LIMIT which he told car owners how ED will be held at the offices of they might assist the campaign. Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Hongkong, on FRIUAY, the 16th day He also pointed out some of the
SPANISH POLITICS.
WITHOUT A COUNTRY!
are properly instructed before they was begun in the Fen country-Special to the "Hong Kong Dan, [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally the right moment of switching
CARS ABANDONÉD
are entrusted with work, but an Reuter.. occasional reminder of their duties would do no harm, and on the
"London, January 25, The fog was so dense in the other hand may lead to still fur-south-western suburbs that in one ther improvement,
a driver found it necessary to climb a signal post to see what
Because the campaign is not taken seriously enough is no reason why it should not be repeated at, some future date. We cannot hope to cure jay-walkers. of what might be a life-long habit, but unless we are prepared to see the number of accidents increase (we had 1,772 last year) it is clearly the duty of the more wideawake elemerit in i the community to lend their co- operation to the authorities and to see that each does his bit towards
the education of pedestrians, tram
and bus passengers, as well as motor-car drivers.
of February, 1934, at 12 o'clock Noon, faults of pedestrians, particularly structions
are
case
the signal indicated.
On the road there were many crashes, and four persons were in- Jured in accidents Around Wim- bledon it became necessary to dis- continue the train and bus services in the evening and many private motorists found it necessary to abandon their cars for the night. British Wireless Service.
#
Thames Shipping Held Up
Press" (Copyright.)]
Madrid January 24. The Agrarian party' which was one of the three big right wing parties andhitherto vacillated between Monarchism and Republl canism decided on Wednesday to declare unreserved. adherence to the Republican State, but to advo- cate constitutional reform by legal means.-Transocean Kuo Min.
MEMBERS OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ARRESTED.
Press" (Copyright.)] [.
Insull is now confronted by the problem where to tum to, as he is practically a man without a country. England, the land of his birth, and Turkey, where he had planned to go on leaving Greece, have bath refused him permission [Special to the Hong Kong Dally | to enter their territory, Trans-
ocean Kuo Min. Press" (Copyright.}I
to transnot the ordinary business of those who have come from the schools to children, who will thus fog experienced this winter, and
Munich January. 24.. Three members of the catholic dlergy arrested last week on a charge of treasonous utterances were found guilty by Special London, January 25.
Court here on Wednesday, night. Fog of varying density covered Municipal priest Muhler was sen- London and the Home Counties tenced to four months, Chaplain Perhaps the most encouraging and later spread over the east Thaler to three months and cale- part of the campaign is that in England and Midlands, yesterday. chist Sollacher to Ave months im- being given in In many parts it was the densest prisonment for having spread "atrocity stories." Transocean AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO country to Hong Kong for the first be taught to have good road sense. the Wimbledon District was re-
in the late afternoon visibility in Kuo Min. GIVEN that the REGISTER OF time. Le, people who have never
We are happy to see, that steps duced to a few feet. MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 2nd to before had a press of fast-moving have been taken to minimise ac Road and rail traffic was greatly MORE STAVISKY TROUBLE
hampered, while shipping on the FRIDAY, the 16th February, 1934, vehicles on their roads. While it
cidents, and we wish the organisers Thames was held at anchorage both days inclusivo.
may be thought, however, that of the Safety First" campaign and cross-river ferry services sus this type of person figures most
every success, We feel sure that pended. often in the many accidents, we they have the support and co- are not so sure that this is the operation of every right-thinking
the Company.
By Order of the Board,
W. F. SIMMONS,
Hongkong; 25th January, 1934.
Becretary,
Case.
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'On Monday, the first day of the campaign, we witnessed a careless act which might easily have led to an accident. A Chinese youth, re-
LOCAL MAPS commising a friend in an on-coming
Peak District,
car, stood in the road in the path of the car, raising his right leg in the air as a signal for the car
citizen.
SAFETY FIRST!
The Home Secretary in his Quarter Bessions, speech in the
in reference to possible measures for lessening the 'nuraber of deaths and injured caused by motoring.
There were many road accidents. In afternoon the fog cleared in central London, but remained dense in" some. south-western suburbs-British Wireless Bervice.
RISE IN BRITISH RETAIL TRADE
[Special to the Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
VISIT TO RUMANIA
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright,)]
Sofa, January 25, The King and Queen of Bul-.
for
recent visit to Austria have con-
vinced himself that the entire Aus- trian people are in revolt against the present Government."-Trans- cccan Kuo Min.
LIBEL ACTIONS
[Special to the Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.}]"
Paris, January 25.. The Committee of the French Chamber for recommendation of new legislation to-day, discussed the draft of a Government Bill aiming at the repression of the misuse of the Press for defama- tion of character and the preven-
garla, accompanied by the Prem-ion of bribery and corruption The Committee. finally decided ler and Foreign Minister. left amongst state omolals." Sona on Wednesday evening Bucharest in order to pay a state that libel actions should not be Courts. visit to the King of Rumania but before the Assizes. They urge
heard before, the Penal Transocean Kuo Min.
the Government to pass the new -legislation without delay. pre- scribing that certain specified professions should not be exercis ed by Deputies during their term
Chamber Transocean Kuo Min.
NEW CUBAN GOVERNMENT
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily of office as members of the
Press" (Copyright:)] ̧
· Marseilles, January 25.
Berlin, January 25, Agitated proclamations by State Colonel Carlos Meddrata having- officials occurred at Marseilles on assumed, the Presidency of the Wednesday when a protest. Was Republic of Cuba, the Reichs- expressed on the one hand against government has formally recogn the Starisky scandal, and on the Ised the new Cuban Government. other, against retrenchment of Transocean, Kuo Min. officials salaries, because, in po- pular opinion it is a necessity.
POSITION OBSCURE-
Martial Law In Ninghsia
COST OF FORTIFICATION
Peiping, January 25. Martial law was declared in In consequence of this fifteen
Ningshia City in consequence of hundred demonstrators in the notorious "ancient quarter of the Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
the advance of Sun Tien-ying's Press" (Copyright;}}(d London, January 25.7
troops who were pressing to- Old Harbour" came into confictt
wards the capital after reaching accidents, invited the opinion of A rise of 4.1 per cent. in the with the police, when inva free aght
Paris, January 25. magistrates on the suggestion that money value of retail sales is that followed many were wound-The semi-official Petit Paristen Pinalo and kanton both of the which as reported from “Chistese power should be available to su shown for last month, as compared led on both sides. The demonstra declares that on Wednesday spend driving licences on a first with December, 1932. This is the tors rushed out of cafes carrying War Minister N Daladier, an- sources this morning, were occup conviction not only for reckless or fourth and largest reported during chairs, tables, forms, bottles and nounced to the Financial Com-fed by the invaders. Dangerous, driving or for driving the current trading yearhatatands. They were rushed by mittee of the Chamber that the Ten Helsh-an stated to be when under influence of drink or The Board of Trade Journal" the Police who wounded thirteen cost of fortification along France's using his Inquence to restrain Sun
arreste Budget estimate: by: 700,000,000 || at present it very obscure. Reu Dret for careless driving and says it would seem to indicate a and who anally got the upper Eastern Frontier had exceeded the Tien-ying and the whole position. for exceeding the speed limit. real expansion: in retail trade-hand making forty
British Wireless Service.
Transocean Kuo Min. advice and the showing of a good British Wireless.
francs.Transocean Kuo Ming.
Kowloon,
to stop. The car pulled up within a yard of him, but had the brakes Victoria,
been defective, we shudder to think New Territories.
what might have happened..
It is persons like this youth who HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, would profit by a fit of friendly
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