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HEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY.

THE ANNUAL SHOW

FLOWERS and VEGETABLES

will be held at the VOLUNTEER

· HEADQUARTERS

оп

WEDNES

DAY, the 7th · MARCH, 1934, from

3 pm. to 6,30 p.m.

ENTRIES WILL DEFINITELY CLOSE at the Hon. Secretary's Office. 11, Queen's Rond, Contral, at NOON on THURSDAY, the 1st MARCH, 1934, but intending exhibitors are re- quested to SEND IN THEIR EN TRIES AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE

MEMBEBS who have not yet paid their subscriptions and ALL THOSE who wish to join the SOCIETY sro requested to send $5.00 "immediately to the UNDERSIGNED.

J. T. BAGRAM,

Hon. Secretary.

Hong Kong, 7th February, 1934.

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PUBLIC AUCTION,

DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS,

of the Sale by Pablic Auction

PAR

to held MONDAY, the 12Tu

DAY of FEBRUARY, 1934, at 3 r., the Offices of the Public Works Depart mont by Order of HIS RULLENCI THE GOVERNOR, of One Lat of CROWN LAND at Repulse Bay Road

the Uolony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Ront to be fixed by the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE KINO, for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Ronndary.

Measure-

mente.

No. of Sale.

Lot No. 377.

Rural Building

Ropulra Bay Road

Registry Na

Locality.

[ft. ft. ft. ft.

A per..

ante plans

Contenta i

quare foot.

About

23,500

Annual

Rental.

Upset Price.

270

12243

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NOTICE.

HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE

HONG KONG, FEBRUARY 7, 1934.

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POLAND AND GERMANY

The direct negotiations between Paland and Cergand for the settlement of their outstanding dimculties have not been tirely successful. Nevertheless '1" has come

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them can be judged from the gas attack alarms which have been staged in the two capitals. Berlin can be reached in less than an hour by airplane from the Folish frontier and Warsaw tir less than half an hour from East Prussia Unless this physical nearness is reflected in neighbourly relations,

it is obvious that all the necessary clements are present to

bring about spontaneous combustion.

It cannot be too often, or too strongly emphasized that the solution of these questions, even the last two, can only be achieved in time of peace. The last war did not settle them. Successive and forcible partitions of Poland did not settle them. But what is Impossible to enemies,

may be possible to neighbours who can see the advantage intercourse.

OBITUARY

Henrietta Eliza Soltau

London, February 6. The death occurred to-day of Henrietta Eliza Soltau who was connected for forty years with the China Inland Mission--Reuter,

MR. CHARLES BAKER

Founder Of Newspaper.

World

(Special Air-Mail Serviço)

London, January 17. Mr. C. Baker, founder and joint editor of the Newspaper World, died at Ockley, Surrey, op Satur day at he age of 82. He was Jéditor of the "Maidstone and Ken-

editor and

the

tish Journal” from 1872 to 1878.

proprietor of Kent County Standard from 1878 to 1864, and editor and proprietor of the "Dewsbury Chronicle" from 1884 to 1888. In 1932 he had com-

pleted 60 years of active journalism and 50 of newspaper proprietorship. Charles Baker, who was born at Maidstone, was the son of Charlet Baker, a millowner. He began his working Life in 1866 as an appren- tice at the Iron foundry and ea- gineering works of Pearson and Spurr. Birstall. Yorkshire. Much to the astonishment of the local public. In days when bicycles of jany kind were new and strange. the young apprentice rode to Har- rogate a bicycle that he had con- structed for himself, using screw- jed gas piping for the frame and spokes, half-round on for the rims, and castings for the hubs. It weighed nearly, hundred- weight. His heart, however, never in the engineering business” and a half-sheet of notepaper in a cottage window in High Street, Birstall, Intimating that shorthand was taught at is. a lesson started. him on his journalistic career as

was

CONTINENTAL CABLE

NEWS

MONSTER SNOWSLIDES

FASCIST APPEAL ·

[Special to the #Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)1

Berlin, February 5.

NEWS SUMMARY

Mr. Pelham, the Pritish Trade Commissioner gave yesterday's ad- dress before the Rotary Club at their weekly tiffin

Page 7 Morning Dew has given a insi "review of the Derby condidates for

the forthcoming Annual Race Meet-- ing at Happy Valley

Page 1.

Hongkong "Broadcasting Pro-

PEITO,

Page 3.

Cinema Diary

Page 3.

Diary of Local Events

Page 5.

Around the Courts

Page 6,

The claim against the Olese

[Special to the “Hong Kong Daily Bress" (Copyright.)}

Rome. Feb. 5. Monster snowslides have buried practically the whole of two moun- tain villages in the vicinity of Апсова on Monday crushing chalets and entombing a number of persons which the first reports place at 27. Masses of snow des- cending on the popular winter resort Villa di Mezzo near Holog- nola killing nineteen and seriously injuring forty persona. Since the. telephone and telegraph poles have been mowed down and the mall nes blocked under drifts of many feet of deep snow the news of the Special to the "Hong Kong Dally catastrophe was first brought in by a champion skier after a nerve Wrecking 12 hour journey and re-

Leading newspapers who have ed on Page 11." scue parties" on Skis, The tiny published articles upon air services His Excellency the Governor at- mountain outpost of Monte Rub-

between Italy "and England, extended the Annual Inspection of.. lano suffered a similar fate, eight pressing deep satisfaction at forth the St. John's Ambulance where meeting death and coming settlement, of problem, he spoke a few words, Page 6. five being fnfüred by a sudden state that Lord Londonderry de-

Lady Southorn made an appeal Plunge of loosened glacier-Trans-clared He had been welcomed in for more support at the Interna Ocean Kuở Min,

Rome with the greatest courtesy tional Women's Club yesterday

The "Vassische Zeitung" writes that the "new appeal of Fascist | Bark, an echo of the disappearance Government to Italian patriotism of the Compradore of the E, E. shall receive great response, there- Banking Corp. came

up before fore one of the greatest financial Mr. Wood yesterday.. Page 7. operations of our day is

to be

"Home Football News. Page 10. completed shortly in Italy.-Trans- The Funeral of the late Herr ocean Kuo Min,,

Major Kuno von Sick, general Manager of Siemens China, haa been reported on Page 13.

inhabitants

ITALIAN STATE LOAN.

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright,)]

Milan, Feb. 5.

The announcement of the pro- posed conversion of sixty two milliards of consolidated State loans Into 34 per cent repayable idans brought a boom in the market here on Monday. The heaviest demand was for electricity shares which are averaging a 5 per cent interest in Italy.-Trans- ocean Kuo Min.

ONE-MEAL DINNER.

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.37

Berlin, Feb. 5.

ENGLAND-ITALY ÄIR SERVICE

Press

(Copyright.)]

London, Feb. 5.

and sympathy.Transocean Min.

Kuo

MUSSOLINI MOTOR RACE

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally. Press” (Copyright.)]

London. Feb. 5.

An article on "Cricketers of the second" appears on Page 11.

Special Cinema Supplement

Pages 4 and 5. Yesterday's Accidents are report,

-

"Page 7.

SOVIET POLISH

RELATIONS

of No Distrust of Hitler's

Power

Reuter stresses iniportance the motor-race for the Mussolini Cup, saying this event will eclipse all other such events in impor- fance-Transocean Kuo Min.

A DARING MEASURE

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]

Warsaw, February 6.

The Polish Government attach- ed great importance to the de- velopment of closer Soviet-Polish relations, stated M. Joseph Beck Paris, February 5. the Foreign Minister, in his ad- The Financial Organ information dress to the Foreign Commission dealing with conversion of conso-jof the Senate yesterday, lidated stock writes: "This daring He said that Poland in no way The "One-Meal Dinner" (Eintop-quence of policy of recovery and distrust in

financial measure is logic conse- shared the practically universal Europe with which fgericht) collection on Sunday last. deflation carried out without in- Chancellor Hitler's rise to powez contributor of local news to the resulted in Berlin alone in the terruption by Fascist Government, was greeted. "Dewsbury Chronicle" and the large amount of half "Dewsbury Reporter." Later he Reichsmark (£25,000 at par) which the Bre and revaluation of govern- and German

a Million greatly favoured by soundness of From the very first, the Polish

Governments was appointed Birstall correspond-will be panded over to the Unem-ment ent of the "Dewsbury Reporter,”

investiments. Transocean found a means of treating their ployment Relief Fund (Winter-Kuo Min. The years 1872 to 1884 he spent hife) for distribution. This ex-

problems which would form A basis for working out more per- in his native town, where he was coeds collections of all previous successively. reporter and

manent relations. sub-"One-Meal Dinners" in the Ger- editor of the "Maidstone and Ken- man Capital.Transocean tish Journal" and editor and pro- Min prietor of the "Kent County Yorkshire again, Standard. In 1884 he went to as editor and proprietor of the "Dewsbury and Batley Chronicle and remained at Dewsbury unitil 1988.

SOCIALISTIC TRAINING

• SCHOOL

Kuo

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]

Munich, Feb. 5.

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GERMAN WEEKLY REVIERY ·

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright:)]

Berlin, Feb. 5, That the new German press Law refers to newspapers also is the weekly "Deutsche Wochen- clearly indicated by the fact that

In 1898, with the foundation of the "Newspaper Owner" and Manager" (now the "Newspaper World"), Mr. Baker entered upon what was destined to be the most successful phase of his long career, in journalism. Until 1926 he was sole proprietor of the "Newspaper World." A private company was abilities, both in intellectual ana then formed. Mr. Baker remain-physical conditions are required ing as joint editor,

by those who wish to enter this istitution, besides this it has been made a condition that their ances- tors for four gèrierations are of Aryian origin.-Transocean Kuoi Min...

schau" (Germah Weekly Review) edited by Secretary of State, A national Socialistic Training Feder has been banned for several School for nine years training will weeks on account of publishing and be opened on April 1st. In Feldaf-reporting unrellable and invented ing on lake of Starnberg, South stories concerning the B. A-Trans- Germany, with the sole object of ocean Kuo Min.

1ining the future leaders of "the "Third Reich." Extraordinary

Mr. Baker married, in 1875, Ella, daughter of Henry

Wildsmith, of Birstall, Yorkshire, a manufactur- er. They had two daughtera.

of friendly THE THIRD TEST

better understanding about between these two nations, whose disputes are incontestably

The thought of friendship be- [2239 the most explosive of thetween these two ancient foes is problems, facing Europe to-day: regarded by some people as quite disputes coloured by deep-seated outside the bounds of practical animosities which have been fa- polltics. But why should it be? flamed for years-one might even

Within the experience of every say for centuries-by deeds and one of us is the remembrance of wards deliberately intended to do erstwhile enemies becoming bosom more than sting.

Yet the peace friends, It this can happen be- TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of Europe hinges very closely upon Not the ANNUAL GENERAL

tween individuals is can happen MEETING of the members of this friendly relations between Poland between nations. Indeed, it has Association will be held in the Board and Germany. No major question already "happened between Room of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, has been tackled as yet at these other neighbours, &Co., Ltd., on THURSDAY, sth

'Greece FEBRUARY, 1934, at 8,30 p.m., to negotiations. It was probably con- Turkey, which had a longer re- pass and adopt the Accounts for the sidered a safer course to clear up near ending 31st DECEMBER, 1833, minor matters before embarking ynd to elect -fficers, etc.

ASSOCIATION.

By Order,

G. E. S. UPSDELL

Hon. Secretary,

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

M.C.C. In India

UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY

had

Studies of the Danzig question would doubtless furnish a favour- able method of collaboration, he sald. Reuter,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lady Southern will distribute the prizes at the Mui Fong Girls' School to-day at noon at the Tai ping Theatre,

Mr. N. Smith Director of Education will present the prizes at St. Joseph's College on Tuesday next 13th February:

the Roof Gardon Chinese Restau- There will be no Dinner Dance in

rout of the Hongkong Hotel on Thursday the 8th instant, !

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]

Berlin, February 6. 500,000,000 Marks have been distributed in the course "of the

The distribution of diplomas of past eight months within

the the Mui Fong Girls' College will frame-work of the Reichsgovern-take place in the Tai Ping Theatre GERMAN UNIVERSITIES ment unemployment relief scheme to-day at noon. Lady Southern is

by the State Finance Company for [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally public work to property

to present the awards. owners Press" (Copyright.}]

and municipalities in order to Leipzig, February 5,

provide work for the unemployed. diphtheria, four of enteric and Two cases of smallpox, five of In order to prevent the over- The scheme calls for distribution three of meningitis have been re- crowding of German Universities of a total of one "milliard marks ported in the Colony for the week and Technical Highschools, more to be spent chiefly on house re-

is

still

Transocean Kuo Min.

available.

di

Madras, February 6.

than half of those who are ready pairs, road building, and public ended February 3. Also 48 deatha The third test between M.C.C.next, are not allowed to register. 500,000,000

to enter these institutions on April "works, so that the balance of by tuberculosis. and all India XI will be played on Only about 23,000 including women February 10, Yuvraj Patiala and students are selected by "special Nazir All will take the place of examinations and will be permitted. Gopalan and Mushtag All, the latter will be the twelfth man---

to join. These restrictions, of- Reuter.

do not apply to foreign countries-Transocean Kuo Min.

FASCIST COLONIAL

two

and

FRANC DÉCLINES IN PARIS. "Paris, February 6.

"The steep rise of dollars and

course

POLICY

GERMANY'S CREDITORS

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)}»

Berlin, Feb. 5. Delegates of nine countries re- presenting Germany's short term creditors signatories to the stand-

The Hongkong Stock Exchange have received a cable from Messrs. Derrick & Co., Local Secretaries in Singapore of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd, announcing. the declaration of an interim divi: dend of 6d per share, and a bonus.. of 2d, making in all 8d per share.

Poland and Germany.. cord of continued strife than even sterling in Paris. yesterday, did | [Special to the "Hong Kong Dal still agreement met this morning order for the confiscation of the.

on the ticklish minority questions, Such peacemaking need not seem and those of the Polish Corridorso strange. Only by adopting a and the status of Upper Silesia fatalistic, indeed

27 atheistic, Until the talks are farther ad- view do we accept the belief that vanced it would be unwise to be entity must be eternal. It has optimistic about the eventual set-no such foundations, and certainly tling of these Follsh and German. it should be the friendly duty of disputes, but it would be worse other nations and of individuals NOTICE is hereby given that the than unwise to take a pessimistic to try and encourage the settling

Ordinary Yearly Meeting of view before any breach has ce-

of these outstanding difficulties the Shareholders in this Corporation curred in the rapprochement be rather than utilize these disputes will be held in the Board Boom of Menure. Jardine, Matheson & Co., tween the two countries. The to their own advantage, Ltd., 18, Pedder Street, Hong Kong, attitude which was adopted by on Saturday, the 24th February, these neighbour nations at the will no doubt receive consideration The Polish-German probleme 1984, at 11.30 nm. for the purpose of commencement of the negotiations at Geneva, though nothing de receiving the Report of the Board of Directors together with a Statement last November, in which they Anite can result, while Germany of Accounts for the year ending 8'at expressed their intention to aban- stays out of the League." There December, 1933.

don force in their mutual relation- fare signs that point to Germany's The Register of Shares of the Cor- ship, in itself meant a hopeful return, however, and thus the poration will be cidsed from Monday, the 12th February to Saturday, the beginning of diplomatic moves mission of other nations, untouch- 24th February, 1934 (both days which, in the natural course of ed by these problems, must be inclusive), during which period no things must, take a considerable clear

to transfer of shares can be registered. time before maturity.

2

German-Pollsh

appear Order of the Board of Directors,

If there is to-day a real desire to be the worst danger to peace on both sides to forget the past in Europe, just so do they offer and

be good neighbours, that the greatest present opportunity alone is an improvement for how for thoughtful and hopeful peace- bad has been the tension between making.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 5th February, 1984,

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them, for,

relations

even

they

A fine of $300 accompanied by an

at the Reichsbank where Press" (Copyright:)]

goods was ordered at the Contral not result from the fundamental

were welcomed by Dr. Schacht. Magistracy yesterday when a Chi- weakness of the franc, according

Rome, Feb. 5, Denmark is the only short term se was charged with placing a duce from the fact that forward examining to impartial observers, who de- Stock Exchange Gazette after country. not represented. The packets of unmanifested Japanese

results achieved by United States

cloth aboard the ss. Tai Lee, sent Abbot, arid premiums on sterling rose to 60 Colonial policy of Fascism and de-Goodhue, England sent Marks of which was bound for Kongmoon, centines for one month and to scribing public works done by the Schroeder's Bank, while besides franc 60. centimes for mouths, that the marketi

three regime in Tripolitania, writes, dur- Schacht Germany was represented With a very bad record, a Chi manipulated from the outset by shelter and work for surplus popu- gesellschaft, Schlieper of the Deut-Balfour yesterday on a charge of...

was ing recent years Italy provided by Jeldels of the Berliner Handel-nese who was produced before Mr. opponents of the Socialist Party lation through reclamation of vast sche Bank, and Sempet of the unlawful possession, of two electric

expanses of land and home colo- Federation of German Industries months hard labour. The defend

bulbs was who are seeking to discredit it.

Bentenced -to three: The price of gold in London no nisation, to date work has not ex-Transocean Kuo Min. longer responds to true parity hausted possibilities, but with 318

ant had had seven convictions for with the francs rate, as few inhabitants per square mile, Italy gold owing to the unknown factor Germany and Japan; rumour 15 to ship has reached wider population than

A report has been made by n constituted by the sterling rate. circulated these days about neces

money changer to the Police to the

sponsible for the rise in sterling on the same lines and it is, there- Socialist newspaper. "Yolks Zel-him up and robbed him. The man

Technical dimculties of shipping sity for Japan to And new outlet

effect that he had been robbed of for demographic problem-the Ita gold freely from Paris is also re-an demographic- problem, is also wehr occupied the premises of the day night when thres men acooled A detachment of Tyrolese Heim-ls in Laichikok Road on Mon- as gold shipments cannot suffore, not easy to say if the Italian tung" on

him and producing revolvers, held ficiently compensate the demands eelonies will be aumcient to settle prevent publication of the Bocia adds that. Els employer is at Can- for sterling-Reuter.

it entirely--Transocean Kuo Min.list's Party appeal to the Austrian ton: The genuiness of the incident.

operators can undertake

MR. QUO TAI CHI

London, February 6. Mr. Que Tai Chi has returned to work.

MILITIA NOT. AN ARMY

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)]

Paris, Feb. 6. The newspaper "Les Tour" writ- ing on Fascist militia says: "militia When interviewed by Reuter's la not army, not police, not body- representative he said he was guard, but is something more and Ministers, Members of Parliament tion to preserve order and straight much touched, by inquiries from that the State must devote atten and friends in London and China. forwardness" Transocean -Reuter.

Min.

Kuo

18pecial to the "Hong Kong Dally

SOCIALIST PAPER SEIZED stealing.

Press" (Copyright)}|

Innsbruck, Feb. 5.

Monday. In order to

working classes, the police later forced the Heimwehr to evacuate the building which is being guard

is doubted by the authorities,

ed by a strong police force.without giving any reason for the Transocean Kuo Min.

A NEWSPAPER SQUABBLE [Special to the “Hong Kour Daily Press" (Unpyright.)

Reich action, the

Government. have decided 'now to retallate by refusing to grant Swedish Jour- of allen residents permit required. nalists in Berlin the prolongation

The Swedish Government having this permit being tantamount to

for all foreigners

residing in Germany, non-prolongation of recently expelled a German: news a request to leave the country paper correspondent from Sweden Transocean Kuo Min.

Berlin, February 5.