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SO COOL

SO COMFORTABLE

DINE ON THE

WESTERN TERRACE

120 FEET ABOVE THE CITY'S HEAT AND NOISE

THE GLOUCESTER

BUILDING RESTAURANT

NATIONAL STRING INSTRUMENTS

The model depicted above la

MANATIONAL' TRÍOLIAN WALNUT MANDOLIN.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A SHIP. MENT OF NATIONAL". GUITARS, MANDOLINS AND UKULELES, IN VARIOUS STYLES. PRICES ON THIS LATEST SHIPMENT ARE FROM 15% TO 20% LOWER THAN ON PREVIOUS SHIPMENTS, DUE TO FAVOURABLE EXCHANGE AND REDUCED MANUFACTUR ING" COSTS..

ASK FOR AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH PRICES.

TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED IF

DESIRED,

TSANG FOOK PIANO & MUSIC CO.,

ICE HOUSE STREET.

Tel. 24648...

HUNG CHEONG

GROCERIES

AND PROVISIONS

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS

66, NATHAN ROAD.

Tel. 57108.

Whiteaways

"WHITE AWAY LAIDLAW & CO LTD:

LAST MINUTE BARGAINS MEN'S OUTFITTING DEPT.

150 ONLY.

Men's Striped Negligee Shirts.

2 Collars to each Shirts. Fast Colours.

$2.50

each.

Men's Fancy Striped Cotton Bocks. All Sizes.

$1.00

1000 PAIRS

50 ONLY

Oddments in Men's Bathing Suits. Usually $6.75 to

$18.50.

160 ONLY

paír. NOW $2.50 to $5.00 each.

$2.00

Men's Taffeta Tennis and Sports Shirts, Slightly Soiled. Odd Bizes."

each.

50 SUITS

Men's Light Cotton Pyjamas. White and Coloured

$4.50

Buit.

48 ONLY

$1.00

Men's Pith Sun Helmets Blightly Shopsoiled To Clear.

AND MANY O HERS SALE CLOSES POSITIVELY SAT. SEPT 1st.

WHITEAWAY. LAIDLAW & CO., LTD,

VITE)

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1934.

ECHOES OF 1861

58-Hotels of Hong Kong and Macao

As our readers"know we eschew "deserving man for proprietor, `Mr. and abhor puffing. The follow- Bradstreet, who formerly kept the ing is a "bona fide" verbatim extract Commercial here. The location is of a note we received yesterday, on the Prays and there are four

rom a friend. We give it as we houses thrown into one, got it, adding that from what we saw ourselves, we can conscien- tiously endorse every word of it.

At this season of the year the intelligence may be welcomed by some of our readers.

"I am an invalid and leave for California next week to run away from your Hong Kong summer, and fearing that I may not have the pleasure of seeing you prévious to my departure, I write you this note. I think you would be con- ferring a great benefit on many of your readers, did you inform them through the columns of the "Daily Press" of the fact that there be- ing a most excellent hotel (Royal Hotel) at Macao. This is the best hotel I have been at since leaving France, and is cleaner and in: bet- ter order than four fifths of those even there. The most fastidious could not and cause to complain- everything clean, a most excellent table, good servants, and a most

Three weeks ago I was taken sick and of course the first thought was to get a change of air, but where to go was the question-of course being an invalid I would not for a moment accept the hospitality of any of my friends, and thinking the hotels were the same as in for- mer times at Macao, why I say no other means jeft than to keep quiet at home, and grow) the thing through. By the merest accident I heard from a French Lieutenant, of the excellence of this new house just started at Macao, and I im mediately left with my wife. The result of my own personal obser- vation have written above.

There must or there may con- tinually be, persons altuated just as I was, and as I said before I think did you mention the above facts relating to the Hotel to your numerous readers, you would be conferring upon many of them a great benefit.

Around the Courts

CLAIM AND COUNTER-

CLAIMS

UNMUZZLED DOGS

"At Kowloon. Magistracy yester- day, Mr. E. L. Wynne Jones fined

Mr. T. H. Smith of No. 2 Dorset Crescent, Kowloon Tong, 526 for allowing his dog out in the street without a muzzle.

Claims and counter-claims were mentioned in a case which came before Mr. Justice Jacks yesterday. The dispute is over a building con- tract and the plaintiff is La Mut of 44 Mongkok Road, who claimed

A similar fitte was imposed on $616,60 due on" work done and

A. Delcourt, of No. 247, - Prince materials supplied on Rural Build- ing Lot No. 339. The defendants Edward Road, for a like offence. Mrs Delcourt stated that were Messrs. Blackmore & Black-{ burn Ltd., of Alexander Building, the dog was in the garden all the who counter-claimed $722.05 for time and was never out in the alleged faulty and incomplete street. An Indian constable how- ever testified that he saw the dog Mr. M. A. da Silva of D'Almada out in Prince Edward, Road with- out a muzzle Sub-Inspector E. a. Remedios & Silva, appearing for defendants," said Messrs. D'Almada & Meson had wall surrounding Mr. Delcourt's he understood Post said he had measured the ceased to act for plaintiff who was garden, and found that the dog

work.

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now appearing in. person. *

The counter-claim set out that Lo Mul agreed to do certain work for $1,500 according to the plans and specifications of the " archi- tects, Messrs. Denison, Ram & Gibbs, subject to the condition that alterations, additions; Or

emissions should be valued, and idded or deducted from the origin

al price.

could not get over the wall from

inside if the gate was shut but it could get in from, the street.

sald

certi-

THE NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL

Two Generous Donations

:

The fund which is being raised to-rebuild the Nethersole Hospital block of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals has recently received the promise of two very Liberal donations. The Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau has promised $10,000. in memory of his father, the late Mr. Chau Siu Kl, who during his life-time took a keen interest in the Hospitals and annually raised large sums for their support (a work which is being ably carried on by Mr. T. N. Chau),

Mr. Ma Ying. Plu has been n staunch supporter and generous contributor to the Hospitals for many years; he, also, has promised $10,000 to the Rebuilding Fund.

Other recent donations Include

$500 Mr. Fung Kong Un .... Anon...

250

Mr. Chiu On Kat Abor. ..... Miss Fung Pui Ylág Miss Fung Fui Fong Mr. Hing. Cheung Ho

100.

100

100

100

'30"

The cost of a new bullding is. estimated at $190,000. The sum of

те. $68,43458 had already been teived for this purpose, so that a further $100,000 is still required.

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KAIPING COAL

FOR HOME, FACTORY, POWER HOUSE

HOME, FACTORY

AND

BUNKE S

POWER

HOUSE,

TUGS &

LOCOS.

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong.

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DOCTOR

Inquiry Into Death Of Woman

The old Nethersole Hospital has Allegations against the profes- the allegations and enquired if he already been demolished, as the sional conduct of a local medical¦ would like to give evidence. · He roof had becomė dangerous béyand practitioner were made at the re- replied the affimative and the repair. A new building le urgent-sumed hearing of the Coroner's | Qozoner then cautioned "him, -say- ly needed to enable the work of the inquiry at Central Magistracy yes-ing that it was not necessary for Hospitals to be adequately carried terday into the death of a Chinese him to answer any question, which odi."

woman named Chan Tai Hei, aged he thought would implicate him.

©DE? Lausaid that `at about · · six - Donations, large or small, will be 23, who was found in her house at

No. 1 Tai Yuen Street, third floor," o'clock he went on foot with the gratefulis-received by:-

The Hon. Treasurers, Mesers. on the morning of July 14 suffer witness An to No. 1 Ta Yuen ing from narcotic' poisoning from ¦ Street, third floor." He saw a wċ- Gloucester & Davis, Building: or The Medical Superin- which she subsequently died at man sitting on a chair with pink froth coming out from the nose tendent, Dr. R. M. Gibson, Alice

and mouth. The symptoms ap-

Linstead

Memorial & Amiliated Hospitals,

Bonham Road.

MR. LOUIS BEALE

Passing Through Colony To-Day

to

the Government Civil Hospital.

Mr. E. W. Hamilton sat 'as Coron-

er, assisted by a jury comprised peared to him to be opium poison-

of Mr. D. O da Btiva (foreman), Mr. G. H. White and Mr. V. Pathe rick.

ing but he would not swear that it was. After feeling her pulse the first thing he did was to ask for some hot water and gave the

Au Shlư Ting, a «fellow tenant of the deceased, said that on the patient an Injection of enthrophine, morning in question at about 5. sulphide immediately:

a.m. he was awakened by deceas- ·· He felt her pulse again, but there- ed's husband, police constable j was not much improvement · but Mr. Louis Beale, C.B.E, Com-C192, who told him that his wife the froth stopped. He asked the

He went amah; who was mercial

HBM had taken some opium. Counsellor

the responsible- Legation in China, who is passing into the cubicle and found deceas-person in the house, the reason: being that the woman was in- a Antenor is proceeding to England husband, he went to call Dr. Ld to the people in the house that On the instructions of deceased's serious condition. He suggested through Hong Kong on the as ed lying on the bed....

It Is proposed that he should 5.10. He returned with the doctor the stomach; at the same time. Ping Sham. That was at about if they liked he could wash 'out. make a tour of the leading Indus- about 15 minutes later. Deceas-painting out that it seemed to be

on an official visit."--

trial centres with a view to stimu-ed's husband was not present. De-useless. He explained this to them. lating interest in the export trade ceased, who was still conscious. was and then bargained for the fee. from the United Kingdom to sitting on" a chair."

He asked them: who would pay China.

Mr. Beale is accompanied by Mrs, Beale..

MATSHEDS BURNED

to guarantee payment, We went ter past six. on begging him to help the patient.

RUSSIANS WITHOUT PAPERS

The first thing the doctor did, ¦ for it. He asked for about $30... Charged with entering the

he alleged. was to dernand $75 "In my fourteen years' practice. Colony without passports, two

for treating the deceased. Wit-I had never asked so much as Russian youths, M.A. Chashin. 24

ness, his wife and the amah told | $75~The largest amount I ever and LF. Martyniuk. 21, pleaded

the doctor that they had only 35. | asked was $50/"-witness declared... guilty, and added that they were

Five minutes later the doctor re- Continuing, Dr. Li said that Plaintiff, it was alleged, was compelled by circumstances to

duced his fee to $50.

after he had left he went straight claiming under extras for work come to Hong Kong.

Continuing, witness said: -We to the police station in his car. Sergeant Russell →

Fire At New G.C.H. Site stil said we had not got enough On being informed by the Coroner which was included under the con-

they tract price.

Furthermore he had arrived here on Sunday from Can- not completed the work which de-ficates of registration issued

ton. They held Chinese

A are destroyed a number of money and begged him to treat that, according to the police, he matsheds at Pokfulam-on the site her first He said that won't do: arrived at the station-at 6:40, Dr. fendants had had to have done

where work is in progress for the then asked if I could find anyone that he reached the house at quar- I must have that amount. He said that it might have been themselves with a loss of time for visas. Both went to the Russian civil Hospital. The outbreak oc- Shangbai, but without British which they had been penalised in Contingent office and applied for curred in the early hours ofy ester construction of a new Government the sum of $500 Whilst admitting jobs in the anti-piracy guard. defendants pointed out that in they did not have sumc.ent money grip of several matsheds before Sergt. Russell: They stated that day morning and the fire got a his accounts, plaintiff had omitted to apply for the visa and had just to credit them with work he had enough to come down by train. I falled to do as 'under contract. Plaintiff had been paid $1,500. am "applying for expulsion orders Mr. Silva sald the defence was suggests a small fine in lieu of to Canton. Mr. Scott, A. D. C. 1. that part of paintin's work, was sentence.-- bad and had to be done again.

Lo Mui gave evidence after which the hearing was adjourned.

The case against Cheng Kamwed by an expulsion order. Tung. 36, Ip Fuk. 42, bird dealer, Yuen Kwai Sang 34, a married woman, and Hui Muk Kan, 20,

extras amounting · to $119.10

was concluded

before Mr. MacFadyen at Central

The magistrate imposed on each a fine of $25 or in default three weeks' imprisonment, to be fol-

SPEEDING LORRY DRIVER

the appliances arrived

scene.

the

Five Chinese who were trapped lured and were sent to the Gov one of the matsheds were in- erament: Civil Hospital for atten- tion: Their injuries, however, were not serious.

Central Police Court yesterday,

He was

Later he reduced his fee to $25.

Did Not Bargain. He gave the patient one injec- got enough money. He said he because deceased was in a set- We still maintained we have not tion without taking any money would not accept less than $25. long condition. Deceased was un- was getting worse-the Seeing that the patient's condition conscious some time before his ar

deceased doctor gave her an injection. De- the infection began to sink in the

rival. He denied that he bargain- chair the

ed for the fee, before giving her ceased appeared to be unconscious when he gave the infection. After he got his car to go to the bolice In reply to the Jury as to how this had been done, we gave him station as he went on foot to the house. Dr. I explained that In reply to the Coroner, witness he telephoned to his office asking for a stomach tube and this was car. He brought to him in his

the explained to the people ip house that there was very little chance for the patient surviving by washing out the stomach, but if they would like to pay for it

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for a breach of the Registration said that the time between thei Ordinance InspectorWt: doctor's arrival and the time he Nolloth stated that defendant treated deceased was about half for the possession of 505 counter with speeding in Queen's Road Bident Taft and went to

Alorry driver who was charged arrived on August 20 by the Pre an hour. After the injection, the felt Dutch guilders and with co and who was alleged to

the doctor went away saying that he spiracy to utter

have Gloucester. Hotel

not was going to the police station den at thirty miles an hour pressing the case but would say and get an ambulance. The am appeared before, MF EW. Hamil for a nominal fine! Defendant bulance arrived at about 7.05 he would do 80 ton yesterday.

thought the office would be closed The reason why he did not tell only driving at 13 m.ph

Defendant pleaded that he was on Saturday. His intentions were the police the first time was that

but good apparently.

he was not asked.--- the defendant was travelling at Trafic Sergt. Sargent stated that

30 m.ph

Magistracy yesterday.

Cheng Kam Tung was fined $35 of three month's hard labour while the other three defendants were discharged on the ground of insufficient evidence.

It was stated all defendants

Kowloon. Becond defendant was

A cripple, Lee Lol, aged 20, was arrested. together with a one-

Nothing Could Be Done Leung Ng. the amah employed His Worship observed that driv legged man, Lee Pang, 28, for by the deceased, then gave cor

The enquiry was then adjourn- ed ill this afternoon, the Coroner informing the Jury that he would like to consult "the senior medical practitioner, og

NAVY DAY

To Be Held In January

Hong Kong Navy Day will ŋ be held either on January 19 or 20.

lived at No. 38, Battery Street, ing at 30 miles an hour in Queen's begging in Wing Wo Street out: roborative evidence, she added!! the principal tenant of the floor. Road was little short of courting made the entrance of the Sun that her mistress was not in the In a box containing clothing which murder. He informed the delen- Company Monday: Charged habit of smoking opium. The doc- first and fourth defendant claim dant that he would recommented before Mr. Macfadyen in Central tor said, she alleged, that nothing ed as theirs, was found & coin to the LG.P. the cancellation of Police Court yesterday Sub-In could be done for $5. similar to the gallders in their is license. The case was adjournspector Russell stated that Lee Lol Sergeant Murphy said that at possession. Fourth defendant pro-ed for a week.

had $15.94 and ~ $4. In^ ^ Chinese

6.40 am on the morning in ques- duced the key to the box.

money là hi possession. “He has flon he was on duty at No. 2. Po-t was originally intended to hold also put on his best clothes to lice Station when DrLi came in the displays on October 21. (Trafal- come to Court, pour-Worship," he and reported that a woman hac saf Day) as was done last year but added, was ragged when taken oplum at No.1 Tahan in order not to clash with the Military Tattoo which is billed to Btreet, arrested." Lee Ping had only

take place on November 1, 3 and 3 the Naval celebrations have been. postponed until the beginning of next year

In another case Mr. T. G. Pater- TRAFFIC SIGNS

son of No. 18 Condult Road was You have got to know these fined $5 for falling to renew his things if you" drive,” said Mr. E. driving license, W. Hamilton yesterday to Sani- tary Inspector D-C Sullivan who Miss 8 K Wong was fined $10 appeared before him for driving for driving car No. 395 in Lock along Conduit Road from May hart Road, which was not speci- Road to Robinson Road, the fed in her learner's licence thoroughfare being closed to trame, The defendant claimed that, the trame zign was not very clear.

Charles E. A. Cassella was fined 310 by Mz W. M. homson in the

sixty cents when arrested The In reply to the Coroner, wines Magistrate ordered the detention said that Dr. Li seemed to be an of Lee Pang until the rising of xious to have the woman taken the Court, following which; he is the hospital as quickly as por to be sent fuck to Rongmoon.

alble Lee Lot was fined and his Worship advised hon to return to Canton,

Doctor's Evidence --

To details of the programme arh yet avaliable but it is believed

Dr. Li Ping Sham was then call-- that the day will be rrn on the ed.» The Coroner Informed him of rame lines as fast year.