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be held on MONDAY, the 15TH DAY of OCTOBER, 1034, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department," by Order of His EXCELLENCT THE GOVER XOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND near Tai Lam Chung in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commending from 1st July, 1808 with the option of ninewal at Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His MAJESTT THE KING, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Tsun Was Inland Lot No. 21

Near Tai Lan Chung,

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Annual

About

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CONTRACT-1935.

Tis hereby notified that sealed I' is notified that sealcit

should be clearly marked "TENDER FOR STORES will be received at the Colonial Secretary's. Office, until Nosa of Thursday, the 25th day of October, 1934, for the supply and Jelivery of Stores required by Government Departmenty during the year 1985.

For Specifications and. Forms of Tender apply at the Office of Super- intendent Accounts & Stores, Public Works Department, from whom fur- ther particulars may be had ou application.

The Government does not bind it- self t accept the lowest or any tender and reserves" to itself the option of accepting FOR ALL OR ANY PART of each Specification.

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HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

FOOTBALL. GOVERNOR'S CUP COMPETITION. OCTOBER 10th, 1934. HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB

Ground.

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SOCKS

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1934.

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HONG KONG. OCTOBER 10, 1934.

THE DOUBLE TENTH

In spite of the many festivals holidays on the Chinese and calendar, none carries with it more significance then the "Double Tenth" which commemorates the birth of the Republic. For many the day stands for more than a mère commemoration of the over- throw of the Manchus-its sigh!- ficance goes much further than

reasons for observing the day as

OUR CRICKETERS IN

SHANGHAL.

especially

Shanghai, Oct. 9. The Hong Kong cricketera showed vastly improved form afternoon. at practice this

and The

Minu Pearces

3 impressed. on

Garth- hard and fast wicket. waite was outstanding. Minu did not bowl, while Pereira had one over. A batsmen's wicket is promised to-morrow. -Reuter.

follow to a limited extent, the news of market prices prevailing in Hig own country and in other places. and at the same time, if he is so inclined, he can follow the trend of political events.

!!

In another direction also-the emancipation of China's woman- hood-the country has made

could

that. Embodied ini the many tremendous progress since the a holiday is the triumph of liberty early days of the Revolution. No the over despotism, of emancipation one in Hong Kong, for instance,

fail to recognise from the yoke of Mandarinism and

tremendous difference between the all that it brought in its wake.

educated Chinese women of to-day Twenty-three years have rolled and the average Chinese woman of wil None twenty

in

been tries.

years

ago.

COTC-

ANNOUNCEMENTS

POTTLE

ENGAGEMENT

DARRAH—The engage- ment is announced of Edna Margaret Darrah, daughter of Monsieur and Madame Lucien Basset, of Shanghai, and Lieut. Valentine Lion Pottie, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. & Mrs. Harry Hathaway Pottle, of Bay Shore. Long Island, New York

BIRTHS EWING.-On October 3, 1934, at the Country Hospital, Sheng- hal, to Mr.

J. K. and Mrs. Ewing, a son WATSON.-On October 5, 1934, at the Country Hospital: Shang- hal, to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Watson, a daughter. MUNN-At the Country Hospital, Shanghai, on October 4,, 1934. to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Munn, a son, William Alexan- der.

DEATHS

A

MAHONEY.--On Monday, October 41, 1934, at the Shanghat Gen- eral Hospital, Michael James Mahoney, aged 30 years, of the s.s. Iowa TAN-On Wednesday, October 13. 1934. at his home, 100/7 Rie. Poul Henry, Tan Boo Lla (Chen Wulleh), also known in Siam as Phra Anukul Syam kitch, aged 60 years. MUNN On Thursday, October, 4, 1934, at the Country Hospital, Shanghai, William Alexander. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Munn, DAVIES.-On October 4. 1934, at the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, Gretchen Frances, aged six years, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Davis. GALLOP On Sunday. September 30, 1934, while on home" leave in England, following an opera tion, Charles Clayton Gallop. of Shanghai CLEASBY

TAYLOR-On October 1-1934. at the General Hos pital, Shanghai, Francis An- drew Cleasby Taylor, aged 31 years, of Messrs. Butterfeld & of Swire. Beloved husband Marie Cleasby Taylor. QUINCEY-On Monday, October 1, 1934. at the Shanghai General Hospital. Anne Magdalene, aged 33 years. The dearly beloved wife of Mr. L. P. Quincey.

MARRIAGES

MAUNDER-COUSINS. Ori Sep- tember 8, 1934, at Holy Trinity Church, Ulverston, by the Rev. J. Stuart Rimmer, MA., Frank Gordon, younger son of Mr. and. Mrs. F. J. Maunder.. of Belfast, to Freda Amy. only Caughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cousins, of Ulverston, and late of Hong Kong. } SAUNDERS FRASER-On

If Gossip We Must

The Russian Circus at Kowloon was the chief novelty last week- end. I went to the Erst matinee and found the place crowded by children I

had know, who brought their parents across the harbour for the occasion.

And a very good show it is too. The marvellous riding of the Wild Cossacks on their gigantic stall- ions is thrilling to grown-ups as well as to children. What wonder- ful and miraculous riders these Russians are! None but men of

Tartar Race could ride like that.' | The elephants were great fun

[ to thoroughly too, and seemed enjoy doing their stuff, and it is amusing to see them going off holding on to each others tails, for all the world like children, holding hands on their way from school,

The monkeys dressed as jockeys riding tiny shetland ponies caused a lot of laughter all the children

adored them and I noticed little Eleanore Sanger, absolutely en- thralled, and her elder sister Helen. too. Near them was little Patsy Marshall, who had also brought her father and mother along. Helen Tracy was with her father, for Mrs. Tracy,has just gone down to Manila to settle their boy Jimmy to School somewhere near Baguio.

Mr. and Mrs. Forbes were there with their two little girls; Anthony Relss was there with his father and mother, and so was little David noticed Misa Brasler-Creagh. Peggy Humphreys "and friend" simply absorbed by "the wonderful artistes who did hair- trapeze raising stunts. Miss Betty Faire and her sister both arrived (with their attendant cavaliers) rather late; and were lucky to tuke-into such good seats. No two people could decide whether the amusing

(By PRUDENCE)

when they were finally swept up- against the rocks at the far end of the bay.

incident of the lady wuuse tam-o shanter fell into the ring (and was seized by a clever performing dog) was a real accident or mere-

There was not a soul on the beach, and it was sometime before ly bogus, but I personally think it

to they was Not intended!"

recovered suficiently

nearest Yes. It's a good circus, moreover, į stagger along to the

(Mr. Whitham's I be- fresh and bungalow all the dresses are dainty and all the girls are "good-lieve) where they quickly received their cuts and lookers": I think the dainty first-aid, and got

were up, and damsel who rode the milk-white bruises bandaged horse in a rose-leaf frock must motored back to Hong Kong to the have collected a lot of admirers, Doctor, with that come hither look in her eyel

Both Island Bay and Big Wave Bay are all too near the open sea. and strangers should be told that dangerous extremely they when the October gales are blow-

Ing.

are

MILITARY MADNESS?

"This beach is dangerous in rough weather, and people' bathing here do so at their own risk

This notice put up by the Pub- lic Works Department at Big Wave

The inhabitants both of Hong too ofter. ignored by Kong proper, and Kowloon (im- Bay is all newcomers, who know the beach proper) have been wondering a in the summer, and do not realise little whether the military have been having a vandeville "Crazy week." Whenever we pass one of those conveniently central spaces allotted to barracks, we see astounding figures dressed like All Baba and the forty thieves, or the principal boy in a pantomime.

the

two

it is when how different typhoon season is on. And so, this lovely bay nearly claimed more victims last Friday, when two young Naval Officers went for a swim and took their surf-boards aut beyond the big breakers with the idea of surfing back-only to find that the unexpected and ter- rific undertow makes it almost im possible to return. Huge waves broke over them, and the back- wash made it impossible to swim towards shore. Only the fact that both were exceptionally strong swimmers (and adopted the de- vice of swimming slantwise wards the jagged rocks at the side

terra-firma again. of the bay) enabled them to reach

to-

They utter blood-curdling yells. they form hollow squares, they fire queer-shaped and antiquated

cannon.

After the initial eye-blink, we re- member it is merely a rehearsal of the Searchlight Tattoo, which is to be held on Nov. 1, 2 and 3rd. 'I hear it is going to be extraordin ary interesting and varied, ranging from old time battles to a Kut- tack dance (which is apparently a dance which Indians do sometimes. though why they do it is rather to get my obscure). I intend tickets this week as I expect they about, will soon be hard to come by.

One of the two was exhausted and had to be almost towed in by his companion, who, as a

was badly cut

sequence

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr. S. Strelkoff, The Singing Globe Trotter. yesterday sang at the Rotary Clüb. His rendering of "The Volga Boatman" drew unstinted applause.

E

con-

! NEWS SUMMARY

our

racing

To-day's racing prospects, selec- tion for the punter, and particu- Professor W. Brown of the Honglars of the final gallops are given correspondent, Page 1. Kong University will deliver a by lecture on "James Watt, the father Morning Dew. of the steam engine and hence of the mechanical revolution" at the European Y.M.C.A. on Wednes- day, October 17 at 9 p.m.

·

The Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. continued the hearing of the appeal of Ng Loi Yuen against sentence of death passed

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Mr. Geo. She gave an interesting the talk at the Rotary Club yesterday the per- or "Why Disarmament failed."

The Raub Australian Gold

An alarming experience befell on him at the Criminal Sessions Mining Company, Limited state

Isako, proprietor of the on September 9. that their output for the four Mr. weeks ended 12th September, 1934 Isako's Circus, on Monday night when he was mauled by a black amounted to 1,833.80 ounces:

panther while attending to

Just prior to passengers due by animals Among the the Blue Funnel liner Sarpedon.formance. Mr. Isako was playing Octo- on the 13th inst. are Mrs. P. M. with the panther when it became ber 2, 1934, at H.B.M, Consulate Hodgson, Miss Vera Hodgson, Mrs. frightened by an attendant. General, Shanghai, and at Holy Ireland, Mr. V. Goulborn and Dr. struck Trinity Cathedral, by the Rev. J. H. McEney.

A. C. S. Trivett, M.A., D.D..

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Mary Thurza, only daughter

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Ikudo Nomura, a Japanese, was out with its paw and

committed for trial yesterday on lacerated Mr. Isako's left

trom a shot-gun. into No. severely. Mr. Isako was immedi-two charges of having fired a shot There will be a Referees meet-ately attended and he is expected Jaffee Road, top door, and with of Mrs. J. Fraser and the late ing in the Hong Kong Football to be well again in a day or two being in possession of the weapon T. K. Fraser, of Gloucester- Association Orice. Hong Kong when he will continue his act shire, England, to Ralph Allen, Sports Club. on Thursday next, All at 6 pm. younger son of Lt.-Comdr. J. 11th instant R. Saunders. R.N. (Retd.), of Referees are requested to attend Hants, England.

this meeting.

It

hand

87,

without a license.

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News

COMPULSORY LABOUR

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally sary of the Republic of China. Cecil Kaye and Lady Kaye, spent bye-laws.

Press" (Copyright.)]

has

received in been

The question of Food Preserving of Peking

the marriage at All establishments was discussed at Saints' Church, Srinagar, Kashmir. the fortnightly meeting of the . of Dorothy Elizabeth. daughter of Santiary Board meeting yesterday To-day being the "Double Bir Cecil Kaye and Lady Kaye, to when Dr. J. M. Gray M. O. EL,

Bir moved

amendment Tenth Festival, the 23rd anniver- Mr. William Henry Parley.

an

the

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the at

FLEMISH MOVEMENT

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The last swimming gala of the European Y.M.C.A was held last Page 10. night.

the

by since the Republic came into existence; years

which the quarrel with the statement that country has been the scene of China's women can hold their own

The Wing On Co., Ltd. announces some months in Peking

The entire crew of the City of many struggles, in the course of with their sisters in other coun-

that all the departments, of their close of last year and the spring'

their daughter Cambridge have been rescued by which many lives have

Hamburg, Oct. 3. store will be closed to business of this, when FEDERATION.

sacrificed and much money spent.

In many other respects, indus-

Page 10. At a demonstration of labour vo-transactions for one day, Bust- Dorothy Elizabeth was with them. HMS. Suffolk, and the vessel has lunteers held on Bunday after-ness will be transacted as usual Lady Kaye is the daughter of the been abandoned.

the London ADMISSION, $1.00, 50 Ots, & 30 Ots. Through it all one factor stands

prominent and that is the awaken-trially. agriculturally and

the following day, October Rev. T. Bryson of

Mission Tientsin (Including Tax).

ing of a national Consciousness to mercially, the country has made

rapid progress but to-day it might toon, attended by 25,000 workers, on

the State Secretary, Herr Hier, 11th. an extent which the country had

be well to dwell upon not what

declared that a universel compul- never seen before. Contact with the West has undoubtedly speeded has been done, but what can be

other countries, sory labour service is certain to be done. Like all the process. Particularly is this China has her own problems. The proclaimed in the near future as soon as Hitler felt that the right noticeable in the ease of education where it used to be the pride of principal one to-day is still, as it

was in the early days of the Re-moment has arrived. Hier sald scholars to imbibe the Chinese

will one day be regarded as just as classics, with the passing of the public, the question of unification "compulsory labour service for all of the country. There should be Civil Service examination as their one responsible authority at the much a matter of course 'as to- goal No longer is this the case

head of affairs and the nation (as day's universal compulsory educa- to-day. To the enlightened class,

a republic) should be allowed Lotion and will be looked upon just as much as the latter as a cultural the Chinese classics are gradually elect its own leaders. Perhaps the

the study 0: giving way to

time is not ripe for the franchise force."- medicine, science, engineering, and cther subjects. The very philo-to be granted to the farmer and Trantorean Kue Min.

the labourer, but it seems certain sophy taught by Confucius is being that until this comes about and analysed and compared with the

the leaders of the country are GRAF ZEPPELIN RETURNS philosophy of teachers from for-

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"The task with which the nation's pass it is on to those less fortun- ately situated among the nation's leaders is confronted is a huge, one, population. The gigantic task of and while drastic measures are educating the peasant, who forms adopted la respect of some of the the bulk of the population in country's ills, there are other China has begun. By teaching matters in which nothing but him a thousand essential charse education and enlightenment will ters, the farmer and the labourer bring about a change. Upon this senabled to read books, specially National Day, it is time to ease written to suit his imited vocabu- the cars for a while and took back lary, and knowledge with her upon the distance which has been ample page, rich with the spoils covered, and to sail forward with of time" is thus unfolded before renewed vigour and courage into his eyes. He is thus enabled to the future.

INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

"Select Committee Resumes

Deliberations

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

yan

China's National Day or

Double Tenth Festival, marking the 23rd anniversary of the Chinese Republic, will again be celebrated with greater enthusiasm to-day, not only in the Colony, but also Page ·7 in every part of China.

Brussels, Oct. 8. 3,500 delegates attended this year's "Dinaso" congress the London, Oct. 9. Flemish national "solidarity move- The Joint Select' Committee of ment-at Thielt on Sunday. The

Rugby playing members of the the Lords and Commons on Indian impression given by the speeches

"made by the leader of the move-Hong Kong Football Club are re- constitutional reform, which has

Severen and minded that the second trial been in recess since the end of July! ment. Joris

will concentrate its efforts in rain-ground "to-morrow. resumed its sittings this afternoon, others was that the movement match will take place on the Club when it was, further engaged in

ing the support of Belgium but; considering a final draft report.

will abandon for the moment, the The sittings will be continued almost daily until the work is for presentation. It is expected completed and the report is ready that it will be published in Novem-Transocean Kuo Min. :/ ber.

Fress" (Copyright.)] |--- [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

Friedrichshafen, Oct. 9. The airship Graf Zepplin re- arned on Tuesday forencon from British Wireless. this year's ninth trip to South America with nineteen passengers, malls and freight Proots of the Graf's increasing popularity as a means of transatlantic transports- tion is afforded by the fact that all America accommodation for this year's last

to Bouth Itwo trips

scheduled for Ocober 13 and 27 are already sold out. Numerous would- be passengers who are desirous of making reservations had to be

Transocean Buot in, turned back

deal of the greater Netherland State. The congress was attended by 500 recently dissolved militia

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Tanganyika Territory, and par- icularly of the rapid extension of reet mining, the Government of that territory has, with the con- currence of the Secretary for the Colonies, decided, with a view to GOLD MINING INDUSTRY

and securing more efficient IN TANGANYIKA

economical working, to undertake reorganisation, which includes a

ian for combining under More Efficient. Control

directión "the Departm London, Oct. 8.

Lands Mines, Survoys In view of recent developments Geological Survey in the gold mining industry in British Wireless