SOCKS
Diving right into this subject, never was a fuller` range or better value in Socks shown. Art Silk and Wool and "Jaeger" Wool are included at the
remarkable price of
$1.45
per pair
Two Remarkable
Values in Men's
1
Socks & Golf Hose.
GOLF HOSE
These like the Socks are made from selected yarns in plain as well as a large
assortment
designs.
of smart
"Jaeger"-plain Grey and Khaki
$2.75
per pair
FANCY DESIGNS
$3.75
per pair
We allow 10% Discount for Cash
All Sizes from 91" to 12"
Wm. POWELL, Ltd.
Specialists in Gentlemen's Wear
10, Ice House Street
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
LOST
PPLICATION has been made
A to the Company to issue a
duplicate Share Certificate in respect of 50 shares Nos 347471/347520 registered in the name of HO TSZE TAT, the original of which has been declared lost.
Notice is hereby given that if within 14 days hereof no claim or representation is made to the Co. the original certificate for the maid shares shall be deemed CANCELL ED and of NO EFFECT and that the Co., will then proceed to deal with such application. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD., Agenta, Hong Kong, 11th October, 1984.
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ship
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG. OCTOBER 12. 1634.
U.S. AIR ARM
Constant debate which sometimes. is featured with a tinge of bitter- ness has been going on in the United States since the World War regarding the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934.
INSULL TRIAL
BEGINS
Evidence of Share Transactions
Chicago, Oct. 10. Evidence that within B few weeks of the formation of the Corporation Securities Company, one of the Insul organisations. stock purchased by the company for $16,407,000 was written up to $45,500,000, was given at the trial of the former utilities magnate, Sarnuel Insull, to-day.
He and sixteen associates, in-" cluding his son, are charged with a vast series or frauds.
Mr. Van Lamont, former con- troller of the Bakey, Stuart Com- pany, the issuing house which acted for the Insull concern, gave evidence that 557,000 shares of the Middle
Com- West Utilities pany had been purchased for $13,000,000 and wiliter up to $30,- 000,000,
The same witness also testifled that at the time the Company was selling its stock to investors for $15 a share, purchasce were
being made on behalf of the Company itself at prices ranging
from 380 to $100 a share.- - Reuter.
TIN' COMMITTEE
DECISION
Advisory Panel To Be Formed
CORRESPONDENCE
[All letters intended for publi- sation must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, unless so desired. but as evidence of good faith-ED.]
On Horsemanship
(To the Editor, The "Hong Kong Daily Press"}
Sir-I give below a plece of Duetry, originally written on the back of a Race Programme, which was found out-side the Jockeys Room at Happy Valley after the last meeting.
I consider it to be not without merit, and therefore forward it you for publication.-I am, Sir,- Yours faithfully,
STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
(By NO QUARTER)
the
NEWS SUMMARY
The case in which William Gar- don Routley, & P.W.D. Land Balli is charged with the alleged assault, of Lam Yuet-fong a married wo- man of Po Kong Village, was re- sumed at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.
Page 6.
A rugby practice game took place at the Valley yesterday when a keenly contested encounter took place:
.Page 10%
Quite a stir should be caused in Racing circles news that Dr. Axel Aufgang, world-famous scientist and inventor, purposes to try his hand at the sport of kings. Up to date, however, Dr. Aufgang has not been unduly extravagant with his stable. He has bought one horse only, for which he paid the modest price of five dollars; he has given it the somewhat unusual name of Cellulose."
**The whole process of raking."; the people about that night at the yesterday while the University declared
"
And yet
the Doctor yesterday. Matshed" appears to me to be childishly Bugs' cheeks were burning. How simple. You buy a horse; you con- could Euphemia know? dition him until he can run faster (it "would mean her social ruin in than other horses He then wins | Peakside if people ever got to know. a race, for which you are given That Innocent prank, during the CHEEK-PIECE
money. That at all events is the water shortage, when she and to to the MG. Gymkhana to see principle on which I propose to Hobo had shared the Httle tin bath Journalist horsemen out of the
at the matshed.
VLADIMIR SADDLEONANOFT
spree,
Bouncing unsteadily, just like a
pea
W
on the tightly stretched skin of a
Drum.
Critics of jockeyship, it seems to
me,
Really should look in a mirror
see
all agree
Why, when they're cantering, we
That the word for the Tailpiece 18
"BUM.".
Hong Kong. Oct. 11.
The S. P. C. A.
(To the Editor, The “Hong Kong - Daily Press") ・・
work."
TRAINING
11
." Cellulose" is to receive a spectal course of feeding and training He is fed entirely on Seaweed and shavings. finely chopped wood Every hour he is injected with a broth made of Mucol and Peris-
termate of Sylophite-a process which is intended to make the horse courageous and determined. Dr. Aufgang himself intends to ride "Cellulose.". As he has not hitherto learned to ride, he is tak ing a course of 12 lessons from Mr. *Shifty" Laynes, the famous local jockey.
OUR SERIAL
PEAK CLUB GIRL
Dear Sir, The Annual Drive for financial support for carrying., on |-
(By Stephanie McBlurt) the work of the Hong Kong Society START HERE:-EUPHEMIA CAN for the Prevention of Cruelty to TERS, daughter of a wealthy Animals is being conducted this corset-manufacturer in Peakside, year" between the 10th and 20th disilkes and envies BUGS, BLUE- October and letters of Appeal have | BELL, a lovely orphan with no London, Oct. 10.
been sent to donors and subscrib-father and mother whose parents The International Tin Commit-
ers who have so kindly supported died before she was born. tee announces that participating
us in our work in the past.
They quarrel over HOBO countries in the tin. production
The General Committee fully ap- SCHWARTZ, a baseball star who restriction scheme have anim-
preciate that in these times of is disguised as a bank manager 'n ously agreed to the advisability of
universal trade depression it is in- order to get possession of the plans forming an advisory panel repre-deed most difficult for many peo-
senting the chief consuming coun- tries.
The advisory body would attend all Committee meetings at which subjects directly concerning their interests were to be discussed.
The panel will shortly be con- stituted.
The United States and the. Unit- ed Kingdom as the largest con- sumers of the commodity-will, of necessity, be represented on this panel- Iteuter.
squadrons may be taken that they accept this view. To go a little advisability. oback into history, Great" Britain maintaining an independent air force instead
realised the value of having an
ple in the Colony, although keenly desirous of helping all deserving causes, to meet the various calls that are now made upon their charity, and especially at this sea- son of the year. It is felt conf- dent, however, from past experience that those who are interested in the welfare of animals will do their
occasion.
utmost again to give the Society their fullest support on this No work like ours can advance. or even continue, with- out generous support from public.
the
One cannot publish in a letter many detalls connected with the problem of cruelty to animals but it might briefly be mentioned that at presen, the Society maintains
two whole time European Inspec-
tors who, in addition to various attached to the army and navy
of two auxiliaries Independent air force long ago and
other duties, are in charge of the It was during the world war that Dogs' Home; (The construction of respectively. As in all matters they let this idea, which they had
our new Dog's Home .at Kowloon there are two schools of thought nursed for so long, develop. In
is now neating completion) pa- and it is interesting to note that America, however. Hittle or no at-
trol streets; visit premises where Mr. N. D Baker's special aviation|iention was paid to aviation by the animais, poultry and birds are committee, requested by President regular Army officers until 1919-kept; visit ships carrying live- Roosevelt to investigate the matter. an even then it was looked upon stock; visit wharves and supervise has decided against the indepen- as an auxiliary arm. Soon they the landing of cattle etc... and dent air force. It has been stated began to accept dying as a valu-
areas where poultry are unloaded that a large number of Americans able method of prosecuting the from lorries. Much of the work of prefer not to concern themselves war and made the lot of aviation
the Inspectors is of an educational IN THE GOODS or HAR BY In military matters, but as long as, officers relatively happy. The nature as the Society does not as JOHNSON, LATE or 37, the nations do not provide other American Army has, since those à rule undertake any prosecutions BENETS ROAD, HORNCHURCH, means of defences while citizens dark days, seen old antagonisms except in serious cases of cruelty
TEI COUNTY OF £853X,
ingrained until to-day a wide rift or where advice and warnings have ENGLAND, WIDOWER, DECEASED, are paying for arms, then natural-
ly they will look and see if the separates air service officers from } been disregarded. arms. provided are good enough those of the other departments. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
Mr. Barker's committee seeks to that the Court has, by virtue of for the purposes for which they Section 58 of Frobates Ordinance were bought. And so far as the overcome this situation by the 1897, made an order limiting the time air force is concerned, it has long rather novel method
of having for Creditors and others to send in their since developed into a matter of officers interchange their duties, claims against the above estate to the great public interest as to what that is to say air officers shall take ors DAY of NOVEMBER, 1834 kind of air force the United States their share of duty with the ground All Creditors and others are accord-shall have. The answer has conté, forces and vice-versa. The hope ingly hereby required to send their and as the committee was made up
was expressed that this will be a claims to the undersigned on or before of regular army officers belonging move in the right direction, but that date.
to the orthordox school of tactles, the two forces. - are
totally their decision against an inde- different that it might be ques- pendent air unit was not altogether toned: Better still would be a unexpected though it leaves out of change in the mental attitude of account certain tactical decisions. the army's officers. for it is felt On the other hand, Europe in
that either the existing system or general, has accepted a❤new con-
an independent air force could be cept of aerial warfare, and this carried out just as smoothly if the plan, called the Drouhet theory.army officers would cast prejudices directs attacks from the air on
nside and try to understand the only two objects big cities and air officers' views. Miltary Aerodromes. Further the
Dated the 11th day of October, 1931.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Administratrices, Prince's Building.
Ice House Street, :"
Hong Kong.
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- NETHERLANDS INDIAN
SANDALWOOD:
GOVERNMENT SALE BY TENDEE AT KOEPANG, TIMOR,
AD. E. Lan
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81ar, 1934,
A 10 A.M, 4
of 700 (seven hundred) piouls of Sandalwood in five lots of different "qualities as per samples.
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The Barker. committee recom; idea is to strike the moment warmends doubling the number of is declared and its acceptance carries with it only one conclusion. army planes. If the proposal were it makes an independent air force logical.
Moving as they do at the rate of some 200 miles per hour, modern bombing fleets are looked upon to cause an almost immediate collapse For particulars and opportunity to of morale behind the lines. By inspect sampion please apply person this means it is hoped to bring ally or by lester in duplicate to the war to a rapid conclusion and Netherlamis 1 Coumulate General Great Britain's recent announce Hong Kong (Asistio Building, 8th ment to the effect that they are Ploor, Queen's Road, Central) increasing their air force by the [3822 formation of forty-one additional
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The faimer, the slaughter man and an engaged in any way in the livestock trade produce only what is required to meet our demands and therefore we each have a shai. of responsibility in the work of ensuring that our Agents' at least act in a humane manner.
The support of everyou: in the Colony interested in tin lfare fu
[You won't miss next week's in- stalment, because there won't be one. I'm sick of all the silly people and so are you?
NATURE JOTTINGS
Two fresh records were set at. the V.R.C. Annual Aquatic Sports
created a surprise by winning the team race from the VRC. Pagė 10-
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The hearing of the appeal: Egainst the sentence of death passed on Ng Loi Yuen, was con- tinued yesterday, when Mr. J. A. Fraser addressed the Court on Be- half of the Crown.
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The Helena May Institute Wix- ter Concert Season is opening on: Thursday, October 25, with a pro- gramme of unique interest. Prac- tically the entire programine will
Now that October is with us, the be sustained by "The Hong Kong leaves are ripening on bush and Bingers a newly-formed body of bough, and everywhere can be vocalists under the conductorship heard the melliduous note of the of Mr. J. Anderson, L.R.A.M lesser pied Slurker, better known. as the Gudget. As Shakespeare so happily puts it
"Ah! Gudget! With what tender note," etc. ...
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