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Dr. D. K. Samy was elected Chairman for the ensuing year by the Hong Kong University Gradu- ates Association yesterday.

The first endeavour is to prevent the raiding squadrons from reach- ng the interior of a country. The suggestion has been put forward in some quarters that a barrage of captive balloons might be laid TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN down at a height of between 15,000 that the Ordinary Yearly and 18,000 feet. Such a balloon Meeting of Shareholders will be held barrage certainly did form part of in the Office of the Company, 2, the air defences of London in the Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on last war. Each balloon was joined Monday, 25th March, 1995, at Noon, to its neighbour by a horizontal for consideration of the Directors' cable, and from the cables hung a "Report and Statement of Accounts close curtain of thin vertical wires. for the year ending 31st December, Any aeroplane running into the 1994.

barrage stood a good chance, of [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

·Freas" (Copyright):) wrapping the fine wires round - its propeller and crashing. No 'plane.

Oslo, Mar. 12.

London, March 13. however, was ever brought down New land in the Antarctic has

A memorandum containing a by it, though. It is thought to have been discovered by the Norwegian

scheme for tackling the unemploy had a useful deterrent effect in whaler "Thorshavn between 73

According to a report from the ment question in Britain which special areas. But balloons are not and 80 degress East Longitude Hopel Provincial Department of believed to be capable of being and 69, degrees South Latitude in Finance,

kinds of Mr. Lloyd George has been in raised in this manner to great the section designated as "Ender- exorbitant levies and miscellaneous vited to submit to the Cabinet is Beights. The effective limit in the by quadrant.". The captain of taxes amounting to $300,000 per nearly complete and is expected last war was about 9,000 feet, but the Thorshavn hoisted a Norwegian month are to be abolished this to be in the hands of he Ministers bombing to-day may be done from Bag on the land and made a rum-. month. The abolition or main at the end of the week. It is LONDON AND EDINBURGH heights up to 20,000 feet. Further, ber of photographs which show tenarice of another group of taxes understood that the memorandum once a high-fying raider judged the lang to be partly ice-covered will be decided at a meeting of will probably be made public in himself to be over the balloon and partly barren.

The Shire Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 18th to 25th March, 1935, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

E. COCK,

Chief Manager. [3329 Hong Kong, 12th March, 1986.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION. IN THE GOODS OF ALEXANDER JAMES MACGREGOR DRYSDALE, LATE OF SUMMER- LEE ELMETSAD HOLD, WEST BYFEST IN THR COUNTY OF SURREY ENGLAND, DECKÁNED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1897, made as order limiting the time for Creditors and others to send in their claims against the shove cstale to the 428 DAY of APRIL, 1935,

All Creditors and others are accord ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date. R

Dated the 7th day of March, 936. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER Folicitors for the Executors & Trustees

Prince's Building,

Ice House Street,

HorrKore.

THE HONGKONG FIRE INSUR

ANCE COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE

The

apron, he would, naturally, be tree The new discovery proves the to descend to lower levels to bomb.existence concecting the land be

suggestion, however, may tween King Leopold, Queen Astrid Drove to be a profitable approach and Lars Christensen's lands and to the problem. If such an artifi- the new territory has been named HE Sixty-sixth Ordinary cial frontier could be perfected "Ingrid Christensen's Land" after

General Meeting of Share each nation would be afforded the the wife of

the owner of the holders will be held at the Offices of one effective form of aly defence steamer.— the undersigned on Friday, the 28th which did not threaten any other Transocean Kun Min. March, 1935, at Noon, for the pur-country's security. pose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1984.

The Share-Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 18th to the 29th March, 1985, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. LTD. General Managers, TEX HONG KONG FIZE INSURANCE Co., Tan Hong Kong, 8th March, 1985.

NEW POST FOR GENERAL HUANG MO SUNG

NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER CONSTRUCTION

Nanking, March 13,

The Admira The Central Political Council has subject appointed General Huang Mo Sung tain sa chairman of the Mongolian for Tibetan Affairs Commis succession to Mr. Bhin

who has resigned

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Yang stru pan

EXCESSIVE HOPE TAXES TO BE ABOLISHED

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

Tientsin, March 4.

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the Provincial Department of due course after Government have. Finance to be held shortly.had an opportunity to express an

opinion on its proposals- China United Prese (by mail),

British Wireless.

TAYUN RETAKEN FROM THE REDS

Hankow, March 13. After severe battles, which have lasted for the past several days, Hunanese troops have finally cap- tured the city of Tayun, in North- west Hunan according to reports from General Ho Chien, Chairman London, March 13,

decided, of the Hunan Provincial Govern- of cer- ment

the hands of contractTarun has been

Lung rovided the Communists, under

dard com

for naveral. Laird Com the Lay-city of the

the North-west <["HID Reuter

itediterritory;

ANOTHER BATTLESHIP FOR FRANCE

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Ten men were charged before the Kowloon Magistracy with de- manding money with menaces.

Page 6 After hearing evidence they were discharged.

DAILY AIR SERVICE

London, March 13.. A dally air service between Lon- don and Edinburgh via Leeds and Newcastle-on-Tyne will be oper- ated from the beginning of next month by the North-Eastern Air- days. The company proposes to use airspeed "Envoy bi-motor aeroplanes and in view of their cruising speed of about 150 miles per hour, the journey between, Paris March, 13.

Heston airport, on the outsnirts of Government proposes to build a London and the terminus in Scot- second 35,000-ton battleship after land is expected to take two, and January 1937 In addition to the three quarter hours including in- one already voted. The Govern-termediate stops,

ment states that it has shown a The return fare between Lond desire to keep within the extreme and Edinburgh will be ten por limit allowed by the Washington and the single fare five pou Treaty but other, signatories have fourteen shillings, both already laid down vessels of this offround transport centre or cities and REN displacement