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the Among the arrivals on Rampura yesterday" from England WAS Brigader-General F. " D. Hammond who has come to China to examine and advise upon the Chinese railway system. Page 7

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Canton, May 1. Six members of the American Economic Mission, beaded by MP

are stationed overseas. Particular The Raub "Australian Gold Min- Cameron Forbes, former American interest lles in the provision to ing Co., Ltd., state that the output Ambassador Enquiries at the Royal Obser-

to Japan, arrived coastal defence air forces of the for the four weeks ended April-20, vatory elicited the news that noth-here at 845 am yesterday aboard new Gloster-Gauntlet fighting 1935 amounted to 1,208,42 ounces. ing definite was known about the the place "Tukien" of the China plane claimed to be the fastest alleged tremor and until the National Aviation Corporation air craft in the world and the first One case of diphtheria, one of recording on the seismograph was

from Shanghai via Wanchow. with air-cooled engine to reach enteric fever and one of cerebro- developed this afternoon it would chow, Amoy, and Swatow. 230 miles an hour fully loaded. spinal, fever were reported for the not be possible to state whether Among those who met them at the It can climb 10,000 feet in four 24 hours ended on April 30, there had been a quake or not.

landing place were Messra, Chow minutes.

As is usual in such instances, the poorer classes of the Chinese

Hok-tong (representative of the The present re-equipment Provincial Government), Wu Pak normal and is not due to any of the expansion programme, but it is extensive scale than has been the Luk proceeding on a somewhat more

practice in recent years British Wireless.

City

sheng (representative community "afred" their optalons The TRANSFER BOOKS of the capitals in providing. With the freely. One pessimistic, old gen-Ming-1 (representative of the

Municipal Government), Company will be OLOSED from 8 h opening.however, of the Metro man said that the quake was a MAY to 24th MAY, Both Days politan Folice Laboratory at Hen- warning that much. evil was in Special Delegate of the Ministry of inclusive.

don, this defect will in a large store for Hong Kong as the Dragon Foreign Affairs), and Hung Shiu-

of "the hong (Chairman measure, be remedied. As a mat~ | who, as legend tells is asleep, un-

Chamber of Commerce). ter of routine, that big institution," { "derground, must have felt annoyed

The mission called on the Scotland Yard, will have at its at something and "wagged his

Southwest Political Council at 10.30 am. They were received by General Chung-jen and Mr. Chow Lu, members of the Stand- ing Committee of the Council. At 10:40 am, the visitors called on

By Order of the Board;

A. W. HUGHES, General Hong Kong, 30th April, 1935,

for a branch of criminal investiga-

Manager.disposal, the necessary equipment tall" as a sign of his displeasure.

SUCCESSOR TO EVANS

OF THE BROKE

[8487 tion, the need for which grows with every opportunity the con- ditions of modern life offer the

Road Central, designated "Asiatic BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE Building", will be known, "SHELL HOUSE".

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THE BRITISH LEGION

HONG KONG & CHINA BRANCH

A

N' invitation has been extended to all members of the Hong Kong Branch of the British Legion, to be present at the Official Service of Thanksgiving for the King's Silver Jubilee, to be held in St. John's Cathedral, on 6th, May, 1935, at 10

am,

G.

་

THOMSON & CO.,

Secretaries.

(890

R.

ALE of Old Clarkson patent Thimble Tube Boilers, Naw in

1929.

(Working pressure 100 lbs. per sq. inch-Heating surface 2 in No

sq. ft. and I in No.1000 sq. ft. complete with fittings and drawinga).

All compressor, Dirty Special

stores.

COMPANY, LTD. (IXOURPORATED IN HONG Kora)

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

offender against Society. There. is, of course, not the slightest.. suggestion that the work of the laboratory will be such that it will bring about any immediate ad- vance in the detection of crimè,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN but the fact remains that at the

that the SIXTY-NINTH laboratory the Police will be great ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING ly assisted in their work to trace of the Company will be held at its any clue which may be impossible HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, without the employment of science, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 24th In an analogous way, the wireless MAY, 1985, at 11.25 am., for the has proved to be a better friend purpose of reseiring the Raport of to the law than to those who the Directors and the Statements of violate it as compared to the motor Account to 81st December, 1934, and car which gave the criminal a of declaring Dividend, etc.

decided advantage. The outstand-

London, May 1 His Majesty the King has ap- proyed the appointment of Rear- Admiral Tottenham to be Com- mander-in-Chief OI the Africa

HEAVY SENTENCE IN SWEDEN

ispecial to "Hong Kong Daily Press”) (By Talagraph, Copyright, Tais

Chairman Lin Yuen-kai at the graphis Messages Urdinance, · · 1894-

Received, May 1, 7.30 p.) Provincial Government hall, and then on Mayor Liu Chi-wen,” and Dr. Kan Chia-hou at the Mundet. pal Government Building and the office of the Special Delegate of

famous as "Evans of the Broke" respectively. Admiral Sir R. G. R. Evans, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a member of Scott's An tarcile Expedition which he com- manded after Scott's death.

Station in succession to Vice-

In

destroyer Broke which sank and defeated six German destroyers, dritish Wireless.

1917 he was in command of the

AERIAL DEFENCES OF SINGAPORE

London, May 1.

It is learned that as a result of the recent official investigations in the Far East, the organization of the aerial defences of Singapore will be expedited. Details are not available:

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the | ing: application of science to the Company will be CLOSED from Sth | detection of crime is in finger- MAY to 24th MAY, Both Daysprints but there have been some inclusive

well-known cases which indicate By Order of the Board,

the sort of work which are more suitable to the new laboratory. It A. W. HUGHES,

will be recalled in the Podmore General Manager. case that the murderer left on the Hong Kong, 30th April, 1985, scene of the crime a leaf from a notebook, which, in the hands of the photographic expert paved the

The question or sending two ad- Way to damning evidence while ditional squadrons to Singapore, those guilty of the murder of P.C. making a total of five squadrons, is Gutteridge were convicted, partly now being considered, as also the by the identification of a cartridge question of forming an and this identification would not squadron have been brought about had Heuter, science not lent a hand in the

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THE CANTON INSURANCE'

OFFICE LTD."

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

Stockholm, May 1. The former Chamberlain to the Royal Swedish Court. Baren Mills Frederick Stjeramtedt was sen tenced to Ave years' penal serv! tude, ordered to pay damages and declared unit to be clothed as an officer or charges of defalcation

GERMAN SUBMARINE

CONSTRUCTION .

(Special to the “Hong, Kong Daily, Freas")

At-4.30 p.m., Dr. Kan gave a tea party in the Naval Club in honour of the mission. More than 300 of funds

were Mr. guests were present among whom Transocean Kun din.

Chow Lu, Mayor” Liu Chi-wen, bankers, leading mer chants, professors of the Sun Yat- sen University, the whole. Ameri- can community': in Canton, and Bir William Hornell (Vice Chan- cellor of the Hong Kong Univer- Bity).

By" Telegraph, Copyright, Tels- At 7 in the evening. the dis-graphie Messages Ordinance 1894 tinguished visitors were guests of Received, May 1, 440 p}} honour at a dinner party given. by

Paris, May 1. Chairman Lin Yuen-kai and Mayor

The Foreign Minister, M. Laval. Liu Chi-wen at the Municipal Re- yesterday received the British ception House, ---

Ambassador, Bir George Clerk, Central Pres.

and it is reported in political quarters that the reason for the British envoy's call was to ascer tain the French omcial point of View regarding Germany's nonocement of her intention to build submarines.

"SHOOTING AFFRAY IN FRANCE

[Special zo. "Hong Kong Daily Pressɔ

(Bp. Telegraph," Copyright,

Tata

Mineral oil, Lead old. Battery plate,H HE Fifty-fourth Ordinary} investigations, «

|| traphic||_|_Massages Ordinance; 1894 Canvas Whito old, Canvas Tubing General Meeting of Sharehold It is not, however, with the old, Iron and Steel old, Anchors, era will be held at the Offices of the spectacular that the laboratory

so will the certainty of routine | Received, May 1. 7.30 p.m.) scientific examination of the truces |---

Paris, May 1. Firewood, Lorival Containera, undersigned on Wednesday, the 22nd will be normally concerned in its of crime begin to act as one more The first act of violence in the Tenders are invited up to the May, 1985, at Noon, for the purpose day-by-day routine so that those deterrent to offence. This is one current campaign for the forth- 9/5/35 for the purchase of the above of receiving the Report of the who think of crime in terms of of the parts of the net of the law coming municipal elections_oc- General Agents, together with a clubs will not be disappointed if which will not spread in sight ofcurred last night in the work- Particulars and conditions of sale, statement of Accounts for the year they were to look elsewhere, for the the bird. The criminal may be men's quarters at Baguolet where permita to view, and copies of tender ended the 81st December, 1984. forms may be obtained on application The Share Register and Transfer romance of detection. The tradi-grown wary of leaving the manifest a group of Communists attempt- to the Naval Store Officer, H. M. Books will be CLOSED from the 5th of Scotland Yard is ons of bloodstain or finger-print behinded, to break up a Socialist meat Dockyard, Hong Kong

to the 22nd May, 1895, both days work as unobtrusive as it is him; he can hardly be so sure that ing after they had been refused

thorough, and it will accord well he has not left, or brought away admitt inclusives.

with the respectable lineage in with him on his person or clothes. In the shooting afray that fol- Lcriminology of the miscroscope something else which to the an lowed, one poll

man and several and test tube. As the methods of known ources of police, pulence ersons ere more or less serious- collaboration between the outside wild tell the story 18488mvestigators become established, plainly.

The stores can be inspected during working hours.

JARDINE, MATHESON&Co.,

General Agents.

Tender will be received in the office, of the Naval Store Officer, HM, Dockyard, Hong Kong, sp to Noon Hong Kong, 1st May, 1985. 18162 on 9th May, 198

The report adds that the Bri- tish envoy in Rome likewise sounded the Italian government Transocean. Kuo Min

for

GERMAN AMERICAN

TREATY

Approximately 2000 pieces of ex- hibits from the primary students of 30 schools of the Colony are Hong Kong Frimary Schools Arts being on display at the 3rd Annual

and Handicrafts Exhibit commenc- ing May 2 to the 5th inclusive at the Chinese YMCA.

[⠀ The offlelal rate of the Hong Kong dollar showed an advance of aths on opening yesterday, the quotation. being 28 51d. The bust- ness rate was 25. 544. sellers and 28. 51d. buyers, with the market quite firm. In London, silver prices ad- vance the spot and 11/16ths for- ward. India bought, while China operated both ways the market closing steady,

Sixteen medical graduates en- gaged in anti-malarial work, and fourteen professory and doctors, including three of the greatest

malariologista, are attending the second international course in malariology, which opened on April 25, at the King Edward VII, College of Medicine, Bingapore, and will conclude on June 22.

RED THREAT TO YUNNANFU

Peiping, May 1

A message from Yunnanfu states that the majority of foreign Women and children evacuated the

city by train to Halphong yester day morning, the rest following as soon as possible.

The Red vanguard is now report ed to be 15 miles northeast of Yunnanfu with Nanking troops in

close pursuit

The wife of one of the American consular ometals hus evacuated and the omeals themselves are reparted to be ready to evacuate with archives in the event more serious emerge Reuter.

TRIAL AT OLD BAILEY

London, May 1

Mrs,” Rattenbury and her chaut- her, have been committed

their triad at

Washington May 1 Negotiations have been opened new German-American treaty of friendship and com- merce to replace the existing | Teur treaty expiring on October 14. It is understood that the new treaty, will not include the most favour- of nation clause. Reuter