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FROM THE GAZETTE

Appointments Ete

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The following are extracts from the current lasue of the "Govern- ment Gazette":-

It is notified that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Gov- ernment under instrucions re- ceived from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has appointed Mr. John Bernard Prent's to be a Junior Legal Officer. Mr. Prentis La also appointed to act as Assistant Land Officer and Deputy Registrar of Marriages.

His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell to be an Unofficial Member of the Legis- lative Council, vice Mr. C. GS. Mackie, resigned.

His Excellency the Officer Aa-

GOVERNMENT

HOUSE

Sunday, 14th July,

Me, and Mrs, L. Dunbar, Mr. N. E.. Young, M.C., and Mr. L W. B.. Teeling lunched at Mountain Lodge.

Monday, 15th July Mr. L. W. B. Teeling left Moun- His Excellency presided at the tain Lodge and sailed for Manila,

Annual General Meeting of the 530 p.m. Hong Kong Football Association at

Lady Southorn was the guest of Lady MacGregor at 2 Bridge Partv

Tuesday, 16th July

Lady Southern received Mrs. C. J. Church in the morning.

Wednesday, 17th July His Excellency received Captain D A. Hudgen, R.N., H.MS. "Capt. town who remained to lunch.

In the afternoon His Excellency

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1935.

OFFICIAL TO

· RETIRE

Mr. G. D. Lambert

To-morrow, with the departure of Mr. Charles Douglas Lambert Chler Mechanical Engineer of the British Section of the Kowloon

pror to redrement, the Govern- Canton Rallway, who goes on leave

iment will be losing a most efficient and valued servant. Accompanied by his wife. Mr. Lambert is leaving the Colony aboard the 3.5. Ti- badak" for Home via Bal, Java, Australia, New Zealand the Panama Canal, Havana and Jamaica- tip which takes five

months to complete.

Mr. Lambert who holds the rank of Major in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, and Ordnance Mechanical Engineer of the In- stitute of Transport and of the

received Mr. Midzusaws, Consul Institute of Locomotive Engineers.

General for Japan,"

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Thursday, 18th July

His Excellency presided at

£

ministering the Government has meeting or the Executive Council been pleased to appoint the fol- in the morning. lowing officers to be omcial Jus- tices of the Peace:-Mr. Ernest James Edwards and Mr. Andrew Todd Hamilton.

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A draft B which may be ct- ed as the False Personation Or- dinance. 1935. will come before the Legislative Council at its next sitting.

The Bill reads in part:

Later His Excellency received representatives at the Press.

Captain W. J. R. Cragg, AID.C.

on benau of His Excellency return- ed the call of Captain D.A. Budgen. R.N., on board E.M.S. "Capetown"..

Lady Southorn gave a tea party

at

Government House for the Committee Members and helpers of the Women's International Club.

Mr. M.

Friday. 19th July

Young. M.C, arrived at

Saturday, 20th July". Mr. N. E Young, M.C.. left Moun- tuin Lodge.

Every person who falsely and deceitfully, personates any person, or the hair; executor.or adminis- ‡ Mountain Lodge. trator, wife, widow, next of kin or relatom of any person, with in- tent fraudulendy to obtain any land, estate, chattel, money, valu- able security or property, shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof, liable to imprisonment for lire,

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A new Bill which may be cited as the Falsification of Documents Ordinance, 1935, will come before the Legislative Council for its first reading at their next sitting.

GRAVE CHARGE

Against Two Soldiers

A charge of manslaughter was on Saturday preferred against Pri- vate Cyril Crompton and Private

The Bull reads in part: Every person who, being a clerk or servant or employed or acting In the capacity of a clerk or ser- George Chapman of "C" Company, vant, with intent to defraud- the Lincolnshire Regiment, station- destroys, alters, mutilates er fal-ed at Shamshuipo, before Mr. E. sifies any book, paper, writing. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon valuable security or account be- Magistracy. The charge arose out longing to or in the possession or of the death of Haida Khan, an power of his master or employer ex-police guard, of No. 7 Police or received by him for or in the Station in Shanghai Street on Fri- name or on behalf of his master day afternoon. or employer; or

makes or concurs in making any false entry, or omits, alters or con- curs in omitting or altering any material particular in any such book or any document or account, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and on conviction thereof liable to Imprisonment for any. term not exceeding seven years.

Sealed tenders in triplicate, which should "be clearly marked "Tender for. New Marker, Wan- chal," will be received at the Co- lonial Secretary's office until noon on Tuesday, August 6,

The work consists of the erec- ron of a steel framed and con-

An application was made Li court by Second Lieutenant P. G. Wormell as representative of the Lincolnshire Regiment to the effect that he had been instructed to ask that the defendants be return ed to military custody and he would also guarantee their safe return to court.

Born on April 5. 1885 son of Dr W. O Lamerbt J.P., M.D., LA.CP. L.R.C.S., Mr. Lambert frst came to

Hong Kong in November 1910 when

CHINA'S EXCHEQUER

A Banking Dilemma

(Special Air Mail Service London, July 2.

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tries are not considering the pro- The tightness of money which is vision of money to prevent a col- apparent in certain parts of China lapse resulting from financial over-

other treaty ports in a lesser deform, and thus to promote its affects Shanghai in particular and Government to reconstruct and re- does not apply in the interior but optimism, but to assist the Chinese

of silver in Shanghai developed be deemed advisable to accord for- gree. The abnormal accumulation stability. Nevertheless, it might overconfidence by providing a basis eign help as an insurance against such a crisis as would invite inter- vention "either jointly by the Pow- ers or singly by the Power which

for

Various enterprises were able to a larger volume of credit.

borrow freely and extend their Operations. The ease with which money could be invested in real estate led to a great development in that business, and the result to-- day is that Shanghat is much over-

built.

Meanwhile the trade on which has become greatly reduced, with the prosperity of Shanghai depends the natural effect on the spending power of the population. The new buildings therefore are partly un- necupled and more tenants are

he was appointed acting Locomo- tive Superintendent of the Kow-kely to leave unless rents are sub- loon-Canton Railway In 1916, he

was seconded for military service

;

stantially lowered to ault the

puckets of the many whose incomes are reduced or have vanished alto- gether through unemployment, The banks, foreign and Chinese. have been freely financing con- struction for business and re large balances of silver, and are. sidential purposes out of their

now faced with a slump in values

regards itself as predominantly re- sponsible for the well-being of China.

GOVERNMENT CONTROL Government and banks are sore- y feeling the tightness of money.

ments for the continued excess of yet, failing a foreign loan, pay- foreign imports will have to be

made. But the Government is de- termined to maintain the stocks of allver, and in order to do so may have to take a further step leading "ture managed currency, an expedi-

In the Great War, being given a commission as full Lleutenant Ord- nance Mechanical Engineer. After attending 2. course on gunnery at the Ordnance College, Wool- wich, he was in October, 1918 appointed OM.E. Northern Com- mand on coast defence and anti-which compels them to endeavoured companies in which the Govern aircraft guns at the Headquarters, collect from mortgagors. Tynemouth Castle.

WAR KECORD

the British Expeditionary Force, Mr. Lambert was transferred Home from France in December, 1918 and appointed acting Chief Ord- Dance Mechanical Engineer to the Northern Command.

The

ent for which the financial organi

ation of the country is ill ätted. Fear of future developments has affected public confidence, and it is surprising that the Government has risked an access of this feeling by arbitrarily taking over control of the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, both register-

ment had only a small holding. The official explanation. is that as the banks had not sumcient capital to assist industrial concerns to weather the present depressed con- ditions the Government considered it necessary to provide more capital

But properties cannot be sold even at a heavy loss because there are no buyers while there is uncertainty in the financial outlook. banks therefore find a large pro- portion of their funds tied up, and the consequence is extreme tight-by giving each bank bonds of a new ness of money.

to

loan issue which is not at present to be put on the market. "Simul- taneously Mr. Chang Kia Ngau was given a new appointment which he has so far declined to accept- while Mr. Li Ming, another highly trusted banker, has been replaced

In November. 1916. Mr. Lambert went to France as QME, to the Fifth Corps, Fifth Army, being in charge of repairs to all classes of field guns. He was promoted Cap- tain in 1917 and appointed 0/0 Stege Artillery, upkeep and repairs,

BOND REDEMPTION, In the same Corps. He was in the There are two separate aspects or Fifth Army retreat on the Somme the financial question. These are in the spring of 1918, and in July the difficulties of the Government of that year was promoted Major in finding suficient revenue and O/C Railway Mounted Gun cover expenditure and to proceed Workshop at Calals, where he had with reconstruction and reform.. as chairman of the Bank of China charge of erection, upkeep, repairs and those of the banks in Shang- by Mr. T. V. Soong, formerly "the and calibration of all guns on rail-hal whose investments have de-Minister of Finance. Way mountings for the whole of clined in value and would decrease This manoeuvre startled all the much further if they tried to put Chinese banks since it shows that mortgaged property on An un the Government is prepared, when responsive market. The Chinese it thinks it, to take control of banks are the principal holders of their affairs and of their resources Government domestic bonds, of regardless of the wishes of the which nearly $1,000,000,000 are cut-

shareholders. The Chinese banks, standing. They also have notes in it should be said, have been the "circulation to the face value of mainstay of the National Govern- nearly $400,000,000. Against these ment since its establishment, sup- they hold 60 per cent, in silver, and porting loan lasues and making ad- the balance in securities, and it is

vances to meet requirements. of great importance that they shall banks lately have become, for ob- continue to hold sufficient silver ions reasons, decidedly cautious and that the value of their securi- about additional financing, but have been unable to avoid comply- ing with the demands made upon them. It was the banks that stood out for official assurances that there was no intention to devalue the currency or to adopt some kindred expedient, and the fact that the Government has now as- sumed control of two of the biggest of these institutions, and forced. into retirement two of the leading

In November, 1919, Mr. Lambert returned to Hong Kong and re- sumed his position on the railway as Locomotive Superintendent. He proceeded to the United States on behalf of the Hallway in 1921 to superintend the building of mail motor coaches, and in 1923 he was appointed Chief Mechanical En-ties be maintained. gineer, a post which he has held

ever since.

DESIGNED ENGINES Oojecting to this application Mr. Lambert, who is the last of Prosecuting Officer Detective In- the original staff of the British spector A. 3. W. Dorling said that Section of the Kowloon Canton banks depend on the Government charge was a of a very serious na-Rallway, has played a leading part tuże. ·

FORMAL REMAND

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The credit of the Government depends upon the regular redemp tion of the domestic bonds, which is now proceeding at the rate of over $100,000,000 annually. The

to maintain redemption, which en- In the development of the technt-ables them to keep their notes re- cal side of this Government under- serves intact and to finance trade. taking. It is worthy of mention With the Government hard up for

have so successfully been employ ed in hauling the fast expresses to he assisted in the construction of Canton. Whlie at Home in 1929,

The

Lt. Wormel then said that the that he designed the engines which revenue, and much of the money bankers, has been interpreted as

objection of the Officer in Com- mand, and also of the Head Quar- ters of the China Command, was.

crete building, with brick walls, that they thought that men in the and includes two stories and a King's Uniform should not be in a basement.

triplicate,

Sealed tenders In which should be clearly marked.

"Tender for supplying and lay- ing Patent Roofing at The New Central British" School, Kowloon," wil be received at the Colonial Secretary's office until noon on Monday July 29.

The work consists in supplying felt and patent roofing and lay- ing in bitumen on the flat con- crete roofa.

·

It is notified that the name of

the Man Kwok Weaving Mills Com pany, Limited, has been struck off the Register.

The "Gazette" contains full de- tails of the revised traffic regula tions.

The following is the table for Sunrise and sunset in Hong Kong for August, 1935.

Date.

August 1

Bunrise.

civil gaol.

these trains.

Mr. Lambert has figured largely He has been a member of the art- In the social life of the Colony.

Mr. Wynne Jones then said that he agreed with Inspector Dorling and thought that the men could be permitted to change into civilian clothes before going to prison,

At this stage a short adjournong Kong Flying Club, whilst as

ment was given for the officer to get in touch with his Commanding Officer and tell him of the magis- trate's "decision. When he return- ed he said that is had been decided that it would be all right if the men were permitted to change "heir clothes.

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At Inspector Dorling's request the defendants were remanded in civil custody for seven days.

At the Central Magistracy on Saturday Mr. Q. A A: Macfadyen sentenced Lo Tu, aged 21, to three months hard labour for the theft to the value of $24 from Yeung To, of a suit case containing clothing

at No. 195 Des Voeux Road Central

Automobile, Assoc'ation and of the ginal Committee of the Hong Kong

of the banks frozen, a foreign loansbowing the 'Intention of the Gov- would ease the situation and give ́ernment to pursue an independent readjustments. But foreign coun- opposition. time, and funds, for the necessary financial policy "untrammelled by

AN ENJOYABLE CONCERT

THE JAPANESE ADMIRAL

Admiral 8. Shimomura, com- manding the 5th Destroyer 'Equadron of the Japanese Imperial

2. Committee member of the Royal At Club de Recreio Navy, is expected to return from

Hong Kong Golf Club for many years he rendered invaluable ser- vices.

h's services he was made a Life Quite recently in recognition of Member of the Club,

Mr. Lambert holds the General Service and Victory Medals for ser- ice in the European War, and was recently awarded the King's Silver Jubilee Medal.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

An unemployed Chinese male, Chan Tai, residing at No. 11, Tal wan Street East, attempted to take verandah of the above address, but his own life by Jumping on the

he only managed to injure him half, and was taken to the Gay- ernment Civil Hospital immediate-

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SLAUGHTER "HOUSE, ACCIDENT

Maeso, aboard the "Saga" to-day, after spending the week-end in the Portuguese port.

There was a good attendance, at Portuguesa of Hong Kong at theed that later to-day. Admiral the opening concert of the. Lige

The "Daily Press" is also triform-

Club de Recreio, King's Park yes- Shimomuro will be leaving Hong terday, when a varied and interest Kong aboard his flagship. the ing programme was offered. Br. A "Tatsuta" in continuation of the Brilhante Laborinho, the Portu usual annual cruise by the Japanese guese Consul was among those Navy of ports in the China seas. present, which included Mr The "Bagn" in the meantime Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jnr. De will stay here for a further two B. de Sousa, Captain A. Xavier, Mr. days sating for Canton J. Graca, Mr. M. Carvalho, Mr. D Wednesday, where she will resume Lopes, Mr. V Ribeiro and Mr. Cher duties in the Pearl River. Jemund.

'on

In addition to the movement of The Portuguese Consul is the Naval vessels recorded elsewhere, aim is to realise, sufficient money and Diana" are leaving port to Patron of the Association, whose, the destroyers "Daring.” “Dainty"

to give poor Portuguese boys in the day for Wel Hal Wel Colony a good education.".

The programme was well render

The latter two vessels will first of all proceed direct to the Pagoda

ed and cons'sted of Halwallan Anchorage, in Foochow before go-

mus'c played by the Aloha ing to the summer base of the Serenaders", followed by a play British Navy.

that was written by the President of the Association Br. Castro

Charged with assaulting were wife, Lam Yan,

manded schöneld Court exam

A unfortunate accident befet Lai | D'Aquino. Refreshments Chi, aged 45, a collector of blood served during the interval and hair from the Kennedy Town Miss M. Botelho rendered a fine slaughter house, who was shot plato solo and the evening <con- through the left thigh when Bani- cluded with another play, this time

sary Inspector Lacey was shooting " farce, written by Sr. Januário de a bulleik at the slaughter house. Almeido, which was well received ---- The man was sent to the Govern="5" The following

- ment "Olvi Höspital. Immediately

after the incident occured.

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