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ADVERTISEMENTS. STILL HELD BY
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
I trio cord of 22.10.4 per Share, subject to deduction of Income Tax, has been declared for the HALF YEAR ending 39th, JUNE 1935, at that rate of 2/2.1/2 per Dollar.
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that
BANDITS
Efforts To Trace Mr. Jones
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, AUGUST
NEWS SUMMARY
THIRTY NINË
MILE RACE The
Thrilling Finish At Cowes
Peiping. Aug. 10.
London, Aug. 10 The conflicting claims whether The most brilliant Cowes week THE DIVIDEND will be payable Mr. Gareth Jones is in Manchukuo within memory closed in a blaze 12th or in Chinese territory are explain-o. sunshine with a thrilling finish сп and after MONDAY, AUGUST, 1035, at the offices of ed by the disclosure that he is in in the thirty nine mile race for
"y" Class yachts the Corporation, where Shareholders a plece of disputed territory, where are requested to apply for Warments,
a Sino-Japanese incident occurred THE REGISTER OF SHARES last January. The immediate in of the Corporation will be CLOSED dident was then settled. but the from MONDAY, 29th JULY to question of the demarcation of the SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST (both day inclusive), during which period boundary was left pending. This be accounts for the reports from DO transfor registered.
Chengtel that he is in Jehol.
of shares
can
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By Order of the Board of Directors
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager.
Hong Kong, 10th July, 1935,
BIRTH
NORMAN-On August 5, 1935, at the Country Hospital, Shang- hai to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Nor- iman, a daughter.
ENGAGEMENT
GREEN-VON BUREN-The
en:
to
gagement. is announced Maurice Green of Manchester. England," and Louise, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. von Buren of Shanghai.
MARRIAGES SCHMIL VON STEIN-On August 3. 1935, at Yokohama, Mury G. von Stein of Ontario, Cali- turnia, to Theodor O. Schmid, uf Shanghai. MACINTYRE-RITCHIE, On Au- gust 6, 1935, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. Shanghai, by the "Very Reverend A. C. S. Trivett,
Lam-
The wind which was slight at the start freshened later and as the boats went round the last lap Stephenson's Veisheta and bert's Yankee were abreast for At first one boat some minutes. and then another had the advant age, but Bnally the. Velsheta took the lead and finished only twenty geconds ahead..
It is learned now that five bands of emissaries are converging on the bandit gang. with the ob leet of negotiating with the leader. Sopwith's Endeavour was third Three are going from the Chahar His Majesty was aboard the Bri- authorities, and two Manchukuotannia which made a spectacular bands are going on the Instructions run at the end of the race sailing of the Japanese military authori- right away rom the Shamrock to ties. It is expected that their finish Afth,
Andreas Candida efforts will show definite results Anished fourth.
The corrected times were:-
Sport- Renter
of
outstanding feature Saturday's Lawn Bowls League programme was the 22 shots defeat of the Recreio at the hands of the champions, the Craigengower "A" team, in the First Division, the latter combination thus avenging their only defeat this season and firmly establishing themselves as this sesson's potential champions.
Fage 10.
12, 1935.
4 Gossip We Must
MARVELLOUS PEAK PARTY
are
{BY "ONLOOKER") The fallure of the batting,of the
A dreary week, full of mouldy American team and the excellent. Belding of the Chinese provided typhoons, absolutely wrecking the weather, and everybody full of the features in the game in which the Americans lost by 7 runs to a gloom and very depression cona- clous. The people who have been in the Baseball League on the a Salle diamond on Saturday. Yes-way, like me, are wondering why
back, and terday, the Japanese defeated the they ever came
Page 10. rapidly planning their next trip Canadians.
ELS the only consolation in this The death occurred on Saturday 384 life.
But there is always a aver lin- at his residence at Tung Shan.. Canton, of Mr. Willam Murraying, and we are so awfully grate Stratton, ared 53, Engineer-in-ful to the cheerful people who, Chief of the Chinese section of the nothing daunted by weather or Rallway, from any thing else, give lovely partles Canton-Kowloon pneumonia.
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Page 7. to cheer us up.
I went to one of the very best
The death occurred on Saturday cocktail parties I have ever been Velsheta 4 hours, 22 minutes. of Arthur Cullen, the 11-year-old lucky enough to attend on Friday 4-22-35; - son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cullen of night. It was given Mrs. Lanyon. 14 seconds; Yankee, CAPTURED MISSIONARIES deavour. 4-23-20; Candida, 4-23-33: Kowloon Dock. The funeral took that popular hostess who radiates Page 7. good cheer, wherever she goes. Britannia, 4-27-11. Shamrock, 4-place yesterday
Directly one got in side the door 29-3. Peiping, Aug. 10.
The opening day's elimination one's mood seemed to change from Davis' Westward and Paul's As-
heats to determine Hong Kong's deepest gloom to a suitable, party representatives in the swinuming spirit, and quantities of people all tra gave up.- Reuter
events at the China National seemed to have found the same Games to be held in Shanghai on thing, for there was a veritable bab- October 10 were held on Saturday ble of cheerfulness about the house. evening over the South China There was a real bar at one end Athletic Association's 50-metre of the big double room, behind
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1 Better news concerning Messrs. Hayman and Bosshardt than has been received for some time arrived from Hunan to-day. The bandits! are now becoming more reasonable: and are asking only a few thou- sand dollars for each man.
The negotiations are proceeding and there is a hope that both men will be released by the end of August.— Reuter.
MA. D. D., Norah Peel, younger BOOM IN MOTOR
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ritchle of Nanking, to Ronald, only son of Mrs. A. G Combe of Hove, England:
Editorial and Business Office: 11,
Ice House Street. Tel. 30351. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):
Tel. 24511.
London
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INDUSTRY
:
EARLIER RACING
London. Aug. 9. Astra having won the Jubilee Cup, Interest to-day at Cowes was confined to the 12-metres class Ju- bliee Cup, which was won by Sir William Burton's Marina.
A similar cup for eight metres was won by Faskla, owned jointly ty Messrs. Preston and Steele.
Westward, owned by Mr. T. F. B.
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pitch at North Point, when a large which our Host and two friends
gathering of spectators were treat- did the honours.
I seemed to ed to some fairly good swimming, see a sea of well-known faces (It is extraodinary how if you are although no records were broken,
Page 11.away for even a few weeks people seem to change). One of the first A very large and distinguished people I caught sight of was Mrs. gathering was present at the in-Alexander looking lovely, as usual,
J. R. Bergne Coupland, com- monly known as Jock or even "Croan," most popular mem- her of the younger sêt, uma on of the three Toeul wachtshen who so narrowly escaped death recently when theil yacht vrap- sized and sunk at
**a of the Ninepins, Jack, with his two Lusty companions, reached what appear to have been a little known desert island after three hours in the icy water and was eventually cast ashore by "T giant wave.
for eye
clothes gossip writer's alas). There was an attractive per- son I never caught the name of wearing Blue and, Miss Lock was much in evidence with her lovely tawny hair.
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When the fun was at its height. there were cries of Time, Gentle- men Time" and the Bar closed temporally. We dispersed for a while but in a very short space of time the bar was a buffet, and we fell too on the most delectable cold viands and beer-
Eyes." called
There were such a lot of talent ed people there, and relays or them seemed to play the piano while the rest of us sang (whether we knew how or not) anything from John Peel to "Smoke Gets Into
There was Your somebody
Butch" who syncopated "old favourites" in the most divine way! I never knew how good some of those old. Victorian smgs were till I heard them brought up to date. Mrs. Alexander accompanies very well too, and she has got a lovely voice, The Stafford Smiths were very vocal too, and the Whyte- Bmithes were in great form. It is such fun letting go with the voice. Everybody loves it. And I have made up my mind to beg. borrow, or steal a piano before I have another cocktail party. Any
fet?
MORE DEPARTURES Alas such a lot of people seem to be going away. The Jack Mc- Gregors are going to be terribly missed. fortunately he will come back to us in a few weeks. but she, complete with son and neice are going Home. The Sangers too have departed for long leave. What a colony it is for Goodbyes!
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TIME GENTLEMEN Mrs. Danby, Mrs. James and Mrs. Ireland were all there and looking
R.S.-I noticed at the "Grips" Davis, on the "J" Class race over
very nice, and of course no cock-
on Saturday night, that. Miss distance of forty-two miles, auguration ceremony of the Sze in the freshest looking pink tan party could be complete with beating Endeavour by a mile.
Kwong Track and Field Athletic organdi dress with pervanche blue out the McAvoys who were just Doreen Ma was doing ""subst'oot" The corrected times for this race Association, which was held at the ribbons.
Then I saw Mrs. An-as marvellous as ever, and of plantis-and very nice too. That were: Westward. 3 hours 51 min-St Francis Hotel on Saturday, and drews, perched on the end of the course she held a regular court young woman really knows her stuff, and judging from the ap- Huge Expansion Inutes, 14 seconds: Endeavour, 4
which
presided over by bar, looking gloriously healthy as General Tsel Ting Kal. famous well as pretty in a dress which The Nobles were there, and tnplause and the reluctance of the AmericaTM
Commander of the 19th Route seemed to have some stripes about Shannons. and lots and lots of dancers to leave off, her jazz solos Army.
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men of the cheerfulest variety. were especially appreciated.
New York, Aug. 11.
A highly cheerful outlook con- Office: 53, Fleet Street, fronts the American moter indus- try, judging by current state- ments of the bigger companies.
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, August 12, 1935.
THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
hours, 0 minutes, 38 seconds; Sham- rock, 4 hours, 5 minutes, 17 Sec- onds: Yankee, 4 hours, 5 minutes. 22 seconds: Astra, 4 hours. 5 min- utes 38 seconds; Velsheda, 4 hours,
(with the King on board), 4 hours, 7 minutes, 33 seconds: Britannia
26 minutes, 51 seconds, Candida gave up before completing the
course.
For instance, the Buick Corpora- tlan is spending £3,000,000 on re- Reuter habilitation and manufacturing facilities, while the vast General Motor undertakings have authoris- ed an expansion and reconstruc- tion programme involving an out- lay of £10,000,000.largely on over- seas plants.
The American output of auto- mobiles in July this year was over 30 per cent. higher than in July
In spite of the fact that Mr. last year.- Stanley Baldwin recently said that | Reuter.
earshot
of
no man made it, it must be ad- mitted
Parliament that
Was
ANOTHER RESIGNATION shaped either on the pavement or
IN CHINA within
Westminster Hall and wherever Englishmen
Nanking, Aug. 10. have gone they have taken that Following the resignation of Mr. institution with them, to rebuild Wang Ching Wei, Foreign Minister, it again, even in the far off anti-the Chairman of the "Overseas podes. It was, therefore, appro- Affairs Commission, Mr. Chen Bhu priate to hold the festival of the Jen, petitioned the Executive Yuan Empire. Parliamentary Association last evening asking that he might under that "glorious root. It was be relieved of his office. also fitting that an Australian
Mr. Chan Shu Jen does not give Attorney-General should vle with any definite reason, but deplores an English Prime Minister in the lack of accomplishments during praise of constitutional liberties his tenure of office and requests which had their origin there and the Government to appoint a more which have since spread to the able person to succeed him. - other side of the world. That it Mr. Chen's petition was address- should have lived so long and red to the Acting President of the spread so far is, in itself, a great Executive Yuan, Mr. H. H. Kung.-- tribute to the British Parliament- Reuter.
ary system. The simple pride of
the Englishman blended happily
by success in every field of policy. There is an age-old superstition that people govern themselves but
with the reverential eloquence of or to put the matter in a nutshell, ine Australian in praise of ordered 1.oerty, and if a word were to be added from the wings it would be merely to appland their thusiasm.
en-
PLANE PLUNGES INTO
· THE SEA
Miraculous Escape Of Three Men
[Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")
B Talegraph, Copyright, Tala prophic Masangan Ordinance, 1891 Receized August 11, 4.80 a.m.)
Paris, August 10: During a night Eight near St. Raphael, a French military plane plunged into the waters of the Mediterranean.
Was
The Home football season (Scot-
tish League) opened on Saturday
plons, scored, a 6-0 when Glasgow Rangers, the cham- win over Arbroath, newcomers to the League, at Hampden Park.
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as usual,
Local and General:
Mr. L. W. B. Teeling, who is a result, 1,590 more coples of these the Supreme Court on Monday, candidate for the House of Com-forms have been forwarded by the August 19. 1835, commencing at
the Chamber for 10 a.m. mons, will speak on "Unemploy- Committee to
Loans will not be ment Conditions in England and distribution. Germany" at the Rotary Club granted until the merits of each Tiffin to-mezzow,
case have been thoroughly exa- uined by the Comm.tree.
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A description of the manner izi which priests assist by prayer and "magical potents." women who wish to become mothers, was re- lated at the Kowloon Court on Saturday when two Chinese were
Four cases of diphtheria and one charged with taking part in the of enteric fever were reported to management of an unregistered the Health Authorities for the 24 temple in Shamshuipe. One of the hours ended on August 9. defendants also faced a charge of prefessing to telling fortunes. The
Transfer of postal and taxation temple in question was stated to
South Manchuria have been in existance for three rights in the
Page 8. Radway zone to Manchoukuo will "be the first step in Japan's relin- James" Ernest Scott, an apprenquishment of her extraterritorial tice fitter of the Far East Aviation rights in the new State. Officials were secured by Mrs. Summons of the Ministry of Communications are reported already drafting the rext of a new postal agreement with Menchoukue which will be- come efective when the Zone postal facilities are taken over by the Changchun administrazion
months.
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Company at the Kal Tak Aero- Of the four inmates, three owed; drome, and Charles. Wong. their providential rescue through Icensed motor-driver employed at being flung out of the plane as it the Kal Tak Aerodrome, were fined dived. only one suffering
any 325 each for travelling on bus No. Injuries. The fourth member of, 811 without paying their fares by the crew, who remained in the Mr. B. I. Wynne-Jones at the aeroplane, was killed-
Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday. Transocean Ãuo Min.
(By
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JAPANESE AIR MISSION VISIT ITALY
Special to "Hong Kon Daily Press"). (B Telegraph, Copyright, praphic Messages Ordinance. Received, August 11, 7.30 p.m.)
Teis
189A
"A daring burglar "entered "the bachelor premises of Mr. W. Crich- ton of Taikoo Dock Dock late on
A Chinese male named Ho Yinx. aged 50, was admitted to the Kow- loon Hospital on Saturday suffer- ing from slight Injuries contract- The fortnighty whist drives ofed when he was knocked down by
at Shum Chun, where he lives. the Craigengawer Cricket Club are proving more pupular than ever and as a result no fewer than 20 tables were laid out on Saturday. entrants The huge number or necessitated a third prize in the respective sections, Mrs. Kerraan came fast in the ladies' section, while the second and third prizes
and Mrs. Alderman, respectively. Mr. Modi won the first prize in the gentlemen's section, while the second and third priześ were awarded to Mr. Hoar and Mr. Haigh, respectively.
While cutting grass along the slope of the nullah in May Road,
bear
the Peak Tram line, a 80 year old widow..named Tong Yuet No. 48, Staunton Street Her the nullah.
Experiments in the manufacture tree of rayon from mulberry branches is reported to have been satisfactorily, completed and steps of are being taken by Mr. Lin Yun toppled into Kal. Chairman of the Kuangtung plight was not seen by the people provincial government, to esta- there but several hours after blish a big factory to produce rayon on a large scale to compete with foreign goods, says & Chinese
passers by saw the body lying in the nullah and reported the mat ter to the police who had the body
Friday night and decamped with $19 in money.
It is understood that the thief entered by, the front door. Mr. as he was about to make his escape Crichton, however, was awakened
and jumping from bed he struck at him and knocked him on the floor. Neither the blow nor the fall injured the man apparently. for he kicked Mr. Crichton, and managed to make good his escape.
A meeting of the Council of the Hong Kong Rifle Association will be held in the Board Room of the
South China Morning Post" at.. 5.30 p.m. on Friday next.
Captain Willamson of the tug Henry Keswick has reported to the police that between 3 and 4 a.m.
tug a brass lamp valued at $30 and some rope, valued at $5.
Rome August 11 report from Canton. A shipment removed to the mortuary." The on Friday someone stole from the
GERMAN TRADE POSITION
(Special to "Hong Kon Daily Press") Telegraph. Copyright, Tele graphic Messages Ordinance, Received, August 11, 7-81 p.)
189.
Leipzig, August 11.
Schwerin Von Krosigk will make The Finance Minister, Count this will not, indefinitely survive an important pronouncement on By way of caution, the failure to govern. In this hard the financial situation in connec- however, it may be added that and matter-of-fact world, every-tion with German trade on Sun-Japanese Ambassador here. history is apt to be dangerous hody and everything must instify day. August 25, at a reception to be when it takes to generalisations itself or pass. As Mr. Baldwin given to the German and foreign Simon de Montfort would not re-said "this is cognise that system of government where Parliamentary government ing of the autumn fair here, ac the "only" country press on the occasion of the open- that is piously traced back to that has grown and where it is the flesh cording to an announcement by great man and it is just possible of our flesh and bone of our bone.
the management of the Leipals that he would have treated de- Whatever fällures may have come
Fair.- mocracy as he did the Albigenses to countries which have not our It would be well to bear in mind traditions, that is no proof that it that the British form of democracy has falled." It is when we con- is a modern growth which has yet sider the attempts to raise this to be tried and tested and if we Gothic edifice in India that we are go back any distance in time we tempted to sound a note of warn- shall find Parliamentary governing though' whether it will survive ment so guarded and circumscrib-
ed by fences, since pulled down, as
an Indian monsoon and what it will crush under its fall, if it does
to be almost, if not quite, fall, are speculations in which nợ different thing
Since it is a fact that one good custom may corrupt the world, it would be wise if our Parliaments and. Ministers, were to remember
one must be tempted to indulge.
Fransocean Kuo Min.
HITLER GREETS KING OF AFGHANISTAN
(Special to "Hong Kong "Daily Press"y
1891
(By › Telegraph, Oopyright, Tale Far better would it be to contine graphle Messages Ordinance the congratulations to those coun- Received. August 11.30a.m.) tries within the Empire, which, because hey are inhabited largely
on
Signor Mussolini received Saturday a delegation of Japanese military airmen accompanied by General Ito. The delegation was. Introduced to I Duce
by the
conveying cordial good wishes to General Ito made a speech signor Mussolini personally where
same strain
Duce replied in
the upon
Tranceau Kuo Min.
ITALIAN NAVAL.
·MANOEUVRES
(Special to the “ Hour Tona Daily Prent"] BgTelegraph, «Copyright, Tela graphie-Mezregen“ Ordinance. 189; Received, August 11, 7.80 p.m.)
Rome, August 11.
of machinery has been ordered accident occurred at about 11 am. from America and the factory 1son Baturday. expected to be open within the next few months.
While driving his car on Satur-
At the Kowloon Magistracy on day Mr. W. 8. Bunny of 51, Argyle Saturday morning before Mr. E. L Street knocked down a six year Wynne-Jones, Ho Kama motor Since the establishment of the Board of Directors of the Shang old. Chiriese girl named Wong truck driver was remanded for a
Society, arrangements have been Nelson Street and Sat Yu Street hal Chinese Shipping Co-operative Suet Fong at the junction of
week, when it was alleged that he was concerned with other men," not made for the opening of the fol- at about 4.30 pm The girl was in custody, to have stolen 2,100 lowing three offices, the Yangtze admitted to the Kowloon Hospital gallons of petrol from the Stand- shipping joint business once, the suffering from slight head inard On Company's installation at coastal shipping joint business juries. She was detained at the Laf: Chi Kok, the petrol" being office and the inland river ship-Hospital although her condition valued at $1,700. Mr. G. 8. Hugh- ping control onice... Numerous was stated to be not serious.
Jones appearing for the Standard obstacles have prevented the According to the report the iron Company stated that there are scheme for the offices to materia- ran across the road and despite two other men who helped the ac- lize, causing Mr. Yu Ya Ching, the efforts made by the driver to cused in the theft.
the shipping magnate, to resign from the Board of Directora. The work of the co-operative society has thus been brought to a stop?
avold her she was struck.
Berlin, August 10. Herr Hitler has cabled hearty that they must continue to justify by this Anglo-Saxon race, have the congratulations and cordial good Italian marine manoeuvres, ly sent to the Chinese Chamber of sealing of certided coyp of probate Buckley will live in Washington
wishes to the King of Afghanistan, on the occasion of the celebration of Independence Day,- Transocean Kuo Min
Lt-Col and Mrs. William W. Tal Kwong Wing, alias, Tye Kwong Wing alias Tal Hang Buckley are leaving Pelping on Moon, 'allas," Ai Kwong Wan, mer- August 9 for America. They will That Chinese commerce and in-chant, who died at No. 41 Green come to Shanghai and gall from Bigner Mussolin flew by hydro-dustry locally is in urgent need of Hall, Penang, Straits Bettlements, here in the President Coolidge plane on Saturday to the great financial aids is indicated by the on June 16, 1934, left local estate which leaves on August 13. Lt- Italian naval harbour of Spezia fact that more than 3,000 coples sworn under $14,500. An applica- | Col. Buckley is retiring on thirty near Genoa to attend certain of loan application forms, recent- tion by Man Wal Lo, solicitor, for years, service, and he and Mrs. Duce went on board the cruiser Commerce by the Commerce and of the will has been granted. Zaraun from which he observed Industrial Relief Loan Committee,
have all been distributed" among It is notified that the next the evolutions Transocean Kro Min.
Chinese shops and factories. As a Criminal Sessions will be held at
themselves, not by any a prior virtue in the system, but by the practical results of prudent, care ful and economic administration
aptitude, the patience and the docility for this peculiar system of government and work it after their fashion, because it is ours."
C. EtCol Buckley has been with the American Legation Guard Felping for about two and years."
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