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NAKE NOTICE that the NING TAKE

SHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, has ceased to carry on usiness of life insurance in Hong Kong and fatends on or after the 6th day of October, 1935, to apply to the Registrar of Companies for the release of the deposit made in respect of such business under the terms of the Life Insurance Com. AND panies Ordinance, 1907. FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any objections to the said release must be made in writing to the Registrar of Companies before the said 6th day of October, 1935.

Dated the 4th day of Sept., 1935. T. MOFFATT, Authorised, representative of the Ning Shao Life Insurance Co., Ltd, [3798

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that

An Interim Dividend of Ope Dollar per Share has been declared for the six months ended 80th June, 1935, and will be payable ou and 23rd SEPT. after MONDAY, EMBER, 1935. Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Registered Office, P. & 0 Building.

THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED SEPT- TUESDAY, 10th from EMBER, to SATURDAY, 21st: SEPTEMBER (both days inclusire) during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors, GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD.,

Agents. Hong Kong, 28th August, 1995."

PEIPING POLTICAL

COUNCIL

Nankin, Sept. 8.

It is elably earned that, the Ministry of Interior will be instruct- ed to send a representative to go to Pelping to take over the affairs of the Pelping Political Council, which has been abolished "recently..

Having wound up the affairs of the former Political Council, Mr Wang Keh-min, acting Chairman sald again of the said Council, it sent a wire to the Executive Yuan asking a representative to be sent to the old capital as soon as possi ble to take over the affairs.--

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Mr. Hsu Shtu-chih, Vice Minis- ter of Interior, called on Mr. Wang Ching-wei, President of the Exeru- tive Yuan, at 10 o'clock this morn- ing concerning the matters. was then President Wang has de- cided to instruct the Ministry of Interior to send & representative to take over the affairs of the Coun- cil,—

Central News Agency,

LABOUR SERVICE

MOVEMENT

Foochow, Sept. 6. It was reported that the Pro- vincial Tangpu is taking the lead in promoting the Labour Service Movement, which is sponsored by the New Life Furtherance Asso

Nanking, among the clation at various districts and municipalities in Furler.

The Movement will be first car- ried out at Foochow, Amoy, and in a number of large cities, in which experimen.al areas will be created to test its resuits. Members of the various grades of the Provincial Tangpu are responsib e for "the promotion of this movement in the province.

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BIRTHS

MOLLER--On September 2. 1935.

At

the Women's Hospital, Shanghal, to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Moller, a son, Joha "Desmond.

PARIS. On August 30, 1935, at

Ste Marie's Hospital, Shang- hai, to Dr. and Mrs. A, Paris, a son, Pierre, a LEWIN-On Äugust 26, 1935, at Hospital Dr. Antonoff. Shang- hai to Dr. med, and 'Lewin, a daughter."

MARRIAGES

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BERENDS SCHMUESER.

September 2, 1935, at the Ger- man Consulate General, Shang-

CHINESE PLAYS

जाल

IN EUROPE

Success Of "Lady Precious Stream

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FRICTION IN INNER

MONGOLIA

Prince Dorlchi Refuses

To Vacate Post

Peiping, Sept. 6. Fighting in Inner Mongolla is threatened according to reliable Chinese reports from Kwelhua- chang this inoming:

Landon, Sept. 8. "Lady Precious Stream" the Chinese play which has captivat- ed Europe, opens at the Little Theatre specially redecorated on September 9 and reaches its three hundredth performance on Sep hal, Elisabeth Schmueser totember 17: The cast is the same

The Mongol Council at Pailing- Walter Berends, both of except that Lean Lion who ran

$15 performances of the "Chinese miso recently dismissed Prince Shanghai: "

puzzle" plays the part of Frime, Dorichi, chief of the West Banner in Sulyuan, but Dorichi refuses to Minister.

S1.Hslung has just returned to vacate, claiming that as the in- London after arranging the pro-herited the post from his fore- vincial tour of this play Beginning fathers the Council, has no right

Bournemouth, { ́to oust him. February Southsea, Oxford. Nottingham,

Prince Dorichi has appealed to Manchester, Glasgow and Edin- the Generalissimo to restrain the burgh. He is going to Amsterdam Council from carrying out its in- next week for the anal rehearsals

tention.

BROWN — CHEETHAM, On Au- gust 14, at Chatham, England, Lieut. Edward Ashley Brown, of Mr. and Mrs. R.M., san Edward Brown of Bedford, to Doris May, daughter of the late Mr. end Mrs. W. a. Cheetham of Shanghal.

DEATHS

OZORIO.- On Friday, August 30, 1935, at his residence, 10 Al

Gustavo Maria, bury Lane, axed 25 years, the dearly-be- loved son of Mr. C. F. Ozorio. MURROW-On September 4, in London. John Henry Lloyd Murrow, beloved son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. H. L. Murrow. aged 23.

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In the meanwhile the Council which he will be producing at the

successor and Municipal Theatre there on Sep tember 14. He has also signed has appointed a contracts for production of "Lady sent him to the West Banner un- precious Stream" in Norway, Fin- der military escort and has now land, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, despatched three hundred troops Austria and Hungary, and is nego-to forcibly oust Prince Dorichi tiating for production in France. The latter has appealed to the assist Hsiung's

play "Western neighbouring Banners new Chamber* an adaptation of ahim with armed men to repel the thirteenth century Chinese play Pailingmiao troops.- will be published in book form by Reuter. Methuen. Mr. C. B. Cochrane is and busy finding leading actors actresses in view of production after Christmas.

Mel Lan Fang brings h's own Chinese company to London in London Office: 53, Fleet Street, January under the management

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BoxG KONG, SEPTEMBER 7. 1935..

SHORTAGE OF SKILL

The world in general have become so accustomed nowadays to think Di unemployment in terms of quantity that we are apt to neglect the the qualitative aspect of

To take опе matter entirely. example, if we find that there is elght per cent, uf unemployment in the motor vehicle industry, we are too ready to believe that an equivalent Increase in the demand for motor vehicles would settle the matter once and for all. In prac tice of course, nothing of that sort ever happens for that same eight per cent. wll in all probability include a disproportionate number of men who are but semi-skilled. in relation to the semi-skilled Jobs available under the conditions of On the other expanded output. hand, however, there may be an insufficient proportion who highly skilled in specialised tasks. the pivotal men on whoin the possibility of expansion depends. At the present moment such a position does actually exist in engineefing and building, and one, cannot help arriving at the con clus'on that either there is an

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absolute shortage of skilled men or they are not available in the areas where their services are required Hence the paradox mentioned by Mr. Chamberlain recently, that, at a time when two million, people are out of work, "the great diff- culty of the employer in many d's- tricts is not to and work for the unemployed, but to find unemploy- ed. who have the qualifications. necessary to do the work which he has to offer.".||

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of Mr. Cochran after which he will tour the continent.

Mr. Hslung is now engaged on a new play. the theme "whereof is a Chinese professor in Peking who rose from obscurity to become

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PEACE EFFORTS

NEWS SUMMARY

Pta Taylor, of the East Lan tashire Regiment, won the Annual Military Harbour, Race this morn- ing, when he swam from the Rail- Kowloon, to the way Pier, R.A.B.C Camber in 8 mins. 55 BOCS. Pta. Butterworth, also the East Lanos, finished 4.9/5 secs. latar, his time being 98 mins 59.2/5 ca...

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LA Fines ware imposed upon Hou, aged 18, shop foki, and he was ordered to pay compensation Nanking, Sept, 6.

to the complainant, when he A spokesman of the Tibetan and pleaded guilty before Mr. Wynne- Mongolian Affairs Commission ex-Jones, at the Kowloon Magistracy pressed the opinion that the con- yesterday to two charges. of (a). troversy between Prince Dortchi, riding a bicycle without efficient Chief of the West Banner in Sui- brakes in Canton Road, and (b) Page d yuan, and Prince Yun, Chairman failing to report an accident. of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Council, will not be aggravated, as the Central Government has taken steps to mediate between the two controversial parties.

"Lower Court proceedings against Li Yin, 50-year-old unemployed seaman, on a charge of uttering a forged $10 note of the Charter-." ed Bank of India, Australasia and China, were resumed before Mr. Thomson at the Kowloon Magis Tracy yesterday,

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It is understood that the Com- mission has already telegraphed Its representative at Kalgan to proceed to Kwelhus to 'consult with General Fu Tso Yi, Chairman

A fine of $15 was imposed by Mr. W. Schobald. at the Central of Bulyuan Provincial Govern-

Fan ment, regarding the practical Magistracy "yesterday, on

Leung, driver of lorry No. 3804, who was convicted on a summons measures of settlement.

of driving without due care and caution in Connaught Road Cen- tral, near the junction with Pot- tinger Street, on August 2

The representative has arrived. at Paotou already and will soon leave for the West Banner to in- vestigate into the conflict and offer mediatory plans on behalf of the Commission.——— Central News Agency,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In our report regarding the Bank of Canton yesterday we said that "although at about 10.15 am. a notification that the vault will be available to box holders pro-

a leading statesman. The story ducing the four keys belonging to takes place in modern times and their boxes between the hours of concentrates on the character of 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 4 the professor against a back-p.m., the vault was not opened up

of disturbed ground

Chinese to a late hour in the afternoon.” politica Renter.

The Bank in fact opened its doors shortly after 10 a.m. and we re- gret having made an error in our htted account yesterday.

RESULTS OF STATE LOTTERY

'Shanghai, Sept."6. The following are the results of the fourteenth State Lottery: First prize of $250,000 drawn by ticket: No. 151594.

The four second prizes of $50,- 000 each were drawn by tickets Nos. 081177, 195918, 150255 and 094949,-

Beuter,

MORE SILVER WANTED

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By The U. S. Treasury

Washington, Sept. 5. According to official reports, the total amount of silver purchased by the Treasury since the adop- Government's silver tion of the programme now exceeds 500.000,- 000 ounces.

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Mr. Thomas, wife of Mr. W. P. Thomas, Secretary of the Spanish Legation, has returned to Felping, after spending the summer at Che- foo and Weiha!wel.

Lieut. Thomas J..Colley and Mrs. Colley have arrived in Peiping from the United States. Lient, Colley will be connected with the American Legation Guard.

Lu Siao Chia, son of the late General Lu Ying-hslang, former Shanghal and Woosung Garrison Commissioner. was reported have been kidnapped in Tientsin on the evening of August 31.

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Miss K. M. Ball, the lecturer on or ental art, returned to the Im- perial Hotel from Kamikochi on Sunday, August 25. She is to re- main in Tokyo a week and then proceed to Kyoto for a few weeks, returning to the capital for the autumn and early winter.

Mr. Edwin Thorne and Mr. Fran- cis Knoblauch, recent graduates of Yale University, have left Pelping after a short visit and are now on a trip to Kalgan, but will be re- turning to Pelping in a few days. They plan further trips in China, among which with be included a voyage up the Yangtze.

Miss Gertrude E. Hodgman, Dean of the School of Nursing at the Pelping Union Medical College, has left Pelping for leave of ab- sence of five months in "America. Miss Faye Whiteside will be in charge of the Nursing School dur- ing Miss Hodgman's absence.

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An apprentice, Lam So, aged 18, appeared before Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Magistracy yesterday charged with the theft of a pearl bracelet, valued at $60, the pro- perty of a married woman, Chan Yuk Chan, at Hing Loong Street, near Des Voeux Road Central, on Thursday night. Two other mea, Fok Sze, aged 19, and Ip Shum aged 30, both described as giacers, were charged with aiding and abetting Lam So to commit the offence. All defendants denied Page d the charges.

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Fusilier Herbert George Crier. of the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, was brought before District Court

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Major-General E. O. Lewin is ex-ing the orders of a superior officer pected to carry out the annual inspection of the Volunteer forces in Ipoh, Perak, on September 21 and September 22. The inspection this year will take the form of a test mobilization. It will be the first time that there will be such a concentration of volunteers at Ipoh. Steps are also being taken to exercise those committees of the department who, should it ever be necessary, would be responsible for housing and feeding the volun- teers' families.

THE PREMIER BACK

Calls Cabinet Meeting

"London, Sept. 5. Immediately after Mr. Stanley Mr. Crawford, of the Hong Kong Baldwin, the Prime Minister, re- Electric Company, has reported to turned to London from Aix-les- the police that while driving car. Bains this afternoon, a meeting of No. 1550 at Yee Wo Street - on Minister was summoned at Down- Thursday, he knocked down a ing Street. woman, So Lap, who crossed the road in front of the car. The woman received slight injuries, and was treated at the Govern ment Civil Hospital.

The War Minister, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Air and Colonial Ministers arrived at about 5 o'clock. They were ac companied by the experts of their respective departments. It is un- The following forthcoming wed-derstood that Mr. Ramsay' Mac- dings are announced:-Mr. George Donald and Mr. Neville Chamber-

lain were also present. Maryland Kelley, missionary, 29. Man Tak Road. Canton, and Miss Reuter, Eugenia Wen, 35 Wa Lam Street, Charles Fredrick Canton, Mr. Pragnell, 31 Talpo Road, and Miss 143 Saiyeungchol Daisy Street, and Mr. Lal Yuk Tat, assistant mar'ne surveyor, 12 St. Francis, Yard, and Miss Tam Sit Haan, 64 Ylu Wah Street North, Canton.

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Miss Farrow, driver of car No. The silver stocks held total over

In reply to a telegram from the 43, has reported to the police that 1.155,000,000 ounces having monetary value of $1,495,000,000. National Economic Council, Gen. while driving about 4.30 pm. on With the present gold reserve of Fan Fu Chu, Chairman of the Thursday along Nathan Road she

Shantung Provincial Government, knocked down a woman, $9,203,003,000, necessitating a sli- ACADEMICA SINICA

ver reserve of $3,067,000,000 or ap-

has sent another appeal to the Wong, who received injuries to her Government for $1,500,000 for face and head. She was sent to proximately 2,500,000,000 ounces to Nanking, Sept. 6.

"The problem is not a new one, fuit the requirements of the EU-food-prevention work so far, he the Kowloon Hospital.

stated, the Government has only than The inaugural meeting for the nor are its causes obscure. It is ver Purchase Act, more

remitted $260,000, which has been Council of Academia Sinics will be the result, in the first instance of 1300,000,000 ounces of silver will

spent for purchasing rocks and d here to-morrow morning. diminished disparity between skill-still have to be purchased.—

sand to reinforce weak dykes. Dr. Tsai Yuan-pel, President ofed and unskilled wages since the Reuter.. Academia Sinica, is expected to war, and, more recently, of the arrive here from Tsingtao to disinclination during the slump to morrow morning in time to preside train new recruits in skilled tasks at the meeting. Besides the Coun- for which there was no prospective cul members, representatives from demand. Neither Industry nor the the National Government and Government can be absolved al- Central Kuomintang Headquarters together from the charge of delay will be niso present

In dealing with the second of these Central News Agency,

causes. More than 12 months ago attention was already being called to the shortage of skilled labour in those very industries which are complaining of the same dimenity Central News Agency to-day, In the interval what has been done about it? The meagre-

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The new nine storey building of the Macao branch of the sincere Company one of the Colony's, Rich gold deposits have been leading department stores, will be discovered at Waming near Nan formally opened to-day, at noon. ping, Kwengal, according to re- The new building will also house ports received in Nanking Ex- the Sincere Company's life, fre perta calculate the future annual and marine insurance depart- Foochow, Sept. 6.

output to be worth about $20,000-ments, as well as a hotel. More than 40 athletic competi000, says a Chinese report.. tors chosen to represent the Min-

ATHLETES FOR AMOY

SINO-BURMA BOUNDARY

COMMISSION

Nanking, Sept. §. Chinese members of the Bing- Burma Boundary Commission are leaving Nanking for Annam en- roate to Yunnan on September 10 as scheduled, it is learned from the

'day. Ministry of Foreign Affairs to-

Messra, Li Li-yin. Tang Chen- yu and Yun Yueh, who have been appointed by the Ministry of For eign Affairs as secretaries to Chin-

ese Members Office, are accam- pany ng the latter, to proceed tu Yunnan to help in the boundary demarkation work— Central News Agency..

BANDITS ROUNDED UP

Canton, Sept. 6. Communists and bandits who once hovered in the vicinity of Nan Shan in Eastern Kwangtung have Mrs. BC Field, Mr. and Mrs. been rounded up by the govern huo District will leave here for News has been received in Tien-R L. Whithington and Col. and ment forces stationed there. Amoy on September 9 to particip-tain of the death of the mother of Mrs Williamson were amongst ate in the Provincial Athletic Meet Major Hayes Kroner, second Mill those who left the Colony on the

tary Attaché at the American Em-8.8. Asama, Maru on Wednesday. bassy in London. Mrs. Hayes Kroner is the eldest daughter of Mrs. E. A. Way of Tientsin.

ing according to sports circlen

suggests that little effort has been The skilled engineering mechanic A farewell banquet, attended by made to find the remedy. Mr. cannot be trained in a matter of

Capt. PH Catt Scots Guards, a large and very distinguished Chamberlain has impled that it is weeks or even of months, Where, who is relinquishing his appoint company was given on Thursday at any rate in Dart a Government then, is the logic of anticipating ment of Star Oncer (formerly

all for England. by the Far East Society to bid responsibility, as he declared that a trade revival and at the same designated Corps Adjutant), 8.V.C farewell to the Chinese minister, this will be one of the difficulties time neglecting to prepare the will short Lu Chung Chich, who is shortly leaving for China,da Trankonnen. Kuo

the Government will have to face human material without which the 1 Manlove. Fast Lancashire: Re- In the coming year. Why did revival is in danger of being giment, has been seconded staff

Omcer, S.V.C, they not face it in the past year? frustrated?

A Diriner Dance will be held at Repulse Bay Hotel to-night and a Tea Dance to-morrow. The last bus leaves Repulse Bay at 1.00 am On Saturday, and a half hourly bus service on Sunday afternoon

Koo Tal-chuen, the ring leader

of the bandit gang, has disappear-

ed apparently in the direction of

The Rehabiliation Committee at Nan Shan 15 abolished now that the outlaws there are swept clean. A permanent pacification bureau is established in its place with. Mr.

Hsueh Han Kwang as the director. His duties are in charge of agri- cultural axploitation, the monthly.

A clean bill of Health was re-appropriations, being $2,000. turned for the 24 hours ended on Union Few Se Beptember 5.