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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1935.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

Editorial and Business Omes: 11,

Ice House Street. Tel. 30231.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OP | Night Editor · (Wanenat "Office):

TONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE

Goods or DAVID MOMURRAT, LATE OF TOWIE House 11, SIMOLAIR STREIT, HBURG F. SCOTLAND, FORMERLY OF FLORALBANK, EAST NEWPORT IN THE COUNTY OF FIFE, SCOTLAND, "Dechased, “

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the Court has, by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Ordin ance No. 9 of 1887, made an order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims sgainet the above estate to 20ra day of NOVEMBER, 1935,

All Crediture and others are accord. ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before

that date.

"DEACONS,"

Bolicitors for the Executor, 1, nes Vœux Road Central,

Hong Kong.

Tel. 24511.

London Office: 63, Fleet Street,

E.C. 4.

The Daily Press.

HUNG Koso. NOVEMBER 8, 1938.

CHINA'S CURRENCY,

PROBLEMS

That China has gone off the silver standard, and has adopted a plan for the nationalisation of silver, did not come as a surprise to those operating on the financial market. With the arrival of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross to confer and advise the Chinese Govern-

ELECTION ACTIVITY

IN PROGRESS

Broadcast By Opposition

EI

Liberal

London, November 7.

Polling takes place next Thursday and election activity is at high pressure in all parts of the country. Last night's election broadcast was delivered by Sir Horbert Samuel, Opposition Liber- al For the tasks that lay ahead, he said, a House of Commons very different from the last, which was predominantly conserva- tive, was required.

Referring to rearmament he agreed that the Government and Parliament were bound to see to it that the defences were sufficient to safeguard the country against risks. It was a prime duty. But it was untrue to say that the present defences. the cost of which had advanced in three Years by 20 per cent to €124,000,000, were negligible.

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They would never get security (3333ment with the view of bringing along that road The only real about an economic revival in road was through general dis- China, some such action was antarmament and taking the profits cipated.

out of pushing sale of arms.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN

THE "GOODS OF WILLIAM DRYDEN, LATE OF VICTORIA, IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG, Master MariNEA, DICEABED.

It is, however, too early in the day to form any opinion on the

Dealing with domestic issues. he merits or demerits of the plan. said the continuance of memploy- The plan "has much to commend

ment was due to a heavy drop in itself. In the first place the de-overseas trade owing to barriers to valuation of the Chinese silver its development all over the world. dollar. through no action on the A strenuous effort should be

interests of the United States and of tariffs, quotes and other re- part of China, but only to the made to secure all-round reduction.

notably Japan, had resulted in strictions, and he called for a bold sharp increase in the value of initiative.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS | NOTICE the Court her, by vir Chinese currency. That was not

BANK HOLIDAY..

1 Acordance with Government BANKS will be ULUSED for the

Ordinance, The EXCHANGE

TRANSACTION of PUBLIC BUSI. NESS on MNDAY, the 11th NOVEMBER, 1835 (Armistice Day). Hong Kong, 7th November, 1935.

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THE HONGKONG REEL CLUB

THE Weekly practire will be held

at the Helena Hay Datitute on TUESDAY, 12th November instead of Monday, 11th. November.

T. P. SAUNDERSON, ¦.

PEACE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS, 1936,

Trustees of the Peace Memorial Scholarships Fund offer two scholarships of a trienñía value of £1,850 each, open to British boys of pure white descent residing in China or Hong Kong. to be awarded on the result of the School Certificate Examination of Cambridge: University to be held in December, 19 6. The prizemon will be required to select from the following courses of study:

IS HEREBY "GIVEN the provisions of Section 58 of Ordia- ance No. 2 of 1997, made an order limiting the time for creditors sad others to send in their claims against the above estate to 30th NOVEMBER, 1935.

All Creditors and others are stoord- ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before

that date.

DEACONS, ...

Solicitors for the Administrator,

1, Des Voeux Road Central,

Hong Kong

good for China and for business in China generally.

ELECTION CHOICE

The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in a letter wishing the National Government" candidates success, reviews the issues of the election in the course of which he on many says that the election choice rests

SIR HERBERT SAMUEL

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China was left in an unenviable position to find a way out of her currency troubles, and whether the present plan is a solution to her aifficulties, depends factors. First and foremost is the problem whether China can make which has stood united in defence came, lost its leader and found sliver of the League of Nations and world itself divided into different sec-

the Labour peace, and

party tions on this vital issue.-- which, when the testing time British Wireless.

hoarders disgorge their savings, and whether she is in position to stop the smuggling of silver out of China.

The smuggling rampus is, in our 3938 opinion, one of the nardest factors with which China has to contend. having regard to the fact that foreign residents in China are pro- by the extraterritoria! rights they enjoy. To review this situation it is only necessary to see what has happened only three months ago. When the Chinese

(1) Electrical Engineering and/or WHAT TO DO TO HELP tected

Synthetic Chemistry,

(2) Practical Farming and/or

Horticulture.A

Copies of the conditions and,

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A CHILD.

Bon. Secretary application forms may be obtained Come to St. John's Cathedral from Mr. L. O. Healey, Education on Armistice Day at 9:15 pm. [3948

Department, Shanghai Municipal to hear the Hong Kong Singers Council, Shanghai.

Collection in Aid of St. Dunstan's and the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children,

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF } .

HONG TONI

PROBATE JURISDICTION

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THE GOODS OF WILLIAM JACK, LATE OF THE SAILORE HOME AND SEAMEN ́S INSTITUTA, GLOUCESTER ROAD, VICTORIA, IN THE COLONT or Hong Kong, RETIRED ENGIxer, Deczaned

【OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

That the Court has, by virtue of

the provisions of Section 58 of Ordin anes No. of 1897. made an order limiting the time for creditors and athers to send in their claims against the above estate to 287 day of NOVEMBER, 1935.

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

that date.

DEACONE

Bolicitors for the Administrator, 1, Des Voeux Road, Central,

Hong Kong

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H. E. AENHOLD,

G. GODFREY PHILLIPS,

TRUSTEIS, Shanghai, November 7th, 1935.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HỒNG KONG

COMPANIES (WINDING UP)

No. 7 or 1935,

IF THE MATTER OF THE CO3- PANIES ORDINANCE, 1932.

and

IN TER MATTER OF THE O. K.

LIMITED.

Mas, WRYTE SMITH, Hon. Sec., W.A. 8.P.C. ́19, Queen's Gardens.

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dollar was devastated as a result

of extensive buying by the United dollars were found in thousands States, smugglers of the Chinese nearly in all the treaty ports of China, particularly in Tientsin and Peiping.

between the National Government

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The diamond Jubilee year of St. Joseph's College will be celebrated to-morrow" by a pontifeal mass to

opened by H.E. Bishop Valtorta,

Chui Wah, residing at 98 Canton Road, was admitted to the Kwong Wah Hospital suffering from head and leg injuries received when he

NEWS SUMMARY

The case was heard by Mr. ·W.. Schofield" at the Central Magis. tracy yesterday, in which Tsoi Chi Ban, a bus conductor of the Tram- way Company was charged with rape of a 17-year-old girl named Li Tim H. Evidence was given by the complainant and the case was adjourned.

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A verdict of death from natural causes, was returned by the Jury ut an inquiry which was conducted by Mr. B. Wynne Jones, sitting as Coroner, at the Kowloon Magis- tracy yesterday, into the circum- stances surrounding the death of a female prisoner at Lai Chi Kok Prison on November 8. Page 6.

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Mrs. Sclater, of Room 12 Airlie Hotel, Kowloon, appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Police Court yesterday on a charge of allowing her dog in the Chil- dren's Playground. Middle Road, also for having her dog there without a muzzle.

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The Shanghai Interporters ar- rived here yesterday by "the Em- press of Asla looking very ft. They lost little time in getting down to the nets at the E.E.C.C., where they indulged in a knock-

up,

An interview with Mr. E C. Baker, Manager of the team is published on

Page 10.

Mr. E. M. Bryden, chartered ac- countant of Messrs. Lowe, Bing- ham and. Matthews was called in as a witness to explain the trans- action between parties at the Supreme Court yesterday when the case in which the Ying Wah Co. of Canton, is suing Messrs. Bodiker, & Co, for $88,500 as damages for conversion, was còn-

tinned before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl : MacGregor....... Page 6.

CANTON-HANKOW

RAILWAY

Workshop Under Construction

Canton, Nov. 6. The Canton-Hankow Radway workship is at present under con- struction and is expected to be completed early next year. Ma-

fell off No. 6. Wharf at the Kow- Announcement has been made loon Godowns, His condition is by Mr, V. R. Gordon that his reported to be serious. Marion F. Gairdner will take place forthcoming" marriage to Miss

Ling Ng, a woman, was admitted November 14 at St. John's to the Government Civil Hospital chinery for manufacturing rail-

broken arm suffering from a caused during ight. Shung Wan, residing at 32 Wanchai Road, was also admitted to hospital in a serious condition when she sus-

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tained a fractured pelvis as the

a load.

In

The Northern ports were, most lavoured by Koreans and Formo-Cathedral at 4 pm.. and not on

November 12 as originally Stated. Eans who enjoy Japanese protec- tion, because they were within a few hours journey from Sharha! There were three cages of diph- kwan. In Peiping alone there theria, and one case of enteric were more than two thousand fever reported

the to

Health Koreans, men and women, engaged Authorities during the 24 hours result of a mishap while carrying in this illelt trade, and business ended on Nov. 0. was done quite openly. For every hundred silver dollars taken to Shanhaikwan, where the Japanese have full run of the place, the profit earned amounted to $15 Extensive buying of the Chinese yuan was carried out in Peiping Upon receiving reports that the 2nd Tientsin under the eyes of RM.S. "Empress of "Asia."

the authorities, but were powerless smuggling of imported sugar was to stop them. rampant in Tientsin, the Ministry

Embargo was placed on the ex-

SUGAR SMUGGLING"

Nanking. Nov. 7.

FLIGHT TO AUSTRALÏA

and

This brought

Mrs. M. 5. Cassidy returned to cricketers, the RM6. "Empress of addition to the Shanghai,

the Colony yesterday by the Asia" arrived here yesterday morn- R.M.S. "Empress of Asia"

ing with a number of prominent passengers,, which included Major General F. Mcintyre, former chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington, who is on a visit to Manila, to attend the inaugural

Mrs. A. H. Compton" returned to Hong Kong yesterday by the

which have

aboard

way implements

from been purchased for the factory and on the way, here. Out of the $500,000, which is necessary for the building of the workshop, only $200.000 have been... collected,— Neutral News...

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MR. WANG'S PROGRESS

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Nanking, Nov. 7.

Mr. Wang Ching-wed's condition statement issued by the Foreign is fast becoming normal, says a

Office last evening.

A leasehold property, registered celebrations of the Commonwealth, GIDUMAL & WATUMULL, of Finance instructed the Tientsinportation of silver, but this only at the Land Office as Section B, of Mr. J. L. McPherson, International

helped to increase the profit of scheduled to be put up for public will be staying for some time at result of the efforts of surgeons

Inland Lot No. 1093, which was Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., who ∙Mr. Wang __ thinks that, 28 the smugglers. An appeal to the auction at the Lammert Brothers' the YMCA, Kowloon, was also on

to save his life, he is now out of Japanese Consular authority was yesterday afternoon, was then made by Mayor Yuan Lians poned until further notice.

post-board, as were Sir Elly Kadoorie danger. A statement to this effect of Pelping to stop and punish

and Mr. L. Kadoorie," partners of will be inserted in the advertising Korean smugglers.

Sir Elly Kadoorie and Sons, finan- columns of the newspapers. to-day. The girls of St. Paul's Girls' cters, of Shanghai, who are added evil to the former capital College are giving a concert in ald

en The statement, which has been incidentally caused

route to Manila: Also on the liner dictated to Mr. Taeng Chun-min. the of the MCL and other charities were Mme. J. L. Bourgoin, wife of Vice-Minister of Railways, ex mayor to lose his once. The

this evening at 7.30 p.m. Japanese authority readily con-

the head of the Civil Service En-presses gratitude for the sym- sented to co-operate, and actually

gineering Department of French pathetic concern shown by Mr. there were several arrests made.

H.E. Sir Andrew Caldecott, Hong Indo-China, who is returning Wang's many friends, and says But to what avail? The offenders Kong's new Governor, is due. here home: Mrs. Cassidy. Mrs. A. H. his life is no longer in danger, but by the P, and O. Liner Carthage on Compton and Mrs. George Grim- be regrets his enforced idleness were punished by having twenty

December 12.

ble. percent, of the smuggled amount of silver found in their possessionis confiscated. and to recompense them. the equivalent of the amount confiscated was returned

on

Brghdad, Nov. 7.

Customs House to tighten check on the fillet merchandising of incom NOTICE is hereby given that ning sugar.

Petition for the winding-up of Central News agency, the above-named Company by the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, was, on the last day of November, 1935, pre- sented to the said Court by Odharma Girdharimal and that the Fid Petition is directed to be heard before the Court, sitting at the tourts of Justice, Hong Kong, at 10 am. HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB. Thursday, the 28th day of November.

193, and any creditor or contribu Bir Charles Kingsford Smith ár- tory of the said Company desirous of rived at 10.20 last right and left sapporting or opposing the making of for Allahabad at 10.50 p.m.- an Order on the said Petition may Reuter. Appear at the time of bearing by himself or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the Petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said Company requiring the same by the andersigned on payment of the regulated charge

Dated the 8th day of November, 1935.

M. A. DA SILVA

INTERPORT CRICKET

HONG KONG ta. SHANGHAI

SATURDAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 11th and 12th. for the same.

.Matches will commence at 11 am. each day except the 11th Armistice Day, when commencement will be made at 11.45 am Close of play 5 p.m.

A stand on the corner of Queen's Road and Des Voeur will be open to the Public at a charge of 50 centa (inc. fax) per person per day. Ticketa for sale on the ground.

Benches on the Queen's Road side of the ground will be reserved free of charge for Bailors,, Soldiers and Air- mon in Uniform to whom the Club extenda this invitation.

Members and subscribers are.noti fied that a stand on the Chater Road side of the ground will be reserved for them and their ladies. Entrance by the small gate in Chater Road at

Baht and of the Farilion.

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No. 9, Ice House Street,

(1st floor), Victoria, Hong Kong. Solicitor for the above-named Odharmal Girdharinal. NOTE-Any person who intends to appear on the hearing of the said Petition must serve on or send by post fo the abov-named notice" in writing of his intention to do so. The notice mast state. the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm, and must be signed by the person or firm,

or his or their solicitor (if any),

and must be served, or if posted, must be sent by post in sufficient

not later than-six o'clock in the afternoon of the 37th day of November, 1935.

ANNOUNCEMENT

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GENERAL YEN AS OVERLORD

Tientsin, Nov. 7.

Japanese sources to-day assert-

to

CANTON-NANKING CO-OPERATION

Canton, Nov. T.

during his filmness,

Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister or Finance, is acting President of the Executive, Yuan at present. Reuter

FOREIGN SYMPATHY

Nanking, Nov. 7. Gratification over the improve- Through the mediation of Messrs.ment of President Wang Chic gi

the reception which will be that with China going off the Japanese pressure in North Chinthorities to go to Nanking and is:

The Marriage of Mr. Vyner Rto them in Manchukuo currency. Gordon and Miss Marion F. To retrieve a part of their losses- Gairdner will now take place the smugglers flooded Peiping with at St. John's Cathedral on Manchukuo money, and China re- Thursday, November, 14. at 4ceived the blame for allowing the p.m. and not Tuesday 12, as circulation of this currency in fed that General Chiang Kai-shek Mr. Chao-chun ard Ta Chỉ-130 | wel's health was expressed to-day: previously announced.

had agreed to name Yen Hsi-shan co-operation between Canton and by the Soviet Commission of Mit- Peiping. No invitations have been sent but']

That was the exact situation overlord of the Ave northern pro- Nanking has become a practica tual Adairs at Vladivostok to the all friends are invited to the prevailing in North China at the vinces as the latest concession of certainty. As annour.ced by the Chinese Consulate there accord-

Union News Service, Mr. Hu Hing to a report from Vladivostok. ceremony and afterwards to time, and it is not idle to surmise the Nanking government

min ls-asked by the Central. Au-

Another communication from held at 358 The Peak from 5 silver standard, the situation is It was reported that all lands

more acute and China needs not would be placed under state likely to become Presidert of the Berlin to-day states that the Chic-

Executive. Yuan,

A

ese Embassy in Germany, is mak look forward to any Japanese co-ownership within five years,

Ing daily report of President It is said that the Canton pro Wang's latest progress to many The reports operation in this direction. The

said that the KLYN-On October 31, 1935, at Japanese calculations, and in

plan adopted has no doubt upset Pelping branch of the military posals for a definite foreign policy German friends of China,

council would be abolished, and and an internal reconstruction St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Shang- Tokyo it is considered a deliberate that the Pelping and Tientsin programme have been adopted by

Messages of sympathy are stil hai, to Mr. and Mrs Lawrence attempt to flaunt Japanese offers mayoralties would be given to

the National Government. An an pouring into the Cap tal General Bung Cheh-yuan.

indication or solidarity. Mr. Choo | Central News agency. Diplomatic negotiations with Lou, Mr. Haldo Fu-chen and Gen ing North China would be entrust king. They will be given very im Japan and other nations concern eral Li Chung-fer wit, so to Nen-

portant positions.

p.m.

BIRTH

Klyhn, the gift of a son.

DEATH

of co-operation;

Be that as it may, it now be hores China to assume a strong

time to reach the above-named LINDE On Wednesday. October front. The scheme is a good one.

30. 1935, at the Country Hos and one which will ultimately ed to General Yen, I was "pital. Shanghal, Eli van der prove to be China's

Linde, aged 46 years

salvation,

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financial reported

Union: Newr

Dr. Wang Chung-hul, Judge the World Court, is also asked to

come to China from The Heim likely to become of Foreign Affairs or Pres the Judicial Yuar.