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HONG KONG ISLAND

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936.

BIRTH

BROWN. On January 5, 1996, at the Country Hospital, Shang- hai to Daphne (née Adami, wife of C, N. Brown a son.

DEATH

DANCE AT THE PENINSULA

MORLING-On January 9, 1934, at Ladies Hockey Club

Lymington, Hampshire, Charles Robert Morling, formerly of Tientsin.

Function

The roof garden of the Penin- Editorial and Business Office: 11. sula Hotel. gally decorated for the occasion, provided an ideal setting Ice House Street: Tel. 30251.

the annual dance of the Night Editor (Wanchai : Office); for

Ladies Hockey Club which "Tel. 24511.

don office: 53, Fleet Street, held last night.

E.C.

:

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JANUARY 11, 1938.

WHAT THE NAVAL CONFERENCE MEANS

TO CHINA

The Naval Conference, having heard preliminary statements on the positions of the five Great Powers represented, has now got down to work in earnest. It will cecessarily be some time before anything in the way of defnite, re- sults can be looked for. The Bri- tish, American and Japanese ex- perts are now applying themselves

the technical task of finding, i it can be found, a formula which shall preserve the principle of limitation of naval armaments be- gan so hopefully thirteen years ago at Washington,

Before we delve into the subject too deeply, let us frankly analyse the situation and see what it means to China The Japanese demand for naval parity with Britain and the United States has created an "entirely new situation Both Britain and the United States are reluctant to accede to the Japanese suggestion that any new include a arrangement should "common upper level" to be ap piled to the fleets of all three countries. It is argued-and with that considerable justification such an arrangement would give

was

Miss J. Daizle the Becretary, and her helpers deserve thanks for the very successful way in which

made were the arrangements which contributed to a most en- joyable evening.

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rendered The Hotel Orchestra

and appropriate music

dancing much vigour was kept up with antil about 1 o'clock in the morn- ing. with supper in the interval, There were about 350 guests pre- sent and needless to say all en- joyed themselves thoroughly in this year's function of the lady a great sportsmen which was success.

SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS

All Phases To Be Discussed

Nanking, Jan. 10. The arrival or the Britisa Am- bassador, Sir Alexander Cadogan, from Felping to-day on a pro- longed visit to the capital is re- garded as evidence of the import- ance attached in British diploma- tic circies to the Sino-Japanese negotiations which are. expected to open shortly.

LADY PRECIOUS STREAM NEWS SUMMARY

Presentation At University Great Hall

"It takes all sorts to make up the world" are words of Lady Precious Stream, spoken last night at the University Great Hali and if this is so, then surely the play that they produce is at the peak of all those sorts that go to make up the dramatic world Its success in London, was phenomenal and it is a pity that the play is only being produced for two days.

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greatest punishment for it through his neglect and covetous neka that Precious Stream is left in poverty when her husband was away. Madame Wang, the mother, intervenes and all is smoothed over much to the gratification of the Tiger General.

Chan Chiu, manager of the Tak Wo grocer's shop, No. 988 Lock hart Road, ground floor, appeared before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central

yesterday, Magistracy charged on two counts of uttering nine counterfois ten cent pieces' at the shop on January 8 and posses xion of 105 counterfeit ton cont pinces

Pago 6

Mr. Richard Sidney, the Editor of "Rods, the magazine of the Rotary Club of Malaya and Siam, is on a short visit to the Colony. He will address the Rotary Club at ita next meeting on Tuesday.

.Pago 7.

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A system of swindling cigarette stalls was revealed at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday when Yuan Taat, 32, unemployed, was charged hefore Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones with stealing three packets of cigarettes 86, a licenced from Chan Bin, cigarette stall holder, by means of

.THE CAST Miss Josephine Wong, as, Pre- a very fine cious Stream, gave performance as did Messrs. Ray | mond Lee and Chỏa Wing Kin their respective parts of the Prime Mintaler and the gardener-king Mr Cheung Wing Ngok as the Tiger General, was good beyond a trick. Defendant pleaded guilty Page 6. the fact that I think he was in-and was sentenced to air wook's

hard labour, HIS clined to overact his part. performance last night before a

The death of a 55 years old pri- Honer, who died at the Victoria Gnol recently, after having served only four months of a years' im- prisonment for a breach of the de portation order, was the subject of Page 6.

The Hong Kong University Arts Association is to be congratulated on their choice of plays for their annual presentation this year. The play is a Chinese one transcrib- ed into English. One cannot, of course, make comparisons between the amateur acting of the stu- dents of the University with that of a professional company in Eng-youthful audience was much ap- preciated but I do not think that land yet the play throughout was offered in a thoroughly commend- the same extent would be accorded able manner that reflects credit by one more adult. It was between of no mean degree on the efforts Mr. Cheung, and Mr. D. W. Morley

that most of the laughter as an enquiry at the Central Magis- of its producer, Mr. Mirch, M. A., who had the able assistance of Mr.

caused The latter very ably took tract yesterday. Mã Bze Trang and Ming Tam Laẳn

over three amall parts. Mine He- Hing, the well-known Chinese len Chu as the catty sister, Su- actor and actress,

ver Stream, and incidently the wife of the Tiger General, was conspicuous by the natural -- and. easy ability with which she played her part.

three

Miss Phylisa. Kwok as the mother was much appreciated for her fine acting. The cast is a big one and to all must go the credit for a very excellent per-

She formance,

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LOCAL AND GENBA

.0 The Social Committee of the Helena Max Institute announces that, owing to Chinese New Year

Holidays, the Concert arranged by Mr. Lindsay A Lafford for January 29 has been postponed until February 20.

Friends of Sub-Inspector Tyler, of the Hong Kong Police Force, and Hon. Secretary of the Mamak Hockey Tournament, will be sorry ic learn that he is in hospital un- dergoing an operation.

THEME OF PLAY The play centres around the household of a Chinese family the father of which, Wang Yun is the Prime Minister. He has daughters, Golden Stream, Silver Stream and Precious Stream arİ the marriage of the latter is the chief concern of the father.

Of the scenes, the two scenes of is offered many rich sultors but elects to marry Haleh Ping-kuel, the first act which were in the the gardener of the house. This garden of the Prime Minister, the scene in the cave where Precious displeases the father to such an extent that Precious Stream re-Stream was living and where the nounces her family and goes to mother visits her after the (Pre-

A dinner dance will be held at live in poverty with her husband, claus Stream) had left home, and

the Repulse Bay Hotel to-day and The initiative will be taken as vowing never to return until they the scene in the same cave at the

a tea dance to-morrow-Special soon as the successor to Mr. Ari- are richer and more powerful than reuniting of Precious Stream and

her father. Hsleh Ping-kuel, rises her husband, the returned gar- extra bus service has been arranged yoshi, retiring Japanese sador, arrives in China at the end in the army and heads an expedi- dener-king, were outstanding. The for the convenience of the Patrons tion into the Western provinces. latter one was more conspicuous attending dinner dances; in addi- of the month. All phases of Sino-

tion to the ordinary time table:-- Japanese relations will be discuss-He is cut off by the enemy and in that it is threaded with a vein ed with a view to fulnuing Gen-compelled to reside in the foreigner wit and sarcasm that is delight HKH: 8 pm 8.30 pm 9 p.m.; Heful to the audience. The emotion-and R.BH: 1 am, 1.15 am, 1.30 desire country for eighteen years. eral Chiang Kai-shek's

al scene, the visit of the mother to a.m: her daughter in her deserted and

dwelling, poverty-stricken

Ambas-

Gloucester Road, Wanchai:— (N THE SUPREME COURT OF Japan not equality but supremacy to achieve a final settlement with

from Fenwick Street to Fleming

Road."

KOWLOON

Waterloo Road 'from

Nathan Road to the Sea-front. Argyle Street- from Recla. to Portland mation Street Street.

from Lai Chi Kok Road to Cheung Sha Wan Road.

Nan Chang Street:-

These areas will be marked out in stall spaces of 10 feet by 10 feet and the fee for each stall space will be $2.00 for the period of the fair.

Applications for stall spaces should be made at the Hawker's Oce, Leighton Hill Road (Old. Bullock Sanitary Department Stables for stalls in Hong Kong.

2. No unauthorised stalls will be allowed.

8.-Hawkers who wish to display their wares and or sell at places other than from properly licensed hawkers stalls must apply for all spaces in the areas mentioned in para. 1 above.

TONG CONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN

THE GOODS ов HENRY HUNT, LATE OF Новскатие, ПОКСИЕТІВ COUNTY, MassacousETTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GENTLEMAN, DRoxasid.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOT that the Court has, by virtue of ance No. 9 of 1887, made an order the provisions of Section 68 of Ordin limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to Ta FEBRUARY, 1936,

All Creditors and others ars accord-

ingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.

DEACONS,

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the Western Regions and rises to gains the favour of the Princess of Feelers put out d'plomatically become their king.

Meanwhile, Precious Stream de- in Tokyo elicited a favourable re- sponse from the Japanese Govern-serted and alone in her humble ment which, however, indicated dwelling ekes out â miserable ex- her father. She finally test from its intention to lay down certain istence, too proud to ask for help sends a letter to Hsieh Ping-kuel prerequisite conditions to

upbraiding him for his unfaithful- Nanking's "sincerity."-

ness and he, stricken with remorse, returns to her-a King. They are Dow able to command the respect

Reuter

STATE LOTTERY RESULTS

Shanghai, Jan. 10. The following were the results of the big prize winning tickets in the National State Lottery which was drawn to-day-

First prize, ticket No. 130785. Four second prizes, ticketa Nos. 10654. 286124, 137580, 102084.-- Reuter.

In the Pacific, the only ocean within the year. in her sphere of interest. The Taval problem thus stated may be left with the experts.

Meantime it is appropriate to ROBERT consider the political situation, in the Far East, of which the naval problem is only one aspect, if an The extremely important one. Washington Naval Treaty, de- Bourred by Japan a year ago, wis but one of a series of agreements concluded consecutively in 18922.. At the same time as Japan agreed to naval limitation on the basis of a flect three-fifths the size of those of Britain and the United States, she also signed the Nine-Power Treaty of Washington. The Nine- Power Treats, which has not yet been denounced by Japan, binds the signatories to respect the sovereignty and independence 88 well as the territorial and adminis- But trative Integrity of China. let us see how Japan has fullled her obligations under this Treaty. On December 2 the Chinese Am-

JAPANESE GARRISON IN bassador called Bir Samuel

OT Hoare at the Foreign Office to draw

NORTH CHINA the attention of the British Gov- erament to the action of the

Increase Urged To Meet Japanese Army in North China

Now Conditions The Chinese Government feared, it was stated, that a violation of the

Tientsin, Jan. 10. Nine-Power Treaty would" result

A conference of five Japanese from the autonomy" movement sponsored in the Northern Pro-officers decided to press the Tokyo Army War Office to increase the Japan vinces by the Japanese

ege garrison in North China China leaders. Since then a "settlement" of the North China problem has to meet the new conditions.--- been announced, apparently on Reuter terms acceptable to the Chinese Central Government" in Nanking. Only two provinces Charhar and Hopel-are to become "autono- mous" and they are to maintain for the time being an appearance or dependence on Nanking.

Solicitors for the Executor, 1, Des Voeux Road Central,

Hong Kong.

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4-No persons will be allowed to HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB,

display their wares or hawk in places other than the authorised stall spaces mentioned in para. 1 above unless they are in possession of Hawkera

Licences.

5.-Police have instructions to arrest all unlicensed hawkers and persons causing obstruction...

6-During the period January 14th to 23rd, 1986, inclusive licensed itinerant hawkers will be allowed to aquat in certain Streets in Hong Kong and Kowloon. Information as to these streets will be supplied on enquiry at Police Station's.

C. J. ROE, Secretary, Urban Council.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

IN BANKRUPTCY.

No. 12 or 1925,

Re Fung Shu Ksi, of No. 8, Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria,

No

RUGBY INTERPORT

SATURDAY,

25TH JANUARY, 1936. .SHANGHAI B. U.F.C

*.

; HONG KONG F.C.

Club Ground, Happy Valley. Admission: Reserved Soate Covered

Stand $2.00 (including tux)

Unreserved Seats Open

Stand $1.00" Booking at the Anderson Music Co., From To-day until Thursday, 23rd January.

TUESDAY,

28TH JANUARY, 1936. SHANGHAI E. U. F. C.

9.

COMBINED SERVICES Admission: Covered Stand $1.00 (including tax) Upen Stand

No Soats Reserved.

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in the Colony of Hong Kong. LOCAL MAPS

Clerk, TOTICE is hereby given that the Court has appointed at day of February, 1938, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for hearing the application for discharge of the above-named debtor.

Dated the 10th day of January 1936

W. J. LOOKHART-SMITH,

Official Receiver..

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Peak District,

Kowloon,

Victoria, New Territories.

MAYOR WU THE CHEN HONOURED

Shanghai, Jan, 10." The Insignia of Grand Omicer of The prestige of the Nanking Government has thus been, saved the Crown of Italy is being hand- It is clear, however, that the re-ed to Mayor Wu Teh-chen by the gime in the new "autonomous" Italian Ambassador. Signor Lo area will have a pro-Japanese bias, jacono, on behalf of the King of In substance, if not in form, Italy at a dinner at the envoy's Japanese penetration into China residence to-night has been carried, a stage further: Reuter If Japanese penetration in China continues two things can happen. Japan may establish suzerainty ever the most important parts of the claim is a pitiable pretence in the country, or and this is the face of the discriminations which more likely eventuality-she may exist against all foreign interests so weaken the Nanking Govern other than Japanese. A streng« ment that it will be willing to thening of Japanese influence over throw in its lot with Japan and China means a whittling down of the Open Door Drinciple in new admit her claim to establish a Monroe Doctrine for the Far East. areas

Japaness action in ManchukuoFor the present the whole posi has given the other foreign Powers tion is obscure, but obviously ground for fearing either of these common policy among the interest. poradic alternatives, Japan claims that ed Powers is desirable HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. the principle of the Open Door is protests will not budge the Japan-

still observed by her pupset, but eae Army from its course,

WAS

ISTS ON

very good except that I could do COMMUNISTS with a little more emotional ex- pression.

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As a play, as I have previously remarked, it one of which we, see too few and even though the full extent of its drama is not brought out, it is one that should not be passed by.

The fact that the booking of of her father and they return the performance for to-night is home and repay off their old all taken up; speaks eloquently for scores. The brother-in-law, the the wisdom of the choice of the Tiger General; comes in for the Arts Association,-LAT.-

JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR

JAPAN'S TRADE

THE MARCH

Capture Of Town Reported

Changsha, Jan. 10 Communists were reported last night to have captured Chin Yuan in Eastern Kwelchow but confir- mation is lacking. Hunan troops reached Tlen Chu yesterday and will co-operate with Kweichow troops to attack the Reds in Ching Shanghai, Jan, 10. --

Kai, also in Eastern Kweichow...

Nanking troops under General Japan exported goods valued at yen: 2,547,000,000 during the year Shang Kuan Yun Halang have 1935 up to December 25, accord- taken up their positions around ing to statistics released today by Chung An ready to stem the weat- ward march of the Reds. No big Tokyo, Jan 10. the Japanese Legation here.

fought during the Mr. Hachiro Arita, late Am- The value of Japanese exports Battles were bassador to Belgium, has formally increased over the same period in past several days.-- accepted Mr. Hirota's offer of 1934 by some yen 347,000,000, it ambassadorship to Chins, replac-was revealed.

TO CHINA

Mr. Arita To Succeed Mr. Ariyoshi

ing Mr. Aryoshi, who is retiring Imports amounted to yen 2,568,- 000,000 during the period, repre- shortly.

Jnion News.

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TWO-DAY BATTLE

Shanghai, Jan. 10. Chinese reports from Changsha

The Foreign Office will now sp-senting an increase of yen 243,-state that 3,000 Communists un- proach Nanking for approval of the appointment.

of

Mr. Arits is expected to leave for

towards

the middle China February— Reuter,

000,000,

The value of imports in excess of exports was approximately yen 19,000,000. a decrease of yen 103,- 000,000 from the 1934 exce83.~-~~ Union News.

MOCK ATTACK UPON

ALEXANDRIA

Naval Units And Air Force

Participate

Alexandria, January 10,

A mock attack upon Alexandria from the land, son, and air by an imaginary European power was made in the early hours of this morning -

All the lights of the harbour were extinguished while British Warships representing the enemy naval force steamed to sen. Submarines at the harbour mouth attempted to pass the boom for the supposed purpose of torpedoing the ships anchored with-

nting the enemy, and destroyers were also facinded. In the attacking force and genuine destroyers, steamed from the harbour te, repel them,

Naval and Air Force speed-boats,

Scores of seroplanes reared overhead, draping fares to re- present bombe. · Searchlights stabbed the sky and swept the, men, picking out the attacking enemy ships and planes --Beuter,

der Ho Lung and Hsiao Keh were kiled during the two days' battle around Pingpien, on the Hunan- Kwelchow border on January. 6. The remnants are deeing to Tung- jen.- Keuter

LEITH-ROSS VISIT TO

SOUTH

Shanghai, Jan. 10.-

It was learned to-day that Sir Frederick Lelth-Ross, British eco- nomic adviser, will visit Hong Kong and Canton some time this, month to study the monetary con- ditions there.#

A preliminary report of the sit- uation was prepared by Mr. H. E. Young, Sir Frederick's assistant,

After 'siting South China, Sir Frederick and his party will feturn to England via the Suez- Union News,

BOY SCOUTS GATHER

Capetown, Jan. 9. Three thousand Boy Scouts ga-- thered for the East London Cape of Good Hope and Bouth Afri Jamboree at which Lords Powell, the Chief Scout pre and delivered the opening Router Bulletini