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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS.

MACAO JOCKEY CLUB

JUNE RACE MEETING SUNDAY, 14th June, 1936.

First Saddling Bell at 1.30 p.m. First Race at 2.00 p.m.

ON HIS MAJESTY'S

SERVICE

Tenders are invited for the supply of Painters and Scrapers (and painting work),

Caulkers (and caulking work).

Forms of tender can be abiain. ed at the Office of the Chief

See Steamboat Co.'s Notice for Constructor, H. M. Dockyard, Special sailings to Macao.

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Hong Kong, and should be filled 4498 in and returned, as indicated in Tender Form not later than noon on Saturday, 20th June, 1936.

In the Goods of EDWARD OTT DRAKE

formerly of British American Tobacco Co. (China) Ltd., deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that all claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased, who died in Hong Kong on the 22nd day of May, 1936, should be sent immediately to the undersigned,

Dated the 14th day of June, 1936.

GEO, K. HALL, BRUTTON &

O..

Solicitors for the Executrix Bank of East Asia Building,

Hong Kong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

4197

PROBATE JURISDICTION

GOODS

of

IN THE FOSTER ST." BARBE late of Common Hill House Com. mon Hill | Fownhope in the County of Hereford in the United Kingdom deceased,

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Ordin ance No. 2 of 1879 made an order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to 9th July, 1936.

All Creditors and others are ac. cordingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on ar before that date.

DEACONS,

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

Hong Kong

1406

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

IN

PROBATE JURISDICTION

THE GOODS of CHARLES EDWARD ANTON late of Forthill House Broughty Ferry Scot land, Gentleman, deceased,

NOTICE is hereby given "that the Court has by virtue of the. "provisions of Section 58 of Or. dinance No. Z of 1897. made an order limiting the time for credi. tors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to 26th day of June, 1936.

All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under- signed on or before that date.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Executors, 1, Des Voeux Road C., Hong Kong. [447

A. W. WATSON,

Chief Constructor.

4492

THE RAUR AUSTRALIAN

GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in Queensland)

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1936.

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The Daily Press.

HONO KOND, JUNE 19, 1936.

THE CHURCH AND

DIVORCE

Slight but welcome indications of less unbending attitude towards the vital problems of marriage and divorce were visible in the Upper House of Convocation. recently, The Report under discussion was thut of the joint Committee of the Convocations of Canterbury and York which, while recommending certain additional grounds for the annulment of marriage, acknow- ledged that "in the present con- dition of general society, so far as NOTICE IS HEREBY secular legislation is concerned. GIVEN that the Share Registers of the Company will be closed from Monday, 22nd June 1936. to Friday, 3rd July 1936 days inclusive),

(both

By Order of the Board,

DERRICK & CO.. Chartered Accountants, Local Secretaries. Hong Kong Bank Chambers, SINGAPORE, 8th Jane, 1936. 4490

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION

JN THE GOODS OF THOMAS GRIMSHAW late of 15 Lochmore Road Mossley Hill in the City of Liverpool, England, de ceased.

some provision for dissolving the

the Committee were strongly in favour of the grounds being severely limited, even in secular legislation." and a still more up- bending temper was manifest in the passages dealing with the in- dissolubility of marriage, the re- marriage of divorced persons, and their admission to Holy Com; munion. To concede just as little as possible and fight a continual rearguard action represented the main tenor of the Report. and the inost liberal speeches did not carry the Upper House of Convocation very far.

and Bishop of Winchester reluctantly allowed that circumstances may make it impossible for the State to refuse further legislation for ex- tending the grounds of divorce. We should prefer to put it much more forcibly and say that public opinion will not allow Parliament to postpone much longer legislation on the lines powerfully advocated by the late Lord Buckmaster. THE general public conscience is shock-

marriage bond is inevitable.'" But

Both

the Primate

DI

CHA

ed and revolted by the law which condemns to lifelong unhappiness! and often to acute misery thou- sands of persons who are fast NOTICE - IS HEREBY bound by chains from which they GIVEN that the Court has by cannot escape, and the justice or virtue of Section 58 of the necessity which they deny. Probates Ordinance 1897, made. There is, moreover, a growing im

patience with the an Order limiting the time for ecclesiastical conscience which re- creditors and others to send in ruses them rellef, on a point of their claims against the above dogma, or on the interpretation of estate to the 3rd. day of July, a text. The Primate said that the 1936.

All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under signed on or before that date. Dated the 5th day of June, 1936. JOHNSON, STOKES"&

MASTER,

Solicitors for the Administrator, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.

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IN THE SUPREMETM COURT OF HONG

· KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN THE GOODS of Mrs. FLORA SASSOON, fate of Trevelyan Cranley Road 'Guildford la the County of Surrey England, Widow, Deceased.

idea

stubborn

of a "bargain" between to him, and he and other equally Church and State was repugnant

high-minded and liberal-minded churchmen are terribly afraid of seeming to lower the Church's standard of morality or weaken

attitude

her faithful witness to the highest Ideal. That

compels respect. but the answer, as many see it, is that while the Church should continue to uphold the highest standards, her administra- tion should ever be guided by the law of charity. Nor are educated people, in these days, unaware that wherever the Church has inter-

preted her rules most narrowly spe has failed most completely.

Speaking on the proposal that it should be left to the Bishop to decide whether a guilty divorced person who has remarried should be admitted to Communion. "Dr. Garbett said that at present he had no power" to allow such sa- mission. Yet in

LECTURE IN BERLIN

China's Internal -Reconstruction

"Hong Kong Dally Press" Specia..

Berlin, June 11. The "Chinese National (Govern- ment's programme of reconstruc- tion WILS outlined to-day by Minister Tang Leang Li in a lec- ture at the German College of political selence before a big" su- dience. The Minister, who is visit- ng Germany for the purpose of studying national and socialist in- stitutions, stressed the importance

for

the

the Chinese people of struggle against communism since the successful carrying out of the tušk of Interna reconstruction de- pended on the suppression of the communist evil.

The speaker alluded to the hopes entertained by China after the conclusion of the great war or co- operation with Soviet Russia which

It

was thought would support China in her resistance Against the domination of the capitalist countries, but soon it became obvious that this was not the "alm of Moscow and that their promise to abstain from communistic pro- paganda in China was valueless.

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HONG KONG THE IDEAL COLONY?

The Social Life

Having endeavoured to tackle serious local problems with cugenics as the main theme, in the last three articles of these series; I am determined, this week, to deal with another problem, which is far less serious but undoubtedl- ly effects vast numbers of citizens none the less,

Here we are living in a British cial life. We never seem able to colony, «side by side with fellow see enough of our special friends citizens of every imaginable race; with the same interests, and we and what do we British people do

find ourselves constantly putting In the way of mixing with other off wider social activities.

nationals?

We have unusual opportunities of exchanging ideas with people of vastly different cutlook to our- selves; and yet we seem content to old just jog along in the same groove with never a thought of all that we are missing in life, and without experiencing the slightest urge to contribute' towards inter- national understanding.

I suppose we are naturally bad mixers. Perhaps it is the result of our island ancestry and our cold nordic

blood. And, the typical English man is an inordinately' shy person, and is apt to become quite inarticulate just when he wants, must to establish friendly relations. After the recapitalising efforts

with the foreign stranger, who, if made by the Chinese Govern-ne.only realised it, is more than ment since 1927 to suppress

willing to come half way to meet the communist movement; the

him with friendly overtures. Nanking Government had. al- ways regarded the military suc- 'cesses achieved against the com-

munist forces

less tant than the moral forisation of Chinese people and the creation of a new type of Chinese citizen,

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impor

Alter surveying the various tasks imposed by China's economic deve- lopment such as road-building, re- gulation of rivers, reorganisation

of

agriculture. promotion of hygiene, the Minister concluded with a reference to the favourable state of commercial relations be- tween Germany and China and de- clared "Young China looks with admiration on New Germany.

The speaker was warmly ap plauded- Transocean News Service.

DAME HENRIETTA - BARNETT

Death At Age Of 85

London, June 10. The death has occurred of Dame Henrietta Barnett, O.B.E, aged 85-leuter

Dame Henrietta Octavia Barnett, Barnett, whom she married in widow of the late Canon S. A.

1874, was born on May 4. 1851. She was created C.B.E, in 1917 and D.B.E, in 1924.

Dame Barnett's life was devoted to works of social betterment. Amongst the many posts she held were the following:-Hon. Secre- tary of the State Children's Asso- ciation since 1896: Founder and President of the London Pupil Teachers' Association; Trustee of the Whitechapel Art Gallery: Vice- President of the National Associa- tion for Welfare of Feeble-minded; co-Founder and Vice-President of Children's County Holidays Fund; V.P.. National Union of Women Workers, etc., etc. She was also Vice-President of the Council of Barnett House, Oxford, and four- der of the Henrietta Barnett School

Herg, tri Hong Kong, "we are in the position of hosts to the strang- ers within our gates, and as such should surely make more effort to

get to know other "nationale, and make ourselves generally pleasant to them.

· DIFFICULTIES IN OUR

SOCIAL LIFE

There are difficultles-obvious difficulties. To begin with the

A few public spirited people with the necessary means, and a na- tural gift for entertaining rise up from time to time, and become famous for their delightfully cos- mopolitan parties at which" people of every conceivable nationality meet and enjoy themselves enor- mously. Lady Southern was an Ideal hostess In this way, and the "Hong Kong Women's Internation- al Club" to which she devoted so much interest, is a wonderful ex- ample of what can be done to make people fraternise in club life.

A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM

And now I come to a solution for our social problem.

It would be a wonderful thing for Hong Kong there was a vas; International Club; for men and women, situated in an easily accessible place both to Hong Kong and Kowloon, with a capacity for a large ship and facilities for games both

indoor and out.

member-

The ideal altuation for such an institution would be at the top of u hill within easy reach of both the town and Kowloon. As most of the men folk work on Hong Kong side the Peak seems the obvious place on the tram route for pre- ference, so that a car would not be necessary for transport.

More difculties at once present themselves. Where is there a con- venient vacant site? That occu-` topled by the Peak Hotel would be suitable if there were enough ad- Jacant land for grounds I won- der what will be done with the Victoria Hospital when the Queen Mary is opened?

climate is against us. The damp atmosphere of the early summer months seems to sap one's vitality. and every mental or physical ef- for is twice as great as it ought to be. Alter the day's work 18 done "office wallchis" waht hurry home and get their feet up and their collars off; while their women folk are quite content to play their afternoon bridge in a comfortable verandah before join- Ing their husbands for a quiet do- mestle evening. The effort of dressing up and going out again is a most unwelcome proposition. generally to be avoided at all costs. AUTUMN AND WINTER

So much for the summer. There

is still our glorious autumn and winter to account for. Surely we ought to be able to pull ourselves together and be more gregarious then. But somehow those ideal months are all too short for us to make up arrears of neglected so-

ITALIAN ARMY AFFAIRS

Badoglio's Statement

To Press

NEWS SUMMARY

Solicitation for prostitution was alleged at the Central Magistracy yesterday before Mr. W. Schozeld against a married woman, who was convicted and fined.