4
FLATS TO LET
MOTICIA Mansion, TODERN FLATS - Nos, 1, 2,4&
Macdonnell Road, Apply Xavier Bros Ltd. No. 8, Den Vous Road Telephone 99792 or 23916.
FOR SALE.
A Balection of the best varieties of RELIABLE and TESTED FLOWER and VEGETABLE
SEEDS
from
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. Mesars Toogood and Sons Ltd.,
Southampton "Mesara. Arthur Yates&Co,) td, Sydney.
Messrs. W. Atlee Burpee Co
Philadelphia
The opportunity of serving you will be a pleasure and your comthiande will have our best attention.
GRACA & CO.
No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET,
HONGKONG.
P. O. Box No. 820,
Established 1896.
TUITION GIVEN.
GER
HONG KONG DAILY
POSITION VACANT.
FLOATque and character, and must be
**
PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1936.
TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES
Broadcast by Z.B.W. On 355 Metres,
12.30-315 p.m.-European recorded 5, p.m.-Sonata i C minor for
Programme.
12.30 7m.-Orchestral Music.
.PPLICATIONS are invited from young Chinese Engineer Officers YEBALD Sydney, Professor of having Chino-t'ung 'u Certificates of Voice Production, Singing, Compotency as Engineera for appoint- Flocution, Correct English Specchment to the Marine Department of the Pronunciation and Conversation. For Chinese Customs Service. Candidates appointment, please Telephone 58963. will be required to pass as rict examination, must be of good between 22 and 3 years of age. A competitive examination will be hold to test the abilities of promising pm-Local Time Signal and candidates before
Weather Report. final selection is made.
The men
holected will be 1.03 p.m.-Variety Items. required to serve satisfactorily for a 1.30 probationary period of six months (on i
before boing placed on the permanent staff of the Departmen. Applications in the candidates' own handwriting, together with copies of certificates and testimonials or refer
should be forwarded to the Count Inspector. Custom House, Shangbai, nur before the 12th October, 1936.
ENSIGN AUTO - RANGE
CAMERA
Focuses the image abaclately. sharply and automatically. It is provided with a RANGE FINDER coupled with the lens focussing mechanism, and operated from the usual radial focussing lover.
Ask for a demonstration
A. TACK & CO.
29, De Trang Hoad, Central.
The Most Comprehensive Survey Yet Compiled of Reconstructional Progress in Modern China.
CHINA'S
NEW CURRENCY
SYSTEM
By TANG LEANG-LI
A survey of Chinese Currency and Banking System in Historical perspective and of the reactions of the World Slump upon Chinese Trade, Industry, and Finance, from the beginning of the depression to the Establishment of State -Control of Silver-with Statistical tables relating to movements of Gold, Silver and Prices in General.
ON SALË AT
$5
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE
Publishers:
CHINA UNITED PRESS
299. Szechten Boad, Suazonai
TAKE..............
1.7, .
DEPS
For COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUENZA,
SORE THROAT. BRONCHITIS etc.
Ohemists and medicine dealers everywhere well. Paka
ences,
[4847
PUBLIC AUCTION.
RE Undersigned have received Tinstructions
TO SELL T
PUBLIC AUCTION
"
ON
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1938
COXKING NG At 10.30 AM.
AT GODOWN No. 8, THE HONG KONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN Co., LTD., KOWLOON,
(For Account of the Concerned,
I Cases Mirro
Rubber Goods Buttons
Scap Cases
Celluloid Gooda
6
"
Toys
11
49
5
•
2
5
2
+
T
Playing Cards
Toilet Cream
Money Puree
Electrical Goods
Rubber Balls
Empty Tina
Rubber Balloons Celluloid Combs Pencils Merchandise
sad
A Quantity of Playing Cards, White Snow Cream, Child's Hats, Baby's Hats, Bubber Balloons, Metal Whistles, Hair Slides, Crayon, Pen- cils, Panama Hats and Bata, ete.
All More or Less Damaged{
TERMS;-A» Costomary.
LAMMERT BROS,
AUCTIONEERS.
HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS
AND
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE
Violin and Piano by Beethoven. Gertrude-Ilse Tilsen. Evelyne
Harte.
5.30 p.m.-News and Economic Re-
view in German.
5.45 pm-Young Authors: Paul
Dahms.
THE ROSE CURE
"Grow Roses And Forget Your Troubles"
A HAPPY AMPUTATION
"That's about all, I think," re- marked the Army surgeon as we shook hands onë fue April morn- ing in 1920 when taking my dis-
6.15 p.m.-Sign off DJA and DJB charge from hospital as “No long-
(Germ., English).
p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press Local: Weather fore- cast, time and, announcements. Į 6 p.m.-Topical Talk. 1.40 p.m.--Band Selections. 2 p.m.-Vocal Gems. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down. 4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m.-European Programme. 7 pin.--
Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Gracie Fields (Comedienne).
1. Orchestra-Follow the Fleet-
Selection.
2. Song-Mary Rose, ("This Week
of Grace").
3. Orchestra-Ray Noble Medley. 4. Song-Melody at Dawn (This
Week of Grace").
7.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quo-
tations.
7.20 p.m.-
A Welsh" Programme
Song-All through the Night (Old Welsh Air)-Lella Megane (Contralto). Song.-Old Weish· Bong-Evan
Williams (Tenor). Orchestra.The Leek-Selection (Middleton)—The London Pal- ladium Orchestra. Song The Village Spring (arr. Roberts-Leila Megane (Con- tralto).
7.40 p.m.-
From the Studio.
A Jazz Recital by Fred Carpio (Banjo) and Art Carneiro (Violin), p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and announce -
ments.
8.03 p.m.-
6.55 p.m.-Call DJE and (German. English). German Folk Song.
er At for service." As an after- DJB thought he added: "Oh, there's
7 p.m.-Concert of Light Music 8 pun-News in English." 8.15 p.m.-Greetings to our Listen- em in the Dutch East Indies and Call DJQ. 820 p.m.-Little
casting ABC.
German
Just one other thing. Go and grow roses and forget all your troubles."
I knew nothing about roses, ΤΟ have attempted recognition of the Cabbage Rose that charmed the eyes of Macedonian Midas or one of Lord Penzance's hybrid briars Broad-would have confounded me on the spot. Furthermore, I failed utter-
8.35 p.m.-Concert of Light Musicly to see, how a man with only one
(continued)
leg was to develop into a rose spec- Reialist. Nevertheless I resolved to make an earnest attempt to carry out the surgeon's suggestion.
p.m.-News and Economic
view in Germani 9.15 p.mm-Sonats in e minor for
Violin and Piano by Beethoven. Gertrude-se Tilaen. Evelyne
Harte.
9.45 p.m.-Topical Talk, 10 p.m.-News and Economic Re
ir. English on DJE, INQ in Dutch on DJB.
10.15 p.m.-To-day In Germany,
Sound Pictures.
10.30 p.m.-Young Authors; Paul
Dahms.
Relayed from Potsdam in Memory
of Frederick the Great.
12 midnight-Close DJE DJQ. DJB
(Germ.. Engi.›.
LAMMERTS AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received
instructions
TO SELL BT
PUBLIC AUCTION
ነኝ
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1936
COMMENCING AT 2.30 P.M
2
AT THEIR SALES ROOM, DUDDELL STREET
A QUANTITY OF.
HOUSEHOLD
VALUABLE
.
FURNITURE
Comprising
Teak Dining Room and Drawing Room Furniture, Bed Room and Office Furniture, Black Wood Ware. Carpets, Rugs, Coir Mats, Electric I was town bred and my garden Fans & Lamps, Brass & E. P. Ware, was restricted. The first move in Porcelain and Glass Ware, Cutlery, this new hobby was an obvious one Clocks, Ornaments, Oil Pairtings, to the country. For six months the Pictures, Mirrors, Enamelled Bath, household had "Back to the Land" Wash Basins, Gramophone and dianed into them. After inter- Records, Typewriters, Sewing viewing numerous agents, owners. Machines, Billiard Table, Electric and sundry other persons of ill-Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Uprigat defined standing I secured a nice Pianos, Linen, etc., etc. Uttle place
The at the rear of Malverns, an ideal soil for roses.
also
10.45 p.m.- Flute Concert in Five acres of meadow stretched 1.410 Single Barrelled Shot Gun
Sanssouci.
away at the rear of the premises. (Gale & Son, Birmin.bam) How to begin was the problem. 1 .22 Repeating Rifle .. Former thoughts of about 500 rosës | were swamped by the immensity of the area. The rector saved the aituation-a countryman born, bred, and educated. It was all so the simple the way he handled business. So much for the orchard, the
RADIO MANILA
3.30 am.-Breakfast Hour of News and Music-English and Span- ish Current Events and Vaude ville of the Air conducted by Don Alva,
►
De-7am-Sign Of.
A Variety Concert. Song.Where the Arches used to **be-Flanagan and Allen.
Accordeon Solo, Stars over von--George Scott Wood. Song.The Lady from Mayfair
Michael Carr.
8.15 p.m.-
From the Studio.
0.30 am-Nielson Financial Re-
View and Musical Varieties. 11.15 am.Sign Off
kitchen garden, the lawns. "Naturally you'll want a bit of glass," flower borders, and so forth. "That leaves you with just over two acres for roses." He sent along the ballif from Home Farm, who arranged to plough up the meadow. ESPECIAL CARE
ON VIEW FROM THURSDAY, THE 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1986.
TERMS:-CASH ON DELIVELY.
LAMMERT BROS..
AUCTIONEERS
ዳኒ
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES.
To others I left the orchard, the kitchen garden, and everything else PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS 2.30 p.m-Nielson Financial Review save the roses; those were mine
and Musical Varieties
3.45 p.m.-Sign Of
own especial care. Two thousand arrived at the little station four
Interpretations at the Piano by 6 p.m.-Song and Moyle Magazine miles away and were brought down
Helen O'Brien.
Programune."
I. Contrasts.
2. Rose of Tralee."
3. Some day you'll remember.
4. You are my lucky star.
I've got a feelin' you're foolin': 8.30 p.m.
A Variety Concert (contd). Vocal-Little Plecaninny Mine- Les Allen and his Canadian Bachelors.
Humorous. With her head tuck-
ed underneath her Stanley Holloway.
zine.
0.20
Period
4 35
p.m.-English Information.11
Period.
OF SALE
of
THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
Situate at
of the Air, sponsored by the on a farm wagon. They were the Literary Song-Movie Maga- } talk "of the place for months; and truth compels the admission p.m.-Spanish Informational that I was regarded as being not quite balanced'in mind. The pur- chase of a dozen pushes could be KOWLOON IN THE COLONY OF understood-50 or even 100 with an
HONG KONG effort-but four-figure quantities passed all bounds of decency. We planted them, or rather four men did, while I, textbook in hand, limped about enjoying myself, con- fident in the beller that I was supervising
6.55 p.m. Stack quotations, through the courtesy of Swan. Culbert- son and Fritz 7pm-Child Health Day Pro-
gramme.
7.30 p.m.-To be announced. arm7.45 p.m.-Oriental Classic Trio and
Alma Corre (Chain KZEG); Guitar Solo.--Mood Ruby-Len | B p.m.To be announced
Filla.
and Known, us
No. 35, JORDON ROAD
Situste' upon
1
The first summer we had little KOWLOON INLAND LOT No. 3152
To be Sold by
to show-an" odd flower here and there, but that was all. The fol- lowing autumn we planted another
Carmela Hernandez, with 500, and the year after that a fur PUBLIC AUCTION
Sarmiento and Rey.
8.15 p.m.-Commercial Monitor. Song.I'm a foot for loving you 8.30 p.m.-A Voice and Two Guitars
---Dinah Miller. Vocal-Moonlight on the Prairie
-The Hill Billes. Accordeon Solo-Lulu's Back in "Town-George Scott Wood.
Humorous Another Bedtime Story Cindrella-Wish Wynne
9 p.m.-News and announcements
from London.
9.20 p.m.-
REPORT
A
ILLUSTRATED
PRINTED IN GOOD QUALITY PAPER OVER 40 PAGES
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
FULL REPORTS
OF
LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS, GOSSIP, TRADE, ETC.
30 CENTS A COPY
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, LTD.
་་་
MARINA HOUSE (3RD FLOOB) 15-19, QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL.
From the Studio.
Planoforte "Recital by Nura Kanis.
Programme.
1. Bevillanas--Albeniz
2. Arabesque No. 2-Debussy.
3. Cordoba-Albeniz,
"
9.35 p.m.-A. Relay of the 1st.
Batto: Royal Ulster Rifles, from
8.45 p.m. Stock Quotations and
Local Market Reports.
9 p.m.-"Sampagulta,"
conducted
by Remigio Mat. Castro, 9.30 p.m.-To be announced. 0.45. p.m.-Studio Music. 10 p.m.-Sign off.
LABOUR RIGHTS
Roumanians Draft Women's Charter.
A minimum charter for Rouman-
gan
ther 1,000. The only speculation now in the village was as to how long it would be before my de-; parture to a mental home.
In the fourth year opinions be
to waver: the roses were blooming splendidly. Great Horal falls cascaded from pergola and arch; hedges of roses were fast Knitting Into permanency; all around for yards hovered the de licate fragrance of roses like a benediction of Rosa herself. Capl tulation came when a deputation of my former strongest critics wait- ed upon me with an invitation to join the village horticultural so- ciety, "I did, and straightway' pur chased another seven acres, which
had become a necessity if the im-
mense collection of old-fashioned roses was to be given ample space
Tur
OR
THURSDAY,
D DAY or SEPTEM' ER, 1936.
At 3 0 LOCK P.M.
ÅT, TEEK AUCTION ROOMS, No. 4, DUDDELL STREET, VICTORIA, Hong Kong
by
Mzser, LAMMERT BROTHERS, Auctioneers.
The Properly consists of :—
the Officers' Mesa, Murray Bar- lan women has been issued in racks. (by kind permission of Bucharest by the trades unions. Lieut. Col. R. M. Rodwell and Raising the status of their wo- Officers').
men folk is one of the primary and allowance made for extension situato at Kowloon, Hong Kong, and alms of the unions,
In the future. Still the planting Ofice as the Kowloon Inland Lot No.
10 p.m.-
|
A Relay from London
Big Ben: Talk: "World Affairs"
by H. V. Hodson..
10.18 p.m.-
11
Dance Music.
11 p.m.-Close Down,
BERLIN PROGRAMME
All that piece or parcel of ground known and registered in the Land
from
right
Recently, the Women's Club, I went on. and by now which is affiliated to the Rouman-, budding standards of our own pre- erections and buildings thereon erect- we were ato together with the message, la Employees' Union here, appeal-"ference. Next came election to the ed
ed and known as No. 36 Jordan Road. ed to all women workers in Rou-, committee.. Then the rose garden The
Property is held for the unexpired. mania to join their union.
was opened to the villagers one day the 21st day of July, 1919 with a of the term of 75 years "Get together and win your free-in the height of the season-it was of renewal for further term of 75 dom." the appeal, begins. This is a fine year for my roses and be created by an Jadentare of: Crown followed by the union's 10-point hold, they were overcome by won- Lease dated the 7th day of April, programme for the attainment of der.
1934, and made between His late which wonien
are asked to of
Majesty King George V of the one part and Yeung Ming Chan of the
1.05.-Call DJA, DJB (German, ganiac:
English).
German Folk Song.
1.10 p.m.--Concert of Light Music. 2 p.m.--News in German.
2.15 p.m.- Concert of Light Music
(continued).
2.55 p.m.--Greetings to our Isten-
ers in New Zealand
L
3 p..News and Economic Review
in English.
3.15
D.m.-To-day in Germany. Sound Pictures.
J
Boucl
3.30 p.m.-Flute Concert in Sans-
Relayed from Potsdam in Memory į
TEL 80251.
of Frederick the Great,
4.45
p.m.-Hitler Youth
in Retrospect.
1. Equal pay for equal work.
2 Equal right to promotion.
STATE OF IGNORANCE From the sorry state of immor ance in 1920 progress has been made toa point where ab-
3. Married women's right to struse matters of rose history are work.
discussed with ease and pleasure;
4. Pald maternity leave, alx 魏 weeks before and after childbirth.
5. Equal civil and political rights with men.
splendid and ever-increasing
other part..
Annual Crown rent $20.00. *Area 2,224 Square feet.
collection grows away happly in an For further Particular Apply to: ideal situation; additions come
MEN. JOHNSON, STOKES & from numerous correspondents all
MASTER, Mortgagees Solicitors.
6. Fight against high cost of liv over Europe, the United States, ina..
7. Freedom of association to be guaranteed.
8. Abolition of censorship and martial law..
Canada, and Australia, as well as a fine wild rose garden of species- world-wide in their original babi- tation. Such a collection and the M other interests-greenhouse,
or-
9. Development of class cons-chard, herbaceous borders-permit ciousness by raising the economic of no time for idleness or brooding
or to
LAMMERT BROTHERS,
The Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 29th August, 1935
Pro- and political standard of women introspection. True, a leg has been mind. Almost I am persuaded the
gramme: The Month of August workers.
10. Respect for women
lost, but I have gained a plantation exchange is a fair one of roses and a peaceful serenity of pondent in the Times."
corres
זי
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.