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PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday. the 21st day of Dec., 1936, at 3 p., at the Offices of the Publici Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land Chuk Un in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately alter the dis posal of the lot the purchaser will be required to deposit with an Authorised officer who will be pre- sent at the sale, the sum of twe hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the purchase price.
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NOTICE.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936,
оп
DEATH
CHRISTIE-At 12 Dick Place, Edinburgh, December 2, 1936. Dugald Christie, C.M.G.. FR.C.P., F.R.C.S. - (Edin.). in his 82nd year, missionary of the Church of Scotland in Mukden, Manchuria.
I have pleasure in announcing that Messrs. M. 1. Ling and Y. C. Leung have this day been granted jointly and severally my Editorial and Business Ofice! personal power of attorney and that of my firm.
signed-G.A. HARRIMAN,
and
15-19, Queen's Road Central Tel. 30251. Night Editör
(Wanchai
Ofice):
"Maid Of The NORWEGIAN
Mountains"
Danger Of
Returning
Colonies Philharmonic
WARNING TO
BRITAIN
Dangers which would arise if Tel 24511.
Britain handed back her mandated London Omce: 53. Fleet Street territoriens "in Africa are summed.
·G.A. HARRIMAN EC. 4."
mp in a memorandum which was submitted to members of both & COMPANY,
Houses of Parliament recently by -Stockbrokers
the Joint East African Board.
The
11, Queen's Road, Central
and at Sharebrokers Association.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG
KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, DEORMBER 17, 1938.
BOIL ME
NEVER!
Society's Success
ANNE WINTER SCORES AS TERESA"
STEAMER
AGROUND
The Norwegian steamer Promise which ran aground at So Tun Pan near Castle Peak on Tuesday night
whilst on her way from Canton to
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Interesting Discussion At Y.M.CA.
"At the suggestion of the Board of Directors of the European
Swatow with a cargo of coal, was expected to be refloated st highY.M.C.A., members of the Associa- water last night. The vessel, often were invited last night, under 1.291 tons, was built in 1920 for the auspices of the Literary De- Messrs. H. M. Wrarigell and Com-
"If the public of Hong Kong has any admiration for the "live" stage, then the success of the Philhar-pany, and her port of registry is bating Committee, to discuss the question of Daylight Saving, which monte Society's production of "The Haugsend. Her local agents are Messrs Karsten. Larssen and
local was put before the Company.
munity by His Excellency the Governor in a recent address the Legislative Courich.
Maid of the Mountnina” is assured. Its premiere last night in the Queen's Theatre was a complete memorandum stated "No
success, and the performers re- other conclusion is possible than acted as professionals to a truly that a redistribution of the man-appreciative and decidedly "warm" dates. in Africa, Instead of bring-house. "Not every seat was occupi- ing peace; would lead to greater
ed, but that will be rectifed to-
are
armaments and to opportunities night and, it is sincerely to be for disputes which would extend hoped on all succeeding nights, far beyond the confines of Europe." until the final performance- on British territory in Africa, it is Saturday. For "The Maid of the pointed out, would become vulner- Alountains" is really a theatrical able to attack. The establishment | treat, and we feel that we of German air and naval bases in greatly indebted to the Philhar- Tanganyika would threaten com- monie Society for, firstly, essaying munications with South Africa and;] "such a difficult task as that of other parts of the Empire and it producing
comprehensive A Some men--and some beasts-would be necessary to provide musical show, and, secondly, for tre born to take part in great fortified defencés in Southern the adrolt manner in which it has events. We envy them their Rhodesia and the Union of Southbeen presented. privileged position
- the
bare Africa as well as in East Africa. which for a time wakes the
FLEET INCREASE
IN THE GOODS of Dikran Mouradian, late of 86. George Street in the City of Man
un- chester, England-Merchant, | ning in a big steeplechase, or the
It would also be necessary to in- deceased.
typist who stands next
crease the British Fleet in order assassin in a crowd.
to have superiority of sen power Our own lives seem humdrum in the Indian Ocean. by comparison.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1897, made
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Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 6th day of January,
1937.
to the
History is being made all round us, but we rarely get eurer than the beadmes can org us to the raw material. The spectacular persistently eludes us. Some people, it was suggested the older day, are All Creditors and others are
more accident-prone 42 accordingly hereby required to than others; and something of send their claims to the under the sort is certainly true in this signed on or before that date.
Dated the 9th day of Decemo "whom things happen, and there are those of us to whom ber, 1936.
they don't,
A. D. H. HANDS, deceased:
will all persons having claims against the estate of the late Mr.
·A.D.H. Haods, Imperial Air
71
ways, Ltd., submit same on or
hefore 31st December, 1936
to:--
い
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS (FAR
EAST), LIMITED
PENINSULA HOTEL, KOWLOON.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
486%
The Thirteenth Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 19th December, 1936, commencing at 2.00 p.m.
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 14th Dec., 1938,
4881
JOHNSON, STOKES &
MASTER, Solicitors for the Administrator,
4878
In considering the basis of the German demand for colonies as an outlet for her surplus population. attention is drawn to the fact that before the war there were in Ger- man East Africa (now Tanganyika) There are in only 5338 Germans. Tanganyika now only 8455 Euro- about 3000 are peans, of whom German."
Context. There are those of us
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It would be dificult to find, among the participants of tivi- lized file, a creature more fully represectulive of that second category than the goldásl.
The Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building,
Cats get stuck in chimneys, Des Voeux Road C. dogs rescue babies from drown- Hong Konging, parrots coin epigrams, cows have progeny with two beads, geese are photographed in Deceli- ber, mice take part in submarine warfare, and tuongeese figure in
causes celebres."
GOLD OUTPUT
||
But nothing ever happens to
Messrs. Derrick and Co., local secretaries for the Raub Austra- | goldfish. Han Gold Mining Co., Ltd., advise that the output for the four weeks ended December 5, amounted to
1,997.05 ounces.
1
TERRITORIAL ARMY RECRUITS
vember, 1935. During the eight
not
J!
They cannot escape, they can
answer back, they cannot cause notar accidents or litiga- tion. They lead lives beside which even our 'own seem melo drarnatic.
IF
FUNERAL
Consuelo Mar- The funeral of garida Garcia, aged 28, who pass- ed away at the French Hospital. took place at the Roman Catholle Cemetery yesterday afternoon and was largely attended by relatives and friends. There were many wreaths laid on the grave.
HOME RUGBY
London, Dec. 10.
Results of Rugby Union League matches played to-day were as follows:-
Sussex & Middlesex 18;
Henter..
rence.
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Anne Winter
From curtain rise to curtain fall
it is packed with colour, melody and movement. How the producer. Rev. Cyril Brown, was able to defy the limitations of his stage to the extent of convincingly conveying the impression of spaciousness, is a matter for speculation, but it must be admitted that he succeed- ed to such good purpose that ex- tensive chores and ballet work ap-
peared untrammeled under the very limited circumstances.
of
stars she is Anne Winter..
The steamer, commanded br Captain Meling and officered by Norwegians, did not suffer any serious damage as the result of her arounding and the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company's tug Harry Keswick has been standing by since news was first received of ter accident,
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NORTH AMERICAN
PROBLEMS
ار
com-
to
Owing to numerous counter at- tractions the attendance was small. and scarcely representative of the younger generation.
Mr. P. S. Cassidy, Vice-President. Bor- Introduced the discussion. rowing his historical facts from a memorandum which he said had been kindly lent to him by the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Cassidy reminded the meeting that in 1904 the Une London, Dec. 16.
Colony brought itself into
adopting Zone The Prime Minister, the leader with China by
the Parliamentary opposition Time, thus obtaining 23 minutes Evening and the American Ambassador of Daylight Saving. were present at a small. Informal sportsmen were worse off in win- dinner under the presidency of Sir ter prior to 1904. It was regarded Austen Chamberlain at the House as important in 1904 that Hong at Commons last night at which it Kong should adopt Zone Time and now whether was decided to form a Parliamen- the question arose tary Committee to study North we should be wise to get out of American problems and to make step with the rest of the Far East. contacts with American visitors to Expert opinion on this would have this country and to further the to sought Mr. Claxton (a former Director of the Royal Observatory) understanding of mutual pro-
wrote in 1917, "To make any clock blems.-
alteration which would isolate Hong Kong would be intolerable" (presumably from the scientifiq päint of view),
British Wirelear.
Wives," who according to "the words" were "never together except in Typhoon weather!" · What a libel on the race!!...
com- was effective and
In 1917 the Electric Light Com- pany asked for Daylight Saving In order to lighten the overload an the Company's plant but they might feel differently to-day and object to Daylight Saving as likely to reduce revenue.
attendance was
the
CO-
The chorus work was all that could be desired, and here one pays tribute to Mr. "A. B. Yule. the conductor, whose methods, if not
LACK OF UNANIMITY characterised by that spectacularity which certain maestros delight to difficulty of obtaining the Lack of unanimity, and
affect,
operation of neighbouring cities, petent.
led to the abandonment of the Then there was the ballet work. Daylight Saving proposal, after It was a revelation of technique various abortive meetings and dis- and tenacity, Mr. George Goncussions had been held Now that charof arranged all the dances, His Excellency the Governor, in and how he ever held on to the his desire to promote any action. idea, that he could convey the im- Kikely to be for the general good pression of a stage that would of the community, had brought allow of variety of action and the question forward again it was It will be remembered that the movement is beyond one's com-up to the various representative first production
the record-
Colony to ектем breaking "Maid of the Mountains" prehension. Yet he did, and not bodies in the
only did he achieve that success, their views, He hoped to hear was in Daly's Theatre, London,
the sporting associations. he also partnered Stella Best in that with Jose Collins in the part of a dance of the emotions which was were taking the opinions of their Teresa. It was admitted that the nothing short of an artistic treat members, for one of the questions UE. Portsmouth 9, Guy's Hospi- play either succeeded or falled by virtue of this, the leading charac-
To particularise about the other which arose was whether Daylight tal 0-
ter We saw and heard her who characters in this charming pro- Saving, if adopted, should be for was regarded as the successor to duction would entail a critique be- one hour or for half an hour."
As 95 per cent. of the community Jose Collins in Australle, Gladys yond the normal limits of a news Moncrieff, take this role, and of her paper's review, but it will be suff- were Chinese, and many of them clent if one mentions G. G. were early risers, their point of pictures of which were reproduced performance the great Fritz Kries Stephani Thomson as a very tune-view must also be consulted. Per- in this paper yesterday.
ler said, "I have heard on the
Carlo; R. M.sonally he had no strong views, musical comedy stage no artist to ful and vigorous They have, it is true, the Now, all things considered, the equal her." In this present pro- Keown as a most gracious Beppo either way.
fire was in at duction
Kroup opportunity of seeing u great Crystal Palace
at the Queen's Theatre (his "Bachelor Gay" was one of the Members of the small"
their opinions deal. When the villain bisses least one respect a timely occur there is one who may justly claim many successes of the evening): present expressed London, Dec. 15.
to equal either-or both of those H. M. Cockle as the happy and in- but came to the conclusion that the "Are we alone ?" it takes more During November, 2,757 recruits
Her consequent General Malona, V. C.
not sufficiently were taken on the strength of than a bowl of goldfish to make
For the first time, goldfish singing, her acting and her articu- Labrum as the inimitable Crumpet: large, or representative of the Territorial Army, compared with his victim or accomplice answer were in the thick of things.ation in. "straight work" is a Nina Valentina as the alluring general body of YM.C.A. member- Angela, and all the rest of a very ship to justify the adoption of a 1,873 in October and 1,240 in No- in the negative. As it couse They were not merely unregard. combination which constitutes a
sheer delight From her entrancewell blended company co-operated formal resolution. quence goldfish have been ined spectators; they were actors→→
some pretty strong stuff in and pretty well the only actors to her exit, and she has a power-in making this production of The ful amount of work to accomplish, Maid of the Mountains" something their time. Scenes of violence in a great catastrophe.
she is the part in every sense of of which Hong Kong generally, and and passion, crimes and con. While London stood on tiptoe the word.
the Philharmonic Society in par- ticular, should be genuinely proud. spiracies, momentous greetings for a glimpse of distant flames,
If you have any doubts, then, and emotional farewells-of these the goldfish occupied a vantage magnitude could not be undertaken they have bad, time and again,point at the very seat of the thout adequate supporting play-please go and see the show for ers, but, the producer has been sourselves. You won't be disap- an uninterrupted and exclusive conflagration. Such experiences
In his selections. clever
They pointed-The Editor. vision.
are not lightly wou, and the bend smoothly-a very difficult IN THE GOODS of Helen Beatrix Blanc, late of 185
There is scarcely any human goldfish were posted as "missing, feat in an amateur show. There drama capable of being played "believed boiled."' rue de Vaugirard" Paris,
indoors which has not been be But France, Widow, deceased.
no. The gallant little difficult and complex part, played in the approved manner of pro- field by goldfish. This am- creatures were not going to throw fessional Bangfroid by C. W NOTICE IS HEREBY A bogus Spanish count has taken phasizes rather than mitigates away their only chance of getting ("Michael") Bishop. He has not GIVEN that the Court has, by advantage of the civil war to the tedium of their lives. But into the news,. None can say only to look good" he has to virtue of Section 58 of the swindle a French business man out for these periodically tantalizing how they escaped a terrible and "play good." He does both with Probates Ordinance 1897, made of about £5,000,
spectacles they would-if their (as it seemed) a sure fate. Per-an ease and grace that was cap- an Order limiting the time for The "count" with monocle, and looks do not belie their tempera-haps it was public interest that terance and alertness of cues are creditors and others to send in impeccably "dressed,
ment-accept the confines of saved them; if a watched pot admirable, yet one would respect- their claims against the above duced as a member of the Spanish their bowls and count themselves never boils, neither, presumably, fully offer the suggestion that in estate to the 7th day of January that the Spanish Embassy" wished lords of infinite space. To wit-does an aquarium which is the the first act he give his lines more
deliberately. They to exchange bar gold for French ness, however, the inuennost object of solicitude. At any rate night, some of their charm through "All Creditors and others are trapes and foreign notes, but want-crises of their masters' lives can they survived the holocaust. hurrying accordingly hereby required to ed the transaction to be carried out not but exacerbate the feelings. The ordeal, it is true, has left
Comedy is, of course, demanded send their claims to the under-unoMcially.
"of creatures whose owb existence its mark on them. A man's hair, for this show. It was splendidly signed on or before that date.
agreed upon, and it was arranged is so purely passive; and for some in comparable circumstances, provided by Marjorie Kidd as the still hopeful) for the actual transaction to be time past so ugly spirit of un- would have turned white; the love lost (and
Vittoria, and by J. C. M. Grenham carried out in a café. The "count" rest, based on a craving for ad-goldfish have gone black all over. as the knitting and knotted Tonio: handed over the gold bars to the venture, has been abroad among They cannot be blamed for doing Marjorie Kidd was not only decora business man, who paid him in ex-
so. They are not the first to be tive and all that is associated with change some 23,000 in French the aquaria.""
and a We have been reading the forced off the gold standard by that word, she was "cute," most sitting and francs foreign currency. cheque.
lengthy and detailed accounts in circumstances, and they may rest particularly when
nudging on the sofa with Tonio in When the business man handed the British Press concerning the assured that no political signi- the tuneful number "Hubands and the "gold"" to an expert he" va
conflagration which consumed ficance will be attached to their Wives deftly adapted in "Hong Kong told that its chief composition was
second chorum to "Taipans and 4874 copper.
the Crystal Palace, two graphic choice of a new livery,
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
1937.
Dated the 10th day of Decem ber, 1936.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Administrator, The Hong Kong & Shanghal Bank Building, Des Voeux Read Central,
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months April to November, 1938. the intake of recruits was 26,263 compared with 15,189 during the same period last year, in increase of 73 per cent.- British Wireless.
il
LOST £5,000 HUNTING FOR SPANISH GOLD
Hoaxed By A "Count"
was intro..
Embassy in Paris, He explained
A handsome commission
A
Of course, a production of this
is, for instance, Baldasarre. ``a
tivating. Whilst quickness of ut-
missed,
last
the
The upshot of the discussion the was a general feeling that Governor's invitation to the com- munity to weigh the pros and cons of Daylight Saving should have careful consideration by the various organizations, Colony's commercial, Industrial, sporting and social.
"The Widow's Children”
And very nico, too! The forthcoming pantomime,” “Jack And- The Beanstalk,” will be: plf, the brighter because of the ballets arranged by Mr. George Goncharoff. Here is one in 'action with: all the Widows: Children?
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