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MASON'S

DELICIOUS

O.K.

SAUCE.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST:

and N.E. Winds

Cloudy Wah Mist and"

Supreme Court

Hongkong Daily Press,

Registered an a Newspaper at the General

Post Office in the United Kingdom.

ESTABLISHED 1857

No. 24300, *6£F¶XIA ORÐNEFIT HONG KONG, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937. EaR ¦±Ƒ#44MTEA

"DON'T BE DAZED AT

THE BACES

Binoculars by Busch and Lemaire at special prices at Lazarus-Opticians. You can buy a pair of these and still have enough to retain a fin- ancial interest in the races. Sea N. LAZARUS, Opticians, 6. Pedder Street,

Single Copy, 10 ct Per Month $3.

Heading For Economic And Spiritual Ruin

MUI TSAI COMMISSION

RECOMMENDATIONS

Comprehensive Report ABOLITION OF SYSTEM SHOULD BE PROMOTED

MISS PICTON-TURBERVİLL'S MINORITY REPORT

monamental

The report of the Mai Thai Commission, a work comprising over 300 pages, has been published and promini- gated. The report deals with mai tsai in Hong Kong and Malaya and was prepared_by_the_Commission, which consisted of Sir Wilfrid Woods, late Financial Secretary to the Government of Ceylon, Miss Edith Picton-Turbervill, O.B.E. lately a member of the House of Commons, and Mr. C. A. Wills, C.B.E. late of the Sudan Political Service, appointed on March 18, 1916, by Mr. J. H. Thomas, MP., then Secretary of State for the Colonies, after consultation with the Governors concerned..

The report is comprehensive and deals with the mul teri problem in every aspect and many far-reaching recommenda, tions are made.

Regarding Hong Kong itself, the most striking recommenda- tion is that publicfly in regard to the Government's policy on the abolition of the 'mul isal system should be promoted by the display of posters and the distribution of leaflets.

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REBUILDING OF MONASTERY

Donation Of $70,000 By Chiang Kai Shek

Loyang. Feb. 22 It is learnt that the sum of $70,000 has been donated by General Chiang Kai-

M.C.L. FLAG DAY

The Ministering, League, one of the Colony's oldest and mort deserving charity, which' 'assists, for the most part, the less well-

known charities, both Chinese and non-Chinese, held a successful Flag

Local Clergyman's Indictment

Of Britain's Defence Policy

REV. J. D. MACLEAN'S SERMON ON "WAR"

With characteristic rigour and tankneki, Rev. J. D. MacLéan, Minister of the Kowloon Union Church, delivered a striking sermon on War at the morning service yesterday to a large congregation.

It was the Minister's contention that under no circumstances was war justified, and he charged the present British Government with #starting us headlong to an abyss of economic and spiritual ruin, such as we have never before known”

provove a charader, we publish it in extenso..

As the sermen was of 5

Even in a sermon, war is a dif- Bcult and dangerous subject with

which to deal I have undertaken to speak to you about it instead

of the

this

subject which was an

nounced for our sermon morning, only in response to re- peated requests from various Christian people who are in doubt as to what their attitude to it should be. The necessity to make up one's mind about it is more than ever necessary in view of recent tragic developments at

home.

DEFINITION"

which it is the aim of the na- What a war? It is a conventionals of one country to kill and tional method of settlag disputes mutuate, by-certain agreed met- between nations. And what does this method mean and imply? We hods, as many as possible of the will answer that question in the words of A.A. Milne. Two nations

are in dispute about something. One has it and the other claims It.

Or either has it and both claim it It seems to be, and may in fact be to the material ad- vantage of either to enforce possession of it. They talk; they threaten; but neither will give way. A state of war is thereupon declared between them. From this monetă a contest begins in

KOWLOON FIRE | DEATH OF

CALL MYSTERY

shek, President of the Military Day on Saturday. Many Hong Bound Human Body

Affairs Commission, for the Jê- building of the Hsiangshangssú (monastery) at Lungmen, near Loyang, western Honan. The work will be carried out under the supervision of the Honan Provin- cial Department of Reconstruc- tlon.--

Kuo Min.

TIN PROSPECTING

IN BURMA ·

Rangoon, Feb. 27. From Apr 20 next, the siue of licences to prospect for tin in Burma will be resumed.- Rester.

Kong and Kowloon ladies assisted as sellers. The total amount col- lected is in the course of being counted and will not be known until to-day, Mrs. T. H. King, Pre- sident of the League, informed the "Daily Press" yesterday.

"RACING

RETROSPECT"--

SEE LEADING ARTICLE ON.

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In Kitchen

ON BURNING CHARCOAL

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Elements of

SLA wusual - and mysterious nature are involved in

SIR STEWART

LOCKHART

Former Colonial Secretary

BRILLIANT CAREER

The death occurred, on Friday in London of Sir James Haldane

a call sent to the Fire Brigade for Stewart Lockhart K. C. M. G., assistance and the subacquent dis-FRGS. MRAS, LLD., (Hong covery of the body of a person on Kong), Colonial Secretary of Hong a heap of lighted charcoal

Kong from 1892 to 1005, and brother-in-law of Mr. H. R. B well-known local Hancock, the stock broker and veteran Interport cricketer.

The mystery is deepened further by the startling discovery that the victim of this strange incident was found bound and gagged.

On receiving the call at the Mongkok Fire Station at 4.30 p.m. yesterday, Station Officer Brand hurried in an appliance to No. 323 Reclamation Street, Kowloon, and on entering the kitchen with his party, they were surprised tq And a heap of burning charcoal and on | top of it a human body, bound and gagged in the manner adopted by gangsters, wire being used for securing the hands and feet.

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nationals of other country, ignor- in for this purpose any of God's commandments" which seem to stand in the way. Incident to the

contest, and accidental In the sense that a combatant, an ex- plosive or a policy hag gone fur- ther than was officially intended, are the rape and blowing to pieces and the starvation of women and children in carefully unrecorded numbers

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"DEFENCE

AGAINST GAS”

Lecture To-morrow At Rotary

At the Rotary Club to-morrOW. Dr. J. E. Dovey, of the Govern- ment Medical Department, Hòng Kong, who recently took a course at Felfeld, Gloucestershire, Eng- land, will speak on "Defence. Against Gos." HE the General Offoer Commanding the Troops has accepted an invitation to be present.

Dr. Dovey's address will be illustrated by a number of large models of a De-contamination Station, & Gas-proof residence and other anti-gas equipment. These will be on view at the Post Office Building, first floor, for two .or three days after the lecture.

As a mark of respect the flags of the Hong Kong Club and the Hong Kong Cricket Club were nown at half-mast on Saturday." from 10a.m. to noon in the morn-

Bir Stewart Lockhart was Hsing and from 3 to 6 pm. Majesty's Commissioner at Weihai- wei from 1902 to 1921 when he retired and went Home.

Born it Ardsheal, Argyllshire, on May 26 1858, the fourth son of Miles Lockhart, son of James Lockhart of Lanhams Essex, and

Lord of the Manor of Marston and Oving, Bucks, and of Anna R. C. Stewart, daughter of Major Stewart, 91st Regiment, and niece (Continued on Back Page)

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI

BANK MEETING

Chairman's Brilliant Review Of World Trade

GLOWING TRIBUTE TO MR.

V. M. GRAYBURN

A brighter outlook for Far Eastern trade was prophesied by the Hon. Mr. J.J. Paterson, who presided at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation on Saturday, in the course of his comprehensive survey of world affairs. The Hon. Mr. Paterson paid tribute to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, to the Customs service: and to the National Economic Council, when he declared that the outlook, in China, for finance and commerce had grown much more promising than in the recent past.

Referring to the silver simation, the chairman pointed out that although silver had not been cast off, its future influence in China was expected to be very small.

Among other pointe mentioned by the Hon. Mr. Paterson. was the fact that there was, an artificiality Thint the biom" and thne, the new ware of prosperity in many countries was able to disappear if steps, were not taken to put right; certain basio economic factors which were known to be 'aury.

The British Government were facing a very difficult task in struugling to preserve Europe from becoming embroiled in the general unrest; and the many political and economic problems which they were facing were appalling in their complexity. Con- ditions in Chins, at any rate, had not been so depressingly tense, Mr. J. H. Tarrart, who seccnded the chairman's proposal for the adoption of the Report and Accounts, pad a glowing tribute, to the Court of Directors, mentioning in particular the name of Mr. V. M. Grayburn, and also the Stan of the Corporation for the excellent results achieved, adding: “Verily · there giants in the land,"

are still

The seconder stated that the shareholders felt confident that the Bank will continue in the forefront of trade expansion manoeuvres, worthily maintain the dignity and prestige of. Bri- tish Banking, and, in its operations, further warrant is des- cription," "The corner stone to the fabric of Far Eastern Trade."

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JOCKEY

Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant Crown Solleitor, and his wife, photo-

graphed at the Annual Race Meeting.

Hainan Island

Development

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON: 1, 2-27/32d. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 20-3/16

London Silver Marker

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Feb, 2. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow:-

Spot Forward

.20-1/8-

Feb. 25. Feb. 26 .20-3/10 20-3/16:

20-1/8

NEWS INDEX

Shanghai, Feb. 27. Bun and Soong are interested in Amusements

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