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ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC

CO. OF CHINA, LTD..

Mr. H. C. Marg-ett has been appointed Manager for Hong Kong and South Chiria as from this date.

Hong Kong, April 5th.

5170

THE INDO CHINA STEAM. NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

ADVERTISEMENTS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS of Lady Evelyn Anne Young, former ly of Singapore and late' of Spring Grove, Sunningdale, Berkshire in England, de ceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1937,

GERMANY

REMITTANCES BY MAIL OR CABLE

IN FAVOUR OF

FOREIGN STUDENTS OR TRAVELLERS

EFFECTED AT

1897, made an Order limiting APPROX IMATELY HALF RATES.

The Fifty-sixth Ordinary Gen. eral Meeting of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. Jar. dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 8th April, 1937, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, All creditors and others are passing the Accounts, and elect.accordingly hereby required to Ing Directors and Auditors.

The Transter Books of the Company will be closed from the 1st to 22nd April inclusive.

By order of the Board, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Managers.

Hong Kong, 18th. March, 1937:

THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO

SHAREHOLDERS,

Notice is hereby given that the ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING of Shareholders In the Company will be held at the office of the Company, Queen's Building, Victoria, Hong Kong, on Monday, the 12th April,' 1937, at noon, for the purpose the of receiving a Report of Directors, together with a State- ment of Accounts, and IC electing Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 6th to the 12th April, 1937, both days Inclusive,

the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 22nd day of April, 1937.

send their claims to the under- signed on or before that date.

Dated the 31st day of March, 1937.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Solicitors for the

Executors,

THE AMERICAN EXPRESS. Co., Inc.

Incorporated with Limited Liability in V.S.A.

4 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.

The Hong Kong & Shanghal ADVERTISEMENTS.

Bank Building, Hong Kong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

5157

PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN THE GOODS of Henry Scarisbrick Myler, late of 15 Linkstor Road, Woolton in the City of Liverpool, de

ceased.

!

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by the virtue of Section 58 of Probates Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in By Order of the Board of their claims against the above estate to the 22nd day of April,

Directors.

H. DA LUZ,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 27th March, 1937.

5147

HONG KONG-SHANGHAI CONFERENCE

Foreign & Chinese Shippers. NOTICE is hereby given that

as from the 15th April, 1937. rates of freight from Hong Kong to Shanghai will be increased 20 per cent. over current rates.

Tariffs showing current rates as from the 15th April, 1937, are now in course of preparation and will be issued shortly..

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LTD.

Secretaries,

Hong Kong-Shanghai Freight

"

Conference. Hong Kong, 1st April, 1937.

5168

THE HONG KONG AND. SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION.

To the Executors, Administra. tors or next of Kin of Essabhoy Shelk Abdul-Kader of Hong Kong, deceased...

to

1937.

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

Dated the 31st day of March, 1937.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Solicitors for the Administratrix, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building.

Hong Kong.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

5163

PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN

THE

of

BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, TIENTSIN

MUNICIPAL NOTIFICATION No. 6/37:

VACANCY FOR LADY SUPERINTENDENT OF HOSPITALS ··

The British Municipal Council, Tientsin, invites applications from British ladies for the post- tien of Lady Superintendent of its Municipal Hospitals, which will become vacant during the summer of the present year.

Applicants should give full details of their training, posis held, special experience, etc., in their letters of application, to gether with copies of recent testimonials.

economical manner.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, TIENTSIN

MUNICIPAL NOTIFICATION No. 5/37"

G.

VACANCY FOR

FIRE BRIGADE

SUPERINTENDENT

The British Municipal Council, Tientsin, invites applications from British Subjects for the position of Superintendent for its Fire Brigade, which will become vacant in the latter half of the present year.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Ordinary

Editorial and

Business Office:

15-19, Queen's Road Central Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai Omice):

Tel. 24811-

London Office: 53. Fleet Street

E.C. 4.

Yearly Meeting of the Unione Daily Press.

Insurance Society of Canton, Limited, which will be held at the Registered Office of the Society, Union Building, Vic toria, Hong Kong, on Friday, the 16th day of April, 1937, at

HONG KONG, APRIL 7, 1997.

FOUR YEARS AS MINISTER

Dr. J. Goebbels

Last month was the fourth an- niversary of one of the most im- portanc administrative offices of the Third Reich. the creation of Dr. Goebbels as the Reichs Minis ter of Propaganda and Peoples Enlightment.

For the first time the Great Powers of shaping public opinion. Press radio and film, were made instruments of State Propaganda. Among the many new organisa-

of this ambitious ministry are the great Winter Relief Work, the

theatre

vere

reorganised

and.

2.30 p.m., there will be proposed THE OPIUM TRAFFICtions created under the auspices the sub joined resolution as an ordinary resolution, viz:—

The problem of narcotica in Relens Chamber of Culture, where That it is desirable to capi|China has remained serious since the cultural leaders of the coun- talise the sam

of £270,000 the end of the war; reliable try are brought back to the source being part of the unallocated figures are almost impossible to of their work the people, Alm and "reserves of the Society and for obtain, but even if the situation elevated to new standards.

that purpose:—

is not as bad as it was before the war, when 30 to 40 per cent of the population were estimated to be drug-takers in some way or" other, it is still one of China's main obstacles to becoming a great nation.

(a) That a call of £2 per share be and is hereby 'made on the shareholders

of the Society as appearing on the Register of Mem bers on the 16th day of April, 1937 and that such A pamphlet recently published call shall be payable on by the Council of International the 10th day of May, 1937 Affairs at Nanking points out to the Society at Its Regis. that one of the major difficulties tered Office, Union Build. in the way of any adequate con- ing, Victoris, Hong Kong. trol of the traffic in opium is the (b) That for the purpose of privileged position enjoyed by the in some paying the aforesaid call foreign concessions

Chinese cities and the Nanking of £2 per share a special

Government's powerlessness in dividend of £2 per share be and is hereby declared the provinces of Northern China where the Japanese have esta- payable on the 10th day

The commencing · salary will be $600 (consisting of $400 "basic salary" plus $200 "Re- patriation Pay") per month with Hong free quarters, from, the date of taking up the appointment in Tientsin.

The successful candidate will be on probation during the first six months of his service. At the end of the probationary period, if his services have been satisfactory, he will be given a four year contract under which,

of

Dr. Goebbels "The plans for the impressive. demonstrations of the .whole At the moment the main cen-nation in a new and united spirit.

May, 1937 and that suchblished control... special dividend be applied

4:

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for the manufacture of 1.1 the celebrations of the May office of Dr. Goebbels. Day, originated in the

by the Directors on behalf tres of the persons who on the opium and its derivative narcotics 16th day of April, 1937 (morphine, heroin, "coceine, and were the holders of such so on) are Mukden and other shares in satisfaction of towns in Manchuria, East Hopei, the said call of £2 per and the Japanese concession in share and that such special Tientsin. dividend shall, accordingly

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Narcotics of all sorts are on be treated for all purposes eale in the Japanese concession an increase in the at low prices so it is stated, and amount of the paid up regular orders can be given for capital of the Society held their supply just as the house- by each such shareholder wife has the morning milk or and not as income.

By Order of the Board,

bread delivered."

Dr. Josepf Goebbels, who is one of the oldest followers of Chancel

or Hitler is known as the best orator

among Eter's co-opera- tors. He was Chief of Propa- ganda of the National Socialist Party, made regional leader of Berlin, and in this capacity suc- ceeded in the seemingly impos- Bible, in converting the city of Berlin in the days before January 30, 1933, to a centre of National Socialist activity."

His magnetic personality brought The Chinese can do nothing to him scores of admirers, and it stop their sale, though they can bero of the Party, the stormtroop

was with Dr. Goebbe's that the

A. W. HUGHES,

General Manager.and do impose the death leader and student, Horst Wessel, Kong, 18th March, 1937. penalty on traffickers caught on worked in close co-operation-LE.

5135 Chinese soil and even, since the on all

| HO (GKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

beginning of this year,

narcotic-users. Foreigners are RUGBY FOOTBALL

also used, because of the privi

leges they enjoy, in transporting

the drags to Shanghai, whence PRINCE OF

they are shipped across to satisfy

the prosperous American market.

WALES' CUP

The most tragic feature of the whole business is the fact that Welsh Guards Rout

The Grenadiers Japanese pedlars and smugglers

In Final

NOTICE is hereby given that Other things being equal pre

the FIFTEENTH ORDINARY ference will be given to can

YEARLY MEETING of Share didates who have had previous in addition to the above-men-holders of the Hongkong Engl. experience as Hospital matrons tioned emoluments, he will be

those provinces or superintendents, particularly entitled to the benefits of the eering & Construction Company, are penetrating the whole of

Limited, will be held at the China, even those who can show evidence of Superannuation Fund, travelling Offices of Messrs. Lowe, Bing which remain under the control ability to administer hospitals in and uniform allowances etc.

ham & Matthews, Mercantile of the Nanking Government, and 1st Welsh Gds, 35 pts. 1st "Gren" business-like, efficient and

Applicants should give in their letters of application full detalls Bak Building, Queen's Road inducing the poorer Chinese of (Central),'" Hong Kong, on all ages, sometimes knowingly, of their experience, training, The successful candidate will positions previously field, and Wednesday, the 14th April, 1937, sometimes unknowingly, to be Grenadier Guards at Caterham- receive a commencing salary of also copies of recent testimonials. At 12 o'clock (Noon), for the come drug addicts. $450 (consisting of $300 "basic

It is essential that the candi-purpose of receiving the Report of salary" plus $150 "Repatria date be able to speak the Chinese the Board of Directors and a tion Pay") per month, com language (Northern dialect)' mencing from the date upon which she takes up her duties in

Applications should be forward, Tientsin, together with free boarded so as to reach the undersigned and lodging, uniform allowances, not later than 12 o'clock (noon)

on Tuesday, 22nd June, 1937.

By Order,.

GOODS WILLIAM ASHETON TONGE, late of The Old etc. Rectory, Warburton in the County of Chester and of Tonge. Hail, Prestwich in the County of Lancester Kingdom, in the United Deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the the twelve shares in this Cor provisions of Section 58 of Ordin poration numbered 94360 ance No: 2 of, 1897 made an order 94369 inclusive and 94372 and limiting the time for creditors and 94373 registered in the name of others to send in their claims Essabhoy Sheik Abdul Kader of against the above estate to 24th Hong Kong (now deceased) have April, 1937. by a Resolution of the Board of Directors pursuant to Regulation 10 (5) of the Regulations of the Corporation been duly forfeited.

Dated this fifth day of April, 1937.

By Order of the Directors, (Sga.) V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager.

5173

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

DEACONS,

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

Hồng Kong

6116

She will be on probation for a period of six months from the date of taking up her duties.

At the end of the probationary period; if her services have been satisfactory, she will be given a four-year contract, under which, in addition to the above-mention- ed emoluments, she will be .entitled to the benefits of the Superannuation Fund, Pay, Travelling allowances, etc.

Leave

Applications should be forward- ed so as to reach the undersigned not later than 12 o'clock (noon) on Tuesday 25th May, 1937.

By Order,

H. P. BARNES, Secretary & Engineer.

fluently.

H. F. BARNES, Secretary and Engineer. COUNCIL ROOM, TIENTSIN, 11th March, 1937.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

5148

Statement of Accounts for the Year ended on the 31 Decem ber, 1936, and electing Directors and Auditors.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 7th April to the 14th April, 1937, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

B. ALVES,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 1st April, 1937,

AUTHORS

LETHAL

CHAMBER"

RUGBY PLAYERS IN THEATRE SCENE

"Worse Than Roughs"

Girs. O

over the 1st With a victory

that was as convincing, as four goals, a penalty goal and four ist tries would suggest-the Welsh Guarde won the Prince of Wales' Cup, the Rugby cham- pionship of Guards, for the fourth year in succession, states the "Daily Telegraph."

the whole on top They were'

the

start, Indeed, from time.

the when the Grenadiers had

"Not even the biggest roughs in strong wind, at their backs, the Whitechapel would behave in the Welsh Guards' all-round superio- manner. that the so-called gentle- rity was most marked." Their men did that night," said Mr. M. forwards always had a firm grip V. Mackey, prosecuting solicitor on the game, with Boast to keep when them to the work; and there was at Chatham Police Court Ernest John Munday Hutchinson, plenty of pace and thrust outside. a student of Wye Agricultural Their backs were always dan- [5159 College, Kent, was fined £4 for gerous when they had the ball, assaulting a commissionatre at the and some of their passing' was Theatre Royal Chatham, ordered very well done. They all com- to pay ds. for damaging a door, bined so well in attack that I would be invidious to select any and £2.28. costs.

A Rugby team from the college for special mention. had been playing a match in the The Grenadiers; even with the neighbourhood. It was stated, and wind in their favour at the outset. In the evening several of them had to do a great deal of des- Mr. Hugh Walpole recently aug were in the theatre dinging and perate tackling, in spite of which Sested that "a large literary lethal shouting and interfering with the Banfield, Hopkins, Thomas and chamber would be a first-class artists and the band. Hatchlason Keep broke through to score for and Staines in idea," when he spoke at a dinner was ejected three times. but re-the Welsh:

try. turned. Seventeen police omeers addition to converting one of the Authors Club.

kicked a penalty goalga Most people agreed, he said, that were needed to restore order.

After the interval the Weishmen there were far too many authors, Superintendent Hicknott said far too many books, A great many that but for the police there lost their dash for a time, and books worthy of attention were would have been a riot Add then, setting down to take com. forgotten scarcely seen.

Referring to the students, hemand of the game, again, went on said, I fincerely hope that they to score further well-earned tries will never come to the theatre by Dixey. Kemp, Hopkins and Banfield. Staines converted three, again"

The Third Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY day, 10th April, 1937, commenc ing at 2.00 p.m. *The First Bell will be rung at

1.30 p.m.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. TIENTSIN, 11th March, 1937 Hong Kong, 5th April, 1937.

COUNCIL ROOM,

51.12

"It used to be true to say that no good book passed unnoticed. 5171 believe it to be true no longer."