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MACKINTOSH'S

SUMMER TIME

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1937.

MARRIAGE

JOEBGES-MARSHALL-On May 21, 1937, at the German Consulate-" General. Emily Mair Marshall, only daughter of Mrs, G. M. Weston and the late D. J. Mar-

shall, to Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Joebges, of Berlin. Germany.

DEATHS

RECENT ARMED BASEBALL GAME

ROBBERIES

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Number Of Men Arrested

During the week-end the police GOLDENBERG,Mrs. Fanny Gold-

enberg, aged 66 years, died May have been successful in solving- 21, 1937, at the General Ho-three of the many armed robberies which seemed to be common of- pital, Shanghai, DE BERIGNY-On May 21, 1937, at Currence recently. No fewer than the Country Hospital, Shang-ten persons, belleyed to be of the hat, Marle Natalie de Berigny, same gang, have been rounded up. In her 75th year.

Two were arrested, in connection with the hold-up at the Kam Wah FITTENDRIGH-On May 21, 1937,

Cafe. No. 1237, Canton Road where the Country

Hospital,

two man entered armed with a re- Shanghal, Iain Mackenzie, dearly-loved son of Mr. and volver and kalfe and made away

at

Mrs. A. Pittendrigh, aged five months. BARKER ---On May 1, 1937, at Coronado Beach, Florida, USA.. Betty (Mr. "T. M.) Barker, of the Irish Presby- terian Mission, Mukden, Man- churls.

GUTIERREZ.--On May 30, 1937, at the Shanghai General Hospital, Mr. Edward (Anata) Lawrence Gutierrez, aged 34 years, the dearly beloved husband of Marie Esther and father of Camilla. Marion, Albert and May

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with $100.

Four were detained for the rob- bery committed at the Sheung Sun Cafe on June 1 when Ave men armed with a revolver and a dagger bolted with $125 from the till.

Another four who were believed to have robbed a" 54-year-old widow, If Foon, residing at an unnumbered hut at Wong Chuck Hung Village on May 9 of $1.30, are in custody.

Charges will be framed against these men in due course.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY

A highway robbery was reported to the police by an amah, servant of Mr. Sayers, of the P.W.D., who was the victim of the incident.

Full details of the occurrence had not yet been disclosed by the police who are now still carrying on investigations, but it is believed that considerable forte was used. A sum of $7.35 and a silver ring were reported lost.

The Baily Press. ROCKEFELLER

HONG KONG, JUNE 7, 1937.

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Player Struck By Pitched Ball

New York, June 5. New York Giants gained a sever five victory to-day against Pittsburgh Pirates, but the game was marred by a distressing ac- cident. Schulte, playing for the Pirates, had the misfortune to be struck by a pitched ball and was conveyed to hospital in an uncon- scious condition.

"Dizzy Dean, St. Louis pitcher, appeared on the mound again for the first time since his suspension for alleged slander of oficials and umpires. His side beat the Phillies three to one..

NATIONAL

PRISON CONDITIONS

DISCUSSED

Home Secretary Speaks Of Need Of Modernising

There

Home Office could judge that ex- periment had succeeded.

It been 80 successful that it had

three convict prisons, namely, been decided to extend its scope at

Chelmford, Parkhurst and Dart- moor by giving the prisoners op- portunity of earning wages which might be spent upon minor re- laxations, such as cigarettes.

London, June 5. Prison conditions' were discussed in the House of Commons and Bir Bamuel Hoare, making his first Home speech in the House Secretary said the chief problem to-day was the young offender and prevention of recidivism. were two methods which might be advocated. The first was that of

The Home Secretary also spoke making prison discipline so strict

of the need of modernising many and conditions so inhuinan that you might hope prisoners, after prisons which were antiquated in character having been built gene-. one experience, would be deterred from "running the risk of going rations ago when ideas of prison back to prison. In actual practice administration were very different they had found that the methodumber of criticisms and sugges- had not succeeded in reducing re- cidivism. The other method was an attempt at the evocation of loat self-respect and at character Pittsburgh

building.

The experience along New York

these lines showed that as the pri- Vaughan homered for the Pirates. son. administration had become

St. Louis Philadelphia

Chicago Boston

Cincinnatti Brooklyn

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Myers homered for the Reds.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Whitehead pitched for White Sox and Bonurn homered.

Radical Change Inan

Third Codicil

White Plains,

New Jersey. June 5. The will of the late Mr. John D., Rockefeller disposing of estate estimated at twenty-five million at Surrogates dollars" was filled Court, West Chester County.

The will had three codicis, first

A REASSURANCE FOR CHINA

Mr. Eden las had many useful conversations with foreign, sfate men visiting London during the past few weeks, and probably not the least useful was that which he had with Dr. Kung, two of which made no special ai China's delegate to the Corona-terations but the last, dated Octo- ber. 1934, made.radical change as tion..

to the disposition of the estate.

The general situation in the Far East was discussed and agreed to be more encouraging, and Mr. Eden assured Dr. Kung that any efforts which the British Government might be able to make to further an improvement in international relations in the Far East would take full account of the interests of ull the nations concerned.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of BUSINESS HOURS reference here is clearly

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JUNE, to TUESDAY, the 15th 8.30 a.m. to 1% p.m.

day of JUNE, 1937 both days

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Mills hömered for Red Sox.— Kleuter.

LONDON MOSQUE

London, June 5. Many nations and creeds were represented to-day at the laying of the foundation stone of a new London mosque situated in West Kensington.

Modelled on the famous Taj | Mahal, the mosque will eventually

£100,000.

The site was purchased for £28,- 000 from a sum of £60,000 donated by the Nizam of Hyderabad, whose son, Prince Behar, laid the stone to-day.--

Under the original will the entire residuary estate was left in equal shares to Laura Spellman Rocke-cost teller Memorial and Mr. John. D. the Junior. Under Rockefeller, codicil the entire residuary is left to trustees who are empowered to pay income to his grand-daughter. of her descendants Or the Rockefeller Institute for Me- dical Research. Regarding the ex- clusion of other grand-children under the codiell Mr. Rockefeller

more

antes he felt it was unwise to flute

to the projected Anglo-Japanese upon the children the responsibil

discussions of measures for the

rehabilitation of China. economic These discussions were proposed by the Japanese, and though definite arrangements for meet- ings have not yet, been made, nor is it known what the Japanese will suggest, it appears that the proposals is for conversations

Reuter.

VISITORS -STREAM TO ABBEY

London, June 5,

sums and for that purpose he madeing there was a constant stream large gifts to them-

of visitors to take the last opper- Reuter

tunity of seeing Westminster Abbey In Its Coronation setting. Up to last right over 200,000 people had visited the "Abbey. The work of dismantling the Coronation de- corations within, the Abbey will begin next week but it is not ex- pected that it will be reopened for normal services until the middle of August

1ty of administrating substantial From an early hours this mon-

COMPARATIVE SMALLNESS. OF ESTATE

New York, June 5. The Internal Revenue authorities at Washington estimate that maximum estate taxe, amounting to $15,112 may be levied If all

53392% p.m. to 5% p.m. about China's economic future of Rockefeller's estate proves taxa-

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN THE GOODS- of Gladys Elleen King, late of 79, Bedfont Lane, Feltham in the County of Middlesex,

deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that the Court has, by

SATURDAYS 8.30am. to 1% p.m.

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in which China herself has not ble. The comparative analiness of the estate is attributed to Mr. been invited to take part.,

Rockefeller's" philanthropic gifts One does not impute any and the transfer of holdings, to his sinister intentions to the Japanese son. The entire estate is left in it is believed, indeed, that they trust during the lifetime of Mrṇ, are in a mood to deal less trucu-Decuevas, after which income from the estate goes to descendants I

Alexandra Building Des Voeux Road. lently with China than they have any, otherwise to the Rockefeller

done in the past, but it is in- Institute for Medical Research evitable that China should be Reuter. nervous about these discussions and Mr. Eden's reassurance is timely.

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN AGREEMENT

The "Government Gazette" noti-

virtue of Section 58 of the fes that the operation of the pro- Probates Ordinance 1897, made visional Commercial Agreement be

HAWKER'S DEATH

ICE-FLOE'S DRIFT

London, June 5.

The Ice-foe on which the Rus- sian Polar explorers established

a research station last week," is

Tam Shiu, aged 36, who was drifting away and is now more

an Order limiting the time for tween His Majesty's Government alleged to have resisted arrest than 60 miles from the North creditors and others to send in in the United Kingdom and the during a rald on unlicensed haw-Pole, says the "Morning Post

According to reports from Mos- their claims against the above Egyptian Government, Institutias kers on Friday evening, collapsed

host-favoured-nation treatment in the Wanchal Police Station be cow, the explorers have discover- estate to the 28th day of June, reciprocally between Egypt and fore a charge could be preferred ed the existence of living crea- 1937.

Hong Kong, has been prolonged, against him, and died in the G.CH. tures at the Pole, including black white birds (penguins?) All Creditors and others are by a further exchange of notes, on Saturday, A Dost-mortem ex-

amination was carried out later, which live permanently near the accordingly hereby required to until the February 16, 1938.

but the official report has not been Pole. A send their claims to the under.

disclosed. Further investigation Transocean News Service. signed on or before that date.

into the matter, la, we understand. being carried out.

Dated the 31st day of May, 1937.

JOHNSON, STOKES &

MASTER,

NEW MARKET AT STANLEY

Tenders for the new market at Stanley Village are invited. The.. Solicitors for the Administrator, | work consists of the site formation

Hong Kong and Shanghal

Bank Building, Hong Kong.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

and erection of a new market in His Honour the Chief Justice has reinforced concreta, including ft-ordered that the next Criminal ting of stalls, coolle quarters. Sessions for the despatch of the latrine and WC, accommodation business of the Court shall be held 8829 and a septic tank.

on Wednesday, June 16, at 10a.m.

and

Air Crash Near Berlin'

Berlin, June 5. One was killed when a two- saater sports plane crashed at Helitz, near Berlin, this afternoon.

The pilot's-condition is serious and he is not expected to live- 7raneoccon News Service

British Wireless.

Following a debate in which a

tions were advanced the Under Geofrey Secretary, Mr. M. G. Lloyd said he was authorised to

slate the Home Office would go very carefully into them all. He claimed there was a very satisfac- more humane the number of habi-tory decline in numbers of the pri- of son population. The help tual criminals had been lower.

psychologists which members hast advocated was being increasingly enlisted particularly in respect of vocational guidance for first offen--- ders.

For some little time the prison administration bad taken the direction of trying an experiment of appealing to prisoners to their better instincts and, most impor- Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd amused the tant of all of seeking to give them House by instancing the case of a Interest in the things that really boy offender who showed Intellec- mattered in the world. They had tual ability. He wrote an essay adopted the principle of giving in which he revealed his ambition privileges which were lost by bad to become Prime Minister. The behaviour rather than by holding decision of experts was, the Minis- out indefinite hope of them as a ter added, that despite this ambi-, "reward of good behaviour. He tion he ought to make an excel-

was able to announce that so far lent rating surveyor.-

as Prison Commissioners and the | British Wireless,

GERMAN NAVY'S

THANKS

Berlin, June 5. Admiral Raeder, Commander-in-

CHINESE LEADERS

IN PARIS

Paris, June 5... M. Yvon Delbos. the Foreign

Chief of the German Navy has. Minister, to-day lunched with Dr.

the telegraphed

Governor of H H Kung, Chinese Finance Gibraltar expressing thanks for the Minister, Admiral Chen Shao-kuan assistance rendered to the Deutsch- and Mr. T H. Tseng, Vice- land wounded and the tribute paid Minister of Railways. Dr. Welling- ton Koo. Chinese: Ambassadör to to the dead. Admiral Racder added: the readiness of the British author France, was also present.-

fles to help "met with most hearty Reuter. response from the German Navy." Heuter's Bulletin Service.

PRINCE MARRIES

COMMONER

Berlin, June 5. For the second time, Prince Ernst Leopold of Lippe, oldest son of Prince Leopold IV of Lippe and cousin of Prince Bernard of the Netherlands, has married a com-

moner.

Hs bride to-day was Herts Wei- land, the 25-year-old manageress of a Berlin' dress shop.

No members of the bridegroom's family attended the ceremony.

The bridegroom, who is 35, was divorced from his first wife.

Router.

GENERAL HAYASHI

The retiring Premier, General Senjuro Hayashi, handed over his seal of office to the new Premier, Prince Konoye, at 9.25 this morn-

ing. Reuter,

Station

ing at the Central,

'readinem. for any emerg

HONOUR FOR DUTCH: NURSE

Amsterdam. June 5. The highest decoration bestowed. by the International Red Cross............ the Florence Nightingale medal... has been conferred on a Dutch nurse, Adrie Schipper.

Nurse Schipper, in a long career, served both in the South African and Great War-

Francoceán News Servata.

LEAGUE PROBLEMS

Geneva, June 5. Among

the questions before League are the Report on a con- ference of Rural Hygiene in Ame- rican: Countries to be summoned at Mexico City. the Protection of minorities in Rumania," and the reports of various committees, es- pecially, Health, Social Questions. and the repression of internation- al terrorism British Wirelvan.

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