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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY JULY 2, 1937.

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JULY 2. 1937.

A' PASSPORT. TO CULTURE

In connection with a recent large sale of Victorian books, a writer in the Times of London recalls a saying of Lord Morley to the effect that the people of Vic- torian England could be divided into those who kept a Tennyson on their shelves and those who did not.

STOWAWAY

An Enchanting Film

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For Queen 8

VAIN FIGHT TO PHILIPPINE

SAVE BANKER

'Planes Drop Serum On Yacht's Deck

REVIEW

Long-Awaited Appointments Announced

"The long awaited appointments for the judiciary department, -including- those of Judges, of Arst instance, provincial fiscals and judges and attorneys for the newly chartered cities were announced by Malacañari. ........

Associate Producers B. G. de Sylvo, Earl Carroll and Harold Wilson have secured a thundering By the death of Mr. George F. success in their new fim "Stow- | Baker from peritonitis, on board

The appointments received include four for judges of first in away, and it will probably so his 300-foot yacht Viking at Hong-stance, seven for provintial fiscals, two for municipal judges and two down on the records as the beat lulu, America loses one of her most for cits attorneys for the four new cities in the southern provinces. Alm

produced. featuring influential bankers and wealthiest

Vicente Varela, 1903 government pensionado who is now a practic- gyer Shirley Temple,

men, states the "Daily Telegraph.**

ing attorney in Nedo and former Representative Ambrosio Santos of Being me of those with a strong

His son. George, who is now re-

Bulacan have been added to the list of two judges of first instance aversion to the infant prodigy turning to the United States from previously named by President Quezon. "Appointments of the latter on the screen, and having been New Zealand, will inherit a for-

were announced about a month ago. reduced to a state of shuddering tune conservatively estimated at

Among the seven provincial ascals appointed are former Re repulsion by some of the sab-staff £10,000,000.

presentative Mariano Alisangco of La Union who was named fiscal given in various previous films I From the moment that Mr. for Albay province and Emilio Mayo, a Manila practicing attorney. went to "Stowaway" in a sceptical Baker was suddenly stricked in The naming of two more ludges of first instance was believed And myself delighted mid-Pacific while returning from to have covered practically. all the vacant first instance positions. mood. to enchanted and enthralled by the a cruise to the Fiji Islands, every This provides a complete stan of judiciary administrators through=" most charming film seen för years.ald known to science and every out the Islands and hope was expressed that the clamour of some It has a sparkling and most possible from of emergency assia-fudiciary districts for the assignment of judges will have been satis amusing plot in which this de- tance were employed to save his fed.

feminine life.. licious little morsel of humanity is essential, and at the same time subservient to the story, The result of this is that her every There is certainly a modicum of appearance on the screen is a de- truth in the epigram-although a light, She does not so much ap-. glance at the secondhand book-pear to act. as to "occur in the

fim, shops today might lead one to suppose that those who didn't' keep him on their shelves had him in their pockets. To display your Tennyson, then, to the stranger within your gates was to offer him a guarantee, recognized by every

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS one who was anyone, of your

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CHINA LIGHT & POWER

CO., LTD.

LOST.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications have been made to this Company to issue to the re. gistered shareholders named be low, respectively, duplicate certi. ficates for the shares covered by the following original certificates, upon statements that such origin- al certificates have been lost:—

Certificate No. 28145 dated 1st April, 1936, for 4 shares numbered 1772940/1772943, in clusive, registered in the name of, Mrs. Clementina Cock, of 508, The Peak, Hong Kong.

Certificate No, 28146 dated

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NOTICE

Mr. V. BENJAMIN has joined Messrs. WRIGHT & Co. as from

2nd July, 1937.

NOTICE.

3402

HONG KONG TELEPHONE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

Notice Of Interim. Dividend.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that An INTERIM DIVIDEND of FOUR 'per cent (4%) for the six months ending 30th June, 1937, amounting to

Fully Paid up Shares and TEN

IS

Robert Young as the smart young man-about-town who "be- friends her, and Alice Faye as, the both delightful love-interest are too and Arthur Treacher has a valet-part after his own heart which he plays in his own inimitable way.

on the ship reaching Singapore we get a fleeting but excellent picture of the Peak!

The British liner Nazara balt-

ed and medical help was trans- Business Showing Improvement

ferred;

Seaplanes few hundreds of

Confidence in the future of business and industry in the Is- miles to drop urgently "needed lands is reflected in the increased "number of corporations and serum on the deck of the yacht: partnerships registered with the bureau of commerce during May, it

A coastguard cutter was con-is reported from Manil verted into a bospital ship and hurried from Honolulu to join the Viking; and

Doctors atid nurses worked ceaselessly, administering blood transfusions and oxygen treat- ment.

B

Figures released by the bureau show a total of 29 stock corpora- tions with an authorized capital of P14,228,495. a subscribed capital of P8,867,095 and a paid-up capital of P2,595,961 in cash and P248.-: 307 in.. property were registered during the past month.

This compares with a total of 22 stock corporations registered during the same month last year having an authorized capital of P5,388,000, a subscribed capital of P1,510,911 and a' paid-up capital. of P591,745 in cash and P219,843 in property.

All was in vain, however, and the banker, who was aged 59, died a few hours after his wife arrived "Fourteen partnerships with an aggregate capital of P1.131,000- at his bedside.

were also registered during May ar against six for the same month Mrs. Baker, who is more than 50, last year. Of the total number of partnerships registered during the

clipper.

The interest never flags, nor The Chinese cultural integrity The passage does the humour. of time has, alas, deprived us of scenes are remarkably good, and in this easily applied cachet; for all the Oriental parts there is only one "slip-up" which is obviously where is the author tow whose the fault of the caption-man, vig and had never down before, ar- past month: 12 were general and two Imited. Dame, unsupported, will thus when the ship with our little rived after a breathless fight of The majority of corporations organized during the month were 5,500 miles from New York to mining, a total of nine firms having been registered with the bureau. stowaway on board approaches

The total authorized capital of these mining firms amounts to P1,220,~~ serve as passport for us?

Shakespeare, in solitary gran. Hong Kong an excellent bird's-eye Honolulu, including 2,000 miles deur, will hardly help us with the view of Singapore is shown, while across the open sea in China 000, subscribed capital P255.000 and paid up capital P10,620. This compares with 5 mining corporations during, the same month last devoted followers of Mr. Bernard

year, with an aggregate capital of P4,001,000, a subscribed capital. Shaw, who has long since put

of P989,000 and a paid up capital of P429,710. Shakespeare in his place. And even Mr. Shaw, after his effort to guide the Intelligent Woman, is suspect, in some quarters. If we Ay the banner of Kipling. there will be those who will mark only its imperial purple, and eye us askance. Mr. H. G. Wells is so delightfully easy to read that

crown of the winsome little lady

Of the total number of corporation's registered during the month, 23 were Filipino owned, six American, two German and one Chinese. The Filipinos maintained the lead in the amount Invested. in stock corporations.

"Stowaway" will please young THE KING AND and old alike for it is a winner,

THE BOYS' CAMP and it adds new laurels to the

AT SOUTHWOLD shirley Temple-Acwo

The King will most probably visit Special Course Of Instruction

£14,958 FOR CHINESE PORCELAIN

Consistently good prices

were

the intellectuals might refuse him obtained at the sale of the collec: when he was Duke of York. It is was announced at P. I. Army headquarters. The officers were in-.

as a serious criterion.

200 others from industrial firms

A special course of instruction for cadre commanders from the 128 training centres in the Philippines was given at Cebu, and at Camp Dau, Fort Stotsenburg. Pampanga, from June 21 to June 30, it structed on what they will teach the second group of 20,000 young men who will begin military training for a period of nve and a half months starting on July 5...

the holiday camp for public-school and Industrial boys at Southwold during the first week in August.

The camp was originated as a result of the King's own suggestion tion of Chinese porcelain formed

run by

the Industrial Welfare The rule did not. however, by the Dutch collector Mr. W. P.

Society, in whose work the King is Henkelom, of Amsterdam, still greatly interested. A total of apply with the Victorians, only van

which ended at Sotheby's on June 200 boys from public schools and to Tennyson and culture in a 17, states the "Times." When the narrow literary sense. To be a namier fell on the last let the..

was no less essential to keep a

of £14,958, All the chief London retinue of Standard Authors, than dealers in Oriental porcelain were of Mr. Edward Cock, of 508 Paid up Shares of the Company stable, One cannot seriously re-

cents per share on the Party it was to keep a well-appointed | present, and the bidding was most

spirited throughout the sale. The Peak, Hong Kong.

The "famille noire" pieces sold will be paid on MONDAY, the 12th July, 1937, on which date ret the passing of such an out- exceptionally well, a set of six cups camp. returning to London the ly to Cebu and those in Luzon to Camp Dau for the nine-day in-

going look and one suspects" that the and saucers Dividend Warrants may be ob-ubiquitous Tennyson often knew (Staal), and a dish decorated in time that & reigning monarch of 1359281/tained on application at the the indignity of uncat pages. At the centre with Shou Lac and his England has gone to such a camp.

1st April, 1936, for 25 shares FORTY cents per share on the gentleman "sons reproche" it book recorded the excelent total mix on terms of equality at the

numbered 1772944/1772968, in- clusive, registered in the name

Certificate No. 20235 dated 31st January, 1933, for 16

shares numbered 1359296, Inclusive, registered in the name of Miss Clara Siu, care of Clover Flower Shop, Gloucester Building, Hong Kong.

And notice is hereby given that, if within thirty days from the date hereof no claims or represeй- tations in respect of such original certificates or any of them shall have been received by the Com pany, the Company, will proceed

Registered Office of the Company present, though we may not, Exchange Building, 4th floor.

perhaps, muster so many classic names on our shelves, we have not been pressed into collecting our books by any social conven- tion, but have engaged with them more or less voluntarily—and one volunteer is worth three pressed

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 3rd July to SATURDAY, the 10th July. 1937, both days Inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. L. McKENZIE,

Secretary.

to deal with the applications in Hong Kong, 7th June, 1937.

such manner and on such terms

as the Directors of the Company may decide ↑

By Order of the Board of Directors,

NOEL BRAGA. Secretáry.

Hong Kong, 30th Jane, 1937.

NOTICE

03

EXPLOSION IN

5346

MAN'S LUNGS

Patient's Death During Operation

An anaesthetic exploding in his lungs during an operation instant: ly killed a patient in hospital at Baltimore.

He was Benjamin Taylor, who was undergoing an operation for a carbuncle on his neck. His death

men.

tot £640

camp.

U. S. Army officers are lending full co-operation to the local - army and have especially detailed two of their officers to Cebu and to Camp Dau. Lieutenant Colonel Per Ramee was designated com- mandant of the school in Cebu while Lieutenant Vachel D. Whatley was named commandant at Camp Dau

No date has yet been settled for the royal visit, but it is As the first group of 20,000 trainees complete their five, and a understood that the King will mo- half months training army headquarters will instruct all cadre tor down and spend the day at the commanders from the Visayas and Mindanao to proceed immediate-

same night. This will be the firststruction.

News that he will attend will set "Outlaws. By Nature familiars, with the six-character mark of Cheng Hua, fetching at rest all fears by working-class boys and boys from public schools £580 (Yamanaka).

Once more the "last" of the Moro "outlaws in the Lake Lanao An outstanding lot among the that with the Duke of York's region of the southern Philippines have been driven into the wilder- powder blue items was a pair of accession the famous camp nameness by the Philippine constabulary This 19 "civilization" with a

Gourd bottles, which sold for after him would discontinue. £370 (Mortuga); Other K'ang at pieces included A pair of globular vases the white bodies decorated in brillant enamels,

CHILD INJURED

vengeance, for the chief offence of the outlaws has been to resist the "civulzing" orders of the Filipinos, as they did of their American pre- decessors. Like the Americans, the Filipinos insist on interfering with the local customs of the Moros-America's only Mahometan. wards. They insist that the Moros, shall pay taxes, shall send their children to school and shall give up their custom of polygamy." The Two-year-old Lam Mo-ngan was Moros retort that they get no benefit from the taxes: that they pre- conveyed to the Kowloon Hospital fer their own schooling system to schools run by Filipinos that they refuse to give up polygamy, and that under any circumstances they juries. While she was wandering will not bow to Filipino rale, dire in the road side near No. 38, Tung For years this same quarrel has been in progress. A part of the Moro people have from the first days of the American occupation accepted the new order and adapted themselves to the new ways. But in the interior of the Island of Mindanao, where the jungle has

which fetched; £540 (De Pinna); a pair of small ginger jars, which were sold for £410 (Partridge);

rich coral bodies which fetched £380 (Partridge). Bec

Mr. Mortuga gave 2300 for a Choi Street, a bamboo pole ac- pair of K’ang Hsi hexagonal brush eldentally fell from the third floor stands with "ing lung" sides; a of the address and hit her on the

NEW DEVICE FOR and pair of rouleau" vases with yesterday suffering from head in-

FIRE ENGINES

Signal To Clear Roads biscuit marriage cap of rhinoceros head. Ber condition was reported only a few settlements of any importance and where wilderness

horn shape, only 4in. high cost to be serious. Mr. De Pinna £400; and a pair of large b'scuit figures of a man and

CHEQUERS

"WAITING LIST

conditions still prevail and the Moros are remote from Filipinos and white men, all efforts to "civilize them have met with the same kind of resistance

There is little reason to believe that as Flipino rule becomes more complete in Mindanao the Moros will be any more reasonable and complacent than they were under the Americans.

Mr. Chamberlain bas yet to take- advantage of those Chequers week- ends with their accompanying It Comes Naturally generous allowance of £15 a visit.

In the not very likely event of

not also officially, recognized as being relevant. Not only is it re

cannot be avoided in any really comprehensive surveyed

The Chancellor of the Ezchelevant but it also in so vital to the main subject of study that it

The new amber lights which have been fitted to the appliances a woman in green and yelow robes, used by the London Fire Brigade on trapezoidal perforated bases. to enable them to have the right of fell to Mr. Sparks at £460, way were demonstrated at the collection of about 40 bracket headquarters of the brigade on the and long-case, clocks was the feature of a sale which made a Albert Embankment, S.E

They are fitted centrally on the total of £5,473 at Christie's front of each fire appliance, and recently. It was part of the mis-

There apparently is some surprise in Washington that the Ja- flicker so that even in the daytime cellaneous collection of furn ́ture, they cannot fail to attract atten-chins, glass, and art objects form the Premier declining to make use panese question should be introduced into the discussions of Ameri H.B. BEER.

on Hitherto when are brigade ed by the late Dr. Douglas Heath, of Chequers the Act of 1917 lays can-Philippine relations. But there is no special surprise in Manila, The Hong Kong Brewery & was stated to be one of the most have been held up by trafor det lokaler among the down an order of succession. It comments the Manila Bulletin. Here the question is popularly, if

nc lights they have had to walt bracket clocks was one only 7žin. Prunu Distillery, Ltd. have much ples unusual known in medical history until released with other traffic high, with movement by Thomas The anaesthele, a form of gas Now, however the nickering amber Tompion in an ebon zed case, sure in announcing that com had just been administered when lights will cause the police to open which fetched $325 (Gardner); mencing from 1st July, 1937, there was an explosion. Taylor, up the way

y and £180 was given by Mr. Bing- they will give a cash relnud or was killed instantly. Two nurses The new lights were demonstrat ham for a William IT long-case credit for empty HLB BEER assisting at the operation suffered ed on a motor-car in which officers in walnut 82 n blah, with a move-

of the brigade might be travelling ment by the same maker, bottles returned in good condition, slight injuries.

An electric cautery machine to the scene of a tire, a fire escape,|---- as follows

which was being used to complete and also on a fire pump, and even the operation is thought to have in the brightness of summer the public see the members of the caused the explosion.

daylight they were easily dis- the brigade rehearsing. The main The operating surgeon who, estinguishable. It is hoped that our patrons caped Inju

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The current survey in Washington, the one which in a short- time will shift its scene to Manila, appears to be more far-reaching and thorough than any so far conducted on the same general sub- ject. It is notable in its emphasis on the economic aspects of the subject. However the survey cannot be conaned entirely to econo- mics, because economics and politics are so mixed up that they de- mand Joint, consideration, The Japanese subject, for instance, is both economic and political, both nationally and internationally political:

which It is one of the numerous complicated and touchy force themselves into the survey simply because they

When: Assistant Secretary of State Bayre, as Burvey commission, said that the subjects due to be stu in their ramifications and that they concerned not

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