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AT ALL HOTELS

CALL FOR

“U”

AND CLUBS.

BEER

PILSNER URQUELL

THE ORIGINAL PILSNER BEER.

Agents:-

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

Wine and Spirit Merchants.

Phone C. 16.

Kowloon K, 19.

NOW ON SALE

THE FEBRUARY

VICTOR RECORDS

Including Musical Masterpiece

Album No. 66.

(Concerto Grosso-Bloch)

(Arioso-Bach)

Played by

S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR

FRIGIDAIRE

.

THERE ARE

DOMESTIC

MODELS OF FROM FOUR TO EIGHTEEN CUBIC FEET STORAGE CAPACITY.

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930.

DAY BY DAY.

is that no case is helped without the very fullest Investigation and enquiry, conducted with the strictest confidence. The second is that, above all else, constructive help is always aimed at; the So ciety does not believe in the grant- ing of mere doles.. It thus be- comes obvious that all who con- tribute anything to the Society's funds can have the definite assur ance that the money they give will be well spent. It is equally obvious, of course, that, without public support, the Society could not possibly function. A variety of causes has resulted in a serious financial position

now being Two Chinese who were charged reached, and for this reason we before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning would urge all who have any re- with assaulting a man in a tea gard for the sufferings and mis-house by striking him over the fortunes of others to loosen their head with a stool, were remanded. purse strings and do their bit to-

For carrying two

chickens wards maintaining the Society on suspended by the legs, à Chinese such a basis that there will be no woman, who appeared before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon question of its being compelled to Magistracy this morning, was restrict its beneficent activities. fined $5. The defendant said that

From

some standpoints, the she had carried the fowls thus be cause she was afraid they would present may not be considered

fly away. particularly propitious time in which, to appeal for public sub-

THE RUINS. OF A HOUSE MAY BE REPAIRED: WHY CANNOT THOSE OF THE FACE?-La Fontaine,

Mrs. D. W. Tratman la to dis- tribute the prizes at the Wah Yan College on March 19 at 5.15 p.m.

Mr. J. K. Swire, Managing Director of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, left to-day by the 8.8. President Madison for Shanghai.

Thirteen tourists, being mem-I bers of the Oriental Winter Cruise Party, in charge of Mr. A. F. Henry, left for Shanghai by the a.s. President Madison to-day.

CORRESPONDENCE.

"

A Good Suggestion.

[To The Editor of Hongkong. Telegraph.1

The Very Idea!

An amusing picture of the head- master of the future was painted recently by Mr. John Clark, Sir, I have read with interest Director of Education in Glasgow, the report of the annual meeting at a complimentary luncheon in of the Hongkong Benevolent Glasgow on his retirement. Society held yesterday, at which "look forward to the day," he appeals were made for increased said, when the nether limbs of, public support, and I shall be headmasters are unable to bear grateful if you will spare me a the weight of their brains. little space for a suggestion which feel sure will help to swell the Society's funds.

"In the higher schools they will propel themselves about in a bath- chair driven by electricity. In the all lower schools locomotion will be

achieved by manual power."

*

Two of the new-rich visited a picture gallery in which was an oil painting with the title, "Two Dogs,' after Landscer,”

When anyone who is at well-known dies in this Colony, hundreds of wreaths, mostly iden tical in shape and composition, are sent down to the Monument and subsequently, I presume, car- ried down to the grave where

After studying the picture for within a few hours they go rotten and are removed by the cemetery some time the husband said to his authorities. I suggest that on wife say, Matilda, I can see such sad occasions only near the dogs all right, but where's relatives or great friends should Landseer?". send wreaths and that other

("I often think that the life of a people who wish to send a token of respect, should send a sub- steeplechase jockey is a particular- scription to the Hongkong Benevo ly hard and unenviablo one." lent Society. The Society could Daily Paper.) › assist in the collection of auch sums by supplying the principal Clubs of the Colony with printed subscription lists for display. We are asked to call attention to whenever the occasion arose. the fact that to-day's meeting of This would serve the double DODWELL &Co., Ltd. acriptions, but, although each and the Hongkong Branch of the Eng-

every one of us are being adverse-lish Association, at which a paper purpose of helping on a good cause ly affected by the falling dollar, will be read by Mrs. Southern on and doing away with an extremely Jane Austen, will be held at distressing and undignifi cü feuture there are very few who cannot Government House, and not as of loca: funerals Yours, etc.,

M. M. MAAS. afford a dollar a month, which is heretofore in the Cathedral Hall.. the sum involved to become a re- gular

annual subscriber.. The

0

OVER

1,000,000

IN USE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Sole Distributors HONG KONG & S. OHINA,

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Mr. E. Reis desires to thank all his friends for the many ex- pressions of sympathy and floral tributes during his re- cent sad bereavement.

The

A

publicity now given to the needs of the Society should therefore result in fresh funds beginning to flow in. We most heartily support the Society's appeal not only for funds but also for gifts in kind,

The following forthcoming wed- announced:--Sidney dings are James Bradsell, Hongkong Folice, residing at Central Police Station Quarters, to Miss Margery Ethel Ketley, No. 5, Wellington Avenue, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, England, who is travelling to Hongkong on board the 8.8. Mantun; the Rev. Henry Mattocks, of Changchow, Manila.

OIL STORAGE.

TEXAS COMPANY BUY BIG'

PLOT OF LAND. Over half a million square feet of land near Tsin Wan were pur- chased yesterday by the Texas Company for the purpose of pro-

The steeplechaser is a man Who takes a rise whene'er he

can:

Who always comes to earth

again

With just a shaking or a pain; Who has to look before he leaps; Who has a dozen bumps for

keeps;

Whose life has obstacles galore, Which only help to make him

spre.

*

They size him up by feet and

pounds,

leaps and He lives his life by

bounds! Scenes from clerical life, as re- produced in a child's essay:

three kinds "There are curats. The bishop tells the clergymen bishops, vicers, and

of

Hongkong Telegraph.especially clothing, which can be Amoy, to Miss Dorothy Latham, viding increased oil storage facili- vicers to work, and the curats have

TUESDAY MARCH 4, 1930.

TRUE CHARITY.

sent to City Hall any Monday or Thursday morning. The So-

ties.

ciety fills an important role in this fore Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kow. Department, and the lot, described sermons, and becomes a good

Shanghai Municipal Affairs.

of

A

a - woman .scat on

were

to do it. A curat is a thin married The sale of the land took place man, but when he is a vicer he at the offices of the Public Works geta fuller and can preach longer as Tain Wan Marine Lot No. 1, was sold at the upset price of $10,560, on which an annual crown rent of $1,212 is payable.

man."

•

Some more howlers:

mountain in highest The Switzerland is Blanc Mange.

By Magna Charta, no free man. could be hanged twice for the same offence.

On calling at the local office of The Teras Company (China) Ltd. our representative was advised

Sir Walter Raleigh was the first that the tract of land purchased is for the purpose of providing in-man to see the Invisible Armada. creased storage facilities in keeping The poll tax was paid by every- with the steady expansion of the body who had a head.

South Robert Bruce was a Soot who company's business in

kept a performing spider.. China.

.

•

In prosecuting two Chinese be Colony. It should command, as loon Magistracy this morning on charges of sweeping household it deserves; widespread support.

refuse Into the street in Laichikok Road, Sanitary Inspector King asked for an examplary fine, re- marking that his Department nuisance stopped. There can be very few people The thinly veiled objection of wished the

the sterner sex to the nomination Each defendant was fined $5, his in the Colony who, at one time er

for Worship intimating that he thought candidate

that that was sufficiently heavy. Shanghai the another, have not been appealed

Council and the to for help by those who, for one Municipal

Dense fog caused the M.B.K. lady's subsequent withdrawal, due, reason or another, find themselves it has been alleged, to the pulling boat Taiyo Maru to collide with a

The Gin Drinker's. Bay instalia.

Clerk at Southend-What is Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta "up against it" in the struggle of strings in Washington, have junk off Kailan Point about 5.30

for existence. Mrs. Southern, had the effect of arousing more .. yesterday, when a crew of 16 tion at present used by The Texas commenting on this fuct in her than ordinary interest in the elec-on the junk were thrown into the Company is proving inadequate and your name? Man-If you please,

instantly further, due to the shallow water air, Bertie the Bargeman tion now in progress. More fuel water. Boats

Witness at Mansfield County lowered from the ship, and al- in the Bay; deep sea vessels tave forceful address at the annual has now been added by the appear though some difficulty was to anchor some distance away, Court The man was suffering a

reasonable amount of pain. meeting of the Hongkong Benexo-ance of an eve of the poll letter, experienced in locating several of necessitating the use of lighters.

Debtor at Marylebone I have lent Society yesterday, rightly re-signed by Mr. A. D. Bell, a Coun- the unfortunate men, they were all As the leading free and in-

cillor of fairly long standing, hint- eventually rescued and taken dependent oll producing company never been in any trouble before, marked that the average person ing that all is not well in Council aboard the Taiyo Maru, and in the world, the greatest asset of and I am a married man has no time to go into the rights circles. More acrimony, he de-subsequently brought to Hong The Texas Company is the fact that or wrongs of individual cases, and clares, has developed in the dis-kong. Fortunately they all escap practically all of the thirty thou- County Court)-Why did that he is therefore torn between a de- cussions of the past year than ined without injury.

eand employees are shareholders, sister pay the other sister's rent? the previous five years, owing to

The growth of The Texas Company Counsel It was a sisterly action sire to give something, in case the the discovery or the suspicion that

may be gauged by the following to assist a sister."

Willesden Witness-The pri- figures: piteous tale is genuine, or to with- things have been done or attempt-

1920, 258,000,000

soner is never intoxicated, but gallons of Texaco Motor Spirit often in a state of argument. hold it because he has been "taken ed, in the name of the Council, without the knowledge or consent

were consumed by the motoring

Mr. Justice Eve. was told in the in" before. Fortunately, how-

of the members. Agitation in fa-|

public, and in 1928, over 1,053,000,- Chancery Court that a husband ever, there are the means available-vour of the throwing open of Paris

000 gallons were used. This is an wishing to make his wife a partner actual increase of 313.9 per cent in his business sent her to a whereby the person who really

The Texas Company controls lawyer to get a deed drawn up, and wishes to help deserving cases can

12.12% 6,431,151 acres of oil lands pro-was later presented with a deed rest assured that any assistance

.82.77 ducing 147,000 barrels of crude making over the entire business" which he feels disposed to give to

20.30% oil daily. It has 17 refineries, to the wife. His Lordship-That 18.10. 6,505 miles of pipe lines, 6,868 is the worst of higher education charity, either in money or in

18.16. tank cars, 30 deep-sen vessels, 17 for women. 18.174. kind, will be put to the very best possible advantage. We refer, of course, to the opportunity provid-

(VICTOR DISTRIBUTORS)

Chater Road.

FASHION

LEADERS

IN

SPRING

VOILES, Etc.

We are now showing

NEW DESIGNS

IN

VOILES

and

PRINTS

IN A LARGE RANGE OF COLOURS

OLD BLEACH LINENS

AND

CELANESE ART SILKS.

Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

GROUND FLOOR.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Council meetings to the Press of New York Shanghai is now the order of the Brussels day. The new candidates are

Amstedam, divided on this point. The ma-Am

Milan jority endorse the broader view.

Berlin A minority oppose the change of Stockholm procedure on the ground of Inex- Copenhagen: pediency. We should have Oslo thought in these days that there Vienna Prague Helsingfors could hardly be two minds about the issue, while if there were

Madrid ed by the existence of the Bene-grounds for argument, Mr. Bell's Lisbon volent Society, a body which is criticisms should be sufficient to Athens able to do what the ordinary in-silence the dissenters. Publicity Bucharest

would seem to be an urgent neces- Rio

Buenos Aires dividual cannot possibly hope to sity. Apart, however, from any

Bombay achieve-namely, get to the special circumstances that may Shanghai bottom of every case and see that have been brought to light, it is a Hongkong matter for some surprise that a Yokohama relief is granted only where help cosmopolitan city as progressive Silver Spot will be beneficial. It is this fact as Shanghai undoubtedly is, Forward which provides such ample justi- tication for the continued exist- ence of the Society and which also gives point to the strong appeals which were made at yesterday's meeting for all the support that the public can afford to give,

should have maintained the pre- judices of the old school for so long. In England, the municipal affairs of the smallest village receive the light of publicity through the Rural District Coun- cils. No-one would suggest that the presence of Press representa- tives exercises a restraining in fluence on the discussion, as the conservative element in Shanghai apparently believe; rather the con- trary.

London, March. 3.

124.23.

4.85%. 34.884

20.18.

In

Judge Cluer (at Shoreditch

34.514 Ocean terminals and storage tanks

with a total capacity exceeding | Azn

164.

193.3/16

87,000,000 barrels.

40.45

The construction

105.30.

of this new WHO WAS.

and modern terminal at Tein Wan 875. should result in considerable

218.

1733. development in that area which is MR. CRITCHLOW?

.5.17/82.

42%.

.Holiday.

1/5. 2/0.5/16.

· 1/10.

18.14/15. 18.11/16. -British Wireless

REALTY COMPANY

REPORT.

PROPOSED DIVIDEND OF 30

CENTS PER SHARE.”

admirably suited to industrial pur- poses.

TRAMWAY COMPANY

REPORT.

PROFIT OF MORE THAN SEVEN LIKHIS.

The report of the Directors of the Hongkong Tramways, Ltd, for the year ended 31st December, 1929, is as follows.

The profit for the year amounte

to Brought forward from luat belance

short.

Making a balance of Interim dividend 1929 of 50 cents per share

Men, women and children who, through no fault of their own, find

The report of the Hongkong Realty and Trust Co., Ltd., states themselves in difficulties are help-

that the balance at credit of Pra-

paid 27th August, ed along life's journey, and the

1929 *j****** fit and Loss Account for the year

Written off Goodwill fact that the assistance which the

ending 31st December, 1929, in- A larceny committed on

and Construction Ex- persen in the item Tramway Undertak- Society is able to offer is apprecia-February 20 was mentioned. be- cluding the sum of $11,057.28 ted to the full, can be attested by fore Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kow- brought forward from the previous

loon Magistracy this morning year and after setting aside $28, Final Dividend for the the numerous letters of sincere when a Chinese was charged with 752.71 in respect of depreciation, thanks which have come to hand stealing a blanket and clothing amounted to $166,427.65

After deducing the interim divi from those whose cases have been from 625, Recamation Street. The

Jast defendant, who was only arrested dend declared in July taken up. When it is realised yesterday, pleaded guilty and was and absorbing $60,000, a bal- that last year no fewer than 408 sentenced to six weeks hard ance of $106,427.65 remains,

Inbour. visits were paid to the City Hall by applicants representing over 150 families, some idea

may be

which the Board of

#326,900.00

68,000.00

year 1929 of 50 centa per share, recommend- ed by the Directors.. 325,000.00

-246,780.17

.*977.852.75

718,000.00

Leaving to be carried forward 3253,662.75 Mr. Choa Pot-zien was appointed a Direc- Director in June last and, in accord- tors will recommend at the forth- ance with the Articles of Association, coming annual general peeting be he now offers himself for election to A remand for twenty-four apportioned as follows: To pay a this appointment. According to reta hours for further enquiries was final dividend of 80 cents per share, tion the retiring Directors are Mr. A. gained of the fine work of real granted by Mr. Whyte Smith at $60,000; to Transfer to General H. Compton and Mr. J. E. Joseph whe charity which the Society per the Kowloon Magistracy this morn-360 order to bring such re- being eligible also stand for re- forms, Two points in connexioning in the case of a shop foki who serve up to $240,000, $10,000; to

The accounts have been audited by was charged with being in pos- with the Society's activities de session of a forged $100 Chartered carry, forward to new Account. Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews,

$6,427.65.

who offer themselves for re-election.. serve special stressing. The first Bank note..

election.

Does your family posses an old and Interfering friend, who knew your parents before you were born and thinks that his long connexion with your household entities him make scathing personal com- bave Then you ments? already met a "Mr. Critch low."

to

In Arnold Bennett's longest- and greatest novel, "The Old Wives Tale," Mr. Critchlow occupied auch a position in An the house. of Baines. eminently respectable and ponderous person, he was held. in high esteem by the Baines; In paralysed Mr. dignified, if irritated, respect by Mrs. Baines; in awe by the meek and mild Constance; and in frivolous irreverence by Sophia, the high-spirited and rebellious daughter who could rarely meet him without falling at loggerheads. Even and her mother's serenity poise was occasionally ruffled by his impertinent intrualan. He lived to be a thorn in their flesh for an incredible number. of years, after the manner of his kind; eternally 'grumbling and fussing; eternally doleful and Buapicious, eternally. chanting; "I told you so quite one of the most: exasperating creatures it la possible to imagine.