1934-03-29 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1934.

TEACHERS FORM ASSOCIATION

LOCAL EDUCATION

MOVE

At a meeting held on Tuesday afternoon in the Hall of Queen's College, attended by nearly 200 local teachers, representative of all grades of teaching, it was decided to form a local Teachers Association.

Are

MR. HENDERSON

CONFERS

Disarmament Bureau

To Meet

AIRSHIP LINES

OCEAN SERVICES TO OPERATE SOON.

EXCHANGE

LONDON STOCK

MARKET UNDERTONE

GOOD.

RADIO BROADCAST

The following quotations on the TO-DAY'S BROADCAST. London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter. Market-Very qulot, but the under- tone, on the whole, was good.

Chinene Bonds.

Mar. 27, Mar. 28.

£100%

London, Mar. 28. Within a brief space of time ginnt airships will be crossing the London, Mar. 28. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Chair Atlantic, linking Europe with Am- erica and the Far East by three man of the Disarmament Con-different routes, declared Dr. Jugo ference, eniled on the Foreign Eckener, famous German airship Secretary, Sir John Simon, who designer and commander, during an was necompanied by Mr. Anthony address in London laat night. Eden at the House of Commons this afternoon

discussed and

Dr. Eckener prophesies now Among the bjects of the AB-suggestions connected with the next rapid-transit developments in the 4 Bociation the provision of meeting of the Bureau or the air in which ships of the type of the facilities for the discussion of steering committee of the general Graf Zeppelin, which he has piloted educational problems, the encour commission of the conference. around the world and across the agement of local research, the

It will be recalled that the Atlantic Ocean on numerous occa- stimulation of public interest in Bureau was instructed to preparejaions, will be put to schedule.. education and the establishment a clear draft of the British Draft

'Itly. The first airship service, he said, of a library.

Convention, incorporating

... Full membership is open to all modifications contained in the would be between Friedrichshafen. Ticht-Pukow Tient-Pukow engaged in educational work in documents which have since been Germany, and Rio de Janeiro. The

second line would link Rlo de 5% recognised Institutions, and As- exchanged between Governments,

Janeiro and

Railway Washington, and

(Supl These documents include the Europe; and

Loan) the third asciate Membership to all in

route

5 S'hal-'chow- sympathy with the objects of the recent British memorandum. would be from America to a June-

Ningpo Rly.... At its last meeting. In London tlon somewhere in the Pyrenees, in Honan Rly... £31 Association. The annual sub-

February, the Bureau adjourned all probability, and thence to the Hukuang Illy. seription is $3.00 (H.K. currency) or alternately a Life Subscription until April 10th at latest. It is Dutch East Indies. of $30.00. The meetings will he understood that a meeting la now held in one of the local schools being summoned to take place on on the third Tuesday of each that date.-British Wireless. month between September and Apríl (Inclusive) ut 4.45 p.m.

THE OFFICIALS.

The

following office-bearers were elected:-President, Pro- fessor L. Forster, M.A.; Vice- Presidents, Mins G. M. Cotton, Ming F. C. Woo, M.B.E., D.Pd.. the Very Rev. G. Byrne. S.J., Ph.D.: Mr. F. J. de Rome, M.B.E.. B.Sc., Hon Secretary, Mr. W. L. Handyside, M.A.. B.Sc. Hon. Treasurer, Mr. L. G. Morgan, M.A., B.Sc.; Council, Miss Atkins, Sister Beatrice, Miss F. M. Hughes, B.A., Miss II. D. Sawyer, Miss V. D. A. Silcocks, B.Sc., Mr. C. Y. Stark, Mr. K. L. Chau, M.A., Mr. D..J. S. Crozier, B. A., Rev. R. Galligher, S.J., Ph.D., Mr. Hung Chi Po, B.A., Mr. Lim Hoy Lan, Mr. Loung Fung Ki, B.A., Rev. EW. L. Martin, M.A., Brether Matthins, Mr. C. B. R. Sargent, M.A., Rev. F. Short, Mr. E. G. Stewart, Mr. C. Y. Tsao, Ph.D.

The next meeting will be held in St. Joseph's College (Kennedy Road) Tuesday, 17th. April at 4.45 Professor R. K. M. p.m., when Simpson, M.C., M.A., will speak on Phonetica.

Further particulars may be ob tained from the Hon. Secretary, c/o Queen's College.

SINO-AMERICAN TREATY

SHANGHAI CHAMBER AND IMMIGRATION

(Special to "Telegraph")

Shanghai, March 28. In a communication to the Nan- king Foreign Office, the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Commerce draws the attention of the author- ities to aepcial points concern- ing the proposed revision of the Sino-American Commerical Treaty.

The message stresses the Im-

•portance of correcting abuses aris- ing out of the execution of the American Immigration Law.

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ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

SATURDAY.

the

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The last-named service would possibably operate from a base in Washington, D. G., he said.

Dr.

Huge Air Liners.

The three services contemplated by Dr. Eckener would require four big ships, each of which would carry fifty passengers, half a ton NEW VICAR DUE ON of malls and between 16 and 20

tons of high class freight.

Eckoner's prognostication In well-known The Rev. J. R. Higgs, M.A., who carries weight. It in to take the place of the Rev. W. that he and others connected with Walton Rogers, M.A., as Vicar of the airship industry have long cons St. Andrew's Church, is due to templated the inauguration of truce arrive in the Colony on Saturday routes between Europe and South next by the sa. Hector. The Rev. America. The Graf Zeppelin W. Walton Regers will preach his already proved its efficiency in farewell sermon on Sunday evening maintaining schedule next, at 6 p.m.

A reception has been arranged by the Church Council to welcome the Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Higgs and to bid farewell to the Rev. and Mrs. W. Walton Rogera on Tuesday. April 3rd, at 9 pm, in the Church Hall.

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Industrials and Breweries.

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Associated Brit-Amer. Tob.

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Chinese Eng. and Tate and Lyle Courtauld“ Distillers Dunlop Rubber

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Min. (Bearer),

Dr. Eckener is a pioneer in the flying

feld. He WAS Count Zeppelin's first pilot and during the War trained many of Germany's Boots most able flying men. Although aImpl. Chem Ind. veteran, now 66 years of age, Dr.Impl. Chem Ind.

No special Invitations have Eckener still commanda the Graf on been sent out, but is hoped that all ¡her experimental flights.—Reuter. members and friends of St. An drew's Church will be present.

LEASEHOLD PROPERTY

AUCTIONED.

NEAR TRAGEDY.

TRAINS COLLIDE IN BRITAIN

FOUR-STOREY BUILDING AT

London, Mar. 28. QUEEN'S ROAD WEST SOLD Two holiday express trains, from London to Edinburgh, with The sale took place by public hundreds of sleeping passengers auction at the China Rooms yea-on board, collided in a dense fog terday, of the remaining portion at 2 o'clock this morning, just of Section II of Marine Lot No: outside Doncaster. 91. Known as 217 Queen's Road West, this property has a ground area of a little over 900 sq. ft. and' with the four storeyed Chinese shop and tenement building, was sold to Mr. Tang Laivo for sum of $21,500.

Mr. E.V.M.R. de Souss conduct ed the sale, which was ordered by the Mortgagees.

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up by the fog signal and the sehai Elec. Constr. cond, travelling at a high rate of Van Ryn Deep speed, crashed into the back of it.Elec. Musical In

The engine smashed through a dustries refrigerator van, laden with meat

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There were no casualties.

The fact that not a single person was injured puts the accident in- into the category of the miracul- us. The first train had been held

and other perishables, tore the

Pekin Synd. 3/- Rubber Trusts

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A WEIGHTY MATTER. parcel van wide open and scattered Anglo-Persian Oi!

Local Strong-men Pick

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van.

the contents far and wide, and still Burma Vil unchecked, splintered the mall Southern Railway

(Deferred) Royal Dutch 190 But when the engine reached fi, sh. the all-steel coaches, in which the Shell Trans and påsengers were crowded, it was Trad. (Bearer)

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The Chamber states that if the

A handsome silver cup, presented checked. Their heavy frames ro- to the Mauricio College of Physical stated the shock. United States Government cannot Exhication by an ex-pupil, Mr. Grant, Amidst the wreckage the crow be

persuaded to

modify its regula was presented to Bir. John Skinner of the second train rushed forward tions for the treatment of Chinese last Monday for having satisfactorily through the fog anticipating labourers, at least the meaning of performed the fent of lifting 230 lbs.

their amazement

Crown Mines

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EXCHANGE RATES

"merchant" must be clearly de- Mr. Skinner is the third pupil of galamity. To fined in any revised Sino-American the College to pass the 200 lb. mark they were met by investigating Commercial Treaty, in order to the first being Dr. Han S. Wan, officials from the train ahead who

was reported that no-one had been Paris prevent arbitrary interpretation weight 10 stones the second

Master Charles Herbert Chanatong, | hurt,~Renter.

strongest youth and

by the United States Government weighing @ stone, who is known B In its application of the Immigra-Hongkong's tion Law to Chinese-Central weight lifting champion. NOTUR.

It is expected that Mr. Skinner, I will, at the progress he is making, het able to lift a for heavier load within' the next few months.

HOTEL COMPANY

REPORT

NO DIVIDEND FOR PAST YEAR

forward from the

RADIO TELEPHONE.

NEW TRANSMITTER ARRIVES AT CANTON

By

DODGING ARREST.

16.7014

Mar. 27. .77.17/32

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Milan.

Buenos Aires.

Shanghal.

INSULL HEADING FOR RUMANIAN PORT?

New York

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Amsterdam.

7.08

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Prague,

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DUAL TRANSMISSION FOR THIS EVENING

From 29.W. on a wavelength of 366 motros!

B-8 p.m. European programme. 6-30 p.m. Children's Programme of the arranged by Miss Cotton Quarry Bay School.

5.30-6.30 p.m.A relay of the Con- cert from the ioiona alay Institute, arranged by Mrs. R. Sangar.

6.30-7 p.m. A relay of the Hong- kong Hotol Dance Orchestra from the

| Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden.

7 pm. Closing Local Stock quota- tions, etc.

7.03-8 p.m. Recorded music. Orchestral-Drury Lano Memories..

Regal Cinema Orchestra. Planoforte Solo-Preludo in H Flat (Rachmanino).

Pianoforte Solo-Polichinello (Rach-

maninoff),

Leff Poulshnoff. Descriptivo Sketch-It Isn't Cricket. Clapham and Dwyer. Orchestral-Old Friends-Potpourri. Tom Jones and His Orchestra. Violin Solo Waltz A Flat Major (Brahms)

Violin Salo-Danza Espanola (Do={:

Falla, arr. Kreisler).

Isoldo Mengea. Band Aunt Sally Film Theme

.Songs Selectlon (Woods).

Debroy Somers Band. Orchestral-Sicopy Valloy. Orchestral-Bitter Sweet-Waltz.

De. Groot and His Orchestra.'

Weather 8 p.m. Local Time and Report.

8.03-10.30 p.m. Chinese Studio Con-

cert.

10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press

News.

10.35 p.m. Close Down.

All relays in the above European programme of the Hongkong Hotel Orchestras are by courtesy of the. Management and during the intervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studlo,

8.30-10 p.m. Recorded Programme from Z.E.K. on 040 K.C..

8.30-8.57 p.m. Dance Numbers. Tango-Mather of Pearl-When

Anybody Pinys or Sings. Fox TrotMother of Pearl-Ev'ry Woman Thinks She Wants to Wander.

Fox Trot You Are too Beautiful. Fox Trot-Chewing Gam. Blues-Cavalcade Twentieth Cen-

tury Blues.

Waltz Cavalcade -Lover of my

Dreams,

Fox Trot-There's a Cabin in the

Placa.

Waltz-If You Say "Yes" Choric. 8.57-10 p.m. Concert Items. Orchestral Song Without Words (In A Minor) Technikowsky, Op. 40, No. 6. (Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra) Song-Standehen, Op. 17, No. 2

(Strauss).

Song Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4

(Strauss).

Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano). Planoforte Solo-Suite Ber-

gamasque (Debussy),

Walter · Gicecking,

Song-Midnight Rovlow (Glinka). SongThe Two Grenadiors (Schu.

mann).

Theodore Challapino (Bass). Vicatiois Violin Solo Caprico (Kreisler).

Violin Solo Ave Maria (Schubert,

arz. Wilhem).

Naoum Blinder. Orchestral-Carnaval Suite, Op.

(Schumann).

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. 10 p.m. Close Down.

NAZIS BAN FILM. JEWESS IN LEADING ROLE OF BRITISH PICTURE

#

London, Mar. 28. The banning of the British flim 12.97 "Catherine the Great" in Ger- 220 many because the title role is

19.90 played by Elizabeth Bergner,

535 Jewess, was raised by a member 60.11/32 in the House of Commons to-day, 30% The Foreign Secretary, Sir John 1/4 Simon, in reply, said that the 5.104 Federation of British Industries,

7.GR

28 acting on behalf of the film com- 123 pany, was engaged in correspon- 37.7/16 dence with the Gorman authorities- 510 with a view to obtaining a recon- 1/0 sideration of the ban placed on the 21.00 film. 10.39

22.3944 Sir John Simon added that he 100% had called the attention of the 1/0.8/32 German Embassy in London to

4 the Incident, and expressed the 1/2.3/10 hope that the correspondence now

38

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CHORAL SERVICE

5.10 pany will have a satisfactory sot

10% tlement.-Reuter, 10.5/10

The steamer Majotis. presum-Bucharest ably with Mr. Samuel Insull still | Hongkong on board, passed Chanak, in the Brussels. Dardenelles, at 8 o'clock this Stockholm.

Copenhagen morning. The annual report of the llongkong

Lisbon and Shanghal letela, Ltd. for the Canton Telegraph

The 2,000 watt transmitter of the The Captain of the vessel de- Bombay

Company par-clared they were proceeding to a Rio...... year ended 31st Deconiber, 1933, is as

chased from an American company Rumanian port. follows:

Yokohama. Mr. Inaul is dodging arrest on Montevideo Accounts The profit on Working has arrived, says the Canton Daily Account for the year 1939 amount Sun. It is now being installed at the charges of fraud emanating from Belgrade to $848,503.66. The balance at credit headquarters of the Company."

Silver (spot) of Proilt and Loss Account (include of the new transmitter, the ste the United States and has been Montreal ing the sum of $47,024.43 brought directly with the Philippines

tion will be able to communicato aboard the Maletis since his hur-Siver (forward).20.1/16

and ried departure from Greece-War Loan.... previous year) ather distant stations after charging interest, insurance,

United Pres maintenance and repairs, old, provid. ing for depreciation and bad and doubtful debts, amounted to $288,- 239.30, which your Directors recom- mend apportioning as follows:-Te "EVERY MAN WHO DOES NOT Do There will be a dinner dance nt Transfer to Exchange Fluctuation IIS BEST COMMITH THE UNPARDON-Repulse Bay Hotel on Saturday and Account, $100,003; carry forward to ABLE BIN." William Lyon Phelps,n ten danco on Sunday at 4.30 p.m. New Account, $188,930.30. The above proposed allocation for the

* To-morrow (Good Friday) The Canadian Pacific liner Em- year under review has been incor- there will be no isssue of the press of Japan is now scheduled to porated in the accounts.

Directors Sir Robert Ho Tung, Hongkong Telegraph. Publica-arrive at 10 a.m. to-morrow. for health reasons, vacated his ment]tion will be resumed on Sat will depart for Manila on the same† Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" | been a complete success. The Indian

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

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Sho

on the Board on the 4th December day.

evening, 1883. Bir Elly Kadoorlo retires by rotation, but, being oligible, offers 7

H.M.S. Suffolk, tying the pennant himself for re-election.

An amended notification states that of the C.-in-C., Admiral Sir Frederic AuditorsThe accounta for the the Empress of Japan is duo here at C. Drayer, and accompanied by the year under review have been audited 10 n.m. to-morrow. Friday, and will Admiral's yacht 11.1.5, Falmouth, by Mesare. Porey Smith, Both & berth at Kowloon Wharf " after leaves Manila to-day for Hongkong, Floming, who are eligible and offer quarantine examination, She will she is dus here early on Saturday themselves. for re-election. -

sail for Manila the same evening, morning.

ELIJAH TO BE RENDERED AT UNION CHURCH

M.C.C. TOURISTS. ENGLISH TEAM BACK- FROM INDIA

Plymouth, Mar. 28. The Marylobono Cricket Club tour- Ing gloven arrived home to-day, minus only one man, Jardine, who is stay- ing on in India in crder to do some ahooting.

The Easter Choral Service from

The manager aald the tour had will be rendered, at the Hongkong elevens, ha added, had greatly, in Union Church at 6 pm, on Sun- proved, but he was unable to say whe day. Mr. G. E. Longyear acting as ther they would ever reach Australian Organlet and Choir Master. or English standards.

Mrs. A. M. Bowes-Smith, Mra. I. Lockhart, Mr. W. J. T. holos and Mr. W. H. Balloy will be the Sololats.....

Body-line bowling was not used in Inilla, which may have been one of friendliness of the tour, he said

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