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STREET SLEEPERS

FUND

SPLENDID CONCERT

· LAST NIGHT An appreciative audience great ly enjoyed the concert given in St. John's Cathedral Hall last ovaning by members of the Hong Kong Chinese Choral Society, a Inisted by well-known local artistes.

SHARK'S FIN TRADE

SANITARY BOARD DECLARE

IT OFFENSIVE

A motion by Mr. W. J. Carrie, President of the Sanitary Board, that the trade or business of storing, dressing and preparing of sharks fins be an offensive trade, was carried unanimously at the fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board held yesterday.

Those present besides Mr. W. J.

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

MID-NIGHT RESCUE

`SETH PARKER'S CREW TAKEN OFF

San Francisco, Fib. 12. H. R. H. the Duke of Glouces- ter was a witness to a mid-night sea rescue when H, M. A. S. Aus tralia, in response to the Seth Parker's second S. O. S. message north of Tahiti, reached the achooner and took off all but members of the crew while a heavy

The event was held in ald of the Carrio were the Hon. Mr. R. Ken was running--Router.

Street Sloopers' Society,

The Chinese Choral Society, -which has been brought to

remarkable degree of efficiency by

Mr.

Henderson, Vice-President, Dr.

The Seth Parker, a three masted

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985.

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EXCHANGE

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the The following quotations on London Stock Exchange have been reesived by Mesara, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter.

Band Feb. 11. Feb. 12. Beltlih Government ́Securities War Loan 85%

redm. after 1952 £100% #205%

'Chinese' Bonda

(Eng. Iss.)... 104 Bonds 1898 Loan 1908 £ 99 Loan 1012... £ 80

Reorg. Lorn (Lan, Tax.). £ 99

Bonds 1025-47 £.08% S'hal-Nanking Rly... £ 82 59%Tient-Pukow

G. W. Pope, Medical officer of schooner, which is commanded by 4 Health, Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. F. C. the actor and radio broadcaster. Hall, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, Dr. Philip Lord, sent out an S. O. 8.67%

intaange on Saturday; but when 5 the conductor,

Anderson R. A. de Castro Basto and Mr.the Australia went to the roacute Miller, 'LRA.M., gave A varied C. J. Roe, secretary,

she found that there was nothing 6% programme of Old English part

Presenting his motion to the amiss. Subsequently the Austra-5 songs, madrigals and folk songs,moeting, Mr. Carrio sald:

In intercepted a second S. 0. S. "In all of which they sang with a nice regard for light and shade

Amazing Message

signal. This matter arose from a com- and kept an admirable tono plaint from an occupier in closo 128 Bobham Strand throughout. Especially good were proximity the madrigal "Come Let us Join East, and a further anonymoúa the Roundelay" and the Eliza-letter complaining about 128 and bethan part song, "Come Again: 130 Bonham Strand East. Sweet Love Doth Now Invite,"

Later."

H. M. A. S. Australia is still standing by the Seth Parker and apparently intends waiting until

Philip Lord wirelessed

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£ 00

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£ 36%

£35

5% Tient.-Pukow Railway (Sup!. Loan)

€ 29

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It was brought to my notice the American naval tug, which left Mrs. Helen Lockhart's rich con- that in 1929, the Offensive Trades Samoa yesterday, arrives to take tralto voice was heard to distinct Committee had declared this to be the Seth Parker in tow.

Hai Rly. 1913. £ 19 advantage in all her offerings, an offensive trade, within the de-

Foreign. Bonds and particularly in "The Helghts of Tatra," which she sang delightful-finition of offensive trades in the astonishing message to the war-

Loan 1024 £76 ly: Mrs. Anderson Miller was in Public Health and Building Orship, in which he said it was German co

dinance.

which, after reciting unnecessary for the warship to re- magnificent voice and her singing | certain well known

offensive main as he was already under anJapan 5 Sterling

Loan 1907... £ 79% of Purcell's "An Evening Hymntrades has an omnibus,paragraph obligation which he could never Japan 5 Sterling

noxious offensive, repay.

£ 88 Loan 1924 1.K. & Shal Bank Chartered Bank £5

(Ldn. Regd.) .. £133

was one of the gems of the oven any other

He added: "Besides that, if you Ing. In a sharply contrasting noisome or unhealthy trade, do not get to your destination, the number, 11.

Stanley Taylor's business or manufacture, whatso Duke of Gloucester will be hunting Acorod another big ever." "Rain," sho

for me with a shot gun for the rest auccess.

of his life."--Reuter.

No Stunt

Appeal Against Closure

I felt therefore that I was only

carrying out the declared policy of

1

the Board in giving instructions According to a wireless mes that the business must cease algo

from

Stanford's "Songs of the Sea," by Captain O. P. Joce, with choral effects by the Chinese Choral Society, wore splendidly sung especially "Devon, O Devon in Wind and Rain."

128 Bonham Strand East. An H.M.A.S. Australia has now left Mra. Schroeder contributed two admirably-played violin solos, appoal was made against this the schooner. The which were much enjoyed. A decision and it became nocessary captain wirelessed: "I realise

what you has been through. to review the whole position.

Good-bye and gond question of your calling me un-

necessarily. luck."--Reuter.

I am

never ony

word should be added regarding have no hesitation in saying Batisfied there wES the oxcellent accompanying of Lleat, Col. C. H. Kuhne, D.S.O., that in my opinion the trade O.B.E., who was most sympathetle should be declared an offenalyn trado, but it does not necessarily in all his work.

follow that it is our intention to hound the present dealers in this product from premises which they BRITISH FINANCES

have occupied for the past thirty or forty years.

Definito offensive trade areas have been laid down, but these have no statutory validity, but

LATEST TREASURY

RETURNS

During an interval, the Rev. N. V. Halward, in thanking the artistes, referred to the needs of the Stroot Sleepers' Shelter Society. Ho stated that the tenuro of the two oxisting shelters was somewhat uncertain, and this was one of the reasons why It was desirable to build up are merely on agreement between

London, Feb. 12. sound credit balanes. If, on the the Board and the Government

latest Treasury returne other hand, the tenure difculty whereby the Offensive Trades were overcome, the Society might Committee of the Board is guided show that the total ordinary re- well consider opening a third shel- in granting

or refusing new venue for the financial year up to tor next year, either in Wanchai licenses.

February 9 amounted to £609,477,- or Kowloon. The sheltora at pre- sent were crowded every night

MURDER · ATTEMPT ON ISLAND

Trades

varlous

Kowloon.

can

areas

The

sh,

£ 15% £ 10% Industrials and Breweries. Associated Elec.

20/- 24/3

Distillers Dunlop Rubber

Impl. Chem. Ind.

New York, Feb, 12.

the Seth Parker,

Industries AIN British-Amer. Tob. (Bearer)... Chinese Eng. and Min. Bearer)

117/6

115/

10/-

18/0

Australia's

Courtaulda

Tate & Lyle

100/3

19/-

61/6

50/4

03/0

91/9

50/-

48/7/

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end

40/-

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General

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Electric

48/0

487

407-

47/0

8771% 30/0

Def. 10-sh, .. Impl. Tobacco Woolworths 5/-

sh.

10/- 138/3

B/10/

135/3

110/-

110/-

Internat.

Nickel

na par val... $ 23% $ 23 Canadian Celanese 85/86/3 Turner & Newall BA/B United Steel .....

28/-

507- 271-

Miscellaneous

Burma. Corpn. Rs.

10

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481-

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B2/- 21/-

19/- 68/-

D3/- 53/- 251/3

23/714

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Oils

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Austin Motors on, Chartd.* 15/- ́ ́ah Gula

(bearer)...... Kalompong Rubber Watnoy, Combe & Reid def. ord... Randfontein

Estates Sub-Nigel

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Rubber Trusts S'hal Elec. Constr. Van Ryn Deep Electric Blunies

Industries

It is true that the first com- 359, as compared, with £683,178,- plaint came from the neighbour- 200 for the corresponding period of last year. Including self- hood of Bonham Strand East; a more serious complaint has since balancing revenue, the figures are boon received from Hennessey £646,017,359 and 2855,820,260 ren- Road and the complaints dealt pectively.

Income tax collected last week with in 1923, by the Offensive

Committco were

from amounted to £20,244,000, bringing Tesidential

in the total to date to £161,671,000, a against £159,365,000 at the POSSIBLE SUICIDE OF

1 have no hesitation in recom- corresponding date last year.

Total ordinary expenditure up monding that we should do all we ASSAILANT-

to prevent this offensive to last Saturday was £611,061,460, An attempted murder, with the trade-from-becoming-established as compared with £508.001,741 at indication that the assallant, who in any such new area, but I would | February 10, 1934. With is missing, has probably com- not propose that we should rebalancing expenditure, the total mitted suicide, was reported to quire the old established business for the current year is £692,973,- Anglo-Persian Oil Police Headquarters yesterday in in Bonham Strand East and in 134,

Des Voeux Road between Eastern British Wirslass. a message from an out-Station.

The scope of the occurrence f& Street and Centro Street to remove a hut on a lonely felet called A from their present premises; and Chau, within the territorial waters my only reply to the first com- of the Colony Hore, at one plaint therefore is that these businesses were there before he o'clock on Monday morning, a 60-chose to go and live in that neigh- year-old fisherman, Young Chuon, bourhood. We shall have power, heard a woman's screams, and on howover. under the Offensive going into an adjoining room Trades by-laws to take certain occupied by his son, Yeung Yuen steps which should mitigate con- yau, and daughter-in-law, found the woman lying. In a pool of siderably the offensiveness to the

neighbourhood,

blood and in an unconscious state from what appeared to be soveroĮ head injuries.

Thoro was no aign of the! younger man, and at the end of a search, carried on for two days, the elderly Young has been forced to the conclusion that his son has drowned himself.

CHINESE RETURN FROM ABROAD

against

£579,931,694.

U.S. MINISTER'S

RETURN

MAKING CALL ON NANKING GOVT.

to

60/7% 50/7% Burma Oil

78/1 78/1 Southern Railway

(Deferred).... £ 23% £22% Rolla Royce £1

sh.

111/-- 107/0

60/7% 60/7

Shell Trons and Trad. (Bearer) Spring Mines

Crown Mines 10/-

nh.

Chosen Corpn.

182/6

280/

182/6

280/- 3370 30/-

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Shanghai, Feb. 12. Mr. Nelson Johnson, American Business To Be Licenced

Minister to China, and his wife, But once the principle has been arrived here last night aboard the long adopted, and the present business President Coolidge after a licenced, no now business could be furlough in the United States.

The American Minister Swill set up except in recognised offen- sive trades areas. Circumstances shortly proceed to Nanking to call

Last Saturday afternoon, an enjoy- might arise in the future when it on the Chinese Government before

tea-party was given to the Polping-Central able would be desirable to remove all returning

blind girls at Pokfulum. by Madame the businesses to an offensive Neror. ·

through CSF and 680. Lottie Gordon and members of the

7. B.m. Dlg Den. The Brofilah Bindin trade area, but I do not think it

Empire and Australian Music Links.

Orchestra. proposo that at necessary to

7.45 pm. Nightmare Soelen. A Blory by A concert by the blind girls followed,

Marie Bowen, told by the present.

violin and plano accompaniments. including songs and choruses

Author, Madame Gordon played Australian ploces and sang Grand Opera with the Misses Dorothy and Winifred Raven. A military plano march was given by air. Tuk Lo.

A whist drive in ald of, the Shek Lung lepers is to be held on Thursday St. Patrick's Hall, February 21, in Garden Road, commencing at 8.30 p.m.

vlowing the general economic/claring this business an offensive following way. If this motion do hor

with

of the Institution

1

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These remarks, though they are in seem quite unnecessary. fact in answer to a minute by Mr. WORK INCREASINGLY Wong Kwong-tin. He was some

the result of this HARD TO FIND

what worried that this proposal stons as to was definitely suppressing quite motion will be dispelled. The

At the conclusion, Madame Gordon Shanghai, Feb. 13.

was presented with an evening capo an important trade in the Colony. reason for my saying anything at The Overseas Chinese Affairs It is not our desire to do so, but all on the motion is to clear one knitted by the girls as a token of report with the control given us by de other possible misunderstanding appreciation for the. free singing Society has issued a

It has boen put to me in the training she had given them and for

Broadcast on Trazamlalon Kindly interest. Miss Moritz,

P. 082 and COB.N Big Ben. The plight of Chinese abroad,

Hippodrome Orebastry Among other things, the report mitigate it and not allow it to be

the position of all those Chinese entertained the visitors at tea. says returned

restaurants Ovcreens Chinese established in other areas.

and eating houses numbered about 358,400 last year, With these remarks I now move which serve as one of the deli- while those leaving home in the "that the Board do declare that cacics sharks' fins as part of their corresponding period numbered the trade or business or storing, menu? about 143,700.

dressing and preparing of sharks" It seems to be quite clear that fina be an offensive trade, and the wording of the by-law only

tho contemplatca By-law-1 contained in schedule

storing of of the Pubile Health and Buildings sharks fins as a trade or business, Ordinance, 1903, under the head-Therefore, where a restaurant is Ing "Offensive Trades" be amend marely in possession of sharks* ed by the insertion of "storing, fins for the purpose of serving out dressing, and preparing of sharks as part of their menu, their busi- ins" next after "gut scraping" in ness cannot be thought to be a

sharks fins I understand

that

This goes to indicate that there aro increasingly fewer chances for Chinese to carn their livelihood abroad.-Central News.

B

NO DECISION IN GOLD CLAUSE

COURT ADJOURNS. IN SILENCE

Washington, Feb. 12. The judges of the Supreme Court

Another reminder is given of the lecture by Rev. C. B. R. Sargent, the Head Master of the Diocesan Boys line 5 of the sald By-law 1", "trade or business of storing maintained their silence in respect School, on "Vord!" which will bo given in the Jacobean Room of

The Medical Ofcer of Healthoth you and the Medical Officer of the "gold clause" case to-day

the Hongkong Hotel, to-morrow at seconded the motion,

5.80 p.m. under the auspices of the

Dante Alighieri Association It is learned that many prominent people!

Restaurants Not Affected

in the Colony have responded to the Mr. M. K. Lo Bild: I desire to Invitation of Comm. Bianconi, the second this motion. I venture to Italian Consul General, to attend the think that after your very clear explanation, many of the impres-

Lecture.

of Health are

of the opinion that and adjourned without announcing restaurants and eating houses any decision.

A decision was expected and the not Win be affected by the by-law,

The motion was then put to the court was crowded with nows- papermen and financial firms meeting and carried.

The other business transacted representatives, who waited In was of a routine nature.

vain.-Reuter.

Walter Runcimas, Mr. President

of the Board of Trade.

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