CORRESPONDENCE
Birth Control
(To the Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.)
Hir, The Revd. Fr. Ryan's letter of 10th. Fobrunry contains, apart from his appeal to Catholics to be loyal to their Church, and from the statement that not all Indians agreed with Mrs. Sanger's doctrine (did Mirn Sanger or anyone else ever claim that they did?), only one major point,-- in China meant that birth control
niride. This, if one is prepared to avur a highly metaphorical
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Chinese Bonda 4 Bonds 1898
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£ 0142 birth control advocates are themselven parents.
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language, would be tolerably near the
truth and might mislead those who
The best advice that can be given to anyone sufficiently ignorant of the subject to confuse birth control with complete prevention of births is that he should come to hear Mrs. Sanger's own advocacy of her views. But as Fr. Ryan has raised the question of the effect of the adoption of birth control methods on the future of that an uncontrolled
Aware
China, and na bo is prefa
cressen the pot
population In progression, he may fairly be
in
war,
to any whether the natural checks hitherto operative, namely, pestilence and famine, have his full approval, or whether he will
Will suggest any alternative less fraught with human suffering? Self-control ins not in the past been so signally auc- ceful in this matter, even when reinforced by the economie sanctions of additional mouths to food; and those who agree that the material condition of humanity is a matter for intelligent concern will agree aino that any method by which poverty and its attendant evils may
be alleviated in at least worthy of care ful consideration before it is sacrifleed to rhetoric.
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Growth of Immorality BrWith reference to
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"imessage" bearing
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fow control which was delivered a months ago in London by Birs. Bramwell Booth, head of the Salva: Army. The Salvation Army had, she insisted, always tried to prevent such practices, and she de clared that in giving Instruction in birth control those "who are en- couraging it are doing a foul and loathsome thing." Their contention Tate & Lyle ....
is necessary United Steel that family limitation because of overcrowding in the slums Vickers ord. is, she said, "based on the fallacy that Guinness the children of the poor are of less Wentwortha. value than the children of the rich." She gave terrible evidence of the growth of immorality among young women as a result of birth contrat propaganda, and declared from long experience of social work among the poor' that because of this propaganda | immorality is greatly on the in- crease."
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1936.
CINEMA NEWS
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THE THEATRES
Dert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey como right down to earth (as does the moisture) in RKO's now comedy feature, "The Rainmakers," an ex- hilarating, thrilling entire on science, farming, the railroad Industry and even Mother Nature herself. The film will be seen at the Alhambra Theatre on Saturday. Dust storms,
storm, brain storms, rnin
snow in storms and love storms sweep merry, Judicruus disorder through the swiftly rollleking
Racing reels. through scenes of the recent Mid- West drought, the story fixes itself in a California benn-growing commu- nity. Farmers te failure of their crops, unless water can be brought to the parched fields. Enter "Roscoe, the Rainmaker" (Bob Woolsey), and his somewhat chuckle-headed assis tant, "Billy" (Bert Wheeler), brought to Lima Junction by the kindly local banker to produce rain. But. Simon Parker, the big Lima bean and burlap ng man, pooh-pooke the rainmakers. He wants to build a flume from the mountains, and collect cash from his fellow farmers. Parker, aided and abetted by his drugstore cowboy son, tosses many a monkeywrench into Woolsey's
machine. rainmaking Wheeler, in love with the banker's daughter, played by Dorothy Lee in a featured role, also stubs his toe an rocks strewing the road to romance. The climax includes a wild, Woolly | and thrilling crash between two an cient railroad locomotives, staged by Wooley to gain an audience for his Supporting rainmaking activitien Wheeler and Woolsey are many favourites, among them Berton Chur- chill George Meeker and Fredric recently Roland. The last-named, from the New York stage, is making his pleture debut in "The Rain- To Fred Guiel goes credit makers. for directing this new screen play by Grant Garrett and Lesile Goodwine. Lee Marcus produced.
"Shipmates Forever"
Two hundred and fifty kisses' were exchanged with quite some enthusiasm on a Warner Bros. sound stage dur-
of the Cosmopoli ing the production
La musical drama, "Shipmates For ever," which is scheduled as the next big feature ot the Queen's Theatre. Fifty boys
and fifty girls-five kisses for each pair!! And the boys and girls were all toni strangers io cach other when the osculatory proceed ings began. Afterward-Well, why bring that up? The scene was the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The ocension was the annual Ring Dance, at which each midshipman who has his examinations for entrance
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Sir The American community not Cammellaird ord.
expecta an
only
inimedate
com-Springs Mines
plete and unlimited apology but Sub-Nigel Also expects. Thos. R. Ryan, SJ., Tanami Gold Min. Editor, The Rock, to also withdraw the
infamous slatenient made in his Marsman Invest-
article in connection with the propos-
ed visit to Hongkong by Margaret Sanger. I am neither
menis
**în | Auglo-Iranian Interested
Margaret Sanger, her teachings nor Burmah am I interested in the Editor of the Shell Trans and
Rock or his teachings. However, I am Trad. (Bearer) very much interested in any such un
true and unfounded statements
against Americans and America.
UNCLE SAM.
hos.
"The Messiah"-Car Parking Facilities Sir-May I request your pitality to make the following notice public with regard to the arrange ments for parking the cars of those attending the performance of The Miceslah" in St. John's Cathedral to-night, Wednesday, February 19, at 9 p.m.7
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Edward Everett Horton right out of "Top Hat" into a chuckling now comedy hit "His Night Out", showing next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Alhambra Theatre.
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London, Fab, 18. A new air route is proposed be
Java in which and Iween Europe Zeppelins will be used.
The Dutch syndicate running the no expects to start the service next
year.
The Journey from Europe by this route lakas five and a half days- Rauler's Bulletin.
ever filmed. Rowland V. Lee directed, Adding final grace to the picture's omotional strength, spectacular action, fierce clash, dangerous love making and high suspense, is Max Steiner's music, which includes not only the score but a bravado Bong of the muaketeers.
"Little Friend"
At the Star Theatre there is a
psychological study by a girl of four. teen so thoroughly comprehensive, 50 utterly natural, that the dramatic scenes are realistically painful. It in "Little Friend" and Novn Pilbeam in the girl star who has taken the film world by atorni. Berthold Viertel
directed the picture from a novel by Ernst Lothar. The acting of Nova Pilbeam alane raises the picture to the dignity of a film possessing outstand
of entertainment, and
into the second cians becomes entitleding qualities beyond the 'average
being thoroughly In entertainment. It is a praise- unforgettable worthy production tenderness.
Matheson Lang and Lydin Sherwood are co-stara with this child wonder. The Star Theatre is offering a rare attraction in "Little
In the centre to wear his cines ring.
dance-floor a ring 8 ft. in of the diameter is erected vertically. Each Middle and his best girl-friend pass through this For an instant they halt Inside the ring. The girl slips the class token on the boy's finger they kiss-then pass on. The taking of this scene caused something that rurely if ever, is een in a movie studio-a complete disregard for the director's orders. After moving about twenty couples through the ring, director F. Borzage called "Cut." That means for the film to stop
running and everybody to cease do you think those
stopped? They did no such terrifle speed and suspense to an un- couples thing--they kept on moving right expected denouncement, is "The Mur- through the ring and kissing-even der Man", new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature showing at the Oriental they were not
is a smashing Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. drama, with all the glamour of the A story that pentirates a field seldom life of the naval cadets at Annapolls, touched by the screen, the private where many of the scenes were taken. lives of the men who lend the most
་་་་་ In the cast ure Dick Powell, Ruby interesting careers on earth, the New Stone, Ross Alexandrs, York newspaper clan. It brings to- Keeler, Lewis Joseph Crohan and hundreds of
gether Tracy and Virginia Bruce, others. The screen play is by Delmer who has rocketed toward stardom, Daves with music and lyrics by War- since her return to the screen a little ren and Dubin.
more than a year ago. "The Murder Man", according to advance advices, has every element that made the screen great-romance, mystery, sUR- pense, drama, comedy, and above all The speed that is breath-taking. story deals with a New York star reporter, a specialist in erimes of violence, known as "The Murder
a poignant marital drama in which the leading character is played by Nova Pilbeam, a talented girl of Matheson Lang and fourteen years, Lydin Sherwood are also stars.
"The Murder Man" Past-moving melodrama. spiced with comedy, that entehes and holds "behind-the- yes, but the elusive spirit of
action. The films stop kissless' | scenes" New York and moves with
91/10% Shipmates Forever? Photographed.
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In order to minimise inconvenience which would certainly be caused by the presence of a large number of
the Compound I have obtained March cars in permission from the Director of the May Public Works Department In con: July sultation with the Traffic Inspector of October Police for nil cara to be parked in December the parking ground behind the P.W.D. January Building, Lower Albert Road. From Spot the parking ground it in only two minutes walk into the Cathedral. Police Officers will be at the Garden Road entrance to the Cathedral and March also in Lower Albert Road to direct May, ears in and out of the parking July! ground. I very much hope that this September will mean that all those who arrive in December- motor cars will be able to
come and
xo in comfort.
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"The Three Musketeers"
All the thrilling ramifications of romance and deadly swordplay which attended Cardinal Richelica's state- brillant craft, combined with the pageantry of one of the most drams- le periods in French history, are Been as the
famed Dumas century which
Three Me background for the Man", who uids police in solving a|
murder mystery-with disastrous re
The sults to himself. New York Cotton
supporting cast of the romance faithfully adapted to Atwill, Robert Barrat, Lucien Little- |
Su includes Harvey Stephens, Lionel Feb. 17. Feb. 18.
has just beer 11.25
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10.21/21 the exacting demands of millions of 10.22/23 Bim-goers to whom the great classic 10.27/27 Is as familiar in action and atmon-
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"Front Page Woman"
"Front Page Woman," is a rapid phere as a personal experience, un- Usual care was taken to adhere to the fire comedy drama depicting a run- New York Rubber
essence of the novel and faithfully ning professional fight between SA Miss Bette its historie setting. And newspaper sob-sister 15.466/48 recreate 15.00 15.70 16.57 7501.now
d'Artagnan swoggers to the Davis, and a reporter on a rival paper, 16.87 187 screen in a superb performance by George Brent. Miss Davis Is cast as 15.84
of the staff 15.03 16.78 /78 Walter Abel, who adds to his Broad- Ellen Garfield on the
while Brent has the role of
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YELLOW FEVER QUERIES
GOVERNMENT ALIVE
TO RISK
An assurance that the Government wore taking the necessary action to prevent the Introduction and spread of Yellow Fever in the Colony, waa
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
MARKET UPWARD
YESTERDAY
New York, Feb, 18.
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow
given by the Chairman at the fort-Jones summary of yesterday's market; nightly meeting of the Urban Coun- Wall Street to-day forgot the Supreme cil yesterday afternoon, in reply to Court's decision on the T.V.A. Issue and frantically bought stoel shares on questions put by Dr. Li Shu-fan.
Dow Jones estimates that production Ja at 63 per cent. of capacity, up one
were meeting
Those precio (Chairman),
at the
the
vanced, whilst dozens of other stocks touched new high marks. The market for bonds and stocks on the Curb Ex- change was upward.
Mr. W. J. Hon. Dr. A. R. Wellington (Vice-point, plus increased automobile pro- Chairman), the Hon, Mr. M. duction and the good outlook for the rallroad companies. The riva in stocla Henderson, the Hon. Mr. T. II. King, the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. F. carried the industrial averago to a now high level nincs 1031 and the Hall, Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto, Mr. whole list advanced in sympathy. 1. C. F. Bellamy, Dr. L Shi-fan, vality stocks nervously rose from Mr. A. el Arculli, Dr. Chau Sek-nin. their low levels Kallroad securition Mr. C. J. Roe (Secretary) and Mr responded to higher carlondings and Im Ping-tacung (Assistant Se favourable, caraings during 1930. cretory).
Motor and motor-quipment issuLA The first business of the Counell wore strong. Aviation shares rench. was the reading of a letter from the efl new high lovela, Railroad equip- Government relative to the appointment and smelting stocks also nd- mont of Dr. Chnu Sek-nin $ member of the Connell.
The Chairman welcomed Dr. Chau. Proposed by the Chairman, motion "That in exercise of the Swan, Culbertson and Fritz Wall powers conferred by section 3 of the Street Journal comment: Aula- Public Health (Sanitation) Ur-mobile producers have planned to in- dinance, 1935, and of all other powers crease their output immediately. One In that behalf enabling, the Urban of the safest short-term speculative Council makes the following addition-market procedures. probably would be al by-law under the beading
and Offensive Trodean to wait and see if the market cronses high levels, which would gerous
yesterday's forth in Schedule A to the said Orbe important from the technical stand
The dinance:(15)
trades of point. The activity in United States chromium-plating and wood ell ex- Steel common share yesterday was traction are declared to be offensive significant. Prices crossed the 1934 trades," was reconded by the Bon. peak and are moving through the 1933 MT. Henderson.
lovel, which would suggest that the basic recovery is continuing. Thoro ik much Investment buying of Atcheson and Union Pacific railroads Recurities."
Dr. Li's Questions Dr. Li Shu-fan, pursuant to nutice, naked the following questions, the official replies being given below:
5. C. & F. New York office cables: "In view of the possible introduc-
Stocks: The market closed strong tion of yellow fever into the Colony through
rapid development of on renewed buying, with steel nues The Con- aerial transportation, will the Chair- as the principal feature. man kindly furnish answers to, the solidated Gas Company has camed following questions?
$2.00 per share in 1035 against $2.18. The Goodyear Does the species of mosquito the previous year. known as Acdon argenteus which Tyre Company earned 18 cents per responsible for the transmission of common share in 1935 against $0.05 the disease exist (a) in the Colony per first preferred issue. The Cater- (b) in what other parts of Asia if pillar Tractor Company has earned 21 known?"
cents per share in January, against share the previous Business fullurea during the
“《3?
Answer 1. "(n) Ardea argenteus or 15 cents per Ardes egyptus as it is now called has January. on some occasions been captured in past week totalled 194, compared with 209 failures the previous week. De- the Colony.
(b) It has been found in Aden, mand deposits totalled $14,031,000,000, Singa- against $13,991,000,000 the previous Oman, Mesopotamia; India, pore, Dutch East Indies, Saigon and week. Japan."
Question 2-"What precautions are being or will be undertaken by the Government with the view of nafe- guarding against the Introduction of this dread disease?"
Answer-"Tho
Cotton: It is reported that sales by the Producers' Fool yesterday amount ed to 100,000 bales. The market is quictly steady,
Wheat Only moderate' upturns on technical adjustments are, in sight at Office Interna the present moment.
The Goodyear factory Rubber: tionale d' Hygiene Publique and the
of strike is expanding. The Trade is Health Section of the League
further declino Nations are working in co-operation apparently awaiting a
a scheme to prevent, the in prices of the commodity. It is to perfect a spread of yellow fever by air-traffic, estimated that Malayan shipments of during the first half of February by (a), improving, the system epidemiulogical intelligence, (b) totalled 22,000 tons and that for the of February it will action under the Sanitary Convention whole
amount to. 40,000 tons. for Aerial Navigation.
month
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Dow Jones Averages:
"The authorities of the different air ports in Egypt, India, Malayn; and Slam are taking the necessary precautions to prevent the virus being: mosquitoes, spread by humans.
attention being directed-to- special wards risk or export by aeroplanes. 30. Industriala
"The-
Hongkong Government 20 Baile
Or
through the Fort--Health-Branch of 20-Utilition.
the Medical Department Is taking 40 Bonds..
Feb. 17. Feb, 18.
161.40 153.36
48.37 49.18
...-32-76 ----32.55
102.61 102.66
the necessary action to prevent the 11 Commodity Index 10:00 56.70 introduction and spread of Yellow
Fever."
more
Other Matters
tary Services (the Hon. Dr. Welling Correspondence relative to the apton) concurred with this view, and pointment of the officers to act under said he based his standard on other Ordinanco 8 of 1035 (section 2) cities in the Far East. In order
hardship'any and to act as Food Officers under Or- not to create dinance 13 of 1936 (section 2) was than could be a dould be licensed he thought approved. The Chairman said the that the premises n. Council had agreed to a list of of- for one year, It was Impossible, he ficers appolited for a food factory spectors to climb to the top of a three added, to expect their Banitary In-
n
14,
An application
licence for meat preserving at No. storey building, and it was impossible Eastern Street, third floor was to expect a man to carry on a clean considered. The Chairman said the business unless he WAK properly application had come before the supervised.
Council some time before but had
been deferred to the Inst meeting,
Effect on Trade
and again deferred to yesterday, to Dr. Ll Shu-fan said that if they recolve the report of the Health
Officer. An Inspector had reported refused to grant that the premises
should not
a licence to tha premises, he feared that it would run un. the trade out of the Colony. If not licenced because the floor wan
altogether, to a very large extent. suitable, the main objection being His own feelings wore that the
DEC- that it was on the top floor. The mises should be Inspector also thought it within
It WRE
granted
a licence.
the Offensive Trade area, and sug. The main objections had been that it gested
that
the promises were un- was a top floor. He thought that the upper floor was rather more tenablo owing to being very dirty essential to a trade of this nature.
The Chairman remarked that he himself had visited the premises, and and air. It
Upper floors COMP hast..
TDOTG
to be a rid it mend hardly be mentioned that unsound principle not to allow the they were extremely dirty. Before premises to be on top floors, He he had inspected the premises, he agreed that a year should be granted. thought there was no objection
to the
top floor. He had also consulted the At the end of that time, they should deliberate further as to whether the and Hoalth Officer
the Colonial feente should be extended. Only up Veterinary Surgeon and had inquired to that point did be agree.
of them of the other establishments
The Hon. Mr. Lo agreed with the
in Smithfield, where sausages were Chairman's suggestion. He remark-
made in large quantities for export-
the pre-
ed that such premises should have These sausages were never dried in
comont-concrete floors. In the open air. Normally, they were sont instance, the building had no dried, in the drying chamber, similar
cement floors. It involved a rather to the one which he saw. Subject to corious principle. He felt that the Malabon Sugars, $8.40 n.
any representations, the trade may staff of the Sanitary Department as Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19% a make to the Council, he suggested it was now and when it is farther Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $15 n, that it should be held imperative that reduced in years to come, wa45
Canton Icos, $1.75 n.
Cement, $8.80 n.
ILK, Ropes, $5.55 8.
15.02 /92way stage distinction a role which | Sval on the EXPRESS. Their
promises high film ranking. Equally
the impressive as the immortal muskel-
skel professional
onal enmity begins Athos, Porthos and Aramis, are press room of a a prisan shortly before slow the execution of a Broadway butter- 375/97% Lukan, foroni Olsen and
The feminine trio slow the
who in- fy for the murder, of her paramour, the Intrigue, spice
carries them through D Borles of classic are alluringly portrayed dramatic and comic situations and by Heather Angel, Margot Grahame ends in a truce and of course love. and Rosamond Finchot as Constance, Roscoe Karna, as Tools O'Grady, Milady de Winter and the unhappy Delvin's cameraman, and constant Queen Anne respectively, Able sup- companion, provides threndof bort is given by lan Keith, Miles comody throughout the picture. Wini- Mander, Nigel de Brulier, Lumsden fred Shaw does a plendid bit as Inc Haro,
of Murray Kinnell, Cordoza, the missing eye-witness Ralph Forbes John Qualen and Ralph Faulkner, a murder that forms the crux of the every part, from key characters to struggle between the two reporters. the least contributory bit, being done The cast niso includes such steller with skill to maintain the romantic names as Walter Walker, J. Carroll mood and story drive. Setting and Nash, Dorothy Dare, Juno Martel costumes richly rocreate 17th century Joseph Crehan, J. Farrell Macdonald France, with spectacle highlights be- and Addison Richards. Much of tha 1.70% ing provided by the grand ballroom credit for the picture must be attri-Wing
in the palace of Louis XIII, the gar-buted to Michaci Cartir for his dyna- dens of the Luxembourg as the scene mic direction. "Front Page Woman" of ducts between the Musketeers and was adapted by Roy Chanalor and Richelieu's guardsmen, the decks of Lille Hayward from Richard Macau- Calais, the d'Artagnan chateau in ley's Saturday Evening Post
Tatal sales:
377 lots.
May July
Selfing
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88% 884/88% Monday's sales:
*13,570,000 bushels. Chicago Corn.
01 0194 *Winnipeg Wheat
Chicago Wheat
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T. Bingapore
55
October
83%
Т.Т. Зарпл
110%
T.T. India.
-85
32
40%
.4.82
March May
New York Silk
1.78.
1.71
1,60
64%
July
1.08
1.05
143
48-
6305
AKRON STRUIKE
1/4
1/4%
1/4
Domand
T.T.- Shanghai
TIT. Frisco & New York
T.T, Java
T.T. France
TT. Manlin TT: Bangkok TẤT Saigon
TW: Lisbon
-4 m/s. L/0.
4°m/s., D/P. 6 m/s.-L/O:
Buying
m/s. France,
New York London
63/83 84/64 83753
Gascony, the streets and taverns of "Women Aro Dum Nowapan Story
Akron, Feb. 18.. Paris and the Musketeers courtyard. Laird Doyle wrote the screen play. All operation in the Goodyear Since the sword plays such an im-Front Page Woman," is one news Rubber Company plants here have nortant part in the tale, the actors paper film that newspapermen can been virtually suspended as a result were put through many weeks of in-seo without getting angry. It is fast, of-a-strike, following what the mans Khoniye coaching with the rapler by clean and thrilling entertainment, agement described the seasonal Fred Cavans, well-known master-at-with a good love story and lots of 6.054 dismissal of a number of tyre sems. The picture contains, as, a ro-humour, and is opening to-day at the 4.98% workers." Rauter.
sult, some of the most exciting duels Queen's Theatre.
Stores &c
Dairy Farm, $21/22 8.. Watson, $4.85 ni Lane Crawfords, $6% n. Mackintoshs, 55 n. Sinceros, $2.70 s. Wm. Powells, 70 eta. n. On (HK), $65 n. Miscellaneous,
H.K, Entertainments, $4,70 n.
B. C. Enterprise 31.05 n. Macao "Greyhounds. $2 n. Constructions (old), $1.75 D.
and
these establishments should not be on. top floors. There was the great dif- would be quite inadequate to carry
out, a proper inspection. ficulty of medical inspection, especial. ly during the hot weather when they could hardly expect the Sanitary. In spectors to climb to the top floors of these premises.
Future Policy
of
The Chairman then proposed that the premises in question bo licensed for one year up to April 1, 1937, and the licence warned that it was very unlikely that the premises would bo at for licence after that date.
The next few years would soo much closer supervision of the premises, An application for an eating house licence at No. 184, Des Voeux Road together with greater stato cleanliness. In minato by the Central, ground floor (side door) WAS
of Medical and
refused, Chairman saying that the Banitary Select Committee were unanimously Director Services, he was very strongly against in favour of refusing, and the Counell
theso
promises.
The Chairman added that a year agreed.
a dangerous
hence, they would not permit such An application for premises except on ground floors or and offensive trade Ileatce for clean in factories. He was prepared to sing sharks fina at No. 20, Tung suggest that if the applicant in the Sau Lane West, ground floor, was Bonds present instance kept his promises also refused. The Thairman re clean, the Connell would grant marked that, the business was a DOW b. Hence for ond year, with a warning one, and was also in the offensive
that the licytice would not bó renew-j izando;area, able-for-Bastara: Birect,
Constructions (new), 50 ctx. n. Vibro Filing, $4,n. Ch. Govt, 5% 1926 G.
94% 11...
H. K. Govt. 4% Loan 4%
prm.
H. K., Govt. 8%% Loan par, the
Wallace Harpore $4 a.
The Director of Medical and Sani- fabled."
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