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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

THEY SAID OF HONGKONG.-IX

ALL SHALL ENJOY FULL SECURITY, PROTECTION"

CAPTAIN Charles Elliot arrived in Hongkong on January 25, 1841, and took possession a week after the Treaty of Peace, coding the Island to Great Britain, was signed.

Troops were landed on January 26 and a Proclamation was issued from H.M.S. Wellesley, then anchored in the harbour, on February 2, 96 years ago this week.

Thus, Hongkong celebrates its centenary in less than four

years.

The Proclamation was as follows:

PROCLAMATION

By Charles Elliot, Esquire, a Captain of the Royal Navy, Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, and holding full powers, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to execute the office of Her Majesty's Commis- stoner, Procurator, and Plenipotentiary in China:

The Island of minister and High Commissioner Keshen,

having been ceded to the British Crown

the

under the scal It has become

necessary to provide for the government thereof, ending Her Majesty's further pleasure.

By virtue of the authority, therefore, in me vested, all Her Majesty's rights, royalties, and privileges of all kinds whatever, in and over the sald Island of Hongkong, whether to or over Lands, Harbours, Property. or Personal Service, are hereby declared, proclaimed, and to Her Majesty fully reserved.

Boys' And Girls'

Dear Kiddies,

Corner

the

Thanks for all entries in last werk's Competition, In which you had to complete the plc- ture of a funny old mari siting in the garden. There weren't quite so many efforts na usual, but, then, it was not easy to do; was 117 Some of the

MARGARET CHOA. Last week's Bentor winner.

coloured sketches by the Seniors, however,

were quite good. After taking age and good work into ne- count, I find that the best Senior entry was that of Ho Shuk-chun (aged 12), 111 Robinson Road.

The Junior award goes to Claude 8. Coom (aged 8), 131 Wongnelchong Road..

Will the winners call the "Tele- graph" office for their prizes?

Commended for good work are the Alves, following Senlors:-Maggie Eva Grady, Teui Sec-sing. Nund Xavier, Malda Decker, Myrtle Decker, Josette Gaudin, Peggy Barton, Audrey Barton, Fernando Alves; and B. Xavier amongst the Juniore.

Now, kiddies, I'm going to give you en altogether new type of competition this work no drawing or colouring, no finding of hidden names. What I want you to do is to imagine that you have been given a sum of $500—what

And I do hereby declare and proclaim, that, pending Her Majesty's further pleasure, the Government of the sald Island of Hongkong shall devolve upon, and be exercised by, the person filling the office of Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects In-Ching for the time being.

And I do

hereby declare and proclaim, that, pending Her Majesty's further pleasure,

the Natives of the island of Hongkong, and all Natives of China thereto

Foring, shall be governed ac-

to the laws and customs of Ching, every description of torture excepted.

And I do further declare and proclaim, that, pending

Her alajesty's further pleasure, such rules and regulations as may be necessary from time to time for the government of Hongkong, shall be issued under the hand and seal of the person filling the office of Chief Superintendent of the Trade

of Brit

British Subjects in China for the time being.

And I do further declare and procialm, that, pending Her Majesty's further pleasure, all British subjects and Foreigners residing in, or resorting to, the Island of Hongkong, shall enjoy fuit

security and protection, ac cording to the principles and practice of British Lato, so long as they shall continue to conform to the authority of Her Majesty's Government in and over the Island of

hereby

duly con- tongkong,

and proclaimed. Given under my hand and seal of office, on board of Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, at anchor in Hong- kong Bay, this Second day of February, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

-*--- CHARLES ELLIOT

a huge sum that is, Isn't It? Then I want you to state, in not more than 150 words, what you would do with the money.

This will not only be test of your ideas on spending money, but will also be a good composition test. There will again be two prizes--one for kiddies from 10 to 14, and the other for those under 10.

Address your entries to Uncle. Eddie, c/o "Hongkong Telegraph," so as to reach him not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday. You needn't make your effort 150 words long-It can be as brief as you like, but you must not exceed that number of words. you Now, kiddies, let's see what would do if you had a whole $500. UNCLE EDDIE.

TO CLEAR STOCKS

WE HAVE MARKED

PRICES DOWN. TO

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1937

LANE-

INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR'S NOTEBOOK: 7.

EARD of the Schlechter case?" asked Joshua Playfair.

"No," I said, "I don't think I have." "Well, there's a case that helps one to realise how -easy it is to go wrong.. But let me tell you the facts. "Schlechter was a wholesale jeweller, in a pretty big way of business. He lived down Orpington way. And he was found one morning, dead, with his skull broken, about half way between Croydon and his home.

"At first there seemed to be no clue to the crime. The motive was robbery that was pretty obvious. There was no money on Schlechter, nor any of the jewels which we afterwards found he was carrying. But we discovered a message, scrawled-one can imagine with what difficulty on the back of an envelope in his pocket. Wait, I've got a copy of it here."

"

Playfair rummaged in a drawer. "Yes, this is Schlechter's dying deposition. Robbed of twenty thousand pounds worth of diamonds. Stocky brute, told me a lot of lies, has gone off in my Am done, I think. Send for Esterholtz. Paula is to have what I leave, I think E. can fix it. Time, just before 2, this may be important. My watch is accurate.. Tell E. And here the message ends."

car.

"Was all that genuine?” I asked.

"How could it be otherwise? The document had both internal and external corroboration. The internal corroboration was this: that no highway robber could have concocted the message about Esterholtz and Paula. The external, that Schlechter's wrist-watch had been smashed in the struggle. It had stopped at eight minutes

to two.

"Well, the body was discovered at about six in the morning, and of course the Yard got busy at once. Our first job was to trace Schlechter's car-and that was soon found, abandoned in a disused garage at Herne Hill. Next, what of his movements? It didn't take long to find out something about those. Schlechter had

arrived at Croydon from Berlin, where he had been for the past week, by a 'plane reaching the airport about midnight. He had passed through the Customs, claimed his car-which had been left for him earlier in the day-and had driven off at 12.30. From the fact that he was alone, which was most unusual-he usually had his chauffeur wait for him-it was inferred that he had an appoint- ment somewhere. This inference was confirmed by the fact that he drove off in an unusual direction. But no facts could be dis....... covered as to the movements of the car after Schlechter left the airport.

"At this point we seemed to be stuck; then there came à clue from a smart young fellow in the Post Office. It turned out that a wire had been delivered to a notorious bad hat who lived at Dulwich-a motor-car thief, and worse, known as 'Butcher' Smith. This wire had been sent from Amsterdam the previous afternoon; its wording was! S. arriving Croydon midnight.

"The wire had reached 'Butcher' Smith by telephone, and he had at once told the Post Office that there was some mistake—the message was not for him.-Nor could we trace the sender. But Smith's denials did not prevent our inquiring into his movements.

"These at first seemed highly suspicious. Smith was at Vic- toria at half-paat eleven-he had just come out of a cinema with. one of his lady friends. He told us that they then went to his flat. But the landlord denied that he had heard anyone come in until something after one. He thought about 1.15. Then, he deposed, Smith had turned up alone, carrying a brown paper parcel.

"However, as the Commissioner pointed out, a miss is as good as a mile; and this miss seemed a fairly substantial one. We tried all we know to shake the Butcher's alibi. Yet Butcher was the murderer, right enough. And, do you know, it was not until we'd done some pretty hard thinking that we hit on the solution of the mystery."

What was it?

Current Affairs Test

How Do To It

Five possible answers are 'given for each question. Prime Minister of Great Britain is (1) MacDonald, (2) Chamberlain, (9) Hailsham, (4) Baldwin, (5) Lloyd George. The number 4 (medning Baldwin) has been

placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet. Answers on Page Two.

Home Affairs

1-An important measure, deafing with two specifle problems connect- ed with the safety of life at seu, has been introduced in the House of Commons by the Financial Secretary to the Board of Trade, who is (1) Lt. Col. A. J. Muirhead; (2) Sir Robert Greig;,(3) Dr. Edward Burgin; (4) Sir E. J. Harding: (5) Sir Henry Pelham

2. Mr. L. P. Lord is Manager of the Nuffield Trust. This is for (1) the provision of work for ex-service- men, (2) the provision of playing- fields, (3) adult education, (4) the development of smallholdings, (5) the Special Areas.

3.-A 35,000-ton battleship is under construction at Birkenhead. It will be called (1) Defender, (2) Prince of Wales, (3) Vanguard; --- (4) Birkenhead, (6) Arrogani,

4-A similar battleship is being built at Newcastle. The cost of each of these battleships is (1) £1,500,000, (2) £2,500,000, (3) £4,000,000, (4), £7,000,000, (5) £10,000,000.

5.-An agreement with Italy was signed for Great Britain by our Ambassador to Italy. He is (1) Sir Eric Drummond, (2) Sir Joseph Addison, (3) Sir Ronald Lindsay, (4) Sir Esmond Ovey, (5) Lord Chilston.

World Affairs

G-The heiress to the throne of

Holland was married recently,} She is Princess (1) Isabella, (2); Amelia, (3) Sophia, (4) Wilhelmina, (5) Juliana.

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7-An Anglo-Italian agreement has been signed. It concerns (1) Abyssinia, (2) the Spanish Civil War, (3) the Mediterranean, (4) the League of Nations, (5), limitation of armaments.

8.-Grave concern has been caused by

the netivities near Spain of

German "pocket battleship." This vessel is the (1) Graf von Spec (2) Koenigsberg, (3) Emden, (4) Koln, (5) Breslau.

0.-A new Cabinet has been formed In Japan and the crisis han now lessoned considerably. The new Prime Ministor is (1) Mr. K. Takahashi; (2) General Senjuro Hayashi; (3) Mr. Tsuneo Matsu- daira; (4) Admiral M. Salto; (6) Baron K. Nakajima.

10-There have been serious clashes

in the strikes in the United States, affecting primarily (1) coal, (2) cotton, (3) ahipbuilding, (4) rail- roads, (5) the motor industry.

WEEK-END PROBLEMS

By Hubert Phillips ·

PROBLÉM I.

A SIMPLE CIPHER

The following is a simple Trans- literation Cipher, Lc., each letter oc- curning in the phrase enciphered, is represented by another one. The original is a well-known quotation from Shakespeare. The words are in their right order, but are not separated from one another.

ANDLEO

G F M

POMAN

تو خون است متان

VELUX

G D X G

K

Note this also: None of the letters

used in the cipher appears in the original quotation.

Can you discover what it is?

PROBLEM II

A DOUBLE ACROSTIC

50,

UPRIGHTS

Is that the tool of this? And, if 'lis

What dire calamities from

can flowl

*.

LIGHTS

thence

(1) This, added to itself (the clue is

"nifty")

Can make a whole, and can make

fifty-fifty.

(2) What's here inside, re-shaped, the

East can be

And what's inside is likewise

what you see!

(3) A feast of rong and melody and

passion

Might well become a feast of

sport and fashion.

(4) Here's one who (legend rays)

took part in strifo

Tull offered portions of the "staff

of life"

(5) Confuse a food, and get a lad of

gril

A clue which well may help is

"bit by bit."

(0) Think of the moonlight-think of

balconies-

And "wherefore art thou

wondering who this is?

General

11. Professor G. Elliot Smith has died. He was world-famous as (1) physicist, (2) entomologist, (3)

paulologist, (4) psychiatrist, (5) anthropologist

12-Sir W. Goscombe John is busy on designs for (1) the new Great Scal, (2) the King's Coronation robes, (3) pylons for the City of Westminster, (4) Coronation medals, (5) a colossal statue of Mr. Baldwin.

13. Some interesting compositions, as yet unpublished, have been left by Sir Edward German. He was composer of (1) The Yeomen of the Guard, (2) the Merry Widow, (3) Chu Chin Chow, (4) Marrte Eng- land, (5) To-night's the Night.

14 Golfers are much interested in the proposal (1) to increase the size of golf-balls, (2) to allow the ball to be kicked when otherwise unplayable, (3) to limit the number of a player's clubs, (4) to Increase the size of the hole, (5) to abolish the stymie.

15. Mr. Mellon is presenting his collection of pictures to the US. Government. Mr. Mellon Was formerly (1) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, (2) President of Harvard (3) Editor of the "New York Times," (4) President of the US. Steel Corporation; (5) Secrò- tary to the US. Treasury. 16-Serious floods are threatening

the entire length of the Mississipp River. - Although the Mississippi River is sometimes called the longest river in the world, it is not

(Solution on Page Two.)

owing to rough weather. Sanclan faland, which is 100 miles from Hongkong, is notable as the place where died (1) St. Eustatius) (2) St. Francis Xavier; (3) St. Stephen;

(4) St. Gallen; (6) St. Asaph,

Ats and Books

ID. "Action for Slander" is shortly to be dramatised. The novel is by (1) Mary Borden, (2) G. B. Stern, (3) Gilbert Frankau, (4) Hugti Walpole, (5) Margaret Kennedy.

20.---A new play is by L. du G. Peach. This is (1) "Bombs for Us All,". (2) "Killing no Murder," (3) Searchlight," (4) "Night Sky," (3) "Gas in Goodge Street'! 21.-"Hearts Divided," showing at the King's Theatre, dents with a King who abdicated his throne for a commoner, The "commoner" Is played by (1) Myrna Loy; (2) Marlon Davies; (3) Claudette Col- bert; (4) Mary Brian; (5) Alice Faye. 22.-"Victoria Reging" will (it is hoped) be seen in Hongkong on, the screen this year. The author of this play is (1) Lytton Strachey, (2) Bernard Show, (3) Noel Coward, (4) Somerset Maugham, (3) Laurence Housman. 23. "Magnificent Brute" is receiving very favourable press reviews in Hongkong. It stars(1) Victor McLaglen; (2) Wallace. Beery; (3) Clark Gable; (4) Edward G. Robin- son; (5) Paul Muni,

24-The Mind and Art of Jonathon Swit is by Ricardo Quintana, Denn Swift died in (1) 1622, (2) 1080, (3) 1745, (4) 1707, (5) 1840. 25-OM Father Antic," a novel by Doreen Wallace, is concerned with (1) birth control, (2) divorce, (3) the drug traffic, (4) racketeering (5) spiritualism.

26-James Clough is the author of "Prelude to Parnassus." This lan book about (1) Shelley, (2) Baudelaire, (3) Pushkin, (4) Heine, (5) Calderon,

Sport

so unless the Missouri is added, the 27. The fourth Test Match, at

longest individual river being the (1) Nile; (2) Amazoni; (3) Missouri; (4) Yangisze; (5) Ganges.

17. Eucharistie pilgrims were not able to land at Sancian Island

Adelaide Wos sensational, In England's first innings, the most successful bowler was (1) Fleet- wood-Smith, (2) O'Reilly, (3) McCabe, (4) Sievers, (6) Word.

SCORE SHEET

(0) .....4..

(10)

(1)

(17)

(2)

(18)

(3)

(19)

(4)

(20)

(6)

(21)

(4)

(22)

(7)

(23)

(8)

(24)

(0)

'(26)

(10)

(20)

(11)

(27)

(12)

(28)

(13)

(29)

(14)

(80)

(16)

SCORE:

28-Bradman made a magnißcent 212 in Australia's second fnnings in the fourth test match, and has now scored 11 centuries in tests. He only, needs another century to equal the test record created by (1) J. B Hobbs (2) V. Trumper; (3) H. Sutcliffe; (4) W. G. Grace; (5) W. R. Hammond.

20. Walter Neusel beat Jack Péter- sen so severely in a fight this week at Harringay Arena that Petersen's, seconds threw the towel In the ring in the tonth round. Neusel is a (1) Itallan; (2) American; (3) Briton; (4) German; (5) Foic.

30. The big Chess Tournament at

Hastings was

won by (1) Koltanowskl, (2), Vidmar, (3) Fine, (4) Alekhine, (5) Tylor.

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