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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 1918,
Hughes & Hough
-AUCTIONKEEN TO THE GOVERNMENT.
*General Auctioneers Share, Coki and General Produce Brokers and Commission Agents.
PROPRIETORS
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* MEIRION" KONGKONG.
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THE UNDERSIGNED ber to notify 1 the proposed sale by private Tender the Hall of the above-names Steamer
- she now Ees stranded on the East Point of NAUUHAU ISLAND, about twenty-fivo miles from Kwan Chau
Tao.
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF TENDER.
(1) The vessel is offered for sale as she now lies, with her" Engines, Boilers, Anchors and Chains and such other equipment as may on board, (but no Cargo is to be considered in the Tender).
The vessel is now guarded by the
French authorities.
All Tenders should reach the Offic of the Undersigned on or before Noon, SATURDAY, the 9th Febru ary, 1918,
(4) A Deposit muat accompany ouch Tender, the amount of which may be learned at this ice, said Deposit will be retured in case of non- acceptance of Tender.
The Vendors do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any Tender. Further particulars regarding the
onditions of sale, and a list of fittings and fixtures to be sold with the ship, can be obtained on applica- tion from the Undersigned.
For and on account.of the Concerned.
HUGHES & HOUGH..
Hongkong, Jan. 9, 1918.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell by Public Auction,
(FOB LOCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
OL.
TUESDAY,
simo 22nd January, 1918, commencing at 130p.m., at their Bales Rooms, Na, &,
Den Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
INTIMATIONS
ALFRED HYNDMAN 43 Wyndham Street Has for sale CARBON PAPER, at $1.00 per dozes
sheets RIBBONS at $1.80 each.
INDERTAKES to clean and repair Typewriters at $18.00 per machine
per annum.
For particular apply to the above address,
Rongkong. Nor. 7, 1817.
PICTURE THEATRES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
"sax" and "crime" fhus, they find that an injurious effect is produced or young minds by the sensationalism and fright- WHY THEY MUST BE USED FOR...] fulaces of some of the films shown, and
-THE HIGHEST "ENDS.
There are 4500 picture theatres in the British Isles, and these have registered 1,075,875,000 attendances in a single
the wrong ideas of life and conduct. often suggested
*The Commissioners think that
AN AUDIENCE OF 1775 MILLIONS. additional provision should be made for the young, both as regards arranging special exhibitions for them and securing alms to be there exhibited. The abolition of the picture house, in the view of the Commissioners, impossible, aven it it were desirable, an, in their judgment, it is not. On the other hand, they are strongly of opinion that not only is improvement practicable, but also of great national importance. There are interesting "addenda, on the use of the cinema in religious and social wark,
year.
On the basis of this figure the entire population of the United Kingdom 1575 visits picture shows approximately once
nach fortnight.
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EXPORT OF STRAMINS USE.
68.
About 5,000 'new subjects' issued ench year, and some 70,000,000 feet of film are running through the projectors of the country esek week From 80,000 to 100,000 persons are directly engaged in the various branches
of the trade.
"Theta calculations are from the raport just issued (Williams and Norgate, 10. 6d. net) of the Cinema Commission of Inquiry instituted by the National Council of Public Morale sver whose deliberations the Bishop of Birmingham presided.”
It is obvious that so gigantic an audience, which wants little invitation to come, is an audience with immense KING EDWARD HOTEL possibilities, which must be used for the best and highest ends. How is it to be done!
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Section 1 of the report speaks of the cinema in relation to the education of children-unquestionably one of the most interesting aspects of the question, seeing that the cinema is having an enormous effect for good or evil on the young and is affecting the work of elementary schools to a considerable better for the child than the street, degrea. Admittedly, the sinema is
and say the Commissioners, the great. variety of opinions expressed by educa tional experts as to the value of the cinema in ecuestion points to the need for an exhaustive inquiry into the sub- ject by an expert commission or committee.
fainre of the educational 53m are its "The reasons for the comparative
position in a mixed programme with lims of far more general interpet, and the need of preparation in the school or the running commenta of an experienced lecturer. There appears to be an artea- MOST IMPORTANT OF ENTERTAINMENTSsive field of usefulness in the indirect, "After hearing a mass of evidence rather than the direct, method of educa for and against the cinema the Comtion by the cinama Drastic reform is needed in the treatment of stories deal- mission axpresses its judgment in favouring with sex questions; such films of a State censorship, though the three should never be placed on the screen at exhibition specially intended for representatives of the cinema industry children." make it clear that they support this an ideal to be principle merely a worked for. N
IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS.
„The evidence taken leads- the Com-
mission to the following conclusions:-- modious sad well constructed, thorough- The picture house should be com
ventilated, and scrupulously clean. Seating accommodation should be ample to avoid the obvious evils of overgrowding
**The cinema, in the words of the report, 'is now the most important of the antertainments provided for the publicly in this country. We want to place it in a position of real diguity. We want it to be something more than a trade. In fact, we wish it to be one of the assots of car national entertainments and recreation.
It is in the interests of the trade
Children should be seated in the optimum position, which is the centre of the hall, at a distance from the serpen not less than one and a half times ita own height.
The body of the ball should be light-
ed sufficiently by means of screened lights during the showing of the pictures to ensure that no objectionable aditorium, and that the eye-strain shail practices shall be possible in the
the reduced to minimum.
ORDER itself as well as for the advantage of the local authorities that the central censorship skall command Buch & measure of public confdence that the exercise of the right of local censorship will become increasingly unnecessary Fending such an appointment it is recommended that the present trade cansorship shall be strengthened, and that it shall have the help of at advisory conseil representative of public interests
"The Commissioners give an operator. haustive-review of the moral and social
TEAKWOOD AND BLACK WOOD CHERRY &.00.
FURNITURE, TWIN BEDSTEADS. CURTAINS, CARPETS, PICTURES, &c., AND LARGE ÅSSORTMENT OF USEFUL HOUSEHOLD GOODS,
As follows
Upholstered Baites, Arm-chairs and Chesterald Sofas, Card Tables, &c., Bed- o Furniture, comprising Double and Single Braas and Brass-mounted Fed- stends, and Twin Bedsteads, Sideboarda, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chair, Tes and Occasional Tables, de, Dinner Services, Crockery, Qla Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Bots, & Bath Roors Utensila, Ball-top Desks and Writing Tables, Sandry Electro-Plated Ware.
Electric Reading Lampe, Blackwood and Teakwood Screen, Blackwood Furniture, including Large 4-Fold Black- wood Screen with -Coloured Pancis, Side Tablen, &c., Engravings, Pictures,
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PEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel Telephone No. 491.
Hongkong, March 20, 1914,
TO LET
TO LET.
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should be present in the hall to look Capable and experienced attendants after the welfare of the children.
The projection of the pictures should be in the hands of a highly skilled
A now copy of each film should be aspects of this class of entertainment, provided at every performance, or at as to the influence of which widely least at frequent intervals divergent views are held by the general. Between the showing of different public.
films there should be short intervals in The report states that, while the which the theatre should be suffused Commissioners recognise that there are with light. difficulties in securing necessary im- provement, these difficulties are not Insuperable and improvement is impera tive. One of the findings is that, while
Their attendance should not be too! the charges of indecency have been frequent, and they should not be greatly exaggerated, and the evil is not allowed to stay too long at any one nearly as widespread as is often assumed, visit 'yet that it does exist must be admitted, but not to any greater extent than in
TO. 6, MOUNTAIN- VIEW-6 rooms, other places of popular resort and Yunfurnished.
DENNYS & BOWLEY. Hongkong, Jan. 16, 1918
TO LET.
Children should "wisit the theatre at such an hour will ensure that their night's rest is not encroached on
INTIMATIONS
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The pictures which the children ought to see should be exhilarating, without leading to undue mental strain. the regulations in force in London to Designedly, divational alms should suppress it should be made of general either he explained, as they proceed, by application. Not only should the local a capable lecturer, or should be pre- 48 authorities enforce existing regalations, pared for by an antecedent course of
bat the public should assist the local teaching in the school authorities by calling attention to any Strict supervision should be exercised disregsed of them. Further say the to prevent children, especially gif, THE ANDERSON MUSIC Commissioners, a much stricter consor- from loitering in the vestibule, and the ship than at one period is necessary.
c. &c, Teunis Poles and Net, Iron Bay Davis, Pokfulam Road, for Febru- Stepe have how been taken to effect this posibility of their being accoated
& low lots Turkish Bath Sheets, Towels, Bingle and Double Bed Sheets, Bad Quilts, "&c..
Also
Carpets, Brass Fenders, a few lots
Fire Brasses, &c.
Two PIANOS.
And
TURNISHED HOUSE at Monat ary, March and April. Bent modersta
Apply
H. GOLDSMITH, P. W. D. Hongkong, Jan. 14, 1918
TO LET:
\FFICES in York Building,
Plated Candicabras, Plated Cellarette,FFICES --Cut-glass Bottles and One Large Iron
Sale, &c., &c.
(Foll Paricilers From Catalogna). Texas Csab.
HUGHES & HOUGS,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, Jan. 16, 1918.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
HOUSES on Shameen, Canton.
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Apply toward THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., Lab,
TO LET
improvement. The censorship, should
inolade not only films, but the posters advertising the fina
..
THET STEAL TO ENTER IN.
"The findings also deal with charges. IN THE GERMAN LAW COURTS. that children are induced to ateslio.
order to pay for admission, and the
Th
preoccupations of war have not Commissioners do not think this can be broken the Germans of their habit of regarded as a condemnation of the going to low over the emaileat cause, es picture house itself, as the same abjecpecially petty slander. The Berlin Court tion, might be, and often has been, of Appeals has just dealt with the
weighty question of whether it offered to any objest of desire or formerpectable for a lady to sit on a table of pleasure powerfully affecting a child in a Government office while waiting to Regarding the connection of the transact business. Frag L the wide of einces with initiative juvenile crime, an orchestra leader, took up such a pod there was, according to the report, a tion recently at the headquarters of maas of conflicting evidence. The con- the Breed Commission, being weak From clusion of the Commissioners is that he held and the effects of recent grief over the death of her avsband in MMEDIATE ENTRY, four very such a connection does exist, though to operation. Herr M & merchant, objected dorable SHOPS situated in loe a limited extent. It is not, however, s. to Ucan L's conduct, remaking audibly House Street, opponite the Grand Hotel, necessary connection. Apart from that is respectable woman would not recently reconstructed.
do such a thing, and asked one of the worden office assistants to dislodge her. This angered Frads who expressed the opinion that Herr M was a bodz. Herr, in accordance with the Prussika
gentlemanlike code of honour, Fraa L for alander and she was fed 10% She
appealed from this sentence in vain,” Herr M. having produced two witnesses who testifed that Fran I not only set upon the table but dangled her legs to that her stockings were visible The Court of Appeals confirmed the fine on the lady. but siso, mulcted Herr-Kin 10ms for his rodander soga
› For rent and other partienfars apply to the Manager:" Hongkong Ios Co.,Ltd.|
Hongkong, August 2, 1917.
TUSCULUM, Barker Road,. 15548 Connaught Road Central
Perk
Apply DUNCAN CLARK,
LAKE. CRAWFORD '& Co. Hongkong, Jan. 1818.
FOR SALE,
THE Undersigned have received in- structions to sell at their Salen Booms, No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Corner
Ice House Street, the k
MOTOR YACHT
Built 1916, had very Ettle usage Hall"
Length; water line 25′ 0% zover all 35%
Motor Scripps Beery duty TCH, P.
Complete with Lavatory, Refrigerator * Fuit 61 Belia and all áccessorient
Price, and "full" partice may bad from the Undersigned.
TO LEES
FLAT in Nathan Road, Kow Lexus. Four roomed houses in Bowloon
Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
00% ETD: Aleandica Buildings, Hongkong. August 22, 1917. ma
TO LET.
TURNISHED HOUSE, 37 Peak, from
Hot May to 31st October. 6 rooms and winal offices together with a large
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BANKERS.
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HONGKONG SHANGHA
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PAID-UP CAPITAZA.. RESERVE FUNDS-ON
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$15,000,00
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N. J. STABB
Chip Manager.
Hongkong, July 12, 1917.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE business of the abars Bank is
conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING »OOR- PORATION. Bales may be obtained on application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed on the minimum monthly balances at 34 PER CENT. per annum. Depositres may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND: SHANGKAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at PER UKŠT.
per annumS.
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
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Chief Manages.
Hongkong May 14, 1916.
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