WATSON'S
CELEBRATED
DRY GINGER ALE
Its unique 'dryness,' delightful aroma and rich favour are features which give this bevarage the 'IMMENSE PUPULARITY it dezervez.
It has been repeatedly declared by travellers, tourists and others, that WATSON'S DRY GINGER ALE is UNEQUALLED by any similar product throughout the World.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.-
Powell
SALE BY AUCTION
AT
Ltd:
MESSRS, LAMMERT BROS.
DUDDELL STREET
TUESDAY Next, January 12th, at 10.30 a.m.
***
Lok
OP
SUITS OVERCOATS SHOES - HATS PYJAMAS - SHIRTS SOCKS THE SUIT LENGTHS – MACKINTOSHES -- ETC
This is being removed from our GENTS' DEPT: in PEDDER STREET for the convenience of Sale-and is more or less damaged by water.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
FOR BREAKFAST
Try our Famous Beef Sausages, made from an exclusive recipe; only the best ingredients are used. 40 cents per lb
202
The Dairy Farm, lee & Cold Storage Co, Ltd.
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
WE HAVE COMPLETE STOCKS OF
TOASTERS
COFFEE PERCOLATORS
ELECTRIC STOVES
SAUCEPANS
BETTLES AND IRONS
- FOR
CLEANLINESS CONVENIENCE SAFETY AND ECONOMY,
YOU WILL NOT FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE CHILLY NIGHTS.
IF YOU USE AN
ELECTRIC HEATER
ROOM
TO MAKE YOUR COMFORTABLE & COZY,
VARIOUS MODELS ARE BEING
SHOWN ~AT
LOWEST PRICES
SINCERE'S
THE CHINA
MAIL.
ARRIVED
NEW
VICTOR
RECORDS
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.
Victor Distributors
The China Mail
(Every evening (except Sunday. Annual zubscription. excluding postage abroad, H.K. $36, parabio in advanes. Local delivery Trea.)
Overland China Mail.. The weekly edition of the "China Mail." Annual subscription,. H.K. $13 including postage $15, payable in advance.)
Published by
The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd.
Printers & Publishers
Nɔ, G,WYNDHAM ST.,HONGKONG
Telephones Central 22 & 4641. Cably Address: – Mai, Hongkong.
Al communications should be addir sased to the Newspaper Enter- prise, Lid., to whom all remittances should be made payable.
London Officos:-The Far Eastern Advertising Agency (London), Ltd., 24. Devonshire Street. | Bloomsbury. W.C.L
Hongkong, Saturday, Jundary 9, 1926.
A
WARNING. TIMES ***
The London "Times" may not
·FORGED. NOTES.
DINCALCULABLE · DAMAGE: TO HUNGARY!!
AN ARCHDUKE IMPLICATED.
(Router's Servica.)
Budapest, Jan. 8.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1926.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
DISRAELI.
The London book of China," the fiftiath bill ta be season is notable for | presented in that house. Hart at least one book House Theatre opened in Novem- devoted to Disraeli.
ber, 1919, with Roy Mitchell, a Lille
young Toronto man who got his Langtry tells the following about experience in New York at the As a result of yesterday's dis-the great man--
Greenwich Village Theatre, as. closures, the Premier, M. Bethlen. On the evening that I saw him director. He was succeeded two interviewed the Regent, General (Disraeli), first he was sitting at years later by Bertram Forsyth, a Horthy, to whom he gave a detail the end of a long room at a big who came from London, Eng., to director, actor and dramatist, ભર્યો માર..
reception at the Foreign Office, I take control. Mr. Forsyth re-
The Regant expressed his satis nation at the manner in which the surrounded by a crowd of "souls," signed in the spring of the pre- esd was being conducted and and I was led up and introduced sent year, after being in charge for four seasons. and Walter hoped that the enquiry would soon to him. I was shy, and he was Sinclair, who had been for 12 be brought to successful con- very busy observing me, so con- clusion.
versation flagged somewhat.
1
Meanwhile Archduke Albrocht has resigned the presidency of the Hungarian National Unions, an
Feeling that he ought to say
account of the incalculable damage something, I suppose, he remarked to the interests and reputation of quizzically which one of Britain's chief assets Hungary, due to the plot," though in the Far East would be placed.he absolves the Unions from im-it happened to be just before the
The warning of the "Times"plication in the conspiracy. ought to influence those who may be ready to accede to the request. for the abolition of extra- territoriality before China has placed her judicial administration on a par even with that, say, of
Japan.
THE, PORTUGUESE..
to
DIRECTED AGAINST FRANCE?
Paris, Jan. 8. The most sensational' atutements kur, baing made by the French newspapers, which believe that the Hungarian plot is specially directed against Frame and the Little Halente by the Crown Princes of Germany and Bavaria. The Archduke Albrecht is among the prominent persons accused of com-. plicity.
BISHOP'S EVIDENCE.
IN A QUANDARY ?
PUAN'S "RESIGNATIONW
TELEGRAM.
RECALLED FOR REVISION,
(Reuter's Service.)
ון
years the director of the Amateur Dramatic Club of Hongkong, was appointed as his successor.. Mr. Sinclair opened his season with a production of "Samson and Delilah," with Jacob Ben-Ami as a guest atar. Lorna McLean, a Toronto amateur who played op- posite Ben Aml in that play, has just been engaged to play in New York on the strength of his ro- commendation.
"What can I do for you?" As
Ascot Races- meetings where women all like to wear fresh, beautiful frocks I answered jokingly-
Mr.. Sinclair prepared the spec- "Four new gowns, for Ascot,"tacular production of "Turandot." on which he laughed, patted my It will be remembered that some hand, and said:
years before the war Max Reinhardt prepared a modern "You are a sensible young adaptation of Schiller's Turan- woman. Many a woman would have asked to have been made a duchess in her own right;"
"
Members of the number interested in local thatrical effort, should be
dot" and, presented it with great
success in Berlin. An English version was made, and staged in London in January, 1913, where it proved a failure. In America, the Shuberta tried it on the road, but never took the piece into New York. Later on. Percy Mackaye made another play on the subject to which he gave the title, "A
A DREAM OF STRANGE RITES.
Ji
The wind is blowing up the Drums among the mountains of river from the sea, with a sound Little Naaurri: I, myself, sitting square from the river, up the Fi; in the Council House of.
like drums. The like guns
wishing of the trees in the upon the floor, bent double with
square, driven to and fro past the fatigue from a long day's ride in lights in a haze of rains like rain which beat upon me like a the swish of palms, the swish of
tropical seas on coral reefs, writes flail; before me a long line of Elinor Mordaunt in the "Sunday | girls décked in hanging green (Times."
weeds, sitting, dancing with their In a queer maze with the bodies alone; swinging them to memories which it brings to me, and fro with strange gestures of that sound of wind like drums,
of the river end
A moment or two more and it dancers swayed, drunk with
There should be a continual in- i "Le Matin pays that the SINCLAIR. "A.D.C. and the larger terest in Portugal, England's charges guinat the Hungarian "oldest ally" and those who Regent's aide-de-camp are most belong to that country. The serious.
The paper adds: En interested in the following: visitor to Hongkong is struck with quizy will show how much the. Toronto, November 28-It is Thousand Years Ago. "It was the the numbers of Portuguese who | Areliduke Albrecht and the Eugent, an event for a little theatre, con London version of "Turandot have made their home in the whose political complety is no ducted ON a non-professional that the director, used in Toronto, Colony, play such a big part in its fagor open to doubt, know of the basis, to reach its fiftieth produc-and he made it into as gorgeous social and business life and are rimes against Common law, which tion with every indication that it an extravaganza as Toronto, has such fine examplars of the decent, the conspirators are committing.""
will carry on for as long again.seen. The costumes, used by Sir law-abiding citizen. The Hon.
The Hart House Theatre, Toronto, Georgo Alexander and valued at Mr. Fletcher simply voiced a
is making an occasion of the pre- $50,000, were brought from patent and oft-illustrated fact
Budapest, Jan. 8.
sentation of "Turandot, Princess London... when he referred to the willing Giving evidence at the Police and loyal co-operation that in enquiry into the 'bunk note affair, variably comes from the Portu-the mithikay Roman Cathoku guese community. That com- Bishop, Steur Admreca, Ibmitted munity worthily maintains it that he knew the objects spiring dignity and self-respect.
the forgeries, but dissociated him. excels in its love of music. In the world of sport it has worthyed the proposed and adopted means. well from them directly he discover in' certain quarters be regarded | representatives: whilst its busi-
There are now six employees of with the same respect is the eye tested the Cartogruphical Institute in Reference to this long-established -Thunderer" of a decade ago..but element amongst us, must ever be custody. it still exercises a powerful associated with the Portuguese influence, particularly in the realm Colony of Macao. It has not ecaped notice that the adjoining of international politics. Its Colony seems to be renewing its Furterances on the crises in China youth. Those with nimble pens during the past year have always and minds, have not been slow to
demonstrate Macao's claim harp timely, outspoken, and fair... beauty, repose.and now to en-
broke into, borne down by-then the hands: behind them a line of in a recent issue it deals at length terprise. Years ago in England the
again itself bearing into, bearing men, dancing, too, with queer. with trading rights in China. Writer remembers reading in a
down the sound of drum: grinning grimaces: behind them, newspaper of the escape to Macao: seizing the opportunity to express of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and
"Thrum-thrúm thrum: tumn-again, drums, infinitely monoton- [tum-tum"-I Aing on a cloak and ous-Tum-tcm-tum-tum; one lan- grave warning in the matter of asking about Macan from a dis-
Peking, Jun, 8.
go out into the square, wild with torn at my feet, the vast room, the abolition of extraterritoriality tinguished visitor from Southern
The Chief Executive, Tuan Chi-driven leaves, pushing my way I seventy yards in length, filled with during a period of chaos in China. China. Macao, he was informed, cirerdar telegram to the Pro- against the wind, to find at the black shadows and smoke broken
was a place to which refugees
of the by patches of umber light; a. vinces announcing his intention to corner It paints out very rightly that it escaped, being certain of safe retire from office, on January 16, square, a detachment of the Salva- circle of light on the shinging is difficult to convey to anybody harbourage from their enemies and have the administration tion Army band: a man and boy oiled skins, the white teeth and
Time and experience have since fwho has never been in China.
proved that the description was to the Governm at, was recalled with drums, others gathered glancing eye-balls: "tum-a-tum-a- tum while I swayed as the without appearing to exaggerate, not quite fair to Macao. It is far the moment for revision round silent. the deficiencies of Chinese possible, as a local writer has said. A briet translation of the telegram is all spoilt--for me at least by sleep.
to find your soul in Macan. It follows:-1, Chi Jai, have done the blare of cornets. adwinistration. its lack of
has a priceless possession for my best to estimé control of" Stalo bonesty, its lack of method, and those who believe they have souls. affairs for more than a year, but that does not matter.
There is an accordion, too. But,
Drums In Halmaheira. great its nepotism. It then proceeds to For the many who are "practical ramstimees have combine to seen strange-sights enacted to the between two men, beaten by a I have deep-voiced drums hung on poles ware British exporters that any people there is the fact that the delet my polley and my mental notes of the accordion a naked third: a little drum licensed Treaty revision which cancelled doing much to revive its old-time
new industrial spirit in Macao is and bify strength is exhausted. man heading a procession, swing fool of a drum-running with foreign extraterritoriality rights prestige Reclamation and Har-condition of the people, it increases that it almost touches the ground, feet, running in and out, running When I think of the deplorable ing his body from side to side so them, running upon pattering would seriously injure their pros-hour works should do much to re-my row; but all the unrest and swinging it backwards and for-on in front: turning and running
store and attract trade, and help pects by depriving trade of the in a revival in which Europe and xlitical changes, coming the afterward, swinging his accordion with back again: "tum-tum-tum-tum- egni guarantees and remedies China will surely benefit. A pro-another, make it lioult to re-it: drawing out of it long and tum" and with it all the spirit
of waiting and wait of innumerable flutes. which are essential to it and by gressive Macao should he of im- bililute the sifation. I deem weeping notes
Clay drums in New Guinea, destroying the confidence which In her schemes of progress let life
measurable benefit to Hongkong. my duty to retire from public lament; beseeching. triumphs,
in accordance with the de- cruelties: more men in full war pinched in like hour glasses, has enabled Shanghai and other Macao be assured of this Colony's station I have several times mude-necklaces of shark'a teeth, bear the top, beaten upon with the palm dress, painted and scarred, with parchmented with Iguana skins at places to obtain the capital neces-interest and best wishes. And let
*Alf administrative functions are the Portuguese community be to be handed over to the Cabinering torches: more men beating of the hand, with the ball of the sary to their development as trade assured that their patience and and from Jamary 16 shall cease heel with Bird of Paradise plumes middle, and narrower at either. drums streaming from crown to thumb. Drums wide in the industry are not needlessly for to attend to my duties.
overhead the long, peevish end in Java, bound with crimson It hás to be remembered gotten if they are not needlessly My hope is that both the lament of flying-foxes and a silk cords to muffle the sound; trumpeted on every possible oc- Military and Civil authorities in dead Chief, tight wrapped in tapu held horizontally, beaten with. that the various commercial
casion. A country that can produce the Provinces will consider the na-cloth, stiff and straight, raised ebony sticks; drums and great Frelations which exist
between a Colombus and a Camoens is not al difficulties al the hardships upon the hands of women, held gongs, and all the magic of the exporters in the United Kingdom lightly to be disregarded. True of the people and realise the futility upwards at arm's length, borne Gamelan.. aid British importers in China these men belong to olden times of victories gained through blood round and round his own village, Five behind them the sanctions of one is not dead as has been
But the spirit that animated the,
set in the heart of a forest by the British law the Bills of evinced by the Portuguese avia-|
"I triant that they will carry sea
Drums calling the faithful to prayer in Zanzibar; nights and Exchange Act, for example-but tors who, not fong since, out reforms both for the people uni
Drums--drums. I came back days of drumming. The drums were the Chinese demand for the "hopped off" from their own Bute. In the task of doing away abolition
sunny home to visit the far-away with abuse, and carrying, ont re- from the theatre the other night, of the heathen: the ten different extraterritoriality sifce of Portugal in Macao. of jacceded to, this would cease to be
the
case. Furthermore, the "Times" points out that, were foreigners made subject to Chinese law, they would be sub- Hject to any law which the Chinese. Government might introduce with In view to reserving the coastal shipping trade for its own mer- cantile marine. The long duration of the aiti British shipping
centres.
TO-MORROW'S TREAT
"HAWKINS" SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.
shed.
formation, it is unnecessary that I should participate. Let all the people comprehend this."
SHELL EXPLODES.
here in London, half rigid with drums of the Ngoma, and among excitement, moving like a wooden these the two drums for signal soldier, with the sound of drumsing Tenteu and Rewa; the in my ears, And now it is the barrel-shaped drums, Vumi and Salvation Army, awaking a world Chapuo; the woman's drum, the encircling memory of drums, Mshindo; with the wail of the Drums, drumming the dead back Zomari, a clarinet which sounda from the Islands of the Blest to like a bagpipe the Kayamba; join the harvest festivals of the with its bamboo pipes: the brass living: druma beaten without gong, Upatu; the Mbiun the ceasing for a month-but, no, not Cherewa; ankle belly and rattles. altogether without ceasing; for in The drums and bells of the bull- the very middle of one night, for fighters upon the island of Pemba. some reason or other, the sound The echo of drums from mo broke, waking me from my tain to mountain. in the dreams of drums and running; landa of East Africa water sweating and trembling what foretelling what burned and with fear, racked as though the only knows! — Drums – tally, through sauron-crested cockatop of the old drums all the way
FIVE CASUALTIES ON US. BATTLESHIP:
Music lovers will have an unex- evening at the Queen's Theatre pected treat to-morrow (Sunday)
when, in addition to the picture programme, the fine symphony orchestra of H.M.S. "Hawkins' under the hatun of Bandmaster. trika, supported as it has been C. T. Mansfield will give a number by: Chinese Interested in Chinese of selections on the stage with shipping companies, is an indes some very beautiful lighting bata to popular feeling in this effects. The management request the
rons to be in their matter and to the wishes of
Chiriazo shirowners,
Indicat
As an orchestral concert, will start
Service.)
of a shell from a sorceress of the d'Entrecascaux drums to the Last Fosc
based the US. had indeed entered into me, torn, end; and, please God, a fiúsi, bra
the vitals out of me but that is drumming. in through bus exploded another tale by the mere cessa- shadowy gateh nd the world
tion of the sound