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HONGKONG HOTEL
A CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE
FANCY DRESS BALL
WILL BE HELD
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FRIDAY, 12th FEBRUARY, 1926,
(CHINESE, FANCY OR EVENING DRESS OPTIONAL)
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Dancing 8 p.m. — 12 Midnight.
Table Reservations Should Now Be Mady.
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, Ltd.
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WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS- DIAMOND MERCHANTS
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Agents for:- ADMIRALTY· CHARTS ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery.
THE RITZ
Meals à la Carte at all hours from 8 A:M. to 12 Midnight
Xmas, Wedding and Christening cakes to order.
A large consignment of Cailler's Chocolates and California Fruits just received for the Festive Season.
Only the best Food and Wines served. Alexandra Building Telephone C 2836
Now
LOCAL AND
AND GENERAL.
The third annual dinner of the The Canadian Paclit Steam Hongkong Rationalist Association ships contemplates, builder three will be held in the Hongkong Hotel liners to replace older vessels on Saturday, February 21,
taken off the Canadian service this aummer, such as the Marloch, "Marburn", "and Montreal states President E. W. Beatty. The three latter ships will be sold and the new boats will likely be similar to the "Montrose" And "Mantelare
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Gilbert & Sullivan's opera Thà Mikado
given in Manila. last week by the youthful choristers of the Atono. The por- formance was a great success.
It is ordered that the pro- visions of the Rents Ordinanes, 1822. Ordinance No. 14 of 1928 shall not apply in the case of the dotheutic tenement known as No
190; Temple Street, ground floor, standing on Section C of Kowicon
inland Lot No. 60
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The Government in calling for tenders for repairs to Steam
Launches No7, No. 9 sad No. 11 Police, for the purchase of Nos. 4 and Land Steam Fire Engines, for old packing cases and for repairs to the sea wall founda- tions at Queen's Fier..
By the courtesy of the US army, all the other berths at the piers being fult, the sa. "Taiping." which reached Mantia from Hong kong en route to Australia, dock ed at pier 1. The reception given on board the vessel to celebrate her maiden voyage was well attended and the splendid vessel was admired by connoisseurs and laymen alike.
Manila and the Philippines have before them the first really concrete proposals for providing
aerial mai and passengor transportation service and Winking them, with the rest of the Far East.. The First Dutch Air Com- pany. through its local representa- tive. J. Broukman, Jr., who is now
in the city, is making the offer
through local authorities.
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For the safety of valuable
in government documents
the bureau of lands, the bureau of linublic works. Manila. in accord- ance with the new public werks appropriation, soon will advértise: hide for the purchase of fireproof filing cabinets and reconstruction, and improvement of the vaults. The sum of P40,000 has been re- leased with the approval of the governor general,
There is to be e Rugger dinner at Volunteer Headquarters on Wednesday naxt.
A survey par will shortly be sent by the Manila bureau of com- merce and Industry to investigate proponed sites for four new light Thoosen and to study means of
further improving existing ones®] Bids for the work will be called
on after plans have been com
pleted..
An inspection party of eight Japanese representing the Osaka Municipal Educational Bureau
The Chinese Government Salt| was due to arrive in Hankow Revenue have finally appointed sometime last month. The tra- Mr. W. H. Chien and Mr. E. M. vellers, were to inspect the various Gale auditors of the Audit office educational institutions in for East Hupeh located in Han- Wuchang and Hankow, and to in-kow. The appointment was made vestigate the current movements by the Chief Inspectors of Salt among the students in the interior. Revenue in Peking. This settles the outstanding dispute between the local Government and the Salt Administration in Peking.
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Several Japanese Ashermen were drowned off the Eachi channel, northern Luzon recently, according to a constabulary re
Messrs. Vernon & Smith in port from the provincial com- their weekly share report state:- mander of Baturies land.
During the fortnight under re- Japanese search party aboard the view the volume of business, trans- steamer "Oshima Mary" landed acted of the Local Share Market at Basco, capital of Batanes has been very small; there has island on January 18, following boek a little enquiry for odd their failure to locate, the where-packata of "Investment" stocks shouts of the fisherman's bodies, which have changed hands at the report adds.
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The ongagement has been nounced of Miss. Theresa Higginson, of Lenox, Maho, and Chicago, to Count Rucellal of an ancient Florentine family.
prices and show little change; other stocks generally have reced- ed slightly since our last, sellers prodominating with practically no business to record. The market. clones weak.
Sixty new American teachers will be recruited in the United States this year to replace those now serving in the Philippine Bureau of Education whose contracts. are, expiring AC. cording to 311 announce- ment by Vice-Governor
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Trustees of Estates, Executors
Wills, etc.
Warehousing of Goods
Description.
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Most of these new teachera are to be selected for special qualifications to teach Eng- lish, it was stated. While the universities and normal schools are gradually increasing their out- put of teachers, there is still a lack of available instructors. of correct. English in the public schools. This will make it neces- sary for the Government to con- tinue bringing teachers for some- time yet, it is said.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. F. Taylor of Messrs. John Manners & Co., and Mra: Taylor, left yesterday for a holiday at Home.
Captain Ernest Fengelly of the Millbrook Steamer Company, Plymouth, is being presented with an address and Treasury notes in recognition of having saved 13 lives.
Mr. and Mrs. W.. A. Wilson of Kuala Lumpur are going on leave at the end of May.
Mr. F. C. Sands, O.B.E., Com.. missioner for Boy Scouts in Malay, has been paying official visits to Seremban and the out-stations of Negri Sembilan.
The following additions have been made to the Register of Medical Practitioners, entitled to The C.P.S., R.M.S. "Empress of practise Medicine in this Colony, Russia," Capt. A. J, Rosken, Mexars.. Snegoro Hura and RN.R., Commander, will leave Preidrich Olto Maximillan. Püster, here for Victoria and Vancouver, Mr. H. Kohara and Mr. G BIC, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Imaizumi have been selected
The forthcoming wedding in Kobe and Yokohama, nt 1 am on Japan's delegates to the Inter- announced of Mr. George William Feb. 5.
national Ski Conference, which, Reid, engineer, 0. the Asiatic
will
in convene
Helsingfors, Petroleum Company, Shameen, and
Gwilyn Coleshill Davies, Finland, on February 2 Miss Isabella Welsh Strang, who is M.C, M.A., (Oxon), who a couple en route from England on the 8.8. "Sarpedon."
The hon. treasurer of the Shanghai St. Andrew's Society acknowledges, with thanks, the receipt of $50 from Anonymous; in memory of the late Mr. Eric M Ross, of Mears. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews.
Former residents of Manila who have died recently include Mr. W, A. Anderson and Mr.
Goodall. The former » died in England, and the latter in Florida, Mr. W. Talbot, . well known. throughout the Philippines, died in the Mary Chiles Hospital last; week.
Mr. B. Jones, of the Chärter- ed Bank, Ipoh, has ben transferred to the Hongkong agoncy of the Bank, Mr. Jones, says a Malayan contemporary will be greatly missed in Perak sport, for he has been amongst the keenest of players in Ipoh in soccer, bockey and rugger, He has also won much fame in local theatricals.
Mr.
of years ago was acting Inspector The """Sarawak Gazette" under.. of Schools, Perak, has been ap-stand that Mr. A. O Thomas, pointed Headmaster, Victoria In-Electrical Engineer, Kuching, hás stitution, Kuala Lumpur, in suc-been offered, and has accepted, the cession to Mr. R. J. H Sidney, who appointment of Electrical Fore- is leaving for Home on retirement man Public Works Department, next month.
Singapore.
The British Minister and Mrs. Greg are leaving Bangkok for, Europe by the P. and O.. "Kashmir” sailing from Penang About March 20, and are not expected to return to Siam. It is understood that Mr. Greg will ultimately, take up a European post.
The Straits Chinese Beading Club held the first meeting of its 84th Season in the CCA Hall on the 11th instant. There were pre- sent the Hon. Mr. Song Ong Slang, Rev. A. S. Moore Anderson," chairman, and a large number of both old and new members. The following gentlemen ware elected office bearers for this season --- when a ship is in distress she Rev. A S. Moore Anderson, pre- thrown out into space by wirela ident: Mr. Lim Kee-kuan, hon her cry for aid: 8.0.8.1 80.82cretary Dr. Lim Help! Help!?
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DOLLAR DIRECTORY, for 1926. are kindly requested to do so
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