MONDAY, JULY 11, 1927.
GK
The Food of Kings
Court Physicians know the best and see that Royal Babies have the best. That is why Glaxo has been used with success in 5 Royal Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for your Baby, for is he not a King to you? Give him Glaxo, the food that contains everything that will build firm flesh, strong bone and a sound constitution.
Glaxo
The Vitamin Milk-Food
"Builds Bonnie Babies"
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE WAY THE WORLD WAGS.
Sir Abe Bailey is giving 20 A Rover Scout found the plots of 500 acres each in body of Miss Rosa Golder, 62, Rhodesia for Empire settlement. of Norwich, hanging from an oak tree on A common near Haslemere, Surrey, where she had been staying.
The King and Queen attended morning service at Eton College Chapel on Sunday, June 19, driv- ing from Windsor Castle,
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In a blasting accident at the Lochaber (Inverness-shire) Anonymous gifts, of £50 in Hydro Electric Works, four men, gold have been received. by post at work on a tunnel being bored at six of the branches of the Na-through part of the Ben Nevis tional Children's Home and Or- range, were badly injured. ` phanage.
Miss Jose Collins, who is stated The Electricity Commissioners to be suffering from a nervous have refused Southwark Borough | breakdown, has left the cast of Council permission to spend "White Birds," the new revue at £37,500 in developing the coun- His Majesty's Theatre, W., and cil's electric lighting undertak- has gone into a nursing home. ing.
On the eleventh anniversary of A new recreation ground re-the sinking of H.M.S. "Hamp served for women and children, shire" and of the death of Lord given to the town of Hitchin, Kitchener, memorial wreaths Hertfordshire, by Mrs. Smithson were placed on the Kitchener on the Horse Guards
a solicitor's widow, has been statue opened.
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Parade.
Mr. Pitt, the Under-Treasurer, Misa Sybil Thorndike and the now in England, has been ap- entire company who played in pointed for a month to be acting Mr. Bernard Shaw's play "St. Agent-General in London for Joan" are to fly to Paris, to re- Victoria (Australia) in succes- present Great Britain in the sion to Sir George Fairbairn. French International Drama
Festival.
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By closing a pit at Essington,. near Walsall, and giving 500 miners notice, the Holly Bank Coal Company are bringing to an end mining operations which have been carried on at Essing ton for more than 200 years.
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Mr. David Keir Hardie, aged 17, the only son of Mr. George Hardie, M.P., died at his father's home at Ealing, W., as the result of a heart attack.
Of the 307 children, interview. ed in March and April by the Juvenile, Employment Bureau, Oldham, only 144 obtained or de aired work in the cotton trade, the staple trade of the town.
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The youngest Guardian in the country is Mr. R. H. Coulman, of Eastoft Hall, returned unopposed as a member of Goole Board, who celebrated his 21st birthday three days before his nomina. tion.
Miss Ruth Draper, who last summer was able to sustain
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season in a West End threatre entirely with her unaided char- acter sketches, began a series of matinee performances at the St. Martin's Theatre, W.C.
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The funeral took place at
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John William Robinson, who died after taking poison and against whom a ver- dict of murder was returned at the inquest on Mrs. Ramsay, of the Chinese Cafe, Broadstairs.
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The Duchy of Cornwall have instructed Messrs. Knight Frank and Rutley to find a purchaser for Gurney Court, West Harp- tree, one of the finest examples in Somerset of the domestic architecture of James I's reign.
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The second Quebec seaplane which has been searching for Capt. Nungesser, which was missing four days, has reported at Blanc Sablon, having cruised over an area of 5,000 square miles without finding any trace It was announced at a meeting of the missing French machine. of Cowal Highland Gathering. Association at Dunoon that! When crossing the road near Fining a motorist for obstruc- gramophone records of the play-endon L.M.S. Railway Station tion in the City, Alderman Sir ing of massed bands of one thou- Mrs. Lily White, 52, of42, Milton-Charles Johnston at the Mansion sand pipers would be taken at road, West Hendon, N.W., was House said he felt great sym- knocked down and fatally injured pathy for the motorist who had by a motor-car driven by Leonard to do business in the City for Arthur Warne, 18, of Albert- there was practically no place gardens, Willesden Green, N.W. for parking cars.
Sole Agents: W. R. LOXLEY & CO., Hong Kong. this year's gathering.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS muEČ. IRON FOUNDERS. All work done in this establishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can ́accommodate any craft of 200 feet long.
Town Office: 64, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong, Tel. Central No. 459. Shipyard: Sham-Sul-Pa, Kowloon, Hongkong.
Tel. Kowloon No. 9.
Estimates furnished on applleation...
Boogkong. April 1, 1924.
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Several thousand tons of wood pulp used for paper making were destroyed by a fire which broke out at the "Daily Telegraph" paper mills at Dartford, Work at the mills will not be stopped, as other supplies of pulp are | available.
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Mr. John Rockefeller, who made a donation of 18,000,000 francs-approximately £145,000 in 1924, to be spent on the up- keep of the national palaces of Versailles and
Fontainebleu, and also to help in the restoration of Rheims Cathedral, has just placed at the disposal of France
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carried with bare hands a branch An elderly man, Mr. Webber, of a plum tree with a large swarm of bees at the end through a busy part of Minehead. Hei cut the branch off the tree when the bees swarmed, and carried it over half a mile." He was not stung. Other people kept well
Jersey States approved altera- tions to St. Heliers Harbour at an estimated cost of £250,000 which are being effected at the a further sum of 40,000,000 out of his way. request of the Great Western.and francs--approximately £320,000. “Southern railways, who intend for the completion of the work, building new vessels for the says Reuter's Paris correspon-schoolboy, has climbed a 158-feet Channel Islands service.
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EA-224. This advertisement a strund by the Brithați-Amancin Tobacco Co. (Chinas Láð.
Thomas Kidney (9), a Leads
chimney at Hunslet Steel Works, beating Miss. Vera Tomlinson's record made earlier in the week on another chimney by eight feet. He is in the fourth gen- eration of a family of steeple- jacks, and, when five, climbed, unaided the spire of Albemarle Baptist Church at Scarborough.
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An interesting innovation in housing is to be found on
the Richings Park Estate at Iver, Bucks, When complete, this estate will comprise 2,000 houses, some 200 of which have already been completed. Each house is: equipped with a two valve Geco- phone set, complete with loud- speaker and Osram Valves, the aerial being erected beneath the roof.
Wigton (Cumberland) Royal District Council were informed on May 25 of the completion of a £20,000 water scheme for the Solway country. During the ex- cavations the foundations of the western extremity of the old Roman Wall which extended across Northern England were come across, and human remains, specimens of Roman pottery, etc., unearthed.
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Captain H. J. Minniken, lat York and Lancashire Regiment, had a remarkable escape from serious injury when a collision | occurred between his car and a light engine on the Bordon mili- tary railway at a level crossing at Longmoor. After hitting his car the engine carried it 65 yards, and then the car burst intol flames. The captain jumped out. He was bruised, but other- wise unhurt.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET.
THE
HONGKONG,
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HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL.
Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.” AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI."
HOTELS,
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel
des Wagons Lits; Peking...
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed
Rooms, newly renovated and installed with Box Spring
Beds, Hot and Cold Water, also Telephone.
All Trams pass in front of Hotel.
Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel Launch meets all steamers.
The Lounge and Dining Room is now open to the Public, THE KING EDWARD HOTEL BAND will play as under:
TIFFIN HOURS
1 to 2.
Tel. Add: "Victoria." Telephone No C. 373.
DINNER HOURS
7.30 to 9.
J. H. WITCHELL,
Manager.
EMPRESS HOTEL, LTD.
Newly opened on 12th April
We are famous for our CHINESE DELICACIES and our liquors.
Private telephones and hot and cold baths with every room. Luxuriously furnished with the best Chinese Furni- ture. Every modern convenience.
159-161, Connaught Road Central. Phones: C. 5384, C. 5385, C. 5386, C. 5387, C. 5388. Cable address: "Emphotel."
TUNG SHAN HOTEL.
IS NOW OPEN.
EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. Private telephone, hot and cold water basta and European baths. Lavishly furnished. Chinese and European dishes can he served.
Tel. C,5505.
Facing the harbour. 37-39 Connaught Road West,
EMPRESS LODGE.
Tel. Kowloon 298.
Tel. C.5506.
Tel. Add. "Emprasloge.” 2-18, Mody Road, Kowloon. Private Hotel, best location in Kowloon, convenient to ferry, fiata of 2 or 3 rooms, also bed-sitting-rooms, dally or monthly rates. Excellent cuisine, special rates for families. For information apply to-
MRS. E. OWEN MURPHY,
Proprietress.
ST. GEORGE & CLERMONT HOTELS
HONG KONG & KOWLOON
ST. GEORGE HOTEL
14,4, Kennedy Eund, Hong Kong.
Eight minutes walk from Blake Pier. Bonutifully situated overlooking Botanical Gardens, Hong Kong Harbour, Large, newly farmistad rooms apacious verandaba Modera couronlance Pirat Claas Quising and nítandinco.
Tolagram-Nudean.
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Phone C. 4797
CLERMONT HOTEL
0, 10, 11, 12, Chatham Road, Kowlnun,
Splendid location In best part of Kowloon. Full low at Hang Kory and Hatbost, karga, newly farulated, walf veniliated rooms and verandalus. All" modern Courantaneas, Catering of the best andar Karepeat supervisor.
Tolagratis-Nudean
Phona K. $10,
For terms and Information at abore Hotel apply:
Mrs. F. E. CAMERON
Proprietress
Necessity Brought Us Into Existence IMPERIAL CAFE
60, Nathan Rond, Kowloon.
We respectfully request the favour of your Patronage. English Meals piepared under Ideal condition.
50 CENTS
NO EXTRAS.
QUALITY CLEANLINESS CIVILITY English Management.
NO TIPS.
Open from 8, a.m. till midnight.
ADELPHI HOTEL.
SINGAPORE.
The ONLY HOTEL in Singapore fitted throughout with
MODERN SANITATION TEA DANCES
EVERY TUESDAY
AFTER DINNER DANCES
July
a.m.
p.m.
11
5,45
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12
5.46
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LADIES' LOUNGE @
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Cables: Adelphi.
5.53
7.05
6.54
7.05
EVERY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & SATURDAY
ROOF GARDEN CINEMA
EVERY SUNDAY EVENING
PALM COURT. ADELPHI HOTEL, LTD., HARRY 'H. WILLIES,
Managing Director.