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MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
TH
THE EIGHTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (woa- ther permitting) at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, 1st December, 1928, commencing at 2 p.m.
The first bell will be rung at 130
p.m.
SCOTTISH PAIR
THE CHINA MAIL,
WEDDING AT THE UNION CHURCH
HELD ON SATURDAY
Two Scottish families wore unit- ed by marriage on Saturday the con- tracting parties being Mr. Edward The charge for admission to the Moore, son of Mr. William Moore Public Enclosure will be $1 and the
late Mrs. Moore of for all persons including Ladies. Greenock, and Mias Elizabeth Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Robertson Dow, the daughter of half price.
Mr. James Dow and the late Mrs. Dow of Glasgow.
Members are advised that they must show their Badges to obtain admission to the Members' Enclo aure.
Union Church, Kennedy-road, the The ceremony was performed in Rev. F. C. Young, the new minis ter, officiating.
ON CHINESE
THE VIEWS OF LOCAL STUDENTS
PONTES ASINORUM
Here are some quotations from views expressed in the Hong Kong University "Union Magazine," un der the capten reproduced here, on the perennial topic of learning Chinese:--
Mr. A. E. Wood (Director of Education); Chinese is very poor In vocables. The richest Chinese
different sounds. dialect has only a few hundred
Mr. R. E. Lindsell (First Folice Magistrate): In Canton, he (the
Each member has the right to introduce 2 non-members to the Mrs. R. C. Wallace was matron ordinary European) finds that dif Members' Enclosure, tickets for
of honour. Misa Wallace was ferent words which all sound Hke! whom сля be obtained from
bridesmaid and the Misses Grace "cow" mean "to deliver," "s dog," Mesars. Linstend & Davis at $5
"to compar," "a hall," YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly each, up to Friday, 30th November, Swan and Jean Stewart the flower-"nine,"
etc. and promptly printed. "China 1928. Mall" Office, No. 8a, Wyndham St., Telephone Central 22.
don.
HOME TUITION.
TESTOVER
The charge for admission for Ladies to the Members' Enclosure will be $2.
girls.
Mr. T. Swan gave the bride away, Mr. A. H. Crook (Headmaster, Mr. Stewart Hope acted as best Queen's College); No sooner has a man and Mr. D. C. Walmsley and, European started the language Mr. J. H. Stewart as groomsmen,
than he finds that.... there is Each member can obtain, upon
White Heather
no connection whatever between application to the Secretary,
The bride wore a dress of white the spoken and the written, lan- Badges for admission of 2 Ladies'
georgette and silver lace; her veilgunge. STEVENAGE. free of charge.
The Rev. H. R. Wells Does it Tic Within an hour from Lon-
was of net and silver lace. Bookmakers,
Tac
She Men, In healthy neighbourhood. etc., will not be permitted to carried a bouquet of white heather (the quotation used as the head- SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL operate within, the precincts of the and white roses. The bridesmaid ing) mean that anyone who tries BOYS. A few Boarders received Hong Kong Jockey Club during wore a dress of three-shade apricot to learn Cantonese is an ass?
with hat to match. She carried a in the House of the Principal. In- the Race Meeting.
Mrs. dividual care and attention. For N.B. Attention is drawn to a spray of chrysanthemums.
change in routine at above meat Wallace wore a dress of lace over ing. Horses entered for races will belge georgette with hat to match.
The service was not bear distinctive numbers in the
choral, the Race Book as heretofore, but start- hymns sung being "The Voice That ors as they are weighed out will Breathed O'er Eden" and "O, God be numbered consecutively, and of Bethel."
Particulars apply to:
MISS RUTH CULLEY
(Camb. Higher Local). (Camb. Teachers' Diploma).
MISS GERTRUDE TURNER (National Frodel Higher
Certificate).
The reception was held in the Hong Kong Hotel.
such numbers exhibited on the Board. All horses starting in a
The bride's travelling dress was race will display a saddle cloth bearing a number corresponding to of fawn georgette trimmed with the horse's Board number and such gold. The honeymoon is being number will also apply to Pari spent at Repulse Bay.
LAMMERT BROS. Mutuel and Cash Sweep tickets.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,
-Public Auctions—
THE
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Auction
ON
TUESDAY, 27th November, 1928, commencing at 11 a.m.
at No. 33, Humphreys' Bullding (Top Floor), Kowloon,
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD'.
FURNITURE
(including Fine Carpets and Blackwood Ware.)
Catalogues will be icaued.
-
On View from Monday, the 26th November, 1928.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 21st Nov., 1928.
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Head Office:-25, Des Voeux Road Central, Tel C. 6234. First Branch:---
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Second Branch-
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Your Visit is 'cordially welcomed when you will see that our Trained Female Hair Dressers give you every satisfection,
Business Hours:-
8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weeks days.
12 noon to 6 p.m. on Sundays.
NOTICE
TO SHIPOWNERS, MASTERS & AGENTS.
The Yuen Wo Seamen's Institute always has men available to ship as watch- men, seamen, &c.
Ok men
are employed
by the leading passenger lines. We guarantee satis- faction.
.
Please phone or call: K.661- No. 2, Saigon Street, Taumati or
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PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kodaks and Cameras. Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging. ZIESS and BÜSCH FIELD GLASSES Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
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Hong Kong, 26th Nov., 1928.
WATER SUPPLY
Level and Storage of water in Re- servairs on November 1, 1928- CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER
Tytam
WORKS.
1027
1928
THE A.D.C.
LAST PERFORMANCE OF THE "SPORT OF KINGS".
Professor R. K. M. Simpson: There are very few sounds used in Cantonese that European languages.
are not used in
Professor D. J. Finn: Canton- ese was my first love......Hong Kong offers you four to one against nerves being normal and Hong tonese has at least nine "tones"- Kong speaks Cantonese, and Can-
some say thirteen....Mandarin is
my present faney-it is not to be my lasting attachment.
FIRE ALARM
GRASS ON MILITARY GROUND
POKFULAM SCARE
The fourth and final performance There was
Pokfulam,
much excitement in
of "The Sport of King's" was given town on Saturday night when a by the Hong Kong Amateur Drama-ramour went round, just before 8 tic Club in the Theatre Royal on a'clock, that a big blaze had broken Saturday night. There was again a 1′′B 16 g large audience, which very heartily out in the vicinity of Felix Villss, Tytam Byewash ...17" 11" 16 B enjoyed the play and the extent Tytam Intermediate Is
L. work of the players. Tytam Tuk
34′′B 24′ YE Wong Nei Chung 9' 11"B 17' 9"B Pokfolum
4 BB 16" 11" [Note: B. denotes "Below Overflow" A. denotes "Above Overflow: L. de- notes "Level with Overflow."}
Storage in millions and Decimals of gallons.
1927
334.45 3.92 195.00 1,305.00
Tytam
Tytan Intermediate Tytom Byewash
Tytum Tuk Wong Nei Chung Pokfulum
1928 261.12
At the clase, the ladies were ph sented with bouquets and other tri butes to their popularity. The cur tain ultimately went down to the hilarity that is customary on auch occasions.
Christ
Church,
Inquiries elicited that two engines had proceeded to the scene from the Central Fire Station, whilst it was! also learned that 100 men of the Molice Emergency Squad had been rushed to Pokfulam to assist the firemen.
When the fire engines returned to Abergavenny, town soon after 8.30 p.m., however, 6.36 Monmouthshire, is being renovated it was ascertained that the fire was 196.90 and redecorated by the voluntary an outbreak among some grass on 11.59 spare-time labour of male members the hillside on Military land at Pokfulam, The, land, which is the 30.26 of the congregation,
site of the old Belcher Forts, is a considerable distance from Felix Villas which were never threatened by the flames.
880.00
13,00 56.40
Total
1,844.27 1,390.23 Consumption of water in the City and Hill District in millions and de- cimals of gations during the month of October.
1927 1928 Consumption
304.94 230.05 Eatinated population 410,228 420,540 Consumption per head
per day
23.6 18.1 Full Supply in all Rider Main Dis tricts during October, 1927. Intermit- tent Supply in all Rider Main Districla during October, 1928.
KOWLOON WATER WORKS
Shek Lal Pul Reser-
LEVEL.
1927
1928
Kowloon Reservoir 25"B
1* дота
0' 11"B
1' "B
of. gallons.
1927 1 វាន
369.60
voir
Reception Reservoir
Storage of millions,and decimals
Kowloon Reservoir... 327.75 Shek Lai Pul Reservoir 100.80 112.34 Reception Reservoir ..
28.53
Total
429,65 510,37
Consumption of water in Kowloon
in nullons and decimals of galious during the month of October.
Consumption
1027 · 1928 112.00
....... 101.4
Estimated population 182,840 167,380)
Consumption per head
per day.......... 20.0
21.7
Full Summly in all districts during| October 1927 and 1928.
The Government Analyst's ·roporta. show that the quality of the water is antisfactory.
Total rainfall to October 31, 1927, 104.67 October 31, 1928, 70.82.
PRE AVA
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO, LTD.
The following unclaimed tele- grams are lying in the E. E Telegraph Co. office, Hong Kong:—|
Lee Shiu-kee, University, from Manila.
Po.
Reynette Jamea, from London,
E. A. LEGGATT,
Superintendent. Hong Kong, 22nd Nov, 1928.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO. LTD., OF DENMARK.
The following unclaimed tele- gram is lying at the office of the | Great Northern Telegraph. Com- pany (Limited) of Denmark:.......
Asiatic Motors Incorporation, from Amoy.
E. V. JESSEN,
Superintendent.
Hong Kong, 22nd Nov., 15.28.
Prtiest Model
Mlle. Terralula Fauchents of Paris, recently described as the most beauti- zul model in all France, recently mar ried but to remain in art.
The hill on which the outbreak occurred practically overlooks Fly Point, the site of Ricci, Hall, the new University hostel, construction of which has recently started. It was difficult for the firemen to reach the flames on account of the steepness | of the hillside, and it was some time before hoses could be effectively brought into play.
Three cases of small-pox, three of diphtheria and one of enteric were notified in the. Colony during the 24 hours ended Nov. 23,
SPORTING GUNS AND ACCESSORIES.
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