FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
ATTRACTIVE TAILORING
The Latest In Gentlemen's Outfitting
AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE.
PERFECT FIT
AND
RELIABLE
SUITINGS.
WING HING CO.
Gentlemen's Outifters
64, Queen's Rd. C. Tel. 21417.
Very Nice Woollen Materials
For
Making Ladles
DRESSES
&
OVERCOATS
Also FURS &
SILK. HOSIERY Expert Tailoring Department. LEE MOW
Chinese Silk Hosiery Store
No. 1, D'Aguilar Street
DENTISTS.
HARRY FONG, Dentist, 1st floor, No. 74, Queen's Road
Central. Tel. 21255.
TANG YUK, Dentist. Sacernors lu
the late SIEN TING, 14, D'Aguilar Street. TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS,
W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,
Kowloon Bay,
New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.
FRUITS.
Now In season
CALIFORNIA PEARMAIN APPLES
Just Arrived $9.00 per box
This is the most famous apple in
HAIR DRESSERS.
LEE YEE,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers, No. 12, D'Agullar Street. (opposite Queen's Theatre).
LIANG YOU
LADIES' & GENTS' HAIRDRESSERS.
Also
MR. ST. OUEN.
PERMANENT WAVING
introductory Price $20.
King's Theatre Bldg. Tel. 20315.
Ground Floor,
ON LOK
HAIR DRESSING SALOON FOR LADIES' & GENTLEMEN 18 fitted with the latest devices
for une in hair dressing. Expert Barbers. CLEAN & COMFORTABLE 10, Wyndham Street, 1st Floor. Entrance On Lan St. Tel. 22317.
OPTICIANS.
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
'Phone 22232.
53, Queen's Road Central.
SHOES.
Patr
Black or Brown Shoes from $6.00. Black or Brown Boots from $8.00. Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00.
Best styles, most complete stock of all sizes. Repairing a speciality.
WONG SIU WOON 21, Pottinger St.
Phone 21474.
SPORTING GOODS.
ATHLETIC GOODS
AT
the Orient. Quality: Crisp, julcy, THE LIANG YOU CO.
sweet and highly aromatie. Excellent keeping quality. Try a
box.
WING COFFEE CO.
Tel. 25869 139, Des Voeux Road, C.
DRAWN-THREAD, WORK AND
EMBROIDERY
Make Worthy
Your Buying!
BIG SELECTION OF BEAUTIFUL LINEN NAPERY SILK COATS. & PYJAMAS, BELOW COST
од
CHRISTMAS SALE
at
FOOK WENG & CO.
(One Price Store) CHINA BUILDINGS.
PHOTO - SUPPLIES
Kodaks and Cameras.
Films, Plates and Papers, tic Developing, Printing and Enlarging.
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel No. 23459, 20A, Des Voeux Road, C.
79, Queen's Road Central.
TYPEWRITER DEALERS
T
C
R
HOP SING & CO.
Tel. 21420
28, Pattinger St. CANTON115, Sun Kee Sal Rd.
RELIABLE PRINTING)
no order too small
THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD. DA WYNDHAM ST.
KHIKA MAIL OLDE,
FOR SALE,
Flower and Vegetable
SEEDS
Indication points to a HEAVY DEMAND
for seeds
THIS SEASON.
To be sure of getting every variety.
you wish we suggest that you
ORDER TO-DAY,
GRACA & CO.,
No 10, Wyndham "Street.
P. O.. Box 6290. .... Hong Kong.
THE CHINA
FROM CHORE BOY TO · OWNER OF LINERS
CAPT. ROBERT DOLLAR.
Interesting Story of His Life.
A bit more than thirty years ago ness for himself,
MAIL.
from his California forests to mar- Dollar's first shipping venture. British Columbia.
A
DINNER (in aid of the H.K.W.G.
DANCE
& M.C.L. Charities)
will be held on
SATURDAY, December 5, 1931,
at 8.30 p.m.
UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel.
IN THE HONG KONG HOTEL on the occasion of the opening of the new Grill Room.
During Dinner the Hong Kong Hotel Band will play selections. DANCE MUSIC BY KINDNESS OF RONNIE TRUE AND
HIS BAND. TICKETS.
Dinner and Dance
Dance only.
$10 each.
$ 5. each.
In his work to create an everlast- ing trade between the United States and the Orient, Captain Robert Dollar had been ably assisted by his sons, R. Stanley and J. Harold Dollar. R. Stanley Dollar, the elder of the two has risen to a high place in the shipping fraternity of the world and is now president of the Dollar Steamship Lines and tho American Mail Line, and is vice- president of The Robert Dollar Co., and the Pacific Steamship Co. J. Harold Dollar has devoted most of his years to the Oriental end of the failed and for Dollar Line, and a few years ago on the Pacific Coast, a new figure three years worked to pay off his returned to the head ofces of the debts. After straightening out his Dollar Line at San Francisco where came into the shipping business, accounts, he moved, to the Paciffe he now makes his headquarters. As man whose total previous training Coast and in 1893 at the age of 50, vice president of the Dollar Steam- had been in lumber camps, a man he established his first sawmill ship Lines and the Amorlenn Mall | who had toiled from his eleventh the Pacific Coast. It was not until Line, as well as director of a num- year to past the half century mark 1901 that Robert Dollar bought hister of financial institutions, J. in all capacities from cook's boy' to first ship and cleared the Golden Harold Dollar ands life very busy. owner of extensive lumber interests. Gate with a cargo of Dollar lumber. The third son, A. Melville Dollar, Need of transportation facilities This ship, the Newsboy, was Robert operates his own steamship line in ket forced Captain Robert Dollar) From 1901 until 1929 Robert On Sundays and holidays the sons into the shipping industry and the Dollar engaged in the shipping buai-and their families gather at the purchase of the steam schooner!ness on a small scale. In 1923, at beautiful home of Captain and Mrs. Newsboy signalised his Introduc- the age of 80, he purchased a fleet Robert Dollar, in San Rafael where tion.
of "President? liners from the the "Grand Old Man of the Pacific" The Newsboy,
United States Shipping Board, and and his "bride of 57 years ago” have Though small, the Newsboy shortly after established the now lived since their migration to thei
Aturdy; her dimensions famous Dollar Line. Every step Pacific Coast. The story of their were: Length 129 feet, beam and every detail was worked out by life romance is a beautiful one. 29 feet, depth 9 feet, speed 7the 80 year old former lumber man to 8 knots.in good weather. She who was now a shipping executive. was the acme of the Dollar flect. The first sailing was on January 5, To-day the company's leading repre-1924, when, at five o'clock sharp, the working from dawn till dusk in a sentatives on the sea are the Pre-liner President Harrison cleared lumber camp in the Canadian woods, sident Hoover and the Presidest from San Francisco and sailed out when he met Miss Margaret Proud- Coolidge, a far cry from the News- the Golden Gato, westward on her foot, the girl who was to become his future wife... Shortly after they! Round-the-World boy which carried a crew of 11 men first
voyage. and no passengers. Yet the road Robert Dollar was passenger met he entered into business for from the Newsboy to to-day was aboard that ship. On this trip he himself and failed, going heavily be broadcast to-day from the Hong a sorry fact that the great Euro- in 1873, while Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. pean nation whose Asiatic inter-
esta are paramount refused to co not an easy one, nor rapid, but a calied on 400 shippers and prospec into debt. It was
6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. operate. Will Whitehall never slow, uphill fight through phases of tive customers, drumming up busi-still deeply in debt that Robert on a wavelength of 356 metros: Failing ships and freighters, eras of ness in all parts of the globe, and Dollar took Mias Margaret Pesud- Although the
7-10 p.m.-European Programme learn? of Victor Records. depression and periods of all but earning for himself the title of foot for his bride.
earlier years were filled with many However, the pro-"Trade Drummer."
7.05-7.23 p.m.-Operatic. hopelessness. gress was successfully hewn byl The following year Captain Dollar hardships their life has been one
Victor Light Opara Company Captain Dollar and his sons, with again sailed Round the World, this continual honeymoon. To his count Goms from "Bohemian Girl" (Balfe),
(35819). three ever present allies of the time making 480 personal calls. In less friends the world-over he is Dollar organisation, Work, Work, all of his travels, five times Round Captain Dollar, but to Mrs. Dollar Gems from "Aida" (Verdi),
Victor Light Opera Company (35940). the World and thirty one Round, he is "Father" and to him, she is trips to the Orient, Captain Dollar "Mother."
Wan
Work.
1
"Trade Drummer." It is not amiss to give a sketch has been necompanied by Mrs. Dol
of Captain Robert Dollar who,lar, and it is with pride that the
$7 despite his years, still is famous shipping executive credits: actively engaged in shipping as no little portion of his Chairman of the Board of Directors, her.
4
success to
"Mother."
Robert Dollar was a young man |
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
The following unclaimed tele- rams are lying at the office of the Great Northern Telograph Company (Limited) of Den mark:-
of the Dollar Lines, of which hist In addition to the Round-the- sons, R. Stanley and J. Harold, are World service which is nearin its president and vice-president respec- eighth year of smooth running, tively.
Captain Dollar has established a born Robert Dollar WAS
in trans-Pacific service between New Falkirk, Scotland, March 20, 1844. York, San Francisco and Manila, Eleven years later he was a chore vin Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Roberto Herrera, boy In the Canadian woods, then Shanghai, and Hong Kong. The Hotel, from Tokyo. timekeeper. When a mere boy he New York-California-Orient service purchased a Canadian farm on the sailings are alternated with those of instalment plan. He was then got the Round-the-World fleet, offering ting but $20 a month, but he paid the travelling public a weekly sail- for the farm and stil! owns it.ing from New York to California Three years later he went into busi-i and the Orient.
Peninsula
Leon May, Prince's Bldg.,.from Kankow.
THE CHALLENGE
AGE & QUALITY
Glen Rossie
People must shew their tickets when booking tables.
To be obtained from Mrs. J. D. LLOYD, 406, The- Peak, Mrs. SIMPSON, THE UNIVERSITY, and from the HONG KONG and PENINSULA HOTELS.
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programme will
8 pm-Local Time 7.23-8.10 p.m.-A Concert. Piano Solo-
Waltz in G Flat Major (Chopin), To Spring (Grieg).
Song-
Myrtle C. Eaver (22153),
I Know a Lovely Garden
(Teschemacher-D'Hardelot),
THE RELATIONS OF COMMERCE
AND CURRENCY.
(Continued from Page 2).
Fortunately the position is not entirely lost. Opinion gathore
ply is. inadequate to finance world weight that the world's gold sup
commerco. The salient fact emerges that for every ounce of gold won from Mother Earth man recovers 14 oza, of silver. Ap parently Nature herself has stabilised the white metal in rein-
tion to gold. Let man implement this great natural law with some Judicious adaptation of the statute given to the world by the great
Maria Jeritza (Soprano) Colonne. Canada has notified her attitude to such action. In this (1801).
great crisis we must not pormit Violin Solo-
Mr. Tite Barnacle to bar progress. Souvenir Poetique Fibich), To a Wild Rose (MacDowell),
The departments must; if needed, Michel Gusikoff (19892).
be disciplined by the executive. I Chorus-
am convinced that only by some By the Waters of Minnetonka
(Lieurance),
sune, considered measure relative The Mormon Tabernacle to silver can civilisation be saved
Choir (19829).
from the destination and misery Piano Solo-
that I loft in China three weeks Invitation to the Waltz (Weber),
Alfred Cortot (1201), ago.
F. V. JENSEN,.
Superintendent.
Song
Hong Kong, December 2, 1931.
VEN
Sole Agents :- H. RUTTONJEE & SON, 15, Queen's Rd. C.
Trees (Kilmer-Rasbach),
'.
Violin Solo-
Serenade in G Major (Arensky), Minuet in G, No. 2 (Boethoven),
Mischa Elman (1434),
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Contralto) (1199).
Song
Budget Deficit's Causes. England's colossal Budget de. ficit has been caused by an 'alarm- ing shrinkage of efforts, plus the stupendous cost of maintaining about three million unemployed with ther dependanta. Ledger entries in New York and Paris Įwill not save us. A fifty-word Order in Council restoring the ori ginal fineness of our silver coin- Forge in the Forest (Michaelis), age would completely alter the Arthur Pryor's Band (19879). world position of ailver. It is my The National Game (Sousa), The Black Horse Troop (Sousa),
A Brown Bird Singing
(Barrie-Haydn Wood),
John McCormack (Tenor) (1187).
8.10-8.21 p.m.-Band Selections.
opinion expressed after grave con-
Sousa's Band (19741), side: ation that following such en- 8.21-8.57 p.m.-Orchestral. actment every loom in Lancashire Overture from La Grande Paque would be working full time with-
Russe (Rimsky-Korsakov),
In a month.
Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra (7018-2).
Lyric Suite (Grieg),
Alao, it is my considered con- viction that a peremptory Order prohibiting sales of Indian Gov- Royal Albert Hall Orchestra jerament silver at less than 29. por Conducted by Sir Landon ounce would automatically fix 28.
Ronald (9073-4).
as the world's price. The imme diate result upon this unhappy
8.55-9.53 p.m.-Varlety.
Vocal Duct-
Kentucky's Way of Sayin' Good-country's export trade would be
Morning,
magical. Our unemployed would Tie Me to Your Apron Strings vanish overnight.
Again,
Song-
The Brox Sisters (19921).
The Rogue Song,. The Narrative,
Will such action be taken? Probably not, With the wolves of anarchy howling at our door we are deaf; with disaster stalk- Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone)ing Industry and extinction
(1448).
threatening commerce We art blind, the while sly politicians Alleen Stanley-Billy Murray. [mouth worn-out platitudes prepar- ed by cunning departments. "We will put a penny on beer." Truly Billy Murray (19328) has it been written: "Quos dous
Comic Duet
Down by the Winegar Wolks,
Humorous Song- Roll Em Girls,
Instrumental Trio-
Happy Days, Herd Girl's Dream,
Song-
vult perdere, prius dementat.”
Above all and bafore all, let us Neapolitan Trio (19872). recognise that not overproduction
but pathetic, needy under-consump Aro You Borry?
tion is at the root of our present Then I'll be Happy,
ills. The wise physician removes the cause. Here, indeed, is a task ready to the hands of a Cabinet that has now the opportunity to initiate a policy both national and Imperial.
Jack Smith (Whispering Baritone) (10856).
Orchestral- Marchota, What'll I Do,
Victor Balon Orchestra (19876).
Song-
I Never Knew,
Vocal Duet
Gone Austin (Tenor),
I Wonder Where My Baby To
night?
Henry Burr & Billy Murray (10884).
Malo Quartet
Where thet Sunset Turns the Ocean's
Blue to Gold,
Where the Bilver Colorado Wends
It's Way, HIVI!
Peerless Quartet · (19885).
9.53-10.30 p.m.— Concerto in E Minor (Chopin Op. 11).
Alexander Bratlowsky (Planist) with the Philharmonic Orchestra by Berlin Conducted
and by Júllás" "Pruwer,
* (Kindly loaned, by Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith.)·
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