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NO. 10, WYNDIJAM STREET, F. O. Box, No. 520. HONG KONG
HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the Eighest points on the island and Mainland is published:-
Island.
Feet
Victoria Peak
1,820
Signal Station
1,774
Mt. Parker
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Kyrie
1,725
Peak Hotel
1,805
Taikoo Sanatorium
1,000
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Road (Altarbede)
297
Mainland.
Feet
Talmothan
Kowloon Peak
8.124 1,971
THE CHINA MAIL, ' (SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.
Bringing Up Father
WELL-I'VE JUST GOT TO PUT ME FOOT DOWN 'AN STOP THE EXTRAVAGANCE IN THIS HOUSE AN' I'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW WHILE I'M IN THE MOOD. I'LL START RIGHT IN BY TALKING TO ME DAUGHTER -
&&
I KNOW IT WILL BEA LITTLE HARD AT FIRST- BUT AFTER ALL THE SIMPLE WAY OF LIVIN' IS THE BEST- WE'LL BE HAPPIER THAN WE EVER WERE I'M GLAD YOU TAKE IT IN THE RIGHT WAY-
YES, DADDY-
THINGS ARE GOIN' TO BE DIFFERENT IN THIS HOUSE FROM NOW ON -
NOW COMES
THE BIG ORDER-I'M GONNA TALK TO MAGGIE-
DAUGHTER- AS YOU MUST KNOW-THE DAYS OF FOOLISH EXTRAVAGANCE ARE OVER-I'M CUTTIN' DOWN ALL MY EXPENSES AN' I EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME BESIDES-I'M NOT GITTIN' ANY YOUNGER AN' ME EARNIN' POWER 19 GITTIN' WEAK-DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
WHAT 18
THE MATTER WITH YOU? YOU LOOK
PALE
YES. DADDY.
11
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED-MAGGIE- DARLIN-YOU SEE,EVERYONE IS ECONOMIZIN' AN' OUR EXPENSES|| HAVE BEEN HIGH- EVEN THE BEST PEOPLE ARE MOVIN' INTO SMALLER HOMES-
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by
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HATS-
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TO-NIGH
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ov
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