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Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore
Saigua-Marseilles via Saigon
Singapore-Amstrada Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Extra and all particulars are shewn in the the Post exhibited st. schedules Offices. All letters etc, must be mark. ed "By Air Mail" and be handed in at the Post Office.
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The Money Order Ofice is open from 10 am to 4 pm. except on Saturdays when it closes at 12 noon and on Sundays and holidays when it is entirely closed...
An Air Mail Box has Seen erected at the General Post Office. Corres- the RMA. pondence intended for
Dorado" must be posted before 9.30) in Kowloon such a.m. on Friday.
correspondence may be posted in the ordinary box at Kowloon Post Office
WOMAN-WOUNDED BY SHOT
FROM REVOLVER
A young married woman Mrs. "Baba" Wells, was found with a bullet wound in her leg at a house in Hosier-street, Reading. last month. She was taken to hospital, where the bullet was extracted, and she was allowed to return home.
It was stated that a revolver was discharged accidentally.
MAYFAIR CLUB
FINES
Drink And Gaming Summonses
in
Adjourned summonses which will be cleared at $ am on connection with the alleged sale Friday. The public are particularly of intoxicating drinks after requested to see that their letter bear sufficient postage.
Correspon-
deace bearing insuficient postage will be forwarded by ordinary services.
NEW POSTAL RATES.
hours and gaming at the Queen Anne Club, Market-st., Mayfair, were heard at Marlborough-st. police court last month.
Guy Watkins Wells, the club treasurer, was fined £96, with Attention is drawn to the increas£18 185. costs for supplying ed postal rates effective as from 1st drinks after permitted hours, Unpaid or insufficiently and iding and abetting in the prepaid correspondence is only de supply, and £20 for using the liverable against payment of double club for gaming with automatic the deficiency.
machines.
June, 1936.
No 15 cent, stamps are at present! on sale and 10 cent and 5 cent stamps
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Mrs. Violet Chown, aged 42, should be used. 20 cent and 5 cent was fined £36, with £12 12s. for the 25 costs for aiding and abetting in crat rate as soon as the present stack the supply of drinks after per- of 5 cent stamps is exhausted.
mitted hours.
xtamps will be accepted
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was
William Trevor Black, gam-. ing machine proprietor, of "Heathfield-road, Acton,
fined £10, with 3 38. costs for using the club for gaming.
Two barmaids
were bound lover.
The club was struck off the register, and the premises dis- qualified for 12 months.
NEWCASTLE'S SOLDIERS
A protest was made at the Eas- 12ter Guild of the Freemen of New- castle-on-Tyne against a proposal to remove 400 Royal Artillery, offi- cers and ren from Fenham Bar- racks. Newcastle, to Catterick.
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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1935
FROM HERE AND THERE
Mrs. J. Fowler, who has just" resigned her position as senior salaslady and No. 1 Stter at the Ladies' Salon, Messrs. Lane, Crawford's Ltd, was the guest of honour at a tea party given by her collegues last week. She silver was presented with a
clock, which was subscribed for by the members of the European staff of the firm, while the Chin- ese staff also made her a pre- sentation..
Mr. A. T. Hamilton, of the Education Department will be going away on leave prior to retirement, on June 26. For the past three or four years Mr. Hamilton had been Head- master of the Ellis Kadoorie In- dian School. Mrs. Hamilton will be accompanying her husband.
Mme. Paul Servanin and her daughter. with Mme. Luigi, are leaving by the ss Tai Seung ong in about a week's time for Indo-China, where they will spend a holiday of about month. me. Luigi is the wife of Capt. Luigi of the s.s. Tai Seung Hong.
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Mr. J. E. Gellion, of the Ma- cau Electric Company, and one of the leading residents in Macau, spent a short holiday,
Sylvia Gough, once an interna- tionally famous beauty, is chief witness for the Crown in its mur- der case against Douglas Bar- top. * book reviewer, charged with the slaying of Arthar Bose, author, and sweetheart of Miss Gough. Our picture was taken in a London court.
Mr. Tyber Ebrahim, who is one of the most prominent busi- ness-men in Bombay, is at pre- sent on a visit to the Colony, and will be here for some time. He is connected with the import and export firm of Messrs. Abdoolal- ly and Ebrahim.
His many friends will be in- terested to learn that Mr. T. E. Wilson, the genial Agent for the Dollar Steamship Line, will be returning to the Colony by the 33. President Jefferson on June 26, and not. as at first expected, от June 19 Mr. Wilson had been spending six months' holiday in America.
Inspector A. I. McWalters, who is in charge of the West Point Police Station, will be going away on leave by the s.s. Ran- para next Saturday. He will be absent from the Colony for nine months and will spend his holi- days in his native Scotland.
Mr. D. Smith-Hill, of the Hông Kong Electric Company Ltd., who went away recently, accompani- ed by his wife, has, we are in- formed, resigned his position with the Company. He is travel- ing to England via Canada and will continue his studies in a
combined with business, in the "GIVE AND TAKE" university at Home.
Colony last week. He came down here expressly to attend the an nual meeting of the Company last Friday.
Recipe For Golden Weddings
Mr. Sam Howard, of Messrs. John L Thornycroft and Sons. is expected to return to the Colony, together with Mrs. Ho- ward, some time next week. They
lony for about six months.
removed FOUR ANNOUNCED IN ONE DAY] have been away from the Co-
Messrs. Mr. C. Brown of Brown Jones and Company, the marble masons, has from his flat in Morrison H Road to one in Canal Road West. It is understood that he will be having “house-warming" in the very near future.
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Mr. Sun Fo, who came down from North China to attend the funeral of the late Mr. Hu Han min: left the Colony last V.ednes day by the s.. President Taft for Shanghai. Mr. Sum Fo spent a few days in Hong Kong and gave a big dinner party at the Peninsula Hotel last Tues- day night.
SHEET OF FLAME FROM BOILER
Five Injured In Ship's Stokehold
Four golden weddings were an- nounced in London on April 24- an unusual occurrence.
Another of the many local re- sidents who will be leaving by the s.s. Ranpura next Saturday is Mr. A. W. Meloy of the Torpedo Department. Royal Na- val Dockyard. Mr. Meloy is going home to England, having completed his term of office in
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Taylor, who live in Corringham-road, Wembley, said: "Our recipe for happy marriage is the simple one, Give and take." Mr. Taylor was for 54 years engaged in the the local depot. drapery trade, in which he did much charitable work. He is life- governor of three Masonic institu- tions.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, of Muswell Hill-road. N. 10, were married at St. Lawrence, Old Jewry".
and Nelson lived worked for. 59 years in the City;
Mr.
of London, of which he is a free-
Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Tipping. who now live in Sandpit-lane, St. Albans. were married at St. Mary's. Islington. Mr. Tipping.
Five workmen were injured in the stokehold of a new motor-ship) 12 in which machinery is being in-
stalled at the shipyard of Doxford Who is 80 this year, was for more the wholesale and Sons, Sunderland, yesterday than 50 years in 9They were caught in a sheet of textile trade. 9flame which burst out of a boiler.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Nelder.
13 One man was detained in hospital of Homefield-road, Chiswick, W. St. Mary's The other four were able to go4. weza married at home after treatment.
VIA SIBERIA-Letters anu post-
9 cards for Europe and South America
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June
superscribed,
Church. Battersez
Teas Again On The Terrace
Spring sunshine has turned this year than
ever
before.
the thoughts of M.Ps to straw-For three years they have been REGISTERED and PARCEL berry teas
Terrace. impossible because of the work MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier Members of the staff at the of renovating the Houses of
on
the
than the time given above unless 12atherwise stated,and where malls are House of Commons are
busy Parliament: The Terrace has
13 advertised to close at a before 9 preparing for the long-estab-been cradled in scaffolding and
am, registered and parcel malls are lished social habit. closed at 5 pas, on the previous day.
Why Endure A Fimply Skin? Unsightly pimples, cold sores, itch, ringworm, eczema, skin rough- Bess and other blemishes are best treated with
the
SHE-KO
cooling. soothing, antiseptic ointment, which keeps the skin smooth, soft fresh and clear.
the curative Equally good for treatment of cuts, buras, scalds, scratches, abrasions and other in- juries to the skin, She-ko is ob- tainable at chemists, or direct from
the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., 451- Kiangse Road, Shanghai, 70 cents per package; post free.
SATURDAY'S SOLUTION
SHEEP SCAR L
covered
from indust
Now the The Terrace has been scrub-Speaker's House.
the
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9 intermediate countries will be accept-type, are being taken out of
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Services
11 Rates and all particulars are bows in their wrappings.
Ta
have moved round
Some M.Ps want to brighten New teak up the Terrace with a striped
12 the schedules exhibited at the General chairs and some of the old fold-awning and gaily-coloured sun- This Post Office and Kowloon Office. Aling ones are being dusted and shades over the tables. letters ete, zaust be marked "By Air stacked.
enquiries about the latest
would at least prevent the Mail" and handed in at the General Mr. R. J. Bradley, the cater scramble when a sudden sum-
shower 13 Post Office. Unless superscribed for ing manager, is making anxiousį mer
sends women despatch by a specific air mail ser
re-guests scuttling for the shelter ports from the strawberry beds of the dining room, while Members are looking forward waiters rescue the strawberries,
eagerly and cream. to terrace teas
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· DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert
but our readers are warned to look out for occasional
phonetic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and altho.
HORIZONTAL
15 10
18
12
28
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162
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HORIZONTAL (Cont.) 1-Protective covering 54-A trac 5-Small candle
-Pronoun 10-Persia
12-Solitary 13-The (Sp.) 15-A beverage 16-imitate 18-Half a score 20-Rim
22-Tumults 24-Give temporary
25-Exist 27-Fifty-four 28-To be in debt 30-Prefix Far 31-Musical note 32-Trust 33-Marine military
force of a country 36-You and 1. 36-Rasp
38-Wanta
40-Upon 41-Three-toed sloth 42-Foot lever 48-A rodent (pl.) .48-Father
49-Period of time 51-Weight measure
(all)
52-The (Fr.)
56-Prefix. Thrice 5-Crimson
58-Owne
59-A paper measure |61-Part of the lege (63-Cute down
64-Speck 66–Stamp (abbr.) 67-Part of a fish 68-Pronoun 70-Father 72-Wild animal 74-Into 75–Rhythm 76-Jeer
VERTICAL 1-Preposition
2-A length measure 3-Crude metal 4-Egyptian god 5-Preposition _Minh (Mưa) 7-8kin S-Musical note 3-Perfect |1-Artless
12-A bristic (Surp.) {14-Dipper
|15-Timna of life
17-italian river
lip-snare
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THY
VERTICAL (Cont) [21-Haul
22-Mature
23-Large water-bird 25-Tidings 27-Portion
29-Evening (Poet) isz-Convenient for use |34-Period of time (pt.)
37-Fish agga 39-Expire
42-Wen
nhiệt hoa (Lat abbr) 4-bird
¡45-A garden toci (pl.) 4-Conjunction 47-Chopped raw
cabbage
48-Capital of Western
Australia
50-Cleanse 151-Walk
53-Prussian city 55-Angry S-A fowl
|80–Greatest number
82-And (Lat.) 83-Employ
66-Bind
67-Marsh
|89–Type measure
71-Railroad (abbr) |73-Plura! suffix
¡74-Irish (abbr.)
The solution" of the above, with a new Gross-word, pusste
will appear in to-morrow's issue,
Bringing Up Father
WILL YOU GET UP?I GET SICK AND TIRED OF CALLING YOU A DOZEN TIMES EVERY MORNIN
WELL-I'M NOT SICK-BUT PA TIRED OF HEAR INS YOU CALL
ME-
I CAN'T SEE WHAT HARM THERE IS IF A MAN WANTS TO SLEEP A ITTLE N THE MORNIN“
BY GOLLY-I'LL GO
DOWN TO THE OFFICE
AN' SLEEP-DO YOU GIT THAT?.
WILL YOU STOP---...
TALKING SO LOUD?,
YOU'LL WAKE UP OUR SON -
SENIOR BRITISH
SCHOOL
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