KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION
HOUSEHOLD COAL
ANNOUNCING NEW-PRICES
effective 9th November, 1936.
Peak District.
$20.00
Bowen Road & lower level
$19.00
Pokfulum
$20.00
Repulse Bay
$25.00
Kowloon
$17.00
Shek-O & Stanley
$25.00
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION
Head Office:-TIENTSIN.
DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents. Hong Kong.
THE CHINA-MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY- 21, 1937
EXHIBITION
OF 50 NATIONS
IN PARIS
IN.
PREPARATIONS SPEEDED UP
MILES OF SHOW GROUNDS
The French administrators of the Paris laternational Exhibition of 1997, who have been passing through several weeks of crisis. now regard the future with con- *fidence.
The opening of the exhibition. which it was feared would have to
be postponed because of strikes, will take place according to sche- dule at the beginning of May.
Supplementary grants have been made to allow work to be speeded up. Building operations are being carried out intensively, with three shifts and workmen re-
G. FALCONER & CO (HONG KONG LTD.) laying each other day and night.
WATCHMAKERS, & JEWELLERS,
DIAMOND MERCHANTS,
UNION BUILDING (opposite G.P.O.)
Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE Direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery.
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QUEEN'S RD. CENTRAL
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with others nearby.
Buy Direct and Save at least 25-
Beauty, Hand-fashioned, Chinese Porcelain and China- ware, executed by master-craftsmen in Kwangtung Factory.
OFF
TAD
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Work has just begun on trans- forming the Eiffel Tower into the main night attraction of the exhi- bition. Great Hares, fireworks and searchlights will be projected from the tower, and the whole! river will be illuminated to forra a "symphony of light, sound. water and sky.”
Aeroplanes will spread smoke screens which will be illuminated by the searchlights and fares, producing fantastic shapes and colours. The music will be syn- chronised with the lighting effects from the Eiffel Tower. France's most noted composers are colla- the musical pro- borating in
grazimes.
.
Radio Palace The illumination displays will include the "Arabian Nights," the "National
Her This picture Ulustrates the democratic qualities of the Queen Elizabeth, Instead of the usual formal how she shakes hands with the official as he greets her at a recent function. Majesty's two daughters, Princesses Margaret Rose and Elizabeth are shown behind her, as they got out of the car.
PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOUR
Interesting Facts Of
New Film
Interesting details of the new
Festival and the Agfa Colour film are contained in
"Apotheosis of the Seine."
an article in""Der Agia Photo-
Several Paris streets have been haendler."
cut off from the rest of the city
to be included in the exhibition
It points out that the Berlin
grounds, which stretch for two chemist, Dr. Rudolf Fischer has
worked for many years
-on the miles on either side of the Seine." The other day the foundation-problem of photography in natural The difficulties encourt- stones of the "Radio Palace" and colour.
of the great Soviet exhibition were ered in the older methods are set out when for instance to obtaîn laid.
the white the colours red, green and The Soviet building and German building are to be of the blue had to be obtained first, to same dimensions and will be opgive the white impression, which posite one another, in the Troca-colour however, compared to the dero Gardens. If the present white of the paper, appeared dark-! plans are carried out they will beer, and less white than the two biggest buildings of the original object. foreign section, in which some 50 nations will be represented.
- British Restaurant
The British pavilion is to cover!
on the
In the new film, the process has been changed, and mary advant- Thus, been found. ages bare
an amateur camera will in the near future be
an area of some 2,000 square yards every amateur, with
on the left bank of the Seine, in able to take natural colour photos. the shadow of the Eiffel TowerIt will no longer be necessary to It will be a building of two) storeys, the main floor being on a zes level with the Quai d'Orsay and the lower floor on the water-level embankment.
The Duke of Windsor, ATTİV- ing in Vienna a route to Tyro- lean castle of Beren Eugene de Rothschild
use special filters or special len- be The film obtained can projected with an ordinary projec- tion camera, the amateur avoiding the expenses of a new outôi.
Jess TROOPS IN INDIA The exhibits will be chosen to
Although the new film is represent most branches of Bri-sensitive than the highly sensitive
LOOT SHOPS tish life, including sport, archi-black-white film, it is high enough tecture, furniture, commerce and for ordinary use. Experiments
There will also
be a
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WOMEN'S GUILD Kowloon Union Church Members Meet
THEY DON'T CALL HIM “TUBBY” NOW
Lost His Fat by Taking
Kruschen
"I have been rather adverse to
any advertised medicine," writes a (correspondent, "but a friend of mine |whom I had not seen for two years
visited me seven weeks ago, and I must tell you I was fairly amazed to Dee him
When I last saw him be vas 15 at 8 lbs. I thought he had | bear ill, but he tells me that he never felt better in his life. I asked him how he lost his fat; because we used to call him “Tubby,” He said, “By taking Kruschen Salts regularly every morning I could hardly credit it, But knowing him well, I can believe him."F. E.
Overweight arises frequently be cause the system is loaded with an- expelled waste, like a fornace choked with xxher and sout, Allowed torac- cumulate, this waste matter is turned into layer after layer of unhealthy and uncomfortable fat,
The six salts in Kruschen assist the [internal organs to throw off each day the wastage and poisons that encum- ber the system. Then, little by little, that_wly fat goes-slowly, yes-but surely.
EXPANSION BY JAPAN
Mission To Dispel Suspicion
Important changes in Japan- ese policy in the South Seas a term that is used in Japan to
to
describe an area which includes British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies-may follow the visit of a high offi- At the annual general meeting cial of the Gaimusho, the of the Women's Club of the Kow Japanese Foreign Office, loon Union Church, yesterday Singapore. morning, a lengthy discussion was Mr. Tanichiro Yoshida, the held by the members as to whether Chief of the Third Section of Asiatic European and or not they should combine with the the other Church interests to en- Bureau of the Foreign Office, large their annual sale of work left Tokyo on December 21 and, into a Garden Fete to be held in after visiting Shanghai and reached French Indo-China, the ECC. grounds.
The date of the sale was chosen Malaya by air from Hong Kong for November 6 and it was decid-in the first week in January. ed to make further enquiries from
Allaying Suspicion the Church Committee regarding Mr. Yoshida's task, accord- the probability of holding a Garing to the "Jiji Shimpo,” a den Fete.
leading Tokyo newspaper, will In opening the meeting, Mrs. be "to inspect conditions and Frank Short Secretary, read the collect material which will be minutes of the last meeting. These used by the Japanese Govern- were confirmed by the members ment to dispel foreign sus- present
picion concerning Japan's so- For work done in the past year, called southward expansion Mrs. J. D. MacLean, President, policy." thanked Mrs. Short, Secretary: Following closely upon the Mrs. Scott, Treasurer; Mrs. Theels of the public announce- Fergusson, Convener of the En-ment of the German-Japanese tertainment Committee; Mrs. Mar Anti-Comintern Pact came ru- sin. Church Bowers; and Mrs. Bmours of a secret agreement Wylie, Vice-President
between the two Powers divid- New Office Holders
ing the Dutch colonial empire On the proposal of Mrs. A. Winto "spheres of influence" and, Ingram, Mrs. Mactan was again although these reports have re-elected as President. This been denied in Berlin and tion was seconded by Mrs. A. B. Tokyo, it is recognised in the Addison.
Japanese capital, where inter- It was proposed by Mrs T. Fer-est has once again swung to- gusson that Mrs. B. Wylie again wards "Nippon's southward act as Vice-President.
mission," that a certain amount Mrs. F. Short and Mrs. E. Hof misunderstanding and even industry.
coloured Panic was caused in Banga-1 even have shown that
Christmas Eve and Scott were re-elected as Secretary suspicion does exist. restaurant, in which British dishes light advertisements at night can lore
Mr. Yoshida's Task will be served.'
Mr. Fergusson, Mrs. Wylie and
A desire to obtain first-hand Just as the Eifel Tower and the be taken with a sufficiently open again on Christmas Day by 800 and Treasurer respectively.
lense by snapshot. The new film men of the 1st Bn., Wiltshire Grand Palais have been left as will be cheap enough in operation Regt., who, in batches of 30 Mrs. Spittles were appointed as information of the conditions entry into the Visiting Committee, whilst under which Japanese com- permanent legacies by previous to permit every photo-enthusiast and 40. forced an
Funnell's Hotel, South Mra MacLean took over office as munities live in Malaya and the
in Paris exhibitions, the new Troca- to use it.
It was Netherlands East Indies and Parade, and created a serious Custodian of the Linen. dero Palace will remain after the
the Bombay decided that Mrs. Martin would anxiety to study prevailing The Troca- The question, whether, in the disturbance, says present exhibition." dero has been completely trans-end, coloured copies also can be correspondent of the "Daily continue to cater for the Charch economic conditions, as well as to inspect general consular formed so as to be unrecognisable.jobtained, has received the atten- Telegraph.**
Mrx. Fergusson was appointed business, were ascribed by Mr. The value of the permanenttion of experts. They are of the
It is alleged that the troops Convener of the Entertainment Yoshida as the principal rea buildings and improvements which opinion that there is no reason to will be left by the exhibition is doubt this possibility, the question on Christmas Eve assaulted a Committee. The four other mem-sons for his trip in the course being however, with what results customer and damaged furai-bers on this Committee are Hrs of an interview with a special B. Morrison, Mr. W. C Excell, representative of the "Straits The management telephoned Mr. M. Putter and Mrs A Times." tair loss of enlour Thus it will for military assistance, but B. Addison also be with the copying of the col-small force which arrived fail- our film on colour-sensitive papered to restore order. The civil night.
estimated at about £2,000,000.
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE FELT IN TAIYUAN
one will be satisfied. The copying)ture. process of any film entails a cer-
flowers.
MUTINY
Taiyuan, January 14. It is learned that the local office police then arrived and charged On Christmas night there TWO EXECUTED FOR
further disturbances. While the whole city was still of the Agta, represented in the the soldiers with batons The were
meanwhile had caused Shops and restaurants were asleep, a slight earthquake was "Deutsche Farbenhandels Gesells-men recorded, bere shortly after 5 chaft", will shortly open a dark damage to neighbouring build-forcibly entered and looted by the troops, who took beer, o'clock this moming. The tremor room service, where amateur cine îngs.
Order was restored late at wines and spirits lasted only a few seconds. Ima films will be developed. “
Bringing Up Father
EY ARE TWO
WELL JUST FOL
·MAYOR-
THEY
THEM AN FIND. WHERE THEY ARE HOLONA MESTI -
RISHT
OELE
WE MUSTNT
SIVE UP
By George McManus
Sequel To Incident
On P. M. R.
Two former members of the East Hopei Peace Preservation Corps, who mutinied in & Peiping- Muiden train on November 20, have been executed by a fring squad Five others simultaneous- ly began serving ten-year terms of imprisonment imposed by s court mazeni
The mating led to the suicide of Major Faruta, commander of the Japanese forces in Shanhaikwan, who committed “hara-kiri” with his military sword holding him- self responsible for the distur- bance.
Chao Kuo-han, alleged to be the principal instigator of the mitiny, is being held by the Chinese Zen- darmerie in Peiping for investiga-
tion.