Page
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 1923-
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD..
8,"Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
Beg to Notify Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from them at the following Reduced Rates
No. 1 HAMPER-$35.
1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imp.
Champagne...
1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port. 2.Qt. St. Julien Claret.
IQt. Blackberry Brandy,
I PL. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
2 Qts. King Gto. IV or Perfection
1.Qt. Guillemart Champagne.
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
Whisky.
1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry R.8.
1 QE D.CL. Old Tom or Dry Gin, 1 Qt. Burgoyne's Australian Burgandy. 1 phial Pomeranzan Bittor
No. 3 HAMPER-$25.
1Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy."
1 Pt. G. F. Pippermint.
1 Pt. D.O.M.
No. 2 HAMPER-$30..
Pt. D.O.M.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
3. Qts. King Geo, IV or Perfection
Whisky
2 Qts Tawny Dry Port.
1 Qt. Engrand',
2 Qt. St. Julien Claret
1 Q. AmondHION SIG
andy
w.s.
1 Qt. D.C.L. Old Tom or Dry Gin.
2 Ots. Madoc Claret,
1 Qt. Vino do Panto Sherry."
1 phial Pomeranzan Bitters.
2.Qts. Sup. R.O. Port.
2Qta. King Geo, IV or Perfection
Whicky.
1 QLD.O.L Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 phial Pomoranzan Bitters."
Hampers of all Description's made up to suit Customers' Requirements.
Tel. No. C. 135.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
Fish Now On Sale.
FILLETS.
HADDOCKS.
KIPPERS.
CANADIAN SILVER SALMON.
CHICKEN HALIBUT.
AT ALL SEASONS SPRAY
SPRING
HOHOH
SUMMER
LOTOL
AUTUMN
L
TER
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
LIGHTING
We shall be pleased to submit designs for any Special Work.
ARCHITECT'S DESIGNS CARRIED OUT IN DETAIL.
FITTINGS FOR EVERY PURPOSE IN STOCK
ELECTRICAL DEPT.
HONGKONG HOTEL The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
DRUGS
PRESCRIPTIONS
When the Doctor prescribes his expects the Druggist to fill the prescription with Pare Draga The quality of ur Drugs Hedicinor and Toilet Goods is not surpassed Have the Doctor's Prescription filled acre and the result will he satisfactore
THE PHARMACY.
THE RED BUILDING (OFFORITE Low Howen St.)
tors
AHEAD OF THE MAIL
[FROM INDIAS PAPERS.)
· LORD MORLEY'S WILL
LONDON, November 2012. Lord, Morley's, will directs the recu to refuse to allow access to his papers by anyone desiring to write his biography which he regarded as wholly superfluous and the same embargo should apply to persons writing biographies of We friends Lord Morlay bequeaths 5,000 volumes to Manchester University, A WINTRY WEATHER IN ENGLAND,
LONDON, November with. Saturday was the coldest day of the year in some parts of England, and there were four inches of snow in East Scot land, where many roads wero ice-bound, There was skating in Cheshire, and a thick fog in London and many parts of the country Navigation, was much impeded, while all air services from Croydou were suspended yesterday,
DEATH OF HUNGER-STRIKER:
ANNUAL GIMORAUK OLUB DINNER
LONDON, November 30th, The General Election robbed the annual dinner at the Gimcrack Club yesterday evening of the presence of many people prominent on the turf.
Mr. J. Melrose, the nonagenarlan Chairman of the York Race Committee, presided for the fiftieth time and express ed his gratification that His Majesty had been winning more races lately. He hoped that his success would continue.
Mr. H. Stobart, proposing the winner of the Gimcrack Stakes, regretted the absence of Lord Derby owing to his Lanenbire engagements, and said that he felt sure that, while the Conservatives were in power. they need have no fear of the future of racing.
AMENDING PENSIONS ACT,.-
LONDON, November 30th. It is officially announced that if the Government is returned they will carry out their promise to introduces a Bill at the earliest possible moment amending the Pensions Act of 1920, and, if the Bill is passed next session, as anticipated, will arrange that pensioners are not darnified by the deny caused by the Election.. LORD BIRKENHEAD'S DEFENCE"
*LONDON, November 8th." Remarkable: esneg took place" at Cork' when the body of Denis Barry, who died through hunger striking as the Newbridge interment camp, was brought there t was 'arranged that the body should fie in the Catholic Church overnight, but, the Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Chalan, provonneed an interdict against any re- ligious exercises on the ground that Reseating as a recommendation of war. publicanism in Ireland was a wicked and insidious attack on the Church, whose Jaw deprived of Christian burial anyone taking his own life.
LONDON, November 30th.
Lord Birkenhead, in a speech at Liver- pool, intimated that he is republishing his Glasgow Rectorial Address, which the Socialist Party at Liverpool were repre
The remains were consequently, not allowed to enter the Church, and were taken to the rooms of the Sinn Fein executive.
TRUTH ABOUT THE DARDANELLES.
That, he said. was a false impression of the address, derived from the criticism of his address in a sermon by the Right Rer, M. B. Farse, Bishop of St. Alban's, whom Lord Birkenhead described as an extremely foolish Bishop," who was a contemporary of his at Oxford and was mado
Follow of his College for muscular rather than mental qualities...
ORGANISED ROWDYISH AT
COLCHESTER
con-
LONDON, November 29th, Mr. Churchill, against, whom a dead set
LONDON, November 30th.. is being made by hecklers in connection
Organised disturbances created with his share of responsibility in the tinually at Sir Laming, Worthington- Dardanelles campaiga, has received a
Evans' meetings at Colchester culminated telegram from Sir Ian Hamilton pointing) out that neither Mr. Churchill nor his yesterday evening in the breaking up of hecklers seem to be aware of the trium gathering at which Sir Laming and other speakers were repeatedly interrupt phant vindication of the whole Dared danelles expelision at a meeting of senior A blind ex-soldier Staff Sergeant ap- Army and Navy Officers at the Services pealed for a hearing.. but unsuccessfully. Institution. when Sir George Milne, He declared "I lost my sight for you and formerly Commander-in-Chief of the
All broad-minded people your friends. Salonien expedition. presided at a lecture in the audience will tell the town of your given by Colonel Farmer, who participated behaviour and all the more will the people in the landing operations, the speakers of Colchester vote for Sir Laming." including Sir Granville Egerton and Sir meeting terminated in an uproar. Stewart Hare.
WIRELESS CABLE.
Lospos, November 9th. A shareholder of the Western Telegraph
•Company, at the gezeral meeting, suggest ed that a little propaganda. would show the futility of wireless compared with cable,"
The Chairman. Sit Denison Pender, did net want it. He sud cable companies opposed wireless, but sooner or later the two would have to come together in the interests of the companies and the public. LORD BIRKENHEAD HITS HARD.
LONDON. November 29th, Lord Birkenhead "was subjected to a lot of criticism on account of the views expressed in his Rectorial address at Glasgow.
Speaking at Ashton-under-Lyne, he declared that he had stated nothing in that address which be had the slightest. intention of qualifying or altering. Ho bad said nothing which was not a rea soned and philosophic truth. He assert ed amid laughter, "that the heckler pre- sent on that occasion had either not read the whole address or was intellectually incapable of understanding it; probably both.
Flashes-
of the Past
That
Just What Good Pictures are; They bring the Past back to Life
Take Pictures To-day; To morrow; and Everyday,
TACK & Co.,
26, DES VOCI ROAD,
CESTRAL
HE
Will appreciate
XMAS PRESENT
From
He recalled that it was only ten years since a Trade Union Conference had pass ed a resolution in favour of Protection, and only a few weeks since labour leader at Nottingham had asked the Beard of Trule to impose a duty on the importation of foreign lace, Lard Bir- konhead said that if we attempted to cont HONGKONG CICAR STORE, LTD. pete with Germany's weekly, wages t skilled people we should not have one million but five million unemployed.
THOMAS HARDY'S NEW DRAMA. LONDON, November 20th.
A new drama in binak verso, "The Famous Tragedy of Queen Cornwall." by Thomas Hardy, was specesfully produced at Dorchester by the Dorset Mummers, the actors including a grocer, a doctor, El clerk, a saddler and a brewer.
When in doubt" äbent rour eye
or your ginusus Consult
CHINESE OPTICAL CO.
Eps-sight Specialists.
DONATION TO BRITISH LEGION 67, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
Lovnax, November 20th:
Earl Derby, Vice-President of-the British Legion, in accordance with his practice in the past three years, has given a douation to the Legion of five per cent of bis TOSK Tacing winnings, amounting
to £2,000, for the benefit of ex-Service men from Lancashire.
;
AN IMPUDENT FRAUD:
LANDON, November 29th, Perth (West": Australia). Upon the Government analyst reporting that a sample of oil from a bore on the edge of Lake Eva near the Southern "Cross, consisted of vaseline, soap and lubricating: oil, an Inspector of Mines and detective visited the bore and reported finding, under the bunk of the supposed discover- rr, a large hole in which was a hundred gallon tank containing 80 gallons of oil. from which the pipes led 40 feet futo the hare
The man fed after the first analysis,
Hongkong.
FRIMO BEER
and warrants have been issued to arrest OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE
bim and his companiona ENGA
It is reported that the alleged discover
or was a German who was unable to rH BUTTONJEE & SON.
turn to Australis after the war and sent
him the plans.
MADAME MINT
GREAT
REMOVAL
SALE
DRASTIC REDUCTIONS
Europe-Hoia
Trading C
OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING
From January 1st.
AGENTS FOR
A. Michelin & Co. Tyres
Hardware.
Steel Works. Electric Fittings.
Camion Freres of Vivier-au-Court in France. Forges de Marchienne-au-Pont of Belgium. E. C. Grammont and Company of Paris, Vachon Bavoux and Company of Lyon. Perfumes and Soaps. Giroud fils of Grasse and Paris. Perfumes and Soaps. Brocard and Company of Moscow in Russia
and of Paris.
Vre. Godef of Paris.
Perfumes and Soaps.
Perfumes and Soaps.
Paul Tranoy of Tourcoing in France. Soaps.
Societe Metallurgique de Tournus in France. Aluminiura Ware. Láqueurs de I' Abbe Francois of Voiron in France.
A la Marquise de Sevigne (Rouzaud) Boyat of France.
Chocolates & Sweets.
A DE-LUXE PUBLICATION.
"THE PAGEANT OF PEKING."
Being A Volume consisting of 66 Artistic Photogravi 10) in-depicting the Historic City from Photographs by
DONALD MENNTE.
With Descriptive Notes of the Illustrations
SAMUEL COULING
The book is bound in Bill of a rich Imperial Blue-Epcia Bhanghai with the Name PEKING Ixterwoven in Seal Characteris
Size 71 ins, by
AN EXCLUSIVE GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS.
$40.00 PER COPY.
Heren in
KELLY & WALSH, LTD.,
PUBLISHERS,
OHATER BOAD.