THE
XMAS AND NEW YEAR HAMPERS.
We beg to Notily Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Reduced Rates ———
No. 1 HAMPER-$36.
1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial ...
1 Pt. Blackberry Brandy.
1 P.-D.O.M.
Champagne.
1 Qt. Martell'. XXX Brandy.
Qts. King Geo. IV. or Parfection
Whisky.
No. 2 HAMPER-$30.
"1 Qt. Guillemart Champagne.
1 Pt. D.0.51.
1 Q Burgoyne's Burgundy,
1 Qt. Martell's XXX Brandy.
2 Qts. King Ged. IV. or Perfection:
2 Qte. Taway Dry Port
2 Qts. St. Julien Claret.
Whisky.
1 Qt. D.C.L. Old Tom or Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Vino de Pasto Sherry.
1 phial Pomeranzin Bitters.
1 Qt. Superb Tawny Port.
2 qts. St. Julien Claret.
1.Qt. Old Brown Sherry R.S
1 Qt. D.C.L. Uld Tom är Dry Gin.
1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.
I phial Pomerinzän. Bitters.
No. 3 HAMPER-526.
1 Qt.. Burgoyna's Burgundy."
1 PL G. F. Peppermint.
f' Pt. D.O.M..
2 Qts. Sup. RO. Furt.
"Qus. King Geo/ IV. or Perfection
1 Qt. Engrad's XXX Brandy.
1 Qt. Amontillado Sherry W.S.
Whisky.
1 Qt. D.C.L Old Tom or Dry Gin..
2 Qts. Medoc Claret.
1 phial Pomeranzan Bitter".
GANDE, PRICE & CÓ,, LTD
TEL CESTA L. No. 135.
HONGKONG.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, "· DECEMBER 17TH, 1925
Go through your clothes chests NOW; you, will undoubt edly find apparel that's too old to wear." But after it passes through our Dry-cleaning"
Re-newing
and
process you'll be as proud to wear the
"old" things as any clothes you may buy to-day.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO.
THE LARGEST CLEANING AND DYEING WORKS IN THE FAR EAST.
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The Original Mackay
were
40 YEARS AGO
The Firm of Mackay
the first
ALAT LIQUEUR
DEAT
to
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introduce WHISKY Ita success has led to the existence of many inferior Brands offered nader similar MACKAY'S THE ORIGINAL LIQUEUR WHISKY combines in rare age and choire Bouquet the perfection of Highland Whisky. A Haithful Tonic-it satisfies and leares no craving. Used in the leading clubs through oat the work. Casts no more than ordinary whisky, Obtainable from all the leading Stores in the Colony. WHOLESALE AGENTS-BRADLEY & Co, Ltd.
The touic food for all the family is
TRADE
KEPLER
MARK
Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract
To busy adults it gives health, increased strength and vitality. To children it supplies the body-building elements necessary to bring them to healthy maturity.
bottles of two size
KEPLER COUVER |MALT E
Reduced fuzsimila
"HAZELINE SNOW".
(Trade Marks
Preserves and brightens the complexion.
Ja gimas pole
As all Chemists and Store
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THE FLORIDA. '"' BOOM.” FORTUNES MADE IN REAL ESTATE.
18 MONTHS OF MIGRATION.
After 18 months the spectacular migra tion of men and money to Southern Florida from all over the United States is still unchecked. Contrary to universal prediction, the great land boom"to give it its ordinary, but misleading, name-so far from collapsing long ago. It has has grown bigger and bigger. reached the proportions, one many say, of an historical event. As "boquis go.. it has been exceptionally long-lived; the more strangely because this particular adventure has larked none of the extra- vagance of incident and advertisement common to booms" in general. Men have made thousands of dollars Florida by the mere flourish of a pen. and land that they have never sen has brought them millions.
in
Without the foundations-which are more than ordinarily substantial--the life would have been of the Florida "boom measured by weeks instead of years; long before now it would have vanished leav- ing nothing behind but a myriad of ruïned investors. Even as it is, the "boom
must be rapidly approaching its end. When a foot of frontage in Miami brings more than a foot of frontage on Broad- way no observant man needs a printed warning to tell him that the climax is, But to suppose that the whole Florida movement will therefore fade into oblivion, and that nothing will be salvel from it of real gain to the State and the nation, is seriously to under-estimate its essential worth.
near.
A
DEVELOPMENT OF FLORIDA... Florida has been discovered three times, once by Ponce de Leon in his search for the fountain of perpetual youth the second time in 1883-1, when, according to a history hand book," after long neglect, this beautiful and fertile wilderness was warmly taken
9. by British and American capitalists" and again just after the war, when a few far- sighted Americans, convinced that time was at least ripe, boldly backed their imagination with their dollars, and at one stroke planted whole cities on tenantless beaches and great farms in a wilderness."
They were not in combination, bat went their separate ways. Some on the cast coast, soine on the west, others again in the swimpy interior, built brid- gus and highways; dug channels in bar bours, and made islands of the dredged. up sand; erected dwellings and business blocks, theatres, ensinos,cdliseums," country clubs, swimming pavilions and... in tropical Florida-even great sky. scrapers. They imported shiploads of! tiles from Spain to Et out their **new Riviera.* and on the river islands Sel "UID. Rhine rastles-with
all the latest improvements in, plumbing. They constructed causeways 1501, Ago and 15 miles long from outlying-benches to the mainland. They drained a part of the 'Everglades for the "growing of sugar and cotton. And spending pro- digally and daring everything they did at least what they had set out to do they kindled the imagination of the Ame rican people.
Florida was by no means unworthy of the interest they awakened in it. With the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other, it enjoys an equable climate, and extremes of beat and cold are almost unknown. Its liberal laws act as an incentive to industry. The Constitution of Florida forbids the im- position by the Legislature of income or inheritance taxes, a circumstance which has induced a large number of capitalista to establish legal residence there, But the boom, which at first was welcomed
“ያ
by many Floridans, is now deplored, by them.
GROWTH OF TOWSSunA ( The centre of excitement is Miami, 20 years ago a town of less than 10,000 people, but now, with a population of 150,000, and looking forward to one of a million in a few years Stretching from Minmin three directions are miles of re- sidential districts. To the aorth and the south are 10 or 12 very large land deve- lopment schemes in progress and in numerable smaller ones. On one of them alone it is intended to spend £90,000,000 in the next 10 years. There has already been spent there," £6,000,000 for hardsur- face streets, sidewalks, sewers, water, gas, and electrical installation, drainage of new lands and the building of a big hotel, club houses, swimming pools and about 1000 dwelling houses, Another development scheme, to the north of Miami, has a programme for the diture of £10,000,000 in the eα- next five
years.
"There is a town near Miami which is bas four years old, yet it has 100 miles of wide paved streets and boulevards; 1,000 houses, in barmonizing types of architec turc. built, and as many more building; | | six hotels, of which one, not yet com pleted but to be finished in January, is to cost £2,000,000; two golf-courses finished, two more in preparation; and' two country clubs already in use, There. are to be built there a university, &f a cost of £3,000,000; a Masonic temple, to cost £100,000; a high school, to cost £200,000; and a military academy, a stadium, a theatre, a Roman Catholic women's college and a conservatory of music. Thirty million dollars has already been spent on this town, and improve ments now in progress call for the penditure of a further like amount,, The property sales In this one entérpriad iala thus far exceeded £10,000,000.
!
Are you
one of those thousands
of anxious mothers who have wept in the silent hours of the night because your baby is sick and wast- ing away? If so, give him Glaxo and see the change for the better in a week or two,
Glaxo is the food that has been used in six Royal Nurseries, where Court Physicians see that Royal Babies"
have the best.
Give your baby Glazo, to build firm flesh and plenty of bone and sound good health.
Ask your Doctor!
Glazos
"Builds Bonnie Babies."
Write for Free Sampin and Descriptive Booklet to
W. R. LOXLEY & Co., SOLE AGENTS.
PLAZA
SHANGHAI
Absolutely Fireproof
A Residence Hotel' of the better class, catering to a discriminating public. Perfect service and every convenience known to the highest-class Hotels. Every room is a cool outside room; gith private bath and modern plumbing.
TARIFF;
AMERICAN PLAN
Single Mex. $7.00 to $30.00 Double $12:00 to $18.00-
Monthly Rates from $150.00 up
Excellent Grill and Ball Room" in connection with the Hotel
Personally managed by
JACQUES KLASI. TELEGRAMS "PLAZA” SHANGHAI PLAZA Porters meet
Steamers and Trains.
TROUBLED WITH ECZEMA YEARS
Over Both Hands. Burned Terribly. Cuticura Heals.
** I was troubled with eczema for years. It spread over bath my hands, and was worse during the cold weather. It was of a wet pa- inse, with a terrible irritation, and when I put my hands in warm water iz burned terribly.
-" I was treated and tried every- thing I could think of without any benefit. I read an advertisement for Cuticure Soap and Ointment, and sent for a fren sample. After the first treatment I noted an improve] ment so purchased more, which completely healed me." (Signed), H.Worby, 18, Brgomsleigh St., Mill Lane, London, Ñ. W. 6, Eng. Use Cutlers Sarp, Ointment and Talcum for daily toilet purposes. Soap and Clntinent sold. thendshour the
107 4 100 296, 27, HARDY BEK, LOBAAL 5.
21 AMO for mit ordove with partne
1988. Try the Cattedra Shaving Stick.
With the great inrush of new residents
Housing long ago became a serious and, tourists to Florida, and with the problem, so serious that many of the real extraordinary building activity, part estate and construction companies have cularly on the cast coast, it was inevit had to erect apartment houses solely for able that transport facilities, designed the occupancy of their own employees. for a much smaller trafo, should become There is a scarcity of labour of all kind, seriously congested. The railway yards a scarcity of furniture and household sup na far north as Washington are filled with plies, a scarcity in some places of food Florida-bound goods trucks, for which and ice. Of only three things can it be there is no way of moving south.
(Continued at foot of next Column.)
said there is no abundance building lots, money, and enthusiasm.-Times.
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Best Portland Cement.
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GENERAL MANAGERS,
HONGKONG.
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Advances made on Landed Property, Goods, etc
Trustees of Estates, Executors of Wills, etc.
Warehousing of Goods of all Description.
For Terms and Particulars
Apply at the Head-Office-
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Telephone: C. 781.
Telegraphic Address: "RELYAT.'
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Single packages and small consignments received
and delivered by Motor Lighter.
Motor Boat and Launches available for Conveying Passengers and Baggage to and from Steam- ers in Harbour.
Stevedorage and Lighterage Work undertaken. Tugs and Lighters available at all hours,
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Head Office-Central 781.
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It is to your advantage to make a habit of taking Bovril. It will give you that extra vigour and endurance which just makes the difference at. the "critical moment of a tiring game. Bovril drinkers are faster players.
BOVRIL
Prevents that
Sinking feeling
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