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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONG KONG TELEPHONE
› CO., LTD.
Not the th of June, 1992,
FOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the DIRECTORS of this Company passed a resolation making the Final Call of $9.40 per share upon the members holding shares upon which only $7.60 per share has been paid, and that such Call will be payable to the Bankers of the Company, The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, at their Head Office, No. 1, Queen's Road, Central, Vistoria, Hong Kong, on the 30th -day of September, 1932.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 9th September to the 16th September, 1982, both days in lusive.
By Order of the Board,
w, L. McKENZIE,
Secretary, Hong Kong, 12th August, 1932.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1932.
H.E. REVIEWS POLICE FORCE.
IMPRESSIVE PARADE OF 250 MEN,
OFFICERS AND MEN DECORATED.
A splendid spectacle was witnessed in the compound of Central Polica Station yesterday afternoon when about 250 Police Officers and men, in unars uniforms, and moving in perfect unison, paraded for the Annual Inspection and awarding of medals and prizes by H.E. the O.A.G., Hon. Mr.. W. T. Southorn
At 6 o'clock starp, His Excellency, attended by Mr. J. Barrow, private secretary, arrived, and with the Inspector General of Police (Mr. T. H. King), reviewed the assembled men.
Forty odd officers and men received docorations and certificates of merit from His Excellency, who congratulated each recipient in.
kum.
FINE TRIBUTE BY HE.
In “nddressing ` the 'parade. His Excellency said:-Mr. King, Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and other ranks of the Hong King Polico Force,-I should first like to congratulate you on the excellence of to-day's 'parade which is a trihute to the efficient training in drill of the Police Force as a whole. But drill, though, important, is not everything and the many awards presented to-day illustrate, the varied duties of the Force and the proficiency displayed in the execu-
Police Reserve.
SINCERE'S NEW VENTURE.
A "WOOLWORTHS" FOR HONG KONG.
Hong Kong has progressed. From
are once again to “Open Up now enterprise.
Opening To-morrow. Will it achieve the success it did 2 years ago?
tained.
MOTOR-LORRY RUNS OVER WOMAN.
* GHASTLY, ACCIDENT | motor lorry which was travelling at a moderate spoed along Hennessey AT WANCHAI.
Road swerved suddenly towards the entrance to Marshall Strent to avoid" running down a little boy who ran across the road immediately in front of the on-coming vehicle. In avoid- ing the child, the driver was un- able to steer clear of a group of people arossing Maraball Street. The lorry struck Wu Ah Nge, an and Marshall Street, Wanchai, wasing over her heal. She was killed The corner of Hennessey Road amah, knocking her down and pass the scene of a ghastly accident instantly and was taken to the woman, aged 20 years, was run over completely crushed. yesterday when young Chinese Public Mortuary. Her head was and fatally injured by Watson's lorries, No. 3135.
The driver of the lorry was Chai Taz Choung, residing at 130, Whit- According to eye-witnesses, the old Road, Bay View District.
It remains to be proved whether the public of Hong Kong will ap preciate this type of store auft. a little island of bara rocks it has ciently for larger plans to ly enter grown to a large city and is now
The new bazaar atore will be the most important port of call in the Far East. Hong Kong has poned tomorrow and will be known as "The Sincero 50 cents & cinemas, hotels, department stores 31 Store.". and almost every kind of shop; but] it still lacks one thing-no one hitherto has thought of opening a bazaar, on the lines of Woolworth's, though dollar counters and dollar alez have been a feature of both
$1 and 50 Cents.
European and Chinese shopa. "You can get it at Woolworth's" is a popular phrase in many Epecially would I like to pay places, and no one who is used to tribute to the work of the Police the convenience of this sort of store Reserve, that willing band of volun-is ever quite content with a towi tary helpers who, under the able which has not got one, leadership of Mr. Dudley King, have been of such great assistance to the Government in all times of difficulty. Their work during the actual disture Woolworth's here in Hong turbances last year and their assist. Kong. A store where all kinds of ance in precautionary measures this merchandise will be displayed and year, particularly in the cases of the priced at 50 cents or 81. House Flying and Emergency Squads, are wives, school children, girl guides very fully recognized both by the and scouts, will welcome the new myself.
And now we are to have a minia-
Ition of those duties. I congratulate, Inspector General of Police and bykind of shop. Onc. of the greatest
the winners of the awards and trust they may be spurred to further offorts and that non-winners will emalate their example,
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I also wish to acknowledge the attractions will be the freedom eus indebtedness of the Government to tomers may enjoy. People may the District Watch Force for their wander in and out again without very efficient help in the mainten The past year was not an easy
iance of law and order. Two men being pressed to buy-no need to one, and, apart from the criminalbers of this force have to-day re enquire the price, everything is 30 elements we have always with us, ceived medals for particularly good!
cents or $1 and sold only for cash. we had an unexpected outbreak of work. The work of the force has
Fresh novelties lawlessness in the anti-Japanese disproved specially valuable in the
are introduced turbances of last sunimer. With the Prevention of trafficing in women almost daily and the store always willing hesistance of the Military and children and in the checking of has something new to offer. Forces and of the Police Reserve
Communist activities. and of the District Watch Force, the disturbances were quickly ter minated, though not without much bard work and considerable per- somal danger on the part of these concerned. I gratefully acknow- ledge the good work put in by all ranks during those trying days and would further compliment the In- spector General of Police on the oficiency of the arrangements which have prevented any recrudescence of the trouble.
THE
EVEN A CAT.
**Paray-ent 1 puny-cat! where have ......you been?
1
I've been to london to sen the
Queen."
Most of you know that old nut- very rhyme. But do the cats know,
BRUNSWICK and do they ever ach upon it 1 Even
and
MELOTONE
unt may look at the King, so I suppose they may also look at the Queen if they choose. And if cats are allowed royal curiosity, there what about dogs?
Now there are said to be nearly
RECORDS eight million degs in Britain, and
too many cats to count. So it all the cats and dogs took it into their heads to come i London to see the -Obtainable—|| King and Quedi-well, 1. ask you!
THE
-from-
"BRUNSWICK HOUSE
Arcade, Gloucester Bldg.
י,
"People Who Matter
PEOPLE WHO MATTER, to the advertiser are the people who out afford to buy: bis goods." -- Most - of these people buy- and read the
Hong Kong Daily Press,
A matter of fact, the Royal Family are dovted to dogs. The Prince of Wales. has
a favourite Cairn called Cora, an inseparable companion. Cora is getting an old lady now, and it is said that har kind master har had special steps constructed so that sho may walk sudlately on to her bed..
THE REASON
WHY.
When Europeans first saw. the animal known to us as the. kangaroo it is said that they inquired its name from a native. He answered "Kan- garoo," which meant that ha did not understand their lan- guago,
POUR LES PETITS.
"YESTERDAY'S
TRANSLATION.
Josephine has aquirrel. He is not at all wild. He loves" to `ent. mute.
The idea of opening this type of noticed in distributing the store in Hong Kong must be credit- awards that there were elevened to the Sincere Co., Ltd. At pre- awards for proficiency in life-saving, sent it will only be carried out on of which no less than nine were a very small scale. It is of inter- won by Inding members of the est to note that the site chosen for Force, The importance of prn the new bazaar is that of the feiency in this humanitarian side original Sincere store when it start- of Police work cannot be over,ed over 32 years ago. estimated. Every policeman ought to be proficient in life seeing, and the interest taken in this work muat be very gratifying to the Inspector
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Since the
opening of their present large pre- mises in Des Voeux Road the smaller shop has been utilized as a small branch store and of no great im- portance but now the old premises!
CHILDREN'S
BY
UNCLE JACK
THE TWO BEARS.
One day I met two pleasant bears,
And I was glad to see They wore inclined to be polite
and make a friend of me. My heart seebied heavy on that
day,
And such an awkward pack Of cures and worries seemed a
Inad
They nearly broke my huck. "Oh, let me help you!" Ons Bear
Baid,
"I am a stalwart bear, No foolish worries burden me,
I never notice care." Sa. that One Bear relieved me of
What seemed a trying load. And off he trotted cheerfully
Along the dusty road.
Another day 1 met those bears,
And I was glad to son They decognized their roadside
friend
And grunted merrily. My heart was very sore that day.
For anger's ugly sting Hnd entered deeply into it,
And poisoned everything. Then, said the Other Bear to me: I'd like to see you smile, And hear a gentle word or so As we just chat a while." And so we talked as we two walk
od.
Ere long I could not find A sign of that old, angry heart; Twas miles and miles behind. One day I met those bears again;
I had been travelling far. But, there they were, so up 'I
spoke:
",
་་ Plonso tel me who you are!!! One said, My name is simply
Bear' .I.never had another; This Other Bear. I proudly claim
Asiny beloved brother.".. "And your name, Sir, I'd like
to know,
For you hava served me too. I've never met such helpful bears;
I'm grateful. Sirs, to you.” And then replied the Other Boar, "I'm called 'Forbear by others; And so you as Bear and For bear his sa KANNA Aro marely loving brothers."
JOHN-MARTIN:**
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CORNER
ASK YOUR
FRIENDS.
I say, daddy," began little Tommy, what---?
"Ask your mother," swered the tired father,
Well, but it isn't a silly question I want to ask you.
"All right, what in it " "Well, if the end of the world was to come, and the earth was destroyed while a man was up in a balloon, where would he land when he came down 7. ANN
CONSOLATION!
There was once a little pig Who was not sc very big.
And his lack of weight oppressed
him like a pall:
So he ate and ate and atc. Til he really couldn't get Into anything that fitted him at s]} } } This no longer little pig Who was very, very big. Took his hanky and big tears be-
gan to fall
But his Mother said, "Don't cry, You'll be bacon by-and-by, Aud then your size won't worry
you at all!"
DID YOU KNOW?
Sound is produced by vibra, tiona. If you sound a cor- taju mote near a piano it will bring forth sound of the same key from ons of the piano strings.
Objects-under a strain are sensitive to a certain pitch," In this way & glass Borne times vibrates and falls to pieces at the sound of its own key note.
one
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