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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
ANDERSON'S We have this day removed
from No. 37, Queen's Road, Central, to the 3rd. floor, Bank of Canton Building, No. 6, Deg Vaux Road, Contral.
LEE & RUSS. Solicitors.
MING YUEN Hongkong, May 3let. 1924.
STUDIO.
You. will realize the fact that WE ARE
SPECIALISTS 46 taking
CHILDREN'S PHOTOS when
you look at the "Telegraph's “ Picture Page (Saturday the 31st. May) containing photographs taken by us of some Hongkong", entrants for the British Empire Baby Competition.
PEAK RESIDENT'S ASSOCIATION.
THE SECOND
ANNUAL MEETING of the above Association will be held at the Poak Club on WEDNESDAY, 11th June, 1924, at 6.15 p.in, at which a full attendance of all members and those interested is particularly requested.
Now residents in the Peak area who have not as yut joined the_Association but wish to do so are requested to apply to the undersigned caro of Mosers Jurdine Matheson & Co., Ltd.
E.B.C. HORNELL,
Hon: Secretary.
Mrs. SEKAI
MASSAGE
Tel. No. 4483, 2nd. aor. No. 2, Duddel! Struel, Hungkong,
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| HOLLAND'S COLONIES.
Natural Wealth of
the D.EL.
M. Olivior Plohot contributes two articles to "L'Economisto Franonis," in which ho speaks particularly of agriculturo in the, Dutch East Indies. Ho reminds! us that these islands havu beon | oxceptionally favoured by nature;, the richness of the soil, the tropical tomporature," and dogroo of humidity unknown in Europo, producing a romarkable: fortility. The most important culture is that of sugar-cano, while i# grown altoringlely with Flee The Mugur“ in-1 dustry is the most important
a
the Bast Indies, although only 5 per cent. of the ground, used in the cultivation of rice is lakon up by sugar. Quinino is also an important product, whilst the growing of rubber, which has beon going on for some twenty years, (occupias an important place, and whilet the product of daya 'js usually of Buferior quality, 'und ared for nativo consumption, Home particularly fino qualities, which | domand high prices in Europe and Amorica, åre grown in Sumatra,
Tea is of considerable import-; anoo, and that grown in Java compotos with the bost Coylon growthis. Other vegetable pro- ducts include coffee, cocoa, palm oil, capok, peppor, and othur spices, and different fibres and successfully as these products are being exploited, there is room for devolopment. In almoral re- sources, too. nature has boon | lavish. Oil, tin, gold, and silver are found in good quantition,
whilst in Borney and Coletion,| among the Tenst known of the islands, it in likely that iron: copper. til oil oxíst in important QURD- tities We are rominded thist the
charactor economic
of tho Netherlands Indies interna-| tional, and that Holland follows the open dour policy in the matter! of capitalisation and direction of enterprises. Grout natural wealth Awaits only the necessary capital, to exploit it. We may add that what the authorities should do is lo "make the path easy for the (nooded funds to flow into the admittedly wealthy countries comprised isa #hair colonial! possessions.
BERLIN Z0D.
High Prices For New, Stock.
The fute of the Borlin
| Zoological Gardens formerly among the finest in the world- has long trambled in the balance Ja decade of hardship having wrought tromondous havoc. During the war the cuges bo- camo gradually empty; deathe of many of the larger animale wore-announend ostensibly-in consequence of starvation, but men as woll as beasts were hungry, aml boar's meat, it is sal, makes.very good sausages. De that as it may, the once famous Zoo was nearly ten years a dreary wiklernass" and tho 101100 beautiful grounds wore
finally closed altogether.
With the dawn of 1924 new vitality has sprung up, thanks to praiseworthy management.
with 'the letting
What
of
ja part of the frontage for shops, the establishment of new restaurants and other notuto business arrangements, thero is monoy unough to pay all tho staff, to sol the grounds in ordor, and, what is of primary import- ance, to purchase now livestock. Thus valuablo' additions have, now been made through tho agency of Carl Hogenbeck and other dealore,
A robust pair of young
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boon acquired for 35,000 gold marks, the male of which was christened "Curl" at the equator, hisipate receiving the soubriquot of "Honry Woermann," aftor tho German shipping line. "A pair of splendid black panthors from Sumatra have been added to the collection for 6,500 marks, a pair of black antolopes for 4,000, and two fine olands · for 6,000 marks. Somo twenty monkeys of various kinde now onliven the almost om- pty monkey-house, and great quan- titios of bright-plumed, interest: ing birds do their bit", towards the scheme of restoration. Tho crisis, says Dr. Heck, the director
of the Zoological Gardons, may now be considered over.
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