HOME LEAVE
If you are going on Home Leave next year register for accommodations now in order to secure the best space. Bookings made on all Steamship Lines tariff rates. Through tickets to Europe via United States and Canada. Complete information given as to Railways, Hotels, sight-seeing, etc., en route..
Baggage and Accident Insurance.
Shipments of all kinds handled to all parts of the World. Carry American Express Travellers Cheques,
For completo information apply THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., Inc. 4A. Des Vax Road, Contral, Tolophone C, 4625.
E. HING & CO.
84PRUILDING MATERIALS. SHIP CHANDLER &
HARDWARE MERCHANTS
PHONE CENTRAL No. 1116.
25, WING WOU ST
Crotzal
JUST ARRIVED.
T. P.
SPECIAL RUBY REFLEX 34 x 44
Fitted with T. P. Cooke F4.5 Lone One ox Dallmoyar Telophoto F5, Lons, 3 double plato holdere, film pack adaptor and leather case.
$300.00
T. P. SPECIAL RUDY REFLEX Fitted with Dalimeyer Pontac F2. 9 Lons, 3 double plate holders, fim pack adapter and leather
CASO..
$325.00
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;
USEFUL and EXCELLENT
XMAS GIFT
CARL ZEISS
JENA
Opora Class with gilt "onde and mother-of-pearl cover- ing,dotachabló collapsible handlo, in boadod bag, fancy loathor case or soft leather pouch,
NEAT, HANDY, LIGHT WEIGHT.
Cbtainable fron
All Loading Stores
or
Carlowitz & Co.,
Sole Agents for China, Bank of Chinu Building, Tolephone C 873,
FOR ATTENTION OF MASTERS OF NORTH-BOUND STEAMERS.
AS during the North-East
Monumon there is always a Gossiblity of North-bound ateam- ars running short OF BUNKER COAL, this is to inform you that TAIT & CO., AMOY, (a --wall- protected port with good anchor- age) have stocks of GOOD JAPANESE BUNKER COAL AT REASONABLE PRICES.
Wireless Inessagos via Hong- kong or Formosa are ra trạng- mitted by the Great Northern Tolegraph Co. and a wire to TAIT or "COALBUNKER" AMOY, will receive their prompt
THE KWONG KWUI CO. attention,
No. 60, Queen's Road Central.
Telophone 2170.
Bentley's Comploto-Phrase Code used.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1924.
Crippled FOR
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The only good corn is a lead corn. A few
Grope of "Get-It” will quickly start soy corts
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THE
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HOME-CINEMA
A SPLENDID GIF
PATHE ORIENT;
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CORRESPONDENCE- desired
with persons interested in purchasing or eclling mor- chandino in the U.S.A. The Globe Drug Co., (, T. Edwards) 1799, Mo Allister St. San Francisco, Cal, U.S.A.
'HIM'
Gifts He'd Choose
Himself.
HUNDREDS of colourful,
practical gift selec- tions are here. POWELL'S are happy to announce the largest assortment, the greatest quantity, the most attractive Christmas merchandise their stored has ever shown.
Wm. POWELL, Ltd.
Gentlemen's Tailors and Outfitters.
HONGKONG HOTEL
BUILDINGS.
PEDDER STREET.
FATHER CHRISTMAS
Has just arrived with a new assortment of Christmas Toys.
THEY'RE the very latest and jolliest.
things and come direct from Toyland. All good little boys and girls must see them-and they had better hurry because these new toys are so wonderful that they may all disappear in a little while.
SINCERE'S
ND
SHIPBUILDERS. SHIP REPAIRERS.
BOILER MAKERS.
FORGE MASTERS.
OXY-ACETYLENE AND ELECTRIC WELDERS.
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS.
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF
HONGKONG, LIMITED,
-DRY DOCK- LENGTH 787 FEET. LENGTH ON BLOCKS 760 FEET
DEPTH ON CENTRE OF
SILL (H.W.O.S.T.) 34 FT. 6 INS. -THREE SLIPWAYS-
CAPABLE OF HANDLING SHIPS UP TO 3000 TONS DISPLACEMENT.
ELECTRIC CRANE AT SEA WALL CAPABLE OF LIFTING 100 TONS AT 70 FEET RADIUS.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents HONGKONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
TPL. ADURESS.--" TAIXOQDOCK" MONGKOND,
TELEPHONE NO. 212.
CALL FLAG "C" OVER "ANS, PENNANT."
COLLAPSIBLE SCENERY.
Outfit in a Travelling Trunk.
Berlin-The oxhibition of thontrical technics at prosont boing hold in Berlin displays one intorasting novelty in the way o scesory which should be a boon to travelling companios.
It con- sists of a thin silk-like material which bears the namo of silk-moulotte " and which is capable of taking on any appearance, opaque or trans- parent, rofulgent or shadowy, in any perspootíva desired according to the adjustment of the lighting arrangements. It is cut to any required shape and inflated by [special apparatus, when it takes on the oxact form of the timo- honoured sets painted en or made of the heavier material that overy- body knows. The material can be used not only as substitute for wood, cardboard, and linen baok oloths, but for all kinds of drossos and synthetic jawellery.
To pack the ontiro sconio offects and costumos of a well. mounted play of many nots in one's travelling trunk has doubt- loss boon boyond the wildest | hopes of managers of stock com- panies on tour, and this will be a possibility if silkmoulette doos all that is claimed for it..
COUGHS
and
COLDS
rapidly yield to a few doses of FLETCHER'S COUGH LINCTUS the healing qualities of which sooth the inflamed und irritating conditions of the THROAT LUNGS and BRONCHIAL TUBES in such a way that the COUGH is quickly stopped Prepared only by
THE PHARMACY. FLETCHER CO., LTD.
26, Queen's Road. Central. Asiatic Bldg.
Telophone C. 345.
For Christmas Gifts
SMOKER'S NOVELTIES'
OF ALL KINDS
We offer the best selection to be seen in Hongkong of Novelties just received from London.
TABAQUERIA FILIPINA 38, Queens Road Contral,
Tel, C. 3559.