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Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG,"
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KOWLOON HOTEL
THE PREMIER HOTEL IN KOWLOON,
First Class Billiard Room and Saloon Bar.
Electric Lift and Telephone to each Floor. Fels. K.608 & K.609. Cable address: KOWLOTEL, Hongkong. Under the ersonal Supervision and Management of FRANK L. COOKE
Propoietor.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
JCENTRAL LOCATION
ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EAUM FLOOR,
HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERO
Tel. Central 373.
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THE EUROPE HOTEL.
SINGAPORE.
FOR
'COMFORT-FOOD-MUSIC-DANCING
Terms: A la carte or Inclusive.
The after-dinner danoes are held overy
Thursday and Saturday. Telophones in every room.
Tuesday,
The Europe Orchestra plays aightly during Dinner.
and for Tiffin on Saturdays.
GRILL
Telegrama "Europe Singapore",
Telephone 2740.
ROOM
ARTHUR E. ODELL. Managing Director,
EXCAVATION WORK
WE MOVE THE EARTH "
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THE
HONGKONG EXCAVATION PILE DRIVING
& CO-TRUCTION COMPANY,
TEL, C, 3740.
LIMITED.
2ND FLOOR, POWELL'S BUILDING.
Banks.
Hongkong, $1,1224. Chartered, 201 n. Mercantile A. and B., 29 Mercantile C.. 13.
P. and O., £9 East Asia, $86
11.
11.
Marine Ins.
Canton Ins., $535 h.
China Underwriters, $2,25
North China Tis. 140 s.
Unions, 258 9.
Yangtszo, $35 b
Fire Ins.
China Fires, $160 sa. Hongkong Fire, $600 b.
Shipping.
n.
Douglases, $40 Steamboats. $21. Tugs, $4 S. Indo-Chinas, $38 n Shell Trans., 89/-. b. Star Forrics, $59 b. Waterboats, $16 b. Oriontal Nav., $250 n.
Refineries.
China Sugars, $37. Malabons, 848
Mining.
Bengucts, $2 11.
Kailans, 45
n.
Langkuts, Tls. 28, b.
S'hai Explorations, Tis. 5
Shanghai Loans, Tls. 8 n.
Raubs, $3 b.
Tronohis, 67. b.
Ural Caspians, 8/- n.
Docks, etc.
Kowloon Wharfs, $140 n.
Whampoa Docks, $58 b.. Hengkews, Tis. 170
D.
n.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1925.
WATER POLO FINAL.
V.R.C. WIN IN EXTRA TIME.
LOCAL YACHTING.
THE OPENING CRUISE.
The opening cruise of the Extra time was necessary at the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club is V.R.C. Bath last evening when to take place on Saturday, for
which a
most attractive pro the match deciding the cham-gramme of sailing and rowing pionship of the Water Polo League events has been arranged. There was played. The V.R.C. "A
lifoboats from submarines, this n. team and a team of Kowloon will also be a race for collapsible British School O.B. drew their event being finished by boats be- loague match and both had beatening botched and collapsed. overy other team.
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New Engineerings. Tls. 7 Shanghai Docks, Tls. 113
n.
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Lands, Hotels, etc.
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H. and S. Hotels, $9 S H.K. Lands, 867 n. Realtys, $5. b. call paid Territorials, $6 b. Humphreys, $16 n. Princes Bldgs, $150 n. Rural Lands, $7
Coltons.
Ewos, Tls. 9 b. Orientals, Tls. $3 b. S'hai Cottons, Tis. 34 b.
Miscellaneous.
Canton Jees, $71 n. Cements, $18 N... China Buses, Ts, 10 h. China Lights, $16 n. China Prov., 9.50 Constructions, $4 Dairy Farms, $199
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During the afternoon there will
A very fino game was witness-be an exhibition game of lawn ed, Kowloon having the bettur of bowls for spoons presented by the exchanges generally but Mr. S. T. Williamson. shooting very erratically. The V.R.C. outlasted them and neut, ralised Simpson's goal in the second half through Marcel, and in the extra time ordered scored twico, King registering both points.
The V.R.C. were represented by Laing, Brodie, King, Garrod, Stewart. Razavat and Marcel, while the Kowloon team was as follows:-Angus, Weill, Hyde, Rasmussen, Logan, Simpson and Gerrard.
"I tell you, Mrs. Spriggins, my Eileen's music has cost us
, more than your husband over
earned in his life!"
"Yes. I suppose the neigh- bours sued you for compens- ation!"—Sydney Bulletin, Aus-
trlia.
Der A. Wing, $10 n. Electrics. $56 -8. Macao Electrics. $40 n. Dovolopments. 40 cents, n. Ropes, $40 n.
Tramways, $26. Lane Crawfords, $131. Mackintosh, $211 n. Peak Trame, $15 b. Sinceros, 134 n. Taxis. $5 臼。 United Asbestos, $20 Watsons (Old), 816
Watsons (New), $15 Powells, $14 s.
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Amusements, $10 b.
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At the conclusion of the racing, the prizes will be presented by Mrs. F. W. Carpenter." The at- fondance of members and friends: Ts requested from 3 p.m. onwards.
British unemployed on Septem- ber 28: 1,336,100, an increase of! 24.142 on the previous week and of 136,784 on the same week last year.
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Amoricans are still addicted to politicians who -rate, but wo doubt if the brand of babble emit- ted by the Saklatvala person or the method of its delivery will move them, to aught but mirth. Here are some of the gens of thought he got off during the last "When session of Parliament: we saw whispers of this Bill in the air." "The whole cat jumped I am out of the bag at once." not asking you why-not or why- yes,"
""Parellel examples of simi- lar hopefulness," "We not only have human ears but intelligent minds and little invisible gorms," "This plan is a worse burden upon the taxpayers than it were one thing or another," and "The people of India who have never used more than 500,000 bales of jute have continually been con- tent with 500,000 bales "!
An announcement has been made of the acquisition of four more paintings of the English School by Mr. Henry Huntington, of Los Angeles, the collector who bought Gainsborough's "Blue! Boy." His new acquisitions are Gainsborough's "Charles Fred- erick Abel," from the George Jay Gould collection; Sir Joshua Rey- nokis's
Entertainments.
THE TOAST OF GAY PAREE Dancing Idol-Figure of beauty and charm. Men vied for her favours- for her men fought
That is the part played by
BARBARA LA MARR
in
THE WHITE MOTH
A drama of the French stage, with all its dashing all its glamour excitement. You will be amazed of the wonderful Bal des Artistes with 200 beautiful girle in
carnival of colour.
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UEEN
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PICTURE MATINEES TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ONLY
LENORE Georgiana, Duchess of
Devonshire," from Lord Spencer's collection: Constable's "View on the Stour," from the Horrocks Miller collection; and Romney's "Mrs. Burton," which is a small canvas. The paintings, which were obtained through Mossra! Duveen, are known to have cost Mr.
Huntington considerably more than $1,000,000 £200,0001. Mr. Huntington now possesses five Gainsboroughs and ten Rey-! malases.
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