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Every Fixture in your Home, can be
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EVERY home there are dozens of articles-shelves, cupboards, cont hooks, etc., all of which must be fixed securely and neatly. There is only one method of ensuring real and permanent satisfaction- and that le the Hawlplug method – successful on walls of any material froin plaster to concrete.
The Rawlplug Outfit contains everything necessary to enable anyone, without previous experience, to do these jobs himself.
(1) Invisible when in
*position. (2) Anyone can use them.
|(8) No damage to Walls. (4) There is a Rawlplug. for every screw.
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Obtainable from all stores, or the Sole Agents The General Electric Co. of China, Ltd.
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DIAMOND
RIB
METAL LATH
IS
especially Adapted to Maximum Spacing of Joista and Studding; its Reinforcing Ribs giving Maximum Rígidity between supports. This construction is more economical than the use of a less Rigid Lath at a lower cost.
Loss of Concrete by dripping through the Lath is another waste. Due to the small isze of the Diamond Mesh, this will be minimized where Diamond Rib Lath is used, and a perfect key is formed withou, waste of plaster.
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HONGKONG EXCAVATION, PILE DRIVING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
2nd Floor, Powell's Building,
Tel, C. 3749.
P. T. FARRELL Consulting Engineer
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Manufacturers' Representative.
Agent for Bolinder's Crude Oil Engines
Marine, Stationary and Ligh ing,
King's Building, Top Floor.
Tolophone C. 2566. Telographic Address "FARSEEING,
THEOSOPHY
“KARMA—OR WHY "ARE WE JUST HERE"
will be the subject of this week's public lecture of the Hongkong Lodge The Theosophical Society, on Thursday April 15th. at 6 p.m. Lecturer Mira E. Catoy. The Meeling is open to the public.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
A BOMB SCARE.
STRANGE DISCOVERY AT KOWLOON CITY:
Suspicious Articles Unearthed.
A mysterious discovery was made by a party of Revenue Officers in Kowloon, City date on Monday night when the casual kicking of a brick in # field disclosed two objects, which, at first sight, p peared to be bombs.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1928.
THE NAVY LEAGUE.
"ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING.
Value of Propaganda.
STOLEN STOCKINGS.
PARCEL BOY SENT TO PRISON.
Theft From Powells. The annual general meeting of
Sentence of one month's im- - the Shanghai branch of the Navr League was held last week at the prisonment was passed by Major Shanghai Club. Mr. Sidney Bar- C. Willson at the Central Magia ton, H. B. M. Consul-General, pre- sided.
tracy yesterday on a Chinese, cm-
The chairman stated that he reployed by Messrs. Powell, Ltd., as Fretted that the report for the a parcel boy, for stealing six The Revenue Officers wore concurrent yer showed a decrease in pairs of silk stockingsa. ducting a search and enquiries in the membership. He was, how- The case was in part heard on the district, and their activities ever, pleased to note the genero- led them to a matshed erected in sity which the Shanghai Race Saturday, and at yesterday's hear- a field." When the officers were Club and other organizations ling the manager of the shop said Shanghai had shown toward the about to enter, one of them kicked League. He also commended the stockings were found in s a brick which was lying on the Lighly the report of Mr. E. S. parcel which the boy was carrying. ground just outside the matshed, Wilkinson. Hon. secretary, for and a light revealed two circular the past year. The chairman also objects poorly hidden in the lamented the loss of Mr. John ground.
Prentice. His motion that the report and accounts for the year be adopted, was seconded by Mr. E, T. Byrne.
the
An examination was made, the immediate impression being that the objects were bombs when a Following
chairman's small stick of dynamite, together-peech the following were elected with three dotonators, were unas officers: Mr. Sidney Barton, earthed. "
President, and the Presidents af St. Andrew's, St. George's, St, Da- Ordinary Tins,
vid's and St. Patrick's Societies Several Chinese had gathered were elected as Vice-President round the Officers as they proceed. The following were elected to ed with their work, and the dis-serve on the new Committee: Mr. Sidney Barton, Dean Symons. covery caused a certain amount of Messre.. B. D. F. Beith, T. H. R. excitement and not a little appre-Shaw, P. A. Cox, E. F. Bateman, hension.
H. V. Wilkinson, E. T. Byrne, C
The chairman then called upan' fr. E. S. Wilkinson to relate what he had learned while on leave in England.
A woman who had appear-Trenchard Davis and E. S. Wilkin- ed, claimed to live in the mat sun. shed, and as a precaution, she was taken to the Police Station for examination. Meanwhile, the two circular objects, which proved to Į be tins one a cigarette tin and the other a jam container-were re-
The Value of Propaganda. The Hon. Secretary, after not-
moved from their hiding place, ing that he believed it advisable to
With a view to discovering the exact details of the discovery, an
allow Bone younger member to take over the duties of Hon. Secr
he had visited the headquarters of the League and had several in- teresting talks with officers. They were very much interested in the League in the Far East and were shortly to publish a report, with pictures, on its activities.
S. C. M. Post reporter made in-tary, stated that, while in London, quiries in the Kowloon City district last night, and found that the in- cident may have little significance. In the first place it has not been established difinitely that the objects found are bombs. Most likely subsequent events will prove hat they were not dangerous
missiles.
Analysis to be, Made.
The Hon. Secretary stated that before he left he had a particular- ly interesting talk with one of the officers on the work that could be done outside England, aside fromi It is definitely established, how-the annual subscription and rou- ever, that a quantity of dynamite tine work: The official, who was a and three detonators were found. veteran of the battle of Jutland It was also obvious that these had and one of the very hard workers been buried in the ground for some Wilkinson that propaganda work in the League, had informed Mr. considerable time. In view of re-
was the most needed at the present cent events, however, all precau- time... tions were taken, and the detoua- lors, dynamite and tins were for warded to the Government Analyst forexamination. The arrested was released yesterday
woman
morning.
The most effective work at the present time could be done within the schools in England, the officer stated. There were several re- tired Navy officers who would make it their work to visit schools throughout the country and in- A Possible Explanation.".
terest the youth of the land One theory advanced is that the in the navy and what it buried detonators and dynamito, means to the Empire. This could were concealed in the feld by be done at a small cost and was some fisherman, this method of very effective, as it interested the killing fish being largely resorted boys of the school age. to by fishermen in the villages around Kowloon City.
Far East anyone who was interest- The officer suggested that in the
ed could, by donating from £5 to 57, During the strike period last pay the expenses of one of these year the district, along with others, ectures. He suggested that was combed for undesirable graduates living in the Far East characters, and it may be, that could send in this money and fearing proceedings would follow designate that it be used to fin- the discovery of the things in hisance one lecture at his Alma
Mater. possession, someone decided to hide the explosives.
REVULSION TO MOSCOW.
Zurich, April 18.
A meeting of the executive of the Labour-Socialist International has rejected, by 247 tn 3, u 'pro- posal by the British Independent Labour Party for a joint con- ference with the Moscow Com- munist International, with a view to the formation of a United Inter. national---Reutér.
Following this speech a vote of thanks was voted to Mr. and Mrs" F. Hornbroom for the excellent management of the Union Jack Club, to the stewards of the Shanghai Race Club, and. to th. Hon. Secretary for his excellent work.
Before You Advertise
COUNT THE "TELEGRAPHS
In The Streets
Other evidence showed that the boy was given a parcel contain ing shoes, but when it was opened later by a lady assistant the silk stockings were found inside.
Defendant, who was represent. ed by Mr. J. A. Gordon Lenak, said he wrapped the shoes, up and went into another room. When he re- turned Mrs. Stainfield, the lady as- sistant, told him there were socks inside the parcel. He denied that De stolu any socks.
The Magistrate, in sentencing defendant, said there was no doubt he was guilty.
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