HOTELS
THE
HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL; BEPULSE BAY HOTEL, PEAK HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG.
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL, FALACE HOTEL; MAJESTIC HOTEL.
Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL"
HOTELS.
LIMITEDA
In association with the Grand Hotel
Des Wagons Lits, Peking.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
Most Modern and Central Hotel in the Colony, all Bed Rooms bewly renovated and installed with Box Spring Beds, Hot and
Cold Water, also Telephone,
All Trams pass in front of Hotel.
Most Moderate Rates in the Colony.
Hotel launch meets all steamers.
Dining Room and Lounge now open to the Public.
(825 for thirty Tiffin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above Hotel).
TEA DANCES
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
Tel. Add. Victoria.
5 to 7 p.m.
Telephone 0.373. J. H. WITCHELL
Manager.
HOTEL SAVOY
The toy is the outstanding Hotel
in Hongkong ad one of appointed in South Chips.
the Anest
HOTEL METROPOLE. HOTEL BOA VISTA.
22, Ics House Street.
Macao.
UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT.
KOWLOON HOTEL
KOWLOON
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL WITH ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES.
High Class Cuisine and Table Appointments. Wonderful view of the Harbour and Peak, and five minutes from the Ferry, Wharves and Station.
Drawing Room, Saloon Bar and Billiard Room,
Very moderate rates
on application to
H. J. WHITE,
Tel. Nos. K608 & K609. Cables, 'KOWLOTEL,'
Hongkong.
PALACE HOTEL.
'Manager.
Tel. Kowloon No. 8
Tel. Address "PALACE” Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely, under English Management. Electric Light and Fans throughout. Erary Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms, Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Tarma moderate. Special terms to families on application to:
Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietress.
EUROPE
After-dinner dancing every
Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
Cables:-
EUROPE"
Singapore.
HOTEL
SINGAPORE.
Grill
THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD.
Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER
LOCAL WEDDING.
GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS LITS.
TO-DAY'S ANNUAL MEETING.
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To-day at noon; in the Board Room of the Honkong Hotel, was hold the annual meeting of tho Grand Hotel Des Wagons-Lits, Ltd., Mr. J. H Taggart, presiding.
In the courad of his speech, the Chairman said:The credit balance on Working Account resulting from the operation 85dur Hotel'in Peking for the year ended 30th June, 1927, is unfortunately less than the balance similarly brought to credit, in respect, of the Working for the year ended 30th Jane 1926, to the extent of approximate- butable to the extremely unsettled condition of affairs which has prevalled in North China during the whole dig the parlod under re view, resulfit as it is în
Ir. Tis. 130.00 This is attri The above group was taken outside St. Margaret's Church,
almost complete cossation of tourtat business in Peking "and a considerable falling off in the patronage previously extended 19 the Establiment by Peking re- aldenta due in the main to many of such residents leaving the city. I regret that the predent time, wa cannot look forward with any de gree of optimism to an immediate improvement in conditions there.
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› Not Unsatisfactory. Taking into consideration all the circumstances, however, the result shown during the Company's past financial year may be regarded as not unsatisfactory, for not only has the Hotel been deprived of its transient guest support, but the Working expenditure in almost all Departments has been unavoidably subject to considerable inercases.
Happy Valley, on Saturday, on the occasion of the wedding of Mr. C. Guimgram and Misa A. Maher. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
A ŠLUR ON THE RAF. OUR DAILY TALK ON
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FILM THAT SHOULD BE BANNED.
LES WALIA; ">, "
PROBABLE ACTION,
HEALTH.
FEEDING OF UNDER- NOURISHED CHILDREN.
VALUE OF MILK.
London, Sept 23. The Air Ministry is considering In a symposium of professional the advisability of making reviews recently offered to the presentations to the British Board Chicago, Medical Society, special- of Film Censors, as a result of Ists in diseases of children gave. which the American film "War consideration to the problems of Hawks" may be banned.
the underweight child.
Within the past decade nutri "War Hawks," a film produced at Hollywood by the Universal tion clinics, malnutrition classes, Pictures Corporation and dis-and school lunch clubs have been tributed in Great Britain by the doing much to bring up the stand- European Motion Picture Comards of weight of underfed chil pany, of which Mr. James V. Brydren throughout the country. The The cost of practically all com- son is managing director, was child who is underfed and who is on malnourished is frequently an easy modities has mounted steadily, par- shown. privately in London
subject to infections diseases and, ticularly coal, the item men- Monday last. tioned by your Chairman at the
In addition, fails to develop pro- perly.
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last annual meeting, the difficulty It is a complete travesty of the in obtaining supplics of which has work in France of the Royal Air
Ay in no way lessened. Fortunately, Foree during the war. we have been able to acquire rea-example of bad taste the story has sonable stocks sufficient to be as never been equalled; it abounds sured of coping with our winter in inaccuracies, and shows the requirements..
British flying officer in an entirely You will note that after provid-unfavourable light. ing for depreciation on 'the same lines, as previously and amounting
Insult to Britain.
Dr. L. W. Sauer has presented a list of rules relative to the feed- ing of the underweight child which should be considered by! every mother. The quantity of food should be governed by the age, digestive capacity and the appetite. of the child. It must consume food to gain weight con sistently. Foods should not be. served ice cold. Milk should form the basis of the diet and many be flavoured with sugar, malted milk, ever made. No bunk this time cocoa or vanilla if the child will No toy soldiers doing impossible not drink it in its natural state. things-no improbable melodrama Food should not be given between or mock heroics."
to Tls. 31.011.71, as shown in de The film was advertised in the tail in the account presented to British film-trade press as "A real you, a nett profit of Tls. 400.19 war picture at last. The first ilm resulted for the year, which, add-story of the British flying forces ed to the balance of Tls. 1,184.87 brought forward from the previous year, provides the Profit and Loss Account with a total credit balance at the 30th June, of Tis. 1,585.00, which balance your Directors re- commend be carried forward to
next account.
iments, since it tends to destroy the appetite for food at meals. In ad- The implication conveyed in dition to control of diet, ample this advertisement is an insult rest, fresh air and sunshine will to Great Britain and to the Bri-stimulate the appetite, aid diges tish war film epics such aation, and encourage assimilation "Mons," "The Somme," and "The of the food that is taken. Battles of Coronel and the Falk- lands."
Sound Investments.
Dr. Isaac Abt pointed out that You will observe from the
there is no such thing as uniform balance sheet that investments,
human architecture and that all which on the 30th June, 1927, stood at the figure of Tis. 147,839.29, "War Hawke" is entirely falan children are not destined to be of have been considerably increased emotionally, and in many in-the same stature. The fat child since the Just Annual Meeting stances it descends to the depths
is not necessarily a healthful child, MA | when the crudit under the heading of bathos.
nor is the lean one always a sick amounted to Tls. 82,133.18.
one. The physical state of the The acquisitions made during the year The European Motion Picture tissues is a good indication of under review, I may add, represent Company will be remembered as nutrition, as well as the very Investment of the Company's funds the company who arranged an as-rough standards of height and in the shares of sound Hongkong cort of Territorial troope for a weight. Companies.
THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC.
4-A, Des Vanx Road, Central, Hongkong.
MASSAGE HALL
MRS. 8. UZUNOYL
Expert Masseuse
MRS. SEKAI
MASSAGE
2nd Floor
37, Queen's Road, C 2nd, floor. t. Duddell Street, Hongkong.
Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, in the City of
Motorla Hongkong.
There being no further matters appearing to call for comment now be formally to propose that
6m when it arrived in this coun-
Dr. Abt does not believe that a
try from the United States. The child should be fed five times a Cinematograph Exhibitors Asso-day after it is over two years of ciation of Great Britain, and Irelage, but thinks it beat to permit the Report and Accounts as pre land subsequently banned the that the appetite will be good and the child to become hungry so sented be adopted and passed and film. that the balance of Profit and Loss Account be dealt with as recom- mended by the Board in the print- ed report of the Directors.
HINDUS AND MUSLIMS AGREE.
AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE INDIAN PEACE.
M.P.S.
the digestion prompt. It then takes a sufficient amount of food at the proper time.
NATIONAL SAVINGS.
Telegrams to The European Company was re- spensible also for the sending of telegrams to members of Parlia- ment while the Cinematograph Films Bill, which seeks to impose) a compulsory percentage of Bri- tish films in British cinema pro- OVER 2500,000,000 IN DEPOSITS grammes, was being discussed in the House of Commons.
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REPORTED,
London, Oct. 28, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Pre-
The success of the national sav·' Calcutta, qet. 28.
sident of the Board, of Trade, in ings movement which encourages Prominent indu and Muslim opening the second reading de- leaders, from all over India met bate of the Cinematograph Bill the purchase by people of small of the All- in March last, made the following sued by the Government was re- under the auspices
means of savings certificates is Indian Congress, to solve the in- reference to the European Coma-ferred to at the conference at creasingly serious communal pro-pany's propaganda:
Manchester yesterday. Working blem..
They passed a resolution pro- While the Government welcomes people make purchases by means hibiting forcible conversion and the fullest consultation in the pre-of small weekly contributions reconversion between the two paration of the Bill, there is a through the local associations and communities, and also passed a type of propaganda which I do not the amounts now due to deposit- resolution with 31 view to the think will appeal to the House ors in these organisations ex- settling of two acute problems, A telegram has been sent fairly ceed £500,000,000,-Brilian Wire namely the slaughter of cows on broadcast to pxhibitors in these less, the occasion of the Mohammadan terms: "If you object to the Film festivals, and the Hindu pro Bill, wire your protest to your cessions passing Mosques to the member of Parliament," and accompaniment of music, both of prepaid form was enclosed. which have been such a fruitful source of riots in the past.
The resolutions allowed Muslims to sacrifice cows anywhere but in
a public thoroughfare or in the
neighbourhood of a temple. "They STOP PRESS.
also allowed Hindu processions with music, provided that they refrained from anything calculated to annoy worshippors at Mosques. -Reiter.
On Friday the Diocesan Boy's
a School "x" team, on their own.
ground, played a friendly match with a team from the Central Bri- tish School. The game was fast aud interesting, being keenly con tested throughout. The D. B. S won by five goals to two.
Cats are, it is stated, becoming very scarce in Siam, and it is. thought that in a few years that country may have to look to CRAWLEY SENT TO Europe for specimens. There
GAOL.
were nearly 100 entries at the fourth championship show of the At the Dinner Dance, at Lane,
Shanghai, Oct 29 Slamese Cat Club, held recently Crawford's Restaurant to-night T. M. Crawley was to-day at Philbeach Gardens Hail, South Mademoiselle de Coudar and Part- sontenced to 15 months im Kensington. The championship ner will give exhibitions in the one prisonnient, the Judge consider was won by a kitten with won- Step Waltz Boston, Slow Fox-Tret, ing the voluntary restitulica of derful sapphire blue eyes, Marko in addition to the Fox Trot, French $30,000 a mitigating factor.
exhibited by Mrs. Ruthven Ellaby, Tango and Charleston. These
of Horley, Surrey, which beat the Pending an appeal Crawley has beat female adult champion, dancers have proved themselves been admitted to bail in $4,000 Simple, bred by Mrs. Ellaby and most popular, their work being of (Gold).Our Own Correspondent, exhibited by Mrs. 5. Dixon, of high standard.
Thames Ditton,
1927.
Entertainments
AT THE
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY
ONLY
The two stars and the director of
"HE WHO GETS SLAPPED":-
in a great new
picture.
Adapted from the novel The Emperor of Por- tugallia." The strong fabric of real drama.
A
picture that haunts the memory.
NORMA SHEARER
LON CHANEY
IN A
VICTOR SEASTROM production.
The TOWER of LIES
AT THE
WORLD
TO-DAY
ONLY
A splendid production of the famous play of Napoleon's day by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau.
Filmed
in France
ADOLPH ZUXOR
JEBSK L LASKY
PARFEN?
Romance and Intrigue
Cloria Swanson
IN
"Madame Sans Gene"
Orchestra at 5.15 8 9.20.
Chinese Interpreter at 2.30 € 7.15.
[The picture starts promptly at the above times.]
AT THE
STAR
THE
TO-DAY
ONLY
Continuous From 2.30 to 8.30.
" WITH
RICHARD DIX LOIS WILSON MARJORIE DAW
ZANE GREY'S
FAMOUS
STORY
CALL CANYON
OF
THE
At 9:15. THE QUAINTS IN OH JOY