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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
OWING TO THE DROP OF COST PRICES OF MANY STYLES
OF WATCHES
WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY OUR PARIS HEAD OFFICE
TO SELL OUR LAST YEAR'S STOCK
ATA REDUCTION OF
50 % !!!
AND THIS YEAR'S ACTUAL STOCK
AT A REDUCTION OF
30%!!
THE USUAL GENERAL GUARANTEE WILL ANYHOW BE GIVEN TO EVERY PURCHASER.
J. ULLMANN & CO.
Chater Road.
Established 1860,
PARIS, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, TIENTSIN, PÉKING.
WATCH-FACTORY: CHAUX-DE-FONDS.
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1928,
HAMPTON COURT GREAT" HALL.
SKILFUL REPAIR BY THE
CRAFTSMEN.
Recently Mr. Atkinson, who has been in charge of the work here, as he was also at Westminster Hall, which suffered from the same malady, showed pressmen the com- pleted work and also the cellars under the Great Hall which are
CHINESE FACULTY.
SUPPORT SOUGHT FROM EUROPEANS.
The following appeal has been
circulated by the Hongkong Uni- versity School of Chinese Com- mittee, for Raising Funds, of which the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall is Chairman;
The Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace was opened to the public on May 1, after a lapse of six years, during which the depreda tions of the death watch beatle of Just before his departure from centuries have been mado good by the Colony, His Excellency the the artist craftsmen of his Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, Is- Majesty's Office of Works, who sued a public appeal to the Euro- have now restored the centro piece pean community for donations of Henry Vill.'s
magnificent with which to found a School of Palace to something of its former Chinese at the University of glorica.
Hongkong. In his letter making the appeal, His Excellency points out that the object of the School is, on the one hand, to encourago the scientific study of the Chinesp language, literature, history, philo sophy, and archaeology on modern now to be opened to the public for lines, and on the other hand, to |afford facilities to Europeans for the first time. He showed huge learning the Chinese language and oaken beams reduced to hollow,
to acquaint themselves with Chi- crumbling. cylinders by tho Voracious, insect, and expressed nese thought and customs. His surprise that the hall had not fallen Excellency further says that one down long ago, as a great deal of of the most urgent needs of this the main stress depended upon such Colony, as he sees it at the pre- very broken reeds,
sent time, is that the barriers be- When one contemplates the im-tween the European and Chinese mensity and mathematical exacti- communities should be broken tude of the work, six years seems down, and that this cannot effec- a short time for its accomplishment. tively be done until the Europeans, The roof has been completely strip who live and have their business ped and rebuilt with a basis of 30 in Hongkong, acquire a competent Chinese lan- tons of steel girders, all cunningly knowledge of the hidden to give no offence to the gunge. oak, 3,000 cubic feet of which have been put in in exactly the same why as the original of Henry's building. In all there are "squares" of new oak in the roof. All the old lend was taken off, re- east, and put back again.
Meticulous Skill.
As members of the Commitles responsible for raising funds for this worthy object, we venture to 100commend His Excellency's elo- quent appeal to your sympathetic attention in the full belief that it will meet with your generous re- sponse.
re-
$850,000 Needed,
For COLDS CHILLS. SORE THROAT, ETC.
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stops both. It stays waterproof and does away with needless ex- pense-bills.
It is made of Trinidad Lake Asphalt- Nature's one perfect waterproofer; made by The Barber Asphalt Paving Company -the largest producers of asphalt and largest manufacturers of ready roof- ing in the world.
It is estimated that this scheme would involve a sum of $60,000 annual recurring expenditure of, about the same amount for main- tenance. The cost of the building Messrs.
has already been promised by a generous donor who desires to re- main anonymous for the present; but a capital sum of about $850,- 000 has to be raised in order to produce, at 7 per cent, per annum, $60,000 a year for maintenance purposes.
The extensive carvings and ornamentations, which are among the most beautiful and ornate of their kind in the country, are all superimposed, and had to be taken down one by one and repaired with meticulous skill in the workshop.
Below the Hall the great cellars' have now been cleared and novated. The main cellar was the King's "bottry" and the smaller the Royal beer cellar. Ever since the Palace was first divided into private apartments in the time of the first George these cellars have
It is the aim of the Committee been split up into' innumerable prl- vate cellars for the use of residents to raise for the present $300,000 as coal holes and box-rooms. Now which, at 7 per cent. per annum, they have been restored to their would yield $21,000 a year. Thus, original dimensions, and form awe would still be short of $39,000 veritable wonderland of historic for recurring expenses; but the interest, revealing, as they do, per-Government already makes to the
University an annual contribut tion of $18,000 for the English Class for tenching Europeans, and we would therefore be short of only $21,000, a doficiency which the Committee hopes the Govern-, ment may make up in the form of an annual grant. When times are better, another appeal could be made to the public for further donations so as to place the School on a more secure basis.
BIG SALES EVENT!
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Gents' Dept.
Raincoats ......... $4.75
A lot of Broken sizes High qualityRaincoats to be cleared
at half prices.
Ladies' Dept.
Rain Coats Silk Sunshades
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Drapery Dept.
Newest Summer Hats and Flowers All at 30% off
$5.00
$3,75
Corsets (Broken Sizes)...
$1,00
Handkerchiefs
...doz, 50 c..
Bath Gowns
$10.00
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4 Prs. for $1.00
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$ 1.95
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.60
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...yd. 1.00
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......yd. 1.75 36* Plain Voile.......yd.
.50 c
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..yd.
.75 c
1
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$2.00
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$7.50
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Braces
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Silk Bow Ties
Wide End Silk Ties,,
Washable Ties
Childrens' Dept.
Don't Miss this Opportunity
Thousands of
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8 1.00
"
$ 1.00
..25
Boys' Rain Coats...
$3,75
$ 2,50
· Children's Dresses
$1.50
Boys' Bathing Suits
.75
Are not
$ 1.40
Children's Garters
.15
Advertised.
Bathing Suits
B.V.D. Underwear
Garment
Lisle Socks... 3 Prs, for $ 1.00
Plain Silk Socks,...
Fancy
"
$ 1:00
.75
Gillette Blade (10's packet) $1,40 Handkerchiefs.
doz $1.00
Yee Sang Fat Co.
Up to date the Committee has been able to raise among the Chi- nese residents about $175,000, 'ex- cluding the $60,000 promised for the school-building; and we earnestly hope and believe that our appeal to our European friends will meet with a no less enthusiastic and generous re- sponse.
Donations, which will be ac- knowledged in the Press, should be sent to, and will be thankfully received by, the Honorary Joint- Treasurer, Mr. T. N. Chau, c/o Messrs. Chun On Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., 8. Queen's Road West, who will give receipts for them.
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LESS TUBERCULOSIS.
BETTER HOUSING AND. OPEN-AIR LIFE. Tuberculosis, according to a statement made by Sir Robert Philip, Professor of Tuberculosia at the University of Edinburgh, has been decreasing in England and Scotland at an accelerating rate since 1871.
The British Medical Journal, summarising Sir Robert's evidence atutes:
"Recognising that the downward course of the tuberculosis death rata had begun long before any regime formal anti-tuberculosis had been instituled, he seeks his solution in those causes which be- result to operate Kan
movement which of the
followed the
Bion
of 1869.
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a
Royal Comara- An awaken- ed interest in saullary matters. an improvement in the educational standards of the people, a diffusion of general and special knowledge among clases previously excluded, a belterment of housing and work- Wages, ing conditions, higher shorter hours, better feeding, the open-air life—all these contri- butory factors have, in his view, increased communal vitality and tended to curb the ravages of the discase."
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