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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929.
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HONKONG WATER SUPPLY,
PUBLIC AUCTION '
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction,
on Wednesday, the 7th August, 1929 commencing at 11 a.m.
at No. 42, Humphreys Building, Kowloon.
It is hereby notified that com- mencing on THURSDAY, 8th in- stant, water will be turned on for 2`consecutive hours in each Rider A Quantity of Valuable Household
Main District daily,
Information as to the hours of
TO BE LET OR SOLD. supply to any particular property
FOR SALE-On Broadwood Road,
55 The Peak, Intely occupied by 3 roomed BUNGALOW. Secretary, Post Office Box No. 22. Dr. Harston and adjoining the FOR SALE-Ladies' Crepe de Peak Hospital. Unfurnished. Con- Chine Emb'd Pyjamas $8.00; Men's venient, comfortable and cool and Dressing room. Washing Silk Pyjamas $6,00; Silk Six rooms
cold Shirt $.00. See our Show Room Four bathrooms, hot and S. Narain, China Building, 4th
water. Modern sanitation. Gas for Tel. C.6130,
and Electric Light. Use of Tennis Court. Suitable for a Mesa of five, or could be easily divided to suit two couples. Close to Tram Station and Motor Road.
"PEAK MANSIONS." CITUATED within Two Minutes Walk from the Tram Station and overlooking the Southern Side of the Island. Ready for Occupation,
Five-Boomed and Six-Roomed APARTMENTS.
with all Modern Conveniences, Drying Rooms and Out-houses, Two lifts,
Apply to
CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-ORIENT,
MASSEUR R. BHIMIDZU.
MASSEUSE 8. HONDA.
MASSEUSE S. KISAKI. locarded for many years by Gorero.
Apply:
THE HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED. Exchange Building
PREMISES TO LET.
TO LET÷Lauge, and Aity Office meet Civi! capital, Peak Hospital, etc, and Ruom facing Quein's Road Cen- tral. Apply to Kayamally and Co., 20, Queen's Road, Central.
by all the local doctors.
No. 24. Wyndham Birot, Tat, 0.4045.
EXPERT MASSEUR.
and all kinds of chronic ailments.
Madame E. AKAJI.
Madame . MORITA.
14. Arbuthnot Road (top floor),
may be obtained on application at the Office of the Water Authority, the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs or at the Tung. Wah Hospital.
Water will not be turned on to
houses where pipes and fittings
are found to be defective. **
The principal mains will be closed nightly from 7 p.m. 6 a.m.
HAROLD T. CREASY,
Water Authority. Public Works Department,
Hongkong, 6th August, 1929.
HONGKONG TRAMWAYS LTD.,
An INTERIM DIVIDEND of! Fifty cents per share has been de- clured payable où TUESDAY, 27th August next, on and after which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained upon application at the Registered Ofce of the Company, Canal Road East, Bowrington, Hongkong.
NOTICE IS' HEREBY GIVEN | that the REGISTER OF MEM-
TO 'LET-A Flat at Saifee Ter-BERS of the Company will be rare, Nathan Rond, Kowleon, 2nd Beor. Apply to Kayamally and Co., 20, Quel's Road Central..
TO LET--Five Room European
Tel. No. C.4395 Cures Rheumatism, Flat al. Nu. 43. Kennedy Road. Nervousne*
SHAMEEN
PRINTING PRESS
AGENTS FOR
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
TO WHOM ALL LOCAL ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED,
First Floor. Apply Thornhill Aerated Water Factory, 154, Praya | East, Telephone: ((7,5-47.
TO LET-OFFICE in Asiatic Building. Apply to the Secretary.
closed from TUESDAY,, 13th Auguși la MONDAY, 26th August, 1929, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
W. F. SIMMONS,
Secretary. Hongkong, 6th August, 1929.
TO LET or FOR SALE-On Broad- SILENT FILMS REVIVAL.
wood Road, two semi-detached
5. roomed HOUSES, with tennis court and garage to each house. Write Secretary, Post Office Box No. 22.
APARTMENTS TO LET. VICTORIA PRIVATE HOTEL, HANKOW ROAD, KOWLOON, rooms with full beard from $95, to $130, per month, double rooms for 2 persons with full board from $180 per month, daily rates from $41er day, Europam management.
Tel. K.357.
HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the dermentioned cargo at present stored in this Company's Godowns at Kowloon will be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION unless CLEARE!) on or before the 21th August, 1929, and/or the CHARGES in respect thereof PAID:--
LOT NO.
NAME OF STORER
19-1878
Kitting & Co.
D34963
1
146611
-1
E12573
J. T. Lloyd & Co.
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"REACTION SET IN" SAYS
U.S. EXPERT.
"Many theatres equipped for talking pictures are doing less business than they previously did with silent films."
at the summer
con-
Mr. S. Eckman, jun, managing director of Jury-Metro-Goldwyn, the American combine, made this statement ference of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association, at Great Yarmouth, last month.
"A ronction has definitely set In," added Mr. Eckman,
"Silent pictures were
shelved
and paid for and sound pictures; Fond, bad and indifferent-mostly indifferent-were hooked on all sides. The sound pleture is in its infancy, and ita relative merit dues not begin to compare with the harigits that the silent picture has DATE STORED. Í attained. 4 Cases Machinery
"A verinin number of equipped 26/10/18
3/12/18 theatres, the smaller ones, it is Machine &c.
true, are going back to the silent 17/8/19 Coffee Mills, &c.
picture. Case India Rabber Goods 11/10/24-
C. M. MANNERS,
Hongkong, 30th July, 1929.
CARGO
Acting Secretary.
A Special Performance
of
UNİVERSAL'S $2,000,000 MAS TERPIECE-
UNCLE TOM'S
CABIN
WILL BE GIVEN AT THE
QUEEN'S THEATRE TO-MORROW
At 10.30 a.m.
A splendid opportunity for the children to see in moving pictures one of the greatest storica ever written.
Pricés:
Children; 30 cts. to any part of the theatre. Adults; Usual Matinee Prices.
Furniture,
(Catalogues will be issued)
On Vlow from Tuesday, the 6th August, 1929.
Terms: Cauli on Delivery:
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
of the Valuable Leasehold Property, situato al SHAMEEN CANTON to be sold
by Order of the Mortgagee,
by
PUBLIC AUCTION on Wednesday, the 7th August, 1920 at 3 o'clock p.m. hiy
Messrs. LAMMENT BROS,," Auctioneers
At their Auction Rooms, fa Duddell Street, Victoria Hong Kong.
The property consists of:--
at
The pieces or parcels of ground. respectively situate on the British und Frenck Concessions Shumeen Canton in the Republic of China and respectively known. and registered at lia Britannic Majesty's Consulate General at Canton us Lot No. 41 and at the
French Consulate at Canton as Lot No. 22 with the buildings respec- tively erected thereon and known as ROMANJI BUILDING and THE CLUB HOUSE held for the residues of terms of 99 years each.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale,
Apply to
Messrs. DEACONS,
Vendor's Solicitors, 1, Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong. or to Messra. LAMMERT BROS.,
The Auctioneers.
TUBLIC AUCTION,
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public
Auction,
A
on Thursday,
The 8th August, 1929 commencing at 11 n.m,
at No. 10A, Mady Road, Kowloon, Quantity of Valuable Household
Furniture,
(Catalogues will be issued), On View from Wednesday, the 7th August, 1929.
Terms:-Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION..
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
The Public's Verdict, "The public are not interested in whether the screen talks or not, providing that it gives them their Auction,
not money's worth. If it does entertain, then the mere fact that It is audible rather than silent is inconsequential. The public are the final judges,"
Mr. Eckman quoted numerous cases where silent pictures had beaten the box office records of talking hime, and continued that he did not want to be misunder. stood.
"
not prophesying the death-knull of sound pictures," he said. "The cinema industry is progressing every day. The day may come when every subject is a "talkie," but that day has not yet arrived,
"The averaze talkie' to-day pos-.'| serses far less murit and enter- tainment valde than the average zilent picture, and I ask exhibitora not to limit themselves to dialogue subjects only. The public will not accept one type of entertainment only for very long.".
Tele-phone-vision,
Mr. S. Rowson, a member of the Bourd of Trade (Film Act) Ad- visory Committeo, sold:—
many
"We are on the eve of startling scientific readjustments, To-day it is the sound film. To- morrow It will be the natural colour Alm. The following day It
on Thursday,
the 8th August, 1929 commencng at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street,
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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,
The following is the llet of loon} ahara quotations issued to-day:
Banks,
Hongkong Bank, $1234 m. Chartered Bank, £192 b. Moroantile. & B., £33 P. and O. 49' n.' East Aria $90) n.
Insurances.
Canton Ins., $530 n. Union Ins., $320 b.
North China, Ina., Ts. 160 b. Yangtaze Ins, $50 m.
China Underwriters, $2.20 m. China Fires, $305 b, H.K. Fire Ins., $770 n.
Shipping.
Douglaros, $271 n.
H. K. Steamboats, 8241 s. H. K. Tugs, $2. R. Indo-Chinas, (Def.) $70' n. Union Waterboats, $22 n. Mining.
Benguets, $3.10 Kailans, G36 n. Langkats, Ts, 15
S'hai Explorations, Tis. 2.75 8. Baubs, $81 b. Tronabs, 21/- n.
Docks, etc.
Kowloon Wharvos, $127į Whampoa Docks, $32) · b, China Providonts $4,35 s. Hongkowa, Tls 175 n. Now Engineerings. Tis. 81 b. Shanghai Docks. Tls. 1331 b.
Cottons..
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Individuals and Arms are recommended to register their telegra. phic addresses at the Radio Ofice. No charge is made for this.
On Radio telograms to the Ewangel Stations at Nanning and" Luichowafoo of $0.20 per ward willbe collected from the senders-thle sum includes the receiving station's charge. On messages to Wuchow the charge will be $10 per word-the aidrosaco to pay the recalving station charge.
It is hereby notified that Radiotelegrams are accepted at Hong- kong for transmission direct to Canton and Shanghai and to certain in- land towns in China via these stations at the following rates per word:-
1
Foreign Code
Radiotelegram
$0.20
To Canton
Shanghai
Plain Chinese
Radiotelegram
30.10
Foreign & Codo telegram.
and
30.20
Inland towns: Anking, Hangchow,
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Honkow, Ichong,
Nanking. Ningpo,
Peiping. Pengpu,
Tientsin, Tainan,
Ttingtao, Tunchi
and Wuhu
$0.30
Plain Chinese telegram.
80.10
10.15
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Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotols,, $8.35 H. K. Lande, $60 B. S'hai Lands Thu. 147 b. Humphreys, $13-50 b. Realties, $8 b
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Public Utilities.
Tramways, $18.75 6. Punk Trams, (old) $11,80 n.. Star Ferrior, $64 m. China Lights, (Old) $13.25 b. II. K. Electrics, $56 an. Macao Electrics, $269 n. Tolophones $7. b. China Busos, Tla 141. b. Singapore Tractions. 11/- B.
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Stores, etc. Dairy Farme, $19.75 m. Watsons, $11,90 b. Der A. Wings, '80 b. Lane Crawfords, $11. Mackintosh, $18 b. Sinceren. #12 b.
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"WILD ORCHIDS."
A THRILLING STORY OF
JAVA.
The story of "Wild Orchids," which will be shown at the Queen's Theatre from Thursday to Saturday, although built up about "the eternal triangle" is fresh and interesting. Lillie Sterling (Miss | Garbo), the wife of an American business mau, engrossed in his own affairs, leaves with him for Java,
A Valuable Collection of Curios where he plans to buy coffee plan- comprising:-
tations. On shipboard, Lillie meets Prince de Gace (Nils Porcelain Vases, Bowls, Plates, Asther), a Javenesc, who deter- Flower Bowls, Jade Trees, Amber, mines to win her love. Lille is Crystal and Agate: Ornaments, repelled by the savage characteris- Lacquer Screens, Joas Tables, tics which the prince displays at · · Blackwood Joss Tables, Opiumuave good looks, and his ardent times, and yet fascinated by hía Stools, Bronze Ware. Embroideries, love making. Her husband, play- Chinese Hand Paintings, etc., etc.ed by Lewis Stone, is unaware of
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
On View from Wednesday, the 7th August, 1929.
Catalogues will be issued.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
MRS. SEKAI MASSAGE
6. Wyndham Street, 1st floor, Hongkong.
MASSAGE HALL MRS. 8. UZUNOYE Expert Masseuse
may be the large gauge film for $7, Queen's Road C., 2nd floor. use on a greatly magnified screen- the so-called stereoscople film.
"Very shortly afterwards we may see the advent, not merely of television, but of tele-phone-vision that is the simultaneoua trans-
MRS.
HAND & ELECTRIC
MOTONO
MASSAGE
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London 11th July)..... Pinve U.S.A. (San Francisco 19th July),
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President Wilson.......August 10,
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what is going an, and eagerly accepts an Invitation to the Prince's palace in Juva. Hóre, through a series of slight accidents which he manages to create, De Gace forces his love upon Lillie. ¦ Sterling discovers Lillie's unfaith- fulness, and, at * Liger hunt aceretly emplies the eatridges from De Gace's gun, leaving the Prince, defenseless before the onrush of the tiger. At the last; montent, Lillie Intercedes for the Prince, and Sterling firow a shot which stops the tiger before he çan kill. De Gace. In the counter, De Gace has been badly
Mr. Shaw, who is a son of Mr. mauled, and it is necessary to tuke
Byam Shuw, the artist, found him hack to his puface. There, Miss Angela Baddeley, the act-fame suddenly as Betty Balfour's Sterling decides to leave Lilliereas, and Mr. Glen Byam Show, leading man in the film, "The with the Prince, and secure
C1-
unfaithfulness she still loves him
F
NOTED ACTRESS TO
· MARRY.
MISS
ANGEĽA BADDELEY
ENGAGED.
the stage, for at the age of nine she played child parts In Shakes- pearen productions at the "Old Vle." She is now playing the principal part in "Mary Rose" at the Haymarket.
divorce. She convinces him, how the film actor, have given notice Vagabond Queen," after a search ever, that, despite her momentary at Kensington Register Office of for the right man had been going
their forthcoming marriage,
jon for weeks lie and Miss Bad- "We are keeping the date delay have been close friends for. and cares nothing for the Prince.strict secret," said Miss Baddeley five years.
The background of exotic life in to a reporter "but it will probably Java has been faultlessly brought be this month."
to the screen, but yet has not been
itself.
Miss Baddley's elder sister, Although only 24, Miss Baddeley Hermione, recently married the
mission of the photograph of a No. 61B, Top Floor, Wyndham St. allowed to intrude upon the story has had 15 years experience of Hon. David Tennant,
Hongkong.
speaking and moving figure,"