THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929.
NEW SERIAL.
HIGH
FLIGHT.
· By Ruth Dewey Groves.
CHAPTER XXIII. ·
AMERICAN STOCKS.
CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM
NEW YORK.
The following quotations as at the close of the market on Saturday have been received from their corres jontents Messrs. Hayden, Stone and Co. of New York, by Mears. Swan, remember that I said you outstep Culbertson and Fritz, Sassoon House, Shanghai. (cable address: "Swan- Jerry opened her eyes on Mon- girl I've ever danced with." day morning with a start whenry recalled the graceful dancing The quotations are subject to con That was praise indeed, for Jer-stock. Shanghai), who are not res
ponsible for the cable mutilations. the alarm cloak struck Seven of Leotline and thrilled to think armation: She was about to throw back the that Alester compared her favour-** tap sheet and jump out of bed inably with auch a woman as that. a hurly when she reniombered | that this Monday morning was different from any other in her life.
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She was a little calmer'when they reached Weinertz's office A day of promise lay ahend of in, The Forties. The building they
Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel
her, And it was not necessary to entered was far from impressive or (Com
and they walked up to the second Boor, where Jerry was surprised to see the producer's, uume on all the hall doors,
Price. 125
Previous Lnteal
Price. 122
133
139
Baltimore and. Óblo.. 137 Chrysler Corp (Com-
13%
74
73
71
Goodyear Tyre Generally Rly. Signal 121
and Rubber Granby
Consolidated Copper International Cenient.
(Common) Liggett
and Myers 1 92 Missouri Pacific (Com-
D2
-121
109
109
79
79
73
72
91
Consolidated Copper Budió Corporation of Amerien (Common) Standard Oil Co. of
45
DB
New York
40
Standard Dil, Co, or
73
147
18
70
71
M40
206
127
127
un
ting.
השרון
Nevada
New Jersey Southern Pacife Texas Corporation United Stales Steel Vacuum {i} Willys Overland
sacrifice half an hour of sleep for the sake of cleanliness. Let the other roomers use up the limited Supply of hot water if they wanted to-she should wait untit She'd have thought, if he had so more was heated.
much business, that he would con- It wouldn't matter to her any) durt it from KITC pretentious longer that no hot bath was avail- quarters. But perhaps the inside.“ able on Sunday night after a day: Alester led her toward a duor spent in moist and sticky pursuit with no her luttering besides of pleasure aboard crowded sub-Į the nang of the producer on the way trains, ferries or excursion glass. The other doors were sub. boats, She was going to leave titled with the name of his ussip- all that behind forever.
tants and their departments. Alestor WOR
The lack of magnificence saved coming for her some time in the afternoon to derry firm buing awestruck, take her to see Jake Wsinertz, couldn't he impressed with poor Jake JamOUN for his choruses, surroundings, Alester opened the Jerry fell back on her pitlow door to the waiting room outside and stretched her armis shove her! lake's private office. Jerry stop head with yaws of shree pod over the threshold and paused creature comfort.
in astonishmmt. "You lucky little dingbat,” Along the walls 100 benches, Myrtle said to her, while she bare benchies sub as would not hustily pulled on a catten kinten encourage prolonged recumbency. to rush to the bathroom, hoping The fear we bure, and liberally to find it nocetpind, Jerry had revered near the benches with fu confided to her the night before barco ash. People Sat #21 the that she was going to have a benébus, propľo who, beggarded chure to gu'on the stage.
} deseridion as far RS
"A girl ca
votabulny was conver watch her step)
S She felt as if she'd been sudden;
P after abe's had que lesson." Jerry had argued to herself while Ales y transported into a new world. ter led hes ears for an hour Warreyer did such people keep with
his plens for her forgive here on the benches? Now and themselves when they weren't
HUMA.
She had been convited rally then a very queer looking humin' Bad come to her have counter, but) And the prospect of employment to fit a large-sized crowd af: that was pleasent, thrilling even. them together.
"
that he was sincerely
contrite,
was resistible. No more alarm
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·Bonie
half-burned
angon, who had the slightest eon- mexion with it.
th
Jerry's
There were a few girls with red, i
Only
own Thane, at all times 511
LETTER GOLF.
· Here's a SPADE. TRICK for letter golf-bridge fans, Par is eight.
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clocks. No more wild lashes for red lips and silkom kns posed lats. No more hurried break like the new, pictures of promi fasta nf coffee in thick mugs and neut she arrivals, sitting apart a cruller
from the others in, shaira, Plain- By they were preferred applicants. toast.
And the lure of the footliga o Jerry learned later that word had Jerry felt it strongly. Proplet to the profession that had always told her she would be Weinertz was vasting character an the stage, but here before Perky she mel Alester had koreak, as she heard them call change one, word to another and
at such times did thei
-The idea of letter golf is to , throng the office. They could do it in par, a given number of smaller groups, their labous or HEN, in three stroken, COW, strokes. Thus, to change COW to She thought of the dress brown beatinesses in lines of HOW, HEW, HEN. had planned to wear that day in
ignation * Top 2.You can change only one It bones ucrty wais search of wirk,
Often they came day after letter at a time. pressed, in the clothes closet. May
the office hours! Nothing to do but manicure her through.
3.-You must have a complete nails and prepare to look her hest.
Jerry and Alester were shown jump. Slang words and abbrevia
word, of common usage, for each She put the sheet up a herbat since lat
The private alitions don't count. nerk and curled down for a late Joriy va prepared, to find it sleep. But sleep was impossilde. bare and uninviting as the other be changed.
4.The order of letters cannot When Myrtle returned from herị But A was very different. Shei
One solution tepid plunge derry, wa- sắt no quedat pod ktory that time in VE
another page. in bed, her arms elasped apound wo furnished her drawn-up.knees, day dreaming |Juxayisin living remata, in liga.
Aluster was
A telephone leg
and sad
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is printed 01
"All Quiet on The Western Front,” when he mile the appointment A man, a bald, round-faced man | the war-novel of a German, Erichi with Weineotz. Jorry hal anu with aquat hedy, sut irt Maria Bemarque, has been said fol ensional moment of misgiving desk of some dark, gleaming wood. I describe three things--the war as when she thought of the assurance He was leaning back in his hair, viewed realistically, the fate of a with which he hid talen it for the hands folded aver un ample generation, and the meaning of true comradeship. It has obtained yrantel that he would have no lunch, his eyes closed,
frouble getting the appointment. - "M. Carstairs," his secrety | Kreat praise in its English transla Weinert was a big man in the announced in the rear of It's entition. theatrical ward, she knew,
rs. The plan wat up with a start But Alester's influence with him and thrust out a hand te Alester, walked the distance in a must have been all that he claimed Then he saw Jerry and got to his minutes.
at 11 o'clock Alester called feet? Aleder introduced them. her to say he would come for her at three.
for
Jerry Bow up the stairs
ursed
fuw
No experiense, i understand,
But there was no time to wou-) der about Mr. Weinertz's idiosyn-
the prudurer said to her curdially crasies. He had her by the arm
Well, we're glad to
ser wit feading her into his theatre where, danced a drar in the middle of 've got," fur went on not wait-if she was fortunate, a golden
the worn carpet es her dig for Jony's reply, "we a lot future lay ahead of her,
She would have her chupro! Now
it was up to ber!
10
war friend Alester her. Where's
car A1 We'll Idrive over to the theatre and give
your
. She ran over to the mirror 18, young lady a tryout." sech encouragement there. Ani even in the eligibly das und vizion that med her gaze she now |
He had touched a button while
is talk man on and when his see
Joveddiurse, Her eyes were dietary appeared to answer it he
with the port of adventure, of youth, of clation. They
asked for his hat and cane. They tere bymught to him and Jerry al- most allowed a smile to break
airly markin with her eletrie forth when he walks over a a
vitality.
1011
"If only I'm not dance," she breathed payerfully,
mirror, to adjust the bat on his hand. It took quite Some few Iminates The eque was grasped
satisfied that Weinertz would find with jankty carelessness. her pretty enough.
There was a stir in the outer
Stage fright began to grow upice as they passed through and
on her then. She niund it neve Jerry fancied she heard a wracking to wait until thre
o'clock, doing nothing. If she
knew what to expect...
fow
ighs. There was no doubt, how-
ever, about the muttered remark
"I bope they won't ask me to that caw from a pair of red, red
danes to-day," she said in herselfps. Jerry expected to see Mr.
with a touch of paule.
中
Weinertz farnt upon the girl but, apparently, he must have been
What will have to do?" were slightly deaf; at any rate he ap-
almost her first words she adpeared not to hear what had been dressed 10 Alester when he paid. Jory made a mental note. Arrived,
the adhessed him. to speak in a raised voice when
"Scared?" he laughed. "Why Jerry, you have nothing in worry about. Jake's going to bless me the rest of his life for bringing him a girl like you."
Jerry felt a trifle reassured, but only a trifle.
.
ocension to do so, he said:
"My dear, I hear perfectly what I wish to hear."
Jerry, flushed.
A moment later, when she had
They got Into Alester's car and
"I don't know any dances except started off. Werry thought the those Myrtle teaches me," she said theatre must be several blocks: weakly.
They're enough" Alester - Profidway and deyn n'block, then nway, and whom Alester drove to plied. "Do.. the Varsity Drag if west again, she was both amused you have to show your stuff, and land surprised, They could have
(To Be Continued.)
WHAT'S THIS
ABOUT "SPEED"
IN FILMS?
"Spoed" in a film means that you can take very short ex. posures and still get good plucky ploturos. This is im portant when you wish to take inoving objects. "Speed" also means that you can use your camera on dull days as well as sunny ones and this is impor- tant nearly all the year round. Kodak Filin is "Speedy". But you must be warned that
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sometimes a film oxcellent for "speediness" is apt to be exact. ing, doesn't take kindly to being over-exposed, black and nasty, There is nono of this churlish- noss pbout Kodak Film. Kodak Film is fast but not fussy. It really isn't worth while taking any chances. Everybody sells Kodak Film, so why not have it?
KODAK FILM
THE DEPENDABLE FILM IN THE YELLOW CARTON- Stocked by all photopr 1phic, de ulers. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY.
the
24 Yuen Mirg Yuen Road SHANGHAI
HOME FOOTBALL.
RANGERS ESTABLISH AN
EARLY LEAD,
A.P.8, 4
1 Queen's Park
Dundee U. Falkirk
3 Marton
Hiberniana
Motherwell
Partick
Kilmarnock
St. Johnstono
St. Mirren
BANKS.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V.
(Netherlands, Trading Borizly.), DANKREA
ERTAŞLISHED 1874. Hongkong Office: 1. Queen's Road, Central, Authorised Capl:......Gülders 160,000,000.. (£12,500,000.)
Pall-Up Capital ........... Guildes, 80,000,000,
Reserve Fund
(£6,066,670.)
Guildere 10,000,000.
(43,289,881.)
fivid Ofte="AMSTERDAM” Buntern Head Ofes:-DATAVIA.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital ................
#68,000,000
Justed and Falls Paid-up....ED,309,000
Sterling...
0.009,000 ,816,000,000
tur
&livet. ....
Liability ot
Proprie
..$20,000.01-0
HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG.
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
N. 8. Brown, Faj.-
., Chairman..
W... Bell, Eng.
Deputy Chairman.
BRANCHES: Bandjerman. Bandoeng, No. 1. D. F. W. L. Pattonden, Equ.
Choribon, Balth
T. Pearce, Esq. A. II. Oomspion, Eng. 1 A. Plummer, Eng. M. T. Johnson. Esq., J. P. Warren, Esq.
Bombay, Calculi, Jeddah, Dlember, Diokiakarta", The Hague, Kobe. Kota-Baj Makassar, Medan, Padant, Palembang, Pekalongan, Penang. § 8, Zander Lewis. Kaq. Pontianak, REDON, Rothery dam, marang, Shanghai, Bibolga (Sumaira). Boarabale, Sovrakarta (Solo), Tegal, T tajap and Weltevreden.
* The offices have sufo deposit boxes to lat. London Bankent-National Provincial Bank,
1.14. Correspondents all over the world.
BANKING DUBINERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TRANSACTED.
P. M. ELBERG.
Maarger.
Hongkong, 28th May, 120.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE
- BANK, LIMITED; Capital (fully paid up) Teserve Fund..
....... 300,000,000 .......................Y. 105,600,000
HEAD OFFICE:—YOKOHAMA, '.
Branches and Agencia at
Alexandria
1 Bombay
Dalren Dalny) Negura
San Franciaco
Karnal
Falzon
FAMVIR
Kobe
London
Sexitte
Buenos Ayrra Los Angeles
Calcutes
Lone
1
Cordsă.
Manla
Changchun Nognisk
Fengtien
Nenchwang
(Mukden) New York
Somarang Shanghal Shitnotoark Singapore Apuratays Bydney' Tientsin
Hambur
Takra
Peking
Tuinanfo
4
Tainginu
Bla
Janeiro
I Hamilton
Clyde
3 Dundee
4 Airdrie.
0 Kangers
L
a Ayr
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE TABLE.
#
0
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3
0 f : !
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1 B
4
The Glasgow Rangers, whe carried all before them in the Scottish League
lead over the other teams, they being last season, have 'estabilshed an early Hangers
Kilmarnock the only combination who have not
St. Mirren Partlek with three other teas but are now Hamilton yes dropped a single point. Last weal. they shares the top position
in front of Kilmarnock k
Motherwell Aberdeen On Saturday they won their third | cursive matel although they came Ouren's Pork with a margin of only one goal Th Dundee away from St. Johnstone's ground Hearts the mintches played they found Dumler B. their opprœents' net ou six decasions 11hernin with a repig,
Airdrie The Tall Pults as cabled by Heuter Ayr are given below: Celtic
uwdenbeath
3 Aberdeen Henria
Clyde ....
4St. Johnstone
1 Morion
0
Hank
htt
Hongkong
Helula
Kaf Yuen
Vladivostork (Temporarily closed) Interest allowrion Current Accunia. Deposits recalved för Axed periods at rates to be obining on application.
3. MORI.
Manager, Hongkong. 211h March, 1920.
BANK OF CHINA.
SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED BY PRESIDEN. TIA), MANDATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER, 1917.
Authorlaed Caplist....
Pald-Up Capital
Reserve Fonta
CHIEF MANAGERI Hon. Mr. A, C. Nýnos..
BRANCHES
AMOY BANGKOK -
DATAVIA
BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CHEFOO niorao
DAIREN 'FOOCIOW
HAIPHONG HAMBING HARDIN
HANKOW HONGKEW
HONO
Tron
JOHORE
KONE
LONT Y LYONS MALACCA MANILA MOUKDEN NAGABAKI
NEW YORK PEKING PENANG RANGOON RAIGON
BAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE HOURABAYA SUNGEI PATANI TENTSIN
TOKYO
TSINGTAO'
KUALA LUMPUR YOKOHAMA Current Accounts opened In Local Currency and Fire Deposits received for one year or shorter perlade in Loral Currency and Hier flow on terms which will be quoted on application.
Hongkong, th June, 1918.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Bator of the above Bank se cap. ducted by the HONGKONG AND BILANGJIAT HANKING CORPORATION. Ilules may be hotdained on appliation,
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
A. G. HYNES.
Chiet Manager.
Honkong, Bath September, 1017.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858,-
BEAU OFFICE: LONDON.
§
Puid-Up ·Capital Reserve Fund
£3,000,000
A 4,009,004
Reserve Lillty of Proprietors 8,000,000.
AGENCIES AND DRANCHES.
.$60,000,000.00
18,278,000.40 0,029,128.84
ALOR TAR
(Malay Halen}
AMRITSAR
BANGKOK
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
HEAD OFFICE. PEKING,
HONGKONG BRANCH.
4. Queen's Road Central, Izanches and Sub-branches all over China and Correassandrute is Europe, America and fother part of the world.
LONDON BANKRA-The National Pro vincial and Union Bank of England, Ltd.
The Garanty Test Comping of New York. NEW YORK BRANCHES:-The Irving Na- tional Bank.
The autolle Trai Company of New York. Interesi allowed en Correal Aerounts and Fluid Dolls. Term on Application.
Every description of tanking business transacted.
La granted on approved securities. 1perini facties for Rowe Exchan
HUGH J. CHEN,
44
4 4 3 3 3 3
I 8 D
CORNS
Only one drop of amazing liquid ends painful corns scientifically. Deadens pain in 3 seconds. Then shrivels up corn so you can peel it off. Millions use it on doctors' ad- vice. For sale everywhere. Beware of imitations.
-GETS-IT-
Chicago, U, R. A.
Manager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED..
·
BEAU OFFICE: HONGKONG.
No. 10, Den Voeux Bond Central, Hengkong. Anturbed Capital .....
..$10,000,500 BIG,XDU 7,200,000
BRANCHES AND AGENCIEA-
Pad-Up Capital
Beurres
n
Tintarin
Ban Francisca
Bombay
Nagarak!
Selle
Calenti
New York
Canton
Daki
tintphon
J'Art
15okulu
1'king
Kole
J'cheer
Kon Juan
Rangoon
Indon Manla
Kalgo
Shangha
Bewaring Singapore
Hourly Kydney
Talprit
Tintain
Tokyo
Correspondents in all principal cities of the
CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPORE CERU COLOMBO DAIREN DELITI
HAIPHONG HAMBURO BANKOW HARRIN
KUCHING
MADRAS
MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK SEKING PENANG PESHAWAR RANGOON SAIGON
SEMARANG
BERAMBAN
BHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
BOURADAYA
TAIPING
(P.M.B.)
(North Manchuria) HONGKONG ILOILO
TAVOY
TIENTSIN
TOKYO
1011
TONGKAL
KARACHI KLANG
CHUKET)
THINGTAO
KORE
YOKOHAMĄ.
KUALA KANGSAR ZAMBOANDA
[Perak MM..)
KUALA LUMPUR
[Philippine In
Foreign Exchange ant General Danking Tu: tragicted,
Current Accounts upeard and Fixed De aita recrived for one year or shorter periods. at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. I. FERGUSON,
Manager. Hongkong, 24th April, 1029.
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK,
Capital, Surplus
and Undivided Profits...
G$235,260,400
Commercial and Travellers' Let- ters of Credit, Travellers' Cheques Bills of Exchange and Cable Every description of Bank and Exchange Transfers bought and sold, Cur- Business transacted. Leman granted on rent accounts and Savings Bank proved securities,
world.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES de fet.
HAN TONG PO,
Chiel Manager. Roshem, 2m March, 1927.
The loss of a ket of tools from his muter cycle which was left on the stand at the Star Ferry Whart on Saturday was reported to the Police by M. A: W J. Simmons, – Komur Inspector of Works of the P.W.D.
SEEING IS
BELIEVING!
AT WHITEAWAYS THIS WEEK.
accounts opened and Fixed De- posits in local and foreign curren- cies taken at rates that may be as- certained on application t
to the
Bank.
HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, New York. Branches in:-
ARGENTINE BELGIUM BRAZIL CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CUBA.
DOMINICAN PUBLIC FRANCE INDIA
ITALY ΠΑΡΑΝ
LONDON MEXICO PANAMA
PERU PORTO NICO
STRAITS
BETTLEMENTS URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
We are niso. able to offer our Customers the services of the Branches of the International Banking Corporation in San Fran- elsen, Spain and the Philippine Island,'
4.4
and The National City Bunk of New York (France) S.A, in Paris.
F. McD, COURTNEY,
Manager. Hongkong, 2nd July, 1929.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
FATABLISHED 1913. Head Office: Hongkong, Authorlied Capital ·.........
Paid-Up Fund
|Reserva Fund
BRANCHES
...BI1,000,000. 8,824,200.
$50,000.
Canton, Shanghai, Hankow, Swalow; Bangkok, New York and San Fran
caca
LONDON BANKERA:—'
The floyd's Bank, Limited,
Correspondent in all Principal cițim of the world,
Foreign Exchange and Kanking Dualness of |every description, tranzacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) 'at' Tourly fenfat of from 35 to 40...
"LOOK" POONG BUAN,
Chief Espagar, 11⁄2"Hongkong, 18th February, 197