THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDA A
1930.
WILLIAM POWELL
MEETING.
MR. H. OVERY APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR.
Mr. M. Manuk, presiding at the annual meeting of Messrs. William Powell, Ltd., held in Exchange Building this morning, addressed
WOMAN'S WORLD
FOR OUR LADY READERS.
the shareholders, regretting that Back Trimmings.
FRILLS AND ACCORDION PLEATS.
There is a decided leaning to- evening wards back trimmings, gowns showing trails of flowers falling backwards off the shopfdere, and even flower sprays defining the middle of the back waist-bae.
the finances for the year under re- view showed a small loss. This he attributed to the conditions preval- ent throughout the Colony, which When You Feel Like This rendered trading even
more dif- ficult that in previous years. Pinkettes are just the right remedy. They quickly correct The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, liverishness, clear away the causes-The report and accounts having of biliousness, sick headache, ill beenin your hands for the prescrib- temper, gloori Try Pinkettes ed period, I will with your permis- to-night. You'll be surprised how alon, follow the usual procedure and much brighter and better you will take them as read. The Auditors' feel to-morrow morning. Of Report is as follows: "We beg to Chemists everywhere, 60 cents per report that we have audited the vial.
foregoing balance sheet with the Books and Vouchers of the Coming pany. We have obtained all the in- formation and explanations we have required and in our opinion: the Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Company's No. 51B, Top Floor, Wyndham St.. affairs at the 28th February 1930,
MRS. MOTONO
HAND & ELECTRIC MASSAGE
Hongkong.
ASAHI
according to the best of our in- formation and the explanations given to us and as shown by the books of the Company."
It is regretted that the accounts before you shown a small loss for the year, but I am sure you will
Pearl ropes and necklaces also show long ends, which break the hardness of the very decolleteen backs which still prevail for even.
frocks.
Ever on the outlook for change, the Paris couturiers have urve može returned to the vogue-for some seasons demode of elaborate ind embroideries, and many exquisite designs are to be found on both afternoon and ́ovening dresses,
Avery low back decoletage is sometimes Anished by a soft "bow, whose long ends cascade down the back, or n chiffon flower placed
BEEF realise, as it is generally realised slightly at the back of one of the
throughout the Colony, that condi- tions during the year under review Sole Apent have rendered trading difficult, more MITSUI Stock as certified by the Managing so in fact than preceding years, BUSSAN Director has been valued at cost,
and depreciated where, necessary. KAISHA
Your Directors have been pleased LTD.
to appoint Mr. H. Overy as Mana- PILSENER BEER HONGKONG ging Director of the Company, and I have no doubt that this action will be endorsed by you without hesitation, especially have regard to the long, faithful and loyal ser- vice which Mr. Overy has render- ed to the Company.
GRAND PRIZES
NA PALITO EXNISSTHEM.
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FIPPON BRE
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JAPAN CEE
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LAGER BEER
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Through falling from the roof of the cookhouse, Lo Kiu, woman living at No. 8, Minchow Street, Shamshuipo, was admitted in a serious condition to the Tung Wah Hospital yesterday, suffering from head injuries.
A coolie named Chan Chow, (45), employed at Taikoo Dock, has been removed to the Government Civil Hospital, suffering from
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Awound in the right hand sista ed as a result of a plate slipping off a drilling machine. His condi. tion is not serious.
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A Strasbourg dealer is reported to have placed an order with a
TGerman for ten tons of snails.
After paying £80 on account, the buyer found, upon taking delivery, that instead of snails, he had a wagon load of sand. When the vendor was traced to a hospital at Colmar, he was found suffering from a dose of veronal. He has. now been placed in custody,
THE LAST WORD IN COMPACTS
LA POUDRE
COMPACTE
Ask for it at-
D'ORSAY
The Colonial Tel. 21877.
Dispensary
18, Queen's Road, Centrel,
FLETCHER'S
SKETOCIDE
KILLS FLIES, MOSQUITOES,
BUGS AND OTHER INSESTS
THE PHARMACY
(FLETCHER & CO., LTD.
A.P.C. Bullding.
Tel. 20345.
shoulder straps introduces a touch of bright colour, which can be re- peated in the heels of black satin evening alious.
Sometimes a cascade of ribbons, in matching or in various pastel colours on the back decolstage of an evening frock, preferably black or white, looks well.
There are plenty of frills about just at present; they are not in the least ostentatious, usually only edging a hem, or accentuating an apron effect or something of the kind, hut they look very sumuners like and pretty, when a light breeze flutters them.
Accordion pleats are used, too, in some of the summer frocks, with very good effect.
Belle are very important, and if they are buckled it brilliants for evening, for day-time they are most often of leather in every colour in and out of the rainbow, or of gold ar silver, made in some bold outline of modern art inspiration.
One of the newest hat ornaments
is a fenther of ergatal which is pinned at the side of a black satin loque; and flat jewelled pins of all kinds are a part of the millinery wardrobe of every well-turned-cut Parisienne.
"A modified sailor, in woven black and white straw, and banded in black edged with white, is the headgear chosen- by Mary Lewis, former Metro- -· politan Opera star, now fea- tured in the talkies.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
I GOT IDEAS OF MY
OWN I'LL LOOK THROUGH
THE PAPER AND FIND WHERE A DOG SHOW.
IS. GOIN' ON:
Two Gowns of Dainty Chiffon.
Chiffon was the medium for both these afternoon frocks. The more dressy of the two was carried out in a patterned design of red and black on a very pale yellow ground, and the other in a charming tone of parrot green, the flounces and little shoulder cape being edged with plain green of a deeper shade.
Shoe Fashions.
More Lace.
NOVELTIES IN LINGERIE,
FOR ALL OCCASIONS,
Mushroom and geranium are The present craze for femininity. favourite tints for shoes at the in dress seems to have brought But there are smart ex-yards more lace to underclothes, moment. ceptions. Rather, musual are thousands more pleats, and, to shoes of Lido blue or crimson keep it in touch with the prevail- printed silk covered with a designing mode, it is amusing to find all of tiny putty-coloured spots.
the most up-to-date designs-- cami-knickers, petticoats and nightgowns--finished with a high- As to material, meire silk ià us waisted belt of self-material. much to the "fore
as crepe de Chine.
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There seems to be a vogue for A novelty this season for shoes satin at the moment, possibly be- fine knitted silk. In a parchment adornment of lace. A new tint in shade, with
to be worn with light frocks is cause it lends itself so well to the
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1 Madhouse.
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.
16
Across
6 Winding round.
10 Narcotic plant..
11. Unable to.
12
Squadron.
18 Attitude.
14 Poems.
17 Scorch.
19 Nodated.
20 Cut off.
22 Skins.
23
Junior.
26 Lamp late.
31
Vulgar fellow,
25 Beturn to activity.
27
29. Like dust.
32 Unfasten.
35 Plant of the lily order,
38 Entrance.
Festive occasion.
41 Bestow.
42 Temper.
43 Brown study.
44 Obligations.
45 Walk laboriously.
Down
1 Direct by making signs,
2 Contradicted.
3 On top..
4 Engine.
5 Wariness.
7
6 Frighten.
Hole in the skin.
8 Wandered.
PAYMENT AT BOTH ENDS.
26
9 Departs. 15 Mournful. 16 Satisfy. 17 Resting.
18 Flee,
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21
wering shrub.
23 Plan
24 Hurried.
by poles.
28 Tavern 'employee.
29 Jumped.
30 Kind of poent.
noyed.
34 Ebb.
36 Worries.
37 Extreme.
39 Part of the verb "to be." 40 Sneer.
Yesterday's Solution...
OPPRESS, SILVERN LO CHAIN A E GESTURE RUSTLAS HALE ELDER SULK O O DEFINED N II SHOWED R DEPART TAPUS LEA CARES
T DOVE LAIR G ACTOR DOE DEBAJ THAWED A RESILË T & DOLATED B OSLE RULES. CLEANER 50:
US CEL75 ATTESTS STARTL
LA
EXCHANGE RATES.
POSSIBLE RELIEF IN TIENTSIN NOTIFIED..
London, June 27. ⠀ -
Paris Brussels
+123.75
.34.82
Milan Berlin
.92.77
20.40
18.16
.24.435
.193.1/16
.108.25
400
.1/5 .2/0.13/32
.26.075
.12.09%
.18.00:
.18.15
163
Tientsin, June 27. The new Customs regime publish- Copenhagen plaited cream, putty and fawn rib- than Mocha, a little more on the ins,
wide strap of lace has appeared. It is deeper ed the following notice this morn Vienna...
Helsingfors "Until further notice, the follow- bons over the instep, putty are pink side, and it. looks perfectly distinctly unusual and rather beautiful allied with the rosy ing procedure will be enforced at Bucharest,
Buenos Aires effective.
colours which seern to be the be-Tientsin regarding duties, payable und
Shangh all and end-all of a woman's tastefully collected at the port of ship New York
here, but which have been unlaw-
etitch,
Nightgowns are
Geneva
Rio
48.20
.375
.5.17/32
.5.13/16
15.15/16
.15%
Chain-stich embroidery is being when it comes to lingerie.
ment: used more and more for evening
The examination of cargo will Amsterdam shoes. Some have merely a de-
made with follow the usual practice, but when Stockholm corative motif on the vamp, others deeper lace tops than any I can the duties leviable have been as- Oalo are literally covered with chain-temember having previously seen; sessed, a deposit for that amount Prague added to this, lace flowers are in-will be collected and a deposit| Madrid gerted in showers all the way down receipt issued. Thereafter, it is Athens Most attactive are those with the front. Stealing an idea from incumbent, on the merchant to take Bombay chainstitch designs in gold, silver pyjama suits, many of the newest steps to recover at the port of Hongkong and gay colours, which look as nightgowns are complemented shipment the duty illegally levied; Silver (spot) though they are made of the lovely with a half-length coat of match-bat failing such recovery, and upon Silver (forward) Chinese embroidery used for the ing fabric, equally lavishly lace satisfactory proof of payment being gorgeous mandarins coats.
trimmed. The price of these set is produced, this office will return the very high, nobody dreaming of em-aaid deposit against the receipt.” Only buckles are worn on the playing aught but real lace. Nei- Despite this ruling, it is con-ployed at the Military laundry, vamp. Diamante ornaments are ther does it all come from Paris. sidered that merchants are placed Murray Barracks, has reported to now placed quite to the outer side The most delightful examples, are in the position of virtually having the police, that between 1 p.m. and of shoes. Sometimes a
line made in English factories, which to pay at both ends, as, even grant 3 p.m. on June 12th, clothing. of small brilliants commences balf- are doing a better trade thaned the present regime prevalle, valued at $40 was stolen from the way round, surrounds the back of they have done for some time. recovery of the deposit will entail clothes. line. the heel, and finishes again without
considerable delay and annoyance. --Reuter, meeting in the front.
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On the golf course we are to wear coloured brogues; red, green
and blue dyed lizard skina.
For tennis the white back-skins are decorated with straps and insertions of tinted kid and lizard. One Bond-street shop is displaying tennis footwear of white and rose,
and white and eau de nil.
HMM-IM BACK IN
THE BASE BALL SECTION AN'
SO FAR NO SIGN AT ALL
OF ANY DOG SHOW
WHAT'S THIS?
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Net, when real lace is out of the question, is more effective than imitation lace. Designs with fine embroidered net tops are delight ful, and a narrow band of net
should be added round the hem.
British Wireless, Cheung Lin, a wash amah, em-
On this account Colonel Bell Serious Charges,
was anxious to remove the docu- Peking, June 27.ments when the Shanai-ites took, Mr. Chu Ao-helang, the Com-over the Customs, but these docu mason creats of ments are now in the hands of Shansi, had declared that it has the Northerners. been discovered that Mr. Maze and Mr. Chu Ao-hsiang, also stated Colonel Hayley Bell have that Marshal Yen Hai-shan has frequently been exchanging viewe protested to the Powers regarding Very effective are black brocade on politien-military matters by the collection of the duties at males decorated with huge sprays means of the Customs Code dia-Shanghai, and that he understood of velvet nasturtiums in lovelycussing supplies of munitions, that the Powers have already pro- natural shades of organge and red etc.
tested to Nanking.-Reuter
A Dog Show!
SHUCKS
DOG SHOW
CESTEMELE
By Blosser
NO USE MONKEYING " AROUND = TIL JUST
START A DOG SHOW OF MY OWN!!
HEL U. 3. PAT. OFTA
1950 BY REA SERVICE, ING.
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