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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,· TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1930.
000390090038330003|| WHY FOREIGNERS
SUMMER
SALE
JULY 30th, 31st, AUGUST Ist.
UNDERWEAR
White Cotton Net Vests and
Trunk Drawers.
All sizes. Usually $3.00.
SALE $1.50 each.
Artlicial Silk and Cotton
Vests and Trunk Drawers. Usually, $4.00..
SALE $1.50 each.
Oddments in Lisle and Not Vests.
Usually $4.50 to $5.50. SALE $2.00 each.
SOCKS
Fancy designs in Silk and Cotton and Silk & Wool mixtures.
Usually $2.50 to $4.50,
SALE $1.50 per pair.
EXCEPTIONAL VALUES
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
SHIRTS
Day Shirts in coloured stripes
with 2 collars to match. Usually $8.50 to $11.50. SALE $1.00 each, Exceptional value in Cream Cotton Taffeta Sports Shirts in all sizes. Usually $7.50.
SALE $4.00 each.
White Aertex Cellular Day Shirts. Usually $10.50.
SALE $4.00 each.
BATHING SUITS
White "Aertex Cellular" Wool HALF PRICE
in all sizes. Usually $3.00
SALE $1.50 per pair.
Quite
STOCKINGS
a number of light- weight stockings.
Usually $3.50 to $6.50. SALE $2.00, $3.50.
JANTZEN
MERIDIAN
JAEGER
MACNOVA WATERPROOFS
Usually $39.50 . SALE $25.00
BYJAMAS
White Zephyr with "coloured stripes, Short sleeves, Ence length. Usually $8.00.
SALE $5.00 per suit.
"Truola" Poplin in full length style.
Plain colours. Usually $12.50. SALE $6.50 per suit.
BATH ROBES
In fancy towelling. Usually $17.50 to $21.00. SALE $11.50 each.
TIES
A large selection of Silk and Foulard Ties.
Usually sold at $3.50 to $5.00 SALE $1.50 each.
HANDKERCHIEFS
Of good washing Silk. A splendid selection in ail colours.
Usually $2.50 to $3.00.
SALE $1.00 each.
AQUASCUTUM RAINCOATS
Usually $95.00 SALE $65.00
MACKINTOSH'S
به میریم
STAY AWAY.
“RAGGING”—AT SCHOOL
FALLACIES STOP VISITORS A NEW BOY "WELCOMED”
TO ENGLAND.
FEAR OF THE FOG.
TO DURHAM.
ASSAULT SUMMONS.
Fallacies which keep foreign The treatment a 15-year-old travellers out of Britain, and the boy is alleged to have received methods that should be used to from other boys at Durham dispel them, were discussed by Grammer School led to five lads Mr. L. A. de L Meredith, general being summoned for assault. Two manager of the Travel Association issued cross-summonses. of Great Britain and freland, in an address at the Advertising Con- vention at Hastings.
Mr. J. R. Nicholson, solicitor, said the case was brought with it involved Last year, he said, nearly 2,000,- | reluctance, because |000 foreigners visited Frnce, while the name and prestige of one of
according to Home Office returns the finest public schools. barely 500,000 visited England.
With the assistance of diplomatic and trade representatives in all parts of the world, a careful study had been made of all the factora which tended to deter people from coming to England, and so far as possible these factors wore being removed..
The foreigner must hear truth about England.
the
the
Land of Sunshine, "We have tried to dispel notion, prevalent in sonte quarters, that it is always wet and foggy here by giving prominence to the sunshine records," Mr. Meredith said.
The lack of information in all parts of the world regarding this country was very remarkable. The Germans thought that Eng-
STAR DANCER.
Vera Finn, acrobatic dancer, who has appeared in several leading theatres in the Far East and who will be seen with the "Montmartre Follies" when they come to the Queen's Theatre shortly.
land consisted of London and the Isle of Wight, and to many Americans England was London, Stratford, Oxford, Edinburgh and nothing else.
"Our information is that the greater number of our visitors come here because they get a new atmosphere, fresh interests, lovely country, unequalled motoring, plenty of outdoor amusements and a warm welcome.
John Deas, son of Mr. Charlton Deas, curator of Sunderland Libraries, Museura and Art Gallery, went as a new boy to Durhani School on May 2,
He was unpacking his trunk when a boy put his head into the room and, using bad language, asked: "What arc you doing here? We will soon have you out of this."
From that moment followed a succession of taunts and assaults. Boys in the house greeted him with cries of "Cheek," "Rotter" and other insulting names.
Before Prayers.
One night he and Rome tags were waiting for prayers in the corridor when somebody told a story of how certain boys had stuck a dart into a cow. The other boys laughed, but Deas did not, as the story was repulsive, "Deas is a good boy, and does not laugh." he was told.
In the dormitory that night a boy hit him in the back, another tripped him up, and all the boys in the dormitory except the pre- fect punched him with their fists and kicked him.
Bad language was used and one lad said: "You are the good boy who won't laugh at a story."
The following night his bed was pulled to pieces and the mat- tress put in the alleyway between the beds with the legs of other beds on it. The other boys kick- ed and belaboured him when be tried to get the mattress away. PAROLERIE MAINTAIN TESTE DISAINKE
After three weeks he returned to the school and was told by the headmaster that the boys had been, Rogged, Nevertheless, he was again attacked and kicked.
"Exaggeration" Plea..
DRESDEN
PATTIES
INGREDIENTS-6 or 8 bread cases, 8 oz. cooked fish or chicken, 1 oz. butter, 1/4 oz. flour, salt, pepper, mace, 2 tablespoonfuls milk, 2 table- spoonfuls Nestle's Pure Thick Cream.
METHOD.-Melt the butter in a pan, add flour, then gradually the milk and cream; stir until boiling, then add the fish broken into flakes, and the seasoning. Fry the bread cases and place a little mixture in each. Decorate with .parsley.
This recipe is only one of a dộlight- ful series contained in our dainty booklet "The Cream of Creams." May we send you a copy? Phone Nextles, 30327..
NESTLE'S
PURE THICK
CREAM
NESTLE'S
PURE
THICK
CREAM
11 oz., 5% oz., 4 oz. tins.
Huge spiders of the tarantula Mr. Justice Hill said in the specics, locusts and Norwegian Divorce Court: "The administra-
Caught in hornets have been
tion of justice in this division is they were im- Pontypool, where
A locust with a made exceedingly difficult by the ported in crates. 5-inch span was caught in a store state of the law in many respects, and hornets, which came in the but I despair of Parliament doing Jarva stage in pit wood, were anything to alter it. At present found in the street. The manager we have a bundle of detached rules of a store is keeping alive two and scraps of legislation which are large spiders, one with a body the inconsistent one with another. size of a florin and legs 3 inches One has to do the best one can long, and the other with a body with each problem.as it comes up idea of roughing it at first, but | bigger than a 5s. piece.
for decision.". was rather superior. His father went had told the headmaster he was perfectly satisfied with what had been done. It would be unfair to punish the boys a second time. It was a harmless rag and had been grossly exaggerated.
For the defence it was urged that Deas had not gone to the school in a proper spirit with the
Several of the lads denied"] assault, and one said that Deas kept up "a lofty patronising spirit."
The magistrate dismissed all the cases and expressed the view that they should never have been brought.
In order to dispel ignorance; & R Mr. Meredith suggested that n simple book in five or six languages should be produced, telling travel- lers all that should be known about the seaside towns and the special attractions of England.
Lord Burnham, who was 1 member of the Simon Commission, outliner the present trade situa- tion in India and said that British
THE RISING SKY LINE.
THIRTEEN STOREY OFFICES
FOR LONDON. -
trade in that country had to stand high are to be erected on the old Palatial offices, rising 13 storeys- on its meritsand, to a certain extent, contend with Indian pre-
Lancaster-place site near Waterloo Bridge. judice and anti-British bins. He did not see why a campaign of A reporter was informed by an advertising should not be institut-official of the Law Land Company, ed in India.
Ltd., who have taken the lease from the Office of Works, that the build- Sir Francis Goodenough said ing will be completed in two years that Germany and the United and will be an unusually fine piece States, to a' most mencing extent of commercial architecture. in the past ten years, had shown
Investigate.
the way in the matter of market "There will be ten storeys rising investigation, and we would have from Wellington-street, and 13 to follow suit quickly or suffer storeys from the Embankment side serious consequences. We - were
with first in the field in selling manu
· The
of the Duchy of Lan- factured goods to the world, but caster, the ground landlorda, will times had changed, and we and remain, but the demolition of other our methods must change with premises on the 20,000 square feet them. A fierce struggle lay before of the site has already begun." us throughout the future. We
could recover and maintain Our At the offices of the architects, trade only if we would investigate Messrs. William and Edward Hunt, thoroughly, think deeply, clearly, it was stated: "We are designing and fearlessly, plan scientifically, the building on the simplest and and work energetically and un most officient lines. Bronze and remittingly employers and em steel window frames, plain Port played alike of all ranks.
land stone facfuga, six of the most Professor Henry Clay said that modern lifts and 15 shops on the by comparison with other coun- bridge side are features of a build- tries Britain had not done badly.ing we believe will be impressive Cotton was depressed, but. Lanca in character."
shire still exported as great a The Law Land Company, have value of cotton manufactures as controlling interests in other well- all the other cotton manufacturing | known West End properties. countries put together. Ship- The new theadquarters of the building was depressed, but con- Underground Company have 14 tinued to build about half the storeys, the building being 190 feet tonnage of the whole world. The high. The head office of the Royal coal industry had reduced its costs London Mutual Insurance Society by more than a quarter in the last is 250 feet high from basement to three years.
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