TO-DAY'S WANTS. New Advertisements.
25 WORDS
$1.00,
($1.50 If Not Prepaid.) The following replies have been received:-
544, 545, 547, 850, 556, 593, 595, 598, 618, 634, 698, 699, 642, 650, 667, 671, 678, 683, 685, 691, 495, 705, 707.
LOST.
LEATHER TRAY PURSE containing small sum of money and three keys. Finder please communicate with Box No. 701, "Hongkong Telegraph."
WANTED.
LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR CYCLE. Kust be cheap exterior immaterial providing ongins good. Write Box No. 702. "Hongkong Telegraph."
SITUATIONS WANTED,
STENOGRAPHER
(lady) desires position in Hongkong, experiance with aling systoma. Write Box No. 704, "Hongkong Telegraph."
YOUNG HAN (British) seeks posi Kon
clerical salesman, or 巍露
Please capacity. Good references. communicate with Box No. 798, "Hongkong Telegraph."
PREMISES TO LET.
TV LET.—Qßes Rooms, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building. Apply
sang Kee, same Buikling.
YOU NEED A PIANO?
Well, come and select a MORRISON
the only plano in the East with a
TEN YEAR GUARANTEE. No big outlay is necessary. as terms can be arranged to suit everyone..
TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY.
8, Des Vœux Road Central. (Entrance Ice House Street) Telephone C. 4648.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE.
School re-opens, and New Students received; at Stanley on September 1st. at 9.30 amL. For Frospectus, apply to Mr. Li Hoi Tung, Messrs Banker & Co., 4, Queen's Road, Central, or The Warden, St. Stephen's College,
Stanley,
HOLY GHOOT BEHOOL"
(Bieters of the Immacolats Conception.)
Reopen Asptember 2nd: Regular 'sournos and private lessons: Chin- , English, French, piano, organ, violin, painting, etc...
Boarders received.
54, Pak Mai Hong, Camba, meer - Chikhedral.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY
NOTICE,
The Public is hereby informed that a revised Timetable will come into force on and from Tuesday, 26th August, 1930. Attention is drawn to alterations to the time of arrival and departure of certain local trains:
As a result of improvements to the track between Canton and Shek Lung the through journey is now reduced to 4 hours.
It is hoped to resume normal running by the end of the year. R. BAKER,
Manager. Kowloon, 22th August, 1930,
HONGKONG REALTY & TRUST
COMPANY, LIMITED,
AN INTÉRIM DIVIDEND of thirty cents per share, in respect of the year 1930, will be payable on Thursday, the 4th September 1330, ou which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on ap- plication at the Company's Office. Exchange Building.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPF
CHURCH NOTICES.
To-morrow the Tenth Sunday After Trinity.
LOCAL SERVICES.
9.15
8.m.
a.m.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930.
LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction,
on WEDNESDAY,
the 27th August, 1930,
commencing at 10.30 am.
S. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, August 24th, 1930. Tenth Sun- day, after Trinity. *St. Bartholomew's.
Day. Holy Communion 8
Parade Service
Holy Communion (Peak Church) 8 a.m. Children's Service 10 a.m. Matina and Sermon 11 a.m. Preacher: Rev. H. V. Koop. A Quantity of Miscellaneous Goods Evensong 6 p.m. Preacher:
at Godown No. 18, The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kowloon.
R. V. H. Brougham, Chaplain of comprising:- the Missions to Seamen.
Union Church, Kennedy Road, Hongkong. Morning worship, (Broadcast) Subject, "The Fight for Peace" Evening worship, 6 p.m. Preacher, Rev.
11 a.m.
John Foster.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The undersigned have received instructions from The Executrix of the Estate of the late. Mrs. Brotherton Harker to sell by Rub-phic lic Auction,
on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 25th and 26th August, 1936, commencing each day at 10.30 a.m.
*
at
No. 3 and 4, The Albany A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture.
comprising:-
Flour, Sulphate of Ammonia, Teak Hatatands, Chesterfield | Iron, Steel Sheets, Glass Bottles, Couches and Chairs, Bookcases, Old Newspapers, Sugar, Matches, Side Tables, Fictures, Silver and Effects, Hair Oil, Brass Ware, Fenders, Ornaments, Personal Cigars, Cigarettes, Wire, Acid Curios, Carpets, Ruge, Curtains, Bar Ends, Wood, Salt Fish, Tea, Mauritius Palms, Flates, etc., etc. Razors, Plate Cuttings, Wire Rope, Oil, Cotton Ware, Enamel Ware, Hemp, etc., etc.
and
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Queen's Road, East. Sunday Service: Morning, 10.15 am. Preacher: Rev. E. A. Bastin. One Steam Launch "SEAGULL" Evening, 6.00 p.m. Preacher, Mr. | lying off the Godowns A. W. Ingram. Sailors and Soldiers Home, Sunday, 8.15 p.m. Service Men's Hour. Monday, 3 p.m.
Meeting of Ladies' Church Aid.
a.m.
First Church of Christ Scientist, Macdonnell Road, below. Bowen Road Tram Station. Sunday Service, 11:15
Subject "Mind." The Sunday School
held
Sunday Mora- ings, at 10 o'clock. Wednesday Evening Meeting at 6.30 p.m. Reading Room at above address оред
on
Tuesday and Friday, 10 A.m. to 12 noon. Monday and Thursday, 5.30 to 7 p.m. The Public is cordially invited to attend the service and visit the Reading Room. Branch of The Mother Church. The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Beston. Bass. U.S.A.
CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME- ORIENT.
One Locomotive Boiler
Teak Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Teak Sideboards, Tesk Ice Chests, Dinner Waggon, Din- ner Crockery, Glass Ware, E. P. Cutlery, Table Fans, Electric | Lights and fittings, Kitchen Uten-
cils, etc., etc.
Teak and Iron Bedsteads, Teak Wardrobe with Beveled Mirrors. of Tables, Chests One Stationary Steam Crane Dressing
Drawers, Washstands, Deska, etc., (Smiths Lead), 5 Tons 18' 'Radius etc.
(On Veiw at K. M. Lot 49). Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.)
WATER LEVELS.
ON WEST, NORTH AND
EAST RIVERS.
The following table, issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows in English feet the water levels on the West River, North River and East River, on the dates named:
Shiuhing Tsingyuen
Samehui Sheklun
Aug. 21 Ang. 22
8.9
6.1
4.2
1.9
8.2
6.6
3.7
2.1
The highest levels on record are:-Shiuhing, 41 feet; Tsing
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Thursday, the 28th August, 1936, Mortgage Bank & Estate Agents. yuen, 29.2 feet; Samshui, 27.3 feet,
to Wednesday, the 3rd September. 1930 (both days inclusive) during which period no iransfer of shares can be registered.
By order of the Board of Directors,
C. F. V. RIBEIRO,
Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 9th August, 1930.
NOTICE.
Some of the shareholders of the Hongkong Realty and Trust Co., Ltd. have prepared a Requisition to be made to the Directors for convening a Meeting to pass cer- tain important Resolutions affect-! ing the Company.
Any shareholder desiring to kee or sign the Requisition should! apply personally to the under
ASAHI signed during office hours when
BEER
Sole Agent
MITSUI BUSSAN
KAISHA LTD.
PISENER BEER HONGKONG
FASAH
MERON BREWER
STI
LAGER BEER
SPECIALLY BREWER
EXPORT
full particulars will be gladly supplied.
HONGKONG SHAREHOLDERS!
ASSOCIATION,
O. F. RIBEIRO,
Hon. Secretary.
1st floor, Bank of East Asia Building,
10, Des Voeux Road,
GUIDE TO THE COMPANIES' ORDINANCES OF
HONGKONG.
B In The Form of a Detailed
ISEE
Index
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Prince Edward Road,
Kowloon
Detached and Semi-detached rillas. Modern construction with garage.
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Sheklung 15.5 feet.
The lowest level on record at
Samshui ia minus 5 feet and' at Sheklung minus 27 feet.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood Ware.
and
One Fine Limoges Dinner Ser-
vice.
Jacobean Bedroom.
And
.. Sitting Room Suite. Catalogues will be issued.
On View from Saturday, the.. rd August, 1930.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,,
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Mr. Robert J. Terry, Dietician and Journalist, Health Editor of the Pictorial News, New Zealand. is visiting Hongkong. He engaged on a study of dietary conditions in the Orient.
CENTRAL THEATRE
Commencing Sunday, Aug, 24th. PARAMOUNT'S SOUND SENSATION!
Critics Raved! So Will You!
One of the great pictures of the year; the greatest picture of pure action"--N. Y. EVENING WORLD.
"I was real, reall-destined for Raother of those almost endless TURN. Y. JOURNAL
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with
William Powell, Richard Arlen, Fo Wray, Clive Brook and Noah Beery
THE FOUR FEATHERS
A Paramount Picture
Paramount Sound News snd
Moon Bride Wedding "
Sound Comedy,
The Komance of "BEAU GESTE' And the Thrills of "CHANG
combined.
Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre. “(Ticket Box telephone No. 25720)
POST OFFICE NOTICE
RADIO NOTICES.
firms
Individuals and
are recommended to register their telegra- addresses at the Radio Office. No charge is made for this.
NEW POSTAGE RATES.
The following rates of postage are now being charged on letters (other than postcards) addressed to the following destinations--
Destination
Places in the Colony
United Kingdom and
British Possessions and Protectorates
Масло
China proper, excluding
Sinkiang, Mongolia and Thibet
Foreign Countries generally
Rate of Postage »
8 cents for each oz, or
part of an oz.
8 cents for each oz or
part of an oz.
4 cents for each os, or
part of an ox.
14 cents for the first ox. and 8 coats for each additional oz. or part of an oz.
The special rate of 2 cents per 4 oz. on newspapers published in the Colony and addressed to Hongkong, United Kingdom, British Possessions and Protectorates, China and Maceo has been abolished and the rate of 2 cents per 2 ozs. substituted therefor.
Circulars for addresses in the Colony or Wel Hai Wel, which are posted in batches of not less than ter of uniform size and weight, and which are posted by being delivered to an officer of the Post Office, are now charged postage at the rate of 2 cents for each 2 ozs. or part of 2 oza. Instead of 1 cent per 2 dozs, as heretofore.
From
INWARD MAILS.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan, Shanghal (San Francisco 25th July) and Europe via Siberia (London 2nd August. Jes
Shanghai and Swatow
Calcatta and Straits
Japan
Manila
Amoy
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan & Shanghai
(San Francisco 1st August) Amoy and. Swatow
Japan and Shanghai
Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B. C. 7th August.)
Shanghai and Amoy
Saigon
Sourabaya
Japan
Shanghai
Australia and Manila
Per
Pres. Polk Szechuen
Due.
August 28.
August 23.
Shirala...
August 23.
Ginyo Maru
August 28.
President Lincoln
.August 24.
Tjisaink
August 24.
Pres, Cleveland
.August 25.
Van Heutaz Angers
.August 25.
August 25.
Emp. of Canada
La Plata Maru
.August 28.
August 31.
G. Metzinger Tjibesar
September 1.
.September 3.
September 6.
.September 8,
Tjisondari
Tanda Oldekerk
St. Albans
OUTWARD MAILS
August 28.
.September 3;.
· Registered and Parcal Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised- to close at or before 9 n.m, registered and parcel mails are closed at 3 p.. on the previous day.
For
Somshui and Wuchow
Amoy
Manila
Foochow vin Swatow
Hoihow, Pakhol and Haiphong Swatow, Amoy and Formosa Bangkok via Swatow
ig
Sandakan
Straits and Calcutta
Swatow
Straite
Batavia
Fort Bayard, Holbow, Pakhoi and
Haiphong.
Per
Tai Ming Anhui
Date and Time.
.Sat., Aug. 23, 4 p.m. ..Sat., Aug, 23, 5 p.m. Pres. Polk .Sat. Aug. 23, 6.p.m. Cheong Shing..Sat., Aug. 23, 5 p.m. Chengtu....Sun., Aug. 24, 8.30 a.m. Hozan Maru ..Sun., Aug. 24, 9 a.m. Kwangchow .Sun., Aug. 24, 9 a.m. Mausang. Mon., Aug. 26, 10.30 a.m. Namsang
Parcels
Letters
Hydrangea....
Mon., Aug. 25. Noon. p.m. Mon., Aug. 25, 3 p.m.
Van Heutaz..Mon., Aug. 25, 5. p.m. Tjísalak..Tues., Aug. 26; 10.30 à.m.
Tues., Aug. 26, 12.80. p.m. Tues., Aug. 26, 1 p.m.
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Salgon, Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe vis Marseilles !!
Tonkin Halyang
Angers
Tues., Aug. 36, K.P.O.
Registration
p.m.
Letters
Registration Letters
G.P.O.
L45
p.m.
2.80 p.m.
Manila
Shangbai, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Canada, Central and South America and Europe via San Francisco and *Europe via Siberia
Swatow
Japan, Honolulu,
*San Francisco
and South American Ports
Amoy
Manila
Amoy
Saigon, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa and *South American Ports
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Haiphong
(Dua Marseilles 27th Sept.)
Pres. Cleveland
Pres. Lincoln
Tuse., Aug. 28, 4.20 p.m.
Parcole Registration
Letters
Tuos., Aug. 24.
25th 6 p.m. 25th 6 m. 26th 8.30 am.
(Duo San Francisco 17th Sept.) Kwai Sang Wed., Aug. 27, 8.30 a.m.
Ginyo Maru Wed., Aug. 27, 10.30 a.m. Taiyuan ...... Wed., Aug. 27, 5 p.m. Emp. of Canada
Hosang
Thurs., Aug. 28, 3.30 p.m.
Thurs., Aug. 28, 5 pm
La Plata Maru
Brand Fri, Aug. 29, 10.30 ... Hai Ning Fri, Aug. 23, 2 pa... Canton ..FH., Aug. 29, 2:30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles Kashmir
Shanghai, Japan, and *Europe via
Siberia
*Shanghai, Japan, "Canada, USA., *C. and S. America and *Europe via Victoria B. C.
.Sat., Aug. 39.: K.P.O. Parcels....Aug. 29, 4.30 p.m. Registration...Aug. 30, 9 x.m. ....10 am.
Letters
G.P.O. Parcels ...Aug. 29, 5 p.nt. Registration Aug. 30, 9.45 z.m. Letters ... ......10.30 am. (Due Marseilles 27th Sept.)
G. Metzinger.....Mon., Sept. 1, noon.
Pres. Cleveland
Parcels Registration Letters
.Mon., Sept. 1.
11 a.m. .11_a.m.
Noon:
(Due Victoria B. C. 10th Sept.)
Tues., Sept. 2, 10.30 am.
Manila and Java via Sourabaya... Tjisondari Shanghai, Japan, Canada, USA.
Central and South America and *Europe via Vancouver B. C. ... Emp, of Canada ....Thurs., Sept. 4.
Parcels
Sept. 3,5 p.m. Registration Sept, 4, 9.15 a.m. Letters
10 a.m. (Due Vancouver B. C. 19th Sept.) *Euperscribed. Correspondence only.
For failing to exhibit the pre-man showed only 2.27 of British scribed quota of British films filmas, while the quote was 5 per during last year, Myer Freedman, cent. Mr. Kemp, of the Board of proprietor of Tivoli Cinema, East Trade, said 129 British feature bourne, was at Eastbourne Court films were registered from April, fined £1 and 3s, costs. Freed. 1928, to March, 1929, and he did man, who pleaded guilty, sald his not agree with Fredman that there booking agent had recently filed were not enough copies to go his petition; and his local mana-round. The chairman said ex- ger, who had been dismissed, had hibitors must comply with the act, failed to keep his record book up even though it might mean re to date. It was stated that Freed showing films in town."