THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10,
1931.
TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL THE HONGKONG MUSICAL SOCIETY
WANTS.
25 WORDE
.$1.60 ($2.00 If Not Prepaid.) The following replies, have been resolved:-
AGENCIES.
PIECE GOODS AGENT WANTED— Manufacturer and Shippor of Brad- ford and Manchester Ploce Goods, long onLablished in China Trade, wante Hard experienced Hongkong Agunt.
Noso worker will bo well supported. ⚫ther nood apply. Write, stating present Lorina,
experlance, age, agencies held. Box 1207 William's Advertisement Uffees, Bradford,
Bngland.
WANTED KNOWN
WE
Kro
* in
new premises
ARMISTICE DAY.
11TH NOVEMBER 1931.
A space for a limited number of has ex-service men and women been allotted at the Ceremony at the Cenotaph on Armistice Day and anyone wishing to attend is invited to parade in front of | Queen's Statue Pier not later than
10.35 A.M:
P. M. RÜSSEN,
Hon. Secretary,
British Legion.
RANK HOLIDAY.
In Accordance with Government Ordinance, the Exchange Banks i will be closed for the transaction of Public Business on Wednesday, the 11th November, (Armistice Day).
Hongkong Amateur Dramatic
Club.
"DEAR BRUTUS”
by
Sir James Barrie November 14, 17, 19, 20 & 21
at 9 15 p.m.
Hatinee November 18th at 5.15 p.m.
Booking at Anderson's
ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.
Members who have not yet re- turned their Ball Subscription lists: jare requested to do so at their jearly convenience, so that Invita-!
the
Thoroughly equipped to render expert | KOWLOON TONG GARDEN CITY [tions may be laяued to enable them service in every form of benutz eulture. Permanent and water way. inse
a speciality. Juliette's Beauty Sulon. flu Tung Building. Kowloon. Tel. 58213,
THE ART of dressmaking lies in emphasising good points and ending
Leave it tu Imperfectionr.
ASSOCIATION.
NOTICE.
Owners of houses and Residents
in Kowloon Tong Estate are here- Mr.by informed that the above named Volgin. Saioon 1, Hankow Road, Association has been formed and Kowloon, opposite Kowloon Hotel
A Jumble Sale will be held in the Linion Church Hall, Kennedy Road, on Thursday, Nov. 26th. Contriinitions will be gratefully receive daily Proceeda in aid of Charities.
and their Guests to attend Practice Dances,
DAVID S. NÜBE,
Joint Hon. Secretary.
incorporated under the Companies RATIONALIST PRESS
a
Ordinances of Hong, Kong and that those who shall have made formal application to become member of the Association before the 17th November, 1931, shall be Gentlemen's Barber from members of the Association with- Maniin cow in daily attendance atout ballot. Juliette's Beauty Salon, Ho Tung Balding. Kowloon, up-to-date thods, Tel. 56213,
Expert
LOST
me-
LOST. On Friday aval opal branch stones. Reward. Plense write Rax No. 872, "Hangkung Telegraph."
TO BE SOLD.
35 THE PEAK, lately recapied by Dr. Harston and whjoining the Penk Unfurnished. Conveniret, Hospital. comfortable and enal, Six rooms and Dressing resin. Four bathrooms, hot and cold water. Moders suolta. tion. Gas and Electric Light. Use of Tennis Court. Suitable for a Meas of five, or could be easily divided to campies. Close sult twn Station and Motor Hond
Apply:
to Tram
THE HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED. Exchange Building.
FOR SALE
Upright Piano for sale. for accepted. Minn lock, Kennedy Rand.
Reasonable
Carter, 20,
WHIPPET-81x cylinder, five passen. touring car-1928 model-in thoroughly good order $1,500, can be so at any time. Please write Box
No. 859, "Hongkong Telegraph."
TO LET
TO LET—A six roomed house, No. za, Kent Road, Kowloon Tong, Modern conveniences. Garden around. Higher Lovel. Write Hax Na. 870, "long- kong Telegraph."
APARTMENTS
AIRLIE HOTEL-23-25, Nathan Bond, Kowloon. Under European Managemen→→Excellent Cuisine: Modern Apartments. Terms Moderate, Three minutes from ferry. Tel. 57357.
CREBIT FONCIER D'EXTREME ORIENT.
Mortgage Bank & Estate Agents.
"PEAK MANSIONS”
Prince Edward Road, Kowloon
Detached and Semi-detached villes. Modern construction with garage.
"Cambay Buildings." Flats with modern conveniences.
MCEWAN'S BEER ON DRAUGHT
at
MARCEL'S,
(Confectioners & Bakers). 70, Nathan Road, Kowloon.
MA
'ASSEUR R. SHIMIDZU,
ASSEUSE B. HONDA. ABSEUSE S. KISAKI.
Peak
Recommanded for many years_for Government Civil Hospital. Hospital, etc., and by all the local doctors.
24, Wyndham Street. Tel. 24941.
II. F. UN,
Hon. Secretary. Kowloon Tong, 6th November, 1031.
ASSOCIATION, LTD.
The Annual Dinner will be held on Saturday, 5th December, Application for tickets slimle be made to the Secretary. Box No. 871 c/o Hong- kong Telegraph before 15th November.
EXTRA SPECIAL
prosent
THE SCHREIDER TRIO (piano, violin and cello)
IN TWO
BISHOP AND THE SCIENTISTS.
THEORIES WITHOUT LOGICAL BASIS.
"VARY ENORMOUSLY.'
Scientific excursions into the
CHAMBER MUSIC sphere of philosophy of the kind
RECITALS
at the
HELENA MAY INSTITUTE
On
November 17th & 20th
at 9.20 p.m.
Tickets ($4.40 & $3.30 each. inc: Tax) Obtaina- ble from the
of tary institute.
produced by the recent 100th an- niversary meeting of the British Association are declared by the Bishop of Gloucester (Dr. Hend- Jam) to be worthless.
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Dr. Headlam is not forgetful of the strictures addreased by science to religion in the past. He, there- fore, takes advantage of the cen- tenary meeting to visit the British Association with a severe castiga- tion in an article published in the October issue of the "Gloucester Diocesan Magazine."
The Presidential address of secre-General Smuts is first selected for
the special attention.
SILVER FUTURES.
P
THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.
"General Smuts," he writes, "gave us an account of the uni- verao. as it is envisaged by science the at the present time, and In course of that address he told us that most things which have been said in that connexion in the lugt one hundred years were now shown to be erroneous.
we
Earlier Opinions.
"Many of us remember some of Messrs, Pentroath and Co. have the meetings he referred to, and
know the
of combination confidence with been advised by eable of the fol- dogmatism and lowing quotations of New York-which theories about the universe
were put forward. silver futures na at the close of
the market yesterday.
January 1932 38.00 up 2.75. May 1932 39.75 up 2.95.
BARGAINS
FOR 4 DAYS MORE ONLY 200 NEW HATS 200
150 NEW BAGS 150
BARGAINS AT HALF PRICE
MUST BE CLEARED TO MAKE ROOM FOR—
CHRISTMAS GOODS
GIRDLES
"C.B." "FORMFIT" "HICKORY"
One Special Lot in Broken Sizes to
CLEAR AT HALF PRICE
MORLEY JUMPER SUITS
WOOLLEN STOCKINGS
GLOVES. BERETS. HOODS-Special Bargain $4.00
FELT BERETS
-
$1.50
MANY OTHER LINES AT
BARGAIN PRICES
ELITE STYLES
A. P. C.
BUILDING.
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"Sometimes" (writes Dr. Head- lem) "we were told that they had practically destroyed Christianity; often we were told that we must
(dens revise all our
miany practical and theoretical subjects. Now
we are told with the same dogmatism and the same authority that theat ideas are wrong. Other theories of the universe are put forward in their place.
Is there any reason for thinking that these are more correct than those which have been displaced?
"It is probable that one hundred years hence, if the British Associa tion continues to exist, the Pre- sident's address will largely be devoted to exposing the errors which prevailed 100 years before."
Two things must be clearly dis- tinguished in scientific discovery, Dr. Headlam insists. The first the knowledge which gives a com- mand over nature, confines itself
and to speciflu experiment,
dis- covers not general but particular laws.
Power of Science,
"The power which science has acquired by careful investigation in chemistry and physics," he adds, "e very great. The con- clusions that are arrived at are capable of verification and; within the limits in which they are carried out, are sound.
TEA DANCES,
*HONGKONG
-HOTEL
“ROOF GARDEN"
Commencing
Thursday, 12th Nov., 1931, EVERY
WEEK-DAY EVENING
From 5 to 7 p.m.
($2.00 Including Tea).
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
HONGKONG ORDINANCE NO. 2 OF 1885
From a perusal of the above Ordinance it will be seen that the British Imperial gallon of 9 lbs. is the legal measure in the Colony. The public le entitled to demand this quantity when buying a gallon. Mesars. C.C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.-being British sell by the Imperial gallon of 9 lbs, but other oil Companies have adopted the American or wine gallon of 7/8 lbs. There is a difference of about 20% in the quantities and this should not be overlooked.
the proved Although Castrol is aristocrat of lubricating oila it is sold at the samo price as ordinary motor oils. Castrol gives you the correct quality and quantity-Sold by all Garages.
ROBERTSON, WILSON & CO, LTD.
are the Whole-ente Distributors In South China for Messrs. C. C. WAKEFIELD & CO., LTD., the All-British Firm of Oil Manufacturers,
POST OFFICE NOTICE
GENERAL HOLIDAY,
On Wednesday, 11th November, the General Post Office will be open from 8 am to noon, Kowloon Past Oleo 8 a.m. to 11 am, and the other Branch Post Offices 8 ap. to 9 a.m.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes and ono delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and one delivery of registered correspondence at 9 a.m.
"It is different with the gen. eralisations which "are put for- ward as the teaching of science about the nature of the universe,' he statea. "They are not dis- coveries by scientific method, but are based on hypothesis, They represent the best theory which Shanghal and Amay certain minds can devise to -ex- Straite plain phenomena, but they vary Batavia onormously. They have really no sound logical basis, and they are incapable of verification.
From
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
INWARD MAILS.
Fer
Kwangtung Cremor Tinegara......
Duo .. November 11. November 11.
November 11..
London Parcels only (London, 24th
Sept.)
Khiva Tjileboet
November 11.
.November 11.
Java
November 11.
Saigon
"We have acquired tremendous
Felix Roussel OUTWARD MAILS.
power over electricity," Dr. Head- REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier lam adds, "but what electricity is than the time given below unless oherwise stated, and where malls are we do not in the least know. The advertsed to close at or before Am. registered and parcel malls are theories about heat, electricity, closed at & p.m. on the previous day. Per gravitation, and so on which were taught very authoritatively 60 years ago are now found. to be erroneous and who will say how much truth there is in the present theories?
"I think that it la most import- ant to realise the contrast. be-
tween the value and the certainty
For Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ...... Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.,
*Canada, Central
South and
via San America and Europe Francisco
of the work of science within its *Shanghai and “Japan
own sphere and its worthlessness
Samshul and Wuchow
Swatow
when it pretends to be philoso. Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., phical"
BRITISH HONDURAS RELIEF FUND.
NOW TOTAL MORE THAN
£16,000.
London, Nov. 9.
Canada, Central and South Ame rica and Europe via San Fran clsco and Europe via Siberia ..
Ordinary Letters only for Europe superscribed via Siberia: Air Mäll Bhanghal-Banchoulf"
Swatow Sandakan
East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
The Jamacion Loglalative Coun- Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius ell has voted $1,000 in reller of British Honduras which was re- cently struck by a hurricano. This
in additional to £2,000 already pri-
vately subscribed in Jamaica, and, with contributions of £2,000 from Barbados,
adou, £500 ench
each from Trinidad
and Bermuda, £250 from Gronada,
£1,000
from Nigeria, and £5,000 by
AMDYT
the British Government, together Shanghai and Japan
with the proceeds of the Lord Helbow and Haiphong Mayor's Fund the total sum for
relief has reached £10,600.-British | Swatow
Wireless.
Manila
Halyang
Pros. Grant
Parcels Regi
Letters
Date and Klase. Tuos,, No. 10, 3 p.m.
.Tues, Nov. 10.
3 p.m.
8.45 p.m. 4.30 p.m.
(Due San Francisce 1st December). Gango
Tues., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. Chung On „Tuor., Nov, 10, 4 p.m. Hangsang Tuna, Nov. 10, 6 p.m.
Tatauta Maru
Tuos., NOT, 10 Reg.,
Nov. 10, 6 pm. Letters.... Nov. 11, 8.80 à.m. (Duo San Francisco, 2nd December):
Totauts Maru .............Wod., Nov. 11.
K.E.O.....
Nov. 10, 4.80 p.m. G.P.O..... Nov. 11, 8.30 am. Sinklang... Wed., Nov. 11, 8.30 am. Hapusang..Wed., Nov. 11, 10:30 am.
Calchas
Wed., Nov. 17. K. P. 0.
Reg.,
Nov. 11, 10 mm. Lotters Nov. 11, 11 a.m..
G. P. O.
Reg., ..., Nov. 11, 11.15 am, Lattara posv.. Nov. 11, Noon (Das Marseilles, 9th December.) Tainan.......Wed, Nov. 11, Noon. Felle Roussel... Wod., Nov. 11, Noon. Monado Maru
Thurs., Nov, 12, 8.30 am. Hydrangea...........Thurs., Nov. 18, 3 p.m. Emp, of Asla Thụr, Nov. 18, § pas.
*Superscribed Correspondence only.