THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1931
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.
DAIRY FARM NEWS
GAME
FIRST SHIPMENT OF THE SEASON.
Cock Pheasants
Hen Pheasants
(per brace}
Wild Duck
Teal
Snipe
Pigeona
$1.75 each
$1.35 $3.00 p1.20 cach
.56
.35
40 ""
ONLY FOUR DAYS MORE OF THESE BED-ROCK PRICES
If You Want to Save Your Money FIRST NOTE YOUR REQUIREMENTS
THEN
COME AND PURCHASE.
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126
120
130
Bloomers
$1.75
Астоян
1 "Can't it gain so?" or would that be againNG the rules? (nnast.)
Counteracting_aelity.
10 A drain bit of conscience.
11 Water from a French town that
helps to make a good wine.
12 There's a young fox in front
of it, but by no amount thought will it be added to one's height.
of
find the
13 He is far from home. 14 fe around, boy! to
sword.
17 Full of anger.
1 These bands appeal to Calvinists.
7 It would doubtless be large to At a swelled head, but why bo upset?
8 Lady Houston is aviation's.
9 Described by someone an the
science of "frozen music."
14 Bestow happiness upon
Tear.
15 The scence of the content.
with
16 All is well when there is corn in
this country.
18 Idiosyncrazy.
20 This smoker doesn't smoke,
23 Might describo Callban,
25 "Throned in the centre of his
thin, Proud of a vast extent
of filmay lines!"-Pope, "Epistlo
to Dr. Arbuthnot."
All Specially Selected.
The Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
A DINNER DANCE
(in aid of the H.K.W.G. & M.C.L. Charities) will be held on
SATURDAY, December 5th, 1931, at 8.30 p.m. Under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel IN THE HONG KONG HOTEL on the occasion of the opening of the new Grill Room.
(During Dinner the Hongkong Hotel Band will play Selections. Dance music by the kindness of Ronnie True and his Cheero Band.) TICKETS
Dinner & Dance Dance only
$10.00 each $500 cách
To be obtained from Mrs. J. D. Lloyd, 406 The Peak, Mrs. Simpson, The University and from the Hong Kong & Peninsula Hotels.
TICKETS MUST BE SHOWN, WHEN BOOKING TABLES.
Emb.
Underwear
Sets
3 Pieces
$2.50 Set
ilk Mart
Emb.
Petticoats
$4.25
Pearl Necklaces 20 cts. each.
Plain Fuji Silk All Colours 27"
Spun Crepe
27"*
65 cts. yard $ 1.25
Orepe-De-Chene All Oolours 27"
"}
1.35
1
Radium Crepe
21
27"
2.50
77
Shanghai Crepe
"}
27"
F1
1.40
17
Heavy Satin Crepe
1.
27''
{
2,80
#4 Seen in the desert
travellers despair.
ta the
9
"
Crepe-De-Chene
38"
??
1.70
"
Georgette Crepe
38"
"
1,60
35 Substitute & Chinese weight for less, and this desperate state in banished immediately.
W
"
Muri Crepe
""
101
32"
}
3.50
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HOYLAKE L M LIONEL
Liberty
38"
3
4.00
27"'
1.50
Printed Crepe
27"
1,90
Georgette
**
36"
2.20
FOR SALE OR TO LET MOUNT PARKER SANATORIUM.
Enquiries are invited for the purchase or rent of the
property known as Mount Parker Şanatorium, situated on the ridge overlooking Taikoo Valley (Quarry Bay) and Tytam Valley, consisting of three substantial blocks of buildings suitable for a school or hospital, with approximately 186,000 square feet of land. Apply to Butterfield & Swire (Accounts Dept.).
COMING TO THE CENTRAL SHORTLY !
The First Lady
of the Screen!
Je Rer Grestent
RUTH Rale!
CHATTERTON
"The Right to Love'
в Липчев деня
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Striped Spun Crepe (Heavy)
Men's Plain and Fancy Socks
"
Shantung Silk Dressing Gowns (Emb. Neckties
Heavy Silk Pyjama Suits All Sizes Ladles' Flannel Printed Houri Coats
11
Rayon Emb. Crepe Pyjama Sults Velvet Carpets (Guaranteed Washable)
.90 pair.
5,50 each.
.40
9.00 pair. 4.50 each.
Size 7 x 4
3.90 0.50 15,00 21
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INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED.
7. Ice House Street,
CINEMA SCREENINGS.
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.
And now curses the first all-talking picture to feature a horse as the menace". This film is Warner Bros.' all-talking Vitaphone production, "Tin Hottentot," which comes to tha Queen's Theatre shortly.
In this uproarous
serena,
Phone 25784.
Colbert's
Adapted for Vitaphone by Harvey As for the rest of the east, Miriam Thew from the well-known Mapes- Hopkins turns in the best perform- Collier stage success of the sunte ance of her brilliant career, keeping name, "The Hottentot" also has in its right in cast Patsy Ruth Miller,
step with Mica Edmund glamorous werk, Olie Hoffman, Douglas Gerrard and tenant" is lavish, and fascinating to Breene, Edward Earle, Stanley Taylor, The setting for "The Smiling Lieu- nude Turner Gordon. Roy Del Ruth the extreme. The Sood of books deal. directed.
ing with the court intrigues in pre-
Chevalier Picture.
21 As much always un extremely.
That's all.
22 Excapes.
24 A learned person introduced by
a play upon words.
26 Now the sailor's in the street.
let's begin.
29 Act it becomes understood,
31 Heats are usually run in this
and may be it.
32 Plant.
33 This Island in the Indian Ocean would seem to be just the place for a friendly gathering.
Down
2 It is worthy of notice that this
in necessary at a picnic.
June race meeting.
4 Trial,
business transaction.
Is prosecuted and discharged.
6 Trees may thus be niade short.
STICKERS
1. DROWNING
Take one letter out of the word "Drowning" in Step 1, to form a new word in Step 2 Contine this unb seven new words have been made, each containing one letter less than the pro- reding word. The order of the letters must not be changed.
27 Triple.
28 Box and Cox are.
30 Damp rising.
31 One of the Great Lakes.
Yesterday's Solation.
LUMBER 1 N R BJ
RUA POTATO VACILLATE BY S ND LITISSUE GUILLEMOT N WP N SHEATH DSO O TI PROTEAN
WOFD RTM E VHS Z EPM BEVENTEEN SAHIBA BAO N OOE ASTRAKHAN MANORS FETY
REHEARSAL
Yesterday's Solution.
A LAME MALE EATS A BIG MEAL,
"LAME." "MALE” and “MEAL”, are the three words that from the shove sentence.
were
missing
POPPY DAY FUND.
ADDITIONAL LIST OF
SUBSCRIBERS.
Previously Acknowledged.. $7,481.50
4
M. 6. B.
Zane Grey's stories aro high spoto
war Vienna, the torrid love affairs of scroen entertainment. More than
Of course Maurice Chevalier is the very palace itself, will have pre.by Paramount. With the introduction and bitter tragedies which occurred in twenty-four of them have been filmed Hottentot, the racer that no one can Smiling Lieutenant." That goes with of the background of the picture. No the wide West have become even more screen comedy, the biggest box-office bet in "The pared audiences for an understanding of dialogue, the characterful tales of ride, ennels the "heavy." And Hotten out saying. But in spite of what you expense has been spared to make this realistically gripping than they were tat is said to be more villainous than may expect of the brilliant French-background nuthentic and to imbue any of the human "heavies" of the man, you'll be surprised by his superb it with the longorous atmosphere of Paramount left no stone unturned to in silent form. To add to this realism, characterization production. All the land of The Blue Danube. In direct contrast to the wild and dications uncontrollable Hoitentat, is the meek swinging back to songs,
are that public tasie
make "The Border Legion" true in! characterization of Edward Everett Intter are good and tend to advance and other early Californian outlaws
when the
"The Border Legion."
every detail to the adventurous period In the exact spot where Black Bart
It reprenents. Horton, who heads the all-star cast the pict. The Smiling Lieutenant actually perpetrated their deeds of ping episodes, and, for this netion, A stage hold-up is one of the grip- n supposedly expert horseman. is the first outstanding musicals in during, Paramount filmed its latest amount relected the old gold trail; The major part of the comedy in months. "The Hottentot" revoles about Hor-
outdoor Chevaller's supporting ent
talking masterpiece, ton's timidity on the subject of horses, startlingly good tuo. Two members and thrilling story of the West of the
"The from Columbia to Stockton, which Border Legion," Zane Grey's popular. le poses as a famous steeplechase of his supporting cast are also stars. gold-rush days. In the smashing California.
winds through a rock-walled defile in rider and is forced to struggle into Claudette Colbert was raised to stel-action romance, which is showing at
Sierra-Nevadu mountains in the Hottentot's andde and ride the lar helghts as the result of her work the Central Theatre, audiences will
The pass in just wide enough to allow for the passage of terrifle beast in the race, fearing that in "Honour he is to win or lose in the race of Charlie Ruggles is now working in his just as they took place back in the bands of the old Weat
Among Lovers,"
and see
one vehicle and its strategic advań- authentic scenes and action
tages were recognized love. according to results.
and utt tel starring picture, "The Glel Habit."1870.
time and again by the daring bandit
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