TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTS.
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$1.50
($8.00 If Not Prepaid) The following 'ropřes bave been received:--
808, 800, 944, 945, 971, 992, 998,
19,88.
WANTED TO BUY.
WANTED TO BUY-An Invalid Chair, new or old, must be in good order. Write Box No. 99, "Hongkong Telegraph."
TO BE SOLD
Hope and cool Six rooms and
SAILORS HOME AND SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE WHIST DRIVE.
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on
The Weekly Whist Drive at the Sallore Home and Seamen's In stitute, Gloucester Road, will open nt 9 p.n. punctually Wednesday next, 16th August, Ad- mission 50 cente The Launch "Dayspring" will leave Kowloon at 8.30 p.m., weather permitting.
G. T. WALDEGRAVE,
Chaplain.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE. Stanley.
School re-opens on September for Now 55 The Peak, lately occupied by Dr 5th. Examination Harsten and adjoining the Peak Students on Monday, September
Convenient 4th, at Unfurnished.
Stanley at 9 a.m. For and Boardera Dressing room. Fear bathrooms, het Prospectus, For and cold water. Modern sanitation. Day-Boys, Apply to Mr. L HDi Gas and Electric Light. Use of Tennis Tung, Banker, & Co., 20. Des Court Suitable for a Mess of five, os could be easily divided to suit two Voeux Road, Contral, or to couples. Close to Tram Station and Motor Road. Apply: THE BONG- KONG REALTY AND TRUST COM. PANY, LIMITED. Exchange Building.
FOR SALE
FOR BALL-Singer and Occidental SEWING MACHINES, condition as new, from $35. A few beds for sale, from $10. Store. 25, Nathan Road, Kowloon.
FLATS TO LET
TO LET-Well-furnished FLAT, near furniture, Star Ferry, or will sell Immediato possession. Apply Store, 26, Nathan Road, Kowloon,
TO LET
TO LET Chatham Road, Kowloon, Dent locality, water feant, five room HOUSE, furniture to be taken over Write Box of mutual arrangement. No. 98, "Hongkong Telegraph."
APARTMENTS
AIRLIE HOTEL. 26, Nathan Road, S7357. Quiet Kowloon, Telephone
Residential hotel, three minutes from Ferry. Central location. Very reason- able rates for Tourists, Permanents and Families.
Jumble
SALE
OF
COLUMBIA RECORDS
(Recently Cut-Out From General Catalogue)
$1.00 each
(12 Records for $10.00)~- REGAL RECORDS 50 Cents each
AT
ANDERSON'S.
METALS
of all kinds especially for ship-building & engineering work. Complete stock. immediate
Best
Terms.
..delivery. ́SINGON & CO. HING LUNG ST. Telephone 20515:
RETREAD YOUR TYRES
At
THE HONGKONG TYRE CO.,
She Bornover Romá Talephone 22120 --
WE HAVE YOU money & trouble
WHEN AT HUME
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Thongkong Telegraph.
MAY BE PURCHASED AT
SELFRIDGE'S
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE,
Stanley.
CHURCH NOTICES
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.
Rev. L L. Nash to Preach
To-morrow.
The following are the forth
services, ete.. at coming Andrew's Church, Kowloon,
Sunday, August 13, 9th Sunday after Trinity,
SL.
8.16 a.m. Holy Communion. 10. a.m. Young People's Service & Primary Sunday School.
11. A.. Morning Prayer & Vicar. Sermon. Preacher: The
8. p.m. Sunday School,
6. p.m. Evening Prayer & Ser mon. Proncher: Rev. L. L. Nash,
UNION CHURCH.
Services, Announcements For The Week.
DEACONS' COURT MEETING.
The following are the forthcom- ing services, etc., at the Church, Kennedy Road,
Sunday, August 13. ·
Sunday School, 9.30 n.ni.
Union
Morning Service, 10.30 a.m.
Evening Service, 0 p.m.
Preacher at both Services: The Rev. E. G. Powell.
Tuesday, August 15. Service Men' Bathing Purty. Launch leaves Queen's Pier at 5
Return 7 p.m. p.m.
Every Tuesday at 730 p.m. Devotional Meeting of the Sol. diers' and Airmen's Christian As-
sociation. Service men heartily welcomed.
Thursday, August 17.
At 5.30 pan. In the Church Hall) Meeting of the Deacons' Court.
KOWLOON UNION CHURCH.
List of Services for To-morrow.
at
The following are the forthcoming Bervices, etc..
Kowloon Union Church, (Minister, Rev, E. L'Allen, M.A., Ph.D.).
Sunday, August 13.. Sunday School,-(Open School) 10
Morning Worship 11 am. Anthem, Lord for Thy tender mercies' sake."
Evening Worship, 0 p.m. Prencher: Revd, Frank Short.
Wednesday, August 16, Women's Guild÷10 am.
Saturday, August 19.
Young People's Society Bathing Trip at 3.30 p.m.
.FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. First Church of Christ, Scien- tist, Macdonnell Road, below Howen Road Tram Station. Sunday Servico 11.16 a.m. Subject: "Soul."
The Sunday school is hold on Sunday Morning at 10 o'clock. Wednesday Evening Meeting at 6 9. Reading Room at above ad- tross opon Tuesday and Friday, 10a.m. to 12 noon, Monday and Thursday 8.30 to 7 p.m. The Public in cordially invited to at- "and"the"gorvico "and"visit---the Toading Rooms, Branch of: The Mother Church The First Church-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1933.
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Publle Auction to be held on Monday, the 14th day of August, 1933, at 3 p.m.. at the Offees of the Publie Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Sai
21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files
The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended August 10, 1912.
The rate of the dollar on de- mand was 1/11 7/8.
*
Ying Pun, Kowloon City In the Colony, of Hongkong for a term of 75 years, commencing from let July, 1898 with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Ile Excellency the Governor Majesty the King, for one fur-(Sir Henry May) made an in-
In preparation for the 'erection of a new terminal station in Kow. loon, the alte is being cleared.
spection of land at Shotaukok in
The
POST OFFICE NOTICE
Thongkong Telegraph. SAIGON-MARSEILLES AIR SERVICE.
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC
COMPETITION
$250
Letters (Ordinary and registered but not insured), Postcards, nud "Autres objeta" (Commercial papers, Printed papers and Samples) xili be accepted for transmission by this Service. Rates and conditions are shown in the schedules exhibited at the G. P. G. and Kowloon Ofics,
THE AIR MAIL SERVICE from SAIGON to EUROPE is weekly, The HONGKONG-SAIGON connexion will be maintained by the regular fortnightly malling of the FRENCH mail steamers and on alternate weeks by any available steamers that can make the connexion at SAIGON,
Letters for this route should be marked “Saigon-Marsailles Air MaÚ Service" and handed in at the G. P. O. or Kowloon Post Oflen,
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ther term of 24 years less the connexion with the construction of CASH PRIZES for the Saigan-Marseilles route and at the rates scheduled below.
last three days thereof.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale
(Begutry No.
Locality.
New Kowloon 2147.
Adjot No. 1587,
Inland. Lo
Lot
Grampian Bord,
Boundary
Maruzamente,
H. 8
|frei|fear|fent|ført}
As per salo plan.
$352. 30,750
Abous
$15.376.
Contents in
aq, lest
.Annual
Rental
["Upæt" "Price"
KOLSTER REJECTOSTATIC KITS ELIMINATE MAN-MADE STATIC. A. W. V. TURNER, &, CO. (BONUKUNG),
Solo Agouta.
When a boy calls a girl a "good number," it's her gure that counts.
a light Railway,
+ •
Visitors to the Library and Museum at the City Hall during the week ending. August 4, numbered 030 and 3,534 respectively.
*
Mr. H. E. Powys, who joined the
staff of Messra. Lane, Crawford, Ltd. In 1866 and served in Hong- kong for two years, died at Yoko- hama after being there for 40 years.
WELL-KNOWN ACTOR
FATHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES IN AUSTRALIA Advice has been received of the death in Sydney of Mr. Walter Baker, founder of the Australian Actors' Association. Mr. Baker was the father of Mrs. S; Colo man, wife of the Manager of the Western Electric Company's Hongkong office.
more
Mr. Baker was associated with
for the Australian stage than 60 years, and appeared in the original production of "For the Term of IIIs Natural Life," the historic play of the Austra llan convict days. He was on intimato friend of Mr. Bert Balloy, the grand old man of the Austra Han stage, who visited Hongkong six months ago.
He is survived by a widow and two daughters, these being Mrs. Milford-Rice, wife of the famous apecialist in tropical diseases, Dr. Milford-Rice, of India, and Mrs. S. Coleman, of Hongkong.
NAZIS' PRISONER
PROFESSOR NEUBECK HANGS HIMSEIP
Leipzig, Aug. 11. A victim of the Nazi agitation,- Professor Neubeck, former direc tor of the Central German Broad-i casting Station, hanged himself in his cell this morning.
SECTION I
Bathing and Picnic Photographs First Second Third
$50 $20
[SECTION 2
The Aeroplanes leave. Singapore at 5 mm. on Thursdays each week and the Hongkong-Singapore connexion will be made by the regular-fort- nightly sailing of P. & 0. mail steamers and on alternate weeks by any steamer that can make the connexion at Bingapore. The time of transiz Singapore to London is 7 days,
Letters and postcards abould be marked "Bandoong-Amsterdam Air Mall Service" and handed in at the General Post Office and Kowloon Port
Onco.
$10
Destination
Inclusive rate
Letters
Postcarde
40%.
Fer
Special
402.
Each
$
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SA
0.20
0,35
0.12
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0.40
0.70
0.26
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1.05
0.35
Egypt (Cairo)
0.76
1.20
0.40
Third
Greece (Athens)
0.85
1.40
0.45
Holland (Amsterdam)
$10
-Great Britain (London)
1.00
1.60
0.55
Eucopo other countries (Amsterdam
for onward transmission by rail)
Views, including Architecture
. and Street Scenes.
Second,
First
$50 $20
SECTION 3
Chinona Studies (Figures and Faces) First Second Third $50 $20 $10
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2nd
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SECTION. 5 Snapshots taken by Children under the age of 14 years. FIRST
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He was charged, together with Five Consolation Prizes of Alfred Braun and other broadcast
chiefs on August 8, with having No. 2 Eastman Hawk-Fye drawn excessive salaries under the Box Cameras (Pictures 24x Marxist regime.-Reuter.
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SIMMONS
Wooden and Steel Beds, Bedsteads, Gliders, Bridge Tables, Lampstands, Beautyrest and Deepsleep Mattresses, Chairs, Dressing Tables and Stools, Chest Drawers, &c.
Flap Jacks, Handbags, Watches, Necklaces,
Hat Bracelets, Ear-Rings, Brooches, Stands, Coat Hangers, Photo Frames.. &c., &c., &c.
New Shipment-Largo Varieties Just Received.
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RULES:-
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
1.The Competition la confined ex- clusively to amateur photo- graphers.
.......Sat, Aug. 12
G.P.O.
K.P.O. .Aug. 12th 1 p.ni Reg.........Aug. 12th 2 p.m.
.Aug. 12th 2 p.m.
Letters...Aug, 12th 2.30 p.m. Lycemoon.. Sat., Aug. 12, 3.30 p.m. *Mauritius Conte Rosso......... Sat., Aug. 12
(Due Brindisi, 2nd September)
G. P. O.
Saigon Straits, Ceylon, India,
East and Southli'Africa, Egypt and-- Europe via Brindisi
K. P. O. Reg.,.... Aug. 12, 8 p.m. Letters..... Aug. 12, 8 p.m. Letters,
Samashul and Wuchow Wolhow End Haiphong
Bangkok via Swatow Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
Foochow
2.The Prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photographa in each Section, Manila (Section enterod to be marked on the back of each picture), and Batavia which reach this Office not later than 31st August. 1938. The decision of the Judges shall be timal.
3. The right to publish any or all
of the entries is the Telegraph
is reserved, 4-Photographs which have
been already entered in local .com. petitions are ineligible. 5.At the conclusion of the Com
petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application at this Office within seven days.
6.No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery, Зовн or damage.
7--Photographs which must not be ess than 24 x 3" (excepting
Reunion, Mauritius,
Lourenco Marques Africa via Batavia
and
Reg.
Toishan Kiungchow
Sunday.
Kwangchow
Aug 12, 3.16 p.m. .....Aug. 12, 4 p.m.
.Sat., Aug. 12, 4 p.m. Sat, Aug. 12, 5 p.m.
....Sun., Aug. 13, 9 am.
Canton Maru..Sun., Aug. 18, 9 a.m. Tean... Sun., Aug. 13, 90.
Monday,
Helenus
Tuesday,
.Mon., Aug. 14, 2.30 p.m.
Tjisondar! Tues., Aug. 15, 10.30 am..
Madagascar, Tiisondar! Tues., Aug. 15, 10.30 am. South (To connect with the sa. Hout- man at Batavia: leaving Batavia, on 23rd August 1933),
Fort Bayard, Holhow, Pakhoi
Haiphong Shanghai
Rog.. Leitern,
and Tonkin .......Tues, Aug. 16, 1 p.m. Andre Lebon..Tues., Aug. 16, 2 p.m. Menestheus
Tues, Aug. 15.
(Due Marseilles, 18th September):
G. P. 0.
Stralis, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles....
K.P.O.
Aug. 15, 1 p.m. Reg, Aug. 15, 1.46 p.m Aug. 16, 1 p., Letters,... Aug. 15, 2.30 p.m Swalow, Amoy and Foechow..... Halyang... Tues., Aug, 15, 3 Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A., President Coolidge Tues., Aug.
Central and South America, Parcels, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. Canada and Europa via San · Reg, .......... Aug. 15, 4.15 p.. Francisco and Europe via S1 Letters, Aug. 15, 5 pm.
(Duo San Francisco,. 4th Sept) Wednesday,
beria
in the Children's Section) should Sandakan be printed In black and white, with the name of the competitor Straits in ink on the back.
Amoy
with Manila
8-No correspondence will be
entored into in connexion the Competition.
.9~~Entries In the Children's Section
A
15.
Hinsang ..Wed., "Aug. 16, 10,80 a.m. Hai Hing....Wed., Aug. 10, 3.30 p.m...
Wed., Aug. 16, 5 p.m.
Kutseng
Thursday..
Empress of Asia'
Friday.
must bear the name, age and Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ...... Hatching address on the back In Ink, countersigned by a parent.
10-Members of the Staff are not
permitted to compete. - Read the Rules Carefully,
·Entries Received up till 31st. August TAKE YOUR CAMERA ||WS WITH YOU!
Thurs, Aug. 17, 3.00 pm
Fel, Aug. 18, pn
*Superscribed Correspondence only.
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