TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTS.
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($5.00 If Not Prepaid)
The following ropiles have been
received:
908, 836, 944, 945, 971, 992, 918. 19, 38, 103, 107, 108, 111, 113, 127.
FLATS TO LET
TO LET-Four-roamed FLAT, with modern conveniences, ground floor, 61, Luna Building, Kimberley Road, Kow. loon. Apply Mr. Seu Kon Chi, Ex- change Building, 3rd floor, Hongkong.
FOR SALE
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FOR SALE.-OLDSMOBILE (0) cylinder) Coupe, in very good condi- tion, owner being transferred. Apply Cornaby, Jardinca.
FOR SALE-HEAVY FURNITURE, including Moutrie Plano, of five- roomed house, 304 The Peak. Apply Cornaby, Jardines.
FOR SALE-IDEAL XMAS Prendits. Children
dolls, stockings, Ladies compact sein, ovening handbags, beautiful Oriental Tea services, Gents Smokers gets variety, Store 25, Nathan Road, Kowloon,
TO LET
TO LEA-From 1st January. No. 3, King's Park Bulidings. Austin Road, Kowloon, four-roomed FLAT. Modern conveniences. Garage optional. Apply Union Trading Co., York Building. Telephone 27738,
HOTEL
AIRLIE HOTEL, 23-20, Nathan Road, Kowloon, under British ownership and management. 2 minutes Star Ferry. Every modern convenience. Excellent culsine. Special rates familles. Tale- phone 57357.
NOTICE.
Advertisers requiring addi- tional space during the present month, are reques- ted to notify the Adver- tising Department,
"THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH"
Morning Post Building. as early as possible.
GIVE
GLOVES
For Your CHRISTMAS GIFT THIS YEAR
From
GORDON'S LTD.
COMING SOON!
Hex Stay
ARTISTA
DON'T FORGET!
25%
DISCOUNT
OFF ALL PRICES
at
MACKINTOSH'S
Men's Wear Specialists,
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918), LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE FIFTEENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHARE- HOLDERS will bo hel in the Beard Room of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, Mercantile Victorin. Hong Bank Building, Kong, on Saturday, the 30th day of December, 1933, nt 12 o'clock (Noon), for the purpose of receiv- ing a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th September. 1933, and electing Directors and Auditors.''
The Transfer Books of the Com-
pany will be closed from Saturday. 23rd December, 1933, until Satur day, 13th January, 1934, both days Inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Direc Lors,
·NOEL BRAGA,
Secretary. Hongkong, 16th December, 1933.
NOTICE.
ARMS LICENCES.
arc
Holders of arms licenceA reminded that Arms licences are due for renewal on. 1st January 1034. › (Foe $10.00 por licence). Licensees should call at the Arms Ofice, Police Headquarters be- tween the hours of 9 am, and i pm. daily (Sundays and Public Holidays excepted), with their arme and licences.
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E. D. C. WOLFE, Inspector General of Police. Hongkong, 18th December, 1933.
COLBOURNE LITTLE, FRIBA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, COLBOURNE LITTLE, am continuing to practise in my own namo as an Architect and Civil Engineer at York Building, Chater Road, Hongkong.
COLBOURNE LITTLE. Hongkong, 15th December, 1933.
LITTLE, ADAMS & WOOD,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between Colbourne Little and C. H. Basto carrying on business as Architects and Civil Engineers at York Building, Chater Road, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, under the stylo or Firm of Messieurs Little. Adams & Wood has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 15th day of December, 1933..
COLBOURNE LITTLE, C. II. BASTO.
Hongkong, 16th December, 1933.
NOTICE.
Please take notice that I have sold my branch of Jimmy's Kitchen at 42-48: Lockhart Road, East of Arsenal Street, to Messrs.. L Ammann and to W. Haefke. Please note that I will not be responsible for any debts incurred by the above branch from the 16th 'December, 1933.
A. LANDAU,
· Proprietor of Jimmy's Kitchen,
1c, D'Aguilar Street,
Hongkong.
AMERICAN. NOVELIST BURNED TO DEATH
AT THE
KING'S
LOUIS' JOSEPH VANCE
London, Dee, 17. Louis Joseph Vance, the Ameri- can novellat, and creator of the. charactor "Lone Wolf,"
hna mot death under tragic cir. cumstances. It пррога that he fell asleep with, a lighted cigaretto In his hand and the cigaretto Ignited his room and he was burnt to death-Router,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933.
GIFTS
CHRISTMAS
Sale
NOW ON
EVERYBODY.
LOOK FOR THE
MONITOR TOP
for Lowest Cost Refrigeration
Admittedly the most reliable Electric Refrigerator, and which carries a General Electric 4-year service plan warranty,
Prices are low-and payments can be spread over 24 months if desired.
Write for G-E Price List and all particulars, or call at Showroom of
ANDERSEN, MEYER & CO., LTD. David Building, Hong Kong.
RECORDS
Phone 28091.
FOR THE KIDDIES
THE INSIDE STORY OF and have bluntly suggested tho
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is killing the land and the people who work on it.
| discharge of workers in order to
enable the money to be paid,
"No wonder the Church is, gate. ting into dlaropuls in the country, and parsons are preaching to con-
grogations of ten.
The historical argument cannot hold. Because the Star Chamber
"In order to pay tithes, farmers hava to discharge labourors--a retrograde stop which increases Inquisition was once an establish- ed institution, there is no reason unemployment and decrensos ef- ficiency.
why it should have been continued to the present day, if it were "In Suffolk, the annual tithe iniquitous. Titho is a relic of the rent charge A about seven foudal system, and should have Ballings an acre. The tho on phased away with monted castles
200 acres would pay for a labour and baronial armies."
or's hire for a year. On a 1,000 The Church, then, is determined neros farm, the tithe costs tho to fight for what. It regards as its wages of five workers.
rights. Farmers are even more "In acores of cases, parsons determined to fight for what they havo rebuked farmers for getting regard as the right to live. bohind in their tithe payments,
A. W. BAPLEY.
SAY IT WITH
GIFTS-
Which Always Please
LET US SOLVE YOUR
XMAS
GIFT PROBLEM
We help to satisfy the
wishes of both old and
young.
GIFTS FOR
DB452 TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES DB706 Sung by Annette Blackwell.
Also
MCBAIN NURSERY RHYME BOOK from which the above Rhymes are taken.
TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY 9, Ice House Street.
HONG KONG.
SHOP EARLY AT THE
MOST MODERN DEPARTMENT STORE
CHINA
EMPORIUM
IT PAYS
то
SEE US BEFORE-
YOU BUY
YEE
SANG
FAT
Co., Ltd.
THE
STORE
THAT
SAVES
YOUR
MONEY.
Tel. 24648.
MAJESTIC ENTERPRISES
PRESENT
SEGRE AND LIDIA
in their impressionistic interpretations of the terpsichorean art embracing native dances of the old world, yet sufficiently modern in tempo and style to please the. most astute critic.
Direcf from an unusually triumphal tour of the United States and Europe they have been engaged for your pleasure at
THE
NO ADVANCE IN OUR PRICES. Beginning a limited engagement at
NEW MAJESTIC
BALLROOM SUPERB
(Opposite Government Radio, Office.
STARTING-TQ-NIGHT-MONDAY
DECEMBER 18th, 1933,
and as they finish each section of their little offering our dance floor, that has no equal in South China! our music, and what tunes !!—our two score hostesses and what HO!!! are yours to intoxication..
SHALL WE BE SEEING YOU?
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