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WANTED KNOWN.
WOMEN'S LEAGUE HEALTH AND BEAUTY, A demonstration will be held on March 11th. Will all members please attend the rehearsal. Health. Wednesday, 19.30 am. Top Fri- day, 8.18 p.m.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-Furniture and fittings of six-roomed flat. Top floor, Hill- wood Road, Kowloon, cool, alry, low rental. Suitable for family with children. Fully furnished including Gibson refrigerator. Can be seen any time, occupancy April. Write Box, No. 304, "Hongkong Telegraph." FOR SALE-European made draw- ing room suite: Chesterfield and two armchairs Cane back, Jacobean
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONG KONG/JAPAN· CONFERENCE
Foreign and Chinese Shippers.
NOTICE is hereby given that as |from the 1ST MARCH, 1937, rates of freight from Hong Kong to Moji, Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama will be increased 20% over current rates.
.
Schedules showing current rates as from the 18T MARCH, 1937, aro now in course of proparation, and will be issued shortly.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO,
LTD. Secretaries, Hongkong/Japan Froight
Conference..
HONGKONG TRAMWAYS
LIMITED,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN style. Upholstered loose Vi-spring that the ORDINARY YEARLY cushions. Can be seen anytime. Write Box No. 365, "Hongkong Tele- GENERAL MEETING of HONG- graph."
KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED will' FOR SALE. — Gibson refrigerator, be held at the offices of Messrs. Co., Ltd., family size, excellent condition. Coat Jardino, Matheson & $359, accept $275. Write Box No. Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 20th 380, "Hongkong Telegraph."
day of February, 1937, at 12 o'clock noon, to transact the ordinary business of the Company.
AND
HEREBY NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 13th to · FRIDAY, the 26th February, 1937, both days inclu- give.
FOR SALE-Large Office desk and chair, teakwood filing cabinet, Noyal typewriter 12", in excellent condition, $120 the lot. Write Box No. 307, "Hongkong Telegraph."
FLATS TO LET.
ATTRACTIVE Four Roomed Flats. All-Modern Conveniences.--Cool-and- Quiet locality. Moderate Rent. Im- mediate occupation. 11A, Carnar- von Road, corner Cameron Road. Apply First Floor,
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TT. Japan T.T. India T.T. U.S.A. TT. Manila
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Bangkok
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Selling
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Buying
4 m/s. L/C London
4 m/s. D/P do
4 m/s. L/C U.S.A.
4 m/s. France
30 dia, India
U.S. Cross rate in London
By Order of the Board,
W. F. SIMMONS,
Secretary, Hongkong, 1st February, 1937.
LOST.
Bill of Inding Number Three 18. 23 mark N for three casce carpets .1013
523 ex S/S Hupeh, having been lost 100% .81% is now declared null and vold .30 and is no longer negotiable.
149
.647
.75%
.6.50
FOR SALE.
Well built huts, recently in use 1321 at Shing Mun as coolie lines. .1/8/
18 No. Type A Go' x 18' 5 No. Type B 50′ x 20′ 1/31/16 Each hut contains approximately 1/3,3/32
Offers to
3094400 cu. ft. of timber.
..6.76 G.
.03
B. Gifford Hull, Resident
4.80 Engineer, Saltash, King's Park,
Kowloon.
COMMENCING TO-MORROW-
AT THE
ALHAMBRA
A STAR-STUDDED CAST IN A THRILL- CRAMMED DRAMA OF MEN OF STEEL !
THE SCREEN'S MOST LOVABLE SCRAPPER IN HIS GREATEST AND GRANDEST
STORY
VICTOR.
Victor (Academy Award Winner) McLaglen in' a' role as Big as the star 1 It's a Big Picture-played against a mighty andawo- inspiring background' 'never before filmed!*****
McLAGLEN
(ACADEMY AWARD WINNER) ›
MAGNIFICENT BRUTE
Jay with
'BINNIE BARNES --JEAN DIXON WILLIAM HALL HENRY ARMETTA ANN PRESTON BILLY BURRED EDWARD NORRIS
From the Liberty Magazina story "
• "Bait by Owen Francu Directed by JOHN G. BLYSTONE EDMUND GRAINGER, Associate Producer CHARLES II. HOUSES, Executive Producer: A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
THE: HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
"TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT
To-morrow's Pictura
Features
Amongst the interesting 1- lustrations in to-morrow'a lasue of the Telegraph Pictorial Supplement will be views of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building and the Law Courts, shown from a new angle made possible by the de- molition of the City Hall.
The official opening of the Jubilee Reservoir will be illus- trated, and there will also be
picture of the new radio- phone station at Canton,
Wedding groups will include those of Mr. A.R.S. Major and Miss M. K. O'Connor, Mr. Chil-kuang, Raymond Lin B.A., and Miss Jenny Chan. Other groups will show the of St. Vestry and choir Stephen's Church and members of the Council of the Rifle As- sociation.
Results of Inst week's will Children's Competition
be given, together with detalla of a new contest for the kid- dies.
WHEN TO LEAVE OFF WORKING
[Continued from Page 6.) take no notice of because by the Jaws of attention-they oro quietly shut out from our consciousness. But when our attention is tired-no longer focussed, but scattering-oll these slight nerve-pricks attack us cannot neglect insistently and we them
A notee that you will not hear when you are in good form and rested will be prefectly distracting when you are over-tired.
You will go over and shut a win- dow; you will quite needlessly move furniture about, change the posi- tion of a vase; you will walk aimless- ly; you will swear at the faint creekle! of a gramophone or distant sounds of a wireless,
Mind-Wandering
Instead of making the nervous sys- tem a less responsive instrument, fatigue makes it more responsive. More responsive, but less service- abic.
con
Will
con-
two
At the same time you have in- creased irritability; you have de- creased power. You
Lake things up, but you cannot do them well. You can't put "vim" and "snap" Into anything. You fail to remember things. You can't think
mind consecutively; your stantly wander, to something else.
Irritability, weaknessthese words belong together. A man who Is constantly fatigued can't work
or live well or well; and he is very hard to live with.
Every
Every man who is anxious to hit his job between the eyes should make a study of his own fatigue) curve; and having done that he should put the moral of it to heart.
When
mun feels that it is utterly impossible
or to take a holl- -rest- day he is brandishing the danger signal of overfatigue,
To know when it's time to leave off and to leave off when it's time-
is one of the first lessons in the primer of health.
NO
Mary Stuart Payton,
EXTRA
CHARGE
FOR
MONTHLY
CREDIT
1937.
| AMATEUR MOVIE MAKERS CONTEST
OPEN TO AMATEURS WHO USE EITHER
8 or 16 m/m FILMS
The film must be in the office of the FILMO DEPOT, Marina House, Room No. 313 not later than February 27th. 1937.
The following have kindly consented to judge:
Mrs. J. J. Paterson,
Mrs. J. W. Platt.
Dr. F. Bunjo.
Mr. J. C. M. Grenham.
Mr. E. A. Von Kobza-Nagy. Major R. D. Walker,
There are no restrictions as to the number of subjects that may be entered by each contestant, except that the limit for 16mm entries is a minimum of 100' and for 8 mm 30'. The one strict rule that applies, however is that no pro- fessional help is received in the taking of the picture. This does not include titles.
Complete freedom In choice of subject is given but the ⚫ entries should be marked Class A or B
Class A prizes will be given for the best allround picture judged on composition, scenario, editing and continuity. Class 8 prizes will be given for the best photographic techni- que in unedited films (several complete lengths may be Joined together but may not be cut).
Class A 1st prize HK. $100.00 2nd prize HK. $ 75.00 3rd prize H.K. $ 50.00
Class B. Int prize· H.K. $75,00 2nd prize U.K. $50.00 3rd prize H.K. $25,00
The prizes will be in the form of vouchers exchangeable at the FILMO DEPOT for goods of the values shown above (films.excepted).
The prizes will be awarded on March 15th, at a time and place to be announced in the South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Telegraph on March 10th, 1937.
Wherever you are, if you think that any of your footage is ábove average, send it in, it may be better than you think. You have enough time to put your best picture into shape for entry.
An Honorary Secretary will be elected from Members of the judging committee who will receive all entries and allot an entry number. This number only will appear at time of 'screening and judging will consequently be unbiassed.
Please remember your films must be in the office not later .. than Feb. 27, 1937, addressed to the Honorary Secretary, Movie Makers Contest c/o Filmo Depot, Marina House, Room No. 313, Hong Kong.
Films sent in at owners risk, but every care will be taken to avoid damage.
NEW BRITISH COINAGE
MINT OFFICIALS SEE KING
morning to present their new letters of credence to the King. The King, for the first time on a State occasion, wore the uniform of Admiral of the Fleet The Foreign Secretary was In attendance.
This afternoon the King received Sir Robert Johnson, deputy Master of the Mint, and Mr. R. Metcalfe, one London, Feb. 4. of the. Mint medaillonists. It is ac-understood the King discussed with Ambassadors and Ministers credited to the Court of St. James them matters connected with new attended at Buckingham Palace this coinage-British Wireless.
TOP VALUE
FOOD SALE
QUALITY FOODS AT ECONOMY PRICES.
SAVE ON CANNED GOODS
[(Commencing from TO-DAY to FEBRUARY 6)'
DELIVERIES
LEAVING
DEPOT
7 A.M.
12 NOON
4 P.M.
BARGAINS AT BELOW COST
CREAM OF WHEAT FRUIT COCKTAIL GREEN PEAS
HOT SNACKS
KRAFTINE
MILK, EVAPORATED
PEAS, COOKED
PEAS, COOKED
PEAS, COOKED
SALAD OIL
SALMON, CHUM
"C W C". "S & W" "FAMA"
1 lb 12 ox. PKT.
"C & B" "KRAFT" "SEGO" “BEAULAH" "BEAULAH"
"BEAULAH". "ACETCO" "TRANSITO"
SALMON. RED, ALASKA "LIBBY" SALMON, RED, ALASKA "LIBBY"
'17 OF, TIN
8 oz, Tin
5 ox, Tin
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Members of
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Telephone 30244
Oficca: Shanghai and Manila
SHARE PRICES RUGBY FOOTBALL
The following is the list of local
share quotations leaved this morn-TWO GAMES ON THE ing.
Banks.
II. K. $1,855 s.
H. K. Banks (Lon. Reg.),
£115
b.
Chartered Bank, £10% n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.
£32 n.
Mercantile Bank, C., £147.n. East Asia Bank, $80 n.
Insurances.
Canton In,, $320 Ba. Union In,, $620 b. China Underwriters, $1.00 n. H. K. Fire In., $8011⁄2 n. Internat'l Assce., Sh. $8
. Shipping. Douglas, $30 . ↑ H. K. Steamboats, $7.49 n. Indo-Chinas (Prof.), $85 n, Indo-Chinas (Dof.), $86 n. Shell (Bearer), 141/10% n. Union Waterboats, $10% n.
Docks etc.
n.
H. K. Wharves (old), $106% H. K. & W. Docks, #183⁄41⁄2 6.7 Providente (old), $1.55 b. Providents (new), 20 cts. n. New Engineeringe, Sh. $4 m. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $90 n.
Mining. Kailan Mining Ad., 20/9 n. Rauba, $13 b. Venz: Goldfield $8 n.
Philippine Mining. Antamoka, P. 1.65 Atoka, P. .50 Baguio Gold, P. .32% Balatoc Min., P. 14 Benguet Cons, P. 14 Benguet Expl. P. „201⁄2 Big Wedges, P. 37 Coco Grove, P. .79 'Consolidated Mines, $.08% sa.
Demonstrations, $1.62 sa, E, Mindanno, $.63% sn. Gum Gold, $.55 sa. Ipo Gold, P. 281⁄2 IX. L., P. 1.70 Itogons, P. 1.70 Masbate Cons,, P. .52 Min. Res., P. 41% Northern Min., P. .17 Paracale Gumaus, $1.37% sa. Salacob Min., P. 07% San Mauricio, $5.17 sa. Suyoc Consols, P. .t
United Paracalo, P. 1.35
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, $5
b.
b.
H. K. Lands, $34 b.
H. K. Lands, 4% Deben. $105
n.
n.
S'haf Lands, Sh. $10 m.
Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10. Humphries, 39.75 n.
H. K. Realties, $4.50 b. Chinese Estates, $76 n. China Realtfes, Sh. $4 m. China Debent, $60 n.
Public Utilitics. H. K. Tramways, $13.10 b.
and an.
Peak Trams, (old), $4 b. Peak Trams, (new), $1 n. Star Ferries, (old), $90 n. Yaumati Ferries (old), $26 n. China Lights, $13.80 8. China Lights, (new), $10.90 H. K. Electric, $651⁄2 b. Macao Electric, $20 n. Sandakan Lights, $10 p. Telephone (old), $29% b, Telephone (new), $11 b China Buses. Sh. $8% n. Singapore Tractions, 27/- 1. Singapore Prof., 27/- 2.
Industriale.
n.
Cald: Macg. (old), Sh. $19% n. Cald: Macg. (Prof.), Sh. $15 n. Canton Ices, $2.05 m.
Coment, $11 b.
$0.76
.45
.11
.34
2 IE, TIN
1.15
14% ox, TIN
.21
H. K. Rapes, $2.50 m.
30 ox, TIN
.48
- Stores, &c..
20 oz, TIN
.37
Dairy Farm, $221⁄4 b, and sa.
Watson, $3.30 b.
11 oz, TIN
.23
Lane Crawfords, $6% n.
18 ox, BOT
.50
Sinceres, $214 n.
151⁄2 ox, TIN
.24
I
..58
.45
1 lb, TIN
8 ox, TIN
AND MANY OTHER ATTRACTIVE VARIETIES. DON'T MISS THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY! CALL EARLY FOR A WIDE SELECTION !-
THE
ASIA
COY.
GROCERIES, BUTCheries, fruits, GREENS & SUNDRIES. OI-KWAN BUILDING, DES VOEUX ROAD,
PHONES: 20416, 22338.
Wing On (H.K), $60 n.
Cotton Mills.
Ewo Octtons, Sh. $16.75 i. Shal Cottone, (old), Sh. $98 b. S'hai Cottona, (new), Sh. $08 b. Zoong Sings, $11 n. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $44' .
Miscellaneous.
n.
H. K. Entertainments, $4 Constructions (old), $1% n. Constructions (now), 40 cta. b. Vibro Piling, $0.50 .
Ch. Govt. 5% 1926" G$Bde...
93% % n.
+
II. K. Govt. 4% Loan 8% prm."
1
H. K: Govt. 3% Loan 1%%
prm, n
Wallace Harpers, $4 n. Maramana Inv., 80/6 n.
·NAVY GROUND ·
at
There will be two games of Rugby Football on the Navy Ground Causeway Bay to-morrow. Įa the first game commencing at 3 pm, a Unlied Services side will meet the Club "A" XV. This game will be followed at 4.15 p.m. by ons between the Army and Navy,
LAK
Engineer Captain Dibley will re- ferce the United Services game and Mr. H. W. Ewin the Army and Navy match.
risk
The Club ist. XV have no fixture this week, as they are sailing for Shanghai and the annual interport match on Sunday and do not wish to last minute injurica amongst the players travelling. The Navy and Club "A" sides får to-morrow's gemes have been selected as follow: Pay Sub-Lt. Roantree (Adventure),
P. O. Felcey (Rover)
Kuvery E. R. A. Docherty (Folkestone), B. A. Beynon R. N, H. Northcott (Adventure), Lt, Harvey (Odin), (Captain), Lt. North-Lewis
Navy
Kalkestone), Marine Mumford (Ad-
venture),
S. B. A. Jones (Adventure), O. A. Dyer (Adventure), E. R. A. Bevin Bevin (Odin), A. B. Davies (Folke- stone), L. S. Britnell (Tamar), Li. Greenway, (Rover) and Lt. Maydon (Orpheus).
Club "A" XV.-M. H. Curtis, 'D. Hynes, 1. S. Forbes, B. J. Gallagher, H. F. Hopicins, J. Hutchison (Cap- tain), J. R. Henderson, T. H. Prait, J. S. Dunnett, W. H.-Curric, B. Hynes, A. G. Dalziel, T. Swan, R. Leigh and A. F. Russell.
THE HONGKONG SINGERS Forthcoming Recital Of "Elijah"
Music-lovers will be interested to hear that the Hongkong Singers are. to give a recital of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" at St. John's Cathedral at D 23. The February p.m. on Tuesday, work has been in active rehearsal for the last three or four months, and the past standards of the Hongkong Singers are sufficient guarantee that this well-imown oratorio will receive fully adequate and sympathetic treat- ment from them.
At the performance the Singers will be
be accompanied by full orchestra and organ, conducted by their Hon. Conductor, Mr. Lindsay A. Lafford, F.n.c.o., LR.A.M A.R.COM while Mr. Rupert Baldwin, AT.ca, will preside at the organ, which it is hoped will have been sufficiently recon- structed by then to allow the Instru- ment
to bo
Evo
used,
The soloists need no introduction to Hongkong audiences. They will be Miss
Turner (soprano), Mrs. L. H. Shaw (contralto), Mr. D. I. Luard (tenor) and Mr. L. T. Ride (bari- The chorus, which is excep-
tone) well-balanced, consists of
some 10 voices, and the recital Is.to be given under the patronage of the President of the Singers. H. E. the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, KC.M.4., C.B.E.
In accordance with the Singers usual practice, the proceeds of the recital will be devoted to charity- in this case equally between the Society for the Protection of Children and the School for the Dent, Kowloon.
THOUSANDS! FLEE FROM DROUGHT
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 4. Fleeing from the horrors of a severe, drought in the interior, 5,000 people, starving and ex hausted, arrived at the
Stien11 town of Itapipoca, in the state of Ceara, to-day.
The
Governor has gone to organise relief.-Reuter,
FINE TO CLOUDY
The antleyclone has moved into the Pacific to the south-east of Japan, and another is developing over Manchuria. .Local forecast:-East wind, moderate; Ane to cloudy.
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