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ALEXALORÁ BUILDING.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
Semi-Annual Sale
A Maizee's Sale is always the
Talk of the Town
Beginning Wed., Feb. 2nd
4 days only
Afternoon Dresses
Silk and Wool
Tailored Suits
Coats
Fur trimmed & tailored
• Cash only
No Exchanges
No Refunds → No Returns
Hats
All colours
Bags
Day and Evening
Belts, Flowers, Gloves,
Costume Jewellery,
Scarves.
CHINESE LUNAR-NEW-YEAR FESTIVITIES
AT THE
HONGKONG HOTEL
IN THE GRILL
ROOM
TO-NIGHT
PRESENTING FOR THE
EXTENSION
DINNER $5.00
FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG
TILL Z A.M.
No Extra Cover Charge
THE ASTOR TRIO
-
-with-
ART CARNEIRO'S BAND and THE H.K.H. TANGO ORCHESTRA
SUNDAY, 30th JANUARY
IN THE ROOF GARDEN
5 to 7.30 p.m. ($2.00 per person) WITH THE ASTOR TRIO
SPECIAL TEA DANCE
&
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1938.
FALLEN STAR Hurry! Hurry!
BEGINS ALL OVER AGAIN
New York.
Mildred Harris used to be Hollywood's first lady as the wife of Charles Chaplin and as star in many silent film triumphs, such as “Camille."
To-day she began at the bottom again in an attempt to find her way back to the limelight, appeared at a New York Suburban burles- que theatre, sang songs, and impersonated Garbo.
But the hit of the show in which she made her come-back was ધ્ર come- dian who gives an imper- sonation of Chaplin.
Bachrach.
TO NEW POSTT-Norman Ar- mour, now United States Min- ister to Canada, who Washing- ton observers belleve may soon bo given the important post of Assistant Secretary of State. In that capacity he would give special attention to public rela- tions, He was born of American parents at Brighton, England. and has had a long career in American diplomatic posts.
Life-Long Lovers, They Could Not Face
The Last Great Parting
Life-Long love is the theme of seizure, declared that while his wife! these two stories.
One is of a husband of 79 "My dear darling is gone," he wrote, He was found dead be side the body of his wife.
The other is of a husband of 83. "Mother won't dle before I am ready to go with her," he said a year ago. Last week they were buried together.
Alfred Felix Mills, aged 70, was a retired dentist, of Daison Heights. Torquay. His wife was 78.
She was taken ili-and died in his
arms.
He was broken-hearted. For a day Then he or two he struggled on. wrote this letter:
lay unconscious he had a vision.
He said he saw the apparition of and at her side was his own figure. his wife walking towards the sky.
When doctors gave up hope for his wife, Mr. Brockhurst smiled and said: "No, mother won't die be- fore I am ready to go with her." To everyone's amazement she lin- gered on and, true to her husband's prophecy, the couple died almost at the same time.
SPECIAL EMPIRE
CABLES
AUSTRALIA AND U.S. TRADE PACT
Sydney, Monday. Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, High Com- "LIFE IS NOW VERY-BLANK"
missioner for the United Kingdom in
"I may
be called very wicked for Australia, bus taken the unusual step what I am doing, but, after all, I am of making an official statement un behalf of the British Government that the best judge.
"After having loved her for it is untrue that the British Govern- years and having been lovers all ment is proposing to reduce the that time, Ilfo now very blank Ottawa preferences to between 2 per
cent, and 3 per cent. for me.
We have lived in love and peace and we are happy to die in peace. "Seven thirty-five-My dear dar- Bing has gone. I um joining her."
Mr. Mills was not seen for a day So a neighbour went into the
or two.
house,
He
The principles of Ottawa Agree- ment, he said, would not be sucrinced in the Anglo-American trude negotin-
tions.
for the
New Air Base.--Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, Minister for Defence, lo-day declared that he was hopeful that preliminary survey work establishment of a flying-bont base at Rose Bay, near Sydney, would be- gin within a fortnight.
He found the old man lying beside his wife, his arm around her. was dead, from gas poisoning.
At the inquest the coroner found that Mr. Mills liad committed suicide India while suffering from acute shock and depression caused by the death of his wife.
There was no question of insanity.
THE VISION
THE VICEROY IN - CALCUTTA
Calcutta, Monday, The arrival of the Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow, and Lady double Linlithgow in Calcutta this evening Villagers belleve that funeral, which took place in Angmer-marks the beginning of Ing Churchyard, near Littichampton, social festivities and Important con- was foretold by a vialen more than
a year ago.
D
Mr. and Mrs. William Brockhurst, of Arundel Road, Angmering's Darby and Joan, died within a few hours of vach other.
"Mr. Brockhurst was 83, and his
wilo 74.
Last year the husband, who was nursing his wife, seriously ill with
SEEKING CAUSE
OF GENIUS
a
Why will one brain do the work
ferences.
month of
There will be a meeting of the asso- clated chambers of commerce and a silence congress at which some of the most crudite representatives of Euro- pean countries will be present. There will also be political and religious gatherings.
Sporting events include the Christ- mas visit of Lord Tennyson's cricket team and first-class polo matches in
which the best Army and Indian States teams will compete.
Aga Khan and Mr. Gandhi,--Ad- vantage is being taken of the
prc- sence in India of the Aga Khan to attempt to bring about a meeting with Mr. Gandhl. It is hoped that a formula may be found to settle the
of an Einstein while another age-old communal warfare between "defective"?
Hindus and Moslems.
Flying Boate at Gwalior-The five In an effort to solve this problem, an investigation costing £10,000 and last-flying-boats of No. 204 General Re- connaissance Squadron which left ing five years is to be undertaken.
on a flight to The work, which is being under-Plymouth on Dec. taken by the Burden Mental Research Australia arrived at Gwalior at 8.5 Trust under the auspices of the British a.m. G.M.T. to-day. They leave for Medical Association, has been made Allahabad to-morrow. possible by the generosity of Mrs.
it. G. Burden, the Warden of Stoke Park
Bristol. Colony,
In addition to the £10,000 for this research, Mrs. Burden has also given
CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER DANCE substantial sums to nunce other re-
Extension till 2 a.m.
THE
Presenting
ASTOR TRIO
with
--
ART CARNEIRO'S BAND and THE H.K.H. TANGO ORCHESTRA
FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 30281
search work at the colony.
The chief object is to discover the causes of mental differences and to study their inheritance. Aspects of Examination of 3,400 school-
the work include:
South Africa
STATUS OF BRITISH PROTECTORATES
Cape Town, Monday.
33%%
off all other modols
SWAGGER SUITS
& COSTUMES
MARKED DOWN
To
$45.00
Previously $65.00
4 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT SALE ENDS FEBRUARY 5
Lovely COATS
with luxurious fur collars DRASTIC PRICE SLASH
$3500
· each. worth double
Ladies*
Dept.
Ground
Floor.
Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.
HONNFSAN
REGISTERED TRADE MARK
-EMULSION-
OF
(OD LIVER DIL
純白鰵魚肝油
京英
生
Suntable
ALL AGES
with
HYPOPHOSPHITES OF LIME & SODA.
Rich in natural Vitamins. ́ ́ "HONNESAN" is highly nutritious and
everyone-young or old
"HONNESAN"
is an effective remedy for:--
COUGHS CONSUMPTION
and all
can be taken by
COLDS BRONCHITIS
Affections of the Chest and Lungs,
is quite pleasant to take. It is retained and completely assimilated by the most delicate. Small doses should be given to commence with. "HONNESAN" Soon tones up the system thus restoring the weak
and sick to good health. "HONNESAN" is nicely flavoured with almonds and even the most fastidious child will take it without trouble. "HONNESAN" should be in every home a healthy home is a
happy one,
$2.00, por Bottlo.
A strong speech against annexation "HONNESAN" of the British Prelectorates in South Africa-Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland-was made to-day at Bloemfontein by Prof. Jabavu in his presidential address
mil- to the Africa Convention. children
Prof. Jabavu is attached to Fort! Compilation of records from 1,000 Hare College, and is one of the most "defective" patients consecutively respected prominent natives. admitted to Stoke Park Colony." "If the Protectorates are handed to Formation of a collection of at the Union, synony, wh defective brains and 90 normal nativo chiefs and their brains so that the significance of automatically lose their present free- physical differences between indi-dom of indirect rule. They will lose vidual brains can be fully examined their rights of owning the land on An intensive study is being made which they dwell and will fall under of tissue differences in the higher the notorious Native Lands Ach centres of the brain, and a special They will be forced under repressive examination of the part of the brain Transvaal laws, and will be subject concerned with sight is now being to many humiliating ordinances that
England knows nothing about.”
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