THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13,
HENNESSY Refreshing
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HENNESSY
509MAG
THE THETIS (7 H.P)
Austin
uplift
· with Hennessy-and-Soda
Don't let the heat of summer get you down. It's so easy to keep cool and so pleasant to drink Hennessy-and-soda. Try this refreshing drink at your very next opportunity - it will be a revelation to you of mellow quality, flavour and clean taste. Stick to Hennessy-and-soda, it has only the pleasantest of reactions uplifts, re-invigorates, infuses you with new energy and enthusiasm for the joy of living,
HENNESSY-AND-SODA
1 jigger of Three-Star Hennessy Ice cubes
Plain soda water
Distilled and bottled at Cognac, France.
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Obtainable Everywhere
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MARINE ENGINES
Marina House, Hongkong.
THE TRITON (10 H.P.)
The Austin Marine Engines of the present continue a tradition beginning well before the war, when the use of internal combus- tion engines for propelling boats was in its infancy. In 1912, MAPLE LEAF IV, propelled by Austin engines, created a record for Inter- national racing by covering the 30 mile course in 46 minutes, and brought back the British International Trophy from America.
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To-day Austin Marine Engines are designed, not for record breaking, but for utility combine a useful performance with maximum economy, for trouble-free cruising is expected as a matter of course, and the power-unit is called upon to give continuous, dependable and vigorous service.
SOUND IN DESIGN-SILENT IN SERVICE
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SOLE AGENTS.
Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere
1938.
EMPIRE NEWS
HOUSING SHORTAGE IN, AUCKLAND
Auckland.
The shortage of houses here is still acute, Applications for accommnon- tlon are not diminishing, and the serlousness of the situation is shown by the fact that teachers are living in tents.
The Government has already con- tracted for 3,660 houses, and these are being bullt at the rate of 60 П week. Employment is given by this programme to 4,000 mien.
The question of provding housing accommodation
shortage
exists has been receiving the atten tion of the Government for some time. As a preliminary towards it) planned programme of housing re- form, Housing Survey Act wha placed on the Statute Books in 1935. A Director of Housing Construction was appointed In 1936, AUSTRALIA
IMMIGRATION OF AUSTRIAN JEWS
Sydney. Influential citizens, strongly sun- ported by the Press, are urging the Commonwealth to interpret the im- migration regulations generously on behalf of Austrian Jews recking to come to Australia.
The Australian German Jew Relief Fund explains thut in the past three It has brought out 600 men and women and Has hind a job for every one of them. Some of the jm- migrants have started small factorles, making goods hitherto not ufactured here. The Fund would be willing to act similarly for Australians.
KENYA
A COLD SNAP
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Nairobi. Kenya is experiencing unusually cald weather. Heavy snowstornis are raging on Mount Kenya,
The climate of the colony is rarely very cold. It may best be described # cool and invigorating. From December to March the days in Narabi arc, however, hot, and the
nights cool. During the winter season the days are cool and the nights colder.
The upper slopes of Mount Kenya, which is 17,000ft high and but a few miles from the equator, are always clad in snow and ice. UGANDA
ART EXHIBITION AT KAMPALA
Kampala.
On July 20, the Governor of Uganda, Sir Philip Mitchell opened here the first exhibition of the African Art Society.
In the past African art has usually expressed itself through the medium of wood-carving. The medium used and the
the thoughts and attitude pressed could be appreciated only by Europeans of
exceptional aginative sympathy.
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To-day the African is learning to use paper and paint, and his edifen- tion has so far advanced that he is now able to make his artistic pression more Intelligible to the European,
INDIA
UX-
REGULATION OF TEA
PRODUCTION
Calcutta,
The scheme for the voluntary re- gulation of the production and markeling of tea in India has obtain- ed the requisite 80 per cent, support and is now in operation until March, 1943,
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The plan is a corollary to the legislative restriction in force .exports. It affords the producer an economic price and will prevent the flooding of the Indian markets with unwanted tea liable to deterioration. SOUTH AFRICA
INDIANS' STATUS
Cape Town. Several Indian guests were present at the garden-party of the Governor- General, Sir Patrick Duncan, at Durban. This was the first occasion on which Indians have been invited. Syed Sir Raza All, who retired from the Indian Agent-Generalship in the Union in January, made a strong plea for equal treatment for Andians in his farewell speech. "To- day," he said, "the Indian is not even a citizen of this country. You have taken away his self-respect.".
LEE TRACY TO WED
New York. Friends expect Lee Tracy. the screen star, to marry before he leaves Hollywood for London, where he w!!! appear in Raymond Massey's part in "Idint's Delight." His bride will be Mrs. Helen Thomas, a Los Angeles Insurance broker.
The marriage is expected to take place soon, after which the couple will leave immediately. for England.
Needle in Body 23 Years
London.
A surglent needle left in a man's head when he was operated on 23 years ago worked its way through his body and emerged through his hand. When Private Charles Mor- gan was wounded.In the head In 1915, a brain operation saved his life and he returned to the lines to serve to the end of the wor,
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MPAIRMENT of appearance— even actual loss of teeth-are nothing compared to the evil effects of dentul infection upon the human system. Unsuspected, unchecked, it can be. come one of health's worst enemics -retarding physical development and leading to disease.
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Squibb Dental Cream is pleasent in flavor, contains no abrasives or astringents, and is very economical.
SQUIBB
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CLOTHING
Hongkong Benevolent Society MONDAY THURSDAY
10 a.m. to 12 Noon.
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