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HONGKONG

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CANDY

Operated by the Ou Lok Yuch Co., Ltd.

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ICE CREAM & CANDY PARLOUR

IDEAL SUMMER. BEVERAGES.

AVOID 'THE SUMMER HEAT, TRY OUR SODA FOUNTAIN.

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THE CHINA YEAR BOOK

1923

EDITED BY H. G. W. WOODHEAD, C.B.E.

PRICE -

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION REGARDING CHINA.

Sanatogen: the dawn of a better tomorrow

I

N the dark hours

of waning strength

have you ever watched for

the light of hope? In the midst of worry and trouble with their attendant ills-sleeplessness, poor digestion, weakened. application to the responsibilities of life-have you sought z way out?have you perhaps used makeshift ways-only to find that your nerves refuse to be graded into doing their duty. In such an hour, Sanatogen comes as a veritable' rescuer—an upbuilder of that which has been worn down, a feeder of starved nerves a joy bringer to the saddened system. Its natural nerve and tissue food is eagerly assimilated by the very sources of your strength-it quickens, cheers, and maintains your vitality, bringing buoyancy where you have felt the drag of depleted power.

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day:

teaspoonsful twice or thres

weeks. It will be the best

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few

NEW FERRY SERVICE.

EASTERN DISTRICTS EATERED FOR.

THE CHINA MAIL.

UNIVERSITY CONGREGA-

TION

HONGKONG'S FIRST LADY

GRADUATE.

HONGKONG TRADE

WEST RIVER ACTIVITY;

The fortnightly trade report The Government Gazeite invites

Issued by the Hongkong General tenders for a ferry service provid Probably because no honorary Chamber of Commerce states:→→ ing for "not less than 'one depar-degrees were being conferred the ture every 45 minutes daily from attendance at the twelfth congee Cotton Goods. Since our fast Cotton Piece. Goods and Fancy each of the following piers between yesterday afternoon was smaller report a considerable business has tion of the Hongkong University 5.15 a.m. and 6 p.m.":-Keng Shan than usual. It was, however,a unique been done in White Shirtings, Wharf, Hunghom Ferry Wharf, occasion for it marked the conferr- Kowloon City. Wharf, Shaukiwaning of the degree of Bachelor of chiefly pure finishes. Small lines Arts upon the University's first of Greys are also mentioned and a or Saiwanho Wharf.

|lady, graduate-Miss Rachel Irving, fair miscellaneous trade in Dyed The period of licence is to be laughter of the Director of Educa-d-Fancy Goods has been brought 3 years beginning April 1, 1924 tion.

to book. and "unless otherwise agreed the There was ап enthusiastic

Cotton Yarn.-Wuchow being licenseo shall provide and place in demonstration when the Deau of service fit and ready for use on and the Faculty of Arts presented Miss to the fact that British steamers, now free fromhostilities and owing after the 1st day of April, 1924, not Irving to the Chancellor and this less than 9 ferry vessels, of which was renewed when His Excellency able to proceed there, a demand set. convoyed by British gunboats, are z shall be ferry vessels in reserve, conferred the degree. Altogether 27 in from all quarters and good busi- of not less than 90 feet overall graduates were presented; two forness was put through at an im- measurement with suitable beam the degrees of Bachelor of Medicino not less than 16 feet and a speed of and Bachelor of Surgery, tight for not less than 10 knots, fitted with a the degren of 'Bachelor of Science navigation bridge, water-tight in Engineering and seventeen for bulkheads and a grille, approved the degree of Bachelor of Arts. by the Harbour. Master, separat Their names were published in ing the first class accommod-yesterday's China Mail. ation from the rest of the vessel,

and, in all respects, to the satisfac-

tion of the Harbour Master and HONGKONG BANK NOTES. painted in such colours as he may direct and duly surveyed and licensed under the Merchant Ship of Bank Notes in Circulation and Returns of the Average Amount ping Ordinances, 1899 to 1917. The of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, above mentioned number, overall during the month ended 31st measurement and speed of the May, 1923, as certified by the vessel are not necessarily to be ad-

Managers of the respective hered to in making out tenders Banks which may contain a list of suit-

Speclo able ferry vessels of different num* ber, overall measurement and speed."

The Kowloon Dock Service which runs between Statue Wharf and the Docks at Hung Hom not being a service run for payment or reward shall not be interfered with or hampered in any way by the licensed."

REVOLVER RANGE TRAGEDY.

POLICE SERGEANT SHOT

*ACCIDENTALLY.

+

Banks.

Chartered Bank of

India, Australia. and China Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

Average Amount

in Reserve.

$15220,775 14,700,000

Mercantile Bank f

log Corporation, 43,065,800

30,000,000+

India, Idmited, 1,030,82 V 650,000

Total: $47,223,411. #90,300,000

* Sterling Securities deposited. with the Crown Agents valued. at £921,000. Securities with the Crown' Agents and Straits. Govern- ment £1,800,000...

§ Securities with the Crown

Agents £130,000; “...

The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Lance-Sergeant Michael Alex. Agents the Mercantile Bank of ander Cole of the Police met his dia, Limited, against their notes death yesterday through being circulatia is published, for accidentally shot in the head while general information under Section acting as instructor at the Kennedy of the Mercantile Bank Note Read revolver range. He died

Issue Ordinace, 1911,. (Ordinance almost instantaneously and the No. 65 of 1911)= funeral will take place co-day.

Latest market Ainout

A

pricc

£170,000 1805-1031

BRICK WORKS.

provement of 52/4 per bale. At the close market is quiet but steady.

No. 128 $170/198) No. 169 $193/208. Quotations are No. 108 $163/191. No. 208 $178/205. Arrivals 500 bales. Shipments ail. Sales. 3,500 bales Unsold stock 11,000 bales. Bargains10,000 bales.

Camlets, Lastings and Blankets are Woollens Small sales of

reported but the market is stil} dull. nal quotations are as follows- Raw Cottons-Sales NII. Nomi-

Indian descriptions at $34/39.

Chinese staple at $37/44-

Metals-Market depressed very little doing.

Flour Market Report:-Stock: About at 800,00 sacks. Market dull. Quotations: American Patent $3.70 per sack, American Straight $2.95 per sack, American Cut-off, $2.00 per sack, Shanghai Flour $295 per sack, Australian No: 1 $2.95 per sack.

Sundries.-Window Glass: Very fow. Market quiet.

Sugar. Murket quiet. Saltpetre-Market firming up owing to the rapid fall in exchange.

LOCAL KINEMA · NOT ES.

THE "JOYS" OF FILM - ACTING.

Being a kinema producer has its little drawbacks. Grifitii certainly discovered that when he was filim- ing the drama of the South Seas, "The Idol Dancer. He took his Company to Jamaica, where most of the picture was acted, and dis- covered that he wanted a storm. The Company went out in a small steamer to get the scene, but they | had more realism than they wanted. The little craft became water- logged and sank. But just as the ship was going down and the party were beginning to give up hope along came American seaplanes, which had been sent Government to search for them, out by tho United States and the Company were rescued. production and some of the South "The Idol Dancer" is a gorgeous

Sergt. Askew of No. 2 Station1% Trees was receiving instruction when

Bonde Sergt. Cole took the former's re

nhle @ 100 volver and unloaded it. He then handed the weapon back to Sergt. Askew believing it to be empty but neither teacher nor pupil secured to have noticed that one bullet rougin CASTLE PEAK SCHEME. ed in the chamber. Sergt. Askew then held the revolver out atar.n's

Among several Crown land sales length and as instructed, puiled, notified in the Government Gazette the trigger. Sergt. Cole was stand-is one which is announced to take ing a few feet away watching the place at Taipo on June 27 when a muzzle, and the back-sight piece of land near San Hati, Castle Several times the trigger was pull-Peak, will be sold as a brickworks ed and then,a track. was heard,

lot. the bullet which had been left in the chamber, being fired which the lot, 23 acres in extent, is fame) takes the principal part, a Sea scenes are wonderful, Richard- The special conditions upon, Barthelmess of" Way Down East” and hitting Sergeant Cole in the to be sold inthidea stipulation that beachcomber. The film is being right eye. He collapsed immediate within two years from date of sale ly and assistance was of no avail. the purchaser shall expend not less The late Sergeant was formerly than $300,000 upon the construction member of the Royal Irish Consta- of a brickworks capable of turning bulary and joined the local force in out not less than 50,000 bricks a November last year. He was day. thirty and unmarried but leaves a mother with whom the deepest

sympathy will be felt. Although

he had had less than a year's ser

BASEBALL

vice the 'force he had become THIS AFTERNOON'S GAME one of the most popular of its members and his untimely death. has removed a most promising young officer.

*

POLICE FUNERAL..

LATE INSPECTOR HAU HANG,

shown to-day and to-morrow at the Coronet.

SILK HUSBANDS AND

CALICO `WIVES.”.

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BATURDAY JUNE 9, 1928

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

The following cold specialties are on sale at our Depot and Branches:

Pressed Beef Cooked Ham Bolonge, Sausage Liver

Brawn

Meát and pork Pies

Made daily under European Supervision.

SUMMER UNDERWEAR

AT

WHITEAWAY'S GREAT STORE

I MADE FOR TAS

B.V.D

BEST RETAIL TRADE.

LARGE STOCKS

B.V.D.'S

OF

INDIA GAUZE

AERTEX,

ETC. ETC.

ᎪᎢ . POPULAR PRICES,

PITH SUN HELMETS

We have a large assortment of Pith Sun Helmets, all Specially made in our own Factory in Calcutta. LOWEST PRICES:

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO, LTD. HONGKONG.

?

THE HON SHING COMPANY.

34 Queen's Road, Central, GENERAL MERCHANTS. IMPORTS.—Fae Gooda, Metsä, Sandales, Chemiosk, Hesainery, Proriston FEPORTS ---Moneral Oree, Raikan Cloods, all kinds of Oil Feather, Hide ens

Forskin Wazza, fits and Embroideries, Tes sna Tobasso Lenz

HOUSE OF DAVID. RULED BY SELF-STYLED MESSENGER ANGEL.

from a list presented to them of the male members of the community. third witness described how some They were all married in groupa. ¡Â· time before his flight she assisted "King" Parnell to count his money. The institution of legal proceed. It amounted to twenty thousand ings by the State against the

Israelite House of David, a queer torling in gold. She said that the When a home-loving girl mar-religious cult of some 700 mem-"King" had concealed in his vault opposite direction, the chances are tion in Michigan. ries a man whose nature runs in the bers, has created a profound sensa vast quantities of diamonds and

jowels. chat her matrimonial life, will not

The House of David has been.

i

The South China football team

The Hongkong Baseball Club be altogether a happy one. This autocratically governed for many wit play the Club Lusitano at what happens in "Silk Husbands years by a losg-haired. hearded which represented China at the Happy Valley at 5 pm today, and Calico Wives," which coramen-man, Benjamin Purnell, who des retent Osaka Olympiad is return. weather permitting. It is hoped to ces to-morrow at the Star. The man cribed himself as the seventh ing Hongkong by the China have the new grandstand ready goes through life from success to messenger angel of the Kingdom Navigation s.s. Soochow which for to-day's match for the benefit success. He is put and about, and of God.”

is due to arrive to-day of spectators.

going ahead at every turn, while Twenty years ago Purnell estab-: Hongkong will line up as his wife is content with just her lished a community which was The police class as very doubt- follows-Carroll p., Proulx c., home. How this tangle turns out communistic only so far as his disful a report by a Chinese woman Ryan 18t, Finan 2nd, Church ss., in the end is shown in "Silk ciples were concerned. All mem to the effect that at 8.30 p.m. on Dowrick 3rd, Bradford cf., O'ConHusbands and Calico Wives," bers joining the colony signed nor If., Wilson rf. Reserves: Hen-which, with House Peters in the contracts transferring to the House Thursday she and her mother were derson, Browning, Davison, Wall-principal role, promises to be a of David all their real property, robbed, while walking along film with a more than usually wide money, and personal effects. They Kennedy Road. She said that they interest.

further agreed to work for the were held up by ten young men, House of David without pay

three Chinese and seven Indians,

KUMSANG" STRANDING.

Yesterday afternoon; the funera of the late Detective Inspector Hamahn. Hang who died on Wednesday morning; took place, the cortege leaving his house, No. 22, Holly. wood Road, and proveeding along Queen's Road eastward to the Coffee Plantation Cemetery, Sog kumpoo, .

COURT OF ENQUIRY BEING HELD.

A Court of Enquiry will assemble

In

HONGKONG TIDES.

The tide table kiven below has bodo empiled at the National Alame One Londeo from the result of the insiw

In return for this, King" who stole $1.44 and a gold ring set Pumell and a group of five trustees with a diamond valued at $140 furnished them with food, shelter, from her and $1.70 from her mother. and clothing They were promised *

The Hon. Lady Fremantle, wife immortality of body in this world A detachment of police compris. at the Marine, Court at 11a.m. on, observations taken by means of an vegetarianism.

Fremantle, G.C.B., Rear Admiral if they practised strict celibacy and of Admiral the Hon. Sir ER ing 14 Buropean sergeante, 20 Monday, to enquire into the stran-intomatic.cide-recording machine in the in addition to the action begun of tite United Kingdom, died at 44 Indians, 70 Chinese constables, 30 ding of the s.s. Kumsang" off the Water Polo Balo at. Talon Shi Tral by the State, several members of Lower Sloane Street, on May 5--10-- Chinese detectives and 20 district Philippines last month.

fores the years, 100% the colony have now started civil her eighty-first year. Lady watchmen followed the procession The Court will be composed as

The Aero of the take corresponds with and there were also present. Mr. follows: Commander Beckwith, hero of the sounding in the Admiralty suite against King Purnell, who Fremantle who had been in ill- Jhárs, which has been found to be à foot recently disappeared. One of these health for some months, was bora E. D. C. Wolfe (C.SP), Mr. P.PR N (President), Lieut. Neish

fastine below maen venelavet vinderne actions has bean instituted by John on February 5, 1843, was Miss Bar- Wodehouse, C.I.E. (D.S.P.), N., Capt. Davidson, R. N. Rofe optals the depth water on the and Margaret Hansell, who several berina Rogers Isaace, daughter of Mr. T. King (DSP), Mr. J. the CPO.S; Capt. Walker, of a rate the Victoria Weral Yard years ago joined the colony after the Hon. Robert Isaacs, Solicitor Kerr (2nd A.S.P.), Mr. C G 6.5. Haifoong and Capt. dont notes and neger gauge transferring to its King properly General of New South Wales. She Pordne (Assistant Director of

Nichol Leitch of the s.a. "Kiangsu

Slamons Dank Abecero, add 10. Toevalued at fifteen thousand sterling. was married on August 31, 1866, Ja (panes to the balant givmm fotós table. Criminal Intelligence, Chief In epector R. MacDonald, Chief Detec INTERPORT SHOOTING. tive Tuspector J. Gmak and many

Included in the impos alon which befitted one position were many. local guild and asacola ing bestimony to the Haufa popularity, with

stmet

WIN

proces

decease

9%Junà 7 to 13, 1913

Mr Hansell, in the course of the at Sydney, to Commander: evidence, stated that she worker 15 Fremantle, then in command to and moce hours every day at cook HMS, Eclipse" on the Australian ing, dish-washing, and other odd Station.

and Lady Bobs:

Fremant wedai