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THE BUICK SIX.

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Owners express surprise that a car so powerful and spirited as the BUICK SIX operates so smoothly and quietly. Such outstanding performance explains why the car is winning and holding the good will of all who buy it.

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HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB

CO., LTD.

33 & 35, Des Voeux Road Central,

WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM.

THEATRE

ROYAL

TO-NIGHT at 9.15.

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Presents the famous. "LONDON RECORD" REVUE Stars:- LEE WHITE & CLAY SMITH

AND

ENTIRE LONDON COMPANY Including Miss LEE WHITE'S famous LITTLE PEACHES, the prettfest Dancing Chorus seen in Hongkong for years.

TO-NIGHT, at 915

Miss Lee White's Latest London. Production "VOGUES OF. 1925"*

DAILY from 12 to 2 -at

THE CORONET

ID-DAY OVIES

-TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME-

Our Own Topical

FELIX CARTOON

BEN TURPIN

in.

LOVE, HONOUR & BEHAVE

ADMISSION

40 Cts.

Service to."

SCANDINAVIA & NORTH EUROPE

The M/S "AUSTRALIEN ”

will be leathing for Marseilles, Barcelona, Valencia, Dunkirk, Rotterdam, amsterdam. Hamburg, Copenhagen and other

„Scandinavian Ports about 7th April.

Expeated on

Further milings:----

M.S. "ASIA ***

M.S. "JAYA"

M.S." AFRIKA”

M.9. PERU".

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or about

7th April

10th May

16th June

subject to change without notice,

Will leave kitaorsed bound

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goth April

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THE CHINA MAIL.

LOCAL AND

Shanghai's latest Importation is "Velver" icecream-"made in America."

For the 24 hours' ended Tues. day, one case of diphtheria and one of enteric fever was notified Both cases were Chinese.

Siamese newspapers stale that to defray the cost of the National Exhibition a two million tical lottery is proposed, with one tical tickets.

GENERAL.

The "Gazette calls for tenders for the Improvement and widening of the road through Quarry Bay village.

It is officially announced that a constant supply of water will be turned on in all rider main districts from to-morrow.

The Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral would be glad of fur ther supplies of books for use in the prison.

It has been suggested that the new Church to arise in place of St.. Peter's, West Point, should be built at Fanling!

Tendors are invited by the

Notifiable diseases for the 24 Government for a second exten-hours ended Thursday last con- slon to the Hunghom (rallway)sisted of one case of small pox, carriage shed, foundation contract | for the Jail at Ngan Shi Wan and one of diphtheria and one of quarters for Indian married Police cerebro-spinal fever-all Chinese. la the New Territories..

Among the annual reports from overseas dioceses which have been received by the. Society -for the Propagation of the Gospel Samples examined and ana within the last few weeks, one very lysed during the month of March encouraging feature is noticeable, included the following:-Butter 2, viz., the increase in the number of Bour 3, coffee 5. bread 3. milk 20, native priests and deacons. Dur condensed milk 2 and fresh Ling the past year four priests and cream 1. All were found satis- three deacons were ordained in the factory with the exception of two diocese of North China, and two samples of milk. priests and one deacon in the diocese of Labuan and Sarawak, Of the last, the deacon was the first of his race he is à Sea Dyak

to be ordained.

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The Supreme Court will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 1.pm. during the Easter Vacation, except on Publle and General Holidays, when the offices will be entirely

The following from the Shang-closed. The Easter Vacation hai municipal Gazette brings to begins on April 10, 1925, and the fore the question of Happy terminates on April 16, (both days Valley?

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Sale of Refreshments The ten- der of Messrs. The Chocolate Shop, 96 Nanking Road, for the privilege of catering for the supply of re freshments in Parks and Open Spaces for the ensuing season has been accepted upon payment by the tenderers of the sum of $900. As heretofore, the privilege is granted on condition that European supervision will be exercised and that no alcoholic beverages are supplied:

During the dry season in Manila

it is proposed to sprinkle macadam

partment

inclusive).

In connection with the visit of the U.S. Huron, flagship of the American Asiatic Fleet. it is announced that the men have been made honorary members of the Naval Canteen, and have been invited to attend the cinemato- graph shows on H.M.S. Tamar. Some of the American officers have been invited to dinner on Wednesday next by the officers of the Tamar,

Helena May Institute was an The children's hour at the Btreets with water from the Bay. With 17 auto sprinklers available exceptionally interesting one, the at present, four pumps of the deceasion being a lecture on "Sub- of engineering and marines," by Lieut.-Commander public works together with those Crane. The lecturer gave a from the government ice plant graphic description of the sub- and the San Miguel Brewery will marine, briefly outlining how it be employed to pump water from came into being, tracing its his the bay. Cly Engineering Santiago tory from the earliest design up Artiaga has recommended that 26 to the present day type of under- auto sprinkler trucks of 850 gallon's water craft. He then described capacity, be purchased before the method of diving, why sub- April 7 to enable his department merging was carried out, how it to cope with the exigencies of the was performed and how the

season.

ascent to the surface was made.

SOCIAL AND

The following unclaimed tele- gram is posted on the Notice Board at the Hongkong Hotel:-

Kremlin Hongkong. Goods returned. See letters. efo Post Office Muirathnam

J...

On Monday next, a party of engineering students of the Hong- kong University is proceeding to Canton to pay a visit to the chief engineering works in the city The Hockey Club is sending up a team to play the Shameen team.

ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

Photo by Mee Fong.

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The "China Mail" has re- ceived for review C. R. Boyd Freeman's By Thor, No!" with the following interesting dedica- tion:-

the

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'To

The Royal Society of St. George and its branches through- out the world; The Societies of St. George in New York and Charleston (U.S.A.):

The Ku Klux Klan (U.S.A.);

--All, Champions of Anglo-

Saxondom:

And to the Rationalist Press Association (London), Champion of intellectual independence...

Writing of the prohibition of

bagpipes in Preston, a Glasgow paper says:-This is the second or third time this sort of thing has happened within the last few weeks. Indian and African regiments have adopted the Highland.bagpipe; the new nations of Europe are sounding it in the ears of their former oppressors; the Irish Free State has a base imitation of it, which it declares to be the true original. unresponsive to the charms of England alone remains churlishly pibrochs, laments, and Strath- speys. Are we to lie down to this insult?

We gave England a royal dynasty, we all but forced Presbyterianism upon her, and she received with gratitude our great gift of whisky What alls her at the pipes? The best defence, it is said, is in attack. Let our Scottish members insist that instruction in pipe music be made compulsory in English schools-even if it should involve a similar regulation in Scotland.

PERSONAL.

Dr. and Mrs. McKean, and Mr. E. Zeitlyn are passengers on the outgoing President Madison.

Reuter's correspondent' at Nice cables to-day the news of the death of Jean de Reszke, the famous ex-operatic tener, who in his time was the most famous operatic tenor of his day. In his later days he conducted a school of singing with much success.

As Mr. A. McKirdy, a very popular member of the Victoria Recreation Club, is shortly leav ing the Colony, a presentation is to be made to him at the Club at 6 pan. this evening. H.E. Sir Claud Severn. K.B.E., Chairman of the V.R.C., is to make the presentation,

The Roman Catholic com- munity of the Colony are raising funds for a memorial to the late Bishop Pozzoni. Several sugges- tions have been made as to the form the memorial shall take, but a definite decision must be gov erned by the response made to the appeal.

Mr. A. B. Suffiad, who retired about a month ago, from his post as the Chief Justice's Clerk, has been presented by the Hongkong Law Society with a cheque and scroll bearing the names of sub- scribera and solicitora, in appre- ciation of his unfailing tact and courtesy in his capacity as Clerk. The presentation was made by Sir..

Henry Pollock, KC... Acting Attorney-General and Mr. G. K. Hall Bratton, President of the Law Society, made a short speech in which he stated that the solicitors of the Colony wish- Mr. T. Z. Bau read a paper oned Mr. Suffiad health, happiness "The Chinese Healing

and prosperity in his retirement. before the members of the Mr. Sufflad suitably, replied. Medical Society of the Hongkong. University on Tuesday last...

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Farrell "nap- ped" leaving the church after their marriage in Kowloon last Tuesday.

Art"

There will be no play at Fan- ling during the week-end. The Course is flooded.

Dr. Lindsay Woods, formerly in practice in Hongkong and now of Amoy, is a visitor to the Colony,

Mr. D. M. Gubbay, Sir G. and Lady Watson, and Mr. E. Wynne Jones are passengers on the Macedonia which left yesterday.

CHINESE WEDDING.

Photo by Mes rong.

Miss Lam Sul-yan, maid of honour at the marriage of her sister. Miss Lam Sul-yue to Mr. I. C. Kong, B:A., in St. Paul's Church last Saturday.

The Topicist of the "Singapore Passengers who reached the Free Press" has this to say of Colony yesterday by the St. our present visitors: Les White Albans included the Hon. Mount and her cheery husband, with stuart Elphinstone, from Sanda- their de luxe beauty chorus and Mac's Cafeteria is being put to kan, and from Sydney Lieut, real comedians, have made other uses. Yesterday two well- Baxendell, Mr. and Mrs. B. Good Singapore this week a place fit known members of the com- speed, and Captain Bentley.. for heroes. They have given us munity were observed deeply some fine shows, and very happy interested in the solving of a In addition to those mentioned memories. The Topicist joins crossword puzzle. in yesterday's "China Mail as with everyone else in hoping that having left by the Empress of this talented company will come Among the audience at the Russia, the following were also "Back Again." And If anyone Orchestral Concert in aid of the passengers —Mr. P. A. Cox, Mr. asks why there has been such a Missions to Seamen on Thursday and Mrs. J. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. great invasion of the Adelphi were three of the patrous H.E A. E. Farrell, Mrs. G. F. Haslam, Hotel this week, and why the Major General C. C. Luard Mr. and Mrs. P Lauder, Rev. and mosquitoes are so cheery these CB. CMG the Lord Bishop Mrs. J. Kirk Maconachie, Rev.days Lee White's Peaches, can of Victoria (the Right Rev NA Peel, Mrs. B. Thompson and supply the answer to both C R Duppuy), und Commodore Dr. J. A. Urquhart,

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SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925.

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