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THE BUICK SIX.

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.

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

33 & 35, Des Voeux Road Central.

WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM.

G. FALCONER & CO. (HONGKONG) LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS

Union Building (Opposite G.P.0.)

Agents for:-- ADMIRALTY CHARTS ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS.

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers,. High Class English Jewellery."

SIMPSON. & CO.

TAILORS

B, Dex Vœux Road Central

Corner of Ice House Street

Telephone

C. 4880

IVORY AND EMBROIDERY

AT VERY MODERATE PRICES.

THE SIND SILK STORE.

QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

CHINA BUILDING.

PUN YICK

THE CHINA MAIL.

LOCAL AND

GENERAL.

Destitute Russian children in The contract for a carillon of Shanghai are being fed and 68 bells, one of the largest on the educated at a cost of $10 (Chinese) continent, to be installed in the ber month each. Those in charge new Victory Tower of the Parlia of the work have no easy task toment buildings Ottawa, has been get funds to provide even solet, it is understood, to the firm of meagre a aum. Shanghal has had Gillett and Johnson, of Croydon, more than its share of refugees. England, who also will manufacture the great clock which will adon"the lower.

A Daily rent of £110 is a staggering figure, but that is the approximate amount that it costs to keep one of the world's largest linere in dry-dock while she is being overhauled. Twice a year every liner is drydocked for examination.

Wilhelmina McKerracher, aged 15, of Tower-street, Kinnin'k Park, Glasgow, was having ber hair bobbed" by her father, who was using a razor. Apparently she was nervous of the instrument; turned her heard quickly, and then collapsed. She received a wound six inches long in the scalp, in which several stitches had to be inserted at the infirmary.

As from to-day, the "Over- land China Mail" (weekly sum- mary of the "Chine Mail") will be ready every Friday morning so that subscribers will have ample time to catch the mail for Home. Application for copies should be made to the office of the publishers ("China Mall" build- ing).

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Sheep grazed on English field were sent to Scotland to be slaughtered and returned to Eng land as Scotch mutton, declared Major Chinn at a meeting of Banffshire Executive Committee. He was advised to communicate the fact to Sir Auckland Geddes,

The following, from a Home paper was submitted to a China Mail reader, an ardent Canadian:

A man was accused of being cruel to his wife, in not having spoken to her for a fortnight. "I was afraid," he said, "of inter- rupting her"

The mails are-again being used to flood Hongkong with copies of "The Lake of Treasure," anewspaper published by the Burnham Chemical Company, of Reno, Nevada, giving details of a "Storehouse of Great Riches found in Ancient Lake."

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· Fifteen hundred domestics were brought to Ontario province by Salvation Army during the past year, according to a statement made. by Commissioner Charles Sowton.. The Commissioner further stated that similar number would be

I a vote were taken in arought over this year. certain part of Canada, com.

Over one million dozen of eggs, prising over a third of the total population of the country, thened at $768,871, were handled by result would be overwhelmingly the Prince Edward Island Egg and in favour of secession from the Poultry Assosiation during the year British Empire and annexation 1024. to the United States,""

This was the warning of Dr. S. Manion, In the Parliament any session, says a Central News telegram. He added that Gov- erament must find a remedy for present-day Is and fiod food and, employment for working men if the annexation sentiment is not to reach dangerous pro portions.

To which the following com

Pueblo has posted the follow-ment was made: ing notice at all its mines:-*

"Rot! Daughter in my Mother's This company is going to get House But Mistress in my owa" is along in the future without the

our sentiment," Our so called service of bootleggers and their Americanism" are merely * customers. We class as boot-matter of geography. leggers all those who manu facture, sell, or distribute in-

What are the ten best books toxicants, either personally or on Miracle? through agents or members of their families. Such persons will be discharged on evidence satisfactory to the management without waiting for conviction in the courts.

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Housewives and silver polt

shers of all degrees will welcome the announcement from Sheffield of successful tests of practically untarnishable silver. The new alloy, "which is on the same basis as stainless streel, is 921⁄2 per cent silver and is so entitled to carry the silver hall-mark. The tests carried out before experts showed that, where ordinary silver under certain artificial conditions turni shed nearly black in fifteen min. utes, the new alloy in the same period only showed a faint dis- coloration, which was easily removed by merely wiping it with a piece of chamois leather.

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Total included 926,997. dozen "extras" and 164,072, dozen No. 1s and 28. While the 1923 price was a fraction of a cent higher, the yield for 1924 was about 800,004 dozen greater and brought about $60,000 more than that of the pre- vinys year.

The last of the war-time restrictions on the postal service as put into effect by England was removed early in February. The Postmaster-General announced that the money order service between Great Britain and Luxembourg, suspended in August, 1914, had been resumed, virtually on the same basis as 11 years ago.

Warren G. Harding's picture Prof. H. R. Mackintosh gives the will appear again on United following list in the Expositor: (a) Against Miracle:

Statos postage stamps, beginning (1) Spinoza's "Tractatus Theolo April 15, when the new postal ⚫

rates go into effect. The same. gico-politicus,"

Essay on Mira-portrait which appeared on the Harding Memorial 2-cent stamps will be on the new 1-cent stamps now being prepared for use in connection with the new rate on third class mail.

(2) Hume's

cles,"

(b) in defence and exposition of

Miracle:

(3) W. Adams Brown's article in the Harvard Theological Review for 1915.

(4) Wendland's "Miracles and

Christianity."

(5) Mezley's Bampton Lectures,

"On Miracles." (6) Bushnell's "Nature and the

"Supernatural.”

(7) Hogg's "Redemption from

this World." (8) Herrmann's

Offenbarung

und Wunder." (9) Hunzinger's "Das Wunder." (10) Bruce's "Miraculous Ele-

ment in the Gospels."

************ SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

CHO.

LAND & ESTATE AGENTS

Telephone Central No. 911-1987, 35, Queen's Road Central.

TO-DAY'S

ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS OF THE

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY UNION- will be held on WEDNESDAY,"

»April 15, at 2 p.m.

on the University Ground, Pokfulum. POST ENTRY EVENTS

ØLD STUDENTS' RACE,

220 Yards Handicap. at about 4 p.m. HALF-MILE RACE,

Open to the Colony, at about 5 p.m. E. P. NG.

Hon. Secretary, University Athletic Association.

THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD.

From MIDDLESBRO', LONDON and STRAITS.

THE Steamship

* BENLEDI" Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazar Bouts and/or extra hazardous

downs of the Hongkong and Kow loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltdej whence, and/cr from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowe, and all Goods remaining undeliver Red after the 20th inst. will be subject #10 rent.

"

350 All claims against the steamer

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undorsigned have received, in

structions to sell by Fablie Anction

Cu

1.

MONDAY, 20th April, 1925,

commending at 2.45 p.m. at No. 8 Broadwood Road

A Quantity of.. Valuable Household Furnituro. Comprising:-

Teak Lotstand, Chesterfield ootel ad chaire, Tables, Deske, Picture, Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Ceiling Fros and lights, Brass ornamente, Brass fenders, Ac., de

ka; &c.

Dr. O. Fischer and Mr. D. C. Miller arrived in the Colony by the Empress of Australia yesterday.

Lt. Osborne C. Wood has returned to America where he plans to "win back my fortune."

1. Mr. F. A. Britton returns to his duties at St. Stephen's College in September next. Mrs. Britton will follow later.

Manila has, introduced the Crossword dance.

Mrs. N. T. Reed, of Manila, left on the 9th on the 5.5. Albert Voegler for England. She will go to her home in Manchester and expects to remain about two years.

"Colonel" Yamamuro Gunpei, of the Salvation Army, is to leave Tokyo for London for one year. Volunteer Orders stale that in the latter part of June. Lieutenant J. C. Macgown, M.B, Several male and female officers Ch., B. is attached to No. 6 Platoon of the army are also to visit as combatant officer commanding England at the same time. No. 6 (Kowloon) Platoon.

The annual meeting of the The name of Dr. John Kenneth Nippon Race Club Golfing 4580- Millward has been added to the ciation has been held at Yoko-

Hongkong register of Medical hama when the following Practitioners. Dr. Millward is a committee was elected --Messrs. member of the Royal College of A. E. Pearson (Captain), D. L Surgeons, England, and a licentiate Abbey, F. A. Dahlin, H. Root, of the Royal College of Physicians, M. Fitzgerald, D. McRae; A. L. London.

Thomson, and J. I. Towns.

Stella Benson, who is coming to

In his words of welcome to Hongkong, has written a new book

John Barrymore, who recently

Teak Dining table, Chairs, Orar-called "The Little World. It con- arrived in London and who was a mantel, Sideboard with bevelled mirror, sists of sketches of travel jo Dinner waggon, Tank silver cabinet, many parts of the world, often in guest the other day at a luncheon Dinner service, Chesware, Cudlay, circumstances that would alarm by the Lyceum Club, Sir Frank the ordinary comfort-loving tourist, Benson touched upon an aspect of actor's life which could easily Brass and iron bedsteads, Single sad but always original and stimulate double wardrobes with bevelled glass ing in their unconventional cut- escape attention. "We shall all doors, Box couch, Dressing table with look. whether she is describing sing hymns of hope," he said, "if bevelled mirror, Chests of drawus, trippers at Tintagel Cove. her the artists of both our great Finger's Sewing machine, &c, do. Marble top wasbetand, Toilets, experiences in the United States, nations unite in shaping a new

Toak Ice

in Japan, India, or China, or her world after the agonies of war." Utensils, &o,, &a

cheat, Cooking store,views on Geography or on, Pigs And Mr. Barrymore in answer

and Pifates.

declared that he felt it was a great privilege that actors might The following is from the help in any slight degree the Monthly Paper of St. Andrew's relations between the... two Cathedral, Stogapore. We bid a countries. regretful farewell to Sir Walter

4180

Large Quantity of Flants in pots. Catalogues will be issued

On View rom the 19th April 1995: Terms:--Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROB.,

Auctioneers.

must be presented to the Under Sybil Thorndike as "Tess.".

and Lady Shaw and Miss B. Shaw, Queen Wilhelmina will present- who leave the Colony for goodly find her domain enlarged by just before Easter. They have 150 acres. The new territory. always been loyal friends and has been annexed from the sen, supporters of parochial and being the first actual gain of diocesan life. Sir Walter's ground as a result of the on or before

wisdom and experience were Zuyderzee drainage operations, What will Sybil Thorndike always at the service of the according to a report recently 30th inat they will not be recognized light us with at that remote period Dietssan Executive on which he All brosen, chafed and damaged when she gives up playing St. Joal? served, while Lady Shaw has undertaking which deals with an Issued here This gigantic. to be left in the Go-aska Daily News writer only recently given proof of her area of 1,400 square miles where they will be. éxamin I asked her the other day whether willingness and ability to help on good works of every sort and kind. She ran the Diocesan Concert, so called, which cleared 3840, and

the Gift Gulden Mit Sin I the daughters of her parents, and has added to the galety of our

happy mu

on the 20th inst., at 10 am.it was true she was to play Tess

Fire Insurance has been in a production of the stage verdon

of Hardy's great book

Fading will be counter "Yes, I'm going to play Tess, she was District Commissioner of

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sha baid, “but I don't know unite VINGSTON & CO. LTD. when At she present moment

I'm thinking -- about

Candida

expen

was inte hasaln

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There is no foundation for the statement aftributed to the London "Morning Post" that the production of Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan" has been for- -bidden-in-Russia:"Saint-Joan

has been one of the main attrac- tions in the repertory of the Moscow Kamery Theatre, an organization which is noted for its bizarre esthetic effects and it's striking and original ideas. in stagecraft.

DAY, APRIL 180

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THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

With the addition of the new Wing, comprising sixty bedrooms, the Company will be in a position from the 1st October, 1925, to offer residential accommodation on modern lines at moderate cost.

Each room will be newly furnished in a style affording every comfort and convenience; and as regards bathrooms, each double bedroom will have its own private bathroom attached, and there will be one private bathroom to each two single rooms.

The Company intends to augment its motor-coach service between Repulse Bay and Hongkong, and consequently the journey (especially via Wong-nei-chong) should be no obstacle to residence at the above-mentioned popular establishment. As a convenience to residents of the Repulse Bay Hotel, it is intended that arrangements will be made whereby tiffins may be taken either at Repulse Bay or in the Hongkong Hotel.

The charges proposed for accommodation in the new wing of the Repulse Bay Hotel, inclusive of meals and motor-coach transportation, are as follow:-

WINTER RATE (October-March, both inclusive).

DOUBLE ROOM - - $400

(Two persons).

SINGLE ROOM -

$200

(One person).

to:

SUMMER RATE. (April-September

both inclusive).

$375

$175

Applications from prospective residents, should be directed

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HOTELS,

The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

1165: Des Vœur Road Central,