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More Women drive Buicks than any other car because of the striking appearance of this famous motor car. Then comes Buick dependability. A woman knows when she starts out with her Buick that she will "get there and back." Other reasons are-the comfort in driving a Buick-the velvet clutch action, easy steering; then the power and quietness of Buick's Valve-in.Head engine and the safety of Buick mechanical four-wheel brakes,

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The board of control. is chất. For obtaining a half-price rails ing around for a permanent general way ticket by representing herself manger of the Philippine Na as 16, a woman of 20 was fined 20/- tional Bank being convinced that at Lansdale, Bucka. "In theso one imported from abroad, how days of short skirta and bobbed ever capable a banker, would yet hair it is not easy to tell whether have to make a study of local con•f a girl is 17 of 30,” commented & ditions before he could become | solicitor. actually of service to the institu- tion.

Twenty-five cents a pound for novels is offered Berlin school. children by the City Commission for Combating Trashy Iiterature and Moving Pictures, with a prize of $150 to the school delivering the greatest quantity of undesirable i reading matter. This is the latest effort to German educators to im prove the taste of the young, Love for Bensational detective stories and morbid romance. is in- tense in the land of Kultur, and cheap fiction has an enormous cir culation among boys and girls of school age. Since most of it is sold at the rule of a cent a volume, the price offered is expected to bring in

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A suggestion has been made for the establishment of a Chumber of Commerce at Mucno. Amongst other things is the proposal that this Chamber of Commerce might place our exhibition, with prices and other suitable information, the prin- cipal products of Portugal and her colonies. The existence of such a section in the Ttalium Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai is cited as,

precedent.

"Hongkong direct actionists should beware, school-boy essay contains the following :----

The duties of the navy are ba do all it can in stopping any of on Colonida from rising in offence.”

The doors, lump-posta, and rail- ings of St. Matthew's Church, New Kent-road, 8.E., together with the door of the vicarage, bave been painted "fire station rod This is part of the campaign of the incumbent, the Rev. T. D. Stevens-locally known as the Vicar of Elephant Castle" to brighten up the life of his church.

and

In a side turning in the City of London a number of vehicles 'were held up by a solitary motor cor. At last one of the drivers went for ward to investigate. He found the car (a new one) empty, and came upon the owner seated on the kerb of the further side, peacefully scraping some mud off one of the back wheels with a pair of nail

1925

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Advances made on Landed Property, Goods, etc.

Trustees of Estates, Executors

Warehousing

At the annual meeting of the Canada Life Assurance Company held recently at Toronto, a policy holder present proposed a vote of thanks to the staff. There is nothing remarkable about this until one learns that it was the seventy fifth successive year at which this The pastime of forecasting gentleman had done it. The pre-scissors. Wembly figures is becoming aident of the company, in intro passion with a great many people ducing the old gentleman to the who never go near the Exhibition. meeting (which seems hardly to A novel experiment in educa. The daily prize of one hundred have been necessary) pointed out tion is being tried, so far with pounds for the nearest estimate of that the policy holder had entered signal success, by one of the great attendances at Wemblay hus cap-Lupon his hundredth year, and was, orphanages of London. Each boy fured the popular imagination. he believed, the first member of is treated as an individual, and a Sweps to forecast the total of any Canadian insurance company apparate time table is drawn up for visitors are the order of the day at to dofy the tables of mortality. In his benefit. Class work is in this many clubs, while one enterprising appreciation of the fact the com- way abolished altogether. A boy! week-end hostess has adopted the pany had ordered the payment of ix encouraged to specialise in the idea of organising a sweepstake his policy, as though he had died, particular branch for which he is amongst her guests as to the cor with the result that he was fitted, and the confident hope is reet number of thon, who will aclurily dead. 236 is an interest-expressed that in this way those pass the turnstiles of the Exhibi-ing episode, but que wonders what whom the institution sends out into tion during the week-a figure would have happened if the policy he world will be found specially commo that is far more difficult to

equipped for the vocation in life | arrive at than the daily totui.

they are to follow,

holder in question had taken cat an annuity instead of a fife "polley.

SOCIAL AND

PERSONAL.

Mr. S. A. Rumjahn is estab- Mr. C. H. Benson, Mr. D. A.ƒ Goodwin and Mr. L. Yates return- | lishing himself as a

Mr. A. E. Tipper has been 8699 Markham Road, Shanghai.

cinemato-elected Vice-Chairman and Hon- ed to the Colony by the "Pre-graph film and commission agent orary Treasurer of the British BEE1|A|EITTS|N|Q|334403318|ENSALT1403|||||O|LIENTTROLATOTISIEDLEMITEEE11011||TEEMAKAI |sident Pierce" on Friday. Mr. with offices at 11, Queen's Road.

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H. B. Graybill of the Christian College was passenger.

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Mra. Osborne Wood's suit for divorce has been indefinitely post- poned. Mrs. Wood has divulged no reason for her action and the

· Rotarian Lingoh Wang, Chin- ese Consul-General for the Philip pines, spoke on "The Chinese Tariff at the last meeting of the Manila Rotary Club,

Mr. Herbert Asquith, son of Lord Asquith, has become an active member of a book publish

Municipal Council at Tientsin. These offices became vacant on the resignation of Mr. E. W. Carter," who has returned Home..

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THE HONGKONG TUG & LIGHTER Co., Ltd. Single packages and small consignments received and delivered by Motor Lighter.

Lighterage of any description undertaken. Tugs and Lighters may be obtained at all hours.

A London boy living in a crowd- |- JUG ed area has succeeded in writing¦ a new fairy tale ending to suit

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information has given rise toing firm. Quite a number of present-day readers. Instead of HONGKONG & TERRITORIAL ESTATES, LTD.

speculation, including the possi- bility of reconciliation. Lieut. Osborne Wood is the son of the Governor-General of the Philip

pines.

Acting General Manager Trinidad and Insular Auditor: Ben F. Wright are being men- tioned again as candidates for the permanent managership of the Philippines bank. It is under stood, however, that the board is not desirous of taking hasty action on the appointment but.. that instead it is trying as much as possible to consider carefully the qualifications of possible nominees.

fashionable young men are now Some of them are beginning at entering the publishing business. the foot of the ladder by working in the warehouse and becoming proficient even in the mysteries of packing.

wards" he concludes, "And they "and lived happily ever after-

were married and found a brand new house to live in."

A study of the modern "Rap-

Grace is believed to have made per" in her primitive environ- an unrecorded record on the flan- ment among the islands of the nelled field. No statistics are south seas is the purpose of Dr. available, but old habitués who Margaret M. A. Mead, M.A. Ph.D., who sailed recently aboard have followed the game from time the Australian-bound liner immemorial declare that “W. G.," "Sonoma" on her quest.. She in his long career, received on the seeks to determine whether the field, and crushed into his trouser usual character traits of the adolescent girl can be attributed pocket, more telegrams than any to heredity or to civilization. She three cricketing collectors of also will try to determine whether orange-buff envelopes. problems of delinquency can be controlled through modern methods or whether the tendency is so deep-rooted that it cannot' be eradicated easily.

Women's lingerie,

"To inculcate the virtues which

It will come as a shock to many who know the work of Louis Wain, the famous cat artist, to

the world has been learning dur know that he is an inmate of a pauper lunatic asylum. Louis

after a ing the last 1900 years-virtues Wain's cats have given delight to courageous but steadily losing of courage and hope. By those countless children, and to tens of fight, has finally been ousted from thousands of grown-up children, its place in the fashionable and the friends of the artist have woman's wardrobe, London so lesued an appeal for gifts to aciety women are wearing, in addi- fund which would enable him to tion to the still necessary frock, be transferred from the public to only silk tights, which replace the private wards of the asylum. stockings as well as underwear,

Dan Hardie, former public works commissioner of Tampa, Florida, who arrived in Manila on the "President Hayes" from Kobe, Japan, told Governor General Wood at Malacañan that Ogborne Wood is doing well in the real estate business in Tampa Osborne Wood is considered one of the most prosperous real estate brokers in the city, according to Mr. Hardie. In the near future he is likely to be one of the biggest real estate owners in Florida, Mr. Hardie predicted.

virtues, I believe that through the schools we shall be able to help! the country to carry through its terrible dangers and difficulties, and emerge as a great country in the world again." This inspiring The mode may pags with the hot programme for British teachers weather because tights are was put forward by Lord Eustace actually hotter than ordinary Percy, president of the Board of lingerie. But the women seem to Education, at the Inaugural meet- prefer the fights because they ing of the City of London vacation Interfere less with the lines of the course in education. It is a pro- gure or the frock. Day by day gramme applicable to the world in every way the fair sex grows at large, just as well as to Britain nakeder and nakeder is the way at the present time. of St. Clement's summed up the Rev. Richard Fee, venerable vicar situation during an Interview

At Devonport, his native place; there has been unveiled the nation's memorial to Everyone knows that her Captain Scott and his four Majesty the Queen is an ardent companions, who perished collector of old furniture, old with him in the Antarctic 13 prints and old silver, but few years ago, The monument is a people are aware of the fact that massive granite pylon, surmount recently a complete set of cigar-ed by a bronze group. ette, cards has been added to the Ling: "Courage, a Royal collection This came Patriotism, spur about during their esties reDespair and 1 his | cent visit to - Br

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F. R. Bartgan, assistant mana- ger of the Army and Navy Cluby Manila, is in possession of a rare specimen of curlew hook and line, that Commander Italian flor,

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