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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1927.

HEDGES & BUTLER

"VAT 250"

SCOTCH WHISKY

PRE-WAR

STRENGTH & QUALITY

Sole "Agents:

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

SAND-LIME BRICKS.

Best machine made bricks

Highest tests and uniform qualities.

For Economy, Quality, Beauty, Durability and

Satisfaction unsurpased..

YEE YICK SAND-LIME BRICK CO.,

GHING 10 NAM

Factory-Canton.

Manager.

Hong Kong Office,

148, Queen's Road, West, 1st Floor."

Telephone No. C.8892.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS: BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. AF work done in this laulishmest in guaranteed. We have over dirty years' experienrs. We own two Slipways, and can mezommodate any craft of 200 feet lung.

Town Office: 64. Connaught Road Central, Hongkong, Tol. Central No. 459. Tel. Kowloon No. 9. Shipyard: Sham-Sul-Po, Kowloon, Hongkong

· Estimates furnished on application. Hongkong, April 1, 1924

"A Pine Forest in a Bottle"

Peps

The Remedy You Breathe.

THE seeds of uny a deadly chest and lung troublelike bronchitis, pleurisy and pneumonia is sown at this season. To avert dangerous colds and chills and keep trouble off the chest and lungs, Peps are the urgent need.

Always slip a Peps tablet into the mouth whenever you go into the searching night air..

The powerful germicidal fürbes given off by Peps. are akin to the long-healing air of the pine forests. Täle rich balanie Pajis medicine guickly exterininnies germ mischief in the thron: and air-tubes. It allays soreness and infammation of the delicate lining membrane, soothes and bela congbetorn tissuon and cuis and loosens phlegm,

ke a remedy and preventive af suddan selca und' sitis, sore throat, saughs, bronchitis, satima, and, lung triubies, Paar are the laund remedy for yoular and old.

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For COUGHS, COLDS & BRONCHITIS

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WAY THE WORLD WAGS.

A cat bargiar secured a haul of jewellery and other articles worth 25,000 in ten minutes at A: Now Malden house.

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The seventeen-ton belt cast in England for service in the 825 feet high Philadelphia tower, was run for the firat. time, on New Year's Eye.

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The King sent 24 turkeys from the Royal Parms at Windsor to Slough Chriumtas, poultry show and sale. They fetched from a guines to.368. each.

The L.N.E.R. announce the intro duction of cheap facilities for shop ping and theatre visits from subur. ban stations within a wide radius of large cities, including London.

Damag estimated at over $500,000 has been caused by a fire in a workshop adjoining a grain elevater at Fort William, Ontario. Two hundred thousand bushels of |whent were destroyed.

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1. Fifty people were killed by tigers, oeven by crocodiles, one person by anake, and another by a bear, two by elephants, and one by begs-in the, State of Johore, Malay Staten, ||în 1926, anys the Gulonial Report.

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Convicted of receiving jewellery, said to have been part of the proceeds of the Hatton-gunden mail-van robbery, George Spiers, 57, a commissid agent, was sentenced at the Old Bailey so three yours? |ponal servitada.

A large dump of military guit> ment. "Awords, bayonets, machine- gun parts, and powerful explosivas was found by detectives and mili logy in a mountainous und deserted Epart of Donoughmore district of

County Cork.

An exhibition illustrating the whole sange of Flemish and Belgian painting from 1500 to 1900, which opened at the Royal Academy en January 8, included some famous Flemish tapestries lent by the Stow.e Museum in Vicuna

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In a dense crowd of Christmas shoppers in Kodsas City, six ban- dits, attacked the guard escorting a bank messenger, and relieved the latter of a sum of 79.000 dollars in cash. The robbers made good their engape in a motor car. a

For the seventh year in speens- sion an anonymous, friend hal pro- as "God's (vided what are known

Gifts" for the poor of Bromley Kent, and those who are in receipt of out-relief-BO families, includ |ing" 80 children--will benef

An aeroplane, a motor tractor (to break down undergrowth), and 600 policemen were employ ed without success in the search at Newlands Corner and across the downs between Guildford and Dorking for Mrs. Agatha Christie," the "novelist.

The Commonwealth Government has decided that two women shall accompany the Australian Indus- trial Mission to America as ob- Borvers.

Roughly 40 per cant, of the appli it was reported at the annual meet- cunts for Kitchener Scholarships, ing of the Memorial Fund. wanted to become tenchors.. A very small number of the applicants aimed at a career outside England, »

Rear-Admiral H. A. T. Cum. mins, hon. paymaster R.N. (re tired) has died, at Dinard, France, within six weeks of his 80th birthday. Admiral Cummine served continuously for 51 years in the British Navy, which he entered in 1884,

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A Press Association THONKATE states that the death is announced at the age of 60 of M. Amedee Belles, one of the pioneera of French motor ear development.

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Premises of a arm of jewellere in the Strand were raided by thieves.: who were disturbed by the ringing of a burglar alarm: but escaped with jewellery to the value £3,000.

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An empty jewel-case found on Tooting Bec Common, S.W., has. been identified as one taken by burglars from Mrs. K. Shaw'a residente. High Combe, Warren, Road, Coombe, New Malden, when jewellery to the value of £5,000 was stolen.

Baby Travels 6,000 Miles Alone

About a month ago, Andy sa every- one affectionately: calis. him wo deprived of both mother and father. There was no one to dress hian or. cuddle him or tuck him in at nights. He was all alone in the world; which must have seemed a pretty queer". |place to Andy's big wondering blus

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Then someone remembered that there were relatives in Vancouver, and Andy in a new blue knitted travelling sqlt (he is wearing it in the picturo) Bot out alone on one of the longest journbys ever made by, one of such tender yours. But having rather a way with him, Andy soon made friends with averyone on the Jahip, and the 6,000 mile journey Across an ocena and a contineat passed very pleasantly indeed. He couldn't complain about the expense. either for he whole trip, over the Atlantic on the C.P. liner Montclars and all the way from St. John, to; Vancouver by the CPR. cost him exactly five dollars,

You hears a lot about: the indo-

pendance of the present genera- The above photograph snapped on sion, but Andrew Knight, aged one the Glasgow pier shows Andrew. year and sever menthe, of Scotland saying good-bye to Captain Spicer and Vancouver has established a now of the Salvation Army, who arranged"" record for present day travellers. Edetails of Andrew's trip.

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The only assets reported at the Prince Ranjitainhji ("Rani" barkrupley examination of Major the famous cricketer) has bought Hery Bailey. a Birmingham solithe "Valfreyja the yacht on citor were a metal watch valued which the

2s, Gil, and his law books.

Tate Mr. Bayardi Brown, a wealthy recluse, lived for many years at Wivenhoe,

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Through a "paddy mail" train, in which were 500 miners, crash- ing into a derailed waggon in dense fog near Sheffield, nineteen of the men were injured.

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not appear at the monthly meet- Although a final call of 58, in ing of the council and later, at

his home at Newcastle, the £ has been made upon the Monmouth, he was found dead Wembley guarantors; the liquida. with an arm artery severed. tors state that it is hoped that: no further payment than the 2s.

About 900 employees, of the 6d. actually called up for pay-Ralpign Cycle Company at Not ment will be necessary...

tingham, who, forfeited rights under the profit-sharing scheme are to Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary receive a bonus of more than wo for Air), apeaking at Birming-weeks' pay. Sir Harold Bowden tam, stated that every possible (chairman of the company) has in- precaution was being taken

formed the workers that he assumes reduce the number of accidents of bad leaders, and for that reason. that they acted under the influence and that the situation waste is to ignore the events of the first steadily improving year by year.

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MAJESTIC HOTEL. Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAI.”

HOTELS,

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In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking.

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Phone .810.

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MRS. E OWEN MURPET,

Proprietress.

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CENTRAL LOCATION.

ALL ELECTRIC TRANS Pear Antance, Electr A Lift FA and Lighting, Barnpa

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Tel: C: 4945.

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EVERY TUESDAY

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EVERY SUNDAY

ADELPHI HOTEL, LTD, HARRY 1. WILLIES,

Managing Director.

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