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You'll Find Your Favorite Dance Numbers
on These Victor Records Name your favorite dance orchestra. Name the newest, suappiest tune you can think of. Then seo If you don't find both on this list of Victor Dance Record releases. The chances are nine out of ten that you will. Because nearly all the best orchestras in the country are Victor orchestras. And there's seldom a good, hot, catchy ture that slips unnoticed by the Victor. Recording Labora teles. Just read this list through... more than three dozen of the smoothest dance numbers in current circulation! Look over the catalog of orchestras... is there a better line- up of star performers anywhere? Got next to these new dance nerds! Come around to our store and ask us to play them for you on the Radio Electrola. We'll be glad to serve you.
Sally-Fox Trot
KI'm Dreaming-Walts (Don't Wake Me Too Soon)
WAYNE KING AND HIS ORCHESTRA No. 22210, 10-inch
The Man from the South-Fox Trot TED WREMS AND
Harmonica Harry-Fox Trot
No. 22238, 10-inch
My Love Parade-Fox Trot Nebody's Using It Now-For Trot
No. 22232, 10-Inch
My Fate Is in Your Hands-Fox Trot
TUS ORCHESTRA
THE HIGH HATTERS:
*
NAT SHILINET AND TUR VICTOR ORCHESTRA Melancholy--Fox Trot HORACEHEIDT AND HIS CALIFORNIANS
No. 22222, 10-inch
*
Lacky Me-Lorable You-Fox Trot
LEO REMAN
Happy Days Are HercAgain-FoxTrot AND HIS ORCHESTRA
No. 221, 16-Inch
I'm Following You!-Fox Trot Hoosier Hop-Fox Trot
No. 22210, 10-inch
THE HICH HATTERS
What Do I Care-Fox Trot (from Harry Carroll's Revue) Bouth Sea Rose-Fox Trot GEORGE OLSEN AND HIS MUSIC
No. 22213, 10-inch
Sitting By tho Window-Fox Trot ANight of Happiness-Fox Trot JACKINTAYLORJÖRCHESTRA Lady Luck-Fox Trot JOHNNYHAMPSKENTUCKY SERENADERS Singin' in the Bathtub-Fox Trot THE HIGH BATTERS
*
No. 22217, 10-inch
No. 22219, 10-inch
Charming-Fox Trot
Shepherd's Serenade-Waltz
No. 22233, 10-inch
LEO REISMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy-Walts
TED WEEMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
To Be Forgotten-Waltz WAYNE KING AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Dream Lover-Waltz
No. 22236, 10-inch co
NAT SHILKRET AND
Lonesome Little Doll-For Trot THE VICTOR ORCHESTILA
No. 22241, 10-inch,
You Do Something to Me-Fox Truk
You've Got That Thing-Fox Trot
No. 22244, 10-inch
I'll See You Again-Waltz
LEO REISSEAN AND HIS ORCHERTHA
If Love Were All-Fox Trut LEO RESMAN AND HHÖRCHESTRA
No. 22246, 10-inch
Look for the Silver Lining-Fox Trot
Wild Rosc-Fox Trot
Homance-Waltz
No. 22250, 10-Inch
THE HIGH HATTERS
After a Million Brems-Fox Trot. OLSEN AND HIS MUSIC
No. 22248, 10-inch.
ILove You, Believe Me, I Love You---Fox Trot
If You Were the Only Girl-Walts RUDY VALLÉE AND
No. 7, 10-inch HIS CONNECTICUT YANKEES
Tap Dance Medley
By Heck-Tap Dance
VICTOR NOVELTY ORCHESTRA
No. 22228, 10-toch
Sweet Nothings of Love For Trot
GEORGE OLSEN AND HIS Music”.
THE HIGH HATTERS
Duke of Ka-Ki-Ak!-Fox Trot
No. 22251, 10 inch
MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.
(Victor Distributors)
Chater Road.
THE CHINA MAIL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIES
$5,600,000 SPENT ON PROJECTS
BY THE COLONIAL OFFICE ...
AIR TRAFFIC Infected with Yellow
Fever
STRICT QUARANTINE
Have You Heard?
Fat: I'm so happy, I've got one home on the Rallway Commissioners at last.
Fellow-Passenger: How's that? Fat: I've bought a return ticket and I'm not coming back.
50 SCHEMES SUBMITTED
Batavia, Yesterday. The meeting of the League of London, Yesterday. Nations Eastern Bureau of Epide The present position of the miological Intelligence expressed an Colonial Development Fund was opinion that air traffic from coun explained: by Dr. Drummond tries in Africa infected with yellow Shiels when the supplementary fever, should be forbidden until the
Golfer (who has just tipped his vote for the Colonial Office was strictest possible quarantine, can
caddle); That's for a drink, Mac, discussed in the House of Com-effectively be applied."
Doctor Van Loukhuyzen was but I hope it will be a testatal ́one! mons. He said that the Empire
"Mac with dignity); Mr.. Br-r- Marketing Board's relations with elected president of the advisory the fund had been satisfactorily council of the Bureau at Singapore own, a caddie Ab may be, but Ah'm arranged and there was no dan in succesion to General Graham, no a tea-caddie. ger of overlapping. The total and Doctor Guerin, the representa cost of the projects recommended tive of Indo-China, vice president. by the Fund Committee and ap- proved by the Colonial Office and the Treasury since the inception
It was in a certain part of the Thanks to the generosity of the trenches in France that an enemy Dutch telegraphic administration,mine' was expected to be blown up, the Malabar wireless station in and this particular part was occu- future will broadcast epidemiologi-pied only by patrols. It was to one of the committee last August, cal intelligence dally, instead of of these that the officer in charge totalled £5,600,000.
The expenditure incurred by the weekly-Router. fand in this respect was £1,362,000.] Over fifty schemes have been sub- mitted by 25 separate Governments since the schemes were initiated. -Reuter.
NEED FOR PEACE
Endorsed by Military Leaders
FORCE OPPOSED
Peking, Yesterday.
A report from Talyuanfu says
ITALIAN ART Exhibition in London Extended
GREAT INTEREST
Į
London, Yesterday. In view of the plea for, an ex- tension of the time for the exhibi- tion of Italian art, which is still attracting immense crowds, the President of the Royal Academy announces that it will not be
It is believed Yen Hal-shan sent closed until March 20: out a further circular telegram This has in part been made pos- to-day, which is claimed to be en-sible by an undertaking of Signor dorsed by the military leaders in Modigliani, who is in charge of the south, south-west and north-the art treasures from Italy, to have west, and also Honan and Man-all the pictures for which he is responsible packed and removed churia.
The telegram emphasises the within one week of the closing of need for peace all over the coun-the exhibition-British Wireless try, and declares against unifica-Service.
tion by force. It urges the con- vening of a National Assembly.
The
Shansi-Ites insist
that
Yen Hsi-shan has no intention of FATAL AVALANCHE
M
Death Roll Raised to
Fifteen
attacking Chiang Kai-shek, and even if hostilities break out he will merely act on the defensive.
Forty wounded soldiers arrived at Tsinanfu on February 21, ap-
Rome, Yesterday. parently wounded in the fighting
The death roll in the Bolognola between Kao Kuei-tse and thei Government forces. Liu Chen- avalanche is now fifteen..
There are still six persons miss- nien is reported to be co-operat-
handed a whistle, saying, "We ex- pect a mina to, be exploded any minute, and I want you, when you see or feel any signs of it exploding, to blow this whistic."
"Yes," replied Tommy. "But, beg pardon, sit, shall I blow it when I'm going up, or coming down?"
in 2 morning Advertisement paper: For Sale.--A good cow that gives 2 gallons of milk at a milking and a lot of household furniture.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1930.
Pamela
Queen's Rd. C.
next to St. Francia Hotel.
Have a Large Selection of Ladies' Dresses, Ensembles, Hats, Gloves, Sunshades. and Afternoon Gowns,
FOR THE RACES
Dressmaking and Millinery.
This will be attended to as a special with department at reasonable charge smartest cut and style guaranteed.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
Opening Daily Official Quotations 25th February, 1930.
Buy Sell Sales Nom year
STOCK
Banks
Doctor: Well, friend, what seems
Hong Kong Bank ....Ş to be your trouble?
Patient (nervously): I believe, I Chartered Bank have caught insomnia, doctor. 1 Mercantile Bk., A&B.
cannot sleep a wink until around 3 o'clock in the morning.
Doctor: Nonsensel Insomnia is not contagious.
Patient: It is in my case, doctor. The baby next door has it.
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melon, Jacky?"
H. K. Steamboats....$
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Shell Transports..../.
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who's absent-i then, my dear,
I've brought my um minded? brella and yours, too."
His Wife: Neither of up took one out.
Bepguete Kailan Mining Adi sf- Langkas (Comb.)...Th. (Single)...Th.
S'bai Exploration...Ts.
ing with. Kao Kuei-tae against ing-Router. Chen Tiao-yuan, the Governor of A message dated?{February 28
A doctor and a clergyman of the Shantung, who is loyal to Nan stated that nine people had been king. It is understood that the killed, 13 were missing and five same name, lived in the same street.
injured
· result of the The doctor went away, and during Shantung Generals mostly desire to maintain neutrality, but intend avalanche, in which, aleo, many his absence, the clergyman died. Rauba
to defend the frontiers of the province against invasion.-Reu- ter.
UNKNOWN LAND Claims of Sir Hubert Wilkin's
Montevideo, Yesterday.
2 as
cattle were overwhelmed.]
Latest Report
Rome, To-day. The death roll in the Bolognola avalanche disaster is now reported to be 18. Three persons are miss- ing.-Reuter.
BRITAIN AND EGYPT
Delegation Expected in London
Loans .........Tis.
Pending
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1-pretoried Jane 19.99
Land dividørsd for 1951
93/8 Dec. Int. Coupon No. As free
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The doctor sent a telegram to his Tronch Mines ........ wife, which was given to the.clergy- man's widow. It ran as follows: Docks, Wharves,
.Godowns, &c. Arrived safely, heat terrific.
Landlady: now?".
H. K. & K. Wharves..$ "And what's wrong H. K. & W, Docks...$82
China Provident .....$5.00 5 Youthful lodger:. "I just wanted Hongkews.....$100 to say that I think you get too much N. Engineerings...Tls. 7.80 mileage out of this roller towel.”
Shanghai Docks... Th
Cotton Milla. A governor one day appeared be- fore the assembled convicts of a Ewa Coitons...ls.
prison. Forgetting his audience, S'hai Cotton (old),.Th. B he began in the usual manner: "Fellow citizens"
"
(new)..Th.
Three hundred miles of new coastline in the Antarctic have been discovered by Sir Hubert!
London, Yesterday. Wilkins in the course of six sen-
It is officially announced that the
A murmur of laughter sounded Zoong Sings.....Tl, plane flights, with his expedition,
The governor Lands, Hotels & which arrived at Montevideo yes Egyptian delegation, headed by the through the room.
"Fellow "con-
Buildings. Premier, Nahas Pasha, is arriving became confused.
Louder terday.
he changed. Wilkins actually flew ahead in London in the week beginning victs,"
"Oh, you know what IH.K. & S. Hotels... 12 from his ship 125 miles from port. March 24 to negotiate the British laughter.
It is mean", he stammered. "I mean H. K. Lands .........$. agreement.
so many of you Shanghai Lands ...Th. 215 He says they covered much un-Egyptian known land in the course of 2,500 learnt that the High Commissioner I'm glad to see
Humphreys .........$14 of the of Egypt and the Sudan has been here."; miles aerial explorations
The warder led him out into the H. K. Realties ....... South Pole. They leave for New requested to be in London during
Chinese Estates.......$ York on February 23. His next the negotiations-Reuter. a sub- venture is likely to be marine trip to the North Pole- Reuter's American Service.
AFGHAN KING ·
Late Rulers' Significant Visit
Constantinople, Yesterday, ex-King Amanullah The. Afghanistan has arrived here en route to Angora, where he is to visit Mustapha Kemal.
This has aroused considerable in- terest, coinciding with reports that the present King of Afghanistan. Nadir Khan, is' })..
Reports Denied
'Bombay, To-day.
4
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air.
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6% p.a. terest Chinese Sub, Coin 232% día, Hong Kong Suk Coin Par
LONDON EXCHANGES
New York
London, Yesterday.
Star Ferrics
H. K. Electrics......09
Macro
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Der A Wingar
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42 9/16
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staff denies the reports which have On demand gained circulation that the King is Credits, 60
sight It Is stated that he is in excel- lent health-Reuter.
COLLECTIVE FARMS
City Men Replace the Peasants
Moscow, Yesterday,
It is stated in authoritative Soviet On demand circles that 25,000 workers, including agricultural
specialisto,
On Shanghal- engineers, On demand..... 79 doctors, journalists, authors, artists, 30 day's sight (private actors and chema operators have pro- ceeded to different districts to partici- pate in the organisation of collective farms. Up to now 96,700 such farms have been established.
paper)
On Yokohams ---- On demand Gold Leaf, 100 fine
It is reported from Malak that the (per tacl) rich peasants who were banished from Bovereigns
buying rate) the collective farming districte haye settled elsewhere-Repler.
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Miscellaneous.
144
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HK. Amusement Pref. 28
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