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THE CARAVAN

JUST RECEIVED

NEW CONSIGNMENT

OF

FETTE PEKING RUGS

NOW ON VIEW AT

ARCADE

PENINSULA HOTEL, KOWLOON.

CENTRAL

SEE TIHEATRE HEAR

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT

2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

80 THIS IS PARADISE

Part 1.

Another Chinese all-talking, singing & dancing Picture.

Starring

BUTTERFLY WU-

Chinese Foremost Screen Favourite,

with

Shaw Pei Chen

Directed by Chang Shih Chuen

Recorded by Pathe Orient Co.,

Produced by Mass Co., Shanghai.

NEXT CHANGE

Spoiled by his father's coddling hand he found love and self respect in the

simple rugged life of the North woods.

A sparkling comedy drama of youth and its yearnings.

HARDIE

with

THOMAS

MEIGHAN

ALBRIGHT ·

Dorothy Jordan

Directed by

John Blytono

from the stage play

by Hisar Houria.

FOX

Whe

China Mail.

ESTABLISHED 1845.

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1931.

E.A.S.M.A.

Merges Into British Legion.

YESTERDAY'S DECISION.

CHINA EXHIBITION.

SHARE MARKET.

Quiet And Featureless.

LOWER RATES,

(Continued from Page' 1.)

My memory carries me back to the year 1928 when a like Exhib- tion was held at Kowloon, and when I had the privilege of assisting at its opening ceremony. On that

market this morning is occasion I ventured the prophecy rather quiet and featureless, but that the Exhibition would be follow. there are buyers of some of the

The

rates.

After functioning for ten years, the Ex-Active Servies Men's As sociation terminated its existence in Hong Kong at the tenth annual gen-ed by others, and that the next one favourite stocks at slightly lower eral meetnig which was held in David House yesterday afternoon, those present passing resolutions by which the E.A.S.M.A. amalgamates with the local branch of the British Legion.

The meeting was presided over by the Chairman, Captain T. T.

Laurenson, D.S.C., R.N.R., and those present were Мелага. С. М.

Manners, H, J. Pearce, B. Veliki,

H. A. Rodgers, S. C. Feltham, and R. P. Shaw.

It was stated in the annual report that during the year there had been few cases of relief, and the Association were able to contribute $500 to the "Poseidon" D.saster Fund, and a further sum of $600 has been sent to the dependents of: Ex-Active Service Officers who lost their lives in the 88. Kwong Sang

Disaster.

would probably be held on this side of the harbour.

Both these prog nostications have come true, but I make по claim to any prescient power. The success of the first Ex- hibition ensured the birth of this;. the selection of Victoria City on th's occasion has been guided by experi-,

ence.

and $1,595.

Banks changed hands at $1,690

Providents (old) were in demand | at $5, as were also the new shares at $2.

Hotels (old) were in demand at)

The $144, sellers asking $16.

new shares were $14.

also wanted at

had sellers at the close at $82.

Lands, after being done at $91.

Realties were on offer at $13. Chinese Estates were in demand

Within the compass of this com paratively small building are to be found the beauties of Chinese art and the fascinating. spectacle of craftsmen actually demonstrating at $95. the methods of their work. The Ewos could have been obtained whole idea là in keeping with Con- at 1534. and the same emark fucius' teaching that we should applies to Shanghai Cottons at study antiquity, and be earnest in 701. seeking knowledge of the present. To study the things in this Exposi. tion is to add to our Imowledge; to buy the wares fashioned by the craftsmen is to benefit others.

feel I can bespeak your support for a cause that has this twofold ob

Owing to the Club being closed there has been a grent falling away In membership.' There are now❘ject.

156 names on the books,

The Chairman explained that the amalgamation was not in any way due to money difficulties as the Asso- ciation was very solvent, but it was no longer necessary to have two As sociations acting in the samo interests in a small Colony like Hong Kong.

The report and accounts for the year 1931 were passed."

Thanks were expressed by the Chairman to the honorary solicitors, Messrs. Deacons, to the honorary Auditors Messrs. Linstead and Davies, and to the honorary acerat ary, M. F. C. Feltham and the mem- bers of the Committee.

The meeting then passed following resolutions:

the

(1). "That the recommendation of the General Commitee, that this become amalgamated with the Hong Kong branch of the British Legion with the consent of the said branch of the British Legion, and with the sanction and approval of the Chater Fund Trustees, be hereby approved.”

1

When the Committee was busily engaged in making preparations for the Exhibition, the sky in the North-onst of China suddenly darkened, casting a shadow on th's peaceful isle, and creating feelings of uneasiness in the minds of the people. The time for the venture became unpropitious, but the Com mittee, undaunted by the changed condition, went on with unabated energy. To-day the clouds have cleared, and the Exhibition has be come an accomplished fact. We must pay homage to the Chairman, Mrs. Wolf, and the members of the Committee for the faith they have exhibited. in face of great difficul-

ties.

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Trams were in demand at $20.80.) Cements (combined) were in de-l mand at $19, with sellers asking) $19.

Watsons had sellers at $36. Constructions (old) were in re- quest at $6.10, and the new shares were also wanted at $2.

- A LONG PATROL.

The New South Wales Police Department recently "traded in" to the Morris Depot in Sydney a Morris-Cowley touring model, which had officially recorded 86.000 miles over two years' run- niny.

DENTALINE

(Concentrated Antiseptic)

ls more than a mouth-wash --- it actually

KILLS GERMS

Dentaline is an Antiseptic Germicide and Astringent, Proporly diluted it is delightful to tasto and

refreshing to use.

THE PHARMACY

Anistic Building.

Tel. 20345.

Queen's Road

AMUSEMENTS

The car remained in excellenti condition a fact which was amply confirmed by an unbiased authority in the shape of the motoring editor of the Sydney Sun, who immediately took it for a week-end run.. The three liont points emerging from this expert's report were:-

Stendy cruising speed of 40 m.p.h.

3.

Petrol consumption 26.5 m.p.g. (in spite of imperfect| adjustment of carburetter and idling speed).

Oil consumption 742 m.p.g.

Our appreciation can be best de-1. monstrated by coming to this Ex- hibition, thus helping It to realise 2. its object of encouraging local in dustry, and giving European re- sidents an opportunity of knowing something of the culture and crafts of the Chinese. Mencius says: "Men's eyes agree in recognising the same beauty; men's minds The District Commissioner of (2). "That this meeting approve agree in admiring the same Northern Turkhana, Kenya, reports of the transfer to the Hong Kong virtues." This Exhibition will that his 16/50 Humber is the first branch of the British Legion all of please your eyes, and appeal to car to have reached that particular

350 MILES FROM STATION.

its assets and liabilities, then exlat-your better instincts. May ready, spot, which is between 200 and 400Į ing, not later than the 31st, day of Desember, 1931, and hereby au- thorises the Committee to take auch

steps as may be necessary to effect the transfer."

Moribera discussed the sentiment attached to the occasion, and it was decided, on the proposition of Mr. Shaw, seconded by Mr. Veliki, to record, "That this annual general meetnig heartily approves of the action of the Committee In contri- buting, as its final gizt, $1,000 to the Poppy Day Fund, and forward- ing $60 paid in to the Association by a member."

of relief to needy ex-active service

men.

A suggestion that, with the die appearance of the Association, the laying of flowers on the Cenotaph should also cease, did not find favour,

Mr. Pearce thanked the. Chair- man for the enormous amount of work ho had done for them during the whole of the Association's existence. The vote of thanks was received by the meeting with ap plause.

In reply to questions, the Chair- man announced that they were in In his reply, the Chairman recall- very close touch with the British ed that he had been President of Legion over the matter and they the Association àince 1924, with the had undertaken to do all that the exception of one year, 1927, when Ex-Active Service Men's Assocla- the position was held by Col. Hayly tfon had been doing in the past, in- Bell, and expressed his thanks to cluding the provision of flowers members of the Committee who had] for the Centosph, and the granting] given kim such hearty support.

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miles from a railway station or town, near the Kenya-Sudan- Abyssinian border. As can readily be imagined, the car had to ba driven over some exceedingly rough) country on its way out, but it ar- rived none

the worse, and is in constant use.

ear be lent to my appeal, and may success attend the efforts of the promoters!"

During the afternoon, a "Great Birthday" tableaux was presented in the thentre by the Fairlea School girls, A lecture on Chinese plc-| tures was given by Mr. Li King Hong, B.A., In the exhibition room, while later, again in the theatre, the story of King Tai Shun was pre- sented by the Yeung Chung Scho-1.:

A brilliant fireworks dianlay. pre- rented by the Kwong Man Lung Firecracker Co., Ltd., was given at night on the Murray Parade ground.

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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES LĪD

FINAL SHOWINGS

TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

HARMONY

ECOLOUR TALKING SINGING DANCING

HEAVEN

POLLY WARD STUART HALL

TRILBY CLARKI

THOMAS

BENTLEY

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Recaptured

Love

Is there a dangerous age for a married man? Or does his weakness for a harem have no age limit

at all? See this comedy drama of a home-loving wife who won her wandering husband from the wicked wiles

of a worldly wench..

Hear Dorothy Burgess Sing-- "HOW LOVELY YOU CAN BEY

AT

THE STAR

with

Belic BENNETT John HALLIDAY Dorothy BURGESS Richard TUCKER Junior DURKIN

Georgs BICKEL

Brooks BENEDICT

"G" SISTERS

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20.

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

AND

MARY PICKFORD

IN

Taming of the b shrew

Adaptad and Dected by SÁM TAYLOR ALL-TALKING COMEDY SMASH

UNITED

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