1934-11-27 — Page 2

MAIL SCHEDULES

The Postmaster Goneral announces i that from 1st November the Parcel Post rates to the United Kingdom will ho reduced to :-

3 lb. .7 lb.

$1.40

2.50

11 lb. 22 lb.

3.50

0.00

be

Private letter-boxen may now rented at the Kowloon Post Offico. Full information regarding them may be obtained from the Ofeer in charge' of that office.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS

Christmas

cards and New Your bearing pot more than five written words and enclosed in open envelopos) are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed matter, le, 4 canta per

2 ounces.

Envelopes must not be closed.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

Nov.

Corfu (vis. Suez) ...

29

FROM JAPAN

Nov.

Tokiwa Maru

27

Hakodate Maru

28

Tando

28

Pres. Grant ..

30

Carthage

30

General Lee..

Pres. Grant

30

FROM U.S.A.

Nov:

Pres. Grant...

30

FROM MANILA

Nov.

Emp. of Asin

'28

Pres. Hoover

30

FROM SHANGHAI

Nov.

27

30

30 30

.Dec.. 1

Achilles

Raumacus

General Leg

Pres. Grant.

Tyndareus

Tilawa

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Nov.

Tango Maru

Burdwan

guisang

Conte Verde

FROM AUSTRALIA

Nankin

.Dec.

.Dec.

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE ·

Epm. of Asia (via Vancouver

27

· Nov,

20

and Siberia) Clones: Reg. 4.15 pm. Ord. 8 p.m.

1

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1954

The Woman's Page

Navy blue taffeta combines with sky blue organza to create this attractive frock from the wardrobe of. Betty Furness, Alm actress. The square neck is caught at each side by a diamond bow knot. The hat is of blue and white checked

taffeta,

Colours In

Wardrobe

Your

Elegant

Black

Clothes

London,

Worth has sume bright velvet

A successful wardrobe nearly blouses in a plain colour or a plafd always means, a certain percentage which are delightful with quiet! of black,

little suite or a three-quarter cout

There are just a few people to and skirt. whom black is unsatisfactory, Schiaparelli is very gay about) though in these days of adaptable scarves, big wolly ones, and jaunty make-up this is probably a psycho-little silk ones.

has

togical matter rather than any. If you prefer sublety there are thing to do with. natural colouring.paler tones of the same deep col They just don't feel happy in jours, or very gentle contrasts. black, and therefore never look In the evening there are flowers well in it.

or feathers, with a partly revealed This year is no exception. Worth lining to your dress, or to the train, some exquisite black day which sometimes becomes a wrap dresses and coats. Particularly, an for your shoulders, enchanting cocktail-cum-cinema- As for the neutrals there is not cum-dinner dress in black cello- very much beige, but there are some phane Ince, which is shorter, and very good greys, particularly therefore more practical, than most the hairy materials to which the late afternoon things yet as ele-lighter top hairs give a deliciously jgant and graceful as any of them, silvery effect.

"Big Black Wolf" Coat Stiebel has E most pleasing black and beige two-piece-one a tailored dress in beige woollen, an- other a lose, straight-hanging coal in black wool lined with the belge wool.

Marguerite has a gallant black) coat called "Big Black Wolf," with wings of fur, and an unusual and attructive dinner dres: called "Choristers," with a demure white! yoke and full white sleeves to re-

WASHING GLOVES AND lieve its somebreness.

SILK STOCKINGS

Before attempting to wash gloves make sure that they are washable

Peter Russell has an excellent little luncheon suit of uncrushable black velvet, one. of those short jackets which fits snugly till it reaches the waist and then indulges

in a discreetly frivolous kick.

It is wise not to wear them until])

Another of his luncheon coats is they become too dirty, Put the hands into the gloves and wash in from the shoulders, and made of quite different, hanging straightly Pres. Hoover (vin Siberia)...Dec. tepid water. Rinse thoroughly cellophane materials, so that its Clones: Reg. 9.15 a.m. Ord. 10 a.mroll in a towel, squeeze, blow into subdued shine is as good with an Carthage (vin Marsoilles) ....Dec.

Closes: Rog. 0.4% a.m. Ord. 10.30 a.m. the fingers, and hang in a draught evening dress as with its black day-|

During the drying process put them time frock. on the hands again once or twice to)

If you are one of those who doi prevent the fingers from twisting not like black or have worn it for 29 There is no need to leave soap in so long that you want a change. Doc. the skin if this method is adopted. you can choose between the inky The fact that gloves, sometimes be-blue that is nearly black, the prune eone hard in drying is because

that is nearly black, and the green

FOR JAPAN

Nov.

Emp. of Asia Pres. Hoover

FOR AMERICA

Emp. of Asia

FOR MANILA

Nov.

Tjisadane Tanda

20

they have been washed in water that is, too, nearly black. jthat is too hot or dried too quickly,

They are all of them lovely, and

If there is any tendency to harden, at least one of them will be extre-

27 work the skin about with the fingers maly kind, unless you are one of 30 and it will readily soften again.

H1

FOR SHANGHAI

Emp. of Asia Pres. Hoover

20

.Dec. 1

FOR AFTERNOON TEA

FOR STRAITS & INDIA

28

Nov.

For afternoon tea, an endless as Dec. 1sortment of dainty morsels may be

Hai Hing

Carthage

FOR AUSTRALIA

Nov.

Tanda (via Brisbane)

those women who is happiest in light or bright colours-and they are all there available in a variety of materials this winter.

Accessories are available, too, or can be made so.

Spun Glass

fashioned. Use day-old bread. Trimayed to all sorts of colours and per-, Peter Russell has spun glass off all crusts and slice the long suaded into all sorts of shapes to way of the loaf. Spread one alice make belts, fastenings, shoulder 30 with the filling such as cream cheese

chopped nuts and mayonnaise; an-traps, headdresses and hat trim-

mings. VIA SIBERIA Letters and post-chorius, chopped eclery and mayon-

Worth continues to use metall eards for Europe and South Americanatee; ground tongue, chopped pic-

trimmings very skilfully, and also are forwarded "via Siberis" if sokle and mayonnaise or chopped

those clever belts, whether of superscribed.

shrimp salad. Luy second alice REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 16 minutes earlier over first one and cut into fancy leather or half in leather, and half In fabric, with their magical then the time given above unless shapes.

facility for decreasing the apparent size of the waist.

stherwise stated, and where mails are.

advertised to close at or before

m

registered and parcel mails are closed

st 5 p.m. on the previous day.

Deep greens and blues and AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via the General Post Office and Kowloon prunes provide opportunity for ex- Singapore, Bandoeug-Amsterdam via Office. All letters etc., must be mark-quisite colour combinations, in the Singapore Saigon-Marsoillea via Sa-ed "By Air Mail" and handed in at daytime as well as at night.

Post Office. Unless If the colour is very dark in- gon. Correspondence for Europe and the General intermediate countries will be ac-superscribed for despatch by a speck deed and you want something vivid cepted for transmission by thess Ser- air mail service, correspondence vices. Rates and all particulars ars will be forwarded by the first service somewhere, use as gay a contrast 2x) shown in the schedules exhibited at available.

you please or several.

in

THE, CANADA SHOE CO.

18 D'Agullar St-cor Wellington St.) High Grade Footwear for ** LADIES and GENTLEMEN A large assortment in stock also Shoes made to order. Promenade Shoes,,,Dress Shoes

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Tel. 33723

THE

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to make your hair a crowning glory

J

MARIE'S

BEAUTY SHOPPE Bank of Canton Bldg.

(1st Floor)

Tel. 32508*

MAN LOONG

PRESERVED GINGER MANUFACTURERS..

NEW SEASON PRESERVED GINGER.

Beat Quality

-

Prompt attention to Exporters,

Office:-14, Possesalon Street. Tel No. 2825 Factory:-ELL 1929 Bedford St, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon.

Tel. No. 57058.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling,

such as harbor, plow, and altho.

2

14

6

18

11

113

FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY

22.

23

UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER

GENERAL SALE

FOR CASH ONLY

REDUCTION

33 1/3%

30

32. 33

38

142

47

48

ON ALL ARTICLES

15t

152

55

HORIZONTAL

1-Great

9-Wither

INCLUDING DIAMOND JEWELLERY, GOLD JEWELLERY, PEARLS, DIAMOND WRIST WATCHES, PLATINUM, GOLD WATCHES, WATERPROOF WATCHES AND OTHER GOOD WATCHES, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, CUT-

CRYSTAL, FANCY GOODS.

J. ULLMANN & CO.

(ESTABLISHED 1860)

CHATER ROAD, ALEXANDRA BLDG. TEL. 21133

Just Arrived a Tremendous

collection of

GAGE & BRAF-BURN HATS

«. THE HATS FOR THE PATRICIANS"

We invite you to view our show of these famous GAGE & BRAE-BURN Hats, which have been just received, with the assurance that somewhere in the comprehen- - sive collection of Winter Models is the hat of your de sire. Expert Shanghai Tailor for Ladies' Coats,, Cos-

tume & Remodelling Fur Coats.

MODE

Entrance Chinese Bazaar.

דן

136 137

140

56

HORIZONTAL (Cont.)

11-Wrathful

13-Models

41-Barf

5-A projecting lodga 42-Conjunction

10-Small (aland-in

infand waters 12-Join

14-Equivalence 15-Coincide 17-Without molature *18-Four (Rom.)

19-Moved by steam 21-Reylus Professor

<abbr.) 22-Hervant 24-Rights (abbr.) 25-To the sheltered

side 27-Girl's name

29-Specks

30-Abound

31-Tastes

32-Bubbles

85-Frozen rain and

snow 38-Scarce

39-Buffix, footed

45-Rune-off the track,

as a train

VERTICAL (Gont.) 0-Staople

35-Proposition

48-A mereure of weight 16-Electrical Engineer

(abbr.)

247-Unit

149-The lateral parta (50–Gave food to

81-Low In grade 53-Joined 84-Pronoun' 65-Wither 56-Beils slowly

VERTICAL

1-Foilaga 2-3wlos river 3-Railroad (abbr) 4-Anxious 5-Stocky parts of a

plant 6-Printer's measure '7-Guided.

8-Discover

(abbr.)

19-Moved rapidly [20-Makes spotted

23-011 from rose petals 120-Mislays

26-Realience (abbr.) 28-Sister (abbr.)

32-A

cleaning

33-Gained

implement

{34-English navalist 136-Penetrates

37-Watches. over 139-To

prink (Colloq.) 40-Daily farea |44-Plural sufilx

48-Left sido (abbr.) 48-Organ of hearing 80-Not many 62-A negativa 64-Pronoun

The solution of the above with a new 'cross-word puzzle

will appear in to-morrow's issue.

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GIVES A BRIGHTER

ELITE

China Building.

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SHINE

WITH

BASE

sa AD

AND COPPER

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

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Bringing Up Father

1 WONDER

WHERE PUT IT?

I MAD, IT

WHEN. I CAVE, HOME

LAST NIGHT ·

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NO, NOR

WHAT'S

I CAN'T

THE

MATTER.

FINO, MY HAT!

YOUR SHOES OR COXT- YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT. !

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