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THE

BRITISH ENGINEERING

ALL BRITISH

THR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1798,

ELECTRICAL CO. OF CHINA.

COMPRISING :-

A. Parsons & Co., Ltd.... Turbines, Condensers

Lancashire

Dynamo Motor Co., Ltd.

&)

Alternators, Dynamos AC. & DC. Motors Synchronous Motors Motors Converters

Hather and Platt, Ltd... Bruce Peebles & Go., Ltd. Turbine Pumps

Mirrlees Bickerton & Day, Diesel Engines

Ltd.

&

ALL BRITISH

National Gas Engine Co.,)Oil & Gas Engines,

Gas Producers Ltd.

British Switchgear, Ltd... High & Low Tension Brook Hirst & Co., Ltd. Switchgear Erskine Heap & Co., Ltd... Switch Boards Electric Control, Ltd. .......Automatic Switchgear Whipp & Bourne, Ltd.................[Motor Starters

"

British Electric Trans-Transformers

former Co., Ltd.

W. T. Henleys Telegraph Electric Wires and

Works Co., Ltd. .*.............)

Cables

The travelling representative of the above Company at present in Hongkong,

For Quotations and Specifications address →→→→ ALL BRITISH.

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We have made a reduction··

of

15%

on all Smoking Requisites.

This reduction is offered to August 18th.

Tabaqueria Filipina,

38, Queen's Road Central,

CHEAP SALE.

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LESS 30% DISCOUNT

FOR ANOTHER 16 DAYS ONLY-From 19th to 31st August, 1921,

739)

A large quantity of

MANILA HEMP HATS and"

STRAW HATS FOR LADIES.

Excellent shapes, Assorted Colours, Different Sizes, Best quality. Come early! Don't miss the chance.

SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.,

14, Dex Your Rd, Central, Pro No. 2860.

THOS. COOK &

SON

Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, ETC.

ALL BRITISH.

Hongkong P.O. `Box 93.

We beg to notify our Patrons that we have recently extended our Shipping and Forwarding Department and are now in a position to deal with the largest shipments to all parts of the world, and would point out the unique advantages we have for shipients handled by us, being world orginitation with Offices at practically all principal Ports and Towns, all of which are capable of dealing with consignacenta large or small.

Telegraphic address: “COUPON." Telephone No. 534.

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THOS COOK & SON, Hongkong Hotel Buildings, corner of Pedder Street, and De Voux Road, HONGKONG.

Also SHANGHAI, PEKING, YOKOHAMA & MANILA..

Chief Olles-LUDGATE CIRCUS, LONDON, EC.

Asal Beer

SPECIALLY - BREWED YOR

DAI NIPPON BREWERY COMPANY

HILIMITED.

TOKYO, JAPAN,

BOLE" ACHEIES T

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.

HONGKONG,

SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE

21, PRAYA KAST, HONGKONG. FOR the use of all Men & the Mercantile

Mazina and HM. Navy.

Roading and Writing Booms, Billard Room, Officer Boom, CEO's Room Restaurant,

enter Hall, Church.

Privata. Cabiza and beda in' Dormitones "Motor Launch “Dayspring."

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A. G. DA ROCHA. AUCTIONEER SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.

¿No. 2▲, D'Aguilar Street, Telephone No. 2929. WEEKLY AUCTIONS,

TUESDAYS -

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS.

THURSDAYS:

VALUABER

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

SATURDAYS —

EXCELLENT

HOUSEHOLD FUENITUER.

For Eyes Like These

Large and Shining, Velvet Lids, Thick Long Lashes

Wash jour eyes with the www dimens #77, LAVOLNO, and just trivoda. WAJ Speak of year DOANLİTHİ UPCH

- AIR FOR SYM weak and rich. Ama yote eres old and tired? Are your eyes Ewelin And infamed? Wash them daily for a wecht - with LAVOLHO and they will recover - their loča of strengtiyani besuty.

LAVOLHO

* The discovery of a foremost American tzaciállitus pars, colorless glid-shan- Bytaty karmies to the delicaté stricteru

D. D D. Company, 38 Kiongas Road; Shochu

It Pays You to

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Buy the Best

Don't Merely Ask for "GartersTM When You Purchase-Distinctly Say

PARIS GARTERS

No metal can touch you Made in U. 9. Au

And are yourself of the patent value, comfort and service your messy cap bay.

PARIS Carters well for more, then "ordinary" garters," "bur" they are worth" more. They actually cost less in the end, because of the longer wear and greater comfort they

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you. No metal can touch your skin the class cannot loosen the elastic is fine qual ity and the workmanship is excellent These good reasons have 'madi, PARIS Garter supreme throughout the world. Look for the name PARIS on the boat, Imitations, at any prics, cost you too

much

A:STEIN & COMPANY. Makers-CHICAGO, U.3.A.

PARIS Mater, Passa &

Badeas, Lidi

| GERTIROR-

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CITY AND PROFITEERING. AMUSING REMINISCENCES OF LONDON COMMITTEE

Mr. Stanley Stone, chairman of the City Profiteering Committee, had some amusing stories to tell of the experi ences of that tribunal at a lunch which he gave to the members at the Guild- hall, on the conclusion of their labours. The reason of the failure of the Profiteer- ing Act to reduce the cost of living to a pre-war level was, he said, not far to seek. The framers of the Act mis took the disease in thinking that the rise in price was due to the increase in the cost of production, instead of, as it really was, to the decrease in the value of money. The real starting-point of the rise in prices was the flood of paper. money.

Dealing with the cases brought before his committee, Mr. Stone "aid that a man saw a lady's hat in a window, and bought it at the price of £2 2a, for his wife. She, good lady, on seeing it, as serted that she would not be seen dead in is "(laughter) and the husband thereupon thought it was a case of

pro Steering. The retailers showed by their books that they were actually making a loss on the transaction. In fact, the books produced by a number of firms abowed that there was a large percen- tage of philanthropists in the City. (Laughter.) A most interesting case was that of a sandwich, but this was spoilt owing to forescen circum- stances. The article was left in the hands of Mr. Pullan, the committee's clerk, but the Guildhall mice were not deterred by the high price, and ate most of the sandwich, so that when the ex- hibit was brought before the committee they did not know whether it was of the

proper size or not. (Laughter.)

WHY THE BRITISH CENSUS WAS POSTPONED. THE COST TO THE NATION. When the British census schedules were distributed on June 12th in preparation for the big count on the 19th, each house holder received with his schedule a little slip of paper saying "For April 24th read June 10th. These printed lipe are said to represent the chief definite extra expense incurred by the postpone fort of the census. "The cost of printing them came to about £200, whereas the cost if the whole schedule had been re- printed (as was at first thought neces gary) would have been £25,000.

The cost of postale telegraphic, and wireless communications apparently is not reckoned strictly as part of the post- ponement expenses Eighteen hundred telegrams were sent to the registrars, who in turn had to notify their 38,000 en- umerators. Wireless messages were des- patched to ships at sea, telegraphic notices had to be sent to various com- manding officers in barracks abroad as wel as the Customs officers throughout the country and a number of other agenta..

Mr. S. P. Vivian, the Registrar Gen eral, in explaining the reasons for the postponement at Somerset House, said the total cost of the census was to have been £300,000. Its whole value depended on the reliability and accuracy of its in- formation, and it would scarcely, be pos sible to expect that in the disturbed state in which the country was.

June, 19th, the new census date. Mr. Vivian explained, had been chosen as the latest which could be fixed short of No- vember. "It

was necessary to keep in mind the movements of population during the holiday months, and the big indus triel holidays, such as Bolton and Nelson and the Peninstone feast, began after June 25th. Even June 19th did not avoid the Macclesfield holiday," but otherwise the exodus of people to seaside towns would be comparatively slight.

Whatever date was chosen for a census abnormality in some districts, could not be avoided. Some of the public school towns, for example, had complained of the original data on April 24th because of the absence of scholars during the vacation.

FARMER REFUSES £250,000 FORTUNE..

"MONEY NEVER DID GOOD TO ANY ONE."

NEW YORK.

The Harvard graduate, Charles Gar- land, who caused much estonishment when he refused a fortune of over £300,000 from his father's estate, now declines to accept another fortune, which amounts to £250,000, from the catate of his uncle, Mr. C. T. Garland, the famous. racehorse owner, who died in England recently,

Mr. Garland is happier as a barefoot ed farmer on the beautiful estate of his mother at Buzzards Bay, Mass, than he would be if he had untold wealth. His father was the well-known clubman, James A. Garland. The wife of the farmer has also no wish for riches, and according to her husband she is a per fect companion, donning breeches and "overalls-when--be wishes to work and helping him. She is content to be s poor man's wife, and has no desire for what Mr. Garland calls "stolen goods."

This in his description of the money which has been "offered to him, and be explains his attitude by saying, "If I accept a fortune I am stealing some- thing that does not. belong to me. And if I give the money away.I am helping some one to receive stolen goods that will do: him barm.. Moucy never did any good to, anyone, and I could not do any good with money. Central -NC108

The House of Commons must dare to do all that in right, Mr. Lloyd George.

We are coddling saints instead of con- verting sinnary-Bes, Samuel Horten.

THE WORLD THEATRE.

Phone No. 1337

Phone No. 1397

(Next The Son Co., Des Voeux Road Central). All Tram Cars stop at this Theatre.

Tuesday, 16th to Thursday, 18th August.

9.15 p.m.

BETTY BRICE

1

-in ·

"LOYALTY"

An Intensely Dramatic Story of Gripping Actions in six parta.

5.15 p.m. Matinees:-Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday. "THE FLAME OF THE YUKON”

17th & 18th Episodes of "THE MOON RIDERS."

2.30 ex.

&

7.15 r.x.

BT

APPOINTMENT

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Apollinaris

NATURAL MINERAL WATER.

Since its foundation in 1872, the Apollinaris business has

ALWAYS BEEN BRITISH-OWNED.

4.

"THE APOLLINARIS CO., LTD.

Cbtainable in Quarts, Pints & Splits at

HONGKONG HOTEL.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

Sold by.

WING ON CO.

SINCERE CO.

EMPRESS STORE, KOWLOON, and all the Leading Cluba, & Stores.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

WHY SHOULD

ONE DRINK

No. 10

WHISKY?

BECAUSE

ONE OUGHT.

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HORLICK'S

MALTED MILK

HORLICKS MALTED MILK CO SLOUGH, BUCKS, ENGLAND -

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