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WORLD

Hongkong's Most Modern Picture Palace.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE STE, 1923.

THEATRE

Entirely Under British Management

TO-DAY at 5.15 r. and 9.15 -3.

A CHARMING PHOTOPLAY OF WAR ROMANCE" AND "HUMAN, SACRIFICE.

J. STUART BLACKTON

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presents

MISSING'

FROM THE TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL NOVEL

by

MRS. HUMPHRY WARD.

"WHIRLWIND."

2.30 & 7.15 p.m. CHARLES HUTCHISON in

Episodes, 12 & 13

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE.

USUAL PRICES.

Gorns Peel

Off Painlessly

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Peeler-"Gets-It."

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** drope of 'Gets-It'mCora is doomed" that was effectively, thoroughly. Why get down on the floor, tie your- Felf up into a knot, and have to labor troublesome pinsters: greasy ointments that rub on. Aucky tape, "and knives, and scissors, when you can peel off your corn or exitus In une complete plece, peacefully aske surely with magic. simple, easy. lets-ItIt taken or 3 seconds to apply ets-11"; you use 2 or 3 drop", and that is all "lefz-It" does the rent! Get rid of that cora-pain at once, so that you can work and play without corn torture. Be sure to use

Geta-it. It never falls,

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OUR LONDON LETTER: FORMER HONGKONG RESIDENTS ENTERTAINED.

the street if the war-time Housing Acts, which expire next year, are not extended. There are houses and fats to be obtained, it is true, but only at a price-the last pound which profiteering landlords are LUNCHEOS TO COMMANDER AND MRS. able to screw out of homeless citizens.

HASELWOOD.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

Losuos, May lat..

"DECAMERON NIGHT","

rents

la this was fixtures

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INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

SAILINGS, SUBJECT TO ALTERATION

TSINGTAU via SWATOW &

SHANGHAI

MANILA...

BANGKUK via SWATOW TIENTSIN

NHANGHAI via SWATOW SANDAKAN

STRAITS & CALOUTTA...

·SHANGHAJ via SWATOW

ting the bone. are any collection of uid gas or electtio light brackets, or a few square yards of four covering, und 250 or more is demanded as the prive! A still more recent swindle SHANGHAI were there are a" fixtures" is to require

Thursday,

"FAUSANG** "YUENSANG..Friday, “YATSANG “ Sunday,

"ÜHIPSHING"

8th June, 9th June,

X 11th June, 11

13th June,

TINGSANG"Wednesth June,

MAUSANG" Saturday, 17th June,

17th Jane, Saturday, NAMSANG

20th June,

“CHUYSANG"...Tuesday,

Nood Nom

Singapore; returning from Calcappa-steamers prooood avis StranM. and Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling at ShanghaL All steamers have excellent passenger accommodatima, fitted with Electric. Light and fans and carry a fully-qualified.

As "key-money" is illegal, other dodges any resorted to which have the same effect of fecing the public. While it lasted "key-money was profitable, because as are regulated by law, it was not possible to let a bouss to one of many applicants who would pay the most rent, The enthusiasm aroused by the prodit it, was jossible to give the key to the tion of Demameron Nights", Drury individual who paid the biggest premium Lane Theatre shows no signs of buring as

Ear possession. Tastead of key-money" the weeks go by. That it is more of a there are now landlord's Extures," which CALCUTTA LINE-Thu Live affords regular walling to Calcutta, Penang and spectacle than a play is an impression I find bure to be purchase as a condition of let. deepened by a second visit. Beyoud a lobt, it is the most dazzlingly lovely spectacle ever seen in Drury Lane or any tlier theatre. The sebace of lighting follows the fixed principle held by Mr Arthur Collins, prince of producers, that should be lehind the picture frame. Abomi the stage and rows of lights representing allment of five or seven years' rent in the colours of the spectrum, and similar advance in a luiap sum. lights are behind settings ou the stage and at the sides. The result of blending all these cunningly-contrivel spectrum lights is to obtain the most realista offect Nothing in stage history has been achiered with anything approaching such success. The mellow glow of the setting sun and the mysterious veil of moonlight an alike produced with fidelity and beauty. told that to get these effects the hights employed represent more than a hundred thousand candle-power."

COMMANDER AND MRS. HASLEWOOD.

NO CRILURES!

NE-S

lives approximately every three days beswosa. Cantor

Batalked and through" Bill of

sometimes calling at Swaton. Through tickets omm

be

For hern

and Yengisa Forts vis Shanghating, a lemod LIN :-A vockly sorrion is maintained with Manila by veemia wikk goedk

parangersprey Gatlings from both ports every Friday.

weekly for passengers, and okrem at Holbow when indagement chara

sailinge to and from Sandakan, by twɑ, 5,000, how LINE:-Fortnightly

"HINSANG" and MAUSANG“ bola #tps: steamers ..

excellent passenger accommodation. Largo bakus through Bills of Lading for Kedab Jesselton, Inbein Tawne

nd Lahad Datu

rom March to November between Hongkong and Tiantain, calling as Weihaiwel and Chefon,

Swalow, by dva scamere Sites with up-to-date paaseąME LINE-A weekly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkek,

accommodation.

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· MANILA

In addition to the "financial' "squeeze" | HAIPHONG LINE ——Sailingi resorted to by property-sharks life is being made more difficult in London than it ought BORNEO to be for young marries people by lauditorda of Bats insisting condition of tenancy that there shall be no children. Advertise- ments have appeared of late offering flats in East London ontaining the class NO TIENTSIN LINEA regalar sorvice to ran I am

children or likelihool. Miss J. Halford, BANGEDE the Hon. Secretary of the National Lengte of Health, Maternity, und Child Welfare, cites rases in which young couples have been nisble to obtain flats ecause they had I hear that the view is being put forward children. Frequently," she states, "we that it right and proper that Commander have been asked to take in ur Babies' Haslewood should be reinstated in the Ser-Hotel at Stoke Newington the children of vice. For same years he has been on half-members of the professional class because His friends point out that hə sucrificed the parents cannot obtain proper accomı- Jury his career rather than kom-towe to officiallomodation. Instances like these coull «be with regard to the Mui-Thai system as it multiplied: and people coming home from existed at Hongkong. Commander Hasle. abroad with children are finding it no unsy wood has not made any more in this matter to obtain a house in which to setia direction himself, and it is understood that down. he is not auxious for publicity, but there are others who consider that, as the Govern ment has concelled he was justified, in what he did and have arranged to end the system, his reinstatement ought to follow.

:

there-

KILLING THE PROFITEERṀ.

While conditions are generally as I lure indicated. I am glad to record that there is prospect of better things in the near future. The fact is fecalled here that Mrs. Hasle. There is a silver lining to the cloud. When wool raised the whole question of Mui- people have lost all eens of ivic decency and impudertly exploit the necessities of Taai by a letter to the Hongkong paper their fellow citizens it is useless to appeal The Governor of the Colony upon called upon the Admiralty to inform to them on and grounds. But there are other methods of compulsion that are more her husband, who held an other position, effective. The speculative builder is again that he must carb the lady's activities fading it profitable to engage in operations: or de superseded. The Admimity wore willing to oblige, as requested, but as Com-and tins we are in hopes of something being done to meet, the shortage of horsen mander. Huselwood believed his wife was right he refused to obey the ukase. Thas time goes on. his wife's benith gave way, and they both returned to England. "

LONDON NIGHT CLUBS.

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The Ministry of Health is now making contricts for houses under the schemes for provision of dwellings for the working. classes at what is approaching an econ

and the feariul price umic level:

For the past two years or more Command er and Mrs. Haslewood bave been assisting the Anti-Slavery Society to arms; public

This opinion in England against the continuance 1,100 for a tiny cottage is now redwed It is of Mui-Tsai in Hongkong; and a few days, the neigbourhood of 400. gp, they were both entertained at a private fali in price with vengeance.

going to kill the profiterra One of the meleon by supporters of the Society as a tribute of esteem and in recognition of reasons for the change in the situation is: their public-spirited endeavours on behalf the collapse of the trade rings which maintained prices for materials used in ofselill-life in Hongkong.

building the Ring round the House," as it is called-so that there was a minim The staccession of sensational tragedies price for everything required. from the which have taken place of late in connec-knocker on the door to the chimney-pot. tion with a rertain phase of London night The minimum price was, of course, the life. in which drink and drags have highest that could be obtained-

Caused the

The price of pipes has fallen suddenly figured prominently has authorities to bestir themselves. Rails on and sharply owing to the arrival of night clus in the West End are of fre-Canadian goods. Tiles are coming in from quent occurrence. I gave some particulars Germany and from France. "The Seand- timber trust ім not quite in a recent article respecting these undesir-

showing ominous able haunts, describing the ease with which broken, put it is

The build- anyone can become a member of a night cracks in the affolding. lub. Generally speaking. it only ing rings are unable to stand free necessary to buy a ticket, which may be competition and thus we have a salutary had for cash down in some little shop round object-lesson in the beneficial working ‘of

Free Trade. the corner of the street or across the way."

What puzzles the average newspaper render is that as soon as one of these clubs

is

anavian

IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.

is closed as a result of a raid another club Tu shipping circles interest is taken in

the arrangements which, reports state, are well in hand for double-tracking the North Pacific for stanship traffic. It has loag

is opened in the same locality, &ften a few doors awat. But it is really all very simple. What happens is that people can establish night clubs and run them for been the custom in the North Atlantic to weeks, or it may be for mouths, with steer ships going East and West on widely complete impunity so long as ordinary separated routes so as to lessen the risk of precautions are taken against detection collision; and the increase of traffic in the A policeman on his beat may notice the North Pacific has suggested the wisdom of opening of a new club, which is as often adopting a similar, precaution in the case of as not is a cellar, but unless somebody all vessels crossing that ocean. The matter reports irregular conduct the club may is in the hands of the Hydrographie Office go on free from interference and the of the United States Navy, which has invited the co-operation of British and proprietors can make enormous profits.

As soon as police attention is directed to Japanese naval and steamship authorities

coast of America to the Far East.-H.B.

a disreputable night club they report to the devising a double track from the West. London County Council, and if the Council's officials think they can prove the place is one of public resort they can take action- not because the demi-monds are to be found on the premises, but because no application has been made for a music and dancing licence. The night club management never apply for licences, for they naturally fight shy of official inspec- tion of any kind; and even if they are summoned and fined, the amount is but call discount off the fat profits they have amassed during the weeks or months of immunity.

If the Pussyfoot zealots who have curtailed the facilities for legitimate pleasure in London had not interfered we should have been spared the spread of underground vice in the Metropolis, and there would have been no room for the disreputable night clubs, which are the market-places of traffickers in cocaine and the favourite resorts of sharpers of every description.

THE HOUSING PROBLEM.

Your news columns contain evidence of the shortage of housing accommodation in the Far East; and returned travellers are met with from time to time who tell sad tales of their experiences. It is a subject which is calculated to excite sympathy. For the quest for somewhere to live continues to occupy a very large share of attention on the part of thousands in this country

who are unable to find homes, and of others who are likely to be turned out in

BABY TORTURED WITH ITCHING

Breaking Out All Over Face. Cuticura Healed.

"My baby boy had a breaking om all over his face. It came bke ittle watery heads, and they turned to a festery ba- mor. We had no sleep) →with him, and he won

tortured with the terrible, tching. We had to put gloves on him to stop fitmirem toring bisfacu

**I saw a Cuticuta. Soap and Of mem advertisement and I thought '1 would use them, and after thato weeks' trestment be was healed.” (g) {Mrs. L.-Chapman,

Martion. R

New Town, Dartford, Kent, England. You may rely on Cutiems Beep and Ointment to care for your skin.

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CALOUTTA

LINE

5.5. “NAMSANG" will be despatched on or about Saturday, 17th June, at 3 p.m., fer SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA,

Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, PORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.

Fer Freight of Passage apply to ̈ ̈ ̈

TELEPHONE No. 115.

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Prezidenti, Mr. Y. Kawasaki- Viss-Fresident: Mr. K. MarsoráZA. Managing Director: Mr. Matara Azi).

KAISHA

es Complay har'ın kand alEazys Number of

NEW CARGO STEAMERS

ALWAYE KHALY FOR

CHARTERS of a descriptions.

The Jallowing ure semprised in the Company's Test juur

Eleven steamers of 9,100 tons such deadweight,

And moder the Company's Managemens

£wenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight snaz Two steamers of about 6,400 tons deadweight

Belonging to the Kawataki Dockyani. Os.; Láil.)

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