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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 1923.

EARLY CLOSING AT THE SHANGHAI CABARETS.

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NEW MUNICIPAL REGULATION IN

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REVELLERS PUT OUTSIDE AT ONE OTLOCK,

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But don't you think it's sensiblo!" queried a business girl with responsibilities, Who wants to bel y!" countered | sensible at a dancing party the flapper. I deplore the paternal attitude, moralized the American recent- ly graduated from courses in ethics and "I left my country breate psychology, it was "legislating away all my personal freedom, and now to have my bedtime a matter of public concern is really too much."

Few people in Shanghai, says the X-C. Daily Yours, realise what a' power.

But everybody at the Winter Garden fol_agency for law-ne-order the English seemed to have an informal good times language really is, but a short sentence, [and to be perfectly willing to go homes! promptly at one. returned another of hot more than 16 words, as published in the sand and sober party, khu 1 the Press, is going to nike great changes shall he willing to acerpt invitatimis nat Fin' the lives of many Shanghai people, more often than I have before hecare

always wanted to go home early ami! atud, as is hoped, for their own good didn't like to break up the party or 1] Tire mother, as issued by the Municipal, called a kill joy. Besides, think of the Comel deals with wes of 'entertain-d poor_men."

Pour men is right suffed another" ment and it says: That the premises!

It may be necessary to tell some weak, be closed at 1 o'clock,aïs, aml not be minded" youths when to go home, but Eerest until six o'clock an.

Short as the worliger of the sentence is the proprietors of the former virtually all night rufes, within the Settlement and the French Concession, found them in exorable. At the struke, of, the hour on Monday night the last drink hul brend Servind, the last sandwich placed on the

@ CO., LTD., ale and do orchestra hals begun to

WINE MERCHANTS,

Tel. Central No 135.

No. 8, QUEEN'S ROAD GENTBAL

HONGKONG.

DAIRY FARM NEWS,

AND THE BEST YOU'VE HEARD FOR A LONG TIME.

We have Just Received A Shipment of

CANADIAN FISH,

including

RED SPRING SALMÓN. CHICKEN HALIBUT SILVERSIDE SALMON.

Order Early and Insure a Real Treat"

With the Advent of

Cooler Weather

Insect pests make their way indoors. Windows and doors are often closed, thus less sunlight and fresh air are available, and germs multiply.

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Both in the Home and the Othics

Spray

LOTOL

Freely

Obtainable Everywhere. Refuse more costly, substitutes.

RADIO EQUIPMENT

the Tests being made by th Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd. May be heard in your own home, but le certain the Set you secure has been approved by the Postmaster General,

We Guarantee

Our British made. Sata to comply with any future Rules and Regulations" in respect of Receiving Sets in Hongkong.

ELECTRICAL DEPT.

Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.

DRUGS

PRESCRIPTIONS

$30

When the Ductor prescribes he expects the Druggist to all the prescription with Pars Drags. The quality of our Drugs, Medicines and Toilet God is not surpassed Have the Doctors Prescription illet bere and the result will satisfactory!

THE PHARMACY

pack up their instruments Not half an ler later, lagt, at nee, the lights gan j ite go out and within a few minutes the!

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when choose to have a good time and to danes for an evening I want to make; a complete thing of it. And don't tell me that it's a good thing for the calmret girls, either. How can they add to their The aris if they have no stat, dancing b for the night has fairly begun. ordinance is only a deep, dack Gloom,"

HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

Į last motor var had left the premises with [330

Th patrons on their, boneward way, untidy hire cars drew up to the Pand thosty, hired to danes as professional,

partners departed..

At half past vopn a

NOTICE OF CALL

or 35,000 SHARES OF THE NOMINAL VALUE of $10 EACH (53,00 PAID-uri.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEX that the THIRD CALL of $2.50 per Share ou

forgetful patron dew up at the teach of the 95,00 Shares allotted on the sen of the Del Monte but found them harred Day or NOVEMBER, 1927, has been made by to his entry, the house in darkness, and the Company, and that such Call will be payable the Company's Bankers, The HoNcKoya the Sikh watchman waved him away.

An interesting ceremony was staged at AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPOLATION. in Hongkong, on the laTH DAY 7 OCTOBER, this cafe half an hour before the actual

1023 idusings in order to warn these present "The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company of the nearness of the time of depar will be CLOSED from the 8th to 15th October,

both days inclusive.

1 tyres. Adopting the New York manner af announcing the fact. the orchestra. led by the pianist in a sering of discards, boomed into it crescendo, punctuated by the ent-a-tat of the drums and the tink A large crowd ing of an cetric bell.

took advantage of the early dinner, at which there in both laret members

Fand dancing twer

ween patrons, and pro-

fessionals.

AN CHINESE SOBĄ NOT SU

Oud of the younger class of halitues stated that he tried all the places within Vita telete it me the Frinoly Conerse ston fant found them all clused shartly after a.m. But as he went further on his way he had no difficulty in staining drink and dances at several of the es |tablishments cunicipally controlled roads, latt of Chinese territory, the one being open at 2.15 and the other stil!

From ranking full-blast-at-3-o'clock. other trees of information it is learned that ane house quite well away from they Tund, was still going strong" at_five, the agual closing time not being ascer taine That flus barets were openi after the hour is known by the police. for a forego sergeant in uniform and twe Sikh em-tables were seen before the entrance at least 45minutes subsequent It's the zerd hours. Ways and meats of enforcing the law may be found with no! great amout of tilieuse.

WHAT LADIES, ARE. SAYING. When a certain popular married Indy ad, social proclivities and non-irking Household responsibilities was asked how 1 she felt alant Carls closing she responded in this wise Per-1, think it's going to eran car style frightfidly. It umkes you feel as if the "evening were rut-off in the middle. We didn't anti riate the m'a amusement and a hast ja leisurely dimer with our friends--and dinners, take a lang time now-andays. what with tales of the dápas disaster! anil the end of the world! tu dense. When Ace bad finally setled a few of the most pressing matters of the day emphas to the cafe, we nenälly visit first. Mon Die Before we wore fairly settled, it send, the lasi dauer was played and was fine to go home. No in- deed, no que n'glook closings it 1 my way, The time to lose a cale is after the last party has left and not a mount before, al "that last party should be privileged to stay till they want to go home. No clock should b

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For and an behalf of the HONGKONG ENGINEERING and CONSTRUCTION Co., LTD.,

S. COURTNEY COOK.

Secretary, Datel the 21st day of September, 1923

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A De Luxe Drama on A Colossal Scale

WILLIAM FARNUM

in

A STUPENDOUS SPECIAL PRODUCTION

of

ellowed to intrude upon a chur hall. RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK. A TALE OF TWO CITIES

My husband's vies! That might be a different story."*

The text auaintance to whom the question was put was a young America business girl just out from the States. The best thing that ever happened in Shanghai I tell the world. The ordi unner arrived just in time to save my complexion and my business position, and it's one of the few things I ran heartily commend out here. Why should Shanghai attempt to rival Port Said in wickedness? It can't hope to compete. Perhaps it's because I'm in recently from America where we go home so-lately wim the clock strikes twelve, just like Cin derella, you know:, last, it seemed pier- Anyway, the fectly natural to Carlton stopped the dancing exactly at one and we all went obediently. Parse, some people groused but they didn't matter."

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CAPITAL (FULLY-PAID} RegDVE FUND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTED BY THE

CHINTHE GOVERNMENT RESERVE FUND

HEAD OFFICE:

Paria 9, Rus Boudreau,

LONDON OFFICE;

Admission:--

Boubles 55,000,000 26,950,000

Kap. Th

$,500.00 1,750,000

8.15 p.m.-31.50. & 80 cts.

6.15 pm-$1.00 & 69 cts.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE.

64, Old Broad Street, EO. 2.

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PARIS: Societe Generale pour Favoriser is Développement du Commerce et de l'Inda

trio en Fra

France.

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Developpement du Commerce et de l'Indur- trie en France.

New York: The Irving Bank- Columbia

Trust Company

SAN FRANCISCO The Crocker National Bank

of San Francisco.

WHO WASTE TO. DE IMPROVED. "Did I go to the Del Monte last night?" Thus a lively member of the Younger Set.' say there's no need for the Iecording Angel if one's friends keep such close watch on one's doings. Yes. and the early closing regulations Changchan Aremed to have brought a good many out Chefoo to see what was going to happen. It Dairen

s good-sized crowd for a Mondaylar

night and they went home as meck as amba Bat the very word regulation

BRANCHES IN ASIA:

Hankow Manchouli Tientat Harbin Newchwang Urumtcbi Hongkong Peking Yokohama Kashgar Shanghai

HONGKONG BRANCH:

takes all the kick out of being in China. Interest allowed on Current Accounts and

It will be no lark at all to go out if you know just when you have to coms home. I might like to come home at twelve, but to be sent home at ond re- minds me too painfully" of nursery, dia

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B.A. HODGERS, 637]

"Manager.

P.&O.BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND 1920;- with which is affiliated

THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTD. INDIA.

AUTHORISED CAPTITAL, SUBSCRIBED AND PAID UF RESERVE FUND

£5,000,000 22,594,160

£115,000

HEAD OFFICE 122, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. 3. WEST LONDON BRANCH 14:16, Cockaper Street, London, S.W. L EASTERN BRANCHEST Bombay, Calcatta, Karachi, Madras, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai.

The Corporation andertakes Ocperal Banking and Exchange Business of every description sod n addition to its Branchen has Agencies in al the principal Cition of the world,

C. CHAMPKIN,

Manager. 21, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.

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