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A Tried Car

Comparative tests on the road and in the big Reliability Trials have proved the sterling qualities of

the Standard,

It is a fine work-a-day car, every detail of which is de signed and built to give the greatest measure of effi- ciency and

lasting service.

To ink back in the deep-cushioned well- upholstered scats is to "appreciate the super- lative comlort of the Standard-tooblain "trouble-free" ser- "vice year in and year out, is to realise the un- usual excel- ence of perfect mechanical operation.

Fitted with Daonlap Tyre.

The All

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD. 1924

British

Standard

Azenis

ALEK, KORA A CO, (CHINA),"

LIMITED.

Berk at China Bajidings,

Tel. 03. 2887,

Chúslogum and tøkapecitestimu

on application to the Agents

Prices

11.4 buat, 4 and MEADSTE

117510, 0 delivered Hongkong.

£59), 0, 0), delivered Hongkong..

Olarantula or appileation.

CAR

Standard Motor

Cai, Ltd., Coventry. Eng.

The Car for the Owner-Driver.

DEPS

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Speedily, Banish Coughs, Colds & Chills.

Peps are the powerful healing and germicidal medicine which you breathe from pleasant dissolving table straight into the chest and lungs..

they

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Peps soothe and purify the delicate air-passages; allay soreness and inflammation, and soon banish the most obstinate cough, cold or chill. Peps are a boon to sufferers from bronchitis, asthma and other chest weakness and they safeguard the throat against disease.

The Breatheable Remedy

THROAT & CHEST

For

"Your 'van!"

It is to your advantage to make a habit of taking Bovril. It will give you that, extra vigour and endurance which just" makes the difference at -the critical moment of

a tiring game. Bovril drinkers are faster players.

BOVRIL

Prevents that

Sinking feeling

THAT LAST DAY ON BOARD.

[BY DIANA BOURBON IS THE "KYENING STANDARD."]

At just this time of year a few thou. sand transatlantic visitors are beginning In to think about returning home. another month, the annual invasion of America by the European will begin. Throughout the whole period the rest of the people, an infinitely greater number the crossing who have never made (none of the others, longer and possibly

Mr M. J. Herbableb Mr J. Holnigs Ar Homeala. Mr W. E. Hotchkiss Mr H. A. Hovenier

Breakfast, though it starts at the VISITORS AT HOTELS usual time, is to Anish early, it being the last day." One is hustled through it and thence on to the deck. But it is the last morning. The deck chairs have all been cleared and neatly stacked with ropes round them. The deck steward is nowhere to be found, and all the avail- able space is occupied by milers doing things with ropes and tarpaulins. Smith and Jones visit the upper deck, but the shufleboard and quait implements have alt be locked away. "There is nothing whatever to do,

**GOING ASHORE CLOŸRES.”

HONGAONO HOTEL Mr Rob, T, G. Aitken Mr A. F. Henry MPH. Archibald Capt. T. Arthur HFF. W. Barnes Mr A. R. Barlett Mr P. E. Barnett Lt. B. Backy Mrs N. G..Beale Ar V. G. Beale Mrs E. R. Bellies r Daif Berthon

Mr H. Bickerton Air R. J. Birbick Mr A. In Box

Mr & Mrs. B. Brook Mr A. Brooks Jir A. Brostedt

Brown

MzA. W. Graham 3r W. R. Buma Mr N. C. Bardin

Miss Butter

M

mere adventurous, ever sectus to count), are divided under "two healls. First the

Backing on the promenade, strange people who thank their lucky stars they locking groups of people walk up and baven't and hope they never will, and down eyeing each other curiously. Every who wouldn't believe you if you went one looks so different ingoing ashore to the trouble of telling them what clothes and feels so uncomfortable they've missed out of life; second, the land is yet in sight, but the last people who would give anything in the hand-bag has been packed, strapped, and world "-rxcept whatever the one thing removed, under pressure. hours ago. that has always prevented them may be

Some hour and a half after breakfast Mr & Mre Calvinti to enjoy the experience of that crossing conply, greatly during, slip' some ileek. | Lord Cunlif just the essential twice. b

chairs out from under the rope, and Capt. D. R. Davies Doran-cressing is in the air. Of course, sit in them in an alcove which does unt. H. Daries

Capt. Dickens to those who ranke a hobby of it, like really belong to them. The example is Mr Ditishini myself-und it is a bobby that grows followed by others. in spite of visible disr J. O. C. Donslan dangerously un ont-it is always is the approval of the deck steward, who ir: Mr & Mrs W, A. R. air. But now especially. And everybody mediately appears from nowhere. They trots out their scrap-bag of ocean anre sit gingerly, because the chairs, are dates. pleasant and unpleasant, where damp, but steamer rugs have all been with to regale everybody else. There is put away. Is is the last day. As un one thing, however about which no one alternative to the deck, one may sit about of them has ever told the full story, and in the overheated passages nad lounge, that is the nightmare called The Last watching the stewards play bandball Day On Board.'

with the small baggage.

Tea is served at four o'clock-early And about then, becaus perhaps. land is sighted. After inspect-1 ing it through field-glasses. people go and count their luggage again, and the purser's offer is suddenly besieged with ticketinquirers: What time do we land!

It begins about four o'clock, on the afternoon on the day before landing, when the boards outside the saloon and on A deck suddenly bristle with notices: Pse chtain your landing cards from the Pursuer's Office.

Please obtait your railway from the Parser's Office.

Plei exchange your money at the Purser's Office.

And appended to each one a few choice words on the benefits of not leaving the things till the last moment.

THE CASES TRUNK JOKE.

Best of all appears the old cabin trunk joker, announcing that all trunks must be packed, and ready for removal by the cabin stewards by p.m. A few innocent souls and new travellers on each voyage take this seriously.

When does the mail come aboard "Have we picked up the pilot yet? ***

The irritable old gentlemen are telling everybody in the woking room. "Dis gruentul discomfort a whole day. Cross very year, never had such an experience before.

THE LAST DINNER.

018

Douglas

Mrs M. D. Draper and

two children Mr & Mrs H. Dull Mr W. G. Darückl Miss Eccles

E. Elis Mr & Mrs Mr Felix Bili M. Ellis Mr F.F. Fehily

WN. Mr W. N. Finlayson Mr A. Francois Mr H. Geffers Dr. R. E. Gill Mr R. E. GOL

J. Goald Mr & Mrs J. Mr A. E. Gow Dr. D. R. Gowler Mr T. P. Hall Mr W. Grvig, Mr & Mrs W. A.

Hannibal

Mr John Scott Harston

Mr E. Hausermann Mr 1. van Hecke

Mr C. Bitzer Mr Brandes

Mr T. C. Illino

Capt

H Jeaser

Mr&

Mr

Mra Jobbing S. J. Johnston

Mr A. W Stewart Jones

Mrs M. Laugrulge

Mr J. P. Lanpon Mr & Mrs C. Laurita Mr E. D.

Mr Lensk

Lawrence

NE. Liddel! Mrs Miss

H. Lillie Mr Longant Mr B. A

Mackay

Mr & Mrs Malini Mr Mila McEwen Mr Robert Meanir Mr & Mrs G. Menger

and child

Mr N. Dull Melsom Miss Millehurst

fr C. H. Montagna Mr A. Morley Dr. J. Morrison Mr N. ON ook Mr Nolasco

Mr P. V. O'Connor Mr J. E.. Ollerton

Mr H. Pearman Mr H. H. Pegg. Mr W. A. Pennell Mr M. C. Poissemer Mr M. J. Quist Mr A. H. Rowa Mr G. Schryver Air H F. Summers Mr W. II. Sparke Mr W. van der Stein Mr R. 3. Garian

Stone Mr M. G. Sunderland Mr E. Sutter

Mr & Mrs E. S. Varioy Mr C. S. Vetter Mr R. A. Wadeson Mr W. R. Wakeham Mr L.. A Whittaker Mr M. Y. William Mr J. F..Wright

REFULSE BAY HOTEL

Mr. & Mrs Cameron Mr & Mrs Carleton Mr & Mrs A. E.A."

Carlton

Mr & Mrs E. C. ** Mrs Deking Dura Mr & Mrs L. H. Geare and daughter Miss Barry Mr & Mrs F. Hartly Messrs H. & H. L

Mrs E. Lund Mrs Lainel and

children Messrs McGree and

Anderson

Mr S. A. Arthur Miss E. R. Bailey Mr & Mrs LC.

FRAK FOTEL

Bellamy

Mr V: Benjamin Mr J. W. O. Bonnar Mr W. H, BounÉ Mr M. J. Breen

Mrs & Misa Brennan Col. C. Russell Browa Miss P. W. Brown Mr T.S. Bustard Mr H.

H. R.

J. R. CARD

Miss M. Cooper Mrs L. H. Carmack Mr W. Dixon

LA Col. R. A. Dobbin EC Duncan

Me

Mr & Mrs J. DaneRA MW.E. Dye

Somers Allis Misses Ellis Mr & Mrs W. A.

*h

Eustace Capt.l Mrs D. Fittra Mr&Mr. Fitaltoy Mr A. Forbes

Mr R. I. W. Foster MrF. F. P. Franklin Lt. G. C. Frederick Mr F, W. Gilbins Mr & Mrs W. D.

Mr & Mrs J. 3, Gordon Mr & Mr Geo. W.

Mr M. P. Kay

Mr & Mrs E F. Kin "Mr J. L. Kooreman

Mint Mrs A. Lang Mr & Mr S. H.

Goodfellow

Grey

Mr & Mrs B. A, Hale Miss M. B. Hal Mrs J. Hancock Mr J. B.. Hawker Mr & Mrs W,

J

Hawker

Mr G. M. Hemsworth Mr T..W, Hornby Mr H. Howell Mr & Mrs C. J. Marolo

Hughes

Miss Q. C. Jsukine Mr W. W. Jordan

Langston

Mr & Mrs W. Lok M-G, D. Loys Major A. 8. Littlejohn~ : Mr. J. D. Lloyd

Mr L. M. S. Lloyd Mr W. E. Lock

W Mr & Mr

Mrs J. MeAinak

W. Logan

Mr R. McGregor

E. B. Mimmack

成

Mr D. W. Muutos -

Miss Newsholme

Mr W. Ogden

Mr.A.M. Paul

Mr A.H. Pona

Major & Mr. H}

Phillip

Mr B. A. Raworth Mr & Mrs. R.

Remington

Sanders:

Lt.Col, & Mr O. Mr L. Scott Dr. A. W. Shovelton Mr W. F. Simmons MR. E. Stolton; Capt. & Mrs Skinner Birs & Mixa G. E

Stubbing-

ME.F. L. Stordee Mr&Mrs P. H.

Suckling

Mrs. J. 8. Thomson Mrs'& Mra C, Thwaites:

Mise Thwaites Mr A. W. Tistle

Lt-Col & Mrs H

Travelyan

Mr O. M. Vise Capt. A. E..Watte Miss. C. Willmott

Mr B L. Seton Winton Mr&fira F. D. Wood Mr G. Worrall

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

The following unclaimed telegrams are lying in the Great Northern Telegraph Company' office at Hongkong --

ADDRESS

FROM

Soko

Shanghai

Gorsburger,

Strandkatel

Shanghai

W. Rotenburger...

Springfield-

Winots

Ohtokan, 48, Yingsang Street.. Amoy

Costello

Mr T. A. Magen Mr P. 1. Newinan Misa E. Otta Mrs Otto

4382

Amoy

Hangwoo...

Shanghai

Uerushang Kwongland...

Poking

Shingpoi, Wingshingshun, 132,

Mr J. L. Parker~

Mr & Mrs J. N. Parker Kwongchingtook

Mr & Mrs R. B.

RoxburghJoabinhon, 387, Shanghai Street, Yaumati..... Maners Schonberg &

Bandes Mr C. B. Shank Mr & Mrs Traver

and child Mesars 31. Walk and

Connaught Road West... Chefoo

Kinyickynon

Shanghai

Ningro

Detroit.

michigan

Frankli

Lang

PALACE

HOTEL. Air J. Jack

Hartly

Dinner (for which there is scarcely time) is served at 6.30. because the pass Mr M. Bayer port and health officials are expected on board shortly afterwards." passengers regale new ones with tales of the cunning and rudeness of these people And. Emally.The clocks will be put in luring one into saying something at forward for back) another two hours, which they may take offence. The wr instead of one as usual, at midnight 10-vice is no too good. One has alerady night, though this manoeuvre is more tipped one's table steward, often than not accomplished without'

All afternoon the ship has been pound. notier, entailing when stewardesses aping like a thing possessed. Word now Bear with early tea, or "your call for the circulates that she has been endeavouring at what appears to to reach port before XYZ o'clock after bathroom. ma'aan."

which the port officials will not dock her: be 60 minutes too early or too late.

The rest of the day before landing Everyhoby is tired, dishevelled and afternoon is spent by the anwary among dirty. It is getting very near the hour Mr & Mrs Hindle the passengers standing in first one and after which passengers have the option Mr AE J. Knight then the other of the three parser's office of refusing to land, and staying on board Capt. & Mrs Knock queues obtaining landing-cards, railway all night. People begin to debate wheMr & Mrs Welter tickets, and foreign or their owe money ther to exercise the option and annoy the rate for the latter being always the company, or hurry off and be at their eventual destination early in the morn greatly in the ship's favour.

Every now and then some people re-ing It is cold and very dark. Sudden Mr C. W. Aletinder member that they are missing tea, and it becomes apparent that speed has Mr A. Arch theresis a wild stampede back to the been considerably stackened-is the pilot Mr. A. G. Barrett Mr R. W. Campbell deck for missing meals is simply not coming aboard! A wild rush round the Mr W. A. Bennett

done-in fine weather. Perhaps it is deck fails to reveal any approaching C

Mr W. 8. Caff as much as two minutes before, half-little craft. There is a general move be

Mr H. Davis past four. and the deck steward, soul of low to inquire what is happening.

There silent stewards are sorting out punctuality, would nos dream of emerg- ing from the Lustress of his pantry as piles of luggage and bearing it away. yet, though the trays be all ready and cabinwards. the rea seeping longer than is good for.

it.

:

breakfast as early as anyune wants it, sir. What time would you like to be called "

"We shan't land to-night, ma'am. Couldn't get in till too late for the har- The hopeful ones, in this case, return bour officials, after all. Afraid you'll to their queue-standing below deck. But have another night on hoard. but "very if they havs mistimed themselves and cheer fully-you'll be able to go ashore arrive a minute after the ten-rite is first thing in the morning, ma'am. Yes, finished. there ensues cajoling at the pantry door and an interruption of the steady ow past the parser's windows Onyy a slight lull, however. New land- ing-card, railway-ticket and change seekers, who have finished their tea having been standing in a queue outside the deck nud library stewards' pantries since 4.15 in order to get served. fin take the places of the old.

.They

Oh, it's great experience to look back upon. That's why one wants to keep The crossing on experiencing it. fever has even got its claws into the Prince of Wales, you see. No one iced tell me that the ranch is the real attrac

tion.

CINEMA NOTES.

Ś

THE WORLD THEATRE "

AVOIDING THE CRUSH. Smith and Jones, who rather fancy themselves a travellers, leave. i till much later to get their landing-cards, railway-tickets, and change 800 to avoid the crush, yeu know." haven't told anybody else, but quite a "The Man of Her Dreams." running number of other people seein to have had now on the screen of the World Theatre the same idea when they present them is a super-artistic Europene production selves below deck-not that it makes difa striking drama.in which two disting. ference. The purser's office is closed for uished artists-Iran Mozukin and Natha- the dinner-hour. They must come backlia Lesienko-have the leading parts. "fater."

Theatre-goers that, they will not ir dis Upstairs in the library there is a appointed with this picture. QUEEN'S THEATRE queue buying stamps from the library steward and another queue waiting about Everybody who attended, the showing. in easy chairs for writing desks at which of Woman to Woman" last night went to write postcards to use the stamps or away satisfied. It is regarded as the best The dinner bugle goes. Simultaneous im that has come to Hongkong from ly a new notice appears on the boards. England since Alf's Button."

"All library books, must be returned by 10 Betty Compson made. the trip to Eng. p.m. to-night." Everybody reads it and land from America for the sole purpose everybody is annoyed, though they know of starring in this British production and better than to obey. Disobedience will, of Clive Brook was ber leading man. There course, have to be taken into considera-are many dramatic moments in the pir tion in to-morrow's tip.

ture; especially when the little dancer

is a function.

On the way down one passes the already now the famous Deloryse, sees her lover massed luggage of those who took the in a box at the threatre after many years trunk notice literally, Its owners will of separation and their meeting after the revealed that the hero, show when it come in to dinner in thefr going ashore

the father of clothes. Everybody else will be in their unknown to him, is

best "bib and tucked." The last night Deloryse's son, a fact that presenta i real problem to him inasmuch na he is married to another woman. The climax There is a particularly good dinner, in which Delory insists on dancing at and the stewards are more attentive than Mrs. Anson-Pond's ball against the ad- at any time since sailing. After dinner vien of her physician and in consequence packing begins in earnest. People rustages her Death Dance" is an appeal- about with alphabet labels (shades of the

Bo' is that" in which she ing moment. Custom House). Remnants of queues still hover about the purser's office. There gives over her son to her lover's wife. Women to Woman is from a play by is an impromptu dance on deck, but it Michael Morton and directed by Graham finisbes at about ten o'clock, the collec

Cutta tion for the band having been taken ap the night before.

The day, closes with a series of raids for baggage, and the uareturned library books. The night is unaccountably noiay Nothing, of course, to what it will be to-morrow, when the crane starta work on the hold,

Democracy prefers second-beats sëways. Mr. Bernard Shaw.

The besetting sin of civil servante is to mix too much with each other.Sir F Beveridge.

Mr E. Flower. Mr S. Forsheila

berg

Mr & Mrs H. Golden. MTA. E. Haky. Mr C, H. Baslewood Mr F. W. Howard

I A. W. Louis Mrs McCaw

Mr J. McDonald

Mr B. J. de H. Moore

Mr G. M. Murphy Mr E. Smith Mr O.Stringer and

child

Mr A. P. Tannenbaum Mr & Mrs W. Taylor

Miss Taylor

Mas G.. Tulloch

Mr A. J. Wadmore

The following is a list of unclaimed telegrams. lying in the Eastern Extension, Australasia. and China Telegraph Company's office at Hongkang:

NUMBER 8694/13th Grewal

ADDRESS

FROM

Calcutta-sub.

2746/4th Hotchkiss, Hong-

6802/10th Kibo

Brooklynny

Calcutta-sab

Sydney

Zong Hotel

827/13th Totten

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