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BALL BEARINGS

ON ALL MACHINES YOU ORDER.

We can supply Bearings for all kinds of Machines,

POWER SAVING. NO HOT BEARINGS.

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THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY," LTD.

Tel Central 236

SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 1925

Address: 9, Queen's Buildings.

A NEW DRESS SHIRT

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FOR PRESENT WEAR.

1.

We introduce a new shirt for summer evening wear, the front being of fine soft repp- which need not-in fact cannot-be starched. The body of the shirt is made of very strong twill able to withstand hard usage. To avoid the discomfort which one feels in palling a shirt over the bead, this now shirt is cut in the coat style- open all the way down.

MACKINTOSH

. & CO., LTD.,

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS. Alexandra Bldg. Des Vœux Rd

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

The following are now available at our Depot

and Branches

#.

FRESH HERRINGS

40 cts. per lb.

BEEF SAUSAGE

40

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OXFORD SAUSAGE

60

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DRIPPING

40

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE Co,

Ltd.

SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH & CO., LTD. ELSWICK WORKS, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT. Contractors for the Construction of Railways, Docks, Harbours, Tunnels, Hydro-Electric Works, Structural Steelwork, etc.

IF

St. George's Building.

7081

3rd Floor,

Hongkong.

Telegraphic Address: "UBIQUITY." Hongkong.

Telephone No. Central 302.

THE SECRET

OF A SMART APPEARANCE 18 NO SECRET

IF YOU USE OUR DRY CLEANING SERVICE. THE STEAM LAUNDRY

HEAD OFFICE & WORKS: YAUMATI, Tel E. 32. HONGKONG DEPOT: 16, Stanley Street, Tel C. 1979. KOWLOON HOTEL DEPOT.

KOWLOON DEPOT: 19, Canton Road. TEAK, BOTEL DEPOT.

HONGKONG HOTEL: (Visitors only).

Write or Phone for complete Price List

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"LEST WE FORGET."

HOW "FOOD SUPPLIES WERE MAINTAINED, DURING

THE STRIKE.

A WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR THE LEADING BRITISH FIRMS.

[BT ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER HELPERS.),

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undoubtedly one of the causes" of the Cersienn's meteoric sucess.

S.S. "NARKUNDA" ARRIVES. SEVENTY-SEVEN PASSENGERS FOR YESTERDAY'S INFLUX AND OUTPUT

HONGKONG..

The P. & O. liner, Nurkundu, which

POST OFFICE BUSY.

OF ALAIL

Yesterday paved art exceptionally busy

is on her frst trip from Home to the day at the Post Offer for the sorting and Far East, arrived yesterday, when 77 despatching staffs.. for in addition to a passengers" disembarked at Hongkong.

Of the remainder, 75 will disbarkasy influx of inward mails there was at Shanghai and a few others at Kobalss, an extraordinarily large amount of outgoing mail to be sorted and got ready its stomach" is their Hakka and Cantonese milkers at

and Yokohama "An army marches an

The passengers who embarked in Lon.for despatch by three vessels leaving yes one of the many wise wayings credited to Pokfulam and ninety per cent. of their Napoleon. By that he meant that a Chinese employees in the city, depart-

The P. & O. 9. Norkunda arrived man who would fight well nuust feed weli,ments obeyed the intimidators and left don and disembarked at Hongkong wersterday and toalay..

Mrs. Malcolm Mr. aul Mrs. H. Merri-early yesterday morning with the Home also, that a, general to ensure himself of the depleted staffs to carry on. FortuMr. F. C. Malcolm, Mr. J. "A. Dickie, success must look after his lines of comaately, the Northern Chinese at Pokfulam man, Mr. A. Guthrie, Mr. Aspinalt, Mr. and Europe inail vid Surz (letters and munication. Observance of this rule was did not go out. These faithful milkers H. 1. Foley, Mr. R. R. Turpin. Mr. J. papers, dated London, July 93fl,, and were assisted by a dozen Indians, while L. R. Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Egan parcels dated July 16th). This vessel military guards patrolled the farm day and family, Mr. and Mrs C..S. Bohrer brought a total mail of 420 bags of this number, 284 bags, consisted of letters and aril night. At the Wyndham Street and family. Mr. Hegarty, Mr. B. Č. depot about forty Chiness walkeil, aut. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Blackman, and, though willing helpers came from From Marseilles to Hongkong there papers. There were 114 bags of letters the Italian Convent and Queen's College, were: Mr. and Mrs. R. Tabusa, Mr. C. and papers from the United Kingdom, the a tremendous amount of work fell on the Williams, Mr. and Mrs. E. Abrahams, remainder being fryni Continental and shoulder of the regula: European staff Dr and Mrs, T. J. Bregnaun and family. Straits ports. There were 136 hags, of Aden number bringing the figure up to the above who worked extraordinary hours during Mr. H. Hernod (ERA), and Mr. D. parcels from the United Kingdom, this the first two weeks of the strike. Here, Crabb (ERA) embarked at

There were a few passengers from Femtotal consignment. Letters were sorted, us-at. Wiseman's, not only regular cus-

bay to Hongkong: Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Fready for delivery by tiffin time and of others were tomers hat hundreds

Ransom and child. Mr. and Mrs. A papers and parcels were ready later in served, and here again the same story Yemazer and child, Mr. A. . Tyndkhan. the day.

The same law applies to communities, and une' of the reasons why Hongkong has weather (eul, so far, the vile attack made by rene- tionary forces on its very existence is because its lines of communication" have been kept intact in other words we have held out because we have been

feci.

BREAD AND WATER. Water, which next to air is the most essential thing to man's existence, we have hast in abundance and purity, thanks to the Government, who preserved the filter-beds and reservoirs from contamina- tion, and to Jupiter Pluvius, who saw that they were kept full.

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of forgetfulness is told.

FORESIGHT AND ENTERPRISE.

Mr. E. S. Parker, Mrs. M. E. Brooks, Also arriving yesterday morning was Messrs. Thong, Pak Op and Ko Kent Tay the s.s. Jasko Jura with papers trop ·

These were: Dr. and Mrs. L. Shellshear,

on, July 16th). The total mail brought. by this vessel came to 141 bags, of which 72 hags of papers were from Home,

The Dairy Farm secretary, Mr. Manukud Mr. M. Newton cane from Penas the Gaited Kingdom and the Continent who was in Australia when the strike A good number embarked at Singapore of Europe via Negapatam (dated, Louw comunenerd, had the good sense and cour Mrs. C. C. Gates, Missés A., F., E., and The food supply was a different age to book all the refrigerating space N. Lyon, Master Lyon, Mr. A. Hon Lin, matter: in that department the Govern available on China ships and send on Commander Watson, Messrs. E. C. Brine, ment could de little while the gods, (and large quantities of beef and mutton as G. S. Fifield, R. and V. Kiani, T. the Chinese) left us to fend for ourselves well as fodder for the live stack at Mahtani, V. Ramchandi, I. Premsing. On the 22nd of June Chinese bakers and Pokfulam. When Mr. Manuk reached H. Tarachand; R. Dagamal. L. Hotchand, butchers, a large percentage of whose Manila, hearing that there was a prob. N. Lamare, E. E. Hudson.

Embarking from London to Shangbai profits is the result of European patronability of the Chinese crew deserting at age, shut up their shops and left the the Philippine port, he made arrange were Mr. W. W. Grantham, K.C., Mrs. feeding of the Colony to a few. European ments for the ment and fodder to haNeuffer, Mr. R. Withers, Miss Costal staff were also busily employed frms whose Chinese employees had transhipped there onto American boats. This prompt action proved an exceeding. nearly all vanished.

MESSRS. WISEMAN. Fortunately, some lessons, had been learned by experiences gained during the 1029 strike. For instance, Messrs. Wise- and man, who had up-to-date ovens baking machinery installed in 1992 base been able, though with an effort to ricet the tremendous extra demand for brend,

ly beneficial car and the stocks of ment

at one time none too big, are now ample, At the Dairy Farm's other depots.com ditions similar to those at: Wradhum Street prevailed.

THANKS.

The ordi

It is interesting to note that the .. Varkunda, which ́made a fast trip out“ from Home, brought papërs dated a week later than those brought by the Alaska or which were posted a week earlier. In addition to sorting these mails, the

getting ready the Manila, Australian, and Dawson, Mr. A. Cooper, Mr. G... B. George, Mrs. Sephton and infant. "Miss New Zealand mail for despatch by the D. Wrigley, Miss J. McCulloch, MP, A. Mishima Maru. There was a very H. Samson, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Taylor heavy post to deal with for this outward Mr. J.. A. Brown,, Mr. A. B. Davis, Mr. bound mail There was also a heavy 3. Cuthbert, Miss M. Dickson, Mr. despatah to deal with for the mail for A. L. Wells, Mrs. A. B. Hogg, Mr. H. Shanghai. Japan, Canada, U.S.A., Cen McKenzie, Miss Otter. From Marseilles tral and South America and Europe via Vancouver and Europe ri Biberia, to Shanghai there were Miss A. Gerecha, which will leave today by the RMS

DYNAMITE AND DUPLICITY. HEAVY FINES ON CHINESE DELINQUENTS.

It will be recalled that a taxi-cal pro

Thus it will be seen that although Messrs. . H. Mallet. K. MeKelvie, J. Empress of dein: while mail for Shang- Lawsony Mr. F. Fenton, Mr. E. San- hai will also leave by the sa. Nur kuralın things were bad in Hongkong they might quinette. Mr. C. Brossel, Mr. L. Kosloff, to-day, a feat which would have been impossible have been a great deal worse, and for, had the methods of 1922 been still in such mercies our thanks are due to the vogue. All their Chinese employees companies mentioned above. walked out, but, thanks to modern nary reader will open wide his eyes and machinery and the great amount of work say: We do thank them," but the performed by the regular European ordinary reader does not do so until staff, a few volunteer workers, and some he is reminded or informed. In these casual labour, all who wanted bread were complex days of specialisation and big supplied-hotels, hospitals ships and in companies when the individual is so de dividuals. But, as the manager of that pendent on the rest of the world for firm wistfully remarked, as soon as the the bare necessities as well as the com

those ports and luxuries of life, the average Chinese "bakers recommenced. people who had found Wiseman's a shel-man exists in a state of mental torpor ter in a time of storm went back again, and takes most things for granted. Not we stated in yesterday's Daily Preas that to those who bad failed them in time until sonicthing happens to dislocate the he intended staying in Hongkong

of stress.

vast machine of civilization is he awate of the benefits and comfort bestowed on him through the efforts of others.

THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

A plenaant feature of those unpleasant times was the spirit of camaraderie dis

Mr. H, Corsure, Mrs. Cooper. From and Mrs D." H. Leaves, Mr. and Mrs. Singapore to Shanghai there, were Mr. A. B. Lard; Miss D. Tippin, Mr. R. J. Mettiver, Mr. R. H. Millard, Miss, L., Khoo Boon Chye, anil. Mr. Cheah Keat Minhinnick, Dr. and Mrs. Hinde, Mr. Yong. Other passengers were the Rev-ceeding along the road at Aberdeen en CD., Mrs Morriss and Miss Morriss, Sunday night was stopped, as previously from London to Kobe; Mr. Knox, Miss rond Mr. De know from Pass reported in the Daily Press, by Sergeant Said to Kobe; Dr. and Mrs. H. Visser, James, who made a search of the ear Mrs. M. Brooks and family from Colombo 400 sacks of dynamite and 400 detonators.

An old Chinese woman and be so from London to Yokohama; and Mr. and and found a number of sacks containing who were the passengers in the car, were arrested and appeared before the magis trate carlier this week charged under the pleaded guilty to, possession of the ex- Dangerous Goods Ordinance. They then

plosives.

MR. W. W. GRANTHAM, K.C. Mr. W. W. Grantham, K.C., of whom

going on to Shanghai when the ss. Narkunda leaves to-day.

LOCAL SPORT.

BASEBALL LEAGUE FIXTURES,

When they again appeared before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry yesterday they were fined $100 each, with two monthe hard labour in default.

LANE, CRAWFORD

The defendants stated that they had Another firm which has rendered yeo-

been induced by the promise of a reward of $5 each, from their employer, a man service during the past two months

building contractor, to bring away the is Lane Crawford, Ltd. Luckily for

The Secretary of the Hongkong Base-dynamite from a matshed at Stubbs Road Hongkong, that well-organised company played by householders in certain disball League has forwardeded to us the and deliver the staff to the latter at had large stocks both in band and on the tricts. In many cases the frigid walls revised schedule of postponed matches for point near a restaurant in Aberdeen, In where he was to receive it in person. It the season, which are given below. of British reserve have been broken down addition to these fixtures, it is hoped was while they were on their way to the way from Europe, America, and Aus- tralia. Despite the great rush on their with the most barpy results. We under that, at the end of the setson, a match appointed place that the taxi in which grocery department, more especially on stand that the Peak Residents' Associa will be arranged between the winners of they were riding was stopped by the tinned goods it is to the oredit of that

tion rendered invaluable service at the the League and a team representing the police office:.

other clubs. old established store that in practically airy Farm Peak Store and elsewhere, all cases. prices remained unchanged.

THE DAIRY FARM

and that thir Queen's Gardens' residents, the Europeans at East Point, and the big The Dairy Farm Company had an ex- European community at Taikoo all show. tremely hard row to hoe. The perishableed a delightful "clubable” spirit, and nature of the goods they handle, the by pulling together saved themselves and wether, the distances they the big stores a lot of trouble. Syeb a "muggy had to send their merchandise, and the spirit angurs well for the future and goes defection of their Chinese workers made to prove the old adegs that out of evil their task a herculean one. Several of good often arises.'

LYNX-EYED INSPECTOR: DISCOVERS HOUSE WITHOUT

SANITARY DUSTBINS,

Whether it be of zine or tin,

It wit think what might have

brin “I

LOCAL BARD (bashfully anonymous).

with failing to provide proper sanitary Justhins.

The fixtures are;--

August 22nd, 2.30 p... Japanese Indian R.C.; 4.30 p.m. H.K.B.C. H.V.D.C

August 23rd, p.m., South China Filipinos.

August 28th, 6 p.m., Filipinos r. Indian

R.C.

August 27th, 5 p.m., H.V.D.C.. Japanca.

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Following the conviction of the above defendants, "the contractor in question, Chang Fei, muster of the Tung Wo firm, was charged on two counts, of eansing the two reused in the previous case to .

carry the explosives, and with having possession of half a pound of gunpowder in his matshed at Stubbs Road without 1. permit.

Mr. D. Turner appeared for the defence,

The defendant denied that He bud any August 29th, 2.30 p.m.;, H.K.B.C..

dynamite and the evidence in the ease, Filipinos; 4.30 p.m., H.V.D.C. South thing to do with the bringing away of the China

August 30th, 2.30 p.m., South China which was taken at length, went to show Filipinos; 4.30 p.m., Japanese diap that the explosives were removed without.

the defendant's knowledge.

September 2nd, 6 p.m., H.K.B.C./. Indian R.C.

Beptember 5th, 2.30 p.m., H.V.D.C. . Filipinos; 4.20 p.m., E.K.B.C. e. South September 8th, 20 p.m., South China

The Inspector, ia court, stated that there seemed to be a misunderstanding,China as the house was reated by Mr. Ogilvie,

It was stated by Sub-Inspector Reynolds that the defendant applied to him for a fresh issue of dynamite in anticipation of in the previous ense being disposed of. the old stock-the one seized by the police Mr. Turner submitted that there was

and furnished rooms were let to defen. Indian R.C.; 4.30 p.m., Japanese vno evidence to warrant conviction on the dants.

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Mr. Rohn aniil that "he" had a bin on

his floor but he did not understand that he hail to provide one for the ground floor, occupied by Mr. Merchall.

At the Kowloon Magistracy yester day, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Mr. His Worship intimated that the pro Rohn and Mr. C. E. Marshall of No. 1, vision of proper dustbins was for the Carnarvon Road, were charged on the good of the public, and discharged da instigation of Sanitary Inspector Hooper fendants with a caution.

Filipinos.

first charge, but entered a plea of guilty September 19th, 2.20 p.m., H.Y.D.C. von Cue charge of possession of gunpow

half a pound. South China;.30 pm, K.,B.C. a. der, which he sail amounted to less than Jia Warship convicted on both counts Japanese

September 13th, 4 p.m., H.V.D.C. v.

T and fined defendant, $500 for unlawfully September 19th, 2.30 p.m., South Chinn causing the explosives to be enrried away. Indian R.C

powder without a permit. Japanese 4.30 p.m., H.K.B.C. and $100 for being in possession of gim

H.V.D,C.