"Ritz" Soft Felt Hats
Time and experience have proved "Ritz" Style and Quality.
We are now showing the newest shapes in useful shades of Grey and Fawn for Summer wear.
Call and see them at
Mackintosh
MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS
ALEXANDRA BUILDING.
WE ARE
NOW
& Co.Ltd
DES VOEUX ROAD
SHOWING
Our New Arrivals_of
MANILA
AND
STRAW
BANGKOK HATS
Very suitable for present Spring Wear.
These Hats are in all the Latest Shapes and Shades, and are Priced from $6.
Fresh Stocks will Arrive Every Week.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8th, 1927.
SWATOW LACE CO., LTD.
21, Queen's Road (Next H. K. H. Garage).
After a
[AT.BE
warm and tiring day-there is nothing so refreshing as
OUR TOILET EAU DE COLOGNE.
Very Special Offer $1.25 per large bottle.
Look in at
THE QUEEN'S DISPENSARY,
(Next to Whiteaway, Laidlaw),
22, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL. Tel. No. C. 492.
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WHITEAWAYS
NIESO Safety
"Nieso" Safety Razor Blades. The enormous demand for this make of blade speaks for itself and we would ask every cus- tomer who has not given
RAZOR BLADE these blades a trial to do
DEAND
ONE OF WHITEAWAYS STANDARD. VALUES
QUIK-STROP.
Buy a Quik-strop Strop- per and save constant ex- pense of buying new Blades. A perfect edge producer, it sharpens two edges at once, reverses itself and strops the other side, only 30 seconds and all the edges are sharp. ened.
$3.95
so nud they fit every Pat- tern Gillette Type Razor.
They cost only
65 cents
Packet of 12 Blades
QUIK-STROP
MY SONIDANG WALLES
TWO OF OUR STANDARD VALUES.
CHINA SUGAR CO.'S FESTIVAL "PIPE" INTER-
AFFAIRS.
LOSSES DUE TO CONTINU- ANCE OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS.
GLOOMY PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT YEAR.
THE
RUPTED.
INEVITABLE "THIRTEEN."
BUT A GOOD ENDING.
GOLF.
FANLING WHITSUNTIDE
MEETING.
The results of the competitions played at Fanling during the Whit- suntide holidays, June 3rd-6th, were
Captain's Cup.
A Chinese denier in pork, rice and as follows:-- other concomitants of a Chinese' feast and who had his place of
THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR. business at Aberdeen was entertain-
Unsettled conditions and the wari in China were stated to be the main reasons for the losses experienced by the China Sagar Refining Co., by the Chairman at the 4th annual general meeting of the Company held at the offers of the General Agents, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & 4. Ltd., yesterday at sinip.
Prespects for the current year are gloomy, commented the Chair- wan. during his review of the present situation.
ing thirteen enstomers on the day of the Dragon Festival.
These thirteen men went there with the express purpose of settling their accounts, and as they proved to be good clients, the general! merchant, with one eye for future business, and the other half blinded with samshu, invited them to share
pipe with him.
rest
Thirteen is an ualucky number and while some of the guests hail
Nirvana and the reached Propia, in walked Senior Revenue Officer G. Watt and took everyone The Hon. Mr. D. 41. M. Bernard of them to the police Station charg | (Chairman) presided, and there in the master with keeping an were also present Sir Robert Hoopiam divan and the others with
Mr. II. P. White and smoking in one. Tang. Mr. L. 3, Davies (Consulting
33. E. Mr. Camuzi{ter) Bornell (Secretary), and Messra A. A. Alves, J. Baptista, Chon Po Shen, F. M. P. dr Graca, Ho Leung, explanation
The merry party appeared before Mr. B. E. Lindsell, at the Central Magistracy yesterday, with Mr.
A. 8. Russ to give the necessary De Magistrate.
Ho Kwong, Ho Shai Kit, Lo Man This he did to the satisfaction of Hi, A. McKirdy, C. Savard-the Court, and the party was dia Remedios, A. M. da Silva and charged.
G. M. Shaw (sharchulders).
The CHAIRMAN, addressing the
|
A Leach, 1--11-80, qualifies. 25 cards taken out.
Bogey Pool
K. Hunt (4) and D. G. Bruce (10),
all square, divide, Other senres:
H. H. M. Oliver (12), 1 down. 1. 1. Bruce, 1 down. 40 cards taken out.
Medal Round,
1. E. M. Oliver, 85-12-70, wins. Other scores:
N. L. Smith
T. 1. E. Pendered... 82-3-70 II. G. Hegarty 80-14= 70 |
28 cards taken out.
Boat Ball In Fourballs, X. L. Smith and Capt. Bochum. 75_7-08, win.
Other scores;
Capt. Morris and Capt. le Gras,
41 -8 -73.
J. H. Wood and K. Hant,
81-8-73.
9 pairs entered.
COUNTY CRICKET.
NOTTS DEFEAT SURREY.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
meeting, expressed the dog sor- ABUSIVE 'BUS CONDUCTOR. outstanding score
"f your General Agents and Consulting Committee at the death
TOW
of Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., which occurred on the 27th May last year. Sir Paul brul been actively inter ested in this Company since 1900 as | a member of the Consulting Com- mittee and the benefit of his great experience and advice will be very much missed in the future.
Continuing, the CHAINMAN said: I regret the delay in presenting to you the accounts which is due to the difficulty we have experienced from the obtaining returns Northern Agencies owing to the dis- turbed conditions in Chiu and the necessity of closing down entirely at some of the Upper Yangtze River Agencies.
111
POLICE SERGEANT
ASSAULTED.
LONDON, June 6th. Notts easily defeated Surrey at Nottingham by nine wickets, the Sur- game being over in two days. rey batting first made 249, the only being 62 hy Shepherd. Nolts passed this score but only by 47, their total being 6, to which George Gunn who is showing great form this year cou- tributed 72 Surrey collapsed ou going in again being all bat 126. For assaulting a British police Larwood, the young fast bowler, is sergeant, an omnibus conductor en- | improving even on his last year's Nolls secured the 81 runs needed. played by the Kowloon Bus Com-record and took 7 wickets for a pany was fined $10 at Kowloon for victory with the greatest of case, losing only one wicket. Wey- Magistracy yesterday.
Sergeant Jessop stated that de-sell unde 3 not out. For Surrey the one bright spot was the very fendant was behaving abusively to steady of howling of Geary, a younge a Portuguese gentleman in Nathan professional, who took a wickets for Hond. When he interfered the de fendant turned round and struck him two blows in the side. Defend ant refused to recompany witness to the police station quietly, and had to be taken there by force.
Mr. L. A. Gutierres said that he boarded defendant's bus to go to The loss for the 1PELST year the Club de Recreio. The route was amenals to 8932.15 after pro-sign indicated that the bus viding for depreciation on the usual going to Kowloon City. Witress seale and payment of interest and told defendant that he wanted to go all other charges. This with the through Hunghom, but the condue
balance. of debit,
$1,33.955.46 brought forward from the previous for said the bus was not going that year makes the total balaner at way and returned the fare. Wit ness was standing on the footboard debit of profit and loss account $1,533.78.05.
in the art of alighting when he lost is balance and grasped the defend During the early months of the aut's arm to steady himself. De year trade was poor and prices for our refined products low, but to fendant stopped the bus and seized Sergeant Jessop, wards the end of the Summer there him by the arm. was & marked improvement and who happened to be near, arrested there appeared to be every prospect
Civil War Efforts.
of closing the year with a fair pro-defendant and removed him to the fit. But unfortunately the civil police station.
war spread to the Yangtsze Valley,
which is our largest market, and
with trade becoming completely
disorganized our hopes of realizing advance but until this year no sole the expected profit for the year of the commitments has been shown faded away:
We have a large number of native agencies in the provinces bordering on the Yangtsee which carry stocks of sugar and i am glad to say that
in the Statement of Accounts. The amount in question represents 3 to 1 months working under normal conditions.
You will notics that the overdraft
so far we have only received advice at Bankers and Sundry Creditors
76.
LAWN TENNIS.
THE FRENCH HARDCOURT CHAMPIONSHIP.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, June 6th.
KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL
In Lots of not less than
Note Reduction in Prices.
Orders should be sen
In writing not
by telephone
2-ton:-
Delivered to Peak District
(above Bowen
Road), $24.00
per ton. Delivered to Bowen Read
and Lower
Levels, 822.00 per ton.
Delivered to
Kowloon,
$20.00
per ton.
For Price Apply to
at least 24 hours, before the Coal is required
All orders must be ac companied by Cash, Choque, or Compra- dore Order payable
The Kallan Mining Ad- ministration."
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION
DODWELL & 00., LTD., Agents. Hong Kong.
CAFE RESTAURANT
PARISIEN
Breakfast, Musical Tiffin,
A La Carte Meals. B. a.m. to 11 p.m. Tea & Dinner Dansants
Private Reception and
Dining Rooms
Refreshments served from 8 am to 12 midnight.
Pedder Building.
THE
HONG KONG GROCERY
AU CHIC PARISIEN
Madame Flint
to
LATEST PARIS CREATIONS, HATS, DRESSES GOWNS, COATS, etc.
FINEST MILLINERY, FANCY GOODS & PEREUMERY.
DRESS MAKING
Phone C. 1576.Prompt & Satisfactory Service.
Constant Fresh Supplies of Provisions, Soap,
Confectionery, etc.
FRENCH BRETEL BUTTER $1,20 per tip.
10, Ice House Street. Phone C. 5211,
LADIES' BEAUTY PARLOUR PARISIANA
EFFICIENT WORK AT MODERATE CHARGES.
Fedder Building.
Phono C. 589.
Rolande Sarmatilt
FOR EVERYTHING CHIC.
22, Queen's Road Central.
In the French Hardcourt Chain- pionships at St. Cloud, the Men's MR. HARRY ORE'S PUPILS. Doubles final resulted in a victory for Cochet and Brugnon by three Borotra and Lacoste sets to two. won the first set, were-down 2 sets
YESTERDAY'S RECITAL.
but were beaten after ten gunea in A picasing pianoforte eccital was! to 1, won the fourth set with ease, the final sel. Cochet and Brugnon given at the St. John's Cathedral defeated Borotra and Lacoste, 2-6, Hall yesterday by the pupils of Mr. 6-2, 40, 16, 6-4.
Telephone C. 2422.
[A.P.B.]
ST. PETER'S CHURCH NOTES.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS FOR JUNE.
The following extracts are taken from St. Peter's Church Monthly Leaflet for June:---
2.
Alt but two of the per- In the final of the Women's Harry Ore. Doubles, Mra l'erock and Miss formers were girls. Mr. Ore ap-
St. Peter's Day. Heine (South Africa) defeated Mrs.
Wednesday, June 29th, is the duets, and afterwards he gave the Britain), 6-2, 6-1. Watson and Miss Saunders (Great peared twice with his pupils in
"Faust" (Gouned Patronal Festival of the Church. In the semi-final of the Mixed Vale from
Liezl). Doubles, Tilden and Ndile. De
The pieces largely of There will be Holy Communion at defeated Lacoste and
classical nature, including Gounod, 7.15 a.m. and the Festival Evensong
St. Peter's as Mozart, Chopin, Liszt and Rachat 6.30 p.m. Mdile. Bourgeois, 0-4, 6-2, but lost Alvarez
in the ful to Brotra and Madame maninoff were played with good Church has much to be thankful Bordes by two gets to one, 6-4, 24.
The expression. technique and
for, and the past year has scen 6.2.
programme was as follows: March Under the Banner of steady growth both in numbers und
Victory
Church activities. Last year, the Pizzicato
congregations on St. Peter's Day Miss ETHEL BANKER..
were very good, and it is hoped The Song of the Robin .... Warren.
that this year they will be even Miss JESSIE WONG. Coronation March ....... Meyerbeer. better.
Miss MERIEL GUBBAY.
FAR EASTERN GAMES.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
the
(Duet) Blon. Deliben.
............ Ponchielli. Miss IRENE GITTINS.
Fragment from "The Dance of
Drigo. Borovsky.
Lack.
Chaplain Fund.
The response to the appeal made. by the Church Council to the me bers to help raise $1,500 by Free- will Offerings, has not been re satis- factory as anticipated, and the Hon. Treasurer of the above Fund (Miss Ruby Mow Fung) requests that every individual member of the congregation, who has not yet given his or her support, will do so as soon as possible. Up to the pre-
COMPETITORS. Selected Filipino candidates for of 74 bags having been looted. Al-Botal $1,018,144.45. Of this there is the 1927 Far Eastern Olympic to be been instructed to report for train- though some of these Agencies have $1,765,207.13 due to the General held at Shanghai in August have
ing on June 14th. not been able to communicate with Agents. The charge for interest an Bun, amounting to
Three track and held stars have us for months, we do not expect to this large have suffered much further loss 8 24,755.34, is a heavy drain on the from the time trouble began we de Company. Last year I drew atten-aiready reported. They are Tub cide to carry only light stocks at tion to this and mentioned that it lang, 200-metre low hurdles Elam might be better to increase the bra, aprints and 100 metre hurdles, these interior Agencies.
Dr. Vinnan enpital of the Company, and I can and Sujeco, pole vaulter.
According to Gloomy Prospects.
are more favourable this will receive Philippines are due Prospects for the current year only repeat that when conditions are gloony. Prices of Raws have the attention of the General Agents strong in the track events this Marionette's Funeral..... Gounod.
In Football the Chinese are
sent, in actual cash 356.25 has strong been gradually declining for some and Consulting Committee.
Godard. been received. Poldini. It is realised that the work of the months, largely as a result of the
I do not think there is anything expected to lead with state of affairs in China. Our further that calls for comment and
soccer team. Japan is favoured in in the swimming events, while
Church would be greatly helped if selling organization in the Yang I now beg to propose the adoption volleyball Hong Kong are expected
it could have a full time Chaplain tsze Valley is disorganized. Our
to finish Bornewbere near the top.
of its own, and as all are anxious offices in Changsha, Ichang and of the report and accounts as pre-
that this should come to pass, it is Shasi have been closed for several sented, and when this has been
up to every member of the con months and the staff who handle seconded I shall be pleased to an-
gregation to do his or her bit, how- the sugar business in Hankow have swer to the best of my ability any transferred to Shanghai. question which shareholders may
ever small it may be.
hiszen
Now, North China also appears wish to unk
Sir ROBERT HO. TUNA seconded,
year.
TIME CHANGED.
Essipoff
Elgar,
the Hours
Serenade
Miss PRORY. To. La Coquette
Madrigal
Miss ELVIRA ROSARIO, 1-0 register Cradie Song
Master DONALD ANDERSON. Au Matin ..... Murturing Brook......
Miss GRACE HO TUNG. Sonatina for 2 pianos
Mozart-Grieg. Consolation
Ljuzt. Gavoite..................
Мова Кокв Снот.. Impromptu in A flat. Schubert. Miss HILDA XAVIER. FOR TO-MORBOW THEATRI-
Members of St. Peter's Young Chabrier. Habanera CAL PERFORMANCE.
Men's Club are reminded that a Mias. WINIFRED KEW.
general meeting is to be held in the Arensky lub House on Friday, June 17th, The throatrical performance to be Romance for 2 pianos'....... given at the Lee Theatre by the Yan Valse in A fint
Chopin. at 8.30 p.m. Mias MYRA Gutierrez. On the proposition of Mr. Ho Shau Lin Theatrical Company to LEUNG, seconded by Mr. Ho KWONG. morrow night under the auspices of
Glinka Mr. H. P. White, Sir Robert Ho the Hong Kong Corps of the St. The Lark
Miss DAISY MA Tung and Mr. L. J. Davies were John Ambulance Brigade, for the Valse in G flat The Accounts.
re-elected as the Consulting Com-purpose of entertaining the prin-
cipal Military and Naval Officers Vale in A flat Turning now to the accounts, you mittee.
On the proposition of Mr. A. now in the Calony, & number of Second Mazurka .............. will observe a note to the effect that
Master HENRY KEW. and men, as an- now hegin forward commitments for the pur- MoKuby, arcended by Mr. CHOA selected N.C.O.
Lichestraum ...... chase of Raw Sugar for shipment Pe SIEN, Mere. Lowe, Bingham nounced last week, will in 1927, amounting to approximate and Matthews, and Messrs. Percy at 9.30 pt. and not at 9.15 p. Preinde in G minor...Rachmaninoff.
as previously stated. A number of ly $2,000,000, were entered into Smith, Seth and Fleming were re- prior to December 31st. The refu- elected sa nuditors of the Company ery of course always has to pur- at a remuneration of 8750 each. chase its requirements somewhat in
This was all the business of the meeting. (Continued on next Column.)
likely to be affected and thie
Other Business.
un-
interfere with our sales up there. and there being no questions, the
accounts were Owing to the gradual accumula-report" and tion of stocks, the refinery had toanimously adopted. close down altogether throughout February, and since then we have kept working ou a very small melt which, though expensive, is cheaper than leaving the refinery idle.
the leading Europe and Chinese
Young Men's Club.
The next moonlight picnic will Balakirew. be held on Wednesday next week. Chopin. The launch leaves Queen's Pier at 8.30 prompt and the charge is 60 Brahms. cents for members and ladies and Godard. 80 cents for non-members.
In addition launch picnics are
Saturday Liszt. held every
leaving Queen's Pier at 3.30 pm
Miss ALDA LEON residents will be present, and H.E. Valse from "Faust"
Mr. H. Ose. the Governor and Lady Clementi are also attending.
Gounod-Liszt.
On June 29th a lantern lecture
will be given by Dr. Osman on at 8.30 p.m. "Our Secret Enemies on the roof of the Club House.
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