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NEW YEAR HAMPERS

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1927.

We beg to notify customers that Assorted Hach para quitable. tức thë Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following Beduced Estos sme

No. 1 HAMPER-$38.

1 Qt. Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial

1 Pt. Blackberry Brandy, 1 Pt. D.O.H.

Qt. Superb Tawny Port. Champayne 2 Qua. St. Julien Claret,„;

Ot, Martall's XXX Brandy. Qt. King George IX Gold Label

or Perfection Whisky.

1 Qt. Old Brown Sherry, Black Seal. -1 Qt. Paritan Old Tom or "ry Gin.

1 Qt. Burgundy, Burgoyne' I Phil Pomeranzen Bitters.

No. 2- HAMPER-$34,

1. Guillemart Champagne, 1 Pt. D.O.M..

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Borgundy. 1. Ot. Martel's XXX Braady.

Gta. King George IV Gold Label

or Perfection Whisky.

Qt Taway Dry Port."

2 Qu. St. Julian Claret.

1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.

1 Q. Vino de Pasto Sherry.

1 Paial, Pomeransen Bitters.

No. 3

HAMPER-$30.

1 Qt. Burgoyne's Burgundy.

1 Pt. Peppermint G.F.

1: PL. D.OM.

2 Qt. Superior Rich Old Fort.

2 Qts. King George 17 Gold Label.

1 Qt. Engrand's XXX Brandy,

1 Qt. Amontillado Sbarry.

1 Qt. Puritan Old Tom or Dry Gin.

2. Qts; Medoo Claret.. ;-

i Phiat Pomeranzen Bitters,

or Perfection Whitky,)

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THE BANK'S AIMS OUTLINED.

Amid much firing of crackers, the Instone Banking Corporation, at No. 5, Des Vostix Road Central, beld its official opening yesterday “Hoi Mak," or bowing to the fag of the institution was performed by all the guests present.

The building was gaily decorated and refreshments were served to the guests from 10 to 12 am on the first floor of the `premises.

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THE LAND OF SPOILED DARLINGS.

AS DEMORALISING SOCIAL"

LY AS TRAMPS.”.

THOSE CHINA DOLL WOMEN.

NEW YORK The question whether the Ameri- can woman is a spoiled creature," the willing victim of her husband's wealth, which to constantly in- terests psychologists in the United States, has been brought to the fore again by the announcement that women form the majority of pas sengers on the millionaire sport of winter cruises.

At 11 am the official ceremony Ninety-four cruises have been 47- -of-uncovering - the flag-was-per-ranged already for this winter, formed by Mr. Kwok Chia Yung, Twenty-five thousnard Americana mostly to Mediterranean ports. and when the flag with "I.B.C." will go on them, paying over at the contre, was revealed, the £5,000,000 for the luxuries provid- ed. Of these sixty per cent, will gueats bowed.

anany of the forty per cent. of the be women, and it is asserted that men would not be present but for the urgings of their wives and daughters.

Mr. Instone Brewer followed this ceremony with a speech, in which be Buid:

To-day is the embodiment of an idea,. I might almost say an The winter cruise fashion would ideal of mine, but its fruition has cease to exist, it is declared, if been much larger than originally American women were less given to intended. The original idea in idleness. Many other American cluded the protection of savings, fetitations would also become ex- investigation of investments, im- tinguished, such as women's poker partial financial advice, and man clubs, and erindiar methods of seek- agement of property. Many are ing entertainment outside the too busy making money adequately home, so Americans, say, if the care for their investments.women of the country were cot Maay leave the Colony on holiday, spoiled. and require competent and trust- worthy management in their absence. Many have a preference for placing their property in the names of others na trustee. Every- one dies and there is much loss of zitate in..cILLES. of unsatisfactory executorship.

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Such an idea did not require a Bank, not even a largely capitaliz-

"Getting Away With It."

Dr. David Swedden, Professor of Education at Columbia University, afirm's that American "cities are producing a large number of idle wives, who are as demoralising socially as tramps. This ungallant nesertion Ande support among both men and women. Louis Bromfield,

ed firm, but the support and no-one of the most promising of the clamation with which the iden was younger American novelists, whose received in all parts of China recent book, "A Good Woman," forced the expansion of the original has met with side success in its scheme. Fung King Kwong, Hung attack, on the dictatorial type of Chung Kwan, Kwok Chan Ying, American mother, declares that the Cho King Cho, Lai Yuen Hung-American woman has been placed these are not men to be content on a pedestal she does not deserve. with so unambitious a programme as I had intended."

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"If he bears one child she thinks she tas performed It must be a bank, a large bank, miracle," Mr. Bromfield ys. a bank with many branches, itsoli “As a rule, the American woman prominent in all investments that is unfair. She gives very little. it is able to recommend to others. She takes for granted that she is I admit that it is a great improve it, and the man let her get away ment that we should be financially with this almost every man in able to exploit investments that our America works himself to death. investigations have approved but "It is really astounding how consider that the expansion inte,

American men worship their many branches necessitated by women. They handle them as if their plans requires that a banker they were chlua doll goddesses. A of experience should enter, to guide tremendous reverence has been de such expansion. Among our map-veloped about the holiness of porters there are many such and there has been no difficulty in fnd ing such a man for the purpose.

Having this day therefore brought the organization to the point where the wheels go round, shall henceforth concentrate on that financial and trustee business originally planned by me, while banking business and branch man- ngements will be cared for by hands more experienced in banking than mine.

motherhood. After all, bearing children is but part of a woman's business. The thing has been go- ing on for some time."

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Not only men novelists but the women themselves are seeing the faulte of America's womanhood.

One of the shrewdest estimates Mias Mary Borden, whose satire ca

ret published of the political per New York society," Flamingos sonality of Mr. Winston Churchill. receiving much attention, thus appeared in The Banker, in the describes the American marriage: form of an article by his predeces

To allow oneself to be worship-sor at the Treasury, Mr. Philip ped was one of the obligations Snowden, M.P. Several letters of congratulations of the American woman. Mar Mr. Churchill," says Mr. Snow- from well known Chinese in various riage was a chilly, private chapel den, is the adventurer, the sol¦ E. é 0, Bank, parts of China, were then read by within whose walls a certain dier of fortune. An escapade has Fat Anis Bank Mr. Dung Gang Suk. Among the ritual went, on. The goddess, all

Canton Insurance on irresistible fascination for him. Finion Insurance letters were those from:-Mr. Laia-glitter with little jewels and It is related, with what truth I do North Chias las.

trinkets, and

attäred in not know, that when the Cabinet Yangtze Insurance gorgeous embroidered, mantle, were waiting for the last stroke of China Underwriters stood mockly in her shrine behind twelve which brought Great Britain China Fire Insurance. the lighted candles, while the into the war, he alone among his Hong Kong Fire Ins. poot mortal who adored her knelt colleagues was full of feverish ex- Douglases..... on the atones before her radiant citement. altar...

When the last nota Steamboats. Many of the men struck he is reported to have said: HK. Tngs got up from their knees to 'Now we are in it!' go to their offices and earn the him was a great adventure.

The war to Indo-China (Prat),

Do. (Def) Shell Transports... money necessary for the decor This etory, whether true or not, tion of their shrines. There was is typical of Mr. Churchil. It is Waterboala a great competition in shrines in

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the recklessness of his character, If same

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poor the love of excitement, the feverish Kailan Mining Ad.... rival goddess had more costly has in it the spice of risk and ad- Bhat, Explorations. { "138;

Dongle). The of boy, string of pearls than she, there venture which explain why he is

Yuen Hung, Former President of China, Peking: Mr. Fung Chung Kong, Minister to Germany, Peking; Mr. Fung Kam Kong, President of the Government Bazk of China, Peking; Mr. Cheung Wu, Minister of Finance, Peking; Mr. Kwok Chuen, Chief Manager of Wing On, Ltd, Hong Kong: Mr. To Chak Man, Assistant Manager Wing Oa, Ltd., Hong Kong; Mr. Kwok Lok, Chief Manager Wing On. Ltd., Shanghai; Bank of China, Hong Kong; Mr.. Mah Wing Chan, Manager of Sincere, Co., Ltd; Mr. Too Heng Mai, Manager Industrial and Commer- eial Bank; and Mr. Hai Chung, Chairman Chamber of Commerce, Macao.

The opening ceremony conclud- ed with complimentary speeches in Chinese, in which tributes were paid to the Chinese promoters and to Mr. Brewer.

The gathering then broke up and procceded upstairs, where a party was bold.

OLD CONVICT'S THREE HOUR SPEECH,

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WAH Es Were Premier. lender, Mexican bandit,

El Solo," a famous in the Conservative Party I do not "If Mr. Churchill had remained Numerous stories of "El Solo's!" doubt that he would to-day have daring have been handed down been Prime Minister, He has lar B.K. Electrics He derived hes nickname from his greater qualifications for that posi- Marac Electrics single-handed robberies, and it tion than any other member of the Telephones demana sangg known that he buried a large part presesit Governihent. But there is China Buses of his spoils Ve

always a lurking fear that his reck- Bingspors Tractions....... It is now believed that Signor lessness might land his Government China Sugars. Calderon his found one of these and the country into a deplorable Malabon Bugars secret hoefde.

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For three hours at the Old Bailey dressed the jury in his own defence to a charge of stealing a horse and He finished by saying that he had had to leave out a lot of points because he was tired of talking." Asked by Judge Atherley Jones, when the jury had found him guilty, if he had anything more to adů, Cuin anidi:

The jury have come to their conclusion on your direction. There is not one among them has

sense enough to understand it. (Laughter.)

Detective-Sergeant Horrell said that Cain was a man of violent character and the terror of Dept ford He had 58 convictions dat ing back to 1996, when he was given. 12 strokes with the lash for rob bery with violence,

He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.

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HE. Roper (old). of gold church ornaments

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THREE MURDERS IN LIGHT- HOUSE.

ON PERILOUS AFRICAN COAST.

TRIBESMEN ESCAPE ON CAMEL BACK.

PARIS- News has reached. Paris" of the murder by wandering desert tribes men, of the lighthouse keeper and his two assistants at Capt Blanco, on the West Coast of Afrien, in, i region which has recently become so unsafe that it is dangerous for Europeans to land there.

Dusk was

falling when vtwo Moors of the notorious Quel Delim tribe, whose members recently." carried off and tortured two French airmen who made a forced landing in their district, stealthily made their way into the lighthouse. They stole the rifle and ammuni tion of one of the keepers who was absent at the moment and entered. a room on the ground floor where another assistant was sleeping, Ab the sound of the that the shooting him dead in his bed

second assistant rushed up, only to be shot dead in his turn.

The head keeper was in the lamp | room, trimming bis Intern.

ran down and was also shot dead. as to reached the foot of the stairs

The Moors fed on a camel which they had untethered from a stake adjoining the desert-shore light

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As a result of the triple murder the lighthouse femained unlighted all that night, exposing many ships passing between European and West African porta, to grave danger. Martens we

When the crime was reported, next day to the French authorities. by the wife of one of the murder-s ed men aeroplanes were sent to sebur the country for trace of the murderers.

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