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GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, ICE HOUSS STREET.

Tel. Central No. 135.

Hong Kong.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,

THE SUN TAN FAD. WELCOMED BY DOCTORS.

[United Press.}

New York.--For once doctors of fashion and learning agree, for doctors hail the present nationwide sun-tan fad as healthful and biolo- giats expect it to provide material for further study "about the effect of sunlight on human skins and faces Beauty experts throughout : the United States sponsor the sun- tan to the extent that they have prepared a synthetic sun-tan which: can be acquired through the use of Bosmetics, thus enabling many to appear bronzed from distance.

However, there is no road to a healthy tan by the cosmetic route, nor can an actual, tan he acquired

short time. 3

Despite the urgency of fashionable persona de- siring an immediate cost of tan and those an limited vacations, the chemistry of the skin is indicerent 'to_speed.

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Thousands of people in the Unit ed States this summer, wanting a tanned skin to the extent of becom- ing sun worshippers, began to go to the beaches, tennis courts and golf links in mid-August rather than in May. Many have learned, after first nequiring a painful sun- Burn, that a sun-tan cannot be obtained quickly, and the best tans are those resulting from a slow, steady sunning process. both from viewpoints of health and appear ance.-United Press. "

There are THREE REASONS WHY we have been entrusted with the installation of

CENTRAL HEATING

HOT WATER & SANITARY SYSTEMS

at the following Institutions, etc. :-

SCHOOLS

St. Stephen's College

Diocesan Boys' School St. Stephen's Hostel

St. Stephen's Staff

Quarters

Repulse Bay Hotel

Mountain Lodge

Pallonjee House, Canton..

Stubb's Boad Garage

CLUBS

Hongkong Club

Hongkong Cricket Clab Hongkong Jockey Club U. B. Recreation Club Royal H.K. Golf Club

OTHER

Police Station, Sham Shui Po

FIRSTLY.

SECONDLY.

THIRDLY.

BUILDINGS

HOSPITALS

Victoria Hospital Matilda Hospital Alice Memorial Hospital New Tung Wah Hospital Nursing Home, Canton

Oriental Hotel, Canton Aigbarth Ball:

South China Morning Post Building Sisters' Quarters Matilda Hospital Branksome Towers

All systems are designed by experts thoroughly acquainted with local conditions and requirements.

All work executed by our own staff, thereby eliminating scamped work caused by sub-letting.

systems

We do not interest ourselves in so called "cheap" jobs, all being designed to reduce maintenance charges to an absolute

minimum.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Builduigs.

Synole

THE COLOURWASH

For or 150 YEARS the V. E. & C. same has stood for VARNISHES & PAINTS that

inexpensive hund never shoug

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Telephone O. 1030.

Paste

temper

SHADES

Agents :

S. C. LAY & CO.

Alexandra Building Telephone Central 763

WILKINSON, HEYWOOD

SHANGHAI-HONGKONG

CLARK

ANY LETTERS FOR

'YOU?

UNCLAIMED CORRESPON- DENCE, ETC., AT THE G.P.O.

THE OFFICIAL LIST FOR SATURDAY.

A General Post Office notification issued ea Saturday, gives the following particulars with regard to adlaimed correspondence, etc, waiting at the Post Office, and also unclaimed radio telegrams at the Radio Telegraph Office:-

OCTOBER 114, 1929.

MALCOLM SCOTT DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.

DEAD.

MAN WHO MADE" TWO QUEENS LAUGH.

·Buyers Bailers Salon Nominal

1

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12.

CAREER STARTED AS PEANUT.SELLER.

Malcolm Scott, the famous dame inedian, died last month at The Pines, Valebridge Road, Burgess Hill, Sussex.

$600

$21

T100

He was 6fty-seven years of age. and had suffered for more than two years from a throat infection caused by a malignant growth in the chest. His illness forced him to retire from 350 the stage, but until recently he was a popular feature of the wireless $310 broadcasting programmes,

He was a brather of the late Admiral Sir Percy Scott, and the son of a doctor who died leaving a young family,

Buyers Beliers

BANKS

H.K. Banka

........ 81,370

Do. (London) ... Chartered Banks... Mercantile Bks. "A"

Du.

W

Salen

£34 215

$1,470

$1,370

£1993

1e31 (E10)

$90

Bank of East Asia...

Insurancsa

Canton Ins.

$700

$2.40

$375/90

Underwriters......

$2.45

$2.35

North China

Union Ins.

T160- $375.

M.850

Yangtazo Ina.

360

Chins Fires...

$330

BAL

H.K. Fires.

3810 8840

Shipping

$$7

Douglases

$25

Steamboats

Indos (prot.)

$70

Do. (def.)......

97,6

Shell Transports

350 $00 100/

$99

Water-boats

$213

829

BAIB

Malcolm went to Canada to be- 96 come a farmer, but earned his liv. ing as a boy by selling peanuts on the trains, and later as an assist- ant in a Montreal jewellers' shop.

He then became, Grat, a con) mer- chant in Hounslow, and afterwards a tobacconist at Brighton,

First Triumph.

Poste Restante Correspondence. James Bust, H. "H.. Bristow, A. D. Blackburn, G. Bofia, E, Batger, Mons, Chalonski, JW. O. David son, A. E. Eastes, W. Frame (m.v. Daga), R. Ford (m.y. Daga), Mr. and Mrs. H. Le Fevre, J. Hough- ney (s.s. Barrgrove), Dr. H. Hirs chi, Han Gin, C. C. L. Kuo (Nat. Past. Research Academy), C. R. Lee, Leong Seng Hin & Co., M. G. Marriott. J. MacCallum (Sis Daga), H. Mattson, Mrs. H. Mihai, WM. Mason, J. R. Morse, Mr. Maitland (s.s. City of New York), Odeon China Co. Ltd.. Charles Potter, Swani Pury (Maugal Anand), C. S. Paget, A. J. Robert son, Dean Rath. Mrs. R. M. Rutter, Col. V, P. Roach, J P.. Rice, W. A. Shaw, J. F. Steiner, Mrs. Wof each year at the Palace and Stewart, Miss Schmidt, G. H. Tay lour. R. Todd (m.v. Daga), W. P. W. Turner, E, Taylor (as. Hamp stend), F. W. Vickery, R. Viner, Capt. E. Waitnick, "Mrs. A. D. Whiless, Mrs. H .Wilka, Wu Lien Teb. Capt. Wiles.. (s.s. Daga), R. W. Weaver..

Unpaid Correspondence.

L. B. Archer (H.K. Hotel), Ed. P. Klott. Miss Annie Lee, H. M. Snyder (H.K. Hotel), R. B. Sylvia.

Registered Articles.

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M. S. Bluids. H. Cers. A. Dumas. Mrs. H. "Gutierrez, Mrs. J. M. Heary, Lau Chun Piu, Lau Kam Cham, Leong Song Hin & Co. I. Nudano, A. H. Stewart, Wan An (Chinese gunbont), Charles Wong.

UNCLAIMED RADIO

TELEGRAMS. ---

Pres. Jefferso11.

Address.

From. Sin Seng, 34 Borham Rd. ...Chelon. China Pink, first floor, No. 9,

Pottinger Street Central ...... Leong Chan, Haing

Jee Wong Goo Hotel, Thaingoon St.

.......... Medan. No. 416, Shanghai St.,

Kowloon

Suntow, No. 1313, Hong Kong Carton. Antonio Mellan, Peninsula

Hotel

* Pre. Lincoln.

ALBERTA'S PROVINCIAL

PARK.

SCHEME MAKES HEADWAY.

"D'P." Special Service.]

His great opportunity came when he appeared at the London Pavi. lion in the place of Daa Leno, who was taken ill. He was so success. ful that he was given a ten years' 21/ contract to appear for six mouths

Pavilion Theatres in London,

$48

Mining

Benquets..

Kailana

$31

63/8

T.18

Langkats (comb.)

T.16

Tip

Da (single).

T.10

(T.1

Explorations..

T.1

T.O

Shanghai Loans

T.

201

Raubs......

Tronoh Mines ......11.

Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, etc.

1431/6

H.K.K. Wharfs

$146

Providents".

$5.30 $5.50 $6,15/

$321

H.K. Docks

$39

T14

TB

On one occasion he was mistaken for a Suffragette when making his 8146 way dressed in women's clothes to 851

Parliamentary dinner to the then Mr. Asquith, so perfect was hia 141 disguise.

T.8) His female impersonations were T.190 world-renowned, It is said that" Queen Alexandra and the Empress of Russia, who occupied a box at a theatre whore he was performing. were greatly amused when he re marked: Strange that all we T12.30 queens should be together," when The won giving his famous character

sketch of Queen Bess.

Great Generosity.

T.102

Bernard Shaw, on hearing of hia $661 tragic illness, wrote to him "We are all sentenced to death from the #8.34 moment of our "birth,

You are $14.50 certainly going to die-so am I- hut any man who thinks he can fix the date mistakes himself for God Almighty, a common medical error.

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T.72

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$98

Shanghai Docks New Engineerings

Hongkers ......

Cotton Mills

Ewoi

Shai. Ctons (old)...

Do.

Zvong Bings

Lands, Hotels and

Buildinga

HK Lands ----·|·$864.

(new)...

$22

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20.00

$67

[$9.80%(9)

883/67

H.K. & S. Hotels

$9.75 | $0.90 | 39.80/.|90

$671

T.160

Shanghai Lands....

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H.K. Realtys

$81

Humphreys 814.70

$14.70

Chinese Estates...

Public Utilities

$194

Da (new) Star

Ferrier

$11.80 Peak Trams (old)...$11.65 $8.05

$5

C. Lights (old)...... $13,95

Tramways..... 3199

18101/2

$701

314

$1355

2631

8634

821

You now have the great advantage $191

of knowing that the doctors cannot cure you which leaves you free to 870 look to yourself."

$13.85 Malcolm Scott was a man of great 81365 generosity, and at one time it was #631 his habit to purchase the stocks of $23 coffee stails on the Embankment and other parts of London and give 87.85 without disclosing his identity. awny refreshments to the poor T.15

GIRL TARZAN SHOT.

HUNTER'S AMAZING

DISCOVERY.

20%-

Seeing what he took to be a $860 group of large apes in some trees, German hunter in the, Cameroon district raised his rifle and shot 55

To his horror he saw an unclo

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Do. (new) $14.66 H.K. Electrics

Macao do.

Sandakan Lights.

Telephones.usade

China Basca.......... Tractions

Do. (prof.).

Industrials

Caldbock, (ord.) | Macgregor (pret.) Canton Ice

Cements (comb)...11.15

Do

Ropes

$7.80%

T.11 T.10

811,20 $8

1 81//30

11.10/30

(old) 89.16

(new)... 39

$2.40

582

$8.50

$9.50

80.96

China Sugars.

827

Malabon Sugars

United Asbestos

Miscellaneous

Dairy Farms... $214

20.80

Der A. Wings.....

$0.50

£30

Amusements

$30

81.10

Constructions

81.10

B11

Lane Crawfords -- $11

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Do.

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prem.

Edmonton, Alta.-Characterized one. by Premier Brownice as the first thed, half-human girl, with blonde step in the establishment of a chain of public parks and play hair, tumble out of the branches $21 grounds that will eventually take and fall to the ground, while the in the various parts of the province, and minister aubstantially to the comfort and pleasure of life in Al berta, a 17-acre site has been pur chased by the provincial Govern ment, at Aspen beach, Gull lake, northwest of Red Deer.

Apes, seared by the shot ran away, The strange creature, who had been that above the heart, died a few. minutes later.

This is the remarkable drama of

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the jungle disclosed by the monthly report of the agent of a German 8111 plantation firm which is causing widespread speculation among African travellers and explorers

Just before the ape-girl died the hunter states, she made. a number of uncouth noises like those of a chimpanzee.

II. L. Seymour, government town planning directer, is preparing plans for the development scheme, which will be carried out with due regard both to aesthetic and recreational values, The present intention is to develop the rear of the Gull Lake area as a public

There were no tatto marks on the park, while the front portion will body, as is the custom with native give bathing and boating enthusi-white girl who had been brought women, and he concluded she was asts free access to the water.

Premier Brownlee states that the Gull lake project will be by way of experiment and that the experi

ence gained there will be a guide for future developments. It is in- teresting to note that in addition to the land purchased by the pro vinee the village council has donat ed seven lots to be incorporated into the proposed park area, An indication that public interest in the scheme is assuming practical expression.

Premier Brownice early this sum-

Mackintoshs

"Nanyang Tobacco...$4

Sinceres (old)....... 810.25

(new) { $9.76 Wateons.... 911301 Wm. Powelle 84. B. Ind. G.8 Bonds...

H.K. Gort. Loan

PASSENGERS.

Departures.

Saturday by the P. & 0, 5.5. Kar

The following passengers left on

mala, for London, via parts:-

up with the apes since childhood. place to discover if the girl could Lieut. G. Byam Shaw, R.N., Miss

Investigations are now taking

Copenhagen explorer, "Louis Ber- F. Brandt, Master J. Brandt, Mas possibly be a daughter of the Buchan, Mra, R. T. Brandt, Master tolli, who was lost with his wife ter 8. Brandt, Miss A. Bideau, Mr. in the jungle 14 years ago, and bas never been heard of since. C. Burgess, Mr. W. J. Belcher, Mrs. Anxious to investigate reports of E. W. Carpenter and infant, Miza an unusual type of ape, Bertelli organized an expedition from Leo-D. M. Carpenter, Mrs. B. W. with his wife and natives as run- Mrs. J. A. Crossland and child, noldville, in the Belgian Congo. Cahusuc and two children, Mr. and

ners be pushed into the jungle.

mer announced the appointment of Not a soul of the expedition ever Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Chang and in- 3 committee to investigate park returned to civilisation. development in the province, its

personne consisting of J. D. Ro-

"HIS WIFE AT HOME."

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#107

THE TIME" FOR

BLANKETS

18 HERE, BUT WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THEM?

CH HALL, EVERY MONDAY and MEMBERS of the Committee at- tend at the Society's Room. THURSDAY, at 10.30, to receive GIFTS of BLANKETS, Part-wors. Clothing, etc.

HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. (Ear. 1880.)

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SHIPPING MOVEMENTŞ,

fant, Mrs. Dixon, Mr. G. F. Glen, Mr. B. Harialmal, Miss H. G. Hewat, Mia C. Jonen. Mr. F. Layland, Mr. K. S. Liy, fr. N. N. Hong Kong, arrived Marseilles on Johnston, Miss V. King, Mrs. J. M. The T.&O. .. Mores, from Lalwani, Mr. M. Matheson, Miss A, the 11th October, 11 a.m. Master and Miss Mahitani, Mr. Karrived at Shanghai on Friday and Matheson, Mr. and Mrs. Mahitani, The R.M.8. Empress of Russia F. Mayer, Mr. and Mra, F. Pali. left on Saturday. She was due at Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rhodes, Mr. Nagasaki yesterday and leaves to- E. V. Roby, Mr. and Mrs. R. day at 6 am. Rodgers, Mr. C. M. Shilcock, Mr. The mv. Canton (Swedish East and ire, AH, Storkes, Master F. Asiatic Co., Ltd.) left Hamburg on Stoakes, Miss C. Stonham, Mr. G. the, 6th October, and is due here on

bertso, deputy minister of public SHOCK FOR A HUSBAND. works, as chairman, H. L Seymour and R. Andrew Smith. This was subsequent to the generous offer 1HOUGHT HE COULD ASSAULT made by the Calgary Power Com- pany to donate land for a public park and summer resort. on the new artificial lake created by its A man arrested at Kingston for Chost River power development, 37 assaulting his wife said: You can- miles west of Calgary. It is now. not charge me because it was done intimated that Ghost River is an- on my own proerty. other place about to receive atten- The chairman of the Kingston Szryro, Staff Capt. and Mrs. H. Jor about November: 18.** tion from the beautificationmagistrates after hearing the Salisbury and infant, Misses E. and The Norddeutscher Lloyd'e' s.s. branch of the government and that evidence, Mid: You have

a. Salisbury. Mr. M. S. Tchinose, Franken left Shanghai on the 12th the scheme for a chain of provinci wrong impression that you can Miss L. Toohey, Mrs. R. Thomson, 1 October, and is expected here on al parks has advanced to the stage do what you like to your wife on L.-Comdr. O, C. Warner, R.N., the morning of October 15.. where a list of suitable places has your own premises. Get that out Mra. O. C. Warner, Mr. E. M.. will sail for Europe via Singapore been prepared and options secured of your head, and pay a fine of 12 Whitby Mr. W. G. M. Wilson, and and ports on the same day (Octo- on some of the sites.

Mr. W. II. Williams,

ber 13),

and 10s. 6d. doctor's fee.

She