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MASON'S

DELICIOUS

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SAUCE.

No. 22,439

Court

Hongkong Daily Press.

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SUNDAY, 29 JUNE.

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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1930. EN +ƑÆÂ Price}

UNDER

High-Brow Horace.

This week I am going to make an effort to keep off the painful subject of dellars. There are plenty of other topics-all equally cheer, ful Frinstance, the duty on light hydro-carbon oils. Also the in- creased cost of Solanacem Nicotiana Tabacum both in its raw and manu- factured state. (I don't see why shag should not be given a high sounding name-probably the wrong one-if petrol is to be called a light

·bydro-carbon pil. Fancy going up to the garage and, instead of yell- ing

Gimme some gas!". Say- ing: Horace, kindly replenish the temporarily emptied receptacle for hydro-carbonaceous liquid 1"

-

H.C.L. Problem Solved.

"How

I met my old friend Jonesmith the other day, looking not the least it worried about the grave finan- cial crisis through which we are passing. "Well, old man," said I,

how's things 1" "Not too bad,"" he replied. Business good I inquired.. "Ilaven't done a darned thing for months," said he. come?" said I; "you don't look at all bad for a man, who is doing nothing! You seem to be getting fat on it! How do you manage to carry on if you have done no buai- for montas?" Jonesmith smiled blandly, "My boy," said be, I'm living on the interest of my overdral!" Living on the in. terest of his over-oh, beek! this -currency business is much too much"

neis

for me..

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buy.

THE

BY J. PENN.

PUNKAH..

paper in the other, en which (the Smoke Nuisance. †

But it is not about dollars that paper, not the hand) is written the child to

I want to be writing. Let's change what mother wants

the subject. Since the new duties The grocer reads the mes were put on tobacco, I have found, säge, takes the shilling and gives people less inclined to say:"Have the child the goods long handspers for anybody asking and the change in the other. As the youngster leaves the shop, the "grocer discovers-to his deep dis- tress he has cot given the child the right change. It was a penny short-in his favour.

The youngster is already crossing the street. The honest grocer can- aot leave the shop unattended. How can he attract the pair wee bairn's attention? B tapping He does. With a sponge. He was an vigorously on the window!

Aberdonian

خوت

A Word of Warning,

An Ingenious Scheme.

to have a cigar these days- you might as well expect a man to ask you to oblige him by taking a dozer Bank shares off his hands as & gift. As a matter of fact, how. ever, I was given a cigar the other lay-at. least, it looked like one. and I t up and puffed it in all good faith, and in A well-known Billiard room. About "hol way through the fragrant weed the up and asked me whether I could manager of the establishment came

tall him anything about the rules and regulations relating to noxious trades.

some

I replied-puff, puff!-no, I had no special information-puff on the point-puff, puff!-but could probably ascertain certain broad of my facts-puff-from friends in Government Service- puff, puff-but why the query? Well," said the hotel manage", it's that tailor fellow down be low-saif we can always te." -sniff, eniff when he's press'ag And pants sniff, sniff, stiff!! as he turned away he seemed to cast a haneful look at my cigar- puff poof But, as I explained afterwards, you can't expect any body to give away a cigar these days that is really worth smoking.

"Is that

Mr.

I hear reports of the activity of some Bright Young People in this Colony-you know," gato crashing and fortune-buoting, sad. all that sort of jelly old rot, what 7 Well, just a word to the wise is sufficient, so in this case let us use more than one word, and point out that if Bright Young People do make themselves a nuisance to Less Sein- tillating Folk, there are ways and means of setting already establish ed judicial machinery in motion which, though it may creak a bit at first through having been out of action for a time, can and will make any right Young Person of either sex it up and take notice, How Many Beats to the Bar?

"I don't know why it is," said and promise to be a very good little boy (or girl) in future. AnyMrs. Woffle to Mrs. Boggle, bat way, seeking buried cryptic clues to my husband has developed a great a hidden fortune is not worth while liking for music, lately.' there days unless this secreted so" said Mrs Boggle to Mis. hoard is in FV dollars and I Wofile, and so has mine."

W. looked surprised, and asked:- don't mean Flaming Violet.

I suppose it's the wireless he is food of " to which Mrs. B. re- plied: O, no; it's the baad recitals he likes." "You don't say sa!" said Mrs. W. "Now, that a strange! You know, my husband is also frightfully keen on these band concerts wouldn't mise one evolved a very bright idea for him to take me to a music recital double stabilisation of the dollar., in the City Hall" "Just like M. All his outward payments are fixed Boggle," said Mrs. B.; "he simply at 55, to the dollar; all inward vill not go to a concert over in- remittances are stabilised at F.V. town, but these open-air recitals-- dollar worth one shilling. You see he simply loves them, and com- how simply this scheme works. He plains that there are not enough of wants to settle an account in Lon them to satisfy

He i music." don, amounting, say, to £10. femits 840 (at 58. each) and the debt is fully liquidated! A man in Mrs. Woffle sighed. "Yes, my Edinburgh — no, let's any Brad dear, I quite understand. Mine is our friend in Hong just the same. 1. think we married ford - owes Kang 10. He converts that sum ladies should draw up a petition into dollars at the F.V. (fixed to the Bishop or whoever it is villainously) rate of 18. to the getting up these affairs, asking that dollar, and there's two hundred a certain number of tables be pro- bucks added to the little old cur-į vided on the ground to which light rent account, on which they are refreshments might be brought by only going to pay us one per cent. the club-boys. That would save interest in future instead of two, our poor husbands from tiring Really, what with cutting down this themselves out so much on a hot and increasing that, life soon will night running backward and for be not worth living-If it ever was." | ward carrying cool drinks for us !**

Reverting for a moment" (if I may) to the subject of currency, my friend Bill Stickers-you know, that bloke who for some reason is always to be but never is prosecut.

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The One Topic.

Dash it! I knew something would be bound to creep into these notes about dollars. It is an extra-ed-tells me that a pal of his basi for anything-yet I can nëver get Host Delightful Oldworld Town.

ordinary thing, but no matter what subject you start a conversation on these days, in five minutes or so you find yourself yapping about currency-nos that you know any thing at all about it, nor does the other fellow," for that matter, but in these days you simply have to gabble about parity, and, stabiliz- ing, and silver values in gold and gold values" in terms of silver. And since we seem to have drifted on to this topic of currency, here is a problem for you to puzzle out.

An Honest Grocer.

A child goes into a shop with shillling in one hand and a slip of

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To-day.

(June 21.)

Queen's Theatre: "Big, Time."! World Theatre: "Gigalo

(Chi

nese Film, "Unrequited Love

at

2.30 and 7.15 p.m.)......

of

Star Theatre: " Woman Affairs."

Central Theatre: **The Love Parade."

Tennis:-"B" Division: M.B.K. RE.SC., Recreio v. 0.0.0, C.R.C.C.8.C.C., Nippon Club

his thirst for

World Theatre: "Clear the Deck" (Chinese Film, Reminiscence of Peking, at 2:30 and 7.15 p.m.).

Star Theatre; “Two Arabian Theatre:"The Love

European Mails: Inward: Europe via. Siberia (Siberia Maru). Outward: Europe rid Marseilles (Ranpura), 10.30 am.

Tides: High, 5.38 a.m. and 5.04 | Knights." Central p.m.; Low, 11.56 am and 11.36

Parade." p.m.

Water Polo.-1st Div.: Somersets V.R.C.; 2nd Div.: Kowloon 8.0. Fukien Club..

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(June 22.)

Golf: Bogey Pool.

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P.M. P. Low, 12.59 a.m. and 12,09 p.m. Queen's Theatre: "A Song of Kentucky,"

v. KC.C., B.C.A.A. . H.E.C.O., Central Theatre: "The Love U.S.R.C.. Y.M.C.A. University Parade"

T.C.. I.R.C. 0 Division: World Theatre: "Clear the Deck" I.R.C. .K.I.T.C., C.S.0.0..(Chinese Film, Reminiscence of Nippon Club.

Peking, at 2.20 and 7.15 p.m.). Lawn Bowls:-Ist Division: Star Theatre: Two Arabian Craigongower 0.0. Kowloon Knights." Docks R.C., Kowloon B.G.C. v. Kowloon C.C., Club de Recreio Police R.C., Taikoo

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5.-Roast Leg of Veal and Dressing

6.--Cold Bologna, Potato Bulado.5.0.0.

7-Roast Potatoes

9.-Long Beans

10.-Biscuit Glacé

11. Fruit 12.-Tea 13,-Coffee

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Golf: Bogey Pool.

Tea Dance: Peninsula Hotel. 5

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Dinner Davos: Repulse Bay Hotel 8 p.m.

European Mails:-Ontward: Europe vid Siberia (Haruna Maru) 9 a.m. (superscribed correspondence only).

Rizal Birthday Celebration at The Filipino Club, 8 p.m. al Fresco Concert and Dance.

(June 23:)

יין

Extraordinary General Meeting

Tides: High, 6.33.4.m. and 7.33 p.m.; Low, 12.00 a.m. and 152 p.m

European Mails:-Outward: Europe vid-Siberia (Pres. Lineca) e p.m. (superscribed correspondence only).

Tuesday. (June 24.) Queen's Theatre: "A Song of Sanitary Board Meeting. Kentucky."

World Theatre: "Clear the Deck" (Chinese Film, Reminiscenco..of:

at 2.30 and 7.15 pm.). Peking

Star Theatre; Two Arcbian

Parade."

Tides-High, 7.06; a.m. and 8.33. of HK. Jockey Club Annual meetp.m. Low, 12.41-a.m. and 2.38 p.m. ing of Peak Cinbalap te European Mails:-O at w'azd: Queen's Theatre: A Song of Europe vid Marseilles (Diomed), Kentucky."

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