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MASON'S

DELICIOUS

O.K.

SAUCE.

Hygienic Because Machine Squeered

Supreme Court

Hongkong Daily Press.

ESTABLISHED 1857.

Registered at Newspaper at the General

Post Office in the United Kingdom.

2.492 號弍拾玖百肆仟式萬弍第 日玖廿月閏年午庚 HONG KONG. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930. 陸拜菜 日叁廿月挝年世百九仟登英 Price

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ORANGE SQUASH

Made from

ORANGES AND LEMONS

WHAT COULD BE MORE HEALTHFUL?

Made from Fruit Juice, crushed from selected fresh tres-ripened fruit and cane sugar. No need to bother with home-mads Squash,

NOTHING EQUALS

KIA-ORA

LEMON AND · ORANGE

SO ECONOMICAL-JUST ADD WATER

Obtainable from all

Stores and from

the Sole Agents:-

CALDBECK MACGREGOR & CO., LTD." (C

(Lacorporated under the Compnales Ordinance of Hong Kong)

Prince's Building -

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HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.

JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD., AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO.,LTD.

HONG KONG-CANTON LINE.

Stadayı

(Bundsys

Ballings from Hong Kong Daily, at8AM. & 10.00P.M.),

{10.00 ..only) Bailings from Canton: Daily, at 8 AM & 4.30 FM450 PM only

HONG KONG TINE."

SAILINGS From HONG KONG-Daily at 8 am. & 2 p.m. (Bandays excapted) BAILINGS From MA QA U- Daily at 8 am. & 3pm. (Sundays excepted)

EXCURSIONS TO MACAO:-

SUNDAY, 24TH AUGUST,

8.8. "SUI TAI "

Will depart from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf at 9 AM. and from Macao at 4.00 PM

Not-All Steamboat Company's Steamers are fitted with Wireless.

TELL THE SHROFF

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ARTS & CRAFTS

FURNISHERS & DECORATORS

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Where to have Tiffin To-day?

LANE CRAWFORD'S

RESTAURANT.

MENU.

To-day's Tiffin $1.35

Chicken, and Okros Soup

2. Cold Pickled Fish

3. Scrambled Ox-brain and Egg on Toast

--Grilled Veil Chop and i

Baratoga Chipe

Boast Capon and Sausage

Cold Corned Beef, Potato Balad

7.-Roast Potatoes

8-Boiled Potatoes

10.-Long Beans

12.--Fruit 18.--Tou

UNDER THE

PUNKAH.

Br J PENN.

Why Do the Heathen Rage? -

The box door opened, the atten- dant pushed us in and whispered Clergymen and cricketers have been well in the limelight lately, apologetically to ma: "Woe but these fiercely raging controverter be careful, yer know, sir. sies leave me absolutely cold-or

When the door, was shut my wife

at least as cold as anybody can be said: "Good job he didn't notice

in Hong Kong these days. What's wam't wearing my ring. I left wrong with the Cathedral?" de it with mother!?

mands 'one. "What's wrong with

our cricket?" cackles.

pairs of gloves have been present- ed as gifts to men who were well able to purchase such articles for themselves. It is all very well to say this sort of thing only happens once in a while. That is not the point. It is the principle of the thing we must look ah I am pre- pared to compromise, however, if

it is considered that the custom should be continued. Let the pub- lie act of presentation he perform.

another. And the gentleman who tells that fed, but subsequently let the re-

"Wot's the good, of ennythink!"story is a parson ! asked poor old Albert Chevalier;

“Why, nuffink!'' For myself, I Our Harbour. must confess to not being in the Anybody seen or heard anything least interested whether West of the Axe Men lately?" Last time Bromwich or Tottenham win theI heard of their activities they County Championship, nor do I were being measured for diving care any sort of a dam or dama suits, and the rumour was that they how many goals Bobby Jones makes were preparing to investigate the or how many wickets Bradman activities of the Harbour Office. allows to slip past him.

Evidently they intend to look be- low the surface of things. I hear, But in a strictly academic way I too, that arrangements are being was interested in Sutcliffe's ex-made for a grand naval review of pinnation that, while the light was all the sampans, junks, tugs, quite good at one end of the pitch, it was really frightfully bad at the other. That story brought back. many memories of dear old Eng land and its climate vagaries. I remember once going to football match at the Stadium, and at one edd ground 'twere so hot a bloke were selling ice-cream while a 'tother was so cold a bloke were dealing out baked chestnuts still have some of them to this very day-my souvenirs, just to convince, anybody who doubts the story.

An Embarrassing Moment,

cipient of the gloves return them to be washed, ironed, and put away in camphor in readiness for the next occasion, Thus will procedent be maintained so far as alo custom is concerned, but the Treasury will not have to meet the continual demand upon its limited resources which has been recorded during the past twenty-five years.

Fun For Fifty dents.

Editor complaiced of some of the I noticed the other day that the

slanguage used by writers in D.X. Having borrowed the Editor's copy being able to take my usual out- of this new publication, and not

door exercise on Thursday, owing to the rain, I had a critical lock of it was too deep for me to enjoy. at D.X. and must confess that most.

But a neat little obituary notice caught my eye, and made me smile:-

Poor old, Bill is gone at last, His note is heard, no more. For what be drank as H2O. Was H2SO4.

launches, speed-boats, and other craft operated by that Department. This will be a great spectacle, and during the afternoon's proceedings demonstrations will be given by marine surveyors of the expert manner in which they can change out of Palm Beach suits and trock- coats into dungarees in less than two minutes while a mater-boat is Iracing through the water at 83.7 Chuckling over this, I turned m.phThe will be a thrilling another little effort in rhyme which over the page and came across sight, but the climax of the enter: I hope the Editor of D.X. will tainment will be reached when, thenes mind me quoting for the benc Kau Sing gives her famous imita- fit of a public which does not know, tion of a double-ended, twin-screw lifeboat, jewelled in four holes, and fitted with compensation bal-

ance.«

Why White Gloves?

Te-

the fun there is concealed in its pages:-

I walked through a gravelcas

churchyard,

And entered a porchless church, Found the place in a leafless

prayerbook

After what seemed

search.

endless

I gazed at a priestless pulpit, As I sat in an aisleless nare," And yawned at a senseless ser

ΤΟΣ,

Here is a true story--not one of mine-naturally-ED.] but I relate it in the first person because it reads more interestingly. The scene is England at the seaside. A swelteringly hot `afternoon - for

Since nobody else appears in once. My wife and I had left our clined to speak up on behalf of the jewellery" with her parents, who poor, long-suffering taxpayer, I were settled on the beach. The will. For how much longer is "our bathing-boxes were. crowded. I money to be squandered on pushed and shoved, attempted to plenishing the private wardrobes of bribe the attendant, all to no pur certain judicial officers ? If this pose. Ultimately we took up a sort of thing is allowed to go on position outside a box and waited without protest, the next thing will for the present owner to retara.be presentations of white socks. He came at last and we settled white shoes, white shirts, white down to another short, wait. After waistcoats, and white suite. Why about five minutes the attendant should we be called upon to pro- hore down on us.

"You waiting fer this box?" heide white gloves for anybody in receipt of a living wage'f I hope the Retrenchment Committee will yeah, huddies, they were all hot- give this matter the most searching up and ready to swoop," I decided investigation, and make a strong powers of comprehension and turn. that D.I was too much for my recommendation thereanent. It aped with relief to my favourite hed pears, that during the last quarter side book, Burton's "Anatomy of of a century no fewer than five Melancholy.” !

asked.

"Yes," I said. "We" I point ed to my wife, are going to share it." He eyed us suspiciously

Married?" he demanded. We blusbed furiously. When I could find my tongue I retorted: 01 course!"

Which a cone loudspeaker gave, A useless collection was taken, To pay for a pointless flag, And I added a worthless dollar, To an otherwise coinless bag. Then I joined in a choirlesa

anthem. And echoed a voiceless prayer. And after a wireless blessing- Woke up in my old armchair.

But when I started to read other likely-locking articles, and found such strange expressions asham radio," "hell popped aplenty." and

Diary of Coming Events.

-To-day,

(August 23.) gr

Sunday, (August 24.)

Queen's Theatre Dames Aboy," Queen's Theatre: World Theatre:"" Redeeming Moments."

Sin.

Star Theatre: "Senorita." Central Theatre: Illusion." Majestic Theatre: What Hap pened to Father:

Baseball: Filipinas v. Japanese, Lawn Bowls 1st Div.: Craigen-

barassing

World Theatre: “Legendary. Vixen (Chinese film),

Water Polo 1st Div... Kowloon S.C. v. Royal Navy.

Tides: High, 10.3 a.m. and 11.06 p.m.; Low; 3.25 am, and 4.50 p.m.

"Tuesday"` (August 26.). Queen's Theatre: Momenta".

Star Theatre Tillie the Toiler," Central Theatre:"The Four Feathers."

Baseball South, China . Kinoras World Theatre: "Tides: High, 9.09 m. and 19.29 | Vixen" (Chinese film), gower Taikoo, Kowloon 0.0p.m. Low, 2.33 a.m. and 4.16 p.m. Civil Service, Kowloon Dock v. Folice, Bowling Green . Recreio. 2nd Div. Taikoo Craigengower, Civil Service w. Kowloon C.C., Re- creio v. Bowling Green, Yacht Club

Electric R.C

Tea Dance: Peninsula Hotel, 5

Monday.

(August 23.)

Queen's Theatre:" Embarassing Maments.

Embarassing

Legendary

Star Theatre- Fashions for Women

Central Theatre' The Tour Feathers"

Lammert's Auction of Furnituro Fat Nos. 3 and 4, The "Albany, com-

World Theatre: Legendary mencing 10.30 6.m

Feathers

Janne Pangngula Hot

p.m

Vixen " - (Chinese flu Dinner Dance! Répuise Bay nuter, 8,30 pm Berklär

European Mail, Inveru÷Zurope, ria Siberia (Pres. Polk) Outward?” Europe vid Marseilles (Kamo | Lamu Maru), 9.30 a.m.; Europe vid Vic- toria, BC (Protesiiaus), 10.30 s,m,mencing 10.30- Coffee Tides: High, 8.13 a.m. and 10.10 Dinner Dance: Hong Kong Hotel Tides High, 10.50 a.m. and 11.38

pita, Low, 137 am and 3.30 p.m. 8.30

415-nm-and-6,24-p,m-

Auction of

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