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Colony's water supply: Agures for March.

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Extradition case, at Magistracy.

The licenses of Messrs. Nam Hing Loong, was discharged on charges. against the Liquor Ordinance.

Piga 7. The H.K.V.D.C.'s annual inspee- tion by the G.0.C. was held yester-

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The coloured plates by A. M. Huones are works of art, and while the true book lover hates to Why, I gave you five pounds yes. tear out anything, we have no doulst

terday.

y." ́" Yes, dear; but I bought new hat with it." "Good, many of these pictures of local birds a will be duly framed by ornitholo-konvensi Dora money always go to

your head like that 7" gists, Seaweeds, Molluscan shells, the Chinese Bulbul, Photography: London's £1,750,000. Hotol. Kowloon Waterworks and locali orchidaca are some of the subjects of articles. Bound volumes of the The family of the Inte Mr. K. C. Hong Kong Naturalist must make

LAU tender their sincere thanks to relatives and friends for a charming addition to any library, floral tributes and for the ex- and the work is in the true tradi- pressions of sympathy, in theirtion of the "Natural History of sad bereavement, and also to Selborne." Dr. HERRLOTA is also Better Times for Babies. those who attended the funeral.

responsible. for Occasional Notes All those who banoan the frivo of the Hong Kong Horticultural, the short skirts, the lipstick, a restless movement or by the sleep. 1

cocktails and pillion-riding of theor turning over. These are fewer Sport. Society." This is a less ambitious young women of to-day ought to be when no one else is in the room,” Y.Editorial and Business Offices: 11. production that The Naturalists, snowhat disconcerted by some offi

cial figures. 3'bosa show that habies but the spirit of the real plant do not die at the rate they did in lover pervades its pages, and thera) the old days of long skirts, staying- is practical advice for our garden-at-home and much cradle rocking The much lauded Victorian mother, ing enthusinata. It is a new pub on the whole, know less about keep- lication and we take this opportung babies healthy than the young

woman of to-day docs. nity of wishing Dr. HARLOTS, every success with his venture.

have aramed the Distributorship for of very superior quality

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Enquiries for Delivery of Cars in other grown and bottled by

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Particulara of Re-purchase Terms, etc.,

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IN THE SUPREME COURT of HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

In

THE GOODS or VYVYAN D'OYLY WINTLE, LATB or DUALLY COURT, 73, THE AVENUE EASTBOURNE, IN THE COUNTY OF BUSS21, FORMERLY

OF $7, ÜLEMINte Lane, in tÛR CITY OF LONDON, IN TEX UNITED KINODON, DRUKAMED,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Court has, by virtue

of the Provisions of Seation 88 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Order' limiting the Time for Credilars and

Anto R. Riuz

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de

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selected.

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, APRIL 10, 1931,

will bathe the drooping LITERARY HỌNG KONG.

spirit in delight

others to send in their Claims against Beyond the

the abova Esteto to

MAY, 1931.

DAY GJ

All Creditors and others are accord- ingly hereby required to send their Clime to the Undersigned on or before that Date.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Executora 1, De Veaux Road Central,

Hong Kong.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT of HONG KONG.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

1x Tue foops or FREDERICK LEONARD PYNE LATE OF The FURZE CORDAMPTON ROAD,

PORE DOWN HILL BOURNEMOUTH, IN THE COUNTY OF HANTS, FORMERLY OF 8, FAWCETT STREET: REDCLIFFE Gardens KenlinOTON, IN THE COUNTY OP MIDDLEAFK, IN THE United Kingdom, DECEASED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tho Court has, by virtue of the Provisions of Section 58 of Onlipazne No. 2 of 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for Creditors and others to send in their Claime ngaiust the aboro Estate to Gru DAY OF MAY, 1931.

that Dale.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Executors 1, Des Voeux Rond Central, Hong Kong

bliss

dreams."

of

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NOTICE.

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No Eyes, But Thay Sea.

Most of our leading schools pro- duos a periodies, and it is a very been appointed as

A blind girl who has recently n shorthand cancting person who cannot find typist in n Whitehall Government something of interest in a school office, is the first to occupy such magazine. The Chimes (No. 2, ofsition. That the blind should be shorthand-typitta is due to a elever. Pea! XXIV) is no exception, and Braille shorthand machine which while one cannot say that, The enables the user to write at a spond Chimes is ahead of all rivals, such of 100 words a minute. Of the 50,000 registered blind persons in How often people say that "

as The Fellow Dragon, it is a England 30,000 are unemployable good book ought to be written about thoroughly good little production, y reason of additional infirmity Hong Kong. There is subject and is no doubt received with real matter enough for novels, histories pleasure by the Old Boys. The great and authoritative works on the test of a school magazine is whether zoological, botannical and a dozen it can keep the interest of those other aspects of the Colony. A who have left. The importance of a THACKERAY, an Ep-this aspect needs no stressing, and WARD GIBSON or a GILBERT WHITE The Chimen keeps its eye on what would find all the faterial: he former pupils are doing out in the

DICKENS or

needed ready to hand. We have a distinguished novelist in

qur midat, and most of us feel that sooner or later a book about Hong Kong will take its place among the classics of our language.

That there is literary ability of a high order in the Colony is -shown by the number and the quality of the monthly publications produced without any idea of com- mercint gain by those who feel that they have something worth saying. There are five such periodicals in front of the writer. The oldest of

TT IS NOTIFIED for information

of the Publie that while Drai'ago

world.

It is always difficult to recognise the prophet in our midst and it may be that literary critics of the future will see twentieth century Hong Kong sa nest of classical writers, and first editions of our local publications will be the desire of collectors and fetch prices un- dreamed of by the authors

HITCHES IN THE FIVE

YEAR PLAN.

HOME papers to hand comment

otch age

No Subject for Jokas!

An actor walked from the stage

Dr. Donald A. Laird, of Colgate University, U.S.A., after conduct- ing experiments for the avoidance of snoring, snya :-" It is best for a person to sleep alone in a room.day. Sloop units ocour about every To-day's wireless programnic. twenty-minutes, and are marked by

A civil aviator named. Ito success. fully parachuted from his machine which developed engine trouble at a height of 6,000 metres and Innded safely after drifting for 17 minutes.

Cricket Notes: By R. Mhit.

South Wales Borderers' sporta.

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