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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

G.

NOTICE.

IN connection with the Police

notice regarding renewal of licences of motor vehicles (except Public Motor Vehicles), the public are notified that in order to facilitate the weighing of vehicles European Police Officers will be on duty at weighbridges on dates and times as 'below -

Weighbridge. Dates.. Times

No. 2 Polico

Station,

Gloucester Road,

Jordan Road

Vohienjar

Ferry Terminus.

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·lat

to July 10th inciosivo,

a.ni, to 10a.m. 6p.m. to

p.m.

"-clo.- -do-

No charge will be made for

weighing of vehicles.

E. D. C. WOLFE,

Inspector General of Police,

Hong Kong, 30th June, 1934.

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BANK HOLIDAY.

TB beg to notify our customers

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that on Monday, 2nd July, 1984, all departments will be closed with the following · exceptions:- Exchanze Restaurant,. Bread Dept., Corner House and Kowloon Branch will remain open as usual.

Penk Store will remain open until 10 1.m.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. /

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,

NOTICE.

ON MONDAY. the 2nd July, 1934, All Departments will be CLOSED.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Dispensing Department, will be opened for dispensing Prescriptions from 10 am to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7.80 p.m.

A. §. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, Hong Kong, 29th June, 1984.

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BIRTH

FRASER-On June 24, 1934, at the Country Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. D. S. M. Fraser,

a son.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOD OF CHÂN CHUK LING (陳碗齡IAL CHON CHC LING (E) ALIAS CHAN CHOK LINGULIS ) altas. CHAN JOK LING (RED) LATE OF 66, Szimova BʊAD, I TINTAIN IN THE REPUBLIC OF Onixa, Merchant, Daczaned.

NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN

that the Court has, by virtue of the provisions of Section 33 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims gaidat the sbars cstate to the 27TH JULY, 1834.

All Creditors and other are accord

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Ice House Street. Tel. 3025) Night Editor (Wancha Office)

Tel. 24511.

London Office: 63, Fleet Street.

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, June 30, 1934.

THE APPRECIATED

DOLLAR

Recently the United States has heard much about the depreciated

ingly hereby required to wond their dollár, and many individuals have claims to the undersigned on or before advised that date.

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DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Administrtor,

1, Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong.

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very strongly against allowing debtors to make pay- ments with a 60-cent dollar. In most monetary transactions, how- ever, the dollar is of more value than it was in the 1920's. It is an acknowledged fact that the value or purchasing power of the dollar varies inversely to changes in the WANTED.

general price level, and the price HINESE Translator for the level is obviously an omnibus con- Daiversity of Hong Kong. cept, including as it does the prices Salary commencing $300 rising to of goods, labour, foreign exchange $400 per month. Appointment in and so on. It was between 1929 the first place for six months. and January 1933. that most of Candidates must posses a University these prices fell, rapidly and this degree. Applications to be sent to was not only a source of much the Acting Registrar by July, 14th, embarrassment and distress, but also an important factor in con- tributing to the depression. Then between January 1933 and January 1934, prices rose, but with a few exceptions they did not rise as much as they had fallen in the preceding four years: For instance,

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Use Regularly

For Skin

Health

Because it is emollient and healing, as well as cleansing, Cutleera Soap is recog- nized in millions of homes throughout the world as the best protection against skin troubles.

Every member of the fam ily should use Cuticura Soap regularly.

Seuple, sach Soap Olument and * Taicusí ya reorly of 25 cu... Address :

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to most people in America that the "internal value of the dollar is greater than that of the 1929 dollar. It will buy for them more food, clothing, wheat, cotton, corn and labour, Indeed. It will buy more of most things.

Creditors used to insert the "gold clause" into contracts in order to prevent their being paid with depreciated dollars. The abrogation of the "gold clause" has injured, of course, any creditor who wished to buy gold with repaid money. But if he wants to buy something else, he will probably And that he is being repaid in appreciated dollars. In the last year the frightful appreciation of the dollar has been checked and a slight depreciation has occurred. But the dollar is still mare valuable than it was in 1929. There need be no cause for crying havoc in- less and until the value of the dollar declines very much more than it has in the last year.

FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT

Girl of Fourteen Killed

According to a Police report inst night, a girl of murteen was fatal- ly injured in a motor accident

which occurred at 5 pm, yesterday near the Yaumati Railway station.

The driver of lorry 1201, in mak- ing his report to the authorities stated that he was driving along

the road when a little child ap- peared in front of the lorry. To sharply to the left and ran into avoid the child, the driver 'swerved

two girls (aged 14 and 2 respec- tively) who were sitting on the kerb.

Both the

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OBITUARY

Mr, Lo Cheung

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Shiu

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. Lo Cheung Shiu, J.P., which oc curred at his residence, 62. Cön- dut Road, last night.

MIXED BATHING BANNED NEWS SUMMARY

IN CANTON

"Feminine. Curves Are

Objectionable

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From Our Special Correspondent)

Mr. H. T. Brooks and Mr, J. C. FitzHenry of the Fire Brigade. were called to give evidence at - the resumed hearing yesterday of the West Point Gas Explosion En- "quiry. Both stated that there had been an explosion in the watchmen's hut but not in No. 13 Chung Shinig Street as had been suggested.