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The only Cigarettes which have

never

given me

a sore

throat"

The original letter is held ut. Arcadia Works and its authenticity can be verified.

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"I feel I must write and tell you that 1 think, CRAVEN "A" are the most delightful Cigarettes I've ever smoked .. I have tried all others but Find your Cigarettes are the only ones which have never given me a sore throat.".... They are indeed everything you say about them in your advertisements.

CRAVEN A

ALSO IN TRU-VAC' " 50TM TINS

When we seal tha TRU-VAC airlight TIN the FACTORY FRESHNESS of CRAVEN"A' in securely imprisoned unill the scal is broken by pulling the rubber ish-na cutter; a jagged edge.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1934.

CRAVEN

IMA

PULL FLAP

CRAVENA

made specially to prevent sore throats

*EASY-ACCESS '

INNER FOIL WRAPPING (Patent No.

396570;-323

No fumbling --

the tap comes completely away allowing each Cipete to be extracted easily and conveniently

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KEYS to Easier,

On the Sundstrand there is only one key marked with the numeral "1." This is the only key that can be depressed when “1”** is to be entered on the machine. There's no mental selection of columns. No hopp- ing about on the keyboard. The machine does all this automatically I

And it's the same for every figure. One 2' key. one "3" key and so on. Just ten numeral keys, so arranged that each key is always directly under the correct finger. Confusion and errors are "out." Speed and accuracy are "in."

MOT CO

Faster

Adding

No wonder it takes most people only a day to learn touch" figuring on the Sund- strand, without instruction!

No wonder the Sundstrand is popular for retail counters, where easy operation is the keynote, as well as in banks, where speed is at a premium.

SUNDSTRAND

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NUMER

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INDIAN QUOTA LOSSES

Association May Ship At Its Own Risk..

Special Air Mail Service)

Japanese have to

London, Sept. 7. cotton traders will abandon some of their

R.A.F. OFFICERS

On Their Way Tó Melbourne

to

Singapore, Sept. 18. Just beastly" describes the weather on the flight of three Short Rangoon flying boats of No. 203 squadron" from Basrah Singapore

Or so said the commanding officer. Group Captain R. F. Saul. UFC., when the machines landed opposite the RAF base at Seletar yesterday.

The Flight is on its way

to

quotes for shipment to India in the

current period "ending Sep- tember 31st.

According to investigations by the Association for Cotton Goods Exports to India, against the 200,-

Melbourne to represent the RAF

·000,000 square yards quota total,

at the centenary celebrations and 142,000,000 square yards were ship-left Basrah on Sept. 5. The com- ped up to the end of August. It is highly doubtful whether the ba

plete journey is 19,000 miles.

From Karachi, the machines

such huge marine aircraft have undertaken the journey.

FOR SERVICES

RENDERED

Chinese Decorations For Foreigners

Nanking, Sept. 14."

LONDON NOTES

The Twins Of Fleet: Street

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 7. Fleet Street," in spite of its swirl.

overcoats. Its claimant to Bourbon.

In appreciation of their meri- still has its characters, such as Its: blind and Impoverished scholar, torious efforts in the suppression Its cabdoor opener with the three of Communists in Shanghai, the National Government, complying thrones, and flower sellers who with a petition of the Ministry of War, has issued an order to the Executive Yuan to confer military decorations on the following five leading officials of the Police De- partment of the Shanghai Munici. pal Council, International Settle ment:

claim to have been, Galety girls, correspondent. To-day, writes a

one of two however,...It has lost twins who, although they were well known in the Street, wers rarely known to have spoken to a stranger. The twins were called Oliver-John Samuel and William was seventy- seven years; well-weathered little- (2). Major E. M. Bourne, De-men, with light-coloured, wide- puty Commissioner of Police First Class. Grade A. Medal

(1). Major F. W. Gerrard, Com-

Grade A, Medal

lance will be shipped within the new across India, the first time missioner of Police-First. Class, James Their age month. Under the Indo-Japan- ese cotton agreement, ten per cent, or 20,000,000 square yards, can be carried over to the next season, but there is no provision for any further excess. The right for any balance exceeding 200,000.- 000 square yards, therefore, will be lost automatically.

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They landed on the lakes at Tidalpur. Gwaller. Allahabad, and finished up at Bhagalpur and Chittagong.

"It was' the rain which made it so difficult,” said the group cap-

Greatly concerned about the attain. "To-day was our first day

of sunshine since leaving." uation, the Export Association has

Heavy monsoon rainstorms made Just ordered its members to return

visibility very poor, spattered the any balance of their, quotas that it can effect shipments at its wings of the machines and many own risk The Asociation has si-times forced them to fly only 100 feet above the ground. Fortun- ready arranged with the Osaka

were no engine fai- Shosen Kasha for the assignment ately there

lures. of an extra ship for this purpose.

Of the 38,000,000 square yards in From Chittagong the machines question. 30,000,000 square yards flew to Akyab, Rangoon, Victoria'

They must be grey of which a shortage Point and Penang.

left:

is felt in the market. It is appre-Perang for Singapore at 8.30 a.m. hended, therefore, the Association yesterday and arrived at about 2.30 will find it impossible to ship up to ❘ in the afternoon. the quota limit. It is explaized that the speculation of most ex- port houses who evidently thought they could obtain high prices by refraining from sales is the direct cause of the present trouble.

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WOMEN GUESTS

In London Hotels

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 7.

A noticeable feature in the Lon- don hotel business is the ateadly

The planes will remain in Singa- pore until Thursday only but on their return they will be bere from November 28 anti December

6.

The other officers with the Flight are Flight-Lleuts. L, K Barnes, E. F. Waring (D.F.C.) and H. M. G. Parker and Flying Officers J. W. Burgess, A. N. Combe and N. B. Littlejohn.

SCOTS FISHING POSITION

(3). Captain H. M. Smyth, As- sistant Commissioner of Police First Class, Grade A Medal,

(4). Mr. T. Robertson, Superin- tendent of Police Second Class, Grade B. Medal,

(6). Mr. G. W. Gilbert, Assistant Commissioner of Police-Secorid Class, Grade B, Medal

These medals are similar to those usually conferred on mem- bers of the National Military, Na- val and Air Forces.- Kuo Min.

£7,000 A YEAR

Offer To Gordon Richards

(Special Air Mail Service).

-London, Sept. 7. The champion jockey... Gordon Richards, will next year continue to ride under a first claim for the Beckhampton stable. The import- ant matter was arranged a little while ago and, therefore, disposes

increase in the number of women Little To Fear, Says Economist offered as much as £7,000 a year, visitors. An hotel authority tells nat me that twenty years ago more than 23 per cent of their eustomers were women. Now An

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the popular hotels the proportion is nearer 40 per cent. This is probably due to the fact that not only are there more business women travel- ling and many more women de- com- ¡legates to conferences and

mittee meetings, but more wives

with now "travelling

their husbands on their business and semi-business tours. Married life is more companionable nowadays. the modern populat hotel makes living easy and

the 'old deterrent of not knowing how much your hotel would cost you no longer troubles people when everything can be known before- hand about hotel charges.

The motor-coach business is another factor in bringing more

brimmed hats, suggestive of men who had spent the best part of New their days in Australia or

One of them nearly Zealand. always led a small pug-dog on a chain. They were partners in a the small printing business at back of Fleet Btreet, and for many years they had, lived above the tusiness, coming into Fleet Street for a walk only' after the day's work was done.

They were both bachelors, and it is said that they had never been separated for more than a day or two at a time, and they set up in business in Gunpowder Alley, off New Street Hill, in the year of the Franco-Prussian War. They were born in Doctor's Commons. Their " mother, who died seven years ago and was mourned as "the mother of Fleet Street," was over a hun- dred years of age,

Perhaps the strangest venture of their lives occurred three years

wher ago,

to celebrate their birthday. they seventy-fourth bought a sports motorcar, which they took out on the roads at week-ends. Now that John Samuel is dead-few people could disting- uish which was which--William James has decided to motor no- more.

THE NAVAL CONFERENCE There has been much pessimism: about the 1935 International Naval Conference and many think that it will not take place. Against that is the fact, which I learn officially to-day, that the bilateral" naval conversations which are an earnest of the Conference and preliminary to it are definitely to: be resumed In October...

of a report that he might be trans- ferring his services.**

Richards, it is understood, was

plus 10 per cent. on stakes won, on (Special Air Mall Service)

a three-years' contract, to ride for London, Sept. 7.

the Aga Khan. These terms re- Scotland had little to fear from present the biggest offer ever foreign competition in the fishing- made to a jockey in the history of industry. That is the belief of Dr.ricing in this country. Henry Hamilton, of Aberdeen The precise terms on which University, as expressed in a paper Richards will continue to ride for to the Economics Section, in which Beckhampton are the private con-

THE GOVERNMENT AND he discussed the period of funda- cern of the jockey and the owners mentar

MERCHANT SHIPPING readjustment through and trainer associated with the which the Scottish fishing indus- stable. It is sufficient to say that

Recent messages from the Unit- try is passing to-day.

the retaining fee indicates an in-ed States have seemed to show crease on what has been paid hi-misunderstanding of recent British therto, with the now customary 10 action in the matter of mercantile per cent. on stakes.

shipping. All that has happened If Richards had been riding for is that, about the middle of July. the Aga Khan this year on such a basis as is indicated above he would have received over £4,200 by Way of 10 per cent, on stakes, assuming also that he had ridden all this owner's winners.

Any reorganisation of the fish ng in stry, he said, was a sec- ondary matter compared with the all-important question of markets.

"Scotind has little to fear from foreign competition, for her cured herring stand unrivalled despite

the efforts that have been made to 'mitate her methods," declared Dr Hamilton.

"

The "champion Jockey has ever

the various représentatives in London of the principal maritime Powers received from the British Government a memorandum giv- ing the British Government's views on the subject of mercantile ship-"

women visitors. They have usually CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS been most loyal to those trainers ping and shipping subsidies and

more time than men and they like

to see the country. The increased size of the hotels g.ves them a public appearance, and sort of many women who found, the old sinal hotels rather intimidating and producing self-consciousness find the new hotels, for all ther grandeur as homely and familiar as the teashops in their own town. The scale of the modern London hotel can be seen m'the fact that

the Regent Palace Hotel has just

added 150 new bedrooms to its. present thousand. The United

States has hotels with 3,000 bed- rooms, each with its own bath.

DUNDEE SCOUT : COMMISSIONERS Resign En Masse

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 7. The Boy Scout Commissioners in the Dundee area have resigned en masse,

underst It is understood that the res!g- nations have been accepted, and will take effect at the end of the mouth."

Resignations are understood to

have been made by Hon. County Treasurer J. L Stevenson, Com- missioners w. J. Lee, W. A. Egood, avia Mudie, R. J. Loggle, and As- sistant Commissioners R. Hamil ton, H. Muir, F, Gray, and D. N. Mitchell ST

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 7. The following movements and appointments of clergy of the Chuch of England are announced:

Armstrong, Rev, Alan, BA, In- cumbent of Drumkeeran, Ireland, and formerly Curate of St. Mary Magdalene's Peckham; Rector and

and owners he has served for any

asking their views on the possibi-

length of time, certainly, to thelity of international measures to facilitate the abolition or reduc- extent of showing that money to him is not everything. As an ex- tion of subsidies and the formou- ample of this, he has again given lating of schemes for playing up second claim on his services for or scrapping superfluous tonnage 1935 to the Ogbourne trainer, Mar- or both. tin Hartigan.

This was announced by Mr. There is no doubt he could Runciman in the House of Com- have retailed his second claim at mons on July 3. The policy may considerably more than is paid be called International rationall- of shipping to meet the him by the trainer to whom be-sation Harrogate College) and Rector of longs all the credit of having tu-position that sea-borne trade has Hardwicke (Patron, the Bishop of tored and encouraged him during fallen by one-third since 1828 and Ely), Cambridge.

Vicar of Dry Drayton (Patrons,

Bean Rey, A. S., MA., B.D., Vicar of Astley Manchester. Canon of Manchester Cathedral, and CF.. (T.A); Archdeacon of Manchester. Beard. Rev. Douglas, MA, Cur~ ate of St. John the Baptist's, Ley- tonstone, Vicar of St. Mary's, Worcester, Patron, the Bishop.

Breed, Rev. F. G., M.A., Vicar of Clayton-le-Moors. Lancs.; Rector of St. Peter's, March, Cambs. Pat rons the Representatives of the late Rev, D. A. Stewart.

Bryan. Rev. EW, Rector of Whitnash, Leamington; Vicar of Exhall, Coventry. Patron, the Bis:

hop:

Canston, Rev. LJ., MA., Vicar of Wadhurst and Rural Dean of Etchingham. Sussex; Vicar of Amberly with Houghton, Arundel, Patron the Bishop of Chichester,

Clayton, Rev. A. E. Assistant Be- retary of the B.P.C.; B.P.G. Chap- lain at Tsinan Fu, Shantung.

Davies. Rev. E. J. F. Curate of St. John the Evangelist, Green-

The reason for such drasite sc- son is stated to be general dissatates Bradford, Vicar of Cha-

sfaction with the way matter at Del-le-Dale, Yorks, Patron, the fecting the Dundee district have Blahop of Bradford. beets conducted" Boour head quarters in Edingburgh;

Some time ago the comm's sion of Colonel D. A TY

his apprenticeship years.

AN INTERESTING FIND

is below the level of 1913, whe merchant shipping has increased by about 50 per cent since 1913.

At the same time. Mr. Runciman announced the Government's in- tention to give a subsidy to tramp shipping, one of the conditions of which would be that the ship- owners, through their international organisations, should press upon the shipowners in other maritime A spot which had not been map- countries the framing of proposals bed or described by anyone was tending to adjust the supply of discovered in 1933 on Cape Forbes tonnage in the world to the (Prince George Land), A small demand and so raise freight rates

Archangel, Aug. 9. Captain Voretilov who led the hunting vessej Lensoviet" to the shores of the Franz Joseph Land has reported to the Arctic Instit ute an interesting discovery.

a signboard in the Norwegian. British shipowners are auch, Wooden, ut was found there with to a remmerative level language. The hat had apparent stirred over this matter and are ly served as a storehouse for pru- going to call the shipowners' con- visions. Traces near the hut sugference as soon as possible. There gest that it had been raided by is talk of holding it next month, Polar bears.

and that would lears time to get

CINEMA EXPEDITIONS

To The Arctic Regions

Moscow, Aug. 10.

the representatives together

the

wintering colonies be Almed

Novaya Zamiya. An ethnographical sketch, The cinema organizations of "Spitzbergei

will be film- the Soviet Union have sent a nimed on Spitzbergen. Gim will also ber of operators to the Arctic to be, made of the icebreaker, "Kras- him the work of Soviet Arctic ex-sin" expedition to Island Wrangel Northern Bea Route

Chief Commissioner for Dundes, peditions of 1934. The famous along

bird gatherings and the camps of from East to the was terminated: