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ESTABLISHED 1857

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be made of the money: at. your disposal. Why not * make this an opportunity to buy a necessary pair of glasses för Christmas present ? Attractive frames are now on view.jp

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POMMERY

et GRENO

JOINT SERVICE,

EXCLUSIVE FEATURE

DIVERTING ASPECTS

"Buying Buddhas, etc."

BY

PHILIP" 'NESBETT

TO-DAY'S RACES

Final Selections

BY

· LAST QUARTER "

FIRST RACE Bright View King's Sceptre Puntiae. Bay

SECOND BACK

Strathroy

Flectron

Australian Boy

THIRD RACE New Star Valorous

Soldier of China. FOURTH RACE Bear Claw

King's Warden

Diana Bay

· FIFTH RACE.

Double Finesse

(f the absence of Holiday Eve)

Bobolak Star 'Snowy River"

SIXTH RACE Bose Evelyn Wild Cit

Gold Sovereign

SEVENTH RACE Laughing Buddin Diogenes

Don

EIGHTH RACE

Hopscotch

Chaulus

Shamrock

DAILY DOUBLE®

Double Finesse

Longhing Bud

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With every copy of Monday's "Hong Kong Dally Press" there will be distributed free handsome and comprehensive Christmas Supplement containing thirty-two pages of local pictures, thus constituting a unique record “xt a glance” of the most important and Interesting happenings in the Colony during the year.

* Amongst other attractive features, approximately seven hun- dred people appear in the great array of photographs caught by our camera during its “nowa tra vola”,

As only one Christmas Supplement will be distributed with each copy of "The Hong Kong Daily Press on Monday, readers are advised to make immediate application if they desire addi tional copies. All such applications should be made to the City office. Marina House, 15-19 Queen's Bond.

Kwanti Gymkhana

The Jackdaw of Reims "uncorking & bottle of

MERY

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The Wine of Kings The King of Wines

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The business of buying Buddhas is a subtle one. In the first place)" one must WANT Buddhas, and there's not much reason for that. There must exist a 'simple delight in the shape, the expression. the contour of these small effigies of strange Oriental Gods, ̈ Most, persons haven't this taste. If they are fortunate enough to have a little tendency in that direction, they are invariably sold a bronze casting from Japan, or one of the more recently executed Indo- Chinese Buddhas, I, for one, have nutured a keen delight, In fact almost an obsession in the matter of Buddhas --

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INDIAN COLLIERY

EXPLOSION

Heavy Death Toll Feared

Calcutta, Dec. 18.

The European manager and 150 miners are believed to be deadas the result of an underground ex- plosion, in a colliery near Asansol on the East Indian Railway in Bengal. It is understood that the colliery is not on fire and efforts being made to recover the bodies.— British Wireless

are

LAWN TENNIS · CLUB CHAIRMAN.

Former Partner With King George VI

London, Dec. 18. Wing Commander Bir Louis Greig, who partnered King George VI when in 1926 His Majesty play- ed in the doubles championships at Wimbledon, has been elected the All-England Chairman of Lawn Tennis Club

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

Veteran-Premier-Captain

GLASS OF

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Josneros Bord Hosa Koro.

The mole, steriving mon ¡of - Australia's:

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Melbourne in 1877-introduced to G20 AB chéon to the M.G.G, team at Usher's Hotel centre is the Premier of New South Wales, Mi

GOVERNOR

INDISPOSED

Engagements

Cancelled

We are officially informed from Government House, that: His - Ex- cellency the Governor, on the advice of his medical advisers, is cancelling all his social "engage- ments 'until December 24th in- clusive and will be in residence at Fanling Lodge.

TWO ROBBERIES IN MONGKOK

Woman Threatened

With Death-

ONE MAN ARRESTED

While CL D. officers at Mong- koktaul Police Station were inves tigating an armed roberry not three hours had clapsed before a highway robbery in Canton Road was brought to their attention.

The Arst report told the story of a visit by three man to the second door of 51: Tung Chol Street, where lived Chan Heung, aged 69, widow, her daughter-in- Taw, Lap Lee, 25, and four grand-

SOTIS.

Mr. B. Stocker, R.A., photographed at the R.WF's Gymkhana held recently.

CHINA SITUATION CROPS

UP IN COMMONS

Great Regret Expressed At Happenings

London, December 18,

At question time in the Commons, Mr. Anthony Eden said he had nothing material to add to his statement of December 15 regarding the situation in North China, remiting from the arrest of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. He, understood dis-e cassions have been proceeding between the Chinese Government and Marshal Chang Hsueh-lang through an Intermediary, but. he' has not yet heard the result.

DANGER POINT

London, Dec. 181

To the best of his information, i Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is still under detention by the mill-In the course of a debate on tary and measures by the Central Government appear to be con- tinuing.

“I should like to add it is a matter of the greatest regret to Chan Heung narrated to the His Majesty's Government that police that about 2.30 pm she such a situation should have arisen left the verandah in the front in view of the serious effect it may part of the premises and on enter-well have on the unity and pros Ing the passage way, running Derity of China," said the Foreign alongside the cubicles, she was

Minister stopped by three men.

Reuter

One of the men told her to stand axide and then he pushed, her into the cubicle where he pro duced two, kodvee, and, fald them on the table,, The - yoman - was bound with string and wire and placed on the bed.. She was threatened with:

11 she: to shout or MOT

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SHELLS FALL NEAR AMERICAN CRUISER

Gijon. Dec 18,

foreign affairs on the Christmas adjournment; Mr. Morgan Jones (Lab., Caerphilly) declared that. the Far East was almost becoming, if indeed it has not already be come, one of the danger points on the world. Nothing had from the report of the Commission - sppointed to eng into the overrunning of Chinese territory by Japan.

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EXTRA MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS

Three shells Bred by the Nations- list cruiser Espana fell about three for hundred yards from the American criser Erie. The Erie showed her fag, whereon the Espana turned tall and steamed away.

Other - Spanishssports.con

southeast coast were bom arded i pa

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London, Dec, 18.

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