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GENERAL

THE

KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION

HOUSEHOLD-COAL

Prices per metric ton delivered, as follows:-

Peak Distriot

www..

Bowen Road and Lower Levels

Kowloon

Repulse Bay

Pokfulum

...880.

...$28.

.827.

!..831.

..$80. ...$81.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1939.

Smoothness, freshness and uniform quality

Craven A

have them all!

can

YOU CO

rely on

Craven A

quality. These cork-uipped Cigarettes gre con

fresh, cop

sistently cool and always kind to your throat. Smoke Craven "A" for your throat's sake you will keep to them for the satisfaction and real amoking. pleasure they bring."

Shek-0 and Stanley...

Clients are hereby informed that deliveries of Household

Coal can only be made if cheque or cash for the supply is sent with the order.

DODWELL & CO., LTD., 4gents.

"Tell me, doctor..

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Are you sure? I can't believe that all this should have started with a tiny cut on the finger! There must be some way of prevent- ing such awful results ... Tell me, what ought I to do??

The smallest cut or scratch is enough for the germs of blood-poisoning to enter. There is only one way to prevent their invasion: they must be killed at orice Dettol, the Modern Antiseptic, can be applied im- mediately. Dettol' is gentle and tender on human' tissues, non-poisonous and non-staining to the skin- yet death to germs." Your chemist has Bettol.

DETTOL

TRACE SLIK

THE MODERN

ANTISEPTIC

"

DETTOL

Reckitt & Sons (Pharmaceutical Dept.), Hull and London, England, Agent-Imperial Chemical Industries (China) Ltd., Hong Kong..

Use

STALEY'S CUBE STARCH

NO MORE

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3. HATHE

THE MILWAUKEE ROAD

Strolling about the grounds of Government House during the

King's birthday garden party. (Photo by Leica),

H.K. TRADE DECREASE

$1,000,000 Drop In Imports & Exports

A decrease of exactly one million dollars was recorded in the im- ports and exports of merchandise in Hongkong during the month of compared with the same May as period last year, according to off- cial figures released yesterday.

Imports and exports totalled $108,395,091, compared with $109,- 391,458 in the corresponding month last year.

Although imports last month declined to $59.113,307 (compared with $63,285,102 In May, 1938), ex- ports increased from $48,106,354 to $48,281,784.

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HILLWOOD ROAD ROBBERY CASE

Three Men Found

Guilty

The trial of the three men who were charged with having assaulted Mr. R. J. Egan and Mrs. Ethel Egan at No. 36C Hillwood Road on May 12 terminated at the Criminal Sessions yesterday before Mr. Justice R. E, Lindsell

Chung Hung said on Monday that he desired an opportunity to call witnesses to establish. an alibi and to testify to his char- acter.

Yesterday, his mother," Chan HoL gave evidence but could not say whether her son was in the Imports from Japan show a house either on the morning of substantial increase $3,313,282 as the robbery or had slept there compared with $2.400.001 in the the night before. Her son's con- corresponding period in 1938, while duct, she said, was fairly good. Imports from the British Empire itself is declining.

Chung Chuen, who had pleaded suity, bore four previous convic- tion and was sentenced to three

were

Imports from 'U.K. Imports from the United King- dom- declined from $5,377,188 to ears' hard labour. Chung Hung and Au Hing who were found $4,309,343, whilst Imports from the guilty, were each sentenced to Dominions and other British pos-two and a half years' hard labour. scasions declined from $8,725,537 All three prsoners also to $5,365,889. The total decline in ordered to be given eight strokes imports from the Empire during of the "cat." May was therefore approximately

Mr. J. B. Prentis, Assistant two and a half million dollars.

Crown Solicitor, prosecuted in the Despite the Japanese blockade of case, assisted by Detective Sub- China, imports from that country Inspector R. Cunningham The are still being maintained fairly jury were:-Messrs. A. H. Vaswani well. Imports during May totalled foreman), Cheng Kam-to, Li Lan- $20,173,782, a decline of only sang. Teng Pak-chuen, C. F. de $1,526,054 compared with May. Rozario, Chan Kar-you and O el 1938.

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RAUB

AUSTRALIAN

GOLD MINE CO.

REPORT NO. 547

Battery: 4.780 tons, 1,300 Ozs, 1,237 fine..

Arculli

FOUR SOLDIERS

CHARGED

Charged

with

Impersonating

police officers and with larceny of Re-Treatment: 7,361 tons, 758 555.40, four British soldiers:ap ozs, 523 fine.

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Total:-2,058 ozs, 1,820 fine. Estimated profits $46,000 (down $5,000).

Ozs down 68; Fine down 103.

URBAN COUNCIL

MEETING

Two Applications

Refused

peared before Mr. E. Himsworth

at the Kowloon Court yesterday, when they were ·remanded › one week on personal sureties of $50 each."

The four men are Stephen Vin cent Ward, 27, Arthur David Smith, 21, Alfred Jenkins, 21, and Louts Remer, 22 all of the Middle- sex Regiment. They are charged with having entered No. 14, Sum Chin Street, Kowloon, late on Saturday night, gaining admit- Itance to the ground floor when. Two applications, one for anthey had posed as police officers. esting, house Hoende, at No 77 They are accused also of larcený Marble Road, ground floor, an the of money from Kwok Chan, other for 01 offensive trade shop tokt, Cheng Kam, a licenced Hoente for pig roasting for No. hawker, Tsui Fat, a P.W.D. coolle. 25 Tung On Street, ground floor, and Wan Sing, a shipping.com. were refused by the Urban Coun-pany coolie. Ward is charged also cil. Chamber yesterday.

with common assault on Taul Fat

"A letter from Government re- lative to the appointment of Mr. F. C. Hall to be a member of the Council for a further term of three years was tabled at the meet-

tuzna.

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66 DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS: 20 FROM CHOLERA

a

ing, as also were the regular re- Sixty-six deaths from tuber Present were Mr. R. R. Toda culosis out of a total of 193 cases (Chairman), Hon. Dr. P. & Selwyn and 20 deaths from cholera out of 22 cases (2 imported) occurred in Clarke (Vice-Chairman), Hon. Mr. the Colony for the week ending W. J. Carrie (Secretary for Chi-June 17, According to returns of nese Affairs), Hon. Mr. C. G. Purdue the Health Department. (Acting Commissioner of Police), Other returns Include 9 deaths Dr. R. A. de Castro Basto, Mr A from enteric fever out of 21 cases el Arculli, De B. N. Chan, Hon7 deaths from measles out of 27 Mr. W.N.T. Tain, Mr. B Wong Tape. cases deaths from dysentery out Mr. Tang hiu-kin, Mr. C. Champ of cases (one imported), a kin, Mr. C. J. Roe (Becretary) and deaths from diphtheria out of 10 Mr. Im Ping-taeung Aapatant cases and 2 deaths from cerebro- Secretary),

spinal fever but of 8 cases.

Forty-two cases of tuberculosis The list of licences granted by were notined to the Health the Urban Council between Jane partment on June 25 In additi 6 and June 19 were:food to live cases

of cholera,

LICENCES GRANTED

factories 5, food preserving esta

bishments 1, food Mops 1, milk cases of enteric fever, shops 2 laundries 2, swipe 2 of 2rpentery and ons case each

cerebro-spinat fever and offensive trade 1, and restaurant

twoo

was recorded against Ng Po shu and Chan

at the Central Court

they pleaded ges of keeping an

and bringing ber respectively

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