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Hongkong Telegraph 港電新報 士蔑新聞 All

ANNUAL SUMMER

SALE

NOW

ON

BARGAINS

in all Depts

YEE SANG FAT CO.,

Ladies and Gentlemens' Wear.

TELEPHONE 1355.

MADE GOOD.”

THAT TERM IS APPROPRIATE WITH

REGARD TO THE

SUCCESS OP

TWENTY-ONE"

A LUCKY PICTURE

ALTHOUGH IT MAY

OR MAY NOT BE A LUCKY NUMBER.

IT. KEEPS YOU IN GOOD HUMOUR ALL THROUGH.

THE VICTORIT

MANAGMENT INVITES YOU TO-NIGHT.

MOUTRIE PIANOS.

INCREASED POPULARITY,

Oh the Hongkong League, KCC (B) Royal Engineers and m100tẩy the GRO" (A) Junior League KCC (C) meets the CR.CL. (C). In the Bowles League, the Kowloon Bowling Green Club is fired to meet Taikoo and the K.C.C opposes the Civil Service.

His many Kowloon friends will be glad to learn that Mr. Her ¡ridge is now out of hospital and "well 'on' the way to complete recovery. Mr. Horridge will shortly go Home on leave, and hopes to leave by the Saws Marn on August 5.

Many Kowloon Portuguese celebrated the receipt of the news of the signing of the peace terms by letting of dreworks on Sunday. evening last. We learn that all the necessary material for the public decorations and illumina- tions in Kowloon during the pasce celebrations have now been secured and are stored in the railway station. In addition In the course of his speech at to this, most of the tenants of the annual meeting of share private houses have arranged for holders of Messrs. S. Moutrie and illuminations, the chief method Co, Ltd, at Shanghai; the Chair-being by red lanterns. This, man (Mr. E. C. Pearce) said including the public display, The demand for "Moutrie" pianos should make a goodly show. and organs still continues to increase steadily and our output Bostocks circus will be greatly exceeded that of the previous missed by Kowloon children when: year, a tangible proof of the the show takes its, departure. increasing popularity of our Feeding the elephants instruments which we know com- become one of the chief pastimes pare very favourably with the of the kiddies in the evenings, as imported ones both in quality a consequence of which the ard price. Our greatly enlarged Nathan Road skating rink has building for drying timber fabean practically deserted. success, and we now have many

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thousands of feet of valuable We learn there is to be a ̈new wood undergoing the long process sub Station to Yeumati Police of seasoning. An outstanding Station, established at Mong-kok- feature of the manufacturing part tsui. Six Chinese constables will of our business was the comple-be stationed there and when the tion of the first" Moutrie" grand new motor fire engines arrive it piano, which you will be glad to is expected to have a fire engine know has proved an unqualified

stationed at this point. success, and is spokon most high- [ly of by our leading local and

visiting musicians; it warks - Last week we gave two flagrant milestone in our progress as instances of the manner in which manufacturers, and reflects great rents are being raised in Kowloon. credit on those concerned, es- The process of squeezing the life pecially our factory manager. blood out of. Kowloon residents. The manufacture of pianos and still goes merrily on and yet organa is, of course, the largest nothing is done. The lowest rent and most important part of our that is now charged for a business; the factory being two roomed lat in Kowloon, situated outside the Settlement, in quarters suitable for Eure very few Shanghai residents are opeans. ia about $60 2

there aware of what a large aad well-month and The Empire Revue Company equipped modern factory you few to be had even at that pri e. very more popular -to-day than when they opened out last week, bave inclusive of the manager's On top of this there are ferry and Last night they presented at the bungalow the buildings cover an rickshaw farea which necessitate агед of 5 mow; our exporta total expenditure of something Theatre Royal Ob, Baby" business is rapidly increasing like 883 2 month before one which was a rollicking farce, and the demand for "Moutrie starts to reckon in living expenses. once pianos in other countries is only Just fancy, nearly £14 £ month more the central figure in restricted by shipping difficulties for a two roomed flat! We have the

. revne and was ably supported by Miss Edyth

and the adverse silver exchange. other fistances of rent profiteer- Hyland and others. The artists'

At the conclusion of the buai-ing to which we shall refer later ness of the meeting, Mr. Osborne | on.

arg

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THE EMPIRE REVUE

COMPANY. ờ:

Mr. George Ross was

are

DAIRY FARM N

KIPPERS

KIPPERS

JUST RECEIVED

New Shipment direct from Scotland

65 cents per lb.

THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED.

CERIN, DREVARD & CO.

4th. FLOOR. HOTEL MANSIONS, Tel. §14.

AND AT CANTON.

COPPER QUEEN BELTING

AND

SKOOKUM PACKING.

$100,00

UNDERWOOD AND REMINGTON

KEBUILT

TYPEWRITERS

SHIPMENT Just receivED EXCELLENT CONDITION AND PERFECT RUNNING ORDER PARAGON RED AND BLACK RIBBONS $1,25 FACEL

THOMAS W. SIMMONS & CO.

York Building.

CAL-PA-CO

PURE MARINE PAINT

CALFA-CO cannot be equalled for purity and the excellent fuish "it imparts on any surface. It withstanda- the Bevere tents of weather and varying temperature.

INTERIOR DECORATION CAL-PA CO offers something entirely new in interior finish.

MANUFACTURED BY THE CALIFORNIA PAINT CO. Sole Agents

GERIN, DREVARD & Co.

HOTEL MANSIONS.

PULL-OVERS

legs and fest dr $6.00 per pair.

RUBBER GOLOSHES

$2.50 per pair. UMBRELLAS

strong and dura ble

·From: 15,50 each...

MACKINTOSH

& CO., LTD. Men's Wear Specialists.

16 Des Vœux Rd. Tel. 29.

Powell

TELEPHONE 346

GENTLEMEN'S HIGH-CLASS OU TERS

JUST RECEIVED

NEW WHITE CANVAS SHOES.

There are made of a very

Price

$12.50

Rubber

Sole.

canvas on a really smart last.

$12.50

Cheaper Qualities $6.50 $8.50 $10.50;

NEW

COLUMBIA

A 5995

TEARS.

A 5967

When baby's teeth are coming through is time to

A 6064

threw themselves into their parts thanked the management on be- with great gusto and the appre half of the shareholders for the. In the meantime, what about ciation of the audience was signi- excellent results that had been that Government scheme? Wa below the present rates in propor- TEETHING TIME NEED NOT MEAN fied by the rapturous applause obtained and referred reminis- have given up asking the officials, tion to size. that greated many numbers.

cently to the time when he 'Oh, Baby" will be repeated seasoned the wood that was used to-night, while to-morrow a grand for the first Moutrie piaro, an 'vaudeville will will be the instrument which was still going

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feature.

strong.

PROGRESS.

since the only satifaction we gat is that "nothing can be said at

Mr. Alves' scheme includes one present." ́ We utterly fail to large house of twelve rooms, 50 understand why, if there is a constructed as will enable it to be Government scheme afoot, full used as two separate houses, if details cannot now be made public, required, or, on the other hand, It has been suggested that the the whole building can be used disclosur of such inforna'i'm as a first class private hotel or All the bed wou'd probably terd to drive boarding house. rents, up still higher. a kind of rooms will have bathrooms with making hay whilst the sun enamelled baths attached. There sbin" bu-iness. We do not will also be a large tennis court: awning property in Kowloon have this building will be eracted. shown sufficient foresight, so far four five-roomed houses which as their own intereats are con- can either be used separately cern, in the past, to convince

enterat to

the us that the prospect of a general larger building should that beven convulsions seize him, th

During this period nothing can exodus on the part of their tenants taken as a boarding house. Thera

(Arrangements are being made for teaching Esperanto to police-agree with this view, Landlords and a flower garden. Oppoeie men at Cambridge.)

Modem, up-to-date, policemen,

Who would keep the crowd in awe, Master typewriting, jiu jitsu,

Etiquette, and motor law. But a constable at Cambridge, Who is on promotion keon, Must "read", Esperanto for the

Full degree of Q. 15.

Passa longa, gentlementji,"

Is the bardon of his song;

It is getting very lato, Passa longa, passa long,"

Coming bone quite late from what is

Known at Cambridge as a wine (That's a ceremony sacred

To the worship of the vine), When the speech is incoherent

And the buildings seem to sway, In a fog we seem to hear the..

Constable politely.

Passa longs, gentlementsi {" For unless I'm very wron You are all intoxicados,

Passa longa, passa long”.

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of worry many mothers; The little one's gume become swollen and tender; he is cross; does not sleep. wall; i troubled with constipation, colic or dis zhogar and sometimes

to take advantage of chomper will also be built another five qual the use of Baby's Own bouses provided by the Govern roomed bungalow with tennis Tables, the Canadian children's ment, would induce them to keep court and all modern conveni-remedy. They regulate the bowels their rents at a normal rate and epces. This will be situated on and stomach, and make the teeth- thus give inducement for their the comer facing Nathan and so easy that the mother tenants to remain. A tenant at Austin roads and will brown cartely realizes baby is getting a reasonable rent in better than as-Alver Cornet. In addition to his teeth. no tenant at all and the landlords the houses, Mr. Als intends to These Tablets are equ

build an up-to a garage which healthful and harmle

ist infant will hold abodi 60 cam. It wil Whilst we have this phase of fnclude a workshop, and room for eightor more

indigesti the question, there is a certain showrooms and one of the chief amount of private enterprise in Eastures is that it will be so plea housebuilding in Kowloon, al arranged that any car may be Baby though nothing nearly sufficient removed without having to dis- as would be likely to ease the situation. One instance of this

know it,

is the building operations going

on at the corner of Nathan

and Austin Boada,

Mr. J. M. Alves has acquira large platyof grap

states,tha

of house thai

DANCE RECORDS

CHEER UP LIZA MELODY LAND HUN, KINH

HAWAIIA~ BUTTERFLY

PH FRENCHY:

CHASING RAINBOWS

THE AND RSON MUSIC CO., LTD.

(THE COLUMBIA SHOP

16, DES VŒUX ROAD.

JAMES

STEER

TEL: 1322,

ICE HOUSE STREET. WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER:

CHRONOMETERS, CLOCKS, WATCHES, AND

UMENTS RE

PERSONAL

TEL 2877.

SINGON

SION.

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