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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1922.

VERY LATEST

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Homesick

A Mother's Prayer

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Hawauan slumber Time

In My Home Town

Sister Kate

My Old Hawalian Home Fateema

Yoo-Hoo

Angel Child

ALSO

Tutors for Banjo, Mandolin, Violin,

Side Drum and Guitar.

Dance Folios.

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HALL, LAW & CO.

Telephone Central 3217.

10. Des Voeux Road, C. Above Bank of Fast Asla, Ltd.

GOLDEN STATE BUTTER

From CALIFORNIA CREAMERIES.

Sold by all the leading dealers in one pound cartons (FRESH)-and and 1 lb. tins.

SOLE AGENTS—GETZ BROS, & Co. of the Orient Ltd.

PROVISION DEPT.

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9. JOE HOUSE STREET, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.

— 10:

CHRONOMETERS, CLOCKS, WATCHES AND NAUTICAL

INSTRUMENTS REPAIRED UNDER MY

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TEL CENTRAL 2377

THE

TEL CENTRAL 2877

WING FAT PRINTING CO.,

PAPER SELLERS, STATIONERS."

Printers,

LTD.

Photo Engravers. Paper-Box Makers and Bookbinders.

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No. 149. Wing Lak Street No. 22A. WHITFIELD RS.

TRI PHONE C NYPL 2257

TELEPHONE OPTRAL 1910

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METAL GOODS

Telephone Central 1993,

Established 1934.

and

STOP

Has it occurred

to

YOU

that

winter

suit

wants

DRY

CLEANING

You would

not wear

your Suramer

suits without cleaning.

regularly.

THINK of the dirt, germs etc., a cloth suit gathers during a season's wear

So don't hesitate; and that mit along. UR PRICE right $8.25.

SUNDRY HARDWARE

119. Jarvoje Street

STEAM LAUNDRY CCMPANY.

ESTABLISHED 1902.

Write or send for complete price- list.

WORKS and HEAD OFFICE

YAUMATI,

Tel. Kowloon 32.

4, Beaconsfeld Arcade.

Tel Central 1278.

83, Praya East.

19, Darton Road, Kowloon.

ARMY BANKERS CLOSE DOWN.

A “£750,000 Failure.”

As a sequel to the announces jmcha made wun Uctober 18th, con-| joerning the position of Sir Charles! R. Melirigor, Batt, and Co., the Army agents and bankers, the following houice was posted that day outside the firm's premises at Panton-street. Haymarket,

39.

S.W.

Sir C R. MeGrior. Bart, & Co. regret to give notice that they have been obliged to suspend

payment

The books are in the bands of Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths nd Co., who are preparing an ap proximate statement of the affairs of the firm.

Inquiries by clients brought the reply that far the moment there was nothing further to say regard- ing the position.

Unofficially it was concluded that the liabilities were some- where about £75,000, and that the effect of the failure would be slight. J

A general statement may be issued in a day or two, but a Daily Chronicle representative was told by a bank ng authority that it may take three or four months to ascertain the exact position.

THE NEW CREDITS.

wear.

BERTHA COLLARS AGAIN

Very wide berths collars are being shown for autumn

--Afternoon, evening, daytime and aeglizes frocks all use them impartially, and so do garments for children, grown-ups and in-betweens.

SUIT.

Jodye Remarks on Wife's Foolish Conduct.

LORD INCHCAPE ON SHIPPING OUTLOOK,

Poor Year or Two Still Ahead.

The War Office state that. owing to the suspension, the Army Council have appointed Messrs Cox and Co, 16, Charing Cross. W to be agents of the BARON LOSES NULLITY Roval Corps of Signals, Royal, Dublin Fusiliers. Army Cyclist) Corps and Royal Army Service Carpa; and Messrs. Holt and Co. to be agents of the Highland| Light Infantry, Royal Army

Lord Inchcape, who left Howe Ordinance Corps and Roga! Army the Divorce Court, on October (on October 19th. for India, presid Chaplains Department.

18:b. dismissed the petition of ed on October 18th, at the annual Officers of these corps who are Baron Guy de Chassiron meeting in London of the P. and on full pay are informed that ao(who claims to he

2 O. Steam Navigation Company. immediate credit for the month's descendant of Kinz Joachim The meeting, he explained, had pay next due will be opened in of Naples, one of the Napo-been called 'earlier than usual the books of the aw szents, on leonic sovereigns) for nallity of because be had been Com- which they are at liberty to marriage.

Sir Heary Duke. President of!

draw. The month's pay is that Baroness de Chassiron, who for November in the case of was formerly the wife of the Rev. officers entitled to it in advance, W. J. "Crichtoo, gave evidence. and that for. October in the case She deniert that she mar- of officers who are paid in arrear.ried the baron for the sake of Morning and afternoon there the title, and said she was not were callers at the closed offices, prepared to live with him as his bat little waiting groups never wife, "now that he has carried reached the proportions of fout his borrible threat to make Įqueue, nor W3S there any me the talk of London."

emblance to the stir that bas marked other bank failures.

SUFFERING IN SILENCE.

mandeered hy the Secretary of State and the Viceroy to be chairman of an Indian Economy Committee, and he was sailing in a few hours for Delhi.

He felt he was acting rightly! in obeying the summons of the Government to take up a duty which he hoped might lead to economy and an arrest of is- creased taxation in India.

Further evidence was given for

Referring to the loss of the s.3. the respondent by Sir Maurice Egypt, he said nothing would be Abbott Anderson, the well-known wanting to secure the carrying medical man. He said be examin-out in the fature of every possible A commissionaire answered ailed the baroness in February 1914, precaution for the protection of inquiries, pointing to the placard and found her quite normal. the lives entrusted to them. as a bar to adroitance within the Mr. Bayford rase to argue the building, and referring some peo-case for Baron de Chassiron, and ple to the new agents.

the president intimsted that he Only rarely did one bear had the utmost doubt, even at the amongst the shifting

little close of the petitioner's case, throngs any discussion of person-whether there was any case that al troubles. In one case a man called for an answer. was stated to have banked his

SHADOWY CLAIMS.

Recently, in reply to a question by Sir Eric Geddes, he said that shipping was doing badly. Sir Eric's caastic reply was, “Oh, Iļ suppose you will be paying your dividend out of your losses."

It had not come to that, said Lord Inchcape, and the directors savings and a recent gratuity, After argument by Mr. Bayford, felt justified in proposing a divid- mounting to between £300 and the president, in delivering judg-end of 5 per cent. on preference £400, with a view to acquiring ment dismissing the petition, said stock, less tax, and 12 per cent. business.

there were marriage settlements on the deferred stock, tax free. Only last week-end an officer and the baron settled on his wife Although there were signs of e sold a motor-car and forwarded claims which he said he had on break in the clouds, be added.

deposit account.

year or (wo ahead of them. Operating costs must come down or disaster must follow.

Lord Inchcape praised the Chancellor of the Exchequer, say- ing he was manfolly endeavour- ing to reduce public expenditure and taxation.

the cheque to be placed on the estates of the late King they had apparently a poot Joachim of Naples. They seemed It is assumed that where to have been claims of the most securities have been lodged shadowy kind, and "he could not simply for safe custody, without conceive that anybody who had any tea upon them they may be any knowledge of business would expected to be released to the think they had any commercial owners within a few days...

value. According to the Bankers"

After the marriage the parties Almanac and Year Book for 1921-agreed not to live together until 22, the partners of Sir Charles the baroness had established a R. McGri.or, Bart., and Co.-an home at Sunbury. When that old-estar-lis bed firmare. Sir was done, in 1911, she in- James R. D. McGrigor and Mr.vited him to Bax Court, Sunbury,guese have received with mixed Edward Albert Biss.

THINKS BABY'S OWN TABLETS SAVED HER BABY'S LIFE.

and he went. She had related

a curious story of the events during his fortnight's stay.

Making allowance for ex- aggeration, his lordship said that on the whole be accepted hot story in preference to that of the

baroo. honestly sbe

It

WAS clear she believed. that

THE PORTUGUESE CONSUL AT SHANGHAI.

A large number of local Portu-

feelings a report to the effect that Mr. Gaztao Barjona de Freitas, formerly stationed in Shanghai, has been transferred to this city and will set out for Shanghai in the near future. Inquiries made at the Portuguese) Consulate failed to elicit either a confirmation or a denial of this

once more

WAR being wronzed, Canadian mothers have known and sha entertained fealings of report. It will be recailed that and trusted Baby's Own Tablets dissatisfaction and distrust of the

for years.

Here is mother's experience:-

one such petitioner.

From that time onwards there "I think I caa thank Baby's | was a total change in her attitude Own Tablets for my baby's life. towards him, and she was not wil. He was badly constipated, but ling to live with bior as his wife after giving him the Tablets they because of his behaviour to her. relieved him a most at once. I

Respondent was in comtempty algo find them good when he is at in not obeying an order of the all restless and I feel that I can- Court to submit to examination, not say too much in their favour," but that was, an Interlocutory" writes Mrs. John N. Pringle, matter, and as no action had been Forest Falls, Ontario..

taken in respect of it, her case To mothers everywhere Baby's was entitled to be fully beard. Own Tablets, the Canadian chil- All along the baron treated the dren's remedy, are a real friend.marriage as a valid marriage, and They gently regulate the bowels, had been guilty of great delay in make teething easy, are a specific bringing a suit for nullity.

While be thought the baroness for colic, diarrhoea, indigestion, i simple fever and worms. Contain had been very ill-used in having opistes, are guaranteed to submit to the ordeal of that absolutely harmless for the trial, to some extent she bad youngest child. Of chemists, also brought it about by her own fool- post free, 60 cents the vial, from ish course of conduct. The Dr. Williams Medicine Co..petition must be dismissed, with 196 Szechuan Road, Shanghai.

| costs-Daily Chronicle.

The

of the Portuguese community Mr. Barjana and certain sections found it impossible to get along amicably a few years ago.

It is also reported that Mr. Barjona's political confreres in Portugal are now in the ascendant, He is not without supporters and sympathisers amongst his local countrymen, and if he does return to Shanghai an interesting development may arise, ---Shangha Mercury.

PENNY POST.

next financial year was held out A prospect of a penny postage. by Mr. F. G. Kellaway, the Post- the Liberal Club, Bedford, last master-General, in a speech at

month.

Caruso said." My VICTOR KECOKOS shall be my biography." MOUTRIES-Sole Victor

Agente

SKIM MILK

WHAT IS IT?

1 is mulk from which most of the ist (cream) has been

removed.

M

Ty it nourishing?

Is it healthfal?

IF IS BOT-+ |

Wo feed our cales on Skim Milk. You will never starve drinking Skim Milk. It contains all the nourishing elements the rasein, etc, which ordinary milk contains (less the fat only, and is far more easily digested than whole milk because it is aos rich in fats,

Skim Milk in Taw-priced milk. specially suitable for making Puddings and thickening Soups. It also ha many other uses,

TRY IT!

You will soon be ordering it by the gallon.

A plentiful supply always on hand Skim Milk is loaded with the cow famous VITAMINES. Reguler milk drakers seldom suffer frura diseases due to lack of Vitamines.

Milk for the kiddies is a builder of bone and musele. fie on the safe side and let them drink Skim Milk instead of water.

PRICE 5 CENTS

PER BOTTLE. (Reduced from 3 cents).

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HEAD OFFICE:-TOKYO

No. 14. PEDDER ST.. HONGKONG.

English Bicycles THE HANG LEE CYCLEC English Paizer

and Pacers 39 LUPHONG ROAD MOTE OQ foot halaqikel Eres and Repair now arrived

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SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE.

Mr. Nankwatsu Akaji,

A Graduate of the Tokyo Massage School, has opened a massage room at 23, Wyndham, street, Office hours from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mr. Akaji gives massage on scientific lines based instruction in anatomical physiology. Fee for treatment:-$2.00 per visit.

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SAVE YOUR EYES.

CHINESE OPTICAL CO

will give you the BEST ADVICE regarding your eyesight.

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