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THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICE.

LONDON

NBLEUS OLAUCUS PUMABUS

27th Dec.

30th Dec.

DANFA KEEMUN CYCLOPS

SERVICE

(Direct)

Amsterdam, Landon & Hamburg London, Hull, R'dam & Hamburg 8th Jan, London, Hull, R'dam & Hamburg

SERVICE

LIVERPOOL

(Direct or via Continental Ports)

28th Dec. M'lles, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow. 20th Jea. Genoa, M'llas, Liverpool & Glasgow. let Fab. Mlles, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow. PACIFIC

TYNDARBUS

PROTESILAUS

CALCHAS

MACHAON

NINGCHOW

SERVICE

(via Kobe and Yokohama)

12th Jan.

Victoria, Seattle & Vancouver

NEW YORK SERVICE

5th Fab. f

(via Suez or Panama)

24th Dec,..

15th Jan-

5th Feb.

via Suaz

vía Suez via Suez

PASSENGER SERVICE

TEIRESIAS 1th Jan. for Shanghai

TEIRESIAS

PYRRHUS

12th Feb. for Singapors & Lonlin 2nd Apr. for Singapore & Lɔadja

For Freight and Passage Rates and all Information Apply to --

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

NOTICE.

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(JOHN SFIRE & SONS, LTD.)

AGENTS.

MASSAGE HALL

23, WYNDHAM STREET MRS. H. MORITA. MR. H. SUGITA.

MISS TORA INOKUCHI. Qualified Midwils MRS. HAN INOKUCHL

Qualifed Mase7230 (Phone K31)

21, Ashley Road Kowloon

Back of Star Theatre.

JAPANESE MASSAGE.

MES, H. SUGA MR. U. SUGA

No. 11, Aguilar Street,

End. Floor,

PIANO

FOR HIRE

it mierate Prices.

[SANG FOOK PIANO

31

COMPANY.

94 Wanchai Road. FRONE CESTRAL 2127.

T. NAKAO Japanese Shoe Expert. TORTOISE SHELL BOXES and CASES A SPECIALTY,

Astor House Hotel Building.

Queen's Road Central.

NOTICE.

SHERIFF BROTHERS

Diamond & Gem Merchants CARVED CORALS

and CAMEOS

THE LATEST VOGUE. Splendid assortment just arrived 53, Queen's Road Central

MASSAGE EXPERTS.

HARRY FURUKAWA,

AND K. BAKAL

19 WYNDHAM STREET.

Tне COWIE HARBOUR COAL COMPANY LIMITED. SILIMPOPON COAL.

THE undersigned are prepared

to quale prices for best quali ty freshly mined SILIMPOPON COAL, trimmed into Bunkers at SEBATTIK or SANDAKAN (British North Borneo) or to contract for regular Bunker Sup- plies for 6 or 12 months at favour- able rates.

Steamers calling at SEBATTIK D: SANDAKAN exclusively for Bankers are exempt from pay- ment of ordinary Port Charges. Tae minimum draft of water alongside the Company's Wharf at Sebattik is 28 feet at low water Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie Bay (Sebattik Harbour) and any required information concerning the port can be had on applica- tion to

BRADLEY & CO. LTD,

Akonts. The OWIE HARBOUR GOAL CO. LTD.

LESSONS IN CHINESE..

DON FAS, Chinese

Morsed in litera ito, has heen & Ledaher is

Colony for ten years.

- ceted of tracing European thpawn in the Chase examination, and in peritement & Arms rape certifonte, as i l'hinese " Practity: 115 bas alez a good knowledge on Mandarin an¦ Bakka,

Thase bo atend learning the Chinese langu age are req9ssted to write care of tarkong Telegraphine or direct to No, la, Queen'i Road Central second door.

NEW YEAR CARDS

LATEST DESIGNS.

DER. A. WING & CO.,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922.

NOTICE

SHANGHAI TO EUROPE BY YACHT.

THE LUSITANIA,

MADAME VICTORIA SUARES

is returning to Paris,

and is disposing of all ber model

gOWDE, costumes and hats at

HALF PRICES

FOR ONE WEEK

ONLY

Room 79,

King Edward Hotel.

FOR THE BEST OF

C

IGARS OFFEE IGARETTEES

AT COMPETITIVE' PRICES

VISIT —

GRAECO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO CO.

12 A. Queen's Road Central.

CREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

Ia Caske of 375 lbs, net.

In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO

General Managers, Hongkong.

FOR HAIPHONG AND HOIHOW.

Call for Bengking and Haiphong #v32) alternate Tuesday.

The favourite passenger mesm

HAI-MUN

* Hab and Haib

(Capt Charles E. Page).

ippis Thom, Chok sad danger Fo BlogTal

114, Wing Lak furwok.

Adventurous Voyage of Dhaniah No Guns, Troops, Or Explo

sives Aboard. Seamen

pletion.

Go

steamer

CARNIVOROUS PARROT." | LIQUID EGGS FROM CHINA.:

Some New Birds at the Zoo

Their Use in Restaurants.

Lady Abbey bas reosntly pres« „A note on the subject of Equid ented to the Zoo a healthy eggs which I wrote in September, On or about January 20th, Ava By Associated-Press)

example of the Koi parrot of the states the London barrespondent presant membars df"tha draw of

New York, December -In a South Island of New Zealand, of the Hanchester Guardis, has the Great Northern Co.'s emblə ship Store Nordiske are to leave copyrighted article the New notorious because it has actually been questioned by a leading firm Fork Word to-day publishes an menaced sheep farming hyattack in the trade concerned, and on Shanghai bound for Copenhagen

referring the matter back to my in a small sailing yacht The official report of Dudley Fielding and killing living sheep.

The Kea, estar notabilis, is a original informant I God that the Malans, former collector of the enterprise has been some time in

New York, made lightly built bird, rather smaller chief statements in it ware based contemplation, and now that the part of

male not now exist. Liquid egga,are Store Nordiske is going out of to Secretary of the Treasury than the grey talking parrots on a state of things that does

McAdoo

June 4, 1915, of West Africa. The commission, the adventurous äve

has alive green plumage with being used for consumption in thst the 'British have decided to put their plan Lusitanis carried no guns, no feathers, bright blue and yellow sold to the general public over dark edges to the contour many ways, but, are not being into operation. When seen yes troops and no explosives but car- terday by a representative of

ried 5,400 cases of ammunition, patches on the wings and tail, the counter, and are not now sold the "North-China Duily Sexs

and traces of brilliant scarlet on in retail packages. In 1919 an when she was sunt-by a German they were enthusiastic about

the rump and underwing coverts, arrangement was come to by the the prospects of the voyage, plans submarine.

Mr. Malone said that he made The female is similar in colora-tra la with the Health Authoritica for which are now Dearing com-nable the report because of in. tion, but with all the shades | by which a guarantee is furnished The little vessel on which they sistent appeals for information duller and the contrasts less by those interested in the trade will set sail, the work of a Chinese 167arding the contents of her cargo, marked. They are hardy birds, that the material will be sold On May 7, 1915, the Canard in summer going high up on the only to the baking, wholesale builder in Yangtazapoo, has 00 greater bulk than 27 tons net, but liner Lusitania, on a voyage from mountain ranges, and in confectionery, and allied trades. winter coming dawa to the The percentage of boric acid New York with 1,918 persons Da she inspires confidance "the best board, was sunk without notice Warmer plains. They fly strong-present in egg products also does sea-going boat ever built, her fa- by a German submarine, teo miles and generally travel in little not now vary, as the trade as a

flocka. ture masters say. With a touch of

whole hava guaranteed to observe cr Old Head of Kinsale, of the

The smaller parrots are chiefly a maximum percentage as IRCOM- imagination worthy of the occa southeast coast of Ireland. The vegetable feeders, living on grains, mended by the authorities The sion, she has been designed on vessel went down twenty one fruits, flowers, seeds, and bulbs, sale of liquid exgs and dried eggs lines known to the Vikings of 10-minutes after the attack, with But many also take insects from the East has enormously in- cient fame, with a beam of 16-floss of 1,154 lives, including men, very broad in comparison with her

women and children of whom length, fi-ft, and bull of lifeboat shape which will enable herridethe heaviest 398 with ease. She will have a clear deck and yawl rigging, and no other sailing power beyond a small motor engine of 10 h.p. for use in enter ing and leaving port. She will carry a small amount of ballast adding to the stability secured by a four ton iron keel. The general construction is of teakwood and elm.

THE "ADVENTUROUS GREW.

the Lusitania was armed.

trunks for insects and grubs,

THE " ROYAL ROYCE.”

Interesting Case in Japan.

П

and greedily,

that larger creased, and cheapaess of our 114 were Americans. The Ger-in captivity it has been found largely depends on the supply. I

parrots

often hunt for grubs: cakes sweet breads, and shall egge man government at first claimed useful to mix a little fat with regret any prejudice to the trade The that may have resulted from my their food occasionally. which the Lusitania sailed on the Mountain Kata, which lives

On May 1, 1915, the day, ones has a very near relative, paragraph. her last voyage, various New York morning papers contained but it also searches decaying tree on juicy fruits, flowers, and honey the following advertisement to embark on the Atlantic voyage The Kea is supposed to have had

"Notice-Texvallers intending

of which it takes large quantitisa. are reminded that a state of war exists between Germany and her

a similar diet originally, but when Ariaing ont of a protest register- alties and Great Britain and her sheep were introduced into Newed by Sir E. F. Crowe, H.M. Com allies; that the zone of war in-Zealand it took to pecking sheep-mercial Altsche in Japan, an in- There will be a crew of five, cludes the waters adjacent to the skins hung up in country stations; teresting case has just been Messrs. F. N. Jensen, A. Ingwer British Isles; that in accordance probably it was attracted first by decided by the Japanese Patent sen, H. Kjaer, E. Hangeland, and with formal notice given by the masso, but it acquired a taste for Office. B. J. Vanman. They are all mam- Imperial German government, the backs of living sheep; and exception was taken

animal food. It now perches on The trade mark to which bers of the Shanghai Yacht Club vessels flying the flag of Great

the and their fellow members will no Britain or any of her allies, are fatal wounds. Lady Abbey's gift izica

picks at their fesh'outil it produces | part of the British author- doubt appreciate the distinction of liable to destruction in those

W13 one containing the having the club's flag carried

is exhibited in one of the outdoor words "Royal Royca'

as the waters: and that travellers sailing

the name of a bicycle, and round the world at the masthead in the war zone on ships of Gresi cages of the Parrot House. of the S.Y. Shanghai, for so Britain or ber allies do so at their Cursurias gallicas, purchased from similarity between this sad that Six cream-coloured Coursers, grounds for the protest were the this modern kuccessor to own risk.-Imperial German En- Beowulf's "foamy-necked floater" bassy, Washington, DC. April hibited in the Small Birds' House, turers, Rolls Royce. It was ad- Mr. Rogers, of Liverpool, and ex-of the well-known car manufac- will be christened. As for the 22, 1915." handling of the yacht, this will

are another very rats addition to mitted that Messrs. Rolls Royce be on purely Bolshevistic lines!

the collection, apparently the first do not manufactors bicycles, but There will be no captain. Equal

examples-possessed by the Zoo. it was pointed out that certain shares have been taken in so

They are plover-like birds with parts of a cycle might possibly be enterprise estimated to cost some

down-curved, long bills and used in a car and that according- $10,000. The voyagers hope to

creamy yellow plamage barred ly the public might be mialed, cover their expenses, but, obvious-

with black. Thay inhabit desert The applicant for the patent ly, the spirit of the thing is not

plans from North Africa to North stated that he chose the English financial, and they are looking

India, and have been noted as word "royal" in the sense of forward to the Interesting ex-

stray visitors to Great Britain and splendid, and the word Royce ha

Oa In cases of cremation, when Southern Europe. perienca much a journey is bound

baing obtained from the capital letters to afford.

the possibility of exhumation is alarmed they crouch to avoid of the Japanese expression "Rin- The course charted will cover ruled out, what safeguard can be notice and seldom take to flight, kaini' Oini Yohl-suru Cycle" (3 some 16,000 miles. From Shang-found against poisoning crimea? but escape by very swift runcing. cycle pre-eminent in the world of hai, the little boat will sail down This question raised another, Their food consists of insects, such bicycle) and so coined the expres-

sian Royal Royce. the Chins coast to the Philip equally pertinent, at a conference as grasshoppers.-The Times. pines, and thence along the north called recently at the Guildhall coast of Borceo. Here a call will by the Cremation Society of Eng- be made at one or two of the land. "with special reference to small uninhabited islands, for the Armstrong case."-- whatever sport the occasion may What safeguard exists against offer (it will be holiday trip, with crime at present in cases ofording the five sailormen in no partic-ary burial, where the system of olar hurry) A course will then be death certificates is extremely steered through the Sunda Strait lax?

Boxt to

CREMATION AND CRIME.

Could Armstrong Have

Escaped Detection?

for the long run of 2,000 miles Sir Malcolm Morris, who pres across the Indian Ocean to the ided, said:- Island of Rodriguez, where there "Everyone has in mind the is a telegraph station, thence to Armstrong case. Many persons Mauritius, the French Reunion have asked me what would have! Ielatd. and Madagascar. The happened in this case if the body stage will be across had been burned instead of Darbon, tben round by being buried. They say there Cape Town and other would have been no evidence o South Africao ports to St. Helena which to convict and Ascension Island on to Cape Verde, and so up to the Azores and the English Channel. Various BOOTS, SHOES & SLIPPERS FOR LADIES, French and English ports will be GENTS & CPU BRÉM, BEST DESIGNS, PRICES called at before finally crossing MODERATE

to Copenhagen.

WONG SIU WOON

BA, POTTINGER ST., PHONE, LE74)

THE VICTORLA

is superior: We can convince by demonstration, MUTRIE SO-Sole Axenta

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

TAS

PAKES US

WEEKLY

CALL ON

A FRENDLY ASEXGHBOR WHERE VE USUALLY

IS GIVEN

A BIG PIECE OF CAKE- BUT TO-DAY IT SN'T SO

FORTHCOMING-

AFTER WAITING

COMINUTES

ULLO MISSUS WINKLER+ Z COME OVER T

SEE.YOU AGAIN.

YES-I SEE

It is anticipated that the voy ago will occupy the greater part of a year. It is a finely conceived undertaking, and we are sure that when these five young Danes set out from Shanghai they will have the best wishes of the whole foreign community for a voyage as prosperous as it surely will be interesting" NCDN"

GEE, AISSUS WINKLERĮ I SMELL COCONUT

CAKE.

PERTINENT PARS.;`

Most of us have an idea that heaven is a place where there is snough good luck to go around,

Pork costs the most after it is made into chicken salad.

Moving the telephone hook to rapidly doesn't give a signal but it relieves the mind a little.

Winter brings back the man who takes a cold bath daily and lies about other things also.

Riches do not bring bappiness but J. Pierpont Morgan bal 353

No man is boss in his own home unless the family is away.

"But what is wanted is a closer

of investigation as the CRUJE death instead of the present casual manner of granting certi- ficates for the burial of the dead." toas of cost in his cellar.

Sir William Willcox, adviser to the Home Office, said it was obvious "that when a person had been poisoned, all trace of the

A movie producer plaas to poison would disappear if the body were cremated. This danger was dramatize the ten commandments guarded against as far as possible if the censors don't cut some of by the demanding of two cer-bem out. tificates from the ordinary med. ical practitioner and one from a specialist."

Sounds Like a Hint

A THINNER SLICE THAN

USUAL

The Japanese Patents Bureau beld that she protest was well founded and delivered judgment accordingly.

to use

IF YOU WEAR TORICS, you know you have the best. If you do not, you have not yet done the best you can to give your eyes comfort. It is possible" to correct the vision of eyes that need glasses without using Toric lenses. It would also be possible motor cse without pneumatic tyres, but it would not be as comfortable. If you bare failed to find real comfort, try a pair of Torics, their deep inner curve conformé to the natural motions of your eyes. Toric leases of any pre- scription are manufactured by the Hongkong Optical Co, succESBOIS to Clark & Co., manufacturing and refracting opticans, located in 53 Queen's Road Central.

Christmas? pawned his false teath just before

A photograph makes a fine New You may think your luck is Year present. The person you bad, but what about the man who give it to cannot give it away.

AIN'T IT FUNNY

BY BLOSSER

HOW I COULD SHELL

SUCH A LITTLE

PIECE OF CAKE?

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