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PRESCRIPTIONS

when the doctor prescribes he expects the druggist to fill the prescription, with pure drugs, The quality of our Drugs, Medicines and Toilet Goods is not surpassed. Have the doctor's prescription filled here and the result will be satisfactory.

The Pharmacy.

The Red Bldg Opposite Ice House St.

PEKING LAMP SHADES

We have large stocks of the choicest Peking lamp shades. OUR STORE is also the best place to obtain shawls, scarves, capes, crepe underwear, dresses, laces, Mandarin costumes, Swatow work, etc., etc.

F00K WENG 3 CO.

NOTICE

JAPANESE BAKTIQUAKE

DISASTER.

HONGKONG RELIEF FUND.

NOTICE.

SUBSCRIPTIONS Lists for

the above Fund are open at the following places:—–

Hongkong General Chamber of

Commerce.

Hongkong & Shangbai Bank-

ing Corporation.

Chartered

Bank of India Australia & China. Mercantile Bank of India, International Banking Corpor-

ation,

Netherlands Trading Society. Yokohama Specie Bänk. Hongkong Club

Cheques should be made out to the Order of the Japanese Earthquake Disaster Hongkong Relief Fund.

By Order

D. K. BLAIR,

Secretary,

Hongkong Relief Committee. Hongkong 10th September, 1923.

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P. & 0. S. S. Co.

STEAMERS FOR Straits, Colombo, Australia, Bombay, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and

· London.

Through Bills of Lading issued for Batavia, Persian Gulf, Con- tental, American and South

African Ports.

B. S. R

THE Thornton.

HE Steamer "SOUDAN Capt carrying His Majesty's Mails will be despatched from this port on or about WEDNESDAY, 17th. October, 1923. at 4 p.m. taking Passengers & cargo for the above

Ports.

Silk and Valuable Cargo for

NOTICE

COLONIAL HAIR-DRESSING

SALOON

13, lee House Street. High Class Bbers-Sanitary & up-to-date Saloon Filipins and Japanese barbers.

Popular Prices.

SPORTING TROPHIES

For All Occasions

E have made a special feature of stocking the very best of English Hall-Marked Sterling Silver Cups and trophies. Our stock is undoubtedly the best in S. China.

OVER 200 STYLES TO

SELECT FROM

Prices from 53-50 to $agoloo

SHERIFF BROTHERS.

69, Queen's Road Central.

22 YEARS AGO.

ITEMS. FROM THE TELE-

GRAPHTM FILES

E

October 5, 1901.-Lane, Cräte- ford and Co, advertise dress suits at $45; and HL Price and Co. notify Martell's Three Star brandy at $28 per case. Watson's is advertised at $15 per case.

Calanel Kekewich is reported severely wounded in the Boer War.

"Columbia" boats "Shamrock" If by a minute.

Plague cases to date total 1,647, with 1,575 deaths.

Hon. Mr. Chater presides at annual meeting of the Jockey Club, which approved the appoint- ment of a Committee to revise the Club's rules and devise a set of regulations concerning future racing.

An Indian paper criticises the suggestion that the Hongkong Naval Dock be removed to Kow-) loon, in the ground that it would be open to attack from land.

•

October 7, 1901.-" Columbia wins the third race for the America cup

Two physicians have been in attendence of King Edward for lumbago.

M. Marty is recognised as Spanish Vice-Consul in Hong- kong.

EARLIERE

(Continwed from Bunge 2) ---

REICHSTAG PASSES EMERGENCY LAW

Berlin, Oct. 13.

The Reichstag by 316 votes to 24 has passed the Emergency Law. There were seven abstentions.

The Reichsfag's vote saved Chancellor Stresemann the necessity of dissolving Parliament in accordance with his threat, which ha repeated yesterday.

The House was packed, and thousands were outside during the opening sitting.

The debate began with the usual denucciations by the Com- munists, while the spokesman of the Bavarian Peoples Party an nounced that the Party would not withdraw if the measure passed. This settled the fute of the bill which a demonstrative withdrawal by the German Nationalists was unable to alter.

The result of the voting was awaited with tense excitement and received with cheers, except by the Communists who hissed,

FAMINE PRICES IN GERMANY.

Cologne, Oct. 13. There were frequent outbreaks of looting of shopa lo-day. Many 073 were closed and others barricaded, while the principal cafes were empty in consequence of impossible prices.

Lorries going to market were held up and looted of potatoes, meat, bread, tobacco and boots.

The outbreaks were due to the extraordinary fluctuations in quotations of the mark, frantie speculation having resulted in famine

prices for commodities.

The French authorities have preclaimed s state of siege at Kreuznach owing to the looting of the shops.

JAPAN'S, PLIGHT CHINA'S BLESSING.

London, Oct. 14,

New ricksbas make their ap- pearance. They are described as "a decided improvement upon the of China. In spite of the present chaos, it believes the people will old ones both as regards appear- ultimately overthrow the native oppressors and establish a stable ance and comfort.

government. It terms China the most promising factor in Asia, and Hongkong Interport Rifle team is of the opinion that Japan's engrossment in earthquake recupera- scores 943. Mr. Marshall andtion will prove beneficial to China. Mr. Wake both register 100.

A

An article in the Observer takes an optimistic view of the future.

know

THE COWIE HARBOUR living. He defies anyone to get

COAL CO., LTD. SILIMPOPON COAL

THE nudersigned are prepared

to quote prices for best quality freshly mined Silimpopon Coal, trimmed into Bunkers at Sebattik or Sandakan (British North Borneo), and to

contract

correspondent "wants to whether life is worth

clean, respectable lodgings in Hongkong for less than $90 a month.

October S. 1901. Britain's

casualties in the Boer War so far are 15,562, of whom 53,273 have rejoined the fighting line.

Douglas shares are rising. Ex- pected to reach $60.

JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT PRINTING PLANT.·

Washington, Oct 19. Learning that the Japanese Government lost its printing presses in the earthquake, President Coolidge and the Cabinet are considering the loaning to Japan of a number of hand currency presses.

HEER AND TEA.

Amsterdam, Oct. 13.

The Government has introduced a bill to increase the beer tax and the import duties on tea and beer. The tea duty will be raised

Wu Ting-fung is becoming po-from twenty-five to one hundred guilders per hundred kilogrammes, for regular Supplies of cargopular in America. He has won prizes for euchre and for a literary article on America's inability to brez tea properly.

lots at favourable rates.

Steamers calling at Sebattik Italy, France and London (underor Astor House Building

Sandakan exclusively for arrangement) will be conveyed] Bunkers are exempt from pay- Cable Address "CLRICS"

by this Steamer proceeding to ment of ordinary Port Charges Bombay and there transhipped The minimum draft of water to the on-carrying Steamer for alongside the Company's Wharf

IF YOU POSSESS ONE

HYDES EXPOSURE METER

You

We guarantee

will take photographs with right Exposures.

Sole agents in China.

Tel. 3217.

HALL, LAW & CO.

10. Des Voeux Road, Central

JAMES STEER.

9. Ice House Street.

WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.

CHRONOMETERS, CLOCKS, WATCHES AND NAUTICAL

INSTRUMENTS REPAIRED UNDER MY

Marseilles and London.

Parcels will be received at the Office until 5 p.m. the day hefore sailing. The contents and | value of all packages are required. For further particulars, apply to.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE

& CO.

Agents. Hongkong, 11th. Oct, 1923.

JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE.

We have over 100 views ol damage at Tokyo and Yokohama

on sale.

TEL. CENTRAL 2877

MEE CHEUNG

Ice House Street. & Beaconsfield Arcade.

PERSONAL SUPERVISION,

TEL. CENTRAL 1877

ASTHMA CURE

GOLDEN STATE BUTTER Himrod's

From CALIFORNIA CREAMERIES.

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

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Committee of Scottish Free-

masons appointed to form a Lodge in Kowloon. Over $1,000 raised at inaugural meeting.

October 9, 1901. God had- way is being made with the con- onstruction of the Naval Dock.

at Sebattik is 26 feet at low water Spring Tides. Charts of Cowle Bay (Sebark Harbour) and any required information concerning the Port application to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON &

CO., LTD.

may bo

had

Agents.

The Cowie Harbour Coal Co., Ld.

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**Red Dragon" and "Cathay ** Lodges of Good Templars hold an entertainment at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.

October 11, 1901. Complaints are made of the insanitary condi- tion of Hongkong's meat vans,

A correspondent protests against noises caused at night in Kowloon by pianos,

WILD ANIMALS AND SNAKES IN BURMA.

RUSSO-DUTCH TRADE.

The Hague, Oct. 13. A number of leading manufacturers, including, several with Dutch-Indian interests, hare founded a large Russo-Dutch Trading Association for the purpose of opening up import and export trade with Russia on a large scale.

LADY

MOUNTBATTEN'S ENGAGEMENT.

London, Oct. 13.

Reuter is officially informed that the statement published here to the effect that the engagement of the Crown Prince of Sweden and Lady Mountbatten has been broken off is absolutely without founda-

tion.

OBITUARY,

San Juan del Sur, Oct. 34.

Dou Diege Manuel Chamorro, President of Nicaragua, died to-day. iSenor Chamorro was elected President in 1919 and assumed office, January, 1920.)

According to the figures given NAVAL OFFICER SENTjjust managed to drag the pram

TO GOAL.

CAR CRASH AFTER COCKTAIL. BRANDY. CHAMPAGNE AND "WHISKIES."

out of the way to avoid being pianed against railings.

in the last Administration Report. the number of persons killed by. wild animals in Burma during the year 1921 was 93, whilst the deaths from scake-hite numbered 1,562. As no rewards were paid for snakes by Government, little A lieutenant commander infhave I done? Have I killed reliance can be placed on the the Royal Navy, John Moore anyone?"

The car then turned right round. one of the tyres bursting.

When certified drunk and charged. Hoath asked, "What

statistics sent in, which state Heath, aged 32, of Brooklands, Heath, who denied the charge that last year 14,630 snakes were Cobham. Surrey, was sentenced of drunkenness, said that for lunch killed as against 17.713 in the to a month's imprisonment in he had had a cocktail, a haif- Fear previous: Out of the 93 per- the second division at West Lon-bottle of champagne and a liqueur sons killed by wild beasts 64 were don Police Court recently for brandy. Later in the day he had killed by tigers.

being drunk while in charge of a la couple of whiskies and sodas. motor-car and for driving to the He said he put the brakes on, public danger.

and the car skidded on the greasy

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