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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1924.

Chirstmas Gifts

"Just What I Wanted!"

That's sure to be the happy exclamation from those who receive a gift chosen from our varied selection of Perfumes, Toilet Waters and other requisites. THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY. 14, Queen's Road. Telephone C. 1877.

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TO Christmas let your home radiate new beauty and joy and melody! Let the songs of the whole wide world entertain and inspire the family. All of this can be yours_through the wonderful.

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NEW GIANT AIRSHIP.

The Egypt-Jadis Route.

Mr. J. H. Thomas, Oslonial] 8 o'qtary in. the lato Govern mant, and other distinguisbed | EROSIR who wore proient at the Cutlers Fonst at Bheffield, visited on the following day tho Rivor Don works of Mosara. Vickers at Sheffield, last month.

Mr. Thomas prapored the toast of the firm of Messrs. Vickors

WAR

Bir Trovar Dawson, vico- chairman of the company, za- eponding, said that the firm had signed a contract for the con stration of an airship of 5000,000 cubic feet capacity. and more than twice as big as tho airship ZR3, which recently prominent in connexion with the Atlantic flight. Thoy had secured two hiæ «hods at Howdon, Yorkshire, for putting togethe-this prent airshin, and

ablo they hoped to be

to manufactura the parts in ther works and assemble them at the phade At the proson t time they were employing moroj men then before the war. Befor the war thy wore pruduoing 40| tons per week of stamninga, and they had now an average wookly output of 155 'on That was perhaps the bost, barometer of their present peace production.

CONTRACT AND DESIGN

HRISTMAS!

IGARS

YOUR FRIENDS ARE SURE TO ENJOY THE CIGARS YOU GIVE THEM IF YOU BUY THEM AT-

ABAQUERIA ILIPINA

LEADING TOBACCONISTS, OPPOSITE QUEEN'S THEATRES

THE TEST MATCH,

AUSTRALIANS' GOOD

POSITION.

AMENDMENTS TO SHAK SPEARE.

Hamlet Up to Date. James Moffatt, of Glasgow, The new airship to which

who took the Now Testament in Sydney, Dec. 23rd.-The weather hand some years ago in order to Fir Travor Dawson referred is the Beat of twen Ruch varsel for the third day's play in the first tell the Biblical story in the

of fine, but, sultry language

the of 5000,000 cuin feat capacity test match was

twentieth which are to be built under towards the latter port of the day. contury, has compoted a similar the recent Government docision The wicket was in good condition. work on the Old Testamont. to radovelon airships in this The attendance numbered 12,000, onuntry. When completed it will Pay was stopped by a dust storm be by far the largest airship in which swept across the pitch when the world. It will be two and a, the score stood at 5 for 257. Play half times the capacity of the was resumed · when P34, the first sirahip to cross from abated, but after one man had been Eurone to Americs, and the only added to the score the storm one to do the double journey.

the

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CHRISTMAS

CHEER

In Dr. Moffat's version the Christmas Cakes,

Plum Puddings,

Gardon

of Edon becomes a park, Noah's Ark a bargo, and the City of David is called Davidsburg. Neadloss storin

comments an exchange, the learn od doo or gets a good sonrifying in the Press.

re

turned und Skuins were drawn. Seores:

Australia, First inning ...450 England-First Innlags.....298

This contract, as was stated in the Times last July, is the ano which was offered to the Burney airship group for the construction of an airship to fly from Englandi Australia.Second Innings: to Egypt and India. ir Trevor Bardsley, b. Tate .. Dawson, when he said the con-A, Richardsen, e. and b. Freeman as tract had been awarded Was

peaking as chairman of the Kelloway, K. Gilligan

Collins, not out

.22

to say.

A critic of the Daily News ro- marks: "What he is doing for the Biblo I am proposing to do for: Shakespeare. 1 give a fow extrants so that you may judgo | the general tonour of the whole. In Twolfth Night, for instance,: you know the Duke's speech: "If musio be the food of love," play

Now that seems to me! qu'alaminem remark; well and oven beautifully expressed.| But is the English un to date? Is it slangy enough! Is. it sufliciently bright for the modern stage? Of course it isn't! Lat mo render it intolligibly: Duko:

.59-00."

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Airesin Buszinten. P vaning an associated company of Vickers, Ponsford, e. Woolley, h. Freeman 27 not as vico-chairman of V. Richardson, e. Hendren, b. Tate 14 und Vickers, though

large Bendry, not out number of the component farts of the structure of the Vessai will

made by that firm. These will be nerembled at Howden, York. which was an Admiralty sirah p ba-o during the war, and has been acquired by the airship company,

THE COST.

Total for 5 wickets

The match will be continued to- snorrow. The aggregate attendance Ag Fur has been a record for tests in! Australia. The fielding of the Eng-

Approximately tio eat to linh tr was excellent and the tho Government of what bowling good Gilligan, the captain may be termed the "Burnay"

of the Englishmen, received many airship (for Commandor Burnoy bas been its inspiration for cablen of congratulation on his auth years) will bo £350.000, provided birthday which fell today.

and, if the company oxeriso thoir

must be

the airship completes its trials,! The Australian team has been otion and buy the airship back "dified to bo present at Melbourne nt £150 000, the not cost will be for the second test on January 1, reduced accordingly. Three years although the team will not be select are allowed for the airship's con- et until December 31-Renter. struction, and under tho contract it

dolivér- ted to the Air Ministry by

September. 1927. Its length is giving a total horse power of 3,800, be G95ft. and its diameter at an expenditure of a little over at the point of biggest girth half a ton of fusi an hour. A oruis. 132f, and tho contract specifies ing spood of 70 miles an hour had tho structuro and other is estimated for, and the reason Bed woights must not exceed for basing the financial calcula- 0 tone. Budgeting on a range tions on a range of 2,500 milos is

Tell me, kid, are you sick

Jos the same as mo.

Of this highbrow music ? Say that you agrońl Chorus:

Say it in ragtime Say it in flag-timo, Say it in brag-timo.

If music to the food of

'Love I'll muse ! Come with me and be my owo- Say it with a saxophone!

I've got those blank-versa

blues

Then take Hamlot! Look at the longwinded stuff, without any pretty girls on the stage to help. it out! Obviously it won't do at all. That long soliloquy of Ham- let's" To be or not to be "--what dud stuff it is! Lot mo shorten: it and make it intelligible l Hamlet:

Feelin' lonely, -

Feelin' sad. I've heon diddled,

I'vo beon had.

Thore's one thing I wanna

Know, and this is what. Tell me, is it gonna

of 2,500 miles, there is available that this distance is approximate-Chorus: as paying load the weight of 120 ly that of four stages botwoon ard Australia. Those pa-sungers and 0 tons of freight boro

England Egypt Karachi.

aro

or mails. This figuro is arrivod Bages at after allowing a 50 per cent. Egypt Karachi, rasorve of fuel and oil-more than Singapore, and Singaporo-Perth. ample margin for battling against Actually it is hoped to bring adverse weatherconditions. Thirty India within four days' journey two-berth cabins are provided of this country, along the sides of the veseri, and,

addition, there are a smoking mont of airships is proceeding Meanwhile, the State develop- room, a lounge "big enough to

Cardington, near. Bodford, aac in," the usual accomoda-

which was an airship con. tion for kitchens, &c., and quar-straction baso during the war trs for a crew of 40. The pass uger and has a complete plant for the qrters are completely isolated fem the rest of the ship, not only reconditioned in order that theo purpose. Hors the R33 is being by gastight walls, but by an air

retical data and calculations, space through which tree sir will;

CAN Во chooked by full- [be outstantly circulating, so that)

coate exportmant. is le expected ir.* risk from passengers that the R33 will not begin- carelo-unosa or ignorance is radu,ed to a minimum

NEW FUEL SUPPLY.

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flying trils in carnest· bofors the Now Year, as more work than was original y latended i holog Hydro en i-, of course, to the carried out; and then she will be fting medium, but, patrol will traneforred to Pulham. There |be eliminated" ful, and, a no shed at Cardington at pre- * Indicated in The Times as sent which can houso an airship long ago an May, 1922, the of the size contemplated, and con- contract has born Ricardo kerosone-cum-drogensequently o system of luel supply is to be placed to enlargo an aliahip shed utilized. So far the system has from a prosont length of 700ft. to 812fc. Ita boight will be increased only been experimented with ou

mal ongines but a full-size from 195ft. to 156ft., and the only unit of 550 h.p. is ditension which il romain un- noaring completion and will altered will be the width, 1807t. bo tried out shortly on the The American shed at Lakeburst tost bud. Seven of these units is 800ft, and the Zeppelin shed are to be used in the airship, at Friedrichshafen Is only. 785ft.

power

Be, or is it not? I'll hike off upon a

Great big express train To the land that's grim and

ghostly

Where folke miss the trail and

mostly

1

Don't come back again | Perhaps you will say that the two examples of my style that; I have given you are too. sonti- mental. Very well, let's try some- Romana and Countrymen; lond thing stirring 1 Why not"Friends,.

me your ears"? Mark Antony speaking:

"It's some tickler, it's some

teaser-

Nobody doan knowu uthin' What's become -of Jullus

Caorar-

Lost hisself, or suthin'?

Chrote:

"Ha ain't gonna rolgu no mio”, Ho ain't gonna refun no mio*.

No mo' ho'l ohow tho festiva

olam

With dark-oyad Suo from

Alabam;

<

He ain't gonna rafga no mo'; In my opinion, Bo, That bruto Brutus (oh, you

skunk)

Made J. Caorar do a bunk→

Ain't it pitifult Ain't it punkt Ho ain't gonna reign.no mo,'

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