1925-01-07 — Page 8

LAST DAY

of

MACKINTOSH'S

SALE

TO-DAY

MACKINTOSH

& CO., LTD.

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS

Alexandra Building.

Des Voeux Road.

G. FALCONER & CO. (HONGKONG) LTD.

UNION BUILDING (OPPOSITE G.P.O.)

WATCH & CHRONOMETER MAKERS, JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS.

A fine soloction of English, Jowollory Sterling Silver

Ware Watches and Clocks always on hand. Agents for:-

British Admiralty Charts Keivio Navigational Instrumenta

Boss London Telescopes & Binoculara

Heath Sextanis, Night Glasses €16. Stanley Drawing instrumenta Watts Theodolites, Levels gir.

We invite the Public to call and inspect our varied stook, and compare prices,

Over half a century's reputation throughout the East as the House of Quality,'

Established -

1855

HONGKONG HOTEL

CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE

FANCY DRESS BALL

will be held in the

GRILL ROOM

ON

FRIDAY JANUARY 23rd.

(CHINESE, FANCY OR

EVENING DRESS OPTIONAL)

DANCING 8. p.m. 12 MIDNIGHT LATE CAR TO THE PEAK 12.30 a.m. Tables May Now Be Reserved.

TEA DANCES

DAILY 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. Admission $1.00 (Including Tea)

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

"ITALIT"

Asbestos Cement Corrugated and Flat Roofing Sheets

Is the only manufacture of its kind which has secured a

GOLD MEDAL

Unsurpassed for its strength, durability and coolness.

Stocks Carried

SHEWAN

TOMES & CO.

Sole Agents.

Apply Import Dept., St. George's Building. Telephone C. 781.

E. HING & CO.

SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS SHIP CHANDLERS &

HARDWARE MERCHANTS.

PHONE CENTRAL No. 1118,

25," WING WOD" 57

Centrst,

ELEGRAPH.

AY) JANUARY

CAMERA NEWS

HOTEL FIRE -Vlow at the Hotel Bothwell on the boardwalk at Atlantic City after fire had destroyed a number of bulidings and caused the deaths of two. Damage was estimated at more than a million dollars.

IN BULGARIA.-Boris III, King of Bulgaria, inspects ibo guard of honour at the siste opening of parlament, with all the aldtimo pomp and ceremony. News and pictures from this country have been scarce the past few months due to a strict consorship at Softa becausetof revolutionary rumblings.

MRS. HARDING'S FUNERAL.-The Hiltie city of Marion sorrowfully turned out to pay its respects to the momory of Mrs. Warren G. Harding. Not since the death of her illustrious husband, the late President, had there baen auch a display of genuine grief In Marion. Hundreds filed past the flower-banked bler in the home of Mrs. Frank J. Longshore, niece of the former "first lady."

WORTH MONEY.-These are the first sables to be bred and reared in captivity. They are on a silver fox farm at Ausable Chasm, NY. They weigh one pound and are worth $1,000 each.

KKK. WOMEN.--Hundreds of women worn Initiated Into the auxillary to the Ku Klux Klan at a big rally in Elmira, N. Y. Here they are nean being' avorn in. The flory cross It burning in the background. The women wear hoods and robes Just as the men do,

PROMOTED.-John Mr. Van A. MacMurray, chlof of the lar eastern division of the U.S. State Department, has been named assistant secretary of state, succeeding the late Mr. Alveo A. Adeo.

RAILWAY SMASH.This is what happened when a freight train ran into a defective switch at Chantilly, France. This lo- comotive and several cars. plunged down into a ravine. Ecth the engineer and fireman, varelkilled.

STUNT SKATING.--Katie Schmidt acis as the human dish-rag for Nicholson, stunt skater at St. Moritz, Switzerland.

LABOURITES MEET.-Delegates to the American Federation of Labour convection In El Paso, met representatives of the Mexican Confederation of Labour at the American gato of the international bridge. Both American and Mexican flags were flying. The Visitors marched three miles on foot from their Juarez meeting place, across the bridge, through the streets of El Paso, to Liberty Hall, where the Americans were assombled.