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"CANADIAN CLUB" WHISKY

DISTILLED & BOTTLED BY

HIRAM WALKER & SONS LTD.

WALKERVILLE, CANADA.

OF UNQUESTIONED PURITY

AGENTE:

̈CALDBECK MACGREGOR

& CO., LTD.

15, Queen's Road, Central. Tel. 75 C.

One of the most treasured possessions of friends far away is a photo of their dear ones overseas, The Ming Yuen Studio is fitted with the most modern photographic equipment and will be pleased to show you specimens of their work.

THE MING YUEN STUDIO (Battery Path.)

Official Photographers to the "H. K. Telegraph.".

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The Well Known Brand Obtainable.

THE WING

ON CO., LTD.

SOUTH CHINA KNITTING FACTORY

Various colours

and sizes.

Excellent

* Quality,

Lowest Prices.

Hosiery

Inspection and Enquiries · Solicited.

Manufacturers

New Fromises, Shang Tung Street. Mongkok, Hongkong. Tel, K. 593. Tel. Address- "SQUCHIKNIT ' Codos, Bentley's and Private.

ASAHI BEER

BREWED BY

DAI NIPPON BREWERY

Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

TOKYO

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Sole Agents--

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AND RID THE HOUSE OF

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DOES NOT STAIN,

IS NON POISONOUS

THE PHARMAC

FLETCHER & CO., LTD.

Asiatic Building, 26 Queen's Road Central. Tol. 345.

(China) Ltd.

Chica

FAVORED by hunters

and householders throughout China, for the past twenty-fiveyears. Supports 1080 pounds. Width 28 in. Length 76 in, Height 17 in. For sale where you secute your camping kit.

Wholesale Distributors

Messrs. DODGE & SEYMOUR

Shanghai

18 Mustum Rd.

Sustains li wing weight of

10 50 lbs.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

1925.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30,

INDUSTRIAL CENSUS OF BRITAIN.

TO-DAY'S FASHION,

'PLANES TILAT SEE.

How the Workers are Distributed.

Industrial tables compiled in connexion with the census of England and Wales in 1921 aro published by the Stationery. Office in a stout Blue Book. costing £2 7s. 6dTho industry: to which oach individual has been classed bas boen determined (whatever may have boon his occupation) by refor ence to the business in which his occupation was followed, For example, the man who it decupationally a carpenter or a carman is classified industrial. ly to building. If employed by a builder, ar to brewing, if employ. ed by a browor..'

The statistics relate to indus- trios in England and Wales as a whole, in six of the principall industrial regions, in the ad- ministrative counties and in certain urban areas selected as being of special significance or interest from the point of view of current industrial problems.

In all industries the aggregato number of poreons ongeged was. | 17,178,050, of whom 12,112,718 were males and 5,065,332 femeles. Of these 40,246 were associated with the fishing branchos, 1,123,- 962 with agriculture, 1,283,728 with mining and quarrying and the treatment of non-metallifor- ous mine and quarry products. 176,541, with the manufacture of bricks, pottery, and glass, 197,677 with the manufacture of chemi- cals, dyes, axplosivas, paints, non- mineral oils and grease, and 2,196,014 in the manufacture of metals, machines, implements, jewellery, and watches.

TEXTILE TRADES. There were 1,153,839 persong engaged in the manufacture of textiles and textile goods, 80,472 in the preparation of skins and leather and the manufacture of

Another new wrinkle in is the 'm'lady's, lingerie ploated combination chamiso that ties, as you see, in a flat bow at the back to insure a perfectly smooth line for one's frack: The garment pictured is of periwinkle Georgette with cream-filet- lace to edge, top and homi. Shoulder straps are satin ribbon matching the chemise in colour.

the very wide range of industrial occupations in and

around London. To take examples, 9,681 males and 1,184 females wore

the

coolmining

goods of leather and leather sub-engaged, in farming and stock- stitute other than boots or shoes, rearing, and 421 males and 44 805,678 in the manufacture of females are recorded as being |clothing, 460,718 in the manufac- | engaged in

ture of food, drink,, and tobacco, industry, 261,856 in wood-working, 356,608 10 papermaking and allied trades, 726,368 in building, etc., and 162,767 in gas water, and electricity.

The varied branches of trans port and communication absorbed 1,203,566 persons, commerce, and financo 2,275,148, public admin- istration and detence 1,335,879, the professions 514,776, antertain meute and sport 122,004, and per- sonal service, including domestic servants, hotels and catering, 2,-- 040.825. There were returned as in the service of foreign Govern- ments 2,664 persons.

GREATER LONDON,

In the Great London area the number of persons returned was" 3,216,181, or whom 2,084,320 wore mates and 1,131,811 females, A remarkable insight is afforded into

Of the other industrial arGAS that embracing Lancashire and parts of Cheshire and Derbyshire had 1,689,059 malos and 903,589 females, the West Riding of York- shire and the City of York 1,042,762 males and 432,489 fe- males, the Northeast coast 728.226 males and 170,261 females, Bir- mingham and district 612,525 males and 274,166 females, and South Wales 570,428 males and 111,811 females.

In the age groups, it is shown that as regards men, in all indus- tries 2,564,891 were between 25 and 34 years of age, 2,440,543 between 35 and 44, and 2,063,125 period so far au females are con- between 45 and 54. The peak

cerned is between 20 and 24, when those in all industries numbered 1,000,058. Between 25 and 34 the figures were 1,051,191..

Radio From "Eyes" To Land Station.

Manlose air machines aro being! considered by a commission especially established by the Tronoh Government, says. A Hama paper.

Imagino a weird eraft, like

SUMMER DRESS GOODS

AT

WHITE AWAY'S

WAYDERO

a metal flying fieb, with as many as six circular, staring "eyes Guaranteed of glass. Such, briefly, is the Absolutely Robot of the air, as these spo- Fast Glor cialists foreson it.

A ground operator will¡"fly" this uncanny machine by wire- less. exactly as though he wore Fitting up aloft within its bull. When he moves a lover at the ground station, the "Robot" in the air will move precisely as though a human hand had made the requisite movement in its cockpit.

This man on the ground, the experta declaro; will be able to seo things inany miles distant from where he sits at his controls.

The egos of the Robot will focus on photo-electric. colls, which become conductors of electricity when light is shining on them. Those things which the machine "seo" will be transmitted by wire- loss, and roproduced upon similar] screens in the distant land-control station.

Suppose two Robots meet in tho air. And suppose the two operators controlling them are in the service of nations which are at war with one another. Each operator sees the machine of the onomy loom suddenly on his. screens. Why should not the Robots fight?

Picture those two manless machines wheeling and man- Gouvring for position. Imagine the automatically-controlled guns Sce of the aerial Robots äring! one of them crippled and sect down in a bloodless victory!

The next great war, as French experts visualise it, will be the most uncanny business the mind of man has over conceived. It will outrival all fiction in its

amazing fact.

It will go down in.. history as a

war

A

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STANDARD

VALUE

PRICE

$1.00yds.

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Teacher: "What animal is most fond of man?"

Pupil Woman l'—··

Humorist, London.

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Artistic finishes in Bronzo, Antique Copper, and Oxydized Silver.

Polished and Lacquered Brassware.

i

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Electrical Engineers,

Tel. Central 358.

Astor House Bldg., Hongkong.

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BATHING CAPS THAT LAST

We have just unpacked a largo assortment of

the latest in bathing caps.

THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY

Telephone O. 1877, `

14, Queen's Road, Contral,