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There will be

TEA & DINNER

at the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

DANCES

KING EDWARD HOTEL

on the following dates

TEA DANCE ·

14th Jan. 1926.^. 19th Jan. 1926.

21st Jan. 1926..

DINNER DANCE

· 16th January, 1926,

Further announcements to follow.

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Bookings for the Dinner Dances can be made al the

Reception Office.

Columbia New process RECORDS

"MEANDERINGS OF MONTY" (Milton Hayes)

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THE GENERAL ŐUTLGOK THE NEAR EAST

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The policy may mature at an opportune.moment, to enable you to pay off a mortage or bring financial Eecurity when your carning power is on the wane,

Full particulars of all Endowment Policies from

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CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD.

Life Assurance Dept.

St. George's Building. Hongkong.

WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CHOICE SELECTION OF

HOUBIGANT'S

PERFUMES

and

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THE PHARMACY Fletcher & Co., Ltd.)

Asiatic Building Tel. 345.

Lung trouble

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by the timely use of SCOTT'S Emtl-

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ŞALESMAN ŞAM.

TAIPING TRIALS.

SUCCESSFUL RUN OF AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL

VESSEL.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926.

BRITAIN'S TRADE.

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

December Increases.

Better Than Contract Speed.

**** London, Jan. 12. The Board of Trade returns for The trials of 8.8. Taiping, the second the vessels built by the December show the imperts to be

and the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock £124,268,000

exports Company to the order of Messrs. £66,768,000, increnses of £19,676.- Yuill and Co. of Sydney (AuB-000 and £4,791,000, compared with tralia-Oriental Line), were carried November-Reuter. out yesterday, when the new shlp! gave a considerably better speed!

than her contracted 13 knots.

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with sucli esact, if he and his clicers fell down on the job they were unworthy to hold them.

EXTRATERRITORIALITY,

OPENING SESSION IN PEKING.

Peking, Jan. 12. The Extrality Commission held its formal opening session this morning. The Minister of Justice, Mr. Ma Chun-wa was elected honorary President, and Mr. Strawn, Chairman of the SCB- sion, which Was held. in thhe inme rcom 19 the Tarif Commission, Many Chinese and foreign officials were presont. *

Sir Skinner Turner proposed that There was a distinguished com- Messrs. Yull and it remained pany on board to see the Taiping for the master, Captain Hamilton Mr. Wang Chung-haul be Chair-f put through her paces, among to complete the good work. man at Loday's sitting, which we j

hose present being: Lleut.-Col.

Mr. Wang (6/2 Pur- Captain Hamilton responded unanimously carried. Contes, Major Smith jabis, Mr. S. T. Williamson. Mr. and thanked Mr. Dyer for his kind Chang-haul then called on Mr. M. R. M. Johnson (U.S.S.B.), Captain remarks." He thought the Taiping Chun-wu to deliver an address ci R. Arthur, Captain R. H. Douglas, good ship. He admitted that welcome. The latter, In so doing, Messrs, W. Logan, f. C. Shrubsole.

said it was conegled on all hands A. I White, M., Shaw,

tint the status of foreigners in W. Thayer, F. W. James, C. c.

China calls for readjustment since Knight Messrs. Butterfield and

China is the only great, indepen- Swire; C. C. Stárk (Vacuum Oil Co.); J. Ruhl, C. C. Nelson, D. Ar. Lang, representing Lloyd's, dent country where the extra- Abbey (Taikoo Flock); R. M. Dyer, in a brief speech said that he hadity anomaly continues. E. L. logic, E. Cock, J. W. Mat- had the honour of representing had steadfastly introduced reformis thews, I. II. Scott, J. S. McIntosh his Society in many parts of the in her legal system and the work (ILK. and Whampoa Dock); W. world, but on arrival in Hongkong of codification had been going on Lang (Lloyda); W. Russell (Har- he was surprised to find that the for twenty years and would soon bour Office); A. L. Shields, W. A. Colony had advanced to such a be complete. R. Douglas, Captain Jamilton, point in shipbuilding practice, Captain Williams. A. Forsyth The people at Home should know (Messrs. Shewan Tomes); A. Keat- more about, Hongkong, especially

Progressive Methods.

China

Mr. Hicki, replying, said: "We all recognise the extra-territorial

COKE AND TAR

We are now in a position to supply the above direct to consumers and shall be pleased to do so in quantities upwards of 1 Cwt and 1 Gallon respectively.

PRICES,

either Ex works or

delivered, may be obtained on appli- cation.

Hongkong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

Phone C. 4704 C. 4 or K.1.57

THOS. COOK & SON, Ltd.

ing (Groen Island Cement Co.): considering dee peor quality of Prime introduced here to singly a THOS. COOK & SON (Bankers), Ltd.

S. T. Gingham (Naval Yard: the which had recently Commdr. Pott (HMS. Hawkins) arrived from there. The ships Commander Coulthart (H.M.S. were not so good as those produc- Marazion); Flight Gummdr.ed by Hongkong, and both the Moulder-Barratt (H.M.S. Hermes); people at Home and in Australls Lieut.-Commdr. Harvey, Lieut. would soon realise that the Colony Shadwell, Dr. Milward, Messrs. could equal, if not betier, the ship 4 Denison, J. Rocva [Far building, products of the world. East Oxygen Co.), G. E. E He would impress upon local lams (HK, and Macno

certain

we

modia virendi and destined to abrogation upon the removal of conditions which called it into being. We sincerely hope tâc present inquiry will enable us to indicate how seon, and in what manner, this and will be attained with unfalling aid to the Chinese Steamshipbuilders, however, the need for Government. I am boat Co., A. W. Rowe (Taxi-keeping in line with progressive shall be able to prepare a fuir and enh Co.), T. K. Jones (Lane Craw-mothods; the demand was for big-constructive réport.” ́. ford's, J. P. Ormiston (Holyoak, ger and cheaper vessels, and he M. Toussaint proposed that Mr. Massey & Co.),

wished to see Hongkong maintain-Ma Chun-wn be elceted honorary Mr. W. A. R. Douglas, acting asing her supremacy with equipment Superintendent, for Messrs. Yuill and docking facilities; never to & Co., of Sydney. Captain Ken- stop, but to be at least 25 years nedy in charge of trials for H.K. ahead of her neighbours and pro- and Whampoa Duck Co. and Cap- vide for the future which was of- lain Hamilton, master of ss. Tal- deniably hers. ping. Mr. J. Matthews, as designér, Mr. J. S. McIntosh, as Engineer Draughtsman and Mr. 1. 1. Scott, Supt. Eng, attended in their oficial capacities.

Unlimited Labour.

President.

Mr. Hioki proposed Mr. Strawni as Chairman.

réprésentative,

The Portuguese Mr. Blanchi proposed Mr. Hsu Wei- ehen, who is the Shansi judge, as Chinese Secretary General.

All the proposals were unani- mously carried.

bare half hour-Reuter..

The meeting adjourned after a

BRITISH SHIPBUILDING,

RECORD LAW LEVEL SINCE 1909.

Mr. Reed replied for the guests and the shipbuilding interests. saying that on this day he wished The plan in the music saloon to disassociate himself from any was specially, built by Messrs. thing to do with ships, but Mr. Collard and Cellard, of London, Lang had called the tune. The and supplied by the Anderson Kowloon Dock, had turned out Music Company. Ltd. local very good ships and the Taikoo agents). Upholstery in cabine Dock were almost as good, if not lounges and reading rooms were better thought that with, the by Messrs. Lane Crawford, Ltd unlimited resources. of labour Leaving Kowloon Dock at 10.20 they had behind them, the local a.m. the Taiping proceeded down yards caule compare very favour- harbour at slow speed and took ably with the showing of the the west about passage to Lama world's shipbuilding centres. On Channel, where the trials took behalf of the guests he thanked A further decline in British place over the measured mile, both the HK. and Whampoa Dock shipbuilding is revealed in Lloyd's The first run was commenced at Co., and Messrs. G. Yuill and Co., 11.18 am, and the last at 3.40 of Sydney, the owners of the Tai-return for the three months end- p.m., the tiffin' interval

inter-ping and congratulated them on ing December 31st last. Tonnage vening.

Over a mean of several runs cellent vessel.

the achievement of such an ex- under construction amounted against and with the tide, a speed of 14.6 was maintained, the best being 15.3 and the worst 13.8, in both cases exceeding the contract speed..

Tiffin Speeches.

The Taiping is a replica of the Changte in all essentials, but there are minor differences in decora- tion and the disposition of the second class lounge accommoda- tion, which is the outcome of prac- The ship was anchored at Pienic tical experience with the latter Bay for liftin, and at the conclu-vessel. These are all to the good sion, Mr. Dyer, in a brief speech. and it is safe to say that in her proposing the prosperity of the class, there have been no better Taiping and her owners, referred ships sent afloat than the Taiping to the progress which had been marked in the ships built for Messrs. Yuill of Sydney. He trusted the vessels would satisfy the owners. He wished to couple with the toast the name of Mr Douglas, who throughout the build ing had worked as one, of their OWNE ALLE

London; Jan. 12.

to

885,000,000, which is 124,000,000 tons below the previous three months and 412,000,000 below the previous year. The present situa- ion is a record low level since September, 1000.

Italy. for the first time, bas taken the lead in foreign ship- building, at present constructing 309,000,000 tons, of the total

world's tonnage of 2,069,000,000. Internal combustion engines with

OPENED AT MOSCOW.

Sister Ship.

1,007,000, are overtaking, steamery

has made the round trip to and

Her sister ship, the Changte, with 1,011,000-Reuter. from Australia and has met with nothing but praise. Singularly SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY. free from vibration, with equip- ment of the highest possible standard, a maximum comfort and Mr. Douglas thanked those pre-a minimum of that atmosphere sent for their response to the toast asually considered a part of ship-: proposed by Mr. Dyer.

They board life, these two vessels are a

London, Jan. 12. could see for themselves the good credit to the Australia-Oriental work the Dock Co. had turned out. Line, and the Hongkong and reports the opening of the Moscow The Times Riga correspondent The good reports received of the Whampoa Dock and place Hong-Sun Yat-sen University," under Changle re-assured them as to the kong in line with the world's best the rectorship of Karl Radek to possibilities of the Taiping. Hein shipbuilding. proposed the health of the Dock

educate Chinese.. It hás 250 Co., which was drunk with en- On the completion of trials, the students, including forty women, thusiasm.

Taiping berthed at the Kowloon all belonging to the Kuomintang. Mr. Dyer, replying, said that Dock at 5.30 pm. and will all The Isvenztia states the students the Company owed much to hence on her maiden trip for their faithful servants. The Com-Australia via Philippine ports and will chiefly study the theory and pany had done their best for Thursday Island, on January 22. practice of revolution.-Reuter.

C'MON WIFIE- SAM LEMME |TAKE HIS HOADSTER FOR THE

AFTERNOON LET'S TAKE A

RIDE OUT IN THE COUNTRY

How About Walking Over There Yourself, Mrs. Guzzlem?

Ort

OH BOY

AINT THIS GREAT!!!!

FINE

Or

WHAT THE

IT STALLED

Tourist. Steamship and Forwarding Agents, etc.

Have removed to new premises in Pedder Building (First Floor) 12, Pedder Street,

Opposite entrance to Hongkong Hotel,

P.

T. FARRELL Consulting Engineer

-AND-and

Manufacturers' Representative.

Agent for: Bolinder's Crude Oil Engines Marine, Stationary and Lighting,

King's Building, Top Floop.

Telephone C. 2566. Telegraphic Address "FARSEEING."

ALBERT

FRENCH PASTRY COOK

22, Queen's Road, Central

is making his name batter known every day by his French Cooking, done exclu- sively with fresh butter.

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The amatour gourmet" **Escargots de fond of Marseille's Bouillabaise "Bourgogue and all other famous French dishes can

go to Albert" with confidence. FRENCH WINES CHAMPAGNES

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DINNERS TO ORDER.

LIQUORS

Tiffins and Dinners served from 10-30 a. m,

to midnight.

French Cakos and French Chocolates made Albert" himself.

by

Nice selection of French fancy boxes just arrived from France by the "Andre Lobon."

E. HING & CO. SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS SHIP CHANDLERS

HARDWARE MERCHANTS. PHONE CENTRAL No. 1116.

DANGONIT. BATTERY'S DEAD. NO GAS CARBURETOR BLOCKED FAN BELT BROKE-ETC.

YOU DON'T SHOW ANY CONSIDERATION FOR YOUR. WIFE AT ALL INSTEAD OF LETTING ME SIT HERE. | IN THIS AWFUL SUN WHILE YOU ARE

FIXING TH' CAR÷

WING WOO ST. TBL. 25, Central.

By Swan.

YOU COULD AT LEAST DRIVE IT IN THE SHADE UNDER

THAT TREE OVER THERES