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LOCAL HOCKEY.

MATCH CANCELLED.

METAMORPHSIS.

A FABLE OF THE FORESTS.

In days of old, a Hermit lived in the Himalayan forests. He

His re-side

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

"WET" ENGLAND.

"PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON AGAIN LOOKS AROUND. The hockey match which

"Pussyfoot"-Johnson has spent should have been played at the solved the servant question by Chrisimas in London and is not United Serviços Recreation cating nettles and wild fruit.

about this country... ground, Kowloon, last evening, His hut was no more than an ex-in a very optimistic frame of mind "When is England going to be between the Club and the 5/2nd hide might cover.

became the refuse of wild things." he was asked during an in Punjabis, was cancelled,

He was a great magician besides.terview by a presa representative. A mouse, was his first intimate. "Oh, I don't know. It fan't dry It played round him and amused to-day," he replied, smiling faintly him. Next came a tawny wild as he looked through his Fleet ent which rubbed itself against Street office, window at the rain. his kindly knee. It caught sight "But I'll tell you this," said the of the mouse and chased it into great prohibitionist, warming up hysterics, missing it by the frac-there is an increasing public tion of chance.

opinion in this country that 'drink" is a bad thing both for individuals and for the nation."

HOME FOOTBALL.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS.

Londen, Feb. 23.

The following arc to-day's results of matches in the Scottish League-Dundee 1 Partick 0; St Mirren 2,, Motherwel: 22 Mouter.

KOWLOON MARATHON.

FEWER ENTRIES THAN........

LAST YEAR.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

NEW YEAR WINDFALL

CHINESE POLICE YET PAY,

PAY HONGKONO AND - SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Gloom which darkened the New Year prospect of many Chi nese in Shanghai has vanished, sun of affluence has risen over says a Shanghai journal. The their affairs and they can join the noisy whirl of New Year.

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For instanco, the Woosung and Shanghai Constabulary received their pay. For some months it

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HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

sued and Fully Paid-up

Reserve Fund Authorised Capital -

Sterling. Silver

་་

$30,000,000 . $30,000.029

R 4,500,000 $24 400.000

Roserve Liability of Proprietors

..

$20,000.00

Uhlef Manager AH. Barlow, Esq. Manager: Shanghal-G. E. Stitt, Esq. LONDON BANKERS: WESTMINSTER BANK LTD.

application.

Colono! You Chung-yang, Hongkong, 21st. Feb., 1924.- Chief of Police, saw to the pay

BANKS

INTERNATIONAL, BANKING

CORPORATION:

(Owned by the National City Bank of New York).

+

Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits UB. $14,000,000, HEAD OFFICE :

60, Wall Street, Now York. LONDON OFFICE +

36 Bishopsgate, E.O. BRANCHES :

Madrid

Musila

Onka

Valantis" Cauton Cabu

Panamk

-Peking

Bangoon

Colon Daires Hankow

San Francisco, D.

Shanghai

Singapore

Tientain

Harbin Hongkong

Tokio Yokohama

Current

foreign currencies taken at rates that may

THE P. & G. BANKING CORPORATION, LTD.

(Incorporated in England 1990) With wasch is slated

THE ALLAHABAD BANK, LTV.. INDIA. Authorised Capita....................................... Subscribed and Paid-ups

HEAD OFFICE:

182, Leadenhall London E.O.. WEST LONDON BRANCH: 14-16, Cockapar Street, London 8.WL

EASTERN BRANCHES Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Madras, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong. Canton and Shanghal

The Corporation undertaks GanUTA Banking and Exchange Business of vary † descripten und is addition to its Branches bas Agencies in all the principal cities of the world.

L.B HOPKING,

Manager.

be ascertained on application to the Bank.

We are also able to offer our Oustomera 50 the services of Branches of the National Oity Bank of New York in the principal countries of South America and in the West Indies.

G. HOGG,

Managar.

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ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL BANK, LTD.

HEAD OFVIOR: Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong

BRANCHES--BANGKOK-

BHANGHAI. Correspondente:London: Went- mlaster Bank, Ltd; New York: National City Bank; San Francisco: Union Trust Co. of San Francisco Canton Bank.

COURT OF DIRECTORS: G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman has been a case of taking the D.Q.37. Barnard, Bag Hon. Mr. 10. Land Balio

HP. White, Esq. Dapaty Chairman has been offered owing to the.. Bell, E

L. Patienden, impoverishment of local Chinese A.H. Compton, Eaq, J.A. Plummer, Beg, Bombay administration and the last re-Hop.Mr.P.H.Holyoak T. G. Waall, Esq. ports were that the men's wages were three months in arroar. When the cat departed upon its

Fortunately, the butchere came along and bought off a tax by accasions the mouse prayed to be

"But is it in the direction of offering $40,000 instead and the changed into a cat, the better to

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- Kobe This the prohibition?" asked the press-police got a month's pay on

Tuesday. The men still lack an-ed in LOCAL CURRENCY and Commercial and Travellers' Letters of 23, Des Vaux Road Centrai, Hongkong, meet its adversary. Hermit did in ! twinking.man.

"It is moving in that direction, other month's pay but as Taos- FIXED DEPOSITS received for Credit, Bills of Exchange and Cabla Justice was his strong point (tempered with a love of fair think. Public opinion is going day's distribution is officially one year or shorter periods in Transfers bought and sold.

In that direction all over the called January pay, the month Local Currency and Sterling on socounts and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed Deposits in local and play).

world-in some, countries faster in arrears is attributed to last terms which will be quoted on The cat eventually met the red, than in others. The Scandinavian November. wild dogs and tried to lose its countries, which I have just visit- shadow against a cough. It was ed, are going that way very fast. no good. It arrived at the Her-" Mr. Johnson admitted that at

men got their full amount the HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK. mil's by an aerial short cut and the moment he was not concen-mant of wages but although the was changed into a wild, red dog trating his propaganda efforts officers received only 70 por cont...

upon this country, and added that of their wages. just in time.

The Business of the above Bank conducted by the HONGKONG AND But a panther soon began to England would "come along" in

Nearly 4,000 unemployed Chi- SHANGHAY BANKING CORPORA TION Hules may be obtained on hegnt the hut. The dog, ever the its own time., He came to London

week ago after anese also shared in a New Year application. faithful companion of man, just over a

INTEREST on Deposit in cafoolstad The Hermit was dis-vigorous speech-making tour of bounty when the funds of a shivered,

Bulgaria, Jugo-Slavia, special committee formed to deal for the lowest balance during each com- The fifth annual Kowloon Maraturbed. "Why do you fear the Turkey, thon Race, to be held under the panther which likes you sa?" Denmark, Sweden, and Norway with men who lost their jobs pleted Calendar Month at 35 per cent far Denmark he addressed during the general strike were. Should there be no balance on any day in a month no interest will be The asked. The dog intimated In

that he had no use for that kind seventeen meetings in eight days, distributed before the committee leed for that month.

Depositors may transfer as their option of love.

But, the Hermit hinted "with a lot of little dinner parties went into liquidation. Decision

was Balance of $100 or more to the HONG- KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK to be that it was because of love that in between," and for three weeks to distribute the money

in Norway and Sweden he was reached at a meeting of various places on FIXED DEPOSIT OUR he himself tolérated the dog.

addressing two or three meetings associations including the Shang-RENT FACES,

hai Relief Society, the Chapei For the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, a day.

A. H. BARLOW, The objects of his visit to Lon-Citizen's Society, the Shanghai ing Corporation.

•fewer than 19 names, have been lives?" asked the dog, suspicious-on before returning to Amerien, Women's Society and the Shang-

Chief Manager. “ he told the interviewer, were bai Students Union.

Hongkong, 7th. January 1925. several. They were to spend not merely a "dry" but a quie: Christ-i

at his London flut, mas though this happened to be in the heart of the merry-making city, to go through a brief course of "bloodless" surgery under a West

Services Well Represented.

auspices of the St. Andrew's Young, Men's Club, will take place Monday, March 1,

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All the necessary arrangements have been carried out by the com- mittee of the Club. The entries closed on Saturday last, and no

"You don't happen to have been

a Chink in any your former

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Chink and a Panther.

received. Last year's entries num- bered 24 in all.

From the East Surreys Regi- ment there are 8 representatives. "No" was the Hermit's reply. and among them is last year's And to equalize matters the dog winner, Bandsman R. Hannes. was changed into a panther Mr. G. R. More, last year's close once. second, has not entered.

Rollo, Hestermann,

•

The panther went abroad and

even

The following is a complete list met a tigress. The panther got End osteopathist for deafness and of this year's entrants: Bn. R. up a tree and remained in itfoot trauble-a fallen arch of the Hannen, Bản. T., Wood, Ptes. Hills, | The Tigress snarled an awful left foot due to atrain during his Edwards, sneer, "Ilule, spotted fever, platform work; and to attend to Alder, and G. Frost (all from the why are you out of the segrega-some details of organization at East Surreys); Ldg. Seaman Wm. tion ward.. You are nearly the international office of the Hobdell (H.M.S. Despatch), F.piebald. As it is, you are neither

World League Against Alcoholism Flemmings and J. Wells (HM.here nor thero, old paper and in Fleet Street. Navy); Gunners. A. C. Morris and salt." The panther took an aerial Mr. Johnson expressed himself A. Newma (Royal Artillery).short cut to the Hermit and as well satisfied with his London Among the civilians there are six burst into tears. "What's the visit in all these respects. His antries, and these are Mr. Mugford, matter now?". Asked, the worri-deafness had troubled him for the Mr. W. Old (well-known in previed man.

past ten years, but after three ous races), Mr. K. G. Evans (Naval Yard) who is the youngest com-

The tigress called me a flea-osteopathic operations petitor who has ever entered for bitten nonentity," wailed the pan-ling had improved 50 per cent. His foot trouble had also been rectified. He was warm in his The Hermit raised 2 moun- retain-high bonfire and changed the praises of what manipulative sur-" the St. Panther into a huge tiger. The tiger Kery had done, for him.

sited away from the fire, helped

the Marathon, Mr. Adams (Kowther. "And she is, near by."

loon Naval Depot), and Mesars, Hammond and Mason, who both competing for Andrew's Young Men's Club.

The race will he started by Mr.

C. Whitley outside St. Andrew's Church at 430 p.m. sharp. The

his hear

Mr. Johnson will sail from in the George un by a blazing firebrand which Southampton

A long him. Washington to fulfil the Holy Man have after

The tiger should have lived list of speaking appointments in the United States and Canada. happily ever afterwards, but it

distance is approximately 64 did not. It was despised because He declared that the United

miles. The course to be taken will

it had originally, been a mouse.

"Quite sponse.

States

enjoying" POS-

1,200,000

Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

(Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.) Paid-up Capital..................................... Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietor £3,000,000 Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.

£3,000,000 £4,000,000

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposita received for 1 year or shorter periode at rates which will be quoted on *pplication.

A. H. FERGUSON, Manager.

Authorised Capital.............$5 900 000 Paid Up Ospital............... $1,500,000 Modern banking in all a branchios Qurront accounts savings Rodounty and fixed deposits solicited. Lokna granted an approved aegralty.

Overseas banking a speciality. INTEREST Current accounts 3 par cent savings 4 per osul, Fized Deposita, 3 months per cent, 6 months 4 por cent, one year.6 per cent,

Safe Deposits, Boxes for Beck Our Vaults safeguarded by time clocks and double combinations. Armour pint steel doors.

J, Y. LUM,

Manager.

TER KO HONG BANK, LTD. (Established 1817.)

CAPITAL:

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

HEAD OFFICE: 86, Boulevard Hausmann, Purin

An.horised Capital

$20,000,01⁄4

Issued Pald-up

8,000,000

4,000,000

Recerve liabilities of

Bhareholders

Burplus

4,000,000 825,000

It was decided to disburse the balance of funds and also to dissolve the committee. The sum

THE BANK OF CANTON LTD. of $3,432 was distributed to 1,716)

Head Office Hongkong. workers at various points, four

Established 1912. distributing centres being opened

“Authorised Capital......... at Yingziangkong, Chapei Wukat Paid Up Capital... £1,078,000 ing and Jessfield village. The Saver Reserve Fund.....700,000 Subscribed Capital. Fr. 72,000,000.00 average amount given to each BRANCHES Canton, Shanghai, Paid Capital Fr. 68,400,000.00 person was about $2. Twenty Hankor, Swatow, Bangkok, New York Reserves Fund Fr. 58,667,283.54 policemen gave protection during and San Francisco the distribution of this windfall.

CORRESPONDENTS in all principal cities of the World.

Every description of Banking business transacted,

Deposit Boxes to let.

BRANCHES Baskok Hanpi Pondicherry

Saigon LONDON BANKERS--The Lloyds Battambang Hongkong Bank Ltd.

Canton Mengtso Bhanghai Djibouti

Noumea Singapore Fortbayard Papests

Timptein

Tourano Hankow

Heiphong Peking LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager,

THE BANK OF CHINA.

(Specially authorized by Providential Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of Novembor, 1917.)

.$64,000,000.00 ..$18,278,600.00, $9,679,425.24 HEAD OFFICE: PEKING. HONGKONG BRANCHES :

Authorized Capital...... Paid-up Capital. ....................... Resorve Bonda

Prom-Penh Yunamaton

BANKERS:

In FRANCE: Comptoir National Paria; Credit d'Escompto de Lyonnais; Banque de Paris os de Pays-Bay Credit Industrialet Commercial; Societe General,

HEAD OFFICE:—SINGAPORE Branches, Agencies and Correspondente. in the principal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking, and Exchange business transacted...

H.L. HUANG.

Manager.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LTD.

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Established 1980. Capital (fully paid up) .............. Y. 100,000,000 Renerys fund... I. §3,500,000

HEADOFFICE :-YOKOHAMA, --

Branches and Agencies i

In LONDON-The National Pro vincial and Union Bank of England, Lids Comptoir Nations d'Escompte Batavia Kobe de Paris, Credit Lyonnais.

London Bombay In NEW YORK. P. Murg Co. Buenos Ayret Lyon

Interest allowed on Current Accounts | Caloutta and Fixed Deposits according to arrange Canton ment,

Changchun

Every description of banking and Dairen exchange business transacted.

4, Queen's Road Central. Branches and Sub-branches all prer China and correspondents in Europe, Maid: "There is sometody in Americs and other parts of the World."

LONDON BANKERS-The National Provincial and ion Bank of England THE BANK OF EAST ASIA Honolulu had directly the bathroom, sir" his prohibition, which

LIMITED..

Horbin simple," Riggled

Ltd. Country Guest: "That's all. "The Hermit changed led to greater efficiency. "Why." he said, in development of this

York. Into Nathan Road by Middle Road. you, from a mouse into a tiger Theme. "our best burglars orce right!" I only want to wash my

Change the Hermit into a break-here are total abstainera," and back to the Church.

be along Nathan Road, past thee asked the tigress' advice, perity largely as the result of Mortuary to Kowloon City, then by way of the Victoria Home Garoagh- Hunghom, along Chatham Road.

fast.

The following are the officials: stick." Rev. G. E. Arrowsmith, Rev. G. R. Lindsay Kil Mr. P. Sands Gudves); Messrs. Frank N. W. Doodha, Baldwin and Ban-

Some

of the magic will

Mercerised Magic. "Mercerised magic? Objected, the tiger. "Even then!" sagely

nister time-keepers); Mr. advised the great ent. Common Whitley starter).

decency demanded that the Her- The

The prizes, which have been mit should be consulted. generously presented by Sir Paul tiger arrived without notice while Chater, Messrs. R. M. Dyer and the good man was bathing in a AV. S. Bailey, will be distributed stream, The Hermit dived like by Mrs. Arrowsmith in thể Church | a dabchick and shinned up'a tree Hall immediately after the Pace, on the Farther bank.

GOLF.

RESULT

RESULT OF BOGEY POOL.

The bogey pool played at Fanling

"Mr. Hermit, Sir. you are a mighty magician," observed the tiger pleasantly.

Sure," snapped the Hermit. "If I absorb you then I'll be possessed of both you and your magic 7 suggested the tiger.

Your suggestion leaves little

on 20th-22nd February, resalted room for doubt," seurly replied

"Oh," laughed. the' Other scores were F. A. Redmond tiger. "I should not worry about (1 down) A. D. Humphreys, W. Lthere being room.

in 1. 1. Geare winning by one up the Hermit.

There are

Dunbar and T. C. Monaghan (3 universes of room." And he be down).

gan to sharpen his claws on the tree.

There were 26 entries.

INTERNATIONAL GOLF. was

COMPSTON AND MASSY..

BEATEN.

Ormond Beach, Fla., Feb. 23, Over thirty-six holes,

Geno

Back into a Mouse. "Halt!" roared the Hermit, He. roeking on the tree top. "Ten paces step back." he barked. From force of habit the tiger stepped back. There was some- thing very convincing in that eremite.

"As you were" smartly order- ed the Holy Man, and that tiger dwindled into a mouse and scam- Sarazen and Leo Diogel beat Comp-pered back into obscurity.. "And ston and Massy, by B and 7-that's that," muttered the Her Reuter's American Service.

mit.

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Manager.

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Paid-up Capital -- Reserys Fand (1026) -

DIRECTORS...

Kai Yoon

"

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits. Terma on applica tion.

Every description of Banking businnus transacted.

Loans granted on approved securities. Special facilities for Home Exchange.

TRU YEE PEI, Manager

行娘做工法中

BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE pour le

Commerce et. L'Industrie.

(Incorporated in France).

6, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong.

Capital

HEAD OFFICE :

714, Rue St. Lazare, Paris.

Fr■ 20.000.000. Reserves. Fr.72:160,000. Special Working Capital Fre.50,000.000.

BRANCHES

Paris, Lyons, Marseille

Baigon, Haiphong, Hanoi

Peking. Shanghai, Tientsin

Canton, Hongkong.

Nationals

BANKERS.

- $10,000,000 5,000,000

1,200 000

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Kan Yan Po

Chan Ching Bhok

Every description of Banking and

Exchange business transacted-Loans.

granted on approved ascurities,

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to let.

KAN TONG PO

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 8th February, 1926,

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ."

- (Netherlands Trading Society),

BANK.

Established: 1824 / Pongkong Branch established 1806 Avinorized Capital Guilder 150,000,000 (813,600,000) Paid-up Capital Guilders.... 80,00,000 (£ 6:666,670) Reserve Fund Gulidere ...................... 20,536,861 (0:1,711,406) Special Reserves Guilders...... 22,660,000

-- (€ 1,689,330)|

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de Credit, Hangue de Bastern HEAD OFFICE BATAVIA. Parimet des Paya Bas.

BRANCHES -- LONDON-Midland Bank Ltd, NEW YORK-Irving Bank, Columbia Bendjermasin Kota Radja Botterdam Samarang Bandoong Macar Trust Co.

Bombay

Meden Shangbe Erary description of" Banking and Oxiculta Podeng Singapore Exchange Boninen Transcted. Corre. Cheriben Palembang Boerabaia"

Djember spondents throughout the world:

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No. 14. Zailand

Correspondents all over the world. BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION:

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Tokyo

Minantu Teingtae

Vladivostock

Interest allowed on Ourrent Accounts. Deposits received for Axed période st raten to be obtained on application."

Mr. D. ARIMA, Manager, Hongkong, March 11th 1825.

T. NARAO Japanese Shoe 'Export. TORTOISE SHELL BOXES.

and CASES A SPECIALITY

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