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WATSON'S E WHISKY

Blended where it is distilled, and Bottled

where it is blended-in SCOTLAND.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

A Skilful blend of the finest matured Highland Whiskies. A happy result of long years of experience in distill- ing and blending; with a fine flavour that cannot fail to assure appreciation from the most discriminating palate.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Alexandro Building

“HIS MASTERS VONCE"

NEW

Phone C.. 616.

VICTOR

RECORDS

TO-DAY

SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926.

one of the strongest companies in. the whole Corps, because most of kha Portuguese here are permanent residents of the Colony. They are

CUT DOWN EXPENSESEND THE

for

in your kitchon by using a Panay or Ideal Cooking Stove, which have beon specially adapted to meet the requirements of the house- holder in China.

Economy in fuel is ensured by the use of the cheapest grade of coal which will give results unsurpassed by stoves requiring the beat grade of coil.

Pansy and Ideal Stoves are made to last long.

We have a stove for every purpose.

Mustard & Co., Ltd.

Incurperated under the Companies Ordinances longkong. 16-17, Connaught Road, Central.

The Telegraph

SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926.

A PORTUGUESE

COMPANY.

DAY BY DAY.

HE WHO WILL FIGHT. THE DEVIL. AT

Sus OWN WEAPON MUST NOT WON

Council has directed that the name of Mr. F. W. Foster-Turner be added to the List of Authorized Architects.

all duly appreciative, also of the DER IF HE FINDS HIM AN ÖVER- security and protection which | MATOH.-South- they enjoy under the British flag, His Excellency the Governor in and, wo have shown, they have not hesitated in the past to ronder extremely useful service.ta the community in general. We have on more than ang geement Gazette save that Ice House A notification in to-day's Govern- been told that the Voluntcars are Street, south of Queen's Road Con- ef real value in the defence scheme tral, is now open to motor traffic of the Colony, and it can certain upwards, but that motor traffle.

down the hill is prohibited. be said that the Corps was never so well officered as it now is. The duties attaching to membership are not unduly arduous, and there is much that le attractive in the varied activities of the Corps. We now look to the young, men of the Portuguese community to com Chicago, June 15.-Mrs. Laura forward and make the scheme for Lloyd, whose right arm had been Hussless for two years as a result of their nationals

of a fall, received a shock when practicable, Once such a unit lightning struck near her and the were formed, we have no doubt use of her arm was restored. that its members would show their pride do it by striving, might and main to make it one of, if not the ost enthusiastic and efficient company in the Corps.

a company

Non-Stop Flights.

enormous.

His Excellency, the Governor bas appointed Mr. John Richard Carr, Assistant Supervisor in the Botani- cal and Forestry Department to be Forest Officer, with effect from 12th July, 1926, vice Mr. Frederic Cyril Goodman, resigned...

June show that the average mean The Observatory returns for temperature was 77.3, the highest being 89.1 and the lowest 66.6 There were 94 bouts of sunshine and G.63 facies of rain, whilst the average humidity was 83

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has

On the 15th instant, Inspector O'Brien, of the 3. P. C. A., arrested' a man in Navy Street, Yaumati, a string. At the Kowloon Magis- with 20 pigeons tied in a bunch by

tracy yesterday, the man Was brought before Mr. Nihill and fined $10.

MIXED GRILL

A Merry Miscellany Ashley Sterne

A curious situation arose in a village cricket match in which I was taking part a few days ago: The bowler made an appeal for 1.b.w., but the umpire regretted he he had been lighting his pipe at the was unable to give any decision as time, and hadn't observed the

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cident. The leg umpire was then appealed to, but he too was unable to give a décision, as his attention," had been distracted by an geraplung overhead.

The bowler then called on the batsman to say, as man to man, whether or not he had had his leg in front, to which the batsman re- plied that, as he invariably shut his eyes when the ball was delivered, he could venture no opinion. In the energency it was decided to hold a ballet of the spectators;, but, ng both of them had chanced to be in the refreshment tont drinking beer at the critical moment, this method was decided to ring up the M. C. C., was rendered abortive. Finally it who subsequently phoned back or dering the same ball to be re- bowled. This was done, and the bowler's umpire, with great pre- sence of mind, coupled with Solo- hesque wisdom, promptly called "no

ball. "

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days of summer, it is advisable to A doctor states that, in the hot

wear a hat with a red lining, as this

colour absorbs certain harmful heat

rays, and "prevents the head from being affected." mark that from a close observation I can only re-

of the behaviour of my fellow mën

during a heat wave, none of them caution. seems, to observe this simple pre-

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S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ltd. four with those obtaining in the the great oceans and continents

It is notified that His Excellency the Governor in Council By the long distance non-stop fights which are now all the rage ordered that the Christian Chinese with French aviators many new Cemetery, Kowloon Tong, known possibilities are opened up. The 4s New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 16, latest achievement is a non-stop shall be closed from and after flight of 3,000 miles from Paris the 1st day of August, 1926, to Omak, in far Siberia, and this is a record which will take a lot His Excellency the Governor We note with the liveliest satia, of beating even from the endur- has appointed, provisionally and faction that there is a movement ance point of view. The previous subject to His Majesty's pleasure, afoot for the purpose of forming miles from Paris to Basra, and be an Unofficial Member of the best was the French flight of 2,734 the Hop. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard to a l'ortuguese Infantry Company of this took about 21% 1ying hours. Executive Council during the ab the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Router did not tell us how long sence from the Colony of the Hon. Corps. The position row appears but it could not have been less

the latest 3.000 miles flight took, Sir H. E. Pollock, K. C. to be that the whole matter has than 24 hours, and the strain of | been thoroughly discussed, and all being in the air without rest for that is necessary is for those that length of time must have been eligible to come forward and carel. about 125 miles per hour had to An average speed of

We shall be utterly mistaken in be maintained. Just what will our estimate of the good qualities be the ultimate average speed of

Constant readers may remember of the Portuguese community if, to hazard, but the tendency is all the aircraft of the future is hard

that last summer Professor Bar- within a very short space of time, in the direction of speeding up and

mion Crumpett, T. Z. S., invented a new kind of wasp which couldn't sufficient young men do not signi- it may well be that a speed con-

sting. This new wasp was, in fact siderably higher than 125 miles

two separate and distinct half- fy their willingness to join up: per hour will be secured for ma In Shanghai, there is a very strong chines capable of long-distance

wasps, the nether half, which pos unit of the Portuguese in the Vo-flying. If that is so, and if

harmless by having no brain to sessed the sting, being rendered

lunteers, and although, admittedly, to undergo great strains of endur: "stunt" pilots can still be found

opérate it; while the upper half was the conditions here are not on all ance, then there is no reason why

innocuous because it had no sting anyhow. This year the Professor Miss Stewart, living at the Reis busy inventing a bee that can of the world should not all Northern port, which is under in-spanned by non-stop flights. Nor the police that shortly after ten very soundly argaca, a bee can only bepulse Bay Hotel, has reported to gather honey at both ends. As he ternational control, there is cer- mai flying will never, we imagine, o'clock yesterday morning, her use its sting once, a fact which tainly no lack of men who would call for such a marvellous develop-car collided with another car com- makes it practically harmless as a be entitled to enrol in the propose one-day flights of great distance, Stubbs Road. Some damage was cupied by the sting, he contends, ment as would be presented bying from the opposite direction at permanent weapon.. The space oc- but the vista of flying possibilities caused to her car.

could be far more expeditiously - The absence of a Portuguese is fast opening up beyond what was

ed with a second proboscis. To company of the Volunteers in

thought reasonable even few At 12.16 p.m. yesterday, In this end he is extracting the stings short years ago. Mr. Alan Cob-pector P. Grant met with Hongkong in the past must not be ham can go flying about the world accident whilst driving his motor place artificial probosces made of an from his bees, and inserting in their taken as being in any way indien with as much case as though he cycle and sidecar at Bonham Road. very, very thin macarcnt. This de- tive of an unwillingness on the were driving a taxi-cab, and 3,000 At a point below the Ying Wan vice, he confidently anticipates, will alles can be flown in one day College, whilst turning round a part of the community to render on a non-stop fight! Surely these bend, the, off wheel of his side much honey as before, though, at enable the bees to secrete twice as essential service, to the Colony. things should convince us that we car raised, causing the combina the moment, he is doubtful whether We recall the large and active live in the age of mechanical tion to swerve and collide with a the little creatures will be able to Portuguese unit in the old Police the imaginative novelist of a few pector Grant was alightly injured train them for this extra strain by miracles so fond to the heart of Hongkong Hotel motor bus. In fly with this unaccustomed over- weight. He hopes, however, to Reserve, and, coming to more re- years ago.

giving them daily dumb-bell exer- cises. Swedish drill, massage, and a special dict of vitamines B."

CHOICE TINNED FISH

IDEAL FOR PICNIC PARTIES

A Valuable Supplement to Local Supplies

new Company.

C. & B. KIPPERED HERRINGS per large tin

FRESH

.45

cent times, everyone will remem

.45

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ber how well the Portuguese re-

HERRINGS in TOMATO SAUCE FINDON HADDOCK

.45

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sponded to the call for emergency workers and special constables.

FRENCH SARDINES

per large tin .95

modium, small

.80

,50

... rodels per tin đã

A la truffle

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Capt. Robert Dollar, bead of the Dollar Steamship Line, who is engaged in another around-the world tour, is expected to arrive in Hongkong either to-morrow by the 9.3. President Madison or on Men from Shanghai. day by the s.s. President Harrison

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in the knee.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Rugby, July 16.

CHINA'S NEED OF DOCTORS.

.206

2001 12.10%

.20.43

18.3514

.34.41%

Brussels

In many other ways, too, our Por- Paris tuguose friends have shown that Amsterdam

Berlin they recognise the responsibilities

Copenhagen as well as the privileges which at- Vienna

Helsingfors. tach to residence in this, British Lizbon Colony. There are at present, w

Buenos Aires Shanghai. .35

believe, quite a few Portuguese in

Yokohama New York .85 the Defence Corps certainly Geneva

Milan per large tin $1.00 enough to form the nucleus of the

Stockholm proposed new Company. With the Oslo per small tin .85-

large Portuguese community re- Madrid Prague per tin

85sident here, there should be no Ria

Bombay .50 difficulty in raising at least two Hongkong

hundred men, and from these it Silver (forward)

Silver (spot) per large tin" $2.25

should be possible to form two small $1.25 platoons. We all know what pro-. wess the Portuguese bave been showing during recent years in the realm of sport, and from the. footballera, baseballers and ath-

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Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

PROVISION DEPARTMENT.

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AMERICAN DIRECTOR'S

PLEA.

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Writing to the New York Even- ing Port, Dr. Charles K. Edmunds, American Director of the Lingaan 1/11.3/18 University, says: One hundred 4.86% thousand physicians and surgeons are immediately needed in China, according to leaders in that coun try.

.25.11% .144% 18.15 22.1712

.164

.80.88

Hookworm, Typhoid, smallpox,, cholera, bubonic plague, tubercu 1/6.61/64 logis, malaria and leprosy occur 2/2% because of unhygienic and unsan .20.13/10 itary conditions in homes and com-

20% munitics. —British Wireless.

RUBBERS HARES.

PRICES IN LOCAL SALES,

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The present medical, staff ́at, Lingnan University, Canton, con stats of two American physicians one Chinese man and one Chines woman trained in modipine and Messra. Carroll Brothers; report three purees. An idea of the the following sales made on Straits need can be gleaned from figures Rubbers-Allchbys, *$3.50; Ayer taken from the report of DE. WIE 60 cents; Pajama, $14.

$6.20; Glen- liam W. Cadbury, college physi ealya, $3; Jimahs, $2.70;

A

man last week was fined twenty-shillings for using profane and abusive language in public.. There is no truth in the rumour that he was an aspirant to lawn tennis honours practising for the Wimbledon Championships,

One of our prominent woman writers declares that her idea! abode is a cabin on an uninhabited tropic island. M'yes, but-

LORIGA IN MANILA.

Manila, July 16. Capt. Loriga as arrived here from Macao on his way to Spals,

-Reuter.

"O place me on an island in the

South Pacifié"sens, " In a little old log cabin, with no

neighbours, if you please,"," Save the serpents in the grasses,

the gorillas in the trees, and the beetles and the conti

pedes a-crawling on my floor. O how I'll love to while away the

bright and sunny day

In watching all the different sorts

of animals at play

".

The turtles on the foreshore and

the dugongs in the bay,"

And the great fruit-hate all hang- ing upside-down behind my door!

And when at night I go to rest within my humble shed,

¢

I'll see the tarantulas on the cell-

ing o'er my head; I'll And, perhaps, an iguana.

sleeping in my bed. And other things I've never acen

outside the Reptile House, Oh no! they'll never frighten me,

nor keep me from my rest,-- These interesting creatures in

my Island of the Blest! There's only one thing causes me

a qualm within my breat; .. In these South Pacific regions shall I find the common

mouse?

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Lady Burbletosh, I hear, created quite a sensation when she attend- ed the Opern a few nights ago. She arrived with a "friend just twenty minutes after the curtain had risen on the first Act, and in fighting her ay to hor stall she woke up three stockbrokers, fell over a company. promoter, and subsided into the lap of a moneylender who was peace- fully reading the Financial Times by the light of a pocket-torch. Thereafter, her bright and witty conversation did much to relieve the tedium of the opera-Pumpernic- kel's "Sauerkrault,” which was having its first performance this season. Originally written in Ger- man, it was being sung in Italian by the Swies soprano, Mme. Cos- cara-Sagrada;'in Dutch by the Rus- slan tenor, Ivan Orridköff; and in Finnish by the Turkish baritone, Rahat Lakoum, Lady Burblestosh's ban mot, delivered audibly during

h dramatic Bause in the action, to the effect that she had seen per- forming ficas which were funnier,

gallery. was enthusiastically cheered by the

My reference last week to the Royal Academy's "rejection of my friend Mr. Burne-Tumber'a mastor ly study of still life has evoked a letter from another friend of mine, Mr. Chisland Hackett, the well- known sculptor. He tells me ho sent in a bust of the famous Society beauty, Miss Vera Uggeley-Mug- ford, which he had executed in pink. Edinburgh rock, only to receive a curt notice from the authorities that there was no class in the Sculp ture Section for "dolphin" drinking, foundations, and that they would consequently feel obliged if he would kindly make arrangements. immediately to remove the nuisance. Naturally my friend was very much upset, the more so as, when he ar- rived with a wheel-Barrow to res move the bust, he found it being. used as a door-stopper.

I have not yet seen this work' of art, but friends who have tell me that Mr Chinland Hackett has Uggeley-Mugford. He has, in fact, shown more than justice to Miss

shown mercy,

THE HOME STRIKE.

London, July 16. The annual report of the Trang part General Workers Union shows that its agents in funds at the end of 1925 of half a million sterling, were all spent in the miners' strug- gle-Reuter.

The definition of what is, and At the annual meeting of the what is not armament has given Rugby Football. Union held in the Geneyn delegates some brain London. It was announced that ap Work The Belgian delegates invitation had been sent to Now pointed out that in modern war it South Wales to tour the United

letes It should be possible to form Panas, $14; Balgownies,takab,ciun,, showing 12,104 patients is not so much the number and Kingdom and Ireland in 1027-8.·

a platoon of alert; active and en- thusiastic young mon..

From one standpoint, a Portu- guese unit of the Defence Corps, once established, should become

The following dividends have also treated in the infirmary, 1968 at cert interim; Ayer Panas, 10 per cent patients in the infirmary and 1180 been declared Alor Gajahs, 20 per dispensaries, 2246 hospital days of interim, making 20 per cent to date physical examinations for stu- making 80 per cent to date, Ayer Moleks, 10 por cont interim,

dents.

chemical and aeroplane material been appointed a tour sub-Com- FRASE of guns as the supplies of Mr. Baxter and Mr. Prescott have

delegates will be long and ardu- and Mr. Baxter has succeeded M. that count. Should all those arti-mittee. Mr. Cartwright, of South. cles be scheduled the work of the Africa, was elected Vice-President

Ferens in the presidency.

ous.