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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

STAC'S HEAD,

BRITISH

LAGER

BEER.

VERY LIGHT-NO PRESERVATIVES.

$19.50 per case of 6 dozen pints Or $3.50 per dozen including

duty delivered to your residence.

STOCKED BY

PRINCIPAL HOTELS, CLUBS & DEALERS.

BOOTE'S

Distributors:-Gilman & Co. Ltd.

TILES

FOR FLOORS AND WALLS

Let us quote you for your requirements. Samples of any

type of tiles sent on request.

Stocks Carried

SHEWAN TOMÈS & CO.

Tol. C. 781.

E.

SOLE AGENTS

HING &

Import Dept.

O.

SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS, SHIP CHANDLERE

HARDWARE MERCHANTS.

PHONE CENTRAL No. 1116.

Wing Woo Street TEL. 52 Cnetral

T. NAKAO

Japanese Shoe Export. TORTOISE SHELL BOXES AND CASES A SPECIALITY

Hongkong Hotel Building, Queen's Road Central,

MRS. SEKAI MASSAGE

2nd Fluo

2, Duddell Screet. Hongkong.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

AM, NOM JASWI COME IAAFTA PRACTICE ON TA PIANO EVERY

DAY 22

DO AS I SAY PLAY TAS CRADLE SONG" JUST AS YOU ALWAYS"

DO.

FRIDAY, JUNE

THE NEW TERRITORIES.

1927.

AIRSHIP LINER.

TO CANADA IN TWO DAYS,

1.

(Continued from Page 2) Pigs.

Interesting particulars of a Pig-brooding flourishes, but always leviathan of the air being built for as a sideline, and mostly in conjuncthe carriage of passengers and tion with, rice-farming. The good mails between Britain and the market now obtainable has caused a Overseas Dominions were given by large increase in the number of pigs bred, but there is no pig-farming on a Commander. Burney, M.P., at a large senle, mainly because to specia- dinner of the United Empire Circle ise would, however slightly, raise the of the Lyceum Club, Piccadilly, in cost of production, an important con- honour of Mrs. Amory, wife of the sideration in a competitivo market. Secretary for the Dominions, and One or two wealthier breeders lusve held at the club, Viscountess Eli-- imported English stock, which makes bank, president of the Circle, oc- a good cross with the local breed,

cupied tho chair at a gathering which included representatives from various parts of the Empire.

Viscount Younger of Leckie, pro- posing Mrs. Amory's health, paid a warm tribute to the way in which she had devoted herself to making Overseas visitors feel at home when arriving in this country.

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(1) Poultry. Poultry-rearing has increased in the main at Pingahan and Castio Peak. Chicken-farming favours the main centree, but is not common, most chickens being import- ed when a day or two old, and reared In the villages in small numbers. The market for turkeya has produced a limited number of breeders.

Duck-farming is more popular, as the birds are hardier and more easily fed and tended than chickons. Large are reared on the flocks of ducks awamps at Shatin, Taipo, San Tin and Yuen Long,

Special events. On 1st September Africa, in proposing "The Em- 12 Inclinations the elders of the District rave din- pire," said that what impressed ner at Talpo at which H. E. the Gov-the traveller through the Empire 14 To revive an experience," ornor was the principal guest. The was that wherever one went he 15 A fissure or tear.. function was marked by congratula.

The Hon. Lady Cecil supported the toast, and Mrs. Amery respon- ded in a charming little speach.

Sir Montague Barlow, who has recently returned from a tour of

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Pertaining to an important arti fice.

11 Vindicated a claim by legal pro-

ceedings.

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Long narrow discolourations of

the skin.

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To imprint an official mark on a

letter a second time.

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Artist's framo.

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Genus of cattle.

121 Feminine pronoun.

tory speeches on the occasion of His met that particularly English in-16 Tiny device used to set up a golf vention, the deliberative assembly. Excellency's birthday, and many ex-

[Hear, hear.) These assemblies 18" At any time. pressions of goodwill and esteem.

British design, 19 Field of learning. Transfer of Shing Mun Villagers were all of During the year, sites were found to although the pattern varied in dif- 20 Mass of debria, accommodate all the inhabitants of ferent places, and were all func- 22 Age.

29 Heaved. the Shing Mun Valley affected by the tioning and working on British 24 Unit of energy. first part of the Shing. Mun Water lines,

27 Long pointed weapon. Commander Burney, M.P., who 28 To implore.. works Scheme,

The general slump in property supported, referred to an airship 30 To encircle. values, reflected by the decronse in which is being built by a company 32 Tree.

25 Drives.

That which is broiled on a gridiron.

28 Two-masted square-rigged ves-

sels.

29 Relieves.

81 To deal out grudgingly.

33. Naked.

35 Two thousand pounds.

the number of transactions was also with which he is connected for the 1.33 Coarse chaffy part of ground 97. Sequence of cards in the Brime shown by the general decrease in ap-All-Red Empire route. This air- plications for land, there being but 21

Aerial Luxury.

sales of Crown Land for building pur-ship, he hoped, would be complet poses, and 6 grants of convorsion of ed by the end of the year. agricultural land to building lats.

General-The past year has shewn' fuir average of prosperity in the Distrist, both rice crops being good, and vegetables finding a ready mar ket and good prices in Hongkong. The fishing was not so good, but price were fair, as a whole.

The weight would be greater than that of the ship in which Columbus traversed the ocean and discovered America. It would be expected to dash through the air at eighty miles an hour. In it would' Tui O.-Business generaly was good, be a restaurant capable of aenting The Wong Fa fishing was poor but over a hundred persons, cabins for a hundred passengers, all the lat- prices were high, Bath rice and ve getables did well, antition of the est lighting and cooking contri- latter being exported to Hongkong un-vances, and arrangements were even being made to allow young til communications with Canton were restored, when business slackened.

ladies to dance the Charleston dur- Very little serious crime was reling its journeys. (Laughter:) ported. In two cases of armed rob bery arresta were made, but the sus pects ware released later.

At about 7 p.ni on the night of 25th November, 1926, a nerious fire broke aut among the matshed in the creeks; about 300 of which were burnt cut, and damage done to the extent of about $30,000. As it was high tide, the inhabitants were able to escapó by bonts, and no loss of life resulted. Full enquiry was hell into the occur rence.. and stops are being taken to minimise the risk of repetition of such a disaster..

The death of the chief Elder of Tai O, Li Shan Pui at the age of 76 was deeply regretted both by the inhabit- ants of Tai O and by those Europeans with whom he came into contact

Cheung Chau.

Trade generally was not good: the Wong Fa fishing season yielding poor returns. The salt fish trade lost con- siderably as the typhoon crippled the fishing feet.

grain.

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Yesterday's Puzzle.

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SOUP T THESIS AGREED HNTEST LEADER EH REENTRY SO HON SHOES SEW SNOB ERRMEKES METERS SALINE

THE

Seltona MORRISON

In that airship there would be seven miles of rivets, each one of which had to be carefully inspect- ed, eleven miles of tubing, two miles of insulated electric cable, a half acres of outer four and covering, and hundreds of miles of

The ideal daylight printing wiring. By its means they ex- pected to bring Canada within medium-gives one sepis tones by forty-eight hours of the Mother fixing only. Send a postcard for Country, South Africa and India free illustrated booklet: "Porfect

Prints on Seltona," within four days, and Australia within seven days. (Cheers.) These things, he believed, were not but probabilities. possibilities,

Sole Manufacturers:

Sole Agents for China: ALLEN & HANBURYS, LTD., 40, Canton Road, Shanghai

LONDON. At the same time, the Government WELLINGTON & WARD, LTD., were building an airship which was not so far advanced as the one of which he had spoken, and from statements made by the Sec- retary of State for Air in the House of Commnos it looked as if the vessel being built by his com The market did fairly well and steps pany would be kept deteriorating" ure being taken to deal with the fn-in itse shed for at least a year un- crensed number of hawkers who com less the Air Ministry altered its present programme for the trials.. pete with the stall-holdern.

He hoped, however, that that delay would be avoided. (Hear, hear.) Sir Herbert Stanley (Governor of Ceylon) responded,

Health and crime were satisfactory there being no esses of contagious or infectious disease reported, and only one case of armed robbery, in which four arrests were made, and two offen ders' convicted.

The Arst erop of padi on Lantao was good, but the typhoon destroyed the second.

If the trunk mystery," unlike a number of others in recent years, is solved expeditiously, a new de- The Lime Kilns at Pene. Chnu still parture by Scotland Yard may be suffered greatly from the slump in held largely responsible. Hitherto the Criminal Investigation Depart- building generally in the Colony.

Tam The general conditionament has been inclined, to keep the of trade were good except in the ense

your.

of the lime kilns at Tsing I, and the newspaper men at a distance, and has complained that it is hamper- pineapple industry in which both crops ed in its work by the newspaper and prices were poor..

There was little crime during the discussion of elues, circumstances, and possibilities, comnients a Lon- Lamma-The island was quiet and don paper. There may have been trade good especially in chickens for some Justification for this; but, on the Hongkong market, and grass fuel the other hand, the value of pub for the boat breamers at Aoerdeen.licity as a means of inducing peo- The banana crop failed, but both padi ple to come forward with informa and vegetables did well,

Local Publin Workea-During the tion is obvious. In the case of this Charing Cross affair, Scotland year various arnall public works were Yard has already issued two long assisted by the District Officer."

For 1027 the vote has been increas- statements for the ed to $2,000.00, and it is hoped there- by to encourage still further the local efforts to provide and maintain these and similar necessities:

JUSTAWY LUCK!! NO USE IN ME CALLIN' FOR HIM TO COME OUT NOW HIS MOM MAKES

HIM PRACTICE ON TA' PIANO A WHOLE

MOUR !! GEE! LISTEN TO TAAY!!

MRS. MOTONO

Hand, and Electric

MASSAGE-

No. 31B, Top Floor Wyndham St. Hongkong.

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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC

inforran Reiss, Massey & Co., Ltd.

Distributors.

tion of the newspapera; and if the investigation seems to be making good progress, some of the credit seems to be due to this new move.' Queen's Bids.

That Accounts For It

FRECKLES Word

BE OUT FOR A LONG

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Tel. C.673.

(THE SIGN OF QUALITY)

PIANO

STANDS

ALONE

FOR PLEASURE, PLAYING, EDUCATING

AND

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YEAH AN HE LEARNED A NEW PIECE "TOO, DIDAT

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NO, 17 ISN'T A NEW PIECE OUR

PIANO WUZ TUNED

YESTERDAY!!!

By Blosser

He can't ask questions yet but he means to find out for himself! Baby Boon reaches the interesting

stage" on

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