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THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.

Passengers

Per Trip

SCALE OF CHARGES. Eléctive 1st January, 1928.

1st Class 3rd Class ./$0.10

0.05

Per Trip Persons under 16 years of age

Non-Commissioned Officers and Men belonging to

Army, Navy, Police and Fire Brigade in Unlform

0.05

pecial Ferry 1.00 am.

0.20

Asiatics only are allowed to travel 3rd Class

4 copper

conte

Book of 100 tickets-Asiatics only

34.00

Monthly Tickets-Single

6.00

Monthly Tickets-Single (Persons under 16 years

of age)

2.00

Monthly Tickets-Family (3 persons)

9.00

12.00

Free

Monthly Tickets-Family (4/5 persons) 'Children under 3 years of age

The following persons will be considered as members of a Family: Husband, Wife, unmarried Children and Governess, Nurse or Amah, living in the same house.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

F. II. CRAPNELL,

Hongkong, 14th December, 1927.

Secretary,

MANILA

CIGAR

for

Christmas

Yours Truly

22 Des Voeux Road, C.

Tobacco After

(Phone: C. 1856.)

STAR THEATRE

CHILDREN'S MATINEES.

Christmas Day and Boxing Day at 2.30

Special Comedy Programme. Price of Admission 20 cents for Children.

THE KOWLOON HOTEL.

SPECIAL DINNER DANCES

will be held

ot

X'MAS EVE and

NEW YEAR'S EVE.

$2.50 per person. ' Tablest may now be reserved.

Black & White Jazz Band.

W

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC

Rass, Massey & Co, LIL

DISTRIBUTORS. Exchange Bldra,

Tel. 61.673.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

L.T.A. TENNIS BALL.

WILL IT BE USED AT

WIMBLEDON? -

While the principle of the Lawn Tennis Association in wishing and striving to obtain a cheaper lawn tennis ball is praised by all lawn tennis players, the scheme evolved and passed has been received with mixed feelings, says Mr. Stanley

N. Doust.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER

BANDIT EVIL.

ROBBERS ATTACK

MISSIONARY,"

SHANTUNG LAWLESSNESS.

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HONGKONG'S MEDICAL

NEEDS.

AN OUTSPOKEN COMMENT,

.

In the course of an article In the Caduccis, the journal of the Hong- kong University Medical Society, Highway robbery is an everyday Dr. S. W. Phoon, its editor, writes: -Ia well-organised society, affair in Shantung at present (say therefore, there should not only be a Shanghai Times correspondent, writing from Tsining) and oven enough doctors to make periodicni quite a number of foreigners have examinations of the inhabitants, advising them about their benith. "What guarantee," one promin had the unpleasant experience. ent player asked, "has the Lawn few days, ago, a member of the hut there should also be enough Hospitals, In Tennis Association that the ball to Presbyterian Mission at Tsining institutions and be provided by the only firm that was travelling in Chu Yle County, which cases can be treated.

In this respect, we are woefully Lendered is one that will last?" About four o'clock in the afternoon A cheaper ball that wears quickly as the party was passing a village conscious of our shortcomings in may prove to be a dearer ball. nine men rushed out. They were this little colony of Hongkong. There was too much hurry about dressed in ordinary clothing, but According to the census, for 1925, the total civil population of Hong- the scheme. Firms were given they approached each drew a only six days (including a Sun-villanous looking black army rekong (including foreigners) was you going? $74.120; the total hospital accom- dny) in which to tender. The volver. "Where are balls submitted could not have What is your basiness? Have you modation haitable for this num been properly tested for durabili- any guns or ammunition ?" Theber was about 2,000 beds; the ty in that time. Park pinyers, questions were readily answered. annual expenditure for the Medi-

and his cal Department was $500,000. who should be the chief gainers but the missionary" by a cheaper ball play with the servant were ordered to unbutton sister colony not far from us has a population of about 900,000; and same balls, more often than not. their clothes and were seached.

On the side, remarks were made her annual expenditure for the for a month.

that it might be well to kill the medical service was $2.000.000!-- and yet Hongkong is one of the greatest arts of the world, with the total tonnage of ships (1924) of 56,781,077. while London had only 47.661.975 and New, York-

7733,000.

Now the question is being ask ed, What ball will be used at Wim-1"foreign devil."

Next, they were told that if they leon?" The championships are run by a joint management com- had no revolvers or cartridges no- mittee of four members of the thing else was wanted. The party. Lawn Tennis Association and the however, were ordered to proceed club committees.

in a certain direction and when a Doubtless the IT.A. members sunken read was reached, the for- will recommend that the "official"eigner, his servant, and the three ball be used, but unless the quali-barrow-men were parked on one ty of that ball is definitely proved side and a thorough search of all they are sure to he outvoted by the outfit was made. Of course no the members of the All-Englandguns were found but other things

disappeared very rapidly. Club comimitter.

Missionary Stripped.

Nothing could do Wimbledon more harm than to play with a

HOLIDAY MOVIES.

One

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15

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

¡Acroes.

1 Strong musty smell.

4 Soft mud.

8 Send forth.

11 Angry.

Swiftness. Bristle.

Species of willow, Freedum from exertion.

18 Dealers in stockings. 19 Salmon-spear (Scotch.)

Shouts.

Face cusril; of a helmet. 25 No (poetical.) - 26 Indian term of respect. 2 Bertaining to the muple. 26 Ind

21

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Capable of solution.

33 Young eagle.

Cast an amorous look. Caffeine.

40 Cushion.

50

42 Carnivorous animal allied to

the covict.

In season and out of season we have pleaded, feebly perhaps like the still small voleo, but neverthe less persistently for interest and support of the medical service in this colony-for the need is great. There are no hospitals for chil dren, no,place for the treatment of such orthopaedic cases that ball that overseas players might The missonary was searched and need more time and attention, and think not up to standard. Wim-clothes taken off his back. The sanatorium, But we will go on bledon cannot afford to lose

food box was soon emptied of all fighting until the consciences 31 Hake. foreign player through experi-resh 100d and considerable cat- Hongkong's better-off classes will menting with a cheaper all. ned stuff, also plates, epps, not newlect the sick and the needy.36

Practically all bed-the aged and the blind in their cutlery, etc. ding was taken. From his suit-midst. Christmas, is a season for case was selected spectacles, me-noble impulses, and the New Year dicine case, underclothes, hand- time for makine laudable resoln-

may 43 Fathers, kerchiefs and towels, toilettions-(even though they

sive privileges, tangible than 47 Contract. SPECIAL MATINEES FOR THE articles, gloves, etc. etc. The re-only be resolutions)-but we trust 15 Rights secured by law as exclu-

maining articles as booke, papers, something more

50 Hebrew month. CHILDREN.

ate, were scattered all over the road. more effusions of goodwill will

It was amusing to see the vain emerge from this year's celebra-51 Garret

tions. The colony's finances were attempt of the highwaymen to open some of the canned goods, not ever thus nor hope to be and even now with things ns they are One of Duff's cans of jams was hattered against the borrow hand-it will not be overtaxing the let but failed to open. As can of colony's resources to build. has coron was pronounced to be herein.pitals if we mean so to in. One man was investigating a visitors to these shares we point Parker fountain pen and asked with pride to our beautiful motor roads and wonderful harbour. what it was.

Excellent though these are is it not the better, part of pride to he able to point to our splendidly equipped hospitals where many are daily restored to health and usefulness? As Emerson says, When the robbers had taken allThe first wealth is health" and they wanted and the missionary in riving generously to the support of "casting thy To go from EARL to DURE in and his servant had been, searched of the colony's health work, it will six strokes jy't so 6485 as for the third time the band gather-only be a caso

After sin try it fored together the plunder and start-bread upon the waters, for thou

Special children's matinees are to be given in the Star. Theatre on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Performances will begin at 20 and the price of admission will be wery cents for each child.

The programme will comprise pictures calculated to delight the youzelers, the chief item being Heet Ghon's capital Western comedy. "The Texus Streak."

LETTER GOLF.

IT ISN'T SO EASY.

lunks.

Another robber replied that it was a morphine needle and the pen was thrown back into the suit case much to the relief of the owner,

Plunder Collected.

I while, look at the par solution ared to leave.. At this point a crowd shalt find it after many days."

another Par

ARL

DUKE

1-The idea of letter wolf is to change one word to another and do it in par, a given num- ber of strokes. Thus to change three COW TO HEN, in strokes, COW, HOW, HEW. HEN

2-You can change only one letter at a time.

3-You must have a complete. word, of common usage, for ench jump.

Slang words and abbreviations don't count.

4-The order of letters can- not be charged.

One solution is printed on another page of this issue.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

uane-

To

52 Trust.

Small glass bottle for holding. vinegar.

53 Slowly (ms)

55 Tax

66 Elovate with success. 57 Finds fault constantly.

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1 Trouble. 2 Rests.

3 One guilty of treason. 4 Narrative..

5 Reduce.

6 Abounding with shells. Rodent quadrupeds. -

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

REMARKABLE MYSTERY

FILM.

Another picture by the man

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8 Recurring every year.

9 Food in general.

10 Row.

14 Ancient Greek race.

17 Cuttle fish.

21 Saull blank space.

22 Manservant.

23 Twilled worsted 'cloth.

Ascended.

26 Look of

ok of contempt,

27 Inheritors.

28 Cutting part of an instrument. 30 Small

bed.

31 Entire nan:ber."

34 In front.

35 Generous.

17. Made of earth.

38 Impele by one's own art (law.) 40 Firearm.

11 Portray.

43 Platform in a theatre.

14 Species of falcon.

15. Agreement.

44 High..

48 Very small quantity.

10 Headland.

Yesterday's Puzzle.

STAR THEATRE. "WANDERING HUSBANDS'

TO-DAY.

James Kirkwood, with his wife,

It would be a grave mistake. of perhaps 70 or 80 men and boys rushed out from the village yelling however, to aim merely at prolong ing life-for what can be more and waring red spears and pre-pathetic than to see a decrepit old tended to scare the highwaymen

Canary" is quite a movie event, dering Husbands," a picture of away. The latter ran slowly toman in his second childhood? He who made "The Cat and the Lila Lee heads the cast of "Wan- the North firing off their revolvers. does not live, he exists, and it is hence the special interest being present day life in the upper classes of New York pociety, which will When file crowd cenched the re- cruel perversity to keep hirtaken in "The Chinese Parcot,"

stin of what had been but alive. It sounds hard, but it is Paal Len's latest production, be screened at the Star Theatre

good no les true, and longevity with- a very

Kirkwood appears 19 George short time before outfit they asked "Did you loscut health, without the use of which is being screened at the from to-day to Saturday. those faculties which make life Queen's Theatre to-day.

"The Chinese Parrot" is an Moreland, a wealthy business man Rather anything? cessary question as they probably worthwhile, is a dread state from

gue that reaches from the sunny and lured by her, into a mad pur- had watched the whole proceeding which one should devoutly desire absorbing story of love and intri-fascinated by a vivacious butterfly Shores of Hawaii to the sun-baked suit of pleasure among the bright from the village gate and were alto be delivered.."

We should be better employed sands of Death Valley, California,lights. Lila Lee appears as Diana Margaret Livingston ready, counting on their share of

If instead of aiming at prolonging Marion Nixon, Edmund Barns and Moreland. the spoil.

A few hooks, papers, eans, and life beyond the alloted, span Hobart Bosworth head the long plays the "butterfly" Marilyn Fos- small articles were gathered to three score years and ten, we make list of well-known players in the ter, with an originality that is re- gether and that road and village an effort to preserve the lives of

"Wandering Husbands" is the were left with no regrets. Late those that are born. The infant that evening three older men from mortality rate in China is said to the village came 15 " to katow be 30 to 40 per cent.; in India it

which created a sensation in

In placing him in a position in which and to bring back a lantern, some is 40 per cent.; in Great Britain it Biggers' story of the same name story of a woman's stratagem to

Our guiding Americh a few months ago. underclothing, jar of food and is only 11 per cent. some bedding which they said they principle should be to reduce in the screen version all of the he must choose between her and had obtained by running after the fant mortality to the lowest pos-dramatie tenseness and mystery the other woman in a life and

of the story la retained while the death crisis. rober. The story was pretty thin sible, and to give a chance for but the goods were gladly received every life to fill out its natural

ing has been fully exploited.

players In addition to the bark and the Elders were given span and purpose whatever these wider scope possible in the film- Some of the new photographic a lists of the articles stolen and may be, and not to be, as it were,

effects, indeed, are little short of already mentioned those included urged to find them if possible. nipped in the bud.

wonderful. These alone give the in the cast are Florence Turner, articles have To date no more been recovered.

picture exceptional interest, but it K. Sojin, Fred Esmelton, Edgar is as a story, first and last, that Kennedy, George Kawa, Slimm it can be recommended as one of Summerville, Dan Mason, Anna the most entertaining pictures of May Wong, Etta Lee and Jack

... Trent,

The above experience is perhaps harm. In the section where this a little unusual for a foreigner but it is an every day occurrence holdup occurred like events are an every day happening and have for the Chinese traveller and is often accompanied by physical been for months,

Awed!

cast.

"The Chinese Parrot" is

of Earl Derr version screen

the season.

freshing.

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win back her husband's love by

By Blosser

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

New Stocks of-

YARDLEY'S

Toilet Preparations including YE OLDE ENGLISH LAVENDER SPECIALITIES

THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY 14, Qudan's Road, a.

Tel. C. 18777.

LURRY UP

FRECKLES:

YES-JUST 60 UPSTAIRS 7D THE

TAKE YOUR END OF THE HALL

TAINSS OFF!

AND LEAVE YOUR ~HAT AND COAT

AND THINGS ZERG-WA?" WILL BE YOUR

ROOM!

REV.. PAT

YNKA BERVIck

6EE IF I TOLD

ZA FELLAS ABOUT"" TAIS THEY WOULDNT

BELIEVE IT!!