QUEEN'S THEATRE,
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
THE
In
CIRCUS
Starting
SUNDAY:
March 4th
ARE YOU SICK?
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928.
Why continue to suffer when you can investigate and learn how others were enred, of the following ailments? :— -
Malaria lever, catarrh, cough, asthma, bronchitis, rheumatism, dropsy, kidney trouble, diabetes, gastritis, 'nervousness, constipation, etc., etc.
Consult Mr. Yee Foo Lun, Chinese Herbalist, who has had over 25 years experience in America, and who is charge of "
Co.,
THE POO ON HERB "82A, Queen's Road C. (entrance: 66 Queen's Road). Hours: daily 9 a.m. till 12 noon; 1.30 p.m, till 5 p.m.
DEATH
DUTIES
Avoid difficulty and delay to your dependents ofter your death by effecting a special
ESTATE DUTY POLICY
with
CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD.
}
write on phone for particulars
LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
St. George's Building, Hongkong,
INDUSTRIAL GASES
Tel. C. 1122.
EVERYTHING FOR THE WELDER AND CUTTER
Oxygen-Acetylene-Nitrogen-Air.
Also Generating Apparatus
Cylinders, Valves, Regulators
Welding and Cutting Torches
Welding Wire, Fluxes
Cast-Iron and Aluminium Rods
Plain and Armoured Rubber Hose
Goggles, etc.,
HYDROGEN, NEON, ARGON, NITROGEN.
(on special request)
The Far East Oxygen & Acetylene Co., Ltd.
fload office-48 Rue Saint-Lazaro-Paris IXe.
HONGKONG BRANCH Office :-P. & O. Building, 6th Floor Phone C. 2341,
M.J.E. GUILLOT Manager. Works: To Kwaiwan-Phone K. 7аj Tolographio Addros OXYGENE" Hongkong Codes used: Bentley's, A.B.C. fith & 6th, Lugague.
THE HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
(Established 1889) ·
OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN
is Page, 3 of the
38th ANNUAL REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
of the above Society,
NOW IN THE POST PLEASE LOOK OUT FÖR İT.
THE WORLD SPORT
:
THE NEXT BOXING | SINGAPORE DOG
TOURNEY.
RACING.
MORRIS AND MORRELL TO MEET
H.K.F.C.'S GREAT VICTORY.
[By "Wanderer."]
SCHEME FOR A BIG TRACK.
OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.
SKIN DISEASES DUE TO OCCUPATIONS.
OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION.
-matches
SECRETS OF THE PATENT OFFICE.
THE EDIBLE GRAMOPHONE
RECORD.
PRIZE OF $50 WEEKLY, The "Hongkong Telegraph" offers a prize of $50 to the readers
Some of the secrets of the who send in twelve correct fore- VALUE OF DISINFECTION.
casts of the results of the English Patent Ofice were given up when and Scottish Cup
Mr. A. A. Gomme, Librarian of Specialists in diseases of the (to be played on Saturday next, the Patent Office, lectured before skin have a special classification March 3rd) set out in the Cou-the Institute of Patentees at the Caxon Hall on the material con- of inflammations which includes pon below. No goal scores are all of the irritations due to condi- required; only forecasts showing tained in the Library. tions occurring in industry.
The pneumatic tyre, he showed, A recent investigation of women
was invented na early as 1845, workers in the porcelain and pot- In the event of no render fore but proved unwanted until the ar tery factories of Russia revealed casting all twelve matches, a prize rival of the fast-moving blevele; special changes in, the skin and of $25 will be given to the reader the fountain pen was patented in nails in female glaze pourers who who sends in the greatest number 1809, but found little acceptance, work with lead glaze. These in- of correct forecasts; and in the and roller skates were invented vestigators found the skin of the event of two or mere renders send-In 1823, but the bud state of the hands and forearms of the workers prize of $20 wil iger, the roads prevented their being ap-
very dry, rough and swollen; par- tieles of the glaze adhered to the skin and could not be removed by washing.
Tho Irritatud spots became easily infected. The finger nails were thin and brittle with saw- like edges. Sometimes they crack- ed longitudinally.
Turpentine Fumea.
In the decorating department women designers worked
WILL: SEAT 30,000. A scheme is now under way to start a greyhound racing track in Singapore. The promoters are an When Signalman Murris, the Australian syndicate, and they middleweight champion of the will shortly float a local company Colony, sleps into the.ring at the to be known as the Singapore Lee Theatre on Saturday March Greyhound Racing Association. 10th, to defend his title againat The capital to be asked for will Boker" Morrell, of H.M.S. Vindiebe in the neighbourhood of $1,000,- tive, it will be the last óppor-000, and the proposal is to build tunity Hongkong fans will be af-a racing track with seating accom-where forded of seeing this popular figh-modation for between 30,000 and with colours thinned with turpen- ter in action. He has developed 40,000 people on a site of fifteen amazingly in the past few montis, acres in Kampong Bahru Road. and as he is leaving for Home ten It the scheme is successful 200 days after the contest, it can be racing greyhounds will be brought depended upon that if he is cap-up from Australia and sold to able of making the middleweight private owners. The syndicate belt his own property he will do have received legal advice to the effect that so long as the Associa tion is run on the lines of private club, with the use of the totalisator limited to members, the scheme is a legal one. The local representative of the syndi- hands.
Workers in nickel plating plants cate is Mr. H. Koekkoek, of the Eastern Import and Export Com-sometimes develop an irritation of the skin known as "nickel rash." pany, Melbourne.
12-0,
Incidentally, it is to be the first and last time the Colony will view the new Stoker Morrell. That he is in a class very much distinct from that which he occupied when fast in Hongkong, is very certain
Morrell's Advance,
a
tine, the skin also became infected frequently following irritation! The air in such rooms is constantly saturated with turpentine fumes, and it is known that the inhalation of turpentine may have severo effects on the kidneys..
In such industries arrange ments must be made to carry off the turpentine fumes, and workers may be provided with rubber gloves to prevent Irritations of the
Mr. Kockkoek gave some parti-Apparently nickel rash' is due to culars of the scheme to a Straits the fact that various cleaning Times representative who sought fluids first irritate the skin and him out at the Raffles Hotel, "thus make it especially likely to came up from Australla recently, be irritated by the nickel.
Petroleum, benzine, lime and representing a syndicate, with a
The battle should be one of the finest seen in Hongkong for many a long day. Morrell's greatest as- set when here before Was an ability to absorb punishment, bat to that capacity he has added con- siderable boxing ability and fight-view to forming a greyhound potash are substances which may ing powers. One has only to read racing association in this city," injure the skin seriously.
he suld. "I.selected Singapore
Rubber Industry. · a few Shanghai comments to un because I have known this city for
In the rubber Industry dippers derstand the difference. One com mentator says: "He sheds wat the past fifteen years or so, having
visited it on an average once a develop cracks on the inside of the lops with no more effect than a
year from Australia on business. hand and eruptions on the rest of dück sheds water. The British sailor appears to he 'concrete from The other members of the synd-the skin from the substance In- the waist up and he has cer-cate besides myself are two well-volved in rubber solutions, Irri- known residents of Melbourne, Mr.tations of the skin may be pre tainly showed that he can touted
Hugh Huxham and Capt. E. F. vented by protecting the hands. hit. Appleton, highly
Chamberlen. The former has had with gloves. Tientsin battler, reputed to be a ke, artist himself and as tough as very successful career as a aut elephant, went down for keeps theatrical promoter, and is just after having been Morrell's play the man to handle the undertaking
male for a few rounds.".
we have in view.
Suitable Site in View. Morrell is recognised as the wel-
"We have succeeded on obtain- terweight champion of Shanghai, and he has beaten the majority of ing an option on what I consider the middleweights in addition. An-to be the most suitable site in other writer remarks, inter alia, Singapore for a dog-racing track. that he has "followed Morrell's career from the time he first met Braunstein when he was little more than a barnbattler, and have walch ed his improvement into a really skilful boxer as well as a born fighter, etc."
First Class Fight,
The chief danger arises, how- ever, not so much from the original. Irritation as from the likelihood of secondary Infection by pusforming bacteria, which can attack easily a broken skin, but which do not affect seriously an unbroken one.
HOME FOOTBALL.
RANGERS ONCE MORE TOP SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
wins or draws.
will be divided.
The competition is in accordance with the rules published in the Telegraph during the weeks August 20-September 24.
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" FORECAST COMPETITION.
Matches to be played on March 3rd.
ENGLISH CUP.
Blackburn y Manchester Un, Shefeld U.. v Noils Forest," Huddersfield y Tottenham. Arsenal. V
BCOTTISH
Albion Rovers v Motherwell ▼ Queen's Park v Dunfermline V
Hull
CUP.
1
Rangers Celtic. Partick. Hibernians.
preciated.
After referring these and similar inventions, Mr. Gomme said: "A keen observer of present- day tendencies in social and in- dustrial' affairs might obtain from these old records many idene, which, reintroduced under more suitable conditions and with all the improvements in construction and detail made possible by the greater resources we have at our | disposal to-day, could be put into successful practice with lean trou- ble and at an earlier date than if they had to he thought out ab initio.
Gold from Wheat.
at
The records of the Patent Office, Stoke..he said, included many curiosities,
dozens of perpetual motion ma chines, a portable gun which could. bo mude to fro square bullets at Turks but round ones
Christians, a cure for consump tion based on a mixture of brandy and garlic, and a means of pre- paring tea and coffee from mangol wurzels and of extracting gold from wheat. There wOB also [a comparatively recent patent for. the manufacture of edible gramo- phone records from chocolates and other sweet-stuffs.
Bristol City, Chelsea. Millwall. Northants.
ENGLISH LEAGUE
Fulham
*
*
Swindon -Plymouth
Y
Name
ነ
Address
No. 27
Date
To define what could bo patent- ed was difficult, but, briefly, any [article 'might bo patented that was novel, usoful, not illegal, and that was a saleable commodity. Thus, It was not possible to patent a system of bookkeeping or e cess for disguising cabbage as tobacco.
Popular. Fallacies.
Many valuable discoveries had never been patented, and Mr.
Strike out the teams which you Gomme gave as examples the think will lose, but make no marks wheel, the serow, the mariner's gun- in respect of matches which you compass, printing, paper, think will be drawn.
powder, and spectacles, A know- ledge of the literature in
the All claims must reach this offlee Patent Office library, he said, not later than Wednesday follow-would enable the reader to detect ing the date on which the matches the fallacy of such popular no- are played. No prize will be lions as that James Watt Invented awarded for which a claim has not the steam engine, or George Step- been made.
henson the locomotive, ar Fulton Before sending in your coupons, the steambont, Galileo the tele- mark your forecasts on the dupli-scope, Faraday the electro- cate list given below. Keep your magnet, or Marconi wireless tele- duplicate lists and compare themgraphy.
Disinfection of the skin by the use of appropriate cleaning after It consists of. fifteen acres on the worker leaves his work will Kampong Bahru Road, about prevent much of this infection. three-quarters of a mile from the Southern Hotel, so that it is con-- veniently situated in regard to the Chinese district. The whole scheme will be carried out on really first-class lines, and every. thing will be done to study the The match at the Lee Theatre, on comfort of the public. The enter- March 10th, will bo over fifteen prise will be run purely on the rounds, and both have met the lines, of a private sporting club,!
London, Feb. 28: famous Corporal Donald Duncan, of similar to the Tarf Club in Singa-
In the Northern Section of the the Marines. Signalman Morris
pore. That is to say, only mem- Third Division to-day, Rochdale has shown enough in Hongkong to
DO NOT FORWARD IT TO VA. bers of the Club will be allowed playing at home to Rotherham, justify confidence that he will put to use the totalisator. We shall won by tivo goals to one, up a first-class fight, and the public have our own veterinary surgeon, The Rangers defeated Queen's will be keenly interested to see if Morrell can bear out in practice not only to see that the dogs are Park by 4-0 in a Scottish League what the Shanghai papers say about fit for racing but to look after match. Router. them at all times. him.
The remainder of the programme
F
ASTONISHING VICTORY.
later with the published results of Careful research would revent the matches and if you find that such facts as that the roll-top you have cight or more correct send desk was described in 1772 and in a claim for the prize.
safety razors in 1762, while the fark your envelopes "Football" taximeter went back to the begin- on the front and write your name ning of our ern. There was, ho (without address), on the back of said, a loud speaker in 1671 and the envelope.
a diving bell. In 1664 and a peris- cope in 1702,
MARK AND KEXP THIS DUPLICATE
LIST.
IT 18 PRINTED. FOR YOUR CONVENI- ENCE SO THAT YOU MAY KEEP A RECORD OF THE FORECASTS YOU HAVE
SENT IN: Blackburn Sheffield Un.
V. Manchester Un. Y. Notts Forrest
Tottenham.
Y
v. Stoke,
v. Celtic.
V
Partick. v. Hibernians,
Bristol City.
Y. Chelsea.
v. Millwall.
v. Northants.
"It le proposed that the company electric totalisator, but it will be Huddersfield shall, in the first instance, pur- necessary to produce a member's Arsenal is not to hand, but if it ap chase two hundred greyhounds in badge in order to make use of Albion Rovers v. Rangers, proaches anywhere near the stand-
that Motherwell ard of the last tournament a fine Australia, bring them to Singa- the latter. The idea is
Queen's Park evening's entertainment is assured.pore, and sell them to the public, people who wish to follow the Dunfermline
The Club would obviously not race sport regularly should join the Fulham the dogs themselves, but at first Club, in the same way as they do Hull it may be dimeult for local sports- with horse-racing.
Swindon "It is proposed to float a local Plymouth men to obtain greyhounds, and we H.K. Club Eliminate the. K.O.S.B.have therefore made tentative company with a capital of roughly The Hongkong Football Club's arrangements to purchase that $1,000,000, and it will be known victory by two clear goals over the number. We do not anticipate any as the Singapore Greyhounds K.O.S.B., in the second round of the dificulty in getting the dogs in Racing Association. There would Senior Shield Competition yester-Australia. People are now breed-have been no difficulty in finding day, will go on record as the most ing them down, there, and there is part or all of the capital in remarkable performance of the sea- no shortage. It is considered Australia, but if the capital is that dogs bred in Australia are raised locally much greater local the support can be expected for the The Club were not fully repre-much more likely to stand sented, but scored once in each half, Singapore climate successfully undertaking, and the profita will while the Borderers failed to reply, than those imported from England, niso remain in the Colony. The in spite of a penalty award before and I know of no reason why stage which the scheme has reach- the game was ten minutes old. Scott, racing greyhounds should noted at present is that we have got opened the scoring for the Club, and thrivo in this climate. Taylor put the seal on the astonish- ing win in the second half,
son.
1. Seats for 40,000.
months time."
the prospectus ready, and we are now getting the first board of directors together. Once that is "We propose to build seating done we will go to the public, and The Club qualified to meet Kow- loon in the acmi-final on Saturday accommodation for between 80,000 I hope that it will be possible to by declining to accept as obvious and 40,000 people, together with do that in a few days time. We their defeat. Long sweeping passes kennela, offices, and so forth, and to the wingers and dashing work by there will be ample parking space hope to start racing in five or six the inaide forwards kept the for ears-an important point in
The Government Attitude. K.O.S.B. defence on tenterhooks, Singapore. The enclosure will.
Questioned as to the official and although, territorially, the more be of a seale unknown in Malaya, preciae passing and neat work of and hill which is on the site will attitude towards. the enterprise, the Borderers enabled them to claim be utilised for an amphitheatre. Mr. Koekkoek said he understood a distinct advantage, their forwards The proposal is to hold moetings that the reason why Government were lamentably weak in the goal- twice a week starting about 9 had opposed several previous mouth.
p.m., and there will be seven or schemes to start greyhound racing It is notable also that two eight races on each programme, in Singapore was that the promo- K.O.S.B. goals were disallowed for hurdle and flat events, starting atters proposed to have an open Infringements. A centre hy Camp intervals of quarter of an hour.totalisator, which was obviously bell was rushed into the net by Toal, When the races are on the track out of the question. Ils syndicate but the point was struck off, while will be loaded with powerful had taken the best legal advice soon afterwards Stock shot past floodlights, while the rest of the obtainable, and they were quite Rodger and was given offside. The enclosure will be in darkness. Isatisfied' that so long as the asso- Club goal had several miraculous) Tentative arrangements have ciation was run strictly on the escapes, but the defenco beld until been made to obtain the appara lines of a club they would not be the end:
tus for the electric hare and an doing anything legal.
|
Rome, Jan. 28. One of the bent known Italian "aces" of the war, Nardini, was killed while flying in the
neighbourhood of Rome. Something apparently went wrong with the machine at a height of over three thousand feet. As the 'plane crashed down Nardini leapt off with a parachute. He only about 150 feet was then from the ground. The parachute failed to open, and Nardini was killed.
"The language should be simple, crisp and sharp, such as appeals to the man in the street..
This advice to advertisers was recently given by Mr. Edward S. Baron, of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers. He added that honesty and reserve of expression in advertisements is an out- standing British characteristic.
Let us help you with advertising ideas and free illustrations.
"The Hongkong Telegraph." Hongkong's Leading Evening Newspaper. RATES ON APPLICATION.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.