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295, 300, 301, 305, 306, 315 344, 363, 371, 374, 376, 381 385, 411, 426, 427, 445, 448

BOARD RESIDENCE.

FAMILY. HOTEL-Victoria Gar dens. Quiet apartments and Suites of rooms. Full board from $95, $110, $130, monthly. Large commodious rooma. Also dally rates; five minutes from forry, next now Hotel, Hankow Itoad, Kowloon, Tol. K.357.

WANTED.

WANTED. Half-size or size billiard table, with all necessorica. Write Box No. 448, care of "long- kong Telegraph."

POR

FOR SALE.

SALE. →→ INDIAN Motor Cycle and aidecar for sale. Electric lighting. Good condition, Exceptionally cheap at $180.00. Can be seen at any time at the Fiat Garage.

PREMISES TO LET.

TO LET.-Office space on ground floor, Central District. Write Box No. 447, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

New Advertisements.

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

The Eighth ́Extra Raco Most- ing will be held (weather per mitting) at Happy Valley on Saturday, 1st December, 1928, commencing at 2 p.m.

The First bell will be rang at 1.20 p.m.

The charge for admission to tho Public Enclosure will be

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928.

THEATRE

ROYAL.

Lammert's Auctions.

December 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 21st and 22nd at 9. p. m. Matinee-Wednesday

"

Dec. 19th, at 4,30.

THE HONGKONG

31 for all persons including PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

indies.

Boldiers and Sailora in uniform ball price.

Presents

Members are advised that they "TOM JONES"

must show their badges to obtain admission to the Members' En- closure.

Each member ban the 'right to Introduce 2 non-members to the ''Members'. Enclosure, tickets for whom can bo obtained from Mesars. Linstead & Davis at 15 each up to Friday, 30th No- vember, 1928.

The chargo for admission for ladies to the Members' Enclosure will be $2. Each member can ob to the tain, upon application secretary, Badges for admission of 2 ladler free of charge.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men, etc. i will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hongkong Jockey Club during the Raco Mooting,

N.B-Attention is drawn to a change in routine at above meet- ing. Horses entered for racea wil not bear distinctive numbers In the Race Book as heretofore, but starters as they are weighed out will be numbered consecutive- ly and such numbers exhibited on the Board. All horses start- ing in

w display a saddle cloth boaring" a number corresponding to

horac's Board number and such number will also apply to Pari Mutuel and Cash Sweep tickets.

•

a race

the

THE HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION.

SECOND TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON:

Saturday, 1st December, at 9.15 p.m. at

THE THEATRE ROYAL.

MAIN EVENTS

10 Round Lightweight Contest. L. B. Hall, H.M.S. “Titania."

V.

A. B. Castle, H.M.S. "Cumberland." 10 Round Welterweight Contest. Marine Fraser, II,M,B. “Tamar."

V. A. B. Saunders, H.M.S, “Beraph." and

Five Six Round Contesta.

BOOKING AT MOUTRIES:- Members-Wednesday and Thurs- | - day, 28th and 29th November,

General Public-Friday and Satur- day, 30th November and 1st Decem her.

USUAL PRICES.

TO LET. CHEUNG CHAUX

Most attractive furnished bun- galow to let. Large garden, small vegetable garden just stock.

Electric light. ed.

Write Box No. 445, care of "Hongkong Tele- graph,"

TO LET-One European FLAT Wanchal Gap Road, Hongkong. Apply to 82, Kennedy Road.

TO LET-European Flats Nos. 41 and 48, Kennedy Rokd. Apply Thornbill Aerated Water Factory, 104, Praya East, Phone C.547.

TO LET AT CHEUNG CHAU. Furnished bungalow to let, No. 18A. Three rooms and two bath- rooms, garden facing south.

DINNER

DANCE

X

| Saturday, December 1st

Closs to Morning Beach. Apply SPECIAL MENU

Box No. 443, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

ARE YOU SICK? Why Continue To Buffer. Get The Poo On Chin- ero Herbs and Get Well. Constipa- tion; Rheumatism; Dropsy: Typhoid Fever; Nervousness; and Diabetea. Yes Foo Lun, Chinese Herbalist, Managing Director, Ea- trance 68, Queen's Road Central, Tol. C. 5009.

The

$2,50

LANE, CRAWFORD, Ltd.

X

X

Hongkong Telegraph. || "THE PEAK MANSIONS."

Our Canton and District Representatives and Dis- tributing Agents are SOUTH CHINA AGENCIES Shamoon

Canton

to whom all local enquirios should be addressed.

SITUATED within Two Minutes Walk from the Tram Station and overlooking the Southern Bide of the Island, Ready for Occupation.

Fire-Roomed and Six-Roomed APARTMENTS.

with all Modern

Rooms and Ont-boulenc, Drying

Two Varmer Apply some very CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-ORIENT,

4TH FLOOR,

FRENCH BANK BUILDING.

:

(By permission of Chappell and Company)

BOOK THE DATES..

R.

Particulars and Conditions of the Sale by Public Auction: to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of, December, 1928, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hongkong for a term of 75 years, with the option of re- newal at a Crown Reat to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty tho King, for one further term of 75 years,

PARTICULAR OF THE LOT.

Registry Na

Locality

Kowloon Talzed Lo

No. 2157.

Nathan Road and Butr

Q.

Bonndsey Memuretseðla,

CÁI ĐẸP le phan.

7.138

R...

$12

$16.340

Upeel Frios.

Particulars and Conditions of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of December, 1928, at 3 p.my ut the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excelloney the Governor of ons Lot of Crown Land at Princo Edward Road, in the Colony of Hongkong for a term of 75 years, with the option of re- newal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 76 years.

PARTICULAR OF THE LOT,

Begistry

Locality.

Kowloon Inland Lot

No. 2158.

Prince Edward Hond,

Kowloon.

Boundary

Meast:remepls.

As per sale plan.

Content is

Μάταν

***

G. de R.

Upeer Price,

$14,500

Particulars and Conditions of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 3rd day of December, 1928, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one' Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kek Tauí, in the Colony of Hongkong for a term of .75 years, with the option, of re- newal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULAR OF THE LOT.

Bo, of Bate.

Kowloca Inland Lek –

Registry No.

Phela amailos Street. Pahatisa of A

Street kad

Locality.

Boundary

Menurimenta

J...

As per anis plan,

188

#2114.

Upest Price.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

The Undersigned bave received instruction to soll by Public Auction

on MONDAY,

the 3rd December, 1928, commencing at 10.30 him. at No. 5, Victoria Gardens, Kowloon,

OUR CHANGING LANGUAGE.

GROWING CULT OF WORDS OF

· ONE SYLLABLE.

The Impression that the English language may in the future become a language fargely of short words spoken with a rapid, staccato utter- anco was left in the minds of those who heard Professor Otto Jesper

A Quantity of Valuable Household sen lecture to the British Academy at Burlington House on "Monosyl- labism in English:""

A Quantity of Silver Ware and Professor Jespersen (who was at

Furniture also

Carlos and

One Upright Grand Piano by

"Hanké.” M

Catalogues will be issued. On View from Sunday, the 2nd |December, 1928,

--- Terms: Cash on Delivery

FAMMERT FROS,

Auctioneers,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction

on TUESDAY,

the 4th December, 1928, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, Duddel! -

Streat

A Valuable Collection of Curios, comprising: t

POST OFFICE NOTICE

RADIO NOTICES.

The Radio Office is now altunted Building on Dos Voeux Road, next on the ground floor of the P and O la opened day and nights

All particulars as to ships. In to the General Post Office. This office- ained at the Radio Office as above. Communication, xatos atc. may be ob

be sont to

Co Europs America, Philippine Is lands, Dutch East Indies and many other destinationer nise to Cantos and.

Fall many places in South China. particulary at the Radio Ones.

Individuals and firm are recommended to register their tale #raphie

Omow Na pakirge la made for this..

Kid alaTheses at the Radio formaation that dutiable urticles forwarded

by letter

notified for general ins

Back the post, to at Britain are liable to contaction by the Customs.

ahould be forwarded by parcel post only. XMAS LETTER MAIL "VIA BIBERIA FOR

FOR GREAT BRITAIN. Xmas Letter Mail via Siberia" for Great Britain will be closed in the G.P.O..at 12.80 p.m. on Saturday 1st December, per ... Chenonceaux,

This mail should reach London about the 22nd December, dat It is hereby notified that on and "after 26th November radio-tale- grama will be accepted at the Radio, office, for transmission to Pakhoi at 0.30 par wordthe receiver to pay any charge levied by the Pakbol Station

INWARD MAILA

one time Professor of English in the University of Copenhagen) outlined the gradual changes by which Eug Hich has more, and more come to acquire the character of a monosyl- labic language such as Chinese. He pointed out that it was easy to build up in English whole sentences confisting entirely of monosyllables, and instances "The Song of the In U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- ternational Workers of the World:"bal :........

"Work and play, cat and pray, Shanghal and Swabow You'll get 'pl when you die."

Salgon ******

In the first 42 lines of the "Can- terbury Tales," he said, were found 50 words of two syllables which have since been reduced to monosyllables. There were also the modern shortenings of school- boy and journalistic slang, such as "lab," "maths," and "ad."

The tendency towards monoayl labism was stronger in English than in any other language fact which was horns out by the number of monosyllables such as "stunt" Vases, Bowls, Plates, Table and "dud," which, without any as Screens, Crystal, Agate and Amber certained etymology, had emerged Ornaments, Old Bronze Ware, in the last century. Embroideries, Lacquer and Black- wood Ware, etc.

On View from Monday, the 3rd December, 1928.

Catalogues will be issued.

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMENT BROS,

Auctioneers,

Miss Elsie lingworth, who came from New York to secure an option from Chaliapine for the making of a movie-tone pić- ture, caught the Carinthia at Liverpool only by taking a tender which followed the liner...

THE SUPERBROMANTIC DRAMAİ

DAMONA

Dolores Del Rio

EDWIN CAREWE

COMING SOON "QUEEN'S)

-TO THE

OUR POOR DAY.

Saturday, Ist December,

ANNUAL

STREET SALE OF ROSES

in aid of the funds of the

SOCIETY OF St. VinceNT DE PAUL.

FOR 'THE POOR OF HONKONG.

|

Japan, Shanghai and Europe via. Biberia London, 8th, 5th and 14th. November

Karmain

******** Proa. Harrison

Boochow ....... Chenoncoux

November 30.

„December 1,

December 1,

December 1..

December 2..

„December 3.

St. Albans ..** Trelawny

December .

December 8,

Pros. Lincoln

December 3.

Europe via Nagapatai (letters

and papers), London, lut Nov. Kutzing U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang

Pres, Cleveland

hal

Australla and Manlia" .............. Straits

Manila

Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shangbal · Emp, of Russia

Malwa Japan and Shanghai U.B.A., Canada, Japan and Shang.

hal

For

Pres. Madison OUTWARD BAILS,

Per Talamba

Amoy and Japan Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa, “Egypt and *Europe via Marseilles.

Kitano Maru

Menila, Sandakas, Australia and

New Zealand via Thursday Island Tanda

Btraits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius E. and S. Africa, Egypt and Europe via Martellles

"Straits, Mombasa, L. Marques, and

South Africa ... Formosa

Amoy.

Shanghai, Japan and Europe vix

Siberia

Haiphong

Manila

Bangkok via Swatow Swatow, Amoy and Formosa Haiphonges

Shanghai and Dalny.... Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, UB.A., Canada, Central and B. America "Europe via San Francisco re

Swatow Shanghai and Europe via Siberia.. Swalow, Amoy and Foochow ....

Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles

GET THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND GIVE FOR THE Saigon, Straits, Ceylon, India,

PLEASURE OF GIVING.

BE GENEROUS FOR THE SAKE OF HONGKONG'S POOR.

For the Beat

LOCAL VIEWS

and

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS

Go To

MEE CHEUNG

Studio, Ice House St.

Branch 7, Beaconsfield Arcade.

E. HING & CO.

SHIPEUILDING MATERIALS, SHIP CHANDLERS HARDWARE MEROHANTS.

PHONE--CENTRAL No. 1116. ···

Wing street TEL Central 25

BLANKETS URGENTLY

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BY

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Send to City Hall.

Holhow

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Manila

Straits, Egypt, and Europa vina Mar-

seillen

. Decomber & ..December 7,

......December. 7.

Data and Tina. Fri, Nov. 30,.5 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 1, K. P. O. Registration....30th 4.80 p.m. .Ist 9 a.m. G. P. O... Registration.....1st 8.45 mmD). 1at 9.30 a.m.

Lettors

Lotters (Dus Marsellios, 80th Dec.).

.Sat, Dec. 1, Parcels.......Now, 80, 5 p.m. Registration..Dec. 1, 9.15 a.m., Letters.......Dec. 1, 10.a.m. '(Duo Thursday Island, 18th Dec.)

Karmala

...Sat, Dec. 1, K. P. O. Parcels Fri, Nov. 80, 4.30 p.m. Reg...Sat, Dec. 1, 9 a.m. Letters

Dec. 1, 10 ■,10,

Sat

G. P. O. Parcels...Fri, Nov. 30, 5 p.nt. Rog......

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Chenonceaux ..Sat., Dec. 1, 1.30 pm. Tonkin.......Sat, Dec. 1, 1.89 p.m. Pres. Harrison ..Sat, Dec. 1, & p.m. Kweiyang ...........Sun., Doc. 2, 8.80 a.m. Hozan Maru....Sun, Dec, 2, 9 a.m. Caravolina ...Sun., Doc. 2, 9 a.m. Laichow................Sun., Dec. 2, D'a.mi

President Lincoln....Mon., Dec. 3

Parcol

3 p.m. Registration

.4.15 p.m. Letters

.....6 p.m.

(Duo San Francisco 20th. Doc.) Hydrangea Tues, Dec. 8, 2,80 p.m.. President Lincoln ....Mon, Dec. 3. Letters only. p.m. Hai Ching....Tuos, Dec. 4, 1. p.m.

.Tues., Dec. 4. K. P. 0.

.18 a.m.. ...I p.m.

Andre Lobon ......

Registration Letters

Registration

G. P. 0.

.12.45 p.m. Lotters

.1.80p.m. .(Due Marseilles 4th January)...

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Parcels Letters

...noon .1 p.m. Hal Ning......Fri, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.

Malon

Parcels

... Fri., Doc., S, K. P. O

7th, 4.30 p.m.

Registration 8th, 9 a.m.

Letters

G. P. C Parcols

.8th, 10 a.m.

7th, 5 p.m.'

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Diomed

Tues., Dec. 11,

K. P. O.

Registration Letters

G. P. O, Registration

,145 D204 Letters

1.2.80 p.m. (Due Marseilles 11th January, 1029.)

*Correspondencs bearing vessel's name only,

FOG BURGLARIES.

THIEF HURLS JEMMY AT MEN IN CHASE,

London, Nov. 6. In the fog last night three houses in Streatham were broken into by burglars.

the burglar got away.',

About the same hour burglaries niso took place at the bouses of Mr. Welch, Xydail-road, and Mr. W, Pattel, Hi Creat, Údingham-rond. From the former house property worth about £200 was stolen, and from the other jewellery was missed.

Mr. Pattel said the burglars As two men were passing the had used a step ladder to house of Mrs. Pocock, in Mitcham- a ledge, and had then climb- fane, they saw a young man drop-ed to a bathroom window, ping from a window. Before they His daughter's unexpected return could get close to him he hurled a interrupted their work, för al jemmy, at them and dashed off in though several gold waiches, and the direction of Brixton, jewellery were stolen suitcases The two men followed and a con- which had been packed by the stable also took up the chase, but thieves were abandoned,

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