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THERE ARE NUMEROUS BEERS STYLED

"PILSNER" BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE

Knerdige

Bier

PILSNER URQUELL,

brewed at the town of Pilsen, from which it derives its name,

Insist upon PILSNER URQUELL, the original

PILSNER BEER.

To be had at

HONGKONG

HOTEL

PENINSULA HOTEL

and all other

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

GARDNER

"

...

VERTICAL AND

HORIZONTAL CRUDE

OIL ENGINES FOR

ALL PURPOSES.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1929.

DAY BY DAY.

IT IS ASTONISHING WHAT A LOT OF ODD MINUTES. ONE CAN CATCH DURING THE DAY, IF ONE REALLY SETS ABOUT IT.-Dinah Mulock

THE POLICE RESERVE.]........

ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT

WEEK.

Hongkong Police Reserve Orders by the Hon. 'Mr. ‚E. D. C. Wolfe.,

To "J.M.X."We think no use-G. M. G., Captain Superintendent ful purpose will be served by of Police state: publishing your letter..

Chinese Company.

The Very Idea!

According to a message from Paris, the young woman who sent a wireless code message to her lover. In Mars is by no means downhearted at not receiving 'n roply. She points out that it only [cost threepenco a word-far less

been in New York. She might have added that, being only dream lover, the result would have been the same.

The Empress of Australia, which StrengthL/Sergeant R8 Te'o than if tho lover aforesaid had is on a world cruise, is due at Bang-Taun On is permitted to resign on kok to-morrow and in Hongkong on leaving the Colony for England the 13th instant.

with effect from the 8th February 1920.

That being so, adequate facilities must be provided. Unfortunate- ly, here in Hongkong we are 'still HEAVY OIL ENGINES lagging much behind the times. It is true that a big nerodrome is eventually to be established here, but

it would Beem that red tape is holding up the scheme. The same remark can no doubt be applied to the project of starting the Light Seaplane Club. The sorry part of the whole business ip that whilst Hongkong keeps well in the rear, other centres are forging ahead. In this connexion, Canton is streets in front of this Colony piready, to say nothing of the developments which are lak- ing place in various other parts of China. We suggest that it is about time the local Government Issued a statement on the gererai | when moored. question of the development of aerial facilities in Hongkong. The

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· HOTELS and CLUBS.

MADE IN MANY SIZES

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GET THAT OUT

OF YOUR MIND

Right

Now!

A LOT of folks have the idea that because Orthophonic music is so good, an Or- thophonic Victrola must be expensive.

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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY. PEB. 5

1920

CIVIL AVIATION.

grants

Lieut-Commdr. H. F. Waight has been appointed to H.-M. S. Stormcloud and Surgi. Lieut, E. W. Graham, M.B., to II. M. S. Iroquote.

It is reported from an authorita- tive source that the s.. Charles Hardouin has been holed at Kong- moon by settling on her anchor

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It is advertised that the offices

timo Customs for Kowloon and

Indian Company. Parade.-Members of the Indian Company are reminded of the parade to be held at the Central Police Station on Tuesday, February 5th, at 5.30 pm, sharp

Flying Squad. Special Night Patrols-Mem- bers of the Hongkong Section will parade

Contral at

Police Station on Tuesday, February 6th,

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Moreover, there is nothing to show, though the rates from this planet to Mara may be strielly moderate, that the Martian rate to the earth is not much higher. I should think twice before putting even an unknown Marlian to the expense of replying to my com- munication unless these were of, a really important unture!

Another drawback to such com- munications is the address. How are the Martians to know that they

blame for delay may not be with and stations of the Chinese' Marl- and on Saturday, February, 9th, live in Mars? After all, it is only for special night patrols. Fall In our names for the planet, not theirs. nt 8.00 p.m. sharp Dress:-Win- ter Uniform,

the Hongkong authorities-more likely is it the case that we are still awaiting the Home Govern- ment's pleasure. If that is the case, then no hurn can be done in letting the facts become known.

If a

World-Touring Parcels.

district will be closed to public business on February 10, 11, 12

and 13.

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[A doctor advances the view that The weekly instructional patrol | day dreaming should be cultivated of the Kowloon Section will takega likely to lead to creative The date of a forthcoming func-place on Tuesday, February 5th.| thought.] tion having been changed, it is an all in at the Tsim Tan-tsal Fire nounced that bookings for the Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. Peninsula Hotel and Roof Garden sharp. Dress:-Winter Uniform. for the night of Friday, February -8th., have been re-opened,

Included in the excellent pro- gramme which is being screened to day only at the Queen's Theatre is

Although the two Japanese des- troyers despatched to the scene of the stranding of sa Ashihara

hint could be dropped by the Hongkong postal authorities that the recent vagaries of the par- cel mail service from Home have. Super British Gazette which gives an interesting review of the left an impression that its ur most important events of 1928. ganisation is not all that the or ganisation of a parcel mail service might be, the G.P.O., London, might be gingered up, and a good many people in Hongkong would be grate ful. It is a little less than a year ugo, we believe, when certain re- presentations were made, with the

We are informed that the result that arrangements at the

death has taken place at her re- London end were revised, and an

sidence In Macan of the assurance was given that the par- Countess Dowager de Senna cel mail from that time on would Farnandes (Madame A. T. Fer- not only be quicker, but more fre-reira), aged 82. The funeral

takes place this 'afternoon, quent. If by more frequent, it was intended to mean that the parcel

Mari have now arrived, no further news has been received from the vessel according to the local agents.

arrived from Australia by the sa Amongst the passengers who Tande were Mr. and Mrs. H. D. la, Miss E, M, Varley, Mr. E. J. Simons, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lake, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Curtis, Mr. T. Simpklu, and Mr. J. A. Simpson.

That Britain in fully alive in the importance of developing civil, aviation is apparent from the farts which have just been dia- closed in regard to an agreement mail of three distinct weeks would between the Air Ministry and the occasionally manage by devious National Flylag Services Com-nutes to reach Hongkong within a pany. Under the scheme laid space of eleven days, the promise down in the agreement, the Com-has been fulfilled, but otherwise, ho. pany is to receive Anancial as- Many complaints have reached us sistance in the way of

within the past week or so, con.

This morning's Harbour Office from the Government for a period Lain specific reference to the parcels reparts gave 15 arrivals and 18 leaving London on November 22,departures, leaving 61 vessels in of ten years. It will have been 1928, which after a four, wo im harbour of which 26 were British. seen from the details published agine, of the Indian Empire and Tonnage was fair, with British that it is planned to establish all the Malay Archipelago, reached vessels recording eargues of a over the country numbers of civil Hongkong on January 16th, 1929, total of approximately 20,000 tons. flying clubs and to provide a net-eleven days after parcels posted on work of aerodromies and landing November 29th, and six days after places. The Company is to start those of December 6th. Yesterday,

understand,

boat # its operations in April, and it will have an initial fleet of a hundred

rived with parcels of December

which Both,

thus machines for tuition, private hire forty-six days in transit, a delay and other activities. Not the which we venture to suggest is least important of the scheme will quite unnecessary and could easily be the training of pilots.

be avoided by a little foresight. The invalids in the cast having recovered,. rehearsals of the

which the Home Government has heen taking for the encourage ment of civil aviation, in which connexion mention may be made

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The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Thursday, February 7th, Fall in at the Central Police Station at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Dress Winter Uniform.

(Sgd.) D). L. KING, D. 8. P.

SPADGE

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PULLE

BY FABYAN MATHEY

5-8-7

K--None D-Mond C-5-3

WEST

G-$

$1-6.

D-None. C-5-2

NORTH

SOUTH -

S-0-4 H-K D--None

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EAST

has the lead. North and Spades are trumps, and must win all four tricks.

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S---5

South South

The profit (I thought) would be

great. If

I only could master the way- Of making my musing erentive At intervals during the day, In search of which rich con-

summation

I day-dreamed a minute or two As I walked to-day at the station

Lined up in a quero

I dreamed about riches and

splendour,

Nor recked how the abarnce

of mind

Such visions. were bound to

engender,

Impeded the people behind. And the view which the doctor

has stated,

Seems

now,

proven

conclusively

For I speedily found I'd created

A deuce of a row.

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A shivering angler boarded the omnibus and deposited his tackle on the seat beside him.

He looked anything but pleased 'with things, and his rather dejected appearance apparently prompted n sympathetic bus conductor, when colleeting the fare, to inquire, "Not had a good day, mister?"

"No," the angler replied.

"Hard lines," was the conductor's comment. "Here, this is the ad- dreas of my brother”—and be hand-". ed a card to the fisherman-"he's a fishmonger, and anglers are his speciality!"

I am not looking for work he wants to fight me.

Willesden Wife My husband anya I must get out and work for Lay out the cards on a table, as my living the same as he does, We ure naked to state that shown in the diagram, and study He allows me a Is. a day for food owing to the Railway administra- the situation. See if you can find until I get a job, and if he thinks sion, through previous bookings, a method of play that will give ar-being unable to offer special train North and South all of the tricks.

on Saturday, 16th. facilities February for the Fanling Hunt Chinese New Year Meeting, the meeting will be held on Sunday, 17th, inst., at pm.

were

The Solution.

When three boys were remanded nt Hull Juvenile Court recently, But it illustrates the value of sories belonging to some unknown This is not a difeult puzzic. charged with stealing motor acces practical foresight in bridge.

persons, Police-Superintent Crack South must get rid of his losing identified a tyre tester as his own heart. He opens with his club property, which he said had been and then leads, his low trump. taken from his motor cur.

Counsel often asked witnesses North's lead of the six of clubs, questions in a language they do not. South discurds his heart. The understand, said Judge Tebbe at Walsall County Court, re- cen of trumpa now wins the reproving an advocate for using the maining trick.

If the opening lead is a trump," and insisting on his repeating phrases "prior' to" and "previous the heart trick must ultimately be

the question "with the simple little English word "before"."

This new step follows others Enquirier would probably reveal | AD.C.'s eagerly-awaited produc-North wins the trick, and on

that a connexion was missed "some- tion of Frederick Lonsdale's "On where. in India" the parcels playing Approval" are going on very well. the tricks that used to be attributed Booking will open Lt the Ander- to the letter mail via Negapatam, son Musle Company on the 9th If the surmise is correct, it might be instant. Those who want good of the appeal issued some few seriously suggested to the postal seats are advised to book early. months ago to the principal cities authorities in England that of less. Among the passengers arriving and towns in the provinces ank-venturesome rente be exploited in yesterday on the President Lincoln the future. Whatever the explana-woro Mr. Kojiro Anari, a prominent ing them to consider the question

tion may be, if specific instances of of establishing Municipal Aern the shortcomings of the present dromes with as little delay

a service are quoted, there is just a possible. It was stressed, in this chance that something might be appel that the development of done. internal Bying is almost entirely dependent on the provision of aerodromes at large centres, and

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EXCHANGE RATES.

that every town of any import- | ance will sooner or later find it Paris Just as essential to possess well- Brussels ... sited aerodromes as it does to-day Amsterdam

Berlin to possess railway-stations, roada Copenhagen. and garages. Now comes a fur- Vienna

Helsingfors ther step by the Air Ministry Lisbon which should have the effect of Bucharest

Buenos Aires greatly popularising flying in the

Shangha! Old Country. When the new Yokohama Now York

Company gets well under way, Geneva there should be a marked flip to Milan fying, the more so If there is Stockholm

Oslo really serious co-operation be- Prague tween the Municipal authorities Madrid Athens and the organisation which has

Rio now come into being. The value Bombay of establishing this network of Hongkong

Silver (spot) aerodromes all over the country Silver (forward) cannot be over-estimated. As has been pointed out on many occa- sions, civil flying clubs can be of the utmost servico in acting A feeders to the Imperial airways.

London, Feb. 4.

.124.10 .34.89 .12.10

lost-and North will "go to bed" with his high but utterly useless six of clubs. And the high trump businessman of Osaka, stopping over opening, as well as that of the in Hongkong before continuing on heart, obviously means defeat.

to Oanka; Mr. William F. Barnes,

a buyer for Strong & Company of

Man, fined £2 at Willesden-Let

me out and I might find the money this afternoon-somewhere-some- how. Magistrate-Very well, wé will risk it.

Willesden woman prisoner-My

Kobo; Captain Janice Brummetto, TELEPHONE COMPANY husband is at work and cannot come

DIVIDEND.

GOOD PROFIT ON LAST

YEAR'S 'WORKING,

of the U. 8. Ariny, formerly located at Manila, and now transferred to duty in Hongkong; Mrs. Elinor Majora Carlisle, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Alma Carlisle, society women of San Francisco, making à tour of the Oriont; Lieut Paul Taylor. formerly of the Tort

Subject to the confirmation of the shareholders at the Fourth William McKinley of Manila, now transferred, to duty in Hongkong; Annual General Meeting to be held .20.49

Afr. Comelius Van Der Meulin, on Friday, 22nd February, the .18.18

merchant of Directors of the Hongkong Tele- .84.505 prominent lumber ..192 Holland, en route to Japan vis phone Company, Limited have re- commended the following appro- 109.11/10 Hongkong on a business trip.

printions:- Payment of A Final Dividend of 4%, mak- Ing a total of 8% for the year, Transfer to General Re-

.800

The 474

following forthcoming are announced:-Mr. ..2/6 weddings 1/10.7/10 C. H. Burton, Dental Surgeon, 4.84 27/32 No. 502, The Penk, Lo Miss D. .26.21 Foster (formerly McGenchie), .02.05 en route to Hongkong on board the .18.14 s.s. Tai Ping: Mr. G. L. Fox, of the

18.19 Hotel New Grand, Yokohama, to Transfer to Stores Ob- 103 Miss B. Edwardson, nursing sister solescence Reserve.. 31.505

at the Victoria Hospital, Hong-Carry forward to next 975 kong: Mr. A. A. Olaes, clerk, No.

5.01/04

..1/0

4. Ice House Street, Hongkong, 2/ 10 Francisca Marin Gomes 26.3/10 (widow), No. 1. Granville Road, 26.3/10 Kowloon: Mr. C. V. Ferrer du Britisk Wireless.

Roza, clerk of the Chartered Bank of India, Austrália and China residing at No. 7. Ladder Street, Upper Terrace, Hongkong,.

A minor landslide occurred on ahil near Lee Gardens on Sun-

day afternoon when a Chinese labourer working on the hillside The outstanding fact of the was buried by a fall of earth. situation is that flying is steadilyHo Austained a fractured left arm gaining in favour as a safe and and injuries to the head and was rapid means of transportation. Hospital in a serious condition,

removed to, the Government Civil

surve

Bonus to Staff

account

Total

here to speak for me. Policeman -She described herself as a widow when charged last night.

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To-day's Dog Story-A Purley resident writes: "I had been treating an Airedale for an abscess

WRE

in the throat, and, for the purposes of dressings, the animal brought daily in a car from a distance.

"One evening I found the dog on the stops of my surgery, but could see no accompanying car or owner. On telephoning I learned that the dog's absence had not been noticed, and no explanation was forthcoming. On examining $76,001.00 the dog I found he had sustained an injury, and can only conclude 50,000.00 that he had come down for treat- 9,725.67 ment of his pwn volition: an in- telligent association of ideas, a 25,000.00 pretty tribute to mo, and a wonder- ful sense of direction, as he had 29,880.74 previously only made the journey

by motor." $191,016.43

DRIZZLE OR MIST.

The Royal Observatory reports

China and over the China Sea. Ker No. 1808, Belen Street,

Petor, aged 4, still has difficul- ties with some of his clothes, when dressing.

The other morning his mother, after helping him with the more complicated garments, left him to complete the process.

to Miss E. M. Yvanovich Hyndman, that the anticyclone is now central No. 27, Jordan Road, Kowloon; to the north of the lower Yangtze M. G. G. Schwab, business mana valley. Fresh mongoon mag be Manila, to. Miss B. K. L. Hart

expected along the 8. E coast of cot she said, "

mann, also of Manila; Mr. F. W. Kurt Gronke, sugar. manager, Manila, to Miss J. M. Bertha Kuss, Manila,

As he was still sitting on his

"When you've finished, son, just The local forecast till noon to-pull back your bedclothes." morrow 18:-North-East winds, "I won't" came the quick (and fresh, overcast, some drizzle or unexpected) reply. "That's not a

man's job.

mist.

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