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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

LOCAL RADIO.

BROADCAST PROGRAMME. FOR TO-DAY.

Broadcast from Z.D.W. on 350

metres,

6.00-7.00 p.m. Programme of H. M, V. Victor records supplied through the courtesy of Messrs. Moutrio and Com-

pany

Invitation to the Waltz--Part 1," "Invitation to the Waltz-Part

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. "Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky."" "Beloved,"

Jesse Crawford.

"What Did the Village Blacksmith

Say?"

"Pokee-Okee-Oh,"*"

Leonard Henry, Humerous, "Variations Symphoniques,"

Alfred Cortot, Symphony Orchestra," "The Garden of Allah," "Stor of the East,"

Peter Dawson, Bass-Baritone

*Honolulu "Mele of Howal

Honolulu Serenadere.

"Half-Past Nine," "Geranium,"

Nellie Wallace. The Beautiful Galathes-Overture,"

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929.

LETTER GOLF.

The WOLF turns out to be the GOAT of this little Red Riding Hood story.

WOL

OAT

do it in par,-a given number of strokes. Thus to change COW to HEN, in three strokes, cow, HOW, HEW, HEN.

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

8-You must have a complete word, of common usage, for each Berlin State Opera Orchestru.Jump. Slang words and abbrevia. **Crown of the Year,"

EMPRESS OF CAN EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF ASIA EXPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA EMPRESS OF ASIA EMPRESS OF CANADA EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

EMPRESS OF CANADA Nov. 15 EMPRESS OF ROSSIA Nov, 27 EMPRESS OF ASTA Doc.

OF CANADA Jan

Nov 18 Nov 30

Nov, 20

Nov, 23

Arrive Nor, 30

Deo 3

3

Des 6

Dec. 14

18 Dec 21

Dec 24

1700 20

Dec 26 Jah."

15 Jan. 18

Jun 21

Jars 33

Jan. 31

Feb. 12- Feb. 16

Feb. 18

Feb, 20

Mar,

}

Mac 5

Mar. 8

Mar, 11

Mar, 13

Mar.29

Mar. 18 Mar.

Mar. 19 Mar, 28

Apr. 9 Apr 12

Apr 15

Mar.26

Mat, 27

Apr 17

Apr. 26

Apt. 30 May 3

May 6

May

May 17

May 15 May 18

May 20

May 22

May 30

"I'd do Anything for You,"

Juno 4 Jano 7. Jude 10

June 12

June21

July 3

July 12

Regalar sailing hour Noon?

EMPRESS OF ASIA Jun 25 June 20 July 1

(E/A&E/Bussa call at Nagasaki the day after departure from 8'bai)

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"Hatfield Bolls,"

Parcy Heming, Baritone, "He's so Unusual,"

Helen Kane. "Lady Luck,"-Vocal Gems, "The Vagabond King"-Vocal Gemis,

Light Opera Company.

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"Deep River" "I'm Goin' to Tell God All O' My

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Paul Robeson, Bass "A High Silk Hat and a Walking

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Frank Crumit. "On the Road to Mandalay," "Morning."

Associated Glee Clubs of America. (a) Git on Bourd, Lil' Chillan," Dere's no Hidin Place," a) Oh! Rock Me. "Oh! Didn't.it

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4. The order of letters cannot be changed.

One solution is printed oi another page,

CANTON CURRENCY.

RECOÏNAGE OF OLD MONEY

BEING CONSIDERED;

Although a large number of the old and defaced coins minted in 1923 and 1928 have been collected and recoined during the last fow months by the local Mint, many

such coins are still found to be in circulation,.

the says

Canton Gazette.

In view of the fact that old and Paul Robeson, Bass.defaced coins are always an incon- "Russian Inn-Medley of Waltzes," "Russian Bazaar-Medley of Waltzes," Venience to the public and may Kirilloff's Balalaika Orchestra, form an obstacle in the way to 7.48 p.m. Weather report.

wards stabilizing the currency, the p.m. Chinese programme. Commissioner of Finance recently 10.30 h.m. Close down,

held a conference with the members of the General Chamber of Com merce discussing means by which all old and defaced coins could be collected and reminted in order that a standard currency could be in- troduced.

LIKIN EXEMPTION.

TAX REMOVED FROM CANTON EMBROIDERED SHAWLS.

JJ

POLICE CANTEEN,

GENERAL STORES FOR CANTON FORCE.

In order to benefit' its staff and officers, the Bureau of Public Safety is reported to have recently made preparations for organizing'a. Gen«. eral Stores to enter to police members.

The following rules have been suggested to govern the formation of the Canteen':

1. A Preparatory Office for the Canteen is to be satablished hy order of the Head of the Bureau.

9. An officer to be appointed by Head of the Bureau to take charge of the work for organizing the Canteen,

3. A staff to be appointed by the Bureau for conducting the Canteen. 4. A number of book-keepers to be engaged and books for keeping the accounts of the Canteen to be pro- vided.

5. None of the staff except the book-keeper wilt draw any salary but remuneration on a small seale may be given.

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6. The Stores to be established at No. 380, Waisun Boad, 'next to the premises of the Bureau.

7. The amount of expenditure of the Preparatory Office to be paid out from funds set aside for this purpose.

8. The Stores are to supply the requirements of police members at prices to be kept na low na pos costs.- sible to reduce living Canton Gazette.

RAILWAY INCIDENT.

STORY OF ATTEMPT ON CHAN MING-SHU DENIED."

Canton, Nov. 13. The report contained in the Hongkong papers that a desperate attempt was made against the train conveying Chairman Chan Ming shu, near the Shiukwan station on the Canton-Hankow line a few daya ago, is grossly exaggerated. Our correspondent is officially informed to-day that no incident of any kind- happened to the Chairman either on his journey to or return from Shiukwan, on Sunday last.

not

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But on Monday night, a rail was It is reported that plans for loosened on the section below Ying- collecting the coins are now under tak, probably done by bandits, as consideration and that the local | such happenings are In consequence of a petition re- Government may make arrange common, but the rail was soon re- cently received from the Cantonments with the General Chamber of paired and no damage of any sort Embroidery Union asking for the Commerce allowing the public. to beyond this was suffered by the removal of likin on embroidered send in old and defaced coins for line. In the opinion of official shawls exported from the province recoinage at the Mint frea of circles, there was absolutely no to other parts of China, the Super charge.

political connexion in this. Incident intendent of Customs has now

with the Chairman.-Ganton News given orders for the exemption of

Agency. shawls from this tax, says the. Canton Gazette.

It is understood that the petition

of the Union was made on account

-EMPIRE COMMERCE.

CO-ORDINATION.

London, Nov. 13.

In view of the forthcoming Im-

of the trade of embroidered shawls SCHEME TO OBTAIN PROPER having suffered a big decline conse quent on the keen competition of foreign made shawls which are now being dumped in this country and that if the kin tax on these articles were not removed, the local perial Conference in 1930, an ar shawl dealers would find it extreme-rangement has been reached be ly hard to retain their markets.

tween the Association of British Chambers of Commerce and Federa tion of British Industries, and the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, representing the com- mercial, industrial and shipping. interests of Britain, to form a British Preparatory Committee, to consider the general question of Empire commercial policy will the object of co-ordinating, as far as possible the views of the bual ness community of the Unitedt Kingdom and of presenting to the Government their joint recom- mendations.-British Wireless,

!!!

FOR BIAS BAY, "CANTONESE MARINES SENT TO PIRATE HAUNT.

Canton, Nov. 13. Admiral Chan Chak, of the Fourth National Squadron, has de cided to despatch three companies of murines to Bias Bay to guard against the activities of the pirates there.-Canton News Agency,

NEW ELIXIR OF LIFE.

REMARKABLE CLAIM BY SIR JAGADIS BOSE.

Calcutta, Oct. 9. Sir Jagadis Bose, the well-known' scientist, claims to have discovered a new elixir of life.

Sir Jagadis is concluding experi ments with a hitherto unknown drug from d Himalayan plant which promises to conquer death.

The revival of dead frogs was followed by injections, with com- plete success, on a woman whose heart had failed so completely as to render ordinary stimulants such as strychnine Ineffective. Sir Jagadis Bose claims that his dia covery will revolutionise medicine.

Detalls of his discovery will be disclosed in a lecture at the end of November.

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