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THE ECONOMY OF QUALITY

20%

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Filters

Aluminum Goods Enamelled Goods

Razors

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

NOW, IS THE TIME". TO 'ET YOUR

FRIGIDAIRE

THERE ARE DOMESTIO MODELS OF FROM, FOUR TO EIGHTEEN CUBIC FEET STORAGE CAPÁČITY.

OVER

MONDAY, JANUARY 20 1930.

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Premier, the Government is going. into the Conference prepared to favour proposals, which represent not merely its own point of view, but which represent the most hopeful basis for reaching general agreement. Two mattera which will loom largely are tho future of submarines and battle. ships On the first of these, Britain and the United States are In agreement.

Both favour the abolition of under sea eraft France and Japan, on the other hand, are apparently averse to the idea. The attitude of Italy has not been officially announced, but, retent reports seem to sug gest that she will support the Anglo-American viewpoint. There

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DAY BY DAY.

TT 18 ANOTHER'S FAULT IF HE DE UNGRATEFUL, BUT IT 15 MINE IF I DO NOT GIVE TO FIND ONE THANK- FUL MAN WILL OBLIGE MANY THAT ARE NOT 80-Seneca.

Mrs. G. P. de Martin's, to distri- bute the prizes at the Ellis Kadoorle School on Friday morning.

The P. & O. 3.5. Malwa, from Marseilles Hongkong arrived at on the 17th Januory at 7 a.m.

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The annual general meeting of the Girl Guides will take place at the Helenn May Institute on Thurs day, 23rd inst, at I am., when a small presentation will be made to Lady Clementi.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Currency Reform.

(To The Editor of Hongkong

Telegraph.]

The Very Idea!

A clerical, correspondant writen to a Home paper: "Now that the Season of Miata and Yellow- Favorishness is with us I am re- minded, 'ns n' clergyman" of long Sir-'quite agree with "On- experience, of a curious differanco looker", cepecially when he says between the Classes and the that instead of "trying to keep our Masses that I have often noticed heads above water in financial during epidemics of cold or maelstorms we do our best to rip influenza.: up the prop that we rely on to stay us up. It is a shanie, that nobody has had any comments to pass on his letter. His suggestion that we have a currency without any metallic basis, but backed by

"My wife is going through a. commodity wealth, is a very sound wheeze. All the Government has modern cookery course.ga tay to do is to work out how much "That's curious 80 is ming!"" our goods cost us baforo October "What do you take for your last sale prices excluded, and dyspepsin?" issue notes to anyone, who would like to accept them.

But since "Onlooker" says that the essential of a note issue is a guarantee that, should the neces sity arise, the promise to pay can Mr. P. Law. Inspector of Vorna- be liquidated, the Government should really have some subatan cular Schools, residing at 40 Robinson Road, has informed the tial commodity backing for their Police that thieves entered his re-notes, so that in times of crisis we sidence on Saturday and stole can take our paper to the Treasury clothing to the value of $48.-

and review actual food and cloth- Ing in return. I therefore suggesti that the Government, in adopting "Onlooker's" scheme, should stock the Treasury with suits of clothes, babies' bottles, bags of rice,tins of tomatoes, etc. Then, if we find

The 8.8. Empress of Australia, which is on a round-the-world Ikely to be diversity of cruise, left Bombay on Friday and was due at Colombo at 7 o'clock this opinion in regard to the future of morning. She is due in Hongkong battleships. Frances, and posat 8 am. on February 14th. sibly Britain would favour aboli- tion but the other, Powers do not seem disposedlo accept this 1,000,000 idea at present. Possibly this issue will be disposed of by an agreement for a battleship-build-

Falling from the 4th floor of the ing "holiday" over a period a five or six years, during which West at 7.45 last night,

naught Road time there will be umple op a Chinese named Cheung Hau, aged Civil Hospital suffering from, in juries, which subsequently proved fatal.

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"The Masses are all in bed with. the doctor," and the Classes are “In bed, with a temperature, fan

"I wonder which is the pleasan for companion."

Mr. Justice Horridge, in the King's Bench Division: To talk about interviews on the telephond is ridiculous the word lá conver- sations,

Interview" "means" that

you see the other person,

Mr. Justice MeCardio, in the King's. Bench Division: It is astonishing, what, with a little enthusiasm and anxiety for commission, a motor-car salesman

can say.

Witness in the Probate Division": He gloried in being a Scot...

Constable at West London: He shouted, "It will take a dozen like you to move me," but I took him into custody.

HONG KONG & 9. CHINA: portunity to consider the whole 45, was sent to the Government the tailors put up their charges be

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY JANUARY 20, 19:0

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THE DISARMAMENT OUTLOOK.

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Passengers leaving on the Khiva on Saturday included Major F. Warner Abbott, Mr. A. Cameron, Mrs. L. J. Cave, Major and Mrs, H. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. John-

well, Mr. K. J. Newman and Mr.

H. J. B. Watt.

We welcome the Conference and pray that it may have

With the charges now properly beneficiat results, because we be arranged, the case against the lieve the time is opportune for a three men charged in respect of big step forward to be taken in the attempted piracy of the s.

Hatching was this morning the interests of world perce.manded until Wednesday, when a The sincerity of the British start will be made with the

evidence, Government in convéning the gathering is beyond question. We can discount, also, any talk that its attitude is likely to im perl, our security either at Home Apart altogether from the results or overseas. "Mr. Ramsay Mac-ston, Mr. W. Mair. Mr. J. S. Max- it, may achieve, the Five-Pawer Donald has made the position Naval Conference which assem perfectly clear by stating that bles in London to-morrow cannot the object of the Conference but he hailed as representing a to achieve the maximum redus

wise" and statesmanlike on in armaments, conumensurate move. In extending its invita-with international security. "con- tions to the other Powers, the stantly hearing in mind the British Government took its stand extent of the British Empire and on a belief that there exfits to its dependence upon the Royal

For the possession, day a greater "will to peace" than Navy for the protection of view to sale, of 83 po pin lottery has even been apparent before.borne trade and 'maritime

.com | tickets, a Chinese was fined $100, It believes that the considerable munications," Finally, we have or two months' hard labour, by Mr. Hamilton at the Central Police series of international agrey- This word that “we shall only move

Court, this morning. A small ments which have reflected this if other nations move according | girl who we employed by him as iden menn, if they any meaning aty." The outlook, is promising. carrier, was admonished

discharged. all, that Increased security has May the spirit of real determina- been assured, and that it natural- tion to serve the great cause of ly fellows that naval strength world peace animate all who take must bear some relation to the part in this historic gathering. reduced risks of wür. What is

very

China's Gold Ünil,

·

sea

An enjoyable carnival danco was hold at the V.R.C. on Saturday night, attended by a large number their friends. of members and Musin was supplied by the Lyric Band, and with" consetti and other novelties, the function was kept going until a late hour.

with à.

and

The following appointments to the Hongkong Civil Service have been made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies: Mr. A. . Clarke and Mr. S. F. Balfour, to be Cadets; Mr. G. F. Rees, B.Sc. to be Assistant Master, Education Department; Miss M. Binns, to be Nursing Sister.

•

Governor

His Excellency the

farewell reception at Government

or the compradores raise the price of tomatoes by 10 cents a tin, the publie merely has to go to the Government, present a commodity note, and demand an evening dress suit or a tin of tomatoes at the price previously ruling.

Johnny (to tramp): Where do you wash?

Tramp: In the spring. Johnny: 1 said where, not when.

Scots humour at its best la of a delightfully dry quality. A car- Furthemore, with a stabilised respondent who asked a young currency like this, we could re- Glasgow man if he thought that quest the Government to accept his countrymen were out for Home from us, say, tins of tomatoes and Rule received the reply: "Oh, nol issue us

are notes in exchange, WeThey

.too .busy ruling might have to wait while the England.". shroffs counted the tine and gaug- (What will happen, it is being ed their fineness, but the Govern- asked, if German scientalis succcted ment would have to accept the goods as legal tender, subject to a

in splitting the atom?] discount on, battered tins. Then, if there was a premium on plum- puddinga, we could present the notes again and demand puddinga instead of tomatoes.

'The "Onlooker Currency Re- form," as it will come to be called, should receive a full measure of support. I predict that it would crente an abnormal'demand for our currency and eventually the people on the mainland would use it in preference to firewood. Yours éte.

FOLITICAL-ECONOMIST. Hongkong, 20th January, 1930.

THIS CURRENCY..

{By" Cynicus,”].

Added to what you've got, Makes not as much, Oh yes! That's a lesson we learnt at school, Two and two make lesul.

The only suggestions which

Some atom-splitters' prophesy

A most unholy amash- Others, in ange and soothing

terms, Deride such threats as rash. Meanwhile, I'm having sleepless

nights

They can't be certain-drat

tem!

"It might do this, it might do

that"

In sooth, a "might" atom!:

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris New York Brussels Genova Amateriam

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British Wireless.

WHO WAS". MELPOMENE?

Melpomene was the muse of tragedy, and lived with her sisters beside the fountains. of Helicon, which is chiefly associated with their name, although another haunt held sacred to them was Mt Parnassus, the shrine of poets,

For several weeks now have I Milan

Stockholm. attentively perused the writings of Berlin". our currency experts, it she of Copenhagen of deriving some. faint spark of hope with which to console my Vienna

Oalo frayed heart and purse stringe. Prague. So far, I have merely discovered Helsingfors. of equal importance, also, is the

that silver being an unknown Madrid belief that if some agreement.

quantity, cannot square the root of Lisbon Mr T. V. Soong's recent order, can herenched at the London

all evil

money!

Athens setting up what can only be regard- Conference, this will have

To me, it is inexpressibly unfor- Bucharest the ed as an artificial gold standard for With four previous convictions tunate to realise that my fixed de- Rio Automalie effect of greatly

ell-the collection of Customs duties on for similar offences, a Chinese posit in local currency, axed for Buenos Aires

Bombay hancing the feeling of Security.imports, contains nothing but my-was charged before Mr. Hamilthe purpose of dixing my next Shanghai These points having been stressed stification for the layman. The on this morning with solicting Home leave, has taken one four

Hong Kong for the hire of a motor-cur. per cent, step forward, and exactly Yokohama in the invitations issued by Minister of Finance an endeavour Observing that a fine would have six four per cent, steps backward. Silver (spot)

ed to explain. The measure, he had no effect as a deterrent, his anticipate our local banks Silver (forward) Britain, it is to be assumed that says, is necessary in order to pro Worship ordered him to receive organising a local Thrift Week, the other participating Powers|tect the revenues of the Government, 12 strokes of the cane, and in-with a grand opening conteri at entertain similar ideas, and that since the cost of meeting annual structed the Sergeant to "lay it which the Chief Managers, assist- ed by a chorus of bank clerks will they are entering the Conference gold payments at current rates of on thickly,"·

sing: in the, spirit of real co-operation. exchange la sixty per cent. greater

Every little bit, than the average rate for 1925, and It would be foolish, of course, twenty per cent. greater than the and Lady Clement will hold; a to delude ourselves with a belief average rate of a year ago. The ef- House on Tuesday, 28th January, that no mags will be encountered feet of the introduction of a gold a 9.30 p.m. No individual Invita O'Cedar Mops & Brushes when the Conference seeks to get unit for the calculation of duties, tans will be issued, but His Ex-have appealed to me are those down to points of detail. This will be, we are told, to restore fm-cellency and Lady Clement will be relating to the question of tokens. Ranges

disarmament question is viewed port tariff duties to the same pro-glad to see their friends of all com- remember during the war how portion of the dutiable value an atmunities. Those intending to be such commodities as sugar, meat Garden Tools

by the Powers concerned from the time the new tariff schedule present are requested to send in and milk served as the most use

their names to the Alde-de-Camp faj media of exchange. One had different standpoints. That must entered into force. Thus will the before-hand.

only to offer a bugar, meat or milk Scissors

necessarily be so in view of the normal relationship between the

ticket to All almost any want, so fact that the problems of one are specific and the ad valorem rates of

"January-March number scarce were those commodities, Penknives

not in all respects the problems duty be restored. In other words, if of the Far Eastern Travellers and I really think that as silver is the explanation represents sound Gazette, issued by Messrs. Thos, so very very base and cheap, the of the others. Account will economics, the import trade of Cook and Son, is to hand. It con- employment of a much needed Pyrex Ovenware

therefore have to be taken of China, already seriously threatened tains a wealth of information for commodity would do much to solve by the unprecedented, collapso of Far Easterners going on. Home the present currency problem, Gift Stationery

the different factors. But

excellent we silver values, is to be presented with leave,, whilst an article of special in- Imaging: what an shall be surprised and disap- another barrier. The outlook in this tereat deals with the coming Pass-medium of exchange beer would event is serious both for the im-ion Play at Oberammergau, ar make! Imagine how bloated we Refrigerators -

pointed if, in spite of possible port trade and for the revenues of rangements to visit which can be could all become, through simply

You will often come across divergencies on some points, a the Chinese Government. Mr. made through Cook's Agency, rolling in wealth, and how simple Hearth Suites

references to Melpomenein very large measure of agreement Soong will find that instead of pro- Copies of the publication may be would be to immediately

currant literature, no less tecting finances, the effect of the obtained at the local office of the identify an affluent individual, by Water Coolers Etc.

not attained. That will, of order will be to further check the Company.

thiên in the classics: Wher his breath!

"Macbeth" was presented. In course, depend on the five Powers flow of trade, the natural accom-

Mr. and Mrs Joseph Walker, with

modern dress, for instance, a paniment to which will be a 'con- being propared to view the pro-alderable reduction in Customs TC- their daughter, Miss Doris Walker,

critic wrote satirically that i Bail of $25 was estreated when Sir Barry Jacion were tor blem noi solely from their own ceipts, no matter upon what basis are staying in Hongkong for a few

carry the principlo: still particular standpoint, but, with a they are calculated. Whether this days before continuing their trip Japanese Beaman, of the s.s

Is really within contemplation is en- around the world. They come from Altaf Maru failed to appear be further by clothing Mark determination to

secure some tirely another matter. We confess, Belle Vue Hill, Sydney, and have fore Dr. Whyte Smith at the Kow Antony in white ducks and by bobbing Cleopatra's- hair, the of understanding, acceptable as laymen, that we cannot see the already visited Java and Singapore, loon Magistracy this morning, to

plays would, be turned "into" all. As Mr. Ramsay Mae logic of Mr. Soong's argument. It and Mrs Walker was very much, in answer a charge of assaulting an

seems more likely that the new or terested in the new floating dock and elderly woman in Haiphong Road.farces and everybody would Donald so well put it the other der will merely add to existing com- the work at the base. They are. It was stated that several drunken,

no doubt be highly amused. day, the undue stressing of the plications, as it requires two ex making a short trip to Canton, and Japanese seaman were following "Everybody, that is wrpto

change calculations instead of one, will then go on to Shanghai and a number of factory girls and

the critic, with the excep Individual point of view may both liable to fluctuation: Where Japan, where they will take the the defendants picked up a brick tion, of Melpomene, weeping destroy the chance of valuable import duties are based upon per Asama Maru in March for the which he threw at the complain-with the fountains of Hell- results being achieved so farcentages, we cannot see that any United States. They will then ant. The defendant had hand- process of calculation can make a travel to England, and will returned the police-$10 compensation as Britain is concerned ways, the difference to the final result. Saf tó Australia vis Buez in 1931,

for the complainant.

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The daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Melpomene is dis tinguished by a tragic mask, a wreath of vine leaf, the tragic. buskin, the 'club of Hercules. Cor a sword: In contradistinc- tion to Thalia, the muss of comedy, who carries a merry mask, a shepherd's staff or an ivy wreath.