THERE ARE NUMEROUS BEERS STYLED
"PILSNER" BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE
บ.
Knertime
Bier
Bürgerlichen Bra
IN PILSEN
HOME
14
PILSNER URQUELL,
brewed at the town of Pilsen, from
which it derives its name.
Insist upon
PILSNER
URQUELL, the original
PILSNER BEER.
[
Call for
"U" BEER
Bole Agents for Hongkong
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
ALE TALKING-BINDING DANCING-
Harry Richman
PUTTIN RITZ
JOAN BENNETT
IRYING BERLIN
ONIEL ARTISTS PICTURE-
After you have Seen & Heard this Excellent
Motion Picture at the Queen's Theatre.........
Come to us for the Theme Songs on Victor
Records,
No. 22293
No. 22306.
WITH YOU
Waring's Pennsylvanians-with vocal refrain THERE'S DANGER IN YOUR EYES, CHERIL
Waring's Pennsylvanians-with vocal refrain
∙SINGING A VAGABOND SONG
Shilkrot & Victor Orchestra-with vocal refrain · PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ
Reisman's Orchestra-with vocal refrain
'THERE'S DANGER IN YOUR EYES, CHERIE No. 22335 A YEAR FROM TO-DAY. (From “New York Nights")
Sung by James Melton
S. Moutrie & Co., Ltd. (VICTOR DISTRIBUTORS)
Tel. 20527.
Chater Road
Charming Frocks
of the moment
in
Tel, 20527.
DAINTY VOILES
and
ORGANDIES.
IDEAL FOR AFTERNOON
ALSO
'FLANNEL DANCES:
99
Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
LADIES' DEPT.
THE HONGKONG-TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1930.
The Hongkong Hotel Garage.
Main Garage, Stubbs Bd. Tel. 87778 & 27779 Manager, 4th. Floor.
Tel 27779 Accounts, 4th. Floor Tel. 29.24
Sales General, 3rd. Floor
(Entrance) Tel. 27779 Service, 2nd Floor, Tel. 97778
Sales, Tyres and Accessories 25, Queen's Road,
Tel. 17670
Livery & Coach Service Hongkong-The Hongkong
Hotel,
Tel. 27678 Kowloon The Peninsula Hotel Tel. 58031
Sub-Garages
Cameron Rd.
Tel. 57374. Tel, 29202, Repulse Bay Hotel. Tel. 27775
Peak Hotel.
The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
The
· DAY BY DAY.
WE GROW BROADER, NOT BY SKEING ERROR, BUT BY SEEING MORE AND MORE THE TRUTH. Freeman Clarke.
conditions. One might imaginë from Mr. Baldwin's remarks that experts had never been consulted before the Treaty was drawn up. But we all know that they were in constant touch with the negotia- tors, and we have the Premier's
The P. and O. 5.5. Khiva, from definite assurance that the Ad.
Shanghai, is due here at 5 am on miralty is perfectly satisfied that a Friday. fair bargain has been made and that the Navy will be able to fulfil Its duty to the nation. Surely that is enough to satisfy the lay critics. When we remember the unseemly squabbles of the Genoa contentions and the muddle of the Geneva Con. ference, there should be ground, not for criticism but for satisfac- tion that the London, Conference met with such a large measure of success: In spite of tremendous dif ficulties.
We cannot do better, in closing. than to quote the comments of the London Observer, an independent Conservative journal of wide re- pute, on the outcome of the Con- ference. "The. Hoover-MacDonald
THE MOTH EVIL-
THE CLAIMS OF “FLIT””
The Very Idea!-
~EMPHASISED. →→
A London clergyman has been Despite the fact that moths are relating some amusing incidents at responsible in the aggregate for wedding ceremonies. Recently the hundreds of thousands of pounds bride's father changed places with worth of damage to furs, felts and the bridegroom during the service, other materials every year, con and might have been married to his. paratively little is known about the
bined.
detailed habits of this costly pest own daughter had not, the clergy- Engineer Commander E. J. Al which, together with the boll-man noticed the differences in ages, At another recent wedding, two len, Assistant Naval Attache, weevil and the locust, probably Tokyo, has been placed on the Re-causes more damage than all other policemen, who for all their 5ft. tired List, to date June 5th, with members of the insect family com-Sin. were trembling with nervous- the rank of Engineer Captain. For years scientists and entomo,
ness, were marrying sisters. Į
Just before the service they logists appear to have contented changed places. The clergyman, A tallyman met with a serious themselves with
recording the who had never seen the parties accident yesterday when he fell minute differentiations of colour previously, was beginning the actual into the hold of the a.s. Kronpickening and measurements which dis- marriage or contract, and the Pelllonella and policemen were blissfully holding and was injured in the head. He tinguish Tines was removed ashore to the Kwong Tineola Bisclliella, us the two the wrong girls' hands, when they Wah Hospital.
varieties of the comman clothes
were rescued and sorted out by the moth are known to science, from
verger. the other five hundred odd varieties
Lau Tsze-wan, a young coolie of repidoptera, or the moth family employed by the Dairy Farm, Actually it remained for Mr. R. living at 11, East Street, Quarry C. Benedict to undertake a ther Bay, was drowned while bathing, ough and extensive study of moths yesterday, in a pool formed by the and their habits, from the economie overflow from the Taikoo Reser-viewpoint. Mr. Benedict purchased voir.
hundreds of pounds worth of furs, woollens and so forth from various parts of the world, and had girls carefully pick out all the moth larvae or eggs found thereon. These were carefully cultivated.
One of the most interesting things Mr. Benedict found was that although this material came from every part of the globe, only ono variety of moth, ie., Tineola Bisel- Hella was found.
Mr. A. Mallinson, A.C.T.L, is to negotiations for complete Anglo-give a short address on music at American settlement and imprega 5 pan., in the music room of the able peace between the 200,000,000 City Hall tomorrow. Teachers, students and all others interested of English-speakers in the world in music are cordially invited to have worked out in ten months to attend. supreme success to the everlasting fame of both men. When Presi-
The naval authorities notify
On investigation moths were ob- dent Hoover in effect the other day that it has been reported that Ras served emerging from cocoons, and Hafun Light No. 154 has been larvas was seen feeding during nine described this full and final est
altered to flashing white every months of the year. Winter stops tablishment of Parity-with-friend-five seconds, visible 24 miles. The the activity of moths only when
position had not these mistakes been detected?"
What would have been the legal
son has failed in entrance examina
School teacher (to parent whose. tion)"Will your boy be young cough to take the examination next Parent "Oh, yes; he was only just illegible this year."
year?" -
*
When first we heard of the per-
manent wave,,.
We hoped that it might haste The dawn of the day when a wo-
man would have
Also a permanent waist,
Mrs. Blabface"That" new, hat
Mrs. Styles "That's strange. It
Hongkong Telegraph. ship as epoch-making, he did not flashing light on Cape Guardafui the temperature drops below the makes your face look short."
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1930.
THE NAVY CRITICS
ANSWERED.
breeding point. In heated homex, warehouses and in temperate ell-made my husband's face look long." mates, moths breed continuously. Chu Wai-ching, a young woman The life cycle of the moth was living at No. 2, Woodland Terrace, found to vary accordingly to tem-
Lord Macmillan, speaking at the was admitted to the Government perature from two to three months, anniversary dinner of the Railway Civil Hospital yesterday in an un-ave generations of moths often Benevolent Institution at the Aber
one garment in the corn Rooms, London, related the conscious condition resulting from breeding in a dose of opium which she is said course of a year.
story of a man from Aberdeen who to have taken in an attempt to Mr. Benedict enlisted the co-turned up at the Traffic Superinten. commit suicide.
operation of several large chemi-dent's office in London and said: "Would you tell me what is the re- cal firms in experiments
turn fare for a corpse from Lon- extending over four years,
say too much. It puts a double No. 155 is reported unreliable, guarantee behind 'freedom of the seas truly interpreted, and secures the life of those islands, depending like no other communities yet known upon maritime traffic and supplies. The moral and practical influence of this unparalleled example of the true method and full courage re- quired for universal Peace will and more felt make itself more throughout the world."
After the large measure of auc- cess attained by the Naval Con-! ference in London, it does appear little short of astounding that so much should be heard in criticism of the Treaty which was conclud-
Mr, Snowden's Foresight. ed. We naturally expected a good deal of loose talk and scaremonger- Some satisfaction may be right- ing in quarters which, even before ly felt over the result of the Paris the Conference was held, made it conference on the subject of the clear that they were against any Reparation Loan. The point at understanding whatever being issue was an old one in a new reached by Britain with other form, it being the old phenomenon Powers. But we were not prepared of the payment of German Repara- for a responsible political leader like Mr. Baldwin, who himself has tions by the proceeds of loans attempted to secure a disarmament In this case it mattered much to agreement, going to the length of Great Britain that the amount of demanding that a Select Committee Reparation loan to be raised in be appointed to report on the London should be severely limited, for the reason that during the past two years the Bank of France has been able to exert a powerful influence over the sterling
Treaty in order to ascertain whe- ther British security remains un- impaired. That was the professed object, but the point cannot be ea-
name
would have
besmirched:
ly
been
ex
the
The health return for the past and various kinds of poisons and don to Aberdeen?” week shows four cases of typhoid, preventatives were experimented The official looked up the old- of which two were fatal, two of with, in an effort to find a chemical schedules and said, "We have a rate non-Chinese. which could be sprayed on gar-which we can quote you for a corpse. cases being There were also 48 deaths from ments, or with which furs or wool from King's Cross to Aberdeen, but tuberculosis, 12 from malaria and lens could be impregnated to make we have no return ticket. We have three from influenza. Yesterday's them moth proof. At the end of not been asked for a return. Why return shows one case each of this time the experiments were dis-do you ask for such a rate?”
continued, as it was found that The man said: "That is a very typhoid and small-pox.
even the most poisonous substances fair question. It is just this way. appeared to have little effect upon My friend is an Aberdeen man and Two unemployed Chinese apthe larvae, and anything of an ex- he died in London, and all his folks peared before Mr. Whyte Smith ceedingly strong internally poison- are up in Aberdeen. They all want at the Kowloon Magistracy this ous nature would be dangerous to to see him before he is buried, and morning on a charge of larceny use on garments.
we thought it would be cheaper if Also it was found that naptha-we brought the corpse to Aberdeen of 72 pieces of jewellery from a goldsmith's shop in Kowloon City. line, nicotine and other substances and back." A third man was charged with commonly used in powder or balls
Edna-"No, Clarence, I won't C. E. Rendall was for the defence, tiny pests, were only effective when receiving stolen property. Mr. F. to prevent the depredation of tas the case being fixed for hearing the moth had an alternative place marry you, but I'll be a sister to on the afternoon of July 3.
upon which to lay her eggs; if the you'
Clarence-"Not on your life: you moth were shut up in a chest or closet, and had no choice, she would won't.
I can't afford it. I already While taking in washing from a lay her eggs and they would hatch have one sister who takes my silk bamboo pole, young Chinese out on garments and materials Il-handkerchiefs, hair ol yesterday overbalanced and top-terally reeking with these sub cigarettes."
the stances. pled into the street from verandah of the second floor of Mr. Benedict came to the con- No. 1018, Canton Road, Yaumati. chuston that any method of attack He died before the ambulance was must be directed towards the lar- sent for. Another fatal accident val stage, because the flying moth WHO WAS occurred in similar circumstances was too hardy. He, however, con-- at Yaumati, where a Chinese wo- ducted his experiments without a man was killed by a fall into the knowledge of or access to Flit, street from the second floor of No. 49, Temple Street, while removing clothes from a drying pole.
which had then not come upon the market. Flit is claim- ed to be particularly effica- cibus
insects, against flying
any other substance. It is ex-
Kinghorn, W. J. E. Mackenzie, tive deterrent to egg laying than D. C. Wilson, D. S. Robb, A. N. Braude, F. W. T. Ross, R. Walters tremely effective for killing moths and Captain Summerfield. Abin the larval stage, and there seeme other activity on the part of the to be little doubt that its regular Heriotonians on June Day was to and continuous usa is the most ef- insurance against the end a cable to the mother club in fective Edinburgh.
ravage of these pests. We shall be glad to hear from any of our read- ers trying Filt in the ordinary way of business, The Fur Record, London.
caped that the very putting for- change, as a result of the huge ward of the proposal implied dis- French holding of sterling trust of the negotiators of the balances. Such sterling could, at agreement. That, at a time when
any moment, be turned into francs. ratification has still to take place, with results such as we witnessed is most unfortunate. Indeed, if
during the 1929 gold drain to the motion were agreed to, the re- France, a drain which is now Mr. J. R. Kinghorn was elected and if properly sprayed it kills them sult would be to hang up the Treaty starting afresh. Inasmuch as by President of the first Heriotonian almost instantly. Cold storage or indefinitely and place Britain, as The Hague agreements of this Club in Hongkong which was air-tight sealing of garments in formed at a gathering of old paper bags, boxes and other con- the nation which initiated the ne-year no less than 78 per cent. of Herictonians at the Hongkong Lainers is expensive and not always gotiations, in a most humiliating the proceeds of the first portion Hotel roof garden on Monday feasible, especially when furs and position. Surely Mr. Baldwin and of the loan are to go to Paris, the night. The occasion was the garments are being handled fre- those who supported his motion obvious danger was that the French second annual dinner of Herio-quently.
Sprayed on garments Flit will, it must have realised that if such a holding of sterling might be still tonians in Hongkong, those preis declared, not stain or discolour delay had been permitted, Britain's further swollen to the almost cer- sent being Messrs. J. F. Dyke them, and will prove a more effec-
tain damage of London and the almost certain drain of further she would have gold from London. It was wisely gained the reputation of a stipulated by Mr. Snowden when nation which had solemnly con- The Hague agreement was drafted cluded a Treaty and then, for pure that each signatory Government internal political reasons, should reserve the right to fix both hesitated before ratifying the the amount and the conditions of agreement. If such a procedure issue of reparation bonds in its were followed in all international own market. None the less, a de- dealings, what possible hope could termined attempt was made to in- there be of really satisfactory induce the British Treasury experts to accept for the London market tercourse between the nations of
a greater proportion of the Issue
The following table, isaned by t'e world?
than London wanted to accept the Kwangtung River Conservancy Paris Mr. Ramsay MacDonald had no Fortunately, the British represgen Commission, shows in English feet New York difficulty in pointing out the folly tatives started the conference with the water levels on the West Brussels of the unusual methods advocated the axiom that the British allot River, North River and East Geneva by the Conservatives. As he per-ment of the bonds should not ex-River, on the dates named: tinently showed every time, the ceed the British ahare of the pro- Army, Navy or Air Force Esti- ceeds of the total loan as prescrib ed by The Hague agreement; and, mates are presented, the considera still more fortunately, the British tions named by Mr. Baldwin arise, representatives stuck to their prin- Would it therefore be reasonable in ciple and won it. The result is such instances for a Select Com- that the effect on the exchanges 1st was 14.6 feet mittee to be appointed in order to of the sterling lent in London will The highest levels on record are: Ho make sure that security is not im- be offset by the receipt of sterling-Shining 41 feet; Teingyuen, Bacnos Aires
Shanghai paired? Obviously not. It would due under The Hague plan. The 29.2 feet: Samshui, 278 feet: Shek-Bombay
two will neutralise each other, and The lowest level on record at Hongkong be an utter impossibility for any in this case, at any rate, Great Samehul 5 feet and at Shek-ver, op Government to function under such Britain will not be duped.
(spot) lung 2.7 feet.
Sliver (forward)
WATER LEVELS.
دیگر
ON WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS,
EXCHANGE RATES.
London, June 8,
.128.89 485 11/16 .84.816 25.105 .12.08
Amsterdam
June 2 June 3
Milan
.92.73
..20.36
m
Shiuhing
Oslo
.18.166 .18.165
Tsingyuen Sambhui Sheklung
8.3 **8.2 1.8
9.2
1.1
Vienna Prague Helsingfors Madrid
.34.456 1634
The level at Shiuhing on June Lisbon
lung, 15.6 feet
Athens
Bucharest
.193
.40.116
108.26
.875
818
.5.13/16
.42.11/16
1/6.25/32
1/7
1/4%
/0.18/82
16.5/16
.10.3/16
and
BARON OCHS?
In Strauss opera, "Der Rosenkavalier," which Con tains many beautiful waltz tunes, you will come upon a formidable and most ur- beautiful personage, by name Baron Ochs von Lerchenau, which might be translated as Squire Bull of Larksmend.
Though a far more un- prepossessinng figure than Sir John Falstaff, Baron Ochs does bear a marked re- semblance to the English knight. Like him, he Is a walking mountain of sen- suality, but he has little of Sig John's redeeming humour, while his pompousness and conceit are of simply unique dimensions,
One is horrifled, at the out-
set of the story, to learn that this gross clod is proposing to bestow the inestimable (to his way of thinking) glit of his hand and heart upon a sweet young thing just out of a con- vent. As might be expected, coarse addresses fill the maiden with nothing but disgust, and she falls in love, Instead, with the handsome young Octavian, whom the- baron had selected to bear the silver rose, the token of love, to his future wifokken
In the end, tho-Baron is" shown in his true colours, as an gross libertine; and thorough ly discomfitted, he loses his. bride and the last vestiges :: of his diguity and reputation at one fell swoop...
Van Hofmannsthal, the dramatist, was imbued with a Hagarthian spirit of satire: when he conceived this very brutal portrait of a gentle man by birth who has entirely lost any real claim to that title
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.