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TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

WANTS.

26 Woung

.... $1.50. ($2.00 If Nut Prepaid.) The following replies have been

received:-

906, 908.

WANTED KNOWN

WONDERFUL Bargains in Smart American SPORTS SUITS and latent style HATS at The Dolly Varden Hat Shop. Hots from $5.

SITUATIONS

WANTED-A rollable and competent BOOK KEEPER for Engineering works. Write Box No, 209, "Hong- kong Telegraph."

of the

CHINESE ESTATES, LIMITED.

INTERIM DIVIDEND.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an INTERIM DIVIDEND for year ending 29th February, 1932, of three per cent, that is $3 per share, will be paid to all shares In this Company on the 30th January, 1932, at tife Company's Offee at China Buildings, floor.

6th

THE

The TRANSFER BOOK of the | Company will be CLOSED from thei 26th to the 30th January, 1932. both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

HENRY LOWCOCK,

Secretary. Hongkong, 22nui January, 1932,

THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY COMPANY, ITD.

A CHINESE gentleman possessing aubstantial amount of ensh capital and with over ten years experience as general manager in one

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN biggent firm of general importers and dealers in patent mediction and that the FORTY-FOURTH ORDIN- toilet requinta, newangents And ARY GENERAL MEETING of booksellers in Malays, desires same POSITION in Hongkong. Willing to | SHAREHOLDERS in this Company join partnership or are any kind of business which in worth while. Please write with full particulars to Box No. 308, "Hongkong Telegraph."

LOST

LOST. On the night of with Jomary between Queen's Theatre and Mne- Cafe, gold andł płatinum pendant set. with disuls (with sati). Finder pirase return to Peter Beauty Pai kour. Reward.

FOR SALE

=

FOR SALE Baropean harge Brondwood Rond (higher level) four- гoont, two bathrooms, servanta quarters, sunil garden. Write Box No. 906,"longkong Telegraph."

FOR SALE--Semi detached house on Stubba Rowl, near Magazine · Gap. Five-rooms three bathrooms servants quartzen. Write Blox No. 908.

Itongkong Telegraph."

AL

SALE. --Chinese FOR

house Mosque Junction, three roums

Write Bax No. 297, "Hang- kiteben. kong Telegraph."

wilt be held at The Bees of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.. Stil, on TUESDAY, 16th February 1932, at NOON for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc tora logether with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 314 December, 1941.

The REGISTER of SILARES 4 the Company will I CLOSEL From THISDAY, 28th January to TUESDAY, 16th February, th during which daya fuelusive, period no transfer of shares can be registered,

By Order of the Board of Directorn.

Secretary,

1. S. GREENHILL.

Hongkong, 19th January, 1942.

NOTICE.

Ban Miss Tura Innkuchi and Inokuchi have and

to the **** Colony and resumed practice a Midwife and Masseuse at No. 7 Ashley Road, Kawinon. Tel. 5775 1

FOR SALE-A myndern BUNGALOW at Magazine Gop, three bedroom: three hathrwony Drawing TUOR, Dining room and writing room, large

and garage, furniture garden remain on Valuntinn. Early posses. nion, Write Box No. 200, "Hongkong Telegraph."

TO BE SOLD.

can

55 THE PEAK, Jately occupied by Dr. Iluto and adjoining the Peak Ifospital. Unfurnished. Convenient, comfortable and cool. Six rooms and Dressing room. Four bathrunn, hot and cold water. Modern sanita- tion Gas and Electric Light. Use

of Tennis Court. Suitable for a les of five, or could be easily divided to zuit two

couples. Close to Tram Station and Mater Road,

Apply:

THE HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED. Exchange Building.

TO LET

TO LET.-102, Argyle Street, (lomuntin) seven-roomed HOUSE, with garden and garage. Apply to The Union Trading Co., Ltd. Yurk Buüding.

APARTMENTS

AIRLIE

Read,

HOTEL-23-25, Nathan European Kowloon. Under

Exellent Chisine, Modern Apartments. Terms Moderate. Three minutes from ferry. Tel. 67857.

Management.

METALS.

of all kinds especially for

Bost

ship-building and engineering work. Complete stock. Terms, Iminediate delivery.

SINGON & CO ESTABLISHED A. D. 1930.

Telophone: 20515. HING LUNG ST.

MRS. MOTONO. Massage.

Hand and Electric 31b, Wyndham Street.

MASSAGE HALL

MRS. S. UZUNOYE Expert Minovcuno.

67. Queen's Road C., 2nd floor.

M

"ASSEUR R. SHIMIDZU, ASSEUSE S. HONDA, ASSEUSE 8. KISAKI, Recommended for many years for Government Civil Hospital, Ponk Hospital, etc., and by all the local doctors

34, Wyndham Street. Tel 24941.

i

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

"FIVE AND TEN" NOW SHOWING,

HONGKONG

Commencing Bunday at the

QUEEN'S

A tenso draina

or N.

Shearer's finest

talkie performance

ANORMA

SHEARER

In a new

"creen Triumph-

A

FREE SOUL

With

LIONEL

BARRYMORE, LESLLIE HOWARD,

CARK GABLE

A Man Godley Mayw

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932,

WORKING OF GOLD STANDARD.

LONDON PAPER REVIEWS WORLD CRISIS.

London, Jan. 21. The inadequacy of gold for world requirements In again rais- ed by the Times, After-pointing out that the annual production is inantEclent to meet the debts due to France and the United States, the Journal says these countries have most to fear from the gold pro- blenis, and suggests that recent events show how certain countries would require little encourage- ment to link their currencies with sterling, "provided the British

LOOK IN

FOR HALF AN HOUR

AT THE

KING'S

THEATRE

FOR

budget can be balanced and there A Special Showing

be no enforced issue of currency sterling to make a better basis for gold."

Referring to the suggestion of a correspondent that silver might be used on a monometallic basis for currency, and that the British Empire, South America, Asia, Japan, Gormany. Italy, Sean- dinavia and most of the small European countries would probab ly be willing to form a sterling or silver group, with a gold group consisting of the United States. France and one or two smaller countrien, the Times remarks that while no-one pretends that this would be an ideal solution for the world's economic troubles, it will become

practical issue "unless the forces which destroyed the working of the gold standard are themselves destroyed by the com- monsense of the nations." -- Ren- ter.

Banker's Warning.

OF

All-British

News Reels.

Every Saturday & Wednesday

From

11.45 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Continous

Programmes:

EACH OF HALF AN HOUR'S DURATION.

London, Jan. 21. "If France could make a gen- Lure to the world as great as that contained in the Balfour Notę (1 | Prices: would lend a long way towards a settlement of economic problems," is the opinion of Mr. Goodenough, presiding at a meeting of share. holders of Barclay's Bank,

Drawing attention to the heavy surpluses of gold in France and America, both of whose budgets would reveal substantial deficits, he asserted that unless Tenne

were found to make gold circulate more freely, gold would no longer

Dress Circle...50 Cts.

Stalls... ...20 Cts.

INCLUDING TAX

PROGRAMME:

he capable of serving as a basis SATURDAY, 23rd. instant

of currency credit, and the wea surement of world prices, in which case those countries would inevit- ably be faces

enormous losses-Brater.

with

Japan's Crisis, .

Tokyo, Jan. 21. Mr. Takahashi, addressing the Dlet this afternoon, declared that the present depression in Japan was largely the outrerue of the former Cabinet's removal of the gold ban, which has also resulted in an enormous outflow of gold.

He accused the last Government of causing the country a heavy loss by selling gald dollars, and added i that re-imposition of the gold ban

tion of the theme, even though it His somewhat marred by the in

evitable deathbed scene at the end. The film is noteworthy for the An old theme extremely well excellent casting of parts and the handled in to be found in "Five and splendid acting of all the characters, Tra," the current attraction at the Richard Bennett as the father is all Queen's Theatre. It is the story that could be wished, while Marion would relieve depression, assial In- of the family life of John Rurick, Davis plays the role of the caprici-dustry and improve foreign trade. the head of a five and ten cent store fons daughter with marked Mur-|--Reuter,

| combine, who, in amassing great coss. But

Leslie Howard, the

wealth, forgets the claims of his young British actor, stands out in family. The faevitable break-up the part of the architect who falls neurs, but all are eventually re-in love with the daughter. He is Other roles united,excepting an idealistic young altogether excellent.

son, who commits suicide. There is are well taken by Irene Rich and listinet meri in the interpreta-Kent Douglas.

MONDAY NIGHT!

MONDAY NIGHT!

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

AND ROYAL MENAGERIE THE BARNUM OF THE EAST

Opening Monday Night, January 25, 1932.

at 9.15 pm.

Location Next To Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon.

30 European Artists 30

New Artists-New Acts-New Clowns- Everything New This Year.

50 Performing Animals 50

Lions, Tiger, Elephants, Panthers, "Monkeys, Gerse, Horses, Panies, Kangaroos, etc. MATINEES

Every Saturday and Sunday at 4.15 p.m. Children Half Price to Matinees only. PRICES OF ADMISSIONS

(Including Tax) Full Box to hold six $22.00 4.40 Single Seat in Box First Chairs ..

3.30

HONGKONG SHARE

MARKET.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE.

The morning session opened quietly. and there are few changes to report, the turnover being on a restricted scale.

Sales,

Ewos, Tha. 16%.

Bank of East Asian, 3127 34. Telephones (part paid), $27.55. Hotels (old), $15.15. Trams, $224.

Chinn Lights, $26.10. Ruyrte,

Douglases, $23.

Venezuelan Galifields, $1

Hotels (all), $15.

Realties, $11,00.

HLK. Governinent

Trams, 82.

Singapore Tractions, 3/-,

Cements (combined), $19.20. Cements (new), $5.08.

Loan,

$3%

Providenta (old), $5.36.

Providents (new), $2.45,

Premium.

Benguets, $11%.

Chinese Estaten, 395.

Telephones (part paid), $274. Cunton Ices, $54. Sinecres, $18.

Constructions (old), $65. Constructions (now), $1.85.

Sellers.

Second Chairs Stall Carpets Gallery

$2,20

1.10

.50

Indo-Chinas (def.), $32. Wharves, $158.

Booking at Moutric's. Sundays at The Circus; Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half prices to stalls and second chairs only. Menagerie Open Daily From 8.00 a.m. to 6,00 p.m. R. BELL, W. HARMSTON,

A. J. CLOTHIER.

Agents. Proprietor.

Representative.

For the Best

LOCAL VIEWS

and

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS

Go To

MEE CHEUNG

Studio, Too House St.

Branch 7, Beacons Ardaefield.

Indo-China (pref.), $45.

Providents (old), $5.40, Malabon Sugars, $38. Kailan Mining, 30/-. Raubs, $39.

Venezuelan Goldfields, $2. Telephones (part paid), $28, Entertainments (old), $18.

.

ANONYMOUS GIFT OF £10,000. FOR KING EDWARD'S HOSPITAL FUND.

King Edward's Hospital Fund for London has received a gift of £10,000 from an anonymous donor,

subject to special trusts to

exercised by the King's Fund in

their discretion, and under certain

com.

conditions, which will bo municated in due course to the Hospital, or Hospitals, concerned.

Gaumount Sound

Mirror.

Caught by Camera-

HARBOUR ROUND SERVICE

From Blake Pier overy 20 minutes (20, 40 and full) Day and Night calling at all Vessels on request,

From

From 5.00 a.m 10.00 p.m.

Adults, single fare

Return ticket

Parly of 2 persona

From Blake Pier to Vessels in harbour

or from Vessels in harbour to M. Pier.

to 9.10 p.m. to 4.40 a.m..

80.50..

$ 0.75

$0.80.

.$, 1.20

$0.80.

.$ 1.20

Party of 3 to 5 persons

1. 81.00.

.$ 1.50

Parly of G to 10 persona

$1.50.

$ 2.00

Servicemen and Children up to 12 years of

age (under 3 years free)

$0.25

0.40

Cases & Packages, large.

$0.25.

$0.30

Cases & Packages, small

$0.20.

.$ 0.25

Documents, letters, newspapers, ole.

30.10

$ 0.10

Card for 20 trips

$ 6,00 $18.00

The Harbour Round Service Company,

Monthly Ticket

TEL. 23772.

Brandt & Company,

General Managers.

POST OFFICE NOTICE

The public' are hereby notified that under the Regulations of the Wire- less Telegraphy Ordinanca all wireless licences issued during 1031 expired. on December, 81st and are therefore due for renewal, Application for new Bconces or for renewals should be made to the Government Radio Once, Ground Floor, P. & O, Building, Des Voeux Rd. Central. The classes of licences and the foos therefor aro as follows:-

For Broadcast Reception

Amateur Transmission

Ship Station Licence Dealors Liconco

$10.00

$15.00

£25.00

$60.00

Letters will be accepted at Hengkong for transmission by Air Mail: from Calgary to Montreal (Canada). Such letters must be handed In over the Counter of the Generali Post Office or Kowloon Post Office and must be superscribed "Air Mail Calgary-Montreal". The Air Mail fee, which is additional to the ordinary postage, is 70 cents per ounce.

PARCEL MAIL..

The Public are hereby warned that in view of the passing of the Abnormal Importations Customs Dattes Act, no guaranteo can be given that any parcel will not be subject to Customis duty on arrival in the United Kingdom. The system of propayment of Customa' duties in this office is cancelled until further notice except as regards parcole silk of or under

the value of £6--0--0 or its equivalent in dollars at the rate of the day. It will however ho necessary in these cases to make a deposit against duty equal in amount to the declared value of the Parcel.

Defalte information will be published in the Mail Notices directly It is received,

Letiors and postcards for Europe and South America are forwarded "Via Siberia" if «n superscribed.

The mail for Hongkong dispatched from London via Negapatam on 24th December has been seriously delayed and is not expected to arrive until Friday, 28th instant,

From

Straits

Japan and Shanghai

Chic Beach Costumes at Shanghai and Amoy

Le Touquet.

INWARD MAILS,

Per

Straits U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-

hai (San Francisco, 1st January) Pres. McKinley

Whence a City gets its London Parcels only

water-

Birmingham Reservoir.

Haruna Moru Taiyo Maru

Due ..January 22. January 23.

Canada, U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai (Vancouver B.C., 2nd January)

Emp. of Canada

January 23,

U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-

hai (San Francisco, 25th Doc.). Pres. Monroe Japan

Talma Tel Yuan Soudan ..

January 23.

.......January 24,

January 24.

January 25.

January 25.

Agamemnon Nellore

January 26.

January 28,

Naldern

January 28.

Prea. Madison Chitral... Aanma Maru Heian Maru Hawaii Maru

January 29,

January 29.

January 91.

January 81,

January 81.

OUTWARD-MAILS:

Per

Date and Time

London, 17th December Japan. Europe via Suez (letters and papers), London Sint December and parcels, 24th December, 1931. Defying the Deep-sea Death.

U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shang- Special photograph in

hai (Seattle, 9th January) conjunction with_British | Japan and Shanghai Admiralty, showing new Japan and Shangha! Japan and Shanghai safety apparatus.

Japan Tropical Talkies.

Launching of

"Leander."

H. M. S.

Musial Blizzard at Crystal

Palace.

200 Bands - 31

Record.

year's

Called to the Baa!

Sheep dogs exhibition.

Mr. Gandhi in the Cotton-

shire.

For

*Shanghal, Japan, USA, Canada, Central and South America and *Europe via Victoria B.C. .............. Pros. Jefferson

Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. and 9. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles

Samshui and Wuchow Japan.

Parcels,

Fri., Jan. 22.

... Jan. 22, 3 p.m.

Reg., ................ Jan. 22, 4.15 p.m. Letters, ... Jan. 22, 5 p.m. (Due Victoria B.C., 9th February)

Hakozaki Maru........Fri., Jan. 22,

K.P.O.

Registration 22nd 4.30 p.m. Lettera

22nd 4.80 p.m. G.P.O. Registration ......22nd 5 p.m. Letters

22nd p (Due Marseilles 20th February) Toishan ....Fri, Jan. 22, 4 p.m. Haruna Maru Fri, Jan. 22, 5 p.m. Fri., Jan. 22.

Shanghai and Europe vin Siberia.. Haruna Maru

tp.m. 6 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 20,

8.45 a.m.

9.30 a.m

Letters

Kamo Maru

Reg., Letters, (Due Thursday Island 4th Feb.). Chaksang

Sat., Jan. 28.

Reg.,

Welcome to Kaye Don.

Manila, Australia and New Zealand **

vin Thuraday Island

Straits and Calcutta

Hollow, Pakkol and Haiphong

Drama in the City.

Scene showing suspending

of Gold standard.

Scintillating City.

South Affica calling the

British Isles.

Sicily in Song..

Oriental & Ornamental.

Mr.

Kancko designing Iacquer work.

Mr. Barrington Hooper.

The Thunder of wheels.

A Railway Symphony.

Complete Change of Programme Weekly.

A may

Sundakan Manila

Saigon

Manila

Bangkok vla 8watow

Swatow, AзRoy and Formosa Swatow

Straits and Calcutta

Swntow, Amoy and Foochow Manila

Swatow Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, UB.A., Canada, Central and South Ame rica, Europe via San Francisco and Europe vin Siberia

Parcela Letters

Solviken

.9 a.m. .10 a.m. .Sat., Jan. 23, 12.30 p.m. Kwangtung..Sat, Jan. 23, 8.80 p.m. Yusang......Sat., Jan. 23, 3.30 p.m. Emp. of Canada Sat., Jan. 23, 3.30 p.m. Clara Jebsen Sat., Jan. 23, 4.30 p.m. Frea, Monroe....Sot., Jan. 23, 6 pm. Kwangchow.. Sun., Jan. 24, 8.80 G Hozan Maru ...Sun., Jari, 24, 9 a.m. Hydrangea.....Mon., Jan, 25, 3 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 20. Noon

Talma

I p.m.

Parcels, Letters Halyang...... Tues, Jan. 20, 1 p.m. Prea, McKinley Tuns., Jan. 26, 4.30 p.m. Deviken ......Tues., Jan. 26, 6 p.m.

Tateuta Maru........Wed., Jan. 27.

Rog....

Jan. 20, 6 pm. Letters....Jan. 27, 8.30a.m. (Duo San Francisco, 17th Feb.)

.Fri., Jan. 29, 1p.m.

Halching

Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius,

East and South Africa, Aden, m Egypt and Europo via Marseilles Chitral

.Sat., Jan. 90, K.P.O. Parcels,...Jan. 29, 4.80 p.m.. Jan. 30, 0 a‚m.. Jan. 80, 10 ́s.m., G.P.O.

Reg.. Lotters,

Parcels,

Reg

Letters

Jan. 20, 5 p.m..

Jan. 80, 0.45:10.

Jan. 80, 10.30 mm.

(Due Marseilles, 26th February)

*Emperscribed Costuspendance only.