1932-05-27 — Page 5

21 YEARS AGO

SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE "TELEGRAPH" ' FILES

The following extracts are from The Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended May 27th, 1911.

The rate of the dollar on demand

was- In. 9.11/10.

The death occurred at the Penk Hospital of Mr. F. J. Rowley, of the stuff of Thos. Cook and Sot, after four year's residence in the Colopy,

The ammial report of the Star Ferry Co., Ltd., showed net earn- ings totalling:$44,91- A dividend of 7 per cent. and n bonus of 5 per ccfft, were recommended,

EXCHANGE RATES

Parin

Previous Day.

Yesterday,

43.15/32 18.85 16.57

.802.

Geneva

.18,821

Berlin

ONID.

16,57 201

20

Helsingfors

.20

215

Athena

Buenos Aires

$

.1/8

York

.!!..

118 2.69%

9.09

9.1016

305

36

41.1/16

44.11/12

.617% 1/3,

20.11.32

1920

173% 20,00

717

1244

124%

10.17 32

19.46

18.34

18.32% 110 J7

Shanghai

New

Amsterdam

Vienna

Mudrid

Bucharest Hongkong Bruegels

Mackgro

Elsban..

Hombay

Yukohamin

Montevideo

Montreal

71%

175.41 61 1.6.31/32

$1200.

"I Never Forgot.

"That's why I'm always bright and cheerful. Every now and then -Pinkettes!"

Pinkettes, the dainty Httle liver and inxative pilla, are an essential safeguard to your well-being. Ari occasional dos gently but thor. oughly annes the food tract, tones up the digestive and eliminat- Ing organs ahel prevents continued retention of wat matter in the system. Avoid constipation, billous altreks. Dverishness. disordered

atomael, sick headaches, depres Alon and that general out-of-sorts feeling by this little attention to your internal needs,

ELIVER & LAXATIVE

PINKETTES

PERFECTION +

DON'T FORGET

.. 31

ป

LOOK!

4.18

107% !

by

1st DAY

inter

Silver (spot)..... 14.15, 16

(forward).18.15,16

16TS WHAT

--British Wireless,

WATER LEVELS.

WEST, NORTH AND EAST

RIVERS -

The following duble issued the Kwangtung River Conser Vapny ConniЯits

NOWM the -height of water in English feet,

on the dates named in the West, 1 North and East Rivers:

Vieheet on Towest

tacuril

Weil River al

thing.. +41

North Kleer at

Talngyuen

North River

Cast River

Shekung

HAPPENED HERE

(The rigua from Mia G. 11. New Crosa, B.E.14, may bej seen at our offer).

"Before using your Electric Comb my hair na very thin, straight.

Mar Miny

pret

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"After 7 days ther steinarkable zik?.

ference. The bald patell

Nilety coveted

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with new young hair. The rest took

brillimet colour

and was much thicketi

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FOR

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BRITISH COMPOSERS

BRITISH PUBLISHERS

BRITISH PIANOS

SEE

Our Window Display Finest Collection of Everything Musical

in

SOUTH CHINA

TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY.

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-Telophone 24648.

"I'd your Eles tele Comb for 4 wecka when I had thin feal photo taken, My hair

althy, think, full

of fight and roktit, as taken on a

natural wake. I only te It twice a week.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1932.

WOMEN'S

WORLD

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS,

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FOR OUR LADY READERS.

SALAD SUGGESTIONS.

A lettuce leal, a radish and one onion thinly sliced and covered with anlad crenin make a sind for one.

Potatues cooked, sprinkled with chopped parsely, spring oniour and mayonnaise make a salad.

•

An all-green salad enn ja tunde Tntirely with eress and prove deli

cious.

The heart of a lettuce, the yolks of two eggn, some tomato and cresa make a salad that is enough for incal..

.FL

Cooked vegetables make a galact with fresh lettuce or watergrams.

•

Chicken, tlman, lobster, perawan, sardines, also any cooked monts, added to, green stuff can be serveal sage tid.

•

One outre of shelled walnuts, two peeled and chopped apples, a sliced banatin and a lettare unke a fruit! walnd.

*

Hard boiled egge sliced ai su rounded with chopped lettuce en dive, cucumber and slices of cooked hamn cut into strips will satisfy mp for lunch pe apper

*

#1

Stewed jaunes with ston prive in place of vinegar fi dressing Cun be served on a suived green salad,

Sleeveless,

10

Sports clothes. Atted bodice in white crepe, fastened with

buttons match and heret. Ontmeal- coloured wool, double-breasted cout, the belt fastened with a buckle which repents the colour of skirt and hat.

NEW BRITISH

GADGETS.

PANNIERS AND APRONS.

From a London Correspondent -Panniers and apron efforts re among revived fashions, and they reappear with charming grace in evening dresses of soft satin, some in lilac spotted with white, others in mignonette-green, printed in a sini lar way, and others in buttoreup- yellow. Coloured laco frocks aro also made up pannior fashion, to whielt they are admirably suited, and red is much neen among laco frocks. A typical style for these is the soft-hanging one-piece dress with

top suggesting a jumpor, fishing in a frill at the waiel; or, again, the flounced frock is a' popu. lar style for lace, the flounces hang- ing straight but differing in length. Pink lace frocka, ruchód about the hips, are very pretty and dainty looking and suitable to the season. A youthful touch is given to them. by the addition of small knots of forget-me-nots and roses.

The frock of coloured, ince takon a higher pines in the estimation of fashion-makers than the white Ines frock, which is very little aren; but a good deal of black lace appears in evening fashions and also in smart afternoon dreasca and there are few more adaptable owne 3 nadhanial cutter for rinner or evening wear than those of good for day but I clamps dices the beans into four strips by

the table, black Ince.

to

10

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28

116

10

Across

1 Spiritsy do this, though it acenis very trivin), but there's nothing trivia! about the one at a railway terminus.

A sign of disapproval, or per-

of a cold.'

short-like

пра

8 Cut

tall

mongrel's

19 And yet a spirit stli), and bright with something of light" Wordsworth, "She was a Phon- tom of Delight"},

11 A suitable means of transit for

tooth-paste, it would neem.

12 One should not feel very empty

after this fast.

16 Those made on earth are much to Just one, please.

dearer than in pre-War days.

the snure has been

17

toll wed it makes money.

re

a turn of the handle, and can bel ensily taken to pisces for cleaning, some wentén are taking up and this

There is a hairdressing fad which 18 There will be a struggle about Price 25, 90.

is achieved by imparting across the streak two inches or two and a half Jt is "large-paidu a platinum blonde inches wide. The effect in certainly very intriguing, very bizarre. When

Tea tray and table in vue, carried into the room as a tots, with the legs folded beneath When the legs are unfolded, it is

To keep runde sabad Guest for the next day, rover with a ded to explusverted into a small table, with a the light shines upon this piatimin

thus niv.

7th DAY

Never pair the dressin AR salark unless it is to be eaten icame diately.

30th DAY

·POSITIVE PROOF

ARE YOU

STILL DOUBTFUL? 820,000 people who now use and talk in glowing terms about White's Electric Comb

doubtful too!

were

WHITE'S

ORIGINAL

ELECTRIC. COMB.

AT ALL HICH-CLASS STORES.

W. R. LOXLEY & CO. Sole Agents.

A prim-lgoking dance dress in pale coral-pink-satin anci lace dyed the same tone. The quaint bodice is specially intereating with

sloping shoulder straps of pink satin Rowers.

shelf beneath, and can be adjusted streak the effect is particularly thỏ two heights. In onk, celinlour, beautiful and bright, of course, only

mahogany, or walnut.

yomen with dark brown or black; Alt ireless cocktail shaker which hair can adopt a platinum stronk, enn ber mped is coul any summer beenuse with fair or red hair the | drink. A freezing mixture is up effect

plied with the shaker, and the striking.

would be anything but drink is coiled in less that minate

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An extin deep bath which is only 3f, sing, hug aml so occupies the minimum space in the smili fat. In procelain of various colours.

attrative

A simple metal cutter which in one movement slices a patato into chips.

eady for trying.

And another useful item which deserves mution-the toasting fork which dips the bread instead of piercing it. When one side is tonst ed, the fork is turned over, and the part holding the bread mwings over Also, turning the slice necessitating its removal from the without fork. Excellent for making thin tuant: it is made in brass,

DRESS NOVELTIES.

Seen at the Olympia

..Show.

All kinds of woexported domestic. items are being used by the dress- soakern showing at Olymina:

- Tittle gilt curtain riaza link ona shoulder strap with another aero the back of a crepe evening gown, Red and blue blind cord innker the attractivo helt of a sports suit. A necklace of “heads" made from pieces of rubber sponge is another chie accessory, and can bé had in a variety of any colour-mixes.

An entirely new idea for bridal bonauela is a Victorian, powy made! of tiny china flowers nestling in bed of mona,

n

British

On

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Woollen georgette of manufacture has been made silk Joon. It is used for a young girl's evening gown, which has an neenrilion-pleated skirt.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

A

new kind of pinafore frock. In French-blue crepe de chine printed with white stripes in a plaid design. The dainty blouse lo white, crepe.

Assessments!

trade barriers (hidden).

20 Over in the thicket you'll find

many a small, 18,

22 Not at all odd.

In no degree, more than ever. Times.

Those that may still be seen in Vauxhall are not those for which уки: Vauxhall was famuns,

2 Slander, as the

bad-tempered

inan nade the remark. 30 Cattle gathering.

"The margin" which any of us can well do without (ing.).

Down

I am enveloped by nice discern ment, that is, of course, under stood,

snack.

Just the thing for The artist joins the sapper over a bit.

3 This Shakespearean dog is per

mittel to remain undisturbed on Innny a len-table.

17

$1

4 From whence does the manates

arise 7

5 There are no sights in this city

to sing about.

6 Buth Jersey and Guernsey are.

It's funny, but in this word all the vowels are arranged in their proper order:

This little animal is in the end supporting heraldic gold.

hear only

14 Cut all of it and

parti

16 Establish by argument.

16 Mercury, for example.

18 Here we see a king of fiction in

bed, though rather

must admit.

dimly, I

A vile crime and not without reason.

20 Goes well in a sandwich, but

don't forget the mustard.

21 Ensigns of Royalty,

26 Slide (ning.}.

26 Dreidedly coll.

27 The relationship of the sprat to

the mackerel.

Yesterday's Solution. RHONEZDISTEMPER

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EXAMPLE; JACOB B DETE YOUWAAKERY

CUTERAGINGE FAIR AS ANDELEN SELLI RECEPTORTOLAN

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FOOTWEAR

FOR

LADIES

BROWN & WHITE

BLACK & WHITE

JUST RECEIVED By

GORDON'S LTD,

22, Queen's Road Central.

By Blosser

Your need these for the Summer.

PHARMACY'S

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MOSQUITOL

AND

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THE PHARMACY,

Phone 20345.

GEE....I' DIDNT DO ANYTHING....

YOU CAN

SEG I DIDN'T!!!

D'YOU CALL UPSETTIN' TONY'S FRUIT CART, DOIN' NUTHIN? WELL, COME

ALONG!

WE DIDN'T DO THAT...TH' DOG DID THAT AN' VIE CANT HELP WHAT HE DOES!!

NEVER KIND..

TONY'S GOT A

CLAIM AND YOU KIDS GOTTA

SETTLE IT!!

LOOK HERE! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT FRUIT CART YOU JUST WRECKED, WITH THAT FLYING SHANTY?

WHY! WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED

TO DO?

WN THE 'MEANTIME,* THE OTHER MEMBERS

OF THE OODLE

CLUB PICK

UP THE TRAIL OF

FRECKLES

AND OSCAR

JUST IN TIME

JAU GE

TO PAY TONY FOR

HIS FRUIT

OH, SURE... WE'LL PAY ALL THE

·DOOLES' VILL CHIP IN AN' PAY FOR EVERYTHING"

KULU.S. PAT. OPP

› 1838 BY NEA SERVICE, INC.

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