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WATSON'S

LISTERINE.

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Small Sixo $1.00.

Medium Size $1.85. Large Size $2.75.-

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SERVICE AFTER SALES.

S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.

For Fall

Chater Road.

Lincoln Bennett Hats

ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE WELL DRESSED MAN.

The act of choosing a hat---like matrimony--is something not to bo undertaken lightly,

There is no more striking instance of incompatibility than an "un- becoming hat. Nor any better matched pair than a well-chosen Lincoln Bennott and its wearer.

Made of pure fur felt in a variety.

of styles and shades.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

In the New 1932

CHEVROLET

MODERN BEAUTY. ROAD YOU WILL MARVEL AT street lecturers.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1932.

DAY

BY DAY

Bulls and Inners

Local share

From the Office Butts

gossip

market

The cricket and football scarona

NO MAN IB THE WISER FOR HIS LEARNING. WIT AND WISDOM ARE alleges that there will be an "all start thin month. Foot-bulls and

round appreciation in prices." Innings! The problem is how to appreciate HORN WITH A MAN.John Selden.

The name of Mr. V. A. Garton has boon added to the list of authoris ed architects.

to what extent they will appre- clate!

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"Mr. Isaac Foot Breaks Liberal Silence", says a newspaper head- His Excellency the Office Ading. Not asleep in his extremity. minstering the Government has ap painted Mr. H. R. Butters Peilce Magistrate, Kowloon.

to ba

question is that so long as build- ings are overcrowded and Insanl- tary, no amount of external:sani- tation will give immunity from disoare. Unhappily, there is very littla voluntary co-operation at present, and there is thus need, as is pointed out in the report under notico, for propaganda and education. It is in this particular YOU FIND THE LATEST sphere that we should like to see MODELS OF THE CAR THAT the Government much more activo HAS WON THE HEART OF THE WORLD, LEADING ALL than it is. There is a definite need In this Colony for intensive and OTHERS IN SALES.

health propagando, AT THE CURB YOU WILL persistent ADMIRE THEIR SMART both by the written word and by There will be no dianer dance, at Even in the the Repulse Bay Hotel to-night, but ON THE THEIR EFFORTLESS CONTROL, schools, more room should be a dinner dance will be held instead in THE EASY SMOOTHNESS OF found in the curricula, for Instruc- the grill room of the Hongkong Hotel. PERFORMANCE, AND THE tion in the basic aspects of

The speaker at Tuesday's meeting LUXURIOUS COMFORT WITH hygiene and bodily health. Money WHICH THEY RIDE.

spent on a year-in-and-year-out EVERY MODERN IMPROVE- MENT IS AT YOUR COM. campaign, coverlug the population MAND. INCREASED POWER, as a whole, would be well repaid. CUSHIONED AGAINST One fortunate circumstance is VIBRATION. THE VELVETY

and that more

more of SMOOTHNESS OF THE FAMOUS SYNCROMESH GEAR SHIFT-younger generation ard taking to ING. THE THRILL OF COAST-outdoor-sport and recreation, but, ING ALONG ON MOMENTUM at the same time, so many of these

YOU WISH- WHENEVER CONTROLLED BY THE TOUCH young people have to go from the playing flold to homes which are OF A BUTTON. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THIS. overcrowded and far from sanitary CHEVROLET SERIES "BA" 5 in their general conditions. Thus PASSENGER SPECIAL SEDAN much of the good. effect of their MAROON OR BLUE complete

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of the fiotary Club will be Rotarian

T. B. Wilson, who will give his im pressions of the Seattle Convention.

E According to a news item, a launch was sunk by silver dollars.

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She was only a weight-liftor's daughter, but she lifted her faco all the same.

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When Peak husbands want go to the club, the wives generally have their "Noes" up in the air.

A young Hongkong bachelor. is undecided whether to take unto

Miss Jonn Macdonald omitted himself a wife or to buy a new

the word "Obey" from the marri- car. Well, it's harder to back out

age service. Supposo she felt it of a marriage than out of a gar wiser to Chequers status!

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age,

A doctor. zaya a man's height According to this morning's It is notified that Mr. J. T. Bagram, paper, a local lady recently caught. varies from time to time. Yos,

Home leave. Honorary Consul-General for Sign in two land craba in her handker- and he's generally very short after

the chief. There should be a special the Hongkong resumed charge of

13th claws against this sort of thing!.. Blamesa Consulato-General, on

Now that the baseball League September.

leaderships have been decided, Listeners-in at Huppy Valley America will be able to see about

with 6 Wire Wheels, Tires and outdoor activities is offset by the Tubes Bumpers, Luggage Rack, circumstances under which they Tourists Trunk, Chrome Tire live. Covers, Etc., Etc.

Price HK$3,780. AUTHORISED CHEVROLET

DEALERS.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

The Bongkang & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. Incorporated in Hongkong.

Happy Valky Stubbe Bond

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Ha Excellency the Officer Ad- pointed Dr. Au King to bo

vice, Dr. ministering the Government has ap- Inspector of Schoola, Douglas Laing, resigned.

interference. Un-

getting rid pression.

of complain an happy Valley.

.. · We overheard Rapper ad- Tenders are being invited for the n

outfall dress her boy reconstruction of the main Aberdeen of the

Valley friend as "Yo of the

Yo." She cer- nullah main road bridge over the nullah and

tainly 8 com- Scheme, the reconstruction contingent works.

ed to have him

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By amendments in the traffe re gulations, Lee Garden Street (other-Dece

Street) Atringi wise known as Ewo Hill parking place for efther public or cases to be available as a stand or private motor cars.

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At root, of course, the problem in largely one of economics: many people cannot afford to live in other than undesirable surround-

A London ingh, and even when they do move

beauty expert into new quarters the overcrowd-

The wedding will shortly take place says eyebrows ing evil is perpetuated afresh by

division of floors between Mr. V. M. D. Fleming, - will be worn

gineer, of the Shanghai Power Co., reason of the

and Miss Dorothy Gertrude Carey, board the s.n. Comorin, who is on her way to the Colony on ter.

lower this win-

Of course, in Hongkong the custom

into cubicles. There is need here, as we have often had occasion to remark, for a stricter insistence

Flis Excellency the Office Ad-is to raise on the laws which have been de-

re-them. vised in the interests of public ministering the Government has

instructions from the Secretary of health, but which remain very cognised, provisionally and panding The family of the late Mr. P. Christen.targely a dead letter. Admitted-State for the Colonies, Messrs. Cell

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

of this trade de-

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Youth (pointing out beach - beautice of neighbourhood to newcomer): Thorel Isn't she a peach? She knocks all the Yest of the girls down here silly!

Friend: Ha, a real "flatten- "em" blonde!

"No Musie During Meals",

advertises a re-. ataurant. Pos- sibly a warninse to soup-oators.

"One thing about the rac- ing man", states A Home writer, that takes his losées well." Neither,

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he

hasten to

Add, does he appear to be

unduly upset- when collect- ing his winn- 'ings.

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We sympathise with the max

sen wish to thank all friends for ly, the matter is not an easy one B. Lyon and J. Ernest Black as Vice-Vannual Sir Walter Scott Centenary who lost a big bat on the typhoon

their kind expression of sym-

and for all floral tributes.

Mr. A. Kitchell and family wish to thank all friends for their kind expression of sympathy in their recent bereavement and for all floral tributen.

Consula for the United

America in Hongkong.

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States of

The response to offers by leading steamship companies operating from-i

year.

A contemporary refers to "The Dinner." Presumably we have a this week. We should just hate, Rip van Winkle in our midst, un- to, Luzon a thing like that! less, of course, they sent 'Enry,

ᄆᄆ the office boy!

The English XI is going to mixs

"Does marriage Bay" No, its Tate-a-Tate

Musical Interlude

P. He removed his boots on the doormat,

pathy, attendance at the funeral with which to deal, but until de finite steps are taken to prevent the perpetuation of overcrowding in newly-developed localities, British ports, to carry passengers on

this el all expectations, shall always have this deadly pro-luxurious liners for short sea voyages blem with us. Hand in hand with at specially reduced fures, has exceed husbands do. vigilance along these lines, there Thousands of people to whom gaint liners were mere names, planned for raising the their holidays, usually spent at the must be efforts standard of life, without which no seaside, out on the rolling deep itself,

and it

it is fairly certain that this form real or lasting impression on the of vacation Ens come to stay. It must local residents be gratifying to many to know that the Canadian Pacific problem can possibly be made.

Steamship Company has instituted similar voyages from Hongkong, and to the floor. in the near future, an opportunity will be given to enjoy six days' voyage in the Empresa of Russia to

fare and back. The

is Manita amazingly reasonable, and it anticipated that bookings will be heavy.

The

Hongkong Telegraph

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1932.

HEALTH PROBLEMS

"Prince Flics in a Gale", said a newspaper placard. Probably a change from flying cog!

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PP:---Silently-crept upstairs..

·She was only- an- airman's PPP-Tiptoed into the bedroom. daughter, but she wasn't so terrib- FFF-Foot slipped and crashed ly plain.

drunken

AGITATO. "You

A Chinese statesman condemns brute,"

CRESCENDO.-"Coming home modern feminine fashions, espe- elally "panties." He evidently is at this unearthly hour,"

brooks no breeks! FORTISSIMO-Nag, nag, nag,

nag, nag.

DIMINUENDO.- "I'm-hië!-- sharry, dear,"

Scott's Centenary. Because of the enjoyment which every boy and girl has found in the romantic pages of Sir Walter was certain to be Scott there

scenery equalling in world-wide interest this year in the celebrations which marked his mountain centenary. The celebrations natural beauty the slopes of Ben Lomond, found their focal point in Scot- but it would be hard to locate ́n land, although in other parts of land whose very name stirs up me- the world, as in Hongkong, Scots-mories as sweet. For this proud categories-those who

whose countrymen, have men foregathered round the dining fact the chief credit must go to table to do honour to the memory Scott,

The heavy yearly mortality from respiratory diseases in Hongkong is strikingly illustrated in the medical report for last year, which discloses the fact that 42.25 per cent, of the total deaths were from this source, compared with 38.95 in 1930. Close on two thousand people succumbed during the year of the famous novelist and poet. every reason to revere his name.

In Scotland, the celebrations na- but

a more ambitious turally took

to pulmonary tuberculosis,

this in no sense represents the toll form. A pageant was held, scenes exacted by this dread disease, from his novels were staged, a chronicling events in his since it is estimated that for every play death there are at least ten per-life and work wero.presented, and Rons suffering from open tuber- relics and pictures which he prized culosis. As Dr. Wellington in at were exhibited. Above all, there paius to point out, taking into was a steady stream of visitors to the scenes which he made me- necount the fact that it is the morable to the Rob Roy country, habit among the lower classes' of the Scott country, the picturesque Chinese to expectorate freely with-capital, Edinburgh, in the east. out taking precautions, this means and the thriving port of Glasgow that there were in the Colony last in the west. It is a little known fact that the Highlands which year fully 20,000 living incubators Scott unlocked with his pen were |of disease, each adding his daily practically unknown in the day

to the stock of Addison and Fope. The clan already existing. When it is system then stillingered. And realised that tuberculosis is more as the author of the Waverley Infectious, and more deadly than novels himself points out, these leprosy, the dangers of spread of writers would have been con- skierably surprised. If they had infection become obvious,

known there existed in the same. island with them a character so notorious as the freebooter Bob

quota of microbes

The task which confronts the authorities in coping not only with tuberculosis, but with other Boy. To the energy, the initiativo diseases as well, is one of immense dificulty. The trouble is, as Dr Wellington says, that there is, tendency on the part of newcomers to squeeze Into already over dis crowded accommodation, and the conaldorable oppositioner

and resurce of Scott, then, is duo our gratitude for bringing to light the history, habits and customs of the hardy men who inhabited the and glena of the romoter:

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ANDANTE Sleep.

Wives fall into two distinct

demand

A casual view of the average man in a bathing suit should be enough to explain why long panta have maintained their place so long in everyday life.

dire threats, and those who just was recently shown over & large money from their husbands under

demand it.

A party, of newspaper reporters

new American bank. We under- stand, however, that they were re- ¡quested to refrain from taking

notes.

A grocery store, run by a Negro, is reported to have hung out this sign: "Kwitting the crcdick business Til I gets my Outs in."

That could be written botter grammatically but not financially.

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The man who gives in when he is wrong is a wise, man, and the man who gives in when he is right is married.

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Tho vlaw has been hazarded that one reason why the-light companies In America have been doing pretty well is because people have been staying up late trying to balance those books somehow.

Professor Piccard anys thora: were now signs of life in the strato- aphore. In other words, the highor the fawor ::

Don't discuBS

your privato. worries in public-her friends may be, tlatening.

It is notifad that the followin amounts, being the balances of inc testato catarie,, ara, bicika h

the Official Administrator, and I a claims thereto are proved