1935-11-07 — Page 2

HONGKONG SINGERS

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

ARMISTICE DAY.

9.15 P.M.

PERMANENT WAVING

“SHELTON"

"DUCHESS"

“ÉMPRESS"

SHAMPOO and SETTING

MANICURE

$15

SAIGONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

THE

WAR OF TIES

Black Or

White

$18 For Scots?

$20

$2

$1.

By Specialists personally. Supervised by Helen from San Francisco. BEAUTY 306 ASIA LIFE BLDG.

Opp. Tycb's. Tel. 34055.

HELEN'S SALON

WOMEN LIKE TO BE FLATTERED, AND THESE ARE

THE

SCARVES

THAT DO IT,

The new

There's nothing like the bright colourings in these cleverly designed scarves to add dash and smartness to the dress, coat, suit or fall sport outfit. "Triangle" and "Square" just added to this line are particularly recommended for sport wear this season. Newest patterns and colours are added from time to time.

China Emporium

LTD.

LADIES' SALON 1st floor.

THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL;

PEAK HOTEL

&

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD., PENANG.

CRAG HOTEL,

Penang Hills

(2,400 feet above sealevel).

Refreshment Rooms (near summit station) Hill Railway.

"THE ISLAND'S MOST EFFICIENT SERVICE." RUNNYMEDE HOTEL

On Soa Front.

Private Cars for Excursions Anywhere.

Caterers etc, to Imperial Airways.

are interchangeable, no extra cont wherever you have your breakfast, tuncbean, tea, or dinner.

Ilooma of both hotels have 'private bathrooma and modern sanitation. Runnymede_each room has fis own publle telephone.

At the

The Runnynesia Restaurant has undeniably pride of place among hotels of the Fast with its culaire, anil Justly claims by tie samociation Lo offer the traveliær such as is not to be frand elsewhere.

BATTLE NEITHER WON NOR LOST

Inverness, Oct. 16.

THE battle over the proper tie!

to be worn with Highland evening dress-a subject on which the hardy Scot feels deeply was resumed here to- day at a special meeting of the Kilt Society of Inverness.

But even 130 1 this burning question has not been resolved.

The ofelul guido published re- cently by the society states that either a black or white tie is cor- rect for evening wear,

The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, who is chief of the society, is opposed to the white tle, which he considers Irregular, and a motion was put forward by him proposing that the guide be allered in favour of the black tie,

14 For, 10 Against Twenty-four members of the Bo- elety, on learning of the motion, at once expressed their views-14 for the black and 10 for the white.

ANNIE LAURIE ROMANCE

Most famous of love songs- "Annie Laurie"-was written for member of her family, the Lauries. This month. Mies Alice Helen Laurie is to marry Mr. Norman Edward Fensey. She took "Annie Lhuric" na stage sine.

Yesterday's

Among the latter was the Bride And Her

Duke of Atholl, who wrote that if he were to go to Bal. moral he would wear the black tie out of courtesy and in de- ference to the custom pre- valent there. Elsewhere he would certainly wear a white

tie.

Royal 'Groom

Vain Search

For Blonde In Murder Trial

KING ALEXANDER'S

ASSASSINATION. “

Belgrade, Nov. 5. YEAR after the assassination of the late King Alexander of Yugo-Slavia at Marseifics, tha best police brains of Europe have had to confess their inability to discover the identity of the mys terfous "blonde woman" who was in the company of the assassin and his fellow' auspects in Franco. a few days bofore the crime

That is the main fact which emerges from the enormous mass of evidence which has been assembled for the trial of threo men, which began at Alx-en- Provence, France, on Friday, on a murder charge of conspiring to King Alexander, who was ahot dend after he landed at Marseilles on October 9 last year, M. Bar- thou the French Foreign Minister, was also killed.

The Dowager Queen of Yugo- Slavia, who, as nearest relative of the nasasinated King, was plaintiff in the civil action riguinst the tho thro men, withdrew from case this week.

The three men are Mijo Kralj, Eugen Pespichil, and Stefan Rujich Peter Kelemen, who fired the fatal shots, committed suicide.

The blonde woman who register ed a few days before the murder. the name of Marie Vandrachek with two of the plotters at an Aix-en- Provence hotel, has successfully eluded a search by police of several nations.

Lady Alice Christabel Monit tagu-Douglas-Scott: aged thirty three, daughter of Duke of Buc. Major David Ross, the secretary, cleuch and Queensberry. Has Auggested that a slip should be in-spent much time with an uncle cluded in the guide saying that thein Kenya. Loves big game society considered a black tie the

hunting-but "shoots" more appropriate.

Their old book used to recom- mond the black tle or jabot, a lace ruffle worn at the neck, but per- sonally, he preferred the white tie to the fabot, detesting "frills about men who were supposed to be hordy Highlanders."

camera.

sisters.

with

Has three brothers: four Father, who sits in House of Lords as Earl of Don caster. holds two dukedoms, a marquessate, four carldoms, But the old battle was neither three viscountcies, and four Cannily it was de-baronies. Family molito: "I .won nor lost. ferred to consider Major Ross's Love." suggestion..

V. C. Captain Granted A Decree Nisi

Prince Henry William Pre- derick Albert, Duke of Glouces tor, aged thirty-five, the King's third son. Educated by tutor, then preparatory school, later Eton.

Million Words

The documents in the case will,

la believed, run to more than million words.

It is stated that one of the accused men has already virtually State's evidence" ឆរដ្ឋ "turned alleged damning proof against his supplied the French police with

comrades.

As much of the evidence will endeavour to show Hungary's and probably Italy's alleged implica- tion in the preparations for the crime, there are fears of possible consequences from the national passions that may be aroused by the trial.

1935.

· WHY NOT EXCHANGE YOUR OLD

· FOR A NEW ONE?

IF YOU ARE TIRED OF YOUR PRESENT PIANO, OR IT: DOES NOT GIVE GOOD SERVICE, WE WILL ACCEPT IT IN PART PAYMENT FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT,

IF DESIRED, THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUE CAN BE SPREAD OVER SEVERAL YEARS BY SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS.

ALL, MORRISON PIANOS ARE FULLY GUAR. ANTEED FOR TEN YEARS,

FULL PARTICULARS AND PRICES ON REQUEST,

TSANG FOOK PIANO co.

9 ICE HOUSE STREET HONG KONG

USE ELECTRICCHROMIC NEEDLES WITH YOUR PICK UP

16.

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

DOWN

1 Muddled corporals so brought up

become embarrassed 7 A noblemtin.

On the anniversary of King Alexander's death, special stamps will be issued, bearing the hend and shoulders of the late King in the naval uniform in which he 12 i can make the scheme clear. was shot down. The stamps, it15 Is stated, will be on sale for one day only, and will then be with

8 You want brains to fill it.

10 Spirited form of amusement. 11.Suggests the existence of com-

petition.

drawn. 1

Always wanted to be a soldier. Death Ends

From Royal Military Academy Gazetted second lieutenant in

Amy_captain-who-won-the-10201-soon-transferred to Link With

year Robert Burns

Victoria Cross in the war Wild Left Army in 1929; rejoined gated a decree nisi by Mr. Jua (cavalry again) 1931 and a year tice Buckhill in the Divorce Courtater became major.

last month.

He was Captain Douglas Walter Favourite sports, hunting and

of St. Andrew's-road, Belcher, Surbiton. He petitioned

on the

polo.

MRS. ANNIE VIN-

CENT BURNS

ground that his wife, Mrs. Emily Title Duke of Gloucester con- Francis Releher, had committed jerred by the King in 1928 an SCOTT, of Largs Bay, misconduct with a co-respondent

named Larkin.

The petition was not defended, After the war, Captain Belchor developed neurasthenia. Thoy

wero then living at Tunbridge Wells, where they carried greengrocery business.

on a

Captain Belcher alleged that in 1931 his wife confessed that she had committed misconduct with

Larkin.

Subsequently, Mrs. Belcher brought Larkin to live in the house, It was alleged that Captain Belcher was treated almost like a lodger.

Because of his state of health, Captain Belcher, who had been in and out of hospital, only feebly protested.

In 1934, however, his health im- proved. In February he filed the petition.

Mr. Justice Buckhill gave Cap

tain Belcher custody, of children.

SALESMAN SAM

the

irthday gift.

w

•

A monarch after Eastern money

and without it.

16 A windfall proves an excellent solution for this: anyhow, the inside is unconcealed.

17. Has to do with husbands, and a complicated: trail, mother! Examine and compare.

20

22 After this, ties become

century'.

23

Tust

Granny becomes a bit changed after losing a letter in fact, thoroughly-out-of temper,

24 In the end this "composer" takes

the name of a girl.

27 Annoyed if disturbed. 28 Drinker.

29 Late instruction that sounds as it it made titled men collected (hyphen, 5 and 6).

ACROSS

1 Relating to the art of pottery. 2 One of several In my solutions.

South Australia, great-3 Trying, and the sting's in the

OTHER ROYAL WEDDINGS: granddaughter and one of the nearest relations 1922: Princess Mary (now Princess Koya), aged twenty- of Robert Burns, the

marred Lord Lascelles .our,

now Earl of Harewood), aged Scottish poet, has just

There are chirty-nine.

two died. She was in her children, Viscount Lascelles, born n 1923, and the Hon. Gerald 82nd, year. David Lascelles, born in 1924. Mrs. Burns Scott was born at 1923: The Duke of York, aged treasures of the Burns house- Warrnambool, Victoria. Many twenty-seven, married Lady

hold had been handed down to Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, aged twenty-two, her. Among them were the youngest daughter of the Earl of silver teaspoons given to Joan Strathmore. Princess Elizabeth Armour on her wedding day. was born in 1926 and Princess ¦ These were later sent to the Margaret Rose in 1930.

Burns Muscum in Scotland.·

1934: Prince George (now

Duke of Kent), aged thirty-on married Princess Marina, aged twenty-eight.

Mrs. Scott had no children. A sister, Mrs. Burns Gowering,

lives in England, and a brother, Mr. R. Hutchinson, in Canada.

A Bit of Sarcasm

4

Did this provide Noah with Ilumination? (hyphen, 3 and 4). & "He comes too that comes

to be denied" (Sir T. Over- bury).

BEWARE the DEATH RAY!

Air Hawks

RALPH BELLAMY: CAWILEY POST TALA-BIRELL

24

6 Make of car.

7 Passion, for big things.

9 Great Interest is often shown in

his books (hyphen, G and 6).

13 Does this box hold the sailor's

chantica?

14 A lump in one's throat.

18 No organ can be found in this

Eastern town.

19 Tenniel becomes mild.

20 Most of it might be a heart, and

all of it is concerned with it. Nice, old-fashioned name for a young lady.

21

26 A Great War name.

26 Surely there is a borg in this

river!

Yesterday's Solution HAMMERSMITH

CETEJANOME BEDS O8CULATE VIRAGO

CHEWKNOWN, MDT I

TCAFF MEMENTO EMINEN) KREP GU NERVOUS PENTIE MAGABILI AN DIE LI

TICK SOLID, NO08 1 FM NA PO OPEN ESTRICKEN NEFA FINED TO UNG SCHOLARSHIP

WHEN AT HOME

The

Thongkong Telegraph.

MAY BE PURCHASED

..

AT

SELFRIDGE'S

GOOD GOSH! THIS TRAIN'S CRAWLIN'I RIDIN')

TEN HOURS, AN' GITTIN' NO PLACE FAST!

NEXT STOP, HEY, CON!ZIS TRAIN SOUTH SPINACH! OFFA THE TRACK,ER

SOMETHIN'

By Small

STILL BEEFIN', HUH?LF YA DON'T LIKE OUR SERVICE, WHY DON'TCHA GIT OFF AN' WALK?/

I WOULD, BUT I AIN'T EXPECTED TILL TH′ TRAIN GETS, INĮ

Teething troubles

Because SCOTT'S Emulsion contains 14% of pure cod liver

oil and lime salts

for bone formation, It provents teething troubles, rickets and soft bones. Ask for Fonuino

SCOTT'S EMULSION

{DUN'T USE TILL

YYOU 'AX `US

C. 14. REG, U. 6. PAT, OFF, "

mesu