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ASSORTED CASES FOR CHRISTMAS 1935.

Case No. 1.

2 Bots. Golden Guinea (Sparkling).

Sauterne (White Wine).

Bot. Medoc Claret.

1 Bot.

1:

Cilbey's Invalid Sherry.

$35.00.

Sandeman's Five Diamonds Port.

Italian Vermouth.

Saccone & Speed's Three Star 'Brandy

Gilbey's London Dry Gin.

Saccone & Speed's Highland Milk Whisky.

Orange Curaçao M.B.R.

Case No. 2.

$45.00.

Ayala Extra Dry Champagne.

Margaux Claret.

Chablis.

Saccone & Speed's Marina Sherry.

Italian Vermouth.

Rouyer Gulllet Three Star Brandy.

Saccone & Speed's London Dry Gin.

Watson's "E" Whisky.

Dewar's White Label Whisky,

Dolfi's Kirsch 'd' Alsac Liqueur.

2 Bots. Robertson's Fine Old Ruby Port.

Case No. 3.

$52.00.

2 Bots. Gustave Ferrand Grand Cordon Imperial Champagne.

1 Bot.

Sandeman's Very Old Tawny Port.

Robertson's Privateor Port.

Madeira,

Ruiz's Superior Solera Fina Sherry.

Italian Vermouth.

Renault's Five Star Brandy.

Saccone & Speed's Liqueur Cream Whisky.

Dewar's White Label Whisky.

Burnett's London Dry Gin. Benedictine,

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Wine & Spirit Merchants. Telephone No. 20616.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1985.

Blue Crusaders In London:

Hub Of Empire Becomes A

Second Babylon In Their Eyes

London, Dec. 10.

Charges that London has become a "Modern Babylon on the Thames," naughtier and merrier on Sundays than the gayest spots of Continental Európe, have evoked a feud between moralists and public officials.

Into the reform crusade of the world's largest city are thrust the comical, red putty noses and false whiskerf of the vaudeville comedians and the protesting walls of the "legiti mate artists."

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For years the London County Council has prohibited actors from appearing in Sunday performances with false moustaches, or any other form of makeup.

A comedian might, however, carry off his entire crazy repertoire on a Sunday evening if he wore a full dress suit. Then his antics became a recital or concert.

Scientists Seek Secrets

Of The Ionisphere

Washington, Dee. 15.

But an artist-Ruth Draper,

the monologist, for instance,→→ Greatest

cannot step foot on the stage on Sunday if sho wears any sort of

character attire, even though it Art Riddle

be only a ballet costume.

The comedians wanted their red nosch seven days a week-and the artists wanted their rights. The County Council, with Puri-j tanic solemnity, stood firm, and the foud broke out,

On the fundamentalist Rido atood Herbert Morrison, head of

What Phenomena will man dis-the council,

if he ever penetrates the

cover

Of Century Solved

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Full Particulars on Roquest.

One of the greatest art riddles TSANG FOOK PIANO Co.

of recent years has just been solved by the announcement that the world's highest priced etching- Rembrandt's portrait

of

his

"I'm beginning to think that stratosphere and voyages on into London in the least religious city the unknown void of outer space?

in Europe, more Continental than Dr. William J. Humphreys, in Paris," he told Sir Cecil Levita,

under charge of the Weather Bureau's another member who asked re-close friend Bürgemaster Jan the hammer research work, speculated on what faxations in the Sunday "blue Six-was

Christie's. In London, on mark laws" to permit stage makeup and at lles beyond the 14-mile reached for the first time by the articles of stage "props" such as December 13. record-breaking balloon Explorer chairs and tables.

in-

The portrait was bought by the art. dealers, Colnagliis, Amsterdam in October, 1928, after fierce bidding for 90,000 Guilders

"London la getting too marry. 1.

Nobody knows for sure because It's time we put the brakes on."

Society Males Charge nene has been there, just as sailors

The Lord's Day Observance So- did not know-before the discovery of America-what lay beyond the clety, a large organisation, sprung Atlantic Ocean. But Dr. Ham-at once to Morrison's aide with an ($11,000), the highest price over! phreys said he was almost positive announcement that London has paid for an etching. What hap that the temperature in the "enis- become "a modern Babylon, thepened to the etching subsequent, to phere," a region approximately 50 Sodom or Gomorrah of the twen-this sale' was unknown except to n to 75 miles above sea level, wastleth century."

warm

as the temperatures of a "On Sunday rights," said H. II. select few art connoisseurs.

The secret was revealed to the summer day in the United States. Martin, secretary of the society. That is, close to 100 degrees above "there are more people in the mosworld at large with the death of

The

into pioneer

the tion picture theatres than in all Ernest C. Innes, a wealthy Lon- ionisphere could take along a paria- the places of worship put together. don stockbroker and

zero,

cwner of

His

na hat to replace the woollen | Only one out of every 10 persons one of the finest privato art

collections. in Britain. goes to church nowadaya." mittens in the stratosphere.

The Sabbath, he added, is "bu-collection of works of art were coming a day of triumph for the auctioned at Christie's on Decom- ber 13. Among them appeared the world, the flesh and the devil"

Rembrandt etching of Jan Six. It is now known that Colunghis were acting for Innes when they paid this sensational price for the etching in 1928.

Itumphries explained that scientists generally agreed to this theory because it was the region where meteors and shooting stars catch fire on their rush, toward the earth, where sound waves bounce back to earth again and where the

Auroras are seen.

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Despite all the furore over the charges of laxity and decadence London's Sunday "blue laws" are among the most stringent in the world.

Sketches Ruled Out

Not only must stages be barren Explorer Would Burst

of any furniture or other "props," But the lonisphere explorer would but "dancing, any form of variety find no air to breathe and he proba-performance, play or sketch" are bly would burst,

nt

Ne

ruled out.

Public dance halls likewise are closed, and prize fights are ban ned on the Sabbath;

Rembrandt van Rijn's etching of Burgomaster Six is signed and dated 1647. It shows the Burgo- book. For rending a window master standing in the light of a nearly-three, centuries the etching family-In their mansion at Amster was in the possession of the Six dam which it did not leave until the sale in 1928,

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9 ICE HOUSE STREET HONG KONG

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

DOWN

1 Do they wash Cross-greenTM

frocks?

7 To all these is virtually not

addressed to nomads.

8 Foreshadow the extremity of the

harbour?

11 Cotton fabric and resentment. 10 Part of a mouth-organ.-

12 Just so.

15 Four days like this should be enough to leave one breathless,

16 The source of wine is obvious in this man, and that of water to him. 17, Shuffing. 20 Judicious.

The content of any given space of air would be much rarer than

the

surface. carth's

Dr.

But if the variety or vaudeville Humphreys said the lack of alr would be more marked than the houses are closed, the public may

Art collectors from all parts of difference between standing room find the same sort of entertain- on Broadway on New Year's Evement at the motion picture houses the world competed for this master- when thousands

crowded without encountering restrictions piece on December 13, although it together and a south-western de- of any kind.

did not realise anything like its for At the picture houses one may mer price. A member of Christie's sert where there is not even one

see comedy, tragedy, music hall told the United Press "The Jan Six settler to 40 square miles.

entertainment and dancing. Yet, portrait did not realise anything Any particles in the air in the around the corner, a theatre will approaching the 1928 price, which ienisphere would be ionized be in darkness because of the was fantastically high. After all,21 or electrified, he explained. Eke County Council's ruling that purit must be remembered that art iric currents passing through this formers in the flesh cannot dance values in general have alumped 27 rarified air nct just as a mercury or appear in makeap.

tremendously in the last eight are light throwing off a light.

years,"

"Highbrow" Concerts Offered Besides a few "highbrow" con- Radio engineers have known for

One of the most famous sales of years that there was a "radio roof" certs the Sunday lengue gives which stopped the radio waven and Sunday night concerta at the etchings by Rembrandt was held nt Rent them back to earth or bent London, Paladium off Piccadilly Christie's in 1924. It consisted them so they shuttled along the Circus, Sometimes, at the Prince mainly of a collection of etchings country "roof" Scientists are not sure of Wales theatre, one has the Sab-by the great Dutch master brought whether the ionisphere" which Dr. bath treat of a "refined" variety together by an Engilsh Humphreys described is the same show-comedians in dress suits, squire, named Edward Budge, which as the "radio roof." Some say it and crooners of the American va-had remained intact for nearly a century. Among these pictures was la; others doubt it because they riety.

The New radio and sound waves need

Metropolitan Sym-"The Goldwelgher's Field" which not he deflected by the same con-phony Orchestra plays at the Rudge had bought for half a guinea, It was sold in 1924 for 1,859 Trocadero Cinema.

say

ditions.

1 1. T. Samuels; assistant chief of Enterprising Britons have found guiness. The highest price paid the astrology Division of the Bureau one means of escaping the ban on was 3.000 guineas for an etching of who supervises the sending of stage plays-stare clubs such as Rembrandt's friend, Dr. Arnoldus Hounding ballons into the sky, said the Arts Theatre Club and Gate Tholinx. This forgotten collection that the highest free balloons carry. Studio, which give performances realised a total of nearly £36,000. ing Instruments-mere midgita for card-holding members.

The Innes sale also included compared with the 8,700,000 cubic foot capacity Explorer 11 which ear ried two men and tons of instru- ments had renched 23 miles United Press.

SALESMÄN SAM

The iden was borrowed from one of Gainsborough's best por- the "drinking clubs" organized to Traits, a Rembrandt oll portrait, a provide members with a handy small Hobbema landscape and some bar during the hours the "pubs" fine 16th century English silver are closed.-United Press.

work.-United Press.

Sam's A Benefactor

22 Who might become this! Not Il

self to the police. 23 This criminal gave little of him- An old weapon disguised in mili

tary head-dress. Perhaps a dentist at the end of his resources might be up it. (lyphen, 3 and 4.).

28 To give up letting oneself go. 20 Death theory recently upset

(Three words, 3, 5, 3).

ACROSS

1 Lower place in an Awkward position. (Two words, 3, 4).

have a particular bone to you pick, a foul name may provide what you want.

2 If

3 The housemaid doesn't do it at sea, but you may get it there all the same.

4 Explain pre-War gold.

6 No free man suggests one form

of bathing.

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14 It only appears when you look

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Choose a weapon for breaking fresh ground.

21 Ond of seven.

26 A northern hillside.

26 The guardian's responsibility is to be found in this part of the city.

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