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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

25 words $2.00

for 3 days prepaid

WANTED KNOWN.

MERS, BROCK, Representing Blanche Shanghat is showing latest afternoon.

nisu cocktail and evening gowns, large selection of hats and exclusive lingerie at Room 7, Dina House

FOR SALE.

ROCKY ROADS:-A limited quantity: of these old favourite chocolites are now on sale at The Clover Flower Shop, Gloucester Arcade,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Saturday

CHURCH NOTICES

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

G.

R.

PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale of Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 19th day of December, 1938, nt 3. p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Hin Excellency the Governor of one. Lot of Crown Land at Shek Shat, in the Colony of Hong Kong. for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of 7 years.

METHODIST CHURCH

Christmas Dinner For Servicemen

Sunday services, December 18. Preachers:-Mornbig. Rev. L. R. Gaimster; Evening. Rev. E. Moreton. Morning Parade Service at the English Methodist Church at 10.15.

Hymns 15, 82, 114, 99, 700. Evening Service at 7 pm at the English Methodist Church.

Hymns, 108, 000, 200, 142.

Notices for the Week

1. Following the Evening Service Social Hour will be held at the S. & S. Home at 0.15. All Service- men und civilian ore warmly wel- comed.

There will be a meeting for Prayer and Fellowship on Tuesday at 0.30 pan, at the S. & S. Home.

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3. The House Committee will meet

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispost the S. & S. Home on Wednesday at

5.30 pun.

GRAF ZEPPELIN-Collection of 54 flown covers mounted on Victor Rex album for $130. For Sale at Graca & Co., 10 Wyndham Street, Hongkongal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required Established 1896,

to deposit with authorised

CONSIGNEES' NOTICES. officer who will be present at the

'N. Y. K. LINE (NIPPON YUSEN KAISYAJ From EUROPE and STRAITS, The Stainship

"HARUNA MARU" having arrived from the above ports, i Consign of Cargo are hereby in formed that ther Goods me being landed and placed at the risk in the Hongking and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company!:

Garlown: at

Kowloon, whence delivery may he! obtained.

Conds not leared by the 23 December, 1998, will be subject to! rents

Damaged partages must be left in the Gorlowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Co.'s representa- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:30 pm, within the free storage, period, For the examination of damaged dutable goods, the consign

Revenue ees must arrangé

Omeer to be prezent.

All claims must be presented with- in ten days of the steather's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized.

No eloins will be admitted after- the gods have left the Godown

No fire inatrance has been effected NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA. Burgkonit. 17th 12ecember, 1930.

ale, the sum of two hundred dollara, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Registry No

Locality

Lot No 450.

Taksiog pak TA BEL EIN

zony in a seang ingay

Street, Shek shan

Baglary

Meustrements

Bert

TAM gir mule

plan

Contents in

24. fret.

若いぶ

jenuny

Beutel

: Upset Price:

#.375

8.175

$15.1

CABLE & WIRELESS, LTD,

With a view to establishing a throughout the tandard name World, the Hong Kong premises of Messrs, Cable & Wireless, Ltd., at #. Connaught Road Central, inve hep named

ELECTRA HOUSE ..

4. "Thursday at the S. & S. Home Servicemen's Christmas Dinner and Party Dinner will be sorved at 7.30 pm, to be followed by a Grand Con-

cert.

Servicemen are the guests of the Home Civilian friends are invited

to join us at $1 per head Inclusive,

UNION CHURCH

(Kennedy Road)

December 17, 1938.

TO-DAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF A HUMAN TRIUMPH

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BITTERLY REGRET

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY-on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first controlled and sustained flight st

Recital of Christmas Music Kitty Hawk, Cullfornia. The plane and the pilot are shown above.

And Solos

Morning Sprydes 10.30 am. Even-

ing Service 6 pan.

Preacher at sorning Service, Rev. E. Mama Saw Dove.

The Sacrament of Raptism will be elebrated at the close of Morning Service.

Evenitag Service at 6 p.m. will take the hem if a recital of Christ- nas music and solos from "The Aleigh." Mr. G. E. Longyear will be a tie organ, and the following! artistes mi ve badly paon fhele pr View My Bv. Teznu, Mrs. A Dart, Dr. L. T. de, Miss Free Lewis eu Mir. E. .cgatti. The brogram, e will be as fulfowar

Comfort Ye (Tenor); © Thou that Tellent (Contralto); Sonata No. ♫ (Handel) (Violin): Largo (Violin, Cello and Organ); Rejoice Greatly (Suprano); Kul Nedrei (C÷Bo); He

Come unto Me (Soprano); Behold 1| tell you a Mystery (Bass); The Trenjer shall Sound (Bass).

INSURGENTS MASSING the same as their Head Offices in shall feed his Plock (Contrato); ENORMOUS FORCE FOR London.

FINAL VICTORY DRIVE

(Continued from Pagé 1.)

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HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY

the Committee was ająccent to ab 1. NOTICE' is hereby given that sandar Annual electing of the above wound, de Baly the keys to the Sariety will be held at the Board, Mediterranean.---Kenter,

PLAN FOR MEDIATIÓN

Room of Mesars, dardine, Mathe- son & Uo., Ltd. (by kind permis- *podozi on Monday, the 19th Decem-. The Cuban delegate to the Pan-ber, 1938, at 5.15 p.m. American Conference, Sin. Marlines The Annual Show of Flowers

Lima, Bee, 16.

Praza, bag drafted a plan suggestinut in general terms the idea of merija- tion in Spain.

The plan must first go through the agenda - of the Commission of ther? conference.—Reuter.

NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED

Madrid, D. 16.

and Vegetables will take place on Tuesday, the 7th, and Wednesday, the 8th. March, 1939.

J. T. BAGRAM,

Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 6th December, 1938.

Owing to lack of paper two Mart Sabotage In Big

newspapers in suspended publica- ! tion-Reuter.

UNIVERSITY COURT NOMINATIONS

LESSON SERMON First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ilongkong TO-MORROW'S SUBJECT

The subjent of the Lessun Sermon in all Christian Science Churches, to- morrow December 18 will be "Is the Universe, including mat, evalvet-by Atomic Force".

The Golden Text, with Se:- "Hearken unto me, O Jacob pind Erael, my called) I am he; I am the first, I also am the lust. Mine hand also hath laid- the foundations of the earth, and my right hand hath spunnel the givens." (Isalah: 48: 12, 13).

the others the following

Thames Black-Out?s will be read from the Bi-

Landon. Dec. 15.

A public anquury will be hell into The R. Rev. Bishop-11. Valtorta;

the black-out which occurred Jast and Mr. Liosen

night, when the electric supply' in nomlurted as members of the Court the Thames Valley area fidled.

havr

been

of the University of Hongkong for a

A large part of the area was still

further period of three years as from without electricity 24 hours after the December 17.

failure:

Mr. H. V. Wilkinson, p.5.0., has been nominated as a member of the

Two of the, workshops in the Court of the University of Hongkong Kingston Power Station have since

for a period of three years as from December B.

been repaired and are now working.

Reuter Bulletin,

Don't let the

Children miss the...

FANCY DRESS PARTY

ON DECEMBER 29.

Y.M.C.A.

AT THE

FROM

KOWLOON

3 TO 6 P.M.

It's going to be the jolllest party with heaps of fun Clowns ... Mickey Mouse Cinema.. Lucky Dips,

Fish Ponds.

Raffles... and.. ALL THE FUN OF

THE FAIR. Tickets are only $1.50 (including tea) and are on sale at Moutrie's, Anderson's, Tsang Fook and at. the Dairy Farm, Kowloon.

The proceeds will be devoted to desiltura refugee children ... to give as many of thom as possiblo, soma little may of happiness during our Festive Season. The grown-ups will also enjoy themselves. YOU MUST máko a point of coming!

blet-- "And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. "And Glid uld, Let us make man in our image. after our likeness; and fet them havi dominion over the fish of the

sca, and over the fowl of the air, and over the enttle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God erated he him; male and fernale created he them.", (Genesis 1: 3, 20,

27),

The following citations will also be read from the Christian Science Text- book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy:The riversé reflects God. There is but one creator and onc "This creation consists of

creation the unfolding of spiritual ideas and their identities, which are embraced In the Infinite Mind and forever re- flected. These ideas range from the infinitesimal to infinity, and The highest ideas are the song and daughters of God.

Mind, not matter, is the creator. Love, the divine Principle, is the Father and Mother of the universe in- cluding man". (Pnges 502 & 250).

Announcement.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hong Kony, (a Branch of the Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass.) No. 31 Macdonnell Roud, close to Peak Tram Station. Sunday Service 11.13 n.th. The Sunday School is held at 10 am, Testimony Meeting. Wednesday, 0 p.m. A Rending Room located in the Church Building and is open on Monday to Friday inclusive from 10.30 am to 12.30 p.m. and from 3 p. 10 p.m. Saturday 10.30 .m, to 12.30 p.m. All authorised Christian Science iterature is available at the Reading Room. The ptiblio la cordially invited to attend the services and to visit the Reading Room.

Czech Parleys For Loan Interrupted

London, Dec. 10. The Czecho-Slovakia loan negatia- tions have been temporarily interrupt- ed, the Czech delegrates leaving for Prague this afternoon to consult with their Government, but the conversa

Christmas--Reuter.

THE GENESIS OF MAN POWER OF FLIGHT—now recognised as a blessing to him in peace, but a curse to him in war.. The Wright Brothers' biplane, in which the first flight was mude, stored during the September crisis in the basement of the Science Museum in London to protect it from any threat of destruction by its "descendants.”

Luis Chan's One Man Show-An Appreciation

THE

(By Irene M. A. Macfadyen)

IN 1908 some five years after Orville Wright's first controlled.

Eustained flight-Wilbur Wright made his first flights in Europe, where his performances were so excellent that they did much to force sceptics to admitthe great possibilities of the acroplane.

A mere thirty years later we have found the aeroplane dominating our lives in a terrible way.

During the September Crisis the threat of aerial attacks caused feverish activity in the great cities of Europe; the mole- like operations of humunity going to ground before the menace provided by its own vaunted conquest of the air, and migrations

HE "ONE MAN SHOW” of Luis Chan's work, which opens at St. John's Cathedral Hall on Monday is the fourth he has given. So that "Luis Chan's Show" is be-of many city dwellers, being reminiscent of the great migration from London attacked by the Martians so brilliantly and pro- phetically imagined by H. G. Wells.

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The first controlled and sustained flight took place at Kitty Hawk Sands, North California, on a cold, gusty day 36 years ago Lo-day. This is illustrated abov

The utmost patience, long and careful scientific investiga tion, and outstanding engineering and aeronautical skill måde that first flight possible.

It is, surely, one of the bitterest ironies of history that all the fine qualities that went to the invention and perfection of aeroplanes should have produced-only` a peace blessing and a war

curse.

rent, to brand nver his work: to lay such confidence in Chinese artists It aside and return to it with derpen- that over forty respor.ded to Our ed insight, and improved technique.eprat and tent in work, from which Most of it is Inspirational. That Jack Chen made bls limited selce- touch of genlus might prove his un- tion for his World Tour, and which doing either by tempting him into will form the bulk of a future Guild making pot bollers, or in too great Exhibition, as well as the nil too a complacency with his delightful short, but brilliant show we put op achievements.

In November. One thing which saves him from becoming stereotyped is his constant Exhibition, which is for three days. I greatly hope that Luis Chun's change of working materials and of subject. We must shortly expect will be well attended and that Art which material he was entranced in pure their estimate of his work will pletures from him in gouache with lovers, especially, will go and com- the palatings of Miss May, Mott mine. Also that a goodly number of

his pictures will sell, Smith, who has been working in{ Since the beginning of his interest | never know what to expect.

He han promoted and worked for Hongkong. She exhibits regularly! inari, as a clerk in a lawyer's You think you know just the style

many exhibitions to help in War onice, through Chinese characters to he works in, when you get a surprise in the French Salon and the French Relief, and on this occasion is gener-

Colonial Salon; New York European lettering, and

thence with something quite different, yet Hollywood. She was greatly Inter- qusly giving a large proportion of through water colour to many other somehow obviously his. media, he has had no other milieu The photograph that accompanies especially of local scenes, and gener-

ested by Lula Chun's paintings the profits for the same cause. of study but beautiful Hongkong - this article is fa small. Chinese

coming quite an institution. And rightly so, far as I said in a previous article in the "Telegraph,” he is in an especial manner "Hongkong's Own Artist."

self.

and

Three Bears Visit

The Helena May

Preparation

Temple in Shatin,, watercolour. ously gave him come #queezes of He has had many teachers, be- It is one of some ofteen executed gouache paint to try out. cause he is always ready to learn, during six days' leave up the line in Luis Chan deserves spteial eredit{ to compare, to experiment, while Octuber, printed in a fresh gay man for his unselfish and tireless work fute and his own

for the alms of the Hongkong Work- versatility and ner, as the several of the others, · Inowledge of English as well as of;

A kind of reaction, one feels, to ng Artist's Guild, without which it Cantonese have brought him

never have made good.

for

the children's In the tragedy even then being enacted could touch with whatever Hongkong basso near at hand.

The language question alone must pantomline, "The Three Bears" are had to offer in the way of artistic I hope he has dated his work, for have defeated us. He has been able now completed and the show will be that would enable us to trace his to dent with local artists and others, presented at the Helena May In- Through the Art Club and later progrtus. He has gained greatly in including the landlord of our Wan-stitute, Garden Road, on December The Working Artist's Gulid, of which softner, subtlety and delicacy chal studio

dio fint which we rent by the 20 and 21 at 6.30 p.m. he was one of the principal founders, through his study of Chinese paint- Chinese month, and to find inter- Tickets may be obtained from the

contact,

his work, has become known anding, uppreelated locally.

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preters, through his own Cantonese, Secretary, Helena May Institute. for artists from Shanghai, Hankow, Those who wish to have tea at the Hangchow. Pelplog, who have found Helena May prior to the perform- LMOST everything he does 15

fellowship and practical help in ances are asked to notify the Secre- Luli Chan's work is that you time, he, does not seem able, at pre- Guild." He has been able to inspire 'ber: 19.

tions will be resumed in London after ONE OF THE prime interests of "knocked on in double quick publicity for their work through the tary, not later than Monday, Decem