G. P. LAMMERT.
AUCTIONKER, ASTRAIBER AND SURVETOR.
Public Auctions-
HE Cadersigned has received inatrac-
TRE
tions to sell by Public Auction,
on
%
MONDAY August 25, 1918, commencing at 11.
at tot's Wharf, Kowloon, A Comatity of Sootch
STEEL PLATES.
3 pieces '20' x 9 ̧16 "
6'x 20 x 1,9"
3 do
+ do
6 x 20"x 3/8·TM
35 do
€' 90' x 5 16:"
10 do 6'20' x 9.32"
"
On view from Sunday, the Stea.
int.
Terms: Cash or delivery.
CEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer,
Hongkong. August 21, 1919.
TUESDAY, August 28, 1019,
commencing 11 mm,
at his Sales Rogns, Dukkit S re-t
A Quantity of
TENNIS BALLS.
(New),
Comprising:-
Ayres 1919 Championship,
Riseley 1919.
Also
CS dozen Miller & Taylor M&T'
Goll Balls, (New)
"(various marks & weights).
Terms: Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT, Acctioneer,
Hongkong, August 21, 1919.
TUESDAY, August 26, 1919,
commencing at 11 am.
at his Sales Blooms, Daddell Street. FIVE TYPEWRITERS, (Brand new rebuilt.)
comprising:-
One Oliver No. 5, One Monarch No. 3-
(22 in. carriage),
One Remington No. 10,
Une Remington No. 7. One Royal No. 5. Terms: Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.. Hongkong, August 21, 1918.
INTIMATIONS.
G.
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IN THE MATTER of the Trading
with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914 to 1915.
THE Custodian of Enemy Property, Hongkong, has for sale by Private Tender the following number of stares in the undertaking of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company Limited,, namely, 190 (Two bundred and ninety) Ordinary shares in respect of the capital of the said Company existing prior to its increase in 1915 and 57 (Fifty seven) Ordinary abares (being the righta in respect of the said 290 sharoa) in rotpect of the capital of the said Com- pany as increased in 1915.
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Tenders for the above will be received up to and including the 10th day of September, 1919.
Particulare, Forms. of Tender and Conditions may be obtained from the Custodian of Enemy Property, Hong- kong, at the Treasury, Hongkong, or from Mestra. Deacon, Looker, Deacon and Harston, Solicitore, 1 Des Voeux Boad Central, Hongkong
By Order,
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C. Mol. MESSER, Custodian of Enemy Property, Hoogkong, Hongkong, August 13, 1018.
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NOTICE.
INTIMATIONS.
METEOR GARAGE
Sole distributors of
MAXWELL, CARS.
| Automobiles for Hire
and for Sale
at reasonable Prices.
Mazuril
'Phone 2500.
65 De Vox Road
Central.
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The Natural Milk Food for Infanta, Invalids and Nursing Mothers. We just ruzmivel a large, consignment.
#653+ 544 200
ACTOGEN
MATURAL MILK
INFA
FOOD FOR
SHTU FUNG TAI & CO.,
Agents For Hecktone and Youth China. Nos, 47 & 1, Connang Bund Central Hongkong,
Tulephone 04, 190-d
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
KIPPERS!
THE CHINA MATE.
SATURDAY AUGUST 23 1919
NOTICES.
W. D. & H. O. WILLS G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.
HIGH GRADE
"Embassy"
NO. 77 CIGARETTES.
THE CIGARETTE
DE LUXE
Embassy
VIRGINIA CIGARETTES
Are made by seichtide prezenses frady scrupulously selected and priestly pure! Tebecco of the Highes. tirade" enf.
for that reason preferred
mea of all kinds.
demanded by Sapitiga
These Wet Wise Pautarity is based upen their unquriers, excience..
CAN BE GATATHRO OF ALL HIGH CLASS TOBACCONITE IN aim o
AND AND SONGS OF 16 V.D. H. C. WILLS. BRISTOL
LONDON,
ON SALE AT ALL STORES.
- Thin Advertisement is issued by British-American Tobacco Co, (China) Ltd.
KIPPERS!
SLOUGH WASTE.
JUST RECEIVED
A New Shipment direct from
Scotland:
65 cents per ib.
FOR SALE
UNUSED
POSTAGE STAMPS
IN
COMMEMORATION
OF
PEACE
nt 50 cents per set of 4 Stamps.
GRACA & 00. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. O. Box 620.
Hongkong.
JAPANESE MAKERS.
Every kind of Footwear
MADE
ORDER
CHERRY & ̄00,,
PEDDER STEELT, Opporbe Hongkong Hotel. Telephone No $91. C
Hongkong, March 20, 1914.
COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS.
The full report was published recently of the Joint Committee of Peers and M.P.'s on the Slough motor depot. The following revelations are notable:
The principal delay in starting the scheme was between, August 2, 1917, and February 12, 1918, during which period the whole matter remained within the four walls of the War
Office...
condition being implied, or else per- severance with the scheme. In the opinion of the Committee there was a third choice, which was apparently not considered by the War Ofce. It appears almost certain that a pur- chaser could have been found for the works in their embryo state.
Lord Inverforth stated that an offer to purchase at a cost plus a profit" has been received by the Govern
ment. There is every reason to sup- pose that as such an offer has been made when the works are far ad vanced one would also have been forthcoming at the early stage, when the works were more easily adapt able to any specific requirements. this Committee that It is the view
the question of sale or continuance should have at any rate been con sidered by War Office when hostili ties ceased.
It is clear that the delay was responsible for two very serious consequences. It was the cause of the failure of the scheme as a war measure, the urgency of which has been fully revealed in evidence. The delay was also the cause of the waste
The Committee are satisfied that of large sums of public money." the attractive estimates of large pro
Thousands of vehicles were left to fits presented to Parliament by Lord rot at Kempton Park and other places Inverforth and supported in evidence waiting for the repair shop which to this. Committee were too readily never came into being. Had it been accepted by him, and without suffici possible to deal with these vehiciesent independent examination. promptly, the cost of repair, would have been minimised and the expen- diture upon new vehicles reduced.
CIVE A MAN A FREE HAND,
At present it is too late to turn There appears to be no good reason back. The result is that the nation why the procedure in the War Office is in possession of an elaborate and should not have been expedited. The costly factory, partially completed, Committee are satisfied that the de-It carries with it a commercial under lays are mainly responsible for the taking of which the financial aspects lamentable waste of public money have, in the opinion of the Com- and for the failure to have the works mittee, been insufficiently considered, available during the war.
And this undertaking is based upon a calculation of profit which was re- presented to the Committee as its justification. but which, in fact, is unlikely to be realised.
WHO LOST THE FILES?
The Committee have not been sup plied with War Office files carrying the history beyond the summer of. 1917. It is stated that these fles cannot be found. It has therefore
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LORD INVERFORTH'S WAY. Finally Lord Inverforth's part is thus described-Having become a branch manager" in a Government Department, he foresawat the outset a use for the Slough Depot, which he was prepared to justify when he succeeded to the control of each of the successive services for which his mind had conceived it..
.When the first sod was turned, he was responsible, as Surveyor-General of Supply, for the needs of the Army, and he pressed the scheme forward for war purposes. The Permanent Secretary to the War Office and the placed it on record that it was not Secretary for War, Lord Derby, within their province to provide for demobilisation.
this
When the armistice came about,
justifying
action. by he decided to continue the work, the anticipation that when he became Minister of Munitions he would carry out the policy of repair before sale, He did not intervene when his Mechanical Transport · Board pre- ferred their own views to those of the Select: Committee on National
he became Expenditure. When Minister of Munitions in January 1919 he hardly lost a day in adopting and pressing his policy forward.
His Disposal Board did not accept an important limitation as to repairs recommended by technical advisers For the distant i of the Board. future Lord Inverforth, though it is not within his province, is satisfied that if Parliament should set up a Minister of Supply to succeed the Minister of Munitions, that Minister will endorse the policy of a central depot for all Government-owned vehicles. But the Departments con. cerned have not yet been consulted.
MAY JUSTIFY ITSELF.
"The figures will not be obtained unless the Slough Repair Shop is run on commercial lines and free from been impossible to follow up the the special administrative charges. To sum up, the decision to continue responsibility for delay in that depart usually incidental to the supervision the works after the armistice has not After the armistice the argument of a Government Department. The been justified. It is essential to repair a certain number of surplus vehicles of Lord Inverforth (Mr. Andrew general manager will require a very Weir) was that the depot was now free hand and a large salary if a before sale, and it would be economi, competent man for pushing on out- cal to continue so long as the repairs to be constructed because "the
put and keeping down costs is to be are not executed, at a loss. This repair shops would be a paying pro- ootained, and he and at least two must depend upon the market for position from a financial point of
That work will occupy the Cippen view, even after making liberal other of the heads should be in some new and second-band vehicles. the way remunerated by commission, allowance for writing down capital expenditure involved." But however allen this practice may be ham depot probably at the outside he considered that Lieut. Col Nib to Government Departments. They three years. The Committee have lett'e estimate of profit should not be feel very strongly that the scheme been unable to accept Lord Inver they were dealt with in camera by carried out upon the ordinary con-would pay or nearly pay for itself, in mercial lines and subject to the that time. His anticipations of other the Committee. The estimates; bow. ever, were less sanguine than those degree of pressure usual in competi. uses have as yet taken no definite in a statement communicated to the tive business days a Press by the Disposal Board on June 18 last, and on that proceeding the Committee refrain from" comment, except that the necessity for secrecy is not very clear;-i
LL PERSONS, with the exception MACGREGOR'S published, in the public interest, and has no chatice of success unless it is forth's figures showing that the depol
A of those of Chinese roca desiring to
leave the Colony for places other than Cantony West River or Macao should apply in person for permission to do so at the PABB OFFICE, Port Office Building between the hours of 8 to 1 r., and M. to 4 P.. daily.
Applicants will be required to produce Passporte or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe resin in the Colony for more, than Y days are required to Register them melves under the REGISTRATION of
PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918 Forms
at Registration giving the particulara required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations,
The Penalty for, con compliance is a fine not exceeding $50,
EDO, WOLFE, -BapaNotandant of Police
V.O.S.
(PARLIAMENT BLEND)
FINEST LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY.
EXTRA SPECIAL FINEST LIQUEUR
WHISKY,
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR
&CO.,
15, QUEEN'S ROLD CENTRAL,
shape, yet the depor may prove to be a national necessity and asset," and his action in disregarding the ordinary departmental limitations may justify Itself. At the end of two or three years the Government as a whole should carefully re-examine the question.
THE MCALPINE-CONTRACT.'- As to the contract, Lord Inverforth appears to have decided at once that Sir Robert McAlpine was "the best man for the job." The arrangement From an independent examination was made before any other contractor It appears that the margin of profit bad-seen the site. It would have on repair for the first year will be been desirable that the usual practice FOR A WEAK STOMACH. below the War Office estimate of public départments should have a general role all you need to do After the first year no reliable been adhered to, and that the claims is to adopt a diet, suited to your estimate can be made,
of competitive contractors should aze and occupatios and to keep your The problem to be faced at the have been more closely examined bowels regular When you feel that you have eaten too mich and when const- armistice was stated by Lord Inver The Committee, however..see no patod, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets. forth as either abandonment of the reason to criticise the terms of the For sale By All Chamists and Store
keepers depot restoration to its prins tive contract.
WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS,
Hotel Mansions,
Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS,
ROSSIS-BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHÉS,
ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery,
MACARONI, PASTE STARS, EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI
AND ALL KINDS OF SOUP STUFFS,
Lia our Paatse bear the Rooster boi and are made from Flour of the Bart Quality containing a large percentage of Gutan. Starch and Gluten are the principal components of Flour. Gluten is eaner to digest and contains more nutriment then starch. Manufactured under the most muitary conditions. *******
Large quantities have been exported to various important cities in the World
Terme moderate especially for Agencies Orders-excoated promptly. THE HING WAH PASTE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. Head Office: No. 47 and 43, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong Tal. 1999 & 9233- Principal Factory No. 71, North Soochow Road, Shanghai, China; Telephone 3335. Branch Factory: Wing Hing Street. Causeway Bay, Hongkong. Cable Address: "BINOWAR"
HOTELS AND CAFES.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO.,
Operating
THE HONGKONG HOTEL THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL
(opening in the Summer of 1919)} THE HOTEL MANSIONS
Ofice premises)
LTD.
...The leading Actel in the Far East.
The coming seaside resort of South
China.
The beadquarters of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, and the leading American business concerns.
The Hotel Company. having recently extended their cold storage plant
and instituted motor transportation, arg specialising in outside catering such
Ra banquets, dances, picnics, etc, and are prepared to supply all necessary equipment, dezorations, furnishings, and music.
Quotations may be obtained on application at the Hotel Main Office, or representative will call on communicating with
Telephone No. 483, Catering Department..
Telephone No. 1973, Manager.
J. H. TAGGART, HANACHE
THE PEAK HOTEL.
1,500 Feet above Sea Level
15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of
Mrs. BLAIR.
KING EDWARD HOTEL
CENTRAL LOCATION
ALL ELECTRIC TRAMS Pass Entrazos, Electric Lifts, Fana and Lighting A Baropean Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout. Beat of Food and Service.
Telephone 973- Telegraphic Address :-' VICTORIA.".
J. WITCHELL, Manogar..
PALACE HOTELS
KOWLOON.
Two minutes from Star Ferry)
Recently renovated and refarmished, slectric light and fant throughout and entirely ander new management. Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Rooms. Terms moderate. Special terma to families or application to
Telephone K. 3. Telegraphic Add: "PALAC
J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietor.
CARLTON HOTEL.
(THE ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL IN ZEN COLUNT.)
10E HOUSE STREET.-
Under Ameries in Nice and-quiet-yet-only few minutes
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walk from the Banks and Central District 3 Bedrooms, Excellent Cuisine. scrupulously clean Moderate Terms. Monthly and Family-Batea on application to the Proprietress. Launches meet Passenger Bosta.
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(OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT.)
Noted for:
THE BEST TIFFINS AND DINNEES. FILLET HADDOOKS, A
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Dinner and Picnic Parties catered for.
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