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Coal and General Prodies: Brokers and Commission - ágents.
PROPRIETORS Ewa-War' Coal Storage.
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4th & 8th Editions. A 1 Talegraphic Ocde.
Telegraphic Addr
MARION" HONGKONG..
UBLIC AUCTIONS
Undersigned have received in. atenstions to sell by Public Auction, (For account of the concerned),
on.
WEDNESDAY,
April 14, 1020, commencing 2 2.30 p., at their Sale Rooms. No. B Des Vert Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
A Small-Consignment of
-LOUSEBOLD LINENS, £....
Comprising → Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Sheris. Double Bed Sheets, Battenberg Drawowork Bedspreads, Tabla Gor, Crochet and Drawowork Doilies.
Also
A few lots of Bellow Valises, Kit Bags, Suit Cases, and Attacke Cases.
(All new goods and in small lota). Tarina-Cash.
BUGUES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, April 9, 1930,
(30 10COUNT OF THE CONCERNED),
DX
WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1920, commencing st 2.30 p.m., at their Bales Booms No. 8, Das Viex Boad, Corner of Ice House Street, TRAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNI TURE, BRASS. AND BRASS-MOUNTED BEDSTEADS, TRAEWOOD TWDI BEDSTEADS, CARPETS, &c.,; &c. comprising -
Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs (nɔw), Folding Card and Occasional Tables, One
INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY:COMPANY,
LIMITED, (Lacorporated in the United Kingdom)
NOTICE is hereby given that the.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEET ING of the long kong Tramway Com pany. Limited, will be held at the Offices of Messre. Jardine, Matheson and Company Limited. Pedder Street, Hoogkong, en WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of April, 1920 at 19 o'clock Noon, to transact the ordinary business of the Company.
By Order of the Board,
WE ROBERTS,
Betalary.
Hongkong, February 7, 1920,
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.
THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the abors Amocis tion will be held at the CITY HALL, OR THURSDAY, the 13th April 1990, at 5:30 ra, for the following purposes:
To receive the Raport of the Com- mittee and Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1919.
To sleat the Officers sad Commit- tae for the ensuing year.
H. B. L. DOWBIGOIN,
Hon. Bearctery
GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that N
the THIRTEENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Company's Office, f Queen's. Road Central, at 12 o'clock noon on SATURDAY, the 17th day of April, 1920, for the following purposes:
and Accounts for the year 1919.
THE
-WANT ADVERTISEMENTS 25 WORDS I INSERTIONS, $1. PREPAID. Every additional word 4 Centr
for 3 insertions.
WANTED.
FROM JULY (YOR AUGUST INT) .. A TURNISHED HOUSE ON THE PEAK WITH AT LEAST FIVE KOOMS ANY REASONABLE. REST AGRO TO AND KIGHEST REFERENCES QIVEN. ADVERTISER'S PRESENT LEASE. ON PEAK EXPIRING AND NOT TO- ANNEWABLE — RAFLIES
FLA" "CHINA MATL OVICES,
W ANTED.-By British Merchant house, European youth to learn Offee work. State salary required. Apply Box No. 1185 c/o "China Mail"
WANTED LADY STENOGRA PHER capable of taking Dieta tion State age nationality and salary required to Box 1184 c/o "China Mail,
WANTED CHINESE CHAUFFER able to drive and look after Two Ton Track and Ford Car Must be good mechanic. Give referson and 118 cc wage asked. Bor Ne. "CHINA MAIL."
WANTED To Purchase a setter or Pointer FUP (dog) apply
China Mail." 1183 co
TO LET.
Kealcon.
(1). To receive the Directors' Report TO LET A SHOP in Nathan Road, Aprily to Hamphreys Estate & Finance Ca Ltd., Alexiadra Buildings
(2) To declare a Dividend. (3) To re-elect Directors.
(4) To re-elect Auditors and
(5) Ta transact the ordinary
business of the Company.......
By Order of the Board,
C BOND,
Secretary. Hongkong, April 9, 1920.
HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB,
THE SECOND
GYMKHANA
A MEETING OF THE SEASON l be held at HAPPY VALLEY on
· SATUE DAY," the 17tt instant, commencing st 3.30 PM.
The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Membere of the Upholstered Suits, Bedroom Furniture Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkhana comprising Teakwood Twin Bedsteads, | Club,,
large and small Wardrobes, Doming Soldiers and Sailers in uniform Hall
Tables
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And Chairs,
Washstands, Prica. Elde
(famed Teakwood)
boards, Dinner Waggvas, Extension Din ing Tables and Chairs, & Dinner Berrics Crockory, wid Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, &c. Bathi Boom Otenalla, Electro-Plated
Ware
Hlectra Reading Lamps, Blackwood od Teakwood Screene, a quantity of Blackwood Furniture, Blaca wood Fire Bereans Bide
Chaira Tables, Cabinete, Picture, Carpets new ard second-hand.
Also Four Pianos, One Enamelled Bath,
Camera, &c., & (Full Particalara from Catalogue). Tazes-Loti
LUGHES & HOUGE,
Auctioneers.**
Hongkong, April 9, 1920.
FOR SALE.
TBE Undersigned have rec cinë
structions to sell
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED), The Techt
"ERIN"
!s she now lies off Ah King's Slipway. Farther particulars and inspecting
The Committee invite the Ladies of. Hongkong to be present.
Hongkong, April 10, 1994.
KOWLOON-CANTON BAILWAY.
(BBITING SECTION).
THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTI The shut on and after WEDNES DAY, April 14, the following alterations will be made in the Time Table:- On WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS an additional Train will leave KOW LOON for SHUM CHUN at 3.20 p.in. returning from SHUM CHUN at 9.04 p.m. The train at present timid to: leave Kowloon on Sundays at 11:33 a.m. will, after the above date, leave at 12.01 p.m. as on week days.
New Time Tables will be available on the 4th instant.
By Order,
IL P. WINSLOW,
Manager Kowloon, April 9, 1930.
NOTICE.
THE
TO ANNOUNCE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AGENTS FÖR
HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA
FOR THE
CLEVELAND MOTORCYCLE
CALL AND LET US TELL YOU ABOUT THIS MACHINE.
EFFICIENT LIGHTWEIGHT ECONOMICAL
The price will astonish you.
ALEX. ROSS & CO.,
25, Des Voeux Road Central.
Tel. 2487.
GARAGE, KOWLOON,
Tel. K $17.
THE WATER SUPPLY. :
CHINA MAIL.
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Truth is never popular. The major- ity spend their lives in avoiding it. This is perhaps, the reason why the present-day discussions on so-called spiritualism" purposely overlook, or fail to recall, the pronouncement made by the Founder of Christianity on this ** There shall arise false very subjec prophets, and shall show great signs. and wonders insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect." (Mst. 24, v. 24.) No one seems willing to quate this plain de claration as a warning to the deluded public: no, not though in America the ecclesiastical authorities, both Protestant nd, Catholic, have at last bestirted themselves and pronounced aban against spiritualism. and Moved by sensuous delight in the the voluptuous and fantastic, he, an Eng- assumed dead. Plainly they should have done lishman, wrote the Oriental story of this long ago, but that "the hireling Vathek "In French, in a continuous
mush automatic who caroth not for the sheep has
of picturesque let wolves into their pastures and narrative, and, as he himself stated, It took me three days and two nights of hard labour, and I never took of my clothes the whole time."
of
communication with
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usurped their powers while they slept. is somewhat late now officially to a commicants that an attempt
Here was automatic writing. to hold converse with the dead is con- trary to the sanction of the Church," high order, but Beckford did not while Sir Oliver Lodge is drawing pretend to be impressed by spirit credulous audiences to listen to his messages, or to offer his impressions expositions of life beyond the grave. to the public as communications hom in this country the Churches have the dead. The sad-featured clergy- not spoken with any definite Armness; man if portraits are to be acceptect they are considering the lively pos-who has permitted himself to be ex- an advertisement for a sibilities of cinemas" in the hitherto ploited as sacred shrines of prayer!-
newspaper does not write of Heaven Moreover, it has to be remembered as well as Beckford did of Hell, but his automatic writing" is like that thar a curious, but by no means un of any fictionist desirous of attracting |
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Special monthly and family rates can be <arranged on application to
common, phenomenon is the intense public attention. And it is quite pos- Satisfaction humanity finds in deceivsible he may succeed in "automatic ing itself. We are taught that the
"communicated”: ally writing a brain is dull, but we do not generally novel. But it will be none the worse, realise that, it' certain conditions of heakh the one hall plays tricks with and probably the better, if he writes the other, after the fashion of a mas-it-under the steady and gentle prese chievous child intent on teasing its sure," not of imaginary spirit in twin. By reflex action and inter-com-uence, but of his, own brain-impulse. which is the sole guide' to any auto- munication of nerve stimuli con- fusion is set up which distorts every matic" movement of his hand.
The only sad excuse for a spirit LONG HING & CO., "Kodaks and Kodar Films, do natural movement into something abalism which is not spiritualism at normal. In ancient days the priests
of Egypt and fedis studied the art of all is that the promoters of it are not in a normal state of mental balance. deception as a science, and were adepts in subtle methods of influenc-The twin totes of the brain are not ing the brain cells of their dupes, acting in unison; the one half is out realising, as they did, that the weaker of poise, and affects the other half in a more or less degree. This is why minds of the many could be usefully exploited for the advantage of the few. we see the brilliant scientist in Lodge
We in our twentieth century, with all
able to argus profound mathematical
our scientific discoveries and pro- matters with perfect ease and lucidity, while, on the other hand, he publishes
Bressive done lectually nor
farther advanced, intellectually.. mor
Raymond," with all its melancholy
ally, or mentally, than the old-time Perility. The same thing has hap peoples over whom the Assyrian and Pened to Conan Doyle. 1 specially We mention these two examples because. Egyptian magi held their sway. are just as easily deluded by appear in their normal state, they are gifted ances. In a rare book entitled "The men. Now they are affected abnor-j Prodigies of Egypt," translated from mally by temporary nerve phenomena, the original Arabic by Vattier, Arabic and offer the pathetic spectacle of Professor to the King of France (Louis genius engaged in destroying its own XIV.), in 1672, it is related how the priests of Memphis appeared before the people according to their different ars of magic :
reputation. Shock, in both cases, has troubled the complex mechanism of the brain cells, which in their, im- mediate condition somewhat resemble the fogged Blms in a camera. They "One with light about him, take distorted impressions which "do another, surrounded with flames, not reflect nature and are useless. another with winged creatures air Bur I confidently look forward to the ching overhead "yer, says the day when the deepest regret of Sir narrative, was but apparition Oliver Lodge's great career will be and illusion without any reality, that he ever published insomuch that when they came up, and when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will to the King they spake and said:
be the first to discover, and admit the You imagined that it was so, but cruel deceptions practised upon his the truth is that it was such and warm and susceptible nature. such an illusion.'"
AUTOMATIC WRITING.
Raymond,"
** THUS FAR AND NO FARTHER."
I claim the right to express myself Here were credulous persons in on this subject, as from the earliest clined to reason (which they never days of any consciousness of thought Level and Stage of water in zmerwies are); they migin pluck out the heart I have devoted my-mind specially to on the Lit April, 1990:-
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signed.
Terms: Cash,
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers, Hongkong, March 20, 1890,-
Just arrived
a large assortment of FILTERS Gallons up to 4 gallons
DE. WARREN & CO., LTD. -Nos, 30 & 94 Des Your Road Central,
Surveyor, sad Appraiser, hitherto, Barried on by the undersigned under firm name of "GEO. P. the style LAMMERT". will, as from this "date, be carried on by the same parties under the style or firm name of "LAMMERT BROS."
•
Dated 7th day of April, 1920.
GEO. P. LAMMERT," H. A. LAMMERT,
A COMPLETE AÈRATED WATER PLANT, FOR ́SALE.
The Machines are made by Messrs. Bratby & Hinchliffe, Ltd., Manches ter, and guaranteed in perfect working order. This complete plant will turn pab 2,400, dosen Aerated water per day.
KWONG BANG BONG LTD., P.O. Box 370,
Hongkong:
MEB CHEUNG HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER,
Ico House Street TL 1018,
Portrait taken in, day Btyle desired.
Photographie Supplie
Every description.
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mediumistic" mysteries. You the study of what I may call psychic imagine that it is so, but the truth is science. In all I have written, from that it is such and such an illusion. A Romance of Two Worlds" to The mesmerist, the hypnotist; the illu-The Life Ever-lasting" and "The sionist were; each and all, to be found Young Diana." I have tried to show in ancient Babylon as in modern Lon- my readers the wonders which are don and New York, and their methods possible, and also what is nor pos-
Spiritua! were far less vulgar and commonplace sible, in the psychic or than those of their imitators' to-day world, I know positively that those As for "paformatic writing" it is no who have passed from this life to the more than the natural result of the next do not communicate with us, writer's thought. The active impetus either through mediums" or "auto- comes from no external spirit, but matic writing." They have no desire from cell movement in the brain, and to communicate, having reached a the handsomstically obeys the plane of comprehensive intelligence brain. Every poer, every imaginative where the affairs and experiences of 70literary genius writes automatic- this little ball of du called Earth have 10 rally. Sometimes, indeed, like Keats become a mere past dream of trifles, Consumption of water in the City and Shelley, they themselves hardly Moreover, supposing it possible for and Hill Diarriet in millions and decimals understand the meaning of certain them to wish to communicate with us of gallons during the anth of March. wonderful phrases flowing from the which would be about as absurd as pen, such as the famous magic case a full-grown person, wishing to weat ments, opening on the foam of perilous the swaddling clothes of an infant), Scas fairy lands forlorn." No they would not be permitted to do so. authors, if they are honest, can pre- Both natural and spiritual law forbid.
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Lastmated population.
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Constant supply in all districts during cisely explain how or why they im As well might we expect to arrive on March of both 1910 and 1920.
KOWLOON WATER WORKE LEVEL
→ 1979. Kowloon Gaia ¿ 12 ft..zin, Below is in 1 im. Xo -OverBOW. Jow.avelot STORANK SI MAALIPH JUD PROWALA OF BALLDELL
agire or write a story or a poem the far away star Vega to-day and They will tell you that it just talk with its inhabitants. We re comes
Walam Beckford was a arrogant enough in our assumption of notable example of this brain impulse, wisdom, but there is a limit even to
arrogance. Thus far and no far ther" is a Divine command which; TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, though, we may affect to despise it, Consumption of water to Kowloon lag en youts clear hold and good-holds us invincibly back from the millions and fleamals of gallons during the month of March. Comption
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The Government Analyst's reports show ast the water le of excellent quality.
Public Works Department
ster Autho- 37
digestion you must net let your threshold of the Great Unseen. It bowels became clogged with poisonous is more than time that our Christiani waste from the body, as is always the teachers should uphold reverence for can when you become commipated the religion which we profess, and Proper food, an abundance of water and
plenty of outdoor exercise, should keep that law and morality should put a your bowels regular. When that fails, check on the brain-disease of a few. you should take Chamberlain's Tabiata, which, through the medium of the They cause a gentle movement the Press, threatens to upset the sense bowels and aro cosy and plant to
the manyDaily Tele take. For pale by all Chemists and and sanity.
graph.
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