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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1920
Hughes Hough
ATCTTONKERS, L, THE GOVERNMENT
Ganerat actioneers Share, Coal and General Produce Erokers and Commission SARATA.
PROPRIETORS 'To-Kwa-Wan” Coal Storage
Cain i
Bentley's
with &áth Edition. A1 tulegraphie Cods.
Telegraphic Acktra
MEIRION
HONGKONG
-PUBLIC AUCTIONS-
THE Undersigned Eave received in- structions to sell by Public Auction, (POK ACCOUNT OF ZEE CONCERNED). "
ON
THURSDAY, December 16, 1920, at 11 a
at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Dee Tex Road, Corner of Ice House Street-
Abant fifty lots Diamond Jewellery,
Incaling single and cluster stone Rings Bracelets Earrings, bar Pics, Tie Pos Gold Watches and Sandry Ommments.
Tara-Cash
HUGHES & HOCOR
Auctioneers. Haatkong. December 11, 1950.
[roz ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).
on
THURSDAY,
December 16. 1920, at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 2, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street.
SUNDRY FURNITURE Removed to Sales Rooms for Con- venience of Sale.
Terms: Cash.
St
HUGHES & HOUGH,
&uctioneers. Hsgkong. December 13, 1920.
{ ACCOUST OF INK CONQERITE), ON
SATURDAY,
December 18, 1920, at 10:30 am at their Salon Roome, No. 8
De Vatz Ro, Corcer of Ice House Street,
A large Consignment of TOYS.
On view Friday 17th inst. Teria-Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers
Hongkong, December 4, 1980.
I.
NAGATA
FURRIER
Furs made up Artistically. Furs cleared and Remodelled. Casa Private Residences by Appointment
- Floor, 42 Praja Ying,
TAIYO & CO.
WAFANESE-
BOOTS AND SHOES MADK TO ORDER 24.5. Wyadara 51.
MASSAGE.
Mr. HONDA and Mrs. ZONDA. Trained male Masser. 13 years' experience.
Formerly of Tokyo Military Hospital. WILL VISIT PATENTS RESIDENCES IF PREFERRED No, 24, radiaza Street. (Opposite to the Chim Mah.)
"MUMEY A.
Japanese Photographers. We have removed our Premises to No. 38, Queen's Road, C. Sitting hours frota 9 s.m. to 9 p.m. Passport photos finished in one bour.
MARTIN'S
APIOL&SPEC
- A French Bamoky So Ki Tuneniarities
my-rengadverty at this Bertan a
• dun may be sinistearts. Thee võe
MARTIN'S
APIOL STEEL
EPILLS
INTIMATIONS.
MIN RIVER CONSERVANCY, Notification No. R
No
COTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that TENDERS are invited for a vertical boiler about four feet in diame ter and nine feet in height, either new or used, together with the usual steam and water mountings suitable, for ne on a Priestma Dredger. Teaders will be considered only on boilers is good | working, rendition.
THE CHINA MATI.
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
$5 WORDS & INSERTIONS, §1. PREPAID. Esch additional word i Cents for 3 insertians.
“WANTED.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-FIRST CLASS Redigree Search Terriers and therdeen
Tenders stating dimension with other ASTED:-GODOWN SPICE Terriers. Unlers for any Breed of DOGS ;
particulars of the boilers and mountings term, time of delivery, etc., will be
THE received up to 21st December by the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer af the Miz River Conservancy.
fees.
Fast
The Conservancy does et Bird itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
"
P. R. WALSHAM,
Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, to the Min River Conservancy. Foochow 30th November, 192)
REPULSE BAY HOTEL.
YABARET DINNER DANCES I be beiia the following dates: TO-DAY
(WEDNESDAY, 15th December,
18th December.
SATURDAY, TEDNESDAY, 2nd December. SMITH AND JACKSON will enter- tain with the latest Coon Songs and Dances.
The Ball Room ertension at Repulse Bar Hotel will be completed this week and.
So increased harge is made to Diners at the Repulse Bay Botel in connection with the extertainment A table maner charge will be made to: Kon-diners on the nights when entaret dinner dances are being held.
Hongkonz, December 9, 1990.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR:
DECEMBER ich.
ABARET DINNER DANCES
be held as follows
CHRISTMAS EVE, REPULSE BAY HOTEL
CHRISTMAS DECEMBER th
NIGHT, HONGKONG HOTEL DECEMBER 23. BOXING DAY,
REPULSE BAY HOTEL DECEMBER 31st NEW YEAR'S EYE,
REPULSE BAY HOTEL
Parrots are kindly requested to make table reservations early in view of the fact that becommodation is limited.
Alterations at the Repulse Bay Hotel, are being carried out with a view to doubling the door capacity for dancing: such alterations will be completed be fore the abore dates.
J. EL TAGGART,
Manager.
Hongkong, November 22, 1920.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.
LOST.
THE SHARE CERTIFICATE NO. 1603 for Two Shares numbered 46191,46492 standing in the "Pagister
the name of LUE YUE SAM (deceased) late of Hongkong having been LOST-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless that said Certificate be produced at the office of the Com- pany, 5 Queen's Road Central, Victoria Hongkong, on or before the 5th day of January. 1921, a new Ceriscate for the said shares will be issued and the old Certificate will thereafter be held by the Company as null and void.
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,
Secretary Hongkong, December 3, 193).
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, (1916) LIMITED.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be beld at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Bailding, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong- keng, on THURSDAY, the 23rd Decem ber, 1920, at 11 o'clock in the forecibon for the purpose of receiving a statement of accounts and the report of the General Managers for the year ended 30th September, 1320, and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.
THE SECOND
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Corpaty will be CLOSED from FRI- Day the 17th December, 1920, until THURSDAY, the 23rd December, 1920, both days inclusive
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managers. Hongkong, Dereinber 7, 1980.
SHORTHAND.
ANGLO-FRENCH SCHOOL CAUSE Away Bay, An Evening Class for Lessons in Pitrean's Shorthand will be opened at the above School on FRIDAY 7th January, 1821. For terms etc. Apply to the Headmistress.
SEE
PERSONAL
EE PAUL PENDLETON, Once
No. 11. Great Easters Hotel, Connaught Roed.
то
REQUIRED about 3500 square
Promptly executed with satisfactory Must be near water front Prayals by late Kennelman to Sir Samuel preferred. Apple Bar 1249, Hordern. Only bona fide purchasers
CHISA MAL
need apply Fox 1940, co "Chisa Man"
TO LET.
TO LET.
TO LET IMMEDIATE OCCUPA TION A FEW THREE ROOM- ED EUROPEAN FLATSIN "ORIENT LET-For immediate occupationganILDINGS,” CORONATION ROAD, THREE LARGE and LIGHT KOWLOON MODERATE RENTAL ROOMS amitable for offices. Central
Apply J. CAES CLARK, Architect and position. Apply P. O. Box No. 13.
Surveyor, 14, Queen's Road, Central
'MADAME FLINT has arrived from Paris with a large assortment of Evening and Afternoon Gowns, Costumes, Capes, Millinery, Furs, etc which we are marking off and will be on show for the 15th of December.
Although the prices have considerably advanced în Paris for the latest Models, Madame Flint is charging the reasonable prices that she has always done.
MADAME FLINT,
32, Queen's Road Central,
Corner of Flower Street.
JUST ERCEIVED SHIPMENT OF
3 H.P. CLEVELAND
MODEL 1920/21 MOTOR CYCLES
(T5 Miles to the Gallon)
G$335
G$335
ALEX. ROSS & CO.
25, Des Forex ROAD CENTRAL,
HONGKONG.
ESTABLISHED 100 YEARS.
1814 1914
JOHN
HADDON
AND CO.
Export and Import Agents
For ONE HUNDRED YEARS in the CITY OF LONDON we have acted as Buying and Selling Agents for Traders.Storekeepers, Growers of Colonial Produce. Are you requiring the services of London Agents to promote We shall be your interests? pleased to enter into correspond- ence with a view to arranging to mutual advantage. termus
CASH
BANK CREDITS ARRANGED. ADVANCED ! AGAINST SHIPMENTS.
JOHN
HADDON
AND CO.
-Colonial Merchants and Produce Agents,
BALISBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC.
THE SUNSHINE
OF THE NIGH
300 Candle power of brilliant white fight.
More fight than 20 ok style oil limp.
15-20 Bors continuous illumination
col filing,"
Cost to less than 50 cents a month.
-
No wick to trim, no chimney to wah,' nonoke, no soot, no odor, 40 dripping oil
SOLE AGENTS:
TANG LLUY & CO. 66, Connaught Road, Central P.O. Hot No. 838 Telephose No. 1576.
AN APPEAL TO BRITONS IN CHINA.
100,000 DOLLARS
TECENTLY NEEDED
FOR
THE "ARETHUSA” TRAINING SHIP.
OLD BOYS HAVE JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY. AND 630 THE MERILANT SERVICE.
Patrons: Their Majestie The King & Quen- Prident H. PH. The Prince of Wales. Chismat 20 Treperer
Chairman
C E. Mahlen. Eg h
of StipHoran F. Desitti Fay Committed
Jt Secretari
IL Nio: Vila, ad ̧IL. 11. Gyciami.
Chejem Drafts, etc, should be male parable to sad rest to --- THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES & “ARETHUSA TRAINING SHIP 164 Shaftesbury Avtare, London, WC%
LONDON DREAM HOUSE.
A PREMIER'S HOME.
FOURTEENTH CENTURY BUILDING.;
Tucked away among the back gar-| dens behind Westminster Abbey you will find the House of Dreams.
Few Londoners know it. It is one at the quietest spots in all England. lying hidden in the heart of the roar ing Metropolis. Within a stone's throw of it London's mighty traffic rushes by with its noise and clamour. but to the old-world courtyard which surrounds the House of Dreams the thunder of City life comes only as a Inside the house is gentle murmur. the silence of the grave.
By an ointment
ASK FOR
WHITE HORSE
WHISKY
Pre-war standard of age and quality still maintained.
ESTAR. 1742.
MACKIE & CO. DISTILLERS LTD.
CRAIGLLACHIE ISLAND OF ISLAY. GLASGOW. LONDON,
MARKET PRODUCE IN
HONGKONG.
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
teel Strtain.--Biel Long Pa
Prima Cat...
+
Devencher 14, 1999,
Corned-Him Nga: Yok."
Rose-Shia
30
Butcher Meat.
Poultry."
Tb. 19
| Chicken,—Esi Tomi
28
21
| Capone, Small-Siz Kai „.
32
20
| Capoos, Intgo,-Sis Ki
55
19
·Duck-ap
16
Dores-Pan Kaz
16
Elga, Hen,—Fai Tao (cooking) per dos. 12-
19
Egg Ha-Fi Tan (fresh)...per do. 26-
93
Forla, Canton,—Kai .. ... Ib. 30
25
Foria, Hainin-Hoi Nam Kal .. Go-Ngo
Breast-Ngan Nam
docp,-Toog Yak ... Steak-Ngan Tak P..... Steak Sirloin,-Ngau Ima +9 Seexagon. – Ngo Cheung H
| » Azilock's Broina-gan No piret 10 Tongue, Leh-Ng Ideach Tongue, corned-Ham Nga Li sach 61 ceni.
N Head-Sea Tao... sach Rear-Nga Sc Th. 13 Ramp, Sakki
-Neok...ach Kidasyk-Nou Ția „
Nga Mel Liver.-Nga K... lb. 1? Trip: (anézésed), Yguz To in 5 afron Flend and Four go-t
Let 100 -krak -- Maiton Chop,Yeang itidest Leg.-Toung Pe Shoalder. Yeang Shao..
1
+
*
*
Pigeons, Canton-Par Kapch 28
Haibow-Hoi Hax Pak Kap
Turkey Cock-Fe Ket Bang 1. 7 Turkeys, Ben,-F» K+ Xx Scipe,--Sha Tri -
| Quail-On Chan
D
15
FL-Shao Kai............
+
9
14
Partridze—he Ku
N
Fruits.
Cta
12
32
A prevoda"-Hats Yan d Apples. (California-Ko Phan
Poe Ko
...lb. st
26.
$2
32
77
Batina, Brideo). Masu.—So - Chin Cowbox-Yang To..
sah: 10
*****
Saddie,-Young On Yak Pig's Chilings Chong
Brzita, -(do Nowen par rot Foet-Cha Rock
+
Fry, Chu Chap
Ik 15"
Head-Chu T
15
-+
Heart-Cbn Sa... Kidneys-Ctu Flo... Liver,-Cha Kon
--- BAC 10
sach I ib. 34
..Heart-Yeung Sam. each 10
Crea-rata - To The .. Temer China-Ling Meng... ib. 6
Lepure (Americ.) -Kum Shad
Tine Marg each 6
Liskeen, Dried, (small stone)-
Lai Chi Kon Ib. (Canton) Set-
Canzon
- Shah-sheng Tim Chang ib. 8: Oranges, Tim Chang...
Pears, (Canton), Cooking-Sh Peanut-Fa Shanz...
Persimmons, Large,—Hung Tee Plantain, Tai Chi Priam-Tum Lo Yan .....each 10 Waluats-Hop T
1b. 14
** --
Fork Chop,-Chz Pyj 5wat ...
Log-Cho Pel...
+
H
Lol, Chu Han Tube ...
24
+
+
Fat or Lard-Chu Ya 1 deep's sad and Feet,--Yeung Tin-Kenk...
23
Vilt. He planed his vineyard round thout it. Some of the vines are still there? Charles 11. lived in it in "his dry, and in the reign of George III. it served as the town house of Lord North, Prime Minister of England.
The house is called. No. 6. North- street, but that is just because it had Bream-Pixx The
aaton Fresh Water Fish,- to be called something-id only for the convenience of the postman and stray callers.
It is no more in North-street than in Trafalgar-square. It stands by it sell amidst the back-gardens of the North-street houses.
The living room is equipped with
Berbel,--
Caro-Li Ya
Jattle Fub,-Mar Ye. “ Dab,Sha Bang T Dace-Wong Mei Lap
5
F
10- 7 mach
Vegetabits, &c.
Artichokes,-Ah CHI Chenk....bact
Peaas, Sprout To........ 1. 4
Long.-Tau Kok ... Eeet Root,--Hax Troi Tsa. - Bitter Squash-Fu Ka Brinjala, Gieen.-4 hing Yun Kwa
Red. --Bony KD... Cabbage Chinese, (Common),-
Kai Trol.. (Shanghai)-Ye Isol...
Oncliflower (Large), – Yo Taxi Fa each 18,
(Small)
Carro‘X-Kam Shun ......
Celery, Chinem,—Tong Kan Tsui „
(Medicm),
..10
J3
The House of Dreams was built in the brave days of old. It is said to have been put up about the year 1400. fact, Beel,-Shang Ngau Tau ..... 11 Originally it was a Nunnery, but Hatton-Shang Yeong Yan, later on it was occupied by Herry-Ngau Tal Yuk
Kidney-Yeung Yin each 12, Liver,-Yeung Koh. 3 sacking Pigs, to order,-Cha Taat,
Grapes,-Po Tai Tax .....
24
19
52
g Essseirashin Tri Cherno No.1 lb. 26
19
Fish.
Cta.
You co
-ib. 13
H
y
100
**
Hoi Sta Tu
38
Cape Shoots, bunch,-Kan Shaz
记录
tab-Chik Ta
**
Todfish-M20 Fa
90
raba,-Ha!
58
16
32
+1
Chillina, Dried,hoa lan chia nó đã
10
Green Ching Lat Chia
20
Curry Staf, English-Ea Li Chu
roups,-Shet Pen...
Fresh water,-Tam Shui Ya, Yellow-Wong B Frogs-The Hal...
24
J
14
Garlic.-Suo Tan
-
11.
Ginger, young, Bon Tor Ket
adgeon-Pak Esp Ya
Lá
ergo Pak
28..
Ginger, old-Lo Keong
albet-Cheng Kwan Kap.
18
Hormersdish, Shanghai,
26
Indian Comm.-Sbak Mal
+
34
Lettuce,--Yeung Shang Laot
Water Chestnut — Ma
24
24
Mashrooms. Fresh
26
Knoz
In
#
Onions, Bombay
di
24
Farsley
Potabu, Sweet
(Japan
a wonderful carved ceiling, attributed
Dog Flea, Tit To Sta
* These
to the influence of Lord North. From basement to roof a spiral staircase of Kela. Onger,-Hol Man in mi oak twists its way among a strange medley of odi-shaped rooms. roorns are in the queerest positions- just where you wouldn't expect to find Some of them have quint interior windows looking out on to the staircase or on to other rooms.
You open a cupboard in a blank
them.
Lab-Fong Fa Ya coast-Wes
wall, and find behind it a huge bare Lobster-Lang Ha room. But the door is so narrow you Mackerel,-Chi Ta
can hardly squeeze through.
Wook Fiah-Mong Ya There are two secret hiding places Mallet,—The Tamara hidden behind dummy walls..
There-Shave H
is a secret staircase leading no one knows whither for the upper part of
has been built in.
There is a subterranean chamber and a passage and this should be printed in whispers ghosts!
Parrot Fish-Kai Perch-Tan Lo Pikes Pan Fong Plaice in Pan Yang Powfest, Black-Hat Chong. Pomfret, White, Pak Chong... Pre-Ming K
Ray-Pa Pa She
But the days of the House of Rack Fish Shok Kas Em Dreams have been numbered. Modern Reach bun Is....
eyes of authority see in it not a dream-Ma Ya... house of romantic memories but just. Sharkys Yu
Thai-Po Tu
an old ramshackle place that, has out Shrimps-E fired its time. It has been ear-marked appeter
A demolition
The site is vased for modern Teach offices. Isn't the old house, worth tuch saving?
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Cucumbers.-Ching Kwa
Tómaton
Terniye, Froth (Lor