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LAMMERT BROS.
3. AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS ́ ́ AND SURVEYORS
-Public Auctions-
MEDE Underaged have received in-
Tietoa to sell or Pablo Anction,
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FRIDAY, February 1, 1921, commencing at 13 p.m. at No. 127, the Peak, "Ecton" A Quantity of Valuable Household Farniture, Comprising — Chesterfield sofa & chairs blackwood. tables, stools and jardinieres, mother of pearl inlaid curio cabinet, teak card table, easy-chaire, pictures, old Franzes, carpets, rugs, brass fender, electric fittings, elc, etc.
Teak extention dining table and chair, teak sideboard with bevelled
-mirror, teak dinner waggons, Ameri-
can refrigerator, glassware, teak screen, etc, etc.
Single leak and iron bedsteads.! teak wardrobes, teak dressing table. washstands, chest of drawers, enamell ed baths, geyser, etc... etc.
Also
A Quantity of Ferns ie pots
And
-1- Grand Piano by Steinway & Sans (in fine condition).
Go view from Thursday afternoon
the 3rd February.
Cataloge will be issued. SERIES:-CAS on deheery
LAMMERT BROS.
Aasticners,
Tiangkong, Jazuary 28, 1021.
ON
SATURDAY, February 5.182.
commencing at 11 am.
their Sales Rooms, Daddell Street, One Indian Motor Cycle complete
with side car.
One case of Butterflies in
condition.
One Amerian Combination Safe
Cabinet.
One Grand Piano
-Three Gramophones (new).
On View DOW.
Ten-Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers
Hongkong, January 25, 1927.
FOR SALE.
HORNSBY-ACKROYD OIL
INTIMATIONS
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THEM,
JUST received a large Consignment of (1) LACTOGEN the most digestive' food for Infants which keeps good in quality doring fat weather (2) LAC TOSE (Uk Sagar) for sweetening the kends of Infants and Dyspeptics (3) MILFORD-MCGRATH FLUID INSEC TICIDE the Best Fluid for destroying Flea, Mosquitoes, Bags, Flie and
all other Izseci Pests in Summer daya, and 4) JOHY CAHILL'S GOLDEN FLEECE, MAGIC and CINDERELLA SOAPS for keeping everything clean in
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PRICES are y Moderate. Ins pection and Enquiries are cordially inried
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SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,
Bole. Ganzfort Honghang and Borth China.
Ja jālis, Connaught Road Cairal, Hongkong.
Telephone Nom. LINA.
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Just Received LAWN GRASS SEEDS.
Grass is Mother Nature's Carpet provided to cover the ground. If there is an abundance of soft green grass your home will not only be more pleasing but it will also be more valuable.
GRACA & 00
Dealers in Flower and Vegeta- ble Seeds. Postage Stamps Toys, etc, No. 10, Wyndham Street, r. O. Box 620.
Hongkong.
JAPANESE MAKERS,
Every kind of Footwear.
MADE TO ORDER.
CHERRY & CO.,
PEDDER STREET, Uppos te Hongkong Hotel Hongkong, March 20, 1914.
OENTINE 3 Hove Power, Fael Telephone No de
Kerosene Complete with cooling appars- tas in good condition. May be viewed by appointment at Gun Club Hill Barrseks, Kowloon Apply to the undersigned.
LAMMERT BROS.
FOR SALE
MILNER'S SAFES
Apply to
LAMMERT BROS.,
Daddell Street.
To arrive shortly, large
quantities of White
Glazed Tiles, also Cast
Iron Porcelain Lined
Baths and the last word
iz bidets.
CE WARREN & CO., LTD.
No. 80 & 31 Des Faux Road Central..
Established 1000
Telephone 370.
THE CLEANING OF SUMMER FROCKS is an important matter and we make a speciality of "refinishing" light Frocks and Costumes so that they keep clean longer than when treated by ordinary methods.
Our processes are thorough and reliable. Our facilities and Bource enable as to carry out all
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work quickly and our charges aro
really reasonable.
Write for Price List and Soe1-
The Diamond Dyeing and
Drycleaning Co
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NOTICES.
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WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.
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ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,
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HOME TRADE
SHANGHATS PORT.
EASTERN SHIPPING.
MANGEESTER MARKET.
AN EXPERT WANTED.
BILLS OF LADING DECISION.
QUESTION OF DEVELOPMENT,
WEEKLY REPORT.
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A decision is understood to have been now reached-respecting "the wording of bills of lading in Eastern Messrs. James F. Hutton & Co.,
Peking, January 27.-The Whang. i trade. It appears that during the Ltd., Manchester, manufacturers and poo Conservancy has decided to
war a practice came into existence of exporters of all kinds of piece goods request the countries which are phrase "Shipped in apparent good supplementing in some cases the to India, Chins, etc., repirted on | members of the Consultative Board order and condition" by such words as Wednesday, Dec: 22-
çiz. Great Britain, America, 'or delivered for shipment.” Excep- Business in the cotton markets has France, Japan and the Nether- tion having been taken to such an addition, the words "or received for again been entremely quiet and lands-to, nominate 2 consult shipment" were sometimes employ. there is little to report in the nature ing engineer, who is a specialist ined instead. These words have lately of new developments. At the outset harbour and river work, to attend a been considered objectionable, and a rather steadier tendency was inconference at Shanghai on October 30 some of the British shipping lines, at any rate, bave agreed to omit them, evidence, and there appeared to be 15 on the question of developing the and only to issue bills stating that some slackening of selling pressure, port of Shanghai, (1) on the basis of the goods have been "shippal in bat in face of continued bearish con- the approaches and draught lait reapparent good order and condition." sumption reports, the better feeling has maining as at present, and (2) for Such bills clearly can only be been short lived and values have fallen the probable maximum draught of issued when the goods are actually away to slightly lower than we last Pacific ships.
put on board the vessels. Bills of reported. The issue of the Census.
lading can no longer be regarded as Bureau report giving 10,878,000
also receipts issued by shipping firms bales of American ginted up to
to merchants for goods put into the 13th inst, as against 9.402,000 the effect that "the steamer is ex warehouse pending the arrival of the last year and 10,281,000 in pected to commence receiving cargo ships. It has sometimes happened so that the bankers that merchandise has been brought emphasise the bearish size of the would know the approximate date of by river craft to an ocean port in
A, better demand for low sailing. The phrasing apparent grade cotton at Liverpool, for export, good order and condition has from advance of the arrival of the ocean- has again been a feature of the time to time, been criticized by mer-going vessels, and then the issue of the bills of lading marked "or week, and these grades are further charts, but shipping firms, as a rule, received for shipment” has been a enhanced in consequence, In the contend that, especially in these days convenience to merchants. yam and cloth sections there when much pilferage, is known to merchandise improvement to report. take place before Business appears to be almost reaches their care, they would not suspended and is likely to remain so be justified in omitting the word until after the holidays. The demand apparent." They have no authority for yarns has been meagre in the to open cases to see if everything is extreme and stocks are still com- actually in order isside. paratively abundant in spite of the curtailment of production by spinners. Cloth sellers continue to bave a mest discouraging time and the shutting down of wills for of the Chamber of Shipping the
1918, has merely
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is
no
served
to on.
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CHAMBER OF SHIPPING AND PILFERAGE.
THE BANKING INTEREST. So long as prices of goods were rising or were maintained, delay in arrival at the port of consignment was, no doubt, of comparative anim portance from the point of view of the bankers who were asked to advance money, on the strength of the shipping documents." But with We learn that at a Council meeting prices falling delay in getting goods to market may well have become a serious matter for the bankers. Pre- a limited period is gaining ground, keepest interest was exhibited in the for there are still no signs of a efforts now being made to reduce sumably, it is from the banking point healthy demand springing up in the the number of robberies of goods in of view that objection à taken to the near future. Buyers in fact shew transit, and it was decided to give wider phrasing which has been insert- more inclination than ever to limit the fullest support to the Committee ed in the documents. Certainly some their purchases to extremely of Business Men, including repre- shipping managers, at any rate, small lots and these are often sentatives of the shipping industry, adopt the attitude that they are unacceptable. to makers whose which is now investigating various perfectly willing only to issue the bills when the goods are actually put engagements are. running out, aspects of the evil, as-it is quite impossible to keep The correspondent who recently on board the vessels, and that their looms going or small orders. The described how, out of 108 bottles of decision in this matter must be in slow movement of goods through wine consigned to London, he accordance with the expressed desire of both merchants and bankers. It adverse exchange rates and the only received 52, now writes to general financial fightness con make it clear that eight of is for the latter to 'ance among tinues the main difficulty in the the niné cases of wine were themselves as to the procedure to be
of an improvement in landed at premises outside the con- followed.
way
trade. There would indeed appear trol of the Port of London Authority. Quite lately a similar question was to be no doubt of a very speedy The ninth case was landed at the under consideration by the British revival if the Eastern exchanges South-West India Dock by barge, Chamber of Commerce in Brazil were inore favourable. But whilst and the correspondent has now According to the evidence of a direc reported decisions of various reason to believe that its ullaged tor of the Board of Brokers of the bodies of Indian merchants not condition was observed by the ship General Merchandise Market, the to buy may be good in 30 owners, by the Customs authorities, custom at Rio de Janeiro has long far as they assist the exchange, there and by the dock staff, before the been for shipping companies to is not doubt that what is mainly package was landed." He adds that receive in lighters goods intended required is a large increase of exports this circumstance points to incorrect for shipment, and to issue bills of from" the country. Reports from package, to loss prior to shipment, lading to the shippers before the ocean vessels. China again speak of a better demand or to loss during the voyage and the arrival of the for: inland centres Owing to the incident, therefore, in no way re- In this case the Chamber agreed that Christmas holidays we shall not issue fects on the conduct of business by bills of lading marked "Received for this report next week,
the Port of London Authority. Br. shipment" "should bear a stamp to
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ASK FOR
WHITE HORSE
WHISKY
The best is the
cheapest.
ENTAR. 174R.
MACKIE & CO. DISTILLERS LTD.
CRAIGLLACHTE. ISLAND OF ISLAY. GLASGOW. LONDON.
PHOTO SUPPLIES,
LONG HING & CO., gotes and Kolar Filme, &c. &c.
DEVELOFING & PRINTING. A SPECIALITY.
No. 17A, QUIKK's Road GRELLE, HosvKIŃG.
HOTELS AND CAFES.
THE HONGKONG "HOTEL CO., LTD.
OPERATING:--
THE HONGKONG HOTEL, HOTEL MANSIONS,
THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL,
AND THE
HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.
J. H. TAGGART,
MABAKER,
THE PEAK HOTEL.
1,500 Feet above Sea Level
15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of—
Mrs. BLAIR.
(Two minutes from
Star Ferry)
PALACE HOTEL KOWLOON
Eecently renovated and refurnished, electrie light and fans throughout and entirely under new management. Catine under the personal supervislos of the proprietor. Bar and Billiard Room Tarm moderate. Special tarıma ko familles on spplication to
Telephons K. 3. Telegraphic Add.: "PALACIÈ"
J. E. OXEKRBX, Proprietor
HOTEL "ASIA”
WEST BUND, CANTON.
en Saite & with private Garden, Hairdressing
Baths etc. Saloon,
Moderate Entes.
Rooms. Roof
Excellent Cuisine,
to Tourists.
Leading Hotel in South China. Special attention given Under the Foreign Supervision" of,
KING EDWARD HOTEL
CENTRAL LOCATION,
IL ELECTRIC TRAMS 3 Pam Entzkách, lloc= Bathe and guitary Fittings, Ut and Cold Water System througnant... Bart of Food sed
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