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LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS
Public Auctions-
Tax Cadunigund have received. Instrue- slons to sell by Pubile Auction,
ON
MONDAY, May 30, 1921, ..
commencing at 11 am
at Bop Shan Grodowo, Kennedy Town. (POK ACCOUNT OF THE CONGFANID} 70 cases Glassine Paper. (all more or less damaged by
sea-water).
Terms
Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers.
09
TUESDAY. "May 31. 1921.
commencing at "11 S
at No.25 Godown of the Hongkong &
Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd.,
Kowloon
100 Beles Bengal Cotton,
77 Bales Panjab Cotton.
Terms-Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers.
+
on
TUESDAY. May 31, 1891.
Commencing at 3 p.m.
at No: Godown of The Hongkong &
Kowloon What'& Godowa Co. Lil West Point.
(For Account of the Concerned), 21 Bales Printing Paper. Terms: Cash on delivery.
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CAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers,
Hongkong May 27, 1921.
on
THURSDAY, June 2, 1921. commencing at 2.15 p.m.
at No. 10, Kiddie Road. Kowloon, A targo Quantity of Taluable Household Furniture, (Full Particulars from Catalogue).
On view from Wednesday, the 18t
June, 1921
Terms --Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong. May 5, 1991.
FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.
CHAIRS.
-In Fictoria, with two Bearers:
Quarter our...men
Hall tour, som
Une bour,
Eix tours,
Day (6 am to 6p.m.),
Three hours,
10 cents
20
50
1.00
If the trip is extended beyond Victoria, half fare extra.
Between the hours of 8.30 p.m. and am. the above fares shall be increased by 50 per centum
11.-Bjond Victoria, with four Bensers. Hoor,
Three hours.
Six hours, se
Day (6 am to 6p.
0.60 cents. $1.00
1.50
200
In the Hill District.
With 2 Bearers With 4 Bearers.
Quarter bour... $0.15 Half hour,
$0.30
0.20
0.40
One hour, semizes 0.30 Two hours,................. 0.50
0.60
0.30
Three boars, 0.70
Six hours, 1.00
100 150
Day (6&m tc6p.m.)1.50
200
BICKARAS.
1-In the Island of Hongkong, if engaged in Victoria.
Too minutes.
Quarter hour, -
Hail bour
One bour, Every Subsequent hour
Note
INTIMATIONS
YOU CANNOT AFFORD-TO BE WITHOUT THEM.
JUST received a large Consignment of (1) LACTOGEN the next digestive food for Infants which keeps good in quality during Hot weather (2) LAC- TOSE (Milk Sugar) sweetening the foods of Infants and Drapeptics (3) MILFORD-MCGRATH FLUID INSEC- TICIDE the Best Fluid for destroying Fless, Mosquitoes, Bugs, Flies and all other Insect Pests in Summer days, and (4) JOHN CAHILL'S GOLDEN FLEECE, MAGIC and CINDERELLA SOAPS for kreping everything clean in Bottare
PRICES are Yers Moderate. Ins pection and Enquiries are cordially
invited.
SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,
Bola Agents for Bongbong und South China.
on 7 a 21, Cofruaught RandTestra), Hongkong:
Teispbour Xove po
理代泰豐盛
Just Received
Nice Assortment of
FINE ART
་!
PICTORIAL POST CARDS
Types of Beauties. Children. St
&c.
at 75 cents per dozen.
GRACA & CO.,
Dealers in Post Carts, Fostage Stampa, Garden Seeds, Toys, &t.
No. 10, Wyndham: Atreet, P.O. Box 620.
Hongkong.
JAPANESE MAKERS,
Every kind of Footwear, MADE TO ORDER.
CHERRY & CO.,
FEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel
Hongkong, larch 20, 1914.
Telephone No. 42
TANG YUK, DESTINE. Succe or to
the late SIEN TING,
14, D'Aguilar Street."," TERMS FERY MODERATE
CONSULATION FEEL
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDT.
THERAPION NË 1 THERAPION No.2 - THERAPION N0.3
16. Le Sudur (Am. 36. 1 for load & DEL CARMANNEs. No. 1 for Ciracle Walkmanis. ROCK OF CRADINDE INTATS. PRETO ESKLAND FELELIKEMed Co. Raparman KiM WA. London. SRK TRIDE MARKED WORD TRUCAPION IS ON BILL MINT.STAND AFTEREN SJ ARMETIME FLEKET.
ASAHI BEKE
PILSENER BEER
5 cents
PRIZES
15
the ricksba be engaged within the City of Victoris, and be dis- charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoris after 9 pm. of be dis- charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoria after 9 p.m., an extra half. fare shall be chargeable.
II-In Kowloon
Quarter hour.
Half bour,
*Hour,
$ cent
90
Every subsequent hour, was 10
III.-Tango Bood.
Twenty cents shall be added for each extra hot or part of an hour if the hirer causes the journey to take longer than :-
· 4th mile-
single......... 7 centa.it boar
$1.00...
Beyondth to th mile-
single $1.90.
Tetara.....$1.50.
Beyond 8th to 9th mile,
single $1.75, return.....$2,00
Beyond th to 11th
single
$200.
boura.
14 hours
KETA 12.$2.50 2,17
Faces for journeys beyond the 17th
mãe to be a mactar-of-peaki
mustat în gach cRSO,
The fares hern art out to apply to one rickans with three coolice from
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GB
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TABLE DELICACIES
NOTHING FINER-BOTTLED or CANNED.
The first requisites with CROSSE & BLACKWELL" Delicacies are Quality, Purity and freshness.
30 Varieties of SOUPS. 15 Varieties of POTTED MEATS, OXFORD SAUSAGES, OATMEAL, OILS, VINEGAR & TINNED FISH.
CROSSE & BLACKWELLCO)
Agents for Lea & Permits Worcestershire Sauce
EDUCATION IN HONGKONG. Especially enthusiastic in the praise COURTESY TO BURGLARS.
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
THE CHINESE SCECOLBOY.
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of the Chinese pupil are those British or Americar teachers who have been in China for only a brief period, and who have not had time to forget the somen hit exasperating ways of the average British or American school- boy.
THE TOURIST'S DILEMMA.
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JAPAN'S POLICE PRINCIPLES,
During the winter season, writes a
SATURĦAV, MAY 28, 1921.
NOTICES.
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Hotel Mansions.
Agents for :—ADMIRALTY CHARTS,
ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,
ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery,
TO-DAY'S RECIPE
Custardi-
CEOCOLATE CREAM.
Ingredients (for the
3 eggs pint milk, on sugar, Bavouring.
Method-Put sayar and milk into a paa, When hot, pour it aver the exes, return to the pan, and attenti) thiek (do tot bolly
Ingredients
ffor the Cream) The restant (caki, above ripe. 31 of tin NESTLES Pare Bick Cream. 1 c. cocca ne az ebocolate, piat milk, s leaves gelatine. I o segar, favouring
Method-Miz custand, milk, and coons together, Disolve the gelatine in a Ettle water, add axer. Whip the cream, stir in the custard mixture, add gelatine, cool, and atir until it shows signs of setting, then past into a mould, and when set our OEL
NESTLE'S REAL CREAM
な
Obtainable at Lane, Crawford & Co.,
NESTLÉS
and other Stores-
TWO SIZES:
OZ.
50 cts. per tia.
90
Japanese correspondent to the Morn LONG HING & CO., Kodas and Kodak Pims, &c. &c.
The Chinese are keen and accurate A correspondent writes in the British Chamber of Commerce Journ to be bid from them. They soon readers of character. Nothing seems
al under the heading "The School-pick out the teacher who has the ing Post, burglars always become master in China"
interests of his pupils at heart, and more active and aggressive in Japan The government of the crown usually display a sincere regard for colony of Hongkong, in addition to him, Discipline in a Chinese school and the question of how best to deal: tearing part of the cost of the Uni is an easy matter provided the with them is an important one. It is a versity of Hongkong and maintaining teachers are competent, and above matter upon which the Japanese point a technical institute, has under its all, just, but trouble awaits anyone of view appears to differ radically control schools for the children of who displays incompetence or who is from that which obtains in occidental British residents and schools for suspected at unfairness. Chinese, Eurasian and Indian boys It is a rare occurrence in a Chinese and girls. The government also school for a parent to interfere be gives annual grants-in-aid to various tween teacher and pupil, and that is other mission and private schools. perhaps, one of the reasons why There are in the colony, moreover, teachers of long experience in China schools quite independent of the seldom wish to return to the teaching sider it so dangerous to enter a house government as far as monetary help is of foreign boys or girls in schools by night that they usually adopt the concerned. The total school accom-where the fussy parent is often a practice of attacking people on the modation in Hongkong and the New source of annoyance.
countries. The Englishman's house is his castle and intruders get so quarter In America and Canada, too, burglars obtain short shrift and indeed con
Territories is probably sufficient for The school age of the Chinese streets instead. But the Japanese some 30,000 children. Queen's Col-varies from five to twenty, and there police say that a burglar should be lege, the largest of the government are schools with married men and received courteously, and given tea institutions, has an average attend. women as pupils! It is in schools if possible, during which entertain- ance of nearly 800, mainly Chinese, where the average age of the students ment careful notice should be taken and its long roll of "old boys" con- is nigh, say above sixteen, where of the intrader's dress, habits, ap. tain some distinguished names.
strikes occasionally happen, and pearance, voice, and so on. where "students' unions" sometimes It takes a foreigner a long time in The University of Hongkong is in rule both
teachers and taught. Japan to realise that this advice against its first decade. It is the only insti
Verb sap. tution of university rank established
offering objection to burglars is no A good story is told about one of joke and should be followed literally. under purely Eritish auspices for the the best known schools of Hongkong. Indifference to it has resulted in several benefit of the Chinese, although in The scene is a classroom, and the foreigners losing their lives in the past China proper there are several large English master is inquiring the reason few years. On finding a burglar in their and well endowed institutions of for the absence of one of the Younger room they attempted to throw him out, somewhat similar grade most of
"Where is Wang this morn or capture him and were promptly run pupils. which are controlled by American ing?" asks the master, "Please, Sir, through with the short dagger he missionary societies. At
present he is ill," replies the monitor. "II" always carries. On one occasion the there are some 240 undergraduates responds the master: resident in Hongkong, but it is hoped only yesterday afternoon."
he was here burglar was astorished that his "Yes, victim, who this time proved to be That this number will be increased Sir" is the reply," but yesterday you a Japanese, did not receive him in considerably.
caned bis father and Wang langbed!" the usual Japanese way; and he The schools of Hongkong are I am well aware that the general was still more astonished to find administered by an Education Depart idea is that the Chinese are almost that his opponent was ment consisting of a director and a devoid of cations of truthfulness and skilled swordsman with a keen staff of school inspectors. The that most of them are dishonest.blade behind his pillow, which schools for the children of British This is the opinion of many whose he drew upon the robber and sent residents are staffed entirely by British contact with the Chinese is the latter flying out of the house masters or mistresses, and the more limited to domestic and
office wounded. The only foreigners that important institutions for Chinese servants, but. it is not are successful with Japanese burglars and Eurasians, in which English is the judgment of those best able to are those that have a revolver within taught, are ruled by British principals judge. The common,custom in China | immediate reach and draw it on the aided by British and Chinese of erasiveness, is bore of years and intruder before he can prevent it. assistants. The so-called vernacular years of despotic government, when But, as a rule, one is asleep until the schools are entrusted to Chinese to blurt out the truth often cost a fellow has the coign of vantage, principals, who have, as a rule, passed man his head. With the surround-when disobedience will usually mean through the normal department of ings and upbringing to which wella, fight, with fatal results to the Queen's College All the government bred British American children foreigner.
and grant-aided schools ir, the colony are accustomed, ie, with ав In Japan it is, therefore, not legal are regularly inspected by the atmosphere of trustfulness, the to protect oneself with weapons even government inspectors.
Chinese boy or girl can be as truthful against a burglar, as to shoot any The Chancellor of the University and honourable as his British or one exposes one to a charge of of Hongkong is the Governor of the American brother or sister. In the murder. It is noticeable that when colony. The Vice-Chancellor, the words of one of our most highly burglars who have committed Registrar and other administrative esteemed British consuls, those who murder are on trial their main officials are, it goes without saying, know the Chinese best think they defence is that they were attacked British, and with one or two excep are, perhaps, the most attractive by their host and had to kill in self- tions, the various deans, professors, people in the world.
defence. The remarkable thing lecturers and tutors of the University
is that they can always get lawyers also hail from Great Britain.
to defend them and enter this plea before the court. Recently, the Japanesé, authorities have begun to consider the advisability of employ- ing, women on the Metropolitan police force. This is no doubt due to British example, though for some time women in Japan have, been used as detectives, being regarded as more astute in some matters than men. Japan has sent In- vestigators to England to study, the police system; and some of them bave been visiting Ireland to learn British
While it is not possible to speak in terms of admiration of the educa- tional, policy of the Chinese govern- ment, one can easily and with reason become enthusiastic in describing the average Chinese schoolboy and schoolgirl. As to the overgrowa student of twenty years, or more, who is to be found with the children of regular school age in some of the elementary schools, ore cannot speak very highly.
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The Chinese schoolboy comes to school to learn: He has the idea, implanted by his parents, thar learns jag is the coad to success, and, given #proper: environment, his sasiduity and docility are admirable and are a source: of, wonder to Westerners,
MASSAGE.
Mr. HONDA and Mrs. HONDA:
14 years experience. No. 24, Wyndham Street. (Oppdala:40, the China Mait,
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OPTRATING:
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AND THE
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