THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1921.
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MERCURY MOTOR CAR CELL OFFICE 24
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59-61 Des Voeur Road Central,
ODDS AND ENDS.
MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.
No Crime Ware.
HONGKONG.
The report on the work of the London Metropolitan Police in 1920. which was issued is, on the whole. very satisfactory. There has been
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GENERAL ITEMS.
Laura Bromwell, a 23-years-old Air-woman, looped the loop 199 times in the course of a flying exhibition at Mineola, Long Island.
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King Victor Emmanuel's second no rest incresse in drunkenness since daughter. Princess Mafalda, passed the armistice, though there has been the tests and gained her certificate an increase in the number of convic- as a motor-driver. She has become tions, due to the greater police vigil-expert by practising on the royal 40+ now possible. Crimes of vio-estate. lence are not more numerous and the
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much-talked-of "wave of crime" hes Twa policemen who arrested
asis in fact. But there has been a substantial increase in housebreak- ing and burglary, particularly in the suburbs, and for this the new condi- tions are largely responsible. Many people can no longer afford to keep nants and, with wives as well as husbands out at work. houses and Seven Transatlantic liners sailed flats are left unguarded. More eff from New York to Europe with 6,000 cient Fastenings for windows are, in the opinion of the engers record since the war. A great food of Transatlantic travel is being held back by the high steamer fares, but the steamship officials are hopeful that this year's exodus of Americans to Enrope will exceed last
Commissioner,
doors and
T.KK. TENYO MARU,”
THR CHINA. MAH.
ALARMING REPORT - RECEIVES
EMPHATIC DENIAL.
Emphatic denial is made by the local manager of the Toyo Kisen Kalsha of the report reprinted in the China Mail from a Japanese paper that the "Tenyo Maru" arriving from Hongkong, via Shanghai outside Kobe harbour on June 28 had 450 cases of infectious disease on board
and that
000
of two saloon
Passengers taken it after leaving Nagasaki died on
the evening of June 27. This report, the T.K.K. states, is absolutely ridiculous. Actually only one case of diseas: ocurred on board the s.5. "Tenyo Maru" at Kobe and it was for that reason the vessel was placed in quarantine.
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SPORT.
LEAGUE TENNIS.
TABLE OF RESULTS.
Following are the tables of results n of the "A" and "B" Divlions of the Marseilles Lar keeper charged with Hongkong Lawn Tennis League. illicit trafie in gold coins were found! Club de Recreio have won the "B" to have hidden 200 gold coins in their Civision with six wins out of six
matches played; and one on hand, ! homes. The policemen are now in the prison cell adjoining that of the especially when opposed to such very creditable performance. bar-keeper.
formidable teams as the Chinese K. C.. and the Kowloon C. C. The "A") division has not yet been completed. So far the Indian R. C. and the United) Services R. C. are bracketed at the top of the table each having won two matches with three to play. Owing to the unfavourable weather conditions the clubs will play each only code. A fine struggle for surpemacy is pre- mised between the leaders and the Chinese R.C. who are also in the running, having won the only match In Zion City, a religions suburb of played, with four in hand. The Chicage, founded by the "Prophet" Chinese are hot favourites for chan Dowie, the oral Police," are pionship honours, and with the help instructed to arrest anybody wearing of Ne Sze-kwong, W. Lok Wei, the work stockings, peekaboo waists, Le brothers and Wong Po Keung, short skirts, or short sleeves. Another they should fulfi expectations. instruction demands that no clothing may be hung on the lines on Sundays, and no public meetings or gatherings of any kind held.
required. urgently Unemployment has added much 10 The work of the police, but there has been hardle any serious trouble. Ti good sense and self-restrain of the people have made the mainten- el order a comparatively easy
ance task. Lord Kitchener Death.
A Philadephia Public Ledger des parch from Balin alleges that the German Admiralty has now cleared up the mystery of Lord Kitchener's dearly. It states that on May 29, 1916, the German submarine W, 75
Lieut. Commander commanded by Kurt Witzen, laid 34, mines near the spot where the cruiser "Hampshire" sank. Four days later a chartered
mine-sweeper was suck by one of those mires, but the news apparent ly, according to the German version, did not reach Admiral Jellicoe, or was oorloated by him in the con fusion over the Battle of Jutland, be cause he ordered the "Hampshire," which was expected 19 carry to Russia Mr. Lloyd George as well as Lord Kitchener, to follow a course to the west of the Orkneys on the as- sumption that submarines were not operating so far north.
The Streets of London.
Speaking at a rescue work meeting
at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, the Bishop of London said what the Colonial soldiers who came to this
season's.
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A DIVISION. -
P. W. L. P.
Indian R. C................ 2 2 0 2 United Service RC... 2 2 0 2 Chinese R. C........... 1 1 0 1 Hongkong C. C............ 3 1 2 1 Kowloon C. C............. 121 Civil Service C. C......... 030
B DIVISION.
Newspaper advertising throughout the United States increased in value during 1920 to more than $200,000,- 000, an advance of $50,000,000 over the previous year. According to the report of the Bureau of Advertising Chinese R. C. (B)....... 6 4 2. of the American Newspaper Publish Kowloon C. C. (B)... 5 3 2 3 ers' Association newspaper advertising University...
6 3 3 3
Club de Recreio.......
space gained in favour as a medium Queen's College. ...... 5 2 3 2 of determinable results and of sure Indian R. C. (B)....... 5 2 3-2 economy.
| Craigengower. ............... 5 1 4 1
Civil Service (B) 6 1 4 1 Note:-Club de Recreio have won
A strong force of police equipped: with machine-guns, is concentrating B. Division. A. Division will only at Bullhoek, in the Queenstown play each other once owing to bad district of the Cape Colony, where a weather. large number of fanatical natives, belonging to the Israelite sect, have seized land and established
country were telling their mothers themselves. They declare that they and wives about the streets of Lon- are waiting for an "intimation from don was of the greatest injury to our Jehovah to proceed to Palestine.'
"If we could only clean prestige.
Israelites" have been guilty. out those streets and squares of The
are not of a different
OUTS he said, "many of us-would of a number of outrages in the Euro- gu down on our knees in thankfulness, pean quarters, and hitherto they have Many, many fall into the vortexo! rigorously resisted all attempts to vice around this church, within a few remove them. yards of where you sit. Do you realise that these thousands of girls A touching incident occurred at the
class from tomb of the French Unknown Soldier others; they are not so down in the under the Arc de Triomphe. A med and hopeless, they are ordinary wedding procession, headed by the English girls? They are our own customary brougham containing, the English girls, many of thers brought newly-married couple and quantities up in the Church. Some have been of Rowers, was on its way to the Bois drawn away by promises of marriage, de Boulogne. When it reached the weakness, temptation. and some Place de l'Etoile the bride requested times, though not often now, the driver to stop, and she and her poverty." Girls "on the streets' were worse than dead, he continued. husband, with their arms full of Those who had been saved had be: flowers, walked to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and placed their come good wives and mothers.
floral offering upon it. They then Book of Daniel.
returned to their carriage and went on to the wedding breakfast.
When was the Book of Daniel written? It appears that the higher crilics. besides maintaining that the
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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DIRECTORY has been acquired, se the HONGKONG DOLLAR
from Joly 7th 1921, by the undersign- od with all rights and titles, and will bereafter be published by them. No cisims against the Hongkong Dollar Directory incurred prior to this data will be admitted by the undersigned.
THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE
LVD.
5. Wyndham Street. Hongkong, July 7, 1921. .
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA,
NOMICE TO CONSIGNEES.
From EUROPE and STRAITS,
book was not written by Daniel; have Table-rapping and spiritualism THE Company's Blumip
same time as
* MISHIMA MARU”.
deducted a few centuries from its have, says a German telegram, com- having arrived from the shore Piztz, antiquity, dating it about 167 B.C.pletely driven out of their wits a Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed. The Rev. V. St. Clair Tisdal, D.D. family, of 11 people in the village of that their Goods are being landed sist read a paper on "The Book of Daniel Knektenhofen. The father and placed at their risk is the Koxazors Some Linguistis Evidence Regarding nether, with their 9 children, burnedo KOWLOGE WHARF AND Gonowe Co.'s its Date," at the Victoria Institute, all the furniture, broke the china, Godowns at Kowloon, where each consigu Central Hall, to prove that the higher and all the electric lamps, and then ment will be sorted out mark by mark and critics are wrong in their calcula decided to offer up & burnt sacrifice delivery can be obtained as soon as the tions. The Book of Daniel, he said, to the spirit of "pure love." They Goods are landed. "might well belong to somewhat the chose the youngest child, a baby of Optional Goods wil be carried on
the writing of the Assouan-Elephantine papyri. In some three months, for this sacrifice, but unless instructions are given to the cases, the papyri being somewhat were stopped by the neighbours, who contrary before NOON, TO-DAY." torn or warm-eaten, the date could called in the police. The whole no longer be read; but the number of family has been taken away to an documents in which these particulars asylum. were preserved was sufficient to show that they all belonged to the period between 500 and 400 BC. Thus, taking Arthur Ungrid's little collec-1 tion, entitled "Aramaische Papyns aus Elephantine," the first document -a letter from the Jewish com munity of Yeb (Elephantine) 10
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WEDDING SURPRISË.
FRIDEGROOM BAYS "I WON'T
*AND WALKS OUT.
Goods not cleared by the 14th July, 1991; will be subject to rent.
·Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Gomdgaan's and the Co.'s supresentativas at sú spoko ød hour un · TUESDAY and FRIDAY, All clažina: negat, ba, prosented – within ten days of the steamata Krivá bere, after which data they cannot.br. vécognized. No alsium wil ne udrzatied after the goods here left the GaloHDL /
„NIPPON TUBEN KAISHA,
Agenda
Bagoas (in the original "Bagohi"); The bravest man in Germany lives Persian Governor of Judas, com at Goths. The other day he went to plaining in forcible language of the the town hall with his intended bride Hongkong, July 7, 1911, destruction of the Jewish Temple af and the wedding party for the mar- Elephantine "three years previously" ringe ceremony. In reply to the hewas dated. “20th of Marcheswan, registrar a question whether he would: WHEN YOU EAT TOO MUCH, -
year 17th of Densus the King. As take the woman to be his weddedDe
VIBT2953 in 15 skyonch -Alfer: ARE Danus H. reigned from £24 to wife he replied in a determined lag is relieved by taking one of 405 B.C., it was not difficult to dis-
"No, I won't," took up his tee you out more than you sh uld. For Chamberleite Tab'ste." Try 10 the next.
mis. By all Cogniata sad Boerekampers.
cover that the appeal was written inai, and went away,
407 B.C.
TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG
COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. OF 1921.
RE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE
DE CHINE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: that a Petition for the winding up in Hongkong of the above-nanted Bank by the Supreme Court of Hongkong, was, on the Second day of July 1921 presented to the said Court by the said Bank,
On the Bling of such Petition the Court made an Order the the Official Receiver be appointed Pro- visional Liquidator for the purpose of taking possession of, collecting in and protecting the estate and effects! in Hongkong of the said Bank and for carrying on the said Bank so far as may be beneficial for the winding up thereof unfit further order and further that, until further order, Mr. Ernest Alfred Mountford Wil- liams, a partref in the Firm of Lowe. Bingham & Matthews of Victória, Hongcong, Chartered Accountant, be appointed to act as Special Manager to assist the Provisional Liquidator in
his duties.
Dated the 2nd day of July, 1921.. DEACON. LOOKER. DEACON & HARSTON, Solicitors for the Bark, No. Des Voeux Read Central, Victoria, Hongkong.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 1 OF 1921.
RE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for the Winding up in Hongsong of the above-named Bank by the Supreme Court of Hongkong was, on the Second day of July 1921 presented to the said Court by the And that the said is Bank Petition is directed to be heard be- fore the Court sitting at 10.15 o'clock in the forenoon on the 19th day of July, 1921; and any creditor
contributory of the said Bank desirous to support or oppose the making of an Order on the said Petition may appear at the time of bearing by himself or his Counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the Petition will be furnished to my creditor or any contributory of the undersigned. on said Bank requiring the same by the payment of the regulated charge for the same,
DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON, Solicitors For the Banque Indus-
-trielle de Chine,
No. 1 Des Voeux Read Central. Victoria, Hongkong.
NOTE
Any person who intends to appear, on hearing of the said Petition must serve on or send by post to the -above-named, notice in writing of his
intention so ta do. The Notice must! state the Barne and address of the ! person, or, il a firm, the name and address of the firm, and must be
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
THE Underslanad have rede i end instruc toes to sell by Public Auction,
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MONDAY, July 11, 1921, commencing at 11 am.
at No. 1 Godown of The Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godowa Com
Lil, West Point,
85 crees Antimony. 40 cases Antimony Ore. Terms ---Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS,, Auctioneers.
On
MONDAY, July 11, 1921, commencing st 3 pm. at Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, 520 cuih Steel Hoopt.
Terme :---Cash on delivery,
LAMMERT BROS..
由
Auctioneers
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THURSDAY, July 44, 1821,
Commencing at 2.30 p.m.
1 their Bales Rooms, Duddell Street A Very Fine and Superior Selection of Gazuiza Old Curios. (Just arrived from the North).
Comprising
Porcelain Vases, Ginger jars, Beakers, Bowls Wise cape, Josser, Wall plates, Inlaid panale, Flower pots of Kanghi to Towkwang Periods.
Ensmelled and cloisonne Plates and Vascs, Bronze rases and incense burners, Crystal, Agate and Jade Figures and Ornaments.
Also
One Yellow Vase-Kanghi, Four Jade inlaid Placques-Kien- lang-
And
A few pieces of Soochow Redwood-rata
On view from Wednesday the 13th kast.
Catalogues will be issued. Ter :-Ossb.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, July 7, 1021.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received in-
structions to sali by Public Auc- tlo.
(FOR ACCOUNT OF NER CONCERT10),
on
TUESDAY,
July 12, 1921, commencing at 1.50 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, fo. 8, Des Voss Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
TEAKWOOD AND BLACK WOOD FURNITURE, BRASS AND TEAK- WOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS,
CARPETS,
Comprising:- Dining Suites, Chesterfeld Sofas,
&g
$
signed by the person or firm, or his Arm-chairs (new), Card and Occasional served, or it posted, must, be sent Large and small Wardrobes, Dressing their Solicitor (if any) and must be Tables Teakwood Twin Bedsteads,
by post in sufficient time to reach the above-named not later Tables and Chairs, -Washstands, & than 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th day of July, 1921.
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PUBLIO ACUTION.
DARTICULARS and Conditions of the Totting by Public Auction. Bale, to be held on MONDAY, the 11th day of July, 1981, at 5 pm, at the Office of the Public Works Department, by Onder of His clancy the Governor of ese Lot of CROWN LAND at Shauliwan- in the Colony of Hongkong, for a beren of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rant to be fixed by the Serreror of His Majesty the King, for ana füriber term af 75 yoRCE,"
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
LOG No. 417
Lectly.
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Aber sieť plan
(famed Teakwood), Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Dizzer Services, Crockery, & Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, &c, Bath Room Utensils, Electro-plated Ware, One American Ice Chest,
Electris Reading Lamps, Screene, Sandry Blackwood Furniture, Chairs, Cabinets, Pictures, die.
AIRO
One Copper Bath, &c, (Fall Particulars from Ostalogue). *Teema: Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers..
Hongkong, July 7, 192).
The Book Club was instituted last evening, officers and executive committee appointed, and negotia- | |§ : tions set afoot for necessary socom- modations. Over twenty members were present. The general verdict was against the suggestion to enrich the Public Library with periodical donations of books; it was held that good books, would be wasted on the present patrons of that neglected institution.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THE WORLD'S FAMOUS
PERFUMES
GUERLAIN
PARIS
Högly: LOW CASH PRICES
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BRASSIERES
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Made entirely by hand of
the finest materials and
-trimmed hand made laces.
READY TO WEAR OR TO ORDER
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IN RELIABLE QUALITIES.
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HOUSEHOLD COAL
On and after November 1st, 1920, until farther notice, we “ize -
prepared to accept onder for HOUSEHOLD COAL re-screened in Hongkong at the following prices 1-4 Delivered to Peak District (above Bowen Road).....$22,04 per ton.
Bowen Road and Lower Levels
azd Kowloon #21.00 per ton. TERMS:-CASH WITH ORDER. (CHEQUES PAYABLE TO “KAILAN MIXING ADMINISTRATION”)
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Rongkong, Apeli 1, 1917.
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