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LAMMERT BROS.
ABUTIONEERS, ÄFTRAISERS
AND SURVEYORS,
Public Auctions-'
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THURSDAY, July 11. 1881,
Commencing at 3.30 p.m.
thair Bales Rooms, Duddell Street 1 Very Fine and Superior selection of Genuine Olă Curios,
(Just arrived from the North'. Comprising --
INTIMATIONS
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO
BE WITHOUT THEM. ·
JUST received a large Ckusigament of (1) LACTOGEN the most digestive food for Infants which keeps good in during Hot weather (9) TAO. the (Milk Sagar) for sweetening foods of Infants and Dyspeptics (8) MILFORD-MOGRATH FLUID INSEC TICIDE the Best Flaid for destroying Fleas, Mosquitoes, Bugs, Flies and all other Insect Pests in Summer days, and (4) JOEN CAHILL'S GOLDEN FLEECE, MACHC and CINDERELLA SOAI 8 for keeping everything clean in Houses.
PRICES are Very Moderate. Ins Porcelain Vases, Ginger jars, Beakers,pection and Enquiries are cordially Boels, Wine cupe. Josses, Wall plates,
invited. Lalaid paasle, Flower pots of Kanghi to Towkwang Periode.
Enamelled and clciscane Fistes and Sce, Bronze vases and incense burners, Crystal, Agats and Jade Figures and Cessments.
One Yellow Vase--Kanghi,
Four Jade inlaid Placques-Kiea-
CAG
And
A few pices of Soochow Bedwood-ware
On view from Wednesday the 13th
ES.
Catalogues will be issued.
Korn :-Cash,
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, July 7, 1091
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Lerai and Storage of water in reservoirs
the 1st July, 1941 -----
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We gaan 3 the 13 in. Dolor
Oterdow
1921.
Lerst with overton.
Level with Brecžov
Level with crardow {Level with overt
elow arerfow
Below over
Balkon, 42 Zin. į
Below overlaw
Level with overdow
the 6 Below crezion Level with overlo
JÓLANN ZE MEDICKS AND DEGINALE CY GALLUTE.
SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,
Sole Agents for Hongkong and Sonya China
Nos. 42 & 45, Connaught RoadCentral, Bongkang)
Tulephone Nen
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FOR SALE.
CHINA PICTORIAL
AERIAL
POSTAGE STAMPS,
at $3.75 met per set.
GRAÇA & CO.
Dealers in Postage Stamps, Philatelic Goods, Post Cards Toys, &c.
No. 10, Wyndham Stress,
Hongkong.
P. O. Box 620.
JAPANESH MAKERS,
Every kind of Footwear.
MADE TO ORDER.
THE CHINA MAIL.
COMMANDER
Super Size Virginia Cigarettes
*Commander" has many
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know what they are.
“Commander”, must be smoked to be app- reciated.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1927.
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DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.
No. 17A, QUIT'S ROAD CESTRAL, HONGKONG.
HOTELS AND CAFES.
HONGKONG HOTEL (Hongkong)
REPULSE BAY HOTEL (Repulse Bay)
PENINSULA HOTEL (Kowloon) (ander construction):
25173
Scam Byewal **Plus Intexmediale men
+95.00
100.0
13.4
LX.RO 1,419.00
14,20
50.70
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Caption of water in the City and Ell District in millions and decimali
galows during the month of June,
stell pupals them. .......
thampton per bend
1120
352.80
500
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gation
Constant supply in all districts during
me of both 1920 and 1991.
KOWLOON WATER WOLDS LEVEL.
192
Lespi
122.
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Restora. } with arudiow with overleg konsen z WYALIONG AND DRIELLA OF GAZAS.
1921.
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1550 $52.50
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the water is of excellent quality. Population supplied estimated from Lili Consts.
Public Works Department.
T. L. Praxis.
Water Authority.
CHERRY & 00.,
FEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel
Telephone No. 491.
Hongkong, March 10, 1914.
TANG YUK, DENTIST.
the late SIEN TING, 14, D'Aguilar Street.
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GHOSTLY DOINGS ON A MYSTERIOUS CRAFT,
DOGGED EY ILL-LUCK AND A ERINGER OF DISASTER TO HER CREW.
A CHAPTER OF MEPORTUNES. endeavoured to trace the cause, but
Again, she struck a typhoon, lost without success, so maybe the two men and was once more sadly players ware ghosts and are still battered. A trawler came to her sid playing at the bottom of San and towed her stern first into Yoko- Francisco harbour.
| hama, where she was docked for Well, the Captain gathered toge repairs. All the older hands out here ther a white crew to help him sail the will know of Captain Voss, the Junk over and assuredly no crew like adventurous sailorman who loved it has ever before or since sailed from adventures such as this and had the Huzagpa. One would not exactly ambitions to sail round the world in describe them as bad men, but a police a small bost. Even this tough old officer tells us that the police were Viking hesitated at the "Ningpo." He not displeased at bearing of the was invited to take charge of her, departure of most of them. Like the but promptly declined, though he. junk herself, troubles seemed to be agreed to superintend her refitting. specially made for them. There were
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At the bottom of San Francisco harbour there lies the wreck of an ancient Chinese junk. She is not of much value, she is quite safe where ahe lles and it would appear to be a certain method of suicide for any one to attempt to raise her, for there is not a chapter in ber history something like a score of them and Oce would have thought she would, with which death and calamity is they included one who had been have been fairly safe in dock, but yet not associated. It is an old story, Captain in the Indian Army, another typhoon came along, washed but it has never been fully, told yet former tea planter, and two Russians way the dock wall and overturned in print and probably never will be who could not speak English, one of the calamity ship, crushing the life unless Captain F. Scurr, a well-hem a house painter and the other out of two men.
Her re-filling com- known skipper out here, elects some an engins driver.
pleted, she got away and this time. 'day to write one of the most exclt-
luck did seem to favour her, for ing tales of the sea, for he and one
she got within sight of the American FICTURESQUE BUT_DEFFICANT. other are believed to be the only
Not one of these picturesque gen-cost, but the seemingly inevitable white men now alive who have been tlemen had sufficient sea lore to rank gala blew up and once more the acciated with the sinister craft. It as an able-bodied seaman, but one, "Ningpo” was drifting about a sorry was the recent return of Captain who had tried bis hand at 75 per wreck. Semt to Shanghai which recalled crat. of the world's occupations and the story, but even now the full had a gift for picking up ideas, was detalls cannot be obtained, for he is sufficiently capable to make a fairly after this should come through It is rather curious that news not one who seeks publicity.
good bo's. Thus they set out and Captain Scurr's wife. She met The junk was launched probably of those who came back there was gentleman out here and, in the at least half a century ago-one of not one who could not then have course of conversation, it developed those clumsy-looking Foochow pole justly claimed that he was an AB. that he was on a steamer which janks, but, despite her appearance. They had a short course, but it was sighted the ghost ship and towed FATAL PRACTICAL JOKE. she could sail like a witch under highly intensive training. favourable conditions. Presumably
THE JUNK WAS A DEVIL...
A DARK AND DIRTY END.
her Into San Francisco. So she
With her same old rig, the junk, now arrived, but she was not to be for
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AQUARIUM MYSTERY.. she was on the Chinesa trade routes christened the "Ningpo," set sail in exhibition, neither had she finished YOUTH KILLED BY COMPRESSED for many years, but eventually she July. 1913, but got only fust outside her war sainst mankind. One
WHY DO THE FISH ALWAYS- was ran on to the mud here and left Woosung when she sprang alakand night, without any warning, she
SWIM IN ONE DIRECTION? for 11 years. Then there arrived in had to put back. Whilst things were quietly sank at her moorings and Shanghai an American interested in being set right, the mate, who had drowned two watchmen, who for
Why do the mackerel in Brighton the San Francisco exhibition and he been sick and had gone ashore, case tanately were the only people on on George Day,, 15 years of age, an right.round the rock in their tank. A senseless practical joke, played Aquarium always swim from left to bought ber for show purposes there; up to the Captain, green with fear, board. An attempt was made to apprentice at the Newport railway never varying the direction of their he had financed a similar venture and related that he had been advised raise her, but failed and she is at workshops, states once before:
that he had an obscure form of the bottom stili.
Melbourne endless journey? message of May 22; had a 'tragic end- This question was recently asked leprosy. R was correct, for he Captain Scurr happened at that eventually died of it.
Even association with the boat the victim dying in the Melbourne at a meeting of the Sassez Ses time to be due for Home, leave and was asked if he would care to sall nice weather, tut with a sbifty wind deaths. It will perhaps be remember of age, a driller at Newport was the clerk, offered a solution from an A second kart was made and, incems to bring il luck, for several of spital from the effects of his Fisheries Committee, and no one was
Captain Scuer's men have met violent
injuries.
ready with an answer.. ber over. He accepted the offer they got half way over to Japan,
Frederick Walam Lohse, 19 years When the members met, however, and went down to look the bost Thes one day, one of the men, who by some that, few years ago, arrested at his home in Gleaterra unarpected quarter. He mid he had over. Near by waS AD ancient had not learnt exactly what happen: American jall at the time when that charged with having murdered Day, of Greencastle, Pennsylvaniz. She a man who was being held in the and at the city, watchhouse was received a letter from Mrs. Gilbert, Chinese junk skipper, who had got ed when tacking, was caught by station was a pubile joke, on result of their inquiries the said she had fust read an article in- wind of the scheme and his sailor in | swinging boom, swept overboard and stinct prompted him to warn Captain drowned Trouble then came in full account of the freedom extended to police elicited information that among an American paper about the great Scurt. The junk was a devil, said he, measure, for the "Ningre" ran into a and the assistant faller, in trying to a number of boys who are worlding at Brighton mystery. "I think," she the prisoners, made a break for liberty) and she was full of other devils. Her typhoon, way damaged in about every cripple him, shot him dead. That wake was just a line of dead men, way it could be, nine feet of water was Captain Scurr's utility man, the drills it if not an uncommon practice they swim in harmony with nature,
the -Newport workshopì....... ́and added, "the reason for the one way. As a young man be saw her launched was reported to the bold and the one member he could depend upon to some of them to suddenly thrust or, in other words, with the motion
using - hydraulic
pressure wiraming of the mackerel is that and she killed two men then, since visions were all spoiled. The typhoon then many more lives had been lasted for three days, after which get somewhere near to the proper the nestles of these drilla against one of the earth." sacrificed to her. If the Captain Captain Scar got a jury rig on the interpretation of an order. It was another by way of a joke. Ignorant doubted him, let him go to a certain lank and took her back to Shanghal sad end for se picturesque and not of the pressure of air in the drill at the Ministry of Agriculture..
It was decided to send the latter to spot in ber bold and he would see a
By this time the master was per really so very had a character. black fish nalled up, which was theĮ suaded that the boat was quite unft
the moment, one of the youths crept The Indian Army man got back into forward, and pressing the nozzle of best thing Chinese sailors could do to for the voyage and he advised the Khaki during the war, but one night the dril sgainst Day's body, turned his system, apparently in a consider....
Compressed air which had entered Heep the devils more or less is check, owner that the best thing would be be wandered off into No Man's Land | on a small tap in the appliance for a able quantity, began to expand his Captain Scart went and he did see to rig har something like an Ameri- and no one can tell what was his tate, second or so, and immediately with body, which immediately becaine: the black fish.
-- can chooner, 78therwise she would Captain Scarr alone seems proofdrew the drill. The pressure of air, swollen to alarmlur proportions, even As to the devils inside the boat. nević gnt acres. He had lost so against everything. He, too, Jalzed however, appeared to be greater than his face, being severely affected. An theCaptain- narrates, that" évary, mách tins himself that be had to up and came through the war without ( apual, and in believed to have been operation was performed with thes night at sea, in the same place on renga his position as her master and a scratch and has come back here to 200 bantal the square deck Day object of ridding the lay's systemd-of- deck every time, in animated game, he went-Four Independenty: Cap-vay nearly as much azeitement, sais encang-to » obi-tide quickly, and air, which was affecting the wartóns of Cominoes used to be played and tain Scurr's adving as to rig was Argand the stivaging of wracked the click and shuffing of the pieces followed and the junk set out for the Japanese vessels, punctusted, by the A-f was in plain-80 'anyone could with third: tiene, with a new, master, the | min Little apländes up the Yangtis," said for. Though a long way from being former boʻolán as imate and r Chínem neying him from bersaing a victim mapeisthafans ̈hinfeelf' he could not | crew.
*IN.CO.NO);
I the prank with the faker. | organs....” His kunt – bacaan wink
des later, howeww, he however, and though the operation
"My legs are | achipred its purpose, the Boy gradu- | soon after- | allý wank, and mucumbed a couple of