LAMMERT BROS. C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.
VIATIONWEER. AFFRAINERI
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BFXVNTORA.
Public Auctions-
Vadonigned have scored a Home to sell by Public Ausblon. ON
SATURDAY, October 13, 1929. at 11 am.
at their Sales Rooms, Daddell Street.
250 Boxes" Londres" Cigara.
100. Superior Woollen Rugs.
10 Cases Scented Toilet Soap.
7 Cases Gelatino
4 Kaga Dyes.
5 Cases Naphtalino Bulls.
3 Cones Silk Giura.
5 Cases Wcollea Yaro.
1 Como Alarin Clocks.
1 Motor Boat Engine.
6 Bosch Magnetos.
And
A Quantity of Miscellaneous Goods.
Tarcia-Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hangkung. 10th October, 1923.
HE Undersigned have received in THE
*tructions fr m Mrs. G. A. Sachro
to sad by Public Auction
CEL
TUESDAY. October 10 and WEDNESDAY, October 17, 1928, sammencing each day at 2.30 p.1a- at Kingsclere." Kennedy Road A Quantity of Valuable Household Furnituro,
Comprising
Fine Hall Furniture, Dining Room Faitore, Catlers, Crockery, Glas-- ware, etc, etc.,
A Selection of Cantos Blackwood Tara
Catalogues will be issued.
O View from Monday the 15th
October 1923
Terms: Cneb co delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
་་
PANDASY KNOINKER
MONUZIKSUARISEN.
Offices and Zocomma, 9. Wachal Rout, Hongkong Tel. Contini No. 23
ALL KINDS OF BUILDERS' REQUISITES IN STOCK.
SOIL VENT AND RAIN WATER PIPES. GRATEJ-RANCES-STOVES.
INDICATING BOLTS-LATCHES.
BINGES-LOCKS-FINGER PLATEN
OIL AND GAS WATER HEATERS." BANITARY INSTALLATIONS. HOT AND COLD WATER SERVICES.
MONUMENTAL WORKS A SPECIALITY
IN
ITALIAN MARBLE NDON HONGKONG ARANITE
TO OWN DESIGN DR FRAN SELECTION
ARTIFICAL WREATHS IN STOCK.
FOR SALE.
CARMONA FERTILIZER
It promotes healthy and vigorous
growth, and in this way imparts to the planta enfficient strength to prevent diasane attacking them.
GRICA & 00, Dealers in Garden Seedle, Postage Stamps, Pictorial Post Cards, &c. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. U. Box Nes, 621,
Hongkong.
SHOEMAKERS.
(Japanese Hani Mado)
THE CHINA MAIL.
Just Pure Rich Mellow Virginia Гобассо
Three Castles
Cigareties
GARNARVON CARTLE
FAMOUS CASTLES
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The
"Three Castles
Cigarettes
FRIDAY OCTOBER 12 93
G. FALCONER & CO., (HONGKONG) LTD.
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(WATOHNAKERS & JEWELLERS
DIAMOND MERCHANTS
UNION BUILDING (OPPOSITE G.P.O.)
Ageste for :-ADMIRALTY CHARTS.
ROES'S BINOCULARS and TELI SCOPES KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufactumn, High Class English Jewellery,
THE INTERNATIONAL SHIRT, CO. Head Office: 79 Wyndham Street. 2nd Floor. (Opposite Central Police Station) Tel, Central 4166.
Dealers in all kinds of High-class Silk Shirts, Collars, Necktics and Pyjamas for Goatlemes AND ALSO
Chemisen, Skirts, Wrappore, Scarfs, Veils, and Night-gowas for Ladies ALSO MADE TO ORDER
MODERATE PRICE
PROMPT DELIVERY
Manager: EMILIO LAO.
Hongkong Hotel
PHOTO SUPPLIES,
LONG HING & CO., Kodaks and Kodak Films, ka, dod.
DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.
No. 174, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONORONG.
HOTELS & CAFES.
LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS
Peak Hotel
Repulse Bay Hotel
Astor House Hotel Palace Hotel
Grand Hotel Kalee Grand Hotel des Wagon Lits
The Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.
In conjunction with
The Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
and
The Grand Hotel des Wagons Lšta, kad.
HONGKONG:
SHANGHAI:
THE CIGARETTE WITH THE PEDIGREE
Hongkong. 11th October, 1923.
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Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO. ORDER.
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PEKING:
Undursigand have received in-
Auctionsra.
strnctions from the Official Receiver
t sail by Publio Auction,
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FRIDAY, October 19, 1923.
commencing at 11 a.m,
at Messrs. Lapicque & Company's offices,
Queen's Building
(For Account of the Concernoa),
A Quantity of Offee Faralturs
Comprising
Deeks, Chair, Bookcasen, Filing Cabinets, Showcases, Counters, Tables, Electric Fans, Typewriters, Copring Press, etc, etc,
One Salo
Bino
Torme: Cash on delivery.
Aloo
To sell by Public Auction on Saturday the 20th October 1923
AL their Sales Room at Koon.
The Stoam Launch "Tonkinois" As she now lies in the Barbour of Hongkong.
Particulars
Length 52 feet, Broadth 10 feci 2 inches. Pepth 5 feet 5 incber. Groes tundage 19.83 ton, Nett tonnage 13.22 tone, last survey April 1923 valid for Taonths, licensed to carry 64 persius srithin Harbour limits, Completely overhauled 1921. Any error in these particulars ahall not vitiate a sale made in pursuance eof or entitle the Furchaser to compensation.
Permits to view may be obtained on application to the Undersigned.
A deposit of 90 per cent must be paid on the fall of the Exomer.
Also
One King Motorcar, 30 II. P, 8 Cylinders
Cospection on application to the l Indoreignoi.
CAMMERT BROS.,
Austioneers.
Elongkong, 11th October, 1923,
THE CHINA MAIL.
AGENTS.
LONDON :-The Far Eastzus ADVENTIS.
150 AGENCY. SCOTLAND:-Fren, L. Binost, 8, North
St. David Street, Bitiuburgli. L'ARIS AND EUROPË- Mavese, FRERE & Co., 18, Rue de la Grunge Boteli, Faris.
NEW YORK :--T. B. BROWNE, Lru..
Eolian Hall, West End Street. Bow York City.
SAN FRANCISCO and American Ports generally ---BKAN & BLACK, San Francisca.
AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW & GUTCH,
ZEALAND :- Gologa Melbourne and Sydney.
FOOOHOW-BROCKET & Co.
CEFLON:-W. M. SMITH & Co., The
APOTHECARIES Co., Colombo.
SINGAPORE, STRAITS, &0.-KxLLY
& WALSH, LTD., Singapore,
PHILIPPINE I-LAND9-A. 8. WAT-
BON & Co., LTD., Manila.
SHANGHAI:-Kelly & Waish, Lap.
JAPAN: -Kay & Wat, Lan, Kože
and Yokohama.
CANTON—A. §. Watson & Co., Læv.
THE CHINA MAIL,
5. Wyndham Bireet, Hongkong.
SWAY HOUSE
HAT MAKER.
No. 16, Wyndham Stress.
CHERRY & CO.
¤ D'AQUILAK STREET,
Opposite Kayamaliy & Co.
Telephone Central No 491
Hongkong, March 20, 1814.
WHY BUY FOREIGN MADE SUITCASES,
When we sell Shanghai Manufactured Suitcases?
They are Cheaper and. More Durable.
CHAO CHLUNG TRUNK CO. (Upposite Yaumati Ferry, Praya)
ASAHI BEER
ASAHI
ASA
LAGER
SPECIALLY
COMP
BEER
SAHI
LAG
BEER
SOLE ACENTS MFISUI BUSSAN KAISHA
If you smoke a pipe of course you smoke “CAPSTAN NAVY CUT” This advertisement is ined by British-Amaricen Tolucco Co. (Cigine), Tad.
ODDS AND ENDS.
MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.
Accident or --?
and
It was a special gathering at a big Anglican, Cathedral special pews were reserved for the use of the professions, Whether by accident or design I know not, but the lawyers were seated beneath the text, "Help me, Lord! For there is not one gedly man
left."
Back to Earth.
Mr. P. Nettleton, B.A., head- master of the Kensington (Vic.)) State School, was enthusing on the grace of Scottish poetry. "Note the beauty of the following lines," he said, and he quoted from "Annie Laurie":
Her brow is like the snowdrift, Her neck is like the swan, The class listened spell-bound, and the teacher was delighted. Then a hand shot up: "Please, teacher, what were her legs like?"---
Unnecessary Alarm.
Crowded fram. Faded middle- aged woman talking to impatient deaf old man.
Woman (loudly): "Gertrude feels that she ought to do some- thing."
Old Man (nodding) :-" Yes, yes." Woman: "But she doesn't want to go into an office. She says she wants to express herself."
Old Man (shocked): "WHAT!" Woman (screaming): "Ex-press herself!"
Old Man (irritably): "All right!! Don't scream at me I thought you said she wanted to undress herself."
Strange But True.
AH FAT'S 'PHONE, Ah Fat's telephone was out of order, and a mechanic went down and detected the fault. A section of wire had been cut off by Ah Fat to hang a picture, and a piece of string substituted." Barleycorn." TWO-TAILED ROOSTER,
A Croydon (N.Q.) resident owns a rooster with two complete sets of tail feathers. All the old feathers moulted, except those on his tail. From these a second set grew. The rooster now repeats this per- formance every year.-B.B.
A FET MOUSE
There's a tame hotel mouse at Wellington (NS.W.). He lives un- der the dining-room grate, and at meal times feeds on the crumbs,
The "Gibson Girl."
The "Gibson Girl" is a house- hold word throughout the English speaking world, therefore the news that her creator, the American artist, Mr. Charles Dana Gibson, is visiting London will be of wide
(remark the
interest
Daily
I am sure I saw a Pixy
"On the marsh beside the Yare, Though the wee folk are so
ing savant returned with one huge volume strapped to a weary camel's back. But the king was dying. He expired as the Book of Wisdom was laid at his feet. "That is the parable of the French Note," says the Daily Express,
"Let us boil it down before we are
all dead of diplomacy." How the English Channel was
Formed.
Chronicle) Mr. Guson found his wonderful types of young, fresh healthy womanhood, among his wife's relatives. The first Gibson girl he drew was a portrait of his
The Geological Association has wife, formerly Miss Irene Lang-just given a week's study of the home, of Virginia, and the originals Boulonnais. The marked feature of others were her sisters, one of of the area visited is that it is a bit whom is Lady Astor..
of Kent across the Channel. As a member of the party pointed out, By the Yare.
in the distant past Kent was joined to the mainland, and the South Downs extended across what is now the English Channel into the Boulonnais, with a river intersect- ing them. This river, in the course of time, caused such erosion of the chalk that the sea was let through, and the English Channel thus formed. But beneath the sea the same chalk Downs still run, and it will be through these--if the scheme is ever brought to fruition the Channel Tunnel will be cut.
tricksy,
If they think you're watching
. there! Purple loosestrife,
yellow,
mustard
Made a forest round the elf, And the littlest, merriest fellow, Dancing nimbly by himself.
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Then a car of Yarmouth trippers Crossed the bridge above the
Yare,
They were out for tea and
kippers,
To the concertina's blare-- As they passed they bellowed
"Dixie,"
Till the loosstrife shook with
pain-
And my little friend the Pixy, Never danced for me again!
G. B. S., in The Morning Post. The Bell Branch.
Angus has shaken his magical
bough
And set the bells a-swinging ; The wounded warriors feel no
pain,
And sorrowful ladies sunile again At the music of their ringing. Two wonderful birds follow
after him now,
So clear and true their singing, So sweet and shrill,no mortal will
Resist the sleep they're bringing.
OAngus, Angus, Master of Love, Shiver your branch to-day, And over the hills, with the clouds above,
Carry my soul away; Let me dwell in your green-wall- ||
cd liss,*
With flowery garlands crowned, Where I shall feel the joy and the
bliss
Which here I have not found, -Barbara Drummond in the
Windsor Magazine
* Fort.
emerging from his bole in answer Boil It Down. to a whistle. The hotel staff would not hear of a trap-
Helles."
MATHEMATICAL FREAK
"An Oriental despot ordered his siges to compress all their wisdom into one encyclopedia. They laboured for ten years, and return-
The Tees Conservancy Commis signers state that a diver has locat- ed aseaplane sunk near the former
base Submarine Admiralty Eston, Yorkshire.
at
of State for India, Mr. C. A. Innes, With Viscount Peel, Secretary
L.C.S, and Mr. D. M. Dalal, of Bombay (High Commissioner for India), represented India at the Imperial Economic Conference.
Cecil, Strand, W.C., by Mr. John At a dinner given at the Hotel
Club, to advertising women, it was Cheshire, president of the Thirty
decided to form a Women's Ad
vertising Club. Miss Marion Jean Lyon, advertising manager of Punch, was elected president.
MOTHER'S HELP AND BABY'S FRIEND.
In overy home where there are infanta or young children Baby's Own Tablots area cosity. Mothers who once use those Tablota nevor again resort to the old fashioned teething powders and Pergatives usually given to childtoo, for Baby's Own Tablete izapire co.Adence from the very frat dojo.
Know a freak who can add the ed with a caravan of a hundred colic and group, pravant and diapel con- They quickly roduos foror, rolleve three denominations In a long thousand volumes "The BBgTY alipation shock.diarejupa, ali z 199thing: scubano mufcarizously. Heking ordered the wise mentor compant, relieve indigestion, ozpel worms can also compute, say, 2 tons, 7 press their library. They returned quist the nerves and quickly promote cwt, zgr., 211⁄2 lba, at 3/756 per in ten years with a caravan of ton health-giving eloop 1b., less 27 1-3rd per cent. Never camele carrying ten thousand Guaranteed absolutely pure, and safo puts pencil to paper. when calcu- volumes. The king was now too own Tablote can be had from chemists, even for the youngest infant, Baby's lating, receives only a small wage, old to read ten thousand volumes. To post free, f0 ennts the vial; from. Dr. and cannot be certain how many He ordered them to compress them Will Medicine Co., 80 Kiangso beers he drinks daily.-F.W.M. into one, "In ton years a totter Road, Bhaoghal.
Tel. Centl. 812. CARLTON HOTEL. Tel. Add: "Carlton.”
The Only American Hotel in the Colony. Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes' walk from the Banks, and Cantral Districte 43 Bedrooms. Excellent Cuisine. Scrupulously clin. Under American Management. A new Dining Room has been opened si No. 2, Queen's Road (let floor). Entrance Ice House St. Tiffus & speciality,
For terms apply to Mrs. F. E. CAMERON, Proprietress.
(Two minutes from
BLAFPALACE HOTEL
KOWLOOM
Kacantly renovated and refurnished, alectric light and fans throughoné and surely vader new management. Online under the persona: supervidon of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Room Termed moderate. Fposial terms 80 familles on application to
Talaphona Kowloon 3. Telegraphiò Add,: "PALACE,"
J. H. OXBERKY, Propo
HOTEL "ASIA"
WEST BUND, CANTON.
Leading Hotel in South China,
First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans er Elevatore. Roof Garden. Hairdressing SalcoL,
Splendid Views of City and Pear! River,
Excellent Cuisine:
Moderate Rates.
Under the Management of the SUN UO., LTD., CANTON.
KING EDWARD HOTEL
A
DENTRAL LOCATION
LL ELECTRIC TRAMS Fass Entramos, B140 trio lilia, Fans and lighông, Europaka Baths and Sanitary Mitinen, Líot and Cold Water Bylose throughout. Best of Food and
Tal. GHUL BE. Telegraphic Aditrøm :--" VICTORIA
J. WINCHELL, Manager.
Berries.
LEE KEE
ESTABLISHED. 1896
BATHS & BATH-ROOM
ACCESSORIES.
Estimates furnished,
free of charge.
Office 21, Wellington St.
►
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL
Queen's Road Central
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NEW DINING ROOM spook for
Meals a la Carte.. Excellent Qulaine. Monthly Tickets for Tifins & Dis Fr further particulars apply ta
"THE MAÑÁGER Hongkong, May 1, 1994.
JAPANESE MASSAGE
N. AKAJI, Graduate of Tokio Massage School, Noe. 10, Prayn East, Wanehal.
. Contral 2830.
MASSAGE.
Mrs. HONDA, Men. KISAKI and R. SHIMIZU, No. 9 Wrač) zu. Birent. (opposite to the Chima Mall”)
TANG YUK, Dantine.
the labe BIEGT TINO, „14, D'A gullar Birtok. TERMS VERY MODEBATE Conanitation Frež.