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LAMMERT BROS. C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.
AUCTIONEERS, ATPRAMINE
AND SURVEYO
-Public Auctions-
on
THURSDAY, December 13, 1933, commencing at 5.15 p.m. their bales Hoon, Duddell Street
A Vainable Collection af Postage
Stampe including;-
Bare Barberos, Chito, Hongkong, Fay Bare Macso, Maurition Philippine and Tizbor.
Catalogues will bo inued.
On View from Wednseday the 12th,
Bomber, 1923
focus--ash on delivery.
LAMMERT BRON.,
Acctioneers.
SANTEÄRY ENGINEERS MONUMENTALISTS KI.
Offord and Bodowan Wachal Rood, Hwigkom Tel. Central No. 2
JUST RECEIVED A NEW SUPPLY OF
TRAP CLOSEİR.
ALL KINDS OF BUILDERS REQUISITES IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY,
ESTIMATES FREE FOR ALL KINDS OF BANITARY WORK—MONUMENTAL WORK IN ITALIAN MARBLE & HONGKONG GRANITE.
A NEW STOCK OF ARTIFICIAL.
WREATHS. JUST ARRIVED.... TRUM 18" 8" diameter.
GENERAL REPAINS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
THE CHINA MAIL.
"LIKE"
LANDMARK
DIGNIFIED BY YEAR? OF SERVICE
THE
"CAPSTAN
LABELY
HAS BEEN A DIRECTING SIGN..
TO
DISCRIMINATING SMOKER/
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
1993
HOTELS & CAFES.
LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS.
HONGKONG.” Telegraphic Address-KREMLIN, HONGKONG.
HONGKONG HOTEL
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*
REPULSE BAY. HOTEL
SHANGHAI.
PEAK HOTEL
Telegraphic Address --CENTRAL, SHANGHAL
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL
GRAND HOTEL KALHE..
REKING.
PALACE HOTEL
Telegraphic Address: WAGONLITS, PEKING.
GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS LITS. ·
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
in conjunction with.
The Grand Hotel dos Wagone4{x«JNI.
On
FRIDAY, Lecember 14, 1926,
cocamancing at 11 ..
at their Bales Rooms, Duddell Atrert,
As Extra fine selection of Suit Longtits, “Indtes" əmzik
Matka, (latest patterns, silk and pher linings) and Tallers San.
Alau
A Large Quauty of Ladies' and Children's Shoes.
And
A Small Lot of Haincosis.
On View fra hureday, the 13th
Becoimber 1923.
Terms:-Cash on delivery.
LAMMEET BROS.,
ABCHODECTE,
Hongkong, 1th December, 1923.
FOR SALE
Fine Assortment of XMAS AND NEW YEAR
OARDS
WITH LOCAL VIEWS
and
ΤΟΥΒ,
at Moderate prices.
GRACA & 00.,
Dealers in Toys, Postage Stamps, Fictorial Post Cads, Garden Beeds, &c., No. 10, Wyndham Stroot,
P. O. Box No. 620.
Ilongkong.
Tel. Centl. 813. CARLTON HOTEL. Tel. Add: "Carlton
AZENOAHJ48991434-Tatki 25 the myqany.
Nics and quot yet my low minutes walk from the Thanks, and, Central Districts. 49 Bedrooms, Excellent Cuisine. Sorupulously clearl Under American Management. A now Dining Roca has been opened all No. 2, Queen's Road (1st Agor) Entranos, Ice House St. Tina a apecializ
For terms apply-16 UN, FIE, UAMERON, Proprietzer.
Tal. Kowloon Na's
PALACE HOTEL
Tel. Addres:
** Palace
(Three minutes from Kowloon Focry Wharf & Railway Station.) Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fast Throughout." Every Boom-with: Private Bath. Loungo Bar Billiard Rooms. Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the Propriota:
Terma moderate. Special terms to families on application to
J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietor.
Meeers LAMMENT BROTHERS have received instructions from the Liquidatore of the Hoogkong
HIDE & LEATHER Co., Ltd.
Įin Liquidation)
10 sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
FRIDAY
The 21st day of December 1923, at 3 o'clock p.m.
at their Auction Rooms in Buddell Street" The Property, Machinery and Plant, and Tanning Chemicalı of
the above Concern
(to be sold in Luts subject to a Reserve)
WELL BUILT, COLAUDIOUS AND MODERN Kate at Ma Tau Kok, Kowloos, on K.I. Lots Nos. 1207 and 610 which contain
Lot 1 THE EXTENSIVE
AN AREA OF 110,902 £q. Ft.
held under Crown Leases for 75 years from the 18th December 1911 with on option as to Lot No. 1207 of a farther 75 years aubject to a Crown rent of $506 per annum. The premises are within the offensive trade area as defined by the Sanitary Authorities and a licence bas been granted by the Govern- ment to carry on the business in all respecta of a waterz thereon. The property is situat ed on the main road between Rok Un and Kowloon City and is in
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SEAFRONT.
The extensive buildings erected on the property are constructed of the
BEST SOLID BRICK AND
CONCRETE
with tiled roofs and CONCRETE PITS AND FLOORS:
There is an independent supply of water rcm a-spicially cous tracted well on the premises.
Lot 2. Tanning Machinery and Plant.
Lot 3. Tanning Chemicals.
The Touning Machinery and Plant will be put up first as ond lot.
reserva price to not reached, the Plant
SHOEMAKERS, (Japanese Hand Made)
Every kind, of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.
GHERRY & 00..
6. D'AQUILAR STREET,
@pporing Hayasundy & Co. Telophune Centru)NO U1
Hongkong, March 20, 1914.
WHY BUY FOREIGN
MADE SUITCASES,
When we sell Shanghai Manufactured Suitcases?
They are Cheaper and More Durable.
CHAO CHEUNG TRUNK CO.
(Opposite Youmati Ferry, Fraya)
ASABI
**B
If the
SENE
d Machinery will be put up-in Bover- al loto,
For further particulare including con. ditions of sale, schedule of Aaobiogry Bad Plant and Chemicals, apply to the Vendor's Eglicitors,
WILKINSON & GRIST,
Hoogkong.
Mineurs,
or to
the Auctioneers.
3, Daddall Street,
Hongkong.
Hongkong, 7th, December 1923,
HONGKONG HEIGHTS.
For the information of visitors t bollowing list of some of the highest „points on the Island and Mainland is gablished ----
IRLAND.
ASAME
SA
Fock
Signal Station
Mi Parlor
1774 1784
LAGER
SPECIALLY
Mountain Lodge
1723
AGERI
The Eyrie
1723
Peak Hotel
1800
Takog Sanatorium............ 1000
Mi. Davis
明
Bowen Ed: (terbode. 191
MATKLAMR.
Tainoskam
Kowloon Peak Lion Rock
Cartomis Fam
19TA
1000
TER
1
ODDS AND ENDS.
MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.
The Child and the Cinema.
The call of the street is now giving way to the call of the cinema, and the harsh critic of the lure of the cinema should attempt to realise the nature of the alter- native for the child. To the child living in dreary streets it must be a great jug to escape for a short. time from his drab and monoton- ous surroundings, and find on the screen something which joins up In some mysterious way with that fairyland existence in which even the dweller in mean streets loves 10 dwell. In the more exciting. scenes of the cinema there is, in fact, a great resemblance to the fairy story.
Court Humgur.
"The prisoner Jupiter" sald a witness to Mr. Waddy at Tower Bridge court. Mr. Waddy (cor recting): No, Juniper.
Play Your Own Game.
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different collections in the various Many golfers retard their pro- mosques all of which until now gress through trying too much. have been under the care of illiterate Mohammedan priests They imitate a variety of players
have little idea of greater than themselves, until who
their real value.. Santà Sophia their style becomes a cellaneous embodiment of bits of has several hundred, one of which, | 4 other men's styles. This sort of 20 illuminated parchment of the thing is fatal, and its stupidity Koran, is said to be worth its weight in gold leaf. It is more should be obvious at a glance.
mis-
I am not trying to dissuade than a thousand years old, and you from leaming as you go every page is a work of art in along, watching this man, and colour and script. The mabuscripts that man who is acknowledged are in Greek, Persian, Arabic, and to be a great player. What I am Latin, and some are probably in insisting upon rather is that you Egyptian, for many of those of the should advance by slow and Alexandrian Library were stolen sure degrees along the lines that when Calipli Omar took it over and used it to kindle the fires for his come naturally to you.
Your own game should be bath. Some of those scrolls may have found their way here. fairly developed for all it is
Is the story that there worth before you begin to graft It upon it points that have been are several lost books of Livy observed in watching exhibition in the old Seraglio and there matches or more strecuous com- may be some early manuscripts of the Books of the Bible. Some years petitions by professionals. Now that is true of all sorts of ago a Russian scholar discovered things besides golf. The fact ie the first six Books in manuscript that mary of us are so anxious, be and sent them off to St. Petersburg. cause a thing is acknowledged as Some of the manuscripts come from good, to imitate it, that we never the old libraries of Turkestan, in- cluding those of Khiva and get a real individuality at all.
Bokhara, and others are said to have Notable Sayings,
beep sent here from Damascus and We have to pay for our own war Arabia. The turks have from time Asked at Bow County Court to and everybody else's war as well. to time fooled all the literary centres of the Old World of the say that another woman was nasty-Lord Birkenhead. tempered, a witness said, "I don't. The Empire works well without Mediterranean and no one can tell know; we all seem to forget our machinery. I am somewhat doubt what may not yet remain in these ful about machinery-General archives. There are many well own conservatory."
Smuts.
educated men among the stutësmen
"What are you?" a woman, was
Though, the League of Nations and officials who are now tanning asked at Marylebone County may be only half a League, it is at the country and the idea is to Court-have a very interesting day rate "half a League onward." classify these collections and use them as a part of the new govern- but expensive occupation-the-Sir Arthur Haworth. bringing up of children," was the Watch carefully the unpoplar mest library.
cause. It is nearly always right Mi Lloyd George and Reporters, reply.
-Sir Donald Maclean
What does Mr. Lloyd George's
*I am as guilty as an angel in heaven that I never hit him," declared a gipsy when fined 10s. at Rochford for assault.
A. dialogue occurred at Bow County Court. Solicitor: When will you pay? Debtor; Can't say. Why ? Dole. Any other debts? -Plenty. Paying ?-Nothing.
Convicted of drunkenness at Marylebone, an old hand attributed all his troubles to the quality of the beer. It's the contounded stuff they give you to drink," he said.
Magistrale, at Thames, to wit- Tess: Do you have any trouble With your wife-Witness: Only the usual troubles that a man has after being married for fourteen years.
The taple of an Englishman's education, bught to be the End fish language, literature, history, and Institutions. Dean Inge...
India is the best customer this country has.Lord Peel.
The moral tone of Golders Green is very high-The Rev. Hugh Trundle d
We are far from having finished daughter think about Enterpris with difficulties.-M. Poincaré.
ing, newspaper reports have at- I have never come into the pos tempted to find out by interviewing session of a secret that was either Miss Megan Lloyd George, whe worth keeping or worth giving his been touring America with her away.-Lord Acton.
Whenever you touch the State father and mother. Much amused you touch the devil. Mr. H. W by the blunt, intruding persons! questions of the typical American Nevinson..
newspaperier, Miss Megan made ready but reticent replies, like her father, not telling more then she wanted to. "What do you want to be ?” was che question. "I haven't decided," was the answer. “Well, are you going to get married or Rinto politics? Are You In love with anybody?" "I am not In love Our existing code of law is as I may either to lato politics or get now, declared Miss Megan, "and Describing a scene at ford police station, when a man was good and efficient a code as it is married or both." "Perhaps you charged with stealing tennis balls, possible for the human mind to have some other egrt of career in a detective, sad, the man look devise.-Lord Justice Atkin.
mind literature, the stage, the several qut his pocket, and, A Turklih National Library. movies, or what?" pursued another sald throwing the. 1 at the-sergeant-in-Among the intellectual-move-, reporter. charge, shouted as All you knock me of the New Turkey 1 the Mise Mogan. Do for love of down you can have.",
talk of establishing a National women smoking cigarettes?" I Library in Constantinople. The know nothing about it, was the In a husband and wife case at mostues of that city rites Frank reply. Then Mas Megan took a - Willesden, a solicitor arrived after G. Carpenter, who is there collec, turu, st questioning her Interrerz- part of the evidence had been iss ratezia befor the Tarkish,tors. Why so reporter ank such keard, and Suquired: “
jured a Tower volume of his World Travels, hayo pallur guesslous fissão, anketa, The Uhove mangoc?” Glekea niva Baltzur kid a kni YO BACEOUT OMAIN DEFIMON VI were unable to
mót aberikuth in hed at 7 ufblockle, mantsanpla bi the morning, and the assault fajutat). Men?Balch
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HOTEL "ASIA"
WEST BUND, CANTON.
Leading Hotel in South China.
First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans 22 Elevators. Roof Garden. Hairdressing Salcon.
and Pearl River.
Moderate Bater
Under the Management of the
Views of City Splendid
Excellent Cuisine:
SUN 00 LTD., CANTON.
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL.
Telephoné Central 170.
Telegraphic address "ASTOR"
13, Queen's Road Central.
A first class Hotel centrally located, large and alry rooms, completely, renovated and refurnished. New Dining Room for Meals and la Carte. Excellent Cuisine. Monthly Tickets for Tiffins and Dinners Under entirely new Mausgement,
For further particulars apply to
KING EDWARD HOTEL
·CHIPTRALE LOCATION
1 And Santany Bitonia, Fatma (Unli Wider Ɛgskem tárongbelah, ~unt of food fai | 829910m
Fel Deal, #1. „Twingraphio Address>==! TzazoXIA 7. WETCHELL, Maangur.
MASSAGE
Mr. N. AKAI & Mrs. B. AKAJI, Graduate of Tokia. Hamiga Baboo
Na & Qasen's Roll, C.
· Tellphõàð Nos C 4895.
M. A. VAZ, Manager.
YANG' YUE, 'Datin
thecer de
THE IRIS SEEN TING. 14, D'Aguilar Street. TERMS VERY MODERATT-
MASSAGE.
Mrs. HONDA Mrs. XIZAKI nád
No. Si, Wyněj zz. Bernst.
ZRENNANJOLE, MA
G. FALCONER & CO., (HONGKONG) LTD
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THE INTERNATIONAL SHIRT CO.
"Head Offoe': '79 Wyndham Street. Ind"Floor. (Opposite "entral Police Station) Tel, Central 4166.
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Dealers in all kinds of High-class Bill Shirts, Collar, Neckties and Pyjamas for Gentlemeb AND ALSO
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