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THONSUAL JANUARY 3192.
INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE.
N Extraordinary. General Meeting of the Club will be held in the Board Room of Messrs. Jardior Matheson & Co., Ltd. on THURSDAY the 10th January 1924, at 5 p.m.
The Meeting is called are:-
purposes for which the
G.
INTIMATIONS..
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PUBLIC AUCTION
DARTICULARS and Conditions of the Salo by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the 7th day of Junury, 1994. at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of Ong Lot of UROWN LAND at
Ma Thu Wel in the Colony of Hongkong. for a term of 25 years, with the option of (a) To confirm the following re-ronowal at a Crown Ront to be fed
THE CHINA MAH
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
25 WORDS S INSERTIONS, $1. PREPAID, Every additional word Cont
for 8 insertions.
WANTED.
WANTED. Chinese Salesman for Educated, and of good address. Speak
English House, must, be well Folutions passed at the Ex-by the Sarvoyor of His Majesty the Chinese and English fluently, and traordinary General Meeting King, for eno further term of 75 years.
would be Required to have a guar. autee of $5,000, good Salary "patd. Box No 1468 c/o "China Mail."
held on 12th December 1923
1. That the Rules of Racing made by the Hongkong Jockey Clab be amended by adding after Rule No. 11 the following 11a. After the Annual Race
Meeting 1924 a China Hooy is a horse measuring 13 hands 3 inches and under.
2. That the said Rules of Racing be amended by striking out Rulo No. 77 and substituting the following:
27.
The weight for China Ponies shall be 140 pounds for 12 hands with an addi- tional 3 pounds for every complete inch above that height, Fractions of an inch to count in favour of Any Pony hands
the Pony. measuring.
14
(fractions of an inch to count in favour of the Pony) and under shall be eligible to compete at the Annual Race Meeting in 1924 is any race reserved for China Ponies. After the Annual Race Meeting in 1924, any China Pony
which measures over 13
MR.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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NOTICE.
EDWARD BENJAMIN RAYMOND having resigned, his interest and responsibüity in our January 1924. Firm ceases as from this date, 1st
E. D. SASSOON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, 28th December, 1923.
NOTICE.
hands inches, to be M. J. A. SELAVISA ALVES has been authorized to sign ineligible to compete in "Per pro" for and on behalf of any race reserved for Hughes & Hough Limited, as from China Ponies (fractions of 1st January 1924. an inch over 13 hands 3 inches not to count).
77a. After the Annual Race
Meeting 1924 the Stewards
may refuse to accept the entry of any Pony which
in their opinion is not a
HUGHES & HOUGH LTD. Hongkong, January 3, 1924.
China Pony. They may, TUNG SANG
at their discretion, appoint
a Committee of Inspection.
The Stewards' decision
shall be mat.
3. That Rule No. 34 of the Rules and Regulations of the Hong kong Jockey Club be amended to read:-
34. The Stewards have power to draw up and settle the
programme and fix the
date or dates for any Race Meeting.
4. That Kule No. 76 of the Rules of Racing made by the Hong- kong Jockey Club be un- changed.
b) To propose a resolution
adopting the revised Rules
and Regulations of the Club as
circulated to the Meinbers in
TAILOR
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EXPERT FITTERS
which the following new pro-HIGH CLASS
visions have been made :--
1. For the division of the Mem-
bers of the Club into Voting
and Non-Voting or Ordinary Members.
2. For Lady Racing Members.
3. For the increase of the
Entrance Fee to the Club.
4. For Visiting Members,
5. For the appointment of a
Secretary.
6. For the alteration of the date upon which subscriptions are payable and other minor alterations.
By Order
C. B. BROWN, Secretary.
Hongkong, January 2, 19241.
NOT
NOTICE.
OTICE is hereby given that the goodwill and assets of the business of Hughes & Hough carried on at No. 8 Des Voeux Road Central Hongkong have this day been transferred to Hughes & Hough Limited who will carry on business at the same address.
Dated 1st day of January, 1924,
HUGHES & HOUGH. Hongkong, January 2, 1924.
NOTICE.
THE interest and responsibility in
our firm of Mr. EDWARD JOHN CHAPMAN having ceased as from 31st December 1923, we have this day taken into: partnership Mr. HARRY, GREENWOOD, AGA,
LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
Chartered Accountants. Hongkong, 1st January, 1924. j
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INTIMATIONS
DAISY O'KEEFE Qualified Teacher
FROM MISS BEELLE HARDING'S ACADEMY, LONDON, PARIS.
BRUSSELS. THE HAGUE. And Madame Judith Espinosa's Academy of Stage and Operatio
Dancing, London,
Miss O'Keefo give lessons in the latest Ball Room dancos, including The Blues, Old and Now Tango, Exhibition Work, Ballet, Classical Eurythmics, etc. Candidates pro- pared for the London Technical Syllabus Exams. Correct Technique
taught.
Station Hotel, 10 to 12 am. King Edward Hotel, 3 to 7 p.m.
daily. Tel. K120.
FLATS DEVELOP BRAINS.
A HOUSE CAUSES "MENTAL
DULNESS."
Some medical authorities claim that it is possible to tell at a glance whether a man lives in a house or
EMPIRE EXHIBITION..
HOME NOTES.
WEMBLEY, November 9. The Great War révolutionized many trades and industries, and in the process a new crá in the manu facture of pencils has been opened out to British producers.
MAIL WEEK NEWS,
ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR.
Swansea Docks have been work- at top pressure for some time.
43,00 from Thresher and Glenny's Thieves stole clothing worth
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shop in Conduit-street, W., Londen.
Great Britain during the last nine The exports of Canadien bacon to
MAIL WEEK NEWS.”. ITEMS FROM TAR AND NEAR.
Most of the Mexicani frantier town of Tia Juana has been destroy- ed by fire.
Paris milk-sellers went on strike; sent round in
supplies
taxicabs.
wcro
In London elementary schools
It is now possible to make, in large instead of limited quantities, the mining of the raw material a pencil which is all British, from
needed for the press down to increase of 3,000,000lb. in the same years of age, and cutting of the special trees this totalled 034,000lb., and there are 56,000 children under five the sale of a single pencil across period of last year, the counter. The British pench
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DANGEROUS DREAMS.
BEWARD OF DUKES AND SALADS
There were 1,385 deaths from an cancer in Kent last year, 1,272 of
Dreams and their meanings are agreeably diversified by interpreta (Hutchinson, 4s. 6d.) which Lady tions in Pharaoh's Dream Book Threlfall intimates she has compli ed from an eighteenth-century, and from her own personal experf dream book now long out of print ences and those of others that her been told to her. Some of them suggest humorous reflections, amputation of a limb presages the To dream, for instance, of the death of a trusted professional ad By a door to door milk can collec-warning of financial worry; of viser; af talking with a duke-1 tion, Wilbledon milkmen raised meeting a successfit author-you £985 for the hospitals.
will soon be in danger from wild animals. W. Battock, Paddington taxi-to Berlin, the next meal you str If you dream of a visit
unpleasant news."
can be made up from Kenya George Le Boutillier, once cedar, wood, graphite mined in office boy in the office of the late persons of 45 and upwards. Canada and Ceylon, fats and Ralph Peters, will succeed Mr. waxes produced in India and Auns-Peters as president of the', Long tralasia, gums from Egypt. India, Island milroad, it is announced. and the new mandated territories, and British dyestuffs. The whole manufacturers at the exhibition. process will be demonstrated by
The rye surplus is selling faster Several big parcele of rye have been driver, was killed when a runaway down to will be interrupted by than the wheat surplus at Moscow,
A high-grade pencil, costing no shipped one of them going to Hol-horse ran into his cab. more than other makes, will be land the price being 8 to 91 produced there by British work-guldens n ton. men, using British materials which have been carried in British. ships from imperial ports to the home factories.
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Three billion pounds of ice are needed for the 120,000 cars of pro- duce now in progress of being ship ped eastward from southern Cali- arfornia, according to a semi-official
survey made.
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Paddington's Mayor laid the foundation stone of the borough's new £100,000 public baths,
Bombs were exploded on the doorstep of the Spanish and Italian Consulates in Philadelphia.
A Bill is now before the French Parliament to permit 100 per cent.
increase of pre-war rents.
Princess Mary visited Newcastle
Elaborate arrangements being made for organized parties to visit the exhibition. Tourist agencies are organizing parties, and Sale of one and two cent staops the railway companies will run for the last special excursions to Loudon
year increased at $50,000,000, pastal workers in con- reduced rates from all the principal ference were told by Washington stations in the country. This will oficials, who pointed out that this to open a new maternity home. She give to those who are travelling in- was a gure barometer of better busi-had a civic reception. dividually as well as to smaller parties an opportunity of visiting the great exhibition at the lowest possible cost.
ness conditions.
A letter has been sent to Arthur Henderson, of the British Labour
"The many uses to which coal can be put will be illustrated by the Party, informing him that the British gas industry in a great dis-Canadian Labour Party will take play it is to give at the exhibition, part in the convention in 1924, in The various sections of the indie ondon, of representatives of the try have combined, and have taken Labour partics of the British Com- a space of 12,500 feet in the Palace monwealth. of Industry. "Here the story of coal and gas and their possibilities will be told.
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John Carnell, a road repaires, was over and killed by a steam roller at East Budleigh, Devon.
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bursts, your name will be shortly If in a dream your kitchen boiler. in the papers; but to see your name in the announcements of births, deaths, and marriages is a sign of approaching illness.
A FEARFUL OMEN.” To dream of apes is
"bad" someone will attempt, to poison you; of coffee, if you are in a Government poet, signifies promo tion. To dream you are dancing is a sign that the nextfew years of your life will be extremely happy, but that later on you will sink into trouble and penury."&
A dream of appendicitis means a motorcar accident. To dream you see one or more friends is a most fearful omen." To obtain your desire it is only necessary to dream of Mount Everest.
A visitor to the Billericay Poor Law Institution has given the in-
If you hear the gramophone mates a wireless four-valve set.
played a terrible secret concern ing one you love will shortly be A furthre Strahd widening is pro-revealed to you. House-wives will posed by the LC.C., which is re-be interested to know that to dream £17,000. commended to purchase No. 50 for of toothache presages a
change in your household staff.
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Two United States Daval vessels, the "Callao and Barcelo," both of which were captured from the
Wireless has been banned in Spanish at Cavite in 1898 when the Worcestershire elementary schools The model of a full-rigged ship Cavite naval yard surrendered, and because the children damage the towering over the cupola of a pavil-around which history and romance roofs in fixing aerials. fon will denote the Wembley home
of the Atlantic group of islands have been written, have been placed and colonics at the exhibition. on sale by the United States Navy.
As this group comprises the West Indies, Falkland Islands,
miles from Corfu. The boys ure al under American care, being the wards of the Near East Relief...
If you dream you are mixing salad, next time you find yourself in a large assembly, watch-for strange things will happen.
KEEP YOUR BABY LOVELY _AND_WELL. ·
Are you one of those lacky mothers
by day 1 If not most probaly the trouble The little one's stomach or
intelters most of the ailments of infancy arise, finder such cir stances Faby**Own Tablets have been- in grast names of cases all that nerded to set mitters right
The stream of dollars pouring into From primitive but to Kaiser's can railroads since the beginning of the gross earnings cofferdef Ameri- British Guiana, British Honduras, palace in the fairy story feality of 1923 will total $6,000,000,000 by whose baby seldom ere, fen) peaceful. and the Windward and Lerward 500 Armenian boys, now enjoying Dec. 31; George H. Ingalls, vice-ly, eats well gain weight roxulrly day Islands, the sign of the ship is ap-the luxuries of the palatial mansion president of the New York Central propriately chosen. The pavilion of the fenner German emperor, lines, told the Brooklyn Chamber of will contain exhibits of everything situated along the coast about fiveCommerce Traffic Club. that the liner and tramp steams north with, including diamonds and gold, woods and wool, cacao and coffee, and such tropical staple produce as sugar, fruit, spices, rice, and the banana, Hides, skins, whale products and petroleum from Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago and the Falklands will be included. The pavilion will be Georgian in style with a red roof and overhanging jalousies and eaves. The frontage will be made up into a tropical garden with seats:
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a flat. They say that a particular beneath gigantic palm trees. type of residence leaves a distinctive mark on the physique and per- sonality of the occupier.
The official figures of the Irish Free State revenue show that from the beginning of the financial year down to September, a period of five months, the exchequer received £19,360,000, as compared with 40,803,576 in the corresponding period last year. The return indi cates that the budget of estimated receipts of 226,000,000 will be exceeded.
The rew Nigeria with its When members of the Polish 20,000,000 inhabitants is to repro-Sonate called on the Polish state. duce its life and work on rather loan bank recently for their salaries, elaborate scale at the exhibition. the bank had no large notes, and West Africa wilt have at Wem- could only pay in 6,000-mark bills, bley a walled city of the ancients, which were worth 2 cents. Most of The flat-dwellar in saved various which will be inhabited by modern the senators objected to carrying
Flat dwelling, according to their theories, develops the mental capa cities, while life in a house leaves its mark on the physique.
minor physical exertions. He be-natives in both their primitive and comes, in consequence, more refloo-forward states just as civilization tive, philosophic, mentally alert, has passed them by for a thousand and bodily sluggish.
years or caught them up in the wonderful progress made from the West Coast to inland regions. Agriculture will be shown in all its branches, while Nigerian cotton, which is rapidly becoming a staple product, will have its place as an industrial babe of the region. It is being nursed to strength by the British Cotton Growing Associa-
The house man ie his physical superior, is less likely to contract flat feet and variouse veins and superfluous adipose tissue. But he is more prone to mental dulness, to worrying about trifles, and to hosty judgments.
DRAUGHTS:
The flat dweller bas less fresh air, tion.
and the air he breathes, unless his Nigeria has made itself self-
great packages through the streets, and said they would call again, when the bank had received its next shipment of 250,000-mark hills from the national printing office.
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HONGKONG HEIGHTS.
For the information of visitors bi
ring list of some of the highest it on the Island and Mainland is rublished ---
SSBAND,
Feet 1774
It is wonderful how quickly a baby. starts to thrive, when Baby's Own Tablets are used.
Baby's Own Tablets
gently aid the child's digestion, ralisvo colic. croup and colds, banish con stipation, check diarrhoea, expal worse, allay tesibing pains almost as 12 by magic, quiet the nerves and promote health giving sleep in a perfectly natural
They are guaranteed so alsalately free from opiates-or narcotics, and may be giver fræly without fear of harm to the youngest and most delicate infant
My Parker- Signal Station
1784
Mountain Lodge
1720
The Byzio
1725
way
Peak Hotel
1905
Talkoo Banatorium
Kt. Davin
1000 877
Bowen Ed. (filterbeds
291
MAINLAND.
Talmoshan
8124
Kowloon Peak
1971
Lion Book
1045
Shatin Pars...om
1000
Unriam: Fass Devil's Peak
180 196
be
Chemists sell Baby's Own Tablets poet free, 60 cents per vil, from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., 60 Kiangse Road, Shanghai.
Stops Croup
It stops croup. That's why, mothers keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house. It contains no parcotics and ia best for the children. For galo evary.. where.
M. Y SAN It
Electric railway mileage in the United States was considerably less last year than in 1917, reports the Department of Commerce. nevertheless is greater than in 1912. In 1917 there were 44,808.31 miles of electric lines, while in 1922 1919 the mileage was 41.082.91. there were 43,933.85 miles. In
flat is high up, is more stagnant and supporting for coal, and something The most marked decreases be infected than that which circulates will be shown of the 200,000 tons tween 1917 and 1923 were in through a house. He is more free annual
output which Port Massachusetta, amounting to 866
frou draughts than his neighbour Harcourt handles. The tin fields
MR. R. K. LAW FINED.
miles.
in a house, and it is eseder for him will have 2 place and also and in Ohio, amounting to 260 to keep a level temperature inside wild and cultivated rubber skins, his domicile.
plam products, oils kernels, and Taken all in all, the flat is a groundouts, from which a savoury old by the acre. When land. is Land at Corfu is, not always better winter and the house a better soup can be made, stummer residence.
Craftsmen in all the products and sold, the number of trees are count- arts of the rich African west willed and the price fixed on the pro- be at Wembley, and their wives duotive power of the trees. This will be with them helping, with isinud le rich in olive trees and nimble fingers. They will weave vines. Wherever there is an olive cotton, work in leather, fashion - tree, a price is set on its value and Mr. B. K. Law, ou of the late metals, make mats, shape wood, and that value determines the value of Mr. Bonar Law, was one of
carvo ivory.
the land. The Near East Relief workers
to eighteen defendants at Woking
recently wished police-court to charges arising from
lease a plot of land for their school The Alm screen will be near, the Kaiser's villa
Before police activities on the By-fleet-quisitioned to show the country being able to accomplish it, they woad, near Brooklands track... which is the size of Great Britain had to oco 65 pereans, each one of
Ho was charged with dangerous and France combined, the native driving, and was, in his absence, sports, the trade centres, harbours whom owned a tree on the plot. fined £6. In a letter to the bench and rallways, the Nigerian re- Mr. Low wrote that, as be was aiment, ficial ceremonies, and cd both favourably and unfavour Sweden's industries will be affect leaving the country for a few weeks,
town life" ingre he left them to deal with the case screened, such as the tale of the Ruhr conflict, according to the Complete trade stories will be ably by the settlement of the Ps they thought it,
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palm, from a seedling to its maturthird quarterly statement for 1923 ed uses the story of cotton, from which bas just been issued by the growing field through all. Its the Royal Board of Trade. It processes, to ship and shop, and so pointed out that in normal times the Rubr district took about two-thirds
on.
of the total export of Swedish iron SANTAN, era. This market was closed by the dingop French occupation, and the
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City has been selected as Bwedish are producers have boon Perfection in Style and Fit Guara meeting place for the next con diverting their shipment to
of the Pan-American America, and alsowhere, whia largo Lion of Labour, to be held in stocks have also been accumulating 14) neprding to official in home.parts. In the near future mwde; after azzads | Garziany: doubtles agaiD, 2054
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