MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927..
Phone C.22
FOR
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WANTED..
WANTED-SHROFF. Apply China Industrial & Equipment Co., 498, Nathan Road, Kowloon, between thä¦ hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-One brass "Hang "Ming" pun of the Chinese Han Dynasty with autematle springs. Price $1,099.00 Apply Box No. 187, eo "China Mall"
TO LET
TO LET-Ground Floor, A.P.C. Buildings Suitable as Shop. Apply. Tabaqueria Filipina, AP.C. Building.
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LET-Furnished for Ave Modern months from My Fat.
Bungalow at No. 4 Broadwood Road containing 2 Reception Roema and 3. Bedrooms. Apply Hong Kong Teumways Limited.
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LET-ONE EUROPEAN HOUSE, 25. Babington Path; con- tafhing About 10 roofs, with venn- daha, berile bathrooms, kitchens and
Quick servants" $1144.4_15... Jochlity. Immediate occupation. Moderate rentul Apply 27. "Babington Path or Tell C525
SITUATION VACANT.
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FOR MIRI. SARA- WAK, Erxlish speaking Chinese Surveyor having theruugh working knowledge Theodolite, Level. Tachenmeter, cupable making own calculations for traversas, drawing own plans and maps.
and
LAMMERT BROS.
A COTTONITRS, APPRANIES
AND SURVEYORS," „Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public
Auction.
ON WEDNESDAY, the 20th April, 1927, commencing at 11 am.. at No. 301 Ashley Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE. " (Particulars from: Catalogue). Qa View from Tyesday, the 19th April, 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 14th April 1927.
ON
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THURSDAY, the 21st April, 1927,
"commencing at 11 am.
at thoir Sales Room, Duddel Street.
11 Cases Knitting Machines. 7 Cases Odol
9 Contessa Notty Cameras.
AND
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A Quantity of MISCELLANEOUS GOODS (for account of the concerned') One Roller Raising Machine," packed in 8 Cases and stored at present at the Hong Kong Kowloon Wharf & Codows Co., Ltd, Kowloon Further Particulars and Inspec then orders from the Undersigned)
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
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LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers..
ON - THURSDAY, the 21st April, 1927, commencing it 2.45 p.m.
at No. 10 Kautsford Terrace. Kowloon,
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
(Partizblars from Catalogized, Ow View from Noon, Wednesday, the 20th April, 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS...
Auctioneers.
ON:
FRIDAY, the 22nd Apriḥ, 1927,
Commencing at an
NOTICES.
MARINE ENGINEERS GUILD OF CHINA
AN
HONG KONG BRANCH,
THE CHINA MAIL.
STUDENTS RIOT.
1,000 IN BATTLE WITH - POLICE
The spirit of youth bubbled ADJOURNED MEETING will be held at the Guild over at Harvard University and Ofice, 67, Des Voeux Road. Central before the resulting tumult was Battled with 1,000 students. ar- on Tuesday, 18th April 1927, atquelled a large force of police had rested: 45 of them, and 5 of their number, 2 policemen, and one bystander had been sent to hos- !pital with cuta and bruises."
o'clock p.m.
W. J. STOKES.
Branch Secretary Hong Kong, 18th April, 1927.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
1:
Without apparent reason students who, attended A vaudeville performance in Har- vard Square started throwing eggs and vegetables. The cur- THE SECOND EXTRA RACE thin was quickly run down and MEETING will be held (wen- the students adjourned to the ther permitting) at Happy Valley street, still with an abundant en SATURDAY 16th April, and supply of ammunition; and start. MONDAY, 18th April.. 1927ed pelting one another. Police commencing at 2.80 p.m. on both days. The first bell will be rung {at 2 p.m.
The charge for admission to the Public Enclosure will be $1 per day for all persons including Ladies.
Soldiers and Ballors in uniform half price.
Members are advised that they must show the Badges to obtain admission to the Members' Enelo-
SUTO.
い
Each member has the right to Introduce 2 non-members to the Members' Enclosure." tickets for whom can be obtained from Messrs.. Lipstend & Davis at $5 each per day up to THURSDAY, 14th April,
:1927.
The charge for admission for Ladies to the Members' Enclosure
will be $2. Each member can obtain, upon application to the Secretary, Badges for admission of 2 Ladies free of charge.
Hong Kong, 11th April 1927...
HONG KONG TELEPHONE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
men intervened, and before they were overcome sounded the riot call, which brought patrol wagons and reserver
The patrol wagons, used as tanks, charged into the crowd of students, who by this time had been greatly reinforced. After & long struggle, in which the police used their hickory clubs freely. the students, were "pushed back within the quadrangle, the gates of which were closed to keep out the police and the city residents who had come to their aid..
"OLD TABBY."
HOW THE TERM. WAS FIRST APPLIED
"CHINA MAIL" CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
It is popularly supposed that NO.14-$50 M UST BE WON
that term "old tabby" is, or used to be, given to old ladies because Not a bit of it! Nor would it of their fondness for tabby cats. be right to say that cats were called "tabby" Because of the old ladies who owned them.
The reason lies far away down the road of history and takes us to the times of Haroun al Raschid and Richard the Lion-heart.
From time immemorial galleys have brought the fabrics of the East across the Levant to the coasts of Europe. Muslin came from
Mosul, Dimity from Damietta. Sarcenet was Saracen silk from Diarbekr, the great walled city of the Kurds, and Damask from Damascus.
Outside old Bagdad, on the opposite side of the River Tigris from the Bagdad of to-day, stood the suburb of El Tabbyiana,
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FIRST READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY THROUGH.
The PRIZES in this competition are AWARDED STRICTLY on MERIT.
2.
Back solution sent in must be made on the coupon cat from the "China Mail" Any number of solutions may be sent. in.
3. An entry fee of fifty cents must accompany each coupon. Three entries, however, may be sent in together for one dollar. Letters sent through the post must not contain còins as they will not be delivered by the Post Office.
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4. No entry will be considered under any circumstances whatso
ovor, unless entry money for each solution ta enclosed.
5. Entries must reach the office of the "China Mail”” not later than
the time and date for closing announced on the coupon
6. No responsibility is accepted for loss or delay in the post." All
letters should be registered and/or sealed...
7. The prize of $50 must be won and will be awarded for an all
correct or nearest correct solution. In the event of ties the $50 will be divided. No competitor may win more than one share of the prize in each competition.
8. The coupon must not be defaced in any way. All attempts
must be in plain block letters and legible,
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9. The Editor's décision will be final and binding in all matters of dispute, and he reserves the right to enter into Correspondence regarding the Competition.
10. Solutions will be published with the results, in this paper, every{
Thursday following the Closing. Date.
11.
Black and White Silk. In that suburb, without the famous circular walls of the city of the Caliphs, was manufactured a rich and heavy black-and-white watered silk known to the mar (kets of Europe as "Tabbi."
Queen Elizabeth is recorded as wearing a "Tabbi' dress, Mr.
hie wears
imitation12. When the arrested students Pepys were arraigned in court the i-Tabbi waistcoat, which the versity authorities obtained an "poor wretch" had given him. It adjournment for a week, during was, too, the favourite material which a rigid investigation will for the dresses of elderly ladies be held to fix the responsibility of standing. for the trouble.
TEN YEARS AFTER.
MAN'S DEATH FROM WAR. WOUND.
!
At a Westminster inquest on Walter Long, 48, a Wat Office messenger, of Upper Garden TOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN Street, Pimlico, who died in
N' SECOND ORDINARY Millen Military Hospital, It
YEARLY MEETING of Hong Kong was stated that Long served dur Telephone Company, Limited, willing the war as a private in the be held on SATURDAY, the 23rd 16th Queen's Royal Regiment iday of April, 1927, in the Board (West Surrey), and was wounded Room of the Company, Second in the shoulder at Salonica in Floor. Exchange Building. HONG February, 1917. He complain for the purpose of receiving & State-
Salary $150.00 Straits Currency at their Sales Rocm, Duddel Street.KONG, at 11 a.m., in the forenooned of pains
monthly, free furnished quarters.. A Large Consignment of Ladies'
Novelties light. fuel medical attendance..
second class passage to and from comprising of the Latest Parisien Miri. Applicants to enclose copies and Continental Dresses, Robes,
of weferences. Reply, P.O: Box No. Scarves, Socke: Stockings, Boots 22B, Hong Kong.
* MISCELLANEOUS.
VOUR visiting cards neatly and
promptly printed.-"China Mail" Office, No. 5, Wyndham St., Telephone Central 22
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
The fallowing unclaimed tele grama are lying at the office of The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Limited):-
Hudson, from Shanghai.." Wexot, from Shanghai.
Suzmanager, from Tokyo.
E. V. JESSEN,
Superintendent
Hong Kong Station, April 7, 1927.
EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA --
TELEGRAPH CO.
"
List of Unclaimed. Telegrams. lying in. F. E. Telegraph Office.. Hong Kong.
Antilace, from Paris.
E. A. LEGGATT,
Superintendent.
Hong Kong, 14th April, 1927.
HONGKONG HEIGHTS.
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published-
Island.
Victoria Peak
Feet.
1828
Signal Station
1774
Mt. Parker
1784
Mountain Lodge
1726
The Eyrie
1725
Peak Hotel
1306!
Taikoo Sanatorium
1000
Mt. Davis,
877
Bowen Rd. (filterbeds) 297
Mainland.
"Talmoshan
8124
Towloon Peak
1971
TÄNG YUE,"DENTIST
Successor to
the late SIEN TING","
PUMA, D'Aguilar Street.
TERMS VERY MODERATE
Consultation Fres.
and Shoes.
ALSO
Mandarin Coats and Embroidery AND A Quantity of Imitation Pearl and Fancy Glass Beads Necklace.
On View from Thursday, the 21st April, 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 16th April, 1927.
in his arm,
ment of Accounts and the Report and after being seen by two of the Board of Directors, for the doctors was sent to the hospital, financial year ended 31st December, where he died the next day. 1926, confirming the appointment. of two Directors, and re-electing two Directors and the Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 16th April to the 23rd Apr, 1927, both days inclusive:
Dated this 7th day of April, 1927.
By Order of the Board,
R. GUY WILKERSON, -
"Secretary.
14, Dos Voeux Road Central, Hong KonE.
Major Lawrence Routh, R.A.M.C., said Long was admit- ted with a temperature of 105. He was suffering from acute bronchitis, a shrapnel wound having broken down,
Dr. Weir, pathologist, said death was due to blood poisoning, following suppurative arthritis in the shoulder joint.
The coroner recorded a verdict, that Long died from the effects of wounds received in warfare.
THE
DOLLAR DIRECTORY
IS NOW
REP d
ON SALE
AT
H.K. DOLLAR DIRECTORY CO
Wyndham Street
Hence it was that old ladies were called "old Tabbies," writes Lieut-General Sir George Muc- Munn. The cat probably takes the same name because its fur isy of a similar black and white watered design....
SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONG KONG FOR APRIL, 1927.
(Standard Time of the 120th » Meridian, East of Greenwich), Date
Sunrise Sunset
Coupons will be kept for four days after the results of the com- pétition have been published.
All letters must be addressed, "China Mail" Crosswords, c/o "China Mall Offices, No. 5, Wyndham Street, Hong Kong. No member of the staff of the "China Mail" will be allowed to compete.
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Lima Peru,
April. Senhores Sariotte and Peiranos, who intended flying from Buenos Aires to New York crashed, near Puno on Lake Titikaka, probably the highest lake in the world, 13,000 feet above sea level. Both airmen were injured.-Reuter.
ALSO AT:-KELY & WALSH, HONG KONG FERRY
STALL
PEAK WHARF,
LEE YEE, FERRY WHARF, AND HUNG CHEONG.
KOWLOON
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To "China Mail" Cross-Words,”
Offices, c/o "China Mall"
No. 5, Wyndham, Street, Hong Kong.
DEAR SIRE,
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I agree to abide by your rules, and I enclose.
for
Name
Address
enclos
solution (s) which are attached.
[Please Write in Block Letters.]
CLOSING DATE FOR COUPONS, MONDAY, APRIL 25. [Coupons received at the "Chias Mall Office after mid-day
on Monday will not be included in the competition.]<j
Clues Across.
1. To reject
5. A fish.
9. To carve,
11. Liquid obtained from pine-tre
13. Coosaged...
14. To terrify,
17. A girl's name.
20. Metion in a circle.
21. Fertaining to the Pelvis."
22
22.
A.feature.
28, South East (abbrev:)
24.
Profix meaning 'down'.
26. A point of the compass.
26. Produced by ald of the teeth,
27. In the direction of.
29. A bill:
81. A bone.
28. To tremble.
95. Appearance to hide reality,
38. The winged sandals of Hermes.
40. A girl's name,
41. The handle of a word.
42 LX (actual)."
43. The nitrate of potash.
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44. A loamy deposit of the Fleets-
48 Thankalaa
40 Birth note in siklo,
60. A colour.
62. Abbreviation for numbers'
58. A widow's right..
56 Interrogative pronoun.
58. Timild
50. Consumed,
* 82. A printers" measure.
68. Bane am 27 actos.
84. Perception
65. Fat and short
Chies Down.
2 To indame,'
3. To walk in pompous manner,
4 EA (actual)..
6. Pres: indz of" "Have
1. Denotes presence..
8. "Delote.
"1. . A leap..
10. Footprint. ·
12; Lowing.
14. Deads.
16 An important date.
10. Sharp or sour.
18: Not new.*
19.
NI (actual).
21. A blow
23: A ̈rosi...
28. To perform any acti
28 ́ ́ A machine,
29 Narrated.
31. To beslage.
82. Withdrawal.
To appease
8. Germans emperor,
Httis pill
BA
86. A minéral.
87. Floating on the sur
39. Same as 7, down.
45. Bolemn statements. 46. Us
47. In what manner.
50. Besides
11. Watery part of milk. 54 The organ of sight, 55. A domestic animal FT.The indefinite article. '60, EP: (actual). 61. AD (actual)::.
Same as 27 aCTOSE,"
Competitors are reminded that the prize is to be
for the correct solution, or if nobody succeeds in get
lution, for the NEAREST
you have not done the cr
have done it may prove to be the nearest