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five-roamed house on The Peak.
Recently renovated. · Rent moder- ate. Box No. 493, c/o "China
Mail,"
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NOTICES.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS.
THE LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS Twill be CLOSED ON RIEURS
DAY, 16th June, 1927, at 5 p.m.
By Order,
Secretary.
C. B. BROWN,
Hong Kong, 10th June, 1927.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Dorms an
RAFT Programmes and Entry
the
FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEETING to be held on SATURDAY, 25th June 1927 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Race Course, Hong Kong Club and Causeway Bay Stables.
Entries will close at 1 p.m. on THURSDAY, 16th June, 1927.
Hong Kong, 10th June, 1927.
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER
CO. (1918), LTD.
WITH Reference to the Notice
LOCAL PRODUCE.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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methods and new seeds will pro- duce better results, than the old. ones. So small an area as 40,000:
acras of agricultural land would not be worth the establishment of an Agricultural College, but the publicity of an agricultural show! might make known something of what is being done at the Ling Nan Agricultural College, Can- ton. The Nanking University, in the Philippines and by the Botani- en and Forestry Department, Hong Kong, besides bringing to-l gether those interested and mak- ing known the requirements of both consumer and producer.
A few figures will show the pos- sibilities of the situation. The population of Hong Kong and the New Territories is about 700,000. | The consumption of rice amounts to about a pound per head per day, this works out to 114,000 tons a year. No figures are avail- able for the actual production of But rice in the New Territory. from statistics relating to India, and elsewhere it seems that half a ton per acre may be reckoned as a to Shareholders of the above 20,000 tons a year or about one- fair annual yield; this gives only Company dated 16th February, 1927 whereby the Final Call of sixth of the requirements of the $3.00 per share on the New Shares Colony, and it is clear, therefore, was made payable on 30th June, that we cannot reckon on keeping 1927, instead of 1st March, 1927, ourselves in rice. We may, how the Directors of the Company have ever, fairly reckon on increasing and promptly printed "China decided, in view of the conditions the crop as has been done in the Mail" Office, No. 5. Wyndham St.prevailing at present, to further case of wheat in other countries Telephone Central 22,
extend the time for payment of the and a dissemination of the know- Call.
ledge that has been gained in Notice is accordingly hereby other places may help the farmers given that the date for payment of of the New Territories to improve the Final Call is postponed to 30th their methods and
so increase
MISCELLANEOUS.
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly
LAMMERT BROS. NOVEMBER, 1927. and that the their crops.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS
AND SURVIVORS.
-Public Auctions-
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
Tinstructions to sell by Public
on
WEDNESDAY, the 15th June, 1927 at 11 a.m.
at Godown No. 7, Lower, The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon.
41 Bales Glazed White Printing Paper. (Various Sizes, 36/77 lbs per renm)
Terms: As Custome
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers
Hong Kong, 11th June, 1927
ON
WEDNESDAY, the 15th June, 1927.
cummencing at 11.30 a.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
76 Cases Pearl Barley:
8 Cases Sardines.
1 Case Canned Apples.
1 Case Seedless Raisins.
2 Cases Glams.
1 Case Enamelled Basins.
1 Case Enamelled Sauce Pans.
Ice Cream Freezers.
AND
A Quantity of
Sundry Furniture and Carpein,
etc., etc.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 13th June, 1927,
THE Undersigned have received Enderons to har, republic
Auction
ON THURSDAY, the 16th June, 1927, commencing at 10.30 a.m.
at No. 58A, Nathan Road, Kowloon.
A Quantity. of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD-
FURNITURE.
Comprising:-
Tenk
Chesterfeld Hatstand, Couch and Chairs, Teak Dining Table, Teak Sideboard, Leather- cover Chairs, Teak Glass Cabinet, Tenk and Blackwood Tenpoys, Tenk Bedstead, Teak Wardrobe, Tenk Dressing Table, Chest of Drawers, Oscillating Table Fans, Pictures, Carpet, Crockery, Silverware, Gloss- ware, Teak Ice Chest, etc, etc., etc.
ALSO
One Piano by Grotrian Steinweg.
Catalogues will be issued.
Form of Bankers' Receipt already sent to Shareholders can be used as though the date named therein were the 30th November, 1927.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO..
General Managers. Hong Kong, 10th June, 1927,
Vegetables.
Now turn to vegetables, a cab- bage requires about two square feet, or three square feet allow. ing for paths in the vegetable gar- den. This is equal to 14,500 per acre or 500 million on the 40,000 acres of the New Territory or 1,000 million allowing two crops a year. This comes to four cab- TESTOVER --- STEVENAGE. bage (or their equivalent in other Within an hour from London, vegetables) per head per day for
HOME TUITION.
In healthy neighbourhood. SCHOOL the 700,000 inhabitants of the
for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS, A Colony. Probably one-third of a few Boarders received in the House cabbage per day or one-twelfth of
YOUR SURETY OF
OF PURITY
CHOCOLATE
COATED
ICE CREAM
POLAR CAKE
Manufactured By:
WESTERN DAIRY PRODUCTS CO.
OF SEATTLE U.S.A.
Distributed By:
FORPRODIST COMPANY
China Building Hong Kong.
Obtainable at:
THE ICE CREAM KIOSK
Queen's Theatre Building
Hong Kong.
THE ICE CREAM PAVILION
96 Nathan Road Kowloon.
And From Our Boys in the Streets
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of the Principal. Individual care this supply would be ample. This IT'S QUALITY THAT COUNTS!
and attention. For Particulars allows a large margin for such apply to:
MISS RUTH CULLEY
(Camb. Higher Local). (Camh. Teachers' Diploma). MISS GERTRUDE TURNER
(National Frodel Higher Certificate).
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land as is so situated as to be un- suitable for vegetable gardening. Surely one-twelfth of our agricul tural land might be made acces- sible to the Hong Kong market by steam launch, railway or motor-
road.
could be introduced maturing earlier and later it would be a great help to the fruit supply. The pine apple has the advantage that it is typhoon proof and the disadvantage that it leads to a considerable amount of surface denudation of the soil.
every
ber Exhibition. The Committee. are anxious to afford facility to prospective exhibitors; applications for space within the exhibition building should be made without loss of time.
L. G.
June 13 1927. Mr. S. F. Brown. Mr. A. H. Chambers.
Papaya is another fruit easily grown and it seems that all that HONG KONG HOTEL VISITORS. is required is to prevent deter- ioration in the quality by the supply of seeds of any improved varieties which may be intro- duced. The Chinese boil papaya for food as a vegetable while the fruit is still green. The Euro- peans, on the other hand, eat the fruit when ripe only.
Within
It must be clearly borne in mind that it is no advantage to the Colony if it must subsidise farmers by railways, roads, irri- gation schemes or otherwise in order to enable them to compete with the growers in the more fer- tile land of the Canton River Delta. We, however, already have n railway, sonie miles of motor roads and waterways which com- mand a great length of coast line and it seems that there is not much more to be done in this direction. There is, however, the important question of manure.
recent years papayas have come The land in the Delta is no doubt greatly into favour as a seasonal more fertile than the average of land in the Territority. Vegeta tensively in the New Territory, a fruit. If they are cultivated ex- bles require more fertilizer than profitable market might be found rice. Night soll is the manure by for them in Shanghai and the the use of which only, China is Northern ports where, on account enable to maintain her dense po- pulation. If you do not return to of the climate, the fruit cannot the land what you take out of it. be grown.
Oranges and lichees are both it will eventually cease to yield crops. The trouble with the use grown in the Territory. Of the of night soil is that it is unplea- former the small loose skinned sant, and is a danger to health. orange "kat tsai" is the only one The Chinese have solved the grown to any extent. second difficulty by boiling all are largely grown at Fanling and water and cooking all food and are there are several new plantations indifferent to the former one. The in the neighbourhood. The Westerner solves both difficulties trouble with these and with all by the wasteful method of turn- fruit is that there is no reliable ing the night soil into the sea. "nursery gardener" in the Colony The great problem for modern from whom one could be sure of sanitary authorities is how to use obtaining plants of a variety ask- the human excreta from the ed for and if something could be towns, in the place where it done by the Botanical should be used on the land Forestry Department or by pri- without its being a nuisance and vate enterprise to meet this without its being a danger to difficulty it seems not unlikely When some practical that the local demand might be health means are evolved of conveying met by local production. In this the night soil to the land with respect the recommendation of out its being a nuisance in tran- the Committee on the Economic sit and when the Chinese market Resources of the Colony may be. usefully urged on the attention ing it over their vegetables is a of the Government with a view mistake that it should go to the to an officer of the Botanical De- roots there will be little more to partment being available as ad- be done in the way of fertilizer: viser to local farmers.. And with the railway, motor roads and steam launches the Colony should be self supporting In the matter of vegetables..
On View from Wednesday, the Nr. 40 Queen's Road. C. Hong Kong, gardeners have learnt that spray-
16th June, 1927,
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers,
Hong Kong, 9th Junė, 1927.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONG KONG FOR JUNE, 1927.
Date June
14
Sunrise
Suneet
+5,38
15-
5.88
7.08 7.08
16
5.38
7.08
5.38
.7.09
5.08
7.00
5.39
7,09
7.10
6.80
7:10
6.39*
7.10
.5.40
7.10
6,40
7.10
5,40
7.10
5.40
7.11
5.40
7.11
5.41
711
5:41.
7.11
5.41:
NOTICE
TO SHIPOWNERS, MASTERS & AGENTS.
The Yuen Wo Seamen's Institute always has men available to ship as watch- men, seamen, &c.
Our men are employed by the leading passenger lines. We guarantee satis faction."
Please phone or call:?- K.661–—No. 2, Saigon Street, Yaumati or
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Advice To Exhibitors.
and
Mr. O, E. Davies, Mrs. P. M: Davies.
w. S. Van Gelder, M. Gell, C. D. Mesars. R. Gosse, S. H. Gray, Gardner.
Mr. A. F. Henry. Mr. J. E. Joseph.
Mr. H. A. Keller, Mr. Kool and Family.
Messrs. W. T. Longwell, A. C. Lofts, Miss H. Lillie.
E. J. Moran, Miss G. L. Marshall, Mrs. A. Mulliemuster,
Mr. L. McNutt, Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Messra. F. Powell.. A. P. Powrie, Mrs. H. Parrott and Son.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rout, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rout,
Mr. A. P. Schever, Mr. and Mrs.
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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
The following unclaimed, tela- grams are lying at the office of The Great Northern Telegraph Company
1.imited) :—
Bercovitz, from Antakelhoka. Tamasarki Fungsick, from Kobe. Pauline Emmett, from Kobe, Hung Hopik, from Tokyo. Tycamco, from Shanghai.
E. V. JESSEN,
Superintendent.
Hong Kong Station, June 9.'
EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA MANTELEGRAPH.CO.
Across.
1. To collect, as a harvest. 5. Refinement.
9. Second tone of the diatonic scale. 10. Card-game.
12. Standard measure of electrical
resistanco,
13: Three-toed sloth.
14. Chinese denomination of money
(plural).
10. Brings forth.
19. The grand division of cryptoga-
rale plants.
20. A medley.
21. The price paid for carting. 24. 14th century knife ar dagger. 26. Town in France. 27. To make known. 28. Gentle heat.
29. Q. Y. (Actual). 30. To come fully up to. 32. Turkish arrow (plural).
34. S. G. (Actual),
36. Compass point.
30. Ward of denial. 87. T.-R. (Actusi)..
39. A thing not directly aimed at
41, Girl's name."
48. A. A. (Actual).
44. Recompense..
} 10, Doomed.
47. Kila to dry hops (plural).
49. - Compound, formed by the union of water with some other,sub- [stance, generally - forming · A
noutral salt.
62. Mado.of earth. Crukka, from Bangkok.
54. To unite, Joaquin Gonzalez Hotel Metro-55. Religious ceremony, pole, from Manila n
66. Arabian military commanders. 68. An evil spirit: Wilgan, from Haiphong, An
69. 24other, E. A LEGGATT, 4Superintendent
Hong Kong, 9th June, 1927. :
The Committee of the Agricul- tural Show has decided, as this List of Unclaimed. Telegrams is a first attempt, to confine theiving in, E. Telegraph Oce, Frail.
competition classes to rice, sugar Hong Kong, Fruit is the next consideration, cane, vegetables, roots and fruit, Bananas are probably the fruit in but it is hoped that other ex- most common use. Delay inhibits will be put in, not for com- marketing counts for little here, petition, but which will be of use the fruit will ripen in transit. If in showing the requirements in is doubtful if much can be done the way of agricultural imple to compete with the more fertile ments and in supply available in and better watered land of the the way of fertilizers and as, to Delta, but better varieties might information on agricultural ques- Be Introduced which would meet tions and it is hoped that all the handicap imposed by nature those interested in the subject Pine apples are well establish will assist to make this first at- ed in the Territory. There are, tempt a success. Already there however, only one or two varieties are indications that firms of Im commonly grown and they ma porters of agricultural imple- ture in about four weeks in July ments are interesting themselves and August 1 other varieties in the possibilities of the Decem
ARDINS PILLS
Lahti han in the honde, Channaly and Starri
61. The upward curve of the lines of a ship, as they recede from the midships,
162 The Lion, 5th sign of the Zodiac. [68. For example (abbreviated), oil,
64. Burrows. N
65. Full of knota.
1. A staircase,
Down
2. A. E. (Actual).
3. Handsome.
4. R. O. L. A. G. (Actual)."
5. The barbed iron head of a dart.
6. A kind of pancake or fritter
made chiefly with eggs (plural).
7. S. A. (Actual).
8. A Linnen gepus of coleopterous
insecta.
11. Bone.
12. O. T. (Actual).
14. Stop.
15. Part of music between tenor
-and-soprano.
.17. 5,280 fçet
18, Flattern.
22. Same as ADVOWTRY.
23. Likewise.
24. Trucible.
25. Allied by blood.
81. Mellow, as land.
88. To know..
88. A stoop elevation. 89, Fine.
40. EF, E. (Actual). 4h Yes,
42. A. Japanese palanquin. 68. Made of ash..
44. A lancet.
45. C. R. L. M. (Actus)),
48. The aromatic principle.
40. Abounding with knots.
61. Long winged aquatic fowl
(plural).
53. Smoky.
87 S.Y. (Actual).
58. D. (Actual).
60. Same as 43 across.
63. The termination of many Eng
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