THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 22, 1939.
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HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1939 EDITION.-On sale at all Book- stalls and at the Offices of the Publish- ers, 3A, Wyndham Street.
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PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Tuesday, the 22nd August, 1939 commencing at 11.00 a.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
also
10 Boxes British Tinplates. 3 Reels Newsprint Paper. and
4 Electric Table Fans
10 Inverted Lamps & Fittings 22 Boxes Kleenex
32 Boxes Kotex
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim Dividend of Dollars one per Share has been declared for the year 1939, and will be payable on and after THURS- DAY, 7th September, 1939. Divid- end Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Registered Office, P. & Q. Build- Hong Kong, 19th. Aug., 1939. ing.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
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THE REGISTER OF SHARES HONG KONG ́ ́HEIGHTS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 28TH AUGUST, to WEDNESDAY, 6TH SEPTEM- BER (both days inclusive) dur- ing which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of
Directors.
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents.
Hong Kong, 27th July, 1939.
FOR SALE
Selection of the best varieties of
Reliable and Tested
Flower and Vegetable
SEEDS
of strong germination
from
Button & Sons, Reading
Arthur Yates Co. Sydney.
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the loland and Mainland is published,—
laland Victoria Peak Signal Station
Mt. Parker
Feet.
1823
1774
1734
Mountain Lodge
1725
The Eyrle
1725
Peak Tram Station
1305
Talkoo Sanatorium
1000
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Road (filterbeds)
297
Mainland
Foot.
Talmoshan
3124
Kowloon Peak
1971
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Edited by H. G. W. Woodhead, C.B.E.
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Sino-Japanese Hostilities (Documented) Who's Who in China
Japan's Programme of Economic Development in China Communications during the Hostilities
Shanghai and Other Foreign Concessions
The Refugee Problem in China
Foreign Trade in China during 1939
Finance and Currency (including war measures)
The Kuomintang and the Government
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