THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 30, 1939
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·1939)
commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
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FOR SALE
Selection of the best varieties of
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the following lot of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland lo published.--
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Victoria Peak
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1823
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1774
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Mountain Lodge
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CHINA YEAR BOOK
Edited by H. G. W. Woodhead, C.B.E.
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Among the 25 subjects dealt with by Foreign and Chinese experts are the following
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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