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SITUATIONS VACANT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
JANTED one furnished and unfurnished house on Peak For Lower levels, alsó flat in Happy Valley or Causeway Bay, turniah- of or furnished. Tel. 4630, Small Investor's, 10 Des Voeux Road.
'ANTED A young British WAN
chartered or qualified WA accountand (wingle) for large British ompany. Applications should stala ngé, details of ex- perience and salury expected together with copies of references. Apply in the first instance to Bax No. 148 c/o Hongking Telegraph
SITUATIONS WANTED.
WANTED Export male,
LOST.
LOST.-on Christmax morning about 9 a.m. noor 6 Peak steno-ty pist open for im- Boat, & BLACK PUPPY with mediate engagement. Conversant Brown PAWS. finder Planse ro- with fling, coding and general turn to 6 Peak Road, Telephone office work. Moderate salary. Central 3609 or 1338. Apply to "Advertiser' 19, Gran- villo Road, Kowloon.
PREMISES TO LET
Το
"O LET IN KOWLOON. A
six roomed bouse with four- bathroon, Servant's quarters and emull garden, 4 minutes from the forry Apply Box No. 1429 c/o "Hongkong Telegraph."
PRIVATE HOTEL, quiet Bri-
tish family, oard residence from $4.80 daily. One minute from ferry, family rates. Personal supervision. 1, Victoria Garione, Hankow Road, Kowloon, Tel. K 357.
TO LET no Furopean fat, Wanchai Gap Ford, Hong- bong. Apply to 32 Kennedy Roail.
To
o Lat.- Two newly.con structed European houses, Magazine Gap, Motor Hoad, taree late, three largo 10ome tach with kitchen, Fervants' quarters and bath room, fitted with flush system. Garages provided. Immediate possession. Apply Sang Keo, New Bank Building
ST.
NOTICE.
JOSEPH'S (BRANCH) COLLEGE, CHATHAM ROAD, KOWLOON.
PITMAN'S SHORTHAND, EVENING CLASSES FOR..
LADIES & GENTS. FOUR MONTHS INTENSIVE COURSE, SUCCESS.
GUARANTEED. Classes for Beginners and High
Speed Aspirants. Student for High Speeit must possess certificates for 80 words pro minule.
Eurolment at the above College (Kowloon) at 5.30 p.m. on the 5th January, 1926.
NOTICE..
BANK HOLIDAYS.
LOST
-On Hongkong-Kow- loon Ferry about 5 p.m. on the 13th. inst) Watermen's foun- tain pen Finder kindly return' to "Hongkong Talegraph" Office.
KING EDWARD HOTEL.
NEW YEAR Eve Carnival and
Dinner Danco
8 p.m. till I am Reservations can be made on application to the manager.
TABLE
RESERVATIONS FOR THE CARNIVAL
to be held at the
Repulse Bay Hotel,
on
New Your's Eve
are now closed Reservations may now be madej for
A Special Dinner Dance 18 p.m. to 12 midnight) Now. You's Eve
at the Hongkong Hotel.
SPECIAL NOTICE
At both Repulse Bay Hotel: Carnival and The Hongkong) Hotol Dinner Dance on Newi Your's Eve, the foxtrot
"NO SPINSTERHOOD.
FOR ME"
will be played. by special per
mission of
"The Hongkong Telograph"
The Rongkong and Shanghai
Hotels Ltd..
THE CBINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1910) LIMITED.
Under Ordinance No. 5 of 1012,1
With reference to the Noties the Exchange Banks wilt be closed to the Shareholders of this Com- for the transaction of Public Busi-pany dated 28th October, 1925, whereby the Final Call of $3,00
ness on Friday and Saturday, the per share on the New Shares was 1st and 2nd January, 1926.
INSURANCE OFFICES.
NOTICE.
General Holidays.
LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS
PUBLIC AUCTION.
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.
Messrs LAMMENT MOTHERS have received instructions to sell
by
PUBLIC AUCTION
on WEDNESDAY, the 30th December, 1925, at 3.30| p.m., at their Sales Room, Duddeli Street, Victoria, Hongkong. The Steam Launch "WING FAT with all her Appurtenances and Gear as she now lies off the Sim Yick Godown Wharf,
Mongkok..
Length-about 71 feet.
Breadth about 13 feet.
Depth:about 10 feet.
For further Particulars and Con- ditions of Sale apply to:-
4
Messrs. DEACONS, Mortgagee's Solicitors,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1925.
CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Mr. E. V. M. R. de Sousa has received instructions to sell by Public Auction
on MONDAY, the 4th January, 1926, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at the China Auction Rooms, 4 Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.
HONGKONG'S VITAL STATISTICS.
FIGURES FROM MEDICAL
REPORT.
QUICKER PROCEDURE.
COUNCIL ADDS TO STANDING ORDERS.
HOME FOOTBALL.
LATEST LEAGUE RESULTS
London, Dec, 28 Following are results of mate played in the English Lea
A matter of Government proce Among the papers taid before the| dure was dealt with at this morn Legislative Council this morning ing's meeting of the Legistative to-day and the tables to date:~ was the Medical Report for 1924. Council, when tho
Colonial
Leicester
Division I.
The population of the Colony is Secretary (the Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Huddersfield 4 Birmingham estimated LO be:--British
1: Manchester and Fletcher) moved the following re- foreign civilians 16,000. Chinese solution:
Arsonal .....23 13 4 6 49 36 civilians 783.560: total number of
"Resolved that the following ruie Sunderland.23 12 5 6 54 40 Chinese births registered 3,826. be inserted in the Standing Rules Huddersf'ld 21 10 8 3 43 33 Manch. Un......22 11 4 7 30 31 total number of non-Chinese births and Orders of the Legislative Coun- Tottenham......23 11 4 8 45 47 The Very Valuable Leasehold Property
317.
cil immediately after Rulo 16:West Brom......22 10 5 7 50 37 The general birth rate for the 160. The Governor may at any Shefeld U......23 10 4 9 56 49 Aston Villa....22 9 7 6 51 40 situato at Victoria aforesaid and being The Remaining portion of civil population is said to be 5.8 time refer direct to the Finance Bury.............32 11 2 9 51 49 Inland Lot No. 1556, and The Re- and that of the Chinese 6.47 per maining Portion of laland Lot No. 1,000. It is practically Impossible Committee any proposal concerning Birmingham...24.10 4 10 39 40 Nowoastle......22 B 7 7 44 43] to arrive at a correct estimate of additional expenditure not already Everton..... .23 7 9 748 48
provided for in the annual' esti- Bolton. ... In One Lot.
The total number of deaths war mates." The property comprises the 15,663 and the general civilian
Mr. Fletcher explained that the Cardiff. dwelling death rate was 21.75 per 1,000 practice had been for financial West Ham..... 23 0 2 12 3349 messuages shops or houses known as No. 244 and 246 Of this total, there were 16,301
minutes to be referred by resolu- Blackburn.. Des Voeux Road Central and con- Chinese and 241' non-chinese civilition of the whole Council to the Leicester. tains an area of 1582 Square Feetjank and the death rate was Finance Committee, but as or thereabouts... Further particu-respectively 21.9 and 15.00 per Council was not in session for Leeds U the Burnley, lars and conditions of sale may be 1,000. obtained from the office of
1567
4
Messrs. DEACONS,
the Chinese birth rato.
..22 9 4 9 43 37 Liverpool.......21 7 6 8 35 28 Notts Cty....23 8 4 11 35 39|
23 9 2 12 33 42
.23 6 7 10 46 46) 23.6 6 11 42 52)
.23 6 6 11 41 681
22 6 412 35 45
7
The year 1924 was free from any evitable to incur actual expenditure
many weeks at a time. it was in Manch. City...23 5 6.12 53 67 serious outbreak of infections or the ability for it before it was
Division II. disease, the epidemic of smali-pox possible to get the Finance Derby County 4 Chelsea. which commenced during the last Committee together.
It was ob- Wednesday three months of 1923 reached its vious desirable for the Legisla Barnsley MR. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA, highest in January and then rapid- ture to approve of expenditure bc-
1 Des Voeux Road Central
Vendor'a Solicitors, or
1. Des Voeux Road, Central,
The Auctioneer,
Hongkong, Dec. 14, 1925.
or to
·Messrs. LAMMERT BROS.,
The Auctioneers,
Duddell Street.
Hongkong, Dec, 25, 1925.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions from Messrs. Wing Yue Tseung to sell by Public Auction for account of Messrs. Him Yuen Choung Kee on' Wednesday, the 30th December
1925 at 11.30 a.m.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
BY ORDER OF TUB, MORTGAGEE.
PARTICULARS AND CONDI- TIONS OF SALE
of the
Valuable Leasehold Properties
Situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.
and known as
and Section D of Inland
Lat No. 152A
5 Oldham 4 Notts For.
iy declined.
fore ability was undertaken, and Derby C..........22 14 5 3 47 20 The following doses of stock it was, therefore, now proposed to Wednesday....23 15 3 5 59 28 vaccines were issued by the add a rule to the Standing Orders Chelsea......
.92 10 8 4 45 24- Bacteriological Instituté:-
whereby the Governor could at any Middlesbro...23 13 0 10 46 40: T.A.B. (antityphoid) vaccine 869 time refer a financial proposal to Portsmouth....23 10 6 7 48 50 doses, anti-cholera vaccine 545 the Finance Committee direct. Oldham....... .21 10 5 6 38 30 doses, anti-plague vaccine 390 The Finance Committee would South Sids.... 22 11 3 8 41 342 doses and pelyvalent Anti-meningo consider such item or proposal in Port Vale... .22 11 2 9 42 35 occus vaccine 300 doses.
publie (there was no question of Blackpool....23 10 4 9 41 33
.22-10 3 9 31 29. private sessions) and could then Hull City
.21 9 4 8 34 38 recommend such items for the Wolves.....
Swansea. ...19 8 4 7 36 30: approval of the whole Council. ·
The resolution was seconded by Barnsley...21 768 30 38 Bradford C. ...21 7 6 8 26.27 Attorney Genera!
OUR GARDENS.
the
approved.
PRUNING OF ROADSIDE TREES.
The report of Mr. H. Green,
and Forestry Department, statce that during last year a number of Improvements were made in the very in the Botanic Gardens. arrangement of plants and shrub-
at their Sales Room, Duddell St., Section II of Inland Lat No. 151 Superintendent of the Botanical 200 New Tins ‘FONG TSZE' (ii| The Goods are now stored in Messrs. Wing Yue Tsoung's Ga-l down, No. 402, Des Voeux Rd. W. Terms-As Customary
Messrs. LAMMERT BROTHERS
Auctioneers
THE AUCTIONEERING & BROKERING Co., Ltd.
48, Duddell Stroot. FURNITURE AUCTIONS
evory TUE:DAY & FRIDAY, at 2 30 p.m.
THE AUCTIONEERING
&
BROKERING CO., LTD.
of
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by order Kowloon Tong & New Territories Development Company, Lid.,
The Valuable Leasehold
Properly situate
at
NEW KOWLOON and Known as New Kowloon In- land Lot No. 777 and 475 together with the Dwelling Houses thereon known as No. 106 and 108 Kew- toon Tong
by
PUBLIC AUCTION
On
THURSDAY,
made payable on 4th January, December 31, 1925, at 3 p.m. at 1926, instead of 3rd November, 1925, the General Managers and
Rooms, 4B Duddell Consulting Committee have de- Street, Victoria, Hongkong,
cided, in view of the conditions| prevailing at present, to further extend the time for payment of this Call.
their Sales
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Notice is accordingly horoby that all Fire and Marine Insurance given that the date for payment, Offices will be CLOSED for the of the Final Call is postponed to transaction of public business on 4th March, 1926, and that the FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 1st | Form of Bankers' Receipt alrendy, to
Rod 2nd January, 1926.
B: Order,
-Secretaries...
sent to Shareholders can be used an though tho dato named thore- LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, in were the 4th March, 1296.
For THE CHINA LIGHT. AND
POWER CO., (1918) LTD. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managère, Hongkong, 29th December, 1925.
The Fire Insurance Association of Hongkong,
The Marine Insurance Association of Hongkong und Cantor. Hongkong, December 29, 1925.
by
The Auctioneering
&
Brokering Co., Ltd.
For further particulara apply
THE AUCTIONEERING
&
BROKERING CO., LTD.
Auctioneera.
4B Duddell Street. Hongkong, December 21, 1928.
Together with the messuages crec tions and buildings thereon known as Nos. 9 and 11, Prince's Terrace,
To Be Sold
MEXICAN OIL.
GOVERNMENT'S RIGHTS
SAFEGUARDED.
and
Stoke...... .22.7 6 930 39 Preston 23.9 2 12 40 55 3 Darlington. ...21 6 7 9 36 44° Notts For.. 22 6 610,27 30 1 South'pton.......23 6 512 32 37, 1 Clapton.... .21 6 2 13 22 34 1 Fulham..... 22 4 5 13 22 48 1 Stockport....22 4 4 14 27 52
Division III (South).
Bristol Rov. Luton Newport
Mexico City, Dec. 28. A Presidential decree has put the Northampton
Petroleum Act into operation.—Q.P.E. Reuter's American Service.
A Mexico City message
1 Swindon
1 Plymouth
1 Bristol C.
3 Millwall
In One Lot
by
Many of the larger trees and shrabe which were damaged by the typhoon in 1923 have made a fair recovery, the gaps caused by the loss of big trees have as far as December 22 stated:-Parliament!"
1 Gillingham
of
Reading Exeter
2 Crystal Pal.,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
on TUESDAY,
6 Brentford
possible been filled with trees and has passed the Petroleum Bill
Plymouth .21 13 6 2.62 31 3) which gives shrubs,
the Government'
Reading.....22 11 8 3 35 24 36 King's Park, Kowloon, having inalienable dominion over all gas, Bristol City....22 11 5 6 39 27 2 now been laid out by the Public oil and mineral deposits. Works Department, 33
Bili is not retrospective.] a sports ground, all flowering trees have
The 12th day of January, 1926, at been lifted and removed to Song
3 'elcek p.m., at the China Auc-Wong Toi and elsewhere. tion Rooms, Duddel! Street, Vic- toria, Hongkong,
by
Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA,
The properties consist of:--
Trees in plantations and else-) where have now to a great extent; recovered from the great damage suffered during the 1923 typhoon. | As a result of the blowing down of many very large roadside trees and the consequent breakage of tele All those pieces or parcels of phone and electric light wires, the ground situate at Victoria in the hard pruning of the largest road-. Colony of Hongkong and registered side trees was commenced at the in the Land Oflice as Section II of end of the year; the effect is very Inland Lot No. 151 and Section D noticeable and a large amount of of Inland Lot No. 12A with the shade has been lost, but all trees messages erections and buildings Pd now offer much less resis thereon known as Nos. 9 and 11,tance to wind and will consequently Prince's Terrace, Victoria, Hong-have a much better chance of wea-
thening severe storms. kong. The properties are held for
Man. offences against the forest the unexpired residues of the respective terms of 921 years from Protection laws were dealt with. the 22nd day of January, 1919, and principally cases of timber stealing. Tanusands of trees have had to 1999 years from the 25th day of
June, 1819, created by an Indenture he sacrificed through the sales off of Extension dated the 3rd day of;
Hand and development of sites, such November, 1849, and made between
as at Shingmun. Ifer late Majesty Queen Victoria of the one part and Abraham Joseph Burley of the other part, and by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 1st day of Novem- ber, 1849, and made between Her lute Majesty Queen Victoria of the ono part and the said Abraham Burley of the other part, respec-TO BE HEARD IN HONGKONG, tively. Annual Crown Rent" $9.50
and cents 28 respectively.
Mr. Green's report was among the papers tabled at the Legislative Council meeting this morning.
LATEST FOX TROT.
The latest fox trot, entitled
For further particulars and con- "No Spinsterhood for Me," will be ditions of sale apply to:
Messrs. JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER,
Mortgagee's Solicitors,
or to Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA,
The Auctioneer.
Hongkong, December 24, 1925.
AUGHES & HOUGH
LIMITED.
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, IMPORTEERS, EXPORTERS & GENERAL BROKERS.
first heard in Hongkong within a week of its release in the United. States. During the last year, an enterprising American news- paper service agency has commis- sioned a popular composer of mo- dern dance music to write three
fox trots which were published in conjunction with serial storica appearing in the newspapers, The full orchestral acore WAB mailed to us in order that it be ponsible to release the myste hero at the same time the United States first heard it. The Hongkong
and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., have ar- ranged for it to be played at both the Repulse Bay Carnival and thei special Dinner Dance at the Hongkong Hotel on New Year's Eve.
EX-PRESIDENT HONOURED.
A MEMORIAL STAMP.
The Brighton.
Northants.. Millwall. Southend.
Swindon.
Watford.
Merthyr. Norwich.
.21 11 4.6 40 39 2|
.21 10 4 7 40 39 2 .21 D 5 7 39 24 2
21 11 1 9 46 36 28 .22 9 5 8 34 33 2 21 9 5 7 36 37 28
Gillingham....21 9 4 8 32 27 24
.21 7 7 7 35 34 21 22 8 5 9 29 35 2 21 76 8 26 36 203 22 8 3 11 36 31 192 .20 5 9 6 19 22 19
Nowport. Bristol Rov. Charlton.
Exeter.
New York, Dec. 23. Ex-President Wilson's birthday, Luton.
22 7 4 11 34 37 18 .22 7 4 11 35 47 18
was celebrated in the cities and Bournem'th....21 6 5 10 27 45 17 town from coast to coast,
The Crystal P. Post Office hus commemorated the Aberdare.. occasion by placing on sale a seven- teen cent Wilson momorial stamp.-
Q. P. R. Reuters American Service.
GREGORIAN CALENDAR.
T
ADOPTED IN TURKEY.
The
Constantinople, Dec. 28.
National Assembly In
Brentford..
.21 7 212 38 44 160 .21 6 4 11 35 44 16 21 7 2 12 30 48 10 21 4 6 11 21 37 14
-Reuter
OUR SANITATION.
SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC
HEALTH,
Mr. N. L. Smith signs the 1924)
| report on the Sanitary Department,
Angora has passed a law adopting laid before Council to-day.
Gregorian calendar. The
the
During the year under review Christian year will enter into force amendments in the following by In Turkey on the 1st January, 1926. -Indopacifi,
Toacher explaining dis- honesty): "If I put my hand into anyone's pockots, and take the money from it, what am I?"
Tommy: His wife "-- Sydney Bulletin, Australia..
laws were made by the Board and approved by the Legislative Coun- cil:-The prevention of the disse- mination of disease by mosquitoes by-laws were amended 80 As to prohibit the erection of bambco. scaffolding etc. having exposed cavity capable of retaining water. The domestic cleanliness and vert- tilation by-laws were amended to chable the Board to regulate the cost of the limewashing of tene- ment floors. The special matshed- regulations were amended on the recommendation of the Board to re- quire the provision of fly-proaf re- ceptacles In latrines.
The work of rat-destruction and prevention of mosquito-breeding. was carried on vigorously undor the powers conferred on the depart- ment's 'officers. The routine work of building inspection and clean- sing, abatement of nuisances, and so forth, was carried on without a hitch.