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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Seventh Extra Race Meeting to be held on Satur- day 5th. November 1927 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Race Course, Hongkong Club, and Causeway Bay Stables.
Entries will close at 12 o'clock noon on Thursday, 25th. October 1927.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL...
NOTICE is hereby given that the offices of the SINCERE INSUR- ANCE &INVESTMENT CO., LTD., and the SINCERE LIFE ASSUR-
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc
tion,'
on TUESDAY,
the 18th October, 1927,
commencing, at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street
A Very Valuable Collection of Carlos of Ancient. Dynasties. comprising:-
Porcelain, Bronze, Sandalwood ANCE CO., LTD., have this day Stands, Lacquered Screens, Lac- been removed from No. 1, Desquered Stools and Chairs, Chinese Voeux Road, West, to the 4th floor Hand Paintings, Ivory Figures, of No. 144, Des Voeux Road, Cen-Incense Burners, Jade Trees and tral, (the National Commercial & Birds, Amber Beads, Mandarín Savings Bank Building). All com- Uniforms, Embroideries, etc., etc. munications to the Companies should hereafter be sent to the latter address.
لڑکی
The SINCERE INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
The SINCERE LIFE ASSUR- ANCE CO. LTD.
HONGKONG CRICKET
CLUB.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following Debentures were drawn at the Pavilion on Thurs- day, the
October, 13th day of 1927:-
Catalogues will be issued.. On View from Monday, the 17th October, 1927."
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc- tion.
on THURSDAY, the 20th October, 1927,
at 12 o'clock Noon.
One 1923 Two Seater "Buick" Roadster (23 H. P.) in good run-
No.
No.
194, 208, 210, 216, 226, 248
No.
259, 265, 267, 271, 272, 273.
40
306
573
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
48
368
623
56
390
625
89
391
652
BOARD RESIDENCE.
ning condition.
134
415
663
175
418
077
„FAMILY HOTEL-Victoria Gar-
215
466
775
300
503
.778
316
510
834
363
522
837
dens. Quiet apartments and Suftes.of rooms. Full board from $05, $110, $130, monthly, Large commodius rooms, also daily rates, five minutes from. ferry, next new Hotel, Hankow Road, Kowloon, Tel. K.367.
WANTED.
Small
WANTED. Immediately house furnished for 6 or 9 months. Mid-level prefered. Apply Box No. 275, care of "Hongkong Tele- graph."
PREMISES TO LET.
TO LET-European Houe. Or in flats 55, Kennedy. Road. Apply Young, Tel. C.906 or C.551.
TO LET-One European FLAT Wanchal Gap Road, Hongkong. Apply to 32, Kennedy Road,
TO LET.-Office Rooms 2nd Floor, New Hongkong Bank Building. Apply Sang Kee, same building.
COMMODIOUS OFFICES to let in No. 7, Queen's Road Central, also two small offices in 1A, Chater Road. Apply E. D. Sassoon and Company, Ltd.
Holders of drawn
Debentures
who desire to be paid on the 31st October, 1927, are requested to in- form the Treasurers, Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming, on or before Saturday, 22nd October, 1927.
AND NOTICE is hereby given that the Debentures numbered as above which are not cashed on the 31st October, 1927, will be paid on the 30th April, 1928, after which date they will cease to bear inter-
est,
By Order
of the Committee,
TRA
►
L. S.. GREENHILL,
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 14th October, 1927.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG & CANTON
ICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
On View on Day of Sale.
Terms: As Customary.
LAMMERT. BROS.,
Auctioneers.
CONSIGNEE NOTICE
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. und
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Consignees per Company's Steamer
*TEIRESIAS"
From UNITED KINGDOM via
SINGAPORE.
are hereby notified that the cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf Kow- loon, where it will lie at Consignce's risk and subject to terms and condi- tions of storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 17th October,
Optional cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival, but carried on from port to port to the final port of call to which the option extends,
All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 a.m. and noon within the free storage period.
must be presented to the undersigned All Claims against the Steamer on or before the 7th November or they will not be recognised.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's. Ge- down, and all Goods remaining unde- THE SIXTH ORDINARY AN-livered after the 24th October, will 9.LET-Fully furnished for ten NUAL MEETING of SHARE be subject to rant.
from February 1928, 'Har-HOLDERS in the above Company ford Magazine Gap, close to moter will be held at the Company's rond and public garages. Modern Town Office 2, Lower Albert Road, Sanitation. Large garden. Mo-Hongkong, on SATURDAY, 22nd derate rental. Apply H, E. Gold-Day of October, 1927, at Noon, for smith, P.W.D.
the purpose of presenting the Re- part of the Directors and State- mert of Accounts to 31st July, 1927.
FOR SALE.
T'OR SALE--Studebaker standard The TRANSFER BOOKS of the five senter motor car. 1926 Model-Company will be closed from the in splendid condition. Fully 8th October to the 22nd October, equipped. Low Mileage, $2,000. 1927, both days inclusive. Box No. 276, care..of "Hongkong Telegraph,"
FOR SALE-STUDEBAKER SPORTS ROADSTER-1926 Stan- dard Six, run only 8,250 miles, in Food mechanical condition, com- pletely equipped. Price $2,105, Owner leaving colony. Apply Hongkong Hotel Garage.
By Order
of the Board of Directors,
J. D. THOMSON,
Acting Secretary Hongkong, 6th October, 1927,
CONSIGNEES NOTICE.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
From EUROPE and STRAITS. The Steamship,
FOR SALE.--Fresh arrival Army Blankets, greyish brown, black trips $2.25 euch, dozen; singly 2.50 Superior qualities necord- ing requirements. Reduction to charitable and missionary a850-
"FUSHIMI MARU," ciations for quantities also to having arrived from the above ports, dealers and merchants for regular Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- orders. Sub-agents locally and informed that their Goods are being outports required. Montgomery landed and placed at their risk in Ollerton & Co., 18, Ice House and Godown Company's Godowns at the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf Street, ground floor, between the Kowloon, whence delivery may Carlton and the Portuguese Club, obtained. Tel. 0.4630.
Goods not cleared by the 23rd Oct. 1927, will be subject to rent
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE.
be
Damaged packages must be left ini the Godowns for examination by, the Consignee's and the Co's representa- tives on any Tuesdays and. Fridays, at 2.80 p.m. within the free storage Meot-period."
The Half Yearly General ing of Members will be held in the Jockey Club Room, Hongkong Club annex,
on Saturday, 29th October, 1927, at 12.30 p.m.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hongkong, 12th October, 1927.
All claims must be presented within after which date they cannot be re ten days of the steamer's arrival here,
cognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No fire Insurance has been effected.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hongkong, October 10, 1927,
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, October, 17, 1927.
MONDAY,
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of locs. share quotations issued to-day
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $1150 s. Chartered Bank, 8201 -n. Mercantile A & B, £91 Morcantile O., 13. P. and O., £108, a... East Asia, $68 n.
Marine Ins. Canton Ins, $570 . China Underwriters, $1.20 North China, Tle-143 n. Union Ins., $292 b. Yangtaze Ins., $451. b.
Fire Ins.
China Fires, $215 b. H. K. Fire Ins., $590.n
Shipping..
Douglases, $33 H. HK. Steamboats, $21 s, H. K. Tugs, $1:00 s. Indo-Obinas, (Pref.) $30. Shell Trans., 90/-. n: “
D. Star Ferries, $54 Waterboats, $17,,. Refineries. China Sugars, $13 s Malabons, 830
Mining.
1.
B.
D.
Benguets, $1.65 m. Kailans, 62/6 Langkats, Tls. $173 S'hai Exploration, Tla, 3 n Shanghai Loanë, Tls. 53 n. Raubo, $39 b
Tronohs, 19/3 m. Ural Caspians, 31-
11.
Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharvos, $120 s. Whampoa Dooks, $35. Hongkows, Ti 145 b. New Engineerings, Tis. 41.b. Shanghai Docks Tis. 92 b.
Lands, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, 6). n. H. K. Lands, $561 s. Realtys, $6. Territorials, 81 5. Humphreys, $12.40 s. Princes Bldgs, $110 b Rural Lands, $li n.
Cottons Ewo Cottons, Tla. $7.60 s Orientals, Tla $1.60 b S'hai Cottons, Tls $47
Buses. Trama
China Buses, Tls, 51 Tramways, $20.10 b Peak Trama, (oid). 614° Singapore Trams; 12/6 n. Taxis, $1 B..
.
5.
Miscellaneous. Amusements, $19 H Canton Ices, $5.p. Cements (Comb.) $78 China Lights, $12 n. China Prov., $4 n. Constructions, $li Dairy Farms, $15.10.n Der A. Wing, $6. F'kong Electrics, $524 a Macao Electrics, $43 p. Ropes (Old) $10 n. Lane Crawfords, $5 s. Mackintosh, $22 Sinceres, 8 n. United Abastos, $12 Watsons, $117
Powells, $5 B Telephone, 3.70 5.
8
OCTOBER 17, 1927.
THE REFORM OF THE CALENDAR.
A TASK FOR THE YEAR 1928.
.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince Ysen- burg and Budingen, writes to the continental press:
The Gregorian calendar is, in several ways, ill-suited to the re- quirements of the present day. For one thing, instead of being exactly divisible into weeks of 'seven days, it counts "dot and carry one." Another fault is the shortness of the month of Febru-
h. ay. And, lastly, the variability of its Easter is extremely awk- ward and, unpractical.
The chief cause of these difficul- ties is the fact that the ordinary year consists of 365 days. If it contained 364, the whole matter could be simplified. The year would then have exactly 52 weeks: the quarter would contain 18 weeks; and the months might be so arranged that the first of each) quarter comprised 31 days and the other two 30 days each.
POST OFFICE NOTICE
NOT ICE.
The parcels post service to Russia in Asia via Japan is temporarils- supendad.
Registered and Parcel Mails are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where malls are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel malls are closed at 6 pm on the previous day.
able to confiscation by the Customs. Such articles should be forwarded
Dutiable articles forwarded by letter post to Great Britain' ar by parcel
post only! Letters and postcards only for the United Kingdom and Europe will be forwarded via Siberia so superscribed:
Parcels port service between Hongkong and Ports of the Yangtaxe West of Hankow is temporarily suspended, a
aion
Parcels for places in Szechwan will now be accepted for transmis at senders risk. It le to be noted that parcels are liable to delay, and that the service may be suspended again at any time. Det
Letters and postcards for Europe and the British Isles are forwarded via Siberia if so superscribed.
RADIO NOTICES.-
Brid
Radio Telegraph Services are now in operation between Hongkong and the following places:-
Philippine Islands, French Indo-China, Province of Yunnan, Canton, Wuchow, Hongmoon, Holhow, Macao, Kwongchauwan, Fort Bayard Amoy.
and further particulars.on application to the Radio Counter, 1st Floor, General Post Office Building.
Swatow Bervice temporarily suspended.
Rates
It is notifed for information that Feather Fans and Brooches can not be sent by post to Great Britain. They are prohibited by the Plumage (Prohibition) Oct. of 1921.
ADDITIONAL NOTICE.
The result would be that the first day of each quarter would
It is hereby notified that on and and after 17th October, 1927 radio- fall on a Sunday, the first day of telegrams will be accepted by the Radio Telegraph Office, Government Build- the second,month of each quartering, for transmission to the American Continents, Hawaiian Islands and Europe through the intermediary of the Radio Corporation of the Phillp- Pines at Manila.
Rates and further particulars on application to the Radio Counter 1st Floor, Government Building.
on a Wednesday and the first of its third month on a Friday. As, by this arrangement, the first month of the quartor would al- ways count 5 Sundays and the others 4, every month of the year would, without exception, contain | 20 working days.
Frum
INWARD MAILS,
Straits Shanghai Manlia Straits Japan... Australia, and Manila Japan and Shanghai. Europe via Negapatem, letters, only
London 22nd September U.S.A.. Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
hai
The introduction of the new or rangement in place of the old one would involve very few difficulties. March and August would be cur- tailed by one day each, and these days added to February; while one day of May could pass over to April; so that only 3 days would.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang- need redistribution.
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
hai Manila
Easter Sunday might be regu larly dated the 8th. of April, the incidence of Ascension Day con- sequently being May 16, of Whit Sunday May 26, and of Corpus Christi June 7.
hai ..
Talamaba
Per
Fooksang
October 17.
Linan ****
October 17.
Pres. Jackson Cremer
.October 17.
.October 18.1
Aki Maru Mishima Maru Kashima Maru
October 18.
October 20.
October 21.
October 21.
.October 23.
October 24..
„October 24..
October 24. .October 28.. .October, 30. October 31.
... Tenyo Maru
President McKinley
President Van Buren Emp. of Russia .... Shanghai.....
Kashmir U.S.A., Canada, Japan, and Shanghai President Jefferson Canada, U.S.A., Japati and Shanghai Empress of Aris
OUTWARD MAILS.
Manlin
for
An Intercalary Day. Unfortunately, however, the Macao year has not 364, but 365 days. Japan But the case could be met by in- troducing in annual intercalary Sam Shui and Wuchow
Haiphong day which should not count as onc of the ordinary days of the week. Is there any day specially suit- able for the purpose? The mind immediately reverts to Christmas Day. If this were adopted as the annual intercalary day, the clos- ing week of the year would as- sume the following calendrical aspect:- Sunday
December 24 25 26
Manila. Australia and New Zealand
via Thursday Island
Christmas Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday Sunday
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, Canada, *U.S.A., C. and *S. Amerien and
Europe via San Francisco
PAT Chuen Chow..Mon., Oct. 17, 3.45 p.m. Bandoeng Maru
Mon., Oct. 179 5.80 p.m. -- Campinas ... Mon., Oct. 17, 8.30 p.m.. Chong On La.... Mon., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. · Pres, Taft.Mon, Oct. 17, 4.80 p.m. Parcels 17th 5 p.m. Changto................Tues., Oct. 18, ́
Registration..9.45 am. Letters ......10.30 am.. (Duo Thursday Island 29th October),.
Talyo Maru
Tuos, Oct. 18, Registration.... 0.15 a.mi Letters.....10a.m. (Due San Francisco 14th November);
27
Straits, Coylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
72
Philoctetes
28
29
18
30
31
1 etc.
January.
There remains the alrendy existing intercalary day of our present leap year. This must to be a serial day of the week, as otherwise our whole now arrange- ment would be thrown into dis- order. The most convenient way would be to add the day to No-1 vember, so that the calendars in leap-year would appear thus:
Thursday November 30 Leap-year Day
30 Friday
December 1 The question next arises; when
B'que Indus G.$ Bonds, 52 b could this reform be best carried
Amoy and Foochow Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. and S. America and *Európe vid Victoria, B.C., and Europe via Siberia
Swałow Amoy
Manila Australia and New Zealand
·yis.Thursday Island
put? A most appropriate year Saigon would be 1928. It begins on a
Japan
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa The Dorset police have been Sunday and is, itself, a leap-year. Straits and Calcutta communication with Scotland
If the time at disposal for making Yard regarding the identification the arrangements prevents 1928 of Arthur Pank, who in April, 1919,
from being selected, it will be жав sentenced to death for the necessary to wait till 1933 for a murder of Beatrice Downés, his year commencing on a Sunday: YOU NEED A PIANO? sister-in-law, at her house in then the leap-year day would oc Tottenham, but was subsequently cur for the first time in the new reprieved, and, after serving eight
calendar on November 31, 1936. years, released on ticket of leave. My proposals are essentially
Well, come and
select a
MORRISON
near
Pank was found drowned Bournemouth recently, but at the time of the inquest he had not been Identified, and a verdict of "Found Drowned"
was returned. Later the body was identified by his brother.
,
- HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From 18th to 24 October, 1827. '
BIOM WATEM,
LOW WATER.
رة
„2|Otkadura)
Tlat.
B. m. 20140
No. Luter.
'Mong
Standard Time.
k. 0, 68.10 24 22 F.W. No infer, L.W. 6-8 13 382 2 7 56 5 10 308
.6.5
10 m. 3 18
fid.
the only piaro in the Fast with a
20m 5 13
riday
dalas.
· TEN YEAR GUARANTEE. No big outlay is ncccseary, as terms can be arranged to suit everyone.
&
TSANG FOOK PIANO
COMPANY,
8. Des Vœux Road Central (Entrance Ice House Strast) Telephone C. 4648,
nia.
Mot
7 58 65 21 m 61666011 +48 B-771 0 2 3 22 m 71060m 18
a 20 a 60
2300
24 ima 47.
8 53 al. 6-.
204.
CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.
4, Duddell Streat.
If you have anything you would like to sell, exchange or advertise send it to the CHINA AUCTION ROOM.
E. V. M. F de SOUSA
identical with these of Dr. Rudolf Blochmang, the Kiel engineer. The main difference is that he takes Midaummer Day as his an- hual intercalary and places his leap-year day at the end of the
Year.
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
Amoy
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
Manila Swatow, Amoy and. Foochow .... Saigon, Ceylon, India, Mauritius,
E. & S. Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
Really Necessary. Blochmann's calendarical re form has been taken up by as- "sociation formed by persona of various religious .confessions. It is noteworthy that Cardinal Ehrle of the Vatican has referred to this reform as possessing "the Manila great advantage of altering only what is really necessary." Above all, industrial circles ad- vocate It; indeed, a large number of chambers of commerce and industry. both in Germany and abroad, have expressed themselves" thercon favourably.
In any case, the introduction of a reform such, ns that "sketched Above is only a matter of time. It is not likely to be postnoped long, now that the League of Na- tions has taken up the question. The League has appointed a apecial committee to consider the various suggestions. These: emanate from 33 diferent coun |tries and total no fewer than 185. It may, however, be said already that, in all likelihood, the com- mittee will recommend the pro posals of Dr. Blochmann, the main features of which closely resemble these of my own scheme.
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C.
and S. America and Europe via. Vancouver, B.C. and Europe, via Siberia
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
The
Then, Oct. 18, K.P.O..
Registration Letters....
G.P.O. Registration..
Letters
..1.p.m. ..1 p.m.
145 p.m..
2.80 p.m.
(Due Marseilles 18th November.) Haining
Tues., Oct. 18, 4 p.m.
Pres. Jackson
.Tues., Oct. 18, Parcels. 8 p.m. Registration
..4.15
p.m. Lellers...& p.m. (Die Victoria, B.C., 7th Nov.). Fooshing Tues., Oct. 18, 6 p.m.. Tues., Oct 18, 5 p.m.
Fook Sang
Aki Maru
Wed, Oct. 19, Registration 8.15 m. Letters.......9.30 am. (Due Thursday Island 31st October). Produce....Wed, Oct. 19, 4.30 p.m. Deli Maru..Thurs., Oct. 20, 8.30 a.. Hosang
Thurs., Oct. 20,
Parcels. Letters pit. Mishima Maru Fri, Oct. 21, 9.30a.m. Haiyang ...Fri., Oct. 21, Noon.
Kashima Maru
.Sat, Oct. 22, K. P. O, Registration 21st, 1.20 p.m. Letters 22nd, 9 a.m.
G. P. O. Registration 22nd, 8.45 a.m. Letters
9.30a.m.
(Due Marseilles 21st November). Kutsang....Sat., Oct. 22, 5.p.m. Hozan Maru... Sun, Oct. 23, 9am. Pros. Van Buren Mon., Oct. 24, 5:p.m. Hal Hong Tuea,, Oct. 25, Neon.
an
.Tues., Oct. 25, .G. P. O. Registration.1.46 p.m. Letters.2.30 p.m.
K.P.O.T
....1 p.m. p.m.
Registration Letters
Tues, Oct. 25; 4.80 p.m.
Fros. McKinley
Emp. of Russia
Parcels
25th-5 p.m. Wed., Oct. 20,
9.15 2. Registration Letters
10 am. (Due Vancouver, B.C., 18th Nov.),
Kashmir
Farcels
Oct. 29
.28th 4:30 pm.
Registration 29th 1 d.m. Letters
29th 10 am. G.P.O.
Farcels......28th 5 p.m. Registration 29th 9.45 8.th. Letters 20th 10.80, n.m. (Dug, Marseilles 20th November),
Correspondence bearing vessel's name only. BORA
vertise fint draft programmes and Race Course, Hongkong Club and Hongkong Jockey Club ad November 5, may be phtained at the entry forms for the seventh extra Causeway Bay Stables. Entries closs Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, on Tuesday, October 25, at noon.