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and secure the co-opera- tion of its readers in buying your goods.
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$1.50 if not prepaid) The following roplies are await-
lug collection —
1393. 1342, 1397, 1441, 444, 1456, 1462, 1453, 1512, 1516,
5, 26, 32, 39, 72, 80, 88, 101, 102, 161, 168, 174, 191, 194, 208, 210, 216, 226, 248 259, 265, 267, 271, 272, 277 278
BOARD RESIDENCE.
FAMILY HOTEL-Victoria Gar- dens. Quiet apartments and Suites of rooms. Full beard from ($95, $110, $130, monthly. Large
commodius rooms,
also daily rates; five minutes from ferry, next new Hotel, Hankow Road, Kowloon, Tel. K.357.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS GHOST" HUNTERS AT
SCOTTISH: COMPANY.
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER
DEFENCE CORPS.
'SPORTS.
-
To be held on the ground of The Central British School, King's
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc- tion.
on THURSDAY,
the 27th October, 1927, commencing.at 10.30 am.
DUNDEE QUARRIES.
"APPARITIONS" SAID TO .
BE CAUSED BY BUSH.
"A "ghost" hunt on a large scale took place in Dundee recently, when over 5,000 people of all ages went
GET-RICH-QUICK. SCHEMES.
SWINDLEK WHO MADE "
£200,000.
Kowloon. At No. 15, Humphreys Build-in search of the "spooks" whichly £200,000 from the public by
Park, Kowloon on Saturday, 29things, October, commencing at 2p.m. open events:—
One Mile Relay Race (Services only).
Tug-of-war (Services only), Highland Fling.
A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in the Scottish Coy:
A Large Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture.
comprising: Tesk Hatstand, Chesterfield Couch and Chairs with Covers, Bronze Statue, Brass Ware, Pic- [tures, Ornaments, Carpets, Folding Screens, Curtains, Ceiling and Table Fara, Ruge, Electroliera
with Silk Shades, etc., etc.
Special Teak Extension Dining Tables, Teak Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Teak Glass Cabinet, Teak and Leather Seat Dining Chairs. Carved Teak Couch and Chairs, Leather Covered Armchairs, Din- FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE ner Set, Crockery, Cutlery, Teak
THE HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION.
SEASON.
Saturday, 29th October, at 9.15 p.m.
at
The Theatre Royal.
MAIN EVENTS.
15 Round Contest for the Light- | weight Championship of the Col- ony.
Stoker Percy Lake II.M.S. "Durban”
Pt. Nixon
.38th M. T. Co.
10 Round-Featherweight Contest.
#1
Stoker Britt
H.M.S. "Durban”
V
Stoker Illingworth Submarino LA.
and four, six Round Contesis.
BOOKING AT "MOUTRIE'S. Members only-Wednesday and Thursday, 26th and 27th October.
and
General Public-Friday Saturday, 27th and 28th October,
USUAL PRICES. ·
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE..
Ice Chest, etc., etc.
Teak Bedstead, Teak Wardrobe with Bevelled Mirror, Plain Teak Wardrobe, Teak Dressing Table, Teak Chest of Drawera, Tables, Chairs, etc.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood Ware. and
A Lot of Aluminium Kitchen Utensils.
·
One Victrola.
One White Frost Refrigerator. Catalogues will be issued. On View from Wednesday, the 26th October, 1927.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Aue- Lion,
on FRIDAY,
the 28th October, 1927, commencing at 2.45 p.m.
At No. 514, The Peak, (Magazine Gap) Barker Rond
A Large Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture, comprising:-
Chesterfield Couch and Chairs with Covers, Blackwood Cabinet, Blackwood Table and Stands, Teak Bookcase, Tables, Chairs, Brass Ware, Ornaments, Curtains, Car-
Tenk Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Dining Chairs, Teak Folding Screen, Crockery, Glass Ware, Teak Ice Chest, Meat Safe, ate.
Teak Extension Dining Table,
The Half Yearly General Meet-pet, Rugs, etc. SITUATIONS VACANT. ing of Members will be held in the Jockey, Club Room, Hongkong WANTED. By old established Club annex, on Saturday, 29th Singapore firm, an experienced October, 1927, at 12.30 p.m. European Salesman, preferably. unmarried. A knowledge of the
By Order, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay: States, while not essential, will carry much weight in our final decision. Beginning salary. will necessarily be moderate until a knowledge of our business is ob
.,Ć. B. BROWN,
Secretary, Hongkong, 12th October, 1927.
tained. Splendid future for man THEATRE
Ad-
who is anxious to get ahead. dress Box No. 277, care of "Hong- kong Telegraph."
WANTED.
WANTED.-Lady Canvasser for European Printing Office. Good prospects. Apply, stating previ-, ous experience to Box No. 278, rare of "Hongkong Telegraph."
TREMISES TO LET.
TO LET-European Huuc. Or in ats 55, Kennedy Road. Apply Young, Tel. C.906 or C.551.
TO LET.-One European FLAT Witchai Gap Road Hongkong.
ply to 32, Kennedy Road. TO LET.-Office Rooms 2nd Floor, New Hongkong Bank Building. Apply Sang Kec, 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.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Banjo and mando- 1'. Please phone K.1057, be
Iron Bedstead with Spring and Mattress, Teak Wardrobe with Glass Door, Teak Dining Table, Teak Chest of Drawers, etc.
also
Ferns and Mauritius Palms. (Most of the furniture by Lane Crawford, Ltd, and Powell & Co.)
ROYAL Catalogues will be issued.
ENORMOUS SUCCESS
TO-NIGHT 'NO! NO! NANETTE"
The World's Record Breaker
THE
TO-MORROW
BLUE TRAIN
DOGS OUT AFTER DARK.
PROSECUTIONS UNDER NEW
"EDINBURGH ACT.
Five dog. before Bailie Hay and Mr. Oswald owners appeared Barclay, J.P., at a J.P. Court held in Edinburgh Burgh Court, in mail week to answer the first preccu- tions that have been brought under a Local Authority regula- tion called the Midlothian Control of Dogs Order (1925),
!
1 een 1 p.m. and 3 pm;
The charges were that the OR SALE.—Fresh arrival Army parties had failed to control their Blankets, greyish brown, black dogs between one hour after sun- stripe $2.25 cach, dozen; singly set and one hour before suprise $2.50. Superior qualities accord-"either by confining them in ing to requirements. Reduction to kennel or seeming them on some charitable and missionary asso-premises by a collar and chain; ciations for quantities also to or by accompanying them as owner dealers and merchants for regular and keeping them under effectual orders. Sub-agents locally and in control.". outports required. Montgomery.
Ollerton & Co., 18, Ice House ed, but the Court indicated that All the parties were admonish- Street, ground floor, between the future Carlton and the Portuguese Club, severely dealt with."
cases would be more Tel. C.4680.
One woman said that someone else had taken out her dog in the
CHINA AUCTION carly afternoon, and although
ROOMS.
4, Duddell Street, ·
she searched in the evening sho could not find him..
Another woman explained that If you have anything you would her dog had been whining during like to sell, exchange or advertigs the night, and she had let him send it to the CHINA AUCTION out in ignorance of the regula FOOM
E. V. M. R. de SOUSA.
tions.
On View from Thursday, the 27th 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 3rd November, 1927, commencing at 10 o'clock am, At Godown No. 18, The Hong- kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon.
A Large Quantity of Miscel- laneous Goods. comprising:--
India Rubber Shoes, Serge, Novels, Socks, Jackets, Buckles, Tobacco, Carbon Paper, Tin Foil, Envelopes, Overcoatings, Iron Ware, Glass Ware, Porcelain, Needles, Metal Toys, Pig Iron, Provisions, Angle Iron, Bonemeal, Round Iron, Earthenware, Canvas, Paints, Flat iron, Squaro forn, Window Glass, Umbrella Frames, Cigarettes, Soaps, Newspapers, Pickles, Canned Sardines, Tea, Gunnies, Narcissus Bulbs, Dili Milk, Carpets, Personal Effects,.] etc., etc.
also
250 Cases Beer.
and
724 Casks Cement (stored in No. 7 Godown, Lower), 118 Caska Cement (stored in
No. 32 Godown).
3084 Casks Cement (stored in
No. 3 Godown).
89 Casks Cement (stored in
No. 5 Godown)..
889 Casks Cement (stored in
The Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., West Point, Hongkong). Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
DON'T FORGET.
Lammert's Auction Sale
at
15, Humphrey's Buildings,, Kowloon,
on Thursday, October, 27th,
at 10.30 a.m,
have been appearing near Craigle Quarries,
The crowd gathered early in the avening, intent on laying the "ghost" or "ghosts" which have been causing such terror in the district.
Described by a detective as "plausible and
unscruplous swindler" who had obtained near- fraud in the last 20 years, Joseph Aspinall (58), an Holland Park Avenue, London, engineer, of was sentenced at the Old Bailey. in mail week, to four years' penni sorvitude for conspiracy to de fraud and obtaining money by false pretences. been greatly troubled by unusual neer.
Residents in the district have(27), also described as an engi- His son, James Arthur Aspinni
was sentenced to ongoings, but (saye the Dundee months'
nine Courier), according to many they Second Division for complicity in imprisonment in the would rather have had the "ghosts" the offences. than the crowd which gathered laat night.
Nothing. however, manifested it self,
A white sheet has been observed by more than one person lying on the high ground near the quarries of the "ghosts." The sheet has It is possibly part of the equipment been lying for several days.
Armed with lamps, torches, and even a miniature searchlight, the crowd surged over all the waste ground in the vicinity, but failed to unearth anything of an unusual nature.
According to the Daily Record, the "ghost" scare has, after. in vestigation by the police, turned out to have been caused by a broom bush which, in the dusk, showed a grey-white colour.
The bush has been removed--and the "ghost" walks no more.
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
The following is the list of loca share quotations issued to-day:
I
Banks.
Hongkong Bank, $1145 s.. Chartered Bank, 420 n. Mercantile A & B., £317 n ̈ Mercantile C, £137
P. and O., £10 n. East Asia, $68 n.
Marino Ina.
n.
Canton Ins, $570 n. China Underwriters, $1.20 North China, Tis. 143 n. Union Ins., $192 b Yangtsze Ins., $45 b.
Fire Ins China Fires, $215 a. H. K. Fire Ine., $590 n.
Shipping.
Douglases, 335 b.
HK. Steamboata, $21 8. H. K. Tugs, $1.90 n. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $30 D. Shell Trans., 90/- 0. Star Ferries, 154 Waterboats, $17 b.
Refineries.
1.
China Sugars, $13 n.. Malabons, $30
Mining.
b.
Benguets, $2 Kailans, 62/6 n. Langkets, Tls. $16.50 b. S'hai Exploration, Tla. 3 9 Shanghai Loane, Tia, 5.30 b. Raube, $37, b. ·· Tronohs, 19/3 n. Ural Caspians, 3/- ̧n.
Docks, etc.
Kowloon Wharves, $119 b.. Whampoa Docks, $35 n. Hongkews, Tls. 145 b. New Engineerings, Tls. 4 Shanghai Docks Tis. 92
Lande, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, G H. K. Lands, $56 .sa. Realtys, $6.10 B. Territorials, 51 Humphreys, $12.40 8. Princes Bldge, $110 b. Rural Lands, $14.
s..
I.
BA
Cottons: h Ewo Cottons, Tls. $7.15 b Orientals, Tle $1.70 S'hai Cottons, Tis $47 n
Buses, Trane, Obina Buses, Tls. 6 b Tramways, $20, sa Peak Trame, (old) $149." Singapore Trams, 12/9 `n Taxis, 8 n.
Miscellaneous. Amusements, $193. Canton Ices, $5 n. Cements Comb.) $7. China Lights, $12 China Prov., 64 n. Constructions, $1? n. Dairy Farms, $15.30 s Der A. Wing, $6. H'kong Electrics, $52} s H. K. G. Loan, 1% Prom. Macao Electrica, $43 n. Ropes (Old) 810 2. Lane Crawfords, $5 8. Mackintosh, $22. Sinceres, 8.
b.
3.
n.
The two men pleaded guilty to with money in connexion with a charges of inciting people to part so called pool of shares of the New Grozny Ollfielda (Ltd.), it being majority of the shares were con- falsely represented that the great trolled by Joseph Aspinall and the Aspinalls carried on in Shaftes- Plymouth Mining Co. which the bury Avenue, London,
It
1927.
POST OFFICE NOTICE
NOTICE
The parcols post service to Russia in Asia via Japan is temporarily suspended,
Registered and Parcel Maile aro closed 16 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis. ed to close at or before 9 aj registered and parcel malls are closed at 5 pm. on the provious day.
Dutinble articlos forwarded by letter post to Great Britain are able to confiscation by the Customs. Such articles should be forwarded by parcel post only.
Latters and postcards only for the United Kingdom and Europe will be forwarded via Siberia if no superscribed. Went of Hankow is temporarily suspended.
Parcels post service between Hongkong and Ports of the Yangtexe Parcels for places in Szechwan will now be accepted for transmis sien at sandors' risk. It is to be noted that parcels are liable to delay, and that the service may be suspended again at any time.
Letters and postcards for Europe and the British Isles are forwarded vis Siberia if so superscribed.
RADIO NOTICES. / Radio Telegraph Services are now in operation between Hongkong Wuchow, Kongmoon, Holbow, Macao, Kwongchouwan, Fort Bayard and and the following places:-
Philippine Islands, French Indo-China, Province of Yunnan, Canton,
Amoy.
Rates and further particulars on application to the Radio Counter, lat. Floor, General Post Office Bullding."
Swatow Service temporarily suspended.
It is notified for information that Feather Fans and Brooches can- not be sent by peat to Great Britain. They are prohibited by the Plumage
ADDITIONAL NOTICE.
trition) Oct, of 1821.
telegrams will be accepted by the Radio Telegraph Office, Government Build- It is hereby notified that on and and after 17th October, 1927 radio-.
Europe through the intermediary of the Radio Corporation of the Philip- ing, for transmission to the Amerkan Continents, Hawaiian Islands and
Rates and further particulats on application to the Radio Counter, 1st Floor, Government Building.
INWARD MAILS,
| pines at Manila.
From
parcels 22nd September) Shanghai
Per
Mongolia
Szechuen
Namsang
Kashmir
A Rough Diamond. was stated they, obtained nearly £16,000 from forty-three persons in connexion with a bogus pool in shares of the Now Grozny Oilfields (Limited), a perfectly Straits genuine and reputable Company S.A., Canada, Japan, and Shanghai President Jefferson
Shanghai holding large tracts of oil-bearing. land in Russia, but this property Manila at the moment was. valueless, having been confiscated by the Bolsheviks. In another case they obtained over £5.000 by false pre- teneca from a retired bank manager of Kensington.
Straits
Straits
Hakozak! Maru Pres. McKinley
... Jeypore... Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghai Empress of Asia Australia and Manila
The counsel for the prosecution Macao said he thought Joseph Aspinall's Weihaiwei success as a swindler was ine to Formosa bis bluff manner. He had been a
Shanghai miner, and always posed as a self-
Straits made man who was
Java via Batavia a bit of a ough diamond.
Swatow Inspector Cornelius said that in
Shanghai the present ease 43 persons had parted with £15.818, none of which was repaid.
In my opinion, Inspector Corne- lius added, Aspinall, sen., is not a elever "man, but is very plausible. Some people say he has such a plausible tongue that he could induce a duck to come off a pond. He had been previously convict- ed on three occasions.
Wild-Cat Schemes.
"The Recorder said the case' re- vealed a most remarkable set of circumstances. It showed how the desire to get rich quick and the love of speculation can lead otherwise sane and level-minded citizens to invest their hard-earned guins in any "wild cat" scheme put
Tanda
OUTWARD MAILS.
Par
Par
Straits and South Africa'
0.
.October 27.
.October 27.
.October 29.
October 23.
.October 30.
October 30.
October 31.
October 31.
November 1, November 7.
4-18 Chuonehow Wed., Oct. 26, 3.15 p.m. Mingsarg.... Wed., Oct. 25, 5.30 p.m. Preussen
.Wed., Oct. 26, 5 p.m." Glerhiel..... Wal., Oct. 26, 5 p.m. Cremer...Thurs., Oct. 27. 10.30 am. Tjikini...Thurs., Oct. 27, 1.30 p.m. Hydrangea Thurs., Oct. 27, 2.30 p.m. Chenan.Thurs., Oct. 27, 2.30 p.m. Panama Maru
Hoihow, Pakhoi and Haiphong.... Tean Manila, Sandakan, Australiä' and
New Zealand via Thursday Island Arafura
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Sandakan Bangkok Amoy Straits, Ceylon, Indis, Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe vin, Marseilles
before them by any plausible per-Weihalwel
Bangkok via Swatow
son. Although there is a Stock Shanghai and Europe via Siberia Exchange and other places where Amoy .... they can get reliable advice at reasonable interest on their money, they are imposed upon
wholesale.
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa Shanghai, Japan and Honolulu and
Shanghai and *Japan ...........
*San Francisco
The list of persons defrauded in the case before him, the Recorder proceeded, included a Yorkshire man, a retired bank manager from Manila Kensington, a company director Swatow, Amoy and Foochow from Nottinghar, an architect Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. from Bedford, an auctioneer from. & S. Africa, Egypt and Europe London, a grocer from Scotland,
via Marseilles and numerous other people from different parts" of the country. Had they made any inquiry they would have found that Joseph Aspinall had twice been made a bankrupt and three times con- victed.
But the elder Aspinal had appeared so bluff and honest and took so much interest in the funds of the investors that it put them off their guard.
The case ought to be a lesson
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. and S. America and Europe. "vis Victorin, B.C. and Europe. vis Siberia
to people not to hazard their Manila
Thurs., Oct. 27, 2.30 p.in. ....Fri., Oct. 28, 10.30 a.m.
.Fri., Oct. 28,
noon.
Parcels Registration 1.45 p.m.. Letters.... .2.30 p.m.
(Due Thursday Island 12th Nov.) Hai Ning Mau Sang Kitingchow Namsang
Kashmir
Fri, Oct. 28, 1 pan. Fri, Oct. 28, 1.30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 28, 2 p.m. Fri, Oct. 28, 5 p.m.
.Sat, Oct. 29, K.P.O.
Parcels.....28th 4.30 p.m Registration
Letters
Parcels
29th 9 a.m. 29th 10 a.m.
G.P.O.
.28th 5 p.m.
Registration 29th 9.45 a.m. ...29th 10.30 a..
Letters
(Duo Marseilles 26th November). Kueichow.....Sat., Oct. 29, 2.30 p.m. Szechuen.....Sat., Oct. 29, 2.30 p.m. ...Sat, Oct. 29, 5 p.m. Sun., Oct. 30, 8.30 a.m. Sun., Oct. 30, 9 a.m.
Anhui
Kaying
Kuijo Maru
Hakozaki Maru Mon., Oct. 81, 10 am.
Tenyo Maru
Mon., Oct. 31, Registration 9.45 'a.m. Letters ..10.30 A.M. (Duc San Francisco 25th November), Pres. Jefferson Mon., Oct. 31, 4.30 p.m Haiching
Tues., Nov. 1, Noon.
Aeneas
Tues., Nov. 1, K, P. O.
Registration......0 n.m. Letters....10 a.m.
G. P/ 0. Registration ..9.45 a.m.
· Letters
.10.30 8.m. (Due Marseilles, Brd Dec.)
Pres. McKinley
.....Tuca, Nov. 1, ........8 p.m.
Parcels
Registration.4.15 p.m. Letters..........5 p.m.
(Due Victoria, B.C., 21ät November). Emp. of Asia Wed., Nov. 2, 3.30 p.m.
money unless they first made in- Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ........ Haihong....... .Fri, Nov. 4, Noon. honesty was the best policy.
FATAL CLIMB TO LIVE WIRE.
LIVED WEEK AFTER 11,000' VOLT SHOCK,
*Correspondence nearing vessel's name only.
TOBACCO PLUS ALCOHOL.
EFFECT OF SMOKING ON EYESIGHT..
1
"Excessive smacking, and many people do smoke excessively nowa- days, is certainly dangerous to the eye," Mr. Owen Aves, chairman of the Refraction Hospital, London, said in an interview. "As to what is an excessive amount of smoking, "Excessive smoking of tobacco, strangely enough, very often does general health of the individual. that depends very much upon the A 17-year-old boy, Lemoine not bring on tobacco blindness," Davies, of Pentre, Oswestry, while Baid Mr. J. H. Sutcliffe, the Chair- should say that the pipe smoker out with companions at Chirk, man, at the International Optical should keep within half an ounce a climbed one of the steel towers Congress, which ended its, meet day while the elgarette smoker should not permit himself more than which support the main electric ings at Oxford last month.
"Usually transmission line of the North
tobacco blindness is ten cigarettes a day. The impor Wales Power Company, and touelt-brought on by excessive smoking in tant thing is never to smoke on an combination with alcohol," he con-empty stomach. Smoking before blindness breakfast is more hartful that at
is tinued. "Tobacco
That any other time." rarely found among women, is possibly due to the fact that women who smoke do not indulge excessively in alcohol. There has in been no appreciable increase tobacco blindness among women since smoking became popular with He had received n the modern flapper. shock of 11,000 volts.
"Curiously enough, when it is
ed the live wire.
There were three flaskes like lightning and Davies was hurled 40 feet to the ground with his Anthes aflame. His right leg and back were burned.
He was taken to Chirk Cottage Hospital, where he died after sur- brising the doctors by lagering for a week.
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From 27th Dot. to 2nd November 1827.
BLON WAN,
**
Tim
91andard Time...
Low Wärna:
74 €'kong
Kean deze
27 10.18
22516
704. 19,
384 544-65
55:26
not
30
2:144
21
42734
11 45,744 10
1
27
10.12
At the inquest at Chirk recent-pointed out to a man that he is ly, Bersha Davies, a young motor over smoking, he usually resents it very much, and it is only by telling driver, said the dead boy was appealed to not to climb the him that he is heading for the the standard, but he took no notice. cemetery if he does not stop smok-day 8 11 10
The jury, returning a verdict in Glasses will not help a man suffer ing that it can be remedied. accordance with medical evidence, added a rider that no blame ing from tobacco blindness. The altached to anyone and suggest only thing is for him to give up Men. ing that insurmountable fences tobacco and alcohol. He should
Pudr B'quo Indus: G. Bonds, 524 b. should be placed around all the also put himself in the care of his
medical man. He may require a|744- tonic."
United Aboston/512 s Watsons, $112 n.
Powells, $5 18.
Tolophone, 3.65, s
standards.
No saler, H.W. No Inter, 2044
No tufes W. No Inter