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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1914

·HOTELS

THUT

STATION HOTEL

NATHAN ROAD,

KOWLOON.

ELECT-OOM TO BACt Roca,

NLECTRIO LIGHT AND YANH,,

TO LEL

„TU LAT...

No. 7 MOONT KELLETT STONE

HOOSH, Four Rooms, Furnished From 18% May to 1st November. PERUT SMITH,AFT

SITE & FLEMING, 5 Queen's Road Central Hongkong, March 25, 1914.

TO LET. “

Roomed House To Bo Let

OHANGING LONDON.

MODERNISING AN HISTORIQ DISTRICT:

THE CHINA MAIL

skate, over a la part has been whoilt IN EPOCHÉ SEKEL, and the result in a curious milley,...... Appenroda a kawy a towering building at no cost, The ol aurant has given place to:

The reconctructed. Crence. Hannae hae morit for Its purpose Sooth opster- bottjo has risen anew. : Indlykhanlly esch, of the structures has much that is quite good but they give no character to what Bran had of late years become a breasingly ribom important West-and thoroughfare.

Cadmua fool that this is no of the things that managed better in France In Parst the buildings would have been designed Cherub whole.

Doe

Cold and Hot Water throughout. A Furnished, Partly Furnished, or row of Georgian houses, the most diste soule, with some, ides af » consistent Clic

- ་

PRIVATE AND PUBLIO BARS.

SILLIARD ROOM.

Private Dining Room,

"

EKOELLENT CUISINE.

Tor Partlow spply to

THE MANAGER.

Unfurnished."

Apply

"HARBOUR VIEW

"Co 'CHINA'Maru' Office. Hongkong, March 21, 1914.

TO BE LET.

FROM 1ST APRIL, 2014,

©An Old Georgian Shop,

Wedged in between great blocks of modern buildings in Covgotrytroct 380 Lyons Corner House" is om which by Ita spick-and-span exterior, proclains that is was erected the day before yes terday-there still survives, writer Citizen in the Daily Telegraph, a small tinguished belug the three which together maku Lambert's well-known silver shop. And, spanning the narrow width cd Arundell-sbrees, which gives entranco to tho little closedin Pantonisaquaro, ia the lazyn.part of the old city, the new notice board displays from on high and heights within which houses of two, Building Act laid down certain scales

intimation that tao Arandell estate there is "To be Lot or Sold." It is the first three and four storeys were to be come Merlin

The result was so in mayMinotaur warning that another familiar bit of Old used. Londen is to disappear. After it will of well-proportioned buildings that Moorhen

381

RENGILDING OF LONDON.”

Colne FALO

A chance occurred in Loudve-onco Hampshire. When the Great Fire of 1086 destroyed Jud

Konnet

Kisaba

TML. No. E189: Talk, Addrars "TazOLDESLOE, Jundz Fred, Kowloon, in all probability, a big." Improve-houses susive, and since to Move Newcastle

Hongano, Feb. 8: 1912,

KING EDWARD HOTEL..

Central Location. ·

LL ELECTRIC Tas Pass Fatmass. Electric Lifts, Fans and Lighting,

Apply to

PATELL & CU. 79 Wyndham Street...

Hongkong Feb. 24, "1914.

TO LET.

Europas Baths and Sanitary Fittings.OFFICES in King's Building.

Hot and Cold Water System throughout.

Best of Food and Servios.

TELEPHONY $75. TELEGRAPHIC ADOREM.

VICZONA.

R. H. NORTE.

Manager.

254

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., Lo.. Hongkong. Jan. 13, 1914.

833

TO LET.

KINGSCLERE HOTEL, Avenue and Salinbury Avenue, Kowloop, FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Granville Cheap rentals.

SHOP with Godown attached, NATEAN ROAD, Kowloon..

HONGKONG

↑NRIVALLKO position' In the Hill

Udistricts overlooking the Botanical

Gardens and facing the Harbour.

Namerous quiet Suites with luxuriously fitted Bathrooms, Telephone and Electric Fans. Telephones in Bedrooms and Sitting-rooms hroughout. Telephono No. 1122,

Cable Addres. Fachsola.'

A.B.J. Code 5th Ed. Hongkong, September 1, 1908

1203.

}

BRAESIDE

PRIVATE HOTEL

ANTANDING in the owo grounds with Tennis and Crocust Lawns, Large Airy and Well Furnished Rooms, Every home comfort. Fine Flew of the Harbour Telephone, No. 190.

Apply to Ma F. W. WATTS,.

*Brancido,' 20, Macdonnell Road Hongkong, September 9, 1908,

WYNDHAM HOTEL,

29. WYNDHAM (FLOWER) STREET,

OCATION good for Hillside Scenary

FROM BUSINESS CENTRE. Families, Residents and Tourists made, thoroughly comfortable.

Terms

Moderate.

Ru on Finez-oza Linza- Under the Formonal Expervision of the Proprietres

M. S. HOY.

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Uskes, Orofactionery. Moala with Wines & Liqueur,

DRIEINATION.

Kowloos Marine Lot No. 18 with Wharf, WINDSOR LODGE, Kimberley Road, Kowloon, 6 rooms and Tannis.cart.

No. 3 MINDEN VILLAS, from 1st ápril next."

Apply co BUMPHREY'S ESTATE & FINANCE

Co., Imp. Hongkong. March 3, 1914.

ᎢᏅ ᏞᎬᎢ, .

ROGATE, Austin Road, Kowloon.

unfurnished.

mens, carried out within a Charles II.

reiga ended London has grown in a most throw of Piccadilly-circus,

inconsistens fashion, and in our own

Arundell-teret and Panton-square may go off the map. A purchaser, when found, may do my shall phensó hémy, and oven ghoose to retain both, but the rendory last year obtained an Act of Parliament for closing the street and the spars The

property is thus

A compact block of

$34.500ft, ratching back to Shalterbury,

avenue-ripo for dovolapinent, as any; glib-tongued auction in the rostrum would say. There any hotels about Pan. fon-sqtire which, it is stated; are to standi until September, 1914, when they will be rebuilt. The fate of the rest, with all the wide frontage on Coventry strect, is still undecided. A Londoner would not cherish a hope thint at least the pictures be true to his own city who did not que Georgian shopfront may survive the

otherwias inevitable changes.

IN GEORGIAN DAYS,

Kightingal Ribbis

Lon Tealt

with the least consistency of all. Rosario 1 to-day we wish to show the foreigner Robin

Loulou street with character in it, we Sandpiper turn to no work of lying men. but the Snipe Regent-street, the achievement of Mr. Tamar John Nash nearly a century, augo, dra is becoming agation of atous Thistle -fine atoms no doube, many of them.

Triumph but some sort of building plan as well is needed to fulfil the conception of a Unk

Welland Coventry-street only becsuo of im-Widgeon

a Westend thoroughfare Woodcock partners then a straight way was made communi- Woodlatk eating with Longuera (largely through Tammouth Bars: Albert tirant of Leicester square. C.S7 subsequent gift to the public by the Inte 0.35 the Cecils property), in 18485, and tha

It is now in his heart of heatre-land, C.99

grent capital..

The site lay outside the town at the time of the Great Fire of London, which 035 Little as there is of Oki Loudun, that drova so many settlers westward. The 956" which remains is mostly hidden in out building of the street commened in 1881, 787· of-the-way places, as if trusting to cou It takes its name from Coventry House,

,038 cealment to escape the housebreaker's the residence, there' of Henry Coventry. attentions. Lambert's is a rare excep- Sceretary of State to the Merry Monarch. ton, for standing out boldly in one of the So late na Willium II. it was still spokun prost-frequented thoroughfares of the of a part of Piccadilly. The other two West-end, it is families to every Lon-{ streets involved in the pending demolition doner and to thousands of country and also derived their numer frana property Continental visitors. As you toil up, the owners. Colonel Panton (whenes Panton- risia of the Haymarket, the silver shop squarey and the Lord Arundell of War-

facos you in Coventry-street, slightly deur.

towards the eight, across the road. A" long inscription painted over the project-

No. 68 Peak, MOUNT KELLETT, (Church Mission Society Bungalow) tilling bow windows and doors tells the. 30th May 1914, partly furnished. Cheap

rent.

"No & CAMERON VILLAS, No. 59 Peak, to let furnished for one year from 1st May 1914"

"No: 19th SHELLEY STREET".

FROM IT October 1913,

No. 5 MOUNTAIN VIEW from Lst April, 1914."

No. 12 BEACONSFIELD ARCADE, Shop.

To let bill 31st October, 1914, No. 64 The Park, seven rooms and drying room faraished, including Electric fans and Telephone."

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, March 17, 1914. 81

SINGON & CO.

pase-by that Lambert's are "Gold.

BUICIDE IN A CONTENT.

Cremated Ashes to be Sizewn. Ovar Flower Beds.

ill and Silversmiting to their 3njes. ties and H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent." It was not of our present King and Queen, but at George T. and his Consort, and the Duchess of Kent wire was the mother of Queen Victoria, that this inscription was written., The Royal costs of a displayed above are those of the Duke din ber room Sho wrote:

Clarice and the Duke of Kent. A

glance at the shop will convince you that here, at least, tine has stood still, al nothing has altered in a century that has

***I esn't live without mother: arid with

Eir Britanule Majesty's Ships on the China. Station.

cruiser,. Is this

Capt. H. W. Grano

1300

Capt. M. B Lieut-Comdr

300-

1400

Camer, Calla Mackens, D8,C

torpedo bost destroyer

7300

Lieut. Omdr, U. M. Blackman

torpedo host destroye

Lieut. Comdr. C. Peigand

• torpedo how d

$7500

Eleut. Comdr. G. F. A. Mulonk

sorpedo bost dan Heir gunboak dloop

Liant Comde, FAI

1900

T-Comdr. H. D Marrysh

2040

Lt. Comdr. Gibson:

cruiser, 1st clas

Ospt. E. B. Kiddie-

190

BOG

Capo, Frederick

1500

tiver gunboak

erülner, 2nd ala rivat gunbost sorpedo best

depot ship, river gunboat mirar gumborð river gunboat, receiving ship

river gunbost

river ganbook

[1400]

Lt.-Com. Alan Dixon

Elout Comdr÷FAN. Crumie

Từ Conde Ki

940

La Com. I. I.B. Fution

$40

Lt. Conde M. T. R. Mazwail Scolt

Commodore R. H. Anstruther, C. M. GE

It. Comdr. 8. P. R. Ramell

Upper

Hong

battleship

torpedo-bost, dostawyer

-11,98518

800.

32,500

Bongk

7500

torpedo-bost destIOYA

590"

7500

rivar gunboat

196

800

150

150

6250

river gunbost riwar gunboar light ariser submarine submarine

Tu broarine

torpedo boar

torpedo bost

torpedo. bont

torpedo boss

LC G. F. I. L. Pas

Capt. P. Streatfeild, M.V.O.

Lt. Comde, Maxwell Comdr. Seymour: :

·LA-Com. A. J. Landon

Lt. Comdr. Lloyd

99.000 Capt. .. Cochrane

Hyper Yangtiá 20

Yangtos Pho

Colombo ̈

LE-Com. M. Blackwood

Lt. Comdr. F.-J. McGillswig-

Hongkong

It Comdr. J. Gaizde

Hongkong

Lt. Comdr. R. R. C. Pope

Hongkong

Lt. Comdr. Hardley

Hongkong

T. Comdr. Barton

Hongkor

Lt. Chindr Wredham, Quin

Là, Goedy, B.' W. Beymaar

∙West River

· Flagship of Vice-Admiral T. F. M. Jarram, K.O.R., Commander-in-Chief.

Ethel Mary Karuth, 40, of independent Duplaix macam, died at the French Convent, Pin. her, from the effects of "polson, and a labor number of letters and a will were found Montealin

Décidée Argus this route neurasthenia developing, I can's suonoything but a hopeless and thankless Vigilante existence. I have been nothing but a lot Paiho. of trouble to everybody, and I wish to be cremated as cheaply as possible and my Dondard de Lagros

es zwa.over the Bower beds, as

+Flagship of mother's were."

Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station.

Name

Kaiserin is both

Eng and description.

Austro-Hungarian craiser

Гора

Captains

Capt. Makerita

Shanghai

Franch armoured cruiser 10,01€ +30 20,000

Capt. Darelay

French armoured sviziser

970.

Capt. Goats

French Bagabip

9600

Capt. de Vaisseau

French gunbost

1200

Lieut. Vandir

French river gunboat.

180

570

Lient. Dordst

French gunboat

500

Lieut. de Jarvillier

Frunch gunboat

Tiegt, Collin

French gunboat

Lieut. Dupuy Dutempe

Fahong Kim

Rear-ádmiral Colloek de

French cub-marine

Lieut. Boluix

Freach sub-marion French armoured gunbosh 1796 French destroyer

Siyoni

10

100

Licat. Guillaume L Lieut. Aurillac

Louie

Saigon

Salgious

French destroyer

Fiesch destroyer.

7 300;

Capl. de, Frigsts Rouicus Comdr. de Manjar

Saigon

French destroyer

-900

French surveying ahen

10

9000

Coudz, Yuisin

She had taken 20 veronal tableta, con- Igna taining 100 grains. Ir the will she left Prutee boquests of money and presents to a number of people.

+ Styx A verdict of "Suicido, while of un Fronde sound mind" was returned at the inquesterville runently.

wrought so much change all around. FOR SALE.

Imagina King George III. driving up HARTING and BOGATE, part of to-day from Kensington in his high. Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1154.

springed cabriolet, with a glance back Apply to

over his shoulder at the curved exprose. of Regent-street, wondering what it all meant. Three years before, the third George's death only the Piccadilly and had been complated" of this new stro06. which was to lead to Marylebone Park. and the new house of tho Prince Regent that was projected theco, but never built, The circus was part of the scheme Little else would be recognised by the sugust visitor save the. old silversmiths' shop. That, at least, he would know. It has the same protruding bay windows, filled with email panes of glass, the same low doors, with bandlos 60 подг ground that one has to reach down to turn them. Possibly the monarch, 'and the first gentleman of Europe," too, would wonder why Lambert (four genes. tions of Lamberts have been here) bad Mr. Ferbert, Ponting's re. Lache

ERTANLIGHED A.D. 1880.

TRON STERL, METAL and BARD 1 WARE MERCHANTS, Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers. Fig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store keepers and 8 pehandlers Nos. 55 and 3 Loose OCAKKI, (End Stroob, mush of Central Marke') Telephone No. 615.

Hongkong. September 4, 1913.

Vessels Advertised as Loading.

VIBILI.

Amalia Ports, & Eastern Australia Porta, doújáldenham

· Anping & Tikao &c...Sosha Marn Bay *. 8'pare & be Rangoon Maru Ebay, 7. S'pore, O'be. Java Mara Japan & Sestało Jbon, Kudat & S'dav

Kobe &

GARBO merr

AUINTI

the

Pistolet

LADY SCOTT SEES THE SOUTH Mousquet

Manche POLE PICTURES.

willis, Commander-in-Chief, the French China Station,

* Magship of Capt. (immodore Bouciant, Commanding sha locul defonos Indo (hinn

Lady Booth, one evening recently for the first time, aw Mr. Ponting's pictures of her late husband's expedition to the Ant-Emden arctic. She had long wished to see them, Gasisma. bat had got hitherto felt equal to lacing the f

Iltis ordea!. trying She want to the Philharmonic Hall, Jaguar

Portland.street, London, Grest

and an a

Leipzig member of the general public saw the

Taki Tiger Tringtan

[pictures. Accompanying her were | Ntraburg put tinted glass in his windows. Others. Mr Mekenas (Homs Secretary) and Mrs.

Otter of our own generation base also wonder McKenna, and Mr. Harold Bakar. od why. Like the whole of the shop

The news that Lidy. Soutt was present

ent Scharnhorst the hall and 5.90 itself, the glass panes are old (many of gradually

created a marked:

spread ession. The final DATE OF IAV them, no doubt, the original panes), and scenes of the tragic expedition were re-

they havo nequired these ruddy tints by ceived with an intense kush. aga Much rubbing and polishing havo | almost obliterated the words sunk in the brass nameplates on the doors. The bare uneven boards of the shop four have been trodden by generations of patrons of the silversmiths' craft. Royal illustrious, or, merely wealthy.

„Bibb Láṣinagton & Co. April 9, at 10a.m. Gibb Livingston & Co. May 1, að 10 ■m. Osaka Bhoon Kaisha April 1, at 10 a.m.. Nippon Yuson Kaisha March 27.

Shosen Kaisha April 5 am. Great Northern 8.8. Co

at Noon. 15, st 'dakan Borneo

Melchers & Co. April 9,

9, at 9 a.m. 101 & 00. Dilwark T

Lal & pril

25. Marappen Wieler & Co. About April 2. Kaisha April 9, 11. Sigismund Matches & Co Mar. 18, Noou. London, Antwerp, dia. Malia ............................. - Pr&.0.9. Le

dos.

& Antwerp... Merionethahire......... Manila, Cebu de Hoik Rubi

Bobe, & INT

Robe.... London

Manila, Cebu & illolio fico

- Ponnamon/marosa Longmang

Bar London Ne.... Kamo Maru

Mar, London, de... Krahina. Mara,

CoAbout March

31.

HisTORICAL SHOP-FRONTS.

The portraits of the “five barnos,” which are shown at the end of the series, arm Vaterland usually roomved with rounds of cheering, On this occasion there was a sympathetic silence. At the close of the exhibitio! Oxisbris Lady Scott hurried from the ball

Adamaster Macso

The collections at St. Andrew's Fairin In all London there is nothing of the Cathedral, Singapore, during lash weck, period that will stand comparison with amounting to #128.25 wern stolen from this fine Georgian shop-front. The few the Vostry Clerk whilst en his way to othere that hayo survived the changes of the Bank. The Rev. II. G. Peíla saka

A4 a century, may be counted on the fingers, the Straits newspapers to say, that if any ab. 2 p.m.

8.

Tarina, Maon Co, LdAbout APA p.10.

2.

3 & Do That Fribourg's, close by, at the top of Hay-Cathedral chit between sech 10 and 15th/1-6.

Arseilles. Ports Amazone ........... Margeries Miaka 6pril 22, at 10 am curved bow windows, and the suo eiror:esenting tho sme should be detained Afbazs

Marseilles

San Frankis Orgolia'

"ighewa;

Do

|

Tusen

8, at 19 a m. market, everyone knows, with its double inclusive should be presented, the person Nippon

April 7t

1pm Mengarice Maxitimas April 21 at 1 p.m. Dodwell & Co. Limited About April 4.

Naples,

Genoa da... Print Estel Friederich Malabera & Co... Warch 31 at 10 s.es

Pita Mail 8, J. Co, March 31, Kocn. Pacific Mail 8.8. Co. &pal 11, at 1 pm Pacific Mail B.B. Co... April 28, at Noon Toyo Klam Kaisha ... April 4.

San Francizu,

Bas

கேமி

Maro...

Mara

Robert Dollar

Binagha & Japan Paul Local Blue A Japan Porin Cordillere

pan Port Torilin

Shat

S'hai,“ & Japan Porte Namur

S' Robe & Y

'ba Kobe & Yama

Erduey, Melbourne &e

Br

Kinen Kafsha....... Apríl. 8.

Bobbert Doln

Dollar Co. April 4. Mensageries Maritimes Amil 6- Momageries Maritimes April 19,-

Ld

18

D. Soun & Co., Ibout April

&U. B. N. Co.

{Hamburg Am'ka Linie April 9..

Nippon: Ynaan. Kainhala príl utterdeld & Briza," Mat,

Filler & Co |April 2

actoristin small panes displaying tobaccos, and the police sent for.

and a couple of steps from the pavement leading up to the shop. Birch, Cornhill is another, noteworthy ope ally for its rich carving. But nalang of these can boast the spaciousnes Lambert's, which to day is the Georgian shop loft in the Lambort founded the firm in 1800, the comer house - Incre

indused.him five years raid the shops at the two.

enst. The long.

rich

LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND

German cruiser

5600

3.500 Capt. v. Restori

German armoured arminer 11,600

,000

Germann ganbost

900

1300 Comdr. v. Gobrem

Captam Brain

Hongkong

isingian

Shanghai

German gunbost

900

1800

Comdr. Vansekw

Tinghu

Gerdad cruiser

1950

21

11,000

Capt Behnicke

Tsingta

"

German gumboss

900

10

1350

Geenan

28 15,200

Carman river gunboat

Our German torpedo-bos

ship.

German torpedo Lont German gunboat. German river gunbost jeruma river gan,Josi

*Italian drainer

Corddr, Bondemand

Capt. Mörsbergse

Capi Luwat Kirla

Capt. von Schulz

Capt. Lását. Berrenberg

8500

£80.000

BOUD:

Obit. z. B. Ülisasen

500

1350

Comdr. Böcker...

100

Capt. von Möller

l'ortugmans cruiser Portuguese ganhost

YOU

UNITED

Obit & Prins

Conde, Bomení Plonard)

Capt Anibal de 8. Dine

Capt. Martine

Captain José de Carvalho Orato

TATES VESSELS "ATTACHED TO ASIATIO STATION.

Linut. E. D. McWhorter,

Hanga J. C. Van de Cart

10,000

Ensign

Kosign, O. M. Yatos Coma

tipo