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C. P. LAMMERT.

ANOTIONEER, APPRAISER "

AND SERVETOR

Public Auctions-

THE Undersigned has received instrue- dons to well by Public Aucsier,

ZUZSDAY, November 1, 1919, commencing at 11 am.

this Sales Rooms, Duddell Street.

346 tins Red Oxide Paint:

9 do Green Paint

17 do Blue Paint

3 caaks White Lead Powder

Þ yuv

Red Lead Powder

3 do

Red Oxid's Powder

. cases

Iron Screws

B do.

Toilet Paper

1 case Padicck

Tarms: Cash on delivery.

GEO PLAMMERT, Auctioneer,

Hoogkong, October 31, 1919.

INTIMATIONS.

CANTON KOWLOON

RAILWAY.

TENDERS for the supply of l QUORS and REFRESHMENTS the Terminal Stations at Tai Sha Fan and Kowloon and on all Traits on be above Railway.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that EALED TENDERS which should be learly marked "TENDER FOR THE ALE OF REFRESHMENTS AND LIQUORS ON THE CANTON KOW. LOON RAILWAY" will he receiver at he Hasd Otice of the British Section Kowloon, and at the Office of the fanaging Director at Tai Sha Tae ntil Noon of SATURDAY, November th....

Forms of Tender and full particulars say be obtained at the Head Office of he British Section at Kowloon or the Head Office of the Chinese Section at ki Sha Tau.

The Railway does not hind itself to beept the highest or any tender.

H. P. WINSLOW.

Manager, British Section..

WEN TEH CHANG,

Managing Director,

Chinese Section.

Hongkong, October 31,1919

HONGKONG

HOTEL.

TEA DANCES will be held on the following DAYS during the month of November, from 4.30 to. 7 P.M. —

7TH-

TUESDAY, 4th. FRIDAY, MONDAY, IT FRIDAY, 14TH MONDAY, 17. FRIDAY, 21T MONDAY, 24TH. THURSDAY, STIL Admission to Dance Room each Day 12-per head, including TEA.

J. H: TAGGART,

Manager.

BOXING.

DY permission of the Chaplain,

born, all-priching.

Sa taught by the well-known boxer, KID" Marriott, at the SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE, 21, Praya East, Wanchai, wice a week, on TUESDAYS and YEIDAYS, from 5.45-7.15 P.3L Special lessons by arrangement. Will any who wish to have lessons please Seply to The Manager MR. R. W. BRISTOW. Terus hy arrangement. Pre-payment requested. lephone 287+

NOTICE.

INTIMATIONS METEOR GARAGE

Sole distributors of

MAXWELL CARS.

Automobiles for Hire

and for Sale

at reasonable Prices,

'Phone 2500,

"65 Dee: Your Road.

Central

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JUST RECEIVED

from AUSTRALIA a large shipment of LACTOGEN, UNSWEETENED CONDENSAD MILE, STERILIZED ÎNATURAL MILE, MALTED MILE and SWEETENED COCOA-and- MILS, sold at very reasonable prices owing to the present high rate of Exchange, especially for Retailers.

ACT

SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,

Solo & cunts for Boogkong and Soats China. Nas, 17 & 18, Connaught, Hond Central, Hongkong.

Telephone Nan, 1994

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Received direct from the NORTHERN SCOTTISE

FISHERIES selected

FILLET HADDOCK

AND KIPPERS.

WE HAVE

Great Farieties of used and unused

POSTAGE STAMPS Single, Sets, Packets, Bags, and on Approval Books FOR COLLECTORS

:

GRACA & CO., DEALFES LY POSTAGE STAMPS, Post Diets, SEEDS, Tora, &c, &c. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P: O. Box 620.

Hongkong

JAPANESE MAKERS.

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

R

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LL PERSONS8 with the exception A of persons of Chinese race, wishing leave the Colony must have in their basessions VALID PASSPORT. Passengers not in possession of passports will not be allowed to leave the Colony.

All persons, with certain exceptions, ho remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Beglater Themselves under the REGISTRATION PERSONS ORDINANCE. 1918. Forms of Registration giving the parti calars required may be btained at the 3.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a ne not exceeding $50.

E: D. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police.

ngkong, September 22, 1819.

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NEWS FROM HOME,

A HOT SPELL.

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of eling the army into Russia on themselves to the altered conditions the ples of a defensive campaign to with remarkable speed, Manufac halp the Bussines and then using it "turers of games and toys do not dis- or "wide port vaguely (defined offen- guise the fact that they are appre- [From Our Own Correspondent.] in which lives fure uselessly hensive about Japanese activities

sacrificed...

Leven more than they are about the The Press has combined to demand: Geniouse. The German pace many Lostus, Sept. 14.

come até but the Japanese penetrá- After a very wet and elilly August cler Katement on the bestie und we have been plunged into a beat Churchill-not departing from castion ja lere now.

The President of the Board of spell of quite remarkable strength, tom-tries to evade by saying "the with the result that all who can date of the withdrawal has been left Trade, Sir Auckland Gedder, whe

He says now conferring with the Prime Minis manage it live again taken to the General Rawlinson. 211uts and seaside resorts. The bar Col. Sherwood Kelly will be punisher in Brittany, will soon return, to Vest, about whier the farmers hated, but meanwhile scores of soldiers be confronted by a series of deputa become anxious, is now practically buck from Rusin have bandel te tons demanding protection. So Kur over, in ideal conditions, and even gether and sworn to give evidence he has not been encouraging to the the slly despondent agriculturist that the Colonel's statements are deputations, for he contents that is ebuerful, for bis cereals are bring true in substange and in fact. This what we need is work and produc- kim in unlooked for wealth, papers decline to accept Churchill's: tine, for the state of the world creates Many a Summer, in fact, has gone in statement as satisfactory and pace an effective protection of as MOIT for it motor var of late who neverore, therefore, he is in hot water. and another greater than the moet drant of having one a year or two He is again charged with being a ardent tariff reformer ever asked for. st costly inclusin in the Cabinet At the same time he is watching the returns very closely und "The only people to dread the heat and when Parliament ressemble customs

when there is evidence of damping are these concerned in the inports-there will be a hot debate, for the

coming be will frame legislation to As I have said Labour members, reinforced by Mr. tion of foodstuff. in previous letters, our Government Arthur Henderson from Widnes, are prevent it materialising departments have brought in quite determined to force the issue. abnormal supplies without making! provision for their disposal and die tribusin. By resuming the control of in the mille of the hot season they have et themselves in for a nice pickle, for the incoming supplies that had been ordered and arranged for by the coremercial firm were so large that, when it came to officialdom handling them, they soon became tied up in knots."" So for weeks bacon has been on the quays and in the transit sheds, with the berngorature over 80 in the shade.

*20.

DIRECT ACTION,

The Government, in fact, is none The labour conference in Glasgow It would or has clearly shown that the Labour too strong on its legs

men lave grown a little nervous be surprising to wes it fall later in the year. Waste is still rumpunt.about direct action to enforce de- and despite window dressing by the ads instead of reliance on the Prime Minister, more bureaucrats are ballot box. The suber epirits have ticking like hapete to their job ovesilden the hot heads and so the than we are any real use for. The nitter, allover for the present. tulee that are piling up of offen! The fact is that Lahour wees a strong ineptitude would make any businesslikethood of greater political respon man turn grey if he heard of them Hibility for its party in the future in ordinary commercial life.

REMOVED RESTRICTIONS, The removal of the restrictions on

and does not want to be too burden- ed with extremis action. Moreover the Russian spectacle I had a

the importers could not more the imports continues to excite con decided effoot in disabusing their

bacon without a Food Ministry or

nds, of the reticl plantes. There is armé evidence, sis of a realisation of the gravity of the ̃éltudie-

then, the eight hour day, brought in for political reasons, will act as a decided drag, for it is physically im- possible to get the guine amount of work out of a shortened day. At

apparent proofs of that every day any rate we are seeing profa-or

and every where.

LORD BERESFORD. The deaths of Lord Beresford re-- moves a bruth of a bhoy

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troversy. It is unfortunate that, der; and this was not quickly forth.awing partly to cupidity and partly to opportunity, the profiteer has so coming. The result is that tons misel prices that there is a wide- tion as brought about by restricted bacon has terribly deterion:ted at the docks and on one curgo alone there pread deposition to say "If it is output. In think there is reuson- Is been a loss of a quarter of stop profiteering let us have them." unity in the near future. Even Decessary to hare German goods teable hope of a return to activity and million sterling.

The matter has been brought to But fortunately for the present the public notice by the Prees and Gerrans have nothing worth speak especially in the Times by Mr.ng of that they can send. What on is another Charles F. Torrey, a veteran ship. they will do later ping directer and member of the matter.. Port of London Authority, who made tors are Japan and America. America For the present the chief compati- a slashing attack on bureaucey ini hampered by the exchange rates, business and demanded that the Prime Minister should sack the but the fact remains that she is pend let," just as Lord Fisher would per-ng in enormous cargoes and the form the same summary dismissal ships are going back to Americe with

our public life. For though he look. with the Admiralty. The Food Con. ballast, Naturally, in these cirotzn. trolier has replied like a politician,stances, freights are very high, but ed like a real John Bull in his tightly juggling with technicalities and even in the case of goods like motor buttoned frock cout and silk hat: quibbling on terms, but the busi can, where there is a duty, ad cooled on one side; he had only to ders world is against him, and the valorem c.i.f. of 233 per cent, and open his mouth to reveal the Irish

Like a true son of Brir he controversy would be quite divarting the exchange rate is equivalent to man. if it did not throw a sad light on another 15 per cent, protection, the was usually "agin the Govern

Americans are managing to find a ment," but he was a popular figure official muddling and its costly blundering.

quick aule in our depleted markets and públic life will be the dufer for After Americs comes Japan. Her his departure. ... CHURCHILL, The coneument scandal is that of goods are invading every line, and The most patriotic of a patriotic the Russian military enterprise. Col. land is the outery. I have been forally, he was a great friend of the Sherwood Kelly, V.C., just home shown van Hawkes this week of late King Edward, but never became from the Archangel front, has taken Japanese make at prices astoundingly so enmeshed in turf matters as his brothers. Some things embittered the courageous step of exposing the under our prices. The Japanese ars situation, Agardless of the certain opening offices in all parts of the him to some extent, as for example punishment that awaits him for fancy goods area of wholesale Los- the antipathy between him and Sle appealing to the public against his don-Houndeditch and St. Mary Are Percy Scott which would creep out

(Continued on Page 6.) military chief, nocuses Churchill and it is clear: they are adapting

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1919

NOTICES.

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions.

Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,"

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery,

THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. CO., LD.

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Hrab Ovrich : 47-4 18. Cónnaught Road Central, Hongkong. Tal No. 2230. BRANCH OFFICE: 430 & 431, Nauking Road, Shanghai, China.

TRADE MASE.

A. REDUCTION OF 20%

is allowed on the retailed prices, of all, our VERMICELLI, PASTE. STARS, MACARONI EGG- NOODLES, and all other kinda of Soup Stuf, in respect of the OPENING CEREMONY OF OUR NEW FACTORY AT CAUSEWAY BAY, HONGKONG, CD the 35th OCTOBER for 20 days from the 25th inst, to the 14th November..

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD,

OPERATING :—

THE HONGKONG HOTEL,

HOTEL MANSIONS,

THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL,

(To be opened 1st January, 1920.)

J. H. TAGGART,

MANAGER

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Level

:

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of-

Mrs. BLAIR.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

CENTRAL LOCATION

LL ELECTRIC TRAMS Fase Entrance, Electric Lifte, Fans and Lighting

A European Bathe and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout Best of Food and Service.

Telephone-373. Telegraphia. Address :—' VILSTORIA!

J. WITCHELL, Manager.

PALACE HOTEL

KOWLOON,

(Two minutes from Star Ferry)

Becontly renovated and refurnished, electric light and fans throughout

and entirely under new management Cuisine ander the personal supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Rooma. Termi ́moderate. Special terma ja families on application to

Telephone K. I Telegraphic Add: "Patok"

J. H. OXEERRY, 'Proprietor.

CARLTON HOTEL.

(THE ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL, IN THE OCZONY.) IGE HODAR STREET,

Under American Management. Nice and quiet yeh only a few minutos walk from the Banks and Central District. 42 Bedrooms, Broellens Cuisine, scrupulously clean. Moderate Terms. Monthly and Family, Rates uzi application to the Proprietress. Launches meet Passenger Fosts.

Telegraphie Address * CABLTON"

Mas. P. E. CAMEKON,

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE

(OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT.)

Noted for:-

THE BEST TIFFINS AND DINNERS. FILLET HADDOCKS, A

ICES AND ICED DRINKS.

CAKES AND PASTRIES,

Dinner and Picnic Parties catered for:

A European Café, under European Supervision, Tel. 909,

BLUE BIRD

IUD OREAM PARLOUR

AND CONFECTIONERS

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the late SIEN TING, “14, D'Aquilas" Sewane. TERMO VERY MODERATS Copanitation free.

Tal, 909,

CHOCOLATES

Plain Sweet Vanila Chocolater

Home-Madejāmorted Bhonslezin

$14 per i

Herbey's Nastie's and Borden

California * Star Obocoista.

Bad zed w30 t.

American. Cascostar: 12.3k par 16.

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