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G. P.-LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

AND SURVETOE.

-Public Auctions—

[THE Undersigned has received instruc- Hons to sell by Public Auction,

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THURSDAY, Fovember 13,

1919,

commencing at 11 an

athir Sales Room Duddelt Street,

A Collection of Valuable Jewellery.

comprising:

Rings, Bracelets, Bangles, Earrings Brooches, Pins, Cut Link, Studs,

etc..

(Plain and set with precious stones)

Also

A Selection of Gold Watches,

NB. The above will be found

auitable for Christmas presents.

Torme-Cash on delivery. Catalogues will be issued,

On view from Wednesday, the 12th. inst

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer,

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THURSDAY, November 13, 1919, commencing at 3 p.m..

At No. 10 Gochown, Hongkong. & Kow loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon.

A Large Quantity of Round

IRON BARS,

assortment as follows-

50 Bundles 7/8" 16/15

(stored in No. 10 Godown) |

53 Bandles 14 UIT

(stored in No. 10 Godown)

35 Bundles 1"x16/18

(stored in No. 10 Godown)

33 Pieces 11/18

(stored in No. 10 Godown):

8 Pieces 1"x 15/16'

(stored in No. 10 Godown)

3 Pieces "x 15'

(stored in No. 10 Godown)

Pieces 1" x 74/17'

(stored in No.10 Godown)

6 Pieces 1"x 18

(stored in No. 10 Godown)

Bundles 3"x 18/20"

(stored ia No. 10 Godown)

1 Bandles 3"≈ 16/13"

fatored in No. 10 Godown)

7 Bundles "x1"/19"

(stored in No. 10 Godown)

1 Bundle "x 15/19

(stored in No. 10 Godown);

#75 Pieces 13" x 18/18

(stored in No. 30 Godown, Lower) |

69 Pieces 14" x 12/15"

(stored in No. 30 Godown, Lower)

410 Pieces 11" x 18/18

(stored in No. 30 Godown, Lower)

6 Pieces 1x 14/13”

(stored in No 30 Godown, Lower)

Ale

76 Pieces Mild Steel Angles

- 6x4x3

(stored in No. 4 Godown Pasenge)

36 Pieces Mild Steel Angles

5x3x 9/16" x 30

(stored in No.4 Godown Passage)

And

49 Bundles Galvanized Pipes ** x 38/20 (stored in No. E Codown)

42 Bundles Galvanized Pipes 1" x 18/20° (stored in No. E Godown)

72 Bandles Galvanized Pipes " 18/20' (stored in No. E Godown) 300 Ficers Galvanized Pipes 27 x 16/20′′ (stored in No. EGodown) Term:-Cash on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

Hongkong November 11, 1919.

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FRIDAY, November 14, 1919, commencing at 11am..

At No. 5 Godown, Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Co. Lt., Kowloon.

1 Drum Caustic Soda

(Stored in No. 21 Godown.

18 Drums Caustic Sods

(pored in No. 18 Godown.)

30 Cases Bicarbonate of Sods

(Stored in No 21 Godown)

Cases Sulphuric Acid,

Stored in No. 16 Godown.)

#4C Aluminium Sulphate

(Stored in No. 25 Gadova.)

44.Cates Aluminium Sulphate

(Stored in No. 28 Godown.)

# Cases Aluminium Sulphate

· (stored in No. 1 Godown.)

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DEFORMING A GAME.

LAWN TENNIS «REFORMERS"

CRITICISED,

Malý les aig

YANGTZE NAVIGATION.

other side. Some criticism!. Certain gentlemen, interested in the matter, tested it by the simple method of, using a racket smeared with wet-The loss of the "Tamsul" after paint. From the marks left on the grounding in the Hukuand Cut-off, ball it was proved that the length of below Hankow, emphasises once contact with the racket was never again the urgent need for a thorough A. E. Crawley writes in The Observer more than one inch. It is well and efficient system of disseminating.. as follows:

known bow Messrs. S. H. Sraith and the information gained throughout Criticism of the methods and re-H. L. Doharty, dealt with this Ameri- the whole length of the Yangize, gulations of a game is usually a can service. And their dealing im Says Shipping and Engineering in its sign, not of defects in the game, but proved the game, there was no more leading article and this foundamental of intelligent interest on the part of question of ruling out this service.

question of such vital importance to players and spectators. Yet rule Now a suggestion is made (in view navigation on the Yangtze is dis committees must sit very tight when of the dominance of the server-ifcussed. It is also pointed out. these suggestions come forward, lest he can serve) that the ball shall not that as long ago as 1916 the China. reformation result in deformation.be "in play" until the striker-out has Coast Officer's Guild appointed a

returned the ball over the net. 16 special committee of river shipmas this proposal were adopted, it would ters to draw up a scale of necessary mean that the striker-out has the improvements in aids to navigation right to refuse to return a service, between Shanghai and Hankow, a and will refuse unless it is easy list of 41 aids being suggested. This enough for him to make a good re-

list was submitted to masters com- turn. It is a curious thing that in manding vessels on the Yangtze, and the early days of ball games the the 12 most urgent needs were initial stroke (service) was regarded selected. After being submitted to Some years ago that very sound merely as an institution of play, not the Customs, the result was the addi- critic and player of lawn tennis, Mr. as an offensive operation. A boy tion of oue light on the whole length H. Roper Barrett, remarked to me was employed to throw the ball in, of the river, a totally inadequate (aprópos of some proposed alteration) or a ball-throwing machine did the measure to meet the requirements of

"The game's all right; it's the work. Another suggestion is that the situation. players that are wrong"; reminding the server shall not be allowed to you of Mr. Barry Pam's" Conductor's" volley the return of his service. Still reply to the lady who complained the another is to limit the service to one had got "into the wrong bus" The delivery. bus is all right, mum, it's you that's Wrong

To their credit be it said, that rules committees are generally a very sound judging and hard headed col lection of sportsmen. Recently both cricket and golf have been through the furnace of re-leading to-deforma tion in the respective matters of two versus three day matches and of altering the stymie cule.

than that of "Baseline," who advocates the best of the sets only for all matches, but each set to be 9 games up instead of 6. Here there would have to be the best of 3 games when the players reached "games all."

THE CHARM OF THE GAME. Times without number it has been Lara tennis in Victory (or Peace) suggested that the server should be year has had a great boom, and it is handicapped; a line was to be mark, one of the penalties that in the sillyed some way behind the base line season it must suffer from a sniping or he was to replace his swinging Matches, have often been lost and of suggested reforms. As already foot: behind the base line before won by a ball which hits the top of stated, the fact indicates daterest advancing to the net after delivering the net and trickles over, impossible

ORDER is worth while to discuss some of the service. But more than half the ofreturn. Many have suggested that

Stored in No. 29 Godown) CHERRY &-00.,

(Stored in No. 3 Godown.)

Bags Taloum Powder

40 Baga Talcum Powder

Cases Naphthaline

90 Cases Chrome Alum

tored in No. C Godown.)

(Stored in No. 51 Godowa.);

16 Cacos Bisalphate of Sodo

Stored in No. 25 Godown.) Termah on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer. Hongkong November 7, 1912.

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THE LARGER BAT..

these, as they are typical of the way charm of the game, and it is so in a net cord ball should be a "let," as in which the would be

cricket between batsman and bowler, it is in service; some that it should former and more likely deformer; is the rivalry between server and score against the striker. goes about his self imposed crusade.striker out. Make that as keen as All games from time to time go possible, and the game will look through the experience; at the mo ment, it just happens that lawn ten nis is the best example.

FATTERSON'S SERVICE.

after itself. If there should be an in any way (as they do in cricket), The laws of the game do cot limit overwhelming preponderance then the size of the bat, Mr. F. W. Donist rules committees will act

horpe (and one disciple) has been. An ingenious critic, Dr. F. Hplaying for some years with a mam, As I travelled home from a tourna Pearce, analysed a number of matches moth racket, which gave the Preach, ment last June, in which Mr. Gerald in the recent championships, at man Gobert a fright at Wimbledon. Patterson had been wiping the floor Wimbledon. He finds that if game" The extra size, given the player a with an English international, thanks could have been reached by the longer reach, but it makes his stroke to his wonderful service, I heard my player who first scored two consecur less crisp, its increased weight also vis-a-vis say, "It's a scandal and tive polats after deuce 274 points renders his atroke slow. Some ought to be stopped." I replied, would have been saved in nineteen players haver been so bothered by "Which?" He explained, This slogles and, 198. in. twelve doubles the pudding character of the service; it ruins the game.". His suggestion is simply the old balls coming from this racket that ventured to suggest that. It was up

advantage all Certainly there they want the.. authorities to fix a to the other people to find a counter version to this" best out of three" standard of size and weight, “As a Jong points would shorten matches, and matter of fact, Mr. Donisthorpe has games in which deuce is called ten or had to work enormously hard to twenty times are apt to pail. Flearn the body movements necessary

for manipulating this huge weapon," and, as a matter of practical polítics, a new delivery, they have a still all, first to score two games winning the gaint racket has killed itself. *** further advantage, and so has Mr, the set, which could never consist of There are rumours that the LTA. Patterson. But it is man like these taore than thirteen games, thus is shortly about to revise the laws who improve the game, and help it 75 of 7-6. I believe the record of the game. In the matter of word- towards perfection. Bettwasyon at the score of 24-22, ing they seem here and there to When the Americans showed pathe Suck a mammoth set is in time and need it. But we trust that committee American-service well known energy expended «equal to four will deal sternly with such sugges critic wrote that the service was a average sets. A series of auch tions as have been mentioned above, foul stroke the ball hit not merely might reduce, a súatch to a mere which would only result in deforma twice, but three times, off the wood trial of endurance. For the purpose ing the game. And when a game is at one side of the racket, then on the of preventing abnormal length of spoilt by excessive tinkering It will centre, and lastly off the wood at the sets the above suggestion is better - be given up by serious athletes.

It is a truism that in doubles the -side-serving has the advantage. When the server comes into court,

The same suggestion might be an Mesara, Davis and Ward did, with made for the set, player, after five

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