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Q. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

- AND SURVEYOR,

Public Auctions-

THE

PRE Undersigned has received in- structions so soll by Public Auc-

00

THURSDAY, Decembar 15, 1919.

commencing at 11 am,

as his Sales Rooms, Duddell Stroat,

A Selection of Tine Mechanical

Toys,

Terms: Cash on delivary,

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Anctionser.

Hongkong, December 18, 1919.

INTIMATIONS.

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY (1918) LIMITED.

NOT

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the first ORDINARY GENERAL *MEETING of Shareholders will be beld at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Vistoria, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 20th December, 1919, at 11.30 o'clock, in the forenoon, for the purpose of receiving a statement of accounts and the Report of the General Managers for tas 14 months ending 30th September; | 1919, and electing a Consulting Com-

mittee and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MON- DAY, the 10th December, 1919, -until SATURDAY, the 20th December, 1919, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, December 3, 1918.

THE CHINA-BORNEO COMPANY,

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS..

THE

EL TRANSFER BOOKS of the COMPANY will bà CLOSED from SATURDAY the 20th December, 1919, until MONDAY the 29th Decem ber, 1919, both daya inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, GIEB, LIVINGSTON & CO.

Agents. Hongkong, December 15, 1918.

CHINA BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

NOTICEXTRAORDINARY GEN.

FRAL MEETING of the above Cam ...pany will be held at the Open of

ESBE. GIBB, LUNGSTON AND COMPANY, GE George's Buildinge

toria in the Colony of Hongkong, on MONDAY, the 29th day of December,

1919, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Esolution as an Ordinary Resolu tion:-

1. "That the conditional agreement "entered into by the Directors of "the Company in the name and on "behalf of the Company with "Harrisons and Crasfield Limited #dated the 10th day of December

1919, for the sale of the "under- #taking property and assets of the **Company as existing on the 31st "day of December, 1918, subject "to its liabilities, for the sum of $825,000 (Eight hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars) eash which has been submitted "to this meeting be and the same "is hereby ratified and approved "and that the Diractors bo and they are hereby authorised and "directed to carry the

game

into effect with full power to "assent to any modifications in "the Agreement which they may think expedient and in the “interests of the Company.”. Copies of the above mentioned Agres- | ment can be seen at the Registered Ofice of the Company St. George's. Bulidings, Chater Road, Victoris alors. said or at the Offices of Johnson, Stokes Master, the Solicitors to the Com pany, at Prince's Building, Ice House Étrast, Victoria aforesaid, "at any time before the mid meeting (except SAT- URDAYS and SUNDAYS) between the hours of 11 AM and 4 PM

And subject to the passing of the above Resolution to consider and if -thought fit, to pass a an Extraordinary "Resolution the following:-

2. That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Ernest #Alfred Mountford Williams of the firm of Lowe-Bingham_and #Matthews of Chartered Bank

Building, Queen's Road Central, Victoris aforesaid he appointed Liquidator for the purposes of "such' winding up, at such remu- neration as may be arranged "between the saið. Harrisons” and Bad Crosfield Limited and the Liquidator.

Sipuld the Second Resolition ba passed by the requisite majority, it will be submitted for confirmation as a Apacial Besolution to a Second Extra ordinary Gen rat. Maeting to be held at the abovs address at twelve o'clock noon on TU SUAY the 15th day of Jaausty 1930

Dated ithin 10th day of December,

1919.

By Order of the Board,

(86.) G188, LIVINGSTON &.00.

Agenda. Buildings, Hongkong

INTIMATIONS

Wars

Nickelpisted & White BATHROOM FIXTURES. Naw Stock Just Depacked.

C. E. WARREN & Co., Ltd,

30 à 32, Des Vaux ROAD, C

代津臺攀

JUST RECEIVED

from AUSTRALIA » Jargu shipment of LACTOGEN, UNSWESTENED CONDENSED MILK, STERILIZED NATURAL MILE, MALTED MILK and SWEETENED 0000A-and- MILE, sold at very reasonable prices. owing to the procent high-fate of Exchango, especially for Retailers.

ACT

SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,

Bola Agents for Hongkong and Boath Chian " Xor, 17 à 19, Connaught Road Cantral, Hongking Telephone Nom. 1339 & 2030.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

CHRISTMAS ORDER for HAMS, TURKEYS, GEESE,.

DUCKS, POULTRY- SAUSAGE --MEAT,

c. &c. &., should be sent in as early as posible TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Stockings,

XMAS BASKETS,

ZAG-ZAW PUZZLES, STAMP, BAGS AND PACKETS, DOLLS! DOLLS || DOLLS !!!

ProTURE BOOKS,

FISH POND, QUOFT GAME, ERECTOR, LUDO,

to

GRACA & 00., No. 10, Wyndham Street,

Hongkong. P.O. Box 620.

JAPANESH. MAKHES,

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

TO

THE CHINA MAIL.

ASPERO

FRERES

FELUCCA 3 339

CIGARETTES

DISTINCTION.

EGY

EGYPTIENNES

There is an instantly recognisable flavor to "Feluces" which distinguishes it from other Egyptian Cigarettes. This flavor, which is only obtained from the finest selected leaf, has secured for "Felucca" by far the largest sale of any Egyptian high-grade in the Orient.

A new stock of "Felucca” Cigarettes, is on sale at all leading tobacconists. Send for a tin today,

Manufactured in Cairo by Maspero Freres

Tuin Advertisement in insod by British-American Tobacco Oo, (China) Ltd.

GREAT FIRE IN NANKING.

WELL KNOWN HOTEL A HEAP

OF ASHES.

A very serious conflagration OC- curred at Nanking on December 6 resulting in the total destruction of the Nanking Hotel, and accompanied, it is feared, by a shocking loss of life. This hotel had opened business but a few months ago under foreign con trol and was beginning to be looked upon as filling a much needed re quirement in this city. Situated on the Hsiakuan Bund froot and within easy access of all the steamer.com panies' hulks, this imposing structure was fast becoming a convenience to the travelling public, up and down river and for those waiting for train com. pections on the Tientsin-Pukou Line

"BETTER SPEECH" FOR AMERICANS.

DON'T SAY NOPE”, AND "YER." AND REMEM. BER TO SOUND THE "GS."

This is Better Speech week and the slogan is "Watch Your Tongue," says the San Francisco Chronicle to hand. The celebration of Ameri- can Speech week is national in scope. but San Francisco hopes, to have a more universal observance, as this city has the distinction of having the largest speech improvement, depart- ment in its schools in the United States.

Some of the posters, buttons and tags to be displayed have auch It, therefore, came as a great surprise labels as these: Better speech,

BUILDING REALLY BEGUN.

-BETWEEN=5,000 AND 3,000

•HOUSES BEING ERECTED.

Land available for building report- ed to the Ministry of Health is more than sufficient for the 500,000 houses, which it is the aim of Dr. Addison to see erected within three years of the resumption of building activities, writes a Daily Chronicle representative. The latest figures

are!******

Schemes submitted... 5,450 Houses represented ****** 41,000 Scheme approved - 1,950 Houses represented 27,500 Average costs have now been worked out by the Ministry from the tenders which have received official.

to the community when the news better jobs; say yes," not. yeh sanction. The results show went round that the building had Say been totally destroyed.

no, not nepe;" By their speech ye shall know them; Better speech for better Americans; Why do you leave off your g'a?.

For non-parlour type of

shouse until

The hotel had recently covered in

Parious type nume 759 the roof garden with a wooden

In the first class house the structure, which had been fitted out

During the week Mrs. Guy Stevens accommodation. Includes:- Living as a picture palace. The manage Farrington, Callfornia representative room, scullery, and usually," three ment had but lately commenced of the National Committee on Ameri- bedrooms. These prices are for brick giving moving picture shows, and It was here that the fire had Its Can Speech, will lecture before buildings, and the cost has to be

schools and clubs on better-speech, added: origin, it is said through defective Mrs. Mabel P. Gifford, superinten. Land charges

£18 Street works and sewers ... wiring and want of skill in the dent of the speech improvement

45 manipulation of the cinema-machine.department in the public schools, is

*£185 AN ACRE. › On the first alarm of fire a panic directing the school plans for cele

The average cost of, land is £186 ensued and a rush. was made for the brating Better Speech week. The per acre. In county boroughs the staxways. To add to the general aims of the plan are panic, the lights in the building were

sure is £212, representing £18 per extinguished and then ensued a

house, and in rural districte 299; £15 per house, equivalent to terrible struggle for life down the

Beanamic rents will be over £1 per week, but one third of this is to be written off by the State, which will probably have to bear even more of the burdenne

To develop respect and Inyalty for the American language..

To hasten the day when all

ORDER oo namow stairways. The fire Americans shall speak English.

UHERRY & 00,

PLADER STEER, Suppore Hongkong Hotel. Telephone So. 481. "Hongkong, March 20, 1914.

MUMEY A.

Japanese Photographeri. All kinds of Photographie Work done in latest styles also Faarport Photos.

* Developing and Printing for

Amatears a posiality.

30. Ba, Queen's Road Contral Tal. #4.

THERAPION NO.1 THERAPION.N02 THERAPION:N:3

-gained rapidly and the screams, curses and wild shouting of han dreds as they fought and struggled in the dark to get away from the burning building are, beyond, con ception. Those who did not know their way about were groping to find an exit, and it is feared, that numbers have perished in the flames,

To counteract the bad influence of bad English of the street.

To develop the idea of clear, force ful and pleasing English,

"LARGEST MILL MOTOR

As 90 per cent, of the honses for which prices are quoted above are in urbantidistricts, it is possible that when the fall rural programma is carried out the cost-will be-below the present average vok

and their charred bodies He under what is believed to be the largest Between 8,000 and 2,000 shottes the debris. Hundreds more have been injured more or less seriously.mill motor has been installed in the are now in course of erection, chiefly A well-dressed Chinese girl was seen Lake Michigan works of the Inland in urban areas. In Londer there are to clamber over, the balustrade of Steel Company of Chicago. The 1500 houses which have been found the roof-garden and deliberately motor, with motor generator is de adaptable as fats, and prork is pro throw herself into the street: she signed for the operation of the reding on these. It is expected that was picked up lifeless. Another, a 40-inch blooming mill The set in a month's times appreciable pro- Chinese gentleman of the better consists of a 3,000 bp inductiongress will have been made. In every class, and a representative of a local motor with a 45-ton flywheel, and case local authorities have along.

two direct current generators, each waiting list of would be tenants. official, who had been dining of 1,450 kw. capacity. These figures pe at the hotel and was witnessing : the cinema show, also threw himself o far to substantiate the claim that this is the largest motor of the kind into the street and was killed...

WHY TAKE OIL OR BALTS 7

PINKETTES

It is roughly estimated that the at present in service. It has two damage caused will run into about separate and complete sets of wind T3, 300,000. The building was ing, and is in effect two motors on insured for something like Th the same shaft, operating as a single when perfect regularity can be ensured 75,000, but additions have been made unit rated at 15,000 .p. It by the occasional use.of. since the risk was entered upon se capable of reversing from a speed of that TIs. 100,000 would be nearer 40 rpm. in one direction" to the the mark: the hotel furniture, and sams speed in the opposite direction appointments wery Insured for Tls in 90 seconds. The weight of the the dainty little liver and bowel regula. 100,000 The Naing Tobacco Co, motor is 258 tons-Journal of Constars which lot as geatly as nature. which rented offlers on the ground “four of the building have also supered considerable lose, saving nothing of their office appointments. Spend your Evening *NC. Daily News.

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WEDNER})

DECEMBER 17, 1813.

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.

TO MAKE A DAINTY MEAL.

Buy *BOOSTER BRAND' Macaroni. Vormicalli, Egg-Noodles, Paste Stars and other kinds of Soap Stuff from us. All our Paate Products, made in now, well-ventilated and modern, style: Factory, ap purs, wholesome and of excellent quality. -

Obtainable from all our Agents everywhere.

Bample, and: Price List will be given free of charge an application be our Hoed 04.co.

Trade Mare.

THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. II. LD.

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HEAD Urrion: 4748, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong. Tel. No. 2230, Braxon Üreter :: 430 & 431, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

OPERATING

THE HONGKONG HOTEL,

HOTEL MANSIONS,

THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL,

(Te be opened 1st January, 1920.)

J. E. TAGGART,

THE PEAK HOTEL,

2

1,500 Feet above Sea Level,

15. Minutes from Landing -Stage. Under the Management of--

Mrs. BLAIR.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

CENTRAL LOCATION

ALT ELECTRIC TEAMS Pass Entrance, Eletric Lifts, Fana and Lighting Europass Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout Best of Food and Service.

~Taléphone 373. Telegraphie Address:- VICTOELL

J. WITCHELL, “Afomager.

PALACE HOTEL

``KOWLOON.

(Two-minutes from: Star Ferry

Recently renovated and iretarakahed, alectrio light, and aga ühroughout azid entirely under new management, Cuisine under the personal supervision for the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Booma, Tarms moderais: Special terme no families on appliantion to

Telephone K. 3. Talographio Add: # Pazade"

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JAH. OXERREY, Proprietor,

CARLTON HOTEL.

D (men omter amIKOAN MEDINIS KISZÉN DOLANE.)

10 HODLE STREET,

Väder “Amerlosz Management. Nice and quiet yet only a lew minnkot- walle frater the Banks and Central District. 43 Bedrooms, Excellent Unirine. scrupulously - clean. Moderate Terms Monthly and “Family Bator of application to the Proprietress. Launcher mees Promenger Bosta

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