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G. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

AND SURVEYOR.

INTIMATIONS

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Nickelplated & White Ware

-Public Auctions- BATHROOM FIXTURES

INTIMATIONS.

HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION.

NOVICES COMPETITION.

INTREES are invited for a NOVICES COMPETITION (all Weights) to be held on or about the 10th day of Jquery, 1920, to be conducted under the Competition Rules of the National Spordog Club, subject to such varia ticas therein as mas be made by the Boring Committee of the abore Associa tion.

Weights to be N. SC. Standard Weights.

Entries will not be accepted from may man who has: (a) won any Opac Novices Competition, or (b) taken part in any Contest or in any Oper Competition other than one for Novices.

Entries must ba made at or before. 19 Noon on FRIDAY. December 24 and be addressed to the undersigned,

J. C. WELDIN

Manager. C/o Imports & Experts Offee,

Eongkong.

Hongkong, December 17,1918.

NOTICE.

TO ALL WHOM may concern I TAMUEL JOEN CLATE AF pressat residing at the Hongkong Hotel Padder Street, Victoria in the Cclony of Hongkong hereby give Notice that I have expressly withdrawn all nat every authority which my wife GLADYS ARELENE CLAYE may have at any tima. either expressly or by implication or otherwise, acquired to contract for me or in my name or sa my agent or in any way to pledge my credit having expresaly forbidden ber so to do and she being aufficiently supplied with all mesossaries and that I will not be responsible for her debts whensoever of havacever incurred.

Daced this 17th day of December, 1019.

8. J. CLAYE,

NORTH CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

THE OFFICES of the above Com pany have this day been removed to No. 3, Queen's Baildings, (Chanter Road)

Hongkong, December 3, 1919.

HONGKONG HOTEL

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR 1919.

DANCES will be held on

DENNE ollowing sights during

the

CHRISTMAS WEEK:-

CHRISTMAS EVE,

Wesla-sday, 24th December. CHRISTMAS NIGHT,

Thursday, 25th December.

BOXING NIGHT,

Friday, 26th December.

AND

NEW YEAR'S EVE,

Wednesday, 31st December.

The popular entertainers, The Missos AILEEN and DORIS WOODS, will appear in the above CHRISTMAS DANCES.

Special Tables d'Hote Manns will be provided in the GRILL ROOM nt $2.50 per head, and in the MAIN DINING BOOM & $2.50 per head.

Patrons are advised to book early as accommodation is limited. All tables pratiously engaged and not cancelled by mid-day on the day to which. ench reservation applies will be charged for, whether occupied or not.

Bookings may be made at the HOTEL MAIN OFFICE

J.H. TAGGART,

Manager.

NOTICE.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

"

TN Order to sasble the Contractors to complete the work in connection with the shove Hotel at the earliest possible date without interruption, and in order to avoid all possibility of dam. age to the Flooring Tiles, Paint Work, Tota

The public are requested to kindly abstain from visiting the Hotel as on and, from this dato until ite completion and formal opening on which dus Notice will be given by advertisement in the local newspapers.

The Management of the Hotel feel aure that they may rely upon the ready co-operation of the public in the fore- going regard.

Dated this Sixth day of November,

Now Stock Just Unpacked.

CE WARREN & Co., Ltd,

30 & 32, DES VEUX ROAD, C.

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JUST RECEIVED from: AUSTRALIA a large shipment of LACTOGEN, UNSWEETENED CONDENSED MILK, STERILIZED NATURAL MILE, MALTED MILK and SWEETEN AD COCOA -Jand MILK, sold at very reasonable prices swing to the present high rate of Exchange, especially for Retailers.

SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,

yole Agonta"fore Bangkong sind Sorta Chios.. Non. 47. & 45. Connaught Road' Central, Hangiang. Telephone Nos. 1003 & 2030,

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

CHRISTMAS ORDER:

for

HAMS, TURKEYS, GEEJĘ, 'DUCKS, POULTRY. SAUSAGE MEAT,

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

CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Stockings, XMAS BASKETS, ZAG-ZAW PUZZLES; STAMP, BAGS AND PACKETS, DOLLS I DOLLS!! DOLLS]|||| PICTURE BOOKS,

Fisu Poxo, QuoIT GAMB

ERUCTOR, LUDO,.

Sc

Stom

&c.

GRAÇA & CO., No. 10, Wyndham. Street, P. O. Box 620...

Hongkong.

JAPANESE MAKÓRS.

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

TO

ORDER

CHERRY & UD..

22GDER ETRARE, uppual's Hongkong Hotel, Telephone No. 491,

Hongkong, March 20, 1914.

MUMEYA.

Japanese Photographera. All kinds of Photographic Work dona in Intest styles also Fassport Photon

Developing and Printing for Amateura a Speciality.

T

No. 8, Queen's Road Central Tel. 234.

THE NEW FRENCH BEMEDY.

THERAPION NË 1

THE CHINA MAIL.~

GOLOFINA

"PERFECTO" *Actual Size

Discriminating Smokers are

learning the value of this

Cigar, and with the manu-

facturers' guarantee as to

Quality, Workmanship, etc.,

behind it, they are sure of

when a satisfying smoke

they demand a

"GOLOFINA,”

Sold in Two Sizes

"PERFECTOS"

AND

"BOUQUETS"

Obtainable at all High-class TOBACCONISTS.

This Advertisanoat is issued by British-American Tobacco Co., (China) Ltd.:

FUTURE OF FARMING.

"PRODUCTION THE KEY NOTE."

In the discussion which followed Mr. Patterson (Staff) qaid that until ARABLE VERSUS GRASSLAND people were prepared to pay reason.

Until they were educated in that matter the country would not return

** BOUQUET '

Actual Size.

SAVAGE DEATH RITUAL.

NIGHT: FESTIVAL OF THE EDDYSTONE, ISLANDERS.

In the Anthropology Section of the British association, Mr. A. Hocart described a curious form of deaths ritual in the Eddystone Island of the

he said, exposed the bodies of their dead in the embryonic position. After the funeral four men caught the soul on a drecaena leaf and a ring, in

order to secure the soul's services in divination. The widow might be

strangled, but more often she was Confined in a small enclosure with her knees drawn up; she might not wear any finery, nor eat of food cooked in the house.

able prices for food there could be prosperous agriculture. The "We have come to the parting of no,

politicians were doing much barm in the ways," declared Major Dunbar continuing the unrest and dissatisfac Kelly, a soldier-agriculturist, at a tion which had followed the years of meeting of the Farmers' Club. Read-strain through which the nation, had passed. · Town dwellers were not yet ing a paper проп "Arable versus

prepared to give. proper prices for Grass, under present conditions of food raised. by country workers. Solomons. The Eddystone Islanders, agriculture," says the Daily Telegraph, Major Kelly said either this country will go ahead and increase its agriculto a financially sound position.

Mr. Falconer remarked that if the tural productions and the volume of country was to pay its way it could its contribution to the feeding of the do it on arable cultivation and not population of these isles, or the arable

on grass-land farming. Ordera em- land will drift at an ever-increasing nating from the Wazes Board were pace back to grass, So the country doing much to check the wasels of would become mainly a pastoral one, agriculture. The "line of least re and we should be more and more desistance," in giving up arable multiva- pendent each year for the stapletion and laying down grass, was the

On the fourth day a big feast was. foods of the people partly on the

wrong line for agriculture and for outer fringes of our Empire-ie, on the British nation. Production was held, at which a long prayer was our Colonies and Dominions-and partly on foreign nations, with all the their keynote, and if the British recited which enabled the soul later menaces entailed to the safety of the farmer could not produce, he could on to go to the land of the dead; nation in any future war. Agrical not economise. Tas policy of the but in the meantime it went to wait in the cave at the top of the highest ture in Britain would either, in Me present Government tended to stop hill. After ten or twelve days the Lloyd George's words, advance to production and not increase it

Lord Bledisloe said what the Bri- even greater heights of prosperity" than before, or it would tend to sink tish farmer wanted was not booming back to a primitive pastoral state, prices, but some security for the with the inevitable loss at national future. A feeling of insecurity per wealth, and what is as bad, or even vaded the agricultural industry The worse, the inevitable loss of a sound, labour difficulty did not exhauf, the healthy rural occupation, which is whole area of insecurity predominat the fount of the vigorous life of a ing the agricultural Interest today. nation. The steps necessary to Our whole future depended upon day the ghosts came to take away avoid the latter downward course! our productivity. No Government the dead to the land of dead. Some appeared to the lecturer to be:

(a) Labour; a revision of the haura on a reasonable basis and increased output. Failing that:

(b) Economy in cost of production by means of tractors and labour saving machinery.

(c) Cheapening

manures.

grocer

of artificial

skull was fetched away and put In the sun to bleach. The next event was a small feast. called "Bathing." On the eighteenth day the skull was put into the skull house by the mortuary priest, who made a burnt offering of pudding. On the thirty- sixth day a small feast was held and four baskets were burnt. On that

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 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,

TO MAKE A DAINTY MEAL

Bay "ROOSTER BRAND" Haaroni. Vermicelli, Egg-Needlos, Paste Stars and other kinds of Soup Stuff from as. All our Parta Products made in a bar, well-ventilated and modern style Factory,, kot pars, wholesome and of excellent quality.

Obtainable from all car Agents everywhere.

Samples and Price List will be given free of charge so application te our Head-Odicourt,

THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. 60. LD.

HEAD OFFICE: 47 &:43, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong. Tel No. 2230,

TRADE MARK BRANCH OFFICE : 430 & 431, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China.

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. E TAGGABS, rii

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500-Feet above Sea Level. →

15 Minutes from Landing Stage, Under the Management of

Mrs. BLAIR.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

· CENTRAL LOJATION

ALL. ELECTRIC TRAMS Pass Batrance, Black Ladd water

European Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout. Beat of Food and Service

Telephone 373, Telegraphis Address :---" VICTORIA'

J. WITCHELL, Manager.

PALACE HOTEL

KOWLOON. TA

(Two minutes from Star Ferry).

Recently renovated, and refurnishad, lectzle Hght and fans throughout and entirely vier new management. Caleine ander the personal supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Rooms. Tarmi moderate" Special terima ko familias où application to

Telephone K. 3. Talégraphie Addy "FALACK" "

J. H. OKBERRY- Proprietor.

CARLTON HOTEL,

(THE OHIAK AMERICAN HOYER IN THE COLOIT.}. --ION HOUSE SURKÉM.

Under American Management: Nice and quiet put only a tow industor walk from the Banks and Central District. 42 Bodronas, Excellent Cuisine, scrupulonaly clean Moderate Terma Monthly and Family-- Bater-on- application to the Propristress. Launches meet "Pawonger Boats.

Telegraphia. Address "CAELTON,''

M. F. E. CAMERON,

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anless it was a Bolshevik one could possibly de other than promote and times a seance was held at night to encourage in every way the axi- converse with the ghosts,

Answered by whistling. mum production from our soils.

Life in the other, world was exactly. The Government had put up the land hundreds of thousands of all as in this world, only it went on at night. On the fifteenth day was a ettlers. No Government codd do big feast, which closed the series for: that and allow those men to starve ordinary people. The day before It was up to the Government to see

days, or rather nights, were counted, and put a basket into the skill-house For chiefs they had a feast on the hundredth night; then, after ä lapse of time which depended upon sup- plies, they held the final celebration or Night Festival, which was one of the great events in Eddystone. In olden days it appears to have been often combined with the great head- hunting feast.

(d) Relief in local taxation and that those men get their living but of they buried the string on which the possibly also in Imperial. The the soil. The policy of the Givern farmer should be rated on his house nient must be such that these and buildings only, as are the village men would be able to keep them

and blacksmith, &c. ne selves. We mast win from out land should not be assessed on his raw large number of economica pro- material, ie, his land, whilst some ductions. Nothing must be due to burdens at present on the local rater reduce the potato crop, which had should undoubtedly be transferred been the backbone of German agricul

total enterprise. In the future we to Imperial taxei.

must improve the quality as sell as the bulk of our foodstuffs and our food animals Wheat and peatoes were being immensely improve, but our cattle and pigs were still on to much more

(e) Relief from the present bureau cratic control and interference with agriculture and its associated lodus tries, which we trust, will speedily come.

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Improvement. An Sir Henry Rew, who regretted that. (f) Improvement and development of agricultural education and re average yield of thirty two babels the stock of sheep in the country search, particularly in the direction of wheat per acre was an insuficient was dwindling, said the British far- of economically increasing the ferti average for this country. Sixtymer was the most ineffective politie: lity of the soil, and the production bushels of wheat to the acrepughf cian in the world, but he knew his be the British aetage, business as well as anyone else in and selection of the best varieties of to

average yield of our com- the world, and had no reason to be seeds having the highest standard of The germination. Here again there is mercial cows was as yet bit tea astramed of what he could do.

Other speakers hoped for a clear: much room for improvement and gallons per week. It would be to progress on the ordinary English 87 up to sixteen to twenty lions statement from the Premier to-day.

For the HONGKONG, HOTEL CO., LTD. THERAPION NO:Zoe, farm. By active progress on the per week. There was much apeud and bne which would bring security

PROPRIETORS OF THE,

HAPULA BAT HOTEL

J. IL TAGGART,

Manager.

THERAPION NO3

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this to the industry and settle for every rest the question whether arable cultiva

tion should be increased or more land should go down to grass,

Hines indicated, and in other directng upon the milk supply tions, rather than in a policy of country and more social laisses faire, lie the truest and best was attached to milk than thany

other production.: Interests of British agriculture.

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