1920-01-27 — Page 2

G. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEM, APPRAISER

AND SURVETOR'

- Public Auctions-

- INTIMATIONS.

NOTICE.

THE ANNUAL OPEN BILLIARD |

CHAMPIONSHIP of the Colony held under the muupices of the Victoria Recreation Club.

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Entries cloce, on 31st January and are to be accompanied by entrance for of $2.

The number of points to be played rand other arrangements will be decided Fa deeting of the Competitors.

The competition is open to all in the

Colocy.

R. HR MITCHELL

Hoo. Secretary.

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUN

WISEMAN, LTD.

TEA DANCES

TO-DAY

(TUESDAY), 27th Jan. WEDNESDAY, 28th Jun

'AND'

THURSDAY, 29th Jan..

Dance Tickets 60 cts. each.

D. M. GOODALL, Manager.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

ON

WEDNESDAY, 28th January. 1920,

AND

SATURDAY, 31st January, 1920. TEA DANSANT from 4 p.m. to 7 pm. DINNER DANSANT from 8 p.m.

On these occasions the charge for Tea will be $1.00 per had, and for Table d'Hote Dinner at $3.00 per bead, oxclusive of wines..

J. H. TAGGART,

Manager

Hongkong, January 28, 1920,

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

TOYO, KISEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES..

THE Steamship

"PERSIA MARU,”

From SAN FRANCISCO, via HONO

J

LULU, JAPAN PORTS and

MANILA.

The abovo zamed Steamer having arrived Thursday. January 22,

Cargo consignees of

ATA hereby notified to present their Bills of Lading fr counter-algustare, and tako im-

ta delivery from alongside steamer the Company's Godown, where all impeding immediate discharge will bu landed at consignees' risk.

Storage cargo remaining undelivered after Thursday, January 29.

will

be

Laareind 11

All broken, chafed and damaged packages will be landed into the Com pany's Godown, where same will be eramined, on Tuesday, January 27, at 10 ...

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No claims will be recognised after the goods have left the steamer or Godown and none will be entertained if presented inter than three weeks after arrival of steamer,

No Fire 'Lasurance whatever will be effected.

T. DAIGO,

Manager.

Hongkong, January 23, 1980.

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

From COPENHAGEN..

THE Motorship

..

ANNAM

having arrived from the above port

Consignees of Cargo'..by her hereby informed that all

Art being -landed

are

Goods- At their

risk into the hazardous and/or extra Izardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Co Ltd, whence, and/or from the Wharves delivery may be obtained.

Goods not alwared by the ad Febru (azy 1320, will be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed and damaged pack ages arò to be left in the Godown where they will be examined on the 7th Febru

ary 1020.

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Claims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of arrini,

otherwise they will not be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be affected by: as in any case whatever.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned.

MER. THORESEN & CO.

Hoogkong, Jazbary 26, 1920.

Agenda

INTIMATIONS

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ACTO

SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,

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POSTAGE STAMPS.

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P. O. Box 630

Hongkong.

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This Advertisement in imod by British-American Tobacco Co., (China) Lia.

TRANSPORT F GOODS BY ROAD.

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HORSE TRACTION ON ROADS.

It is obvious that animal traction has a very limited field, and, on account of the low speed and small confined to short hauls; although, ileage possible per day, it must be

on the other hand, its low first cost makes it difficult of replacement by mechanical

KENT COALFIELD

DEVELOPMENTS.

Transport of all kinds has become of such overwhelming importance to all members of the community, both individually and collectively as affect ing the welfare of the Empire, that no apology need be made for bring ing the question of mechanical road traction under general review at the present time. All branches of inland transport, namely, railways, roads and waterways, are necessary to our national life, especially as regards the goods traffic and more par ticularly as regards the handling of the goods, apart altogether from the mere haulage of the same formance being as indicated above in reached 3,605 tons a figure which from point to point. The actual very short-haul traffic with aimer-he boped would be increased by the application of the power to the trains ous stops,

2 service which is end of the year. The question of or vehicles on railways and roads is

suitable to its" low speed sinking two of the shafts to a deeper performed more or less in an eficient and radius of action. This manner, and further progress is con can be readily understood, as the necessary mechanical preparations seam had been considered, and the tinually being made, it only slowly capital costs in the case of a horse made. The work would be put in hand but the methods employed for hand and its comparatively inexpensive as soon as a convenient opportunity ling and carrying the goods are in vehicle are low, whilst the repairs occurred. most cases exceedingly crude, very item is almost non-existent. Edison report in The Times, that there are We understand, from a few serious attempts having been is reported as having characterised at present three collieries in Kent made to employ the apparatus al the horse as the poorest motor ever producing coal-one at Tilmanstone. ready available or to evolve pew built, and credits it with an efficiency with an average weekly output of methods and machines tor the sav-, of 2 per cent, whilst the author finds 3,200 tons, another at Snowdown ing of time and labour.

that a heavy railway dray horse has where the weekly output is about. Comparisons between haulage by an average thermal efficiency of 2,600 tons, and a third at Chislet, canal, cail or road, are trequently slightly over 13 per cent. The dis which, at present, has a much smaller. made nowadays, but surely the cor placement of horses, however, by output. A second shaft, however, rect conclusion is that each has its motora should not be undertaken too has quite recently been completed at sphere of usefulness, and efforts lightly nor without a full-investiga- this latter colliery, and the output is should be made rather to control the tion of each case and the proper rapidly Increasing.. At the two whole so as to prevent overlapping appreciation of the necessity for the former collieries substantial seams and consequent waste. The roads, operation of motor transport on are being worked at a depth of 1,500 with which we are particularly con scientific lines so as to ensure ft., while that at Chislet is 1,340 ft. cerned at the moment, would-natur economic success...

deep. Below this, however, there ally, one would expect, act as feeders. Much of the traffic congestion in are other seams, varying from to the other two systems, and it is our large towns is due to the slow

ft: to 6 ft. 6 in. also on the roads that short-distance moving horse, and the only practical thickness, at a workable depth. traffic would be carried. Where full means of speeding up the bulk is to Although the exact boundaries of ldads can be obtained, the road vehicle eliminate the horse altogether from the coalfields have not yet been working direct from door to door, the most congested areas. This defined, the known area is said to be with the consequent elimination, of would to doubt come about-auto-sufficient to accommodate from 15 handling, is bound to score heavily matically in course of time, but to 20 collieries. Early developments, over the railways on the shorter meanwhile the waste of time and it is said, are likely in connection hauls, and under certain circum energy continues. Slow-moving with the establishment of an iron stances even on long hauls. Are traffic might be prohibited from industry in Kent. It is claimed that. galar service, for instance, already using the most badly-congested over the whole of the East Kent, exists between Nottingham and streets during certain periods of district there is a 12ft bed of tron: London, Birmingham and London, the day, and the stream might, with ore, and Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and between Lancashire and York very great advantage be made uni and Messrs. Dorman, Long, whe shire towns whilst various Chambers flow in the narrowest ones, as has have purchased the old colliery at of Commerce have formulared been done in the case of tramways Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, have schemes for the co-operative hand in some towns, and also at the front made exhaustive tests of the ling of the traffic of their members during the war, whilst the construcore at their works at by means of road transport. One of tion of subways to take care of Middlesbrough, and are reported the great difficulties in the way of cross streams would materially, te state that, the ore is equal to the the economical operation of this assist matters: D. Conradl in best Cleveland, The erection of traffic is the obtaining of full Engineerin

At a meeting of the East Kent Coal Company recently, the Chair-

stated that the “maa, Professor. W. Galloway, D.Sc., reason that the

that for the previous year was that a output for 1918 bad not exceeded haulage for certain classes of frequent-stop, delivery, large number of men were with- work. When all expenses have been drawn during the period for military duly charged against animal traction, service. The number of men em- or, as we know it, horse traction, it · has been found that in practically all ployed bad, however, since been in spheres of operation it is more creased, so that the output for the expensive and less efficient than week ended the motor traction, its best relative-per-

15th inst. had.

loads in both directions, and the

constitution of freight exchanges

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920.

NOTICES.

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel MansionLE

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" Maroni, Tarmienill, Egg-Noodles, Paste Stars and other kinds of Soup Staffa from sa. All our Pasta Proineta, made in a new, well-ventilated and modern style Fastery, == pare, wholesome and of excellent quality.

Obtainable from all our Agania: everywhere.

Samples and Prion. List will be given free of charge, os, supiíention, të our Head Office.

TRADE MARE.

THE HING WAH PASTE MFG.

60. LO.

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HAD UFFICE: 47 & 48, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong Tel. No. 2290. BRANCE OFFICE:: 490 & 431, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China.

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OPERATING:-

THE HONGKONG HOTEL, HOTEL MANSIONS,

THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL, (To be opened 1st January, 1990.)

J. H. TAGGART. MAZIGER

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** KOWLOON.

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blast furnaces, it is said, will be cotomienced shoftly, and arrange- ments have also been made for the becomes a necessity. A successfel bureaux should be set up in all the construction of coke ovens near the pioneer is that established by the large centres with a view not only Tilmanstone Colliery. The matter Manchester Chamber of Commerce, to, providing a means of exchange is one of considerable Interest at which it is understood now operated between owners and users of vehicles, the present, time, but with regard as a private concern, and similar but of regularising the charges and to the development of the coalfields, co-ordinating: the work of all such it is hardly necessary to point out centres. It is probable that such an that the work has hitherto been con- WALLA Launches at:

organisation would best be carried siderably hampered by tmcertainty out by the Ministry of Ways and as to the attitude of the Government t and day ser- Communications, G. Conradi into the coal mining. Industry of the

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