1920-03-05 — Page 3

BERIDAY, MARCH 5,

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONMODE TO TUR FOVERNMENT

Ereneral Auctioneers Share, Oca! and Genera) Produce Brokers and Commissien Agents.

PROPRIETORS

"To-Kwon-Wan Coal Storage..

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4th 5th Editions.

A1 Tolegraphic Code

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"MARION" KONGKONG,

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

23 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, JI. PREPAID, Each additional ä words § Centa.

WANTED.

MPETENT SHORTHAND RE. PORTER for leading Shanghai pap Reply, staring experience and salary required to Bex 1173 ajo China Matt.

WASA Ambur ved LHEST of

FANTED--An exceptionally Fina

DRAWERS. Send „pot- te HONGKONG 1, Room 275.

-PUBLIC AUCTIONS TO LEA

TO LET.

NO LET.--A SHOP in Nathan Road,

:

BC Undersigned have received to Apply to Humphreys Retate & Finance

stractions in sail by Public 3ae3, Lad.. Alexandra Buildings.

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pron account OF THE CONUMDARE),

SATURDAY,

March 6, 1950 at 10.30 am..

at their Bali Rooms No. 9, Den

Vaux Rend, Corner of

ONE

Ice Home Street,

UPRIGHT PIANO.

By "Mentr

Good Tant

Excellent Condition.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

THE Undə!igned have received fustruo

TH

tions to sell by Fabile Anction.

CHOR IN GURT OF THE COMUMKIND),

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TUESDAY, ·

183 ceamunsing

ar 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Hooie,

No. 8, De Your Road, Corner of Ice House Street

FOUND.

THE CHINA MAIL.

LADY'S GOLD and DIAMOND BRACELET. Applicaticos should be rando to the uzdermentioned.

L

F, F. J. WODEHOUSE, Deputy Superintendent of Police

LOST.

OST-In Kowlook, a small PURE WANTE FOX TERRIER. An- swers to the sama of "BUNKO." Finder will be rewarded Address H Fazura, 4. Victoria View, Kowloon.

TO. LET.

Apply to The Hongkong Load TO LITA GODOWN at Yaurati Reclamation Ltd.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

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PUBLIC AUCTION" "

etting by Pablie Auction Safe, to

A few cases of Californian Champagne TSANWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNI- March, 1920, at 3.x., at the Officon of and two shooting beda complats" with 46.50, Ár.

T: --Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctiones,

Moaghong, March. 4, 1950,

accoty OF THE CONCERNED,}"

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SATURDAY, Marsh: G, 1920, nt 10.30. a., at their Salon Rooms, No.. &

Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Stroek,

NE VIOLONCELLO,

Splendid tone...

Terme Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneeri

(FOX ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

OK

SATURDAY, March 6, 1920, at 10.30 a.m.;

at their Balos Roeta, No.

Des Voeux Road, Commer of Ice Hose Etreet.—

Ons Fawn Pedigree Pomeranian BITCH FUPEY, about five months old.

Terms ----Coah.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctionams,

(For Account of the Concerned),

ON

SATURDAY

March 6, 1920,

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at their Eales Rocus.” No. 8,

DIE VUX Road, Corner it

Ice House Strech,.

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE..

itc.

Loluding a number of Oil Paintings

sad Picturos. Removed to Sale Rooms

for convenience of sale.

Terme

Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, March 4, 1990.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNID},

TUESDAY,

March 9, 1920, commencing at 2.30 p, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

A Small Consigament of HOUSEHOLD LINES, &.,

Comprising

Tarkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Sheets, Double Bed Sheets, Battenberg and Drawowork Bedspreads, Table Covers, Crochet and Drawnwork Doilies" Alao

A low lots of Brass Jardinieres, Large Kinkosan Vases, Japanese Vases.

And

Two Travelling bage, and Suit Cheee. (All new goods and in small lots). Terms -Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. *Hangkong, March 3, 1990.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. At their Sales Rooms,

No. 8, Des Vœux Road, Corner

of Ive House Street,

Two Vertical Steam Electric Light- ing Sets, as follows. Generators, new. Engines in thorough good

rurming order. Output 200 Amps. 400 Volts, 16 Kilowats.

Spare armatures. Swich panels, and running Gear, Full particulare

an be had from the undersigned.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers,

TUER, BRASS AND BRASS-MOUNTED ELDSTEADS, TEAKWOOD TWEY BEDITLADS, CARPETS, &c. &c.

prising:-

I

Chasterfchi sofae, Arzu-chairs (n), Folding Card And Occasions! Tables, One Upholstored its, Bedroom Furniture, comprising Toak wood Twin Bedstends, large and all Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Girl Chairs, Washstands, Bl (fund Teakwood), Bide- boards, Dincer Waggons, Extendon Di- ning Tables and Chairs, &c., Dinner Services, Crockery, and Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Catlecy, &c., Babby. Boom Utensils, Electro-Plated Ware, Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Toakwood Screens, & quantity of Blackwood furniture, Blackwood Fire Bersons, Side Tables, Obaizs Cables, Pictures, Carpets new and second-hand.

Also

Piano (good one). One Bremelled Bath, Cameni,&c. &c., And

One 12-Fold Double-sided Screen (Blue and White Fazels). Full Particulars from Catalogue). TERA:-Cast

HUGHES & HOUGH, Áuctioneer 2.

Hongkong, March 3, 1920.

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PARTICULAR a Conditions of the hand MONDAY, the Stk day of

the Public Works Department, by Order ef His Kaliency the Governor, of One Let

EKORN LAND at.

Kowloon, Bin the Calory of Hongkong, for a term of 75 yrs with the option of racewal At A CURT Reus to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King. for one further term of 15 yearn,

Hegistry No.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

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TAIYO & CO.

(JAPANESE)

BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER

Kat Wyndham St.

A WELL-KNOWN FACT

mole pla

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square feel.

CAMPBELL MOORE & CO., LTD.

ARE THE ONLY

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SPECIAL LADIES' SALOON HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDING.

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JUST RECEIVED

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

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of the latest: Parisian Styles and Colours.

CALL AND INSPECT THEM.

9. BEACONSFIELD ARCADE.

GR

0000 HORLICK'S

MALTED MILK

Pure full-cream milk, enriched with choice malted barley & wheat, in powder form. Keeps indefinitely.

THE FOOD DRINK FOR ALL AGES.

"A"refreshing and sustaining beverage instantly ready by the addition of hot or cold water only. No cooking, Nourishing. and convenient,

Of all Choisista and Siares.

INTIMATIONS.

IN THE ARCTIC.

A DOCTOR'S GRIM UTÖRY OF ▲ TERRIBLE WINTER.

A. S.. WATSON & CO. LIMITED.

NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN QAE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL URDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company (since it registration) will be held at the Hongkong Hotel, Hon paper or otherwise--I wonder how kong. TOMORROW (SATURDAY), many have ever heard of the great the 6th March, 1990, at Nour, for the and noble work being done along the

While the whole world seems to have gone mad with the just for gold, or, to be more exact, money

NOTIDES.

THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. AND THE UNITED BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and MOTOR ACCIDENT. For Fates and Particulars appply to the General Agents

UNION TRADING CO, Prino's Building.

purpose of receiving the Report of the bleale and Arctic coasts of Labradar GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LÐ.

General Managers together with Stand Northern Newfoundland by Dr. ment of Accounts to the “Əlat. October, Wired -Thomasson 'Grenfell. For 1010,

twenty-seven years the doctor, a The Register of Shares of the Com-graduate of Oxford and the Royal pany will he CLOSED from WEDNES College of Surgeons, has devoted BAT, the 3rd day of March, 1920 to his nights and days to alleviating MONDAY, the 8th day of March, 1920 the sufferings of the inhabitants of both days inclusive, during which the dreary North, who are for the most part fisherfolk, and in his little Forlod no transfer of shares can be

steamboat, the Strathcona, is out and about ia all weathers looking after his "Eock."

registered.

JOHN D. HUMPARTYE £'SON,

Genera? Manngere. Hongkong, Felinary 26, 1920.

THE COMPANIES ORDINANCES 1911-1315.

THE KWONG ON STEAMSHIP COMPANY. LIMITET,

"Mr. Fullerton L. Waldo, who res cently cruised with the doctor along his coastline, contributes a vivid, and interesting account of all he witness ed to the "Public" Ledger," and pays a striking tribute to the dauntless courage of the doctor in his efforts to heal the wounds and alleviate the pains of the hardy mariners in his Arctic parish.

The doctor told Mr. Waldo that

NOTICE ORGY GY the winter of 1913-19 was a hideous

IS HEREBY GIVEN `pur

one such as Labrador had never mpanies Ordinance 1911, that a OEXERAL MEETING of the MEM. before experienced, and the correspon- BERS of the abord named Company dent was able to confirm this from will be held at No. 240 Queen's Rond the unpublished journal of Mr. Central, Vitoria, in the Colony of Henry Gordon, the Church of Eng- Hangkeng, on TUESDAY, the th land misafonary at Cartwright, in day of April. 1320 at 2 o'nlock in the Sandwich Bay. Here are some ex- afternoon for the purpose of having an tracts of annotations made by the account laid before the Company show missionary while the influenza raged 16 the manner in which the windice without let or hindrance: Bodies up has been conducted and the property too much doubled up to put in coffin," of the company disposed of and of "Find five little orphans living alone. baring any explanation that may be in a deserted house in a deserted given by the liquiditor and for the cove." "Right on the side of the parpose of passing an extraordinary dead man was his little girl, actually resolution disposing of the books ac frozen on to him, so that the bodies. counts and documents of the company came off the bank in one place." and the liquidator.

"A woman of seventy-three lived on, after all the rest in the house had died, for nine days 6reless, thawing Jumps of ice in her armpits for drink- ing water. A little girl saw father, mother, brothers, and sisters die of influenza; then the dogs came and ate them, and she could not driv thern of. When

succour finally came she was burning the last inch of a candle used to light a Christmas tree that she might melt ice to quench her thirst. Entire Eskimo villages were wiped out from the map, and not even the dead were left to bury the dead, for dogs came prowling, and they cared not what they ate."

Dowed the First day of March, 1990.

YU IU SHEUNO,

Liquidator.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

HE FINAL DIVIDEND declared THE

for the year ending 31st Decera ber, 1019, at the rate of Two Pounds Five Shillings Starling together with 3 Bonus of Thres Pounds Ten Shillinge Sterling per Share is payable on and after MONDAY, the 1st day of March, 1920, at the Oos of the Corporation, where Shareholders are requested to apply for Warran.

By Order of the Court of Directors.

N. J. STABB,

Whenever the doctor's vessel is sighted coming into the bay or in- let where a fishing village may be aituated, directly-she-has anchored. the fisher folk swarm over the rails with their families and their symp toms. But the doctor never tires. He huris the air of a gospel hymn NEW FRENCH LOAN 5 PER CENT as he hunts for a hypodermic needle

-- Chief Managti"..- Hongkong, February 28, 1920.

1920.

Under the Guarantee of the Fronoh Republic,

or antiseptic gauze to pack, into a sinus, or sharpens a knife or paints lodine round an incision. He accom• ¦ panies all his sleight of hand work with a running commentary, He charms his patient with a tale of LOCAL BRANCH of the how the fish down north are biting, TBANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE or not biting, as the case may be; he CHINE will receive subscripitons for is the morning newspaper as well as the New French Loan 5% 1920 from the guide, philosopher, and friend! the 19th instant to the 10th of March whenever he goes. Best of all, be likes to sit in a fisherman's but on The Loan ia free of income tax and shore chatting with the inmates but redeemable in 60 Years st 150% by soon his roving eye beholds wan half-yearly drawings, the

intercet children, whose lungs or adenoids coupons being payable on 1st May and awaken his solicitude. In his spare tis November of each year.

moments the doctor is fond of a game. of chess.

dext,

.

Fully paid subscriptions at par. Partly paid subscriptions at 101 per cent purporting:

Fr. 25.-when subscribing,

Fr. 25-on the let of April, Fr. 25. on the 18th of July,... Fr, 20-on the 1st of August, 1920.

M. ROUET DE JOURNEL

Manager. Hongkong, February 18, 1920.

NEW FRENCH LOAN 5%."

Price of issue Fra. 100.

บ

Redeemable at Frs: 150 in 69 years by half yearly drawings.

Interest payable on the 1st of May & 1st of November.

Drawings to take place on the 18th of March and the 16th of September of each year.

lat drawing on the 18th of Septem ber. 1920. 1st coupon of Fts: 3.50 to be paid on the lat of November, 1920,

received up to Subscriptions will ba the 10th of March next by the:

BANQUE, DE L'INDO-CHINE,

L BERINDOAGUE,

Mausger

STAMPS: Wish to boy an im- portant wholesale lot or stock of Chinese and Hongkong atompe? Make offers by letter to Mr. LAMBERT, Room 303 Hongkong. Hotel, stating, price, quantities, and description, Offors received after MONDAY 8th. Marc E will not be considered.

A COMPLETE AERATED WATER PLANT FOR SÅLE.

The Machines are made by Mesars. Bratby & Hinchliff Ltd., Manches- ter, and quaranteolla perfect „working order. This complete plant: will, turn out 2,400 dozen borsted

KWONG HANG HUNG LED., P. O. Box $20.

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