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WEDNESDAY. JULY 28, 120,

Haches & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE GÖYKEN MEET

General Auctionaars Share. Coal' and General Produce frokers anİ Commission agents..

PROPRIETORS

· To»Kwa-Wan' Coal Storage.

Vadu wad Beatler's

a. a 4th & 8th Editions.

A 1 "legraphic Code.

Telegraphic Addres *MORDION WONGKUNG

· PUBLIC AUCTIONS-

THE Undersigned have received instrue tions to sell by Public Auction,

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THURSDAY,

July 29, 1920, at 10.30 am,

at the Premises of the Robinson Piano Co., Des Vaux Road, Central. Sundry. Office Furniture, Steel letter file, Electric fans, and fittings, Show case, Shop fittings, &c.,

Alao

One small Organ, a quantity of Music, several lots Auto-piano and Pianola mails (65 notes),

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To be sold in lots of two dozens. Oo view day of sale. Tra: ----Cash.

BTORES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, Hongkong, July 26, 1920.

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THE Undersigned have received in structions from B. M. SAVAL ST011 OFFICEs, to sell by Public Auction,

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FRIDAY,

July 31 1920 at 10.30 a at The Nasal Depot Kowloon, About

270 tons Packing Case Wood. Te-Cash.

HUGHËS & HOUGH, Auctioneers to the Admiralty.

Hengkoaz, July 25, 1990.

THE Undersigned have received in. structions from R. P. TauxSFIELD, Et, to sell by Public Auction,

OS

TUESDAY,

August 3rd, 1920, at 230 pm.. at his residence No. 136, Plantation Road,

The Peak,

INTIMATIONS.

NOTICE.

E have THIS DAY removed our WE

Office to the top floor of Nos. 250 & 252, Des Voeux Road Central. (MESSES., KWONG SANG HONG'S MAIN FREMISES).

MOW FUNG & Co. LTD. Bangkong, July 15, 1990.

W

ALEX. ROSS & COMPANY.

MACHINERY DEPARTMENT.

Wednesday, the 23th inst till Saturday

THE CHINA MAIL.

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

16 WORDS 3 DESERTIONS, $1. PREFÀID,

Exon additional.word & Cants for 3 insertions."

WANTED

FOR SALE

ANTED SHIPS DOCTOR for FOR SALE-NO. 1 Stewart Terrice six maths for a Steamer trading LS7, The Teak. Aprls w Bi between Hongtong, Singapore and phreys Estate & Finance Co., Led. Jara. Apply to P. O. Box No. 414.-

Alexandra Building",

LOST.

THURSDAY, 22nd July,

TO LET OR FOR SALE.

SALE.

Bet

For Stocktaking purposes-FromOST-Ons Hongkong Tailoring the 31st inst. our MACHINERY Ca A PLATINUM BROUCH, DEPARTMENT will be closed to General with one square cut sapphire, and four GLENSHIEL No. 141 The Fest, Barker Road Tram Station,

Business.

diamonds, two on either side. Finder

We request that all inquiries and will be rewarded on returning same Apply to Linstead and Davis, Alexandra

Batidings. orders be sent in writing during the to The SECRETARY, HONGKONG CLER perid of Stocktaking when same will receive our best attention.

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACÃO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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AN INTERIM DIVIDEND OF ONE

COMMERCIAL AIRSHIPS.

PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN GERMANY.

STRANGE STARS

PORTENT OF DISISTER.

CHINESE SOOTHSAYERS

PREDICTIONS. I

A lecture "delivered by Air Com-

War, disaster. femine, Books, DOLLAR per Share for the six modore E. Me Maitland to the Royal months ending 30th June, 1920, will be Society of Arts recently alters the drought, general upheaval and what- PAYABLE on TUESDAY, August 10th, perspective of commercial airship-nor will surely visit China soon, say on which date Dividend Warrants mayas though, from being conscious of the Chinese astrologers who have dis- be obtained on application at the Com-their presence upon the horizon, they covered a strange star with eight arms pany's Office.

now brought before us in practical in the north-east universe. Delore "The TRANSFER BOOKS, of the fashion through the concentrated daybreak. Company will be CLOSED from TUES | medium of a telescope. Neither did DAY, August 3rd to TUESDAY, we see through a glass darkly," for August 10th, both days inclusive, the questions of salety: regularity, during whirh period no Transfer of carrying capacity, comfort, speed, and Shares can be Registered.

cost, were each dealt with in turn and no statement was made unaccom panied both by facts and figures; and, în addition, the underlying assump- tions upon which these depended.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary. Hongkong, July 17, 1920.

HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED.

(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 3D INTERIM DIVIDEND of NINE PENCE per Share on account of the year 1920, has been declared.

The DIVIDEND will be payable on and after WEDNESDAY, the 25th day of August 1920, to Shareholdere on the Register on TUESDAY, the 10th day of August 1920, and will be paid to Shareholders on the Colonia (Boagkong) Register at the exchange rate of 38 per

Dellar.

By Order of the Board;

R. J. WILTON,

Acting Secretary. Hongkong, July 26, 1940.

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LIMITED.

The star is of bad omen as it had appeared once before a few years ago when it was followed for long after- ward by the second revolution. Nov that it appears again the old wives and soothsayers predict more disasters, to the country in the near future.

In the last few days a great num- ber of Chinese have risen at early dawn so that they might see this Strange Star.

With the possible exception of the British climate, there is nothing so variable as the intrinsic value of ec- It is reported that a photographer tures; and indeed we are apt to view has even taken the trouble to photo- the platform, the desk, and even the graph the wicked. twinkling little historic water-bottle, with gloom in-star..

Some of the older Chinese gravely tensified by resignation. This is be- cause such are only too often the misnod their beads with an I-told-you- en-scène of the theorist or the vision-50 air and quote the present political In this instance, however, the upheaval in the North and in every lecturer is so closely identified with section of China as ample proof of the airship movement that it has be-the profound wisdom of the Chinese come impossible to speak of one with astrologers.—Shanghai Gazette. our the other; and the audience had the satisfaction of realizing dat no one could bring a greater practical know- edge, added to a wider actual experi- ence, to bear upon this subject.

ery.

Enough has already been said tour the lecture in other quarters, but it may be remarked here that, during. the subsequent discussion, attitude adopted by Sir Alan

Anderson,

DIN AT NIGHT,

EDITORIAL PROTEST EVOKED.

REFERENCE TO HONGKONG.

We have suffered but not without K.B.E., iate Comptroller of the Navy, protest-the shrieks of motor horns t and now prominently associated with dead of night, and we have occasion- the P. and O. and Oriental Lines, was atly to tolerate the syren of a launch

of especial interest. Speaking of cost or steamer on the river, but happily AS INTERIM DIVIDEND of Four and the whole question of economic we have advanced to a stage beyond A Dollars per Share for the six expenditure, be warmed the Govern- that in which Nagasaki finds itsell months ending 30th June, 1920, will be ment against the signal folly of two-day, says the Shanghai Mercary. parable on WEDNESDAY, 28th July, on which date Dividend Warrants may ing valuable existing material, pro- Harbour noises are such that in be obtained on application at the Com-ceeding to make the comparison be editorial protest has been made, and paar's office.

tween the expenditure involved in the the author has that sympathy which The TRANSFER BOOKS of the construction and up-keep of even one we can as sufferers in days gone by Company will be CLOSED from TUES harbour or drydock and that just extend mest reaüfly-We have DAY, the 20th to WEDNESDAY, the quoted for suggested commercial air-been requested to call the antion; Vainable Household Furniture, 28th July (both days inclusive) during ship bases, and concluding by urging of the harbour authorities to the noise which period no transfer of shares can the necessity for official support with made by launches after dusk, much be registered.

regard to this movement, which has of which is believed to be unneces By Order of the Board of Directors,

now passed from the experimental sary. Until a very late hour and fre MÓWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE, stage to become a practical proposiquendy when there can be few craft

Secretary to

tion.

plying in the harbour, the launch The General Managers.

&o,

THE

&c., therein contained.

HALI-Blackwood Side Tables, Hailetani, Chairs, Brass Ornamenta,

DRAWING ROOM-Upholstered Sofas and Arm-chaire made by Lane, Crawlord Co,fgant mamont bourg↑ Pila Carpets & Rugs, Blackwood Cabi- nets Desk, Chairs, Stands &c., Pictures Ar Ergraringa, curtains, &c.

DINING ROOM-Famed Teakwood

Hongkong, July 13, 1990,

Here one ventures to hope that too syrens are used repeatedly. At this exacting a demand is not made upon season of the year, when windows are those that govern the destinies off open and the hear renders unbroken British Blying when they are asked to sleep a great luxury, it would be a

THE HONGKONG. LAND INVEST-ecognize commercial proposition- great boon il launch syrens were co-

MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Three

since Germany has already advanced trolled by the authorities and penal a step further: turning the practical ties inflicted for, unnecessary use, 25 is done at Hongkong and 'other poris. proposition into an actual success.

Steamship agencies and other launch

RECORD OF THE BODENSEE.

Mirror back Sideboard, Extension Di- A Dollars, and Fifty cents per Share ning Table and chaire, cabinets, dc for the six months ending 30th June,

No one could accuse Germany of owners might well instruct their em &c, made by Lane Crawford & Co., 19% will be payable on WEDNES unpractical enthusiast or untoward ployees to be mindful of other folks. and good as new, Dinner Service, Glass DAY, 28th July, on which date imagination where business is concern- Ware, &c, and 8-day chiming clock.

Dividend Warrants may be obtained oned; nor is it likely that a recently ran- BEDROOMS-White enamelled Twin application at the Company's Office. quished nation has much money to shortage. Further details concerning Beda, large and small Wardrobes, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the waste: The following facts in the the Bodensee may prove opposite at Toilet Tables, Chest-of-drawers, &c, Company will be CLOSED from TUES- writer's possession may therefore the present juncture, indading Stained Teakwood Boudoir DAY, the 20th to WEDNESDAY, the prove interesting. The German com- Suise, all made by Lane, Crawford & 28th July (both days inclusive) during mercial airship Bodensee took Jour Co, Arminster Carpets and Bags, which period no transfer of shares can months to build, and started her career Curtains and Pictures,

be registered.

HOUT ROOM-Cupboards, &c, in- cluding Camphorwood Wardrobe and cheet-of-drawers, Bath Room, Pantry and Kitchen Utensils,

Also

By Order of the Board of Directors, MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,

Becretary. Hongkong, July 13, 1990),

Electric Fans and Radiator, Tennis Netting and Sun Screens, & number of THE WEST POINT BUILDING Pots Fize Maiden Hair Fern, Pot Plants,

4 Garden Bests, &t, Stai,

And

Two "Milners" Combination Fire Besisting Bales.

(Fall 'Particulars from Catalogue).

On view from Monday 2nd August, Forms:-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Hongkong, July 13, 1990,

MARTIN'S

APIOLETT

CO., LTD.

(on August 24, 1919. Between this date and November 30 she made one hundred flights: most of these being non-stop journeys (Berlin-Friedrichs- |hafen); often carried out under most

(unlavourable weather conditions.

Flights-100 (taking place dur-| ing a period of 97 days).

Time in the air-513 hours. Speed made good over ground. -Just over 60 miles an hour.

Number of passengers carried: 2,322.

Luggage. 28 tons. - Mails44 tons..

On November. 30. she retired to Whilst it is on record that the Boden- Friedrichshafen to be lengthened: in see and the pre-war passenger. Zep- order to carry more mails, passengers. pelins carried between them 140,000 and petrol. Her sister ship, the passengers without the loss of a single AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of One Nordstern, is practically completed, life." A Dollar and seventy five cents per and both are now expected to begin share for the six months ending 30th

June 1920, will be payable on WED. regular services over the Berlin-Fried NESDAY, 28th July, on which date richshafen and Stockholm routes, the Dividend Warrants may be obtained on reason for delay being a slight petrol application at the Company's Office.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUES" DAY the 20th to WEDNESDAY, the 28th July (both days inclusive) during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

MOWBRAY'S. NORTHCOTE, ~

Secretary to

THE HONG KONG LAND. InvraZMENZ

& AGENCY CO., Leb General Agents for

THX WEST POIST BUILDSAG Co., Ltd. Hongkong, July 13, 1990.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.

TELEPHONE and clients now ring up Ka. 482 öz 3652.

cRT,

48. 8. “FAUBANG.”

Tenders are invited for the purchase of the wreck of the above steamer she lies on Hainan Head Reef.

GILMAN & Co., Lax. Agents, The Salvage desociation,

Landon Hongkong, July 21, 1921

MWHEN YOU EAT TOO MUCH.

INTRESS in the atominesh «Eter outing

Is malined by taking one of them +borisin's, Tablets, try it the Dart time you est more than you should. For mio by all Ühendatá and Stoksisepēra

GOVERNMENT PROVIDES THE AIR.", Recent study of a German sem- nautical magazine revealed one pre- wailing sentiment, T.e., rejoicing- this because the construction of air- craft forwar purposes being forbid- den, commercial aeronautical develop- ment" the importance of which has been only recently realized," vill henceforth receive undivided attention. Expressions of surprise followed: (not unmingled with satisfaction at the procrastinating policy of other nations in this direction 15

The British Empire holds the proud supremacy of the see both in war and pesce. In war, too, we hold the supremacy of the skies; but if this supremacy is to be ours also in time of peace, those in authority must move, and move without delay

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THE CLEANING OF

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NOTICES

PRIVATE CAR OWNERS!

WE CAN GARAGE YOUR CARS FOR $20 PER MONTH

EXPERT CHAUFFEURS SUPPLIED AT SHORT NOTICE.

ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN.

PETROL, OILS, GREASES, TYRES, ETC., ALWAYS IN STOCK.

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Largs and airy rooms, Elevators, Electric Lights and Fans installed.

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Special monthly and family rates can be arranged on application to

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Proprietors.

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165, Des Voeux Road,

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