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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS.

AND SURVEYORS.

-Public Auctions-

TEX ble antian,

parat Undersigned have recivad instroo-"

UA

FRIDAY, August 27, 1820,

at 18 o'clock (noon); at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street,

(For Account of the Concerned

The Wreck of the

8. 8. "CHIYO MARU,”

she now lies off the Lemn Islands. Terms: Cash on fall of bammer when

wreck will be at purchaser's risk,

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, July 3, 1950.

FRIDAY, August 27, 1920,

commencing at 12 o'clock (noon)

at their Sales Rooms, Daddell Street,

(For account of the concerned) Salved from the

3. 5. CHIYO MARU,"

3 Boilers,

dimensions

length 11'S"

diameter 15 9"

weight about 35 tons

now lying at the Taikoco Dockyard.

1/

Order for inspection may be had on

application to undersigned.

LAMMERT BROS, Auctioneers.

Hongkong, August 16, 1920.

Burglar and Fire-resisting SAFES

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KING'S JOLLY TEA-PARTY.

GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE A KISS. "

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WIRELESS EXPLAINED,

GERMAN TRADE WITH CHINA.

REVIVAL OF IMPORT BUSINESS.

Joso nal

#Mile-long-waves which travel so fast that they could go round the world seven times in less than a second thase are the things we are reading about dally, the electric dis

The outstanding featurt in Cas At the old-familiar word of com- turbances set up in space or in the toms returns during the past half year, is the gradual but marked mand, more than 300 V.C.s assembled "ether" which fills space, by wire recrudescence of Germany's Export in Wellington Barracks, Londos, less aerials spotted all over the world. trade, says the Shanghal British clicked their feels, formed fours, and

If you strike the middle C on a | Chamber – of ~ Commerce set off to Buckingham Palace to take

piano, and the C an octave below, a Carrje të Japanese bottoms, with tea with the King and Queen,

person standing some distapos away Extrg so far as the only port, a What a party it was! There were will hear both notes simultaneously, small but steady stream of goods is big men and little men, fat pro- yet the middle C'sets up twice as beginning to pour out to the East sperous-looking mens and frail young- many air waves a second as the and although the figures for these sters, who might, well have been lower C; the sound travels at the particular commodities are confined rejected by the recruiting people as same speed, the wavelength is to the returns for April. May and not reaching the required physical different

June only, the aggregate of aniline standard. Their deeds of vajour

dyes, for instance, is more than half covered all the fields and arts of war.

Just the same with wireless signals. One transmitting apparatus may send the amount sent by Great Britain to The other out waves a thousand metres long, China in six months, another five thousand metres. Both areas into which Germany is re-enter- fing comprise such commodities as travel at the same rate, about 186,000

paper. (wrapping"and-printing) ̈di | milea per second, but the longer which the sends 5,814 and 831 picals waves are more suitable for long respectively, buttons 6,775 gross, distance transmission.

To many the old word of command bridged the years between the return to civil occupation and the days of discipline.

As the Column of Courage turned immense into Birdcage-walk an crowd, which bad waited hours to see it, broke into a vociferous, cheer, which followed the gallant company all the way to the palace.

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The Navy in "uniform came first. The crowd recognised its beroes in- dividually, and those who did not know were helped to knowledge by representatives of the Services who were present in large bodies...

A metre is rather more than needles 22,850 mille, clocks 1909 employed in wireless were, three piculs and last, but not least in im- yard, and the early wave-lengths pieces, moclassed iron and steel 1,045 hundred and six hundred metres, the portance from the standpoint of returning Tentors, is the importation former for short distanses, the latter into China of one thousand Bozen for longer ones. Very much longer bottles of German bear

This, waves are in frequent use-to-day

We often read of people who are according to Customs returns. Tepre listening in" for messages, and that bents the sum total of Germany's they get into touch with le, are output in so far es Shanghai is con

cerned since the termination of war. "GOOD OLD O'LEARY!"

able to listen to the signals from To balance her exports, and by the "There were shouts of "Holbrook!" some particular station by tuning

same means, the following China No crowd bothers about rank. The We all know how a certain glass man who dired under the Dardanelles cup, or vase in a room will ring produce: bas during the past six looked uncomfortable. There were sympathy with a certain note struck mouths found its way into Germany and the meagre quantities in some shouts, too, for "Carpenter and on the plano➡because, if strucks or articular instances are striking. Ex Good old Vindictive"-in fact, tapped, it would itself vibrate and products, as an example, amounted there was a continuous shouting of give out the same note.

during the balf year under-review | names and ships, which showed that

only to 1,035 piculs, lard 11 piculs, the crowd was well versed in the

black tea 2 piculs, tobacco 86, hides Navy's heroism."

496, untanned goatskins 2,450, camel's wool 310, sheep's wool 754, bean-oil 258, wood-cil 757, sesamum seed 25,141, cotton seed 196, linseed 13, outgalis 882, hemp 432, white peas 6,367, raw cotton 669 picuis,

Following the Navy came all branches of the Army grouped in regiments. Some were in uniform, others in multi. There were V.Cs in top hats and spats, and V.Cs in cloth caps and mufflers.

Again names and regiments were shouted amid storms of approval There were cries of "Good old O'Leary!" and the big Irishman, who laid out eight Germans with a spade,

This phenomenon of resonance will cause anything to vibrate whose natural rate of vibration -happens to be that of the note struck. A tuning fork, for instance, which gave the note C would vibrate, very faintly: 10 doubt, if held near a musical instru ment on which the same was

struck.

Now imagine a tuning fork the prongs of which could be lengthened or shortened at will, so that what ever note was struck-ie, whatever | length of musical wave was sent out

ORDER led back appreciatively, while you could adjust the fork to

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big gathering of Jewish shouted for Issy Smith, of the R.ES.

Drain and Luke, two neat figures in mufti, who saved the guns at Le Cateau in November 1914, marched side by side. There was Private Henry Robson, of the Royal Scots, the hero of Kemmel, who was being "chipped" by his mates on account of his white spats,

"

GIRL WHO BROKE THE CORDON.

And so they marched, a modest body of men, who seemed to be divided between the necessity of march discipline and the desire to show the crowd which was honouring them in no uncertain manner that they appreciated the applause..

The crowd kept a special cheer for those who could not march. They came in a pathetic procession of

mótor-cars.

Some weresightless, some limbless, all were badly, battered, but they all smiled bravely.

The King and Queen awaited the guests on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, while the relatives and next of-kin paraded the grounds.

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respond to it. Translate sound wave phenomena into electro-magnetic (or wireless) wave phenomena, and your tuning fork becomes the tuning inductance with which you can make your receiver respond to whatever length of wireless wave the station is sending out.

For good technical reasons wire- less wave lengths are measured in metres, and: when we read of a thousand metre wave it means that the length of each distur bance sent through space with the inconceivable velocity of 186,000 miles a second is some thousand yards in length. Seventeen of such waves would bridge the space be tween two wireless stations ten miles apart. The receiver would tune his circait to respond to a thousand metre, wave-length.

SINGAPORE HOTELS.

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The Straits Times remarks The present daily rate at the leading| Singapore hotels is $15. As to monthly residents we hear of a man who inquired at one hotel what the charge would be for himself, his wife and a small child. The reply was $600 for himself and his wife and 990 for the child. The Mamicipal Commissioners have just decided not to recommend the petition of owners of hiring motor-cars to be allowed to Municipal control does not extend to increase their charges. Apparently

the hotels.

*. "THE BREAKING POINT. These wares do not follow each other with the grandiose solemnity of sea waves; in wireless telephony a hundred thousand of them may come flashing by in the course of a second.

SCCES

When Mind and Body are Tagged

f

Sitting back in one of the cars was s hero with one eye covered with a So delicate is the receiving apparatus mistakes in life, have been traced to Many serious sccidents, as well as bandage and one leg shot away, but of to-day, that little interference is failure of the memory, ill-bealth having he appeared to be revelling in the caused through the hundreds of been the original cause of this trouble. proceeding. He kept raising his hat, messages that are crossing space at Now, who are the most likely to suffer revealing a bald head, and his jolly one and the same time, with many s in this respect f appearance moved the crowd to ecs-different wave-length.

When persons of either sex begin to tasies. Finally, a young girl broke the Methods of timing are highly re- their thoughts when they find their besitate inspeaking, cannot "collect police barrier, rushed up to the car. ined, though intensely simple. ideas are often confused, when excite and, amid shrieks of applause, im Directional devices have also helped meat throws them off their mental printed a kiss on the cheeks of the considerably in this way. Yet it balance, when they frequently forget jolly hero.

wonderful that, while a where they leave things, then, says the bordering on separate pair of wires is needed for doctor, here is a case

neurasthenia or nervous breakdown every telephone circuit, at work, this

I state of health continues without innumerable people could speak by attention collapse may follow.. wireless through the common ather --It is a fact that most nervous dis- without interference, save that orders are due to impare thin blood; from that they spring. The starved nerves are not able to meet the strain them, the mind becomes dull; phy- rical effort canserTM fatigue. Only new. blood can save the victims from pure collapse. and dispel neurasthenia or cervous breakdown. This good red blood is created in abundance by Dr. Williams' pink pills, and in that way these pills Barabin a great number of mental-and Cases banished pervous,

have digestivo disturbances. They given, increased energy, fitness, keen appetite, strong steady nerves and robust health to men and women who

To give one instance, only Mis

THE OLD GUARD.

On arrival the hordes were inspect-listeners-in" would be able to ed by the King on the lawns at the gather up innumerable fragments of back of the palace, following which their conversation. T. Thorne Baker every V.C. was personally presented in the Daily Mail,

to the King and Queen, who stood on the bottom step of the terraces leading down to the lawns. Earl Haig watched, the proceedings with the keenest interest. As each V.C. came forward his name and the place where he won the decoration were announced by a staff officer..

Draper. Carter. Platelayer. Clerk.

Iron foundry

labourer. Shopkeeper. Commissionaire.

The introductions took more than

As the Old Guard passed and the New Guard of the Great War took an hour. After that there was tea were once nervous wrecks

on the lawn, with mothers, wives, Cook, of Orchard House, Sutton-on-

its place there was an impressive babies, and sweethearts all joining Trent, Enziand, recently stated: change in type and personality. Then There has surely never been "Some years ago I had a terrible Old Guard were all of the Regular such a delightfully homely function trial arongh the tragic death of my Army professional soldiers stern before. It was a pageant of simpli- mother For weeks I was anable to and erect in spirit of old age and city in a setting which has often ser realise she was dead, so great was the infirmity. Iten came youth many ved for scenes of pomp and magni- mere lads brought from unimagina ficence,

shock to my nervous system.

1had the best of medical advice tive occupations to the field of glory Sergeant Welch, of the Royal at good. I had terrifying fits of de but nothing seemed to do me permen First of the Old Guard was General Berks Regiment, brought his wife pression, and many time I have felt Sir Dighton Probyn, of the Indian and two babies. It is true that that I should welcome death as a happy Mutiny. He was wheeled on to the tickets were limited to two relatives, release

ground in a bath chair, but refused but it was explained that uness he When things were about as bad as to appear before the King in this brought both his youngsters his wife they could be I chanced, to read in a wise. With his flowing white beard would not be able to be present. Solar to my own that had been cured by newaps per a case which was very aimi-: he presented a magnificent figure, a further ticket was granted. and his attempt to straighten himself

up when he approached his Majesty MILK FOR THE BABY." deeply touched the gathering/

A Daily Mail reporter found the For each man their Majesties had sergeant who won his V.C. at Oppy

Dr. Williams' pink pills... I thereupon made up my mind that I would give them a good frial: „I got a supply of the pills and I know from the start they were doing me good, but I could hardly trust myself to believe it

any other sufferers by inducing them to give a trial to Dr. Williams pink, pall I shall be only too thankful

a word of thanks and appreciation lying on the lawn smoking his while the King closely questioned pipe. His wife was feeding one of "I continued with the pille and made those who had left the Army as to the habies from a bottle. The other such good headway that now I feel bet how they were laring in civil life, child was enjoying a royal cream ter than I have done for years I only in practically every case the answer cake Welch said it was all chimexperience should prove helpful to was satisfactory.

spion, GA

Near by a beautifully dressed. SHBACK AT THE DRAPER'S.PA

woman was appealing to a Lancashire One of the VCs served in a lad in a mater for his signature draper's shop before the war. He Such incidents were going on in all js serving there now. In fact, the parts of the grounds for majority of those to whom a Daily ~ In the evening.the VCs want to Mall reporter talked are back at see Johnny Jones at the Alhambra their old jobs. They included

Dr. Willama pink pulls are sa idei tonic for all nervous people of both They are chrainsh'a from dealers we deres or at £1.50 -the hotton #31

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HURSDAY: AUGUST 19, 1921.

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