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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, AFTRAZERS ** AND SURVEYORS,

-Public Auctions-

INTIMATIONS

YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THEM,

JUST received a large Consignment [ of (1) LACTOGEN the most digestiva food" for Infants which keeps good in quality during Hos weather (). TOSE (MGIk Sagar) for street (3) ing the WE Undersigned bare received in foods of Infants and Drupeptics

stractions to sell by Public AuctionVILFORD MCGRATH FLUID INSEC

TICIDE the Best Flaid' for destroying Fleas, Mosquitoes, Bags, Flies and all other Insect Pests in Suramer days, and

Tip

MONDAY, September 20, 1980,

Commencing a 11 20

at their Sales Room, Daddell Street.

2 Donble Barrelled Hammer Sporting

Guos,

1 Fathe Phone with records.

1 Motor Bicycle,

1 6" Leg Vise.

13 dez. Gold Filled Spectaciés,

:20 casse Soft Soap,

2 cases Jam,

23,000 Egyptian Cigarettes

(Slightly damaged). " Trac-Che's on delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers. Hongkong, September 16, 1920.

TUESDAY, September 21, 1820

commencing at 11 a

at their Sales Rooms, Daddell Street,

77 caska - Oxide eich 112 h. 36 casks Red Oxide math the Iria, 10 kegs Rod Oxide each, 28 lbs. Fermi-Cash on delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers.

Hongkong. September 17, 1920.

FOR SALE

MILNER'S SAFES

Apply 10"

- LAMMERT BROS.,

Duddell Street.

INSTANTANEOUS WATER

HEATERS

For Gas and Oil Unlimited Hot Water.

C.E. WARREN & CO., LTD.- Nos. 3092 Des Vœur,Road Central,

Established 1900

MARTIN'S

APIOL & STEPY

EPILLS

Traumada al Latin, sinigt, kanë u ber_al Marcica sada lạ thưr hocan, în cinc in the fo

MARTIN'S

APIOL & STEEL SEMPILLS

MEE

CHEUNG

Loo House Street.

JOHN CAHILL'S GOLDEN FLEECE, MAGIC and CINDERELLA SOAPS for keeping everything clean in Houses.

PRICES are Very Moderate" - pection and Enquiries are cordially invited.

| SETU FUNG TAI & 00.,...

Sole Agents for Hongkong'ani Bosta China.

Nos, 12 à 63, Connaught Bas?"Castral, Hongkong, Telephone Kol, Jath

理代

JUST RECEIVED

FLOWER and VEGETABLE SKEDS.

This is the year, to have a good garden. Plant lots of seeds and take good care of the garden, then you will have every reason to be pleased with the result.

GRAÇA & 00,

No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. O. Box 520. ·

Hongkong.

JAPANESE

MAKERS,

Every kind of Footwear.„

·MADE

TO

ORDER

CHERRY & CO.,

PEDDER STRKET, Opposite Eongkong Hotel

Talaphone No. 491

Hangbang, Yach 10, 1814

MASSAGE HALL Gradente from Nagasaki Massage School MES. HAN INOKUCHI

Phone No. 954

2. Stanley Street, at Flour.

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.

THERAPION NOT THERAPION NO.2 THERAPION NĚ.3

Ma. the milder Dutkzein ifa for Exped Bisa Disenere. v. 3 for Chuzato Wellmecom BOLD STEMADERO CHEKTITS, PRICE IN ENGLAND, DELEGANCHAL CALƐavverzonk34.K W.-2 and BEADS MARTED WORD TEZLAPICE 21 METZ GOTE-RJANI AYTILED ZU GENUINE POGINEE

ASAHI BHER

PILSENER BEE

PRIZE.

TAL 1019,

HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER.

A large stock of

Kodaks and Kodak Supplies

Just arrived.

JUST ARRIVED

LATEST TRIMMING

STRAW HATS

CASSUM

AHMED

Milliners & Drapers.

Street

"Nathan Road; Kowloon.

ASANIBE

LAGER

SPECIALLY

EXPOR

WERY COME

LAGER BEER

CPPRUL:RUBKAN KAIKE

THE CHINA MAIL

DEJ. Collis Browne's

Chlorodyne

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY- GENUINE.

COUGHS, COLDS,

ASTHMA,

The Mact vachanble: Hamady aver, stinctmarad. Effectually cute short ki staIS of, SPASSER. Checks and arrests thoser tan eftir tebal dan

FEVER, OROUP AGUE.. BRONCHITIS. IN MY Pablative in Paper Jeta dhe as charus lucidatedRKEL FOLKS HEURALGIA, COUT, -QARINKA, DYSENTERY, and CHOLERA:"ARHEUMATISM, TOOTHACHE. Chlorodyns is a liquid taken in drops, graduated according to the malady. "It invariab}" reberes pain of whatever kind; prente a calm refishing sleep; allays imitation of the necrom system when ill other dies fil; cares no bad elects;

and can be taken when no other.

e medicine can be tolerated/ CONVINCING -MEGAL TESTIMONY WITH EACH BOTTLE.

None Centre without that with Dr.). Calls.

tch by xll Chamisis,

Prices in England,

(1/11,-2/8, 4/6..

GB

BY APPOINTMENT

WIRELESS MAGIC.

L. T. DAVENPORT, LIE.. Lender SE

TABLE DELICACIES

PORTABLE BECKIVING SET.

CONCERT IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

NOTHING FINER-BOTTLED OF CANNED.

The first requisites with CROSSE & BLACKWELL Delicacies are Quality. Parity and freshness.

30 Varieties of SOUPS, 15 Varieties of POTTED MEATS, OXFORD SALISAGES, OATMEAL, OILS, VINEGAR & TINNED FISH.

CROSSE & BLACKWELL

Agents for Las Perniku Výercestarshine Sacer

GERMANY'S DYE TRADE.

WHOLESALE BRIBERY.

DELIBERATE POLICY ON BIG SCALE.

There were further developments in the employment of the portable took up all German industries in the The Alien Property Custodian who wireless telephone when a Daily Mail United States during the war gives reporter was summoned to his office emphatic testimony that the greas while travelling in a suburban train German dye-making firms had a de between Bromley and Bickley.

The train was in motion at the liberate policy of bribery, says the time and communication between the Times. Bribery of dyers was carried or almost universally and on a large reporter and his News Editor could scale. The head dyers of the various not have been established by any mills and other chief customers of other agency.

The reporter was simply told that the dye manufacturers were subsidiz he might be required for duty during in many direct and indirect ways. the day, and that meanwhile the situation, since if any of them These dyers frequently controlled restrictions need be placed on his movements except that he should keep in touch by means of his portable

wireless receiving set.

Lid

DEVIN'S DECAYING

ORCHARDS.

MELANCHOLY BEADING.

LAMENT ON WANE OF THE CIDER INDUSTRY.

of Devonshire's reputation for its A deep lament over the "passing" cider is made by Mr. Alec Gray, a fruit farmer, of the village of Knowle near Braunton, in North Devon.

is

his

Melancholy reading" description of the National Fruit and Cider Institute's report, which states that in Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, Wiltshire, and Wor farm orchards can be classed as cestershire, only one sixth of the shed his superiors to cease using satisfactory.

"It is estimated that if the area of buy the dye mide by some other orchard and costines to decrease the dye of one manufacturer and As it the case when a reporter company nothing was easier than at the present rate," he told a Daily was summoned to a duty call while to control the complicated process Chronic representative, "in less rambling on Hampstead Heath, the of dyeing in such a way that the than 50 years the apple-growing and dyes furnished by the house which cider maldag industry in the West reporter who received and swered the message while in the the least liberal to the dyer will be practically extinct.

would produce wretched results. moving train had no expert know-

LIVING ON ITS LAURELS. ledge of wireless telephony. Also was then an easy matter for the

"The city dweller who goes West for there had been no prearrangement dyer to get the manager of his, will his holidays sees only the picturesque as to time, place, of the nature to the offered by the side of a modent, mossy orchard, of the message to be transmitted, more liberal briber, and with the while the present generation of Westl The reporter carried what had the dye would be sure to produce satis condition and diminished extent exercise of a little care the new countrymen notice the dilapidated outward appearance of, a small suit factory results. So extensive was case containing the complete ap his corruption that the custodian/about as much as an East ender

paratus and a telephone receiver attached.

mitted by the News Editor through The wireless message was trang the Marconi Company's station at Chelmsford.

came across only one American con- sumer who had escaped its il-effects. having all its dyes purchased by the The firm avoided the difficulty by head of the company himself, under contracts providing that no barrel or The following is the reporter's package should show the name of account of the receipt of the roess was thus able to designate the dyes the manufacturer. The company

age

BUEST OF MUSIC.

notices his stoky atmosphere.

"To the uservant and sympathetic

is to this his orian or archaeologist ere however, the modern Devon countryside is that Egypt or Greece

8

land haunted by the spirit of its own splendid past.

"It is only the village's oldest in- the old order has changed, with bat habitant who realises to the full how

I caught the 5.40 train from Se which its dreis, were to use solely by Faw improvements to compensate for Paul's Station to Orpington, carrying, its own arbitrary numbers, and the

men were thus unable to detemine

as instructed, the wireless apparatus whose dyes they were using and to in case I was wanted at the office.

Having had no previous experience whom they should look for a bribe. of the wireless telephone in the most

modern developinent, I was a little

sceptical that, even if the office did invited to listen-in on the receiver, ungently require my-presence, they though the masic could be beard

its nunews and evident effects. ever the same: "Lot, zur! I minds "The burden of the tale he tells is

the time back along when every bottom hereabouts was vull right up w apple trees, and every_varmer made his gen zider, tuz. But now tis nought but thicky, pisonous beer

would be able to express the desire in the carriage itself quite plainly they drinks, and little gude it does while I was comfortably seated with Even then it was difficult to convince

railway not over notable for silent speed.

com.

* Although to his grandfather, the

SATURDAY: SEPTEMBER – 18.

NOTICES

G. FALCONER & CO. LTD. WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS,

Hotel MannÖNS

for ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOP) KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

- BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES, ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Maan

~High Class English Jewellery,

HEALTH against SICKNESS.

By taking on ROOSTER BRAND MACARONI - PASTE STARS EGG-TIDELE, VERMICELLI, or other kinds of Boup Stal. REGULARLY you will have no complaint of any kind of sickness, as all our Products being manufactured from Flome of the Best Quality and under the most Sanitary Method can be easily digested and give you GOOD HEALTH & STRENGTEL Large quantities hara been exported to various parts of the World. Your esteemed Orders will receive our prompt and careful attention. Terus moderate, espacially for Agencies.

TRADE MARK.

THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. 00.. INTD. HEAD OFFICE: Hongkong, Nos. 13. Connaught Bowd Central, Tel. No. 1930' BRANDS OFFICE: Shanghai, No 430 & 47, Fanking Bond- FACTORIES: Hongkong. Wing Hing Street, Causeway Bay and Shanghai, No. 71, North Sooohow Road.

FURNITURE.

CONTRACTS SOLICITED FOR "KOUBES, "OFFICES, HOTELS & SHIPS.

BRASS AND IRON BEDSTEADS, UPHOLSTERY. ELECTRO-PLATED WARE, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, HIGH-CLASS TEAKWOOD & BLACK WOOD FURNITURE.

"CHEONG ZANE & 00. TEL. No. 801

HEAD OFFICE, 68, ÜTZET'S ROAD CESTRAL CABLE ADDRESS • CHEONGLEK”?

A.B.C. Camx, SIE EDITOR

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

OPERATING A

THE HONGKONG HOTEL, HOTEL MANSIONS.

THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL,

7. IL TAGGART,

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Level

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of-

Mrs. BLAIR.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

KATTA CENTRAL LOCATION

ALL ELECTRIC TEAMS Pass Entrance, Mentide Lifts, Fant and Lighting A. European Bathe and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water Spetam throughout. Best of Food and Service.

Talephone 373. Telegraphic Addzais :---2 Vrredera J

J.. WIKLEINLL, Manager.

CARLTON HOTEL,

(THE ONLY ANKEJIAN HORES IN HIS CHOTT.) ICE HOUSE SIEKTE.

Under American Management. · Nice and quiet yet only a few minschon wall From the Banks and Central Elatelet. 43 Bedroccos, Ezzellană Gelating

others in a first-class carriage on alhe passengers that there was no apple crop ranked in importance scrupulously clean. Moderate Terms. Monthly and Pauly, Bains on

gramophone concealed in the suit-ith the crop of oats or potatoes, the application to the Propclefcom · Faxaches mosk Fasenger Bosis.

Telegraphis Address "CARLTON/" Suddenly, however, the music farmer of today cares nothing al ceased and a more personal note was which clusters on the lee side of the

most for the gearled old orchard,

I was certain that with the com/ ficting noises of whistling engines, other trains continually passing, and the echoes of tonnels and embark sounded: We had arrived, at a point coombe; it, is good enough to run aj ments I should not be able to hearty at the end of my journey, when provide a few faggots for the winter between Bromley and Bickley, pear-ew sheep or pigs is, and, perhaps, an ordinary telephone with any dis voice loud and distinct suddenly

Hactness,

Suddenly, however, the carriage

called my name to tra

but that is all.

*

became filled with music, to the "I am here" I said instinctively, HALF A CENTURY AGO, SI

"The very names of the different intense surprise of two passengers, forgetting that I had no means of who were reading quietly their even communicating with the voice. The apples are unknown to him; while in ing papers. GENERACIERE passengers again forsook their news one of his linhays lies mouldering the ***** ancient cider press, looking, beneath Chelmsford had notified meat papers, least it appeared so to me, though in The voice continued. Before its dense covering of dust and cob reality it was the liner Victorian in closing down I have a message for webs, like a cyclopian letter press mid-ocean that was being notified you You are wanted at the office built by some race of extinct giants. "At the end of his 50-hour week that a musical selection was about at once. Have inquired at your to begin.

house, and they do not know your the modern labourer would look ask- whereabouts. On receipt of this ance at his employer, it, as part of message please communicate as soon his minimum wage, he received 2 is possible with the office Good-gallon of cider, nike his grandfather

did in the old days. byen-Good-bye, Victorian."

This was followed by that well known jazz tune which deals with what certain people are going to do or not to do, down by the farm.”-

A CALL TO DUIT.

With a hurried good-bye to "myOne cannot repress a sighna One of the passengers, who peered amazed fellowpassengera & left the sentimental one thought it befor over his newspaper, and who explain train with my box of magic at the rural England which is fast pass ed afterwards that he thought I was Bickley and telephoned through to ing away, an England that, whatever wider may, have been its defects, possessed travelling in a new kind of gramopthe news editor.

hone, at last asked pointedly for anYes, he said.You have got

explanation: This was after Chelms ford had put on an extri loud solo,

Interest and amazement was at once aroused when it was explained

my message. I want you at once; please return bythe next train. There,

is important work for you to

Given a conscience and a por

that the music was being transmitted wireless ser, there appeară by wirelem Newspapers were dis future no hiding teg carded, and the passengers"" werd

fizypur and atmosphere of its own, and earned for this land the honoure od title of Merrie England,sa

SIX WALLA WALLA" BOATS are

a Blaze Pier for you Phone 351

H22. P. 2. QAMRBON.

PALACE HOTEL

KOWLOON.:

*Two minutes from Star Feciy).

Recently renovated and refurnished, electzle light and fans throughou and entirely under new management. Celzins under the personal super of the proprietor, Bar and Billard Rooms, Terms modaraka. Special mus families on application to

Talephone K. 5. Telegraphia Add.: "FALAC Z**

IH OXEEREX, Propelske.

Tali No. 3925

Candies

BOSTON CANDY STORE OPPOSETE THE ROYAL TRELTELE.

12 Queen's Ed

CALL BETWEEN" "AUTE.

ITELEPHONE ORDERS FILLED.

FRENCH LESSONS