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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1:20.

Hughes & Hough

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General Anstiensers Share, Coal and Geners) Produse Brokers and “Commissies Agents, :;

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KONGKONG,

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

25 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, $1. PREPAID.

Every additional wged & Cents for S insertions.

TO LET

WITH immediate possession

EXCELLENT FURNISHED FLAT three rooms, Queen's Road Central Apply:—PERCY SMITH SETH & FLEMING, 5 Queen's Road Central.

TO LET MY NOVEMBER 1st

new three-roomed EUROPE FLATS in Kowloos, facing Coronation Road (Nathan Road Ertension), filteen

minutes by rickshaw from Hongkong

Ferry, and five minutes walk from Yanisti Ferry This property can be let as elevan self-contained houses ach

- PUBLIC AUCTIONS in living rooms and adequate

INK Undersigned have received Instrue ions to sell by Publle Anction,

(FOR LOCOUNT OF THE CONCHARNED),

on

TUESDAY,

Hitchens, baths and servants' rooms, cr as separate three roomed fats. The rooms are large and cool, facing east with an open prospect. Very moderata rental. Apply J. Cum Crass, Architect & Surveyor, 14, Queen's Road Central

NB-Official information has been received that Government re-

THE CHINA MAIL.

INTIMATIONS.

NOTICE

THE BRITISH COMMONWEALER INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England)

"AVING been appointed Fire Agents

DOCK-WALLOPING.

▲ GLORIOUS HOBBY.

ROMANCE OF THE'SKA POR MEN

OF THE LAND.

"Dock walloping in the amateur

"NEWS BOY KING.”

AUDIENCE WITH LORD MAYOR.

A YOUNG ADVENTURER.......

"Well, I reckon I'll go and see the Lord Mayor!"

This casual remark a young

His Hongkong, Canton, Macru sud sense is a glorious hobby for those American, Sam If. Cole, the "newsboy

Swatow, by the above named "Company", we are prepared to issue Policies at current rates.

UNION TRADING Co. Prince's Buildings, Hongkong, October 23, 1990,

NOTICE.

have this day established our YY

selves as general merchants, with offices at Prince's Buildings. Tel. 3147. Tel. ad: Willowboy.

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R. D. WILKS & CO. Hongkong, 26th October, 1920.

OLD ALLEYNIAN DINNER.

who like:it, writes C. Fox Smith king.” made his guide, a. Londoner Some people don't. They don't like steeped in the sense of tradition. the smuts, and the oil in unexpected with nerve and self-confidence this shudder. He had already seen how places, and the smells. There are youth, who began travelling around smells about most docks, and those the world with 24d., had shaken the too are all right (even the not very old drowsiness of the City. He had nice ones) for those who like them,aren mighty City policemen stoop to But then some people don't. And this young adventurer. He had seen listen with interested attention to they don't like dodging engines, and the Yeoman Warders of the Tower, sets of cargo, and boxes, and barrels one by one," fall victims to his being hoisted out of or lato holds. charms. In short, they are not born dock wallopers, and ought to keep away from such places.

But if you like docks, there are no places like them..-"

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Every port has its own genius loci, which is rande up of a hundred and one things, but more than any thing of its smell. There's the Pacific Coast smell for one which

feur (he had already managed to "King" Cole turned to his chauf-

borrow an almost new car!) and said: "Sar! Drive right around to the Lord Mayor's mansion, I must go tight in and see him, sure!"

The chauffeur sped through the crowded streets of the City, and a taxicab driver began to argue with the occupants of the car, little reali-

November 2, 1990, commencing as 230 † gulated Motor Bas Service will is proposed to hold a DINNER on is partly new lumber, and partly sing what sort of an opponent he

pm, at their Sales Rooms No. 8,

Des Tax Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

..

WHITE GOODS, &c., *....,

Compriting. Pillow Cases, Quilts, Turkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Sheets, Double. Bed Sheets, Drawnwork Bedspreads Table Covers, Crochetand Drawnwork Dodies, Table Cloths, Linën Damask Serviettes,

Also

A few lots of Kit Bags, Suit Cases,

and Attache Cases, etc. 11:-Cash

HUGHES & HOUGA,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, October 27, 1920.

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THY CONCERNED),

...

09.

TUESDAY,

November, 1920, commencing at

- 2,30 p.m., at their Sales Booms, No. 8, Der Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,-

TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNI- TURE, BRASS AND TEAKWOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS AND BRASS-MOUNTED BEDSTEADS, CARPETS,

&c.

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shortly be inaugurated in this district This service will run to a fixed time table, and will provide speedy and comfortable access from the Ferry to these flats.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

OF THE Valuable - Leasehold Property SITUATE AT Victoria, Hongkong,

Marice the Land Office as Section,egistered in

Lot No 90, and the Building thereon To be sold by order of the Mortgagess

by

PUBLIC AUCTION

**

WEDNESDAY,

7

the 3rd day of November, 1920, at

12 noon, in One Lot by

Mesara, HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers,

at their Anction Rooms in Des Voeux Road Central.

The Property is situated in the West arh District and consists of:

All that piece or parcel of ground situate at Victoris is the Colony of Hoogkong and registered in the Land Ofice as Section "B" Maring Lot Sa 90 and is covered by Premises known as 2 and 4, Wilmer Street, two Storied Chinese Godowns built of brick with

tile roads, held for the residue of a term of 999 years created therein by a Crown Lease dated the 24th day of September 1856 and made between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria of the one part and Adam Scott of the other part.

comprising: Charterfield Jose, Arm-chairs faw Fding Card and Occasional Tables, One Upholstered Solte, Bedroom Farelbure, comprising Teakwood - Twin Beistanda, Intge and small Ward. robes, Dressing Tables, and Chairs, Wash standi, de, (famed Teakwood), Side - Area :-3960 square feet or thereabouts. boards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dis- Crown Rent: £3 15 0. Ing Tables and Chairs, de Dinner Vacant possession will be given on Services, Crockery, and Glass Ware, completion. Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, &c., Bath Room Utensils,” Electro-Flated Ware, Electric Bonding Lamps, Teakwood Beres, Sundry Blackwood Furniture, Bide Tables, Chairs, Cabinets, Heturca, &c.

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Also

Oce American Ice Chest, 1 Fiano in good condition, several lots Tennis Balls One Voigtlander quarter plate focal plane Camera with Dynar Lense F. C. Arastigmat, with 4 Slides in Leather Case complete.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue). Terms --Cash.

HUGRES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Hongkong October 27, 1920.

FOR SALE.

HE Undersigned have received in- fructions to sell at their Saks Paotra, No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street.

The Motor Yacht "IRENE" Built, 1916. Had very little usage. Hall

......Teakwood.

Length, water line 29' 9" over all 35ft. Beam ft. Draft............3 IL "

Motor "Berippe", Heavy Duty 141 H. F. Complete with lavatory, refrigera tor, suit of sails and all accessories.

Price and full particulars may be had from the undersigned.

Terms: Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong October 6, 1920,"

ستش

THE Undersigned have received in.

structions to sell at their Sales "Poors, No. 8. Des Voeux Road, Corner

of Ier Houve Street

1.

Arrivate collection of about 250 Chinese Snuff Bottles including many .räre specimen

with cabinet

Owner leaving the Colony

Pardsalers from the undersigned Terios --Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

“Aucilowers. Hongkong, October 11, 1920.

Y. NAGATA

FURRIER

Furs made up Artistically, Fars cleans and Bamodalle

Checal at Trivate Beddemons by Appolatraentit : Adkrampjbré Moon, Praja Kant...

Particulars and Conditions of sale may be had from:-

Mesere. DEACON, LOOKER,.

DEACON & HARSTON, 1, Des Voeux Road Central Vendor' Solicitors. or froma

Meters, HUGHES & HOUGH,

The auctioneers. Hongkong, October 9, 1920.

BATTERIES !

A complete shipment

of the famous

“KWIKLITE”

BATTERIES

for pocket Torches het just been received.

"KWIKLITE” TORCHES

in many styles and variousprices.

ALEX ROSS &C]

215-BES VOEUX-ROAD-C

· This 27

GARAGE KOWIGDH

TEL-KAY7

MASSAGE.

Mr. HONDA and Mrs. HONDA.

Trained male Masseur. 13 years experience. Formerly of Tokyo Military Hospital. WILL VISTY P ÚTIE STË” RESIDENCES IP FREFERRED Ho, 24, Wyndham Strost. (Opposite to the China MAL)

ber, 1920. Will all "Old Alleynians SATURDAY, the 20th of Noven wishing to attend, sand in their names

manure And Falmouth is a touch turned and cried, "Smile, Oh Smte." salt water, and partly artificial had to deal with. "King" Cole just of tax and pitch and a great deal of The taxicab driver had no answer. to the undersigned as soon as possible.plain undiluted Atlantic brine, which At the Mansion House a stalwart

It is hoped that all "Old Alleyniana" participate.

both in Hongkong and Canton will is as different from the Pacific smell policeman barred the way and sent the

Time and place will be notified later.

H. L. DENNYS.

Hon. Secretary. OLD ALLETTAN SOCIETT. Hongkong, October 25, 1930.

LADY'S NEWS,

-

(as chalk from cheese.

newsboy king" to another door. Liverpool is mostly wheat and four There a solemn manservant sent hims and frozen meat and passenger liners to a third door. Undaunted, be weat! especially the last. And London on with his huge book of autograph is all the lot rolled into one, with a letters under his arm. Once inside few local specialities thrown in.

the building, Sir William Soulsby, London is the dock-haunter's par- for 45 years secretary to the Lord adise. There is a sort of dignified Mayors, received him, and was leisure about the London docks that fascinated by the magnetic person- one misses at Liverpool, for instance.ality of the young American. except in the older dock system---

"What I want is, the signature of Wapping Dock, Canning Dock and your Lord Mayor," he said "Say, it WE are Exhibiting from WEDNES Salthouse Dock with the old sheds would be a great honour for me

DAY, October 27, an exquisite and warehouses round them, and if I could have that!" collection of LATEST STYLE Dresses,bing with much use, which may Sir Edward Cooper by the hand. their well worn bollards, black and

In two minutes he was shaking Cloaks and diverse Ladies fashions, have felt the fret and tug of the The Lord Mayor had already heard which are incomparable. An early mooring ropes of many a fine old of his career, and to the surprise of visit will give YOU the opportunity to see everything and get the best choice. As the Exhibition will only last one week, it will be advisable for YOU to give us a call as soon as possible"

KOMOR & KOMOR,

Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong. October 26, 1993.

HONGKONG

BOXING

ASSOCIATION.

packet of bygone days.

SAILING SHIPS AND TRAMPS. I searched through the port of Liverpool oze day not long ago for a sailing ship, and found only one, that

the solemn attendants, agreed to pose for a photograph, and assumed his robes for the purpose.

"It has been a very great pleasure to see you," said the Lord Mayor,

a big American fore-and-after who signed a document stating that broad-beamed wooden affair, which he had listened to "King" Cole's looked like one of the "war" experi- account of his travels. ments which have mostly proved themselves no use for any cargoes except timber and such things as don't spoil with water.

This experience almost dazed young Cole.

Ob. boy!" was all he could say afterwards. "Gee! The signature į of the Lord Mayor of London! Oh, boy!"

In the Port of London you get a bit of all sorts. There are liners, of course, if you want these; and there Apart from this venture, the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN are tramps, which, by the way, in the Crown jewels of the Tower impress

that the First Annoal General seafaring sense, are not necessarily ed him more than anything else. Meeting of the Hongkong Boring "tamps in the land significance of Association will be held at the King the word. A tramp is simply "a Edward Hotel, on THURSDAY, the 4th vessel that does not run regularly in day of November, 1920, at 5.30 r.x.dom

some special trade, and may be- the following purposes:-

often is quite as smart and clean 1. To receive the General Comas some so-called liners. And you mittee's Report and Statement do occasionally get a squaresail, of Accounts for the year ending especially in the Surrey Commercial the 30th day of September, 1920. Docks.

2.

To elect 8 Chairman,

3. To appoint an auditor.

Br Order of the General Committee.

GEORGE G. N. TINSON, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. 23rd October, 1920.

!!

DRAMA OF THE SEA.

LOSS OF A COASTER.'

STRANGE STORY OF ALLEGED

HARRATRY.

"Glenalough," near Belfast, in March.

It was stated that the vessel, though worth only £19,000, was insured for

Chairman, Vice-The Surrey Docks are the Cin- Oficial Referee, derellas of dockland. Few writers Manager, Secretary and Treasurer have a good word för them; and yet and the General Committee for to my mind they have a charm of that evidence recalling an old-time "A message from Cardiff states the year 1920-1921.

their own, apart from their historical melodrama was given at the marine associations as the oldest docks of inquiry into the loss of the coaster all, except possibly a few of the smmall docks round the Tower.

Greenland Basin, Russia Dock, and | the rest, keep up in direct succession the traditions of the early merchant

Captain Hall, formerly master of adventurers of the Muscovy Com the "Dorothy Talbot,owned by the pany and the Hudson Bay Company, same firm, said that D. J"Rees, the just as the East India and West secretary, told him, in the presence India systems over at Mill will take of Edward Plummer, master of the you back to John Company and the Glenalough, that it was worth four Blackwall frigates and the great days figures to them if the vessel was of the China clippers.

JAPANESE ARTIST,'

DVERTISER wishes to meet with Japanese Artist to paint Japanese Bowers. Apply: Height, ejo "Chus MAIL" OFFICE.

Security

STEEL

Vertical Bill -Files

£51,000.

Iost.

And there is a sort of freshness in the air as it comes to you over acres brother of witness's wife, told her Captain Plummer, who was I of stacked lumber and wide dock next day that he would have nothing basins a cold, bracing tang, like the to do with the plot, and witness, who breath of the North; quite different was subsequently dismissed, reported from the queer tropical atmosphere the story to the Board of Trade. which seerns to lurk in those sheds

Mrs. Hall testified that her brother of teak and blackwood and kauri said that W. J. Jones, manager of pine over the water at the Isle of the company wanted him to sign on Dogs. A dark mystery seems to

as cook, and then to extract the linger yet among those vast and rivets and sink the ship. ancient trunks; and a memory of

gloomy forest vistas, throbbing with the ship, it is presumed to save her Jones instructed her not to sail on the growl of savage drums.

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LONDON AND THE PACIFIC

life. He added, "If your husband and brother do their duty and : work London Docks have the charm of I will pay them four figures."

There are those the unexpected.

Her brother told witness that

OFFICE FURNITURE places where a bit of the street Jones was thinking of buying and swings open to allow of the passage sinking two other ships. She believ of some quaint old-world, Frenched that her brother was honest, buy, coaster or topsail, schooner from the | was led astraỹ by Jones. West; and there are shiptrzakers" Captain Plummer testified, absolu- yards with their piled up marine junk tely denying the evidence of Captain of all sorts and kinds; and there are Hall and his wife, asserting that her dry-docks where perhaps the masts desire was to ruin him. He admitted and yards of some tall sailing ship writing to Jones, "Have shipped tower suddenly up over the roofs of crew, which is the pick of Canning the grimy houses like the fabric of a Town, all the men having been some ¡dream.g

time in prison.”

ZLA

Legal Letter

Document Files Vertical Combination

Cabinets

Transfer Cases Card Drawers Sectional Cabinets -

Baskets Waste Pa

MUSTARD & COMPANY

Connaught Road Central, Telephone No. 1188."

“Yes, London River is a wonderful He also received a letter from Jones place. But there's a certain harkour directing him not to be anxious to over on the Pacific Coast where you proceed to sea, as the latter was find- can sit out on the edge of an old ing some difficulty in getting" the wooden wharf and catch black bass | vessel covered by insurance. with a bit of white rag

and. On being shown his own statement the sky flushes rosy, the zenith that the ship was lost through; the and the tugs coming in with rafts of fouling of her wheel chains, Captain Eumber fill the evening with their Plummer said that he had been in wallings fully and the water'] duced to siga a black paperi. : flashes into glimmers of fire where it†The case is proceeding. breaks against the piles. And the linery come out of the East with strange yellow fscés crowding along the rallatt, and if you are Incky you can hear, some old salt's tales of the bygone days in the seal log and whaling ships. And, that after all, was the best place for the cuinateur decic walloner 1. ever knew,

AN AID TO DIGESTION. WHEN you have fallas and A weight. "in the stomach, after eaten too much, and should take one of rating you may know that you', hare Chabern's Tabista toxid your ge

ion - For sale by all Cheruante- and

* NOTICES.

NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 6%

Not Redeemable

PRICE OF ISSUE 100 FRANCS.

Intarent payable twice a year on 16th June and 16th December; - frat semi-anual intereat to be paid on 16th Jane, 1921

Applications will be received by the BANQUE DE L'INDO-- .CHINE from the 90th inst. up to the 25th of November next.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

L BERINDOAGUE

Hongkong, October 14th, 1990,

Manager.

RENAULT.

· FRENCH MOTOR CARS.

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We are now receiving orders for the fallowing types of RENAULT CARS to be shipped from FRANCE at an early date.

10 H.P. TORPEDO 4-cylinder, 3 speeds, 4 seats...$2,950 12 H.P. TORPEDO 4 cylinder, 4 speeds, 4 seats...$5,100 7 TON CAMION, Type used by the French Army

during the war

$8,500

Net price ex godown Hongkong. Everybody who needs a good car should buy a BENAULT.

Economical both as regards fuel consumption and mechanical upkeep.

Will run for years without repairs.

RENAULT CARS built 15 years ago are still in use to-day.

Full particulars on enquiry..

All prices are subject to fluctuation. Cars will be sold at the prices ruling on the date of shipment.

FLOQUET & KNOTH,

AGENTS FOR HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA. Frode 2082

1, Prince's Building.

XMAS SALE

For another 15 days only. From 16th to 31st inst

EVERY THING SUITABLE FOR XMAS PRESENT.

Come Early!

Great Reduction

Don't Miss the Opportunity! SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO.,

15, Des Voeux Road, Central.

Phone No. 2880.-

PHOTO SUPPLIES,

LONG HING & CO., Kodak and Kodar Films, &c. de

DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALAKEYS «No. 174, QuizN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGXOKO.

Power Durability

Reliability Economy

FWD

AGESTS FOR SOUTH CRIA

VASQUEZ COREKAS & 00. RIPRESENTED BY E. MOW FUNG,

60 Des Voeux Road Central.

REMOVAL

CLEARANCE SALE

EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS.

D. CHELLARAM,

SILK

STORE

88-40, Quem's Boud