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LAMMERT BROS.

ASNTMONTERE, AFPRAISEES AND SURVEYORS,

-Public Auctions-

Undersigned received

TR Undes one by pection,

TUESDAY, Laxary 25, 1923.

Commencing at 11 am.

at their Safes Hooms, Daddell Street, (rom cooper oF THE CONCERNED) & cast Flatter,

1 case Turpentine,

6 cases Toilet Soaps,

78 cases Toilet Preparations & Soaps,

4 cases CocoL

་

LAMMERT BROS,

Anctioneers

Hongkong, January 12, 1931.

WEDNESDAY, January 26, 1921,

commencing at 11.30 .

at their Sales Russ, Daddell Street,

(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCEANED),

A Quantity of

Wizes and Spirits. comprising:-

Brandy, Whisky, Gin, Sherry, Port, Claret, Burgandy, Peppermint, White Wine, Peach Contiol, Apricos Cordl Creme de Cacao, Beer. Sax Bitters, etc., etc

(Without Reserve

On view from Tresday, the 25th inst. Terms

Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS..

Jazier

·Hongkong, Jastar? 19, 1021.

FOR SALE.

NE HORNSBY-ACKROYD OIL ENGINE 24 Horse Fawer, Fuel, Kerosene. Complete with cooling appara tus in good condition ay be viewed by appointment at Gas Cab Hill Barracks, Kowloon. Apply to the undersigned.

LAMMERT BROS.

FOR SALE

MILNER'S SAFES

Apply to

LAMMERT BROS.,

Daddell Street.

Study

your

Health

Follow amyle of the strea who, daring a past hairceutity, have proved the betting sect of sakit, me or monzing, a gliss of water with à dạch ot

ENO'S

FRUIT SALT

Sparkin Remling & Cleaning. Priperinny by 2.17. Za

SZAL, Lamion. Ent.

TANG TUK, Durrest, Stones w

the late 80S TING 14, D'ÁGUILAR STRESS.

TERME VERY MODERATE Comation free..

To arrive shortly, large

quantities ot White

Glazed Tiles, also Cast

Iron Porcelain Lined

INTIMATIONS

YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO

BE WITHOUT THEM,

the

JUST received a large Consigament of (1) LACTOGEN the most digestive food for Infants which keeps good in quality during Hot Trencher of in TOSE ( Sagar) for sweatening fonda of Infants and Dyspeptics (3) MILFORD-MCGRATH FLUID INSEC- TICIDE the Best Fluid for destroying Fleas, Mosquitoes Bags, Flies and all other Insect Pests in Summer days, and (4) JOHN CAHILL'S GOLDEN ELEECE, MAGIC and CINDERELLA SOAPSer keeping everything clean in Blouses

*

PRICES are Very Hoderase. Ins pection and Enquiries are cordially invited.

SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,

Rače Agenta":fariHangkung and Bouth China.

45, Connaught Bond Central, Bengkong.

Telephone Nox 1998. "

理代徽理

Just Received

Tasteless.

STAMP HINGES,

Peelable, Pure

and

Peeriess.

GRACA & CO.,

DEALERS IN POSTAGE, STAMPS,

GARDEN SETS, TOYS, SC "No. 10, Wyndham Street, *. D. Bax 620.

Hongkong.

JAPANESE MAKERS,

Every kind of Footwear,

MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & CO.,

-PEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel

Telephone No. 49**

Hongkong, March 20. 1814.

MASSAGE HALL

Graduate from ueşki Musanga Schoel Mrs. HAN INOKUCHI

Phose No. 126

Stanley Street,

15 Floor,

THE REW FRENCH REMEDY.

THERAPION NË: 1 THERAPION NĚ.2 THERAPION No3

En 1 for Madder Datarth. No 2 for blood à TEMA DESPESES... MS. I foë Mersale WellsTARE BOLD ST LEADINGCHEMISTI, PA JET IN ENGLAND SE ZALICZKICKas. Co, HörEPRAESEA‚N WILDSCHM EME TELOS MAZEED WORD "TALLATION IS GE PELAGTE STARS ANFIELD SUGENGINE ISCLETA

ASAHI BBER

Baths and the last word

:in bidets.

LSENER BEER

ND PRIZES

i

C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

No. 30432 Des Voeur Road Central.

Established 1900

Telephone 370.

THE CLEANING OF SUMMER FROCKS is an important matter and we make a speciality of refinishing" light Frocks and Costumes so that they keep clean longer than when treated by ordinary methods.

Our processes a thorough and reliable. Our facilities and re- sources enable us to carry out sli work quickly and our charges are perly reasons.ble.

Write for Price List and Beel

The Diamond Dyeing and

Drycleaning Co.:.

Agent

CASSUM AHMED,

A General Tirapar....

Hranah 26. Nathan Road, Kowloon.

*Fhone. 14823

ASAH!

LAGER:

SPECIALLY

EXF

COMP

SAHI BEER

LAGER BEER

SPECIALLY BEREM

COMPAN

·SOLE ·ADENTĄ. MIZZUI KOSALN KÄIGHL

THE CHINA MAIL.

D.J.Collis Browne's

Chlorodyne

THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENJINE.

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DIARRHŒA, and is, the anty Selfie la CHOLERA &

DYSENTERY.

checks and a

FEVER, CROUP, ÄGUE.

The Best Remedy known for.

COUGHS, COLDS,

ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS-

The anty Paliative in

NEURALGIA, BOUT, KHEUMATISM.

Chicrodyne is a liquid tubes is drops, graduated according to the malady. It invariably relieves pain of whatever kind; creates a calm 'refreshing sleep; allays invitation

of the nervous system when all other remedies fall; leaves no bad efects; and can be taken when no other medicine can be talented

DONVINDING MEDICAL TESTIMONY WITH EACH BOTTLA Nanse Garving 107šotë dhe mundo Dr, J. Calis Brunne's Chlorodyne en die Stemp

Sole Maxumacturers 2 †. T. DIŸENPORT, LIE.

Lisden, S.E

Bold by all Chemists.

Prices in England,

1/1, 2/9, 4/6.

GB

APPOINTMENT

TABLE DELICACIES

U.S. SHIPPING INQUIRY.

FURTHER ASTOUNDING

REVELATIONS.

NOTHING FINER-BOTTLED OF CANNED.

The first requisites with CROSSE & BLACKWELL Delicacies are Quality, Preity and Freshness.

30 Varieties of SOUPS, 15 Varieties of POTTED MEATS. OXFORD SAUSAGES, OATMEAL, CILS, VINEGAR TINNED FISH.

CROSSE & BLACKWELLCHEC

Agents for Las à formis Worcestershire Sauce.

MRS. BEETON CITED.

EXPERT. EVID EN GL

The witness testified that vouchers and data to make possible the accounting so far completed had been obtained by going out into the field, starting with bank accounts of various firms and persons with whom į MR. JUSTICE DARLING AND PICKLING

VESSELS NOT MAKING PROFIT TO-DAY. the board and the Emergency Fleet

The stay of the operations of the US Shipping Board continues to unfold under the investigations now

being carried out by the Special Committee, and each succeeding chapter is no whit less amazing in its revelations than those already published.

which Mr

Corporation had transactions and trackig the accounts back to the Shipping Board. A force of 900 has been engaged in this work. Row OIL TANKERS WERE HANDLED,

SPRATS.

Mr. Justice Darling recently enlivened an action about a quantity

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1921.

NOTICES.

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

Hotel Mansions.

Agents for :—ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

"ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery,

Noble's

VALUE

IS

WORLD FAMOUS

Famous, not only in

the Old Country, but throughout. the World, are the superb values obtainable from John Noble's.

You should send to-day for the won- derful 65 page Catalogue, giring` foll particulars and hundreds of illustrations of the very latest styles in Women's, Men's and Children's Wear. Dress Materials Footwear and a linds of Household Requirements, such as Linens, Skeetings, Curtains, Bedding, Cattery, etc.

Ray all such goods direct from England- from Nobles, the actual manufacturers, and tama save middle prosta. Everything offered you by Nobic's will give you extreme satia- facti in quality of material, design, work- mrship and price.

To sure writing to England in the first place, copies of John Noble's Catalogue may be obtained, past free, from the "Hong Kong Daily Press,” Hong Kong

PATTERNS John Noble Led rigidi prent-

a splendid selezionet patterne Cress cuteriais, post frem, eo appication to Manchester.

Ei tully should where

REMITTANCES ever possible be seat

by Money Order, ce by Banic Draft, payable at sight on

London of Nanchester,

Brook Star Miðau

JOHN NOBLED Manchester, Eng

of anchovies (the trade term for LONG HING & CO., Rodas as one

pickled sprats) supplied by one fish: merchant to another.

Comsel asked one of the witnesses if he had heard of Mrs. Beeton's: process of pickling sprats. If not, he had the lady's book with him and would read it.

His Lordship: Who was Mis Beeton? (Laughter).

:

"A great authority on food pre- paration, my lord," replied counsel

"And what is the book called?" his lordship inquired.

Counsel: Household Manage-

ment."

His Lorship; Then are you going to call Mrs. Betton (Laughter) because I don't know that Mrs. Beeton can be read in a Court of law as an authority? (Laughter).

Counsel said he was merely going to put it to the witness.

His Lordship: Ob, very well; if she has anything to tell us about sprats you may mention it..

An expert witness was asked whether sal prurella was used in the pickling.

Mr. Justice Darling: You must tell us what that is.

Counsel thought it had something to do with salt.

Yes, one would think it had,” Perhaps it remarked his fordship.

is smelling salt." (Laughter.)

The witness said spiced anchovies were always sprats in Norway and Sweden.

Mr. Gillen gave results of his study of the way oil tankers were handled by the Shipping Board. He said that until last May 24 the Shipping Board had no chart showing the The Infest advices from New York location of its tankers, how much on state that the United States Shipping they had or anything else about them. Board in its programme has thrown "I found paid Gilles, "that away for ever beyond recovery 42,000,000 barrels il a year was 2,000,000,000 dollars of the 3,850, needed to ran the feet of Shipping 000,000 dollars which has passed Board vessels. I found that Captain through its hands, according to Pani Foley, the director of- opera- testimony given before the Walsh tions, did not know that 40 per cent. Committee by Mr. Martin J. Gillen, of the ships were buying oil at the who was a special executive assis rate of from 4 dols. to 10 dols. a tant to the chairman of the Shipping barrel in the open market, while the Board under the administration of remaining 50 per cent, were being Mr. John Barton Payne and for a furnished oil by the Shipping Board time after Admiral William S. for from 207 dols, to 2.30 dols: a Benson became chairman.

The barrel. estimate of 2,000,000,000 dollars On May 28 I called upon the Gillen placed upon division of operations to give me a the cost of amortization chart showing me the cargo ships represents morey that is gone rot then laid up in ports on account of only as a result of the natural depre- lack of oil. The chart showed that ciation of tonnage values, but befifty-four ships of the Shipping Board cause of losses in settlements with fleet were laid up because they could Norwegian and Japanese ship gam not get oil, and, at the same time, blers and in material, estimated at twenty of the Shipping Board tankers 500,000,000 dola. worth, which is were being used by corporations and lost without a trace somewhere in individuals for their own profit. the hands of contractors. Mr. Gilen

COST OF IDLE SHIPS. told the committee that the Shipping "The damage to the Government Board vessels not only are not mak-which was being caused by the idle ing a profit for the Government to ships amounted to 3,000,000 dols. a day, but that on account of the drop month, and that damage is still go in freight rates they are not even ing on in a large measure because making depreciation and Interest the leases on the outside tankers upon the ships themselves. The have not been cancelled."

His Lordship: Then an anchory Shipping Board is operating between Mr. Gillen pointed out that there is really a kind of embalmed fish. 1,300 and 1,400 ships, and in Mr. I was an acute shortage of tankers last | (Laughter.) Gillen's opinion other losses are spring, both a national and a world bound to come even now in addition shortage. Yet, despite the great to the 2,000,000,000 dols which al- demand for them, the Government tready has been wiped out.

leased twenty of its tankers to private He said that the Board had too "A complete lack of an adequate parties for 6,50 dols, per deadweight, many operators of its ships, who accounting system" in the handlington per month at a time when the created not only an unnecessary of Shipping Board funds is described rate for leasing tankers on the open overbead expense, but who caused by Mr. Gilen as the basic trouble. market was from 15 dois. to 22 dols. losses by bidding against each other There was a complete breakdown.per ton. "The only piece of property for Shipping Board business. he said, of the accounting system. for which they had a demand, and said the present 179 operators should on which they had a chance to make be cut to not more than fifty. He a profit," declared Mr. Gillen, "was said the new Shipping Board should turned over, to private parties on be relieved of all burdens of past terms that meant a loss of 60,000 transactions, of the problem of sales, and of the liquidation of old accounts. dols, a month."

To do that, be explained, Congress should create a small liquidating corporation made up of five "big" business men, the corporation to be The non-political in its make-up. Shipping Board should then be organised so that each of the str members, aside from the chairman, should have a definite line of work for which he would be responsible such as the problems of docks and docking, allocations, repairs and similar matters. The main idea CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAME

RECOMMENDED. “Y In his suggestion, he said, was to Mr. Gillen suggested that the enable the Board now appolated to 178,000,000 dols, which the War De go ahead and function for the future. partment still owes the Shipping⠀⠀⠀ Board should be definitely, approved

ABSENCE OF RECORD.

Mr. Gillen testified that ainong the conditions disclosed by the new treasurer were the following:-There was no balance sheet showing what funds the board possessed or in what The War Department at the pre- banks its funds were deposited, sent time, according to Mr. Gillen, There was no record in the hands owes the Shipping Board 178,000,000 of the board of securities valued dols. Until a short time ago that at more than 240,000,000 dols, claim amounted to 208,000,000 dola, which the board held These he said, but a payment of 30,000,000 securities were later found in the dols, has only recently been obtained. vsuite of a treat company in Philadel. He said the auditing of that claim phia, where they had been placed for safe keeping. There was no record showing in detail how 2,000, 000,000 dols, had been expended up to that time. There was no record of accounting with operators of ship ping board vessels, and no way of determining how much money be longing to the Government they had in their possession.

alone put the Shipping Board to an expense of 300.000 dois, and pro- bably cost the War Department as much more for its own audio.

.

+ CROUP:

He

Mr Gülen said that on November-or disapproved at once by Secretary 1 of this year of the sum of 3,800, Baker, in order that the Shipping VERY young child is ensceptible to 000,000 dols, expended there had been Board may know what it is to receive. Li Group. Don't wait until the dread- submitted to the treasurer vouchers and then apply to Congress to equalise fal disease attacks your little one before to cover only 2,700,000,000 dola. the difference when considering ap you prepare for it. It comes in the night when chemists' shops are usually Vouchers representing disbursements propriations for both the Board and closed, and -tiris alone should be a of 900,000,000. dois,, had been ez the War Department, padadaya raming Get and keep Chamberlain's cepted to by the treasurer because Mr. Gillen etlined, as the request Cough Remedy at hand. It never fails of Lack of sufficient supporting data of the committee, what he termed acte quickly and is abecintaly hartslewe. Vouchers for 1.TOUUUUU das are recommendation as to a construc - Paille.bg all Chalata and Stan

kad pers tive programme yet to be presented.

PHOTO SUPPLIER,

DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.

No 174, QUIE'S ROAD CETERAL, Horaxono.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

OPERATING :-—-

THE HONGKONG HOTEL,

HOTEL MANSIONS.

THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL,

AND THE

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

J. EL. TAGGART.

MAJASIR,

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Level,

15 Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management “of-

Mrs. BLAIR.

(Two minutes from

·Star Ferry)

PALACE HOTEL BOWLOON

Becently renovated, and refurnished, slectele light and fans throughout and antlesly mir new management. Ooistaa under the persons” cupervision

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milles on application to

Telephons K. 3. Telegraphio Add: "PALACE”

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private Baths.

etc. Saloon,

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