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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND 'ŠURVETORS.

Public Auctions-

THE Undersigned have received. Inahrdo-

Homer by Rable austion,

00

TRIDAY, May 6, 1021, Commencing at 9.30 p.m.

at their Sales Rocas, Duddell Street, A Large Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture

Comprising:-

INTIMATIONS

YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT THEM.

JUST received a large Consignment of (1) LACTOGEN the most digestive food for Infants which keeps good in quality during Hot weather (2) LAC TOSE (Will Sugar) for sweetening the foods of Infants and Dyspeptics (3) MILFORD MCGRATH FLUID INSEC TICIDE the Best Fluid for destroying Fleas, Mosquitoes, Bugs, Flies and all other Insect Pesta in Summer days, and

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

PRICES Are Very Modemte. Ens Roll|pection and Enquiries are cordially

invited.

Toak batatand with bevelled mirror, Chesterfield Couches, Armchairs top desk, writing table, card table, Oil paintings, Pictures, Electrie table lamp wind fans, Carpets, Vass and Ornaments,

etc..

Tak dining table and chairs, side board, dinner waggon, ice chest, tex table, cuilers and glassware, etc., ste

Double brass mounted iron bedsteads, teak wardrobes, dressing table, chest-of- drawers, toilet, crockery, lace curtains,

Also

etc.

A few pieces of Blackwood;ware.

And

1 Cottage Piano,

2 Gramaphonos with records.

1 Wardrobe Trunk!

On view from Thurs lay, the 5th inst

Catalogues will be issued.

Torm:-Carb on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS, Ancrioneers.

-Hongkong, May 3, 1921.

on

MONDAY, May 23, 1921,

connexing at 10.30

..

at the Promises of the Chica Mining &

Smelting Co. Ltd, LOWU,

The Plant of the above -mentioned Company.

•Comprising all the Machiséry,

Tools, Spares, etc.

To be put up in one Lat. Should the property he not disposed of in thia manner, the plant will be sold piccemesi).

Terms: Cash on delivery."

N. B. Intending purchasers can travel by the train leaving Kowloon, et 4.15 am, and can return by the train leaving Som Chues at 11.40a.m.

Inspection orders may be had on application to the undersigned.

"LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, April 27,-1921.

It does not matter what you send to

DIAMOND'S

DYE WORKS

dainty lace or heavy clothes--they always- back looking

..come

as good as new.

CASSUM AHMED..

General Draper,

..# & 34. Wellington Street.

Branch 28, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

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L428,47 'BEN Edition.

Halophons Zła, 99, 7/

THE CHINA MAILA

SHIU FUNG TAI & CÒ.,

Sale Apezta for Dongkong and Rooth Chine. or. 47 643, Connaught Road Central,JHongkong

Telaphosa Ser. 129

Splendid Opportunity to buy

Fine art Jewelries

at

Bargain Prices.

Received Directly Prom

Switzerland.

Bala for 9 days only. From 3rd to 5th May, 1921.

GRACA & 00.,

No. 10, Wyndham.... Streets,

Hongkong,

P. O. Box 520.

JAPANESE MAKERS.

Every kind of Footwear,

11

MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & 00.,

PEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel

Telephone No. 49%.

Hongkong. Mazeh 10. 1914.

TANG YUK, DENTIST.

Buscemar to

the Iste SIEN TING, 14, D'Agullar Street. TERMS VERY MODERATE COMBEZATION FREE

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY,

THERAPION Nof1 THERAPION NË,2 THERAPION NO.3

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ASAHI BERR

PILSENER

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LAGER

SPECIALLY

WERY

EXP

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PASENEST BEEN

SAHIBEER

SOLE AGENTS: MITSUIBUSSAN KAISHA

THE CHINA MAIL

Westinghouse

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS

FOR EVERY: PURPOSE

Well-Lighted Shop

Is a Well-Patronized One

A well-lighted shop is an invitation to people to enter. It is an attraction that impels people to your door. It is the best and cheapest advertisement ever tried by a shopkeeper.. Purchasers like to come to a place of cheerfulness. Westing- house Lamps produce this effect.

Friends love to visit bright, cheerful, well-lighted homes. Just install Westinghouse Lamps and see what a difference it

makes in the attractiveness of

your house.

W

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC

CHINA TRADE.

#

Westinghouse Electric laternational Co.

PIECE GOODS MARKET.

New York

NÖLE AGENTS "IN QUINAS

GASTON WILLIANS & WIGMORE E. E. CORPORATION.

5) Koe de L'Amiasto,

* Kinking Enad SHANGİM.

TIENTNEY.

W

market, inslated upon the Chinese imports of these commodities, since

COTTON GOODS. 1913 Hk. Tis. 182,419.023

taking up their obligations. When 1913: Chinese, merchants pointed to the fact that during, the war they had waited months, in some cases more than a year; for their goods, they

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION BUREAU'S were told that during the war they

-REVIEW.

The most important factor in the business situation in China to-day is the abcormal drop in exchange after an abnormal rise during the war Because of the advantageous ex change during the war and Im. mediately after the armistice, China purchased large stocks of plece goods, and metal, as well as machinery. China's infant industries got their firet teeth during this period. How

ever, fast

had made enormous profitson exchange transactions, These, -mer chants forced about two hundred piece goods dealers out of the market immediately and lost for themselves potential customers.

Incidentally

they often lost what they had put into the goods because the merchants disappeared and the goods also. However, these cases are compara tively rare and only occurred among fly-by-night dealers with whom the larger and older firms would have no commerce.

1918:

. 1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

178,259,045

149,300,513

136,679,388

158,950,267

151,380,423

209,786,337

WOOLLEN AND COTTON MIXTURES,

1913 Hk: Tis. 1914

1915/

1916 191. 1918. 1919

3,461,526

THURSDAY, MAY 1931

E 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,

LONG HING & CO., Kodars and Kodak zime, itd. Me

PHOTO SUPPLIES, DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.

No. 174, Quen's Rain CHITRAL, HongKong.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

OPERATING

THE HONGKONG HOTEL,

HOTEL MANSIONS,

THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL, AND THE

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

S. EL TAGGARY, MAYACHE.

THE PEAK HOTEL.

1,500 Feet above Sea Leval.

15 Minutes from Landing Stage," Under the Management of-

Mrs

Two minaries from

PALACE HOTEL ROWLOOS

"Becently`renovated and refurnished, electris light and fane throughout and entirely under new management Cuidas under the parabeni impervizion of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Booma,- Tariné, moderata. Spashil tarian do families an application to ‚·

Telephone K. 3. Talographic Add,: "PALAUR."

·

J. H. OXBERRY, Propristor.

HOTEL “ASIA”

WEST BUND," CANTON,

Leading Hotel in South China.

First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans and Elevators. Roof Garden Hairdressing Splendid Views

2,566,873

490,866

$729,680.---

2,461.309

2.114,862

Saloon,

3,181,973

WOOLLEN GOODS, 1913 Hk. Ti. 1914

of

City and

4,879,231

3,306,047

Excellent Cuisine.

1915

1,726,865

Pearl

River.

Moderate Rates

1916

2,293,568

1917

3,676,815

1918

3,201,329

1919

3,614,055

MISCELLANEOUR!!"

1813 Hk. Tis 345,784

1914

3,380,494

1915

3,227,429

1916

3,841,860

1917

4,227,237

.1918

4,037,287

A

1919

6,715,189

Totals:-

1913 Hk. Tk. 191,103,614 1914 1915

187,516,464

154,745,673

143,538,484

169,316;156 161,733,851 223,297,554

Under the Management of the. SUN CO., LTD., CANTON.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

DENTRAL LOCATION.

LL ELECTRIC THAM'S Pras Entrance, Elet

trie Li, Fann and Lighting, Sarapena

·Baths and Sanitary Fittinge, lot and Cold- Water Bystem throughout. Bost al Ford and Bertica

Telephone 173. Telegraphic Address :-" VICTORIA"

J. WITCHELL. Manager.

FRENCH LESSONS

G. MOUSSION

18, Morrison 20 Kand-

The older foreign firms and the various chambers of commerce took steps to bring about an amicable summer exchange solution of the problem. Wherever began to drop and by Chinese it was possible to cancel a contract, New Year it had reached the pre- this was done. If the factory war figure. But the prices of had not yet shipped the goods, there commodities have not come down cancellation in Europe America was always a way to bring about a proportionally with the drop in the Most firms publicly insisted that exchange. The result is that goods cancellations were impossible, but which were purchased before the old and reliable customers. The re- ways were found to accommodate drop, but which have been coming sult was that generally speaking the to China from England and America situation began to improve in March during the past six months are no although not to an extent to warrant longer of a price suitable for this optimism as to the immediate future. market. The Chinese merchants also very few of the established hongs find that exchange has been reducing figured in the Mixed Court in efforts their capital and that they are unable to force dealers to stick to their con- to take up their orders.

This situation has made itself felt about 1000 piece goods dealers in tracts However, last year there were most strongly in the plece goods Shanghai Now there are about 800 feld. For the ultimate consumer and it is expected that some 200 more is reached more closely by the price will disappear before the situation of plece goods than by almost any improves. Many of the dealers who other imported article. As the price have gone out of business werd some of silver dropped the cost of piece of the small goods went up until the merchants, might have been expected,

men's who,, H who could not sell their wares, found would fall before

Forty is the age of "greatest effort themselves overstocked and money onslaught of hard times, But among at the most ripid, pase. The straggle is explained in an article in, the

the first with most people. Vitality is used up scarce and were unable to take up the missing may also be found dealers to secures conipetence, for old age their contracts. of reputation who have spread them, produe morre stit, the failure to Graphic, between 1773 and 1785, At this time also, the famine was salves out too thinly and had failed causes Lorry, nervous break fifteen hundred writers, acting on the

1916 1917

1918

1919.

Total H. Tis. 1,231,253,796

AFTER YOU ARE FORTY

down

A CHINESE WONDER,

STRANGE COLLECTION OF

BOOKS.

is the Ssis: Ku Chuan Shu, an im- One of the many wonders of China

mense collection of books; perhaps the strangest in the world, covering the whole field of Chinese literature.

affecting the purchasing capacity of to provide against the day when Middle-aged people find that they opiative of the ly give milion pages Pain's Enemy

five provinces. And the inability of exchange would drop,

the people of those provinces, to The prospects of improvement of youth. The Internal organs also by hand seven times, seven being the purchase goods of any sort affected the plece goods market depend large the purchasing power of all the ly upon factors outside of China other provinces. Added to these Should business conditions improve difficulties were the internal troubles throughout the world, piece goods of the land which although they do will Improve in China. For should not have a tremendous influence China's raw materials be moved out upon commerce, cannot be altogether of her markets, the purchasing power ignored. Commerce was interfered of the people will be augmented and with to a large extent by political they will be able to buy plece goods. conditions in Kwangtung. Szechuan The opening of trade with Russia and Hunan, to which provinces It is likely to prove of value to was dimenit to ship, goods from the China's trade and stimulate com great commercial centres of Shangmerce here. A good crop In the hal, Hankow and Canton. The famine districts will produce a higher of trial in every case of effect was that these marketa be consumption of goods there. But and thin blood came stagnant and plece goods being since none of these cond

chunot ran as fark, nor are they as agile copied out nearly five million pages

feel the effect of age. The digestion number of copies decided upon bart palpitated on alight exertion, the China, but on the urgent request of rosents what it accepted before, the

Only three sets are now extant in muscles of the back she after a day's work. Your blood is thinner, and not M. Palnieve, who recently visited so bright rods formerly China and was greatly impressed by when the thing on up, whether the collection, the Chinese Govern you are foortem or forty you need ment has resolved to print two hun fonfo: Dr. Willa's Pink Pills suit most dred coples of the worke, of which Alocholic and they rally build up the slaty will be sold in Europe and sixty people's need because they are non blood and strengthen the herved Drin Williams Pink Pills are useful for for China:

the rest being reserved. growing, children and for men

The price will be about women whose ne vous energy, has

£4,000 Coverdrawn. They are bertaju

the most sensitive commodity, wet-limaisrialize before the The #igt to become mmoble and the song little

pjece goodi merch:

the first expected

the local ethe

CaTout dwa druggist

I to be People, or you can orde

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lained the world over as being Pain's Detaal onsmy, Multiendas of people use and

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