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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1921.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONEERS TO THE FANN ENT AND AREALTY.

Coal Contractors General Brokers.

-PUBLIC AUCTIONS

TEA Undersigned have received inne

tions to all by Public Auction, [FO 1000ST OF THE CONCERŊ) ON

THURSDAY, September 2, 1921, at 1 a

as their Sales Roums, No, Des Voruz Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, Quantity of Household Linens, Flannel and Flannelettes,

Also

And

Saudry American Shoes

Txxxx:-Cash on divery.

HUGHES & EUCGE,

Auctioneer,

(For Account of the Conersol)

ON

THURSDAY,

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

25 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, $1. PREPAID. Every additional word & Cents

for 3 insertions.

THE CHINA MAIL.

LONDON AIR PORT.

A BUSY ESTABLISHMENT.

INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS,

rarely, a private machine. Sometimes

TURF ROMANCE.

IN SIX MONTAS,

MOUNT EV ́REST.

A VIEW OF SNOW PEAKS.

a Royal Air Force machine comes over. Arrivals do not usually begin | FORTUNE MADE BY POOR MAN tuntil two o'clock. On the occasion) of the writer's last visit the bell rang for the first arrival at 1.50:

A series of raids just conducted by and at two p.m. a big Handley Page the German A most important addition to the came in, Mr. Cogui, the experienced authorities on bookmakers and so

ધનl police

The following telegram, work's fiscal "sights of London," and one that traffic manager, taking its punctuality called sports banks has revealed amittee, has been received from Colonet copyright by the Times, and sup should be seen by everyone who wishes as a tatter of course. There was, be it Bourishing business done by these Howard Bury

plied by the Mount Everest Com- to be up to late. is the Air Port.said, a fresh south-westerly wind, which concerns all over Germany, says a Anyone who visits Croydon Aero-might have been expected to retard Berlin message. drone (at Waddon, and only five the journey. The passengers had had CHIEF ENGINEER for the minutes by tram from West Croydon an enjoyable trip. They had been upground that these concerna

The raids were undertaken on the new Motor Ship. TECK LEE" about Station) will find it difficult to avoid in the clouds, which they described as known will trade between Sign, Straits, Java air is now firmly established, and ly smooth (as a matter of fact it was in six months in some cases and that 30 tons register. The TECK LEE," the conviction that the way of the beautiful." The sea looked perfect-dividends-from 50 to 100 per cent.

to be earning and Obina carrying rice outwards and that passengers, tails, and good will a very choppy sca). One lady was they had not paid the necessary general carga homewards. Chial E- Sineer should have a good working be carried in increasing quantities by able to catch the 3.15 from Padding capital levy and Enemledge of Diesel Motera the aircraft. The number of passengers ton to a place in South Wales, and demanded.

WANTED.

WATCHEE OFFICES and

other

wer

enormous

tax

CRIMINALS PETS,

TEACHING DRILL TO FIELD

MICE

pilda,, are kind to animals is the Thet criminale" alufast without ex- starement made in the iss TINGRI DZUNG, JUNE 26 (by Runner Thomson, one of the greatest British or the Works Work by Sir Basi to Phari).

experts on crime, who was Governa

Bhong Che River, flowing from the of the Special for Political After leaving our sand-swept camp 167, and the Dfector of Intel-

of Dartmoor Prison from 1902 tom

water. Major Morshead and his sur we returned into the valley of the west, a very considerable volume of

Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, veyors were kept extremely busy en

in the many thousands of etiziaals with whour I have had to dɔ, of the valley and taking observations, an animal," says Sir Basil. "Per- through which we were passing and had it is the seclusion of prin life as this was now all new country

he and his surveyors have mapped never been surveyed before. Already out some 25.000 square miles of

Partiacor attracted fall; the new country.

nes, though they to get up The views from some of the hills of the men employed on more seden easier and work harder than many

guarantee Engineer will sail for some is absurdily small as compared with factually reached het destination in Ample justineation for the raids route climbing the hills an either side I ientember only one case of cruelty

LD.

TO LET.

INTIMATIONS.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

the crews, a

Was

open

was found, and, though the money on

SALVATION ON THE TURF.

which makes convict, such miniable

fo

and alkers. The foam party

ime. Apply with copies of testimoo- those conveyed by railway and eight hours from leaving Paris! ula, ec.. to the Owners, Mean. Becharabanes, but it is increasing: and] & Chrast, Leseno, Bangkok, Siam. the air transport companies actually are to be seen at Croydon, and new over £30,000, ret tais-figure is à long. A variety of types of aeroplanes the premises and seized, amounts to turn mary customers away daily for types are soon to be put into service.way short of the taxes which ought want of vehicles to carry them. It is at any rate if, as is believed, the new to have been paid. not uncommon for them to receive scheme of approved" machines and about 50 pairs of English Ecots HeNGSONG LAND BECIMATION CO. 130 passenger, in addition to 137 cf1g. 1. is to come to anything. It is, fitted having paid out 30 million are most wonderful, exfending to tary work Theyied with one an

TO LET-GODOWN Yinati,applications to carry part'es of six or approval" firms, for which the Air story of Max Klante and Co. (Ltd.). Typical of all such businesses is the For particulars apply to The more to Paris. In mail week there were Ministry offer

until of Berlin "Spartkonzern," which ad- total personnel d 507, however, safe to say that in a very marks to its betting customers with on orphart over 131 wother as carters in turning out their using Croydon Aerodrome for their few months the efficiency of the ser-out having deducted any tat. Max aerial journeys to or from the Con-vices will have still further improved, Klante, the founder of this betting reticle at the high showpeaks late with the cows at calving time, to the cast. and embra hersey. They would ask to sit up tinent. That was about twice as and the quantity of traffic increased. establishment, was a photographer by distance of some miles. In the everyone knows that the Dark tuany as in the corresponding week Of the two-engine types there are the training, and when he came to Berlin

from Chomophan to Goeninthan, a last year. But last mail week's total was Handley Page, the Vickers Vimy." last winter wa: so poor that be had centre Everest stood up all by itself shepherd used to walk in front by no means the biggest of the present and the Furman "Goliath." year. The number of cross-t'hannel single-cogar types, the D.H. 18 is

Oto sell his photographic apparatus,

a wonderfully-shaped peak towering his sheep as in the Scriptines THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-achines using

several thousand feet above its neigh discovered that while the ordinary the aerere the favourite, being a thoroughly ING will be held in the Chamber was

Sir Baal Thomson says the convicta I turned to the Tarf for salvation, of Commerce Room, City Hall,

hours, entirely without rival dave as British and purely commercial vehicle and found it quickly. FRIDAY, 23rd instant, at 5.45 r.x,

oo many as twenty or twenty-five and there are Breguets. Spads, and {good tips, be very soon gained a

Shekas Dzong is the head one can be taught to do tricks. Obtaining

bougouse is untamable, the field! machines enter or leave, some carry. Fokkers.

of the district. Two Jorgens readering the summer most of the T. W. HILL,

ing as many as a dozen passengers.

[reputation as

there, one lay, the other ecclesiastical a successful backer. There was also a large monastery Hon. Secretary,

4 most interesting reflection is that Money was placed freely at his disposal with 400 monks. We presented thee they were out at work the others only WYS Hongkong. September 15, 1921.

three. Many starting from London Air Port, the by clients, and he was able to form scelesiastica! Jongpen with a levers as pat to sleep under an in-

nie cemed to have these pets,⠀⠀ bring ourous packages and mail-passenger may ga to Paris, or Brussels. company with a capital of 5.000 light ficctric turch, and at first itted basin, and the evening hours bags, and the spectacle of their or Amsterdam, or to Prague. Warsaw, marks. arrival from Paris of Amsterdam. and Toulouse, or Rabat and Casablanen. the activities of the Customs officers, |

This soon rose to three million

rather frightened him, but afterwards were devoted to teaching it to sit up A PARCELS POST ANOMALY. is very suggestive, and provokes and

aurks (about £12,500 at the present

caused great astonislunent and

on its hind legs and drill with a jockey of the office at

less speculation on the future Septem-travel. At the bark of the Customis

the raid was no less than 20 million rate of exchange), and at the time of

much pleasure.

stick."

marks. Praydon is what a be called the station yun!" where motor vehicles deposit passengers for the Continent or rercive them for: conveyance to London. It takes just under half-an-hour to drive in the aerodrome to Piccadilly.

September 29, 1921. carencing ati 5 pm, at their Sules Nooms, Na 8. Des Voux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Collection of

BRITISH FOREIGN STAMPS, about 250 lets. including over 600 British Celsia, war and new water-mark.

many unused.

No Reserra.

CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES, LTD.

FFECTIVE from the St

On view and Catalogues issued from | Uber, 1621, the name the 19th instant.

- CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES LIMITED has been hinged to "CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED,"

Forms ---Chah on delivery.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

Benzkong, September 18, 1921.

EUROPEAN AGENCY.

WE

HOLESALE Indente promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all British and Chutinental goods. including

Books and Stationery. Boots, shoes and Leather, Chemicals and Druggists' Sandries, China, Earthenware and GliWAFC, Cycles, or Cars and Accessories, Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goos Fancy Cads and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery and Statais, Jewellery, Place and Watches, Photographic and Optical Goods, Provisions and Oilmen's Store,

et, etc.

Dommission 21% to 6%,

Trade Discounts auciced. Special Quotations on Demand. Sample Coms from Elf upoards. Consignments of Produs den Lerumi.

WILLIAM WILSON & SONS (EFTASLASHED 1811).

23, ABCHICH LANE, LogDON, E.G. Caid Addres: "ANKEATRY 'Laxnes.

EAGLE

BRAND SILK SOCKS AND FLOCKINGS

(Registered Trade Mark)

LAI CHING KNITTING FACTORY,

Kai Yin Fong, Hongkong-

Tel. 05.

THE "CHINA MATO,4

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Concmmalcations relating to news should Swaddlzomed to Tha EDITOR.

Correspondents munt fpward their ames and addresses with any communics ion addressed to the Editor, not necessarily fir publication but as evidence of good

falbh

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Lotters relating to business should be diremed to Tax MANAGER,

Rata of subscription to "Ohlas Mall” is $8 per annum; par quarter so per men. * "pro rata'.

P

Order for extra copies of the 'CHINA Maz'should be sent as soon as possibble se she supply is limited. Cash 10 cin, Credit

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The China Mall' is delivered free at subarbers in Hongkong and Kcgloor,

P. COX,

General Agent. Hongkong, September, 16, 1821.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

M

EMBERS wishing to subscribe for HORSE BAZAAR SUBSCRIP TION GRIFFINS, for the 1921 Offeil feeting will find liars at the Beaskong Jockey Clish Sables and at the

Rase Course.

H. BIRSETT, Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, September 19, 1921.

THE HONGKONG & KHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

115.

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has followed the Post Office announce Discussion in air transport circles ment that it is ready to receive psr- cels for trasport by air to Paris at the usual inland postage rates, plus

Have

IN A MONASTERY.

cafe, which he transformed into the official head of the monastery, elegant offices with a cafe below for who conducted us into the main

Klants had meantime brought a

In the afternoon we went up to visit the monastery. We were met by

temple, which was very dark, and smelt strongly ofmacid butter from all statues of the Buddha were covered the buster lamps Several life-sized

18 per l Although the scheme was clients, and upstairs splendidly - devised for consignments from the provinces, it is being widely advertis.

j

ed in London, so that senders in the

'PÚSSYFÖOT” ABROAD,

DEFIANCE OF RED SEA;

interview, he said that he had come Bombay,

Pussyfoot" Johnson arrived at on August 29. In an

a ben weeks”

Painted rooms, where wild xtting was carried on. During the present year all the metropolis forwarding their samples to have kept proper bookkeeping with precious stones and turquoises, to Izdia as much to learn as to teach, Kante always paid up, and seems arrangements have been inproved, and urgent parcels by air have to pay and the punctuality of the aeroplanes de tu pot sending them stable. dabbles a little in breeding of the Buddha, quite 50ft. high. make ladis day in is, as a rule. something to marvel at through the Post Office. We are and is known on various. German Round about the teriple were eight lecturing tour.

He runs his own racing and behind hem was a eclossal figure and he had no hope of being able to The other morning six machines forwarding parvels daily to Paris at got away absolutely to the minute inclusive charge of Is. perib," racecourses by his magnificent mo- curious figuras, some Everything was rearly on time, and Travel Burras, this charge includ for the payment of taxes he has given the aeroplanes, with their enginesing delivery in Paris, a facility not them control of his bank account, says the manager of the Lepaerial As a pledge to the fiscal authorities already running, were merely wait offered by the Postmaster-General, by amounting to over ten million marks for the hour to strike. With that, one whose service the sender has to pay (about £42,000). after the other taxied across the big more, and the consigues has to collect field. turned, speeded up. and

his parcels from a clearing house in

tor car.

guardians of the shrine. We then whether or not picketing of liquor went, up steep, slippery ladders shups in the interest of temperance

10ft. high, which I was told were the eight and he declined an invitation to say ddressed in quaint flounce dresses, would have nothing whatever to do, With politics he promised that he

almost in complete darkness until we ascended, sweeping found in one bigaris. The strange part is that goods times, sends up pilot balloons to ob-

osme out on a platform opposite the

was justified. half-circle, and then heading south-can be handed in at the office in serve the direction of the wind at butter in grest proínios.

gilded face of the Great Buddha was 24 which is equivalent to 100 in The temperature when he landed east on what the imagination con-

Here

wcze, offerings of grain and ceived to be a well-wozu track of the Piccadilly-circus much later than they dherent altitudes; an Air Ministry in- The next day brought us to Ting able to raise a thirst, there he retort- any ordinary climate. Asked whether sky.

he did not think even he would be can fifty yards away in Regent-streetspection office: an excellent trust Dzong, a small trading mart situateded that he had stuck the best in the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

First to leave was a Fukker mono-Post Office, and yet they are carried house restaurant; and pleaty of fresh on an isolated hill in the middle of a Red Sea and be was accustomed to the SHARE REGISTER and plane. flying under the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company colours and making for Amsterdam.

Dutch on the same machine."

air and wide views. In the adjacent great plain gradually rising to Mount 120 degrees so he did not anticipate will he CLOSED from the 1st to Sth She gets to Botterdam in 3 hr. 20 wireless station, which keeps in touch moaring mast for airships towers to chain of mountains, from 25,000 to would present any hardships.

Adjoining the serodrome is a big old RAF. aerodrome the wooden Everest and the wonderful snowy that the Indian and Ceylon tours Cotber, 1921, both days aclusire.

Warrants for the Interim Dividend taking more time), and to Amsterdamgraphy and telephony,

min (sometimes quicker, and seldoni with all the traffic by wireless tele- the skies, and certainly the visitor 27,000 feet high, forming the Tibet can be ohrained at the Office of the in four hours.

There is a who is present when the R. 33 is Nepal boundary. Here

Mr. Johnson is not staying at a Company, 2. Jueen's Buildings, Hop Air Liners of various types, and the tying has yet been done (two The presence of the airship while live in, as this is our base for stores an Englishman could stay.

Afterwards Instore lighthouse, although no regular night- brought to her moorings is fortunate: given an old Chinese Best-house to son that there is not one there where were temperance hotel for the simple rea- kung. on and after the 11th OctobHandley Page services. got away to machines landed safely after dark the aeroplanes are coming from or leav. and supplies while we are tecornoit He will address two meetings and the second. Also there were machines other night without any of the night. ing for the Continent adds greatly to ring the appallingly steep north-will pay a visit to the Governor of of the Messageries Aeriennes and the landing. facilities). Then there is a the suggestivenes and inspiration of Westeru Grands Express Aeriens. Two British meteorological office, which, at certain the scene.

approaches of Mount Bombay at Poona before leaving the

district

URST,

By Order of the Board,

R. M. DYER,

Chief Manager. Hongkong. September 17, 1921.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

THE BANK OF FAST ASIA, LTD.

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NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that the BANK OF FAST Asta, Limited, will REMOVE on MONDAY, Septem her the 19th to their new premises, No. 10, Des Voeux Road Centra

Hongkong, Septe aber 14, 1921.

NOTICE,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the HONGKONG DIRECTORY has been acquired, as DOLLAR from July 7th, 1921, by the undersign-

companies enjoyed the proud distinc-

tion of being the only lines to keep

to the programaue. There was threat of storm over France, and a forbidding | forecast from Paris. Most of the French machines did not leave, but one of them landed on the French could have completed the journey, coast and stayed the night there. I but the air was unusually bumpy, and the passengers agreed to the delay. As a matter of fact, especially on the bigger machines, passengers very seldom notice any bumpiness in the air; and even when they do even the delicate experience nothing like the distress caused by a very ordinary boat journey across the Channel.

HOW THE PUBLIC CAN SEE. Towards the tour of starting the

ed with all rights and titles, and will cars come in. from the centre of Lon- claims against the Hongkong Dollar Many of the passengers use the air bereafter be published by them. Noden with passengers and parcels, Directory incurred prior to this date lines regularly, but every day there admitted by the undersigned, are some to whom it is a first ex

will

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HARDLEY DAVIDSONS. INDIANS. HENDERSONS, WOLFE.

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Mr. HONDA and Mrs. HONDA, 14 years, experience is (Casalin to the China. Mail

office at one door and energe from another on to the aerodrome, walking o an asphalt path to the waiting machines.

With them go porters wheeling trucks of luggage. Close by there is a railed enclosure free to the public, who can thus watch the pro- edings closely; and the public tan- not fail to be struck by the air of use and wout there is about everything, as if travel by air had been going on for half a century.

Having seen the machines depart, it is worth while looking round at the offices of the numerous air transport companies. Outside one-the Instone Air Line-is a large board with a general map of the route, and with morable miniature aeroplanes whose position is changed on remin wird messages every fifteen minutes.To popularise the airlines it would surely be wise to set up similar working maps in populous streets in the City and West-end."

Apart from the regular Headings? and arrivals, there are "specials," and,

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