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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORE.

Pablic Auctions—'

THE Undoraigned hava rocolved instene- mong hook by table Bootkun,

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FRIDAY, March 3, 1922.

245 p.m.

commencing at

at No Pat Buildings, Prat Avenue, Kowloon,

A Quantity of

Valuable Household Furniture, (in. ledding Buang Room Suite by lamp raw r & Co.)

view from Thursday, the 2nd

On Mar h. 1!!!

Catalogues will be issued.

Taxi :--Dasli on delivery.

IAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneer 8,

Bongkong. March 1, 1922.

SHADOWS BEFORE.

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN THE MAIL."

ENTERTAINMENTS.

March 2-Corunet Theatre, Alice Brady in "The New York Idea. " Hongkong Theatre, "The Right Lo Happiness. World Theatre, Olive Thomas in The Follies Cil." Kow loon Theatre, Wallace Reid in "Too Many Millions,"

HURTING EVENTS.

March 31 Hongkong Boxing ABBOCIation, puviera' tournament. Theatre Royal,

April

Association,

1.- Hongkung

Theatre Royal.

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TRER EVENTS.

Boxing tournament

Marchongkong Horticultural

Bociety's annual Gardens.

show.

PUBLIC AUCTION SALER

Botanic

March 3 Lammert. Bros., house- hold furuture. No. Prat Build.ngs. Prat Avenue, Kowloon, 2.45 p.n..

March --Hughes and Hough, Chinese prevelans, corice lacquered ware, ele. Salve Rooms 2:30 p.m.

Match 4-Hughes and Hough. one pointer bitch, Sales rooms, BOOD. Hughes and Boogh, Sports gun, Sales Rooms, noon.

March 4. Hughes and Hough, household furature and sundries, Sales Rooms, 10.30am.

March Bughes atid Hough. teakwood and blackwood furniture. al o a piano. Sales Rooma. 2.20 p.m.

March 10. Hughes and Hough, old and surplus victualling stores. Kow loon Naval Depal, 9.30 a.m.

COMPANY MEETINGS,

March 3.-The Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co, Ltd.. 38th. ordinary manual meeting.t. George's Building, Chater Road, 11 a..

March 3-Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ltd. extraordinary general inceting. Hongkong Hotel 11.30 a.m.

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March 4. - Bank of East Asia, Ltd., 3rd. ordinary yearly meeting shareholders. Registered office, Na. 10 Des Voeux Rond Central 3.30 p.m. March-Hongkong Hotel Co.. Ltd., ordinary yearly meeting 'Company's Hotel, noon.

OTHER MEETINGS.

Kowloon Residents Association annual general meeting. St. Andr. w's Hall, Kowloon & pin.

Italy the Enchantress.

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A large and deeply interested audience, which included many niein- bers of the Friends of Italy' move ment, listened with close attention at the Polyterlinie to a lecture given by Chevalier Tullio Simbueriti, on “Italy the Enchantress." The lecture recit- e the many directions in which * Italiaus had rendered great service to the world in art, science, and litera- ture, and referring to the pars b'a countrymen played in the war, said "that Generni Joffre once remarked to Cím: "Do you think we Frenchmen can ever forget what it meant as when Four Ambassador Paris told UB that Italy would romain Eeutral ?" The Friends of Italy "movement, the lecturer remarked, was spontaneously born amongst the English, and it Eowed much of its success to Major Robert Mitchell. Director of Educa: tion of the Polytechnic, and to that great organisation itself. It aimed at restoring the sindy of the Italian langunge, and had already. been very successful' in this direction. In Thaly the English language Was tudied very much, and it was COM- pulrary in most of the schoola, "They wanted the Ilul'ons and the Eingliel

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INTIMATIONS

FOR SALE

HARBUTT'S PLASTICINE "The Child's Delight." PLAY-WAX

for Clean and Easy Play Models, THE NOVLART Dry Stencil Pictures.

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GRAOA & 00, Dealore in Toys, Postage Stamps, Pictorial Poal Cards, Garden Seeda,

&c. do. No. 10, Wyndham BtroOL, P. O. Box 620.

Hongkong

JAPANESE

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MAKERS

Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & 00,

5, D'AGUILAR STREET.

Opposite Kayamally & Co. Telephone No. 481

Hongkong, Majch 29, 1914.

MASAGE.

Mr. S. UZUNOYE, elo MATSUBARA BUTEL

10, Queen's Ketel Central. 2nd floor

Tel. 405.

Hongkong.

MASSAGE.

MTH. HONDA and Mra. KISAKL 14 years' experience. No. 24. Wyndham Street. (opposite to the "Obina Mail'')

SWAY

HOUSE

HAT MAKER.

No. 16, Wyndham Street

TANG YUK, DENTIST.

Baccmeer to

the late SIEN TING, 14, D'Aguilar Street.

TIANI VIRBY MODERATE

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GRAND PRIZES

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A LOTTERY BRIDE.

THE CHINA MAIL

HUSBAND DISAPPOINTED

WITII PRIZES.

Disappointed with his prize in a matrimonial lottery, a Vienna chemist sought a divorce on the ground that, dinog the ceremony in the church, be did not utter the word "Yes," He only took the bride to the altar be cause a threatened suicide unless he dici go.

some.

The pastor who performed the eremony, and also the witnesses, told the Court that they did not. "Yes," her the bridegroom anv but the former added, "He must,

murmured however, have thing, because if he had remained completely silent or said No what asked his conseui, the ceremony would have been bruken off. In any case, the couple exchanged rings joined bands, and received my bless. ing."

Divorce was refused by the fourt on the grounds that the law does rot demand utterance of the word ·· Yea." and that the exchange of ring, etc lelt no doubt that the assent was seriously intended.

The bridegroom took the case to the Court of Appeal, who held the decision.

A PAINFUL ENEMY.

Rheumatism is a Blood poison.

Urtil not long ago doctors as well as paticis thought rheumatism was due to damp and rold. You reed fear nyltheri of there if you are not carrying rheumat im prison about with y

h you in your blad Itisen arid which only finds its was ed blond, and is the into impoveristet

can have worst event) ZOU CAN

This seid in the blood has en irritat ing effect, slmost like vinegar dropped inly a wourl

The Flood atrics it to the muscles, and their under surfa are formented by it, especially during changeable weather. Rometimes the acid concentrates in the joints and we

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The first sign is cracking- groves sounds in the joints.

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Lit can be cured, for Dr. Williams' pink pile, by improving the quality of the blood, table the system to throw off the theunatie poison, Enriching and purifying the blood as they do, r proted pink pills have

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heumatism, ning them being that of Mr. Frank R. R Macdonald, residing

Amisfield Street,

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WHITE STR LINE.

WORLD'S BIGGEST SHITS NEARING COMPLETION.

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developments in the White Star Line's services, will take place the coming spring, when two ups, with a combined gross register of 91,000 tons, will be added to the sailings in tween Southampton. Cherbos rg, and New York, making the total in that service 137,000) tous The new ships are the Majestic, 56,000 tone the largest steamer in the world, and the "Homeric." 35,000 tons, the largest twin-screw steamer, and they will co-operate with the **Olympic "46,439 tons, the largest triple screw steamer in the world, and the trin thus formed will provide a service of Horivalled efficiency.

Th: " Adriatic" 24.541 tons will be transferred to therpool where the will be operated with the Baltic" 23,876, tons, the Cedric," 21,073 tors, and the "Celtic." 12,028 rs, in a werkly service to New York via Queenstown. Thus the famous "Big

Four" of the White Star Line fleet

will onec more operate in their original trade. The combined

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922.

NOTICES.

of the suven steamer named, the G. FALCONER/& CO., LTD

smallest of which is over 21,000 tons, amounts to no less than 228 000 tons.

The "Pittsburgh "a now oil burning vessel of 16,600 tons, is nearing com- tween Liverpool, Queenstown, and pletion, and is destined to ply be- Philadelphia, in which service she will join the Haverford, 11,635 tons, in These two the coming season. vessels are both of the "two-class" type which has lately become so popular with the travelling public.

The "Regino" and "Doric," each over 16,000 ton:

grote register, are completing for thu White Star Dominion service, in which will со прога with the they

Megantic," 14,876 tons, the Canada, 9 472 tons, and the Vedic" and Rimouski" (the "democratic" ships. carrying only third class) each with a tonnage of 9,300.

The total tonnage em loyed in the White Star Line's North Atlantic passenger service between England and America will then be more than 330 000, and the average tonnage of the 15 ships mentioned is over 22,000.

How to Cure the Pains in Your Back.

feel as lungs it was the

What is needed to put a speedy end to the excruciating agonies of hidney trouble. There is only on way to do this, and that is ha dy drag myself about for the stabbing, tear to get a rome that will go rig! ! 1-dire root of ing pains in the back. I tried all sorts of the trouble the haineys and Blander. Those piis, plasters and doctors prescriptions, but nome awful pates in the late 1

seemed to do me the caused by thousands of tany

lenst god. On a friend's agad-dged crystals of

advice tried De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, uric acid which lodge in toring and

and the relief they gave me the tesons, lacerating turn ratil they

was almost immediate, I couged, and after taking two bollies I fel: a diforeni wona. Since that I have had no return of the pains, I feel very grateful to you for a complete and wouler. ful varu." Over five years Inter, on l'ecciater 29th., 1919, Mrs. Armstrong says, "I am only too pleased to tell you that have not had the slightest return of the conplaut from which I suffered for more than seven

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Mrs. Armstrong.

Bladder Pills are specially prepared to heal and rears, since De Witt's Pills cared me."

renghen the weakened Kidtiene and Bladder To cure Kidney trouble of any kind you must Here is a typ cal letter from Ma Armstrong pos tively get rid of the cause the poisonous 5. Redditch kond, Karggs Norton, which Frie Acil. Rommember, to do this a real romedy in my

posively proves ti è m gesi ello ency of these une pass through the kidneys and the bladd r Mr Mactionald, "but

little wonder workers. Writing onzept. 22nd..nd not through the bowels, as most kidney pills stiffness spread to my

1914. Mrs. Armstrong says.1 and from do. When you on the urine change in a muddy then up my arms, I tried all terrib's backache pains and from sent Inflamauish colour-a feature which distinguisheTM De Forts of so ca

so called cores", but none of tion of the Bladder for over seven years. To Witts Pills from all others--you know that they them seemed to du me a bit of good

attempt to do any housework was an absolute bave put their healing touch on the right torture as I could barely atoop. At times I could spot the kidneys and the bladder.

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is eolely due to My Dr. Williams pink pills, and I have objection to this information being

Now is the time to begin Dr. Willistos' Fink i'l Get a supply form ary dealer or direct from N Williams Medicine Co. 16 Ezechner Road, Langbai, ȘI 50 Ter bottle, B for & botths. post free. For men and women too.

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and gold boxes print si in blue, and every geamin bottle has a red wax sest on the cock. They are sold by the leading dispresarios and storek opers in China, but if you are unable to obtain them locally send your money to the Colonial Dispensary, 14, Queen's Road Central,

ngels for South China.

HONGKONG

DOLLAR $ DIRECTORY

1922 EDITION

THE BEST DOLLAR'S WORTH IN HONGKONG. ·

ON SALE AT:

-THE TOLLAR DIRECTORY PUBLISHING OFFICES 5, WYNDHAM STREET, THE CHINA MAIL OFFICES, KELLY & WALSH, LTD,

CHATER ROAD.

BREWER AND CO.,

QUEEN'S ROAD.

PEAK TRAMWAY LOWER STATION,

STAR FERRY WHARVES,

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 Manufactorars, High Class English Jewellery,

Latest Novelty in Pen Nibs.

Most superior quality Nibs of INCORRODIBLE metal,

For swift and elegant handwriting it is unrivalled, NEVER SCRATCH. NEVER SPURT, Sole Agents for East.

DANIELS & CO., 17, Wyndham (Flower) Street.

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"ENSIGN BRAND TEAS. BROKEN-PEKOE (IT'S WOBEH DRINKING). THE FINEST OF ITS KIND SOLD IN THE COLONY.

One-pound Fackets from Store-keepers,

The Blue Bird and

The Graeco Egyptian Tobacco Store.

Or from

The Gledale & Terramia Tea Agency.

DANIELS & CO., 17, Wyndham (Flower) Street.

PHOTO SUPPLIES,

LONG HING & CO., Kodaks and Kodak Films, &o. 54.

DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.

No. 174, Qozen's Road Central, HONGKONG.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

HONGKONG HOTEL,

PEAK HOTEL,

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

Tel. No. 812. CARLTON HOTEL. Tel. Add : “Carlton." The Only American Hotel in the Colony, Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes' walk from the Bauke, and Central Districts. 43 Bedrooms. Excellent Cuisine. Scrupulously clean. Under American Management. For terms apply to

MRS. F: E. CAMERON, Proprietress,

(Two minutes from Star Ferry),

PALACE HOTEL KOWLOON

Recently renovated and refurnished, slectric light sad fans throughou and entirely under new management. Cuisine under the personal supervlados of the proprietor. Bar and Billiard Rooga Tarma moderate. Spacial-jarma do families on application to

Telephone K. $. Telegraphio Add.: "Parade.".

J. H. OXBERRY; Proprietor.

HOTEL "ASIA"

WEST BUND, CANTON.

Leading Hotel in South China.

First class Accommodation Electric Lights, Fans and Elevators

: Roof Garden. Hairdressing Saloon

of City and Splendid Views

Pearl

River

Excellent Cuisine.

Moderate Rates,

TUL..

2087,

HONGKONG AND KOWLOON,

LEE YEE,

D'AGUILAR STREET,

Under the Management of the LTD BUN 00.,

CANTON.

THE NEW VICTORIA CAFE.

24 Des Voeux Head, Central;

BREAKFAST - §. from 7,50 mm.

Tél.

11007

TIFFINS and DINNERS (Menu and a la Carte) at all hours.

TRY OUR PIES & PASTRIES.

Cakes made by arrangement **Bakers and Confectioners,

NEW MACAO HOTEL.

HOTEL