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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, AFFRAINERS AND SURVEYORS,

-Public Auctions-

Undardgued have received instroo÷ sions to sell by Pablle Auction,

ON

THURSDAY, September 14, 1922, ommencing at 3 p.m.

st their Balos Rooms, Duddell Street, One New Cubitt 5-passenger Touring Car

(with 5 dizo wheels and tyres)

and accessorios

On view now at the United Motor

Co's garage, Wauchsi

Cx:-Cash on delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.,

Austioners.

Hoogkong. Feptember 8, 1922,

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE. GRATH COMPANY, LTD.

The following unclaimed telegrams Are lying at the office of The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Limited):-

Charo, frcu Tekin

Castle Cache, frem Yalabama.

Eki-ako-chi, Elokuzaj, from Kee-

Jung.

Morimura. from Wikata,

Olley, from Tsingtan.

Auditor, frein Weihaiwei.

Dong-soog yo Dahdote Ye-ling.choy,

from Shangbas.

2544, from Peking.

Kwong-huu-cboog, from Yokohama. Chi-nam. from Amoy.

Ko-che-ning c/o Great Eastern Hotel,

from Amoy.

bai.

Fu-tal Wing-lck Street, From Shang-

Auabia, from Taipeh.

(Celery! Shun-chong 1 Kwong-yuen, Street, from Kobe.

Kinn-lieng-cban 106 Teklutobtiong,

from Amoy.

Vong-teen-pas 15 Landole Stre.. from Shanghai.

Kiang-hing Eng-lck Street, from Tajpel

Loo-teng-siu, from Amoy.

Men-lee-chan, from thanghai.

Cheng-soy-chor 11 Old-Peel Street,

fourth floor, frem Shanghai.

Bi-an-ebaug, from Amoy.

Th. KRING,

Superintendent. Hongkong, September 7, 1922.

EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL ASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO.

List of unclaimed telegrams lying in

E. Telegraph Office, Hongkong. Affective, ficm New York

kfriedman, from Bangkok. Plankelt, from London. Tasker Steam Empress of Canada, from Folkestone.

M. E. F. AIREY,

Superintendant

Hengberg, September 7, 1922.

THE WATER SUPPLI,

Lovel and Storage of water in regayvola

on the 1st fejtemler, 1621-—

CHT AND HILL BITEKT WATER WORKS

3121,

LEVIL

1&2,

Estam 8. in Firless 1 ft. 11 in. Below are:Sow

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Team Lyon 14, 10 in. Below oretfow

in, for overnew}

jum Inleidats. Fuft. in. Below orific

kjum zu level win

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$1th Below or

PIHLAK, D, 12,

I

ALLA

AMBULA:00

Tytris Byewash an

Dylan Intermediate - --

Heng Natthway

Total

st. Eelowore/dox

dim. Dejow overfow

¿9a kaukaan 19 ALL

90. Ala. Abp otuzőja

20

NA

1,0366(P)

1

1416

31.12

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Clutcmpden wer to the Cils wc Hill Distt in willene and decimals

of gallons during the meath of Angus!.

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1921

11203 M

242,

26 B

m. I.

Oonstant sopply in all districts during August 1991.

Intermittent Supply in all Main Dis tricts during August 1929 excepting i day viz: Sist a Cbstant apply was operated in Water Rider Main District.

KOWLOCH VASER WISE

1977,

Soutoon Ganila), Gin,

GIR Ece For A

L

1stk. $1,2

Below TALOT STOLAND ZA Millions art LEMKAIN OF PALLED.

Kovicen Omniatica

2521. 22100

10:2

30:3:

Onscmption of ro in Eowice in illone and decimals of gallons during the month of August.

Domenapišem a ver

pretkr. --

Commezeption per head | per day for goto gal

10 Full Fupply.

1621. P2

172

1210

181240 125.200 103

A

1-2

1422 Restriction to all Districts during

August.

Tor Government Analyst's reports show

that the water is of satisfactory quality.

T. LA PIMKIES.

Water Authority

Public Works Department.

FOSK SUN FOR SALE: “Paxxzmin-Bate-Fost-Huta, Straw Hats and all Kinde af Hatz.

HATS CLEANED A SPECIALITY. No. 8, Wellington Erb

INTIMATIONS

FOR SALE

SUTTON'S

TESTED

VEGETABLE AND FLOWER

SEEDS.

This is the year to baro a good garden. Plant lots of Beeds and taky Car of the Garden, then you will have every reason to be pleased with the result.

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GRACA & CO., Dealers in Garden Seeds, Postage Stamps, View Postcards, Toys, etc. No. 10, Wyndham Stree), P. U. Bxx 520.

Hongkong

SHOEMAKERS. (Japanese Hand Made)

Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER

CHERRY & 00.

& D'AGUILAR STREET.

Opposite Kayamaily & Co. Telephone No. 491

Hongkong, March 20, 1914.

JAPANESE MASSAGE.

N. AKAJI.

Graduate of Tokio Massage School, From 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. No. 2, Queen's Road Central,

2nd Floor.

Tel. +390.

MASSAGE.

Mrs. HONDA, MI. KISAKI and R. SHIMIZU,

No. 24 Wyndham Street. (opposite to the “Chian Mall”)

SWAY HOUSE

HAT MAKER.

No. 18, Wyndham Strest. ·

OFFICE

WORKS 34, Green's Rd. C Heard St. Waschal Ed. THE EASTERN SUPPLY CO. General Contractors House and Office Furnishers Bhij Upholsterers and Painters Tel. 4305.

TANG YUK, DENTIST.

Facemar

ibe luta BIEN TINO, 14, D'agullar Street.

FANTULATION Fan

ASAHI BWBR

PILSENER BEER

PAANO PRIZES.

ASAHI

B

ASA

LAGER

SPECIALTY

EWERY

EXP

COMP

SAH

SOLE AGENTS:

BEER

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

THE CHINA MAIL.“

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1929.

NOTICES

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansion=

| Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

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-ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES,

KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISHTM SILVERWABE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery,

KAM HING KNITTING COMPANY,

Manufacturere af:-

Bocks, Singlets, Jerseys, Sweaters, etc.

24. Haiphong Road, Kowloon.

Telephone K $77, Manager, WONG KAM FUK.

Pos

A Quarter Deck Council-Unanimous decision in favour of

FELUCCA EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES

Possess an individuality and distinction that never fails to charm.

This Advertisement is issued by British-American Tobacco Co. (Ghlas), Ltd.

SCIENCE SIFTINGS.

MYSTERY OF THE ATOM.

The sciectific correspondent of the Daily Mail writes:-

The evolution of the atom, one of the most poignant scientific questions of to-day, is discussed on novel grounds by Mr. W. D. Verschoyle, who puts forth some new theories which will, at any rate, wet scientific men thinking.

Sir Ernest Rutherford and his school regard the simplest atom-that of hydrogea as composed of a unit of positive electricity around which Legatively charged electron circles.

Mr Verschoyle doubts whether hydrogen is the most primitive atom, and says that we must show the evolution of even hydrogen. He even questions the existence of the positively electrified nucleus we have

came

bustion, low labour costs, and the fact that low-grade coal can be employed with good results. Among its di advantages are the costliness of the plant necessary and the inadvisability of storing the powdered fuel, as well as the difficulty and cost of carrying the material to the various furnaces when a central pulverising plant is used in

farge installation.

SHADOWS BEFORE.

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED

IN THE MAIL.”

ENTERTAINMENTS.

September 13.-Coronet Theatre;

A machine which is claimed to Mary Pickford in "Heart O' The eliminate many of the disadvantages Hils." World Theatre; Taylor of the ordinary pulverising plant, and Homes in "Upside Down," Kowloon which has in practice shown very Theatre; Final Episodes of the "Junglu valuable reductione, both in the cost Gudde s." cf pulverising and in the class of fuel necessary for a definite duty, is now available.

This machine (says Engineering) is in the form of a small self-contained auit which drice, pulverises, and pro- { pels the coat direct into the furnace, so that there is Lo storage of pulverised fuel and no long transmission of the

to take for granted, and product. The machine is continuous in action, and the drying and polverie- visualizes a negative electron which ing go on together, the coal being spirs at colossal speed round an axis, bared immediately after pulverisa- and, in eo doing, becomes a powerful tion so that there is no opportunity magnet, having a worth and south for it to absorb moisture. Pole like the earth itself.

RAVAGES OF CORROSION.

EFFECT OF THE MOON.

new

FUBLIO AUCTION SALEŊ.

September 14.-Lammert Bros., "Cubitt," touring car and accesserien. Sales Rooms, 3 p.m.

ELEPHANT'S HAIR FOR LUCK.

Convinced that a hair from the tail

of an elephant converted into a ring would bring her good luck a woman reader applied to the Zoological) Gardens. Unfortunately, in captivity elephants rub the tips of their tails to baldness, so she turned to The Daily' Mail for help, and her appeal duty

In a paper ca"The Corrosion of Of late years some evidence bas Tron and Steel," presented before the accumulated which seems to connect Royal Society, Sir Robert Hadfield the moon with weather cycles. It gave

an estimate of well over has been obtained by two profession- £500,000,000 annually spent in & antal astroromers working widely apart appeared. eracting the ravages of corrosion. and quite independently.

It has been thought by some that the addition of copper to steel greatly increases the resistance to corrosion, even if present only in small per centages, such as 010 to 020 per

Within 24 hours hairs plucked from Once every month the moon is at a elephant's tails were coming from all maximum distance north and routh

of the equator, but this maximum parts of the country to The Daily declination, as it is called, is not fail cffice. They ranged from a always the same. It varies through atompy 3-inch length to a complete" nineteen-year cyelo, once in that dried tail with a perfect brush of 300 As regards atmospheric corrosion, period having ile least value and once or 400 hairs. Some of the hairs are as thick as the lead in a pencil. Ons says the Daily Telegraph, the realat | Ils greatcut. ante of mild steel containing a small

cent.

By carefully comparing rainfall held pride of place as the finest hair percentage of copper is greater than with there varying maximum and with 18 inches of glossy, wiry black- that of ordinary mild steel, whether minimum ceciloations of the moon, ness until the record hair came along the rolling scale is left on the materiale Mr. Russell, director of the Bydaes tied up in white silk baby-ribbon. It or bas been removed, especially if the Observatory, bas discovered that, so ensured 234 inches with a few kinks air contains an appreciable amount of far as Ausitalin is concerned, rinfall and curves still left in it! sulphurous impurilios.

is greatest when the declination is In sea water, ordinary steel corrodes greatest, and least when the declina mare rapidly at first, but subsequently (tion is lanat, the rate of corrosion for both materials Amilar connection has also been slows up, indicating a certain degren traced with regard to the rainfall of of protective action.

South Africa, the investigation in

Big-game bunters sont their lack bringing contributions with letters, "I shot him in. Northern raying: Rhodesia," or am forwarding herewith one small hair from the tail of an elephant I recently shot in Tanguay ika

In tap water, which is initially not this case-being carried out by Mr. Territory." to corrosive as sea water, but over a Neville, of the Natal Observatory.

Other letters gave recipes for mak long period becomes more corrosive, The explanation suggested in that a ing bracelets or rings of elephant hair. due to the absence of zelf-protective permanent cloud balt follows the It seems that you have fint to boil action, there is little to choose bewoon breause of its attraction on our them until they are tender. tween the two materials,

A reader who was six years in the atmosphere, and thus causes the periodical variation of rainfall in the mounted police in Afrion wears a hair southern hemisphere.

ring made by a native doctor, and vouches for its lack bringing qualities. I have been very lucky with my own life," be cald, but adds that Ennatives beliars that the ring must be made by a witch doctor.

FULVERISED GOAL. Powdered coal in this county has No such phenomenon, raye the not been used to any coonderable Daily Chroniclo, has been discovered | extent for boiler work, although else in the northern hemisphere but it is where, and particularly in the United Teasonable to more that if a similar States, & fair amount bas been done Investigation were undertaken north with it. The advantages claimed for of the equator similar connection pulverised coal are very complete och would be faced."

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Que correspondent stated that he had a white elephant hair at koms.

MASSAGE EXPERT HARRY FURUKAWA,

K. SAKI,

19, Wyndham Street.

A PODICURE AND MANICURIST MRS. N. TSUCHIOKA, 31 WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG PRINTING OFFICE.

First Floor, Room No. 12.

PHOTO SUPPLIES,

LONG HING & CO., Eda and Kodak Film,

DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.

No. 17A, QUIET'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG.

HOTELS AND CAFES.

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS

Peak Hotel

Repulse Bay Hotel

Astor House Hotel

Palace Hotel

Grand Hotel Kalee

Grand Hotel de Wagon Lits

The Hongkong Rotel Co., Ltd..

In conjunction with

The Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

end

The Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Ltd

HONGKONG:

SHANGHAI:

PEKING;

Hongkong Hotel

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 Banks, and Central Districts. 43 Bedrooms. Excellent Cuisine. Scropalonsly clean, Under American Management. A new Dining Room has been opened at No. 2, Queen's Road (Ist floor). Entrance Ice House St. Tiffins a speciality.

For terms apply to Mrs. F. E. CAMERON, Proprietress.

(Two minutes from Star Ferry)

PALACE HOTEL

KOWLOON

Recently renovated and refurnished, electric light and fans thronghori and entirely under new management. Unisins under the partoral supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Booms Tarms moderate. Special terms de families on application to

Telephons K. 3. Telegraphio Add.; "PALAOL"

J. H. OXEERRY, Proprietor.

HOTEL “ASIA”

WEST - BUND, CANTON.

Leading Hotel in Sonth

China

First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans éza ́ Elevators. Roof Garden. Hairdressing

Splendid Views

Excellent Cuisine.

of City

Salco,

and Pearl River.

Moderate Rates,

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

KING EDWARD HOTEL

A

DENTRAL LOCATION

LL ELECTRIO TRAMS PAN Intrance, ElSO- trio Lifts Fans and Lighting, Extopena Batha and Sanitary Fittingu, 10k and Gold

BLUE Food and Water Bytom throngbent BETTIN Telephone 17. Telegraphle Address :—' VICTORIA -J. WITONELL, Manager,

THE NEW VICTORIA CAFE THE HOUSE FOR GOOD EATS

Tīfins and Diapers (Menu and A La Carte) at all hours, Bakers and Confectioners. Cakos mado for parties sto. Tel. 2007.

24, Des Voeux Road

Central.

NEW MACAO

HOTEL, all the comfests of a hors combined with.

moderate prices Dekutifully altunted facing the son up-to-date

•Hotel, Large-and Comfortable Bouza, Emrel. Jerat Cuisine oder Experion:ed, Buperlaten, Beparate Tables Hot, Goal and shower Baths, Mireuse date throughout. Public and Private

• BAR 1100 ZRANA MOOD PIYAU CREEK BETSİNDA (+ daion (ər Families and Tunziata Terms TROČITAAN.

KAT, MÁK, Manager.

SHUN TAI HONG, Dealer in

GHANTUNG PONGEE. EU K

Lace and Straw Braid. Ginsong, Deer's Horno ate. No. 70, Lower Lawear Row, Telephone No. 808; Hongkong.

BWA - LEE & CO. Shanghai and Shantung Hand- Mnde Lave, Hair Nets Boxi Embroideries, Eto. No. 70 Lower Lascar Row. Tel. 802.

YAN KEE,

-7 7it Hong- Lane, Entrance from Jubiles Street. Coal Contractors for, the Household. Tel. 9865.

YEE SING.

GENTLEMEN'S

TAILOR

12, Wellington Efrent. -