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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONENES, APPRÄIESTI AED ĎURVEFORS.

-Public Auctions-

HK Underagnea nice received Instruc slona to sell by Pahle Auction,"

ob

`SATURDAY, Toormber 8, 1893, commencing at li am

uddell Street,

bina

st their dinion Rome,

60 daten VI Cores in

120

Vi Cuces in

1 case Blak Jean

lb. tida

89 tine Waskalie Hetempor

4 cols Rubber Ense

40 eaten evel 56 It Mauganite

100 keps each 28, whre Zinc

2 Pesautrusbug Machinos

3 Drums at 1 c-t, ked Paints

23 cas Dry Bateris

216 Bottlon Kala Aster

1 case Hand Mirror

Casua; ~~Chah on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,. Assationen.

100

MONDAY, December 11, 1029, commencing at 11 am

at the Fo On Godown, West Point

100 cases Star Abbed

Corme

Cash on delivery,

LAMMERT BROS,,

on

Auctionecta.

MONDAY, December 11, inst

ommending at ‚5.15 p.m.

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street.

A Valunblo Collection of fine British

Colonials and other rate Stamps.

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue). On view from Friday the 8th inst. Tertas :-Casti on delivery,”

LAMMERS BROS.,

онд

Auctioneers.

WEDNESDAY, Dec., 13, 1922, commending at 2.30 pm.

st their Bales Rooms, Daddell Street,

A Kargo Belection of Toys Comprising:-

Dolls, tarets, motor care, foot balls, nocking borss, stockisge, furniture and warious other loys.

X'mas Crackers

Alev

On view from Tuesday the 12th inst Term-Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,,

Auctioneers. Hongkong. December 6, 1932,

en

THURSDAY, December 14, 1922, commencing at' 10.30 am.

at No. 18 Cidown of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd., Kowloon

37 cases Beer

40

Cocktail

234 acks Flour

2 casks Aloes

1 cars Cigareties,

ARA

A Quantity of Piate Cuttings etc. Terament, ash on doljevry,

LAMMERT BROS,

ANCHURNES,” Hongkong, December 7, 1912.

FOR SALE.

NE SINGER. Bemstech Sewing Bachite, bearly w. Apply to

LAMBEST BROS.

WOON YAU YUE

'ONE-PRICE" DEALERS IN

CHINESE ANTIQUES' AND

WORKS OF ART.

Old Chinese Porcelains, ́Bro:cas, Euddhistia S ‹ ne

Ben plures, Palutlags Sofee 28, ko. 40.

CHUN KING YUE,

Proprie.

No 48. Queen's. Britt, Central,

C. E. WARREN & C^., LTD.

̧¡ BANITALY ***"YES

MONUMENTALASTE

Ofiers and Vedown

dd, Wartal Brad, I ongbong.

Tel: Central No, 100,

Large sleek of

BATES and BATH KOMM FITTINGS.,

LAVATORY BASINS FLUSHI

OLDSETS.

COMMODES," DIDETS, de,, Ac,

FITEN & CLOSED STOVES, COOKING

RANOES, TILED ORATES,

AMERICAN & ITALIAN MARDLE MEMORIALS--Alo la polished Hongkong Granite.

• Largo welpetion of Artifical.

- Wreaths.

Prices on Application.

INTIMATIONS

FOR SALE.

Postage Stamps of French Post Office in China.

Canton, Hofhow, Mongisau, Pak. boi, Tchongking. Yunnanfou, Kouang-tcheou-wan. Complete sets from 2/5 cent to 4 plastres at $9 per set net.

GRACA & CO.,

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Port Cards, Sooda, Toys, &c., &us. No. 10, Wyndham Street,

P. O. Box 020.

Hongkong,

SHOEMAKERS.

(Japanese Hand Made)

Every kind of Footwear. "MADE" TO ORDER.

CHERRY & CO.

6, D'AQUILAR STREET,

Opposite Karamally & Co. Telephone Central No, dé1.

Hongkong, March 20, 1814.

MASSAGE.

Mrs. SEKAI

The Canton Bank, 2nd Floor, No. 7, Daddell Street, Hongkong.

MASSAGE.

Mrs. MONDA, Mrs”KIJAKY SHITA R. BHIMIDZU. No. th. Wyniki PATRE (opposite to iku (his 15???)

MASSAGE EXPERT HARRY FURUKAWA, '

K. SAKI,

19, Wyndham Streat

JAPANESE MASSAGE,

GEN. ARAJINA Graduate of Tokio Massage School,

No 23, Wyndham Street. Tel. Central 4395.

TANG YUK, Defe Become t

-the labe·STEN-TING, 14. D'Aguilar Stroot TEBMA VERY MODERATE.

Consultation Free.

ASABI BERB

PILSENER BEER

GRAND PRIZES

ASAN BE

AGER

AVERY COM

PISEINER BE

SABI BEERS

LAGER BEEB

SOLE AGENTE-K

MITSLU

THE CHINA MAIL.

If you have a particular taste

Try a Golofina. they please the most discriminating smokers.

It's a Jamaica Cigar of superior guality with a full, mild, gratifying flavour.

"Golofina

THE JAMAICA CIGARRETT V

British American Tobacco Co., (China) Ltd. — Distributors &

THE MCGRIGOR FAILURE.

GOVERNMENT'S. SYMAPTHETIC

CONSIDERATION.

“ANCIENT MARINERS."

ALBATROSS BRINGS TROUBLE.

Lear the loss. But the failure of. Mui Grigoria raises quite, différent queue $ions, It was not in the fulf "and" ordinary - "genre of the words. ---a private eáterwise. It was in yoXE,

The crew of the steamer Waiwera intimatò' Zelzations with & Govern- ment department, and the greater did not shoot the albatros, but1it] pars, if not, the whole of its business met death on their ship--that was was concerned with the payment of sufficient,

When the Waiwera" berthed at the servants of that department: Most of its customers therefore, were Sydney from England another story not free, to choose a banker, bearing out the tradition that distas HuGligor's was practically, if not follows the death of ac albatrous WEE formally, chosen for them by the told

In the confusion of a change of Ministry and political controversy we are glad to note that the new Govern ment has found time to announce the position of sufferers by the disastrous failure of the firm of Army agents, Sir Charles McGrigor and Co., is" under the sympathetic considera tion of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and the Secretary of State for War says the Daily Telegraph." The downfall of a bank must always cause much distes. In this case though the busases was, according

State. Moreover, the very fact that The liner was some days from the firm was appointed by the War Sydney whom a whole fook of Office an its agents would naturally albatrosses swooped donu over the sem to give & guarantee of it ship...

to ...look

FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 8, 922...

NOTICES

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansior

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_Jowellery,

THE INTERNATIONAL SHIRT CO. Head Offloo: 79 Wyndhain Street. 2nd Floor. (Opposite Central Police Station) Tel. Central 4166,

Dealers in all kinds of High-class Silk Shirts, Collars, Necktios and Pyjamas for Gentlemen AND ALBD

Chemises, Skirts, Wrappor, Scaris, Veils, and Night-gowns for Indies ALSO. MADE TO ORDER MODERATE PRICE PROMPT DELIVERY Manager: EMILIO LAU,

PHOTO-SUPPLIES,

LONG HING & CO., Kodes and Rodík žilms, as.. Ka

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· HOTELS · AND CAFES,

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS

Peak Hotel

Repulse Bay Hotel

Astor House Hotel

Palace Hotel

Hongkong Hotel

HONGKONG:

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PEKING;

Grand Hotel Kalee Grand Hotel des Wagon Lita

The Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd. In conjunction with

The Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.

and

The Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Ltd.

Tel. Centi 81%. CARLTON HOTEL Tel Add: "Carlton."

The Only American Hotel in the Colony Nice and et Central Districts, 3 Bedrooms, Eavellabat Ouisine. Scrupulously clean. only's low minutes' walk from the Banke, and Under American Management. A new Dining Room has been opened No. 2, Queen's Road (Ist faur). Entrance Ice House St. Tins a speciality.

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

Two minutes from Star Ferry),

·PALACE HOTEL EDWOO

Recently renovated and refurnished, electric light and foun" throngbowl

and antiraly under new management. Untaine under the personas supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Roosa Tarms moderate.pesial terme to families on application to

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Telagaphic Add.: "Palace."

J. B, OXBERRY, Prop: jotor.

HOTEL “ASIA”

WEST BUND, CANTON.

Leading Hotel in South China

First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans 2 Elevatora. Boof Garden Hairdressing. SalcoL.

Splendid Views of City and Pearl River.

Excellent Cuisine:

Moderate Rates.

Under the Management of the SUN 00 LEDA CANTON,

solventy. Officer after officer writes. "The sky was almost blotted out to tell us that he had always madar by them," declared an officer. "For steed-Araz agents to be under Gov daya they were overhead. Familiarity to the morden erale, a small cus, and arnment control. It is, of course, bred; contempt, and a timeTM passed the liabilities are reported to amount easy for officials to rply that this they became more venturesome until only to come three quarter of a was an assumption without evidence. one day while in fall flight an old man million, the consequences of the The evidence is, indeed, not definits, albatrous smached his head ́ ́ against failure are peculiarly serious, for the bat no impartial judge can deny that the bridge and fell dying to the deck. customers of Melrigor's "are, drawn the War cffice Caci uraged officers to His companions, raised raucous crine- from a class of the community which bank with McGrigor's. Formal com and left ne.VNN AN possessed no very great resources, has pulsion, we understand, there was "We all knew what to expect. Two Do opportunity by increased energy or act, but every officer errving in the days inter the liner ran into a frightful enterprise to make good a less, and corps for which McGrigor's were the blizzard Rain, bail and snow made has in these days much difficulty in appointed agents, had such strong life a misery, and navigation a danger. maintaining ita old modest standarde inducements to become and remain It was colder than do English Christ- of living. The firm of Sir Charles a customer of the fum that he must man, and we all put it down to the McGrigor and Co. was established half be excused for believing the Slate death of the albatross. a century ago, and has long been warranted it solvency, We have in "No one can realise the joyous feel- recognized by the War Office as the formation, for example, of an officer of ing that I experienced when we reach Army agents for a number of corpe, the R.A.8.C., who applied during the ed port. My hope is that no other among which are the Royal Army war for permission to change his albatross commits suicide on, the Service Corps, the Royal A.my agents and was refused. Even if we ship." Ordnance Corps, the Highland Light allow that there was no practical Inlaatry, and the Dublin Fusiliers.compulsion upon these officers, to That recognition means that the War use McGrigor's bank, the fact that

who have DOW Office bavobeen paying into MeGrigor's the War Office acknowledged the and. the money due to the officers serving firm as trustworthy agents for the forward to unemployment without in or retired from these corps, and payment of pensions, gratuities, and any resources, it would not be fair also to the widows of officers who are to forth must have been construed as to pass them by in silence. On a re entitled to draw pensions. The

view of the whole circumstances, ap formal and legal liability of the War

impartial judge mast, admit that a Office for there sums ends when they official agents cannot be limited to moral responsibility of the War Office. The consequences of the recognition clear case has been made out for the have been put in the credit of the the cases of officers now serving. The To what extent that responsibility Borcants. in McGriger's books. For war brought many men upon the extenda and what amount of pepara- the solvency of the firm the Army books at McGrigore who bad previosation should be mada may be matter authorities have given to explicitly been customers of other banks, and for argument. We believe that agents THE NEW VICTORIA CAFE guarantee, and an official announce who would, but for their war service, holding Government funds are re mentdisclaiming any responsibility for bave been in no danger of loss from quired to deposit tome security. In the lore of those who have suffered McGrigor's failure. Bo we find the the business of the War Often it in ap- by tan failure was published without British Legion, in the urgent claim for parently not the castom, as it is with loss of time. As to the legal state of admission of Government respon- the Government of Indis, to inhist the case, there is, we believe no din sibility made by its executive council, upon a full equivalent. But that pute! At law no customer of appealing on behalf of "officers. ex surrly is an omission for which the Grigor's can hope to recover anything officem, and pensioners." There is, customers of McGrigor's cannot be from the Stats. The, disclaimer of liability was chriously inevitable. the argument by a citation of particnquires regular reports on the solver we believe, but little need to enforce held responsible. The War Offion, ro But we cannot think that the public lar cases of distress. No one with any of contractors handling public stores will be astified to let the matter rest imagination, or, indeed, with anor funds. If och reports am not cal there

knowledge of the world, can be led or on the affairs of Army agents ignorant of the suffering which follows it is surely an error for which the de- on such a disaster, suffering which is partment must bear the loss. We are peculiarly sene among those whose und that the pahlia consolence.ex- repugnaton: from public complaint

peots aarde, recognition of the obliga

"

guarantee.

It is, indeed, s sound principle that the State has no right to offer solstizm to the sofferers by the failure of a private dataprike. The ordinary risks of business each of us must face is kecsest. But when we hear of mention of the Butts for a fallure which, for himself. We are free to choose who, introduced to McGrigors by the on any fair examination, involves the whom we will trut, and if we chocae War Diffos, bave lost all the savings | credit of the Stat „Meins we cannot expect the publis ́to of their service In the fallure,

·KING

EDWARD "HOTEL

DENTRAL LOCATION

Aro taby string. Toe and Gold

LL ELMOTRIU TRANS PANĒZabranda, Isaac

Elita, and Fighting

Water system throughrafa, Best of. Food sed Til: Ceutima. Talaginphle Addromi 3-4" VILTVRza `L WITCHELL, Maungur.

SHUN TAI HONG,

Dealer in

1

SHANTUNG PONGEE BUK Lace and straw Braid.

Ginsong, or Horns

etc. No. 70, Lower Lascar Bow. · Tel. Lentral a, 669, HongkOPE. HWA LEE & DO.

Shanghai and -hantung Hand

· Made Laco,' ilair Nots

Embroideries, – Eko,

THE HOUSE FOR GOOD EATS-

Tifins and Dinner No. 70 Lower Lancar How. Tes. Cen, 80

(Menu and· A La Carto)

at all hours, 572 19 ~Baker“ and Confectignare, Cakes made for parties ete. Tél. Central 2867, 24, Des Voeux Hond.

Central.

NEW MACAO HOTEL. All the comforts of a house combised with

Cmoderato peloos, vid

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> No. 18, Wyndham Street.

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