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| LAMMERT BROS. ||| C.E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

ALOTIONEIRA, APPRAISERS

· AND SURVETOLS,

-Public Auctions-

Tens to will by Fabliz Aschton,

MAX Undervignad bavareared instrue

ON

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1923 commending at 11 am.

at their Salon Rooma, Duddel! Street.

8 Couce Sauco

KA

18 Cars Soap

And

ity of Provisions, Perfumes, Metal Polish, etc., etc. Terms: Cash on delivery..

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers

Hongkong, May 19, 1923.

nx

FRIDAY, May 25, 1923,

commending at 5.15 p.m.

at their Salco Booms, Duddoll Street;

A Valuable Collection of

Postage Stamps

(Full particulara from catalogue)

O View imm Tuesday the 22nd May

1023.

Torms-t'aba delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.. Ausifoneers.

#Hongkong, May 17, 1923.

SHADOWS BEFORE.

Coming Events Advertised In The Mail.

ENTERTAINMENT. ·

May 21.-Coronet Theatre; Priscilla Dean in ""Conflict."

May 21. - World Theatre; Bebe Daniels in "The Speed Girl."

May 21-Star Theatre; "The Idoi Dance."

May 22.-City Hall, Farewell Recital by Alexander Sklarcvsky, world-famous pianist, 5.30 p.m.

SPORTING EVENT~~~~~~~~

June 2-Third Gymkhana of the Hongkong Jockey Club, Race Course, 3.30 p.m.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

May 22,-Lammiert Bros., 8 cases sauce, 18 cases soap and a quantity of provisions, perfumes, Chocolate, metal polish etc., at Sales Rooms, II a.m.

May 25.-Lammert Bros., a valu- able collection of postage stamps at their Duddell Street Sales Rooms, 5.45 pan.

COMPANY MEETINGS.

May 23-Peak Tramways Co.. Lid, anual ordinary general meeting at the Hongkong Hotel at.

11.00 3.11.

May 25.Extraordinary general meeting of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd., at the offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., t 11.30a.m. May 25.Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., annual hareholders' meeting, Union Build- ing, noon.

May 25.-Extraordinary general meeting of the 'Hongkong Centra! Entate, Ltd., at the offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street, at noon.

May 25.-British Traders Insur- ance Company, Ind., annual share holders' meeting. Union Building, 12.15 p.m.

May 25.-China Fire Insurance "Co., Ltd., annual shareholders' meeting, Union Building, 12.20 p.m.

May 30-Hongkong Hide and Leather Co., Ltd., extraordinary general meeting at the Company's Office, 67-69 Des Voeux Road Central, at noon. *

May 31-Twenty-fifth ordinary sunnal meeting of the "Star" Ferry Co., Ltd.. at Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s offices, at noon,

HONGKONG TIDES,"

The tide-tshin van below how bree syllod at the National Almanac Off En London from the rests of the ansicyl." Molwervations taken by monos of so abomatic thie-recording machine in the Water Folica Fanta si Tel Aha Try! Maring the years 1903-6.

The sera of the kabla corresponds with the raro of the sounding in the Admiralty Chark, which has beces found to be fou Anchos below mean sos-lovely ASUS To obtain the depth of wine on klu £ão games at Ass Victoria Naval Yard add foes inther, and on, the jange Larson Dock, Aberdieri," add 10 fec Alpetor to the bolight given to the bblig

May 10 to 55

'MANITAHY ENGINNERS

MONUMENTALISTS

Office and ledowns, son, Wanchal Road Langhong. Tel. Central No. 3

Large stock of

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LAVATORY BASINS FLUSH, CLÒSETS.

COMMODES, BIDETS, &o, A.

OPEN & CLOSED STOVES, COOKING

BANDES, TILED OBATES,- --

AMERICAN & ITALIAN MARBLE MEMORIALS—Also in polished ..

Blogkong Granite.

A large selection of Artificial Wreaths

Prices on Application.

FOR SALE

A Fins Collection.pf

63 Transvaal

Unused Postage Stamps,

1855 to 1001, Including £5 Stamps,

for $50 nat

GRAOA & 00.,

Dealore in Postage Stamps, Pictorial Post Carde, Garden Soeds, Toye, že. No. 10, Wyndham Street,

P. O. Box 620.

Hongkong.

SHOEMAKERS.

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ODDS AND ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

A Cigarette Warning.

Bedroom Colours.

Riddle of the Sphinx.

While the Ear! of Carnarvon and One predominating colour should be chosen for the décorative his party are busied in bringing to scheme of a bedroom, and this light the treasures of the Pharaoh should be applied to the walls, in- Tutankhamen from a tomb at Egypt, American cluding the woodwork, door, and. Luxor, in

of

A new disease-cigarette rash- has come to the notice of doctors, chimney-piece. This predominate museums and antiquarian societies says the Daily Express. Its first ing note should be kept light in are turning their attention to what victim is a native of Havana. The tone and not too strong in colour, may soon prove to be a far richer man, ä-constant cigarette smoker, The use of such colours as pale and most amazing field for the

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the archaeologist—| NAMSAN & CO. developed a mottled, purplish skin yellows, greens, and blues, or light Yucatan. Another sphinx has been eruption. There seemed to be toned greys is indicated as the most discovered at Chichen, in Yucatan. nothing to account for this, but a suitable for the purpose., Against The Maya legends connected with such colours the curtains and chair-it are already fairly well known doctor ordered him to stop smoking, covers should act as a foil, and both (the New York World states), and if He dropped his cigarettes, and the should be stronger in colour than authenticated by future discoveries eruption waned. When he smoked the walls. If, for instance, the walls will set at rest all those question- again the rash reappeared. The of a bedroom are treated with a ings which have for so many years pale primrose yellow, the curtains disturbed the curious minds of experiment was repeated until the may be of powder blue, but the Egyptologists. Centuries before doctors were satisfied that the blue must be light in tone to be in the Pharaohs ruled over the Nile harmony with the yellow. For if lands their ancestors, the Mayas, cigarettes caused the eruption. Me the tone of the blue is too deep, the flourished in Yucatan. Some of dical authorities state that itching contrast between the curtains and their hardy explorers pressed of the skin is often caused by ex the walls will be too pronounced, far to the westward, touched cessive smoking. Although actual and the former, will lose much of the shores of India, passed through eruptions have-not hitherto been their colour value, and consequent ancient Assyria, where the imprint recorded, these authorities seely will appear dark and heavy in of their culture is still to be nothing surprising in the case from effect. The importance of harmony observed, and settled in the lands Havana.

of tone as well as harmony of of Egypt. The very earliest Doom of the Skyscraper.

colour has often been insisted upon Egyptians were thus Maya settlers. Mr. R. Martin Wilson, referring in these articles; and at the risk of All the work that has thus far been to the development of the zoning some weariness, perhaps, the point accomplished with the Maya ruins regulations of New York City, in a must be emphasised again.-R. W. in Southern Mexico gives startling paper read before the Town Plan- Symonds, in Furnishing and De-confirmation to this unique theory. ning Association of Queensland, coration Section December Good The Maya language, not yet com stated that after a very exhaustive Housekeeping.

STAREOW WARDS (MA JONG) FOR BALL CARDS MADE OF IVOBY AND FISE BONE. No 270. Queen's Road Central,

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pletely deciphered; the Maya art and architecture show the most the study the leading business men 'Lights and Atmosphere. and property owners of New York It is of much interest. to those striking resemblances to had recognised the absolute engaged in sign lighting and sign earliest Egyptian examples. Maya necessity of controlling building alling to know that lights of dif legends seem to some scholars to development Apart from the dis- ferent clours show varying degrees be unmistakably the primitive proportionate space lost by provid of ability to penetrate atmosphere forms of Egyptian folk tales and ing elevator shafts, air and light (says the New York Herald) Some religious mythology. These welis, and staircases in sky calculations based on experiments Savants consider the Mayas as scrapers, compared with those in give the following results for the quite distinct from all other old races of South American Indians, moderate-sized buildings, the ex-minimum intensity visible in a cessive development of this build clear atmosphere at a range of two as a people whose civilisation had ings had led to a mutual smother miles. In these calculations light flourished and passed into decay ing one of the other, with a couse sources of equal area are assumed European adventurers landed in long before the first modern quent heavy loss to all property Red, 237 candlepower: green the New World. Their theories owners in their neighbourhood...

1.96 candle power; white, 1.71 The Daring Duke.

has no infancy.

HONGKONG HEIGHTS:

candlepower. The range of visi explain also how it is that the earliest known Egyptian culture, Mr. Mallaby Deely must be feel- bility of any light source depends. 600 or more years old, exhibits an ing, rather nervous about all the of course, upon the intensity of amazingly high degree of develop- reports of the various stunts the sources. However, it must not meat; that the Egyptian civilisa contemplated by the Duke of be supposed that by doubling the Leinster, who has just been made intensity the range will be doubled. a bankrupt for the third time, says The relation between range Tafler in the Glasgow Herald For and intensity varies for different the famous provider of ready-made colours. The great absorption of clothes did a "deal with the light in an atmosphere laden with young Duke-this was before he water vapour is a well known fact

For the information of viston $2 came so unexpectedly. Into, the A foreign Government found that dukedom a short time ago and, in arc lights of 1,000,000 candlepower following list of some of the highest return for a cash allowance, fook which were installed in a light-points on the Idland and Mainland Is over all the investments that go house had less ability to penetratepablished 1- with the title. It also included the a fog than a 10,000 candlepower oil fanious Irish residente near Dubla lamp. This indicates that electric mid a mansion in London. So that incandescent lamps, having more the Duke is in the position of being red fays, would be superior to arc allowanced for money and her lamps for use in lighthouses hist gets very little while his title has and smoke unquestionably Inter a yearly Income of many thou fere more with the transmission of Bands The Interest of MrEMAI blue, or gree light than with red [Docly is for life, and, så he

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