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AMMERT BROS. G. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

"ANOTIOWNERS, APPRAIRES

AND SUBYERIKA,

Public Auctions—

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SATURDAY, June 9, 1928. commencing at 10.30 am. the Offices of The China Mail Steam- Fabip Co., No. 1 Frisco's Baklinga Ice House Street

(ler account of the concerner) A quantity of Valuable Office Furniture Teak desks and chairs, Bookcases, Ceiling Fane, Inverted ceiling lamps, Deak, Lamp, Chairs, Typewriting tables, Tenk counters and Railings etc.

One Asbestos lined Fireproof Com-i iration Safe Cabinet

One Fine Special Combination Safe

Bir Underwood Typewriters with car

riages of various lengths

Three Royal Typewriters with car-

riages of various lengtha

One Burroughs Adding Machine Four Filing Cabineta

And

One Fine Tesk Conator and Partition Terms: Cash on delivery.

On View from Friday the 8th June €1923.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctionoure.

*Heagkong, June 1, 1923.

ON.

THURSDAY, July 18, 1923, commencing at 3 p.m.

at the old premises of the Hongkong Electric Co.. Wing Fung Street, Wapchat,

1

Two (2) 550 B. H. P. Diesel Goners- tora Complete with alternators & excitera Three (B) 330 B. H. P. Diesel Genera- tors Complote with alternators & exciters Two (2) 250 K. W, Steam alternators complete with exciter and awitchboards

One (1) Babcock & Wilcor water tube boiler complete with fittings and chain grala stoker

One (1) Marine type boiler complete with fittings

Two (2) 50 K. W. Alternators (without pagines)

"One (1) Main Switchboard consisting of machine panels and feeder parcia

One (1) Duplex Food Pump

Three (3) Heenan & Froude type water coolern

One (1) Lot of steel steam pipes and relrea

Two (2) Sulzer panips

Three (3) Albany Notary pumpe

Three (3) Fans for cooling towers and

Three (3) motors for sauna

One (1) Water tank

One (1) 120 Gallon oil tank

One (1) Bet of apare gear for Diesel

Engine consisting of 251 iteme

One (1) 10 ton Travelling crane and

A Large Quantity of Structural Steel

work on the premises

Now on View,

For Further Particulars and terms of Bale apply to the Undersigned.

LAMMERT BROB

Auctioneers

Hongkong, May 23, 1923.

FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.

The farm prescribed for public vehicle are as follows:-

In the Island of Hongkong, Caine Road and Lower Levels, and in Kowloon, and New Kowloon."

RICKERAN.

fra minutes.qrcosaintar

Ten minutes,

Quarter hour,

HOME HOME, B

One hour,...rodo popo

ory Bubsequent boor.

1

for 5 coats

30

15. .20

1

30

engaged

the jindlaksha be within the City of Victoria, and be dis charged outside the Western part of the Olty of Victoria after 9 pm, or be dis charged to the East of Fey View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoris after 9 pm, an extra half tare shall be chargeable.

For 2 or 3 drivers the fare is double or

trable respectively.

11.—In the Hut District.

Ten minutes. ***********

Quarter hour............

half hour, Taman

10 cents

20

One hour...... 40

111-In the New Territories

"

By arrangement with the proprietors through the Pollos.

With

The minutes,

Quarter hour.

Bearers With 4 Bearin

Lower Levels:

16 conta

16

Felt hour, rene

Dee hour

By subaequat

bour, 25

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计

II. -Hill District.

20 elita.

With Bearers With 4 BearorE.

Ten minutes, a 15 cents

artor hour 20

Hall bour, min

Cos hour,nuing 40- Every subarquent

bear4441.

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30 cents

Chamberlain's Fain' Balm. A tonah of rheumatism, or a twinge of meuralgin, whatever the trouble is, Cham Beriain's Pain Balm drives away the pain as once and cerns the complalab quickly. Wirst application gives relief. When Bottle of it in lept in the house the paly of barns and soakin may be promptly relieved, ent kod bruised quietly heales And swellings promptly reduced. In fact, for the hats hold him it is just sock an 1 giớiy, tamil, should be ided with For sale by all Chémiata

SANITARY ENGINEERS

MONUMENTALISTS

-

Offices el Cadowne,

ĐOẠN ĐƯỜNG HẢI Tosh Hongkong Tel Central No. 209

Large stock of

BATHS and BATH ROOM FITTINGS.

LAVATORY BASINS FLUSH -- CLOSETY.

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COMMODES, BIDETS, A., &c. OPEN & CLOSED STOVES, BOOKING RANGES, TILED UBATES.

AHERICAN & ITALIAN MARBLE MEMORIALS-Also in polished

Hoogkeng Granito.

A large selection of Artificial Wreaths.

Price on Application.

FOR SALE

Asiatic and Foreign." POSTAGE STAMPS

In Bags, Packets, Sets, and Single. PICTORIAL POST CARDS With Chinese Costumos, Views of Hongkong, Canton, Macao, &c. and

ALBUM OF HONGKONG SCENES.

+

GRAÇA & CO.,

Dealers in Pailatelic Goods, Artistic Post Cards, Toys, Garden Seeds, &c. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. O. Box 620.

Hongkong.

SHOEMAKERS.

(Japanese Hand Made) -Every_kind_of_Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & CO.,

6. DAGUILAR BTREET,

Opposite Kayamally & Os. Telephone Contral No. 491

Hongkong, March 20, 1914,

NAMSAN &

CO.

136, Connaught Road West.

Photo Engraving and Designing ́LITHOGRAPHERS Tal Central 1363.

WING FAT CHEUNG

SPARROW CARDS (SIA JONG) YOR BALE. CARLY MADE OF 1VORY AND FISH BONK. No 278, Queen's Road Central BRANCA No. 39, Man Hain Atrout Eset.

ABAHI

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PILSENER BEEL

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ASAHI

LAGER

LUTSUL BUSSAN - KAIŠI

ODDS AND ENDS.

THE CHINA MAIL

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

Russell Divorce Appeal.

BARLIER TELEGRAMS.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Renter's Service to the China Mail.) By Courtesy of the Daily Bulletin.),

LINCHENG QUTRAGES.

PEKISO, May 4

OPIUM SUPPRESSION.

LONDON, June 3..

An appeal has been set down on

It is reported from Taochuang behalf of the Hon. Mrs. Christabel

Speaking at Geneva at a meeting Hulme 'Russell against the decree that the enrolment of bandits into nisi for dissolution of marriage the army is proceeding. Some of of the Opium Committee, on June granted by the President on March the bandits, however, do not desire 1, Mr. Chao Hein Chu, in dealing 16 on the petition of her husband, to join the army, and accordingly with the American proposals said the Hon. John Hugo Russell, eldest they are departing and leaving their son and heir of Lord Ampthill. arms. Misconduct was alleged with Mr.

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that the amount of opium maru- factured at present greatly exceeded legitimate requirements; therefore, Edward Jacquard Mayer, and also BANDITS ACTIVE AT LAOSHAN.

it was necessary to find a theans to wh a man unknown. The jury

limit production, in order to prevent found that there had not been mis-

Pakisa, June 4.

the surpins finding a way into illicit conduct with Mr. Mayer, and he

It is reported from Tsingtao that channels. He said that he did not was dismissed from the suit. The decree nisi was granted on a find-the bandits are active in the vicinity think the American proposalg - of Loashur. The Chief of Police çceded the terms of the Opium Con ing of misconduct with the man has han energetic, from tive to tenvention. The interpretation of the unknown, and the appeal is against

executions occurring daily.

word legitimate as medicinal and that finding and the decree. Sarah Bernhardt's Library.

Parisians, who

have

CONBORTIUM MEETINO,

;

vention allowed smoking to continue temporarily, inasmuch as it only pavidlod for gradual suppression. He, therefore, weommended the committee to adopt the principles of the American proposals, basis on which effective inter- national co-operation might be secured.

It is understood that the police scientific was most reasonable and authorities have warned the foreign should be accepted. Evidently the wit-authorities of the dangers of parties interpretation implied that opium nessed the sale by auction of of tourists going out to Laustan.smoking was illegitimate in some the library of Comte Robert de The foreign authorities have Far Eastern countries, but the con- Montesquieu, will now be 'dis-plied, urging that the district should cussing a disposal of even more he cleared of bandite general interest, that of the effects of Madame Sarah Bernhardt. Madame Bernhardt was a lover of curiosities and antiques and in the

LONDON, June 3. course of her tours all over the

The Daily Telegraph'a diplomatic world she accumulated a wonder ful collection of treasures.. Her correspondent, referring to lie Con residence in the Boulevard Pereiresortium neeting at Paris, atutes a great quantity of that it recommended that no fur- sumptuous furniture,many valuable her loans be gaunted to China untif pictures, innumerable objets d'art the increase in ('hina customs dues, So Kenerally as stipulated by the Washington and, what is not known, a very fine and extensive Twaties have been duly cried ont. library, in which some rare volumes are included:

contains

Yucatan Treasures.

A proposal had been innoted for

JAPAN AND RUSSIA."

Tokyo, June 4. Soviet Russia must accept the

a temporary advance of $1,000,000 conditions laid down by the Japan

to enable Peking to cope with the ese Government, as a preliminary

The correspondent mentions that Italy was recently sounded on the pessibility of joining the Consor tim, but she besitates to provide the necessary lurge umonuts.

A party of scientists of the Car-present difficulties, but apparently to opening the negotiations looking negie Institute, with members of it was considered that this should for a possible restoration of rela- the Yucatan Archaeological Insti- made conditional on a safis.tions. This attitude of the Cabinet tute of New York, are now in Yuca- factory footing by the "norumlisa. will be conveyed to M. Joffe (Soviet tan preparing for an extensive ex-tion" of hitherto relatively unsecur. Representative) after a meeting to Japan's minimum conditions, well ploration and study of the Mayard Chinese Bonds. This would be be held on Tue 5: simultaneously ruins at Uxmal, Chichenitzu, Ake, in complicated task.

informed persons state, inchido and Motul. The party includes Dr. Sylvanus Morley, the greatest au-

extraordinary concessions. thority on Maya hieroglyphics, who has practically solved the mystery of the numerals. The mission be lieves that Yucatan is the Egypt of America and will divulge secrets. of Maya civilisation competing with the late Nile discoveries and probably more architecturally be- autiful. The Yucatan Government has built roads to the ruins, which are now reached in an automobile in a few hours from its capital, Meridi

A Prehistoric Skull.

'He is Called Jesus."

One of the most influential Privy Councillors, when interviewed by Reuter, said the Government was undoubtedly seeking an opening for the resumption of trade relations but would cnt inove-without the The oldest description of Jesus follest consultation with America Christ has according to the Matin, and Great Britain. The councillor just been discovered in an old pointed out that the Japanese posi- Latin text in the Vatican Library tion was different from all others, which has been revised under the because of the proximity of two supervision of Pope Pius XI. It is vast countries which were at pre- a police report under Pro-Consulent in a state of stagnation, while Publius Lentulus, who, it is stated, Japan must extend her trade with Dr. Wolf's discovery of a fos was the predecessor of Pontius her neighboure in order to find means of expansion, and to stem silised skull of the Tertiary period Pilate. The police description of on Patagonia, reported from Buenos Jesus Christ is as follows: "He the flowing tide of insidious pro- Ayres, awakens much interest has long fair hair falling in curls amongst American anthropologists, on the shoulders. They are parted and which was slowly affecting because, to quote Dr. Boas, of in the middle. Christ wears the Columbia University, the discovery doublepointed beard which is suggests that a new age may be set fairer than the hair. His eyes are for man.

Dr. Boas expressed light blue and weara kind expres amazenient. at the circum- sion; but at times they flash under stancial report because he had the stress of temper. He is of received a letter from Dr. Wolf,normal build and stands erect. who has been exploring for the La The voice is soft. He was never Plata Museum, and it contained no seen to laugh, but people often saw mention of such a valuable and. If him cry. His hands are very well the news is confirmed, says, Dr. kept. His is called Jesus, son of Boas, the skull will be possibly Mary. His friends also call him 500,000 years older than the skull the son of God."

For his sister's grave.

André.

of the erect man-ape known as the Mystery of A Motor Car.

General Bandholtz, formerly a Pithecanthropus Erectus, itself 500,000 years old, found in Java member of the American Delega twenty-nine years ago, The man lion to the Peace Conference, owning the Patagonian skull must whose motor car was stolen three have lived in days when the pre- years ago, has just found his car sent Polar regions were tropical or standing exactly where he last saw semi-tropical, and bigmonsters and it, in front of a large hotel in the reptiles held sway.

Champs Elysees, Paris, General Bandholtz had left it there three There are some wonderful dis-years ago, when he entered the plays of flowers just now in the hotel; but when he looked for it parks and gardens of Paris. When again an hour later it had gone. Walking into the same hotel he an urchin of nine years was seen plucking a liberal supply of lilac in noticed drawn up near the entrance a car which he at once felt con- the Luxembourg Gardens he was,inced was his own. It has been despite his tears, promptly taken to the police-station, where the super considerably altered in several intendent, in pursuance of his duty, ways since he last it; but he was delivered a homily on the fate that able to verify his suspicion through awaits children who steal flowers, the engine number and certain in- Why did you take them?" he conspicuous marks which he re- asked, says the Daily Telegraph's membered. On making inquiries Paris rorrespondent. "I didn't of the owner of the car, General think it was wrong," replied little Bandholtz learned that he was a All last year I came to wealthy Spanish nobleman, who the gardens to play with my sister, had bought the car in Madrid for who loved flowers very much 100,000f. The police. authorities Last week she was taken away by have opened an inquiry in Madrid Le Bon Dieu, and I thought it in hope of tracing how the car would please her ift picked some came into the hands of the dealer flowers from, where we used to who sold it to its present owner..

Explorer's Story by Wireless, play together and put them on her

Mr. F. A. Mitchell Hedges,. the grave. There fell on the police office a silence broken only by the explorer, related to listeners-in sobbing of little André.. The some of his discoveries of "An superintendent kissed him, and he Amazing Race. Two years ago, was taken by the repentant and he said, he set out to add to the melting policeman to the home mysteries of the life inthe Pacific from which the angels have called Ocean by visiting the Chudanuque Indians in the hinterland of the his slater.

Panama. He found that they lived on the Communist system. There were about thirty families living in FROM SUFFERING. houses composed of bamboo and thatched with reeds and leaves. The is nothing more trying to s wn her than to see her little one in pain. From the chief downwards each whilst she staids help'esely by not man helped the other in everything. knowing what to do to relieve its suffer The art of working in stone of iren ings Mothers who keep Baby's Own was entirely unknown to them. Tablets in the house ready for such Meat was virtually unknown ex- emergencies feel safe, and conildest, koowing that this famous Ucnalisa cept on rare occasions, when they children's remedy gives prompt rehet in were lucky enough to kill a bird. the e majority of infantle silments. The people were in an awful state

Belty's από

Tablets are mother's help with many dreaded diseases, small- and the children friend. They speedily pox being rampant. They believ reduce fever, dispel constipation, relle ed in the medicine man, dressed in Indigestion, colic, and croup sweeten the a hideous garb.Their religious stomach, alley teething pains, quiet the aries and promote health-giving sleep belief was extraordinary, their and a good appetite. They are simranted theory being that the spirit return- Fadabolutely free from copiale ed to the grave-houre where the parection, or other harmful drugs: and body was buried, and that it be mky, bo Rivera Es soll without fear of here came a spirit meeting place of all To too youngest and most delteste obiddend Indians. There were several among the cente, per Tial (11462, de) from extremely

Kacne people, greater thane we had

Britain to dig

SAVE YOUR CHILD

the nation.

[DY COURTESY OF "THE DAILY BULLETIN.]

SHANGHAI, JUDO 1. At a mass meeting held at Shang- hai, Sir Skinner Turner presiding, resolution was following the missed :---

That this roeeting, representa tive of the whole foreign/com munity of Shanghai, desires to place on record its panfound horror at the outrage recently committed at Lincheng and at. the increasing lawlessness and, misrule, of which Lincheng wLS the culmination; and this meet-"; ing respectfully draws the inten tion of the Diplomatic Body at Peking, to this public and united expression of feeling in the hope and with the intention that it way strengthen their Excellencies banda in making sual representations to their res pective Coveraments as they may deem necessary to secure the ra lease of the capatives, who are now in bandit hands, and bring Contral and Provincial the Authorities to a lasting sense of tion of order, an obeervence of their responsibility for the restora treaty rights and the welfare of the great and friendly Chinese people."!

The resolution was proposed by Sir Edward Pearce, and seconded by Mr. Harold J. Dollar.

"At the close of the meeting, the Chairman read a letter on behalf of the Chinese community of Shang- hai endorsing the resolution.

Skin Beauty Premoted

By Cuticura

Bathe with Caticura Soup to cleanse, and purify the pores. Laizhy of pipples redness or roughties sra present spear gently with Cutfeirra Ontment befors bathing Finally: dist on a few grains of the exqui albaly perftirpe

TUESDAY JUNE 1928

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