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LAMMERT BROS.

AWOTIONEDES," Affranses AND SURVETORS.".

-Public Auctions—

©

MITEN Undarslaned bavarezaved InesIRS- Hane to sell by Public Auction,

on

FRIDAY, June 15, 1923, commencing at 11 am,

at their Balss Boome, Daddell Btroot,

1 case 70 dozón Files.

case Fire Extinguishers.

Arases Paints.

I-dené, Piece Goods.

18 Motor Tyres.

200 Spark Plugs.

70 Tins Printing Ink.

Ale

AQuantity of Paints and Varnishes.

And

One Lot of Cutex Goods.

Terms :-Cash on delivery.

LAMBERT BROS., Auctioneer.

Hongkong, June 12, 1923.

on

TUESDAY, Jano 28, 1923,

commencing at 3 p.m.

at their Bales Rooms, Duddell Street. The Valuable Lenzohold Property

Comprising:-

The whole of the adjoining Lote Nos. 120, 121, 122, 110 and 130 D. D. 448 lasted near Kwai Chung (Gin Drinken Bay) in the New Territories of Hong- kong of a total area of about 302,495 square feet of which 82,545 square feet are building land and 19,950 square Leet agricultural land. The property ́obris on to the sea and there is a depth of 6 feet of water at madium tide at ite and of the pier and--18 feet at medium ride at a distance of 200. foot from ses- ward boundary of the property.

In addition there is one wooden pier 100 feet long, one water reservoir with connections to all ports of the property, one Delco Electric Light Plant with connections and fittings for lighting the whole properly, telephone connected to the Kowloon exchange and buildings corering a total of about 20,825 square Loot including one European-style house, 6 Chinana style houses, oflices, lock-up store houss, sheds etc, etc. almost all of which are practically new

The whole of the land, buildings, electric plant &c., &c., described above

te to be fold in ons let

Particulars of the Crown Lease under which the land is held may be seen at the Office of the District Land Officer Bonth.

An cutline plan of the property mBO be seen at Mesara. Lammert's Office 14 whom application for further inform tion should be made.

LAMMENT BROS,

Auctioneers.

Bongkong, June 18, 1923.

OK

THURSDAY, July 12, 1923,

commencing at 3 p.m.

at the old premizes of the Hongkong Electric Co., Wing Fang Street,

Wanchai

Two (2) 550 B, H. P. Diesel Genera- Soru Complete with alternatore & exciters Three (3) 300 B. HP Diesel Genera- tors Complete with alternators & excitare Two (2) 250 K. W. Steam alterastota complete with exciters and switchboards

One (1) Babcock & Wilcox water tube boiler complete with fittings and chain grate stoker

One (1) Varine type boiler complete with fittings

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

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

One (1) Duplex Feed Pump,

Three (3) Heenan & Froude type water coolers

One (1) Lot of steel steam pipes and

VALTOS

Two (8) Sulzer pumpa

Three (3) Albany Notary pumpe

Three (3) Fans for cooling towers and

Three (3) motors for eame

One (1) Water tank

One (1) 120 Gallon cil tank

One (1) Set of epare gear for Diceal

Engine consisting of 251 items

One (1) 10 ton. Travelling crane and

A Large Quantity of Structural Stool

work on the premises.

Now on View,

For Further Particulars and terms el Exle apply to the Undersigned.

LAMMERT BROB

Asationsors.

Hongkong, May 23, 1923,

on... MONDAY, July 18, 1928, commending at 3 pm.

their Bales Rooms, Daddall Street, Ons Set of Mint Machinery

This Int comprises a complete set of Mint Machinery, capable of producing 100,000 (one hundred thousand) places 20-cent (twenty cent) coins or 200,000 (two hundred thousand), pisces 10-cent fen cent) sairs per working day of 10 Lours.

Further particulars and inspection orders may be obtained from Mesars. Od & Co, Tid, or the Undersigned

Teras-20 per cent of purchase money to be paid on fall of hammer, Balance to be paid within two weeks day of mio..

C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

BANITARY ENGINEERS

MONUMENTALISTS

Offices und Gedowns, ‚” Wanchal Road Hongkong. Tel. Central N

Large stock of BATHS and DÁTH BOOM-

FITTINGS LAVATORY BASING FLUSA. ULOSETS

COMMODES, BIDET, &c. &c. OPEN ACLOSED- STOVĖS, COOKING BANGES, TILED GRATES.

AMERICAN & ITALIAN MARBLE” MEMORIALS--Also in polished Hongkong Granite.

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A large selection of Artificial

Wreathn..

Prices on Application.

WE HAVE

discovered an A

ERROR

on

HONGKONG POSTAGE

STAMPS.

One only in a sheet of 240 stamps. DO YOU WANT THEM ?

Call at

GRACA & O0.,' No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. O. Box 620.

Hongkong.

SHOEMAKERS,

(Japanese Hand Made)

Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.

OBERRY & 00,,

́8. D'AGUILAR STREET,

Opposite Kayamally & Co.

Telephono Coul No. 491

Hongkong March 20, 2914.

NAMSAN & CO.

186, Connaught Road West, Photo Engraving and Designing

· LITHOGRAPHERS Tal, Central 1363.

WING. FAT CHEUNG

SPARROW CARDS (MA JONG) FOR BALL. SIRIS MADE OF IVORY AND FISH BONK,

No. 276, Queen's Road Central, EBANJA No. 39, Man Ham Street East.

ABAHI BÍA

*PILSENER BEES

ODDS AND ENDS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

Father of 250,

Kabarega, an exiled Uganda King, is returning hoine from the Seychelles, to which he was ban ished. "Kabarega has existed on a stnall annuity paid by the British Government," says the Observer. "His old country is now one at peace with its neighbours, and part of a promising British Colony The ex-King will probably be belt remembered by the fact that he left behind him, twenty-five years ago, a family of over 250 children. The native ruler of Bunyoro to-day is one of Kabarega's sons some where about his fortieth." 88-Hours Dance,

at

Atlantic Vettrains.

H. G WELLS TRIED.

AUTHOR, "ARRESTED" AND SENTENCED.

Mr. W. P. Willis, a United States wool merchant, who arrived, at Liverpool in the White Star (imer "Caltic" from New York, completed his 180th trip across the Atlantic,

"I arrest you in the name of the more than 540,000 miles in all. Other veteran Atlantic travellers Crown and Anchor."

It is some years since a writer of are: Mr.-J. H. Hargreaves, a wool merchant and J. P. of Westmorland, the eminence of Mr. H. G. Wolls aged 78, 271 voyages. Sir Horace has had to submit to the good- Plunkett, the Irish agricultural remumoured foolery of a mock trial: former, 200, Mr. W. A. Walker, a When 4 Leeds" detective," armed Lords.cloth merchant, 165. Boys Buried Alive.

with the symbol of swift justice-a- broom-tapped him on the shouldor and flourished a warrant in front of his eyes, Mr. Wells could see no venue of escape. He threw up his hands despairingly and went The quietly...

Mob violence is reported from Poona as a result of the rumoured kidnapping of boys for burial alive at the Mulshi Poth dam of the Tata Hydro-Electric Company.

The blow, came with cruci sud- boys were to he sacrificed to prdenness in the presence of hun- pitiate the local deity, which was

believed to have been incensed by dreds of students at the City of Leading American alienists ex-the construction of the dam. TheLeeds Training College at Head press alarm at the epidemic of situation is now quiet Lastingly, whom he had beef addres Marathon dancing ranging January part of the dam in course sing on the subject of the teaching

Dr. of construction collapsed, burying of world history. the throughout

country. Arthur P. Boyes, chief psychiatric many workers, -Twelve were dead expert of the Public Health Service when dug out. It is evidently this Washington compares the event which led to the belief that opidemic to so-called trantism-the local deity was angry, dancing mania which reached the London Traffic Record. proportions of a plague in London and many chief towns of Europe in the 14th century when men and women danced until they literally fell in their tracks. A new record has been established at Cleveland

hours.

in Ohio; when Mr. Arthur Howard! Klein ceased after dancing 88 Tarantisin is a disease characterised by melancholy and stupor and a wild desire to dance; it was believed to be due to the bite of a tarantula spider.

Slavery Romance.

All estimates of the traffic to the Cup finat were considerably exceeded, sy's a statement issued by the Traffic Combine. On the Underground alone the bookings

"You are charged," said the judge's clerk (who wore a two foot Sive number of dots with felonious moustache)," with using an exces intent, and, with malice afore. thought, in sundry works, and moreover with using an outline in a work of art, styled The Outline of Euglish History."

RED RODES.

Art, of course, knows no outline,

THURSDAY

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

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Agents for—ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

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High Class English Jewellery,

THE INTERNATIONAL SHIRT CO. Head Office: 79 Wyndham Strest 2nd Floor. (Opposite Central Police Station). Tel, Central 4166.

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

Skirts, Wrappers, Bonais, Veils, and Night-gowns for Ladine

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Manager: EMILIO LAU.

PHOTO. SUPPLIES,

DEVELOPING 2. PRINTING A SPROLALITY.. No. 174. Quran's BoaD CHIRAY, HONGKONG.

were 133.530 in excess of a normal but mock justice travelled so swift-LONG HING & CO., Kodad Koda, Saturday. The motor omnibusly on its course that Mr. Wells hall In addition, witness-box.He sat helpless in passengers carried to Wembley po opportunity to go into the numbered 30,000; 14,000 passengers journeyed to the tité dock before an upturned table Stadium by 325 privately hired between two stalwart policemen, vehicles. By Tubo, ominibus, and facing a jury of college students tramway a total of 6,000,000 pain red carpets, and whose heads sengers was dealt with in London were swathed in towels. on a Saturday, which tops last year's Cup final figures by 800,000. Duke's Luxury Yacht,

HOTELS & CAFES.

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS

HONGKONG:

SHANGHAI:

The

PEKING;

"That's nota jury. It's a Turkish A glimpse of slave dhows in the

bath," protested Mr. Wells.. Red Sea and the romance of

"Silence in court,” sang out the liberated slaves is given in an

The "Flying Cloud," the Duke of usher, clanging a bell.

Counsel for the prosecution (Mr. official correspondence now issued as a White Paper. Last July the Westminster's wonderful new-A-Dunning); weating a wig of cat- Acting Political Resident at Aden yacht, is being rapidly prepared al informed the British Consul at Brightingsea, Essex, for a long on wool, explained that he was

Domino Association." Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, that cruise, A study in black and briefed by the President of the "This dealer in dots," he said H.M.S. "Comflower had captured white and gold, she is certainly.

"must be dispatched. summarily, a dhow near the Hedjaz coast magnificent, says the London Even-

were ing News. In the centre of the ship He is a peril to phonetics and containing slaves who

Aden. They were are a dining-room, drawing-room,

dominoes," brought to

Utopia must not have in-and smoke-room. Aft are the state found

from the to be terior of Abyssinia, and were rooms for the duke and duchess, the blemish of a single dot. repatriated. The matter was and forward state-rooms for their world must be made safe for the Mr. Wells was mute. He had to brought to the notice of the guests, all spacious, and beautiful- Domino Presidents of the future, Abyssinian Government, which ex-ly appointed. The duke's room pressed its willingness to allow has five windows and an electric be these liberated slaves to live in fireplace. The duchess's suite in- safety wherever they chose. Ras cludes. a boudoir, wardrobe, and Taffari, heir to the Abyssinian bathbom. In all there are seven throne, added: "As we were very bathrooms in the yacht. desirous of finding-out to catch and A Tar punish these slave raiders, we have to inform you to send us the copy containing the conversation of these liberated slaves, if they have been examined whether they knew the persons and places wherefrom they have been raided." £2,000,000 Retort -

on Bets.

The Betting Tax Committee should bear two points in mind when it mosts, says the Daily Mail, The inquiry is a national interest and concerns the vast mass of the people: it should therefore be held in public. As regards the actual taxpayer, the inquiry may well point to some means of relieving Mr. George J. Gould, eldest son his present burden; the Committee of the late Mr. Jay Gould, the rail- therefore should not dally by the way magnate, has hit upon a neat riposte to his brothers and sistere. way, but make their report as soon who are suing him for an account as possible. Taxation of helting ing. of their father's estate, which properly handled, should be a little they charge he, as trustee, has gold-mine for Chancellors of the grossly maladministrated Mr Exchequer, present and future. It George Gould asks the court to is really surprising, considering require Mr. Frank Gould, one of the huge volume of betting trans- the plaintiffs, to return to the actions and the fact that the bulk estate £2,000,000, which he received of present taxation bears so heav contrary to the provisionsly on a small minority of the of his father's will after nation, that such an obvious and his marriage with Miss Edith Kelly lucrative source of new revenue has in 1910. His request is based upon not been tapped long-ago. the matrimonial clause in his Romantic Governor father's will, which says that if, Kenya's Governor is one of the after his death, any of his children most romantic figures in Africa to should marry-without the consent day. Sir Robert Coryndon was of the majority of the executors and born in South Africa 52 years ago, trustees, their share of the estate and joined the Bechuanaland shall be reduced by one half." He Border Palicebefore he was twenty, asserts that Frank did not seek the consent of the executors or trustees when he married Miss Kelly, when he divorced her, or when in February last he married in Paris Miss Florence Lacaze, a former American actress.

"Fclaim that dots are a profes- for the defence (Mr. H. Davey), "in stonal privilege." argued counsel much the same manner as dots are a pugilistic privilege to! Bombardier Wells. He who dots first dots best From the multitude of dots, I should say the prisoner is in his dotage."

A CRUEL SENTENCE. The betowelled jury found the prisoner "guilty," with "a strong recommendation to death." Ad- dressing Mr. Wells, the judge pas sed sentence:

You must either transcribe your Outline of History from Morse to Semaphore or work it out in cunci form writing without the assistance of Moabite stone and Tel-el-amarna tablets."

Tll do it on my head," said Mr. Wells, kissing his hand to the Court in farewell,

-WORTH MUCH MORE.

Ma," exclaimed-Teddy, "Mrs. Johnson said she would give me a penny if I told her what you said about her!"

"I never heard of such a thing I' answered his mother ludignantly. "You're a good boy not to have told. Fwouldn't have her think I even mentioned hef. Here's an apple for being such a sensible iad." and after an adventurous period of I should think I am, niat When service took part in the occupation she showed me the penny I told of Mashonaland in 1890, and later her that what you said was some in the Matabele war and rebellion, thing awful and worth sixpence at Then he met Cecil Rhodes and be least. came one of his private secretaries, holding the post all through the Parliamentary inquiry into the famous Jamieson raid. In Septem- Florida's Legislative Committee engaged in examining, witnesses ber of last year the Governorship. on the death of Martin Talbert, of of Britain's newest Colony became North Dakota, a boy who died in a vacant and Sir Robert Coryndon convict lease camps has been hor was chosen to fill the post. He is rified by the stories of terrible one of the finest big game hunter floggings and other cruelties in in a land of mighty hunters, and his private collection of trophies of flicted upon men most of whom are the wild is probably unique. To guilty only of vagrancy. Talbert him also has fallen the rather un- who was arrested for vagrancy and usual experience of having caught leased to a lumber company, died crocodile on a fish-hook; to be a few days after receiving a severe shot by one of the Governor's lashing, when, according to fellow

Convict Camp Horrors.

prisoners, he was delirious with party.

fever contracted in the swamps and Blimarck's Cigar

his feet were so swollen he was Bismarck would have had some unable to wear boots. The inquiry thing caustic to say about: Lord was held at the request of the Leverhulme's, views on smoking. Governor of North Dakota, and is The German statesman inhaled a result of the revelations, the cigars on the chain system-one Florida Legislature has already after the other all day long. Dur voted to end the system of legalising an Important European Con dd peonage. Now it is expected gress at Vicana, where every

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the committee will recommend delegate appeared in Court dress, that flogging: be abolished. A and where some of the sittings feel weak and depressed, Witness said Talbert received 11 wore very lengthy, such frivolity meal.000 Lashes and was frightfully cut that as smoking was quite out of the Invertert the sheet upon which he died look question. But Bismarck determine mith and edus if bloody beef had beened to change all this. He found wood laid upon it. Overseer Higulan that without his cigar- he did bad through one Botham, who whipped Talbert, has business. One morning, therefore, indicted and charged with he caused copetersation among the

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