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

AVURDERERI, ·ÄFPRAMERS

AND SURFSTORM,

- Public Auctions-

11 Undersigned havoreceived inawed,

On

th

HATUNDAY, July 14, 1993,

commoueing at 11 a.m. their Saloe Rooms, Daddall Street. A Quantity of Eligh Class Havana, Manila & Dutch Cigura (well-known Brands).

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Terms-Cael on delivery.

KAMMERT BROS.. Asblommen. A. 1923

Comp July

MONDAY, July 16, 1923, Comparing at 3 p.m.

at their Bales Rooms, Daddell Street, Que Bot of Mint' Machinery

Thia Int comprirea a complate sot of Miot Machinery, capable of producing 100,000 (one frundred thousand) piecce 20-cent (ineuty evat) coins or 260,000 (two hundred thousand pieces 10-cont len cent) coin per working day of 10 Yours.

Further particulars and inspection orders may be obtained from Messrs. Clilman & Co., Ltd, or the Undersigned).

Terme-20 per cent of purchase money to be paid on fall of hammer. Balance to le paid within two weeks of day of exi

LAMMERT BROS.,

Avotionoors.

Hongkong, June 13, 1923.

UE Undersigned love recoived in- atructions from the Registrar of the Eupreme Court by Public Auction.

m

MONDAY, July 10, 1928. commencing at 11 am.

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Stnot.

A Large Quantity of

Winos, Spirits and Malt Liquors of well-known Brands.

Comprising:-

Pommery

Champagne (Muma, and Oreno, Mont and Chandos, Holdeick, Lauis Roederer, Duc do Monaco, Manopole, Clicquot, etc.)

Sparkling Burgundy, Sparkling Moselle, Survine, Claret, Port, Shorry, White Wines

Gia (Gaiten, Old Tom, Holland, sto),

Whiskey (Joba Dowar, King George, Black and Whito, Napier Johnstone, Haig and Haig Canadian Club, American, ote.

Brandy (Bonnesay, Martell, etc.). French and Italian Vermouth, Cremo de Menthe Caeso, Benedictino, Char- treuse, Apricot Brandy, Coracao, Absinthe, Dabonst; Blackberry Brandy, Kummal, Amor Picon, etc.

Bitture (Angostur, Orange Koosh, Lasb ote)

San Miguel Boar, American Beer, Bass Ale nud Stout, etc, etc.

On view from SATURDAY, the 14th

July, 1923.

Terms:-Cush on delivery.

CAMMERT BROS., Austioneers.

Hongkong, July 11, 1923.

THE Undersigned have received 10- structions from Mr. A. Silva Netto

to sell by Public Auction

UN

TUESDAY, July 17, 1929, commencing at 11 a..

at "Belmont" No. 63 Robinson Road The Whole of Els Valuable Household Furniture, Comprising:--

Hatatanda, Bull Lampe, Marble Top Hall Chairs, Hall Carpols, Drawing Boom Suite, Bevelled Glass Overmantel, Marble Top Tables, Carpets and Rugs, Bmas Vana and Omnements, Bronze Statuetter, Electroliers and Brackets, Curtaius and a collection of Old Obinso Curice, etc., ste

Bolid Mahogany Extension Dining Tablo and Chaim, Side Board, with Bevelled Mirror, Dinner Waggon and Glace Cabine! Tea Tabica, Diver Crockery and Fine Hand-Painted Dessert Het, Marble Cleck, Brassos, Ono Carved | Belgiau Oak Bookcase Tablo Ores. ments, Vhare and Bowls, Cutlery, Leather covered couch and Easy Chairs, E. P, Ware, etc., etc.

Irca bedsteads, (double and single) Touble and Single Wardrobes with Bevalled Mirror Boors, Dressing Table with Marble Top and Bevelled Mirrors, Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Toilet Crockery, Tapestry and Lace Curtains, Linen and ono Arlwood Bedroom Suite, Porcelain Basins and Enamel Bath, American Ice Chest, Cooking Store, Goysers, Bailers, and Cooking Utecails. A collection of Oil Paintings and Water Colons by well-known artiste.

Ono Humphrey Automatic Water, Moster.

One Astronomical Telescope by Wray, London.

Also

One Auto Piano by Robinson & Co., with a large quantity of records;

Ons Columbia (zamophone anà

Ono full size Biliard Table by John Boberie & Co. Ltd, with completo sroessories, comprising: - Cues, Markers, Balls, Cue Etands and Electri HightFittings, Shades oto, etc.

And

Ona "Maxwell 7 seater Fedon One"Maxwell" 5 seater Touring

A quantity of Maiden Bair Palm od Planta in Pute

On View from Sonday, the 15th July,

· 1928,

Catalogues will be issued.

Totes-Cash on deliverym

BAMMERY BROS., Ampionsboro.

Eorgkum July 9, 10 thi

BANTIALLY "ĮRNGINEKAB

MONUMENTALISTH

Quien", and Jodowas, Ma,"WangbaŬ Rand Hongkong. TelCentral Ko, sosi

Large dock of BATHS and BATE BOOM FITTINGS

LAVATORY BASINS --FLUSY CLOSETS.

COMMODES, DIVETS, do, do.

OPEN & CLOSED STOVES, COOKING

*RANGES, TILED GRATES

-AMERICAN & ITALIAN MARDLE MEMORIALS-Alno in polished Hongkong Oranite.

Large selection of Artificial

Wrratha.

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Prinen on Dr.

FOR SALE

CHINA

AIR POST STAMPS,

Complete set of

5 Stamps,

at $7.00 per 501, USED OR UNUSED,

GRACA & CO.,

Dealers in Postage Stampe, Philatelis Goods, Garden Boeds, Post Cards, Toys, &o.

No. 10, Wyndham Street,

P. U. Box 620.

Hongkong.

SHOEMAKERS.

(Japanese Hand Mado)

Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY &.00..........

6. D'AGUILAR STREET,

Opposite Kayamally & Co. Telophone Central No 491

Hongkong, March 30, 1914.

YEE SING.

GENTLEMEN'S TAILOR

Tel. 1882

NIPPON

12, Wellington Elreet,

WING FAT CHEUNG

OPARROW CARDS (WA JONG) YOR BALE, CARIS MADE OP IVORY AND FISH BONE. No 270, Queen's Boad Central BEARCH No. 29, Man Ham Street Fast.

ASAHI

BMER

PILSENER BEEL

GRAND PRIZE,

ASA

LAGER

SAH

BEER

SPECIALLY

-AGER BEEN

MIISUI BUSSAN, KAISHA"

HYGIENIC

MACHINE-MADE Cigarettes

OBVIOUSLY

MACHINE-MADE CIGARETTES are more HYGIENIC and more CONSISTENTLY WELL MADE than those made by any other process.

In the manufactur og of CAPSTAN Cigarettes for handen

GAP

Navy Ciga W.D.&H

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POINT NO

Pure dust-free tobacco leaf is fed t

chines in Model Factories

Modern Ma

soiled human hond comes into no with the c

Agarette during the

process of manufactu

POINT No 2

MAGNUMS

DIUM STRENGTH

Machine-Made Cigarettes are uniform- by well made. Each paper receives its proper quota of tobacco leaf and rolled to the correct degree of tightness This Uniformity is impossible to attain under any other process.

CAPSTAN

W.D&HOTELS Bristol London.

MAGNUM SIZE

THE COOL HYGIENIC SMOKE

ASK THE MAN WHO KNOWS!

This advertisement is keved by The Ecllah-Anierīgas Tokarm &

ODDS AND ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

The Duke..

The King's sons are barred by the law of the land from entering into trade or professions other than the Navy and Army. Because of this they are granted" salaries." through the Civil List-the Duke ef York on his marriage received £25,000 a year. There is one job they may take-Viceroy in one of the Dominions, 5d: for 1d.

People putting pennies in automatic stamp-vending machines at Gloucester, have been getting 5d. back instead of a stamp, and as the word went round, business has been brisk. The Post Office, how ever, has ordered a mechanical diagnosis of all the stamp ma- chines in the city. There is no such thing as automatic morality," was the contment of a General Post Office official. These ma chines were provided for the con- venience of the public, but unfor tunately the public regard them as legitimate prey." He added that the question of faulty machines was receiving the serious consideration of the Postmaster-General, Left-Handed Guarda, ·

cavernous mouth. All save one of the chicks decided to retire. The one brave heart advanced boldly, and began pecking at the worm. A lively tug-of-war ensued. But it was the toad that ate the worm, and the small bird, as if fearing a like fate, now beat a scared retreat from the toad's rolling eyes and flashing tongue.

|“Shall” and “Will. "

were made is a matter of commen knowledge to all foreign Powers, and to a large proportion of the British public as a matter of fact, by all of them who take any, in- terest in the matter, now that five years have elapsed since they were likely to be of any use whatever. Wonderful Industry...

garded as the birth year of the Typewriter, because some time in

With the typewriter, as with most other inventions, there is a It is Sir James Barrie who makes dispute as to who was really first, his hero in When a Man's Single" writes James H. Colling in The reply to the editor who inquires Business, Woman. The idea of a whether he has got over the "shall | machine that would write had been and will" difficulty: "No, and I in the air 100 years or more when never will." Sir James him-Christopher Latham Sholes began gelf has surmounted it, but turning it over in his inventive many distinguished Scotsmen mind sometime in 1866... Others. still cling to the lacution which had built machines that would .scoms odd to English ears, write... Patents were taken out observes the Daily Chronicle. Mr. for writing machines in England Bonar Law, writing to the chiran as early as 1714, and in America in of the Glasgow Central Division 1829; but none of these machines Unionist Association, says It is were ever brought to the point very unlikely that I will be able to where they were manufactured und attend this session. That was writ-sold to the public. Sholes was the ten probably out of compliment to first man to bring a writing machine his Scottish constituents, for the to the point where a manufacturer ex-Premier is not a pure Scotsman, could take it up, and 1873 is re though he had a Scottish mother and married a Scottish wife. The Old Slave Tree in Cape Town. April of that year a contract was made with E. Remington-& Sons, There is an old free in Capa Town, in Church Square, over 250 at liion, New York, to take over his years old, and all that remains of it Patents. Both the contract and the to-day is the stump, to which, is marked the beginning of an in- exact date have heen lost; but they affixed a brass plate and an inscrip dustry which has meant so much Why are the seven Guardsmen tion, giving an outline of its history to women economically and in in the poster, "Trooping the It is a most historic landmark, as itoti er ways Colour," issued by the Underf was there before the days of, Jan ground Railway, drawn as left van Riebeek. To this tree slaves Liberal Pastora handed men? A correspondent were brought, and placed on tables who asked the question pointed out that in this poster the officer is depicted with his sword sloped on the right shoulder, but all his seven old tree, and it is not difficult still was nothing but man, and that men have their rifles at the "order to picture the once familar scene, belief in Biblical miracles. Its a at their left sides. Underground Slavery was abolished In 1838, but relic of "superstition, witchcraft traffic officials were mystified when the old slave tree stood and bravedad. taboo He was asked by questioned on the matter, though the storms till Nov. 9, 1916, when it Bishop Manning to retract or to one ventured the suggestion that was cut dowa, as it was considered resign his post, to which he issued the figures might have some unsafe. The brass, plate was spirited but courteous reply hold- symbolical meaning"! The depart-affixed by the owner of a store in fast fo what he had already ment which decides on the which, until the tree was cut down, declared, and, claimed for himself posters which shall be exhibited, had always been advertised as the right of thinking and liter which was also appealed to, replied "under the old fir tree.” that it could "give no information The Mystery Towers.

for exhibition and sale. The slaves church of New York, in a sermos Dr. Grant, of the Episcopal were kept in the old Supreme declared, among other things, Jesus Court building, just opposite the

preth independently, “The con- troversy between the prelates brought in Dr, Holmes of New York,

as to why the Guardsmen should The famous Mystery Towers," who, in his spirited defence of be left-handed. It also confessed which obyfously bear upon the Dr. Grant, writes-that, "Dr. Grant that it had not noticed that they question of costst defence, merely said what every liberal The Tale of gaan

especially of deepwater channels, pastor and scientific thinker has Trid

have been brought before the known for years. The yirgin birth

•~ Atamefond of a garden, a buxom pahllc agal by the proceedings off is not only untrue thụ and matronly toad, lives beside a the Royal Commission on Awards legend of fesus conception is an lily pond, whero, she "recelven Ey Inventar. It was, for some insult to motherhood becaßiao. It many visitore, eating some, and reason, agreed that the purpose for Impiles that there is something

·sending others packing with a dose. which the towers were bullt should which is rulger and unclean shout of her vegom. She was-lately | nor be divulged, but only communte human - birth, -7, Orthodox called upon by a party of baby I cued on a scrap of paper to the Christianity is dead in Europe and moortions, attracted by the water Commissioners themselves. Why is dead in everything The the Morning Post tells us. They all this secrony? I thought that churches are dying?593 Tours came to a stop as they beheld, in DORA. was, doat, says. Truth. glad to see them, dis,” Distop rovidenti curiosity, a large, worm The purpose for which the towers, Manping did got take any, further

wriggling, in and out of her now at Shoreham and off the Nab, steps and let the matter drop,

FRIDAY JULY 18, 3291

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS,

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Hotel Mansio

Agents for:—ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS. BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacture: n High Class English Jewellery,

THE INTERNATIONAL SHIRT 00.

Hew0ice: 78 Wyndham Street, 2nd Floor.

(Opposite Central Police Station.) Tel, Central 4166.

Dealers in all kinds of High-class Silk Shirts, Collars, Necktice and Pyjames for Gentlemon AND ALBO

Chemises, Skirts, Wraptors, Scarfs, Veils, and Night-gowns for Ladies ALSO, MADE TO ORDER

MODERATE PRICE.

PROMIT DELIVERY -Manager: EMILIO LAD.

PHOTO SUPPLIES,

LONG HING & CO., dodal Films, #i. Es.

DEVELOPING & FRINTING & SPECIALITY, No. 17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CESTRAL, HONGKOKU.

HOTELS & CAFES.

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Peak Hotel

Hongkong Hotel

Repulse Bay Hotel

SHANGHAI:

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Astor House Hotel

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Grand Hotel Kalee Grand Hotel des Wagon Lite

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and

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Tel. Centl. 812. GABLTON HOTEL. Tel. Add: "Cariton"

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Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes' walk from the Banks, and, Central Districia 43 Bedrocane. Fxcellent Cuisine. Borupulously came Under American Management. A new Dining Room has been opened n03 No. 2, Queen's Bond (lis flour), Entrance Ice House St. Tiffins a speciality/

for terms apply to Mrs. F. E. CAMERON, Proprietas..

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Becently renovated and refurnished, electris Hght and fans throughent and anurely under new management, Quidne under the personal supervidon of the proprietor, Bar and Billard Boom. Terms moderate. Special Events 60 families on application to

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J. H. OXBERRY, Frogteor.

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WEST BUND, CANTON.

Leading Hotel in South China.

First class Accommodation. Electris Lights, Fans e Elevators. Roof Garden. Hairdressing Balcom Splendid Views of City and Pear! Biver

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Stimus and Digmary- (Menu sud 4 In Carte) that all henrik

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Queen's Road, Central As

NEW DINING BOOM opened for.

P: Kroolient. Cuisine.

Monthly Taxeta for Tiffin & Dinneza..

For further particulam apply to:

THE MANAGEE- "Holglonky May 1, 1921.

JAPANESE MASSAGE N. AKAJI, Graduate of Tokio Massage Bebec, No 9-10, Praya East, Wanchal 01. Contral 2630,

MASSAGE

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18, Prays East,

Lad Floor,

MASSAGE.

Mrs. HONDA: Mrs. KIE

VER, THEKIDEO,

• (opposite ta dhà › China Mat

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