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(Next door Café Wisemau,)

ECONOMY IN VOAL

Pichnen Lump Coal stands for economy in Goal value, All lamp Cosia have a largo parobntage

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of dust which are PRACTICALLY WASTE. The Cat in PUCHIEN IR barns late Lange a sco

Pachet lamp coal burns grauaally had is therefore, a decided as they Are cast into ECONOKY.

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Silk Lanterns,

Lamp Shades,

Mah Jong Sets,

etc., etc.

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PHONE CENTRAL 1468,

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Tel Cen. 836,

WINE MERCHANTS.

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When someone tells us "Ill come back"

HE USUALLY DOES

(without comments).

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'SITUATION IN GERMANY.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

PARIS, July 29,

ANOTHER EXPLOSION.

SCOTTISH COLLIERY DISASTER.

EIGHT MEN KILLED.".

(Renter's Service to the China Mail,)

LONDON, July 29. The draft of the Belgian reply to the British

Eight men were killed and two were seriously. ́note was handed to the Quai d'Orsay this morning injured in an explosion at the Gartshore colljerg by the Belgian Ambassador who had a prolonged | near Kilsyth. conference with Signor Dellarocca.

Twelve men were in the pit bricking in à large The reply is being telephoned to the premier, Marea, when a gas explosion wrecked the work. Poincaré, at Sampigny,

Klysth is a borgh' of Stirlingshire. A big explosion has also occurred at Maltby colliery near Rotherham. It is reported that twenty-eight lives were lost. There were 120 employés in the Maltby. máin coal mine at the time of the explosion, but all BERLIN, July 29,

The except twenty-eight were safely got up. Official reports hitherto received show that Com-Faccident was due to "gob" fires, which the men munist meetings held this morning throughout the have been endeavouring to extinguish for some days. Reich passed off quietly. The attendance at the Rescue work was handicapped by the masses of demonstrations was declared poor. Ten thousand debris.] demonstrators marched in procession through Liepzig, but there was no disorder.

PARIS, July 29. The French and Belgian draft replies will be handed to the Foreign Office on July 30. COMMUNIST MEETINGS,

INCREASED TAXATION,

BERLIN, July 29.

A manifesto has been issued stating that with a view to strengthening the financial situation advance payment of income tax will be demanded, and in order to meet depreciation in the currency measures will be enforced remodelling the property taxes and the inheritance duties, doubling the taxation on the Stock Exchange turnover, and curtailing the period which taxes on articles, of general consumption are

payable.

An increase in the income tax is contemplated. in order to compensate for the loss of the Rhineland and the Ruhr. The issue of a stabilisation loan has been decided upon.

DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

SPAIN DEFEATS FRANCE.

DEAUVILLE, July 29

¿

In the Davis Cup doubles Flaquer and Degomar (Spain) beat Brugnon and Cochet (France) 6-4, 8-6, 11-13, 1-6, 6-4

-DEAUVILLE, July 29. Playing for the Davis Cup Lacorte beat Degomar in the resumed match 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

JAPAN DEFEATS CANADA.

MONTREAL, July 28. In the Davis Cup doubles, Shimidzu and Kashio (Japan) beat Crocker and Wright (Canada) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

AUSTRALIA DEFEATS HAWAI

NEW YORK, July 30. Playing for the Davis Cup Anderson and Hawkes (Australia) beat Ecklund and Dietrick (Hawaii) 6-0, 8-6, 7-5. ·

ATHLETICS.

FRENCH WIRELESS.

LINKING UP THE COLONIES.

PACIFIC RIVALRY,

PARIS, July 29.

As regards wireless linking up the French colonies, it is hoped that the stations at Bamako Brazzaville, Saida and Antananarivo will be finished

next year.

Senator Lemery tabled a bill proposing that power stations equal to the foregoing should be established at Noumea, Papeete, Djibouti and Martinique

He pointed out that foreign nations were rapidly increasing the number of wireless stations in the Pacific, Germany being very active in the Dutch colonies,

HOME DOCKERS' STRIKE.

HULL MEN RESUME WORK.

LONDON, July 29. The Hull dockers, meeting to-night; decided by a large majority to return to work to-morrow.

The men are dissatisfied with the method of calculating the cost of living figure, by the fall of which reductions in wages are determined. The leaders point out that the, agreement signed in September last making wages dependent on the cost of living must be upheld. They point out that the men will benefit when the cost of living rises.)

AMERICA'S FALLEN.

GIBRALTAR TABLET.

GIBRALTAR, July 29. -Six American destroyers and a fleet of Lauxillary craft arrived here to participate in the ceremony of unveiling a memorial tablet in the dockyard to all ratings of the American navy who At an athletics meeting held in the Pershing fell in the war. Other United States ships are ex- Stadium. England, defeated France by 69 to 42pected and 3,500 American sailors and marines will points.

attend the ceremony.

WITHOUT AUCTION.

LAND FOR PUBLIC UTILITY

PURPOSES...

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S.

STATEMENT.

PARIS, July 29.

THE MACAO LOTTERY.

CHINA'S MILLIONS.

The first drawing of the re- suscitated Macao monthly lotteries in 1922 by provincial oficials are The following figures estimated took place on July 25. The follow given in the Chinese Post Office- ing numbers drew the chief

report for last year. prizes:

· NO.

10125 !

8187

3946

.1616

9075

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Alexandra Building

Des Voeux Road.

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FLETCHER'S BEETLE VIRUS,

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EXPORTER OF

Swatow Drawn-thread. Work and Canton Embroidery in most Quality of silk and linen. Dealing in Ivory, Brass, Pawtor, Cloisonne and Lacquer. Mandarin Costumes and Shawls are our most popular stocks.

All goods Fresh and Moderats in price.

No. 13 Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

We are manufacturers of.

Felt Hain, Straw Hati,

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GINS & LIQUEURS

VALUE.

Peking

4,014,619.

$15,000

Chibli

50,172,092.

2,500

Shinsi

.I1,114,951.

Liner Hata, Toperly alo.

1,500

Honan

30,831,909

1,000

Sbeast

9.465,558.

500

Kansu

5,927,997.

Sinklang

2,519.579-

Fengtien

12,824.770.

Ki-Hei

9,258,655.

Shantung

30,803,345

Szechwan -49,782,810.

Hupeh

.27,167.244.

Hunan..... 28,443,279.

Klangsi

24,466,800.

Kiangsa

28,235,864.

Shangbai

5,550,200.

Anhwei

19,832,665.

Chekiang....

22,043,300

Fukien

..13,157,791.

A representative of the China Mail called upon Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, the Colonial Secretary, this morning, to ascertain how it was that certain lots of land had been sold privately by Government without being put up to auction. of Y.M.C.A. buildings. Sometimes The attention of Mr. Fletcher was the Government sells land at a called to paragraph 6, page 7, of the specially low price for religious/or Report of the Director of Public Jéducational purposes. The Kaw- Works for the year 1922, which loon Tong was granted land with- reads:"

out an auction being held, on an Sales Without Auction-Five lots undertaking to build with were sold under this heading in a view to relieving the shorte Hongkong and realized $80,199.00. age of housing accommodation. In Kowloon, two lots were sold Quite recently the Eléctile Com which realized. $51,089.84. Two pany has obtained land, for instalments were also paid residential sites to house its into the Treasury op account European employees, on similar of the sale without | auction | terms... last year of Kowloon Inland Lot

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PENINSULA HOTEL SITE. 1,461 (Peninsula Hote! site), Mr. With regard to the site, granted Fletcher, in this connection stated for the. Peninsula Hotel, Mr. that lots were frequently sold Fletcher said that it had been sold privately with special restrictive at $5.00 a foot on the condition that covenants for certain reasons, the land was "only to be Recently land bad been sold at used for the erectiori bf Yaumati at ouc dollar a European hotel with garages and erection banks, offices and shops on modern lines and rendering facilities ex- pected by its clientèle" After the erection of the Peninsula Hotel, the Hongkong Hotel, Co, will only be allowed to sell the property on

foot for the

Don't Neglect Your Family: When you fall to provide your family with s hittle of Chamberlain's Collo and Diarrhaps Hemedy at this season of the your, you for neglecting them, shaw the condition that the purchaser. 'oɔmplaint in muro to he prevalent, and it is ton ajanganui a majidy to bertrified with This special y tras if there are Colonial Secretary, EGNAN zaj ohi diren in the faulys. A doas he two of

'hi reindly will pass the troube with.

continues to conduct a hotel run on modera European, lines, said the

› Kwangtung....37,167,701.

Kwangsi Yunnan

12,258,335. 9.8180. Kweichow .....11,216,400.

TOTAL:436,094,953

Not included in the above. (no data available)-

(a) 1 Hsien 'and Mongolia in

Peklag, District '(.).1" Hsien in Fengtlen Dis-

trict. Tibet.

MOYEMENT OF STEINER.

FROM

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Tel, Central 75.

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