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

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISEES

* And BurysTORS,

Public Auctions-

THE Undoraigned have recared inansuo kons to sell by Fablin Averion,

ON

FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 1983, commanding at 5.15 p.m.

at their Bales Rooms, Daddell Street,

A Valuablo Collection of

Postage Stamps

(lochiding overal lots of Rongkong and British Offices in China broken crown)

Catalogues will be issued.

Terms -Cash on delivery.

On View from Thursday, the 9th

August, 1923,

LAMMERT BROA,

Auctioneert,

Hongkong, at 7, 1993.

PARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.

The fares prescribed for public vehicles are as follows:-

-In the filand of Hongkong, Caine

Road and Laser Levels, and in Kowloon, and New Kowloon,

RICKSHAS.

BANITARY ENGINEERA

MUSUMENTALIŠTY

Offices and Godowar

ga, Wanet:ai Beal Hongkong.

Tol Central No. 550

Large stock of

BATHS and BATH ROOM

FITTINGS.

LAVATORY BASINS FLUSH CLOSETS,

COMMODES, DIDETS, ., .

OPEN & CLOSED STOVES, COOKING RANGES, TILED GRATES.

AMERICAN & ITALIAN-MARBLE MEMORIALS--Algo is polished Hongkong Granito,

A large selection of Artificial Wreathe.

Prices in Application.

COLLECTION OF

POSTAGE STAMPS mounted in books containing both mint and used stampe

500 stamps all different for $4.

do

1000

# 8.-

1500 do.

@ 18..

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8 30,-

2000 do

8 60.-

4000

do

$ 75..

5000 do 10000

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$100,-

do

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8500,-

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THE CHINA MAIL.

The Three Castles

Virginia Cigarettes

Smoked 'round the World

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928.

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

·Hotel Mansio

Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS; -

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

ENGLISH SILVERWABE, direct from Manufacturora, High Class English Jewellery,

PHOTO, SUPPLIES,

LONG HING & CO., Bodaks and Kodas Films, &o. de

DEVELOPING & PRINTING A SPECIALITY.

No. 17a, Quess's. Boad Cestral, Hovering.

HOTELS & CAFES.

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS

1.

HONGKONG:

Hongkong Hotel

IDY

SHANGHAI:

Astor House Hotel

PEKING

A

Peak Hotel

Repulse Bay Hotel

Falace Hotel

Grand Hotel Kalee

Grand Hotel des Wagon Lite

The Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.

In conjunction with

The Shanghai Hotels; Ltd.

and

The Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Ltd.

Fivo minutes.

Ten minutes.

Quarter bour, ****

Half hour,...

One hour,

Try Subacquent hour, 建

tho jinricksha

within the City of Victoria, and be dia.

charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 8 pm, or be dis starged to the East of Bay View Polico Station on the Eastera aido of the City

of Victoria altor 9 pm, an extrs balt Care shall be chargeable.

For 2 or 3 drivers tho fars is double or

treble respectively.

FI.-In the lil District,

Ten minutes, *****

Quarter hour,..

1b cents

11

17-In the dew Territorica-

By arrangement with the proprietors

through the Police

CHINA.

1.-Lover Lencla.

With Bearers With 4 Bearers.

Ten minutes, ... 10 centa

Quarter hour, 15 27

20 conta

A bour, $5

45

15

One hour, my 35

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80

Every absequent

bour,

40

13

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30 cente

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40

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One hour, ...... 40

Bak hour. 30

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Every subsequent

heur

II. -Hill District,

With Bearers Wish & BaarorTE.

SOURCED

THE WATER BUFFLY.

151

Level and Storage of waterly reservoirs on the 1st July 1929-

CITY AND BELL DINTRIOT WATES WORKI

LEVEL.

1923 1079 Tyimmatīt. Din. Below gy It. 0 in. Below ovarkom

overtow Islam yash Zift.

Gin. Below aradowitt la. Dolow TEBED

Byles Lstematisie 18th. Jik. Sia, Below orsizow for a KIL die

holow drerlow 15812. 7 in. Below overdow

vone Nat ComK, ZEIL, 1

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Pokfulam, 11 IL SOLD:

Below artis

tla. Blow overdow FL. Below ovuzdan

WOLLEN XY HELENE AND PRONTALS OF MALZA NA-

1024.

10113

195.15

1.37

3.05

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13.10

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316.48

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650,75

Coa umpilon of water to the Olty and District"in millons and doctmal

of gallons during the month of June.

1921

1921

241.22 183.09 M. J © menuption m mamaded porela fíotz -- 21,180 $1,600 Embunyian yahoo} KLI

15.4 pallom Constant supply in' all distri ta dur'ng June 1921 with the exception of the Dis- ricis West of Eastern Street and Arsonal Btreat to Heard Street where Inter- mittent Supply by Rider Mains was resorted to from 11th and 18th Juno 1923.

Intermittent Sapply in all Hider Main Aistricts daring June 19:3,

KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL.

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Consumption of water to Kowloon in filens and dookmals of gallons during the month of June.

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10,500

11.3

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112 pallona

Bestricted Rupply in all districts from 8th to 23rd inclusive June 1912

Bestricted Eupply in all districts up to 17th June 192S,

The Government Analyst's reports sher da: the quality of the water in satisfac. koty.

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1925

Tela) Rainfall to 20th June 2017 ia, 1607 in.

H. T. JACKMAN.

Water Authority.

· Public Works Department.

© Supplied by All Chemists. Phys cians prescriu Chamberlain's Dolie and Diarrhoea Remedy because it relieves cramps in the stomach and Intestinal pains quicker thepavy pr par ation they can compound. It can be bought from any chemist. A bottle will keep for yours, and no bonus is complete wi hout it. For me by all Cherniats and Borekoupers

FULL SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

GRACA & 00.,

Dealers in Philatelic Goods, Pictorial

Postcards, Flower and Vegetable

Seeds, Toys etc., etc.

*No. 10, Wyndham Street,

Hongkong.

P. O. Box 620,

SHOEMAKERS,

(Japanese Hand Made)

Every kind of Footwear, MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & 00..

6, D'AGUILAR STREET,

Opposite Kayamally & Co. Telephone Central No. 191

Hongkong, March 20, 181.

YEE SING. GENTLEMEN'S ' TAILOR

Tol. 1882

12, Wellington Eirect,

WING FAT CHEUNG SPANDOW CANNS (MA JORG) FOR SALE. CARDS MADE OF IVORY AND FISH BOND, No. 976, Queen's Rose Contral BRANCH No. 39, Man Ham Street East.

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ODDS AND ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS' LOOT.

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Chinese Poison Gas.

Adventures In Journalism.

In The London Magazine, Bir Philip Gilbs, in his series of most interesting articles entitled "Adven-

tres in Journalia," tells again the story of the Battle of Sidney Street and of how he and his daily vantage point on the roof of a high paper colleagues found a good gin palace:--

of the "In the top-floor room Anarchists' house we saw a gas-jet burning, and presently some of us noticed the white ash of burnt paper fluttering out of a chimney-pot.

The discovery by Chinese. officials of sufficient materials to manufacture ́15,000 poison gas Chesterfield Asses And Hoggs. bombs affords an opportunity of The Chesterfield County wagis-gauging the efforts of the rival trates, says Truth, seem to be about Chinese militariats to gain power a century behind the rest of the with the assistance of modern ap country when they dent with cases pliances. An alarm has been raised of cruelty to animals. Last week and British firms have been warned they had before them a man named not to facilitate the manufacture of Hogg, charged with cruelty to 1 the bombs. The presence of such pony. Hogg had borrowed the pony weapons in such irresponsible fron an ex-Service man, and taken hands as those of the Chinese

They're burning documents !* four adults and a child a trip of militarists is a serious question.

said one of my friends. twenty miles over hilly country, Terrible · Dive.

"They were burning more than The animal was returned at night' Details have leaked out of the that. They were setting fire to the exhausted, and it died from a rupterrible death in Perth Penitentiary house, upstairs and downstairs. tured howol caused by the physical of James Abbott the

young The window, curtains were first to straint. The magistrates found the charge proved, but considering that the cruelty was due to ignorance. merely ordered the offender to pay the costs. That is how asses deal with a Hogg.

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Kinarnock in who appeared at catch alight, then volumes of black Glasgow High Court on May 2 on a smoke, through which little tongues charge of murdering the manager of of flame, licked up, poured through an engineering works in Kilmarnock the empty window-framea. where he was employed as an "The detectives, with revolvers apprentice. He was declared by ready, now, advanced in Tadian file. Mary Queen Of Scots' Letter. medical experts to be insane, and One of them ran forward und Ricked A letter written by Mary Queen was ordered by Lord Sands to be at the front door. It fell in, and a of Scots immedintely before, her detained during His Majesty a plea elicet of flame leapt out. No other execution at Fotheringay Castle has sure. Later he was removed to the hot was fired from within. Peter been accepted by the Advocates natic department of Perth Frison, the Painter-and his fellow bandits Lionary. The offer of the letter was During the summer months-the were charred cinders in the bonfire contained in communication Tuisoners are allowed out to the they had made." addressed to the Keeper of the open air for a period after tes, and

A Dangerous Experiment. Library by Sir Robert Witt, chair-it was during this short period of

Chief Justice Harry Olson, of the man of the National Art Collection exercise and relaxation that the Fund. In the letter, which is well unfortunate man took his life. Chicago Municipal Court, is report preserved, the Queen informe her Abbot somehow got to the roofed to have appealed to the Federal brother that having passed nearly unobserved, and when he was seen Government to lend its support to 20 years in the captivity of Queen on the elevated position it was im- the scheme of crime.prevention by Elizabeth, she has been condemned possible to prevent the tragic occur sterilizing habitual criminals. This rence. Members of the staf and iden is one which has been shared to death, and has been ordered to be executed as a criminal at eight people on the Edinburgh Road were by many people, mainly, we be o'clock on the following morning. horrified to see the man dive head-lieve, those who are more academic She states that it was for the long from the roof. About 20 feet than practical. The great mass of beneath where the man stood was a criminal judges, And practical Catholic religion that she was confat roof, but be missed this in his students of penology, seem inclined demned to die, and she comunes descent and crashed to the ground, to stand aloof from a proposition of her son to his care, as also - her heart-broken servants. She further about 60 feet below. He was in this kind as a dangerous experi requests him to found a dead hinss.stantaneously killed.

ment. The aim, of course, is to protect posterity by preventing the The letter concludes :-"At two Turtles.

transmission of criminal: propensi hours after midnight, your most Bomeone asked a question in ties, for it is not claimed that, the loving and good sister, Mary R.Parliament about the annuaf "tri- moral qualities of the individual will Dancing Mad

bute of turtleg which for the last be improved by the treatment. Everybody-including the Prince 150 years has been sent to the Someone has said that it is a sign of Wales appears to be dancing Admiralty from Ascension Island of increasing idealism to protect our. Load" these days, Strange lules are Now that the administrative con posterity from the ills which wo whispered of the high fees paid to trol of the island has passed from suffer as the result of unfortunate young noblemen who are willing to the Admiralty to the Colonial Office heredity. It has been pointed out grace the dances given by social this agreeable custom ceases, pince that other things such as soil ex- climbers." I know of one elegant there are no longer any naval rathaustion, the diminishing coal sup- youth, heir to an ancient but iu-ings to catch the creatures who ply and vanishing mineral resources, poverished title, who can afford to they pay their seasonal visit to are more important for human com pick and chose among his "invita Ascension. In giving this explana fort than the sterilization of undesir

Eyres-Monsellables. There are many other things tions," avea Glasgow Herald tion, Commander writer. He ually receives nu added that the turtles used to be from which we need to protect honorariumas it is delicately sent home by any convenient ship society, for the sake of the future, phrased-of £50 per 'dince, Of and ono turtle was always given to rather than to consider some of the course, he is an export in all the the captain of the ship. Curiously schemes of these half-baked re latest atope. The big Henley house- enough, whatever might be the formers who ask for the unsexing of parties have all arranged a series of mortality among the turtles during the moron, the product of ages of lawin danced-for they are the the voyage, the turtle belonging to unintelligent evolution. Wo. can things now that everybody, young the captain never died. It is appro not reasonably excise the moron; to and old, must dauce. Some of the, pruto to recall, Bays Lloyd's Lart, should be slowly educated to come. old slagers who hunt with the young that on May 20, 1824, à presenta thing better.

uns in the pleasure pack, complain tion of a turtle of about 70lb, Weight that it is pretty stiff work No was snade to the Secretary of the wonder food faddists, physical cul-General Post Office as an nonowy turists, fat-reducers, and all sorts of ledgment, according to the officia! As a general-role all you paod to do le health and atrength charlatans record on the part of the Come to adopt a diet kalt d to gear ars and are doing mob wonderful business.mittee for Managing the Affairs of occupationwed to keeprom tower

esten too much kod when enratipatad;; Grandpa and grandma of to-day Lloyd's of the accommodation resular. When you feel that you have must often sigh for the easy chair afforded by the department undertake one of Chamberlain's Tablet For and the quiet tile:

his superintendence.

sale by all Chemists and Storskeopera".

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For a Weak Stomach.

Tel. Centi, 812. CARLTON HOTEL. Tel. Add: “Carlton"

The Only American Hotel in the Colony.

Nice and quiet yet only a few minutes' walk from the Banks, and. Central Districts. 43 Bedrooms. Excellent Cuisina. Borupalously clea Under American Management. A new Dining Room has been opened at No. 2, Queen's Road (lat floor). Entrance Loe House St. Tillins a speciality,

For terms apply to Mrs. F. E. CAMERON, Proprietress.

THE KOWLOON HOTEL

HANKOW ROAD.

OPENING 1st SEPTEMBER.

First Class and most up-to-date Residential and Tourist Hotel Siz Stories of commodious large and airy rooms with ovary moder appliance. Elevator to every floor and to Boof Gardan. Hot and cold water, Electric lights, Faas and Balls throughout. Exceptionally well ventilated Bar and Billiard Rooms. Moderato tariff.and most excellent ** cuisine supervised by experienced chef. Monthly and Family rates cso

be arranged on most reasonable terms;

For terms apply to Mrs. J. J. BLAKE, Manageress.

(Two minutos Trom· Star Ferry).

PALACE HOTEL KOWLOOS

Recently renovated szíð refurnished, sissiris light and fans throughout and surely undar naw management. Cuisins under the personal supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billard Boomy. Tarma modarata. Fpecial terms to familias on application to

Telephone Kowloon 3. Telegraphio Add. : '"' Paraon*

2. H. OXBERRY, Prop:lator.

HOTEL “ASIA”

--WEST - BUND,

CANTON.

Leading Hotel in South China.

First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans eKG. Elevators. Boof Garden. Hairdressing Balcon,

1.

Splendid Views of City

Excellent Cuisine.

and

1

Pearl River.

Moderate Rates,

Under the Management of the SUN CO., LTD.,

KING EDWARD HOTEL

DENTRAL LOCATION

EL ELECTRIC TRAMĄ TAM Extrason, Klasi Kato Lite, Yan and Lighting, Kurophes Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Vald Water System Yhroughrah, Det of... Took 121: Berrion The Oval, #3, Telágraphic &áárom 2′′// TIOTOKLİ 3. WETKERLIS MARKEMA

THE NEW VICTORIA CAFE THE HOUSE FOR GOOD EATS Zimas and Dinment [Menu" and "A^Is ́Carte), at all hours, Bakeri ́and-Confectioners. Cakes made for parties stø. Tel: Central 2007.

Rf, Des Voeux Boad Central

ASTOR HOUSE HOTELS

Queen a Boad Cintral

NEW DINING ROOM opened for. *MBAI ̃ ̈N EX”Carta.”

Erbellant Cuisine.zi Monthly Tickets for Tifipa & Dinners.

For further particular apply to

VEN THE MANAGER Hongkong May 1, 193"

UANTON.

JAPANESE MASSAGE.

N. AKAJI, Graduate of Tokio Massage School, Nos. 3—10, Prayn East,: Wanchal

1. Contral 2630.

MASSAGE

K. SAKA!! T.KANAMORI

18, Praya East, 2nd Floor.

MASSAGE.

Mrs.HONDA, Mrs. KIKAKI' ANG

R&HIMIDSU. TEN

[He, M. Wačken: bezoek, sha (oppodio to the Okla Mäg

JEERME VERY MODERATKA Consultation. Progr