LAMMERT BROS. C. E. WAREN CO., LTD.
AVOTLOMMEER, APPRAISERS
AND HURVETORE.
-Public Auctions-
HUndersigned have recaved itintino-
Mons to sell by Pablls Auction,
ON
WEDNESDAY, August 10, 1923,
commencing at 10.45 m..
at No. 61 Godowa, of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co, Ltd.,
• Kowloon.
128 Balon Indian Tobacco Leaf.
Terms-Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
"Auctioneers.
ON.
WEDNESDAY, Äugust 29, 1923,
commencing at 11 am.
at No. 18. Godown, of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co, Ltd.,
Kowloon.
A Quantity of Miscellaneous agade
Comprising:---
In Bara, Angle Iron Rivets, Old Wire, Bar Ends, Steel Plates, Forcelain, Perfumery, etc., etc.
Carme Cab on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS,, Auctlisbors.
Hoogkons. August 24, 1923
気の
FRIDAY, August 31, 1923. commencing at 11 A.m.
at their Bales Rooms, Daddell Street. A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture, Comprising:-
Brass Bedsteads. Teak Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Marble Top Washstands, Dressing Tables, Extension Dining Table ntc., etc.
A Few Pieces of Canton Blackwood
Ware
One Cottago Fiano by
"Collard & Callord"
One Cottage Piano
Ove Gramophone
SANITARY KNOINKKIS
MONUMENTALINTS
Offer quit Gr«lowan, Waschal Ioad Flongkong. Tel. Central No. 209
Large stock of
BATHS and HATH ROOM FITTINGS.
LAVATORY BASINS FLUSE CLOSETS.
COMMODES, BIDETS, &c., &c.
OPEN & CLOSED STOVES, COOKING RANGES, TILED GRATES.
AMERICAN & ITALIAN MARELE MEMORIALS-Alsó in polisher
Hongkong Cruits,
A large selection of Artical Wiestiin.
Prices on Application."
JUST RECEIVED Flower and Vegetable
SEEDS.
Indications point to a HEAVY DEMAND for seeds
THIS SEASON
To be sure of getting every variety you wish, we suggest that you
ORDER TO-DAY
GRACA & 00.;
. No. 10. Wyndham Street,
F. U. Box 620.
Hongkong.
THE CHINA MAIL.
"Beautifully cool and Sweet Smoking" CAPSTAN
NAVY ČUT
TOBACCO.
MILD
EDIUM STRE
APST Navy Cut
stol & Los
APSTA Navy Cut
CAPST
Navy Cut
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 19:3
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 SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturer»' High Class English `Jewellery,
PHOTO SUPPLIES,
LONG HING & CO., Hoda and Kodak Films, &e. **.
DEVELOPING & FRINTING A SPECIALITY.
No. 17a, Quran's Road Ükstral, HongKons,
HOTELS & CAFES.
LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS
Peak Hotel
Repulse Bay Hotel
Palace Hotel
HONGKONG:
Hongkong Hotel·
SHANGHAI:
Astor House Hotel
PEKING:
Grand Hotel Kalee Grand Hotel des Wagon Lits
The Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.
In conjunction with
The Shanghal Hotels, Ltd.
and
The Grand Hotel dos Wagons Lits, Le
Tel. Centl. 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, mad Central Districte. 43 Bedrooms, Excellant Cuisine. Scrupulously clean. Undor American Management. A new Dining Room has been opened at No. 2, Queen's Bood (1st floor). Entrance Ice House St. Tins a speciality,
For terms apply to Mrs. F. E, CAMERON, Proprietress.
Que Telescope
Two Typewriters
Nine White Blountain" Freezers
(New)
&180
A Quantity of Plated Forks and
Spoons (New)
Cataloguee will be isod. Terme--Cush on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers
Eongkong, August 1, 1923.
LEE KEE
ESTABLISHED 1896
BATHS & BATH-ROOM
ACCESSORIES,
Estimates furnished
free of charge.
Office 21, Wellington 8t.
SHOEMAKERS.
(Japanese Hand Made)
Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.
CHERRY & 00..
8, D'AQUILAR STREET.
Opposite Kayamally & Co. Telephone Central No 491
Hongkong, March 20, 1914.
YEE SING.
GENTLEMEN'S
TAILOR
Tel. 1882 12, Wellington Street.
WING FAT CHEUNG SPARROW CARDS (MA JONG) FOR BALE. OARDS MADE OF ITORY. AND FINH BONE. No. 178, Queca's Road Central BRANCA No. 38, Man Ham Street East.
ABAHI BEAR
THE CHINA INDUSTRIAL
CO'S STORE.
PULSENER BEER
AND PRIZED
35 Wing Lok Street,
Opposite World Theatre.
WHY BUY FOREIGN MADE SUITCA SES.
When we sell Shanghai Manufactured Suitcases?
They are Cheaper and More Durable.
CHAO CHEUNG TRUNK CO.
(Opposite Tsumati Ferry, Praya)
Teething Chilären.
Teething children have more or lose virrhoea, which can be controlled.by.
Chamberlain's Colic Riving
and that it urthoes Ready. All ressary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels mcre 7240 bataia) and then cantor off to Cleanse the system. It is mfs and sure. Sen the most severe and dangerous on are quickly cured by it For Al by all Chemists and Brocokosport.
ASAHIB
ASA LAGER
WER
SPECIALLY
COME
ASAHI
BEER
SOLE AGENTS MİTSUI BCSBAN KAISHA.
This advertisement is jawed by the British-American Tubeçon Co. (China), Ltd.
ODDS AND ENDS.
MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.
The Wearing of the Kilt.
At the annual meeting the Inverness
Monster Dirigibles. "G.G." on Prohibition.
According to Mr. Grossmith, the. For heavy loads, longer trips, "running" of illicit liquor is one of larger and more leisurely excursion the pastimes of the well-to-do and parties, it is likely the airship will leisured New Yorkers. He took be the curier of the future,
the future, is the
of part in one of these nocturnal pic prediction of Lieut.-Col. W. Jeffer Kilt Society, nice.. A party of men and women son Davies, O.R.C. in the New Colonel Cuthbert, D.SO., Ardross, set off in three cars for Montauk York American. Ari airship 600 said as one who had attended the beach. A boat with shaded lights feet long is no longer a monster. wool market for many years he
are 800 feet. was disappointed at the few that came in, quietly, and the pienic Several under way were wearing the kilt. They must people carried up rases of chum- They can be lengthened indefinitely not forget that those who wore the kilt in the old days had made Scot-age and liqueurs from the beach, and the loud spread at intervals land, and more especially the till the cars were overloaded. Not
a hand was raised anywhere to stop along the entire length. The bigger Highlands. Those were the men
these operations. No doubt the they are the less the proportionate who went far to make up the suc- cessful army that conquered the revenue and police are squared, cost of fuel and the greater the lead" systematically, just as the New they can karry. Some of the new Germans in the Great War.
York police used to be, to overlook types will carry more than 100 pas-' various forms of illicit traffic. "In sengers. Before the war the largest all ny years' experience of the Zeppelins lifted 8 tons. One of States. I have never seen more the British rigids under construc- liquor drunk. In many circles Pro- tion will carry about 40 tons. hibition is treated as a huge jake." Danger-Detector. It is a joke that provides a liveli hood for two classes: the Prohibi- tion propagandiste and those whose profession is to evade the law.
Are Wasps Colour-Blind?
References now being made to Mr. Alexander Duckham's theory that insects may be warned off a room by the painting of its walls and ceiling blue, omit the mention of an elaborate series of experi ments made by the late Lord Avebury on wasps. After testing these creatures for colour sense, in many different ways the famous A Diamond Jubilee. patron of bees and bank holidays concluded that the wasp was colour-
ance attracts its
necessary
The forthcoming sale of George
insect on January 1,
fits of depression, wherein she
+
A French scientist, M. Paul Langevin, is almost perfected an invention which will give warning to ships, in fog or at night, of the. presence of rocks, icebergs, or other ships. His method is based on the fact that sound waves of a very high frequency do not travel in concen
bind or at least indifferent to Eliot manuscripts lends interest to pigmentation. In general (observes the diamond jubilee of "Romola, "trie circles, but are projected in a the Daily Chronicle) it is scent rather comments the Morning Post. The single direction. If these high-fre than colour that welcomes or warns book, for which she had prepared quency waves are produced by a Florence small metal plate under water, they an insect, though nature employs by two long visits to
incredible travel like a beam of sound. This an almost colour in addition, to make assur and
doubly sure. One plant amount of reading, was begun beam, an coming in contact with an' 1862, and com- obstacle, gives back an echo. The satellite by smelling like bad meat. pleted on June 9, 1863, after many speed of the waves being known, it Curiosities of Heraldry.
despaired of its ever being finished is a simple matter to calculate the Lord Queenborough, who until or good for anything. It was this distance of the unknown object, as 1913 was Mr. Almeric Paget, and feeling that caused her to refuse an well as its direction. The French who has just filed a bankruptcy offer of £10,000 for the copyright of Ministry of Marino is interested in petition against Queenborough the new novel, made by George the invention, which, it is claimed, Port, has two very curious sup-Smith-at that time considered, as would have been of the greatest proposal of importance during the war in the porters to his coat of arms-two Lewes declared, a sailors in the costume of the Royal unheard of magnificence," but she submarino campaign.-Daily News. Thames Yacht Clubi, of which he is consented later to sell the serial Bobbin Collecting... Vice-Commod re, says a Glasgow rights for £7,000, with the result Herald writer. He depicts them in that "Romola
first made its ap-
A number of women are now
the costume of 1840. But Lord parance in the pages of the Cornhill, collecting the bobbins of the old
Cunliffe, who was at one time Must Have A Real Rest. Governor of the Bank of England,
has two of the Bank gale porters
The news that the Prince is go
Ince makers. North Bucks, West Beds, and South Northants afford the best hunting grounds, and there are still beautiful examples tu be weeks in the autumn and that is found in Oxfordshire, Wilts, Hunts, the meantime he will spend some and Deron. time at Balmoral, coupled with the
for his supporters. Equally strange ing to his Alberta finch for a few
are the supporters of Lord. Aber deen which are on one side "Au Earl" and on the other a Senator of the Royal College of Justice,
mierc
These,
(Two minutes from Star Forry).
'PALACE HOTEL
KOWLOOK
Recently renovated and refurnished, electric light and fans throughens and surely under new management Cuisine ander the personal supervis of the propriator, Bar and Billiard Roomi. Terma moderate, Fpecial turme De „families on application to
Telephone Kowloon 3, Telegraphio Add.; "Palaon."
*. B. OIKERBY, Proptintos.
THE KOWLOON HOTEL
HANKOW ROAD.
OPENING 1st SEPTEMBER.
First Chaos and most up-to-date Residential and Tourist Hotel. Six Stories of commodious large and sity rooms with; every modem appliance. Elevator to every floor and to Roo! Garden. Hot and coll water, Electric lights, Fans and Bella throughout. Exceptionally well ventilated Bar and Billiard Rooms. Moderato tariff and most excellent cuisine supervised by experienced chef. Monthly and Family rates tas be arranged on most reasonable terms.
For terms apply to Mrs. J. J. BLAKE, Managorous,
HOTEL
"ASIA"
WEST BUND, CANTON.
Leading Hotel in Bouth China.
First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans ar2 Elevators. Boof Garden. Hairdressing Balcom
Splendid Views of City and Pearl River.
Excellent Cuisine:
Mderate Baten.
Under the Management of the SUN 00.,
LT
KING, EDWARD HOTEL
DENTRAL LOCATION
LL ELECTRIC TRAMS Fasm Zétrason, Elso- Irie Eita, Yana and Lighting, KusopesN watha mand Sanitary Fiction, Ent sad. Deld Water System throughout Best of Food was 101, Cesta, K. Tolerisphic Addrmé :- VICTORIA
3. WITCHKEJ, Manager,
THE HOUSE FOR GOOD KATS Timns "and · Dinners
at all hourE. - Bakers and ConfectioneCK, Cakes made for parties eto. Tel. Central 2667,
- 84, Den Voeux Road Central
There is an infinite variety, in intimation that while he is in Can-bobbins (a contributor to the Daily THE NEW VICTORIA CAFE One of the supporters granted to ada no official engagements will Mail writes.) The most expensive Lord Strathcona was a navy stand be entered upon, hears out my are costly toys used by great ladies ing on a railway sleeper and Lord recent hints that His Royal High- who, in former times, played at Rhondda had two miners. Lord ness is most seriously in need of Incemaking-bobbing inlaid with eau. and A im Carte) Riddell has a couple of printers in real recuperation. It is no secret gold and silver, with beads.com.. the costume of the days of Caxton, that his physicians represented in posed of precious gems. but it has always puzzled me why the strongest terms to His Majesty save by the happiest chance, are Lord Northcliffe and Lord Rother that a complete holiday was im- beyond the reach of the average both chose two Roman perative: if not, there was every collection. In contrast are the gladiators. The reason, however, possibilty of a serious breakdown. why Lord Nunburnholme chose For months the engagements of small, plan wooden bobbins, with- Two nuns is pretty obvious. Lord the Prince have been heavy; but it out beads or spangles, which were Astor has a North American Initian has beon the readiness he has used for the finest "Bucks point" and a "fur trapper" and Earl shown to add all sorts of inform (which by the way, is misused, Amherst has a pair of Red Indians alities to his engagemonts that has for, strictly speaking, "point" is Lord Ashcombe has a mason and a worn out his strength. The recent needle-nade.) Bobbin-making had Carpenter whist-Lord-Ashfield-hae visit to the Midlands was more its own artists, chief among whom Their a couple of "electrical mechanics" than trying: it was exhausting in Wers Tee Compton and his son In overalls A pair of elephants, the highest degree, and when the James, of North Bucke apparently signifying the West Prince returned to London he was handiwark was usually carried outMonthly
on the edge of a collapse. It is in bone, henutifully dyed in any African Interest of his firm, are Lor. Leverhulme's supportera. time that the public realised that colours, like the bobbing of North- These are some of the curiosities there is a limit to the endurance ants, thougir. the colours of the
even of a Prince.
latter were uenally inlaid. of heraldry.
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL Queer's Road Contral
NEW DINING ROOM opened for
Kroellent Cuisine... Tickets for Tinies & Dinner For further partionists #pply to
THE MANAGER Hongkong, May 1, 1825,
CANTON.
JAPANESE MASSAGE N. AKAJI, Gradants of Tokio Manage Bebool, Nos: 910, Praya East, Wanchmi, 61. Contrat 2830.
MASSAGE
K. SAKAL **T. KANAMORI
18; Praya Exat,
2nd Floor.
MASSAGE.
Mrs. HONDA, Mrs. KISAKI MAČ B. FRIMIDSt. No. 24 Wyadhe, Buket, (77500/1000 the Chias Mail'')
ANO PUR, Dari
the, labe BIEN TING, 14, D'Agullar Ekrook." TELMS VERY MODERİ
Consaliation Pres
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