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

Áruntoniuss, Affrainuss

AND BUKVETOER.

-Public Auctions-

Ttructions fem Mro. . . Bachse THE Undersigned have received in

to sell by Public Auction.

04

Tuesday and Wednesday the Bad, and 3rd Cotuber 1893 commencing each day at 11 a.m. nid 3.30 p.m.

al" Kingeclete," Kennedy Road.

á Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture,

Comprising:-

Fine Ball Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Cutlery, Crockery, Glass- Ware, dia, etc.

A Solection of Canton Flackwood Ware.

Ono Fair Very Fine Chinese Five Coloured Porcelain Vases.

Cataloguss will be issued.

On View from Monday the lat

"October 1023.

Terme-Gish on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,,

Aberiönsert.

£12 Undersigned havəislaved instros-

stors to sell by Kabin 'Auction,

UN

THURSDAY, October 4, 1983, commencing at 10.30 am,

at the premites of the Hungkung Steel Foundry Company, Limited

(Shaukisan Road).

The Complete Foundry Plant,

Comprising

(complate),

Furnaces Melting Annealing Furnaces, denting Uvens, Cranes, Drilling Machines Screwing Machines jur tripes BR

Bolte, Double Gear Blido and Burface Screw Cutting Machine, Planing Machina, Fan Blower, Overhead aling Flogging Heimers Auvile, ctc., sic.

Also

One Electric Furance complete with all equipment and 1 extra Trszuformer, Office Furniture and Fittings including Drawings.

And

1ho Stein Lausch "Peggy."

Terms Oseh on delivery,

For Further particulare apply to the undersigned:

LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers.

Hongkong, 22nd September, 1993,

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Series of Auctions at "KINGSCLERE" Kennedy Road with commence on TUESDAY

2nd October 1023

at 11 am. and

WEDNESDAY

3rd October 1923

at 11 am.

The dates of Subsequent Sales will

be announced later.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auotioncern.

Lougkunk, 26th September, 1923.

THE WATER SUPPLY.

frontamen

Lai and Storage of wales in reservoirs

on to let September 1993--

FELY AND MILE DISTRICT WATER WORKI

LEVEL

1325.

Tyliin. Delaw 4 Level with oveido m

overdow

Teen Beach 12. Latet wikaraglom

10. Below STEZİDE

* Intermediate io. Abara aterfow

4. Below anżow

Tylum pak mie, Vin.

below dow 1 Level with grardow

sin. Below cradow / zove) WiLİ: STONOM

Pokulam 24 (+59.7

Eelam vero

Level who

ow

grošana D #LIZOSH AND DROTRALE DE VALLENA,

SON 20

Tram Översal, we a

Trek Liesedinte

*The Tak.mp

Sekolah

Total

6.61

203.00

resi 34.5+

- 1,012.00

10.54

70.30

.16.00

,,1tae:

128.47

Consumpton of water in the City

and fill District In millions and decimals

of gallons dadug the month of Anguit.

Č menenýtion

15.

127 tou.hu 2+0.28

sak zabić popalation ....... 202,200 Öveskyttet pa ked

17.4

E

21.4 allons

Intermittent Supply in all Rider Main Distric's during August 1922 excepting 1 day viz., ist when a Constant Supply was operated in Wostan Rider Main Di tricts only..

Intermittent Supply in all Rider Main Districts up to 18th and Constant Supply in all districts from 13th August 1917.

KOWLOON WATER WORDS LAVEL

$599.

„Kontorm Graylinrj 5H. Bn. Love, witi praefum

den Weinvolta. – Balow overdue

serhash is riikan AED EXCURATE SE KELLOIN.

1132,

3912

toron BBS 30 Sewing? Consumption De water fu BLOWIGOR DE alisons and decimale of gallons during thể, amomth of August,

HA 136.300 145,840

.*.

16

w

Kamen zapllen werde 22.50

macmation per i

102) Restriction in all distalels during August.

vr3 Full Supply in all districts during August.

jan Goveromanı Analyst'a raports shas So the quality of the water. 33 ́miloface.

Swiss Rainfall is Sims August 1830 12, 101-30 f H, T. CREAMY, DA

Water Authority Public Works Department

BANITARA INGINERDS

JUNEMENTALISTS

Offers and Bodawrin, Dòa, Wazefa! Bonit, Hongkong.

Tel. Contint No. toy

--

ALL KINDS OF BUILÕERS' REQUIRITES

IN STOCK.

SOIL, VKNT AND RAIN WATER PIPER, OKATES RANGES-STUVES, INDICATING BOLTS-LAT CNES, ELINOES-LOCKS-FINGER PLATER.

OIL AND GAS WATER HEATERS,

BANITARY INSTALLATIONS, HOT AND COLD,WATER SERVICEE.

1

MONUMENTALĄ WORKS A SPECIALITY}

IN

ITALIAN MARBLE

NDOLL

HONGKONG GRANITE

TO OWN DIGION OF FROM SELECTION

www.

ARTIFICAL WREATHS IN STOCK,

FOR SALE.

Sutton's Colletion of feeds arrange for Hongkong. Vegetable & Flower Reed, & sil- a şâr Ter collection Vegetable Seel & $8. £ $850 & FI-

jer colleesian Biosals& Permials & BIZ.- §8+ & $42 per collection Clinching Plants @ $1-$25

Plots for Table Decoration (a $450

12

per collection

per vollection

weet Scented Flowe

per collection Everlasting Flowers jer collection Örnment msen @ $2. do.

GRACA & CO., No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. U. Box No. 620. Hongkong.

SHOEMAKERS. (Japanese Hand Made)

Every kind of Footwear. MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & CO.,

6. D'AQUILAK STREET,

Opposito Kaysmally & Co. Telephone Contral No. 491

Hongkong, March 20, 1914,

WHY BUY FOREIGN MADE SUITCASES,

When we sell Shanghai Manufactured Suitcases 7.

They are Cheaper and More Durable.

CHAO CHEUNG TRUNK CO. (Opposite Yaumati For 5, l'aya)

ARARI

PILSENER BEER

GRAND PRIZKE

ASAHI

LAGER

SPECIALLY

WERY

COM

SAH

SOLE AGENTS

BEE

MITSUT. BUSSAN KAJSHA-

ODDS AND ENDS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Real Happiness.

The real happiness of life (writes The Spectator in New York

The Value Of Soulla

Snail-forudug in an undevoloped

TUESDAY, OCTOB

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

you get as you go on day by day,profit might be made it our native) Nothing at Rest

and that happiness that you dream projudies against the delicacy could Surely we can regard the earth of as coming in some distant to overcome, says a Star writer, for all practical purposes as stand-future is like the sunset cloud Snails could be reared in many die ing still, then are there not (asks which is gorgeous because it is far tricts where the Romans made their Ernest Brennecke in the World) off, but which is nothing but fog homes. One locality specially noted many things that remain at rest; not when you get to it. It is well for the large auail which they cul- growing plants, living animals, or enough to have a goal toward tivated is the fields and hodges running rivers; but surely solid which you work, but you ought to dean rocks and "ternal" mounrecognise that the greatest joy of round the Roman villa ot rains. Again the modern scientist the goal is working toward it and

“Nortbleigh, near Oxford, Tho Romans kept shakes his head. Matter is com- not reaching it. Robert Louis

their snaila од posed of molecules, and these Stevenson said that the true bles cochlearia herba)-like the French minute particles are continually sedness of mortals is not to with their escurgatoires, or ansil clashing against one another. And arrive but to travel."

unserio also feeding and futten- molecules are composed of atoms, Aitch or Hajtch?

ing them with wine-eodden brain. and atoms are made up of electrons,

According to Vatro, the snails grow which are nothing more than comes to me a letter of Inquiry con- would hold a pint or more of water. All the way from Singapore to sich a size that the empty shella whirling electric charges or vibra- cerning the pronunciation of the At Tyting, near Guildford, the large tions. Not only a life, but name of the letter H. It appears edible snail flourishes. all matter as well, is constantly that it was the instruction of awhile the English people cat plonti However, vibrating. And the scientist can former Director of Education in fully of the wholk and the winkle that colony to call the letter

American), is the happiness and Buglish industry, out of which a big, G. FALCONER & CO., (MONGKONG> ́LTD.

prove it.

Austria's Ice-Caves.

the

its

use

Haitch, and my correspondent, (se anails), the fortunato la suail, The exploration of the tremen-marvelling at this, adds "My re-a clean feeder, unlike the воль dous caves of the Dachstein collections tell me that flaying variety, is only enjoyed by a con• Novertheless, the mountain, near Halstatt, in the alive would have been the mildest parative few. lovely

Salzkammergut (Upper punishment for such a promunefa- exorgot de Bourgoyne, exten from Austria) was begun in July, 1910, tion in my schooldays. That may a silver bowl, with a silver three, but it is not yet finished. Recently be, but I cannot help thinking that pronged fork as a means of convoy. new colossal "ice-domes,", 300 there is something to be said for ing the long gelatinous things to metres long and 40 high, gigantic this pronunciation which the the mouth, and brought to the table corridors, labyrinths, abysses, and Director probably decreed as mak- very hot, and swimming in a rich a subterranean river-tunnel were ing the letter itself amnemonic of garlic-favoured sauce, is a delicacy found in the "Mannut Cave," the aspirate, and as possibly tend to rave about. The Burgundy snail which is more than seven kilome-ing to check that inexplicable use us a pronounced taste for bran tres (438 miles) long, On the ice, of the aspirate where it is wanted soaked in wine, but the ancient smooth as a looking-gluss,, highly and

where it is emails of Southern Englands are imposing shapes arise, of a mag- not wanted. This displacement edible without being fed in this way. nificence equa; to those of the "ice is one of the mysterics of Sunila are good for enses of con- chapel in neighbouring speech, but I fancy that the trouble sumption, and if we held Cou- "Gigantic Cave." The Mammut has diminished greatly in recent timental convictions as to the valus Cave," it is: alleged, is almost as years. Teachers could tell us of emails for those afflicted by that large as the grotto at Adelsberg, whether this is so. Even the scourge we should certainly have

The caves, the exploration of Roman's used to misplace their which is to be completed next year, aspirates, as Catullus showed in one and sail jelly are given to children Abroad, snail broth mean an important enrichment of his epigrams. In Punch a good also for science. It is declared many years ago there appeared with weak chests, and a cough in that they form the most extended under a drawing of a London cabinet by lozenges, nudo chiefly-of cave region in Europe. They are man in argument with his fare, the stewed or boiled nail-stuff. open to tourists, but a certain irain-

"legend," "Well, sir, if a hitch and ing and a proper guide are indis- a ho, and a fur and a hess, and a he Author Of The "Curfew” pensable for visiting them.

don't spell'orse, then my name ain't England's sun was slowly setting French for All Of Us!

'Enery 'Olmes,”

The subject recalls Henry Mayhew's parody of

O'er the hilltops for away. When shall we have a generation Catherine Maria Fanshawe's fant Filling all the land with beauty of English girls and men who can ous enigma on H, of which the fol- speak fluently a language other than lowing are a few lines: our own? asks the Pall Mall Gazette,

Practically every other European ng meets can speak at least two | lungnages, if not quite fluently with sufficient case to make themselves

or,

I dwells in the Herth, and I

breathes in the Hair.

If you searches the Hoceau, you'll find that I'm there. The fust of all Hangels in

Holyropus am Hi, Yet Im banished from Eaven,

expelled from on 'Igh, Not an 'Oss nor an Unter c'er

bears me, alas!

But often I'm found on the top

of a Hass.

I'm never in Ealth-have with

Physic no power;

I dies in a Month, but comes back

in a Hour.

JACKDAW.

—in folu O'ondon's Weekly. Girdles down the Ages.

snail farms.

And its last rays kissed the forehead

At the close of one sad day;

Of a man and maiden fair-

gea

é normons

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These familiar lines, parodied around the world, were written by Rose Hartwick Thorpe while living in Litchfield, Mich, when she was derstood and to cuable them to

though the scene is laid in England, sixteen years of age! Oddly enough, carry on some kind of conversation. The French girl speaks English;

The poem was a favourite of the the author has never been there. the Spaniard, French, with more or less case: but the averago English

author of the most celebrated poem late Queen Vintoría. That the girl meeting a Frenchiman or a

of modern times, "Curfew. Shadi Not Spaniard can manage nothing more than a feeble "aul" or "non,"

Ring Tonight," is still alive will if she is brilliant," she may

come as a pleasant surprise to the manage a "grazia, signor," when a

younger generation, and also ta The name aitch is from the thousands of persons who many; Spaniard passes her the sugar, and may have recollection of the French ache, but the Latin name, yesterdays ago recited the French for my uncle's pen is on unless I am an ignoramus in the classic, with appropriate the mantelpiece, simply because matter was her. On the whole, tres, in little red schoolhouses she always thought it such a foolish then, there is something to be said the country over (enys the New for the Singapore Director, I think York American) Mrs. Rose Hart- place in which to put it. In some he was aiming at a kind of lingual wick Thorpe is hale and hearty and boarding schools the pupils have te

inoculation.

mentally alert and a living refuta- | talk French, at any into in school

tion of her confessed age of seventy- hours. Why should not speaking French become a general rule ini

one. She now resides in San Diego, (every day school? This would give

Cal. For many years Mrs. Thorpa was bedridden invalid, but con- English people a good grounding of

tinued to write. one other language beside their own

Learning of her In Rome a man without a girdle almost in which they would be fluent stamped himself thereby as a lazy, Fleming H. Revell, the Chicago impoverishe condition, sufficiently industrious to go good-for-nothing fellow, while it publisher, gave her literary employ: studying afterwards, The French was the girdle which made a vital fint in Chicago. Later she went learnt in schools in the present day distinction between matron and West, her husband's health having is all forgotten within a year. When maid. Roman girls wore girdles of failed. we are past our school days we are white wool, curiously knotted, as popularity, "Curfew" has not pro-

Despite its too self-conscious. and perhaps too emblem of their girlhood, and the fited its author materially to any luzy, to pick up a language. Some unknotting of the bride's girdle by considerable extent. Her principal of us can folks a conversation in the bridegroom was an important source of income is the rent from French, but can rarely take part in part of the marriage ceremony. As one-half of a duplex house, an it, consequently the English girl who a matron she did not wear a girdle attractive but unassuming home in has not had the opportunity of at all, and it was left for the adorn a quiet residential section of San finishing her exlucation abroad is far ment of the men. When the Master behind her European sisters, and at of the Cavalry rode abroad he Diego. In talking of her famous the poem, Mrs. Thorpe told how the great disadvantage to-day. It is attracted the eyes of all unlikely the English girl's French ladies by his superb girdle of thrilling stanzas were scratched out will be quite fluent unless she scarlet heather, heavily embroider-in a frenzy of inspiration on her

the country;

ed and fastened by spenis some months

a gold school slate one evening while the And because she lives in an island buckle (a writer in the West young girl was supposed to be doing ele does not meet so many foreign buckle was in itself a symbol. "If Character From Profile.

minster Gasette reminds us.) The her arithmetic. ers as does her sister of the Latin, he be angry he knows how to turn races, but she could be given greater his girdle." It was a foolish wor opportunities for speaking a hinge-man, indeed, who entered into long nonca indicato? or bulging Can you read profiles? What do age other than her own in such a words with a man whose temper brows? or receding china? (aks a way that she is not completely was signifled openly by his girdle writer in The World Magazine.) tongue-tied when she is introduced hind-before. France, which has There are four types of profile-the to a foreigner.

always loved symbolism, has writ- vertical, the concave, the convex,

KING EDWARD. HOTEL ten round the girdle a history of its and the "S" shaped. Each one bas, sau kaming prop own. When L'ordre de chevalier was a definite meaning. A convex pro- conferred upon a gentleman he was file praciniams a rapid thinker. It Water Britam throughent Best "bf+Wood (ax) girt with a snow-white girdle as an never fails. It also invariably To Centi 27. Telagraphic Address - Vicron emblem of the white conduct "he denotes an observant, self-contred must always practise, and when person. A concavo face denotes a Little children very quickly get at the widow of Philip L. Duke of slow, laboured, plodding type of of-corts. By prompt treatment they Burgundy, renounced her succes mind. This fuce is philosophical. CAD usually sion she did it by laying her girdle calm, collected, but once it makes quickly be ret upon her dead duke's tomb. Chur upita mind it is usually right. This rightsgain. Most les VL cven issued *an

HAPPY CHILDHOOD Is Largely A Matter of Health. Let Haby's Cwn Tablets: Koop -Your Children Well.

Brise in the fret

of their troubles edict to forbid courtesans from man's fault lies in being too con- place from the wearing girdles that carried any plane type of profile is poderate. servative. He thinks too late. The stomach or ornaments either of gold or em This form denotes a good judge of bowels; that is broldery, but when it was found

why

&

good that the law could not be enforced human conduct and a fair one of leaning-out in a way out of the difficulty was dis- things. The vartial profile is apt ta worst thing covered by the virtuous relinquish go far in any pursuit because it has procrited by the droter. Foring their girdles altogether. They the happy faculty of keeping in the werly Castor Oil had their reward in a proverb: middle of the rad. The "S". Was the means "Bonne renommée vaut mieux que shaped profile is the best for all used to bring about this wa-dega ceinture dorée." Bernhardt who around usage. Most handsome men Paby's Own Tablota do just the same did nothing by halves, wore, no possess it. A sharp nose usually work, but without trouble to the parent fewer than eight girdles when she accompanies this face. Such a or discomfort to the little patent played her part of Theodora, I profile denotes quick, desinive; cor Children tako Baby's Own Tallet happily becaues thero in no nasty testo. have just maddened myself think- |rect thoughts and antions. · But look and no griping slim pafus folow their ing how eight girdles could be out for au "'S" turned backward.!

worn," wrote Burne-Jones. "It The reversed "8" is the weakest As a specific for Infantile irdigestion, wouldn't be fair to call a necklace face-of all. It is concave above vomiting, constipation, colic diarrhea girdle, ora garter Eightgirdles where convexity and reflective sini pus lever, group, tolda, teething walihowever do they come? But I thought are host needed, and con- and, worms there is nothing to equst have the greatest confidence in vex below, denoting rapid Kotion. Baby's Own Tablets. Chemists well them, or post hee; 60 canin the vial, her dream of those eight girdles This is the type that acts before he from Dr. Williams, Medicine Co., eo round that twig of the oriental thinde, which is fatal to most pur Kiangas Hoad, flapghal.

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