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LAMMERT BROS.

ATORISERERA, AFPRASMERS

AND SURVEYORN, .

Public Auctions-

THE

ARE Undandgned havorgehvad ipsum

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FAIDAT, December 29,1928, commencing at 11 am

# No. 4 Godown, of the Hongkong & Kowloon Whart & Godown Co., Ltd.,

Kowloon

28 Coils Old Wish Rope 64 Coils Old Wire Rope Terms-Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS. Auchionnezu,

.00

FRIDAY, December 29, 1993,

at their Fales Rogan, Daddell Street

1-Pump & H. P., 60 Cycles.

21. Colls Wire

9 Moler Tyrow

6 Boxes Taner Tubes

6 Coils Wire Netting (New)

4 Coila Rubber Ricksha Tyro

C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

BANITARY ENGINKKEJ

XUNUMENTALIAN

Omond Goda Ma PEA, Wanchal Ioad, Hongkong

Tal. Central. Np. nopti -

A New Blook of

LOWDOWN FLUSH CLOSETS.

ODDS

MAINLY SOTSORS LOOT.

Facts.

A CHINA MAIL.

A Veteran Oceźette

shd

Henry Marsh, who recentlyLeonora Catered strived in Melboume front, England scattered directions add charm and to visit a distor whom he had not eager opptal for tea she soen for 60 years, is one of a family sent somebody down to the car for of eight. Their nges total 572 years Hortes know at once when they1-79, 70, 74, 74, 73, 72, 68, and 82, have i nervans ridorga N All inrobust health.

Rats which live in the London Tubes" are said to avoid the live An Apt Retort. N rail by-instinet,

Natives of the interior of Africa o Platon, On Braan, Bath Robot entle as their wealth. They Filing Soap Dishes, Tumbler Holdem

never kill or all nox. Tooth Emi Holder, Towel Hail, do. Opal Tumblers] Rele-Miram

Glass Shelves, d

Bra Canopied Interior Gråten Cooking

Rangor-Fillers, Soil Pipes,

Falists Froo For All Sanitary Instalis

lour, Heating & Water Bystems. Moriamenalist In Itall Marble Hongkong Granite. To own or selected Josiga.

fa

A Large Amorimers Of Arlißcial Wra In Block.

FOR SALE

Fine Assortment of

I Lot Cigar Lighters, Electric Torches XMAS AND NEW YEAR

Bad Batteries

1 Lot

Also

Miscellaneous Dress Goods, Millinery, etc., etc,

And

Locoy of PRE CONCENE),

6 Pieces Cotton Itsfisas-more or less

damaged

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT. BROS., Auctioneers.

ON

SATURDAY, December 29, 1923,

commending at NOON..

at The Kewlcon-Canton Railway Yord

Hunghem

One Ford one-ton Yan

One 7 Passenger Davis Car 6 Cycles

29,4 HE

W

Term-Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS., Axebisera."

FARES FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES.

The fares prescribed for public vehicles

A esfollowA ZA

In the Island of Hongkong, Caine Road and Lower Levels, and i

Kowloon, and New Roseloom.

Five miantes..

Ten miantos,

Quarter bour,

A hour,

RICKSMAS.

me

5 cents

10

16

20

14

30

41

engagod

Que heat, menenuman

ery Subsequent hour... if theinrickala ba within the City of Victoris, and be dle- charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoris after 9 pm, or be dis charged to the East of Bay View Polico Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoria after 9 p.m., an extra balf fare shall be chargeable

For 2 or 3 drivers the fars is double or treble respectively.

In the Hill District. Ten minutos, .........med ...... Ib cents. Quarter hour............................Con 20

11

Half hour, found the Th 30 1 One boar,.... 40 11-In the New Territories

"

By arrangement with the proprietora through the Police,

CHEKERS.

1-Lower Levela.

Ten minutes, 10 cents

+

20 cents

40

80

A

P

25

40

With a Bearers With 4 Bearers.

Quarter hour,... 15

All hour,......... 1

. Ons kour, ** 25

Erory subsequent

boar, Hill District.

II.

MM With 2^Bearers With 4 Bearers:

Ten minutes, 15 cents

Carter bent,...... 20

alf hour... 30

Every absequent

beur. 25

One hour, 40

UNCLAIMED

39 centa

11

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60

TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE #RAPH COMPANY, LTD.

The following upclaimed telegram ace lying at the office of The

Great Northera Telegraph Company (Limited):--

Cohan Blangkong Hotel, from Kobe Fowlar Hongkong and Changhai

Bank, from Shanghai,

Bato Beizo Nihon Youn, from Kobe

K. Yamada Hotal p/o Waids Wandhang

from Kobe.

J. Datton Hongkong Club, from tim

ShangHip Chung Ching Street, West

Yim

Point, from Tientais.

Wan Ching 231 Queen's Road, from

Marseillon

Uylinkes, from Amoy.

Tin Lee 283 Queen's, Road, from Shanghai

0180, frosa Shanghai,

Kwong Loong Man Mow Mew, from Shangbai.

-N-LUND

Act. Huperintendent. Hongkong, 20th December, 1922, a EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL. ASIA A OHINA TELEGRAPH CO

Lot of unclaimed telegrama lying is. EE Telegraph Office, Hongkong

Hemoper care Bank Asin, from Massiarr, from Calcatta,

MEF. AIREY,

Baperintendens Hongkong. 20th December, 1983.

CARDS

WITH LOCAL VIEWS

and TOYS,

at Moderate prices.

GRACA & CO.,

建

Dailers in Toys, Postage Stamps, Pictorial Post Cards, Garden Seeda, &c., No. 10. Wyndham Street,

P. O. Box No. 020.

ttongkong.

SHOEMAKERS.

(Japanie Hand Made)

Every kind of FootweST, MADE TO ORDER.

CHERRY & 00..

& D'AQUILAR STREET,

Opposite Kaysmally & Co.

Telopbuce Central No.49]

Hongrong, March 20, 1914.

WHY BUY FOREIGN

MADE SUITÕASES.......

When we sell Shanghai Manufactured Suitcases?

They are Cheaper and More Durable.

CHAO CHEUNG TRUNK CO.

(Opposits Tanmati Ferry, Fraya)

ABAHI BKHR

PIESENER BEEN

SAHI B

ASA LAGER

SPECIALLY

SANT

AGER

1

a parcel, and thanked her delight fuller before she went, even though It was only her daughter

"No, Pat, I will not read any scene.

When Mr. Austen Chamberlain was speaking in the Commons, Mr. with you until I have had tea. Pringle exclaimed You'll get a Edith, put out my black and job all right. Mr. Chamberlain jade mused, and then retorted, "How down! few words are needed to disclose the email contents of a little mind.”

Little Brother's Secret,

Only nine deaths occurred out of a total of 784 street accidents in the City of London in 1931.

Elementary education in Eng land, it is estimated, will cost £93,060,100 Hüring this year. When anyBirthday was coming

In the 295 bill-fights bold in Little Brother had a secret.. Spain during 1981, four bull-fight-He kept it for days and days ers, 28784 borses, and 1,692 bulls And just humbed a little tune when were killed

I asked him.

Knowles of coming wenther changes shown by birds is attributed to atmospheric pressure on their norved, • 1

There are altogether about 100 street telephone kicks in England, practically all of them in the pro-

vinces.

I a. grunne of soil, about equal ton teaspoonful, the number of living organisms often exceeds 40,000,000.

Treasure estimated at £1,000,000 is said to be lying in the Wash. It belonged to King John, and was lost in 1217.

Machines for the detection of the deadly carbon monoxide in gas, for use in American mines, are now being tested. Perhaps Tras.

KEPT BUSY.

One of the old goldfields in south em N.S.W. is noted for its snakes. Two ald identities "struck it rich

"

A CLOSE CALL.

down, Watson ! GoodyCold "' Woggums, then.

Edith, teil Madame Josephine to wait another ten inutes. Shë tore open a prepaid wire which Robert had brought her. "Robert, just listen to this: I could watch you act for ever, Percy Llewellyn Graves, The Poplars, Sydenham Reply pald but what do I reply. I don't know the man-bit I can't waste And I wake up and heard him his money. Thank you very

(crying ;.

But one night it rained

Then he told me.

I planted two lumps of sugar in

your garden

Because you love it so frightfully. I thought there would be a whole engar tree for your birthday. And now. it will be all melted."

the darling !".

KATHERINE MANSFIELD.

Strange.

CONSISTENT.

much. I hope you will. Here, Sally, take it down to the boy--and get my slippers, there's a lamb, Faith, difling, where is tea?" From "The Back Seat," by G. B. Stem, abbond

Our Disgraceful Press, namely

I find thatmy friend, Mr. Busby, the shoemaker, is very much up against the Prose.

"I've been reglar took in," he remarked the other morning, "by and Talking of coincidenoes, I was reading the noóspapers, Born March 17, 1894; baptised believin' of 'em. It seems to me April 17, 1895: graduated Decem- they tell you what they like, and or 17, 1918; married, April 17, they don't tell you what they 1990; son and heir arrived January don't like. So where are you?" 17, 1992-P.G.

HOARD OOES SKYWARD.

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Ab!" I said, "where P

"Last week," pursued Mr. Busby, we 'ad a dinner Ancient Order o Bisons and I was asked to reply to the coast of 'is Majesty's Forces. You see, I was a quartermaster sergeant in the war that's on I came to be able to buy this little shop."

"some quartermasters were able to buritous of Moses."

1

An ox-burglar who died in an old men's home in Queensland recently. confossed that he once hid some stolon money in the bark of a young at a wild spot. But they could only tree. Several years later he return work que ut a time. While one wased and found the tree grown to 70 below the other was kept busy foot high. Ho climbed it and re-you were unlucky," I said; shovelling away the snakes from the covered the money.-"Lieb."

THE LAST JEST. shaft-Jos

Had to go to work in the mine Was taking an acroplane joy-ride one Sunday night. While waiting with an elderly stranger as followin the changing house for the passenger. After a dizzy loop high manskips which were to take us up I missed the tiff. I touched the underground, my mate and I built milat on the shoulder, and bowled a roaring fire. As bo was patting the bad news in his car. That's all right," he replied, hang on We dived, looped the loop, tight! and scooped him in 40 feet from the ground."I-I nearly fell out!" gasped the poor

chap. ald Piami."

STRATEGY. 14

A big black snake was escaping down a erab-hole, when Bill polled bim qut by the tail. He tigelin got few inches into the holo, but Bill

again beat him to it. He lay quiet

big log on be turned to me and said, will make a good stoker in the rext world, Bill." He was killed that night.

Leffers That Ought To Be

Written

..

To an Estate Agent.

Dear, I might say exorbitant, Sir,

on

the

"I replied, and I replied well," he went on. "I told ent about the Army and the Navy and the Flyin' Corpse; and about the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides. I told 'em about Germany, and France and trouble this cre Roor and about Turkey and Russla and Mesopotamia; and about, reparations, and 'ouses for the workin' classes; and the taxes on beer and bacca, an 'ow they ⠀⠀ ought to be abolished. And the cheerin' was something won- derful"

I wish to call your attention toIt must have been rather a one of your bright young men who long speech, Inunmured. escorted me over your "Marsh

It was a long speech," replied

Manor development at low tide Mr. Busby, complacently, "a very last Saturday. Pardon my saying long one. And on Friday for a moment as if he was summings; but he ought to be a professional mornin' I bought our local paper athlete. From the mound upon to see what they said, and what which we stood he assured me, that d'ye think they 'ad suld?"

"I've no idea.".. the railway, sea, tramo terminus. church, high school, and village

up the situation. Then he whipped round and went down tail foremost He poked out his tongue as be duck- ed the rock Hill heaved.-Jab." Why the Sea is Salt.

!

Why should waiter in the sea be so salt? It is fed by rivers, which bring down a constant supply of fresh water, AMA

"Mr. Busby suitably respond-

were all within a stone-throw of our ed" He Hammered two nalls position. If he can throw stones into a boot with a ferocity which that far, think what world's records boded ill for the Press if he ever "What he might break throwing the hom-get it into his power.

dye think of that?" he asked. mer, or putting the shot

"Disgraceful?" I said,

Yours for Sport's sake,

P. S.

But is river water perfectly freeh? Try a little experiment. Fill one tumbler with water from which all

To a Firm of Plumbers. the salta bave been extracted, and Gentlemen, if I may use the term, another with river water. Now Thank you so much for sending in taste them. You will have na dif- that inst Billita a scream! I'don't enlly in distinguishing them. The know when I've laughed so much as flavour of sult in the river water will over the idea of one of your men be quite noticeable, for all so-called working 6 hours to put on a "fresh" wator is tinged with the washer. And the "helper" that eatts in the earth

nearly killed me. How did you ever think it out? Honestly, it's as good as a play.

As streams and rivers ran thrigh the inud, they melt away the soft pieces of the sail and carry them to the sea.

In the soil are salts al various kinds the commonest being sodium chloride, the chemical nanie for the salt which appears on our tables at meal-times.

T

However, funny de you are in ask ing me for a settlement, it will be even founier to see you try to get it.. He who laughs last.........

Your disobedient servant,

A.CM.A.

An Eccentric Scholář.

THURSDAY DEOLÆBER. 27. 194

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HOTELS & CAFES.

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LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS.

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Telegraphic Address –KREMLIN,"HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTELS hk, betw

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

SHANGHAL

PEAK HOTEL

Telegraphic] Address:——CENTRAL, SHANGHAL ASTÓR," "HOUSE ENG RESI PALACH HOTELS NE

GRAND HOTEL KALRE,

PEKING.

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Telegraphic Address :WAGONLITS, PEKING.

GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS LITS.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

in conjunction with.

The Grand Hotal das Wagons Lits. Ltd.

Tel. Centl. 812. CARLTON HOTEL. Tel. Add: “Carlton,” Tys Only Annariban: Rotal irrghe Getocur

Nice and quiet you only a few minutes walk from the Banka, and Central Districte 43 Bedrooms. Excellent Cuisine. Serapulously clama. Under American Managjumi. A new Dizing, Boom, hag been opened at No. 2, Queen's Bond (liber). Entrance lod House 8. 479ine a speciality,

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

Totoo PALACE HOTEL

Kowloon No. 3

Tel. Ädsrems

"Palaco

(Three minutes from Kowloon Forry Wharf & Bailway Station.). Entirely under KAYNAKLAND, USING LISTERNITANAH and Fans Throughout Every Room with Private Bath

Lounge Est & Hillæð Hætt÷Unrivaled Edisine auder the personal supervision of the Proprietor. Terais moderato. Spoolal terms to Familles on application to

J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietor.

HOTEL

"ASIA"

WEST BUND, CANTON.

Leading Hotel in South

China.

First class Accommodation. Electric Lights, Fans an Elevators.

Roof Garden. Hairdressing

Views of City and

Excellent Cuisine:

Splendid

SalcoL.

Pearl

Moderate Eater.

Biver.

Under the Management of the SUN 00., LTD., CANTON.

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL.

Telephone Centry 170.

Telegraphic addroom "ASTOR"

13, Queen's Road Central.

A first class Hotel centrally located, large and airy rooms, CASAKANY Tedvatel "ándsréfafalic> Net+Diting Godzi for. Meals and la Carte. Excellent Cuisine. Monthly Ticketa for Tifins and Dinners. Under entirely new Management.

For further particulars apply to 2.

M A. VAZ, Manager.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Norfolk is rich in literature. Indeed, there is a legend that Chaucer was a Norfolk man. Be that as it may, Richard Porton, the eccentric classical scholar was bom at East Ruston, buff Norfolk sawittle of him after Cambridge Had absorbed him, says Mr. W. G. Waters in "Norfolk in Literature rest of Food and Carrold's, 55. net), Miten hat

any stories are told of him- mostly to his discredit and one of these is remarkable as coming from the grestest of English classic scholars in Rogers" For sonianas written: "He read a vast number of Frelict worksj^and used to pay. If I had a son, I should endeavour to make him

authors rather than with the clas familiar with French and English The pursing profession is an ardungssics, Greek and Latin are only one even at its best, and not the least of

luxurios. The only story con- ita disadvantages in the risk a zurse his

RISKS THAT NURSES RUN.

For ages past, salts have been washing down into the sea, where they have accumulated. The beat of the sun evaporates the water of the ocean, but this only serves to make the sea more salty for the sun does not suck up any of the salts. American Pronunciation.

"Why," a reader of The Villager nske in but publication, do we Americans pronounce: Versailles to rhyme father with apple pio than, I was helping to nurse, some patients the authenticity of the suspected pd caught Typhoid myself, verse in the New Testament, com Morgan stated. After I covered my health was voly poot for some time Tomonly quoted in defence of the feel weak all day and nothing seemed to Trinity.

This is the seventh verse of the intorent mr. My head throbbed with

to take of contracting diease from her nected with Norfolk is that a piogas patients. The experience of an Aus-old lady of Norwich left him $500 ralian lady, Mre. B. sorgt, of Mics in consideration of his scholarship, Street, Broken Dill, is interesting in this and gut it down to £40 when she heard that he had written against connection,

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as would be: natural for us, with whales? Why do we sweat and eteam to ejaculate Rhnuss when a people which makes America over into Lumereek would quite under-nervene headache so that I couldn't bear fifth Chapter in the First Epistle of

the least noise. I'd feel quite distracted St. John. atand if we called it Reams?" with be pain shooting through the hold Insulin.

This periodical amplifies these and got so dizzy with it that I could questions in part as follows: We hardly soc. Often I would have toilethe latest martyrs to science down and put on bandages or wet cloths are the London gourmets... It write colonel still, but we may for I simply asuld not hold up my head appears that sweetbreads are kernel, and no more think of it as a French-word than we think of went on like this for several beks needed in France as the And then tried. Dr. Williams Fisk Fill, raw material for the manu battle, or theatre, or useault, or They setpd, moet beneficly, picking up facture of Insulin The French marriage, as Fronets words. We are my strength in a wonderful way. Army Government, asked to decide be- comfortably enough now with an blood became richer by their use I hold tween the claims of the Laboratory English pronunciation of valet, but feel my old energy coming back. I

gidify recommend this toplo se it did and the dining-room, has chosen we still smile pityingly when a very me great deal of goods the former, and has prohibited the very vulgár persom speaks of the Den asmell as women the world over export of sweetbreads from France. garage ne if it rhymned with carriage, praise Dr. Widiques Pink Pilla to-day get This from the nation which pre- and denominate the driver of the their parents did thirty your stends to prize cooking above all motée car as a'ahofer We write Touro-making to experiment when other artal For the trouble in you put your trust in this world re clinic, but we stickle for technique; owned blood and barve would. Dealers thaty Franck westbreads are try to distinguish betweenery whoro soll Dr. Williams: Pink Hilla sarily the beat in the wedde the oyes and our employers." on Pale People, or post frue, $1.00 per calves being specially fed and fat xplains ita view of the builu, 65 for 6 bottles, from the Dr sened for the impose, and the

Williams Medicine

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