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TUESDAY, February 26th, 1824. oumoving at 9.45 p..

at Clavadel No. 298 The Peak

& Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture, Comprising:-

Chesterfield Couch, and Arm- chairs, Teak Desk, Teak dining tablo, Dining Chairs with leather cover seats, Teak Sideboard, Brass Ornamente, Glass Ware, Crockery, Curtains, Carpets and Washable

rugs etc.

Bedstead, Large teak wardrobe (with heaters inside) Teak ward- robe with glass front, Dressing table with bevelled mirror, Long Dressing Mirror, Chest of drawers, Book Case, Bed Couch etc. etc.

Also

Vacuum Cleaner, Steel filing cabinet, Mellink Safe,

And

. Carved Cherry Wood Desk, Cabinet Pethephone, American Refrigerator.

Catalogue will be issued.

On View on Monday the 25th, February 1924.

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WHY BUY FOREIGN MADE SUITCASES

When we sell Shanghai Manufactured Suitcases?

They are Cheaper and More Durable.

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THE CHINA MAIL:

Lynch Law in Italy.

A real lynching oase, with all its concomitant horrors of mob violence and the dragging of the prisoner from jail, took place inf Celano, a small place of some 12,000 inhabitants in the Abruzzi, near Avezzano The religious feeling of the villagers had been irritated to the highest pitch by

RISKS BY LLOYD'S.

STRANGE INSURANCES IN

FIRM'S HISTORY.- Features in the fascinatiu, history of Floyd's mo recaled by the news which has much interested the

that after having indo its leadquarters at the Hoyal Exchange for a century and a half, the famous a sacrilegious Theft committed in insurance organisation is to build it- the church, when the thief, a cerself, new home in Leadenhall- tain Francesco Tomei, who had street.

When the Austrian ex-Emperor Karl and his wife escaped to Switzerland they took with them the crown of the early Emperors of Germany, an exquisite work of an 11th century goldsmith. Ro- cently, states the "Neue Merkur," Baron von Steiner, who was formerly the ex-Emperor's finari-

only a short time ago bean In the old days Insurance policies cial adviser, appeared at a maa- released from jail, entered the wore effected by hankara, mers querade at Zurich wearing the church, and broke open a famous chants, and moneylenders, cachi ona historic crown, which pussed into reliquary of the sixteenth century who look a risk on any policy writ the possession of the Habsburgs designed by Bernini, and containing his une below. As Mr. Syd- in 1818. For 100 years the Ger- ing the relica of holy martyrs ney Boulton has recalled in an in- mans attempted to persuade the adorned with gold antigewels. He testing booklet, the foot of the Austriane to give them the desecrated the relics by throwing policy would live fans like the crown, which, now that imperial the ashes on the ground and car- following crowns are out of fashion inried away the gold and jewels. Southern Europe, serves to dis- Next day a general search was guise an aristocrat jazzing with made for him when the robbery pretty women.

became known, and towards even ing he was captured by Cara- binieri, who with difficulty were The Italian torpedo factory-enabled to sure him from the the Silurifico Italiano of Naples exasperated crowd and locked Writing," the policy had to be re-

Italian Torpedoes.

21001, John Borry, am con tent with this assurance, which God reserve, for one hundred pounds, this twentieth day of January, 1680:

WORLD-ME AGENCY.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 191⁄2, 1924.

HOTELS & CAFES.

LEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS.

HONGKONGAILEA

Telegraphie Address)-KREMLIN, HONGKONG.. HONGKONG HOTEL

PEAN HOTEL

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ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL

GRAND HOTEL KALEB

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Telegraphie Address—WAGONLITS, PEKING. GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONS LITS

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD in conjunction' with

The Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits. Ltd.

When the full amount had been Tel. Cent. 813. CARLTON BOTEL Tel Add: "Carlton?

covered by this roethod of "under-

gistered at an office in the Royal him up in the barracks. The Exchange. In theory that is what Fascist militia were called to-the lord's doos today, although in Aid of the Carubinieri, but a mob

The Only American Hotel in the Colony.

Miao and galos yes only allow minutes walk from the Banks, and Central Disc Bodwozie Exselle Dikine. Serupulously slaan. Undor. Amacions Management. A new Diuifg“ Rover has been opened at No. 2, Qason's Rond (lat door). Enarmeline Bense firestTffice a speciality, For formą szyly M2R CAMERON, Proprietro.

practice the system is different be00000000000200 of several thousand overpowered fense of the guarantees that are the them, broke into the prison, drag-basis of the corporation.

No. 2

ged out the culprit, and beat him" To-day there is probably no moreTel Eswo in the public square. A rope was famous name in the world than fetched, he was hanged on a pole, Lloyd's, for in addition to having and it is said that even before it 1,400 agents and sub-agents in all was certain that he was dead a parts of the globe and a premium fire was lit under him and his income that exceeds thirty million body burnt to cinders.

pounds yearly, it issues stup certifi cates that are recognised all over the world.

*Funny Clothes."

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has recently been experimenting with a new type of torpedo which is claimed to have a minimum speed of 48 knots up to 3,000 metres, and 27 knots up to 15,000 metres. Its depth can be re- The gulated up to 12 metres. diameter of the new weapon is 633 mm. Its speed can be re- gulated and the maximum rate at which it is capable of traveling through the water is said to be 63 knots. The invention extends to the permanent fittings of the

Extraordinarily varied are the in- torpedo, which is "set" for dis-

"What funny clothes You

sance risks that have been affect- tance, speed, and depth, whilst

wore! This, or some less polite with Lloyd's. There is a record actually in the tube, and can

the data exclamation, is what the young of one men insuring himself for therefore be adjusted available at the moment of firing. folks make when they chance to 20,000 in the consequences of see their elders' old photographs. Flaying violent harde on his mother- Its inventor is Francesco Schmid, one of the technical directors of We suffered physically and men-in-law.

When George II. led his troops at tally as we donned the clothes the Silurifico Italiano. Engin which had been "cut down" for the battle of Dettingen the risk of eering."

our "best," without any radical his returning alive was instrred alteration in trimming or design. Lagainst at per cant.

"Evening Standard" La 1813 a policy for £100 was is says an writer. They were close-fitting sued at a pretium of 3 per cent., and heavy. They seemed to im-against Napoleon Bonaparte "ceas pose on us impossible standards of ing lo exist or being taken prisoner' Instances of this kind are in- grown-up propriety, and inspired within a month. us with a vague sense of having become ridiculous. Their colour, umeuble and in modern daye risks How I accepted at Lloyd's for a great too, rarely pleased us. detested a beige poplin, turned out

variety of things, with brown satin, which, reduced

Iona Finds.

·DERCLIOT MYSTERY.

At a meeting in Edinburgh of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Mr. A. O. Curie, F.S.A.Scot, described two finds of treasure recently made in the nunnery at Iona. The first con- sisted of four silver spoons and a gold fillet. Only one of the spoous was complete, the others having

The curiosities of shipping insur. suffered decay during their long rest in the soil. The founding of my meagre proportions, was ance are just as great, but none is the acme of dowdiness, though it greater than that associated with the the unnery in 1203 gave the had been a becoming gown to my suling ship Marie Celeste." It was. earliest possible date, and stately mother! There was joy in 1872 she left New York for Curle concluded that the spoons. probably belonged to the thir in the schoolroom when a cup of Genoa. Five weeks later she was tea was overturned on it, and it hailed by another ship in the Medi teenth century, and, excepting was sent to the cleaners to be dyed termoan, but did not respond. perhaps the Coronation spoon, the crimson shade then known as Investigation showed that there were the oldest British medieval "cardinal" In summer our best was not a single person on board the spoona in existence. The fillet was part of the women's head clothes" were more becoming, but vessel; yet not one of the ship's

Ibonts was missing, the cargo was lin dress of the period. The second not much more comfortable. find was made in the autumn of still hold that the fair, plump touclied, all the sails were set, the English child appeared to great week'a washing was hanging up to 1923, and consisted of a gold ring advantage when arrayed in white dry above the forecastle and both of plated wire and about a half of muslin with a pink or blue sash. in the forecastic and in the cabin another gold fillet, both of which Unfortunately, the scraggy, sal were found a fresh-cooked and half- were also assigned to the same low girt. was forced into the same alightest sign of violence, and no There was not the caten meal, century. All the objects have uniform. Moreover, the white satisfactory, explanation of what been acquired for the National muslin to be sightly, must be happened he's ever hoon put for Museum of Antiquities. Among fresh. And how hard it was to ward. other papers submitted was one keep it spotless! The present A thousand odd stories are bound by Mr. Robert Kinghorn, generation can never feel as we up with the history of Lloyd's, and F.S.A.Scot.. in which he described did the full poignancy of the the change of houdquarters of mich the chief of over 400 fint imple chapter in "Holiday House," a remarkable corporation is some- ments he had collected during his which deals with the episode of thing that may well be regarded as 12 years' tenancy of the farm of Laura's Last Clean Frock." As noteworthy, Foulden Moorpark, Berwickshire The farm extended to 126 acres, and the "harvest" included arrow heads, knives, borers, hollow scrapers, 'and stone axes.

New Scientific Discoveries.

for our "party frocks," they were The plans that have been prepar replicas of our mothers' dinnered by Sir Edwin Cooper in respect gowns reduced to scale as differ-of the new building are set final, ent as possible from the modern but merely sketches. The final de- child's gala raiment designed not sign has not yet been completed. only for the enhancement of in-

CANON CLOCKMAR dividual graces, but for the full play of the wearers' restless movements.

THE WITER SUPPLY.

American scientists in 1923 kept pace apparently with finan- cial resources enjoyed by no other country, and the prospects of the New Year in this respect are re- garded by the men who know best as brilliantly promising. In the last few days the following an- nouncements have been made: Lovel and Storage of water to reservoir Construction of a microphone on the let February 1984 *—**

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to investigate space-a rocked which covers six miles a second, find which, once free of earth's attraction, goes merrily along ti It strikes something. A formal announcement by Dr. Hardlicka, of the National Museum at Wash ington, the leading anthropologist of the United States, that man's origin was in Europe 400,000

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The hobby of Canon Sutton, rector of Brant Broughton, Lin- colnshire, is clock-making and clock-collecting, and within a com- paratively short time he has pre- sented more than 40 clocks to churches in various parts of the diocese of Lincoln.

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- Canon Sutton has the assistance of a clever local blacksmith in making the clocks.

His latest gift is that of a strik- ink an. Boler overtowing clock for the church tower at North Owersby, a neighbourhood in which there has hitherto been no public clock.

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