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LAMMERT BROS. Q. E. WARREN & CO. LTO

AUCTIONEZES, APPRAISEES

AND SURVEYORS,

Public Auctions

To be Pubileuction THE Undersigned have received in.

ON

THURSDAY, 30th October, 1984, commanding at 5.10 p.m. state Sale Room, Duddell Stroek, 4 Valuable Collection of

Postage Stamps Catalogas will be larged.

On View from Wednesday, the 29th Sotober, 1924.

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,, Auctioneers.

MURDER FOR SPORT." THE 90-YEAR SENTENCE.

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LIFE PENALTY CarriciSun. New York: Sept. 18. The sentence of life imprisonment on Leopold and Loeb, the boy mur“ derers; us revived the issue of capital punishment in the United States, and apparently has aroused

criticisin Judge Caverly ioade, it cleur he chose life impri- ronment rather than death as the penalty not beenuse the murderers were inentally disenset or because of the existence of mitigating, circumstances due to their u bringing and their state of mind, : which led them to plan the cold- blooded crime, but because he does not believe in capital punishment for persons under 21 years of age. Seninem favouring the extreme penalty for Leopold and Loeb is somewhat mollified by the inposi- tion of the ninety-nine-year sentence, in addition to the "life: sentence for the crime of kidnap- ping, so that there is apparently small danger of repetition of the

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ons from

Italian Marble-Polished andfor

Fine Panched Hongkong Granite.

Artificial Wreaths in Stock.

FOR SALE.

YATES' PLANT FOOD Perfect Fertilizer, la, one pound tins, sufficient for 30 to 50 POT PLANTS, according to size for one year.

GRACA & 00.,

Dealers in Garden Seeds, Postage Stamps, Post Cards, Toys, etc. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P.O. Box 620.

Hongkong.

Thaw case. The young super SHOEMAKERS,

intellectuals" will not be permitted to apply for parole until the expira tion of about forty years of their sentence. It is said by the critics of the sentence that the houth and social position of the young killers alone saved them from the gallows, and that Chicago's reputation for pustice his been dealt a severe blow, but the

capital opponents of ponishment argue that fe impri- sonment is far more of a deterrent to crime than the hanging or elec trocution now applied in the hit or miss fashion, especially when many of the sentence inave nut been rarried out at all. In Amerien only eight States retuin the death penalty absolutely; thirty-wo-like- linois. leave the choice to the -Court or jury. As-conditions. exist bere losing there is unver- tainty in most States whether murder should be punished, with death and a powerful sentiment exists favouring the substition of lile uprisonment as a déterrent as preferable to penalty which his become so uncertain and spasenie,

ELABORATE PRISON METAL.

The young prisoners were taken to-day to Joliet Penitentiary to begin their sentence, Despite then professions of difference they appeared in roart yesterday with'

uined white inces, and although they sat imobile while Judge Caverly read the sentence, they were obviously relieved to have Mr. Durrow, the escaped death. chief counsel for the boys, who. Fording to his own figures, had saved more than one hundred persons from the gallowe, shed Tew tears, as he lieartily agreed with Judge Cuverly that the sentence was in accordance with the pro- gress in criminal law all over the world and the dictates of en- lightened humanity.** The young men celebrated their escape by ordering an elaborate meal as their Just before commencing prison fare. In jail if they beluve, they will gradually he promoted to responsible positions to which their college education entitles them.

the

It is estimated that the trial has cost the proscention and defence abon! £50,000, Of this annount the State sets its expenses at about £13,000. The defence has spent about £10,000, and the Attorney's fees are yet to be paid. Judge Caverly receives £2,500 a year, ne does Prosecutor Crowe. The judge spent about a month on the case; and three months of the Attorney's time was taken up. The three assistants of the Prosecutor received e870 for their work. The most! expensive item in the bill against the taxpayers-was-for-alienists.. Two will receive about £1,200. Two others will get about $200 each. Stenography cost the State more than £1,000, and police guard cost approximately that much and

"Thore.

The defence bills are made up largely of fees to alienists, some of whom received. 950 a day. The fees of the three lawyers pleading for the lives of the bors have still Darly in the case, they to be set. decided to have their fees fixed by the Chicago Bar Association; but na Jecision lins yet been made. With all expenter on both Aden zestimat ated officially, it is conjectured that the necks of Richard Loeb, and Nathan Tiepold juncost £25,000 each, but unofficiul "costs" may increase this figure-very considerably

(Japanese Hand Made) Every kind of Footwear MADE TO ORMAN

OHERRY & 00.,

8, D'AQUILAR STREET,

·Opposite Käyamally à è Telephons Content Mo. 491-

Hongkong, March 20, 191k..

WHY BUY FOREIGN MADE SUITCASES

When we sell Shangha! Manufactured Suitesses ?

They are Cheaper and More Durable.

CHAO CHEUNG TRUNK 00. (Opposite Tsumaid Ferry, Frøya}

ASAHI BERR

MISENER BEER!

GRAND PRIZES SLUBAMILA EXHIBITINI M

ASAHI

NIPPON CREVER

BEER

JAPANE

LAGER BEER

SPECIALLY BREWER

EXPORT.

MITSUI BUBE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

"Three Castles

Cigarettes

speak for themselves

ODDS & ENDS.

MAINLY SCISSORS LOOT.

A Record Pitso.

The adirliustykal, in 10th) 5p the Autobores Ca. Dumet Vid

The Powdered Nose.

Wet Summer Losses.

Insurance against weather risks A perfumier states that during. has not proved remunerative dur- the past twelve months he had sold- no less than five tons of face. ing this wet summer, states a London wire. The Derbyshire powder to his lady clients, and County Cricket Club profited to Jreckons to dispose of 400 11pesticks, the extent of £500, the difference, to say nothing of 400 pots of com between the gate, receipts and the plexion cream every week. These. The Australian Press Associa❤ sum insured in connection with are hard times, but, it seems, not tion says unusual interest is attach=| half a dozen matches. Other claims so hard as they might be.. -་ ed to the great Basuto Pitso or paid under policies were in regard In Theatreland. annual National Assembly, which to the Yorkshire-Hampshire match was opened on September id at at Harrogate, the band contest at Maderu, by the Earl of Athlone. Buxton, the fete at Worksop, the Over 30,000 natives were present, Agricultural Show at Worsley, the thousands having-ridden-a-number-Lancashire-regatta at Stopham, and of miles over the hills. It is said the pony race meeting at Dundee.

business was done on the Con- tinent. The policies taken out in Norway were invariably for singing contests, and those for Czecho- Slovakia were for race meetings. "

to be the biggest Pitso on record. The manager of one insurance The Governor-General in full company told a Pressman that scarlet uniform was accompanied weather policies were becoming by Princess Alice. Mr. J. H.more popular every year, and much Thomas, Colonial Secretary and General Hertzog The Paramount Chief of the Basutos drove up in a magnificent motor car, with a driver in white livery. A thousand mounted Basutos followed the Governor-General's car and the cheers seemed to set the earth- rumbling like an earthquake Basutoland is under Imperial rule and no European being is allowed to own land in the country which is under stricter supervision than America.

Big Bill 67.

way

to

A Successful Mackay.

One of Scotland's wealthiest sous is now seventy-two in Lord Inchcape. Born in Arbroath, he did odd jobs about a sailcloth factory, including the scrubbing of as James Lyle Roors: Before Mackay he went out to India as a clerk for the British India Steam Navigation Company He was such a success that bis Calcutta

send us another Mackay." At 30 he was a partner, and to-day he is chairman of the P. and O. Com pany and interested in many huge concerns. He has served on the Council of the Secretary of State for India and an important Governs ment Commissione. His heir is his son, the Hon, Kenneth Mackay.

As indicated months ago, Lon don theatreland is in the shadows. The cinema and wireless has half- emptied those houses where people. once flocked to find amusement. High-priced seats have barred the public from attending their Favourite shows," and now the war between the Actors* Associa tion and the Stage Guild-may prove to be the last straw to break the camel's back, The fact that Mr. Cochran has filed his petition is scarcely calculated to induce new promoters to launch out, when so expert a showman has failed in his enterprise, and altogether the theatres are in a bad way. Shawls And ScarvON:

uame

No woman who can sew need now be without at least one of those elegant and fashionable shawls and scarves which are the "The Needle- envy of most woman" for September illustrates quite a unique variety, and tells how a ten-guinea shawl, in all

exquisiteness duced at a cost of about 30%.

have We Here

TOBE, Spanish motif, wild flower bouquet, flower poesy, orange wrap, and Fair Isle border shawls, not to mention netting, cross-stitch,., patchwork, and check shawls, to gether with an ermette scarf, daisy muffler, orange wrap. and net dress everyone a thing of beauty-all beautifully illustrated and accompanied by such explicit instructions in the various stit ches required as cannot be mis- understood by the veriest amateur with the needle any more than can the directions for the simple mats for school children fall in their for instance the typing of the letter purpose. A high-class magazine of which follows gave Miss Emilienne this kind, at the popular price of Reverdi, a lady stenographer of 10 e 4d, should do much to revive what Lagille, Paris, very considerable

is at once an ancient, an interest- satisfaction.

an ever-useful home

SHE TYPED THIS WITH

Mr. William H. Taft, ex-Presi- dent of the United States, has just turned 67, was a four nalist before commencing those Jaw studies that paved the the Chief Justiceship of the Supreme Court he now holds. He is a man of consider able girth, but he is not above making a joke about it. In New York one afternoon he took a taxicab, and on arriving at bis destination asked what he had to pay. The driver named a sum that was precisely double what was shown on the "clock" "Are you aware that I am the Chief Justice?" he demanded sternly. "I don't caro a cent who you are," came the retort, "but if you occupy double room, in my cab you are going to pay double" fare. The ex-President paid. When Money Goes Abroad

Nobody seems to be paying their bills nowadays, sccording to the Dr. Williams' Pink Fills have done me Fortune Out of Tips." statement of one who controls very much good. As a result of over-

Arthur Fowler, who was born work I found myself extremely enfeebled.

PLEASURE.

Lady office assistants mast and many of the letters they type dry and uninteresting. But there are exceptions;

"I was happy to be able to declare," ing, and writea Miss Reverdi in French. that craft.

two large multiple stores and had pains in the back.. I slept badly, near Clapham-common, London.

MONDAY, OCTOBER

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supervision of the Proprietor.

Terms moderate.” Special terms to families on appliostion to

J. H. OXHERRY, Proprietor.

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL.

Felegraphic addrese "ASTOR"

Telephone Central 170.

13, Queen's Road Central.

A first class Hotel centrally located, large and airy rooms, completely renovated and refurnished. New Dining Room for Meals and la Carte. Excellent Cuisine. Monthly Tickets for Tiffins and Dinners. Under entirely new Management.

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M. A. VÄZ, Manager.

SOUTH CHINA RESTAURANT CO., LTD.

CHINA BUILDING,

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The Finest Restaurant In Town

For Chinese Chow.

Afternoon Tea With The Finest Chinese Pastries Also Supplied. Cold Drinks Of Every Description Obtainable At All Times

Clubs Supplied At Short Notice.

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、 OPEN DAILY FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT.

ADELPHI HOTEL.

SINGAPORE,

This distinguished Hotel in the heart of Singapore's social life, with its commanding position facing the beautiful Cathedral Grounds and Sea, offers you complete hospitality and comfort in a refined atmosphere.

Unsurpassed for Meals. Excellent Wines.

Orchestra Dally during

and After Dinner.

The ONLY HOTEL IN SINGAPORE

fitted throughout with Modern Sanitation,

Cables: Adelphi Phone: 937, 938"

ADELPHI HOTEL LTD. HARRY H WILLIES,

Managing Director."

THE WORLD SUPPLY CO.,

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FANCY PARASOLS', IN. SILK - AND PAPER-

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KING EDWARD HOTEL

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EL ELMOTRIS TRANE PAM Xatessen. Zieë Jáčka and Brattary Tillings, Hớt und Deli Water Dystem throughest sat at Food Asi | kons

| Tel. DeRIE U Talagraphie Addrem 3-f VICTORIA'

5 WETOSKI, Manager.

turns over about £3,000,000 per my appetite which formeely, had been and who has for 15 years, worked G. FALCONER & CO.

mmy

anaum, yat has had to make excellent disappeared, to arrangements." with his firm's daily duties became exceedingly difficult messenger in the drug store of the Waldorf Hotel,, New York, creditors because customers "doj I was in great distress over the poor has died leaving £8,000. Except a not settle up. As one financier state of my basith whaus pemonal friend puts it, there seems to be a plot nekai me to try. Dr. Wills legacy to the N. Y. and N. J afoot to hold up money." Simul. Pilla, and I have to congratais to myself Cricket Association, all the money taneously we read that there has now on following this wise counsel, for is to be divided among his been more money invested abroad today all is well-Dr. Williams Pink fellow employees at the hotel. Just before he died Fowler sent this year than has ever been spells completely cured me." culated overseas before. Millions By resto ing richnow to the blood and for the hotel cashier and told him have gone to South America, and tone to the whole nervous ayatom Dr. about the money he had amassed millions more to the United Wiliams' pink pills for pals people repale and gave orders for its disposal, "In States; and the Colonies have the ravages wrought by over-work, saying he had no kita or kin to absorbed wealth untold... For all worry, malaria, favors, or other dehill leave it to. His will bagan:

remarkably the name of God. Amen. Arthur' tating causes. They are this output there must be a re-afflesidus as specião for antema H. Fowler, bachelor." Fowler son, and it is hinted that this rea- neunsthenia, general debility, digitive made bequests to everyone work- son 18 political Socialists photobler, chenaiatism, neuralgia, and for

the ilmaa which flick, women from Ing. In the hotel, from the clerks to fessed to pool pooh the sugacation mansohood to middle ages of checaits the liftmans incapart as that money had wings. Thó posi rambira, ne must free CL40 per bottle, grave should be covered with holly sibility was rumoured in January night bottled from Be Dr, Willie and dret. Chrlatmose. He had

and unfortunately, some ru- Médiobe Co. 60, Kingse Boad, Shing quiete, saved the money, from his. mogrs do come true.odde

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