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LAMMERT BROS.

-ACUTIONEERS, APPRAISERS

AND SURVEYORS,

Public Auctions

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THE Undersigned have received in

action

MONDAY, 10th November, 1894,

commencing at 11'am.

at The Wan Taung Knitting Co., No. 32

Yu Chan Street, Shamshuipo. 400 Da. Woollen, Cotton and Artificial

Silk Soaks and Stockinge

10 Dr. Cotton and Artifola) Silk

Singlate

10 Dz. Woollon underwear

10 Books Knitting Machines

6 Underwear Knitting Machines

1 Bingar's Sewing Machine

And

A Quantly of furăiture and)

rizturas

Terms":—Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

'Auctioneers. Hongkong, 6th November, 1924. -

DA

WEDNESDAY, 12th Nov,, 1994,

nt il s'alock a.m.

at their Salon Room, Duddell Street,

One Henderson Motor Cycle, á Cylinders--in good running oriler.

On View from Thursday the 6th November 1924.

Farm-Cab on delivery.

"LAMMERT BROS.,

ARETIONATS.

ion

WEDNESDAY, 18th Nov., 1824, commencing at 9.30 p.m.

at the Sales Rooms, Duddell Street.

▲ Valuable Collection of Books including:

Many Old Editions

Catalogues will be issued. On-View-from-Monday-the-10th-

November 1924

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hongkong, 5th November, 1924.

от

THURSDAY, 13th November, 1994, st 18 Noon

at their Sale Room, Daddell Street.

1 Motor Boat Hull “Captain Jim"

in good condition about 22" 6" 6' 6",

with cabin, shaft, propeller, navigation lights and necessary gear.

On Viow now at A King's Slipway, Causeway Bay,

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Terma-Casti on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.. Auctioneers.

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Tipe For Motorists.

Here are a few pointers of motor fog interest-from the American press Hogs, says the market report, are little changed." So observe nearly every time

20 nut. pedestrian, as a

Horses In America.

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spite of remarkable statistics which are published from time to time as to the number of tor vehicles in use in the United States of America it is stated upon the authority upon which all American statistics are, baređu that anyth cities alone of the USA, there

are 2,300,000 horses. In addition

Massachusetts judge piled, is not adhat in suite of 199 obliged fegally to jump out of the populasty!of the Ford car daê thê path of a rhötör cas,;but it sounds

ke a good time to waive his tractor.among American agricultur Ists, the number of farm horses lä rights. It is downright amazing the way a progressive thinkse has only decreased by 10 per

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derson's

Someone suggests this as a sign to Case of Telepathy. MARIE INMONDAYI AVAİMadame be erected at fallroad crossing!!

Particulars of a remarkable "Better stop à minute than forever."

telepathic test which resulted i Consil Duported: Man TAUN

the discovery of a man believed to Allegations of an extraordinary have been dead were furnished to a nature regarding events at the Prass representative by Mr. British Embassy Rio de Jancho, Ahmed, Fresidency Magistrate, will shorty be investigated by a statesa Calcutta wire of September Departmental Committees of the 30. The test took place in the Foreign office, Lord Blanesburgh presence of Mr. Ahmed at his presiding. It la alleged that Mr.. residence and was conducted by Walter Aunesley Stewart, Coun an expert who was a visitor at the sellor of the Embassy, was taken house: Shamsul Alum, a bench during the night from his residance clerk at the Police Court, missed by Brazilian Government officials his brother-in-law some nine years and-placed in a lunatic asylum ago. Shaman Alum-was-put_Injo After examination, by mental ex- a light trance, when he was placed perts, he was pronounced sane but in telepathic communication with was deported and is now en route his brother-in-law, who "Intimated to London. Sir John Tilley, British that he was living in Kent, Ambassador, is now coming to England, where he was well and England in order to attend the doing a thriving business, The inquiry. Brazilian newspaper re-test of its veracity was a pre-paid ports suggest that there has been cable message despatched to, the friction between the Ambassador mentioned address, and the reply and Mr. Stewart, the former mak showed that the missing relative ing certain Foreign representations was alive in Kent and was doing to the Brazilian Foreign. Office. a thriving business. The whole story is given pro- minence in the newspapers and Honest London. has caused

in sensation a diplomatic circles. Sir John Tilley has been British Ambassador in Brazil since 1920. Bull-Fights v. "Futbol."

Tobacconists who have instal- led automatic machines for selling cigarettes are sceptical. as to the supposed innate honesty of the Londoner, for they, com-

Spaniards of all, classes and inmonly and depreciated or spurious coins ased instead of shillings. all parts of the Peninsula have often assured me that the disther possibilities of loss arise, as appearance of bull-fighting is now when the machine, by being out of only a matter of a few years, order, accepts shillings without This recently owing to the universal popularity delivering goods. of football says a correspondent to happened in the St. Pancras area. the "Times," Last year the open and the tobacconist found in the ing bull-fight of the season during machine three coins (one of them the Semana Santa at Seville (by bad) in excess of what there should Within five minutes tradition the most illustrious of have been. the corridas) had to be postponed of opening, however, there were because at the last moment a big three claimants of the coins, fol- football match was advertised for lowed throughout the day by a the same day. What the Church,stream of the observant, who had the Government, and enlightened watched the disappointment of opinion have for decades tried in would-be clients the night before, vain to obtain, "Soccer" is rapidly and all claimed to have been vic- effecting. The latter has little timised. need of artificial encouragement In Spain. From end to end of the country in almost every village goal posts are springing up. Pacific Discoveries.

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Aeroplanes Hunt: Worms..."

Yet another unanticipated use for the aeroplanel This season a single machine has played more than 15,000 acres of the South West Information has just been receiv- Texas cotton fields with calcium ed in London from the steam arsenle in the annual warfare yacht, "St

George," which is against the boll-weevil." The new carrying out programme of method is reported to have four scientific research in the Pacific, distinct advantages over the old of an archaeological discovery on practice of spraying-along the an uninhabited island off the coast ground. In the first place the aesop of South America. In the midst lane can start work immediately of a tropical island jungle, hitherto after rain. The ground machines unexplored, says the "Manchester cannot be brought into action until Guardian," the party of British the fields are dry, but it is while scientists of the St. George" they are drying that the insect does have unearthed evidences of an the most damage. Then, spraying" ancient civilization. Sculptured from the air, can be done much CHAO CHEUNG, TRUNK CO rocks ancient pottery, and stone more tapidly and cheaply. One implements have been brought to pilot can spray 200 acres an hour light These probably date back on, an average, and at a cost of no to the period of history when more than 300 cents, an acre. the island was part of the Fürther, the aeroplane does not South American mainland, and touch the cotton plant, whereas the the discovery is all the more ground-sprayer always breaks off a Interesting in view of the number of cotton bolls and squares. recent similar discoveries in The saving on this item alone is Hawall Specimens, with full data said to equal the whole cost of and photographs, are being sent, spraying from the air. bark to London at once, and + further exataination of the island is being made. In the other branches of science the island has yielded excellent results, much Information and many new species

(Opposita Yapmati Verry, Prays) `

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SOLD AT

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Agent:

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