1925-03-25 — Page 13

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925.

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

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS

AND SURVEYORE.

Public Auctions-

THE

THE Undersigned have resolved" in- structions to sell by Public Auction

on.

MONDAY, 30th March, 1995,

commencing at 2.45 p.m.

at No. 13, Knutsford Terraco, Kimberley Road, Kowloon

A Quantity of

Valuable Household Furniture,

(Full Particulars from Cataloguo). Op View fram Sunday the 20th 'March 1925

Termy:sh on delivery.

LAMMERT BROB., Auctioneers.

THE WATER SUPPLY.',

P

Level and Storage of water in rowervoirs

wa the Ist March 1925-

GIES AND BILL DISTRICT WARNG WIRKE

Eviam valdi, Belar

overflow.

The Bolus vrardum

Typem interaadinta

Este, 133H Tow

Below TradAW.

LEVEL

1978

ants, ul. Below pretton 24. Halow overdon

dis, Below over forty gate in Balow orandow

Am verf

g the Gotow verda❤

Exam The the f

Wore Wal Chane, 1

in. Hele seardow

aktajam lift. Sia

int, sin, below availaw

TOORAIN IN ENGĜIONE

ARO DENIMAIS DE SAULOME

2001

1972.. URZ.NO

1.08

103.34

15

WoW CH Partstum

Wate

$3,74

-20.4%

2, ka ka

1,314.J

trializat

- term

'Puta!

Onanim poles zal

* 1 striat in millions and decimals

af geliana Inring the math of February..

Depa

Mmabad populator...

Comeumparsa pakendi)

24 10 378.38,70)

20 A Tallons

Constant Supply in all Districts during. ¿February 1924.

-Intermitentpp'yinTMll Rider Main Delrista Wost of Elátaro Street during February 19:5

Constant Supply in all Rider Main Districts East of Eastero Street during Febrary 1915 excepting 2 days (11st- ad inclusive) when an Intermittent Bupply was given to the Bowen Hood Conduit being damaged by blasting..

KOWLOON WATER WORKI LAVAL

TPS 8. Eatissa Graviša, 100 bin, Belu 19. st. Below

von Kaestoltes ( beardow IWANAGD IN MIŠIJOND AND DIMINALE WW GALLOZE.

190B.

Kowloon Grantation

DTWRON

Betryout 204.01 - 10.51

Domanmpilan on water in owloon in miltons and decimale of gallons during the month of February,

mated population ..

Crampon

Comsamption per edĮ

1024.

14,50 งาม

19.5 3,01 148.0

16.2

Full Bapoly in all districts during

February 1821 and 1925.

The Government Analyst's recent re-

posts aber that the quailty of the water 租 satisfactory

1924.

Topal Bain?s to F 1.0 16.

H. T. ORLAST.

1915.

Water Authority.

Pablic Works Daparkroo

HONGKONG HEIGHTS.

For the information of visitors. the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and

inland is published :—

ISLAND.

Fool

Bignal Station

1774

Mt. Parker

1784

Mountain Lodge

1725

The Eyrie

1725.

Peak Hotel

1805

Taikoo Sanatorium

1009

Mt. Davis

677

Bowen Rd. (filtarbede) 297

MAINLAND.

Taimoshan

8124 1971

·SANITARY ENGINEERS

BATHS

STOVES

RANGES

LAVATORY BASINS

CLOSET SUITES.

FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY FROM STOCK.

We invite you to call and inspect the Sanitary Appliances Installed in our New Showroom In- CHINA BUILDING. (Facing Queen's Theatre)

Tel, C. 269.

FOR SALE.

Asiatic and Foreign POSTAGE STAMPS

In Bags, Packets, Sets and Single. PICTORIAL POSTCARDS With: Chinese Costumes, Views of Hongkong, Canton, Macao, &c.

and

Album of Hongkong Scenes „‚GRACA & 00.,

Dealers in Philatelic Goods, Artistic Postcards, Toys, Picture Books, &c.

No. 10, Wyndham Street, P.O. Box 620,

Hongkong.

SHOEMAKERS,

(Japanese Hand Made): Every kind of Footwear] MADE TO ORLER

·CHERRY & 00..

16, D'AGUILAR STREET,

Opposite Ksyamsily & Co.

Telephone Centist No. 491

Hongkong, Karch 29, 1914,

TUNG SANG

1

TAILOR

11A Peel Street

*****MA

EXPERT FITTERS

HIGH CLASS TAILORING.

SERVICE.

Kowloon Pe

KEEP IT HANDY.

Do not forgot that there are more bottles Bold each year of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy than of any other ecugh medicine. Have you a bottle of it, in your home? It is good for the children and the grown ups too. Every user is a friend. For sale everywhere.

I

MRS. MOTONO.

ELECTRIC MASSAGE

318, Wyndham St., 2nd Floor..

Sole

Agents:

MITSUI

BUSSAN

KAISHA.

ASAHI

BEER

THE CHINA MAIL.

WORLD

RACING:

TWO OLD QUESTIONS TO THE FORE AGAIN.

THE CHINA PONY.

OF SPORT.

vocates of a change" urging the instibution of a standard weight of approximately 160 lb., on which| penalties and allowances could be based. Our correspondens's letter follows:-

.:

It is not confined to the few, ani there are more than one might

TENNIS.

·LENGLÈN'S STATUS

DEFINED.

Certain, French newspapers, in

error of

No blame is to be laid at Mile.

The Olymple Games.

1

STHE

HONGKONG

KONGKONG HOTEL REPULGE BAY HOTEL;

PEAK HOTELMAN Telegraphie Address: "KREMLIN HONGKONG."

AND.

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL: PALACE HOTEL; GRAND HOTEL KALEE; MAJESTIC HOTEL Telegraphic Address: "CENTRAL SHANGEALTM

HOTELS

LIMITED:

In association with, the Grand Hotel den Wagons Lita, Ltd., Peking

Tal. Koko PALACE HOTEL

No. 3

Tel

13

(Three minutes from Kowloon Ferry Wharf & Railway Station.) Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans Throughout Every Room with Private Bath. Loange Bar & Billiard Rooms. Unrivalled Outains under the parmoni supervision of the Proprietor. Terms moderato. Special terms to familion on application to

J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietor.

In China we engage in so many satisfied that our system of weight Longlen an unblemished prestiga casually think who are not quits their eagerness to retain for Mile: sports and we go in for them sing ponies is all that could be in the world of lawn tennis, have whole heartedly that it is suprisdesired. 16 is a very nico sonuding fallen Ling, with so much to manage, that expression which we so often bear

during the Riviera everything runs oven as smoothly us in the local racing world-weight tournaments into the it does, says Bhanghai paper for inches na. per scale. Both the describing her as the world's The reason almost certainly is expression and the practice which champion. that our leading sportaren aro gave enuse for the expression came Corinthians and, being actuated from India - only by a love of the game, what racing there. When weights wore inaccuracy, but it is only fair to

in the early days of Lenglen's door for this curiousTal. Kowloon ever it may be, and easy ways and adjusted to heights rather than to other famous women players to means of at least temporarily age in India the height was taken point out that she is smoothing over any difficulties that at that point of the withers of the possession of any one of three pot in may arise. That may be all very horse or pony immediately vertically premier women's singles cham- wolk for a while, but such a systentahove the elbow joint and not pionships, namely: has its faults, especially where big necessarily the highest point of the things are concerned.

Wimbledon. Something withers. In Ching it is usual to may crop up in one particular see the red passed to the highest

The American championship. branch of sport that it is generally point of the withers. It is natural Milo. Lenglen, after defeating greal should be dealt with, but if to suppose there is some reason for Miss Ryan, unfortunately had to solution is not found during the the practice in India and it is equal-retire from the women's singles at Benson, when everyone's thought ly natural to suppose there are se Wimbledon last year, otherwise are concentrated on that one sport, sound reasons for the practice in she might have retained her title, the matter is liable, to be shelved China, though it is very hard to when the season closes. and interest ronize the force of them in the

It is futile for any French is switched off, on to something Intter case.

newspaper to persist fo ignoring else.

Nothing has given rises to so much weight is carried by the pony or now rightly belongs to Miss Helen "In India they argued that the the fact that the title of woman lawn tennis champion of the world debute in recent years racing, horse at the point above described wills, who holds the singles title but even now. the difficult questions as being that at which the height of America and of the Olympic involved lave not beet settled. is taken and therefore that is the Games. Every cinb has racing rules differ correct position for taking the ing in some particular from those of weight. What arguments are there every other club and it was this in favour of the practice in China? fact that prompted the suggestion A high wither usually is a sign of that it wits tine a China Jockey wealmess in an animal and weak making inaccurate claims or by Club was forged to control maingness is certainly not a sign of a discrediting the play of her all over the comfy, is done at animal's ability to carry an in-partners whenever the match Home. A great deal hus been said creased weight. I weak animal happens to be closely contested. in favour of the idea: nothing so the highest point of the withere is 'far-has bee her against it, but well forwart of the point vertically all the sage the lackey Club is as above the elbow and consequently far off us ever.

which want to Miss McKans.

Eclaireur de Nice apparently Certain newspapers such as the

Imagine that they can enhance Mile. Lenglon's prestige by

hot at the point where the weight in are trying In Chin & Ib. is WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. carried. So it seems more than ex-|·taken" "as "bringing together two Almost at the same time that attraordinary that an obvious sign of ponies who differ an inch in height Tention was directed to the above, weakness is made the causes for imat that point indicative of weakness, a local correspondent re-opened an sing an increased weight We the highest point of the withers. other old debate-that of racing have often heard of the Chinese Therefore, according to the racing weights. Ofter it has been asked muzzle, but this one of weighting logic in China ah inch in height where, the weight for inches ider the China pont-bents all the other (even though a sign of weakness) is. originated and our correspondent nuzzles in this bunt of surprises, equal to a length's beating over any now blames it on to Tudin, which is Tn fact, it is so unsolvable in ita distance. Surely never was there. quite possible, for there, seems to want of reason that it should be a truor expression 'East is East and, have been meing in China since the relegated to the category of the West is West,' Is there a single earliest days of European associa^riddle of the sands,' tions with the country and the pioneers out here were John Com-! By men. Tindoubtedly they had good reasons for making the weight for inches rule, and it is as certain that nowadays there are two decided opinions on the subject, the

MEDIUM STRENGTH

CAPSTAN

3:

racing man in China, who honestly. can say that in his experience weight. A COMPARISON,

for inches ever brought ponies to: "There is also another side to this gether? Is there any racing man extraordinary puzzle. At Home, who has not experienced the fact its taken an indisputable truism that big ponies, as judged ariely by Cat 3:th, is the equivalent of a one- the height at the withers, cannot bugil heating, where both horses carry weight?"

Navy Cut Cigarettes W.D. & H.O. WILLS Bristol &

London

Try!

A "CAPSTAN"

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL,

Felegraphic address "ASTOR" Telephone Central 170 13, Queen's Road Central.

A árat class Hotel centrally located, large and alry rooms, completely renovated, and refurnished. Now Dining Room fox Meals and la Carte. Excellent Cuisine. Monthly Tickets for Tiina and Dinnera. Under entirely new Management...

For further particulara.apply to

M..A. VAZ, Manager.

SOUTH CHINA RESTAURANT

CO., LTD.

CHINA BUILDING,

6th FLOOR

NOW OPEN,

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.-- Olubs Supplied At Short Notice.

Telephone O. 4882.

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.

Daily during

Orchestra

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.

G. FALCONER & CO. (HONGKONG) LTD WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS

Union Building (Opposite G.P.0.)

Agents for:-- ADMIRALTY CHARTS ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery.

SUKIYAKI HALL

JUST OPENED.

TRY SUKIYAKI and TO<INABE CHOW, Best Food at the Chen-st Price.

CHITOSE HOTELS

Branch, Tel.: C. 1718.

Ma 1 Hoa Hoa Lane (Now Prona Lemple

Queen's Road East, Wanchai.

SMOKE

CAPSTAN

CAPSTAN Cia ttes are made in England

KING EDWARD HOTEL MAE CENTRALA KOUAZIONALA MIRADA

23. – Kais” and Hansbury Tittings, Hot and Cold

189

SHIMIDZ

HONORE

LONG HING & 00

DEVELOPING & PRINT

BUPY