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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.-Pedigree Alsatian Wolfhound, (dox) "Cartlus of "Wellsbridge," - 28 months. Bogia- tered Kennel Club No. 12007.
Arrived Hong Kong November 1925; has kept perfect condition throughout hot BCAACT. Ownor going Home. Apply Box No. 462 c/o China Mail
TO LET
·TO LET--Furnished Hotive on Peak. All moder conveniences. Apply, Box No. 481, d/a. China Mall"
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AND SURVEYORN.
Public Auctions.
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NOTICES.
NOTICE:
THE MARRIAGE REGISTRY":
has been transferred from the Secretariat for Chinase: Affairs to the LAND OFFICE, Supreme Court, Hong Kong.
PHILIP JACKS, Registrar of Marriages, The Marriage Registry Supreme Court, Hong Kong.
18th January, 1927.
NOTICE.
SLUMMING.
"WHAT PRINCE OF WALES: SA37.
HOW THE POOR LIVE.
London, Dec, 18.
THE CHINA MAIL
XPERT GANG. DIDN'T DESERVE TO
ARING LONDON MOTOR
THIEVES
AMAZING DOUBLE LIFE
Landon.
country.
The Prince of Wales last night Police officers described four men, descended into the depths of the who were sentenced at the Old slums at Somerstown, North Balley for the Chelmsford robbery, London, accompanied by two in which a safe was taken away in friends, the Rev. J. B. Jellicoe
a motor car, as being one of the and Father, Wilson, causing sur-most dangerous motor-gange in the prise and dismay among the occupiers of the tenements until His Royal Highness spoke gently to them, deploring their condi
He found that 21 persons were living in four rooms in two attics. A woman showed him a room where the rain was dripping on to the bedding. It was the only accommodation she had for two soldier sona for Christmas.
"Disgraceful" was the Prince's comment...
and after MONDAY, January.tions.
10th, 1927, the Offices of the Secretariat for Chiness Affairs will be on the first floor of the New Government Building in Connaught
Road Central.
ER. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hong Kong, 8th January, 1927.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Proud Housewives.
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A pair of Somerstown house-- wives, Mesdames Turnbull, and Hare are glowing with pride to ANTRIES for the Forthcoming day, because they were the Races close on SATURDAY, Prince hostesses. The Prince 22nd January 1927, at 3 p.m. and found Mrs. Hare, busy with her must be sent to the Secretary, /* needlework. He entared the Linstend & Davis, Alexandra parlour, surprising. Mrs. Hare's Buildings, on or before this date.
pretty daughter, Caroline, and Entry Forms are now ready and her six-foot fance, and laughing- can be had at the Jockey Club ly greeted them. He patted the Stables, Kate Course Hong Kong dog, and complimented Mrs. Club'or Linstead & Davis.
Hong Kong. 7th January, 1927.
HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
DINNER DANCE. 8-12 p.m. Jan. 21st 1927.
Mtables
EMBERS may book
THE Endersigned have received tickels
their
and obtain their
on and after MONDAY,
Tinstructions to sell by dublic site on Mears. Mostrie's
Auction
on FRIDAY,
the 14th January, 1927, commencing at F1 a.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
6 Bales Leather.
5-Bruma Ehumistic Solition.
D Cases Assorted Wines.
1 Case Small Thols.
ALSO
'A "Quantity of MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
ANJ
(for account of the conned) A Quantity of Lady's Silk and Woollen Dresses and Materials, and Laces etc. (Salvage ex Peddor Building Fire).
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 12th January, 1927.
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THE Undersigned have received Instructions from H. Birkett, Esq. "to sell by Public Auction
on FRIDAY,
the 14th January, 1927, commencing at 2.45 pm.
at his residence, No. 632. The Peak, (Magazine Gap}
The Whole of his
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
(made by Mesars. Lane, Crawford Ltd.,)
Comprising:-
Teal hatstand, teak upholstered armchairs, chairs, teak curio cabinet, teak bookcase, teak table,!
where plan of the seating. arrangements may be seen.
Hong Kong, 7th January, 1027.
THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY COMPANY; LIMITED.
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ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in this Com- pany will be held at the Offeès of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & co., LTD. on THURSDAY, 27th January, 1927, at noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of: the Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1926.
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The REGISTER of SHARES-of the Company will be. CLOSED from FRIDAY, · 14th January tp THURSDAY, 27th January, both
inclusive, 'days
during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
L. S. GREENHILL,
Secretary,
Hong Kong, 6th January, 1927.
THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
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The driver, Frederick Jackson, aged 25, who was sentenced to three years, was described is the leader racing drivers. in England
Nicknamed "Jewellery George" by his associates in London's under world. George Spiers, aged 67, was sentenced to three years' penal seri vittle for receiving jowellery stolen from Hatton Garden in a mall-van robbery last September.
He lived a double life, and con- cealed his occupation as receiver so successfully that neighbours in Highgate, visiting his tastefully furnished flat, believed him to be a prosperous City mln. It is said that Splers knew every house in London worth bargling, and was able to calculate the risks involved.
Whenever, therefore, he saw an opportunity, he told off men to do
AFPHAL WON ON USUALS
GROUNDS.
CHIEF JUSTIGE'S: SIMILE. -
London.
"We must venerate what we can- not compretend m the British Constitution," said the Lord. Chief Hallam he granted an appeal on Justice, Lord Hewart, whon quoting
uausual grounds at the Old Balley
Colonel John Kynaston, formerly of the Army Medical Corps, asked for the quashing of a conviction for giving a prescription containing oplum when he was not registered as a practitioner. He contented
that he was still a medico, although
he had been struck off by the Medi- cal Council because he wrote an article to the newspapers pointing out that children's tonells were un- necessarily cut out.
L
Lord Howart, delivering judg ment sald Kynaston's argument failed, but the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1925, ander which he had been convicted, had not been put into force by the necessary order. The Medical Councils prosecution, therefore, resembled somebody try- ins to pull a bell without a handle.
ACORNS IN JAZZ.
Los Angeles, Jan. 6. Indian tribes in Southern Cali
the job, paying them a regular fee.fornia have found a new way to
Mrs. Charles Chaplin, formerly Lite Grey, is shown in the home of her mother, where she fled with
her two children after a disagreement with her husband. Left to right are: her mother, Charles Chaplin,
J., W. E. Curry, her grandfater; Sidney Earl Chaplin, and Mrs. Chaplin.
Hare on the appearance of her rooms. Mrs. Hare told him that when a girl she had shaken hands with Queen Victoria,
The Prince then went upstairs to Mrs. Turnbull's "flat, had his
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.photograph taken with her, and admired the pictures of her TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN soldier-husband, who was buried NOTICE IS TRY-NINEN at El Kantara (Suez Canal). ORDINARY „ANNUAL MEETING Mrs. Turnbul'a only regret to carpets, brass ornaments, etc., etc. OF THIS COMPANY will be held day is that she did not offer the Teak dining table, teak side." nt the Office of Mesara. Jardine, Prince a glass of port from a bourd, dinner waggon, allver Matheson & Co. Ltd., on FRIDAY, bottle reserved for Christmas. Cabinet, folding screen, pictures, the 28th January, 1927, at 11 am. She was too shy, she said, to ask upholstered rattan furniture, for the purpose of receiving the him to listen to the gramophone.
Teak Bedsteads, Teak Wardrobe Report of the Directors together with Bevelled Mirror Doors and the year ended 31st December.
ornaments ete.
with a Statement of Accounts for
THE F.M.S. FLOODS.
WIDESPREAD DISTRESS IN
PERAK..
Ipoh, Jan. 3. Apparently the last of the floods in Perak has not yet been seen, for it has been raining yes terday and to-day and another six foot rise from normal of the Kinta River at the source is ro- ported to-day, though this is mild compared with 14 feet of last week.
To-day Teluk Anson, at the mouth of the Perak River; is in a grave situation. Most of the estates are three feet under flood. A thousand coolles are in a seri ous plight
She Missed Him. Mrs. Turnbull's daughter, Rose, cried herself to sleep, be- Electric Fittings, Teak Dressing
cause she went to the Girls Club, 1926. Table, Teak Desks, Teak Chest of The Register of Shares of the thinking the Prince was to visit Drawera, ote.
Company will be CLOSED from it. and so missed him. English Dinner Set, Tea Set,TUESDAY, the 18th January, 1927
The Turnbull fat is luxurious Lumpur was held up for three A train from Penang to Kuala Giuna Ware, Filters, Kitchen to FRIDAY, the 28th January, 1927, compared with Mrs. Carroll's days at a lonely spot. The pas Utensils, Ice Chest, etc.
home, which accommodates 20 sengers were on the verge of col One Victrola with Record Cabinet and Records.
ALSO
One Teak Ice Chest Kelvinator attached.
AND
with
Soveral Pieces of Blackwood Ware.
On View from Thursday, the
38th January, 1927.
Catalogues will be issued.
Terms: Cash on delivery.
"LAMMERT
"Hong Kong, 8th January, 1927.
MARTINS PILLS
deBors and cenata for all Female complaints. Every hdy should keen fat bos in the house. Glemiste aɔd sports
jazz it up. They use acorns, tuned according to size and strung together in a musical scale. To play the instrument the Indian takes one end of the string in his hand and holds each acorn in turn between his teeth. Using the other hand he swings the string and palls it taut, causing the acorn to vibrate between his teeth and producing a clear musi cal note.
POPE CLIMBS DOME.
Rome, Jan. 6. The Pope recently accomplished a feat never done by his predeces sors when he climbed to the dome tiff, during his younger years, was of St. Peter's Basilica.. The Pon-: a skilled mountain climber. He stood on the topmost balcony for
of the Board of People in eight rooms, and which lapad A European child is re-several hours, viewing the city in
both days inclusivo.
By Order Directors,
ji
F..H. CRAPNELL;
Acting Secretary. Hong Kong, January 11th 1927.
NOTICE:
IVE, the undersigned, bog to announco
the Prince next visited. "In an adjacent basement, he suprised a plumber's mate, who was distressed because he had drunk all the cocoa and could not offer his visitor anything on such a cold night...
"HARMLESS BEVERAGES"
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Albany, N. Y., Jan. 5.
Governor Al Smith to-day urged
ported to have expired.
The rivers became normal yes.. terday and trains resumed schedule time to-day
the sunset.
Several Drowniny Cases. •
Ipoh, Jan. 3.
A domestic servant who vented Although the floods in Ipoh, her spite on her mistress by pouring Kuala Kangsar and elsewhere in a pint bottle of lak over the £80 Central Ferak bave abated, the drawing-room carpet, and then left rivers are a little over normal, the house without warning after
Teluk Amon to-day was re- turning four gas, taps full on that we have just established the New York legislature to memo- owing to the food waters, the ab Marylebone Police Court. She ported to be gravely concerned brought before Mr. H. C. A, Bingley ourselves as Importers & Exporters rialize congress to take immediate Perai River overflowing the shal, was Nellie Moody, Aged 38 of Coal Contractors, Shipping Agents and action providing that "the harm-low banks and spreading out to Hillside Cottages, Red LionHill, General Providers. We provide laun ches, lighters and Jinks for carrying less boverages which our people a wide extent of the country, East Finchley. The woman in court cargoes from Hong Kong to Kungmoon, enjoyed for more than a century All available craft are engaged refused at first to say anything lu Canton, and Wuchow: superintend the may be restored to them" loading and unloading of same and her
in rescue work at the village defence, but sobsequantly murmur- along the banks of the river... ed that she was fantalized and led garantes the safe delivery of all goods ontrusted
Into our own godown.
Several drowning cases are feto do the dams they will be further
ported including a sampan load Smith She seemed to transferred to any required destination,
Paris, Jan. 5. of Males holding ourselves responsible for any Dispatches from an reportAUT damages that may deur. For term that twenty Spanish and particulars please apply to our local branch in the Bank of
killed from ambush Canton Building and are the Benider tribe A WANG LEE CO. lengthy Investigati Hong Kong, Dea. 21, 1928...
from which not
SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED.
authorities in smuggling
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For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:
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Signal Station
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The Eyrie
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