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TO LET.
TO LET.-The First Floor on No. 2. Hart Avenue, (Five rooms). Apply to: Spanish Dominican Pro- curation.
TO LET.-No. 4. Felix Villas, Mount Davis Road. A ve-roomed House with modern sanitation and other conveniences. Excellent
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NOTICES.
WITH LOUIS XIV.
THE CHINA MAIL.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. LIVES THAT BRIDGE THE GAPS,
OF TIME.
DRAFT Programmes and Entry
Forms for the FOURTH
EXTRA RACE MEETING to be
A VETERAN OF 1812.
hek on SATURDAY, 4th June Mr. Phillp Guedaila, in his re- and MONDAY, 6th June, 1927, cent delightful book on Lord obtained at the Race Course, Palmerston's eighty (weather permitting) may be Palmerston. points but what a span Hong Kong Club and Causeway covered. Bay Stables.
Entries will close at 1 p.m. on MONDAY, 23rd May, 1927.
Hong Kong, 17th May, 1927,
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
OF CANTON, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
No that
odd years
War
He was Secretary for see the advent of Bismarck. When against Napoleon, and he lived to he was born Sir Joshua Reynolds, was painting Mra. Siddens, and he died in the year in which Swin burne published "Atalanta in Caly- don."
The English people aré tenacious of historical memories, and we like our history in a personal form (says John
Buchan in the "Sunday Chronicle"). To have known a man who had known a man whose father fought at Minden seems to annihilate time and make the pret
ve freshly in our imagination." like bridges, apanning a gap which There are certain lives which are
Countess's Span,
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the FIFTY-FOURTH locality and commanding view ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING with large garage attached" for use of the Society will be held at the of residents as well regular Head Office, Union Building. Hong hourly bus service to and from the Kong, on FRIDAY, 20th MAY, 1927. City. Very moderate rent. Imme-[at 11 o'clock u.m., for the purpose diate possession, For terms and of receiving the Report of the cold retrospect seema unbe- further particulars, apply to F. A. Directors and the Statements of lievably great. They make us feel JOSEPH, 2nd floor. Prince's Build-Account to 318 December, 1926, the continuity of history, and ing. Des Voeux Road. Telephone and of declaring Dividends, etc.
through them we link hands with No. 6.916.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the forgotten generations. Society will be CLOSED from May TO LET No. 2, Bisnee Villas, Vic-4th to May 20th, both days inclu- toria Road, Pokfulam. A most desirable semi-detached country re- sidence with tennis court and large grounds and also private garage in course of construction. Excellent situation, cool and shady, with commanding view. Immediate pos- session. For terms and further particulars, apply to . E. JOSEPH, 2nd floor. Prince's Building, Des Voeux Ruad, Telephone No. C.916.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE: Chefoo Stamps. used. Set of six stamps-2, 15, 20 and 25 cents: Apply No. 490, c/n “Chion Mail."
sive.
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager, Hong Kong, April 26th, 1927.
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N THE SIXTE FIRST OR
Such lives need not be speelally long. A centenarian in the Shet- lands or Connemara gives us no thrill, for he is apending his life in j very similar conditions to those in which he began it, and the great events of the century in the outer: world mean little to him.
A life for our purpose must have been lived in the kind of world have been brought into relation which changes rapidly, and must with historic events or personages
The
were most wonderful bridge--if it
DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Countess of Deamond, who died the Company will be held at its in 1604 at the alleged age of 140. Un-Head Office, Union Building, Hong According to Sir Walter Raleigh. 5, 10, Kong, on FRIDAY, 20th MAY, 1927, she was married in the reign of Box. at 11.15 a.m., for the purpose of Edward IV., danced with Richard receiving the Report of the Direc- Crookback, saw the whale Tudor tors and the Statements of Ae. line, and the succession of the count to 31st December, 1926, and Stuarts, and finally died through of declaring Dividends, etc.
falling out of a cherry tree!
FOR SALE-One brass "Bung Ming" pan of the Chinese Han Dynasty with automatic springs Price $1,000.00 Apply Box No. 487,
e/o "China Mail."
MISCELLANEOUS.
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed. "China Muit" Office. No. 5, Wyndham St., Telephone Central 22.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the
Company will be CLOSED from May 4th to May 20th, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board.
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hong Kong, April 25th, 1927.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
It is a spirited tale, but history)
looks upon it with scepticism. At the most she is allowed 104 years, and more probably only 95. Still, it is a long apan between different worlds.
POLAR CAKE
ATTENTION
KOWLOON RESIDENTS
To meet the unusual demand for
C
"Polar Cakes" (
Chocolate Coated Ice Cream Bars
we have opened a store at 96 Nathan Road Kowloon where supplies can be obtained and delivery made from 9.30 a.m. until 10.30 p.m.
Telephone Kowloon 874.
FORPRODIST COMPANY
·CHINA BUILDING'
CENTRAL 3888
NOTICE.
HOME TUITION
A friend of mine once told me nines in the early years of this that he was travelling in the Apen-
century, and in a certain village found an old beggar whom every- one seemed to treat with pecullar
He made inquiries, and W Within an hour from London. respect. found that the beggar was one of the Italian conscripts who marched to Moscow.
had
From '45 to the Great War, But other instances can be found which are perfectly authentic. Let me set down a few, beginning with my own family. I had a great- uncle who died just before the War and who, as a child in the Scottish In my friend's party was a young Lowlanda, had for his nurse an old American girl. She will be able to woman who, as a little giri, remen- tell her grandchildren that she has TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN bered being frightened by the spoken with a man who had been
that the FIFTY-EIGHTH Highlanders marching south to in Russia with Napoleon. ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING | Derby. of the Company will be held at its If my children are ever grand-
"I Remember--”
Kong.
LAMMERT BROS. N°
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS
THE
AND SURVIVORS.
HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Head Office, Union Building, Hong parents they will be able to say: That is a case where, a dweller on FRIDAY, 20th MAY, that they have spoken with a man in a remote village makes a link, -Public Auctions 1927, at 11.20 a.m., for the purpose whose nurag had
sean Prince because he happened at one time. of receiving the Report of the Charlie.
to be caught up in the march of Directors and the Statements of Another Stuart link. Lady great events. I daresay similar Account to 31st December, 1926, Louisa Stuart was a daughter of instances could be found, but it is and of declaring Dividends, etc. the Lord Bute who was George III.'s casential that there should be som
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Prime Minister. She was born inrruption of the outer world. A Company will be CLOSED from the year of Quiberon Bay, and she long, peaceful, unfeatured life will May 4th to May 20th, both days lived to see the Great Exhibition of not give us the thrill, for there is inclusive.
1851. Her recollections, therefore, no abutment in the past from ranged from Lady Sarah Lennox to which the arch can spring. Lady Palmerston, from Richard-i The most startling links are to Pope to the age of Tennyson. son on Thackerny, from the age of be found in the class of society which moves in the full glare of
Auction
+
ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY,
the 21st and 23rd May, 1927, Commencing each day at 10.30-a.m., nt their Sales Room, Duddell Strect.
(for account of the concerned)
·
A Large Quantity of
LADIES' DRESS WEAR AND SUNDRIES.
Comprising:-
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hong Kong, April 25th, 1927.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LIMITED.
Day and Evening Gowns, Coats, Frocks, Wrap Coats. Elastic Car-THE ORDINARY GENERAL
etc.,
receiving
But there is a still more re-history and which treasures its re- markable link. Her great-uncle as collections like family documents. a young man had as his tutor an Here is one last example, which old priest who had been at the would be unbelievable if it were not execution of Charles 1. There are amply vouched for.
neople still alive who remember In the early nineties the Empress Lady Louise. Between them and Eugenie was having some friends
old lady. Suddenly the guests were electrified by hearing the old lady remark.
"I remember that my husband
to him...”
Beta, Gloves, Hats, Dressing Mater-MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS that snowy winter afternoon in to tea at her house at Farnborough, inls, Satina, Silks,
Feathers, in the above Company will be held Whitehall there are only three and among the party was a very Flowers, Embroideries, Laces, etc., at the Company's Offices, on lives.
SATURDAY, the 21st of May, 1927, (more or less damaged by water) at Noon, for the purpose of the Report of the
Statement of Accounts to the 31st of December, 1926.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 17th to 21st of May, both days Inclusive.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers, Hong Kong, 6th May, 1927.
On View from Friday, the 20th General Managera, together with us remember. died in the early told me that Louis XIV. once sald
May, 1927,
Terms: Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS...
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 17th May, 1927.
THE Undersigned have received
Tinstructions to sell by Public
Auction
ON
MONDAY, the 23rd May, 1927, coramencing at 2.45 p.m.
at No. 4, Armen Buildings, Kowloon
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
Three Generations: 200 Years. Mr. Henry Coke, whom many of
years of the Great War. He was a distinguished traveller and writer and a student of philosophy, He
Amazing Bridge. It was true. The lady was the was born in 1827 a younger son of
As great agriculturist, who afterwards very young girl she had married the the famous Coke of Norfolk, the old Duchesse de Richelieu.
Duc de Richelieu, then about
became Earl of Leicester.
Now, Coke of Norfolk in his ninety, and the Duc in his early youth was an intimate friend of teens had been a page of Louis Louise of Stolgerg. the wife of XIV in the last year of that mon- Prince Charles Edward. There- arch's life.
fore children who met Mr. Henry That is a case where all the re- Coke in his later years will be able quisites are present--a very old to say that they have talked to a man with a good memory, marrying man whose father was a friend of at a great age a very young girl. Prince Charlie's wife. They will who in turn lives to be very old. It probably not be believed, but it will leaves the imagination dizzy. THE FORTY-NINTH ORDINARY be true all the same.
A middle-aged man of to-day has ANNUAL MEETING of the The most notable example of spoken to a woman whose husband Shareholders of the above Company these historical bridges will ob-was a courtier of the Grand Mon- Chesterfield will be held at the Offices of the viously he found where a man be-arque, the King who struggled Couch and Chairs, Tenk Bookcase, General Agents, Pedder Street, on rets sons in his old age, and these with Mazarin and intrigued with Glass Cabinet, Screens, Carpets, TUESDAY 7th June, 1927, at in turn follow the father's example. Charles 11. That is the most Curtains, Pictures, Ornaments, etc. Noon. for the purpose of receiving The late Lord Cromer, the maker amazing bridge we are likely to
Teak Dining Table, Chairs, Ice the Report and Statement of Ac of modern Egypt, was the ninth find between past and present. Chest, Sideboard, Glass
Ware, counts for the year ending 31st son of Mr. Henry Baring, who was Crockery, etc., etc.
FURNITURE
Comprising:-
Teak Hatstandu,
December. 1926.
born in 1777,
Lord Cromer's
KONG.FOR MAY, 1927.
Tenk Bedsteads, Wardrobes withi
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the youngest son is now in his early SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN HONG Bevelled Mirror, Dressing Table, Company will be CLOSED from twenties.
If he lives to the 26th May to 7th June, 1927, both and ten. he will be able to any that Panimist's allowance of three score daya inclusive.
his grandfather was born 200 years
Chest of Drawers, etc.
Catalogues will be issued.
On View from Saturday, the 21st May; 1927;
Terms: Cash on Delivery..
LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 17th May, 1927.
THE NEW FRENOH REMEDY. THERAPION NO. 1 THERAPION NO.2 THERAPION NË 3
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Stuy dinh Nu maulan do no bukit siz ta were for
JARDINE. MATHESON & ago.
CO., LTD.,
General Agents. Hong Kong, 16th May, 1927.
GEORGEVIE
OLD CHINKOR... · · ECZEMA REMEDY
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Box-Na-1547, Trong Hong.
Recollections of Napoleon. Napoleon makes a good peg, on May which to hang such reminiscences, for he is a landmark of which no contemporary could be oblivious and which later generations are not likely to forget,
When the centenary of the Battle of Borodino was celebrated, In Russia in 1912, the “Novoe Vremyn" published a photograph of a batch
of old mens who had been present
at the battle-none of whom coult Have been less than 115 years 01- 40, Queen's Rd. Cage All the cases were, I believe.
carefully authenticated.
TESTOVER STEVENAGE
In healthy neighbourhood. SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. A few Boarders received in the House of the Principal. Individual care and attention. apply to:
For Particulars
MISS RUTH CULLEY
(Camb. Higher Local). (Camb. Teachers' Diploma), MISS GERTRUDE TURNER (National Frodel Higher Certificate).
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