1932-01-12 — Page 8

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THE

CHINA

MAIL.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

The pubile are hereby notified that under the Regulations of the Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance all' wireless Ifcences Issued during 1981 expired on December 81, and are therefore due for renewal. Applications for new licences or for renewals should be made to the Government Radio Office, Ground Floor, P. & O. Building, Des Vœux Road Central.

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Amateur Transmission Ship Station Licence Dealers' Licence

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GOLD HUNT IN- A

RIVER.

A Thirteen Years' Secret.

NOW REVEALED.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1932.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

Opening Daily Official Quotations, Jan. 12, 1932. Next Settlement Day, Tuesday, January 26, 1932.

STOCK

Banka.

C.

A million pounds worth of gold! and jewels has been lying, unsus-Hong Kong Bank ......3 pected, at the bottom of the River Chartered Bank ...... Jordan for thirteen years, and now Mercantile B., A&B. Letters will be accepted at Hong Kong for transmission by Air that the secret has been revealed af Mail from Calgary to Montreal (Canada). Such letters must be great treasure hunt has started.

Bank of Asia......... handed in over the Counter of the General Post Office or Kowloon The gold was dropped into the Post Office and must be superscribed "Air Mail Calgary-Montreal." | river by the Allenby's forces in Sep- The Air Mail fee, which is additional to the ordinary postage, is 70 tember 1918. cents per ounce.

:

Information has been received that the Air Mail Service between Shanghai and Manchool is suspended and the deceptance of letters for this service is accordingly discontinued until further notice.

· INWARD. ·MAILS.

WEDNESDAY,

JANUARY

London (Pargets only, London, Dec. 3) Shanghai and Shatow

THURSDAY,

E. J. R. MITCHELL, Esq.,

Shanghai and Swatow Amoy and Swatow

Calcutta and Straitá

Australia and Manila Struits

Life Insurance Co.. 2nd Floor, Asiatic Bldg., Hong Kong.

19th January, 1932.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

THE Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Pubile

Auction

ON

FRIDAY, January 15, 1932, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room,

4, Duddell Street.

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising:-

Trak Hatstand, Chesterfield Couche and Armchairs, Curlo ona Labinura. Bookcases, Desks, Tables,

Lynd- one

burst Terrace, two Pet Cats, Chinese Cat (yellow and white), English Tabby. Delsie McKie, 31.Pictures. Carpets, Rugs, Clothes Seymour Road or Phone 25001. Suit-Hanger. Looking Glass, etc. able. Reward.

ham Street.

FOR SALE

Teak Extension Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Teak Sideboards with Bevelled Mirrors, Teak Ward- 1obita with Bevelled Mirrors, Teak

with Bevelled; Dressing Tables Mirror. Chest of Drawers, etc.

COASTWISE"-An interesting book of cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Const. Price $1, on sale Teak Bedsteads with Wire Mat-i at the "China Mail" ofices, BA, Wynd- tresa and Mattress, Box Sofas,)

Linea, Cabinet Gramophones. Re- rords, Fenders, Crockery, Glass Ware, Screens, Orthophonic Gramophones, Cabin Trunks, Por-. elain Ware, Hall Lamps, Vases. Bras Ware, Blankets, Curtains, į

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY. - sale at all book-stalls and at the fices of the Publishers, 3A, Wynd. Lam Street.

AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY for ete achools by A. H. Crook, W. Kay and V L. Handyside. Price $2, on sale at the publishers. Newspaper Enter prise, Ltd., 3A, Wyndham Street.

MISCELLANEOUS.

YOUR VISITING CARDS dęstly aud promptly

printed"China"

Ufice, No. 3A, Wyndham St. phone 20028,

TUITION GIVEN.

also

A Quantity of BLACKWOOD FURNITURE

and

4 Enamelled Baths and 1 Basin

2 Coltage Pianos

Fiano Player

Mai" 1 Combination Safe

Tele-New Bicycle (Hercules Popular)

PRIVATE LESSONS In English, French, Music, Shorthand and Type- writing. Ternis moderate. 6, Almal Villas, Austin Road, Kowloon.

HOME TUITION.

WESTOVER-STEVENAGE. Within. an hour from London. In healthy SCHOOL for GIRLS beighbourhood. and SMALL BOYS. A few Bourdeta received in the House of the Principal individual care and attention For Particulara apply to:

MISS RUTH CULLEY,

(Camb. Higher Lucal, Camb. Teachers' Diploma), MISS GERTRUDE TURNER

(National: Frodel Higher (Certificato).

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

The following unclaimed tale grams are lying, at the EE. Tals- #aph Co.'s Office, Hong Kong

Miss Lock Chul-goh, Neptune, trin Singapore.

The Progressive Trading Co., 83, Queen's Road Central, 2nd floor, from Shanghai.

C. C. CLARKE,

Manager. Hong Kong, January 7, 1982.

DAY'S SOLI

I Violin

1 White Froat

1 Crystal Ice Chest.

On View from January 14, 1932. Terms:--Cash on Delivery. Catalogues will be issued.

LAMMERT EROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, January 12, 1982.

SPORT NOTICES.

JANUARY

13.

.Apneas

..King Yuan

Changchow. Cremer, 14,

Talamba Kitano Maru ...Alipore

FRIDAY. JANUARY 15. ¿Europe via Suez (Letters & Papers, London,

-

Dec. 17, and Parcels, Doc. 10, 1931) ...Kashmir U.S.A., Canada, Japan & Shanghai (Seattle,

Dec. 26) Shanghai and Japan

President Jefferson Karmala

OUTWARD MAILS.

TUESDAY,

Samshui and Wuchow Saigon

Amoy

Manila

Tourane

Swatow

Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A.. Canada, G. and S. America and *Europe via San Francisco

Haiphong

Swatow Amoy

WEDNESDAY,

Samshui and Wuchow

THURSDAY, Amoy and Formosa via Swatow Straits Swatow Amoy

JANUARY 12.

Chung On

4 p.m.

Shunchib

Tjikembang

4.30 p.m. 4.80 p.m.

President Jackson Chung Kong Nor Viken

Chichibu Maru

Insurances. Canton jas.

For years the mystery of what Union Ins. happened to it was debated, and it China Underwriters.....5 was believed to have been secretly

China Fire Int......$ hidden

In Northern somewhere Palestine to prevent it falling into H. K. Fire Ins. ......$ the hands of the British.

Shipping. Douglases.

Now a Turkish officer has told the

story.

He declares that at one of the H. K. Steamboate

crossings of the river opposite Indo-China (Pref.) ...$ Beiran the Turks attempted to get;

(Del.) ...S away with the bullion and gems Shells Bearer 3/ packed in boxes, but when, they Union Waterboats ...$ realised that escape was hopeless they hurled the boxes into the river from the bridge and blew the bridge:

up.

On the strength of this evidence

Duyn S.

Sales Nom Fin

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Loans .........

so that the river bed may be search-Venezuela Gold Fields $

Docks, Wharval,

ed.

Godowns, &c.

The Government has given its] permission, on condition that it re- H. K. & K. Whirves.. 158

ceives half the gold recovered.

2

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(new) $ (2.4

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China Providents' (old)'s (5.00 amount of bullion to buy supplies 4.80 p.m. and bribe the war-like shefks, while Hongkowa ............ on the retreat northwards the troopa N. Engineerings ...Tis looted wholesale, carrying off every-Shanghai Docks Ts. thing valuable they could lay their

5 p.m. 5 p.m.

(Due San Francisco, Feb. 8 and "Europe via Siberia.) Registration ..Jan. 12, 6 p.m. Letters.....Jan. 13, 8.80 a.m.

JANUARY

18.

New Mathilde

Sunning

Tal Yuan

Tai Hing JANUARY 14.

Deli Maru Cremer Hydrangea Kiungchow

*Superscribed correspondence onir,

DAILY CROSS- WORD PUZZLE.

9.30 a.m.

10.30 ..

hands on.

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

On London-en

8.80 p.m. Bank, Wire ...

3 p.m.

3.30 p.m.

(This cross-word pussle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

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165

WNERS

ENTRIES for the ANNUAL

are reminded that

BAGE MEETING must be in the hands of the Secretary on or be fore SATURDAY, January 1932, at 8 p.m.

By Order,

16.

C. B. BROWN,

Becretary, Hong Kong, January 11, 1932.

GENERAL NOTICES.

NOTICE.

All. Firms, "Associations, Chubs,

etc., who have not yet sent in the

particulars of

cerms for

the 1932 was of the

Dollar Directory are

HORIZONTAL

· 1-Park of the foot

4-A current of alr

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·B-A large wooded

plant

11-Defacas

12-Finishes

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anergi

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17

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1.25

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1/5%

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8.30 a.m. 10.30 a..

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1/5 3/16

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Bight

1/60%

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Documentary, 4

months sight

1/61⁄2

On Paris

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Public Uellities.

LEX

Pik

On demand

615

Credits, 4 months'

H. K. Tramways ...$22.40 Peak Tram (old)...$

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sight

670

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(new) ...$

On Berlin

Star Ferrict

On demand

Nom,

Yaumati Ferries

On New York--

China Light

+4

On demand

244

| Credits, 60 days' sight 25%

H. K. Electrics......$ Macau

Aage On Bombay--..

Ware

On demand

94/2 94

On Calcutta--

Wire

94%

On demand

94

On Singapore-

On demand

GI

On Manila

On demand.

48/2

"On' Shanghai----

132

On demand...

775

Dollar.....

3% Dis.

On Yokohama—-

On demand

66

Sovereigns (Bank's

buying rate)

1/6%

Silver (per oz.)

20

Bar Silver in Hong

Kong

Nom.

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1% prem

82% pa..

27% dis.

Copper Cash ................. Nom. Copper Cente

Rate of Native In

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Chinese Sab. Coin.

Hong Kong Sub. Coln Par.

LONDON EXCHANGES

Montreal Brussels

Berlin

Rugby, Saturday.

Parts

New York

86% 8,874 4:01

-24%

Geneva

.17.85

"Amsterdam

0.425

Milan:

68%

14%

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Oslo Vienna

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18% 18

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280

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Bucharest

670

Buenos Aires

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Bombay

1/6

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China Buses.........TB.

S'poreTractions(Ord.ja/- (97-

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Canton ices............35 Cements (com.)......$

(old)......$ DA (new)......

H. K. Ropes.........$18. China Agriculware........

Stories, &c. Dairy Farm Watsons Der A Wings

Lahe Crawfords (old)...S (new)

Mackintosha teiste

Sinceres

Wm. Powell $3

Miscellaneous.

H.K. Amusement ... C. Entertainment (old)$ 16

(new)--

Ch. Entertainment $

| H.K. C'tructions (old) $

| H. Ind." G.$1 Bonds

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80

H. K. Gort Loans... 91% Promo.

4 pr, 14,01

Insert half yeady.

FATHER AND SON FIGHT A DUEL.

With Rusty Cavalry

Swords.

A duel with swords, between father, and son, is reported from Waterloo, New South Wales.

Then the. son rushed into 'the house and returned, with two rusty cavalry swords, one of which he gave to his father, and the duel. began

Other Sons Intervene.

Many of the slashes and cuta went wide, but both received a num ber of wounds on the head, and the father began to weaken.

Fortunately, at this stage, two other sons, appeared on the sense. having been attracted by the com 'motion, and the crowd which had

The father and, his son were collected. They disarmed their walking home when, it is alleged, brother and took the combatants.

dout some bome.

they started to domestic affair.” When they were,

near home one widdenly struck.tke other and they rolled to the ground,

the ditel took place

of

heard now

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