1932-06-17 — Page 8

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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Hong Kong $ Directory FOR on sale at the offices of the Publishers, 8A, Wyndham Street.

TYPHOON MAP of the CHINA SEA. The Landsman's Handy Guide to locati ing the Centra of the Typhoon Price 80 cents.--Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd., "China Mail" Office, 3A, Wyndham St.

"ODASTWISE.”—An interesting book

at sartoons depicting "HappeningTM" ov Price $1, on sale We China Const.

Al the "China Mail" off/568, 8A, Wynd ham Street

AN INTRODUCTORY. HISTORY for Achools by A. H. Crook, W. Kay and

Price $1, on eslej L. Handyside. et the publishers, Newspaper Enter- eries, Ltd., BA, Wyndham Street.

MISCELLANEOUS.

TOUR VISITING CARDS zeatly and promptly printed.-"China Mall"

Tele Oce, No. 8A, Wyndham St.

shane 20022.

TUITION GIVEN.

PRIVATE LESSONS

in English,

Franch, Music, Shorthand and Type

writing. Terme moderata. 6. Amal Fillas, Austin Road, Kowloon

HOME TUITION.

WESTOVER-STEVENAGE

Within

hour from London. In healthy

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE HONG KONG & WHAMROA DOCK CO., LTD.

DURING my Absence from the Colony, Mr. E. COCK will act as Chief Manager of the Com- By Order of the Board, R. M. DYER,

Chief Manager.

pany.

Hong Kong, June 17, 1939.

COMPANY MEETINGS

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE

T

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE- HOLDERS in the above Company) will be held at the Company's) Offices, P. & O. Building on WED- NESDAY, June 29, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Re- port of the General Managers to- gether with a Statement of Ac- counts to the 31st December, 1931.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 24th of June to 29th of June, both days inclusive.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., General Managers. Hong Kong, 16th June, 1932.

GENERAL NOTICES.

DISCOVERY OF THE LO LUNG JAR

of the

SUNG DYNASTY

The Lo Lung Jar of the Sung dynasty and many other valuable curios have arrived in Hong Kong and can be inspected at

KUEN SHING & CO.

(MR. CHEUNG MING), 213, Wing Lok Street, West, 2nd floor,

For

TONE, QUALITY,

BEAUTY, DURABILITY,

obtain the

MORRISON

PIANO

(Guaranteed ten years),

FOR SALE OR HIRE

at

ghbourhood, SCHOOL for GIRLS TSANG FOOK PIANO

# SMALL BOYS A' few Boarders

Ceived in the House of the Principal

Individual care and attention.

Farticulars apply to:

For

MISS RUTH CULLEY,

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

(National Frodel Higher (Certificate),

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

*COMPANY.

8, Dr Voeux Road, Central,

(Entrance Ice House Streat)

Telephone 24648.

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

For the information of vialtoza | The following unclaimed tele graine is lying at the Eastern Ex-

the following list of some of the tension Telegraph Co.'s office:- highest points on the Island and Mainland is published--

Victoria Peak: Signal Sta

Feet.

Pacific, from Penang Govt.

050. CLARKE,

Manager. Hong Kong, June 16, 1982.

1828

1776

1784

THE CHINA MAIL.

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND BURVEYORS,

- Public Auctions :

THE Undersigned have received Tinstructions to sell by Public

Auction,

ON

FRIDAY, June 17, 1932, commencing at 5.15 p.m. at their Sales Room, 4, Daddell Street.

A Fine Collection of POSTAGE STAMPS.

On View from Thursday, June

16, 1937.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, June 15, 1992.

THE Undersigned have received

ORIGIN OF PLAYING CARDS.

Suits Believed to Represent Hindu Deities.

120 IN ONE PACK.

More than three thousand play- ing cards, many of them made - in the 17th century, are being shown

EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY'S, QUOTATIONS.

On Loudon Bank, wire 1/3% |Bank, on demand 1/8%

Bank, 4 months' sight 1/8 Credits, 4 months'

FRIDAY, JUNE 17′′ 1932.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE

Opening Daily Official Quotations, June 17, 1932.

Buy Sell Sales Non. Fin

year

Next Settlement Day, Tuesday, June 28, 1932,

Last dividend and when paid

Dec.lands 1/8}=943-74}

{ making gefur knal", "} ~~ | Fab. 39, EX

Deg. Fis, 7- Bub. to IỊTax nje Ust | Mar. —, 89

maklu% for 1.om

{ Final 4% loan L

Des. t for tuJI

·Mar

Mar. 9',12

(Lon. Reg.)...♫

aight..

1/4

STOCK

Documentary, 4

months", sight

1/4

Banks

Qa Paris

Hong Kong Bank ......$|1475 [1490

On demand

5874

Credits, 4 months'

10%

sight...

6274

101

Dec.

On Berlin-

On' demand

Nom

Bank of Asia$

On New York

28%

at Reading by Mr. H. T. Morley, the On demand honorary curator of the Museum, Credits, 60 days' sight 244

On Bombay- who, for twenty years, has been col

[Wire lecting playing cards from all parts On demand of the world.

On Singapore.* ing taken from the figure of the On demand ......................

On Manila... On demand......

Tinstructions to sell by Public Hindu composite deity, Ardhanari. Auction

ON

SATURDAY, June 18, 1932,

commencing at 11 am., -

at their Sales Room,

Duddell Street,

4

32 Bales Cotton Piece Goods (The above goods are sold on the instruction and on account of the interested parties). Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, June 15, 1932.

HE Undersigned have received THE

Instructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON SATURDAY, June 18, 1932, commencing at 11 am, at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.

27 Bales Corkwood. Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, June 15, 1932,

THE Undersigned have received Thundersigned have repoble

Auction

ON

THURSDAY, June 23, 1932, commencing at 10.30 am,

These suits were cups, swords,

On Shanghai--- money and wands, which are now. On demand respectively, hearts, spades, Dollar diamonds and clubs.

Chartered Bank'd

Meresatile Bk., AħB. £}

Amer, O. Fin, Corp.M$ Ch. Fin. Cor. Ord. Tis

Fref....Tis

Insurances

Count 11g

Canton Ins...1200 Union Insuran

Ked

TH

H. K. Fire Ina, siarczę

International Alice, Tls.

Shipping

Douglasca, usł H. K. Steamboata ...$ Indo-China (Prcl.) ...$|

Jw.

8441

84%

On Calcutta-

China · Underwriters...$

Mr. Morley's theory is that cards Wire. originated from India, the suits be-

B41⁄4

On demand

84

China Fire Ins.....$600

54%

461⁄4

776

74% dia.

On Yokohama On demand

#

(Del.)...$

(Bank's

74.

1/8%

***

Union Waterboats ....

***

Mining

16 13/16

Nom -Nom.

Kailan Mining Ad. »/-

***

1% prem."

Langkaus (Single) ... TU. S'hai Exploration...Tls, Losas quic.Tla.

814% P.

Raube

$

Incidentally, the originals repre- Sovereigns sented four classes-he priests, the buying rate) military, merchants, and the slaves Silver (per oz.) or workers, who were depleted by Bar Silver in Houg the wands or batons,

Kong Copper Cash

Fortune Telling. Probably cards were brought into Copper Centa Europe by gypsies, about the 13th Hate of Native: In- contury and one pack on view is a terest fortune-telling, pack which, by In-Chinese Sub. Coln 30% dis. voking the aid of astrology, claima Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par to give 265 answers to inquiries about the future.

Many packs are historical or educational.. The Titus Oates plot of 1678-85 is described pictorially and the first card shows the hatch-

SHARE MARKET.

Shells Bearer...............@}]

Benguets

Venezuela Gold Fields $ Benguet Explorations $ Docks, Wharvus,

Godowns, &c.

H. K. & K. Wharves &

H. K. & W. Docks... 18

{"B

South Ch. Motors (A) $ The official aummary issued by China Providents (ald) $

(new)

ing of the plot in Rome with the the Stock Exchange to-day states: devil hiding under the table. Some cards are satires of contemporary

524

049

Wha

Dumi

... Biote

"

310

As noted yesterday, the lower N. Engineering ...Fis Hoogkew... TIE.

**

Lands, Hotels &

events, one pack dealing with the prices established are proving at-Shanghai Dock Th battles of the Duke of Marlborough, tractive to investors who are look- In which all the spades containing about for bargains, and several substantial parcels have changed sarcastic comments about France.

South Sea Bubble.. Caustic observationa about the South Sea Bubble appears on a pack.

south on a

at Nos. 3 and 6; Kennedy Road.

A Quantity of ́

VA" UABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

being held up to ridicule. A re ference to a fishing expedition speaks of baiting of hooks with whales to catch gudgeons.

Proverbs are printed on one old pack and there is a piece of sound advice on one card:

If you'd avoid old Charon the Ferryman, consult Dr. Diet and

On View from Wednesday, June Dr. Merryman. 22, 1932.

Terms:--Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

-Hong Kong, June 16, 1932: -

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Are You in the Grip of Constipation?

In the educational packs, the suita) are represented by the four then known continents, and one set con- tains a complete history of the various countries. A British Isles pack has four guits-acorns for England, diamonds for, Scotland,; hearts for Ireland, and awords for Wales. The Queen In the English Bult, Its Elizabeth, while the knave is FI taft.

Pack of 120 Cards. Fifty-two is not the number of cards in all packe. A valuable old Tarot pack has 78 cards-56 ordin- ary cards and 22 amblematical cards, on which the life of man religion, power, death and so on-is shown. It is curious that in all the Tarot packs No. 18 card, among the latter 22. always bore the figure of death. A pack from Hindustan has 120 cards, the suits numbering 12, while all the cards are circular A Mongolian suit has 56 cards and Chinese 32.

No Queen. At one time there was no queen Do you suffer from that continu ous out-of-sorta feeling, punctuated among the aults, and, in fact, Spain to this day does not have the queen perhaps by severe billous attacks, or periods of disordered liver and in any packs but there were four stomach upset? Then you need the powerful cards equivalent to

of Pinkation, the splendid liver

ver present-day court cards. The and aperient, pills. Pinkettes are relied upon by thousands of people French, however, knocked out one, for keeping free from constipation the chevaller, and it was to replace and its fl-effects. Pinkettes are the power of this card for people gentle yet thorough, non-griping, used to playing with four cards, of non-habit-forming. An occasional, high power, that the ace was pro- dose d' you need to keep your moted to its present high value. internal ( gans functioning perfect-

ly.

LIVER & LAXATIVE:

PINKETT

Cleanse the Te

A unique collection of Beggar's Opera cards has just been sent to Mr. Morley

LÀ Card-thinking was once prosperous industry, 40,000 rezma of special paper being in use, period of Queen Anne's reig

day at The

hands.

Sales.

Raubs, $821⁄2 Hotels (Cum Rights), $11.15.20. Hong Kong Lands, $76. Hong Kong Realties, $11.80.90. Ewo Cottons, Tia. 13.86. Hong Kong Electrics, $78

Buyers.

'Hong Kong Bank, $1,475. Canton Insurances, $1,200, China Fire Insurances, $600. H.K. & W. Docks, $18, Hotela (Cum Rights), $11.20. Hotels (Rights), $0.90. Hong Kong Lands, $76. Hong Kong Realties, $11.90, Ewo Cottons, Tha. 18.80. Hong Kong Trams, $221⁄2.· Star Ferries, 390. (+ Yaumati Ferries (Old); $33. Yaumat! Ferries (New), $82, Macao Electrics, $24. › Canton lees, $6. Cements (Combined), $17.90. Dairy. Farme, $28. Sinceres, $16. Constructions (Old), $5.10. Constructions (New), 81.55. H.K. Govt. Loans, 2% Prem. Wallace, Harpers, $184.

Buildings.

14.8. Hoteli (C.R.) 11.90

"

(Righajs 00ct

Murni

100

C

H.K. Landa............$ FO Shanghai Lands ...Tis, Metropolitan Lands Tis. Humphreys ...............$ H. X. Realties.$ 11.90 Asiz Realties "A"...MS B...$ Chinese Estate...... China Realtic The China Debentures.....Tls.

Catton Milli

MI

MI

***

Evro Cottone ATL : 13.80 Shangbal Cotton...Th. Zoooy Sings........TIL Public Utilities H. K Tramways... 29) Peak Trama? (old) .....

#RINT

19

23. Deo.

442

May 21,53 Mar. 80, 81

Pin. 23bon.

Dec. 1interim Sister 1999).$50) May 10, 83

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Dec.interim 14-ajo 1931)-4-May 27,31

3.60 Deo.one

Doo.

1198 Do

Dec.

Final books)

and 67 for 10)

Entering 85 ad XOSE

50 and bonna #5

1 making 159 for 1830).

1

Deo. It dividend for 1954–

trenul for 199

(19). ix. 2-1 on preferred}

for 3158 and 1925 June 19, 29

344 Fela

nut

Dea,

-Doo,

199

Last dividend for lates

*. 33/0

Dec.

11/5 Coupen to 42

Tres Tax fắt 1931 19

July 6, 52

20

Dee

Ilic.

13/6 Jupa

su cents for 13mą Mar. 80, 81

Fiat Intron nje 1902 Mar. 31,89 124% free Tax Open 40; May, J

for year 2

Del. T. 1.50 for year S1-10-30

Leo. Noss

Dec. (Flat T. 425

Doc.

May B. M

making T. 0.89 for 190.........

Fab. 8, #1

Mar.Fiunt year 61-2-84

June 8,59

fat time y 31-3-33

Mar. 10,89

144 Dec. 33 for 1991

Dec. Last dividend for 1984 m. Dec.

conta da vidi

the 5.10 Deo. copt A New For | Mar. 26, 15 Des. Fin, T.11 making T14 for 1931 May 17, 19

Deo. T.ath for 1951

for your 13-4-31' '...

Apr.

11.16.201

Dec.

760

441

Bes

T

Star Ferries ostrová Yanmar Ferries (old)..$ 831

(sew)...$93 China Light (old) (5|| 24 |203

H. K. Electrics Macho, pimed Sandakan: Lights

$

| H.K.Tale, fully paid $

pert paid

#

China Buce ................ Thay

S'poreTractions Ozd.}-

(Pref.je/

Industriala Malabon Sugarsane

to Bellers, the one th Hong Kong Banks; $1,490. · Benguet Explorations, 81 cents. Cold's Macg, Ord. Th South China Motors "B" 11. Chips Lights (Old}} #201⁄2«« Cements (Combined), $18.10. South China Enterprises, $5, Constructions (New); $1.70.

SHANGHAI BHARES

Latest Cabled Quotations.

Canton Le Cements

·

China

Stores, Ma

Dairy Barme Watsons (old) '" (new) Messrs. Carroll Bros. have re- Der A Wings ceived the following latest cabled Lane Crawfords. quotations of Shanghai Shares Mackintosh

China Finance Corp., T5.60.

Sinceres

International Investment Trust Win. Fowell

Co. (Ord.), TEL.

Chathay Land, T11:50.

Yangtaza Finance Co., T6.40. International Asanrance Co

400VAL

Chips Realty Co., 10.90. Shanghai Land Investment "B"

New Engineering & Shipbuilding

Works (OM)AT6%

Share

Engineering

Mar 6, 42

July 95, 81

X.

Oct. 23, SI

cts(aldjate.(now) for (931] Mar.18,

Deo. Finalmaking #1 for 1951... Feb. 16, 89

¿Final T-0.30 bonus T/+0,331 Deo. 1, and 17-2.72 for (93) Apr. 8/11/

Sep. T. 1 year 20-5-31 ... -

$1.20 on of 28.10 Doo.cube on aswi

five 191

Feb. 29, 15 Dec. Pincts. mak. 50 eta, for 1951| Mar. 9, 19 Dat.

+

100Feb. Interim $5a/c year 23-2-51mm, Jazz, 80, 8 11.00.00.

11.50/90

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May 3), 1

Oct. 8, 31

Dec. Planete, making for 10 Feb. 17, 31

$1 on old

June 4, 19

Deo. 40 for 1992

Feb. 11, 89

Dec. 1.75 for 1931-

Apr. 31, 33

|Sept. 60 cta, for year 30-6-51,

Des. 11, 11

Apr. 18 on o

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$10.60 for 1250 ALM

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bonus 50 cta for yurtida Aja, 25, 12.

making $157) DOREZ

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