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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1988.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE

WATER SUPPLY.

Owing to the low rainfall experi- enced so far, and the high con- sumption, it is quite possible that all storage reservoirs will not fill this summer.

Consumers are earnestly request- ed to exercise every care in the use of water and to have defective water fittings repaired without delay.

R. M. HENDERSON,

Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hong Kong, 27th June, 1938.

HONG KONG &

SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

EXTERMINATE

WHITE ANTS

BY THE

“COWAN" METHOD Tried And Proved By

PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE EAST For Free Advice Phone 80722

THOMAS COWAN & CO. White-Ant Exterminators

Queen's Bldg., Hong Kong.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Wednesday, the 20th. July, 1938

commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.

A Quantity of

VALUABLE · HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:

Teak Drawingroom,

Bedroom,

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that Diningroom and Office Furniture, an Interim Dividend of £2.10/- per Cutlery, Ornaments, Pictures, share, subject to deduction of In-Gramophones & Records, Brass & come Tax, has been déclared for E. P. Ware, Porcelain & Glass the HALF YEAR ending 30th June Ware, Enamel Baths, Carpets, 1988 at rate of 1/2.7/8 per Dollar. Rugs, Electric Table Fans & THE DIVIDEND will be payable Lamps, Cooking Stove, Cooking on and after 8th August 1938 at the Utensils, etc., etc. offices of the Corporation, where

also

Shareholders are requested to ap- A Few Pieces of Blackwood Ware ply for Warrants.

and

One Radio Set

On View from Tuesday, the 19th.

THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from 25th JULY to 6th AUGUST (both) days inclusive) during which period July, 1938. no transfer of Shares can be re- gistered.

By Order of the Board of“

Directors.

D. C. EDMONDSTON. Acting Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 12th July, 1938.

THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTICE TO SHAREHÒLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of $2.00 Per Share has been declared, for the half year ended 30th June, 1938, payable on Monday, 8th August, 1938, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the. Office of the Company, Kowloon.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be closed from Saturday, 30th July to Monday, 8th August, 1938, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

C. M. MANNERS,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 16th July, 1988.-

The China Mail

GETS INTO THE HOME

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

́ ́LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 18th. July, 1938.

YOU CAN'T KEEP A

GOOD BOOK DOWN I

Get

your copy of

KELLY'S DIRECTORY

of

Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers of the World

Obtainable from

Millington Limited

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors the following list of some of the Highest points on the Island, and- Mainland is published —

Island

Feet.

Victoria Pe

1828

Signal Stati

1774

Mt. Parker

1784

tain Lodge

1725

The Eyrle

1725

Peak Tram Stations... 1805

Talkoo Sanatorium

1000

Mt. Davis

877

(Alterbeds)............207

Feet.

8124

Bowen Road

Mainland

Talmoshan

Just Received GRASS SEEDS

from

Sutton & Sons Ltd., Reading.

in tins of 1⁄2lb and 1lb." at $4.00 per lb.

W. Atlee Burpee Co. Philadelphia. In packets of lb and 1 lb. at $3.50 per lb.

GRACA & CO. Dealers of Garden Seeds, Postage

10 Wyndham Street. Stamps and Philatelic Goods &c. Established 1896, Hong Kong.

PIPPERMINT

GET

always

delicious with

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CLASSIFIED

ADVERTISING

Twenty-five Words three inser tions prepaid $1.50. Every_ad-" ditional word five cents for three Insertions.

All replies under this heading must be called for.

TUITION WANTED

RUSSIAN TUITION WANTED. 2-3 times weekly. After office hours.. Russian teacher preferred. State terms, etc. Apply Box No. 421 c/o "China Mail.”

APARTMENT WANTED,

APARTMENT WANTED-A work-- ing girl wants an unfurnished room with bath, light and servant's quar- ters as soon as possible. Rent must be reasonable. Apply Box No. 422 c/o "China Mail.”

FOR SALE

EUROPEAN-STYLED

HOUSE con-

crete frame-Kowloon residential area -very near Star Ferry. Three storeys -recently built. Three rooms in each floor, bath rooms with flush toilets, ser vants'

crushed ice quarters and kitchen. Electrie,

iced water

GET FRÈRES Revel (HaGaronne) FRANCE

SITUATION WANTED

Englishman with Public School education desires position

an English tutor. Private lessons or in Classes. Apply Box No. 744 e/o "China Mail, 8A, Wyndham Street.

gas installations and fixtures included. For quick disposal. Owner leaving Co- lony. Ready to sacrifice at $89,000.00. For inspection apply to Thomas Wong of "China Mail", Wyndham Street.

TUITION GIVEN

HONG KONG LANGUAGE SCHOOL Private study or classwork available under trained teachers of Mandarin or Cantonese. Telephone our city office No. 27888, Room 605, National Com- mercial and Savings Bank Bldg.,

EXPERT instructresses for ladies and young girls in music, shorthand, þyp- ing, bookkeeping and - English, and French. Apply 24 Austin Road, Kow-

NOW ON SALE

The 19th Issue of the

CHINA YEAR BOOK

(1938 Edition)

EDITED BY H. G. W. WOODHEAD, C.B.E.

The new edition of the CHINA YEAR BOOK will add another volume to the series (dating from 1912) which constitutes a very remarkable contemporary history of China. It arms its reader with all material necessary for forming correct judgments on the Far Eastern situation and embodies all important documents and statistics of the year.

Among the subjects dealt with by foreign and Chinese experts are the following:-

Sino-Japanese Hostilities (Documented) Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan

Public Health and the Leprosy Problem

Finance and Currency (including War measures)

Chinese Art

Chinese Army and Navy

Catholic and Protestant Missions

The Kuomintang and the Government

Modern Chinese Industries: Labour,

Royal octavo, 620 pages, cloth bound, #18 net.

Obtainable at all booksellers or from the publishers:

THE NORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS & HERALD LTD.

P.O. Box 707,. Shanghai

Kowloon Poak:

1971