1939-05-17 — Page 27

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1939.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Fifth Extra Race Meeting to be held on SATUR- DAY, 27th, and MONDAY, 29th May, 1939, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secre- tary's Office, Exchange Building; the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

Entries clore at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 18th May, 1939.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc- tion on

Thursday, the 18th, May, 1939 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

comprising

FURNITURE

Teakwood Dining Room, Bed Office Room, Drawing Room and

Orna- Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, ments, Cutlery, Porcelain, Glass, Brass and E. P. Ware, Gramo- phones & Records, Electric Table Lamps & Fans, Pictures, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.

also

A Few Pieces of Blackwood

Furniture and

One Radio Set.

On View from Wednesday, the

17th. May, 1939.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 16th May, 1939.

received

The Undersigned have instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Friday, the 19th, May, 1939 commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 2 Connaught Road, Central, Ground Floor. A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

comprising

FURNITURE

Teakwood & Iron Bedsteads, Cots, Divans, Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Chamber Stands, Chests of Drawers, Chesterfield Suites, Side- boards, Dinner & Tea Waggons, Dining Tables, Chairs, Ice Chests, Flower Stands, Desks, Typewriter Tables, Filing & Glass Cabinets, Dinner Ornaments, Cutlery, Crockery, Glasses, Brass & E. P. Ware, Electric Fans & Lamps, & Records, Rugs, Gramophones Cooking Utensils & Stove, etc., etc.

also

A Few Pleces of Blackwood Furniture and

2 Radio Sets.

3 Canvas Canoes.

1 Surf Board.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

FOR SALE

1939 POSTAGE STAMP

CATALOGUES from

Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London

.$12.80 The Fifty-Eighth Ordinary Meet-Stamps of the World

Simplified

.:$ 5.00 ing of Shareholders will be held at

Regent Stamp Co., Ltd., London the Offices of the undersigned on

Empire Postage Stamp

$ 5.00 Thursday, the 18th May, 1939, at Volumn 1-1840 to 1930 Noon, for the purpose of receiving Volumn II-1931 to Sept. 1938 ..$ 2.00 the Report of the General Agents, Whitfield King & Co., Ipswick

..$ 5.00 together with a statement of Ac- Stamps of the world counts for the year ended the 31st Scott Publications Inc., New York

.$10.00 Stamps of the World December 1938.

Yvert & Tellier-Champion, Paris

$9.00 Stamps of the World

The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 4th May to the 18th May 1939, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.

General Agents. Hong Kong, 27th April, 1939.

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION N0.1. THERAPION NĚ.2 THERAPION NO.3

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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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NOW ON SALE

The 19th Issue of the

CHINA YEAR BOOK-

(1938 Edition)

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

1971

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 Turkestaa

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.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

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All replies under this heading must be called for.

WANTED KNOWN

LADIES, GENTLEMEN desiring cor- respondence, any country, pen friend- ship, matrimony, trade, journalism. Ex- change views, snaps, stamps, books,. etc., information, vacant posts, home, abroad. Enquire, World Friendly So- ciety, Corporation Place, Calcutta, In- dia.

THE

CORRES. INTERNATIONAL PONDENCE CLUB invites applica. tions for FREE membershin. Intending members should write address below, stating full name, address, age, occu- pation, hobbies etc. Members of both sexes and all ages desirous of corres- ponding with you. Please write, men- tioning this paper, to the Hon. Secre- tary, Mr. G. Kelvin Smith, G.P.O. Box 940, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

MAGICS

LESSONS given on complete course of Drawing-rooms Magics and Stage Illu- sions. Moderate terms. Guarantec every trick practical. Write to G.P.O. Box No. 1150 Hongkong.

FOR SALE

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1939 EDITION.-On sale at all Book, stalls and at the Offices of the Publish. ers, 3A, Wyndham Street.

DANCING TUITION

EX- AILEEN and DORIS WOODS

MODERN PERT TEACHERS of BALL-ROOM DANCING. Trained in the States. Rapid and perfect tuition guaranteed. Lessons entirely private (Special terms for Service men). Stu- En. dio 54A. Nathan Road, Kowloon, trance Mody Road. Telephone 58585.

TUITION GIVEN

LEARN PROPER FRENCH from lady teacher at the Universal Language School. Also other languages. Private lessons only. Open till 6.30 p.m. (Also Saturdays). Special terms for the Navy. Whiteaway Building, 2nd Floor,

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

SITUATION WANTED

Englishman with Public School desires position as education English tutor. Private lessons or in Classes. Apply Box No. 744 c/o "China Mail", 3A, Wyndham Street.

MISCELLANEOUS

YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and "China Mail" promptly printed. Office. No. 3A. Wyndham Street Telephone 20022.

1 "Singer" Sewing Machine.

1 "Corona" Portable Typewriter.

1 "Royal" Portable Typewriter.

1 "Bar-Let" Portable

writer.

Type-

1 "Underwood" Typewriter.

One View from Thursday, the

18th. May, 1989..

On View from Wednesday,. the Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS..

"Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 16th May; 1989,

Royal octavo, 620 pages, cloth bound, $18 not.

Obtainable at all booksellers or from the publishora:· THE NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS & HERALD LTD.

P.O. Box 707, Shanghai

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