NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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will not be responsible for any debt contracted by my wife after this inte
NOTICE.
(1400
E have This Day taken over from Messrs. BRONNER, MOND & Co. (ORINA) LIMITED the Agiler of Mesara JOSEPH CROSFIELD & SONS, LIMITED, for the supply of Caustic Soda, Silicate of Soda, Glycerine and other chemical products ("Pyramid" Brand).
REISS & CO., (Reiss Brothers, Limited). (1410 Hongkong, September 1st, 1991.
DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, HONGKONG.
on FRIDAY,
on
TEXT TERM begins
All New Boys should attend on THURSDAY, September 8th at 10 AM.
W. T. FEATHERSTONE,
Headmaster.
Me
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WNOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. OCEAN STEAM SHIF COMPANY, LTD.
AND
OHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,` LTD.
YONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer
EURYMACHUS
are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where will lie at Consignée's risk and Babject to terms and conditions of storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from to town on and after 5th Sept Optional cargo will be landed, unles notion has been "given prior to steamer's arrival
All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are "to be left in the Clodowns, where they will bo examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the boars of 10.43 an. and Noon within the free storage period.
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have loft the steamer's Godown, and al Goods remaining undelivered after the 12th Sept, will be subject to rent
All Claims against the Stoamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 26th Sept or they will not be recognised.
No Fire insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, September 6th, 1931.
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VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE
SCHEEPVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (UNITED NETHERLANDS NAVIGATION CO.} HOLLAND-OOST AZIE LIJN
(HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE)."
NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.
FROM ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, GENOA, LISBON and MANILA
THE Staumship
"ALDERAMIN
having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo by her are notified thas all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Godowns of the Hong-i kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godowa Co., Ltd., whence and/or from "the wharves delivery may be obtained.
Goods not cleared by the 14th Sept, 1921, will be subject to rent.
BIO
AR broken, chafed and damaged packages
to
INTIMATIONS
THE
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU-
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FACTURING CO., LTD.
HONGKONG DALLY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH,
N INTERIM DIVIDEND - of ONE
INTIMATIONS
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB
THE NEXT GYMKHANA is fred for SATURDAY, OCTGses lar, and not A DOLLAR 181. Per Share for acsoant October 8th, as previously announced. Entries 1991, will be payable on MONDAY, the 1978 consequently Close on Tuesday, September SEPTEMBER 1919 Shareholders are requested. 20. to apply for Dividend Warrats Company's Office, St. George's Building, Hongkong.
at the
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
10th will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, September 1981, to MONDAY, the 19th Septem: WE have This Day REMOVED to the
ber 1921, both days inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managers. Hongkong, September 3rd, 1980, [1408
WISEMAN, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE of the SHARE- HE SEVENTEENTH ORDINART HOLDERS in the above Company, will be beld at the Company's Offices 14. Das Vous Rosa, Central, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY 14 day of Serraez, 1931, at 12.30 o'clock in the aftemoon for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 31st July, 1991."
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED Imm 7th to 14th September, 1991, both days inclusive.
By Order
D. E. KRARAS,
Secretary. Hongkong, 31st August, 1821. [1382
UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG.
MATHICULATION, SENIOR AND JUNIOR EXAMINATIONS.
N
31 wow wolle
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above EXAMINATIONS will 1971. Forms of entry and copies of regula commence on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28,
can be obtained" on tione and "syllabus application to the Registrar.
Each entry form, duly filled in, must reach the Reistrar. together with the fee of $13 (Hongkong currency) on or befors October 18, 1991.
The following Scholarships, further parti culars of which can be obtained from the Registrar, will be awarded on the result of the Matriculation Examination:-
1. Two King Edward VII. Scholarshipa,
of the value of 240 per dunam open to British subjects only.
2. Que President Scholarship of the value of $400 per annum open to Chinese wahjects only.
3. One Chater Masonic Scholarship open to the sons of Free Masons who are members of any Masonic Bodies in Hongkong or in South China of the value of $200
INTIMATION
WHISKY
41401
BRANDY
NOTICE. AN
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CHAMPAGNE
Becond Floor of BT. GEORGE'S BUILD- ING above Messrs. Shewan, Tomen & Co.
Entrance on Chater Road.
Dated the 1st September, 1831,
GEO. K. HALL BRUTTON & CO."\
[15793
HONGKONG OLUB.
NOTICE.
THE FIRST YEARLY DRAWING of 20
THE DEBENTURES (1990 jarno-$500 each) of the HoNsxONG CLUB Payable on FRIDAY, the 50TH SEPAKKE, 1991, will be held in the Club House at 11 o'clock M. on THURSDAY, the 8TH SEPTIČKA, 1991, 4
Bearers of Debentures are invited to attend the Drawing,
By Order,
A. H. ABBAS, Secretary Hongkong, August 37th, 1921. 1358
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NOTICE.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIFTY CENTS (50 conta) per Share has been declared for the half year ending 30th Jana, 1991..
Such Interim Dividend will be payable on and after FRIDAY, the 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1921, at are requested to apply for Warrants. the Offices of the Company, where Shareholders
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from the 30th August, 1921, until the 9th September, 1991 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Managers. "Hongkong, August 22nd, 1921. (1348
NOTICE.
IN RE ESTATE OF HERBERT TAYNTON FOORD. Deceased.
the above Estate were granted on the WHEREAS Letters of Administration in 17th August, 1931 by His Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at Canton to the undersigned, notice is hereby given to all taring
persons Claims against the Estate of HERBERT 4. Two Prace Memorial Scholarships of the TAYNTON FOORD, deceased, inte Engineer valua of £300 per annum open to candi-in-Chief of Canton-Kowloon Railway, dater of Pure British descent.
per annum.
N. TEESDALE MACKINTOSH, Hongkong, September 1st, 1921."
Registrar.
1406
PROVINCE OF MACAO EXCHEQUER DEPARTMENT.
NOTICE
at 3 o'clock P. in
26th day of the month of October next IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the the Treasury Office, TENDERS by auction for the privilege of Running the Lottery "CHIM-PO-PIU" in the. Territory of this Province, will be accepted for the period of 5 years commencing from the let day of the month of February, 1992 and expir
o be left in the Golowns, where they willing on the 1st day of the month of January
be examined on the 13th Sept, 1921, at 10 AM, Claims against the steamer must be presented in writing within ten days after arrival of steamer, otherwise they will not be recognised
No Fire Insurance will be effected by the undersigned in any case whatever.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JAYA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
General Agenta, Hongkong, September 5th, 1921. [1413
by Messrs. Goddard & Douglas,
STRUTHERS & DIXUN, (ING)
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
ES. "WEST CALERA". From SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES.
THE Steamship
THE
to
present the same, with vouchers, to the under- signed at Canton, China, on or before the 90th October, 1921, after which date no claims will be admitted, and all persons owing debts to the deceased are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned by the same date.
WILLIAM MURRAY STRATTON,
Administrator C/O CANTOR-KOWLOON Railway, Canton.
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PREPAID WANTED
ADVERTISEMENTS
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Letters are lying at this Office for *Boxes UK, "ÉX, LM, LN, LE, LT, LU,
LW, MA, MK, A, 50,
105
PORT
SHERRY
CLARET
LIQUEURS
"All good and reliable,
A. S. WATSON
CO. LTD.,
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,"
the site of the whole town-in a loading |
Among those who returned to the article based on the "excessive mortality Colony by the Empress of Japan were- among the troops, and it is interesting Dr. O. Marriott, Dr. T. W, Pearce, M now to recall a few of the comments E. F. Aucott, Miss A. M. Pitts, Mr. C. D. "English women and English men.” said Melbourne, and the Rev. E., W. L: Martia the Times," have a fixed belief, which and Mrs. Martin. nothing can shako. that a seashore, particularly one with a mountain behind
An American soldier while swimming
it and most of all a mountainous island, off Carabao island in Manila Bay, ingi must be healthy, nay so superabundantly to fight the fish off, but collapsed
week was bitten by a shark. He managed healthy as to supply a stock of health reaching the dock. He was conveyed to that will last many months afterwards. Manila by seaplane and efforts were Wherever, as on the slopes of our made to save the man's life by an opera own tand hills and gravel-hills, there tion, but they proved unavailing... is it a certain level 3 perpetual exudation of the water filtering throngh
"
Mr. Wa Chang-chin, the Special Com the mass above, there is aure
to be missioner
to investigate poppy' culti liability to fever. There will always be vation in Suniyuan, has arrived spota, even where no moisture shows, Kalgan and will leave shortly for Suai-- where the soil will be overcharged with yuan, where he will have an interview. moisture, and whence a vapour will with. General Ma Fu-hsiang. His task sacend. Persons exposed to this vapour will not be an easy one as, it is stated, throughout all the diurnal charges of the Chiness officials in that district are temperature will be able to chill and still deriving considerable revenue from to fever; of course all the more if they opium taxes. are neglecting the usual conditions of
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health me to diet, exercise... clothing. General Tao Kun recently returned artificial warmth and the like. From Treasury bonds to the value of all accounts, it is not easy to escape spots $1,000,000 to the Ministry of Finande of this malarious character at Hongkong: and applied for cash in their stead in and, if it is ever to be a healthy station, order that he might supply General Wù our soldiers must not he housed as they Pei-la and Genérn! Hsiao Yno-nan with have been hitherto," Since those days aoine portion of the funds that, are peces scientific research has established beyond sary for the conduct of the campaign all doubt that malarial, epidemics do not against Hapan. The latest news is that
the Ministry is considering the appli arise from minematic vapours, but
are
cation. propagated by the anopheles mosquito.. and that the only way to get rid of
There was a very exciting auction of malaria is to get rid of the mosquito. Crown Land at the Public Works De partment yesterday, "when two marine The credit of that discovery belongs lots at North Point (Nos. 130 and 431) There was a largely to a distinguished scientist who were put up to auction. was a medical practitioner in Hongkong large attendance at the sale and bidding. was particularly keen between four, Chi- for many years-Sir PATRICK MANSON-nes The upset price was $149,730. and in the past fifteen years or so, work first the bidding progressed by stages of then a jump to 8500 was taken. ing on this basis, we have seen a won Later bidding was increased by thousands &derful improvement in Hongkong in so and at one point one of the bidders put far as statistics of malaria are concerned, the bidding up by ten thousand dollars.
Eventually the lata were knocked down. This brief history bears out the remark for $338.000, Mr. Parker Rees, the Prin we made at the beginning of this article cipal, Land Surveyor, conducted the that the Military authorities. enn
take auction. Six inland lots of Crown Land no credit for building their establish over the upset price of $15.300
at Mount Davis were sold for slightly
ments in a healthy locality. That much of the improvement which has since
The impending, advent of trams in taken place in the healthiness of the the ricksha, coulies,
Peking has created consternation among
There are 50,000 quarters has been achieved at the expense coolies in the Capital, we learn from the of the Government will not, we imagine, Peking Daily News, and it is roughly
estimated that 150.000 women be disputed. For many years past the children are depending upon them for Government has been carrying on a war support, A meeting in the Central Park of extermination against the malarial has been called by certain philanthropista. mosquito-spending thousands of dollars to devise means to improve the condi
tion of the ricksha coolies and their annually on the building of nullahs on families in Peking. the hills sloping down to the town, and some of the suggestions made by the pro- The following are in other ways destroying the breeding moters of the meeting: (1) A ricksha to be organised to let cut places of mosquitos, Within the confines rickshas to the cooltes for operation, and of their own property the Military when the term of the lease is expired a Authorities have co-operated, and we do certain sum of money will be given for not forget that valuable stimulus was them to start trading on a small scale, given to the general campaign in its early Ricksha coolies are to be requested to thus decreasing their number; (2) stages by Military Medical Officers, make savings deposits; (3) Any coolie notably by Colonel BEDFORD and Lieut. who understands some trade is to be re- Colonel Sir JOSEPH FAYRE." The latter commended by the association; (4) A training house for the Tramway Service. had made a special study of malarial is to be established and the more intel- epidemics, and both these officers were ligent coolics will be sent there to learn THE HEALTH OF THE TROOP3. Colonial, Government in this connection.
ardent supporters of the work of the how to conduct tramears,
IT is no less interesting than satisfac. Many other districts in the Colony which tory to note the emphasis laid by H.E. twenty years ago were regarded as hot- THE GENERAL in his speech in the Legisla beds of malaria and avoided by prospec-TWO HOUSES DOWN YESTERDAY." tive Council last week on the healthiness tive builders are now free of the disease
Phone 816.
BIRTH.
MCAN-At 19, Chatham Road, Kow, loon, on September 3rd, to Mr. and Mrs. JOAN SMITH MCCANN, a daugh-
[2407 ter. HONGKONG OFFion: 101, DIS VOUT RDA O. LONDON Orrian: 181, Fimar Stasi, E.O.
The Daily Press.
HONGLONG, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1921.
nasociation
and
FATAL HOUSE COLLAPSE..
19The Up-set price of Bidding shall not be less
OUSE or FLAT (preferably furnished) than $213,000.00 (Two hundred and thirteen H
on Peak or higher levels wanted by thousand and six hundred dollars), and a bargain money of 10 per cent, say, 821 360.00 Mar Couple from otber of November Twenty-one thousand, three hundred and sirty Write C, c/o Daily Freus Office. dollars) will have to be deposited as a guarantee to carry out the tender.
be obtained at the WSmall FURNISHED FLAT or of the military quarters in Hongkong and have become densely populated.
17 ANTED. --- Married Couple requ Further conditions may Portuguese Cousalate in Hongkong and Apartments, Mid-level or Peak Willing to It is probably the first time in the There is no reason to fear, therefore,
MANY KILDED AND INJURED, Canton.
share small house. Apply Box MI, c/o Baily
history of the quarters in the city that that the. Military Establishments when morning, with violence as great as at any Finance Department of the Province of Macan Press Office.
The recurrence of ruin, yesterday (Signed) PLINIO TINOCO.
auch a claim has been made for them. they are transferred to another site will time during the stormy week end, brought 1399
OR SALE STEWART TERRACE We do not wish to convey the impressión be less healthy than the present quarters; about a serious house collapse, qe about
Peak Apply to E. E POLLOCK, Princes that the claim is not now fully justified, the probability is that a Buildings.
far more mid-day but a glance back at their history down advantageous site in every respect can ing so leaky under the downpour that
No. 315, Queen's Road West was becom to a quite recent date will show that the be four for them on the other side of the inmates were seeking accommodation TO BE LET About March at HOUSE Military authorities are not able to take the harbour.
and FLAT, Bowen Road. Apply J. CAER CLARE, Architect, Queen's Road, CL 108 credit for taving selected originally a
E.
FUBLIO AUCTION.
HE Undersigned Lave received instractions
to sell by Public Auction,
On
"WEST CALERA." having arrived from San Francisco and Los Angeles via ports, on Sept, 6th, 1911, Con- signees are hereby notified that their Cargo TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, is being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hon Shaa Godown Co., Nos. 16 and 17, the 6th, 7th and 8th September, 1921, at HM. Kanady Hongkong, and stored at Naval Yard, Hongkong, and at Kowloon Conrigrees
Naval Depot, commencing ench day at. Consignees of Cargo must produce a
9.30, with an interval from Import Permit signed by the Superintendent
12 Noon to 1.30 PM.
9'7
O LET-Large Front Corner ROOM; Furnished, orando, Proste Bath vari attached Fall or partial board with British family, Kowloon. Apply Box MT, c/o Daily Fross Office.
TO LET.
of Importa & Krports, Hongkong, before OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL STORES, IODOWN at Yaumati
Delivery Orders w 11 be issued."
All broken, chafed and, damaged Cargo is to be left in the Glodowns where it will be examined at 10 AM on 12th, Sept. 1921, by Company's Surveyors, Mears Carl
tha chael & Clarke..
All Claime must be presented within tabe ich they cannot be recognized. No
days of
of the steamer's arrival bere,
Claims will be recognized after the Goods have left the Godowns, and Cargo undelivered on and after 14th, Sept., 1921, will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance whatever will be affected.
Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading in exchange for Delivery Orders immediately.
STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC.,
Aponte for
U.S. Shipping Board, EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION, Hongkong, September 6th, 1921. (1414
SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE
"21, PRAVA EAST, HONGKONG,- FOE the use of all Me the Mercantile
Marina and HL.M. Navy. Bending and Writing Rooms, Billiard Room, Officers Rooza, C.P.O's Boom Hestaurant,
ancer Hall, Church.
Private Cabine and beds in Dormitories Motor Launch “Dayspring."
C
&c.
Comprising
Life Boats, Electrical Fittings, Cooking Stores, Ships' Fittings, Iron Beda, Mattresses and Fittings, Steel Tanka, Life Rafts, Life Belta, Motors, Dynamos, Carpets, Rugs, Mats, Sheets, Table covers, Steel wire rope, Blankets,
and
100
For particulars apply to- THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA
TION CO. LTD.
TO LET,
1148
Counterpanes, Electric cables, Canvas, Leather G Cosmopolitan Dock Large open com- LODOWN, at Sam Shui Po near and India Rubber Hoses, Old Cordage, Canvas, Linen and Woollen Raga, Old India, Rubber, Pound in front suitable for the storage of Metal, Lumber, Ores, e. Marine Lot; Old Leather, Old Iron Bran, Gon instal, Steel,
Lead, Conl sacks, Firewood, Iron approached either from land or water side. Copper
For particulars apply to and Wood blocks, Larape, Searchlights, Cur tains, Whiting, Oil, Propeller Lstbe, Reflectors, Refrigerating and Drilling Machines Fan Engine, Gaege. Glossen, Gauges, Oli Asbestos, Steel Tubes, Casks, &c., &c.
A QUANTITY OF URGICAL INSTRUMENTS. Sots may be inspected on Monday, 5th September, 1921.
Also Bale of Old and Surplus Victualling Stores at Kowloon on Friday, 9th September, at 10x comprising
A quantity of Unserviceable Clothing and Remnants, Provisions for poultry or Cattle Feeding, Electro Plate and Meas Gear, &o, de, Terms of Sale-As detailed on Catalogue
HUGHES & HOUGH, Appointment Auctioneers to the
Admiralty.
*[1331
W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO.
T1324
FOR SALE.
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BUILDING LOT NO. 117, Area 12,956 Square Feet, contains:-
GROUND FLOOB-Large Drawing and Dining Roome-Wide enclosed. Verandahs,
HALL-PANTRY-Blore Roomný čer
rooms Two Dressing Rooms-Three Bath
The Chinese Government has appro- printed $100,000 in the Budget fur converting Wacsung into a port.
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elsewhere. They had not all gone when the back part of the house fell away from the front wall and verandah, which is still standing. A few minutes later, the adjoining house, 313. affected by the weakening of joists foliowing the collapse of No. 315, also came down.
At No. 315, which has four floors, the second and third floors were used a sea- men's club; these tenants had vacated, as already mentioned. The ground floor was thea rico
There were two women on on
particularly healthy, site for the quar terisg of the troops, nor," we venture to suggest, are they entitled to the whole credit for the improvement which has taken place and enables the General to lay stress upon the fact that they are now "healthy." Many of the older The night swimming fete at residents of the Colony can recall the Victoria Recreation Club will be held day-not very remote-when the site of Wednesday, the 7th fast, weather per- the military establishments along Queen's mitting.-ADYT:// Road was a hotbed of fever. In the early days-aven a quarter of a century
Lady Alston, wife of the British Minis after the Colony was founded-we reader to Peking, who has spent the summer of sickness among the troops being so months at the Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, occasion were transferred to a ship in great that the whole of the mon on one has returned to Peking.
the harbour. Only ten years ago the
The total output of the Kailan Mining Principal Medical Officer of the Garrison publicly, stated that the hospital admis Administration's mines for the week gion rate for malarial diseases among the ending August 20th, amounted to 72,601 troops serving in Hongkong, was at that tons and the sales during the period to
73,486 tons. time greater than that in India, or in
The annual military manœuvres any other Colony in which British soldiers have to serve, with the exception Japan under command of Imperial of the West Coast of Africa, which is officers are to be held at Kwanto Prairie anotoriously bad station. Though some
healthiness of the Military_quarters
in
shop.
the first floor at the time of tha catastrophe,
No. 313 has three floors. The ground floor was a cabinet maker's shop and the upper floors were used as dwellings. Hero the loss of life must be heavier.
The Fire Brigade and a contingent from the Central Police Station went to Public Works Department to deal with help the officers of No. 7 Station and the
the situation. Up to three o'clock, "about 24 persone-men, women, and children- had been got out and were taken to hos pital, with the exception of a few, who were uninjured. Three dead bodies had been removed at the time of writing. Others can be seen, but until a great quantity of rubble has been removed. these bodies cannot be dislodged. Eleven persons have been detained in hospital.
During the afternoon, an old man was got out, blood stained and much be grimed. He was taken to hospital, in an unconscious state, but the latest report is that he is fast recovering.
While at work at the rear portion of
of the credit for the great improvement on November 17th. Headquarters are to which has since taken place in the be established in Yokohama. The man- No. 315, several firemen had a narrow escape. A portion of the back wall avres this year, & contemporary, say, collapsed while they were working near. BASEMENT-Face for Heating rightly belongs to the Military Medical will be on the largest scale over held in To add to the trials of the day, an Barrants quarters at back.
Officers, it must nevertheless be remem- Japan, several additional divisions of hored that this improvement has been troops participating. New weapons are effected largely at the cost of the Colony, to be tested. Practically all of the air As long ago as 1868 the Times condemned planes of the army are to be employed the site of the present barracks-in fact in the demonstration.
A GARDEN LOT for a Tennis Court adjoining present small Tennis han atas annual payment of $5 can be obtained.
Apply
Box 1368 Cure of Daily Press Office. [1808
Indian driver, at the steering wheel of a fire appliance for the first time, ran the six ton vehicle, into a trench made by the Electric Company at the top of Fedder Street, and it was an hour or two before the vehicle could be jacked up. and put on the road again;
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