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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.

AUGUST lyn, 1926 THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY

INTIMATIONS.

HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE

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The Grupo Dramatico de Amadores, Federation, is a good example of the type of agitator who has learned nothing are staging Utopia" at the Olub and forgotten nothing. Mr. Domie, the Lusitano this evening at 9.15. President of the National Union of Bail-

INTIMATIONS.

W. & A. GILBEY'S waymen, is another person cast in the M the Honorary Secretaryship of this

ASSOCIATION.

TR F. M. HODGSON, having Barigued CEALED TENDERS will be Rees red at Association, all Communications and Letters in

same mould.

It is instructive to observe at the pre-

Sir Cloud and Lady Severn were among those received by the Prince of Wales at the annual, reception of" the

S the Office of the O.C., RA-S., Fetanse bean appointed Honorary Secretary SPEY ROYAL" rent time these so-called leaders, the Royal Colonial Institute on June 20th.

HEADQUARTERS OFFICES. VICTORIA who has been BALICES, Hongkong, Until 18 o'CLOCK NOON of the Association...

on the DATES stated, for the undermentioned Services for a Period of SIX MONTAS From the 1st OCTOBER. 1998;-

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Fast-18th Angus, 1928. Indian Suplies-21st August, 1923. General Supplici A-28rd August, 1926. General Supplies 'B'-93rd Augast, 1928. | Meat, Fresh or Frozen, and lite gosta –

25ta August, 1926.

Forsge 26th August 1928.

Hospital Supplies 27th August, 1996, Tender Forms and necessary Information may be obtained at the abole Office between the Hours of 10A.M. and1 PM. Daily, expect

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FRANCIS GLASS, Deceased.

ERSONS having Olaims against the

Print of the above named Deceased

late of TEE HONGKAT ELECTRIC CO., LTD, who died on the 31st day of Jur, 1926, are Requested to forward the same as soon as possible to the Undersigned..

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JOHNSON, STOKES &-MASTER,

Prince's Building.

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PROVINCE OF MACÃO.

EXCHEQUER DEPARTMENT.

NOTICE.

IT IS ROTOR AUGUST

T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the

NEXT at 11 O'CLOCK in the TREASURY OFFICE. Tenders by Auction for the privilege of Ruuring the Lett ry "CHIM-PU PIU' in the Territory of This Province, will be Accepted for the Period of 4 Years commencing from the TST DAY OF 1HE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1927, and Expiring on the 917 DAY OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1930.

The Up-set Prics of Bidding shall not be less than $16,000 (Four Hundred and Sixty-seren thousand Dollars), and A Bargain Money of 10 Per cent. say, $46,700 (Forty. six thousad and Seven hundred Dollars) will have to be Deposited as a Guarantee to carry out the Tender.

Further Conditions.may be obtained at the PORTUGUESE CONSULATE in HONG- KONG and CANTON.

PLINTO TINOCO,

The Director of the Finance Department Finance Department of the Province of Macro, 19th June, 192),

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THE MACAO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

> NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Public in General that AN AUCITON will be held at the Ufice of THE MACAO PUBLIC WORKS Department on the 232D DAT OP AUGUST, 1926, at NDON T for the Bale, by Vendue, of the following Materials, existing at the COLISA DE S. MIGUEL, where they may be examined during Every Working Day from 10 to 5 13,

Iwo Locomotives" TENDERS" for Baila

of 1,44 Wilth.

Nina Wegons for Transportations Services.

2552 Metres of Tron levith an AP proximate Weight of 30 Kilograme Per Metre.

All the above-mentioned, Locomotives, Wagons and Railings shall be divided into Two Lots, sa herenste indicated, and the Basic Biding for Each Lot has been fixed at $3,598.80:-

LOT NO. 1.-Locomotive No. 266, Wagona "Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; 1,976m of Rails. Lor. No, Locomotive No. 509; Wagons

Nos. 6, 7, 8, P, 1,276m of Rails Every Person desirous of participating in This Auction are kindly Requested to Call at the Office of the said Department where the General Conditions of the Sale can be found, daring any Working Days from 10 AM to

4 PM.

EUGENIO SANCHES DA GAMA,

The Director of Public Works. Macao, 26th June, 1926,

J

G. E. S. UPSDELL, Hon. Secretary,

do Hongkong Telegraph.

Hangkang, 19th July, 1926.

Iss$1

SCOTCH WHISKY.

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of 50 Chats A Per Share has been Declared Payable on THUESDAY, 26 AUGUST Nix, on and after which Dale Dividend Warrants may bo obtained up Application at the Registered THE CHOICEST and Office of the Company, CATAL FOLD EAST, Bowrington. Hongkong

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the REGISTER OF MEMBERS, of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 13TH AUGUST, to THURSDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 1926, both days inclusive

"By Order of the Boari,

W. F. SIMMONS.

Secretary.

26th July, 1996.

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Messrs. W. & A. GILBEY, LTD.,

Cooks and Dobbies and stores of others, are busily engaged in trying to "throw duat in the eyes of the working-classes. Those on the spot, and especially those behind the scenes in Labour politics, are amused at the effrontery which makes such attempts" possible. The public at large are not gulled or deceived for a moment. The fomenters of trouble have been found out. They have been tried in the balance and found wanting. The rank and file of the Trade Unions who

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Mackay, who left Shanghai last year for England, have moved to Avalon, Kingswood Warren, Tadworth, Surrey.

LOCAL WILL.

THE LATE MR. T. 5. FORREST'S ESTATE.

The late Mr. Thomas Shaw Forrest, formerly of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., who died at St. Andrew's, Filo, Scot- land, on November 10th, 1995, left estato in Hongkong to the value of $44,700.

Letters of administration have been resealed here, and granted to Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the lawfully appointed attorney.

The late Mr. Forrest's estate in Scot-

Passengers arriving here by the 5.8. Tanda from Australia included. Mr. J.and and England amounted to £63,538,

A. Thompson, Miss A. G. Jacobs, Miss R. Henne, Mrs. Diedrickson and Mr. T. Habacff.

The late Mr. Robert Hay Berry Mit- were duped into participation in the chell, formerly of the Whampoa Dock General Strike-have-the-best-reasons for Company. Kowloon, who died in Eng knowing how false were the promises of land on December 26th, 1993, left estate their leaders. Thousands of them, are locally to the value of $1,200. working on short time as a result of the colossal blunder committed at the begin

PROPERTY SALE..

At the Auctioneering and Brokering Company's Sales Rooms, Daddell Street, yesterday afternoon, Mr. L. E„ §. Hodge disposed of a leasebold property situte on Section B of Marine Lot No. 178, Section A of Marina Lot No. 117, Commander Francisco de Pinedo, the and Sub-section 1 of Section B of Marine

Highland Distilleries are in out of a job with no prospect of employ-Rome to Manila and back "last year, will ment in the near future. All these men begin his proposed fight around the are under no illusion. The miners know, world this month. He hopes to visit also, in their hearts, that they have been Hongkong. betrayed. But despite all this we have

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES. | being the proprietors of Threening of May'; and thousands more are Italian aviator, who made a flight from Lst No. 177, and formerly known as the

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THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY

Situate at SHAMSHUTTO in the Colony of Rong. kong and registered at the Land Office

NEW KOWLOON INLAND LOT

No. 949, Together with Three Building

therean in course of construction at CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD. Annual Crown Rent: $22.00. Area: 3,240 square feat or thereab ́nts..

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M. E. V. X. E. DE SOUSA, Auctioneer,

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THE CHINA AUCTION ROOMS, 4, DUDDELL STAZI, HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, THE 11TH DAT 07 AUGUST, 1916, AT 3 O'CLOCK FK.

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For Further Farticulars and Conditions of Sala, Apply to

Massa, GEO, K. HALL BRUTTON & 00., Mortgagees Bclicitors,

St. George's Building, Chater Road,

OR TO

Ha. E. V. M. & p1 SOUSA, Auctioneer.

No. 4, Duddell Street,

Dated the 18th day of July, 1926.

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position second to none to supply the finest possible Scotch Whisky,

SPEY ROYAL" Scotch Whisky the load-voiced authors of the mischief has been matured for many years seeking to distract attention from their own failure by the simple process of in their own Excise Bonded slandering other sections of the com- Warehouse, and has been special-munity-chiefly, of course; the capitalist class, as they designate all employers in ly stored in Sherry Casks.

the jargon of the Labour platform. In- cluded in the capitalists are the owners of newspapers who are seemingly re- garded with special hatred.

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It may be that because the newspapers are able to show up in their true colours the alleged leaders of organised Labour that the Press is singled out for special attack. Anyway, the trend in Labour circles is decidedly hostile to the organs

Kung Wo" Hotel, and numbered 181,- 463, 483, 467A 2nd 4691; Queen's Road,

West"

The property, which was described in three sections, was sold by order of the Capt. R. C. Lewis, lately in command mortgagee. The three sections of the pro-

of the Chinese steamer Derwent, and perty were disposed of in one lot, and formerly in command of the two well- the first section consisted of a total arez known coasters Pheum penh and Kaidis, of 9,23 square feet, with an

annual

bas left for Home, where he hopes to Crown rental of 809; the second section.

of an area of 263 square feet, with an regain his health.

annual Crown rental of 82:10; and the is announced in third section of a total area of 794 square The engagement London between Cyril Robert William, feet, and an annual Crown rental of only son of Mr. and Mrs. William 40.85. Thomson, of Shanghai, and Louise Mary, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George H. Phillips, of Holmhurst, Silver-lane, Purley, formerly of Shanghai.

The upset price. was 850,000, and with an advance of one bid of $500, Mr. Tam Wing became the purchaser. POSTPONED.

There was to have been a anle of lease- Dame Edith Blake, of Myrtle Grove, Youghal, Cork, who died on April 18th, hold properties, situate at Nos. 155 and widow of Sir Henry Arthur Blake, 157, Queen's Road, West, with respective Crown of opinion We all know that one of the G.C.M.G., & former Governor of Hong-areas of 750 square feet and 744 square

and respective annual very first things the Trades Union Con-kong, and sister of the Duchess of St. feet, gress did at the beginning of the General Albans, left unsettled personal estate in rentals of 820.95 and 820.79, at the auc Strike was to try to shut down all the England of the gross value of £17,351, tion rooma of Mr. A. G. da Rocha, D'Aguilar Street, yesterday afternoon, with net personalty "£13,495. newspapers. This was & gross tactical

but the sale was postponed, no date for error which the T.U.,-recognised almost

During the 24 hours ended July 30th a fresh auction being fixed, immediately, for the strikers were de

one "imported Chinese case of cholera; prived of both propaganda and publicity. was reported. There were four Chinese They had cut off their nose to spite their cases of enteric fever and one Chinese face. It might be supposed that such a case of paratyphoid fever. There were stupid mistake-would-not-be-reposted, two cases of enteric fever (both Chinese) but at the Conference of the National recorded in the return of notifiable dis- Union of Railwaymen at Weymouth on cases during the three days ended August July 5th this blunder was repeated in an aggravated form. The Conference "de- cided that only representatives of trade union papers should be eligible to report

2nd.

"DEATHS FROM MALARIA.

FIGURES FOR PAST TWELVE YEARS

KOWLOON'S "RECORD.

The following table from the report of

The case, in which five Chinese are the, Medical Officer of Health shows for twelve successive years the deaths in the charged with holding up three "Chinese

the proceedings. Immediately, "one of girls near the railway bridge at Hung. Colony from malaria fever expressed na the reporters of a London paper, on hom, and stealing a pair of bangles from a percentage of the total deaths regis behalf of his fellow-journalists, asked to be allowed to make a statement, but his one, was further adjourned at the Kow. tered each year and the incidence of such request was refused. Thereupon the foon. Magistracy yesterday. The first deaths per thousand of the population: whole of the Pressmen who were present, prisoner, who is also charged with receiv to the number of forty, rose up and left the conference. The representative of ing stolen property, was defended by Mr. the Daily Herald, the one and only B. Hind. Labour daily in Great Britain, want out with his colleagues incident as on illus

#

Deaths from Deaths from Total deaths Malaria per Malaria per

from cert. of total 1,000 of Year, malaria.

deaths. population.

The sale of two Marine lots, situated 1918- tration of the peculiar mentality of large on Lots Nos. 55 and 58, together with 1017 numbers of Trade Union leaders. To

bold a public conference and then care- No. 159, Des Voeux Road, Central, which fully contrive that it shall have not

1914

941

.2.1.

0.58

*

1915

328

4.14

0.79

337

3.19

0.78

411

3.83

0.92

1910

1019

388

2.93

0.83

314

2.69

0.62

1920

.332

2.67

0.59

1921

3.79

0.55

1922

454

3.11

0.78

674-

4.33

1.14

707

1.54

0.98

1953

702

4.68

0.69

This table suggests that malaria fever

publicity is to plumb the lowest depths were to have been sold by Mr. E. V. M. of absurdity. What can expected of R. de Sousa at the China Auction Rooms people who are capable of exhibiting on Monday afternoon, will now be sold 1923 themselves in such a ridiculous.light 1. Of

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has increased its incidence during recent

years

this afternoon at three o'clock. The 1924 the folly of such obscurantism it is need- less to write. If what is called by property, which is being sold by order these N.U.R. delegates the "capitalistic Fress was read only by capitalists the of the mortgagee, has an annual Crown exclusion of its representatives from the rental of $22.60, and the area is 1,950 Conference would be silly, but otherwise

The increase is probably due mostly to told not much matter oue way or the square feet

a very considerable increase in the pre- At a Royal Colonial Institute reccpvalence of this disease in Kowloon which porters of the popular "newspapers are other. But the great bulk of the sup members of the working-class, and there- tion, held at the Natural History is strongly suggested by the table, given merely prevented those whom the N.U.R

had to say.

Water Pipes, Flush System, Gas, Electric by any stretch of language bé compared fore the attempt at selective publicity Museum, South Kensington, on June below, showing the deaths from malaria

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MALARIAL DEATHS IN KOWLOON.

wished to reach from reading what they 30th, His Royal Highness the Prince of in Kowloon :

Enough is known of the presidential Wales presented the Institute Gold address to learn that it was a scurrilous Medal for the best book relating to the attack on the Prime Minister, who was

1015

Deaths from Deaths from Total deaths Malaria per Malaria per

from

'cont. of total 1,000 af

deaths,

population.

2.8

0.97.

66

3.8

.0.90

05

3,9

"1.20

101

1.18

84

2.&

4,80

1021

86

2.9

20.75

201

4.9

1:53

324

7.12

2:31

1924 295

7.8

2:18

1928

7.7

1.83

by sound principlea. It might have been described by Mr. DOBBIE as a "danger Empire published in recent years to Sir

ous hypocrite. He also denounced the Frederick Lugard, in recognition of his year, malaria.. supposed that after the lessons they ailway companies for their attitude after work on "The Dual Mandate in British 181402 learned from the ignominions failure of the General Strike-an attitude described the General Strike the leaders of the by Labour leaders as magnanimous as Tropical Africa. A company of several 191

being animated by arrogance and thousand persons were present, drawn 1919 Trade Unions would have striven to re- domination." He labelled the voluntary adjust their mental bearings. Their services as scabs. But although he ex- Prince said Sir Frederick Lugard was 1922 heir workers who kept going essential public from every part of the Empire. The 100 attitude towards the life of the time, hausted all the vocabulary of abuse, sad one might have thought, would ha undergone some definite change. But so fer as we can see this is not the case. is to blame except Mr. Deniz and his fine soldier in the great Colonial service. After a period of comparative silence and die sort of thing in a presi Sir Frederick Lugard, in reply, said he dential address to the delegates of one, they are beginning again to re-assert of the largest Trade Unions in the had no words to express his gratitude themselves by means of the familiar country makes one almost despair of the for the honour be bad received. Begineering work required for the training.

Labour party; and it gives point to the shifts and dodges which

are part of the opinion expressed at the beginning of could only say "Thank you to the

Afr. wants more than anything else is men of

have

tried to incite his hearers to fresh ex very well known overseas. He has not 1923 cesses, there was not one word of apology only written a very fine book, but he to the unfortunate men who were misled has been a very fine Governor and a very by the T.U.C. Anybody and everybody

Ag

387 During recent years in Kowloon, says the Medical Officer's report, there has a great increase in building and houses have been built in areas which were before given over to cultivation. Owing to the very large amount of en-

been

of nullahs and the abolition of mosquito- breeding places such preventive measures

of the urban area.

Bubscription. - paid in advancom$15 per stock-in-trade of the demagoguse this article, that what the Labour Party Prince of Wales and the Royal Colonial have not kept pace with the extension

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