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LAMMERTS' AUCTIONS Moving Heavy

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received

tors

Instructions from the Liquids-

to sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION

on

Friday, the 22nd. December 1939

commencing at 18.30 am.

at the office of Messrs. Melchers

& Co. (in liquidation).

Building.

Loads: Types For Every Job

WHEN STUDYING PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING WORK OF MANY DIFFERENT KINDS IN THE DISTANT CORNERS OF THE EARTH, one fact which most impressive is the size and power of the motor vehicles that are being employed, often out In the wilds where it is clear that expert help could not easily be secured

GENERAL

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRECT ENGLISH

(The Editor, Hongkong Daily Press)

Sir-Hongkong is supposed to be i a British Colony, and it is there- fore with surprise, and, if I may say so without hurting the feelings of our American friends, disgust,

that one appears at times to be Living in an offshoot of the United States.

On all sides one hears Chinese

It is a wonderful tribute of vehicles, which may be atted with ecurse. to the trustworthiness of a five-speed gearbox where the the modem motor vehicle, A operating conditions call for it. characteristic of the British-built

It may be recalled that this arm machines that have been so much also has a specially designed eight-speaking English with an Ameri- In demand in South Africa South speed gearbox which is atted to America and Australasia, as well the 40-50-to road haulage tractor

as the many islands which now equipped with a six-cylinder all

Queen's tives and dealer organisations the splendid reputation for reliability

A QUANTITY OF OFFICE FURNITURE

2 Iron Safes,

1

12 Typewriters.

and

Dalton Adding Machine.

contribute produce of one sort or engine. another to world markets.

It is pernaps a little easier to Through their direct represents-understand how it is that such

established makers are kept fully under the most arduous of con- of the conditions whichditions has been built up and have to be contended with even in maintained when it is remembered the most remote places.

nware

that in the case of the Foden Thus, they have been enabled to organisation there has been a con- design and produce vehicles which tinuous experience in dealing with can be operated with success and heavy transport problems for many at a cost which ensures àn ade-, years, quate return for the enterprise, Even before the late Mr. Edwin

OIL ENGINES

Foden in 1882 turned his atten- tion to the possibilities of steara vehicles for the road, he had been engaged for a long time in making agricultural machines and portable steam engines.

For heavy work, such as so much of this transport is, the ofl engine has proved extraordinarily helpful, as its pulling power is so good over the whole of its speed range, while LAMMERT BROS..be economy, in cost and quantity

On View on Day of Sale.

AUCTIONEERS.

Ajob?

Consult WANT

And today the Foden vehicles are

can words, expressions, and spell- ing which appears in print. blame, but I am sorry to see that Advertisements are largely to

being uncorrupt in this respect, our dally newspapers, far from

(as, being moulders of public

opinion, they should bel, are them-

selves almost the worst offenders. culled from the columns of the I will name but a few examples,

Colony's leading journals during the

"Gasoline," "Plow," and "Billion" past week or 80,-"Fiber,"

Now, Sir, to write headlines about "Twenty Billion Yen." or dollars. make impressive reading, but on or what-have-you, may deliving into the smaller print one discovers that question is Twenty Thousand Mil- the amount in

lon-what-nots..

It is perfectly true that a billion in America, and, for that matter in France. is a thousand million, but in Great Britain it is a million million, a sum a thousand times as great, and I cannot for the life

of the fuel used, is most valuable. an expression of the latest ideas in Another point which is not stress-the design of machines for ed now quite so much as it was, heavy duty, and the amart lines although its importance is in no of the exterior serve to emphasise way diminished, is that of safety, their up-to-dateness, in every re-of me see why we should adopt for the danger of fire is reduced spect very greatly when using heavy oil fuel.

"

BODYWORK

There is a range of chassts typës. The power available from the ou with engines and wheel arrange- engines may also be used to the ments to suit any requirements. greatest avantage through the while the designs of bodywork installation of sultable gearboxes, available are just as wide, whether what is required is just a platform of exceptional strength or an' enclosed body to carry perishable goods under special c 'itions.

ADS as can be illustrated by the Foden

GIF

Suggestions

Take Santa's Advice

Give

MORLEY'S

Dressing Gowns Stockings Pram Sets Golf Hose

Obtainable at

Neck - Ties

Sweaters

Scarves

Gloves

Shirts

Nocks

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

Store open until 9 p.m.

THE BEN LINESTEAMERS,

LIMITED.

FOR LONDON and LEITH

Apropos of the lengthy exper- fence that is behind the products of the well-known British concernis, an interesting function took place In connection with the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd.. when the A.E.C. Twenty-One Club was in- augurated.

It is composed of members of the A.E.C. organisation and its as- soclated companies who have com- pleted twenty-one years' service. Many of them have much longer records, of course, and at the meet- ing Mr. S. W. Goodey, the AEC. Publicity Manager. pointed out that if the services of those pre- sent were added together It would take them back to the time of the Roman occupation.

Sentence of three months' hard labour, with 20 strokes of the cane, was imposed on an 18-year-old youth, Lo Ching, when he ap-. reared before Mr. T. J. Houston at Court yesterday charged with larceny of a pair of

· earrings from" a woman in Queen's Road West. Inspector W. Mair pro- secuted

the

Central

נו

American, for even French), standards of notation.

Moreover, it is productive of misunderstanding. If you say 20 thousand million everyone knoWS what you mean, even though our American visitors may wonder why you don't call It 20 billion; but if you do call it 20 billion one cannot tell whether you mean American or British billions.

I do not want to start a con- "troversy about the relative merits or superiority of British or Ameri- can spelling, expressions, or nota- tion, but since we are living..in a British Colony, may I beg you. Sir, to give the lead in writing the English language in the way which is at present accepted as correct in the home nt that language-England?

I am. Sir.

Yours faithfully.

BRITON.

PHILIPPINE RESIDENTS

WED HERE

Mr. A. J. F. Barretto, a Manila resident and businessman, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Barretto, of Singapore, arrived from the south on Tuesday by the Pan American Airways China Clipper accompani ed by his fiancé, Miss Simone Levy, of Manila.

The young couple, who have WEATHER REPORT many friends and relatives in

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 am, Dec. 20, Barometer (at sex level), 30.21 ins Temperature, 62 F.

Humidity. 64 per cent.

Wind Direction, E

Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. Temperature; maximum yesterday.

70 2

Temperature, minimum last night,

55 F.

Hongkong, were married yesterday afternoon in the Kowloon Union Church. Mr. J. Barretto, an uncle of the groom, gave the bride

Mr. and Mrs. Barretto will spend a week in the Colony and return wil make their home. by Clipper to Mendia where they

Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 am. NO EVIDENCE AS

·today, nil,

Total rainfall since January 1st

88.70 ins

Against an average-of, 84.73 tis. Sunset tonight, 5.43 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.58 a.m.

4 pm. December 20.

TO CAUSE OF DEATH

That there Was insumcient evidence to show the cause of death was the finding of the Caro-

Barometer (at sea level) 3009.ins.ner, Mr. E. Himsworth, at an in-

Temperature, 63 F.

Humidity, 61 per cent.

Wind Direction, ESE.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 4 Maximum temperature, 65 F. Minimum temperature, 55 F Rainfall, nil.

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 21 to 27 Dec. 1939

HIGH WATER.

Hong

Kong

standard

Days of

Wook

Date of

Month.

Height

Low WATE

Hong Kong

Standard Tune

Height.

Time.

h. m. h. m.

Thur. 21

Fri, 22

03 42 47

1045

3:2

17:38

05 20

44

0046

18 08

10:4

13 31

Bat. 23

07 07

01 32

2.8

1844

70.

12 13

34

For Freight apply

Sun. 24

08 17

44

02 133 1

18 227 5

1346 34

to the Agents:

Mon, 26

00.00 14.51

20.03 18 01

W.-R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.

Tues. 20

Tal 34165...

Wed.97

21 2018!

York Building

quiry held, at the Kowloon Court yesterday, into the circumstances surrounding the death of lu Chuk, 30, coolle, whose body was picked up in the East Lamma Channel, on Nov. 7.

Dr. H H. Tal, of the Kowloon Public Mortuary, stated that it was impossible to ascertain the cause of death, as the body had been so long Imersed in the sea

Cheng King-fung, 27, widow of the deceased, said she last saw her husband at 9 am, on Nov. 4. He left with a man who had engaged him to carry cargo to the ss.. Hell- kon.

On the afternoon of the same day, she was informed by her nephew that her husband had been attacked by the ship's crew and thrown overboard,

PARIS, Dec. 20 (Reuter) A num-

0254 15 ber of French soldiers volunteered

13 37 31 99 Monday for a special patrol.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939.

WRECKED

SAFETY

Don't Risk

WRECKING YOUR HEALTH

When Headaches, Pain, Colds, 'Fls or oumerous other minor ailments, attack you, you need quick and speedy relief Don'i take chances. Play safe with medicine. "Avoid any risk of dangerous, after effects on your system by refusing to countenance medicaments containing powerful drugs, garcotics and potent nostrums. You can obtain quick and speedy relief with "ASPRO." It is pure medicine and conforms to the standard of purity laid down by the British Pharmacopoeia (the guiding authority of the Medical Profession). Furthermore, "ASPRO neither harms the hear nor stomach. "ASPRO has proved its safe and speedy action by positive results for over 18 years.

ASPRO'

Is SAFE BECAUSE IT IS PURE

it

Sole Agents:-DODWELL & Co., LTD., obtainable at all Chemista and Drug Stores. Three Fuckings: 5's, 11's, 27's.

THURSDAY'S MENU

BREAKFAST

Grapefruk Cereal

Ham Waffles Syrup

Coffee

LUNCHEON

Rice Soup

Red Cabbage Salad Meat Ple Baked Squash Creamed Onions String Beans Date Cake

Tes

DINNER

Cream of Pea Soup,

Deviled Egg Salad Grilled Hari Fried Tomatoes Mushroom Cream Gravy Mashed Potatoes

Green Peas Fresh Celery

Apple Pie Cheese Coffee

AIRPORT NEWS Imperial Airways:

SOUTHBOUND Sunday: Hanol, Bangkok. Denebola-am

NORTHBOUND

Thursday: Bangkok.

Hongkong. Dells-4 p.m. At France

..

NORTHBOUND

TTANCE.

Wednesday: Hongkong. Service 4 pm.

SOUTHBOUND

Thursday: Hanoi, France,

Service-6 am. 4":

Fan American Airways.

EASTBOUND

Hanoi,

Hanoi,

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Friday: USA., Manila, Hong- CHINA

kong.

Honolulu Clipper -2 p.m.

WESTBOUND Saturday: Manila, USA. Honolulu Clipper-a50 a.m.

Branches of the Chinese People's Foreign Relations Association will

09 554 0331 02 They penetrated for some, milles be established in Kwangel, Hunan, 20 49 8 3 14 18 34 behind the German lines and Cheklang, Shensi and Burma, Pre- 10 38 480412 0 B

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