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SAFET! FIRST;

SAFETY FIRST

is definite order to all our Chauffeurs.

We have the best cars and best Chauffeurs.

Enjoy your drive by using our cars. Don't be put of with an inferior car and chauffeur. Insist

The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co. On your car being hired

SJENTS 102 {HUDSON, XSKEX, ARMSTRONG- KEDDELAY, EUSTON-HUERNESY A ĮDODGE MOTHERS MOTOR CARS.

New Eaws Cars in stock.

Arriving early October Fast shipment of the famous RUSTOX-KORESBY

all British Cars

and new models of the HUDSON SUPIŁ SIX.

from our Garage.

J

GARIGES IN HONGKONG &

KOWLOON.

THE

TELITEONES 482 & 3552.

DRAGON MOTOR CAR

COMPANY

THE EUROPEAN GARAGE

OIL-FUEL TRAINS.

DETAILS OF RECENT EXPERIMENT.

MUCICH

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC.

From BALTIMORE

The Steamebip

In reference to the recent suc-

"WOONSOCKET" cessful trial of an oil-driven ex- having arrived from Battimore press from Birmingham to Easton, via ports on the 21st October, & correspondent with railway (1920, consignees Are hereby engineering experience год notised that their cargo is being tributes the following details to landed at their risk into the the Glasgow Herald-

Consignees

NOTICE.

HONGKONG) CORINTHIAN

YACHT CLUB

THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1920.

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCHWISEMAN

KOWLOON.

Next Sunday October 24th.

11 2.m. and 6 p.m.

PREACHER:

NOTICE TO MEMBERS. All Members are requested to remove their Private Gear and Efects from the Club Premises, not later than October 26th. My responsibility for same reass Rev. W. H. GRIFFITH THOMAS from that date The Auction will be held on the 25th inst.

By Order,

J. AINSLIE,

Liquidator. |Hongkong, 20th October, 1920.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

NOTICE TOSYACHT OWNERS Yacht owners are requested to aubmit the names of their Yachts; to the undersigned for the purs pose of registration and classi

cation not later than October! 31st.

D. K. BLAIR, Loxe, Bingham & Matthews! Hongkong. 20th October, 1926.

THE CHINA SPECIE BANK LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: St. George's Building, Hongkong. Chairman of Board of Directors

Mr. Wong Shiy Ham Chief Manager Mr. L'S. Holum Asst. Manager... Mr. K. T. Woog Foreign exchange and general banking business transatted.

Current Savings. and Fixed deposita beag interests at rales 204 and 5%, respectively.

L. N. HOLUM.

Chief Hataget.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.

From MIDDLESBRO, LONDON and STRAITS. The Steamship

delivery B14

bazardous and/or extra-bazardous

"BENVENUE" This is the first time such a Godowns of the Hongkong & locommotive has been used for Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co.. informed that all Goods are being Consignees of Cargo are hereby service on any British railway. Ltd. Kowloon, and stored at landed at their risk into the and the occasion was regarded as consignees' risk. of so much significance that s

hazardous and/or extra hazardous of cargo large number of representatives of produce an Import Permit signed Kowloon Wharf and Godowc Co.. mas Godowns of the Hongkong and the Admiralty. the Ministry of; by the Superintendent of Imports Ltd.. whence and or from the Transport, and other Government & Exports, Hongkong, before wharves Departments, as well as engincez-bills of Lading will be counter-obtained.

be ing experts of other railway com-signed. panies, travelled in a special sel- con next to the engine. There are other engines in use which burn a combination of coal and oil, but oil burning only has been reader ed possible by the adoption of the Scerab Di Burning All claims must be presented signed on Company's 578ten In view of within ten days of the steamer's November, or they will not be! the possibility, much discussed at arrival bere, after which they recognised. the moment. of railways being cannot be recognised. No claims

No Claims will be admitted

All broken, chafed and damaged after the Goods hare it the Go- cargo is to be left in the Godórus downs, and all Goods remaining where it will be examined at 10 undelivered after the 28th inst. am. on 27th October. 1920 by will be subject to rent. the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke.

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under- 0. before the 4th |

All broken. chafed and dɛm)

held up through lack of coal, it will be recognised after the goods aged Goods are to be left in the seems of vital importance that have left the Godowns and cargo Godown, where they will bej locomotives constructed with undelivered on and alter 28th examined on the 28th inst. at coal-burning furcaces can be October, 1920, will be subject to 10 s.m. adapted for oil burning in four rent. das. Except that the proportion- Consignees are requested to effected.

No Fire Insurance has been ate amount of labour saved is not send in their Bills of Lading for quite so great the advantages of countersignature immediately.

Bills of Lading will be counter- oil fuel are the same for railway!

signed by locomotives as for ships, while i passengers will not be troublert i with smoke, smuts, or cinders.

The train was drawn b ATA expre-R locomotive cf the 12 Des Voeux Road Central. "Precursor" type. which, when Hngkong, 21st October. 1920. coalfired, consumed about 7016. of,

GREEN STAR

5. S. CORPORATION. B= STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC., Agenta.

GIEB, LIVINGSTON

M.A., D.D.

MONDAY, Oct. 25th at a pm. Dr. Griffith Thomas will give a

special address. Subject" Is there a future Life!"

twith special reference to

Spiritualism)

WISEMAN LTD.

TEA DANCE

TO-DAY

Thursday October 21st DINNER DANCE

on

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

G.

R.

NOTICE.

WANTED.

WANTED-Britisher arriving in the Colony on or shout the 8th instant desires board and mid-- Particulars and Conditions of eace; Hongkong side preferred. - the letting by Public Auction Address replies to Box 459 elo Sala, to be held on Monday, "Hongkong Telegraph."

the 25th day of October, · 1920,

of

FOR SALE.

at 3 p.m. at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, (of Ope Lot

FOR SALE. Two Lancashire Lind at Kowloon, Bailers, length 23 feet, diameter for a term of 25 years, with the pressure 100 lbs per sq. inch in the Colony of Hongkong, of furnaces (two) 3 feet. Working. ↑

Ren: to be fixed by the Surveyor Burne: & Co. Govan, Glagow. option of renewal at a Crown Constructed by Mesara Lindsay.

Saturday October 23rd. Tickets for Tea Dance $1.00 Crown Tickets for Dinner Dance $1:50 The abova charges do not in clude meals and refreshments.

Manager

of His Majesty the King for one Ip good order and condition. further term of 75 years.

Complete set of fittings with each D.M. GOODALL-PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

boiler. Apply Butterfeld Swire, Hongkong.

BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE

FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 6 1920-

NOMINAL VALUE :

PRICE OF ISSUE :

100 Francs

100 Francs

Interest payable twice a year on 16th June and 16th December. First instalment due on 16th June, 1921.

THE SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE FROM TO-DAY up to the 25th November, 1920, free of commission and telegram charges and the most favourable rates of exchange will be quoted for the payments made in local or any other currency.

For full details and particulars apply to the BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE. STOCK DEPARTMEST.

Queen's Buildings.

You

6. Chater Road.

HONGKONG.

can depend

upon receiving prompt and courteous service when you place your order with The Queen's Dispensary for Drugs and Pharmaceuticals.

You can also depend upon our prices being the lowest consistent with quality, which is our first care.

QUEEN'S DISPENSARY

Tel. 492.

TO-NIGHT!

THE

& CO. LTD.

Agents. Hongkong. 1st October, 1930.)

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE STRUTHERS & DIXON INC. From SEATTE

"WEST JESSUP"

Harper & Co., Liď.

St. George's Building.

TO-NIGHT!

THE MANAGEMENT OF

bruken Inland 124 No 1409 | Urgistry Se.

Badary Muscarements

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NOTICE.

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FOR SALE.

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The U.S.S. SAMAR will be sold at the U. S. Navy Purchasing Office, No. 20 Whangpoo Road. Shangbai. China, by sealed pro- posals to be opened at 10 am 00 Decembar 20, 1920.

The SAMAR was built at Cavite, P. I, in 1835. Length 121 feet. Beam 17 feet, ID inches. Mean draft Displacement when in commission 243 Tonk

The vessel will be ready for inspection on September 1 Appraised value $28,000,00 U.S Currency. Further information and blank proposals may be had by applying to the U.S. Navy Purchasing Uffice.

FOR SALE.

Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 25th day of October, 1920, at 3 p.m. at the Offices of the Public

Very valuable leasehold pro- Works Department, by Order of Party known as "Fairyland "No." His Excellency the Governor, of Barker Road. Immediate oc- One Lot of Crown Land above copation can be given; & roomed Bowen Road, in the Colony of house, commodious coolis quar- Hongkong, for a term of 75 years,ers, tennis court and garden with the option of renewal at attached.

particulars Crown Rens to be fixed by the apply Surveyor of His Majesty the DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON King, for one further term of 75

& HARSTON, years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

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| Apart Peter.

"HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

Auction on Friday, the aand. October 1920. commencing at 11 am.

at No. godown of the

CORONET Hongkong & Kowloon Whart &

BEG TO ANNOUNCE

OPENING OF THEIR

AUTUMN SUPERSEASON

One after another,

GRAND

The Cream of the Year's Pictures

PROGRAMME INCLUDES

coal per mile. Sow that it is oil- and after the war the inventor! fired it only barus about 30lb. of parfected the Sarah burner. oil per cuile, or 100lb. of oil instead which has been applied to rail of one ton of coal. months it has been running ex- boiler, of every description, metal

For me and road locomotives, stationary THE Steamship perimentally ordinary passenger meltingfurnaces, and even kitchen service. drawing both express and ranges. Some of the advantages having arrived from Seattle via slow stopping trains, and the of oil firing on this system on ports, London and North-Western Rail railways are that steam can be consignees

on 19th Dctober, 1920, TO-NIGHT'S way Company have expressed I raised in less than half the usual fied

are hereby noti. themselves completely satisfied time, in the transport of fuel landed at their risk into the that their cargo is being with which

pamps and pipes take the place Hazardous and/or Extra-Hazard- exceeded the most of hundreds of workmen. theloos Godowns of the Hongkong sanguine particular engine was probably ceases to exist as the fumare is Co., Ltd., Kowloon, and stored at strenuous task of the firemen and Kowloon Wharf & Godown the worst, problem that could be fed automatically, and the con- consignees risk. tackled in locomotives. Previoustraction of the feed is such that

the respits

estained,

expectation 4. This

Consignees of cargo must pro-

to its conversion to oilfiring it it is not affected by the oscillation duce an Import permit signed by was known as a beavy conspicer of the engine. As there are no the Superintendent of Imports of coal, and it was considered ashes and no dirt, the locomotive & Exports, Hongkong, before Bills almost impossible to maintain furnaces do not require taking of Lading will be countersigned. maximum steam pressure, but out after a run, nor do the boiler with the Scarab Oil Burning tubes require cleaning. Further, aged cargo is to be left in the All broken, chafed and dam- System economical fuel con-all the work necessitated by the Godowns, where somption and maximum disposal of asbes and clinkers examined at 10 a.m. on 26th Oct, it will be efficiency have been readily ceases to exist. On & coal-fired 1920 by the Company's Surveyors, obtained and maintained. rapid conversion from coal to oil become inoperative in the course

This locomotive half the boiler tubes Messrs. Carmichael & Clarke. fuel is possible because the of a long run by reason of chok-within 10 days of the steamer's All claims must be presented system is so simple in construc fing with cinders. Consequently arrival here, after which they tion, and in fitting up does not boiler efficiency cannot be main cannot be recognized. Decessitate Buy structural alter-tained for prolonged periods. But ations to the foroace, and the with & locomotive fired by the after cost of installation and upkeep Scarab oil burning system per-Godowns, and cargo undelivered ja correspondingly very low. fect combustion is effected, and on and after 20th Oct, 1920 vill ADVANTAGES OF OIL FIRING. maximum boiler efficiency is be subject to rent

The Scarab system owes its readily attained and maintained inception to that greatly discussed for an indefinite period. Bir-send in their Bills of Lading for Consignees are requested to country, Mesopotamik. It was mingham, we reached many counter-signature immediately. while on service with the Masoninutes ahead of the scheduled STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC., potamian Expeditionary Forestwo and *' balf hours. The that the inventor Colonel F: R. engine and observation saloons Macdonald-conceived the idea. were attached to the 4.50 p.m.; Great economies in shipping, man express to London, in which the tower, and money were affecte directors of the L.N.W.E. and the in Mesopotamia by using oil fuel, experis returned.

No claims will be recognized

the goods have left the,

Agents.

For Div. of Opr. U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. 12. Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong, 20th October, 1920.

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THE CORONET REVIEW

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Mabel Normand in "Pinto

COLDWYN PICTURES

Superproduction

Prices.

Godown Co. Ltd. Kowloon (for account of the concerned)

100 Bales Gunnies 50 Bales Guonies

(stored in No. 5 godown)

50 Bales Gunnies (stored in No. 10 godown) Terms: Cash on delivery

TH

LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers.

HEUndersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Saturday the 23rd. October 1920.

commencing at 11 am.

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street

A Choice Selection of High Grade Tweed Suit Lengths

On view from Friday, the 22nd, inst

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

-Auctioneers.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

The Undersigned will sell by

Public Auction at an early date (to be advertised later)

A SELECTION OF FINE CUT GLASS-WARE

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers,

FOR SALE.

MILNER'S SAFES

APPLY TO

LAMMERT BROS.

Duddell Streets

Further

Solicitors for the Vendor.

1, Des Voeux Road Central. HONGKONG.

1.

NOTICE.

Money

George Thomas Edkin, Officer for the Registra tion of ships, for the China Navigation Company, Limited. hereby give notice that in con- sequence of a wish to have the below-mentioned steamlaunch of which they are the owners to carry a similar name to other steamlaunches of the China Navigation Company, Limited. I have applied to the Board of Trade, under Section 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in respect of the steamiaunch number 129,975 of gross tonnage Shameen" of Hongkong officia! 24.03 tous, register tonnage 16.33 tous for permission to clange ber name to Taikoo Yung" and to have her registered in the nOW name at the port of Hongkong as▼ owned by the China Navigation Company, Límited.

Any objections to the proposed jchange of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at Hongkong within seven days from the appearance of this advertise:

ment.

❤

Dated at Hoogkong, this 15th [day of October 1920,

GEORGE THOMAS HONEY EDKINS

Officer of the Chins Navigation Company, Limited. for the Registration of Ships.

LESSONS IN CHINESE

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Hindaria and Ball

Thome who intend learning the Chin lasquses are requested to write to Ma. 131, Laven' Road, Central Pad Soer.

St. John's Cathedral,

Monday Oct. 25th,

at

9.15 P.M.

ORGAN RECITAL

Vocalist

Mr. Bell