TYRES!
TUBES!
TYRES!
NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED.
Prices of Tyres and Tubes.
THE HONGKONG
NOTICE.
We have tlife, day, admitted LENNOX GODFREY BİRD, D. 8. O, GEORGE LEOPOLD WILSON and EDWIN FORBED BOTHWELL as Partners in ouf Firma.
PALMER & TURNER. Hongkong, 1st April, 1921.
NOTICE.
The interest and responsibility of the undersigned GEOFFREY CHARLES MOXON in the Firm
of MOXON & TAYLOR cosses| on the 31st March, 1921.
G. C. MOXON,
10, Ice House Street, Hongkong.
SATURDAY. APRIL 2, 1921,
MAURICE E. BANDMAN
SUBMITS
THE BANDMAN OPERA
COMPANY, 1921.
THEATRE
ROYAL.
(Under the distinguished patronage of H.E. the Governor and Lady Stubbs),
H. E. Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Duff K.C.B., Major General Sir G. Macauley Kirkpatrick K.C.B., K.C.S.1. etc.
TO-NIGHT
Size.
Mcke.
Prices. Tyres.
Tubes.
S C
S C
28 x 3
Fisk (Clincher-Motor cycle 25.00
9.000
31 x 4
Fisk Clincher
60.00
13 00
31 x 4
Sioux (Clincher)
80.50
13.50
33 x 4
Dunlop (Straight side)
75.00
13.50
33 x 4
Sioux (Straight side)
88.50
13.50
34 x 4
Fisk (Clincher Plain tread).
60.00
15.50
34 x 4
Fisk (Straight side) N.S.
70.00
15.50
34 x 4
Sioux (S.S.)
90.00
15.50
34 x 41
Dunlop (S.S.)
95.00
15.50
35 x 41
Dunlop (Clincher)
95.00
16.00
35 x 42
U.S. Chain (S.S.)
100.00
16:00
1921.
37 x 5
Dunlop (Clincher or S-S.)
130.00
20.00
MOXON & TAYLOR,
815 x 105
Sioux (Clincher)
-75.00
14.00
880 x 120
Sioux (Clincher)
105.00 17.50
10, Ice House Street, Hongkong.
Saturday April 9
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.
34, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Tel. 482 & 3552.
MR. WILL CROOKS, M.P.
Remarkable Carcer. Many more important my would be less missed from the House of Commons than Mr. Crooks will be. His decision to retire, though hurriedly taken in the end, will (observes the Lobby correspondent of The Scotsman) causo no surprise for it has been evident for some yours that his work was done. Seldom was he absent from bis place at the end of the Front Opposition Bench during question time, but at its close he generally tottered out, and with a genial smile and a word of greeting to all whom he encountered sot off for his home in East London in time to escape the evening crush on the rail- ways.
Tel. 482 & 3552.
ASKED FOR LOWER WAGE-
Manchester Employees' Action.
| Monday April 4
The interest and responsibility Tuesday April 5 of Mr. GEOFFREY CHARLES
MOXON in the undersigned Wed. April 6 Firm ceases on the 31st March,
Thursday April 7
Friday April 8
Mr. EDWARD MAURICE Monday April 11 RAYMOND has this day been
admitted as a partner in this
firm.
MOXON & TAYLOR. Hongkong, 1st April 1921.
NOTICE.
G.
BUZZ BUZZ from the Vaudeville Theatre. MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS from Daly's Theatre. "THE KISS CALL" from the Gaiety Theatre.
TAILS UP" from the Comedy Theatre.
"IRENE from the Empire.. GOING UP
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from the Gaiety Theatre,
NHW SHOP GIRL from the Gaiety Theatre.
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from the London Pavilion.
Plans open Tuesday morning, March 29th. POPULAR PRICES:---$4, $2 and $1.
Overture at 9.15 p.m. prompt.
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A communication has been.
Messrs. Lane Crawford & Co. made to the Manchester Guardian concerning correspondence that announce that they have received bas passed between
a shipment of Major Drapkin's Messrs.
famous Greya Cigarettes, Robert Williams and Sons, Chat- sworth Mills, Gorton, and their Retail price $1.00 per tin of 50. employees on the question of wage reduction. In the first THE EAST ASIATIC CO, LTD., the 4th day of April, 1921,
instance, the following letter was addressed by the employees to the firm:---
In their reply, the directors of
.
COPENHAGEN.
MANNERS & BACKHOUSE, LTD.,
Mercantile Bank Building,
7, Queen's Road, Central. Hongkong, 31st March, 1921.
WAR MEMORIAL,
SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
For the erection by Public he company, Mr. 3. Williams and Subscription, of a building to be Mr. Llewellyn Williams, accept run on Y. M. C. A... lines, to be
the "War
Memorial the offer of the employees in the called spirit in which it is made." They Institute "and to be managed for announce that, as the object of the joint use of the Navy, the the company and of the employees Army and Civilians by a Joint is that the customer shall, as fur Board of Directors.
NOTICE.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be hold on Monday,
in
No. of Sate.
Registry No.
Lul No. 1409
Boundary
Measurement.
As per sale plan.
*bout 25,425
PUBLIC AUCTIONS,
TH
“HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Monday the 4th April, 1921. commencing at 2.45 p.m. at "Craigieburn," the Peak
Quantity of Valuable House.
bold Furniture
(Full particulars from catalogue) On view from Monday, the 3rd. April 1921.
Terms: Cash on delivery
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctioneere.
NEW
ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.
From TACOMA. VANCOUVER, SEATTLE, JAPAN PORTS, via SHANGHAI & MANILA. "HE Company's Steamship THE
+
'ARABIA MARU "
WANTED.
WANTED. Experienced Senior Office Assistant (British) Department, must be good Corren- for Engineering and Machinery
pondent and' bave Commercial and Technical knowledge of En- gineers' supplies and Hardwaru. Permanent position and good pro spects offered to competent Applicant. An indication of having arrived from the above | salary expected is required. Per ports, Consignees of. Cargo song without the above mentioned are hereby notified that their qualifications need not apply. goods are being landed and placed Address applications to Box No. at their risk in the Hongkong and 590 ofo " Hongkong Telegraph. Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.
Goods not cleared by the 7th inet, will be subject to rent.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examin- stion by the Consignees' repre sentative and the Company's Surveyors, Mesars. Goddard und
TO LET Commodious office: Douglas, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in Alexandra Buildings, immedi and Saturday. All claims must ate possersion. be presented within Ten days of stead & Davis. Alex. Buildings, Apply to Lin-
the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be re- cognized. No claim will be ad- mitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No fire insurance, whatever will be effected.
Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading for |countersignatures immediately.
OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA,
Y. YASUDA,
Manager. Hongkong, 1st April, 1921.
VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDSCHE
SCHEEPVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (United Netherlands Navigation
Company.)
HOLLAND-OOST AZIE LIJN (HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE.)
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
From HAMBURG, AMSTER- DAM, LA ROCHELLE PALICE, LISBON, GENOA and SINGAPORE.
THEUndersigned have received The Steamship
instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Thursday, the 7th April, 1921,
"BOEROE"
having arrived from the above parts, consignees of cargo by her are notified that all goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous andfor extra-
commencing at ro.30 am.
at No. 10 Godown of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & hazardous godowns of the Hong- Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon kong Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd., whence and/or 25 Bales 2 "Blue Stripe" from the wharves delivery may Gunny Bags, Heavy Caos 40 x be obtained.
at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by A We have to-day taken over the Order of His Excelloncy the "Your employees, ae shown in Agency of the above, and shall be Governor, of one Lot of Crown the attached list, have decided to glad to quote rates of freight and Land at Shek Shan. Kowloon approach you with the sugges-passage on application.
the Colony of Hongkong, tion that our wages be reduced!
for a term of 75 years, with by 10 per cent. We hope that
the option of renewal at a Crown this affor will be accepted as it ie
Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor felt that the present-high cost of
of His Majesty the King for one living existe primarily owing to
further term of 75 years. the very high coat of production:
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. The privations of his childhood, ale in making this voluntary part of which he spent in a work-offer it is hoped and believed that house, his early start to hard our example will become conta- physical work, a severe operation gious in other trades as well as which he underwent some years
oir own, and the rest would ago, and, above all, a shock he then be a lowering in the cost of sustained during a daylight air living and consequent increase in raid, in the course of which some purchasing power." twenty children were killed at a school near his home, combined to make him old before his time. It is a surprise to learn that he ia only 68. He is fech'er than many mon ten years older, and his present illness has further undermined his strength.
The most memorable thing he Parliamentary did during his career was when the House adjourned for the first time after the outbreak of war. He led the members in the signing of the National Anthem, and though the action was unprecedented, it was welcomed as appropriate to the occasion, and expressive of the feelings of the House. His lead was indicative of the enthu- siastically patriotic course he followed throughout the Not for him were the philander- ings with pacifism in which some of his Labour colleagues indulg- ed. He travelled thousands of miles. in taking his part in the recruiting campaign at a time when he was an effective force as a platform speaker.
war
as possible, obtain the benefit of A portion of the sum raised-will. the reduction, the company's be devoted to the erection of a per- charges for finishing will be re-manent stone memorial which duced by 10 per cent, "to any will be put in hand at an early
date. customer who will undertake to give to his customer the full benefit of this reduction."
Messrs. Williams are embossers, finishers and waterers.
His early life in the streets and the workshop had given him a and quick turn for repartes, whether in the House or in the graater freedom of the lobbies his comments on mon and affairs were generally racy and amusing. Nothing delighted him more than to discharge a bon mot as he dis appeared through the swing doors) on his way home and leave his auditors chuckling over the jest.
REAL GIFT OF HUMOUR. Mr. Crooks has a real gift of humour of the Cockney, type, After the manner of the London He was not above using the same workman, he dearly loved a verbal joke more than once, but ho contest of wits, and he was a firm contrived to give it an air of believer in the Johr sonian manner spotancity. There was nothing of using the butt end of his pistol) of the strenuous effort to be if it should happen to misfire. jocular which marks the speeches of, say, Mr. Jack Jones.
Among his constituenta in Woolwich, as among his neigh-i hours in Poplar, he is a prime favourite, for he has kept open house for them as a guide and
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Lists may be found at:- Messrs. Lane Crawford Mossrs. Kelly & Walsh Messrs. Moutrie Messrs. Wm. Powell Ltd. The Hongkong Club The Hongkong Cricket Club The Club Lusitano The Engineers' Institute The Victoria Recreation Club The Kowloon Cricket Club. The Kowloon Bowling Club The Peak Club
The Club de Recreio The Craigengower i lub
M. J. BREEN, Hon. Secretary War Memoril
Committee.
KOWLOON.CANTÓN RAILWAY.
(British Section)..
NOTICE.
CHING MING FESTIVAL,
The Public is hereby notified
friend in all their personal and that local passengers cannot be political affairs. Indeed, it was conveyed by the 8.07 a.m. express at times amusing to see his diffi-jon April 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, culty in reconciling the pacifist 1921. doctrines to which as a member
Mr. Crooks was Cockney, and proud of it, and he would no more have thought of seeking to disguise the fact by his method of speech than he would have thought of attempting to dress himself like a Mayfair exquisite. He has, beside, a rugged and at times ernotional eloquence, which templed one to speculate whether education would have constituents in the Arsenal at orator or have Woolwich should not lack em- made him an
ployment. rained his natural gifts.
of the Labour party he was com- mitted with his desire that his
VALSPAR
By Order,
H. P. WINSLOW,
Manager. Kowloon, 30th March, 1921.
A
REPULSE BAY HOTEL.
CABARET DINNER DANCE.
WEDNESDAY, 30th March. SATURDAY, 2nd April.
SIGNOR ANTONIO
MOLINARI
The Milanose Tenor, Assisted by SIGNORA MOLINARI
Soprano
GEMS FROM POPULAR MASTERPIECES SUNG IN ITALIAN AND ENGLISH.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SEMI-SACRED CONCERT.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received
instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Monday, the 4th April 1921.
commencing at if a.m.
at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street
6 pieces White Drill
12 Boxes Lamp Bulba
Also
28 (24 lbs.)
Terms: Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctioneers.
HEUndersigned have received THE
- instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Thursday the 7th. April, 1921 commencing at rojo a.m.
furnished house or apartment on WANTED.-To rent small the Peak for part or all of the summer. Reply to J.E. HARTLE, Jnr., Standard Oil Co., Kongmoon.
TO BE LET.
TO BE LET.
TO LET.FLATS in Tavri Building, Nathan Road, Kowloon. Apply to J. P. Vasunia, 38 Wyndham Street, 1st Floor.
TO LET Office to let furnish- ed in Prince's Building, immediate possession. Apply to-Bóz 329 c/o "Hongkong Telegraph."
FOR SALE.
MILNER'S SAFES
APPLY TO .
·LAMMERT BROS. Duddell Street.
FOR SALE.
One Hornsby-Ackroyd On Engine-34 Horse Power. Fuel: Kerosene. Complete with cooling apparatus; in good condition. May be viewed by appointment at
GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS
KOWLOON.
Apply to the undersigned,
LAMMERT BROS.
NANYO YUSEN KAISHA.
The above Company having Goods not cleared by the 8th, established its own Branch Office April, 1921 at 4 pan, will be sub-undersigned will cease to act as at this port as from this date, the }ject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged packages are to be left in the godowns, where they will be examined the 7th April. 1921 at 10 a.n. by Messrs. Goddard & Duglas.
оп
Agents.
DODWELL & CO., LTD. Hongkong, 1st April, 1921,
NANYO YUSEN KAISHA. Claims against the steamer must be presented in writing We have this day opened a within ten days after arrival of Branch Office of the Company at steamer, otherwise, they will not No. 5. Queen's Road Central and be recognized.
our Agency Agreement with No Fire Insurance will be Mesers, Dodwell & Co., Ltd. will
accordingly lapse.
at No. 18 Godown of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & effected by the undersigned in any
Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon
Bills of Lading will be counter-
case whatever.
A Large Quantity of Miscellan-signed by eous Goods
Terms: Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Auction on
Wednesday the 6th April 1921. commencing at 11a.m.
at No. 4 Godown of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd., Kowloon
(for account of the concerned) 194 Bales
"Green Stripe Gunnies (24 lbs.)
A Quality of Olvina Water Paint and afterwards at No. 6 Godown 199 Bates "Blue Stripe" Gunnies (24 lbs.)
and
A Line of Miscellaneous Goods
Terms: Cash on delivery
LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers.
Terms: Cash on delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.,.
Auctionaore.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN,
General Agents.
HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE. |
NANYO YUSEN KAISHA, LTD.
Hongkong, 1st April, 1921.
ASSURANCE FRANCO- ASIATIQUE OF SHANGHAL
Барание
Having been appointed agents for the above company we are We beg to announce that in prepared to accept and order to cope with numerous Marine Insurance at urrent applications received for garage rates. lepace, we have, as from the 1st April, 1921, acquired the business and premises of the RUSSELL STREET GARAGE.
Extensions and improvements will be immediaely taken in
KARSTEN LARSSEN 00 (HONGKONG) LTD.
Agents.
hand with a view to offering C. E. WARREN & CO. facilities for up-to-date garage and repair work.
Mr. T. R. Parsons will continue
to be in charge of the Russell Street Depot.
LIMITED.
Sanitary Engineers.
HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD, 30-32 Des Voeux Road Central
J. H. TAGGART.
BRONZE BOTTOM
PERFECT ANTI-FOULING COMPOUND
SPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR YACHTS AND WOOD CRAFT.
SOLE AGENTS:
TRADING COMPANY.
HOLLAND PACIFIC
Manager.
Established 1890
PAINT
LTD.
HONGKONG.
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