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NEW

ADVERTISEMENTS.

WANTED.

WANTED-Ground floor

Offices or Store in Central) district for January or February 1924. Apply Box No 1020 clo "Hongkong Telegraph."

ANTED.-Now (preferably)}

or before April. An Eng- lish Nurse to look after small! Child at Penk. Apply Box 1028, c/o Hongkong Telegraph."

BRITISH Company in Hong-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923.

FORTHCOMING AUCTION SALES.

INSURANCE RISKS.

St. Andrew's Church Lammert Bros. HUGHES & HOUGH The Fraudulent Claims.

KOWLOON.

SUNDAY, Next,

..

8.15 Special Service of Holy Communion for Church Workers,

11 a.m. and 6pm. Preacher.

Rev. G. R. LINDSAY, M.D.

2.45 p.m. -SUNDAY, School and

kong has a vacancy for a espable Chinese clerk with a good knowledge of English. Must write well-and be accurate at figures. Apply in own hand- writing. Fox No. 1022 c'o "Hong. I kong Telegraph”.

TO BE LET.

Bible Classos United Service. Parents invited.

NOTICE.

the undersigned, hereby give notice that having resigned from the firm of Messrs H. A. Castro & Co., Ltd. my respon- sibility in connection therewith coxsex as from this date.

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(Sgd)

HENRY. A. CASTRO. Hongkong, 16;b Nov., 1923.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have receiv

ed instructions to sell by Public Auction on Monday the 19th Nov 1923 commencing at 5.15 p.m.

at their Salgs- Room, Dudell,

Street

Stamps

AUCTIONEERS

AND

GENERAL BROKERS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

to

PIMPERNEL OF CRIME.

Passed Unnoticed by Detectives.

houses and chronic drunkards ELUSIVE The insurance Black List is a simple and natural device design- ed to warn all companies against certain persons whose claims Whenever, the claimant for a fhave aroused grave suspicion. It loss under sa insurance policy is often much easier to be morally finds himself in collision with un- certain in that a claim is fraudul- sympathetic assessors one of two ant than to be able to prove it things has probably happened, fraudulent in the law courts. Gabriel Mourey, the bandit who Paris Doctors who examined writes the insurance correspond-Many fraudulent claims are paid fall under the bullets of detectives ent of the Vanchester Guardian by insurance companias ecary at Gournay, near Paris, recently

He is either, in year, but they do not willingly sanguine ignorance, stubbing his pay more than once. They Black declared the wounded man to be too against the iron rock of an List the claimant, who then dis he has been removed to the prison (out of danger. In consequence insurance principle, or his claim cover that he cannot, under the of Fresnas, near Paris, has fallen into the category of name and address on the list, get those which excite suspicion. It an insurance policy anywhere. finest pieces of detective work Mourey's arrest was one of the may, from the point of view of Sometimes, if he is just A the claimant, have been put for wandering thief, he alters bis accomplished by the Paris police. ward in good faith and still have name and address and manages servitude for murder in 1905, Two Mourey was sentenced to penal about it a distinct odour of fraud. to get insured But aven that is years after he had been sent to A claim for burglary loss, in/difficult. For insurance offices Devil's island (the French penal which ar insurance principle was which, from the nature of their settlement) he escaped to Ven-

business, are always liable to bezuela.

The Undersigned have received Commercial. instructions

sell by Pablie Auction (for Account of the Con- cerned),

on TUESDAY, A Valuable Collection of Postage the 20th November, 1923, com

mencing at 230 pm., at their Sales Reems, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, the Corner of Ice House Street.

Valuable Teakwood and Blackwood

Catalogues will be issued, On View from Saturday 17th. November. 1923.

Terms Cash on delivery. LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

DO NOT MISS-----

ROCHA'S

involved, came before me

the

Furniture and Household Sundries, &c., de, &c. Comprising: Dining Suites, Chesterfield Sofaa,cently. It is a good example.spiped by swindlers possess in

After committing several thefts Arm chairs (new), Tea Tables I was consulted by a friend their service men of acutely keen he visited Mexico and America,

had

rais scent for bogus insurances. What and for 15 years he wandered Teakwood Beds, "large and small who has

fortune to suffer from three burgis more, in this matter of prosect about these countries, rarely Wardrobes. Dressing Tables and

lares at his private house withizing the market as a whole against doing any honest work. POPULAR AUCTION SALES Chairs Washstands, eta Site- two years. He is not a richman, fud all the offices act together boards, Dinner Waggons, Crockery he has no quantity of plate or

He became associated with Every Tuesday Thursday and Glass Ware, Cutlery. Carpets jewellery to attract the modem has once presented, say, a fire but the police were never able to

and pool their experience.

It is as difficult for a man who carried out many daring raids, several gangs of thievos who & Saturday

and Rugs, Electro-plated Ware, family of Sikes, and get some claim which is adjudged to be catch him, as he is remarkably At 2.30 p.m.

Electric Reading Lamps, Teakwood how his house has become a Screens. Blackwood Taapors. Mar lodestone fur casual burglars or fraudulent- though it may have clever in the art of disguising

been blandly paid-to ge: insured himself. Specialist is the Valuation of [ble-top Flower Stands, Side Tables house breakers. His latest trouble Household and Office Furniture and Cabinets, etc., etc.

was this. Among the property whose life has once been rejected be in France detectives thought anywhere as it is for a man, When Mourey was known to hereby give notice that!

stojen were uniforms, evening DA ROCHA'S MART Mr. It. A. Castro having 2A, D'Aguilar St.

dress, "glad rags" such as men an insurance doctor to get they would catch him ca the day Phone 2931 resigned from cur

wear at weddings and rarely at life policy accepted anywhere. of his father's funeral firm. services as General Manager of TO LET.- Six roomed house the Company cease as from this!

on the Peak, March till date and his authority to sign on November, fully furnished, 3 bathrooma, flush system, hot and cold water etc. Apply Linstead & Davis, Alexandra Building..

TO LET High-class RE- SIDENCES (East View Buildings), opposite "Sai Fee Terrace," Nathan. Road, Kow. loon three-rooned flats, well ventilated. with bath, wale: closet, kitchen and servants quar ters. For particulars apply to Mr. Lai Chak, No. 14, Queen's Road Central.

TO LET-3 roomed flat with bath-roums and kitchen, Airy. 5. Peace svenue, Homuntin' immediate occupation.

For par- ticulars apply Box No. 1021 co "Hongkong Telegraph".

YENTRAL offices to lot. Top floors Des Voeux Rond Central Vacant - from the

NOTICE.

his

behalf of the Company is hereby cancelled.

(Sed)

H. A. CASTRO & CO., LTD. Hongkong, 16th Nov., 1923.

HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE OF MEETING.

OTICE is bereby iven that! the First Ordinary Yearly! Meeting of Shareholders of The

NOTICE.

Also

One Piano by Challen and Son, London.

Terms: Cash on delivery.

HUGHES & HOUGH.

Aampers, Hongkong 15th Nov., 1925.

Police were in force near the

(Full Particulars from Catalogue).[other rimes, furs, and so on. All The Black List, a critical jaun- He was known to have a great these articles of clothing were diced survey of all doubtful pro-affection for his father, and it was several years old, yet carefully positions for insurance, and believed that he would risk being kept up and, for their casual general pooling of experience do arrested rather than not attend L'ORKERS the Peak Stall,

(purpose, as good as new. in practice prevent nine-tenths of the funeral.

My M. C. L... Bazaar. Ate

friend felt it to be an outrage the would-be swindlers from mak- that his insurance company-jing money at the cost of honest house, in the church, and at the invited to send their catria tions to Mrs. Gompertz. 126A| NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

which had already paid two previ- folk. But now and then all these cemetery, but they did not capture Peak, who would be very gratified]

ons elsims for his burglaries-Precautions prove to be insufici- Mourey, though he attended the if any Peak Ladies no: already have this day temel was not willing to replace these cat. Now and then there arises a 1459ached would communicate

ancient bus serviceable clothes swindler of exceptional ingenuity

He was disguised as a woman, with her if desirous of helping Queen's Building, Top Floor: brand-new ores. "I shall have like the man Englestein, who was and his face was hidden by a veil either by annual subscriptions (81) Franc Chinese Trating Co., Ltd. huy new ones," he cried to me after a long hunt, run down the other day and sentenced to six years' penal servitude. He was what might be called a consult I explained. with no greasing expert in arson.

adults and 20 cents children), or donations of money, or articles for the Toy and, Faner Stail.

NOTICE.

10th November. Apply Inte Hokar Engineering and Co-NOTICE is hereby given that national Traile Developer & Destruction Company Limited, will

Vaux Road, Central.

HARFORD 169, THE PEAK

[ Magazine Gap }

the Management of our.

be held at the Hongkong Hotel. Hongkong Branch bud

beent Peller Street, ilengkung. en taken over by Mr LEON DAVID Wedness Lag the 8th day of WALCH of Shanghai. Noves her 1923, at 1) noen. for the purpose of moelving the Report of the the Bound Directors and a Statement of)

J. CLLMANN & CO.

OLET, furnished for 9 month- from March 1954 -near Motor Road & public garage. Accounts for the period from THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. Apply H. E GOLDSMITH 25th October 1929. to the with! P. W. D.

LOST.

June 1923. and f Directors and Auditors,

the 22nd to the 9th November.!

LOST-On Kowloon Ferry both dogs inclusive.

Wharf or Lai Chi Kok Bus.

a platinum bar brooch. Finder please return to Box No. 443 G.P.O.

By Under of the Board,

S. COURTNEY COOK,

Secretary. Hongkong. 15th, Nov. 1925.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

entries for Gyr khan to bei

DANCING.

PALACE HOTEL.

The popular Jazz Band of H. M. S. "DESPATCH"

-our Offices to No. 4.

COMIRAL

ORIENTAL

lindignantly, so why should ¡not be pail, the cost of new ones

AN EXPERT IN ARSON,

success, that insurance was a Imatter of strict indemnity and

aimed at placing a sufferer as] nearly as possible in the same! I am, is another incamation, a position as if no - had taken writer of romacces, but I should place. If, in defiance of this never in fiction have dared to CONSIGNEE NOTICES. Fundamental principle, he were invent Englestein.

He is too

ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE

The Steamship

"PRESIDENT MADISON"

given brant new clothes in place had to appear to be true, and yet f the thes my friend would he was true, as was proved in the hire made a print out of the Central Criminal Curt of the jundary, and muda a burglary Lew Old Bailey. He believed an attractive incident instead to have been the means of gett the conf unfed nuisance which is for his clients more than insurance companies desired it £100,000 in fraudulent fire claims,

from

funeral.

of black crepe.

Mourey was visited in hiding

by a girl whom the police already had under surveillance. This pat detectives on the right scent

AN UNEXPECTED "BAG"

"Featuring King Christian.

King Christian's rescue of a

having arrived from Menila via

drowning sailor near Copenhagen lecting:WNERS are reminded that Ports, on Nov., 16th. Conowe to be. Hut my explanation did! You will have read-or ought to recalls another incident of some are hereby notified that the rant satisfy my ined: he still have read in "Mr. Polly, that years ego. Cruising of the CATCO is being landed at the thought that insurance officesos: excellent of Mr. Wells's Danish coast in his yacht Rite The Transfer Books of the held on December 1st, close to risk into the hazardous and were Aladding replacing old studies of the retail shopkeep the King was startled by a sound Company will be closed from morrow.

extra hazardous godowns of the lamps by new. The final settle how the hero saturated Hongkong and Kowloon Wasement reached seems to me albis shop and furniture with of firearms, and ordered the yacht and Godown Co., a Kowloon, & Senervas ne especially con-paraffin, set light to it, and then turn at full speed in the direc stored at consignees' risk. Esidering that this was the man's sat down on the stairs to cut histion of the sound. He soon came within range of 2 fearfu! Consignees of Carco must pre-

But third burglary within two years. throat with a razor. duce an Import Permit signed by The combong accepted a valua the first touch of the razor hurt spectacle. From the deck of a the Superintendent of Imports &tion for the stolen

goods most abominably, and the fireteamer some men were firing on 2 rowing-boat, and as the Rita Exports. Hongkong before Bils at their present cost, not their spread so rapidly shat Mr. Polly's came near & girl threw herself of Lading will be countersigned. original erst some

was diverted Jears ago attention

from the boat into the water. All broken, chaful and dama when prices were lower, and then suicide to the urgency of escaping

A motor launch was promptly ed cargo is to be left in the made a deduction for depreciation cremation while alive. That was lowered from the yacht, and the downs, where it will be examined over the period during which these simple essay in arson which drowning girl was hauled aboard at 10 a.m. c. 22nd Nov at the had been used. I tell this story leaving out the intended suicide, this by the King himself. His Company's Surveyors, Messrs, in onlier to emphasise that ret has been attempted hundreds of Majesty then espied in the othing Anderson and Ashe.

of insurance principles-that the times. But Englestein was no a boat with a huge camera, and All claims must be presented contract is one of indemnity only, simple-minded Mr. Polly. within thirty days of the and is intended to place a sufferer first arranged that the contents ce guessed that he had been

acting after in the same position as he was in of a house should be surveyed by cinematograph operator. After which they cannot be recognise: 1 before the loss occurred. It does the insurance office designed as his first feeling of annoyance the No claims will be recognised not aim at replacing old and hat-the victim. Then he removed King saw the humour of the after the goods have left the gr-tered lamps by bright new ones the more valuable furniture or

situation, and ultimately gave downs, and cargo undelivered en hot from the factory.

stock of a shop-putting in place permission for the film to be of it all the metal screws andj A USUAL EXPERIENCE. bolts and nails and gadgets which the assessors would expect to That conflict between the sanz-find, and did find, after the fire had! uine imagination of sufferer occurred. His therefore

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company will be held at the Hongkong Hotel, Fedcer Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong on j Wednesday, the 31st day of OCTOBER 1925 at 11.30 o'clock in the foren for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Resolution as an Extraordinary Resolution, namely:- That the name of the Company he changed to "THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD". SHOULD THE ABOVE RESOLUTION te passed by the requisite majority it will be al mitted & confirmation as a Special; Resolution to a Second Extraordinaty General Meeting to be held at the Harker Hotel, Pedder Street, aforesaid on Saturday, the 17th day of NOVEMBER, 1923, at eleven o'clock in the forenson for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, confirming such Resolution as a Special Resolution accordingly.

Dated this 16th day of October, 1931.

By Order of the Board.

WALTER J. HAWKER,

Secretary.

In answer to numerous requests, the public are informed that it is impossible to screen "SALOME" again at The Coronet, owing, to the many big and important fea- tures booked for early showing. Arrangements have

been made, however, to screen it FOR ONE DAY only, on Sunday, November 18th at

THE STAR-

will play at the shove Hotel on SATURDAY, the 17th November 1923. Dancing at 9.15 p.m.

arrival here,

and after November, 23nl. will be| subject to rent

No Fire Insurance whatever) will be effected.

4. Des Voeur Roed. Hongkong, November. 15th. 1923

He

in

exhibited.

for

the banofit of a

EVILS.

Consignees are requested is concerring what he right to get cut both clients at their CHURCH AND SOCIAL send in their Bill of Lading for and the just principles of settle insurance money and saved the countersignature distel". rent under a contract of indem-principal part of their furniture United States Shipping Board inity is common enough. insur-and stock. Like my late friend Emergency Fleet Corporation;nce companies, in the general Mr. Hornung's "Rafles"-who)

Arrento,

interest of their business, always played first-class cricket as an Mr. A. H. Lieck, the Clerk at ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINIJk to leave c'aimants satisfied recupation and burgled Thames Police Court, taking part with their treatment, but they his spare time, Englesteín's in a discussion at St. Albans must stick rigidly to the principle "occupation" was that of a City regarding the Church of England's of indemnity as the first line of merchant. He lived in a large attitude towards social evils, said (defence airainst fraud. If it house at Hackney, maintained that since the Fitzroy case the were 0387 to make a profit a staff of servants, and was police were not, in fact, arresting out of a burglary, or a fire, or locally highly respected." Like members of a certain class of a motor-car accident. then we all really great criminals, in-women. The number of such should have at once an immense cluding Mr. Charles Peace, he cases had gone down by fully 90 increase in the number of burcl-used his

respectable per cent. The Rev. J. C. Nank- aries, fires, and motor accidents.rccupation to cover up the secret well, general secretary of the because the insured

persons, illicit one. His existence behind White Cross' League, said that having everything to gain and the scenes Ay the planner of unless actual complaints were nothing to lose in pocket, would ingenious arsons W** known made the police were practically relax those precautions which are long before his identity was powerless to do anything. Since my workmates could see improvement late Mr. H. F. House have been of the essence of genuine in-assured and definite steps could the case mentioned, the enthus-

Our Portrait is of Mr. WALTERE, WHITE, 4. Bio-lane, Chewiek, London, England, who writes co

"San three run ago I had a rening in the hard cap. One might karcie Ang Kht which ofered a bole blow which in time, no matter what I dis de chins the whole kos I had one large caping wound, and with all the car and attention that wound vas up by 15 months. Being an ali-od athlete, boller of many cups and prizes. I began to give up all teje of ever taking my place again aming the athletes. One day vas of my fellow workmen inquired, how my leg was and told me it was "Clarke's Mood Mixture 1 wanted. That day i brught a bottle, and when 1 kul hinished it I

was not paly surprised myself, but all)

1 could band may kum a little and that gave me encoungedent, so I persevered- with it and am glad to say seen bottles completely cared me. I am now as well as ever, and am still holding my own as an athlete."

Sufferers Cand

from Bad Lagi, Abscesses, Vicers, Swellings Plies Ecrema, Bolis. Pimples, Eruptions, Kheumatism, Cor!, should realise that lotions and sintmenta cas bọt give temporary relief to be sera of complete and lasing benefit, the blood must be thoroughly cleansed of the imposes waste matter, the the cause of such troubles. Clarke's Bloodi Stixture quickly attacks, overhomes, and expels the impurities, that is why as may remarkable recoveries and to its credit. Pleasant to take, and free from infoekres ingradients.

Of all Desier-zes that you get

"LONELIEST MAN'S"

MISS.

Destroyed According To WIL

!surance.

open

The manuscripts left by the burnt, according to the terms of of good faith on both sides. The him. He is supposed to have ular matter had gone down to

Insurance is a contract be take to prove a case against lasm of the police on this partic his will, states the current issue insured must do his or her best to been the advisory expert in of the Bookman Journal,

Regarding the general

UNPAID TAX.

zero.

needed to attack not the girls involved · but The causes that brought the girls on the streets.

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It will be recalled that Mr. avoid losses, and the insurance about two hundred fites before question, Mr. Nankwell said they

office must, when things wo agi he was finally caught. House, a wealthy and retired Indian Civil Servant, met an un-

indemnify the bona-fide suffer.. timely death in a London hotel,| The principle of indemnity. and at the inquest he was des- which I have enunciated in un- cribed as "the loneliest man in technical language is a safe- A complaint at the large nnm- the world"

guard against fraud as well as ber of summonses which had been Mr. House's researches, parti-against carelessness. Another taken out for non-payment of calary into the English drama, of safeguard, and. & most income tax was made by the Joe Beckett, with his share of which he purposed to write a potent one, is the Black List. chief clerk at the Mansion House the purse received for his brief history, were contained in a con-Very few people who have never E. C. Police Court. Applications fight with Carpentier has decided

BECKETT'S PURCHASE.

Clarke's Blood Mixture siderable bulk of manuscripts, served in an insurance office have for 1,147 summonses were now at to settle down in Southampton.

** Everybody's Bised Purifier? $

and these his sister has now ever heard of the Black List his officer, be said. All had been He has purchased a house at burat, she feeling that the in-except maybe of quite a different made by Mr. Bailey, one of the Shirley, a pleasant place.On structions left gaveber no option Hat La connection with public City income tax collectors ontakirts of the town dog w