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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING CO., LTD.
that AO
MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1923.
THE COWIE HARBOUR FORTHCOMING
RADIO RADIO COAL CO., LTD.
SILIMPOPON COAL
The March of Radio aver the THE nudersigned are prepared Assistant for Traffic and
to quote prices for best Shipping Department in a Hong-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN World has been so rapid, and such kong business Firm
Extraordinary enormous strides made in this science quality freshly mined Silimpopon
references
Salary General Meeting of The Kowloon in the last year, that we out in Coal, trimmed into Buskers at essential.
realise what a Sebattik or Sandakan (British $150.00 per month. Reply to Bor Land and Building Company, Hongkong inte No. 1030 "Hongkong Telegraph." Limited, will be held at the Re-factor it has become in the lives at North Borneo), and to contract gistered Office of the Company, the people in Great Britain, America for regular Supplies of cargo
lots at favourable rates. No. 5 Queen's Road, Central, and other Countries.
Steamers calling at Sebattik Sandakan axclusively for
WANTED-Lady Clerk with knowledge of typing, must
be quick and accurate. Apply in own handwriting to No. 1032 c/o "Hongkong Telograph"
Victoria, Hongkong, at noon on
the 18th. day of December, 1923, Do you know that the people in or when the sub-joined resoluLondon are nightly tistening to Bunkers are exempt from pay- tion will be proposed as an Ex-music broadcasted over the Atlantic mant of ordinary Port Charges traordinary Resolution that is to from New York?
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The minimum ̈ draft of alongside the Company's Wharf at Sebattik is 26 feet at low water "That the Company be wound | It is no fantastic dream to pro Spring Tides. Charts of Cowle TO BE LET,
up voluntarily".
phesy that within a very short time Bay (Sebattik Harbour) and any AND NOTICE IS ALSO we in Hongkong will listen-into required information concerning
ba Port TOLET High-class RE-
HEREBY GIVEN that a further San Francisco, Vancouver, and even the View (East SIDENCES
Feel Extraordinary General Meeting London and New York, and the application to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Buildings), opposite "Sai Terrace, Nathan Road, Kow of the Company will be held at
CO., LTD. the same time and place on the RADIO COMMUNICATION CO., loon three-roomed fats,
Agents. 4th. day of January, 1924, for the: with bath, water ventilated. closet, kitchen and servants quar- purpose of receiving a Report of ters. For particulars apply to Mr. Lai Chak. No. 14, Queen's Road Central.
well
TO LET-Flas with bath- rooms kitchens, & servants quarters 5. Paace Avenue, Ho muntin, immediate occupation. Apply within or Box No. 1021 c/o Hongkong Telegraph".
ENTRAL offices to let Top floor & Des Voeux Road
from Central Vacant 10th. November. Apply Intor- national Trade Developer & Des Voeur Road, Central.
the proceedings at the above
(ORIENT) LIMITED.
know
mentioned meeting and of con-will guide you to
what
The Cowie Harbour Coal Co., Ld.
AUCTION SALES.
DAY BY DAY.
Lammert Bros. HUGHES & HOUGH, Lieutenant-Commander C.Q.P.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
ed instructions to sell by THE Undersigned bave receiv
Wed, the 5th Bec. 1923. Public Auction on
commencing at 5.15 p.m.
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at their Sales Room, Duddell Sreet,
A Valuable Collection of
Postage Stamps including:-
Rare old Europe, China, Shanghai & British Colonies Catalogues will be issued.
On View from Tuesday the 4th. December 1923.
Terms-Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
THE
Undersigned bare receiv ed instructions to sell
Auction
firming if thought 6: as a Special REAL RADIO is, and to prepare THE INDUSTRIAL & COMMER-Public Resolution the above mentioned yon for the good things to come. Resolution.
A further Resolution will be proposed at the second meeting for the appointment of a Liquids- tor or Liquidators for the pur- poses of such winding up and fixing his or their remuneration.
L. S. GREENHILL
Acting Secretary to the THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.
General Agents for The Kowloon Land & Building Company. Limited. Hongkong. 30th. Nov. 1923.
TO LET-Bright Large Office
Rooms 1st floor. No. 10, Des Vaux Road, Central Hall, Law & Co. Apply to Dex Vœur Road, Central, Telephone No. 3217.
+
TO LET-51. Robinson Road,
European house with rooms. bath-rooms and servants quarters. Ren; moderate. Apply to
Department.3 Compradore Shewan Tomes & Co
FOR SALE
FOR SALE by private Treaty
valuable land at Kowlon
with ea frontage having a total area of upwards of 97,000 square erected feet upon which are godowns and
four Chinese ! houses Fer particulars Apply to Johnson Stokes & Master. Solicitors. Frace's Building.
FORSALE-New Ford Coupe
No. 165. Penisular Garage Kowloon Car equipped with cord tyres, spring bumper, hick absories, special caricaretur. many extras and spares. See or write to W.M. Vermoor. Queen'-i
Building.
THE
NOTICE.
DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY. (CHINA) LTD. bex tu at.nounce that a from MONDAY, December 3rd. their offices will be located at 43. Des Vœux Road Central, (3rd. floori
'Phone C. 4554 P. O. Box 478.
THEATRE
HONGKONG WOMEN'S GUILD AND MINISTERING CHILDREN'S) LEAGUE.
"by coming to
HELP THE CHILDREN'S CHARITIES THE GARDEN FETE & SALE OF WORK?
➡ GOVERNMENT HOUSE
SATURDAY. December, Sch. at p.m.
at
Stalls. H. M. S. "Taman", and "Tender" "The Fort". "The Old Curiosity Shop". "Vanity Fair" "The Christmas Stocking". Candy Stall. Children's Club Stall. Dollar Stall, "Lucks Dip". "Christmas Tree Stall", and General Stalls of sful and Attractive Articles for Christmas Presents Sideshow: Roll, Bowl or
Pitch for a Prizë”. Clock Golf Fish Pond, Neval Chute, Live Aunt Selly, Tre Your Weight. Bran Pie, "Guess, the Weight of the Pig". Fortune Teller. etc., etc..
CINEMATOGRAPH PERFORMANCES
3 p.m.4 p.m. p.m. ADMISSION TO GROUNDS by MOTOR GATE opposite the
BOTANICAL GARDENS
ONLY
Adults 50 cents. Children 20 cents,
* ROYAL
Are you going to the Robot Play?
Ah! You Are !!!
Then Book at Anderson's (Opposité "Wiseman's.)
Saturday, Monday,
Wednesnay, Saturday,
Dec. 8th at 9.15 p.m.
10th
"THE
9.15
鸭
*
Matinee
12th. 5.15
15th
9.15
FLAME of LIFE"
Brondensing - Nightly
8:30pm to 10 pm.
3rd Floor Alexandra Buildings.
Hongkong.
RADIO COMMUNICATION CO. (ORIENT) LIMITED.
Kowloon 603
Central 766.
CIAL BANK, LTD. NOTICE OF ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.
NOTICE is hereby given that |
the Seventh Ordinary Gen- eral Meeting of the Company will be held at the Head Office of the
Company, York Building, Hong- kong, on Saturday, December 15th, 1923. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. for the purpose of] passing the Reports of the Board and of the Auditors, the Balance Sheet and the Proft and Loss Account, to elect Directors and Auditors, and to declare Divid- ends:
That the Transfer Book in
Telegrams: Broadcast," Borghang.respect of Shares will be closed from December 2nd. to December 15th, 1923, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
TIENMU K. LIN,
General Secretary. Hongkong, Nov. 15th. 1923. AN experienced
Hongkong Philharmonic Society.
GRAND CONCERT
by the Seciety's Chorus and Orchestra, THEATRE ROYAL
A
Thurs., the 6th Dec., 1923. commencing at 11 a.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
by
Fine Assortment of Valvabfwand Swit
able Articles for Xmas Presents
comprising Diamond, Pearl, Emerald, Platinum and Gold Jewellery.
Fine Belgian Cut Glass, Marble Statues and Fancy Goods.
On View from Wednesday the 5th. December 1923.
Terms-Cash on Delivery, LAMMERT BROS.,
AuctioneerA.
DO NOT MISS-
ROCHA'S
POPULAR AUCTION SÄLES Every Tuesday Thursday & Saturday At 2.30 p.m. Specialist is the Valuation of Household and Office Furniture DA ROCHA'S MART
Phone 2931
American motor car driver, possessing a sound knowledge of motor car engines, desires a position in the capacity of chauffeur. Can go to work immediately. Apply Box TUESDAY. December 18tb. 1923. No. 1031 Hongkong Telegraph." A, D'Aguilar St.
at 9.15 p.m. Booking now open, Anderson Music Co
PRICE $3. & $1.
NOTICE.
ONE in every fourteen ap
plicants is rejected for Life Assurance.
Every year a certain number of men who were physically fit a few months before. become uninsurable, and the number increases with age.
Insurance is not a luxury, but
a moral necessity. Hence, art in time.
THE SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
OF CANADA,
15. Queen's Road C., Hongkong F. M. Weller,
Manager.
ALLGEMEINE ELEKTRICITAETS GESELLSCHAFT (A.E.G.) BERLIN.
MESSRS. Siemssen
$ Co
have been appointed sale Agents for our Concern for China and Hongkong. Our China & Hongkong business will in future be carried on under the auspices
of
A.G.E. CHINA ELECTRIC COMPANY.
for which Messrs. Siemssen &
are acting
General Managers and Mr. L. Junginger as Director.
CENTRAL BRITISH SCHOOL KOWLOON.
THE new School Year begins!
on ist. December.
Those desiring to enter or to be transferred to the School should apply at once to the Head Master.
to
the
Pupils transferred Central School from any British School in the Colony do not pay School Fees for December.
SCHOOL HOURS are.-
All Classes.
8.30 a.m.-13.30 p.m.
Classes 1-4,
Classes 5 & 6,
1.45 pm-3.30 p.m.
1.55 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Hot Tiffins can be obtained at the School
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
Hongkong, 30th. Nov. 1922.
SIX QUESTIONS
FOR MARRIED MEN!
IF YOU WERE
Legally Dead
Would your wife be a widow ?
AUCTIONEERS AND
GENERAL BROKERS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Jones takes over command of the river gunboat Woodcock, China Station, in relief of Lieutenant- Commander E. W. M. King.
The new British light cruisers which are to be built in the Having been favoured with coming year will approximate in structions from the Chinese Gov. weight and armament to the will be ernment Salt Revenue Department, Hawkins class, but Peking the Undersigned will sell speedier. by Public Auction,
on TUESDAY,
The final for the Jasper Clark
the 4th December, 1929, at noon. Cup took place at Fanling yestar- The Steam Vessel
day. Major Gandy was the win- ner with a score of 164, beating Col. Hill, who returned a score of
** CRENTING,”
as she now lies in Yaumati typhoon shelter, with all her faults and
exissions.
Principal dimensians. — Length
166.
Volunteer orders state that a
|0. A. 12ỡ′ 0“, Breadth 20′ 0′′, Depth Colonial Auxiliary. Forces Long Service Medal has been awarded
10° 0".
Construction. Oak and Teak-by His Excellency the Governor. to Pte. A. A. Bolton, No. 6, Platoon (Seattish Company).
wood.
Engines.-One set of compound, sarface condensing engines: 15′′ 1 |30′′ x 18′′ stroke.
Boilers-One cylindrical, marine| [type fitted with two plain furnaces Length 10′ 0". Diameter 9′ 6′′. Pressure 100 15.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Permission to inspect the vessel A resolution expressing the can be obtained from the Under-opinion that no arsenic should signed. A special launch will leave be allowed in foodstuffs," was Blake Pier to convey intending par-passad recently by Dover Health chasers to Yaumati Shelter. at Committee. Arsenic was found (11.30 am on the day of sale.
Hongkong. 26th Nov, 1923.
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction (for Account of the Coa- cerned),
on TUESDAY, the 4th December, 1923, comment» ing at 230 pm.. at their Sales Rooms, No. 8. Des Vœux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Faluable Teakwood and Blackwood Furniture and Household Sundries, &c., &c., &c. Comprising:
by analysis in three samples of self-raising flour, and the comTM mittee's resolution was passed after bearing the reports of the analyst and the medical officer. The doctor described arsenic as ар "acute accumulative poison.*** and spoke strongly of the danger of its use in foodstuffs.
• ·
The fifty-third annual Report of the Deputy Master and Comp- troller of the Royal Mint (Mr. Robert A. Johnson) dealing with last year is interesting as show- ing what the authorities at the Mint Bre doing to revive Dining Suites, Chesterfeld Sofas, the art of producing good medals Arm-chairs (new), Tez Tables, including portrait medals, in Teakwood Beds, large and small England, also the work that is Wardrobes, Dressing Tables and being done in preparing the way Chairs, Washstands, etz, Side-for a really good series of new boards, Dinner Waggons, Crockery British coins when the time and Glass Ware, Cutlery, Carpets comes for these to be issued. Mr. and Rugs, Electro-plated Ware. Johnson, in his Report, after des- Electric Reading Lamps, Teakwood cribing the reconstruction of the Screens, Blackwood Teapors. Mar-Medal Department, says: The ble-top Flower Stands, Side Tables difficulty of maintaining a high artistic level with our medals, as jand Cabinets, etc., etc.
also with our coins, has arisen from the gradual One Grand Piano, Dae Piano by
of disappearance
the old Joseph Wallis and Son, Two Sexart of engraving on the steel or tants, One Large Telescope. Five Persian Carpets (new). (Full Particulars from Catalogue).
Terms: Cash on delivery.
Alsa
Auctioneers.
HUGHES & HOUGH.
Hongkong, 27th Nor., 1923.
matrix direct, and the lack of experience on the part of the sculptors and other plastic artists who, with the aid of the reddring machine, have so largely replaced the engravers. It is not sufficient to produce a large plaster model. the lines and planes of which are perfect in the size in which it is designed. It is necessary also to understand the technique of
Bros. the small steel punch produced
PUBLIC AUCTION.
2.
Could you
Lammert marry again without
committing bigamy ?
3.
Could you be sued for debt?
4.
Would you be a lawful parent to your children?
5.
Could you be arrested under your own name?
6.
Would you be a person or a ghost?
SEE
"Legally Dead"
The amazing story of a man declared to be dead who was restored to life!
الى
A powerful drama of a love that reached beyond the grave to claim its own. The most unusual photoplay you
have ever seen!
With a Brilliant All-Star Cast Fenduring
MILTON SILLS
Supported by CLAIRE ADAMS
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
WORLD THEATRE
To-day & To-morrow.
Messrs LAMMEET BROTHERS have received instructions from the Liquidator of the Hongkong
Hide & Leather Co., Ltd.,
(in Liquidation)
to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION
ยก
FRIDAY,
The 21st. day of December, 1923. at 3 o'clock p.m.
at their Auction Rooms in Duddell Street
The Property, Machinery and Plant, and Tanning Chemicals of the above concern
from this model by the reducing machine, from which the working dies are thereafter prepared. In other words, it is necessary not only to be a sculptor, but to be e medallist possessing at least something of the eye and skill of the old engravers. As a result of the lack of such knowledge of technique designs beautiful in themselves have not seldom been found to suffer materially in
in reproduction, "and instances have also given rise to
difficulties grea?
from mechanical point of view.
Some
the
Some of the less usual occupa- tions in the United States in which the number of women incressed daring the decade from 1910. to 1920, according to a comparison made by the Bureau of Vocational Information, N.Y., are dairy farm- ing. where the figures rose from {to be sold in 3 Lots)
2576 to 3946; Stock raising, from Lot 1 Property situated at Ma 1674 to 2637; gardening, fruit
Tau Kok. Kowloon,
on growing (nurserymen),, 7834 to Kowloon Inland Lots Nos.9283. Women engaged as 07- 1267 and 640 containing an chard, garden, and farm foreman area of 110942 square feet increased from 1777 to 14.340 Crown Rent $506.-per to chauffeurs, from 33 to 949:
architects and designers, from 43- to 289; managers and superinten- Lot 3 Tanning Chemicals
dents in manufacturing concerns. For further Particulars apply to from 1462 to 4950; apiarists, 125-
WILKINSON & GRIST,
ARABEL
Lot 2 Machinery & Plant
Vendor's Solicitors,
9, Queen's Road Central or to
LAMMERT BROTHERS, -
the Auctioneers.
SIAMESE WAR MEDAL..
|134: owners and managers of log and timber camps, 4 to 13; opera- tors,, officials and managers of minės, 107 to 182; mechanical engineers, to 11; electrical engineers, 6 to 12; civil engineers and surveyor, 5 to 18.
*
THE POOR KNÓW! The poor help the poor. The The Siamese Ministry of War doctors and scientists of Russla has now received the Medal of are organising relief for their dis- Victory which His Majesty, the tressed confreres in Germany, King ordered to be struck for Besides raising money they sta presentation to the members of inviting sick German men the voluntary expeditionary force learning to come to Russian Which Siam sent to Europe,"
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