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($1.50 if not propuid) The following roplies are ing collection

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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NOTICE,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPU,

The public are hereby notified that Pedder Street betwoon Queen's Road Central and Des

Voeux Road Central is temporarily await-streets are temporarily opened to closed to traffic. The following

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TUITION GIVEN.

FRENCH LADY university grad- unte desires pupil for lemons in French Apply Box No. 45, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

POSITIONS WANTED.

POSITION required as Children's Nurso, can also cook, and good needlewoman, age 25. Nisbet, Telephone 1.186.

Apply

SITUATIONS VACANT.

motor traffic

The Albany.

Hollywood Road to Graham Street.

Lyndhurst Terrace.

Wellington Street from Pot- tinger Street" to Queen's Road Central.

Pottinger Street:

Ice House Street South of Queen's Road Central (both ways),

E. D. C. WOLFE, Capt. Supt. of Police.. Hongkong, 20th July, 1926.

NOTICE..

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

THE TWENTY-NINTH OR- WANTED-Qualified Ship's Sur-DINARY ANNUAL MEETING geon for two or three months. of Shareholders In thre Com- Apply II.M.H. Nemuzee, Prince's pany will be held at the Office Building.

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FOR SALE.

of the Company, "St. George's" Building, Chater Road, on Thursday, the 22nd of July, 1926, at 11.30 o'clock 3.m. for the purpose of receiving a State- FOR SALE-A pair of good foot-ment of Accounts and the Report rests for motor cycle pillion riding passenger Will St Triumph or any similar make. Adjustable. Owner bought sidecar. Cheap quick sale. Offers. Apply Box 86, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

BOARD RESIDENCE, "FAMILY HOTEL. VICTORIA GARDENS, Quiet APARTMENTS and suites of rooms. Full Board from $95, $110, $130, monthly,

of the General Managers for the your ended 31st December, 1925, and electing a Consulting Commit- tee and Auditors.

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The Transfer Books of the Company will be "closed from Thursday, 15th of July, 1926, to Thursday, the 22nd of July, 1926, both days, inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers,

Hongkong, July 5, 1926.

large commodious rooms. daily rates; five minutes. ferry, next new Hotel, Hankow Road, Kowloon. Tel. K.357.

Also

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PREMISES TO LET. TO LET.-One European FLAT Wanchai Gap Rond, Hongkong. Apply to 32, Kennedy Road.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY

COMPANY, LIMITED.

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of TWO DOLLARS per share for the six montla ending 30th June, 1926, will be payable on Thursday, August 6th on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on Sp plication at the Company's Office, 11, Queen's Road, Central.

TO LET-Four roomed FLAT, furnished, Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon. Please apply Box No.

"The Transfer Books of the Com- 31, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."pany will be closed from Friday,

TO LET-House in shatin on Molor Road and bathing beach near slation Rent $30.00. Apply Box No 42, care of "longkong Telegraph."

TO LET--Furnished Roomas with! verandah in Kowloon, full or "part board. Bachelors preferred. Rent moderate. Apply Box No. 44, care of ungkong Telegraph."

TO LET:-European FLATS 29 and 23A Cameron Road, Kowloon, Immediate possession.

Modern sanitation, moderate rental. Apply,

the 23rd July to Wednesday, "the 4th August (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Director.

H. A RODGERS,

Acting Secretary, Hongkong, July 14, 1926.

NOTICE.

We beg to inform the public

Weing Hing 39 Queen's Road that the Company's factory re- Central Hongkong..

opened on the 10th inst, and that

TO LET Shop on main street in we are prepared to executo orders Central, District and Offices in for confectionery, biscuits, etc., as King's Park, Queen's Buildings hertofore. The patronage of our and Ice House Street. Apply Hongkong band. Investment & former wholesale. Agency Co., Ltd., 11, Queen's Road customers is earnestly solicited, Central.

Prices moderate.

TO LET.-Three ground floor FLATS, 15, 17, 19, Cameron Road, near Kingsclere, Kowloon. Three rooms, modern bath, ush aystem. moderata rental. Apply Hong- kong Small Investors, Share and Real Estate Co. Tel. 4630.

TO LET-Houses & Lards for sale. Mortgages arranged. Flats & Houses vacant; we have good tenants immediately available for other houses & flata in suitable localities. See ads. in S. C. M. P. and Daily Press... Small Investors Tel. 0.4630.

ETIQUETTE FOR LADIES

LETTER WRITER..

GENTLEMEN

LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN

ALL ABOUT. PHOTOGRAPHY

GOLF BILLIARDS LAWN TENNIS on sale at

BREWER & CO. Tel. 0, 696. 10, Podder St. OPEN TILL 7,00. p.m.

and retafi

THE MAINTENANCE

COMMITTEE OF

M. Y. SAN & CO., LTD. Hongkong, July 17, 1926.

Just arrived from Paris the latest styles and patterns of Ladies- Dresses, Underwear, Stockings, Hats, and Parfumeries.

Mrs. Clara Shlimovitch, KING EDWARD HOTEL. Room No..65

MRS. SEKAI MASSAGE

Tel. No. O. 4433, 2nd Floor .2, Duddell Strept, Hongkong.

AUGHES & HOUGH LIMITED.

GENERAL AUCTIONEERS. IMPORTEERS, EXPORTERS & GENERAL BROKERS.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1926.

LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGES,

CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.

4, Duddell Street.

If you have anything you would like to soll, exchange or advertiso send it to the CHINA AUCTION

Valuable Leasehold property nROOM. situato at Shamsulpo in the Co-

THE AUCTIONEERING &lony of Hongkong,

BROKERING Co., Ltd.

4B, Duddell Street. FURNITURE AUCTIONS TUESDAY & FRIDAY, at 2.30 p.m.

every

Seltona

medium-gives fine sepia tones by The ideal daylight printing fixing only. Send a postcard for free illustrated booklot: "Perfect Prints on Saltona."

Solo Manufacturers: WELLINGTON & WARD, LTD, LONDON.

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Sole Agents for China: ALLEN & HANBURYS, LTD., 40, Canton Road, Shanghai. -

REMINDER

Small advertisements intend- ed for publication in the Saturday Motor Supplement, must reach this Office not later than 12 noon on the preceding Thursday.

MAKE A SPECIAL POINT OF ADVERTISING IN, AND. READING THE WEEKLY

MOTOR WANTS.

30. WORDS-50 CENTS.

TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION,

on THURSDAY, the 22nd day of July, 1926, at 3 o'clock p.m.

at the Auction Room, of, Messrs. Lammert Brothers,

at Nos. 8 and 8a, Duddel! Street, Victoria Hongkong.

الرسمية

The property consists of::

E. V. M.. R. de SOUSA.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.

PUBLIC AUCTION

of the

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY

situate at Victoria, Hongkong, and known as No. 6G Now Praya, Ken- nedy Town, situate upon the Re- maining Portion of Section B of Marine Lot. No. 245.

All Those pieces or parcels of ground situate at Shumsbuipe in the Colony of Hongkong and re- gistered in the Band Offee'ns New Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 445, 446, 447 448 and 456 together with four buildings in the course of construction on New Kowloon In- land Lota Nos, 445, 446, 417 and 448. The said premises are held' under Conditions of Sala register-At ed in the Land Office as Conditions of Sale Nos. 1205, 1803, 1301, 1305 and 1329 for the respective resi-] eues of the respective terms of .75 years all commencing from the 1st day of July 1898 with an option of renewal for a further term of 24

TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION

on FRIDAY, the 23rd day of July, 1926, at 3 o'clock pim.

the CHINA AUCTION ROOMS, 4. Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong by

Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA,

FRENCH CRISIS.

NEW GOVERNMENT'S UNHAPPY PROSPECT.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,

The following is, the list of local

Paris, July 19.share quotations issued to-day ---

that the Cabinet would be form- M. Horriot announced at noon

ed by the ovoning He says he has been assured, of co-operation by some of his colleagues and this is rogarded as meaning that it will be based on a union of the Luft parties I will probably inelida M. Herriot (Premier and Foreign Minister) and Domonzie, who is the advocate of the capital levy as Minister of Finance.

M. Lorflot completed his Cabinet at midnight. He is himself Pre- mier and Foreign Minister; M. Demonzie is. Finance Minister; M. Painlevo is Minister of War; and M. Louchour is Minister of Commerce,

Cabinet, M. Herriot's list is com

Compared with M. Briand's

plutely now, It contains several little-known personalities' but 'be. trays a very strong bid for Cartel- list support in the appointments of M. Chautemps as 'Minister of Interior, M. Renoult (Marine), M. Bonnet (Pensions) and M. Dariac (Colonice).

The Ministry is mainly Radical Socialist, proponderantly Cartellist though excluding Socialists, who, like Demonzie, favour the capital levy but withhold support pending the development of the Govern- ment's policy. On the contrary, a Auctioneer.lenning to the centreward is reveal- cd by the choice of M. Painleve and M. Loucheur, the latter a million- ground situate at Victoria, regia-

All that piece or parcel of aire largely responsible for post war reconstruction of devastated tered in the Land Office as the

regions,

years less the last three days The property consists of:- thereof respectively:

to:-

For further particulars, apply

Messrs. Lyson and Hall, Solicitors for the Mortgagees or to

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Remaining Portion of Section B of Marine Lot No. 246 together with Messrs. LAMMERT BROS.,

the Godown erected thereon and known as No. 6G New Praya, Ken The Auctioneers.nedy Town. The property is hold Hongkong, 14th July, 1926,

Keep a supply of

MILKMAID

STERILISED

in the house. No matter

circumstances

what the

it's a MILK supply' which

NEVER FAILS YOU

In two sizes from all stores: and pint.

NESTLE

ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD, AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LIME. “CITY OF BARODA"

(9670 tons d.w.)

The above steamer having accommodation for over 100" First Clase passengers will be despatched Via Philippines, Straits, Colombo and Suez Canal on 5th November 1926, for NEW YORK whore she is due to arrive on 3rd January, 1927.

For Freight or Tassage, apply to

THE BANK LINE, LTD,

BOOK EARLY AT MOUTRIES:

for the unexpired residue of the term of 999 years from the 24th day of June, 1892.

Annual Crown Rent $8747.

Judging from the anticipatory newspaper comment, the Herriot Ministry has opened under most un- happy auspices. The Journal des Debats says that whereas France needed n government she is getting

Ministry of national calamity, The Temps saya that instead of forming a Ministry of national unión for public salvation M. Herriot has composed a Cabinet Aren 78094 sq. ft. or thereof national disunion for "the") abouts.

salvage of the Left cartel. For further Particulars and further convulsions, then the situa

It predicts

brief span 22 Conditions of sale apply:- tion will become grave and then. Mesurs. Johnson Stoke and Master, dramatic..

Mortgagee's Solicitors,

or to

Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA,

The Auctioneer, Hongkong, 14th July, 1926.

→ MAKING GOLD.

CLAIM OF FRENCH CHEMIST.

París, June 15.-Announcing his success in the transmutation of silver into gold, Joltivet Castelot, president of the Alchemical Society of France, has disclosed his method in an interview.

of

La Liberte expects that M. Her- riot will meet foreign commitments by inflation. "Our unfortunate country does not deserve to suifer. such depths of calamity and in- fary."

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Even the Paris Soir which sup- ports the Cartel, doubts M. Her riot's ability to solve the crisis and asks what his programme will be and how long will he last?-Reuter. To Be or Not To Be.

Paris, July 20, The likely duration of the new Government is the predominant topic of the moment.

While some papers forecast a smooth "passage at the outset, others prophesy that the advocates of a Government of national union, headed by M. Franklin Bouillon, will launch an attack at the earl- "This" he said, "is a typical pro-Piest opportunity, and the Herriot. cess:,I take ten grams of chemic-administration will have its work ally pure silver guaranteed free cut out to secure a majority, from gold and.add three grams of especially if the Commünists. de- trisulfurated

arsenic and one cide to oppose it. gram of pentasulfurated anti-

Alternatively, it is expected that mony.

even if the ministry

scrape. "After a close union I place the through the Chamber with a small. mixture in" a crucible with the majority, it is doubtful if it will melting clements-borax, carbon-encounter, similar success in the ate of soda and niter-and heat it Senate. to a fusion for an hour in an oven

The Journal quotes the remarks about twelve hundred degrees of M. Demonzie yesterday, indicat- centigrade.

ing that he favours à medified pɔ- "The slug thus obtained is next Finance Minister. which spelt the licy of the "full powers" for the attacked by azotic acid at thirty-doom of his predecessor.-Router. six degrees centigrade, which dis- solves the 'silver and part of the arsenic. The pulverized residue, after a treatment to dissolve the antimony and the remaining

hydrochloric acid and dissolved.

This liquid is chlorated and then dried and washed with dis- tilled water. When filtered it. shows with the usual reagents the very distinct presence of gold."

An Appeal for Calmness.

Paris, July 20. After the constitution of the

Banks,

Hongkong, $1,135 Chartered, 207, b. Mercantile A and B., #30 Meronntilo C., £13) n. P. and O., £91 6. East Asia, 884 b.

Marine Ine.

#

Canton Ins., $630

b. China Underwriters, $1,80 North China, Tls. 145. n. Unions, $291 Yangtzo, $33 b.

n.

Fire Ins.

China Fires, $200. b. Hongkong Tire, $590

Shipping

b."

Douglásos, $25 Steamboats, $261 b.. Tugs,

$21

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Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) 830 b. Shell Trans., 88/- Star Forrios, $677 b. Waterboats, $15

Refineries.

Chine Sugars, $241 Malabons, $33 b.

Mining.

II.

b.

Benguets, $1.50 b. "Kailans, 40/-n.

Langkats, Tls 23 b. S'hai Exploration, Tls. 5.25 n. Shanghai Loans, Tls, 7 n. Raubs, $42b. Tronohs, 60/-

..

Ural Caspians, 8/- n.

Docks, etc.

4.

Kowloon Wharves, $1221 b. Whampoa Docks, $541 b. Hongkewa, Tls, 170 b. New Engineeringe, Tis. 5.75 b. Shanghai Docks Tls. 119 b. Lands, Hotels, etc. H. and S. Hotels, $11.10 b. H.K, Lands, $65 b Realtys, 85.90 b. Territorials, $5 n.

b.

Developments, 15 conta Humphreys, $142 Princes Bldgs, $90 Rural Lands, $11 b.

Cottons.

Ewas Cottons, Tis, 9. b Orientals, Tla, 2,70 sa. S'hai Cottons, Tis. 51 .

Buses, Trams.

China Buses, $10 b. Tramways, $25.75 b. Peak Trams, (old) $16) b. S'pore Tractions. 10/8 Taxis, $3. S.

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Miscellaneous, Amusements, $11 Canton Icos, $71 n. Cements (Comb.) $134 n. China Lights, $21. China Prov.,. $5.80 Constructions, $27 n. Dairy Farms, $16 b. Der A. Wing, $6 a H'kong Electrics, $68 Macao Electrics, $35 n. Ropes (Comb.) $26 s. Lane Crawfords, 39 n." Mackintosh, $19% n. .Sinceres, $11 n.

United Asbestos;" $20 Watsons $13 Powolls, $61

....

DOLPHIN HUNT.

CROWDS WATCH NOVEL DUEL

OFF CHELSEA. :-

Two men in a motor-boat fought a thrilling duel with a giant dol- phin in the Thames on a recent Sunday evening.

The unique contest took place between Chelsea and Wandsworth bridges, and was witnessed by

arsenic, is attacked with nitro-new Cabinet, M. Herriot declared thousands of spectators.

CITY HALL

Tuesday 27th July at 9.18 p.m. proinpt

Professeur MAXIMILIAN

LANGSNER

Prices $4.00 $2.00 $1.00

that the Government of republican union as only one object in view, that the exciting sport of dolphin It was probably the first time which is defence of the franc, ex-hunting has been seen in London, clusive of all partisan spirit. The and the spectacle attracted. Buch Government promises an energetic dense crewde that trafle over the administration to the country, and bridges was help up, and the river.... requests the nation to be calm. banks were crowded with sight- which is one of the indispensable seers over a distance of two miles. factors for its recovery. 28

According to the papers, the Cabinet will ask Parliament for certain freedom of action in finan- clal questions. Havas.

London, July 20. The frane opened at 282 to the pound sterling-Reuter

For two and a half hours the men in the motor-bont fought a ding-dong battle with tho giant, fish, using their boat hook and anchor as harpoons. The dolphin, submerging like a eubmarine, tried to shake off pur- suit by taking cover among groups of barges and more than once hearly succeeded in capsizing the motor-boat by diving underneath it.

The Panchen Lama is reported to have sent a representative to Changhsintien with certain valu After a long pursuit it was ables worth more than five thous boaten by sheer exhaustion and sand dollars as a present to Mar-killed near Wansworth Bridge. shul Wu Pol-fu, in return for the Ropes were then tied round its kindness of the latter in paying his fine and it was towed to Batter- rospects during his recent visit to sea Bridge, where it was hoisted the Capital.

aahoro by a crane,