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FOREIGN STAMPS

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LOST.

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TO LET

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION Second Floor of

WHITEAWAYS

BUILDING,

Moderate Rontal, all' Conveniences, lease if desired. (APPLY— Manager. Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

PREMISES TO LET.

TO LET-One European FLAT Wanchai. Ông Roul Hongkong, Apply to 32, Kennedy Road.

TO LET-Asintle Building. Two office rooms to be sub-iet. Applý Pearson, 2nd Boor, Central 1929.

TO LET-Ollien Rooms 2nd Floor, New Hongkong Bank. Building. Apply Sang Kee, same building. "COMMODIOUS OFFICES to let in No. 7, Queen's Road Central, also small offices in 1A, Chater Road. Apply E. D. Sassoon and Company, Ltd.

MASSAGE HALL

MRS. 8. UZUNOYE Expert Was PURE

87. Queen's Road. C 2nd.floot

Mrs. SEKAI

MASSAGE

1st floor Wyndham Street, Hongkong.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1928.

GHASTLY SCENE.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

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Owners are reminded that En- tries for the forthcoming Annual Race Meeting will closs on Satur day, the 14th January, 1928, at 3 p.m.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. ANNUAL RACE MEETING.

13th, 14th, 15th and 18th February, 1928.

"

Draft programmes and entry forms are now ready and may be obtained at the Race Course, Hong-| kong Club and Causeway Bay Stables.

THE HONG KONG LAND

INVESTMENT AND "

AGENCY CO., LTD.

..NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FORTIETH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS in this Company will' be held at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on THURSDAY, 9th February, 1928, at 12.30 p.m. for the purpose of re. ceiving the Report of the Directors. together with a Statement of Ac- counts for the year ending 31st: December, 1927.

The REGISTER of SHARES the Company will be CLOSED from Thursday, 26th January, to Thursday, 9th February, both days: inclusive, during which perind ne transfer of shares can be regis- tered.

By. Order

of the Board of Directors,

L. S. GREENHILL,

'Secretary. Hongkong. 10th January, 1928.

"SEE LAZARUS TO SEE WELL"

N. LAZARUS. Hongkong Only European Optictań. Masagna : Ralph A. Cooper M. AO. A Registered. - Optometrist By Canadian Govt. Exam. ¡Personal Attentima.).

KOWLOON HOTEL

CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EYE.

SATURDAY

21st. JANUARY 1928.

SPECIAL DINNER DANCE

8 P. M. to 12 midnight. TABLE RESERVATIONS MAY

NOW BE MADE:

Phone: --K608 & K609..

HEAR MUSIC PLAYED BY THE FOREMOST ARTISTS IN YOUR OWN HOME ON THE

"MORRISON

ELECTRIC EXPRESSION

PIANO DE LUXE

From the snappiest Fox Trot to the most in- tricate Classic, all are faithfully reproduced by this marvellous expres- sion piano.

Demonstrated at

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8, Des Voeux Road, Central, ENTRANCE ICE HOUSE STREET.) Telephone C. 4648.

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY 7. THERAFION, NO. 1 THERAPIÓN. NO.2 THORAPION, NO.3 No. 1 for ladder Catarrh. No. 1 for Blood and skin diseases. No. 8 for Chronie Wank neres Sold by leadior Chemists. Price in England. Dr. Lo Clero Hed. Co. Enter stock N.W. 5. London, Be Trade Marked THERAPION, og Frit Govt. Etaxag affixed to moine packetshe

PUBLIC AUCTION.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE VALUABLY LEASEHOLD PROPERTY.

SITUATE AT SHAUKIWAN ROAD in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Office as INLAND LOT NO. 1705 and known as the MING YUEN GAR- DENS:

FULL OF VIGOUR AND "FUN

is the child whose bodily functions are working in perfect order, All Area:-207900 sq. ft. or there- day long he plays around, happy and tireless until bedtime comes, abouts.

and then he quickly settles down to a long night's dreamless rest.

Annual Crown Rent:-$478.00.

by Messrs. LAMMERT BROTHERS,

Auctioneers,

AT THEIR SALEROOM, No. 8a, Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

on

TO-DAY.

the 13th day of January, 1928,

at 3 o'clock p.m.

For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale Apply to:-

Messrs. HASTINGS, DENNYS

and ROWLEY, Mortgagee's Solicitors,

8. Des Voeux-Road Central or

LETTER GOLF.

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(Continued from Fage 1.)

Obliging Tenants,

the trapped man, the police, fear- ing that he might possibly wrench the bars away, took position on a housetop bahind.

Beside the soldiers in the poss soveral expert civilian markamen were called in to do guard duty.

Against their It must be emphasized that the They were armed with high power

Remington rifles. room in which the dnapper sought refuge was not in the house fire, the man, who moved from in which the kidnapped Chinese window to window and to the door, appeared to bear a charmed life. merchant was found. It was in anWhether he was struck during the. adjoining residence of a highly night by pistol or rifle bullets is spectable Chinese gentleman wh

and

on request, removed his family and unknown. The civilian marksmen, depending on their high velocity authorized the police to use any rice, pursued different tactics, methods which they thought ex- podient, The tenants of the ad and instead of waiting for him to show himself, fired through walls joining residence must also be men of the house on a line about one tioned. They were kept from their foot above the floor, hoping to kil beds throughout the night slept in chairs in the basement, the bandit where he lay prone

away from windows, whilst searchlights, machine guns,

Failure of Tear Gas, ete, were transported througa

The criminal was a clever man, their home in the attempt to dis- lodge the bandit effectually echowever, and seemed to have a sconced in their neighbour's house, method of meeting every attack. Notwithstanding the situati When the soldiers threw in bombs, If your little one mopes, lacks

created by one man holding up the the crouched below the window, spirit, is fretful, has a fitful ap

entire police force, great creditfund most of the flying pieces of petite, does not sleep soundly at

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The golf amateur and former cham- of the operations. They could inexplicable portion of the whole his stomach and bowels, and all he pion, Von Elm, has accepted an offer have, ordered mon to enter the incident is that the tear-gas bombs needs is a few days' treatment to turn professional and tour the

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Auctioneers,

Sa, Daddell Street.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Publje Aue. tion,"

on SATURDAY,

the 14th January, 1928, commencing at 31.30 n.m.

at their Sales Room, Duddell

Street.

180 Sets Ma Jong.

10. Bales Old Newspaper,

2 Cases Cigarette Boxes.

4 Sacks Flour.

9 Cases Canned Sardines.

2 Sets Wireless Sending and

Receiving Apparatus.

1 Box Flage..

18 Coils Rope and Wire,

A Quantity of Heysehold also

Furniture.

and

A Lot of Miscellaneous Goods. Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Aue- tion,

oh SATURDAY, the 14th January, 1928, at 12 o'clock Noon,

at their Sales Itoom, Duddell Street.

(for account of the crineerned,)

Tw Cases Capeloth, Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

"I

Auctioneers.

PERLIC AUCTION,

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc-" tion.

ON TUESDAY, the 17th January, 1928, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Rooth, Dudde!! Street.

A Valuable Collection of Curios.

comprising:-~-

Old Porcelian Vases, Lions, Bowls, Plates, Condiment Sets, Bronze Ware, Jude, Agate, and Ivory Ornaments, Old Chinese Prints, Blackwood with Porcelain inlaid and Carved Lacquer Screens, Mandarin Coats, eet, etc.

Catalogues will be issued.

On View from Monday, the 16th. January, 1928.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Mrs. MOTONO .

Hand and Electric MASSAGE

No. 81B, Top Floor Wyndham B1.

Hongkong

constipation, colic. wint. They aliny teething pains almost as if by "magic, check diarrhoea, cool leverishness, relieve croup and colds, expel worms. Of chemists, or post free, 60 cents the vial, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 80, Kianga Road, Shanghai.

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Hongkong Hotel Building, Queen's Road Central,

1928 MODELS

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Just unpacked

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AND

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SUNDAY and MONDAY

Commencement of Slege.

The police for a time were at

a less as to how they should hands

have had more than 15 rounds for

his 32 calibre pistol and at 8 a.m.

he still had his last round, which the situation, but when they knew he fired at the police at the door.

It is believed in official clrcles late on Friday night that the man that it was not until early morn-

could not get out, and acting under

on the other

Captain Barrell's instruction, theying that the Chinese was fatally made no attempt to get into the wounded. There appears to be no room. Men were deployed to all question that P. S. Menzie's fire points of vantage and every exit was effective,but was closely gitarded. The major-hand, an attack from below with ity had taken cover in the coma Thompson, machine gun, prob- P. S. pound belay and watched the front ably brought him down. window of the small attle room McCahey was instructed to shoot where the bandit had taken refuge. through the floor. In pursuance Foreign members of the Reserve of these instructions, and using unit guarded the door leading the Thompson machine gun, he another attic room, whilst still literally made a sjeve of the cell. others covered the main doring of the lower room and attic. which opened on the stairway. Boor. The bandit must have been The rear window was barred, but, struck by, at least three or four. knowing the desperate character of bullets.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

HOTEL BOA VISTA,

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Reduction of Rates:-

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