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The

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,”

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS

HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND

FINANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Hong. kong Hotel, Hongkong, on Thurs. day, the 9th February, 1928, at 11 a.m. for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report of the Directors. together with a Statement of A counts for the year ended 31st December, 1927.

The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from Wednes- day, 1st February to Friday, 10th

Hongkong Telegraph. February (both days inclusive),

and secure the co-opera- tion of its readers ; in buying your goods.

Prepaid

Advertisements

25 WORDS FOR $1.00 51.50 if not propaid} The following replies aro awaits ing collection-

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BOARD RESIDENCE.

FAMILY HOTEL-Victoria Gar- done. Quiet apartments and Suites of rooms. Full board from Large $95, $110, $130, monthly. commodious rooms. Alao daily rates; five minutes from next new Hotel, Hankow Kowloon, Tel, K357.

WANTED.

ferry, Read

"WANTED. To meet owner of thorough-bred white Persian tom cat. Will any such owner kindly apply to Box No. 310, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

FOREIGN STAMPS.

FOREIGN and Portuguese stampa for sale. Price catalogue Yurt et Tellier 1928 less 40%, exchange of the day. Apply A. Batalha, Beco do Lilan No. 6. Macno.

TO LET

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION

Second Floor of

WHITEAWAYS

BUILDING.

Moderate Rental, all conveniences, loaue if desired. APPLY-Manager. Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

PREMISES TO LET.

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

TO LET.-Office Rooms 2nd Floor, New Hongkong Bank Building. Apply Sang Kee, same building.

COMMODIOUS OFFICES to let in No. 7, Queen's Rond Central, also two small offices in 1A, Chater Road. Apply E. D. Sassoon and Company, Lut.

TO LET-Furnished Flat, Hum- phreye Buildings. Occupier wishes sell furniture and fixtures or sub- let eight months or, more from March. Box No. 309, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

TO LET-Two Flale, unfurnish-. ed and partly furnished, three rooms in self-contained house to be converted into flats at Repules Bay. Garden and garage accom- modation if required. Apply Box No. 311, care of "Hongkong Tele- graph"

during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered, JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hongkong, 25th January, 1928.

GETZ BROS. AND CO.

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S.A. Announce

the Appointment of the

HONGKONG "AMERICAN

TRADING CO."

With offices on the 4th Floor of Kai Ming Building, 6. Queen's Road Central, as their exclusivė Agents for The Colony of Hong- kong the Cities of Canton and Shn- moen, China and the Portuguese Colony of Macao. Commencing as of January 25th, 1928, and fur- ther announce that as from the 25th January, 1928, their former Agents GETZ South China Trud ing Company will undertake new business on their behalf. Hongkong, Jan. 25, 1928.

THE KONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT AND

AGENCY CO., LTD.

,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Undersigned have received Instructions from Mrs. G. A. V. Hughes to sell by Public Auction,

on MONDAY,

the 30th January, 1928,

commencing at 245 p.m.

At her residence. No. 7, Hum- phreys Bulldings, Kowloon,

The Whole of her Valuable Household Furniture.

comprising:- Chesterfield couch and Arm- chairs, Tables, Curtains Gilpaint- ings, Pictures, Hatstand, Fire- screens, Ornaments, &c.

Extension dining table, Teak sideboard with bevelled mirror, Dinner waggon, Glassware, Croc- kery, &c.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS OF SALE OF THE

VALUABLE LEASHÖLD

PROPERTY

Siluste in the Peak District In the Colony of Hongkong, and

REGISTERED IN THE LAND OFFICE AS THE REMAINING, PORTION OF RURAL BUILD- ING LOT NO. 2 TOGETHER WITH THE DWELLING HO.....y THEREON KNOWN AS

"FUNG SHUI"

To be Sold by PUBLIC AUCTION

on THURSDAY,

the First day of March, 1928 at 3 o'clock p.nz.

Teak Bedstead, Brass mounted twin bedsteads, Double and single Teak wardrobes with bevelled mir- tors, Dressing tables with bevell-Messra. ed mirrors, Oscillating table fan, &c. &c.

Pantry and Kitchen requisites.

also.

One Fine carpet.

One Cottage Piano by "Hor-

nung & Moller." One "Silvertone" Talking

chine..

and

by

HUGHES & HOUGH, Ltd.

Auctioneers,

At their Auction Rooms, in Ice' House Street, Victoria, Hongkong. Vacant Possession 31st March, 1928,

The property consists of:— All that piece or parcel. of ma-ground having an area of 91,331

A Quantity of Blackwoodware.

On. View on Day of Sale from

10 a.m.

P

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

that the FORTIETH ORDINARY CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.

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- courts for the year ending 1 December, 1927.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED fromThursday, 26th January, to Thursday, 9th February, both days inclusive, during which period no. transfer of shares can be regis- tered.

By Order

of the Board of Directors,

L, S. GREENHILL,

Secretary. Hongkong, 10th January, 1928.

UNION WATERBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

OCEAN STEAM 'SHIP CO., LTD.

AND...

The

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Steamabir

السب

"NELEUS"

From UNITED KINGDOM and CONTINENTAL PORTS via

STRAITS.

are hereby notified that the cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf Kow loon, where it will Ho at Consignee's rink and subjost se terms and condi- tions of storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 25th January,

Optional carp will not be landed hire, unless notice has been given from port to port to the final port prior to steamer's arrival, but carried

of call to which the option extands.

All broken, chafed, and damaged' goods are to be left in the Godowns, The Twenty Third Annual Gen-where they will be examined on any eral Meeting of Shareholders will Tuesdays and Fridays between the be held in the Offices of Messrs hours of 10.45 am. and noon within | Dodwell and Company, Limited, "on the free storage periód,

Thuesday, the 7th February, 1928, at 11 am, for the purpose of re- ceiving the report of the General Managers together with a state ment of Accounts, to 31st Decern-

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 81st January, will be subject

to rent.

square feet registered in the Land Office as the Remaining Portion of i Rural Building Lot No. 2 together with all the messiges or tene- and the rights, casements and ments and other erections thereon

appurtenances, thereto belonging | and all the estate and interest of the Vendor in and to all the said premises.

For further particulars apply to:-

Messrs.

WILKINSON & GRIST, Vendors' Solicitors,

ar to

Messrs. HUGHES & ROUGH, Lid., Auctioneers,

8, Des Voeux Rd. Central, Victoria, Hongkong. ∙Hongkong, 21st January, 1928.

CHINA AUCTION" ROOMS.

4. Duddell Street.

If you have anything you would like to sell, exchange or advertise send it to the CHINA AUCTION ROOM.

E. V. M. R. de SOUSA.

SINGAPORE COLLEGE

SCHEME.

BIG PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION.

The Rames College scheme in Singapore is making good progrene

on both its architectural and ad- ministrative sides, and the main College is expected to open with thirty or more students in June. The main lines of the $1,300,000 building scheme are already ap- pearing),

ber, 1927. The Transfer Books of bo presented to the undersigned on or

All claims against the Steamer must | the Company, will be closed from before the 14th February, or they stitution of its kind in the Straits the 30th January to 7th February, 1928, both dates inclusive.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

General Managers.

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE. -

PROSPECT PLACE, BONHAM ROAD.

School will reopen Feb. 8th. Examination for New Students, Tuesday, February 7th at 9.30 a.m..

will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, ''

Agents. Hongkong, January 25, 1923,

OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. And

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION 'CO., LTD.

The College will be the first in-

Settlements and the project which is now nearing completion, after over two years work, first camé into being au the result. of pro- posals to celebrate the centenary of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles.

MEE25, 1928.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,

The following is the list of local share quotations issued to-day:

"Banks.

Hongkong Bank, $1195 b. Chartered Bank, £211 b. Marcantile A. & B., 1321 n. P. and O. 510 n. East Asia, $731 Wb. Insurances.

b.

Canton Ins., $590 b. Union Ins., $300 North China, In Tis. 143 n.- Yangtsze Ins., $461.b. China Underwriters, $2.40 s.. Chinn Firos, $215 n.. H. K. Fire Ins., $680 Shipping.

Douglases, $403 n.

b.

H. K. Steamboats, #251 s. H. K. Tuge; $3 Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) $31. b. Shell Trans., 88/-n. Union Waterboats, $18 b.

Mining,

Bangusts, $21

Kailans, 60/-n.

Langkate, Tls. $18.

S'hai Exploration, Tls. 2.85 Raubs, $4 b.

Tronchs, 17/6 b.

Docks, etc.

n.

b..

Kowloon Wharves, 8129 Whampoa Docks, $41 China Providenta $5.05 b. Hongkawe, Tis. 163 b. New Engineerings, Tis. 5 a.

OFFICIAL GERMAN

DENIAL.

He likewise confirmed the report. that the rifles bore the stamp of Czecho-Slovakia,

"I saw a case of the rifles open- ed at Rotterdam and noted that they wore stamped Czecho-Slove- kia on the butts," Piller said. They were made, however, in Germany and are of an old model, reconstructed apparently in Cze

(Continued from Page 1.)

haired individual, believed to be a Russian of Soviet associations, who, while the a.s. Praga, was in port, made an attempt to bribe the "1 was on watch down below crew to commandeor the to com-when the case was opened. We

mandeer the vessel after it had left Manila, and deliver its cargo to the Nationalists at Canton, nes cording to the Manila Bulletin.

Fritz Piller, a member of the Praga crew, now seriously ill in St. Paul's Hospital, was the first man approached, and--only a few hours after Piller had resched

cho-Slovakia.

were coaling in Rotterdam and two- coal passers from off the coal barges were working down in the coal room. Coal was being pour- ed over the rifles and when we left Rotterdam it would have taken a smart man to learn what our cargo contained. Every case of rifles was buried under the fuel,

Nationalists Attempt Trap.

Our trip to Formosa was un- hospital. Two other German sai-Captain Jeschke was constantly eventful except for the fact that lors, both off the 9.8. Dorlinger | afraid of being picked up by Na- were in the same ward and they tionalists. At Formoso, we met with bad luck and put into a port wäre asked, by the visitor, to take there. I don't know the name of a message to the chief engineer of the port.

the Praga the newspaper adds.

"The reason we loft' the For- The message, according to Pil-mosa port in a hurry and doubled [back, eventually stopping hero, ler, was in the nature of an offer was not because of the cruiser to the engineer," who is suspected Ohi, but because our radio opera- 8. of being in league with the Soviet tor had picked up a message trans- mitted from a Formosa station to Every man on board was to be the Nationalists at Hongkong, an- offered a hundred pounds and nouncing who we were, and with transportation back to Germans.

The" Hinstructions to pick us up.

Japanese custonis officials had told us that we could conl farther up the Nationalists that we could be, the coast and the radio advised

stopped on our way to the coaling he would fool the Chinese and port. The captain announced that

Elaborate Plan.

In the event that the crew re fused the offer, the chief engineer would attempt to get the men Shanghai Docks, Tis. 894 n. and with Captain Jeschke starch ashore few hours before shiling,

ing the city for his men, the sup- posed Russian was to slip a crew he had recruited in Manila aboard the ship which would carry out the latter's plans.

Cottons.'

Ewo Cottons, Tls. $7 8. Orientals, Tis. 2 п. S'hai Cottons, Tis. 46 (old)

Lands, Hotels, etc.."

H. and S. Hotels, $9.60 sa. HI. K. Lands, $631 b. S'hai Lands Tis. 127, b.. Humphreys, $141

b Realties, $8.35 b. Territorials, $1) n.

Public Utilities. Tramways, $25 A.

Peak Trams, (old) $14. Star Ferriss, $63: China Lights, (Comb.) $15. b. H'kong Electrics, $69 b. Macao Electrics; 864 b. Telephones $4.15 b China Buses, Tis. 61 n. Singapore Tractions, 11/9

Industrials.

China Sugars, $9, Malabons, $273. Canton Ices, $3 b Cements (Comb) $11 b. Ropes (Old) $7 b United Asbestos $10 s.

Stores &c.

Dairy Farms, $18 b. Watsona, $11.40 b Der A. Wing, $6 8. Lane Crawfords, $3.75 da. Mackintosh, $22 8. Sinceros, $73b" Wm Powells, $5 - ǹ.

Miscellaneous.

Amusements, $241 b. Constructions, $li n. B'que Ind. G. Bnode, 56% H. K.G. Loan, 5% Prem

LETTER GOLF.

b.

b.

turned, backs.

· Deserters

Arrested.

It is a fact that six Germen seamen deserted their ship, while the Praga was in Manila. They In an interview with a Bulletin were arrested by, the Police and reporter Piller produced a state-handed over to the master shortly and the message to be carried to before the vessel left for Chin- the Praga

wangtao. Included in a lengthy So far, the police are still atan to the Police was the follow-

statement made by their spokes-- loss as to the identity of the man.

Piller described his caller as being enlightening. information: ing & slender man, pallid features, sent cruise, the Praga was owned

Before starting out on its pre hooked nose and light häir.

by a German firm, Schroder, Hol- Officials are.ut loss to under-ken and Fisher. It was known as stand why a Russian should be in- the H, Fisher and was flying the terested in disposing of the rifles | German flag. On September 24, to the Nationalists, considering 1927, the flag was changed from the treatment accorded the Slavs the German flag to that of Czecho- recently at Canton by Cantonese Slovakin by the Czecho-Slovakia troops. It is the popular belief, consul at Brunshausen, Germany, however, that the man was acting a port near Hamburg on the Elbe b. merely as an agent for the Nation- River. There are still four men

alist and not for the Soviet.

aboard who were on the ship be- fore its flag was changed. They Piller is afraid of being were never signed off the H. attacked In view. of the Fisher but signed on the Praga by

the Czecho-Slovakian consul.

From SINS to HELL is a par

The College scheme comprises an administration block, a science six. block, two halls of residence for: sixty students each, a sports pavi-) lion equipped with a gymasium and swimming bath, and ten acres of playing fields. Further deve-

For Prospectus, for Boarders and Consignees per Company's Steamer,lopments now held up for lack of

Day-boys, apply

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, Prospect Place.

'CARE, ACCURACY AND QUALIFICATION"

N. LAZARUS. Hongkong's Only European Optician. Manoan:-Ralph A. Cooper M.A. O. A. Registered. Optometrist By Canadian Govt. Exam. (Personal Attention.)

Mrs. SEKAI

MASSAGE 1st floor

6, Wyndham Street, Hongkong.

"TROILUS"

From UNITED KINGDOM vin

SINGAPORE.

are hereby notified that the cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf Kow. loon, where it will lie at Consignce's risk and subject to terms and condi- tons of storage at Hölt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 25th January.

Optional cargo will not be landed here, unless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival, but carried on from part to port to the final port of call to which the option, extends,

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined" on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10,45 am, and roon within the free storage period.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer'a Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 31st January, will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer most be presented to the undersigned or before the 14th February,

on

or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected,

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE;

Agents. Hongkong, January 25, 1928.

funds include arts and engineer- ing buildings and a third hall of residence.

Nowadays the question is: How many times should a girl ̧" marry before she settles down?

SINIS

HELL

1--The idea of letter golf is

to change one word to another and do it in par, a given number of strokes. Thus to change COW TO HEN, in three" strokes, COW, HOW, HEW, HEN.

i

2-You can change only one. lotter at a time.

3-You must have a complete word, of common usage, for each jump. Slang words and abbreviations don't count.

4Tha order of letters cani not be changed.

One solution is printed oz another page of this issue.

fact that he has in his posses sion the signed statement of his "While they were signing on, two ward mates. He has asked they.asked the consul where the for police protection in case he ship was going and were told that leaves the hospital in the near it was bound for a port in the future and he stated that the pre-East Indies and then would go to tection had been granted him., Vladivostok. At Brunshausen, barges containing the rifles were brought along side the ship and In addition to telling all he we asked if they were contraband. knew of the episode with the Rus- The Czecho-Slovakian consul told sian, Piller told n colourful tale us that they were not and added of his trip aboard the Praga from that he could show us papers to Brunshausen, Germany, where the effect that we were going to cargo was taken aboard, to Manila. Vladivostok.".

German Rifles Remade.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Farewell Cabaret

Dinner Dance

Thursday 26th. 8 p.m. 12 p.m.

Special Attraction

Dick Norton's

Globe Trotters

$3.00 per person.