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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1928.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LAMMERT'S AUCTIONS

HONGKONG CRICKET

CLUB.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

Subject to ground and weather! conditions the following is the proposed programme:-

THURSDAY, 19th April, 'SEMI- FINAL DOUBLES. YELLOW TICKET. (Lower half);

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Undoraigned havo rocolved instructions to sell by Public Auch,

tion,

on THURSDAY, the 19th April, 1928, commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.

A Large Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture.

FRIDAY, 20th April, SEMI- FINAL DOUBLES. GREEN TIC. Comprising:- KET. (Upper half).

Longkong Telegraph. Ng Sze Kwong v. S. A. Rumjahn.

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

Prepaid Advertisements

25 WORDS FOR $1.00

151.50 if not prepaid } The following replice are await Ing collection:

295, 300, 301, 305, 306, 315, 344,

BOARD RESIDENCE.

FAMILY HOTEL-Victoria Gar- dens. Quiet apartments and Suites of rooms. Full board from $95, $110, $130, monthly. Large commodious rooms. Also dally rates; five minutes from ferry, next new Hotel, Hankow

Road, Kowloon, Tel. K.357.

TUITION GIVEN.

MME. BARONELLI, ARTISTE.-~- School of dancing for children and adults in character, classical, ex- hibition, fox-trot, and Charleston.

Special attention to stout Ladles who are desirous of regaining their youthful figure. Address.-$1, Ashley Road, Ground Floor, Kow- loon, (Back of Star Theatre).

WANTED.

WANTED. Chief Officer for 6,000) ton British Steamer, Apply with) copy of references to P. O... Box.; G15.

FOR SALE.

ONE COUPLED CORLISS

VALVE ENGINE.

In good order and working con- dition.

Diam of cylinders 16"., Stroke 36, R.P.M. 78., 100 LH.P. onch engine.

::'.

Apply:-

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU.

FACTURING CO., LTD..

PREMISES TO LET.

TO LET-From 1st May four roomed house Lugard Road, The Peak. Fully furnished, modern conveniences, P. O, Box 22.

TO LET.--From 1st May four roomed bungalow together with garage on motor rond near Ma- gazine Gap. Fully furnished, mo- dern conveniences. P. O. Box 22.

TO LET.- Furnished or un- furnished six room house on, mo- tor road at Pokfulam with every modern convenience. Please ap-

Tenk Hatstands, Bookcase, Glass TUESDAY, 24th April, SEMI-Gabinet, Chesterfold Couch and FINAL SINGLES. BLUE TICKET. Armchairn, Dosks, Drawing Room Sulte, Folding Screens, Carpets, WEDNESDAY, 25th April, SEM1-Bugs, Oil Paintings, Pictures, FINAL SINGLES. PINK TICKET. Ornaments and Curios, etc., ote., E. C. Fincher v. T. Honda,

RESERVED SEATS may now be booked at Mossra. Moutrie & Co. Price 1 each.

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAM-

BER OF COMMERCE..

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Members will be held on TUESDAY, 24th April, 1928, at 4 p.m., in the CITY HALL, for the following purposes →→

(1) To receive the Report and

Accounts of the Committee. for the Year ended 31at December, 1927.

(2) To elect a new Committee. (3) To transact any, General

Business,

By Order,

M. F. KEY.

Secretary.

Hongkong, 17th April, 1928.

G. R.

Teak Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Sideboards with Bevelled Dinner Waggons, Mirrors, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cutlery, Kitchen Utensils, etcą etc.,

Teak and Iron Bedsteads with Bavelled Mirrors, Chests of Draw- eré, Chamber Stands, Side Tables, Toilet Sets, Commodes, elc., etc.,

also

Quantity of Blackwood

Furniture,

Comprising:-

Curio Cabinets, Jordialeres. Desks, Ten Peys, Chaira, etc.,

and

1 Cottage Piano by Joseph

Wallis & Son Co., Ltd.

1. White Front Refrigerator.

2 Gramophones.

2 Enamelled Baths,

1 Wardrobe Trunk.

A quantity of Cut Glass and Lacquer Ware.

Catalogues will be issued.

On view from Wednesday, the 18th April, 1928,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BRÖS,

· Auctioneers.

CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.

Particulars and Conditions of Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1928, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the

If you have anything you would Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at New Kowloon in the like to soil, exchange or advertise Colony of Hongkong, for a term send it to the CHINA AUCTION

ROOM

of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Hi Majesty the King, for one fur- *ther term of 24 years less three.

days.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

So, of Bale

Hegistry No.

Boundary Street Dear

Locality.

Boundary

Maguramente.

R.

S. #. W

fool toosifock fest

Aa pèrumin' plan.

*435.500

$2,003,

#120,100

Upset Price.

·

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE.

The fiftieth Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the | above Company will be hold at the Offices of the Genoral Agents, Padder Street, on Tuesday, 24th April, 1928, at noon, for the pur- pose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1927,

The transfer Books of the Com-i pany will be closed from 17th to 24th April, 1928, bath days In- clusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON.

AND CO., LTD.,

General Agents. Hongkong, 12 April, 1928.

6, Duddell Street.

E V. M. R. de SOUSA.

ALLENGEMASAN SIMENENKALMAMIN

0 LETTER GOLF

C

ON

WORK

1-The idea of letter golf is to change one word to another and do it in par, a given number of atrokes. Thus to change COW TO HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW, HEW, HEN.

2-You can change only 'one' letter at a time.

3-You must have a complete word, of common usage, for each jump. Slang words and.

Abbreviations don't count.

4-The order of letters can- not be changed.

One solution is printed on another page of this issue.

THE LEAP-YEAR BIRTHDAY.

INSPECTOR-GENERAL AT

"FOURTEEN.".

The Czechoslovak poet, J. S. Marcher, an avowed pacifist, 'who after the war occupied the post of Inspector-General of the Czecho- slovak army, celebrated Feb. 29 on his sixteenth birthday. His real age is 64, but, being born on.] We have this date removed our leap-year day, he receives the con-

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

ply Box No. 353, care of "Hong-office from Room 26, Bank of Can-gratulations of his friends only

kong Telegraph.i

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

TO LET—Ono European FLAT Wanchai Gap Road HongkosE. Apply to 82, Kennedy Road,

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

ton Building, to Firat Floor, Asia-once in four years. tic Building, Queen's Road Cen- tral,

In a letter to a newspaper M. Marcher counts himself lucky in

COLUMBIA PACIFIC SHIPPING|saving the inevitable expense

COMPANY.

Hongkong, April 16th, 1028.

MRS. SEKAI

MASSAGE

6, Wyndham Street, 1st floor Hongkong.

connected with the annual birth- day; but says that at school he was made the target of much mis- placed wit. His first trouble, how- evor, began when, on entering the Austro-Hungarian army, a N.C.O. gruffly refused to put down Febru- ary 29

as his birthday, "None

of your p" he said, "February has 28 days. Therefore you were born on March 1." It was only with dimeulty that the N.C.O. could be induced to make the pro- per entry.

TO LET-Fully furnished with servants for six months from 1st The Canadian Government is June No. 191, The Peak; Mount embarking upon an expanding plan Kellet, 6 roomed concrete house. for the promotion of scientific re M. Machar is rather proud of All modern conveniences. Rain search, and a National Research the fact that he was already In- prrof. Apply Hastings, Dennya Laboratory is to be erected in spector-General of the army when and Bowley, 8, Des Voeux Road Ottawa at a cost of 8,000,000 dol- he celebrated his "fourteenth" Central.

lars (£000,000).

birthday.

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The "MACNOVA" is made to our own design of a specially woven cloth and treated with a patent proofing process which enables it to withstand the peculiarities of the climate.

It is cut on free and easy, yet smart lines, providing perfect comfort in wear, and every detail in the making has the closest scrutiny,

We confidently recommend the "MACNOVA" waterproof, and will replace any coat which fails to give complete and absolute satisfaction. All sizes from 34 to 46 chest measurement '$35.00 each · less 10% discount for Cash.

Mackintosh

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS

ALEXANDRA BUILDING.

&Co.Ltd

POST OFFICE NOTICE

NOTICE.

Commencing February 24th a Badio Letter Service will be opened for the exchange of Radio. Letter Telegrams to the places,, and at the rates given below.

Radio Letter, Telegrams are accopted subject to the following con-

1. Minimum delay in delivery, 24 hours,

ditions

5. Manages must be written in plain English or plain Spanish. Cone addresses may be used. Groups of figures, trado marka, trade terma and trade expressions must be expanded by qualifying words so that messages will offer ́an intelligibla sense to ANYONE read- ing them, -E-Each mosatge must bear the Indication BL as part of the address. The Indication is connected and charged for an one word. No limit on the number of words a message may contain, RADIO LETTER RATES*

To

Each Minimum Additional 20 Words. Word.

Manila

H.K. 1

2.00

ILL

.10

San Francisco & Bay Cillon

10.80

.54

Other Offices in California & other Paciño States

11.00

58

Mountain States U.S.

12.20

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Central States Uß.............

12.00

Eastern States U.3. .........

18.00

British Columbia ist.Zone only

12.20

Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba

12.00

.63

Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Quebec Newfoundland

18.00

.65

13.60

.09

M. J. BRYCEN

24th February, 1928.

RADIO NOTICE.

Postmanten GENERAL.

RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICES aro now in operation as follows:-- Ships at Sea, Europe, American Continents, Hawaiian Islands, Dutch East Indios, Dutch Borneo, Philippine Islands, French Indo-China, Province

of Yunnan, British North Borneo, Siam, Canton, Swatow, Kwongchowan Fort Bayard, Tchekam, Holbow, Amoy and Forchow, etc.

It is notified for information that the via Wireless rate to EUROPE has been reduced to

Raice and to $1.65 per word.

Cont

TER, 1st

Telec

the places named

particulars on application to the RADIO COUN-

Building.

AddressesPorzone and firms having correspondents un above should in order to avoid delay to telegrams received by radio register their telegraphic address immediately.

Registored and Parcel Mails are closed 16 minutes earlier than thị time given below unless otherwise stated, and where, mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and-parcel mails are closed at 6 p.m. on the previous day

Dutlable articles forwarded by letter post to Great Britain ETS Hable to confiscation, by the Customs. Such articles should be forwarded by-parcel post only.

Latters and postcards for Europe and the British Isles are forwarded via Siboria if so superscribed.

The Postal Sarvico to Swabue and neighbouring places is entirely suspended until further notico,

From Australis and Manila Shanghai

INWARD MAILS.

11 Per

Japan, Shanghai and Europe via

Siberia

Straits....

Europo via Neghpatam, letters only

London 22nd March Straits

Dao

Mishima Maru Kanchow

.April 19,

.April 19.

Suwa Maru Kidderpore

.April 20.

April 20.

Jeypore

.April 20,

Baron Haiz

..April 21.

April 22,

..April 23.

..April 24.

..April 28.

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Europe via Negapatam, papors only

London 22nd March ..... Hatipara U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-

hal

Pro, Taft Japan

Aki Maru Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghai Empress of Eussia

OUTWARD. MAILS. For

Saigon

Sam Shal and Wuchow Amoy

Fort Bayard, Hollow, Pakhel and

Halphong....................... *Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. and 8. America and Europe via Victoria B.C.....

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Formosa

Amoy and Formoss via Swatow

Straits

DES VOEUX, ROAD

Salgon

Swatow

Japan

Shanghal

COLGATES

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Bank of Canton Building.

P. T. FARRELL

Consulting Engineer & Manufacturers' Representative,

Agencies for

Bolinder's Crude Oil Engines Marine, Stationary and Lighting.

"WYANDOTTE" Boller Cleaner and Cleanser. King's Building. Top Floor.

Telephons Central 4422, Telegraphic Address

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Straits... Weihaiwe!

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Per- Wong Shek Kung

Tat Hing Kingyuan.....Wed., Apr. 18, 5 p.m. .Wed., April 18, & p.m. Parcels.....18th Apr. 5 p.m. Protesilaus ...................Thurs., Apr. 19, Registration .........................9.45 a.m. Letters ..........10.80° a.m. (Dus Victoria, B.C. 15th May). Preussen..Thurs., Apr. 19, 8.30 a.m. Dol Maru.Thurs., Apr. 19, 10 a.m. Boraco Karu

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Thurs., April 10, 12.30 p.m. Shun Chsh Thurs., April 19, 2.30 p.m. Hydrangea Thurs., April 19, 2.30 p.m. Mishima Maru Thurs., Apr 19.

2.30 p.m. Ichang...Thura.; April 19, 4.30 p.m. Manadd Maru Fri., Apr. 20, 8.30 a.m. Hatching......Fri., Apr. 20, 2 p.m. Bellerophon..Fri, Apr. 20, 2.20 p.m. Kuefchow... Fri., Apr. 20, 2.30 p.m. Fri., Apr. 20, 5 p.m.

Shantung

Shanghal and Europe via Siberia Straits, Ceylon, india, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles Suwa

Straits and Calentia

Manila ........

Bangkok

Amey

Swalow, Amoy and Formosa Amoy

Amoy.

Saigon, Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E, and B. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles

Shanghai

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Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Manila, Australia and New Zealand

vis Thursday. Island

Swatow

Amoy

Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Egypt and Europe vin Marseilles

Sandokan

Maru

Sat, April 21, K.P.O. Registration April 20, 4.80 p.m. Lettors

April 21, 9 a.m.

G.P.O.

Registration

Letters (Duo Marseilles 20th May.)

Namsang

Parcels

Letters

8,45 a.m. ..9.80 a.m..

Sat., Apr. 21,

Noo

..1 p.m.

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Sun., Apr. 22, 9 am Hozan Maru ........Bun, Apr. 22, 9 a.m. Boo Cher... Mon., Apr. 29, 4.80 p.m. Shantung..Mon., April 28, 4.30 pm.

Andre Lebon

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..1 p.m. ..1 p.m.

G.P.O.

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1.45 p.m.

.2.30 p.m.

(Duo Marseilles 26th May). Ichang

...Tues., April 24, 2 p.m.

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Aki Maru

..............Wed., Apr. 25,

Registration

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8.45 am.

.0.30 am.

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*Correspondence bearing voRKOĽA

The Rev. R. Lowman Lang,ng with opposition. The board Vicar of Holy Trinity, Taunton, which was placed in the porch who recently complained of "cop-riving the collection analysis, was peritia" in church collections first removed by an indignant. upon finding 800 halfpennies con- parishioner, and when replaced tributed on one Bunday, is meet- was found smashed.