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WANTED.

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WANTED-For European fem Shambon, Canton, Portuguese stenographer, must be first class' with good office experience and re- ferences. Apply F', O. Box 22 WANTED,-To Purchase Matshed site at Repulse Bay. Write Box No. 391, care of "Hongkong Tele graph."

FOR SALE.

ROOMS.

4, DUDDELE STREET, AND

ZA, D'AGUILAR STREET, Auction of Household and Office Furniture and Sundry goods every TUESDAY, and FRIDAY, at 2.30 p.m. at No. 2A, D'Agullar Street, Tel:-C.4453, 0, Duddell Street,

C.6321,2A, D'Agullar Street.

MASSAGE HALL

MRS. S. UZUNOYE Expert MassEUAE 67, Queen's Road C., 2nd floor

EXPERT MASSEUR,

Cures Rheumatism, Nervousness and all kinds of chronic ailments. Madame T. MORITA. Madame E. AKAJI.

4. On Lan Street. Telephone Ma. C.4395

M. POINCARE HITS BACK.

CRITICS TROUNCED IN A

LIVELY SPEECH.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Lammert's Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auc tion,

TO-DAY,

the 24th July, 1928,

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

At their Sales Rooms Nos, 4 and 4A, Duddell-Street-

A Large Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture,

comprising:

Teak Hatstands, Glass Cabinets, Deske, Chesterfield Couch and Armchairs, Carpets, Rugs, Pic tures, Oil Paintings, Ornament, Curios, etc., etc.

Teak Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Sideboards, Dinner Wag- rons, Jee Chests, Cutlery, Glass Ware. Dinner Crockery, Silver Ware, etc., ète.

Tank and Iron Bedsteads, Ward- pobos with and without Mirror

Tables, Chests of

Dressing

Drawers, Washstands, Chamber Stands, Toilet Crockery, clc., ete.

and

A Quantity of Blackwood"

Furniture,

and

2 Victrala Gramaphones. 2 Gramophones

1 Enamelled Bath.

2 Typewriters.

3 Cameras.

1 Magnesium Lamp. "

40 Boxes Plates,

11 Fibre Trunks.

48 Volumes of The Encyclopedia

Britannica.

1 Gold

Calendar and Stop Watch with 1 Platinum and Gold Watch Chain.

Catalogue will be issued.

On View from Monday, the 23rd July, 1928.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

LA

The Undersigned have received instructions to well. by Public Auction

ón THURSDAY,

París, June 29. M. Poincare's, volce had lens ring than usual today, and he looked tired when he rose to do the 26th July, 1928, commencing fend the policy of his Government, at 11 a.m., at their Sales Room, It must be hoped that a benign Duddell Street providence will save him from making many more big speeches during the next fortnight.

Yet he spoke with all his acens- tomed energies, and gave "it for tat" to Interrupters. It pleasant, perauasive, jocular Poin. care, aure of the mate vote,

Was

FOR SALE-Standard two Sea. who for nearly two hours cham-

ter,

Any

Sound condition. trial. Box No. 393, "Hongkong Telegraph."

PREMISES TO LET.

pioned the cause of his child pf There were lively, not unkindly, predilection-Miss National Union.

2 Cases Bacon,

4 Cases Electric Table Fans.

1 Lot Electric Fittings,

139 Tins Paint.

7 Sacks Flour.

I Cane Chinese Gramophone

Recorda.

||

2 Coils Wire Rope.

1 Portable Forge.

4 Electric Motors.

8 Electric Pumps.

digs at the Sucialists and a lordly 1,292 Bottles and 38 Jars Chinese

Spirit,

Ignoring of the attacks levelled

again M. Herriot of supporting 2 Bales Old Newspaper. national union in ways peculiar to himself.

the

~

Alsa | A Quantity of Miscellaneous Goods, And

To the taunt that he will not FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET-replied gaily that to do so would deñalle his majority M. Poincare In Kowloon, five minutes from put the cart before the horse: he Ferry. Price per month from will govern us long as $40.00 upwards. Write to Box No. jority of the Chamber supports hin 392, care of "Hongkong Tele-Government, and the more often graph."

the merrier. Yet, strangely M. Poincare's true majority lies. enough, it was easy to see where All the warm frequent applause camo from the Right and Right Centre, little from the Left Centre, and none at all from the Left, go- |

As far as the disgruntled Radicals.

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

TO LET-One European FLAT Wanchal Gap Road, Hongkonging Apply to 82, Kennedy Road.

TO LET.-European Flats Nos. 41 and 43, Kennedy Road. Apply Thornhill Aerated Water Factory, 154, Praya East. Phone C.547.

Alsace,

Alsace and Lorraine are in a special position with "customs of their own," said M. Poincare, "that merit to be treated with taci and delicacy."

Uncertainty can do. immeasur ARE YOU SICK7 Why Continue. To Suffer. Get The Pou On Chin-able evil in Alsace, and M. Poin-

tion: Rheumatism;

Dropsy;

(for necount of the concerned),

1 Care contatting 1 Pieces

Mohairplush-mare damaged.

leas

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, July 23, 1029.

HISTORIC NAVY LIST FOUND.

ANNOTATIONS BY SAMUEL PEPYS.

Hereford, Jane 28. After being buried for many esa Herbs, and Get Well. Constipa- care will not be a party to keep-years in a pile of unsorted manu ing it alive. France and Alsace need only to get to know one an-scripts in Hereford Public Library, other better for the clouds to disa Seventeenth Century Naval List, bearing Pepy's annotations has sipate, and this process now

just been discovered. going rapidly forward.

Typhoid Fever; Nervousness; and Diabetes. Yee, Foo Lun, Chinese Herbalist, Managing Director, En- trance 66, Queen's Road Central, Tel. C, 5000.

MRS. MOTONO

HAND & ELECTRIC MASSAGE

1

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1928.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

share quotations issued to-day:

The following is the list of local

Banks.

Hongkong Bank, $1300 s. Chartered Bank, "822] b.

1.

Morcantile A. & B., £36 P. and 12 £97 East Asi. $75 b.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $630 b.

n.

Union Ins., $343 b.

North China, Ins., Tls. 145

b.

Yangtere Ins., $50. n.

China Underwriters, $250

8.

China Fires, $240.b. H.K, Fire Ins.. $725 b.

Shipping.

Douglason, 837. 6. H. K. Steamboats, 827) 8. H. K. Tugs, $2 n. Indo-Chinas, (Def.) $70 b Union Trans., 100/- n. Shell Waterboats, $201 b. 'Mining

Banquets, $11 1

Kailans, 601. n. Langkat, Th, 12.20 n. Shai Exoldration. Tls. 2.45 B Raubs, 17. Tronohs, 17/6 m.

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharvou, $136) n. Whampes Dacks, $40 h China Providente 45 25 8. Hongkowa. Tls. 156 n. Now Engineerings. Tls .5 n. Shanghai Docks, Tls. 1974 n Cottons.

IRELAND CALLING.

#

ERIN AS SHE NEVER WAS AND IS.

[By J. B. Arbuthnot.]

"Hello, England-Irlah Free State speaking. I'm after thinkin' you folk over there had forgotten me. How's ourselves, did you Bay? Why, foine, and why wouldn't we be? with the lambs and things cutting Juno capers for mer riment, the Civic Guard bustin' it- self with pride, and good times coming the day after to-morrow! Aren't the pigetics in County Cork Just recking with whitewash Aren't all the shop fronts in Ballydob splattered with gold letter- Haven't we thousands of Inga? miles of Macadamaneve highroads running all the ways you want?

"There's a top dressing of little stones and tar along, the bottom of our main street that would turn Piccadilly pink for shame. That's God's

truth...and then what wouldn't we do but run a great Jump of a scrunching steam-roller over the top of 11, and squash all the water pipes that some silly divil of an Englishmann had burried un- derneath the ground! ".. was that you smelling 7 ... It wash Anel it's the kind of calamity that, would' appeal to an English sense humourt

f

But Old loike ye to know what it means to have to projuce the money out of yer trouser, pocket to pay for another man's mistake. Don't we know it now?.... And we're feeling it, John.... Whutt's that?... Not at all. We don't hate you any more, now that you're gone for good.. and I make so bold as to suggest that some of you them that has the Ewò Cottons, Tis 8.80 5.

dollars-shall come back home Orientals, Tis.' 250

again by ones and twos to help a S'hai Cottons, Tla. 51 (old) n little country carry on.

Landa, Hotels, etc.

71.

b

H. and A. Hotels. $9 80 n. H. K. Lands, $669. b. S'hai Tanda Tḥs. 138 Humphreya, $14) b Realtion. $8 A.

Publle Utilities, Tramways, $24.80 K Poak Trame, 'fald' $13 b Star Forries. $64) b

China Tights,JOM) $11,65 A H. K. Electrics. $484 b

· Macao Electrics, $267 ́h Tolanhores $5 °5 h. China Busan, Tis 10,60 kn. Singapore Tractions. 11/3 n.

Industrials.

1.

China Sugars, $2:25 a Malabons, $24) Canton Icos. $3.70, 1. Coments (Comb) $9.35 Ropes (Old) 36.60 b.. United Asbestos $9

Blores &c.

B.

Dairy Farms, $21.00 b. Watsons; $148. Dur A. Wing, .50 n. Lane Crawforda, $2.75 A. Mackintosh, $20 n. Sinceros, $9.50 Wm. Powells, $3 b.

Bfiscellaneous. Amusements, #2916 Constructions, $1 n.

1.

B'quo Ind. G. Bonds, 66% b H. K. G. Loan. 6%

LETTER GOLF.

POST OFFICE NOTICE

Manila

Radio Letter Telegrams are accepted subject to the following con-

1. Minimum delay in delivery, 24 hours,

2. Massages must be written in plain English or plain Spaniah. Codo addresses may be used. Groups of figures, trade marks trade terms and trade expressions must be expanded by qualifying words so that messages will offer an intelligible sâneo to ANYONE reading them.

3. Each message must bear the Indication RL as part of the address. The indication is connected and charged for as one word. No limit on the number of worda a mossage may contain.

To

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Other Offices in California & other Pacific States Mountain States U.8. Eastorn States U.S.

British Columbia 1st Zone only Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Quebes Newfoundland

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POSTMASTER GENERAL

24th February, 1928. RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICES are now in operation" a follows:-

Ships at Sea. rope, American Continents, Hawaiian Islands, Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Philippine Islands, French Indo-China, Province of Yuunar ehowan, Fort Bayn;"

th North a neo, Siam, Canton, Swatow, Kwong ekam, Boibow, Amoy and Poochow, etc.

It la notified for informaation that the via Wireless rate to EUROPE has been reduced to $1.65 per word. The rate to the Dutch East Indica has been reduced from $1.00 to 90 cents per word as from April 25th,

1926.

Rates and further particulars in application to the RADIO COUN- TER, 1st Floor, Government Building.

Telegraphic Addresses--Persons and Arms having correspondents in the pinces named above, should in order to avoid delay to telegrams received by radio register their telegraphic addresses immediately.

A direct service to Yunnan Province was opened 20th April, 1928. The inclusive charge will be 60 cents per word; no charge whil ba collected from the addressee in Yunnan. The service is, however, liable to Interruption owing to atmosphere disturbances and messages are accepted at sender's risk.

Commencing 12th June the radio telegraphie rata between Hongkong and Canton was reduced to 20 cents (Hongkong"currency) per word. No charges will be payable by addressees at either ond

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Dutiable articles forwarded by lotter post to Great Britain ore Hable to confiscation by the Customs. Such articles should be forwarded by parcel post only.

Lettore and postcards for Europe and the British Isles are for- warded via Siberia if so superscribed.

The Public are reminded that the 1, cent rate for circulars for addresses in the Colony or Welhalwei applies only when such circulars are posted in batches of not less than ten of uniform size and weight, by being delivered to an officer of the Post Office.

INWARD MAILS

4

From

"What did yo say? Are we dawnhearted? Not we. Are we poor? Come over here, John Bull quite unofficially, of course, and board the midday train that starts in these bad times at half-past five

and climb the mountains gloom-Shanghai and Swatow ing over Bantry Bay. Then you Europe via Negapatam, letters only will see what stark starvation means (London 28th June) 10 little children. Don't cut me off, I say. It's just Hello 1 Hello,"

Japan, Shanghai and Europe via

Siberia....

Per

Duo

Szechuen

Achilles

..July 26.

.July 20.

Selyo Maru..

July 20

.July 28.

July 28.

..July 30.

...July 30.

.August 8.

S.A., Honolulu, Japan & Shanghai Pres. Garfield Straits and London purcel mali

(London 21st Juna}

Acnena Canada, U.S.A., Japan

bai

Empress of Canada Pres. Lintain Tando

Manila

Saigon

For

Formora

The "Paddy whack" type of Irishman. invented by Charles Lever, never was born-the lovable, gullible tiller of the soil, who Australla and Manila twirled on blackthorn round. 4 shaggy head, and yelled "begorra” overy now and then, is the product of imagination, dished for the benefit, or otherwise, of fiction-lov- English people. No; your Irishman is not like that. He's rather vain, but he has belter manners and more braina than the majority of his English cousina. He is two parts canny Scot beneath the skin. He can see one side of joke quicker than most, and he will chuckla" ever it night after night in solitude....tempered by Guinness's Stout.

and Shang-

OUTWARD MAILS.

Per

Strafta, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marsoilles

Manlia, Australia and New Zealand

via Thursday Island

And yet And yet, Old Ire and is so changed. Ifer gorse is all Mtill as golden-her fields emerald green; but that jolly atmo sphere of irresponsible frivolity Straits and Calcutta that spirit of semi-permanent pro-

Sandakan

Swatow

Swatow, Amoy and Poochow Shanghai

Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Egypt and Europo via Marseilles

crastination so soothing to the Swatow and Amoy nerves of American trippera-is no Swalow, Amoy and Formosa more. For a century or so she governed England fairly well- Thrived on a grievance, and made the utriost of imarinative superiority over a nation of shop- keepers. And then the dream was ended. She awoke-rose from If you don't think it's hard to urlooked East and West, and a grave o'erspread with English change BLACK to WHITE, just knew herself "a natton once again." sail into this one,

There's a strong breeze to-day and par hap- pens to be eight strokes.

BLACK

WHITE

It was most upsetting!

Manila

St. Patrick is thought to have Amdy

Janished snakes from Ireland. A Bangkok via Swatow

few are left, but the writer thinks | Swalow, Amey and Formosa-

they will go west, or settle down Swantow....

Japan, Honolulu, Canada, U.S.A., C. and S. America and Europa vla San Francisco

to family life in time. There are Shanghai and Europe via Siberia. other saints in the Free State of to- day. For the most part they are mothers of large families, who had no time to shingle or to bob the hair. And they are hard put to it now to find their children bread. Was it altogether their fault that the youth of Ireland rose to a foreign fly-grabbing a prize so

long desired by generation after Swatow, Amoy and Foochow generation, of their kind. Was it Weihaiwel

E. and S. Afrion, Egypt and Europe via Mareuilles

Date and Time. Teleminchus Tues., July 24, 2.30 p.m.. Ludwigshafen

Tue, July 24, 8.30 p.m.

l'orseua

Tues., July 24,

K. P. O.

Registration Letters

3 p.m.

4.30 p.m.

G. P. 0.

Registration.......4.10 p.m.

Letters

.........0 p.m. ·

(Due Marsollles 24th August.)

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Aki Maru

Registration

Letters ...

Wed., July 25,

..8.45 a.m.

.0.80 am.

(Dua Thursday Island, 6th August). Hinsung Fooksang

Parcola

Letters

Wed. July 25, 8 a.m.

Wed, July 25,

Van Houtsze Wed., July 26, 12.30 p.m. Dell Mara Thurs, July 20, 10.30 a.m. Linan....Thurs., July 20, 12.30 p.m. Hniching ..... Fri, July 27, 2 p.m. Szechuan ..Fri, July 27, 6 p.m.

Katori Maru...... ....Sat., July 28,

K. P. 0. Registration July 27, 4.80 p.m. Letters.......July 28, 9 a.m. G. P..O. Registration July 28,.8.45 am, Letters.....July 28, 0.30 a.m. (Due Marseilles 27th. August). Frea. Garfield Sat., July 28, 6 p.m. Kiungchow...Sat., July 28, 5. p.m. Kiangsu Sun, July 20, 0 a.m. Hozan Maru...Sun, July 29, 9 a.m. Llangelow. Mon, July 30, 10.80 a.m. Prea. Lincoln

Mon., July 30.

Parcels Registration Letters

Pres. Lincoln Parcels Registration

•Lettors...

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. p.m.

Mon., July 30.

11.13 pm..

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(Due San Francisco 22nd August),

Tues., July 31, 2 p.m.. Tues., July 31,

Halyang Hujchow

their fault that threatened states- Saigon, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, men were in such mitiable haste to fling a Jonah overboard—to sink, or swim, or cut a tiresome throat! The Irish Free State has a race to

Paul Locat

Registration Leiters

run. She is up against continenta

2 p.m.

Tues., July 81. K. P. ON

2.1 pini

.1 p.m.

G. P. O. Registration. .146 pm. Lottora

2:30 p.m. (Duo Marseilles, 1st Sopt.). Emp. of Canada Tues, July 81, 3.30 pm Hangsang ..Wed., Aug. 1, 10.30 mm. Namang Thurs., Aug. 2, §.p.5.

Amby Straits, Coylon, India, Mauritius,

I&B. Africa, Aden, Egypt Europe via Marseilles

and

Kashmir

and big industrial combines all on her own. After the start she was A thunderous ovation always Such lists are exceedingly rare,

shut in. Then she came through, from the same benchies greeted only one other, dated 1666, which

and battled for a place along the Manila the close of this passage, and was Is in the British Museum being

rails. She's running well. Once renowed at the end of M. Poin-known.

round the bend she has a sporting | Swatow enre's speech when, despite loud

1-The idea of letter golf is to chance, carrying top weight. Interruptions from the Bocialists, headed: "A List of the Ships Be- do it in par, a given number of The Hereford Naval List is change one word to another and he trounced certain insubordinate longing to His Majesty's Navy strokes. Thus to change COW to and unscrupulous Civil Servants Royal, with the Numbers of Men HEN, In three strokes, COW, whose Unions incite to political

While demollahing old buildings No. 81B, Top Floor, Wyndham St. intrigue and "ca canny" strikes, and Guns and the Dividing of them HOW, HEW, HEN.

in East Hill, Farnham, Surrey,

Hongkong.

and claim to treat on equal terms into Three Squadrons."

Then follows a list containing letter at a time.

2-You can change only one Leonard Lamport, 89, fell from a with the State itself.

rafter only 8ft. from the ground, The Government will ask for each vessel is a list of personnel word, of common usage, for anch

the names of 107 ships. Opposite 3-You must have a completa fand died from a fractured akull. powers, promised M. Poincare, to and the number of guns. deul with the situation. M. Poln- But what are of far greater in- tione don't count.

fump. Slaug words and abbrevia. care's speech was a fine effort, terest are Pepy's pen and ink an 4-The order of letters cannot and showed that whenever he

include the be changed. notations, which chonses he has a powerful en- thusiastic mass of supporters In name of commanders of many

One solution in printed on another page of this issue. ↑

MRS. SEKAI

MASSAGE

6. Wyndham Street, 1st floor,

Hongkong.

the Chamber.

of the vessets.

1

Mr. Holbrook Blinn, the well- known actor, who organised the Straits and Calcutta Princess Theatre in New York and had appeared in London, has died in New York at the age of 56.

„Sat, Aug. 4. K. P, 0.

Parcels. Aug. 8, 4.80 p.m. Registration....Aug. 4, D'a.n, Letters...Aug. 4; 10 a.m..

G. P. Parcels.Aug. 8, 5 p.m... Registration Aug. 4, 0.45 .m. lettern.....Aug. 4, 10.80 a.m. (Due Marseillen 2nd Sept.) Hosang

.Sat., Aug. 4,

Parcels

Letters

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Correspondence bearing vessel's name only.