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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928.
New Advertisements. Lammert's Auctions.
NOTICE.
On Saturday, 11th August, the
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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Investment.ation, the Consul for Germany tion
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344, 363, 371, 374, 376, 381
385, 387, 392
POSITION WANTED.
HARDWORKING Chinese with
will hold a Reception at the Resi- donee, 116, the Poak, from 11,45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
The Consulate will be closed for
lint: transaction of business on day.
Hongkong, 8th August, 1928.
R.
G,
on FItIDAY,
the 10th August, 1928.
at 2.30 p.m. 2.
at their. Sales Room, Duddell Streat
A Large Quantity of Valuable Household and Office Furniture comprising:-
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Teak Hatstand, Bookcase, Glase Cabinet, Cheaterield Couch and Armchairs, Roll and Flat, Ton- Particulars and Conditions of the Desks, Typewriter Tables, Filing Sale by Public Auction to be Cabinets, Typewriters, Surveyor's held on Monday, the 13th of instruments, Table Fans, Carpets, August, 1928, at 3 p.m., at the Rugs, Curios, Brass Ornaments, Offices of the Public Works De-Tennis Racks, etc., etc., partment, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok Trui in the Colony of Hongkong. for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years, PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Jazetion of Prince tavs
No. of Bate.
Registry No.
Locality,
Houndary Mraurraria.
E. W.
As per vale piso
squ
$72
Ep,es Price
$10,850
thorough knowledge of general | THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL
office work, typerwriting and filing,
secka position as beginner. Silary no object. Kindly reply Box No. of "Hongkong Tele-
101, cure graph."
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STEAM NAVIGATION CO.".
Steamer For STRAITS, COLOMBO and and BOMBAY
Through Bills of Lading Insued For BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF,
· FOR SALE—At Jade Tree. Ruge, CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN AND Old Thibetian and Mongolian, ! SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS. Ningpo chests, mirrors,
screens, pictures.
FOR SALE.
fire-
lamps, shades, Llama The Steamship
"KIDDERPORE.”.
FOR SALE-Buick Coupe two Carrying His Majesty's Mails, will senter, dickey seal, 1923 model. be despatched from this Port on Owner driven, done 600 miles, per- or about TUESDAY. the 12th feet running order. Price $2.700. August, 1928 at daylight taking! Owner leaving the Colony. Ap-Cargo for the above Ports. ply Box No. 402, care of "Hong- kong Telegraph."
PREMISES. TO LET.,
Silk, Valuables and Tea for!
to~~-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co.
Agents.
Teak. Dining Tables, Sideboards,. Dinner Wagon, Ice Chests, Glass Ware. Crockery, Kitchen Gear, etc., etc.,
Iron and Tenk Bedsteads with Mattresses, Wardrobes with Mirrors, Dressing Tables, Chests of Drawers, Cupboards, Wash stands, Shaving Stands, etc., etc., nlao
A Quantity of Blackwood Furniture and
Three Enamelled Baths.
One Grand Pinne" by Brinsmend
& Sons.
Three Victrola Gramophones and Record Cabinets.
Four Cameras.
One Royal Enfield Motor Cycle. One Perambulator.
36 Volumes Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannica.
On View from Thursday, the 9th August, 1928.
Terms-Cash on Delivery. Catalogues will be issued.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hongkong, Aug. 6, 1923.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction,
On TUESDAY,
the 14th. August, 1928, commencing at 10.30 am.
at Godown No. 18, The Hongkong
& Kowloon Wharf & Gdown Co., Ltd., Kowloon,
A Large Quantity of Miscellaneous Goods.
comprising:
17
QUEEN'S THEATRE
BY POPULAR DEMAND
Special Repeat Peformances
TWO NIGHTS ONLY
SUNDAY AND MONDAY,
August 12th & 13th, at 9.20 p.m.
THE
WORLD FAMOUS MAGICIAN
LONG TACK SAM
DIRECT FROM LONDON AND NEW YORK'
with
HIS BRILLIANT COMPANY OF CHINESE WONDER WORKERS, DANCERS, ACROBATS, 'EQUILIBRISTS, JUGGLERS. CONTORTIONISTS, GYMNASTS
DEVIL WORKERS.
Also his two beautiful daughters Misses
!
AND
MI-NA & NEE SA LONG.
A COMPLETE PERFORMANCE OF MAGIC AND FIRST CLASS VARIETY TURNS, IN A SETTING OF ORIENTAL SPLENDOUR, AS PRESENTED IN
LONDON.
Prices of Admission: $3, $2 and $1.
Advance Booking Now Open at the QUEEN'S
INVIGORATING AND REFRESHING
Fore-
most
AND
Best.
NEW
SUN BRAND
Sole Agents:-
ASAHI BEER
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.
LORD APSLEY'S PLEA
FOR AVIATION,
HONGKONG.
POST OFFICE NOTICE
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24th February, 1928.
M. J. BREEN, POSTMASTER GENERAL
RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICES are now in operation sa
follows:
Ships at Sea, Europe, American Continents, Hawaiian Islands, Dutch East Indies, Dutch Borneo, Philippine Islands, French Indo-China, Province of Yunnan, British North Borneo, Siam Canton, Swatow, Kwong chowan, Fort Bayard, Tchekam, Holbow, Amoy and Fonchow, etc.
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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 addressece at either end.
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The Pablle are reminded that the 1 cent rate for circulars for addresses in the Colony or Weihaiwel 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 Omce.
INWARD MAILS
From
Shanghai and Amoy
Europe via Negaptam, (letters only)
London, 12th July
Japan and Shanghal
Europe via Negapatam, papers only
London 12th July
Shanghai
Shanghai and Twatow
US.A., Honolulu, Japan, Shanghai,
and Europe via Siberia
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan, and S'hai Saigon
Australia and Manila
Bellerophon Kidderpore
Dua
..August 11. A
Per
Kanchow
Glenamoy
.August.9,
Atsuta Maru
...August 10. ...August 10.
.August 11.
.August 11,
Pres, Harrison
.August 11.
President Pierce
August 13.
Porthos
August 14.
Tango Maru
August 16.
.August 17.
.August 20.
Sinkiang
U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shanghai President Jackson U.S.A, Canada, Japan and Shanghai Emp. of Russia
OUTWARD MAILS,
For
Sam Shui and Wuchow'.
Salgon and S. Africh.
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
Wel Hal Wel:
Formosa
Haiphong
Per
Date and Time. San Ning ....Thurs., Aug. 0, 4 p.m. Montevideo Mara,..... Fri, Aug., 10,
10 a.m.. Halyang...Fri, Aug., 10, 2 p.m. 'Kurlchow...Fri, Aug., 10, 2:30 p.m. Sourabaya Maru
Fri., Aug. 10, 2.30 p.m. Tonkin......Fri, Aug. 10, 3.30 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & 8. Africa, Egypt, and Europe via Marseilles
Shanghai
Manila Japan
Italy, Franes and London (under Square Iгon, Swing Check arrangement) will be transhipped Valves, Show Cards, Chlorate of ut Bombay into the Mail Steamer Potash, Broken Glass, Sulphuric proceeding direct to Marseilles Acid, Dyo Samples, Wood Tar, and London.
Hats, Aeroplane Parts, Lamp Parcels will be received at this Shadea, Switches, Cord Holders, TO LET-Double or Single Rooms Offee until noon the day before Flins, Collon, Cotton Piece Goods, in Private Boarding House, Cun-sailing. The contents and value Paper, Account Books, Cigarettes, tral District. Tins and Dinners of all packages must be declared. Fish Plates, Bolts and Nuts, Stool for non-Boarders at $40.00 per For further particulara, Apply (Clips, Iron Gates, Jolate, Stan- month. Write Box No, 400, care of
chions, Old Wire, Motor Car Tyrea, "Hongkong Telegraph."
Old Wire Rope, Underwear, Vicca, Iron Plate, Wire Cable, Glass Ware, Plank, Dried Shrimps, Beche de Mor, Sulphate of Ammonia, Lumber, Flour, Chemical, Shocks, Cuff Links, Casala, Galvanized
Had there been more time when Sheets, Flat Dara, Matches, Square, the Post Office vote was being dis-private aviation. It only con- Round and Flat Iron, Pipes, Salt
zerns itself with the military and Amoy cussed, Lord Ansley would
commercial aspects. |Fish, Porcelain, Coal, Bentwood have drawn attention Lo
"In Germany and America the Chairs, Wine, Pears, Sardines, some of the questions that arise
use of small machines is grow. Plums, etc., etc., Raspberries, Asparagus, Apricots, out of the proposed erection
huge towers and poles for carrying rapidly, and the same thing. will happen here if no obstacle be ing electric cable, which
put in the way. subject of much criticism.
TO LET.-Office Rooms, 2nd floor, New Hongkong Bank Building. Apply Bang Kee, same building,
TO LET.-One European FLAT Wunchal Gap Road, Hongkong, Apply to 12, Kennedy Road.
TO LET.—European. Flate Nos. Apply 41 and 43, Kennedy Rond. Thornhill Aerated Water Factory, 154, Praya East. Phone 0,547.
"THE PEAK FLATS "
QITUATED within Two Minutes' Walk from the Tram Station and overlooking the Southern Side of the Inland. Ready for Occupation in JULY.
Fivo-Roomed FLATB and
Six-Roomed FLATS
with all Modern Conveniences, Drying Rooms and Out-houses, Two Lifts. Apply to
CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-ORIENT,
4TH FLOOR,
FRENCH BANK BUILDING.
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CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.
6, DUDDELL STREET, AND
ZA, D'AGUILAR STREET. Auction of Household and Office Furniture and Sundry goods every TUESDAY, and FRIDAY, at 2.80 p.m, at No. 2A, D'Aguilar Street. Tel:-0.4458, 6, Duddell Street,
0.6821, 2A, D'Aguftar Street,
Hongkong, 9th August, 1928.
LETTER GOLF.
FARM to the CITY. But some- It's only six steps from the
Limes the way is hard. It depends on your vocabulary.
FARM
CITY
1-The idea of letter golf in 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..
2-You can change only one Ieller at time.
3-You must have a complete word, of common usage, for each: jump, Slang words and abbrevia- tions don't count.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
ELECTRIC CABLES AND 'PLANES,
of
are
♫
He pointed out in an interview
winter must be considerable. The traits third type would be like the exist-Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius,
*E. & S., Africa and ing telegraph poles.
The most important point to Shanghai and Europe via Sibria
Bangkok via Swatow my mind, is the menace all this gwatow, Amoy and Formosa involves to the spread of nylation. 1Swatow.......
The Air Ministry seems to have., Straits and Calcutta no idea of the possible spread of
"These cables, if they are to
Japan, Honolulu, Canada, U.S.A., C. & S. American and Europe vie San Francisco
Shanghai
Siberia
Atsula Mara........Sat. Aug. 11,
K. P, 0. Registration Aug. 10, 4.80 p.m. Letters.......Aug. 11, 8 a.m. G. P. O. Registration Aug. 11, 8.45 a.m. Letters....Aug. 11, 9.30 a.m. (Duo Marsollies 10th September). Glenamoy...Bat., Aug. 11, 12,80 p.m. Pres. Harrison..Sat., Aug. 11, 5 p.m. Glentuce........Bat, Aug. 11, 5 p.m.
Glenshana
Kidderpore
Soochow Kulgan
Sat., Aug., 11, 5 p.m.
Bat, Aug. 11, b p.m.
„Bat., Aug, 11, 6 p.m.
Sun,, Aug., 12, 9 am.
Hozan Maru..Sun., Aug. 12, 9 a.m. Kanchow...Mon., Aug. 18, 10.80 a.m. Kutsang .....
Mon., Aug. 18,
Parcels
Letters
Sinking
.noon,
....1,p.m.
Mon, Aug. 18, b p.m.
.9 p.m.
Pres Madison................ Mon., Aug. 18,
.4.13 p.m. .5 pm.
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Parcels... Registration
Letters...******
(Due San Francisco 5th September). President Madison....Mon., Aug. 13,
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ..... Haining
India Salgon, Straita, Ceylon,
Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Egypt
Parcols Registration.....
Letters
. p.m. 4.10 p.m. .6 p.m.
Porthos
........Tues, Aug. 14, 12.30 p.m. Tues. Aug. 14, 2 p.m.
K. P. O.Y
Registration Letters
Registration
p.m.
p.m.
G; P, 0.
1.40 p.m.
.2.80 p.m.
and Europe via Marseilles..... Andre Lobon......Tues., August 14.
that in addition to the large masts 80 across country, will be a tre- there will be two other types, of mendous danger. In hilly dis- which one will be, in the main, triete, if they were run on the Shanghal, Japan and Europe via the property of private under sides of the hills, there would be: takers, and the other wholly un-little cause for complafat; but in der their control.
flat or rolling country they would The latter will provide electri-make flying extremely hazardous.
Rural Amenities. city for villages and rural día tricts...
"There is no way of painting or "As to the first type," he said, colouring the cables which would "It is true that the Electricity enable a pilot to distinguish them Commissioners are trying to put against the green of a field, es- these great concrete or steel pecially at night. The poles must masts on the main lines of com-be on the main lines of com- munication-roads and canalsmunication, otherwise It will be Manila
as much as possible. The dif-impossible to land or take off in a Swatow
culty about running them on the fleld, and that is what the small Java vin Batavia
railway tracks may be exaggera-flying machine must do, if private Holhow, Pakhol and Haiphong ted, especially as sooner or later aviation is to make anything Hike Brafts
via Thursday Island all the lines will be electrified. the strides here it has made in Manila, Australia and New Zealand If these tracks could be used the some other countries."
masts would not need to be so There was also, and Lord Aps- high.
ley, a distinct objection from the
The second type, which will agricultural point of view to put Swatow. carry cables with a voltage of ting these great masts on private Japan... 22,000, will be more numerous, property. If it were desired to Swatow, Amoy and Foochow and here the authorities have to turn pasture into arable, the trac Japan, Honolula, and San Francisco E. & S. Africa, Aden, Egypt, and deal with a complicated system of tor would have to be driven round Straita, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, way leaves. Undoubtedly if they tho 16ft. base of each mast, and If
Europe vis Marseilles are put up near existing Post they followed the fences a good Office wires, there is great-dan-proportion of the land would be Ager, in heavy snowstorms or gales, lost to cultivation. If all the boarders in the of their being blown across and There is such a strong public world were placed side by side, destroying the Post Office system, feeling now against spoiling
they would reach..
Expense of Breakdowns, the amenities of the countryside," "But could not the two be car-sald Lord Apsley, in conclusion, ried on much stronger masts so that I cannot think either the
4-The order of letters cannot A Rolls-Royce saloon car was that the danger to both would be Electricity Commissioners or Mandia bo changed.
destroyed by fire recently after almost negligible? It might be private undertakers will be per- Shanghai and Japan One solution is printed on collision with another car near economical for the Post Office to mitted a free hand to plant these
co-operate in such a scheme, for poles, carrying heavy cables, all Sandal another page of this issue.
the expense of breakdowna each over the place.”
Ascot.
Letters
(Due Marseilles 16th Sept)
Телп Cremer
Pros, Pierce Tues., Aug, 14, 4.30 pm. Kwongsang Wed., Aug. 15, 10,30 am. Tilkin!....Wed., Aug. 15, 2.30 p.m..
Wed., Aug., 10, 8.30 a.m. Wed., Aug, 18, 10 am. Parcels ....... Aug. 16, 5 pm. Changter..... Thurs., Aug. 18,
Registration Aug. 16, 9,45 am. (1 Letters Aug. 15, 10.80 am. (Das Thursday Island 27th August). Chenan....Wod, Aug., 16, 12,80 p.m. Tango Maru „Fri, Aug;17, 9.80 4,m. Hat Ching....Fri, Aug, 17, 2 p.m. Anyo Marui Bet, Aug, 18, 10 am.
Rajputana
Parcels....Ang 17, 4.80 Registration, Aug. 18, 9 am, Letters Aug. 18, 10 47
G. FO
Parcela
...Aug. 17, 5 p.m. Registration Aug. 18, 945 am. Letters Aug. 18, 10,80 am.. (Due Marseilles, 14th September.) Pren Jackson Sat., Aug., 18, 4.30 pm. Fushimi Maru
Mon, Aug., 20, 1050 Hausang, Tue., Aug. 21, 1.30 pm. respondence bearing vessel's name only:
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