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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1929.

JOHN SHELDON'S WARD.

By Dorothica Corbould.

CHAPTER I.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. ......Head Office:. 18, Groseburek Street,

London, '3.0. 3.

Bangkok

DANKERS.

BRANCHES 1000

BANKS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. - -

Authorised Capital ..........................150,000.008 Issued and Fully Paid-up ........................$20,000,000

Sterling ......& 1.000.000 ...Bilver

Incorporated 37 Rožal Charter, 1852. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. £3,000,000 | Fuld-Up Capital missionė 1,000,000 ......@ 2,500,009 | Beveres Fand ....................................................& 4,390,000

41,080,000 Betre Limblilty of Proprietate & $,000,002 | Barre ...M 1,404,848·

AGENCIES' AND BRANTIES,

Special Nole. All the names marked, "and there are good schools Authorised Capital characters, and incidents in this where difficult and unruly children Subscribed Capital .... Paid-Up Capital ................... story are entirely fictitious.

are taught manners and discipline. For Fund and Lost The girl could spend her holidays' here, of course, and I am willing to The Bank of asiand Midiend Dank, LAL take the responsibility of her man- 'Well, I'm !!

agement off your hands if you nC The rest of the outburst was cept the charge of her."

"But-but what the dickens can elembe merged in a deprecating little cough in deference to the prim elderly we do with a child hero! Upsetting shif lady who sat at the head of the all the place and kicking up all table pouring out the breakfast shindy whenever anything dis coffee.

pleases her!"

Batavia

Bomber Culentta

Pring

Hangouts

Howrah

New York

Kandy

Karachi

Kita Bharu

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur Simi

Вісгароги

Madra

Sourabaya

Hongkong

.Port Louis (Mauritius)

Kornian

HONGKONG BRANCHL. Every-daripüon of· Banking and Exchang kuriame transacted.

Internet allowed on Current Accounts und

C. L. C. BANDER,

Enonkone, 100h July, 1928.

Manseer,

"What is the matter, John?

"I think, John, it would be better Miss Sheldon naked in the calm, to consider the advantages of an martyr-like tone of voice which alextra five hundred a year added to Dalte at Hain that may be savery ways irritated her nephew. "Have your income, rather than the minor med en application. you bad news?"!

disadvantages of having for certain "It depends on what you call bad periods in the year a possibly dis news" was the reply. "Here Is Acordant element in your household, a letter from some outlandish place besides, the child may be quite a In Canada evidently meant for my different character, to that which father, enclosed in one from her in my opinion-most repre- lawyers, telling him of the writer's hensively callous parent ascribes to death, and that his old friend has her. I should certainly, if you ask left him sole guardian to his daugh-me, carefully consider your reply to ter, who is now alone in the work The lawyers, having heard of my father's death Inst year, sugge have no home apparently, unless you

these lawyers before sending it. The child, you must remember, will

FLOOD LIGHTING.

MODERN DEVELOPMENTS..

EXPLAINED. · ·

ALOR STAR

(Kalky Biale)

AMRITSAR

BANGKOK

DATAVIA BONDAY CALOUTTA CANTON DAWNPORE OKAU COLOMBO

DELAI HASPHONG ZIANDURG

HARDIN

HANKOW

(North Manchuria)

HONGKONG

ILOILO

KUCHING

MADRAN

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK

FERING PENANG PERAWAR BANGOON BAIGON BEMARANG BERAMBAN SHANGILAI BINGAPORE BOURABAYA- TAIPING

(...) TAVOY

TIENTEN

TOKYO

KARACHI

TONGKAH

XLANG

'.

(DHUKET)

KOBE

TSINGTAO

KUALA KANGSAR YOKOHAMA

(Paesk 7.308) ZAMBOANGA KUALA LUMPUR

(Thillerias la.)

Foreign Exchange and General Banking') bosiness transacted.

Current Accousta opened and Fixed De posita recebrad for one year er skorter periods al rains which will be quoted on application.

A. R. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hongkong, 14th March, 1993,

and Undivided Profita.....

G.$165,479,526

that should take charge of the give her one, and, I feel sure your Flood lighting, which was origin- | THE NATIONAL CITY BANK girl! I shall, of course, do no such dear father would not have hesially only employed during public

OF NEW YORK. thing! The idea is absurd! Yotated a moment to accept his old festivities, is now used for ad- can read the letters If you like," friend's trust."

vertisement purposes in everyday Capital, Surplus tossing them across the table and

John Sheldon had listened to the life and la a substantial factor in helping himself from the dish of hon and eggs in front of him. "fore-going. speech in his aunt's the consumption of electric light

monotonous voice with ill-concealed and current. must hurry up, or I shall be late, Irritation, but at her last words and I've got to go over to Milton his stern'expression relaxed, and in-day tu attend a coroner's inquest. He sighed, Beastly misance that letter coming! just now, giving me the trouble of auswering it when, for a wonder, I'm busy!".

to

tore

-£20,000,000

Lishi of... Proprie

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

COURT OF DIRECTORS

A. IL Compton, Dag. Obairman,

N. 6. Brown, Esq.

Debity Chairman.

Hon. Mr. B. D · W. La Pattenden, Ing.

Batch

'J. A. Klammer, Eng

7. 1. Weil 28. Lander Lawley B. L. P. With Eg'

W. 1. Bail,

0. G. 8. Mackia, Tag..

CHIEF MANAGER: Hot Mr. A. C. Hynes,

* BRANCHES 1--

AMOT BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALUUTTA DANTON

DLEWOO COLUMBO

DAIKEN YOOCHOW HAIPHONG HAMBURG

BARBIN HANKOW MUNGKKW ILOILO

POW JOHORE KOBE

KOWLOON KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON LYONS

BALACCA MANILA MUURDER

NAGASAKI NEW YORK PELINO *PENANG

RANGOUN

BATOUN

SAN FRANCISCO BHANUMAI BINGAPORE

SOUMABAYA

SUNUKI PATANI TIENTSIN

TUKYO TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

Cartont Accuunta opened in Loení CurrenET dixed epostu received for on yORK W alurter perioda Ju`Local Currency and Bar pa tetina witick wil be quoted on applicatiƠN

Hongkong, th June, 1926,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above. Bank is

FOR THE BONUKONG AND BHANGHAI

Chlof ManaZOT.

Commercial and Travellers' Let ducted by the HONGKONG AND BUANGHAI The expression "Blood lighting" Is meant to convey the fact that the ters of Credit, Travellers' Cheques, BANKING CORPORATION Ruim may be building to be brought into pro- Bills of Exchange and Cable bed on appliation.

inence by the illumination in, as Transfers bought and spld. Cur-

rent accounts and Savings Bank BANKING COMMATION, were, flooded with light,

A. CATHES, The search-lights utilized at first accounts opened and Fixed De

longong, 18th September, 1927. had many disadvantages, such as posits in local and foreign curren the irregularity of the light thrown, cies taken at ratos that may be aa production of hard, east certained on application to the shadows, the visibility of the light Bank. beam in damp or dusty weather, which disturbed the illusion, and HEAD OFFICE: 55,-Wall Street,

New York, the irritation of the spectator by dazzling light.

Brniches in:-

f'

ARGENTINE BELGIUN

BRAZIL

CHILE UMINA CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LONDON FRANCE

INDIA

ITALY

JAPAN JAVA PANAMA

PERU PORTO RICO BTRAITS

BETTLEMENTA URUGUAY VENEZUELA

the

"Dear old Dad!" he said. "He'd have given his last selling and the nose off his face if anyone wanted help, and could never refuse a re- Miss Sheldon tool the letters and quest, however difficult otherwise laid them beside fur plate white lewe should have been better off. As Anished pouring out her nephew's}

you say, Aunt Lucy, five hundred a eup of coffee, added milk year and only the kid's board and sugar, and passed it over to him lodging to come out of it would be Jolin Sheldon often wished shea godsend especially as business would bustle about and do things is not what I used to be. Clients quickly, get excited and even angry have died off and not been replaced, but she never did. Her feelings those new people at the Castle have

The Dazzle. whether amiable or otherwise, were their own solicitors in London, and always strictly under control, and the Northangers, who were our best Search-lights with, concentrated emotion of any sort was beyond her clients, have let their place to these light can therefore only be em But she had kept house for the late nouveaux riches' who apparently ployed with advantage where the Doctor Sheldon, her only brother, don't need our kind ofiles, Brayle object is of comparatively small di- since the death of his wife when and 1 were saying only yesterday mensions, as for instance for mem- John was a baby, and had continued that we'd have to shut up shop un-orial statuary. In order to render

do so for John himself. No less something turned up soon." the light of dazzling lamps-not We are also able to offer Out thought of change had ever enter

"Then you will agree to accept only of searchlights-comparative Customers the services of the ed the minds of either, but her the guardianship of this girl?” ly bearable to the human eye and, Branches of the Internaitonal nephew never ceased wondering if Well-yes--I suppose so. I'll simultanepualy, to obtain a soften: Banking Corporation in San Fran. anything on earth could rouse his think about it," and John Sheldoning of the shadow effects, matt

cisco, Spain and the Philippino sunt from her martyr-like calm.

abruptly changed the subject-con- glasses are employed which cause Island. Her collec-serving' done, Miss

verging on ordinary toples during a dispersion of the light and thus Sheldon took a sip from her cup and the non-evidently determined not produce what in called "diffused:

R. M. McLAY,

Manager. proceeded to read the letters wilchin discuss the unpleasant, problem fight". It is obvious that this pro- had caused her nephew's angry out he had been called upon to solve. cess for the production of diffused burst.

His aunt followed his lend with pp-light in the manner just described i The hwyers' missive simply parently calm indifference, but bear combined with loss of light stated that they had received neath her Anmoved exterior her which can only be made up for by structions from their late client, Mr. | thoughts were busy, and her eyes correspondingly greater expendi Ralph Hyde, of Millport, Ontario, dwelt upon her tall, handsome lure of electric current. If, how to forward his letter to. Docter nephew with a newly-awakened ex ever, witte enamel reflectors, are, Sheldon on his death. This had pression of anxious doubt. John employed, in place of the polished eurred about two months ago and, was “diffkult" at times, and often mirrors used in large search-lights in the meantime, they had cumne he failed to understand his moods, and intensive beam lights, the of across an account of Doctor Shel-though she had mothered him since fect of the illumination is more ad- don's own demise. Therefore they he was a year old, and he was now vantageous as this, enamel itself were placing themselves in com nearly eight-and-twenty,

produces a certain' diffuse reficetion. mmunication with the late doctor's "With five hundred ù year added

One step further and we come to to his invome John could marry." she said to herself with a little pang the "Beseg principle, mentioned Captial fully paid up Fra. 50,000,001

above, in accordance with which Special working

son, no other guardian for Miss

self.

►

Hongkong, 7th January, 1927.

中非工商銀行

BANQUE

FRANCO-CHINESE. pour la

Commerce et l'Industrie. (Incorporated in France.) Prino's Building, Chater Road. Hong Kong.

"Head Office: 74, Rus St. Lazare, Paris.

Capital

· NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

· MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(Netherlands Trading Becity)

DANKKES.

ESTABLISHED 1014

Mongiana Gidesi 11, Queen's Road, Central Authorised Capital ..........(Gulldurs 150,009,900.-

(418,500,000.)

Pald-Up Capital .......Guildaré 10,000,000.. (£6,888,670.) Resurra Fund Gullders 49,000,000.

(41,415,038.)-

Hand Officer-AMETERDAM""

- Eastern - Miad GBcer-BATAVIA,

BBANCHES-Eandjarmasin, Bandcam="*"

Doabay. Calcutta, Cheribon, Jeddah, Djember, Blociskarta”, The Jagus, Kobe, Kota-Hadini Makasar Mədin Fadans. Palembang, Pekniotizan, Fenang, Fontianak, angos, Flotter dam, Samaraz", Bhanghai, Sibolga (8ostra), BingepOTE, Boeramia, Santakarta (Bošo) Tal, Tiliating and Waltere den'

• These offices bara safe deposit boxas to,Jerks Landon Bankers-National Províncial Bank,

Ltd.

Correspondents all over the world.

BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION TRANBACTED.

0. STEENSTRA,

Mongkong, 60th July. 1921.

MADLEST,

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

(Ketablished 1980.) Capital (fully paid up) ...................... Y. 100, DO,DWI Berve Fund.............Y. 10Ê.S00.000

HEAD OFFICE:~YOKOHAMA Branches and Agencim A

Alexandria Fra. 50,000,000 avia Fra 22,310,000 Bombay

Karachi

Balgo

Kobe

Ban Franci

Loudon

Bentle

Branches:

Huron Aft Calent

Los Angeles Погода

Kanila

(Mukden)

Inkow Harbin

Semaran

Bhanghai Bhimonoreld Blogs Постарации

Howebwang.

Uyday

New York

Tientata

Opska. Peking

Tatya Txinanta

Rangoon

Tvingian

Rio de

janeiro

Vladivostock (Temperarily closed) interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposita received for fixed periods at fatos

Hyde having been appointed, in Mr. Sheldon would the hope that take on the responsibility, as Miss of regret. "Myra Cayle would have Hyde was now quite alone in the in to-morrow Yes, John, the reflectors are so fashioned that world. The letter ended, "Please quite auer with you that Colond the focus of the source of light Reserves

Dunday must be written to about never corresponds to the different | cable" reply.

His foci of the reflector. The Jamps of Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Saigaz, Canton

Changchen Nagasaki hoon this letter Miss Sheldon mending that broken fence. offered no comment, but took up dog got into the garden yesterday this type, are bell-shaped and pro-Haiphong, Hanoi, Tourane, Quinhon, surat Dalby) N

duce completely diffuse, uniform, Hue, Thanh-hoa, Vinh, From Penh, Penglen and chased Miranda up a tree. that from the late Mr. Hyde hin-had great difficulty in getting her broad-beamed, dispersed light, and, Peking, Shanghai, Tiontain, Hongkong Harabara

Bankers. down."

as dispersing hoods are not neces "Dear Jack," it began, "as a dy-

Franco: Societe Generalo, Bauque Honkong "I'll get Brayle to do It-he hatersary, in the most économical way. ing man I am writing to you, Dy the Colonel. Well, I must be off!,

Nationalo de Credit, Banque do Parlone:uta Special. Masts,

Kai Yuen oldest and well beloved friend, fo1'll try to get back to dinner.”

ot des Pays Bas. implore you to relieve my mind of: Ever since, as a small boy going

London: Midland Bank Ltd. In practice such lamps are either a treat anxiety, My, death will out with his nursery governess, to fixed on special masts or on the New York: American Exchange leave my little girl quite alone in the time when he had been taken as roofs of neighbouring buildings or irving Trust Co., Banca Commerciale to be obtained on applicatio the world, and I know of no one in junior clerk into the firm of Parsons other suitable spots, singly or in Italiana. Whose care i should choose to leave and Bragie, solicitors, to become, groups, so that their light com- San Francisco:-Bank of Italy. her except yourself. I cannot $93 on the death of Mr. Parsons, part-pletely covers the object to be illu- Every description of banking and that I have done a father's duty by her with Mr. Brayle in the business, minated, with the greatest possible Exchange business transacted. Corres her, for to tell you the plain un-Miss Sheldon had gone to see her utilization of the known cone of dis pondents throughout the world. varnished truth, my daughter and nephew off at the front door, e-persion. The consumption of cur- have never romehow hit it off a companying him in the summer reat required depends in the first gether, I could never forgive the down the path to the gate and shut-place on the size of the object but child for casting her mother's life, ting it ofter him, while she watched above all-on the brightness of the and, besides this, she is neither him down the rond till, with a back surroundings and on the coloration pretty nor attractive, and you knawward look and wave of his hand, he of the reflecting surface. A build- my absurd antipathy to ugly women turned the corner and was lost toing which has been painted white and children. She la clever, I be- Įview.

requires about one fourth to one "Five hundred a year!! she kept sixth of the amount of light re tieve, and has had the best educa- tlan'a good governess and various saying to herself as she went slow-quired for a dark red fuende or a teachers of langages and musicly back to the house, not even glanc-blackened stone house front, with Authorised Capital could give her, but she is a difficulting at her pet standard rose trees the same effect on the spectator. subject and needs some enre; mul now showing buds beneath the soft

L. Bernis, Mannge,

Hongkong, 3rd August, 1928.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

BPECIALLY AUTHORIZED BY PRESIDEN. TIAL MANDATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER, 1935.

Paid-up Capital

Deserve Funda

$20,000,000.00 19,278,000,00

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING. BONGKONG BRANCH.

4. Queen's Hoad Central

II. MORI

Manager,

Hongkong, 18th March, 1928.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

,111,000,000.

ESTABLISHED 1911. Head Office:-Hongkong. Authorlard Capital Paid-Up Fund Ronerve Fund BRANCHES

8,654,200, 060,000,

Canton, Shanskel, Heaton, Swatow, Bangkok, New York and dan Fran cisco,

LONDON DANHEDS.

The Lyd's Bank, Limited Corespondents fa all Principal cities of the every description, transacted.

Hals Depall Bozes (Varieg" sizor) · at a ................. 9,029,€25.41 | Jourly rental of Frum $6° to 910,

LOOK FOONG SHAN,:

Chief Manage Hongkong, 18th February, 1917,

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, of other parts of the world.

LONDON BANKERS: The National Frehend Omes 94, Boulevard Hausmann, Faria, vincial and Unks Bank of England, Lond. |Paid Up Capita

Fr. 83,400,050.08 „The Guarials Trust Company of New York | Balecribed Capital voor **V. 72,000,000.De

NEW YORK DRANCHES:-The Irving Na || Horseva: Fond [Bonel BanĀL

BRANCHES

Branch

and Sub-branches all over Chios

as she Inherits all I have leave, May breeze and sunny skles, and Flood lighting installations which about a hundred thousand pounds, the words repeated themselves all have been installed with practical 'I fear for her future at the bands through her morning duties, the regard to the above considerationa of some unscrupulous fortune hun-gathering of the breakfast things have a completely artistic effect. and Correspondents in Europe, America and ter, when she shall reach a mar-together and placing them in the ns It were in Imitation riageable age, and possess no other hatchway to be fetched away by the nature, which casts an enchantment attractions.

cook, and following them to the over castles and ruins and wenyes "I have left live hundred a year kitchen to give her orders for the round them a web of romance, for her maintenance, and any exday, thence upstairs to help the one pense you may incur on her behalf, other maid make the beds, finishing

personal use.

The Equabis Trust Company of New Tork The latest development in the

Interest allowed on Current Accounts' and

Every description of - Haskins basloane

approred securtila. Spacial melilties for Homes Eazbange.

SHOU J. CTETU

Manager.

til she is of age, the lawyers, who up with her usual peregrination to field of flood lighting illumination is are her trustees, allowing her an the market and the shops for the the utilization of variegated flood Vited Deposits. Terma on Arpilation other three, hundred for her own day's provisions. The thought of light, obtained by providing the dis-transacted,

Loans svented on almost persed-light search-lights, mention- Therefore she will be that five hundred a year no burden on you inanelally, and broke up her calm equanimity-ed above with coloured glasses. her want of good looks will pro-eliciting the remark from an c

that bably case your mind with regard to quaintance whom she met too many love affairs. My will "Miss Sheldon actually looked some gives you the power to refuse your thing like other people to-day and consent to any marriage you con-less liken 'study in granite" "" sider unsuitable. In the firm be- Meanwhile John

Sheldon's Hef that my dear old friend will thoughts; na he wended his way to kindly grant this, my last request, wards the town about half a mile

Yours gratefully,

RALPH HYDE

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Ketablished 1911.) CAPITAL

household menage, declaring that he saved them the expense of a housekeeper. With this extra five hundred, John told himself, he authorised: Copital would be able to buy a small two- Ised....... seater car-his great anibition Paid-up......................

holders

I gladly leave this world to rejoin distant from his home, were also and indulge in several other small Reve my beloved wife.

full of that five hundred a year to luxuries at present unprocurable. be added to his present income, Yes, it would certainly be wise to Burpin which of late had barely reached place these advantages against Richard Coeur de Lion status at Westminster, which was damaged down.

money of her own, but neither her of the incubus they represented. by the gale, the hilt of the sword "Five hundred a year would come brother nor her nephew had al-He would cable. being snapped.

in very useful just now," who re-lowed her to pay any share in the

(To Be Continued.)

of

Repairs have been started on theries Sheldon. laid the letter that sum. Miss Sheldon had a little the to him, decided disadvantage the principal clues of the world

4,000,966

*4,000,000

· 2,239,400

HEAD OFFICRI—SINGAPOY, Branches, arenim and Cornerpondents in a Every description of Banidag and Exabangs

KO LEONG HOR

beatzena trasigated.

BANGKOK' BATTAMBANG .. ONEBO

CANTON

DJIBOUTI

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www.101,000,000

ENQUMRA FAFETTE PEKING

PONDICHELET PROM-PENU BAIGON BHANGHAI BINGAPORE, ENTRIN TODRANK

YUNNAKEU

· BANETRS.

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In TRANCH! Örmotely National #mencata

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Every description of banking and exchanne Insidary_tennæucted.

Bafe Deposit Bonus ta het.

1200T

Honakent, 24%. Wubeunty, 1927,