In the Mutter of the Estate of STANLEY CORWINE MACNIDER, late of the Eng Hok Fong Steamship Com- pany, in the Colony of Hong- kong, Shipping Superintendent, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Court
by virtue of Section 58 of The Probates Ordinance 1897 (No. 2 of 1897), made an order limiting the time for sending in claims to or against the above estate to the
7th day of September, 1917.
Creditors and claimants are hereby required to send their claims to the undersigued by the above date.
Dated this 16th day of August, 1917.
A
HUGH A. NISBET,
Official Administrator.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
Notice of Dividend,
No. 28 of 1915.
Re Jose THOMAS DE SOUza, of No. 33.
Peking Road, Fourth floor, Kow- loon, in the Colony of Hongkong, Mercantilo Clerk.
first dividend of $65.00 per cent, has
been declared in the above matter.
OTICE is hereby given that the above mentioned dividend may be received at the Official Receiver's Office, Victoria, afore- said, on Friday, the 24th day of August, 1917, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and on any subsequent day during office hours.
Creditors applying for payment must produce any bills of exchange or other securities held by them and must sign a receipt in the pre- scribed form.
Dated this 17th day of August, 1917,
HUGH A. NISBET Official Receiver.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
In the Matter of the Stx Co., Ltd.
and
In the Matter of the Companies Ordi-
nances, 1911 and 1913.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition was
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(without prejudice to the gener- ality of the foregoing words) to
PATENT ORDINANCE, 1892.
carry on Life, Fire, Marine and NOTICE is hereby given that MARCONI's
Accident Insurance.
thb) To purchase charter hire build or otherwise to acquire steam and other ships or vessels and to carry on the business of Merchants carriers by land and water ship
owners
warehousemen
whar
fingers barge owners lightermen and forwarding agents.
eej To carry on the business of Theatre proprietors and managers and in particular to show Cine- matograph films and to provide for the production of musical and dramatic performances for enter- | tainment.
dd) To carry on the business of bank-
ing in all its branches.
AND NOTICE is hereby further given that the said Petition is directed to be heard before His Hocour Sir WILLIAM REES DAVIES, K., Chief Justice, on Monday, the 3rd day of September, 1917, at 10 a.m., and any person interested in the said Company whether as Creditor or other- wise desirous to oppose the making of an Order for the confirmation of the said alteration under the above Ordinances should appear at the time of hearing by himself or his Counsel for the purpose and a copy of the said Petition will be furnished to any such person requiring the sane by the Company's Solicitors, Messrs. HASTINGS & HASTINGS, No. 8, Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on payment of the regulated charge for the
same.
Dated the 15th day of August, 1917.
HASTINGS & HASTINGS,
Solicitors for the Company,
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE Undersigned has received instructions from the Liquidator of Messrs. WITZKE
& Co., in pursuance of an order of the Hong- kong Government to sell by Public Auction, at 12 o'clock (Noon), on Monday, the 27th day of August, 1917, at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street, Hongkong.
All the piece of ground situate at Yaunati, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, and registered in the Land Office, as
KOWLOON INLAND LOT No. 209.
IN ONE LOT.
The Property Consists of a piece of ground abutting on Battery Street, and Fourth Street, (near the Praya), in Kowloon, and contains an area of 4,500 Square Feet.
The Lot is held for the unexpired residue of a term of 75 years created therein by an Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 4th day of May, 1888.
The Annual Crown Rent is $60. For further particulars and conditions of sale
on the 9th day of August, 1917, pre- | apply to sented to His Majesty's Supreme Court of Hongkong, by the above-named Company to confirm an alteration of the said Company's objects proposed to be effected by a Special Resolution of the Company unanimously passed at an extraordinary general meeting of the said Company held on the 28th day of June, 1917, and subsequently unanimously confirmed at an extraordinary general meeting of the said Com- ; pany held on the 26th day of July, 1917, and which Resolution runs as follows:
That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of Association with respect to its objects be altered by striking ont in Paragraph (0) of Clause 3 the words Or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as to directly or indirectly benefit the Company occuring in the 5th and 6th lines thereof and substituting therefor the words " Or any other business or transaction what- soever, and by inserting in Clause 3 thereof immediately after Paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs :--
(a) To carry on all kinds of Insur- ance business and in particular
Messes. HASTINGS & HASTINGS, Solicitors for the Liquidator, or to the Undersigned,
GEO, P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 23rd May, 1917.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
No. 63 of 1914.
Re CRCZ BASTO & COMPANY, late of Prince's Building, Victoria, Hong- kong, Merchants.
FINAL dividend is intended to be declared
in the above matter. Creditors who have not proved their debts by the 28th day of August, 1917, will be excluded.
Dated this 27th day of July, 1917.
C. A. DA ROZA,
Trustee.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED, of Marconi House, Strand, London, England, have duly filed a petition (with the other docu- ments required by the Patents Ordinance, 1892), applying to the Governor-in-Council for Letters Patent for the exclusive use within the Colony invention for "Transformers for in- creasing the frequency of alternating electric currents" and such application will come be- fore the Executivo Council for consideration at its sitting at 9.30 am. on Thursday, 6th Sept- ember next.
of an
Dated the 10th day of August, 1917.
DENNYS & BOWLEY, Solicitors for the Applicants.
TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1909.
Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.
OTICE is hereby given that the UNION TRADING CO., of Victoria, in the Colony
of longkong, Merchants, have on the 21st day of April, 1917, applied for the Registration in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, of the following Trade Mark:-
U N UNION Ο N
in the name of the UNION TRADING CO., who claim to be the proprietors thereof.
Such Trade Mark is intended to be used by the applicants forthwith in respect of Sub- stances used as food or as ingredients in food, in Class 42.
Dated the 15th day of June, 1917.
UNION TRADING CO.,
Queen's Buildings, Hongkong.
TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1909.
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Application for Registration of Trade Marks.
OTICE is hereby given that H. M. H. NEMAZEE, of 1, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, has on the 4th day of May, 1917, applied for the registration in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, of the following Trade Marks:
No. 1. A Chinese poet (accompanied by a maid-servant with lamp) writing on a large rock by moonlight. No, 2. A girl and two boys in sylvan scenery releasing birds from a cage held by the middle figure. No. 3. A girl and two boys flying a kite, the string of which is held by the middle figure.
No. 1. is associated with Mark No. 82 of 1916 and Nos, 2 and 3 with Mark No. 81 of 1916 and with each other,
in the name of the said II. M. H. NEMAZEE, who claims to be the sole proprietor thereof,
The Trade Marks are intended to be used by the applicant in respect of the following goods, ..:-
Cotton Piece Goods of all kinds, such as Cotton shirtings, long cloth, etc., in Class 24.
Facsimiles of the Trade Marks can be seen at the office of the Registrar of Trade Marks, and also at the offices of the undersigned.
Dated this 12th day of June, 1917.
H. M. H. NEMAZEE,
1, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong,