LIFE IN HOWUKONG
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THE HONGKONG & WHAMPDA DOOK CO., LTD.
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE DIVIDEND of $3 C0 per Share
GENERAL IMPORT &
EXPORT.
CANTON
LARGE WHOLESALE & RETAIL
STORE
NURNITURE, Draperies, Groserie, Boot and Shoes Makers of Jewellery, Lacqueres, Omokery Ware,
Iron-mangery, Wine and Spirits. Foreign Clothes for gentlemen made to order by our own tailors.
Large Resortment of Chinese Silks And Foreign Goods of every daaription.
All goods sold at ressonable Price. The Cheapest and Best place in Canton & Hongkong to buy Chinese and Foreign Boous.
SUP PAT POO STREET.
CANTON and
Nos, 237, 239, Dos Taos Rend
declared at today's Annual General Mosting will be payable at the EONG TEL. No. 1406. KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION on and after THURSDAY,
by the sounds of the fire engine's boot, 1st APRIL, 1916, and Shareholders are
and No. 120, Connaught Road” Centrai.
and thought that the Zeppelins had requested to apply for Warranta at the Tel, No. 811. "come. But it was much worse than Town Office of the Company, S Ques′S,
that for the Moulin Rouge was on fire. BUILDINGS,
By Order of the Board of Directors.
GED. A. CALDWELL,
Secretary. Hongkong, March 81, 1918, '
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HONGKONG, & WHAMPOA DOOK
·COMPANY LIMITED.
Hongkong.
EAË. TRAMWAYS-COMPANY.
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LIMITED.
TIME TABLK
The alarm was first given-as was only becoming in the case of so famous a building by Cabinet Minister, no less, 31. Marcel Sembat, who lives not far away in the lue Couchtis, and whom cares of State had kept, no doubt, awake thus far into the night. The fire had, it is believed, broken out in an isolated parilion, but a strong wind communi-¡ cart is to the main hall, which was THE SHARE CERTIFICATES Noe. entirely destroyed. Not a hanging, no: 2410/2411 for in and 25 shares a chair remains. Fortunately, the alarm respectively, numbered 12739/12748 and was given in tine le cable the safety 3068/30932 inclusive. steading in the eur in of iron to be lowered, so that Register in the joint names of George the actual stage escaped, as well as the Ceralake, Solicitors, Liverpool & Birming
| Androw Hastings and John · Barbam.
scenery and the artists' dressing-roons.ham. taving been lost or destroyed, with their vaizalde costumes. No lo43 NOTICE I HEREBY GIVEN that 8.00 p.m. and 95.8., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 of Lite is to be deplored, but the material unless the said certificates be produced at
the Office of the Company, Queen's Build-
1.00 am, to 8.00 a.m...Every 15 minutes. 8.00a.m. to 10,00 am...Every 10 minutes. 10,00 m,m. to 11.00a.m...Every 18 minutes. 14.45 pm, to 1.15 pm. Eraty 10 minutes. 5p.m...Evary 15 minute,
115pm to 1.15 pm...Every 10 minutes, 116 p.m. to 5.00 pm Erary 10 minutos. 145pm to 1.16 p.Every 10 minutes.
6.00pm to 8,10 p.m.Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS,
pm, every half hour
an hour.
damage in estimated as well over £10,000ings, Victoria, Hongkong, before the 94th 11.00 p.m. to 11,46 pm. every quarter of M. Fabert, director of the Moulin Rougo, April, 1915, new certificates for the said visited the moist, unpleasant ruins this jabares will be issued and the clà certificates morning, to see what could be done. He will thereafter, be held by the Company as ronlised, with sorrow, that inany weeks, pull and void.
even months, would have to pasa before grist could como to the Moulin Rouge again. In the meantime he has received oders of other halle, and intends to acoups one of them, so that the Moulin Rouge will carry on business na usual. but in different and less romantio pre- mies.
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GEO. A CALDWELL,
Secretary, Hongkong, Marels 24, 1915, '
OREEN ISLAND CEMENT
COMPANY LIMITED.“
SUNDAYPA
7,45 a.m. to 10.30 am. Every 15 minutes 10.30a.m. to 12.00 a.m...Every 10 minutes 11.89 am to 18 Noon....Every 15 minut 20719.00Koon to 100 p.m.Every 10 minoton - 1:00 p.m. to 5,00p.m.livery 15 minutes. 0.00p.m. ta 8,00 p.m...Every 10 minutes 8.00 pm. to 1.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 7.00p.m. to 8.10 p.m... Every 10 minutes. NIGHT, QARS ́as on Wook Days.
THE 26 ORDINARY ANNUAL MERTING of, Shareholders in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Compsoy, Sr. GORGE'S BUILDINGS, Chster Boad, Victoria, Hongkook, on BATUR DAT the 10th day of APRIL, 1916, a B 12 LOUK Noon for the purpose of teceiving a statement of Account and the". Report of the Directors for the year -
r ending 31st December, 1914 and declaring Dividend
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Come pany will be CLOSED 1:00 THURSDAY, LET APRIL to. SATURDAY, 10:я APRIL 1910, both days inclusive.
By Order of the
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. --- Hongkong. March 27, 1910.- 283
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