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NOTICE.
THE OFFICES of CHINESE MARI
TIME CUSTOMS for Kowloon and District will be CLOSED to Public Business on FRIDAY, the ad instant. and on the 1st, nd and 3rd January 1917.
4. H. HARRIS,
-
· Coinmissioner of Chinese Customs. York Buildings.
Hongkong, Dee, 91, 1916,
BANK HOLIDAYS.
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TN accordance with Ordinance No. a In de EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Table Business on MONDAY and TUESDAY the 25th and 26th Instant
-Hongkong, Dec, 21, ibic
GREEN ISLAND CEMEST COMPANY, LIMITED,
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 47. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Green Island Cement Company Limited will be held at the
Mesars. Shewan, Tomus & Co., the General Managers of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, on FRIDAY the Afth day of January, 101
e'clock noon when the subjoined Resolutions which were passed
at 17
Betina Resolutions at the
mich
General Meeting of the
Ofeld on the Fifteenth day
1918 will be submitted for confirmation as Special Resolutions-
(1) That the capital of the Company be reduced from $4,000,000 (Four into million dollars) divided 400,000 (Four hundred thousand) shares of 810 Tax dollars) cach, to $1,000,000 (Three million dollars) divided into 400,000 (Four hundred thousand) shares of $7.50 (Seven dollars and fifty cents) each, and thut such reduction be effected by returning (on such date as the Company Board of Directors shall appoint) to the holders of the
400,000
000 (Feur hundred thousand) skares that have been issued paid up capital to the extent of $2.30 (Two dollars and fifty cents),
per share and by reducing the nominst amount of each of the said shares from $10 (Ten dollars) to 87.30 (Seven dollars and fifty conts). (2) That application be made to the Supreme Court of Hongkong to confirm the reduction of tho capital of the Company in con- formity with the foregoing Resolution.
Dated this 18th day of December, 1010.
By Order of the Board,
I
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SHEWAN, TOMES & Cʊ" General Managers.
SECOND
5. RUSSIAN INTERNAL
SHORT TERMED LOAN OF 1918 FOR
ROUBLES 3,000,000,000
THE Subscription to the above LOAN
to 20th December, 1918.
The price of issue la 95 per cart. The Loag is entirely free of Income
Tax and other taxations.
The Loaz la redeemable at par on 14th October, 1926, without option for the Eomaian Government to convert it at an earlier date..
Coupons are payable half yearly on the 14th April and 14th October.
As interest on the above loan rums from 14th October, the interest accrued on date of subscription must be taken into consideration and is to be added to the price of Jacin
The Busso-Asistic Bank in Hongkong in ready to accept applications for the
above named Lona.
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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
BOGEY COMPETITION.
A BOGEY COMPETITION 81.
CUP Faxes on December 23rd, with and 95th.
Entranco Feo 8.00 ich Round. Players cony take out as many cards as they like during the three day's
Proceeds to be given to War Charities.
MIXED FOURSOME COMPETITION.
TWO CUPS have kindly been present- ed for MIXED FOURSOME COM- PETITION on Boxing Day, 18 holes. En- Medil Phay nader Handicaps. trance Fee 85.00 per couple
Pro- ceeds to be given to War baritica Players select their own opponents. Entries close at Foaling, December 28th,
10
W. D. KRAFT, Acting Hon. Secretary. Hmgkong. Dec. 13, 1916.
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HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE. WINTER "BISLEY"
NÁVAL, MILITARY-AND' POZICE. TEAM AND CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT 17 Teats. 68 Competitors.
"Stonecutters Range,
BOXING DAY, December 26th
at 19 A.M.
Messrs. The WAXMAN CATE will supply Tilin on the Range if ordered on or bafors December 20th
SERVICE OF LAUNCHES. MURRY PI and Stonecutters Inland.
OUT
Murray Pier (dept.)
8.45 a.m. Army Servics Launch
am. Victoria
3.
9.15 am. Naval Launch 9.30a.m. Police Launch 9.45 am. Army Service 10.30 a.m., Victoria,
24
p.m. Victoria.
HOME Stanecutters (dept.) 4.30 p.m. Army Service
pim. Victoria 4.15 p.m. Naval Launch 5.30 p.m. Army Service.
J
These launches will run mainly for the convenience of Competitors and Ufficials on the Range. They may also be used free of charge by any person in service poiform, and by ladies."
Hongkong, Dec. 18, 1916
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CHRISTMAS DAY. BOXING DAY. NEW YEAR'S DAY.
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THE CIGARETTE
AMUSING LETTER BY A JAPANESE."
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Sm-It may be a great trouble for you that I have been absens these several days, I beg your mercy for that. I faze back to Tokyo now, but very sorry for you I am zot quite well yet though it is much better. I can't tell when I can come to the office.
DE LUXE.
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interested in if
If circumstances will allow me and if, wooner or later, there is any probability my salary and position to be raised, I want to become a reinforced concrete engineer and to work under your care as long as possible. Please let me know your opinion about this matter.
::,
I will wait patiently for some me Not only I andered from sickness lately until what I wrote in this letter is! but I was attacked by my friends, rela-Arevered by your words of honour or by tives and parents with strange advices. E was Can you guess what je was? advises of marriage, that is to marry a
woman.
(Mitsubishi Co.)]
COAL DEPARTMENT.
SOLE PROPRISTORS OBI TAKASHIMA, OUHL, MUTABE, KISHIDANE, YOSHINOTANI HOJO,NAMAZUTA, SAYO KANADA, facts. If there is no probability of pre-SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI motion I must think, no matter whether &.OYUBABI JOLLIERIES'
mary or not. Although I shall be obliged to leave your offies in near future, according to my own circumstances, I think, there la, not so great loss on my part.
To say the truth, I don't like to marry, because I often heard complaints of some
Because, I had devoted all my of my friends and sequaintances saying, wife is the most trouble some creature in leisure in study through these four years the world. It is a trouble indeed for me since I came back to Tokyo from Daire- even to reasonably control of myself, three years in English night, school, one mentally and phisically, and to live in year in the library and in mathematical fairly good way not begger like at the school, and some idea of system structures pre way-hot like no satisfed site of a petunt
fold the trouble of ring by getting a wife. But they say You had better And another way of living, your must have s wife at any coat, you cannot develop your ability in the society without a wife.
BAND in attendance Plan of tables You have ability enough to support your
can be seen at Hotel Office Hongkong, Dec. 19, 1915.
EXHIBITION,
by MEINSEN
of
י,
(well known landscape painter) WATER
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COLOURS
KOMOR & KOMOR'S ART GALLERY
Open on MONDAY the 18th Doc.
For five days only. "
MR. KINSEN is on a tour of the
chance to see and purchase his wonder world and gives Hongkong a ful paintings at Mesara, KoxoE & KOMOR from 8.8.m. till 5 p.m.
FOR FIVE DAYS ONLY. Hongkong, Dec. 18, 1918:
family if you find suitable position."
Though I can't believe all they say are trou, I think I had better respect the Japaness custom because I am a Japanese (in Japan it is rather exceptional to livs) single at the age of 31), "Then I found I must prepare for the inarriage.
It needs atleast 40 yen monthly income for me in Tokyo to have's home, more. over I must help my parents to some artent if possible though my younger brother have been feeding them because I couldn't do that. I have been once getting income as much as three times of the present. So I think it is not Imposible to find a position to get nearly same even now, because I don't think my ability decreased since then.
Flesse- remember that, there is no relation between my present sickness and what I said in this letter. I will come to the office as soon as it recoverod, and please don't let the men know of it, because they will make fun of me about my marriago question if they know it. will be the advantage of both sides.
stention to this long letter in your Thank you very much for your kind
busiest time.
CHINESE ENGINEERING AND
MINING CO., LIMITED.
The annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, Ltd, was to be held in London on the 19th inst. when The Directors' Report and Statement of
It had passed by more than two years Accounts for the year ending 30th June since I entered into your office. Tinio dies quick as an aeroplans while work 1916 was to be submitted. and study goes on lowly aé & COW. You have been very kind to me all
Special favourable rates will be quoted HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, sympathized with me and you gave me for Bosnian Exchange.
Payment may also be made in Boubles, Applications will be wised to Petrograd tres, of telegraphic charges and comtale
sion.
to per cent, caly of the cost of the Bonds may be paid on application, the balance to be paid on receipt of the
Bands.
The Bank is also ready to give every facility to subscribers in the shape of adrances against the scrips.
G. TISDALL,
Manager..
RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK.
Hongkong, Nov. 7, 1918,
1923
LIMITED.
NOTICE.
1
£195,145
EXTRACT FROM DIRECTORS' EXPORT. 1339 through these days. Often I felt you tions shows a balance to the credit of The net result of the years trans
Proportion of Kailan Mining Adminis- were my doar elder brother or father Profit and Loss Account of £275,377, instead of a foreigner. You much made up as follows: nico cloths savezal times and taught me tration's Profits, many things which are very useful for the Plus China Interest I can not forget these impressions through Interest in Europe.. N denmul for Moctricity has simost to that I am not wishing to by-s, pro Sundry Receipts JOTICE is hereby given that the my lifetime. But I beg your attention Agency Fees..... reached the limit of the capacity of phessional blue priat man, nor business Balance brought forward the present Generating Plant, and as man, nor clerk, nor typist but I want to a result no further applications for:
new connections can be accepted as from 1st become an engineer. January next, until completion of the To tell the truth. I want almost every New Power Station at North Point. I night to the Imperial Library, Uwenc, Expenses in Europe: £ 3,871 was fully expected that the North Point from the beginning of this year to invest Directors. Fees Station would have been completed and running before now, but owing to the gate reinforced courete structuron and Lacome Tax
War work in respect of the new plant
has been considerably delayed.
By Order of the Bosrd!
... DEDUCT.
10,844 4,000
99,159
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its theory. I found there the Hool's text Exchange
25,507 49
Book the best and latest of all the English
written books. I could read through
33,627
about 100 pages of the Vol. 3 until the
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beginning of this month. I could under- Leaving a Net Balance of........ stand all I read though some parts were which the Directors recom- a little dificult because I forgot some mend should be appropriated
ĮGIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.
Agente, Hongkong, Dec. 14, 1918,
£275,377
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The finest
for comba
CU
as follows: Interim Dividend. 5 % paid 15th May 1916, absorbed.
250,000
Final Dividend 5% (making 10% for the year): 60,000 Balance carried forward, subject to provision for Excess Profits duty in
175,377.
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