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To-day's Advertisements
In the Maltor of THE COMPANIES' ORDINANCES 1911-1913
AND
In the Matter of THE PICTURE. PALACE CO. OF CHINA. LTD.
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(IN LIQUIDATION),
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in
pursuance of Section 188 of the
Companies Ordinances 1911, that
MARRIAGES.
BORITA-SOUZA-On April 5th, at Shangbal, JORGE ROBERTO BORGIA, to GEORGINA AUREA BAPTISTA DE SOCZA
THE CHINA MAIL.
both British and American Natal experts are antiafed that the menace is being combatted in a manner which warrants faith in the early extermina. tion of the pirates
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
· COMPANY MEETING. THE HONGKONG ICE CO., LIMITED.
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.
An extraordinary general masting of the shove Company, was held in the offices of Messrs. Jardins, Matheson and Company, Limited, at 11 o'clock this | morning for the purpose, of considering, [ and if thought it, passing extraordinary
resolutions.:
The Bon, Mr. D. LANDALE prasided, and there were present the Hon. Sir Exchange was up this morning to Pat Chater, co, and the Rev. 3. 1d on demand.
Father Robert, Consulting Commit.
The 1917 dividend of the Shanghai), and Mr. RM. Austin, (Secrotsry), Gas Co., Ld, has been fixed at Tis. 2.50. and the. Hon. Mr. Ho Fook, and Mera H. J. Gedge, H. W. Looker, per share, being at the rate of five per W. Beswick, A. C. Davison, A. B. cout, of the pakdd-up capital.
Stewart, T. Tod, D. D. M. Bernard and Lo Cheung Sha
ד'
The Easter Extension Australasia and Chios Telegraph Co., Ltd. state that telegrams for, or via, the United Kingdom are, at present subject to six days' delay."
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The Chamman said:-Gentlemen — At the Annual General Meeting of this Company on the 27th March last 1 stated that your General Managers bad bean approached by the Dairy Farm
"MPRIMA Managers of this Company (upon their entering into restrictive covenants which have been agreed upon and by way of bonus as compensation-fortheir loss of Offica
General Managers of this Company) of 2,000 shares of the j Dairy Farm Company Limited, of
the nominal value of $7.30 cacb
credited as fully paid up bo and the same is hereby approved and that the liquidators be and they are hereby authorised pursuant to Section 185 of the Companies Ordinance 1911 to adopt the sair! Agreement and carry the same into effect with such (if any) modification either before or after the execution thereof as the maid Liquidators may think expedient. The Hoo. Sir Paul, CHATER seconded both resolutions, which were unanim ously adopted.
That concluded the business of the meeting
KILLED IN ACTION.
2ND LIEUT D. LAMMERT.
We deeply regret to learn that Company with a view to their acquiring Captain George F. Lanumert ban:
THE MAGISTRACY,
ALLEGED UNLAWFUL
POSSESSION.
* APRIL 18, 1918.
GANTON BRITISH WIR
CONTRIBUTIONS.
A further sum of £340 subscribed by British residents in Canton has been
A Chinese woman was charged before remitted to London during February, MR Wood this morning, with March and April as undervoted ——
buigg in unlawful possession of the Blinded Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel, carcass of £ pig salued at $15.
(St. Dunstane). Blue Cross Fund
40
150
50
200
40
An Indian constable stated that he
British Red Cross Society saw the defendant and a man carrying Lord Roberts Memorial Fund....
basket containing the carcase, at Pok Officers Families Fund... lum Rond early this morning. Ite Prisoners of War Fund... shouted out to them to stop, bat they Royal Flying Corps Hospital ran away. Witnesy gave chant and Sailors' Witlows and Orphans Fond 50 arrested the defenant. The man escaped.
Defendant said the man who escaped arrest, engaged her to carry the carcass She produced a witness who corrobora
ed her story,
Mr. Wood discharged the defendant
ENPORTING OPIUM.
A Chiacre pleaded not guilty when charged with attempting to export 31 taels of Government's opium without a permit.
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We are asked to draw the attention of the public to the fact that it has now the business and undertaking of this to-day received an official ¡stination It was stated by defendant's solicitor, bean Snally decided to start the Company. A letter setting forth the neompanied by an expression of the Mr. Hall, that the defendant who was Performance The Witness for the main terms of the Provisional Agree-Army Council's negret, that his employed as a ship's carpenter, was Defence" at 9 ar 9.15 p.m. on Tuesday.ment with the Dairy Farm Coy, entered second son, and Lieut. R. D. Lam-requested by a commercial traveller on the 23rd inst. and not at 8 pm. as into by your General Managers, has been mert, attached to the Gloucester board the steamer, to buy the opium.
Evidence of the arrest was given by previously announced.
duly circulated to all ́shareholders with Regiment, who was reported inisaing the notice calling this meeting. Such on March 23rd, is now ascertained Chinese constable who said the opium was found coaceded in defendant's A Peking telegram to our Chinese terms provide for the acquisition of the to have been killed in action oti that contemporary mentions that the Pre-undertaking and business of this date.
girdle. sident is having a silver tripod made to Company in return for the issue to
Lieutenant Lammert, who was with the alternative of three months LAMENT-On 23rd March 2nd. Lieut.present to H. R The Governor of shareholders of eight shares of the Dairy just 20 years of age, was educated hard labour in default of payment.
R. D. LAMMERT, Gloucester Regi- Hongkong as a mark of appreciation of Farm Co., of $7.50 each credited as ment, second son of Mr. and Mrs. the Colony's contributions to the famine fully paid in respect of each slibro in this at Weihaiwei and Allballows School,
KILLED IN ACTION.
G. P. Lammert Aged 20.
Mail.
General Meeting of the Members of the The Ching
aborenamed Company
will be held at
No. 3
the Offices of the York
Queen's Road Central koog, on Saturday the 18th day of
of May
1918 at 11 am. for the purpose of baving an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding up has been
and the property of the the of considering Company
if any) of the Official Receiver report (if any)
HONGEDNO, TULADAT, April 18, 1918.
Relief Fund.
Chinese newspapers report that a sum of about #30,000 was recently stolen from the Dutch Legation in Peking. Two or three soldiers of the Legation Guard are said to be under suspicion and a Chinese bar-keeper is believed to have had a band in thi
"Had our churches spent forty millions of dollars in missionary work in Russia during the last forty years,
crime.
THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. I'
and bearing any explanations that my It is very gratifying to note the fact
be given by the Liquidators: and also
of determining by Extraordinary Reshat though there is now "a greater wolution the manner in which the Books,
of
the crisis brought about by the revolu- tion," said Bishop James W. Bashford, Methodist bishop in China, in a state- mant at New York recently.
Company.
Mr. Wood food the defendant $200
ESTABLISHING & WIRELESS
STATION WITHOUT A "
PERMIT.
£540
A sum of $200 was alar transferred. to British Red Cross local workers.
Copies of the circular issued by the Committee with regard to Was
Contributions can be obtained from the
undersigned to whom further donations | bnd subscriptions abould be sent.
D. FORBES,
Hon. Treasurer,
c/o Hongkong Bank, Canton. The following is a list of the Sube scribers for the past three months— 8. Bander,: . G. Becke,
F. N. Bell...
G. Borrus G.H. Bowker, Rev. A. A. Bra
Canton Club a/c Hongkong
•Derby, E. C. Carrington...
C...
J.E. B. de Couroy,
H.F
T
60.
71.
30.
84.50
10.
A. FL. Craig,
J. H. Crocker,
0., W. Darch,
Dent
H.
D. Forbes.
180 120
Football Match,
206.06
E. A. C. Friederichsen,
18.
Roy.C.Ga H.P.Harris, Herb.
15.
20.
60.
3.
30%
do. Exchange a/c
V. Bogg A. Hotson....
G.. Kitching.
Honiton He had spent upwards of It is proposed that our business be seven years at the latter school taken over from the 1st January last (where incidentally it may be men-
Harry Shing and William Ming, two. and that the accounts of the working oftioned there are several other Hong- the two Companies be kept separate korig bops) and he was exceedingly well-known members of the Chinese. A. until the 31st July next. Provided popular among his school fellows. Y.M.C.A., were brought before Mr Dr. A. W. Hooker, the profits made by such working in the school sports he especially Dyer Ball this morning, charged with.
J. W. Jamieson, C.M.G justify such a course, an interim dividend distinguished himself at cricket. erecting a wireless installation at 199 Ear. P. Jenkins,
H. S. Kavara Da. --- equal to the interim dividend of $2 per He left the school about a year ago Des Vanx Road Central, without the
A. Komaroff share which has been paid for the lasand trained for n commission at sanction of H.E. the Governor,
Mr. Daritison who appeared for DR McEnen.
Rev. G. H. MeNuur, three years will then be paid in respect Cambridge. Un obtaining it he was of the Dairy Farm shares tobe issued to attached to the Gloucester Regiment the defendants applied for a week's G.. Marshall.
A. Martin the 31st July the accounts of bota bat runty he assumed in the absence Shareholders of this Company. After and went to France last January remand,
R. G. Matheson, Mr. T. E. King, A.S.P., said he had C. A. Feel,
C. E. Reid... divided among Shareholders in the Dairy
the case would develop into a preof. V. dos Remedins, bat it was a students' wireless installs Dr. W. G. Reynolds tion for experimental purposes.
Mr. Dyer Ball remanded the case until next Tuesday, bail being fixed at
Accounts, and Documents of the Com- amount of shipping traversing the Democracy would have stood firm in sinesses will be combined and the probics of precise information that his life to objection to a remand as he thought G. 1. Read........... pay, and the Liquidators thereof shall war zone than ever before in the be disposed of.
Dased at Hongkong the 16th day history of the war the weekly returns show a steadily diainshing rate of losses. The British returns last week [331 showed a loss of only tote big shipa
April 1918.
FFR Y SMITH, SETH & FLEMING,
Liquidators.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
"of the Estate of WILLIAM CHALLES
Anction,
сп
MONDAY,
BÓCIAL AND PERSONAL.
A Tokyo telegram anaouuces the death of Baroness Goto. on the 8th
the 29th day of April, 1918, at 12 Noot French ports and over a thousand wetting. The car was, later on, hauled salting Committee who are of the
Farm Company of which the proposed www given in the great battle which future name ia the "The Dairy Farm, Icegan in the region of the Somme and Cold Storage Co., Ltd." It is also 90 March 21st. The sympathy felt for Captain and Mrs. G. P. Tuiniert a part of the arrangement that your While backing a motor car in General Managers abail receive 2,000 and family when the first news was |and two- ander 1,600 tons, in a Connaught Road Central opporite the shares in the Dairy Farm Company of received will be drepened now that movement of over 3,000 vessels, General Electric Co's office this after $7.50 each credited as fully paid up the door of hope has been closed.. 18. Undersigned have received in./ While the Fresch returns, which have noon, the car and its occupants in consideration of certain restric ructions from the Administrator of late bean showing a very large Mr. Olsen and a friend, went over the sentive covenants entered into by them PUNCHARD decessed to sell by Public and significant increase in the more wall. An Indian constable who was at and by way of bonus is compensation raent of shipping to and from Freach the scene of the accident, immediately for their loss of office. The Dairy Ferra ports, gave a loss of only two vessels. jumped into the water and rescued the Coh, offer has been carefully considered. men frem their sorry plight none the Over a thousand vessels arrived at
worse for their experience except for a
by your General Managers and Con
to tarra firma by Coolies.
Dissatisfied with the delay in the payment of their allowances, seventy, Situate at Ma-tau-kok, Kowloon, in the submarines at a time like the present Chinese students in Tokyo stormed the Colony of Hongkong and registered in to prevent help of any kind reaching Legation, there recently and made a the Land Ctice Kowloon Inland the Allied armies in France; and noisy demonstration in front of the arguing on that assumption. the low buildings. The Minister, Mr. Chisug rate of losses must signify a greater Chung-halan, refused to вес the Lot 1-All that piece or parcel of degree of success on the part of students, who dispersed after being told ground situate st Ma-fau-kok in the the Allied navies in coping with the by members of the Legation to wait Dependency of Ecwloon and Colony of Hongkong and registered in the menace. Admiral Lord JELLICOX patiently for the remittance of funds Land Office as Kowloon Inland Lot has predicted that the submarine from Peking. No. 1094.
at their Sules, Booms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,
THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTIES
Lot No: 1094 and Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1709.
The Properties consist of :-"
departed: One would suppose that the German naval authorities would be doing their utmost with their
This Lot has an area of 160,000 menace will be killed by August, and
sq. ft. or thereabouta und
haid for the unexpired residue of American naval experts have been
the term of seventy-five years hinting that this end may be achieved ST. (renewable) created therein by an
Indenture of Crown Lease dated the even
sooner. It is stated that vin
18th day of November, 1501 subject addition to the new devices which
to an annual Crown snt of 8860.
Lot 2-All that piece or parcel of the Allied navies are now employing,
GEORGE'S DAY PERFORMANCE
AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.
-AUCTION OF SEATS. The sale by auction, of seats in the
round situate at Ma-tau-kut for America is sending to European Theatre Royal for the performance of said and registered in the Land Uffice as Kowloon Inland Lot water,
No
1709.
This Lot adjoina-Lot 1, has an
03. TO
Messrs. WILKINSON GRIST
Bolicitors, 9, Queen's Brad Central
Meters. HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers, Des Voeux Road.
Hongkoni, April 18, 1918,
in steadily
inst.
opinion that such an amalgamation will Mr. A. D.. Copeland, of the Chinese be to the interest of the shareholders | Customs, Tientsin, has died at the and recommend that they authorise Northern part as the result of an accident the proposal.
with a motor cycle.
up voluntarily to enable the scheme however, involve any disturbance of the
$1,000 each.
PLACING STONES ON THE PEAK TRAM LINE
In Mr. Dyer Ball's court this morning
a young Chinese was charged with placing stones on the Peak tram lines, yesterday.
H. H. Sandemann, H. O. Scrimshaw, C. EL. Sirields.....
H. E. Smith,
H. Staples Smith,
J. T. Smith,
E. H. Smyth, W. G. States, Rev. Geo. Top,... E. C. T.
F. P. Vasanis,
C. E. Watson,
R. J. White,
A. G. Wilson, E. M. Wood,
SPORT.
- 83734.49 £ £10
THE HK. CC. TENNIS -TOURNAMENT:
under the suspices of the. Hongkong
Mr. Smirke, Inspector of the Peak Tramways Co, said that yesterday at about half past three in the afternoon whilst one of the cars was passing Macdonell Rosd bridge, defendant and gang of small boys were seen placing If the amalgamation meets with
stones on the train line. The car coolie Mr. A. F. Chanse, Tokyo, bas re-shouted at the boys and they your, approval it will be necessary for the Company to
away. be wound ceived a cable from the War Office, Witness jumped off the car and thased London, stating that his younger son them until the Pumping Station at to be carried out. This will not Captain E. Barry Cahusac, M. C., 3rd | Garden Road, where he managed South Staffordshire Begt, attached to to arrest the deferidant. The other busincas since the Dairy Farm Co. will the Royal Flying Corps, was reported boys escaped. Witness added that carry on the business of this Company missing on 27th March.
a panic might have been caused had the after the resolutions approving the
car bumped over the stones at night Mr. J. T.-Wawn is retiring from the amalgamation have been confrined at
time. another Extraordinary General Mesting Consular service and his place as acting British Consul at Nagasaki has been to be held in dus course..
I now beg to propose the following taken by Mr. B. Boulter. Mr. Boclter's resolutions, which will bo open for place in the British Embassy in Tokyo
Mr. Dyer Ball remarked that the discussion after
as Assistant Japanese Secretary is taken they have heap
defendant was a young scoundrel He to-morrow. by Mr. W. J. Davies, hitherto Student in not realise thay by assisting other ended-
Interpreter. Mr. E. C. Greatrex, Toys in placing stones on the tram I line 1. That it is expedient to effect an
arhalgamation of this Company taining the acting Vice-Consulip at that he was inpurilling the lives of
been temporarily with the Dairy Farm Company, Hakodate, has
people of all nationalities. Defendant Limited, and that with a View attached to the Tokyo Embassy.
was sentenced to ten strokes of the theroto this Company be wount
1
Th
Defendant denied having placed the stones there and suggested that he tad been wrongfully accused.
up voluntarily and that Hesars News has reached Shanghai that birth. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Limited, Lieut. "A. E. Parrott," son of Dr.-and be and they are horeby appointed Mrs. A. G. Parrott, and formerly of Liquidators for the purpose of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., has been winding up I NA: 2. That the conditional Agreement Lieut. Parrott was aniping officer on
reported missing, presumed captured." submitted to the meeting for the amalgamation of this Company the Headquarters Staff of the 6th with the Dairy Farm Company, Divisional Sniping Co. In a reccat letter Limited, upon the terms (inter dia) he speaks of being engaged with a of the acquisition by that Company fellow officer, his second in coMMAD, of the complete undertaking,apy tracking" in France. business, goodwill and property čt this Company in return for the Visage to this. Company of 52,000 shares of the Dairy Farm Company,
increasing The Witness for the Defence" to ke nambers, ships specially built for the played on the evening of St. George's ares of 43,000 sq. ft. or thereabouts work of destroying submarines. If Day, was held in the Smoking Econ of and is held for the expired residue this is the explanation of the deelin- the Hongkong Hotel, to-day, at noon. nt the term of seventy-five years- (renewable) created therein by an ing loss of tonnage is a reasonable Mr. E. P. White oficiated as Indenture of Crown Lease dated the 26th day of November, 190 to assume that there has been a Auctioneer and made full use of bis general powers of persuasion, to get subject to an annual Crown rent of steady increase in the rate at $258.00.
which the German submarines are fine tribute to his pertussive powers bidders to go one better" and it is a being destroyed. The Admiralty, that no less a sum than $7,740 was however, are silent regarding the realised, which is an increase of roughly toll of submarines, but if the con- $3,700 on the total amount received for clusions we have drawn from the the sale of seats last year. Amongst shipping returns are sound there is the bidders were two (very patriotic good reason to be satisfied with the gentlemen, whose names we refrain 53 improvement in the situation. The from mentioning, because we know greater the Army conveyed from and knocked down to them altogether they would wish it, who bid, "and America or elsewhere, across, the six seats at a total sum of $550. Thess gras to France, the greater becomes asate were given to swell the funds and the need for ridding the sens of were put up again and realised fioatile submarines. The secret of further $480, so that actually the six
ut power is the sea, and that fact seats brought to a sum of $1.030. becomes the more clearly revealed so for four seats, $330 for four souts, 9240 Amongst the highest bids were $550. the wax grows in magnitude, for for two seats, and many bids ranging every additional Army Corps from from $150 to $200k The average pride America or elsewhere landed on the for each seat was about $130 and when soil of France means shipping not the remaining cats are sold to the BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN.
(Continued on page 3.)
THE CALENDAR.
GENERAL MEMORANDA. BATURDAY, April 201
pira-Marathon Baca.
TUERDAY, April 23-
St. George's Day Celebrations.
FRIDAY, April 28;
داوار
THE EPIDEMICA
The annual tennis tournament, beld
Cricket Club, commenced yesterday.
The ground was rather sticky, after the resens rain, but if the present finer get into good condition. As a restter of weather continues the courts BOOT fact, the rain bas doas more good than harm, for the turf had become very starved, and aine the opening matches of the tournament are not, from the spectacular point of view, of exceptional handicap with regard to wet courts, the interest, and players have the same
recent rains were rather welcome.
Six Fixtures were played cff yesterday, two are down for to-day and seven for as follows
The matches played yesterday resulted
HANDICAP SINGLES.(“B.*. you made out
FBevington Crees. 1/6) hent Asah.
muster Wright (rec, 1/6) 6-3, 6-2. HANDICAP DOUBLES.
Major Arduino and Jennings (owe 46 beat Pr. Hobinson and Burg. Parker (reca. 4/0) 6-4, 6-LES
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES,
Rey C. Cooper Hant beat Sergt. Majos Jewsbury § 2. 8-1, B-2 GRA
P. Kent beat A: H. Crock, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
WAR-TIME SHIPPING PROFITS
THE CHINA MUTUAL SN CO The Directors of the Chinn Mutual cram Navigation Cie Lid, (Monney. Hols & Co. Liverpool, Mager), Benefual dividend on te ordinary shares of 3 pergetz, together
CHAMPIONSHIP TOUBLES with a boman of 50 per cent, making 56 per cent. The 1917741. 6d. per M. La and M. W. Lu beat Capes share, making a poc share for the Milner Jones and F. W. Cary 10-8,6-3 yer on "3" ordinary saurie, £100,000 6-1
Limited, of the nominal value of The eases of cerebrospinal fever to reserve, raiding is to £350 000, and In the B Singlas, Sooters and $7.50 each credited faily paid reported yesterday numbered 10. There 400,005, forward: »gainst £283,971 Winkler had to postpone theisanal set up (being eight shares of 87.50 each of that Company for each were six deaths. For the week ended 1916, 106 per cent was paid each time,
brought in Fur the years 1912 owing to failing light. share of $35 each of this Com April 13th, the total number of cases but in 1910 a special additonal bonus pany) and of the issue by the was 75 and the total deaths 67, All of 100 per cent. was applied to paying Heed the call to me and all Dairy Farm Company, Limited, the cases were Chinese
to Mesara Jardine, - Matheson
& Co Limited, the General
THE FORTY YEAR TEST,
article must have exceptional Amerit to survive for a period of forty years. 4 hamberlain's / Cong 1872 From small beginning Remedy was first offered to the pub
URING the runter months children grown in favour and pops
orly for their transport but for the publio the total am realised by this are subject to disorders of the mattained a world wide reputat
of $10,000.
Hongkong Stock Exchange Settlement maintenance in the field in a state effort will be somlining in the region
Day MONDAY, April 40:-
Sale of
efficiency, so far as food and After the seats it the theatre had supplies of war: material are conson dealt with, a copy Mr. Harmilion cerned. When we reflect upon this Camp Poen was, put up for auction
1s very satisfactory to krow that and f
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bowels and should receive the most | You fill find nothing better abnatural looseness of the bowels by careful attention. As soon as any or coll. Try it and you
favourit
notices Chamberlain's Colic Cholers For leball Chemia and Store and Diarracas Remedy should be given Cough
keepers
off the E liability on the shares, making them £10 fally paid. The ris amount of the 50 per cent. Longe now de lared fe therefore equivalent to the 100 per sean of the fire preceding year, while the dividend of 6 per cent is prid upon twice the amount of bominal capit
THE FRUIT SEASON:
lours, are
Buy a Spillt
aried inso very tempting too
take your
and
(Shouting) Buy
YOUR
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