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INTIMATIONS
A. 8. WATSON & CO., LIMITED
TOTIUE IS RERERY GIVEN that the THIRTY THIRD ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
INTIMATIONS
HONGKONG, DOO, CAT, POULTRY
PIGEON SHOW, 1918,
THE above SHOW will be held at the
Race Course on 8 ATURDAY next,
of the Company (since its registration) the 27th inst Judging will commonce will be held at the HorakdÑO HOTEL Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 4th at o'clock sharp Day 1915, at Noox forthe purpose of receiving the Report of the deperal Managers together with a Statement of Accounts to the 31st December, 1917.
The PEGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the sath day of April, to MONDAY, the 6th day of May, 1918, both days inclusive, daring which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered. JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hongkong, April 24, 1915.
958
THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.
. All Exhibits mast be on, the Sham ground by 12 o'clock.
Admission $1. Ladies Fres." Soldiers & Ballors, in uniform free. The Band of the Middlesex by kind permission of Col. Ward & Officers, will be in attendance.
Magnificent Foultry entries. All the beat specimens of the Dogs of the Colony.
G. W. GEGG, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Hongkong, April 23, 1018.
WANTED.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tha: TWO MARINE ENGINEERS with EXTRAORDINARY GEN- Shop experience to act na Work- ERAL MEETING of the Hoyakosa bop Foremen, also a Foreman Marine
Boiler - Maker and a ICE COMPANY, LIMITEE, will be held at
Foreman Ship the Registered Office of the Company.arpenter to take up duties in Shang
hai. Address all communications to Tedder Street, Victoris,. Hongkong MONDAY, the eth day of May, 1918,
X. Y. 2 at 13 o'clock Noon when the subjoined
C%. "Cursa Min' Office. resolutions which were passed at the
Songkong, April 10, 1918,
aly Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 18th day of April 1818, will be submittee, for Confirmation as special resolutions
(1) That it is expedient to affect as
@malgamation of this Company with the Dairy Farm Company, Limited and that with a view there to this Company be wound up voluntarily and that Messrs. Jardine, Matheson. & Co. Limited bo and they are hereby appointed Liquidators for the purpose of such winding up. That the conditional Agreement. submitted to the meeting for the amalgamation of this Company with the Dairy Farm, Company, Limited upon the terma (inter alia) of the acquisition by that hmpany of the
goodwill and property of this Cem. Fany in return for the issue to this Company of 52,000 Shares of the Dairy Farm Company, Limited of the nominal value of $7.50 each credited as fully paid up being eight shares of 87.50 cents each of that. Company for each share of 25 each of this Company) and the issue by the Diary Farm Com pany Limited to Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Limited, the General Managers of this Company (upon their entering into restrictive covenants which have been agreed apon and by way of bonus is com pensation for their loss of office as General Managers of this Company) of 2,00 shares of the Dairy Farm Company Limited of the nomini! valve of $7.50 each credited as fully paid up be and the same in hersby approved and that the Liquidatera be and they are bereby authorised pursuant to Section 185 of the Com panies Urdinance 1911 to adopt the said Agreement and carry the same into effect with such (if any) modi fication either before or after the execution thereof as the said Liqui dators may think expedient. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to 10th May, 1918, both days inclusive. Dated the 18th day of April, 1918. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD,
General Managora,
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APPLICATION Eas been made to the
10 WALTER
Directors of this Company to issue DOUGLAS GRAHAM of Hongkong (deceased) A Duplicato Certificate of Sixty Shares in the Com „pany or other Certificate or Certificates in lien thereof upon the statement that the Original Certificato No. 1000 for shares numbered.99776/28834 and dated 11th January, 1909, has been LOST or -DESTROYED, AND NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that if within 30 days: from the date hereof no claims or repre- santation in respect of such Original Certificate is made to the Directors they will proceed to deal with such application for a Certificate.
M. MANUK,
Secretary
Dated 4th day of April. 1918,
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EFORE putting away your winter clothing have it DRY CLEANED to prevent damage from moths, silver- tish grease spotting, etc. The trifling coas repays itself in the Economy effected.
All work done under special! process by an expert, Satisfac tion guaranteed.
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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GERMAN TRADE IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
THE DUTY OF THE UNITED STATES.
FIXED. HOURS OF CLOSING FOR
- MANILA STORES.
Hours in Manila stores are longer DOW than in any other place in the Orient In Hongkong and Sharghar the cloning hour is five while the noon closing is longer in other places than it is in
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HARRY LAUDER ON THRIFT.
→ (From the Oregon Journal.) in the memory of his son whose life war has claimed. Harry Leader, the famous Scottish comedian, is making his appearance at army czuips and canton- ments, throughout the country under the auspices of the Army and Navy YM.C.A. and he has demonstrated again and again that his own personal surrow has nut lessoned his almost magical power to make other men laugh
The United States has a splendid opportunity to administer & crushing | Manila. defeat to Germany by seizing the trade Certain of the Mazila merchants who opportunities which have opened up in Central America as a result of the war, have signed an agreement to close at according to a statement made by De. six o'clock in the evening are putting H. J. Spinden, assistant curator of the in protests, alleging that all who signed department of anthropology of ibe that instrument are not living up to its He always has something to say about American Museum of Natural History full provisions. The they assort works thrift and the thrift campaign. As a Dr. Spinder has just returned from an a hardship, and will, if continued lapses Scor, though a comedian, Harry Lauder eleven months' tour of the various occur, furce all merchants back to the bas number of thrift maxims which be Central American republics.
insiste ought to be observed by every
"On account of the war." said Dr. old irregolar hours; for if one bolds Spindex, business in general throughout open until 615 or 6.20, others in self Central America is ahead of transport protection will have to follow the ation facilities. Trade has surned from example, Germany to the United States, and the It has not been learned, as yet, problem is to hold it after the war. maby is strongly entrenched throughouts due to an actual press of business or Ger whether the keeping open overtime here the country and has been industriously
For to mere laxity. Soms have suggested, spreading Anti-American propaganda years. Germany has virtually controlled says Manila paper, that perhaps the the coffee trade of Central America, and only reason is the fact that the agree now that her markets are closed there is ment was put into practice so long ago, A splendid chance for America to step in and that the only thing necessary is to and take the trade away from her cail-attention back to the fact that an agreement exista which makes the "In view of the greatly increased closing hour six o'clock sharp. This merchant marine we must seize this agreement if lived up to will insures trade if we can and put credits in our longer evening, but even this precludes country where they can be exchanged recreation of any sort before dinner. for goods. If we establish one way cargoes for our abips the return cargoes will almost take care of themselves,
enemy.
MUAT "HITAIN TRADE, AFTER WAR
"In spite of all that has been doze to extend a truer knowledge of Ameri can business to Central American peo
A prominent medical man, who re plex there is still a need of farther pro- pagands to offset that of the Germans. turned to England recently from the The people still have a great fear of Western Front, says that professional being gobbled up by the United States footballers are not of mach service in the but it would be easy to make them see tranches, and explains this because their that our business has been of far greater endurance is less than ons-third that of benefit to them than that of Germany, the ordinary soldier. He attributes this The United States has adopted a to the fact that they have been so long toned to the highest pitch to take much less selfish business policy than
addi- Germany, since all the large American part in the Association game. In companies have reinvested their protetion, their nerves sie en acute that they And have even gone afield to borrow cannot ataud gunfire. The medical man money to develop the resources of adds: It is like linking op a racehorse Central America. Germany, on the other with an artillery team. Strangely en hand, has been exceedingly salah, ough, he said, commanders find promin beginning with small capital and build-ent Rugby football players make our
thebest aviators. ing up large individual traden All the profits buvo gone to sid: - German imperialistic designs in other parts of the world."
MAHOGANY FROM NICARAGUA
Dr. Spindon states that the east coast of Nicaragua now, is supplying millions of feet of mahogany for use by the United States Government in making (Band) airplane propellers.
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During his travels through the various Central American republics Dr. Spinder collected many valashle textile specimens which he has turned over to the. Amari- can Museum of Natural History. These include cloths made by the Indians of Guatemala, designs, dyes, costumes and head work, Dr. Spinden was present in Guatemala City at the time of the recens ́aarthquakes and took an activa part in
the relief workAZE
If a civilian should make insulting remarks in Bopehlić-liouse,” said the officer, and endeavour to quarrel, the well conducted soldier should drink his beer and go away. Later, on the men werd naked as to whether they under- afood him or not. “Now, Erivate.Feelers what would you, do it you were in a hotel and a civilian tried to quarrel with i yoo1"Ishould drink his beer, air, and 'ook it," replied the recruit
The Man Who Gets There
Is the man who has blood
real rich red blood and plenty of I-lu is body.
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Here are some of them :
Behave toward your purpose as you would to your best friend.
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criminal and shan the company of the View the reckless speriding of money reckleza spender.
bank para a higher rate of interest Dress nestly but not lavishly. A than your back.
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Take your amusements judiciously You will enjoy them better.
Don't throw away the crusts-eat
them. They are nourishing as beel
It is more exhilarating to feel money in your pocket than, beer in your stomach.
"Remember it. only takes twenty shillings to make a pound and twelve pence to make a shilling.
You can sleep better after a hard
day's work than after a hard day's idleness.
Get good value from your trades- me. They watch out that they get good money from you.
"A bank book makes good reading better than some norels.
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