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INTIMATIONS
CHONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.
THE FOURTH GYMKHANA MEET Turtle, Scaron will be held at Water VALLEY on SATURDAY, the 28th Kastest, commencing at 3.30 p.m.
The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for athers than. Mambera of the RosoXON JOCKEY CLUB or Gra Cor
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform. Froe The Committee invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
Hongkong, Sept. 23, 1918.
783
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.
EMBERS ARE HEREBY NOTI MAEDAR DRENING of the
NEW GROUND will take plaen on SATURDAY, Sept. 29th, at 3.30 1.3.
Members, Friends "and Members of ther Sporting Club are cordially javited to attend. There will be Cricket Bowls and Tennis matches.
L. J. BLACKBURN, Hou. Secretary,
Kowloon, Sept. 20, 1918.
HONGKONG CHINESE
RECREATION CLUE.
*AT HOME"
771
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TEMBERS AND FRIENDS ARE!
HEREBY NOTIFIED that the CLUB'S ANNUAL AT HOME", Postponed from the 21st instant, will taken place, on SUNDAY next, the 8th Smatant, at 4 p.m.
There will be Tennis matches between the Champions and the Rest'in Division A. Bant of the Hongkong Teanis League Members and Friends are rordially invited to attend.
UN HEW FAN,
Hun, Secretary». Flongkank, Sept. 13, 1918. ·
797
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. MEMBERS
AL MEMBERS ARE HEREBY NOTI.
GENERAL MEETING will be held in the Chen Hore on MONDAY September 30th, 1918; at 7.30 r..
BUSINESS:
Eleport and Accounts for 1917-1918. Election of Officers for 1018-1019. General
L. J. BLACKBURN, Fon. Secretary,
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Kowloon, Sept. 20, 1915
HONGKONG' JOCKEY' CLUR THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING
of Members will be ball" on TUESDAY, the 1st October, 19ts, at 12.30 P., at the Offices of the Hasu- KONG JOCKEY CLUB, on the ground floor of the HosukoNG CLUB ANNENE, Chater Boad.
Report will be made at this Meeting * to certain proposals to substitute of the spectaturs stands for some Matsheds, hitherto erected on part of The JOCKEY CLED property and the adjoining Land.
By Order F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Course. Hongkong. Sept. 25, 1918. 792 THE HONGKONG & WHAMPA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the SHARE- REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to the 5th prox. both days inclusive.
Wenants for the Interim Dividend cari be obtained at the Office of the Company. 2 Queen's Puildings, on and
Eter MONDAY; 7th October, 1918.
*
By Order of the Bar,
R: M. DYER/
*\. Chief Minager..
Hongkong, Sept. 23, 1918,
774
INTIMATIONS
THE DAIRY FARM ÏCE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SEAREHOLDERS.
THE TWENTY-SECOND ORDIN ARY ANNUAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Town Office, Lower Alters Road. Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the oth day of October, 1915, at 19 Noon, for the parpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 31st July, 1918
Tho TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 7th September to 3th October, 1919, both days inclusive.
By Order,
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M. MANUK,
"Secretary, Bongkok, Sept. 20, 1918.
WE
SOTILE OF REMOVAL
780
TE have This Day REMOVED our Others from No. 7 Queen's Boud Central to St. George's Buildings, "Bud" Moor
GOLDRING and PHILIPS,
'Solicitors, de
Hongkong, Sept. 25, 1918.
PROPAGANDA BY
CINEMATOGRAPH
781
IDEAWAKE IMPORTERS anxious to Increase their Trade with the Interior are requester to communicate with
Bore No. 98.
Co CITTA MAIL" Office. Reagkong, Sept. 25, 1918.
780
ST. HILDA'S GIRLS SCHOOL, CANTON,
Exar PARADE Grovsɔwi
SCHOOL RE-OPENS (D.V.) Septem- ber 18th. Entrarico examinations Jeurs; English Comme, thirteen years. September 16th. Chinese Course, eleven
Boarders' Fres: Sixty to Oma kondred and eighty dollars per annum.
it Principal: MISS BENDELACK,
M.A., D.E
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COTTAGE CHEESE. Nourishing and ideal food DEVONSHIRE CREAM Can always be bad.
We supply Juaket Tablet on Application.
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We guarantee the quality of our Brend and Cakes. We use the highest grade of materials. is their Manufacture.
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Hotel Mansions.
Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS.
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A High-Grade Cigarette, scientifically blended, meeting all requirements
of the most critical
smoker.
az ilustration of what is going on all over the country "
Have you received any offers toward the 80,000 aëres wanted 17"
his
the construction of wooden shipe these difficulties could be overcome anly to a comparatively small extent; for example, this would not obviate the necessity of obtaining the engines and boilers" from abroad...
——ESANTERING FACILITIES,
"I am glad to say we bave already had two or three offers The gentleman who Was good enough to give us 30 acres in Herefordshire, in memory of his son who was killed fighting in France, has pos
On the other hand, the engineering, informed us that, under certain condi tions. he will give us another 500 acres, firms and workshops on which it would representing in all a'rift of £30,000. be necessary to rely for the execution The men whom we have already placed of the work are already employed in Under the Small Holdings Colonies are doing excellently. One young rasa manger more appropriate to their Act of 1916 the Board of Agriculture lost his arm, but he can plough quite equipment and experience and, there,
well, and, in auccoeding admirably on was given powers to acquire 6,000 acres holding of 10 acres. Another came to of land in England and Wales for dis-me on crutches, and is now quite wall. charged soldiers and sailors. This area He has done so well on five acres, that lus a ready been acquired-2,000 in he wants another five." Yorkshire, 10 in Lincolnshire, and 3,000 in Shropshire and Fouth Wales A Bill has passed though Parliament" and nov"awults the Royal Assent, which will give the Board power to take £9,000, acres more for this purpose.
"
Sir Richard Winfrey, the Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, gave to & representative of The Daily Chronicle- some particular about the work he is doing in finding land for the brave fellows who
bayu fought and bled for
CARGO TESSELS.
CONSTRUCTION IN INDIA...
fore, to greater economic advantage on the construction of launches, barge and other small craft, and on the even more important work of reduction of the large variety of miscellanemis articles required by the forces in the field which depend on this country for much of their engineering plant and
stores.
The utilisation of Indian Arms in these directions must be increased to i the utmost in view of the continued depletion of Indian stocks of imported | articles and machinery, and the Govern A communique has been issued by the ment are satisfied, that by the concen adian Munitions Board, concerning the tration of efforts in this direction more construction in India, on behalf of valuable results will be secured than by Baid, #
Government, of cargo steamers:-The attempting to build cargo steamers in us power to take and on lease or question has been under examination in the unfavourable conditions which have
THE CHINA-BORŇHO COMPANY THE CHINESE OPTICAL CO., be
NOTICE
LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
an EXTRAORDINARY GEN ERAL MEETING of The CHINA BORNED COMPANY, LIMITz, will be held at the Offices of Meara Gras, LIVING SATON & COMPANY St. George's Building Vietpris, Hongkong, the Registered Bee of the above-named Company, on TUESDAY, the 1st day of October, -2918, 5′ 11.30.o'clock in the forenoon when the subjoine Resolution which was passed at the Extraordinary Gen- eral Meeting of the Company held on the 13th day of submitted for
as a Special
Resolution
''
Smation 1918, will be
That the new Articles already. approved by this Meeting and for the purpose of identification thereof subscribed by the Chairman thereof. be and the same are hereby approved. And that such Articles be and they are berety adopted as the Articles of the Company to the exclusion of and in substitution for all the existing Articles thereof are very
to
"A copy of the new Articles referred
may be inspected by any khareholder of the said Company at the Company's "Offices ia Hongkong, or at the Offices of
Mesra Johnson,
& Master,
(the Company Prince's
Building, Victoria, aforesaid, on any weekday between the hours of 10 s.m. and 4 p.m.
Dater this 13th day of Sept. 1019.
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO,
Agenie
(731
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED
THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEET- NOU the above Company will be held at the Company's Offees at Noor
"HONGKONG BRANCH
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GRACA
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DEALERS IN Flower and Vegetable deeds, Postage Stamps, Toys, View Post Cards," 84C,, &C. &C.,
on SATURDAY the 10th of Outober, Jysr RECEIVED
TRANSFER BOORS of the FERTILISER
Company will be 0408 from the
eh to the 19th of October, both days Įv
LAS LAPRAIK & Co.
General Manager. dengkong fot. 30, 1918,
FOR
General Garden Purposes.
7.6. Box 620.
gives
at a perpetual rent charge. It does not India, and has formed the subject cfbesn mentioned.
SAILING SHIPS.
A further communiqué relative to the
give us powers of purchase, the reason correspondence with the authorities in being that the Treasury is willing to the United Kingdom, whether advantage | | find us money under jæresent circams" tances to buy land. We can only get could not be taken of Indian resoares the money to equip.
for the construction of cargo steamers encouragement of wooden sailing shipcon "There has been some criticism, both in India for use by the Government. struction in India states that the Govern- in the Lords and in the Commons, on The advantages of making addition to ment of India have had aader cousitiera- the ground that our proposals are the available numbers of cargo steamers tion the measures which can be adapted inadequate. It has been suggested that are obvious, but the Goverurnent of to encourage and facilitate the construc- enunty councils ought to be allowed to Tadis have, after the fullest consideration of wooden sailing ships by private resume their powers of compulsory purchase under the 1008 Act. I want to tion, come to the conclusion that local enterprise in India and it has decided. mae it clear that Into, personally, not resources under the present war con- that in respect of wooden aniling vessels Averso from these bodies resuming their aiderations cannot economically be (which may by provided with auxiliary engines) the Government of India can powers but if they cannot get the turned to account in this direction.
honey" from the Treasury I was not The principal reasons which have led promise certain measure of assistance to prepared to mark time and the present to their decision may be stated for constructing firms. proposals appeared to offer the only way public informations They consist in
of getting on with the work at the the difficulties encountered in providing
moment
suppose that the necessary materials and skilled
But it is a mistake to suppose
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Reari of Agriculture was ever labour in the compa-stive undevelop THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LD.
opposed to action by the county councila ment of the ship construction industry in
I recognise fully the excellent work Indin, and in the fact that such which several of the councils have done engineering productive capacity as
"under the: 198 Act. S
exists is already largely and to,& still greater extent will soon be engaged in other essential war, wark which could not be carried on concurrently with the development of a aliphulding industry For the construction of steel or com
APPEAL TO LANDOWLZIN Having been the chairman of the Brat Small Holdings Committee in Lin colnshire, fully recognise the value ut local foitiative and control. But in the position we now find ourselves in, this seems to be the only way out. And posita vessels it would be accessary to trust that the landowners up and down the country will come to our masistance,
import from abroad all the steel plates
and boilers, most of the propelling
I still look forward to the realise ranchinery and the greater part of the
tion of my hopes that much more then structural steel work at a cost, and an 80,000 acres will be obtained. As Mr. Prothero recently said in the House of Cemmons, Nubody, 1 venture to say, knows better than I'd how inadequate is the provision which has been made We have continued Sir Richard,
initial risk of loss in teanair, which alone would be serious obstacles to the work while the game materials can more rapidly be utilised for the same purpose at or nearer to the place of their own great deal of what I may call 'semi-production. By the use of timber for
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA,
public land which, in my opinion, ought to be placed at the disposal of the meri who have fought for our country. This land is 10 the hands of "the Crown, the Ecrfexinatical Commissioners colleges, and hospitals, and much of it Ra yod subject to attacks of dar is excellent agricultural land, and should the Keep abmizfely quiet for be obtained sa c
tunity arises, muz few days, rest in bed if possible, bʊ Meanwhile, prices are going up careful of your diet and take Chinher Samo land belunging to Mr. Peter's Jain's Collo szid Diferixen Beidedly fli
ambridge, as sold last May, medicine has cul caso of chronic prien War 27,000 At dishes that physicians have failed on. fetched £30, 600, 6 more then and it will care you. For S
ralustion Th Chemists and Storchen
over
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