8. P. LAMMERT.
AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVETOR.
-Public Auctions-
INTIMATIONS.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE | COMPANY, LIMITED. "
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Extraordinary General Meet ing of Humphreys Facate & Finance! Company, Limited, will be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, on the 10th day of October, 1919, at Noos, when the subjoined resolution, which was passed At the Exmordicary General Meeting.cf the Company held on the Bach day of September, 1919, will be submitted for contimation as a Special! Resolution.
That the Now. Articles already "approved by this meeting and for "the purpose of ideatiscation sub- acribed by the Chairman thereof be "and the same are hereby
topted
* the Articles of the Company to the exclusion, of grut in substitution for all the Articles thereof." Hongkong hated the 28th day of September, 1912
By Order of the Board
6 RAPE,
Sueretury.
Hongkong. September 24, 1999
THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE THE TWENTY-THIRD ORDIN
ARY ANNUAL MEETING of. the SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Town Utice, 2 Lower Albert Road, Hongkong, oo SATURDAY 11th day of October 1919, at 12.30 c'else in the afternoon for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and State- ment of Accounts to 31st July 1919.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 1st to 11th October 1919, bath, days inclusive..
By Order,
J
M. MANUK,
Secretary. Hongkong, September 22. 1919.
THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ORDIN
TRY GENERALS MEETING M the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD., Des Voeux Road, Hongkong, en FER DAY, 17th October, ut Noox, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditore.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED for the 11th October to the 31st October, both days incliaive.
•
By Order of the Board, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LT.
General Managers. Hoogkong, October 2, 1919.
SUESCRIPTION GRIFFINS FOR
THE SEASON 1919-1920.
HE LISTS in connection with the THE
above are now posted at the HACE COURSE and the HONGKONG CLUB.
COST PER PONY Hongkong 300:-.f.i.
The liats will positivele CLOSE on SATURDAY, the 29th November,
1919.
By Order,
G. W. GEGG; Acting Clark of the Course. Hongkong, October 8, 1919.
NOTICE...
R
LL PERSONS with the exception.
of persons of Chinese race, wishing
to leave the Colony mast have in their
possession
VALID PASSPORT.
INTIMATIONS
METEOR GARAGE
Sole distributors of
MAXWELL CARS.
Automobiles for Hirs
and for Sale at reasonable Prices.
Maxwell
'Phone 2500.
65 Dee Foxx Road Central,
JUST RECEIVED
| Šrom AUSTRALIA a large shipment ot LACTOGEN, UNSWEETENED CONDENSED - MILK, STERILIZED NATURAL MELK. MALTED MILK and
SWEETEN SU COCOA-and-
| MILE, sold at verg remorable prices ing to the present high rate of Exchange, especially for Retailers.
ACT
SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,
Male Agents for Beagkong'aad Sona China. Son, 47. SAN, Connaught Rand Central, Hongkong, Telepbans No4, 1990 & 9999.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
FRESA MILK.
The value of pure fresh milk as a perfect diet cannot be overestimated. Without fresh milk children cannot thrive.
The purity and quality of our milk is guaranteed.
Beware på adulterated and impure. milk.
THE CALL FOR ECONOMY AND
THE COST OF LIVING.
To those who realise the urgent necessity for grunter eccoomy and to those who are confrontad with the great problem of the increased cost of living, we would suggest that one of the foremost factors in reducing expenses is the intelligent and consistent cultivation of home garden.
GRACA & 00., DEALZES IN VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. O. Box 620.
Hongkong.
JAPANESE MAKERS.
Every kind of Footwear
MADE
TO
ORDER
THE CHINA MAIL.
RECESS No. 44.
VIRGINIAN CIGARETTES
"Recess" is not
only superior
in
Size - but
also in Quality.
Virginia
Recess cigare
Manufactured by
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 1919.
NOTICES
G. FALCONER & CO., LTD
MA
WATCHMAKERS & - JEWELLERS."
Hotel 'Mansions.
Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS,
ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,
ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers,
High Class English Jewellery, m'
12.
THE HING WAH PASTE MFG. CO., LD.
HEAD OFFICE: No. 47 and 48, Connaught Rose Central Hongkong, Tal. No. 1239 & 2950..
Packed in
Tight
Air
Tins of 50 Cigarettes.
TRADE: MARK.
WP
Destminster
bacco Co Ltd LONDON
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY WESTMINSTER TOBACCO, CO., LTD.
DROWNED ON HIS BICYCLE.
While cycling on the towing-pailu en the Medway, near East Farleigh, Arthur John King, 32, whose left arn was rendered useless in the war, kont control of his machine and raz
into the river. Efforts were made to rescue him, but be gut entangled in bis machine, and sank.
OUR TRADE WITH BELGIUM.
SHIPS IN A QUEUE.
The congestion of goods at Lon. The chief don docks grows worse. ofender is wool, of which the Albert Dock hds more than 160,000 bales The bales are stored wherever it. possible to find room.
British goede exported to Belgium during the past seven months, Mr. Cecil Banswarth stated rebrly, were January 312,244, Februry 55,561, Mar" £280,000, April 14,28,00. May £5,000,000, June
£1.822,000, July £5,037,281.~* The coroner at the laquest re-
In December the British Treasury corded verlies of Accidentalpene a temporary credit for the Such a glut of wool," said the Drowning, and expressed reges at havement of Beltinn to facilitate dock superintendent to & Daily Mail the task of that Government and of representative, **hus never been the gallant fellow's Lutinely end.
lite nationals in placing orders in Haz-known before, We also hok 9,000 land peroding the receipt of cottons of imported meat, compared pensatios Pom the enemy Powers. "with 6,500 fuas in the correspond.
The Trasury is considering the ing week of st year, and our toi Some time ago Thomas McCorextension of the benefits of the bem- bacen stockin are also unusually mack. charged at Mullingar, Copongy credit in aid of private enter-Josy In Let there is_ny more Westmeath, with during unprises in Belgiai, India and some licensed do, wished the magisterminions are also about to open **AR revoir and said he fearelite in aid of Belgian reconstruc- see him again. He named up aga charpe with being drunk and shout
MCCORMACK'S PLEDGE.
ing in the street and stopping motor-
Cors,
..
McCormack : Stopping motor-ium
McCormack: I am the bellringer of Afungur. I don't like coming into court. I'll give the clers the signed pledge.
www.
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
VISCOUNT GREY PLEASES U.S.
J
Comment at New York on the an-
tobacco at the Londor docks thar in Liverpool, which used to held the biggest stocks in the country."
Every available bert along the three miles of quayside at the Albers Docks holds a large steamer, and as soon as a berth is vacant another vesel from, the queue at firavesend takes its place.
Causes of congestion are the short. of rot vans and the shorter work.
way rolling stock is the real crux of
day for railway and dock en ployees. But the shortage of rail- the matter.
THREATS AGAINST POST OFFICE.
Postal workers, representing all bruaches of the service, held i de- monstrazion in Trufulgur-equare, Londen, to protest against the way disabled sailors and soldiers are being treated by the Post Office.
is a perijous enterprise for any runs. Some years ago in an explosion a nouncement of the appointment of roof felf on me, and since then y Viscount Grey of Felivion as head poor old head is back when, I ges of a special inission to America isge druak.
The magistrate said he would leffapproval. From every quarter come blended into a chorus of unqualified McCormack off if he signed the tributes, not only to his ability as pledge in the week.
diplount and his record as a stazes- mac and sholar, but also to the qualities which go to make up bis personat olaracter.
"No more Htting appointment could have been made,'
says the New York Mark.***Is Viscount Grey's case it will be the man who The compliment, paid recently by lendis disainction to the post Le holds. a woman to the good looks of the In his peen the investe it with a young men of today is returned by menter dignity and power for good w British artist who declares that the len thee itself can claim. His beauty of the women these days is reputation for Dability of character, evident even to the most unobser for the qualities that win friendship vant.
and wimination, runs wherever his During the war,' he writes, nurse is known." The New York women's beauty was clouded with Sun speules of the flawless charne anxiety and war strin. War led toter of dis high integrity," a free und of cosmetics, which neve: | PEDDER STREET,
Few commentatore a to recall have suited and never will sait Eng his efforts five years ago to overt the Opposite Hongkong Homil.
lishwomen. Even the open-air life World War. Telephone No. 491.
and activity of the women engaged Hougkong, March 20, 1914
in war work could not compensate for the serve strain which wrought havoc with pretty faces.
Passengers not in possession of passports CHERRY & 00? Ar will not be allowed to leave the Colony.
All persons, with certain exceptiona who remain in the Colony for more. than 7 days are required to Register themeiren under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS. ORDINANCE Ferme of Registration giving the parti culars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Statious.
1916,
The Penalty for non ipfo is a Bret cending $50
"E. D. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police. Roakkang, September 22, 1919
JUST ARRIVED A quantity of New
FILM PACKS
$1.00 per pack of 12,
MEE CHEUNG PHOTOGRAPHER Ier House Street.
Tel. 1013.
MUMEYA,
Japancio Photographers, All kinds of Photographic Work done in latest styles also Famport Photos
Developing and Printing for Amateurs a Speciality.
No. BA, Queen's Road Central. Tal. 254.
THE NEW FRENOR REMEDY,
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HAYE A GOOD TIME" ARMY.
MF. A Bailey, Posturen's Pedent- tion, sat 90.000 men joined the colours from the postal service, and the Postmaster-General, premised they should not enfier so far as con- ditions of service were concerned. The Government had no right to set a tad example to the private ein- ployer by reducing" the money of a man who might be slightly disabled but able to show full capacity of output..
Mr. C.-C. "Ammon, Fawcett. Ayeo- ciation, sail ander the recoramerica - tions in the report against which they were protesting man who had sufer- ed were to be victimised on return-
But peice has brought back to "Is this a sign of the times.2' the Englishworion all her old rudike a correspondent who encses unt beauty, and with accumulated with his question a few quotations interest, for while worry and anxiety į from Army and R.A.F. posters,” ing to their employment by having may temporarily have clouded good The Army of to-day is all right," ther pensione taken into account looks, it has edlel dhancter and "This is a topping life," "Not in the passing of their wager. expression, to some otherwise unin-cure in the world, are some of the We are prepared," said Mr. teresting faces."
captions. People with the shortest Aramon, "to press forward with all- Mr. H. A. Olivier, hon, secretary of memories recall earlier and sterder our right and make them give us "Fallin," "Rally round the four just deas, and if they not of the Royal Society of Portrait | cnes. Painters, who has just returned from | Flag," "Your King and Country take such steps as we think right,'' - Versailles, said that he has come reed you
Mr. J. R. Jones, London organis back convinced that there is none to**It was stern patriotism and duty ing secretary of the Discrirged Boi- beat the cultured, wek-bred Engliedi | in the old days," says our correspondiers'. Federation, complained of the girl for real beauty,
dent."Now it is Have a good fow wages offered to discharged men, "And in England," he said, “the time sad get paid for it Does it and suid thus more than 800,000, are most beautiful girls from all points point even further, and deeper the unemployed. One discharged quar- of view are the girls one sees in the obtaining of recruits for the tormaster-sergeant with a wife and sodhaled country homes, who have Any? Is the national stimulent six chidren, was offered a job of clear: hot dearned to mar nature with make now fun and money, whereas then wis children, was offered a job of UT
it was bonour and duty?'"
clearing out a stable at £2 week.
We have now a large stock at fresh and superior Macaroni, Paste Stars, Egg-noodles, Vermicelli and all kinds of Soup stuffs, all produced from Flour of Best Quality, sold at very reasonable prices.
Large quantities have been exported to various ingportant cities in thWorld.
Terma moderate, especially for Agencies Orders executed promptly.
Inspection and Enquiries are cordially solicited.
HOTELS AND CAFES.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.
OPERATING
THE HONGKONG HOTEL, HOTEL MANSIONS,
THE REPULSE BAY HOTEL, (To be opened 1st January, 1920.)
THE
J. H. TAGGART,
PEAK HOTEL.
1,500 Feet above Sea Level,
15-Minutes from Landing Stage. Under the Management of-
Mrs. BLAIR.
KING EDWARD HOTEL
CENTRAL LOCATION
LL ELECTRIC TRAMS Pass Entrance; Electric Lifts, Fans and Lighting A European Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout.?? Best of Food and Service.
Telephone 373. Telegraphic Address :---""VICTORIA."
J. WITCHELL, Manager.
PALACE HOTEL
KOWLOON.
(Two minutes from Star Ferry).
Recently renovated and refurnished, electric light and fans, throughout and entirely under new management. Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Booma. Terme modáratá. Special terms to familie on application to...
Telephone K. 3. Telegraphic Add: "PatacE.” ·
J. E. OXBEHRY, Propiator.
CARLTON HOTEL.
(NIS ONLY AMERICAN HOTAL IN THE COLONY,)
ICE HOUSE STREET,
Under American Management. Niog, and quiet yet, only a few iminutos walk from the Banks and Central District. 47 Bedrooms, Excellent Calsins? scrupulously clean. Moderate Terma, Monthly and Family. Bates application to the Proprietress. Launches meet Fassenger Hoata.
Telegraphic Address "CARLTON,"
Mas. P. B. CAMERON.
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE
(OFEN TILEL MIDNIGHT.), Noted for t
THE BEST TIFFINS AND DINNERS. FILLET HADDOCKS. **
ICES AND ICED DRINKS.
CAKES AND PASTRIES.
Dinner and Picnic Parties" catered for
A European Café' under European Supervision. Tel. 909.
BLUE BIRD
ICE CREAM PARLOUR
AND CONFECTIONERS
BLUE EX
TANO YUK; Dinting;
the labe BIEN TING" 114 D'Aquila” STEANT A
TERMS VERY MODERATE.
"Consultation 'fron.'
Tel. 909,
012
CHOCOLATES
Zain Sweet Vanilla Chocolat Homa-Madejasworted Chocolate
Harley's Kertie's' and Barden California “ster " Obooulste American Chocolates Slap The
Imperial Coconidi cla per † th Sairardelli Broaktari Cocca
Octx, per
FRENCH LESSONS
MOUSSION.
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