IG. P. LAMMERT.
ADOTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR
-Public Auctions-
THE het
vid Undersigned has received metras-
GX
MONDAY, March 15, 1980,
commencing at 11 am.
at the China Merchant's Steam Navi-
gation Co., Ltd's Godown,
West Point.
from accoUNT OF THE CONCTANEB),.
999 Bags Brown Sugar,
750) Cases do
Terme :-Cab. on delivery.
OBO. P. LAMMERT".
Auctioneer.
Hongkong, March 8, 19220.
INTIMATIONS.
NOTICE.
THE Master. Owners and Acents of
the U.S.SB steamer "WEST TADER" will not be responsible for debts contracted by the Crew.
'G... JOHNSON,
Master.
STRUTHERS & DIXON, INC.,
Agents,
Hongkong, March 5, 1030.
NEW FRENCH LOAN 5%.
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Price of issue Frs, 100.
Bedeemable at Frs: 150 in 60 yoses by half yearly drawings.
Laterant payable on the 1st of May & let of November.
Dexwings to take place on the 15th of March and the 16th of September of each year.
1 dwing on the 16th of Septem ber. 1920 1st coupon of Frs: 3.50
to be paid on the 1st of November, 1920
Subscriptions will be received up to the 10th of March next by the:
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,
L BERINDOAGUE,
Manager.
NEW FRENCH LOAN 5 PER CENT
1920.
Under the Guarantee of the French Republic.
HE LOCAL BRANCH of the BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE
CHINE will receive eubscripitoas for
INTIMATIONS
ROW TO AVOID INFANTILE. AILMENTS.
When there are diseases prevalent in the season, it is the most dangerous to Infants and so Great Care must be taken in feeding them with proper food otherwise they would give their Mothers a lot of trouble. To vuid the trouble is to feed them with DAC- TOGEY which resembles human milk. It is easily digested and promote healthy appetite. It keeps the Infants thriving and free from all Infantile Ailments.
ACTO
SHIU FUNG TAI & CO.,
Nate Agents for livngkong and South Chipa. Xu & Connaught Rand Central, Hongkong.
Talaphane Nos, 1993 de 1950
WE HAVE
Great varieties of ased and unused
POSTAGE STAMPS
Single, reta, packets, bags, and ca approval Books.
FOR COLLECTORS,
GRAÇA ̈& 00.
DEALERS IN POSTAGE STAMPS, Port
CARDS, SZECS. Toys, &c.
No. 10, Wyndham Street, P.O. Box 620.
Hongkong,
JAPANESE MAKERS.
Every kind of Footwear
MADE
ΤΟ
ORDER
ite New French Loan 5% 1920 from CHERRY & W
the 19th instant to the 10th of March
next
The Loan is free of income tax and redeemable in 60 Years at 150% by interest half-yearly drawings, the coupons being payable on 1st May and tle November cf each year.
Fally paid subscriptions at par.
Partly paid subscriptions at 101 per
cent purporting:
Fr. 25.-whee subscribing.
Fr. 25 on the 1st of April,
Fr. 25 on the 16th of July.
Fr. 26-on the lat of August, 1990
M. LOUET DE JOURNEL,
Manager. Hongkong, February 18, 1920.
THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.
THE
HE THIRTY.FIRST ORDINARY
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE: SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices. of the Com- pany, St. George's Building. Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, en SATUR DAY, the 20th day of March, 1030, at 1150 o'clock in the forenoon for the Statement of purpose of receiving Accounts and the Report of the Direc tors for the year ending 31st December, 1919 and declaring a Dividend.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED From THURSDAY, the 11th March, 1920, until SATURDAY. the 20th March, 1920, both days inclusive.
By Order of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS..
Hongkong March 6, 1920.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING
COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE
NOTICE.
HE FORTY-SECOND ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS of the above.Cous- pany will be held at the Eces of the General Agents, Pedder's Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th inatak, at 11.30a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1919. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will bo CLOSED from the 10th to 24th March, both days inclusive. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD
Generul Agents. Blangkong, March 6, 1923.
WALLA WALLA" Launches a
Blake Pier, Night, and day ser~!
VLODNE #TREZI, Jpped & donggung kola. Telephons. No, #V1.
Hongkong. March 20, 1914.
THE REW FRÉNOM RAMEDY.
THERAPION No. 1 THERAPION NO.2 THERAPION NO.3
R. 1 for Binder Calarth No. 2 Dr Bod
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MITRULLRUBELN MAISHA.
THE CHINA MATE,
MASPERO
CATRE
CIGARETTES EGYPTIENNES
Maspero freres
"SPECIALS"
THE EGYPTIAN CIGARETTE
OF
DELIGHTFUL FLAVOUR.
MANUFACTURED BY HAND BY
MASPERÒ
FRERES IN CAIRO.
This Advertisement is issued by British-American Tohono Co., (Chips) Id.
SHANGHAI COTTON MFG, that there was one more Japanese
CO.
THE PROPOSED SALE EXPLAINED.
director than there should have been and nota majority of British directors,
Well, the Judge having drawn attention to that point it was.com- sidered and your board after advice decided that it would be better to put that matter right and issue à
"JAMI"
WHAT HAPPENED TO A PETERBOROUGE, FOOD INSPECTOR..
}
Peterborough is chortling over a jar" administered to the
Dasty
An extraordinary general meeting of the Shanghai Cotton Manufactu-new notice, to proceed with the pro-local Food Committee which has just
ring Co., Ld., was held at Shanghai on March 1. in connexion with the notice published in the local press containing the following resolution as the proposed business of the meeting
posed scheme, so that at any rate the future would not be complicated by technical objections as to the regularity of the notice convening, the meeting.
The Inspecter inquired whether it was true that pots of labelled rasp- berry jam were on sale marked up at 19. 111d
come to light. The Food Inspector, following a complaint at the Food Office, entered the shop of a draper. who, according to the festive custom, bad a miscellaneous assortment of I may tell you that steps bave goods displayed in his window, in- "That a Japanese company be been taken to put right the error as cluding: what was described as a promoted with a constitution in the regards the board. Application will special brand of home made jam. form submitted to this meeting for be made to the Court and a new the purpose of acquiring the under notice will be asued calling a meet taking of the company and that suching to consider, in effect; exactly the undertaking be sold to such new same scheme. company when formed or on its formation or in course of its promo- Now with regard to that scheme, tion according to the terms of the it is quite impossible, and would said constitution and the draft agree not be proper, that the legality of it ment submitted to this meeting, and or its desirability should be discussed. that the directors be and they are The matter is before the Court and hereby authorized to execute and to
you will understand that being so, carry the same into effect with such
we cannot say anything on that (if any) modifications as they may subject. think át."
Mr. M. Nodaira, presided, and there were also present Messrs. W. JN. Dyer, J. Prentice, H. Morriss and K. Otani, directors, Mr. R. N. Macleod, legal adviser, the secretary, Mr. K. Kuroda, and a fair number of
shareholders.
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME,
The proprietor admitted the soft impeachment, following this up with the assertion that the contents were well worth the price.
"
I
But," Interrupted the Inspector, you know the controlled-price of this speciality is 1s. 1d.: per pound. have had a complaint against the amount you are charging, and I am I think, however, that it is per- here to investigate" missible, and perhaps desirable, to The vendor appeared unrepentant, draw your attention to one part ever trying to lure the Inspector to of the scheme which is, perhaps. purchase a jar and test the contents. not fully understood by all share He agreed that, the price was above holders, and that is the difference the scheduled amount, out as his between selling the business of the wife had purchased the delectables company to a Japanese company, he called her to bear testimony to the existing company holding all the
The lady, with sweet blandish- shares of the Japanese company, and selling under the appropriate sectionments, did her best to persuade the Inspector to become the of the, Hongkong Ordinance in a
their innocence.
After the chairman had announced that there was a quarum present, the secretary read the notice convening the meeting, upon which the chair man said Gentlemen, the object liquidation, in which case the shares owner of the "home-made." He for which this meeting has been of the Japanese company would go was adamant, but eventually agreed called was explained to you by direct to the shareholders of this to test; the contents...Carefully re circular some days ago, bur, since company.
moving the top covering be gaye an then, I am sorry to say that we found The important difference, which unofficial smile as the Trick Serpent it not desirable to propose any I think you ought to understand, shot squirmingly or to the counter. Utering the cryptic monsyllable resolution to-day, the reason for is that his company, bolding.all which I would ask Mr.. Macleod to the shares, or practially all the Jam! he purchased the novelty, explain.
shares of the Japanese company, and-bied him speedily to the Food
Office1 would have, legally, complete 'con-.
THE DIRECTORATE.
Mr. Macleod:-Gentlemen, you are trel of the Japanese company... all aware that action was taken in Al all benefits which the company. the British Court by three sharehold would receive from the Japanese ers on behalf of themselves and company would have been obtained his present interest. transferred into others to step this, porposed scheme, by the same means that is to say, an interest of that kind. I don't and probably most of you are aware by the action of your directors in think it is at all out of place that you and requiring and should be told that the board has ibat at the beginning of the proceed, demanding ings the Judge drew attention to a obtaining the company's rights as considered this point and thought point which suggested that the board the shareholder in the Japanese that many shareholders, not Japanese, of this company is not properly con- company. The effect of that must would prefer that the company should etituled. The point, quite shortly, be that everybody in this company hold all the shares in the proposed is this: that the Mitsui Bussan would be treated in the same way. Japanese company instead of having
Are the loaddition, to that his rights as those shares allotted to them direct. Kaisha, as you know,
That I think is all that I can say.. general agents and general mana- against a Japanese company, whose gers of the company By the de- constitution he would probably As to the rest of It, it is in other finition of the work "director" in not fully know or understand, hands and there is nothing more that the Hongkong Ordinance of 1911, would be protected and all the we can discuss.edits ann an in "director" includes general manager. time guarded by the board, whereas The Chairman-As mentioned by Therefore, the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha if he goes as shareholder direct into Mr. Macleod another meeting will be is, by law, a director of this company, a Japanese company his only rights called as early as possible. To-day's. Now in fact the directors had elected, would be against that Japanese com meeting is now closed ; I thank you in turn each manager in Shanghai of pany rights which would depend for your attendance, the Mitsui Bussani Kaisha to be a upon Japanese law, which many of director, with the legal result that the shareholders would not know the manager of the Mitsui Bussan anything about, rights which would Kalsha in Shanghai became a director have to be decided in a Japanese and also the Mitsui Bussan Kaiba court, and small shareholder might was a director. The result of this is reasonably, fear or object to having
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920,
NOTICES.
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