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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921.
YOUNG WOMAN'S FRAUD.
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59-61 Do Your Boad Central, HONGKONG.
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WHET POCHT BRANCH LOLS WORK STOP
COMPANY MEETING.
MISCHA ELMAN.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO., LTD
The 19th ordinary general meeting
NO CONCERT WEDNESDAY.
No cable having been received
of shareholders of the Steam Laundry
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THE CHINA MAIL.
Arrested while boarding a Canton steamer wearing a coat obtained by frand, a well-dressed Chinese girl ex plained to Magistrate Lindell this morning that she needed the clothing As she had been robbed of her effects in her home village.
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE.
THE WINDING-UP PETITION.
'POLICY OF" WAIT AND SRE.”
ADVOCATED BY MANAGER.
LOSS OF "LUEN ON.
FULL COURT APPEAL.
INSURANCE POLICY DEPUTE.
An appeal from a judgment de Hvered by the acting Chief Justics Court this morning before the acting last year was under consideration
Mention was made in the Supreme (Mr. B. H. J. Gomperta) in July of Sub-Inspector Field sad that thede Chief Justice (Mr. H. H. J. Gomperts) this morning by the Full Court con- fendant entered■ Des Voeux Road of the petition of the Hongkong sisting of Mr. Justice Skinner Turner stop yesterday and told the shop Manager M. Montargis, for the wind- Judge of H. M. Supreme Court at keeper that she had been sent by her ing up of the Banque Industrielle and the Paiste Judge (Mr. J. R. Shangbal, the acting Chief Justice mistress to purchase some clothing. de Chine on the ground of its in-wood). Taking a jacket the promised to ability to pay ita debts due in the return at 3 pm. if it was pot Colony,
Yeung Kwong-yung, trading as quitable. Later becoming suspicious,
Mat Tere, was the appellant and the the shopkeeper called at the house of tioner Mr. F. C. Jenkin asked that the ment Company, Ltd, the respondents. Appearing on behalf of the peti-Young Shing Insurance and Invest- the girl's supposed mistress and was petition should the adjourned for 28 Mr. C. G. Alabaster (instructed by told that the gid, a mui tsai, was Doday. In support of his application Mr. F. X. D'Almada) appeared to longer in the household.
The Magistrate (to Sub-Inspector
Counsel read an, affidavit by M. support the appeal and Mr. F. C Field): Send this Irl
Montargis to the affect that from a Jenkin (instructed by Mr. G. C. the Secretary for Chinese perusal of a telegram handed to him Haywood) to oppose it affairs.
want by the French Consul General and of a was the unsuccessful plaintif. He In the original action the appellant
no money. would be the same thing as she has "institation of transactional settle of $20.000, ander a marine policy of ment between traders and their insurance, in respect of the loss at Sub-Inspector Field: We know creditors" M. Montargis "was of the sea from an unknown cause of the 2.5. nothing against the girl. You will be sent to the Secretary for of July for the purpose of passing a the defendants' counsel submitted
The Magistrate (to the defendant): holders was being held on the 25th the plaintiff's case
opinion that a meeting of the shareLuen On." At the hearing after Chinese Affairs who will probably resolution sanctioning an application that there was no case, to Laser had closed
send you to the Po Leung Kok. Try and lead a better life in future, to the Court for a transactional settle since it had not been proved that the
Cent."
ship was lost through one of the
I do
not
to
Co., Ltd., was held at the office of/from Mr. Mischa Elman regarding to send her to prison. To fine her translation of the French Bill for the claimed from the Company a sum
Sir C. F. Chater, CM.G., at noon to his return visit to Hongkong, the day. Me: E. G. Chapman presided management and there were also present Sir C. F. Chater, and Mr. W. S. Brown, Direc
Theatre
of the Kowloon have relunctantly
toms, Mr. C. B. Brown, Secretary, and been compelled to cancel the arrange Mess. C. Montague Ede, N. Y. Aments for the concert to have been Croucher, and L. S. Green, share given there on Wednesday No de. holders.
The Secretary having read the finite information has been received notice convening the meeting, the but it is still hoped that Mr. Elman Chairman said :-
will yet be heard in Kowloon.
Gentlemen, The Report and Ac- counts together with Auditor's Re port having been in your hands for some days, I will with your permis- aior take them as read.
Your Directors are pleased to be able to place before you the excellent figures shown; the profit on Working Account is the best we have had since
CONSTABLE CHARGED
INDIAN'S ALLEGED THEFT,
Before Magistrate Lindsell this the Company started 19 years ago, morning an Indian constable was being $32,014.50 against $23,120.16 | charged with larceny, the offence last year. Our earnings were greater alleged to have been committed and as overhead expenses remain fair- ly steady irrespective of the amount about 3 am. yesterday morning
officers'
GOLD FOR BIRDS.
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CHINESE GIRL'S UNUSUAL STORY.
In my opinion" the affidavit of Perils specified in the policy, namely rocks, wares, typhoons or wind." M. Montargis proceeded "it would The acting Chief Justice upheld the be to the benefit of the creditors and point and gave, a verdict for the depositors of my said Bank in Hong-defendant. kong to await the decision of the
Argument by counsel occupied the French Court as to the granting of such whole of the morning and ranged transactions! zettlement before around the construction of the in- finally deciding to wind up my said surance policy, Mr. Alabaster claim Bank in Hongkong. From the tele- ing that the Judge's view that it was grams I have read in the papers in special insurance against special Hongkong during the past ten days definire dangers was an unreasonable
NOTICES
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
WE HAVE A LARGE SELECTION
OF
PYJAMA SUITS
SUITABLE FOR PRESENT WEAR
AERTEX $14.00
COTELLA
.50
FLANNEL
$ 8.00
$25.00
SILK
AND
A VERY SMART SELF COLOURED COTTON PYJAMA, WITH A DIFFERENT
COLLAR AND 10.50 IN
ALL
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COLUMBIA
DANCE
SLOW AND EASY
RECORDS.
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DANCE-O-MANIA
ORIENTAL STARS
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BOUND IN MOROCCA
.2938
MOTOR SPEEDING.
DRIVER FINED FOR SERIOUS OFFENCE.
COME BACK TO GEORGIA TAKE IT EASY
TRA
2775
MICKEY
2596
HERE COMES AMERICA
...
of turnover it follows that our profit when he is stated to have entered to her grandmother's house in the
the European revenue quarters, at the Harbour Office. Revenue Officer Brown deposed that having come off duty at 3 a., and unable to get home to Kowloon be
To entice the birds to come out of their holes, was the inducement a 11- year old girl said had led ber to give pair of gold mounted rattan bangles and a pair of gold earrings to a invited her to come up the hillside tical situation in France I am of the fore proceeding further with the Chinese boy fifteen years of age who and from my knowledge of the polion. The Court decided to arrive at with him
a decision upon the point raised be- behind the Pak Tal opinion that the French Government appeal and the hearing was therefore in Hok Un village will bring moral pressure to bear in adjourned to a later stage. Temple
to retrieve the position of my said She had been on her way financial cricles in France in order same street when she met the boy. Bank and to make some arrangement On the hillside they were joined by whereby depositors and creditors if another. boy, and after she handed not paid up in fall will at least receive over the jewellery, the two lads de more than my said Bank in Hongkong parted telling her to wait there until would be able to pay if it was wound, they returned. The most surprising. lay down on a desk in the room where feature of this extraordinary story is the disbelief of the police whose re
artiste in ferion. appear to make the young lady an Report very doubtful."
"Inquiries made
is larger; shipping was good and we. were working at full capacity the greater part of the year. Our thanks are due to the Manager, Mr. Gee and the staff for the excellent results
before you.
European officers put whatever they
up forthwith."
Your directors recommend that the balance at credit of profit and loss account, $27,653.71 be apportioned seize. About half an hour later he port, brief and unromantic would concluded the affidavit "that the serious one, Magistrate Lindsell this;
as follows:-
awakened to find a Chinese revenue To pay a dividend of 12% $12,000.00 officer holding the defendant whe Write off Machinery.... 4,500.00 was in uniform. The door was ajar. Write off Buildings..... 3,500.00 A pocket book taken from complain- Carry forward.
7,653.71 ant's tunic was found on the defend- The writing off is the same as last ant's person minus its contents. year but the
carry forward is larger, the reason for it is that your directors are aware of some large contingent expenses which must be met during the next few months.
Our boilers are inefficient, they are too small and the pressure is too low; we have in contemplation the par- chase of 2 suitable boilers which we can acquire at a low price.
We
had given evidence that he saw After the Chinese revenue officer defendant enter the office and caught him standing over the tunic, further until Thursday. Mr. Leo Longinotto hearing of the case was adjourned conducted the defence,
FRANCISCO'S
ESE WALL"
CHIN.
AN ENTERPRISING PLAN.
CAN THE BAY BÉ BRIDGED?
THE KWANGS WAB,
KWEILIN AND SHUMCHOW
CAPTURED.
"I therefore humbly ask the Court"
Remarking that the case was 2 hearing for the winding up order bemorning imposed a fine of $25 on a adjourned for one monthard that the Chinese driver employed by the Eagle said Bank be carried on by the pro-Garage convicted of having driven visional liquidator and the special car No. 96 in a controlled area at the manager already appointed in order end of Nathan Road, Kowloon. The to reap the benefit (if any) of any speed limit was 10 miles and evidence moratorium or scheme of arrangement was given that defendant drove the which may be arrived at in Paris and car at between 25 and 30 miles an which may benefit the depositons the feeble excuse that he did not hour. The defendant could only offer and creditors in Hongkong."
think at the time that he was travell- Mr. Jenkin said that there were ing so fast. A bulletin has been issued by ample grounds for the adjoumment. announcing military headquarters at Canton The policy of the Courts when a captured by the troops under Gen, foreign company went into liquida- Liu Chin-wan, the Kwangsi gen. tion had been to wait and see what eral who surrendered the city of went on in the country of domicile and Wuchow to the Cantonese and sub any action taken in Hongkong was sequently was appointed commander merely to protect the creditors here. of the Kwangtung troops by Gov. Chen Chiung-ming to attack Warlord Lu Yeng-ting. The fall of Kweilin happened on the same day that Shurachow was captured by the troops of Gen. Ngal Bong-ping.
that Kweilin आ23
SEVEN ROBBERS.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONGKONG AUTOHOBILE
ASSOCIATION.
His Lordship There is no op position? Nobody else is appearing? Mr. Jenkin said that Miss Mary Storman, of the Peak Hotel, Hong-
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Long, a creditor to the extent of a Club Room for the use of Members. the Committee have arranged for 189.15.3 had intimated her intention The room is situated in the Hongkong of appearing but she was not re-lab Anner Buildings, on the Ground
Floor, next 1 presented by counsel and he could not!
the Jockey Club Offic see her in Court.
It will be available from ist Angust. Suitable Papers and Magsaing are being ordered from home and Secretary will be glad o bear from any Members who woaht like to make giu, of books, ere
We have applied to the Govern- SAN ment for a piece of land adjacent to that on which we house part of our staff and if we secure it at the auction intend to put up additional quarters. We also propose to re- arzange our washers and hydros with a view to economy of working.
With regard to our assets you will notice that during the year we have expended $4,698.63 upon a motor cisco's "Chinese Wat," as some have
San Francisco, June 18-San Fra junk which is proving satisfactory ralled the waters of San Francisco GARDENER'S HOUSE ENTERED. liquidator anything to say on this for harbour work, We have also Bay which separates this peninsula purchased 100 shares in the Hongkong city from the continental mainland and Kowloon Whari and Godown of Alameda County, is to be crossed. revolver and another with a dagger will be adjourned for 28 days. The
Seven men, one armed with a
The Registrar: No, my Lord. Company.
according to plans announced her broke into a house in Chon Lung
His Lordship: Then the petition A fortnight age your Directors recently. All the plans call for village, Kowloon Trai Valley on Sun- provisional liquidator (the Registrar) were approached by the Hongkong | bridge across
the bay, with one day night. Hotel Company with a scheme for scheme proposing a tube to Yerbs occupants, tying up the proprietor, Williams) are continued in their After terrorising the and special manager (Mr. E. A the absorption of this Company by the Buena Island, half way acroes, and a a gardener and several of his fois, appointment. Hotel Company. We carefully con- bridge the rest of the distance.
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sidered the matter and are convinced claimed, bring closer together the $12 in cash and clothing valued at Bridging the bay would, it is departing after an hour's stay with they inoted the place at their leisure, that the terms offered are to the city of San Francisco with the cities $20. to the benefit of our shareholders. of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and The difference between the present other points on the continental eldes value of our assets and the book value of the metropolitan area. Daily was taken into account and the basis hundreds of thousands of people DUTCH BANK DIVIDEND, of the scheme is that in exchange for who live across the bay cross on the
23 Laundry shares you will be offered ferries and generally, on Sundays, and holidays, the ferry systems con- not keep up with the crush of au- tomobiles seeking passage across.
I share in the Hotel Company. The Hotel Company as you are aware is splitting up the nominal value of its shares and the I Hotel share referred
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His Lordship: Has the provisional application?
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
(g) F. REVINGTON, Hon. erretary & Treasurer Hongkong, July 15, 1 21
NOTICE.
the
1.MANDING, Obins Command, HE GENERAL OFFICER COM
brings to the notice of all concerned that no soldier can be placed under stop- pages of pay for a private debt.
I, therefore, inhabisente walor A man was run over by the third soldiers to contract debts, they will do Advices have been received by the Railway near the Shao Ben Bridge
express train of the Canton Samshuiso at their own risk. Hongkong branch of the Neder last Sunday. The train was bound
Hongkong, July 19, 1921.
landsch Indische Handelsbank to the for Samshuf and when it was near of bridge to be built. The proposal holders held in Amsterdam it was seen standing in the middle of the Engineers are discussing the type effect that at the meeting of share the Shao Ben Station, a man was to will be of the new nominal value of to utilize Yerba Buena island calls decided to declare a dividend of 15 racks. Although the whistle blew $10.
for a tube from the San Francisco per cent for the book year 1920,
A special meeting will be called side, a railroad around the island and later at which the necessary Special] a suspension bridge to the end of one Resolutions will be placed before you, long ferry pler already built. Another and if you pass them a liquidator will scheme is to cross the bay with s be appointed and the Company put bridge over the shallow waters lead- into voluntary liquidation.
ing to the lower sections of the
TYPHOON WARNING.
The Telegram quoted below was received from the Manila Observa Gustav Lindenthal, widely known tory at 11.00 a.m. July 19, 1921.
Typhoon in about 125 deg. Long.
I now beg to propose the adoption harbour.
of the Report and Accounts as eastern engineer, has drawn a set of sented; after they have been seconded plans for a proposed bridge, it was E. 20 deg. Lat. N. moving NNW.
I shall be pleased to answer to the announced here, and A. I. Rich, San best of my ability any questions that Francisco financier, has declared that shareholders may demure to ask.
the money for the bridge proposed
There being, no questions, Mr. C. by Lindenthal can be raised without July 16, three fatal cases of plague Montague Ede seconded: the motion difficulty. which was carried unanimously.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
several times, the man did not move THE Undervigued have received in
an inch as if wis stupidled: It was not until the train was about to run over him that he tried to dodge } to one side and lie by the side of the track. But it was too late and be was run over. The identity of the unfortunate man is still unknown, says the Canton Times.
strations to sell by Publis Auction
ор
WEDɑESDAT, July 20, 191Ą,
Commencing 2: 3,30 p.m.
at No. 19, Humphreys Building, Kowloom.
A Quantity of Chairs, Tables, Stone Boller, Lawn Mower," ́Tennis nets and Gear, ete · Tass:-Cash on delivery,
Auctioneers.
LAMMERT BROS,,
Hongkong, July 19, 1921.
SALT SMUGGLEBS CAUGHT. During the week which ended on
About 2,000 sacks of smuggled (Chinese) were reported and there salt-weighing 50 cattles each were There were five cases (three imported) yesterday afternoon saya to da was one case of diphtheria (British), landed at the Tien Chi Wharf Canton of enteric fever, three of them being Canton Times. The salt was seized British and two Chinese.
t Kow King and about 10 amugglers were also captured and taken to my beadquaters. BLAZON TYPE NOT NECESSARY, CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISK? Reports of wholesale smuggling of coming meetings, lectures and
TERE you ever seized with, a sevece salt were received recently, and the
Mr. Greenhill proposed that Sir Paul aides of the bay, together with the San Chamber of Commerce on both Chater be re-elected a director. Mr. Francisco Motor Car Dealers' Asocia Croucher seconded and the motion | tion are supporting the proposals. was carried unanimously.
Mr. Croucher proposed, and Mr. Greenhill seconded, that Mr. H. Percy.
Smith, F.C.A, be re-elected auditor ...nt a remuneration of $300, -40
animously. / M
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