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TUESDAY. EMBRUARY 20,- 1928.
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BURN, 78, The Peak (6 Rooms), 8 am to 10 am., uvery 20 minutes. on Motor Road, with Garage, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., overy 30 minutes. Tenols Court and Garden. Apply 0 p.m. to 8 p.m., every 20 minutes to H. A. LAMMERT. 8 pan. to midnight, overy 30 minutes.
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TRAFFIC on the Peak Tramway will bs suspended from 1 A.M. og WEDNESDAY, 21st instant for, a period of eight days or thereabouts in order to carry out certain repairs to the Haulage Machinery. Season ticket holders will have the option of getting their ticketą extended for the whole period care cenné running or obtaining á pro rats refund on such tickets for the unexpired period.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, February 19, 1923,
HONGKONG BOXING
ASSOCIATION.
FOURTH TOURNAMENT OF
THE SEASON..
·SATURDAY, March 3rd, at 9.15 P.M.
AT THE ·
THEATRE KOYAL.
MAIN EVENTS. --Fifteen Bound Contest for the Light weight Championship of the Colony and the "Golge" Balt,
A. B. Chadwick v. Stoker P.O. Morgan H. M. 6. Marazion. H. M. S. Hawkins.
-AND
Fifteen Round Contost for the Middle- weight Championship of the Colony and the Daily Press " Belt."
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THE THIRTY FOURTH OF DINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Buildings, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkongan FRIDAY, the 23rd day of February, 1923, at 11 o'clock in the forenson for the puropas of receiving a Statement of Account and Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1922, and declaring a dividend.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from Wednes day the 14th February, 1923, antil Friday the 29rd February, 1923, both R.M.LI.days inclusive.
A. B. Duncan v. Fto. Ainsworth,
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Four Six Round Contests,
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- Members Monday, February 26th- General Public from Tuesday 27th.
THE HOUSING QUESTION.
A PUBLIC MEETING - will be held at The CITY HALL,
on.
FRIDAY, 23rd February, 5.30 p.m.
When important resolutions on Tho Housing Question will be brought forward for submission
"to" "che Government.
-Chairman--Mr, C. G. ALABASTER KU ONE
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After the
above Meeting the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
ASSOCIATION
will be hold,
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(Hon. Bec. C.R.A.), Hongkong, February 14, 1923,
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HBIRKETT, Clark of the Course. Hongkong, Fobrądry 19, 1923, .
By order of the Board of Directors. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Goooral ManagUIE.
Hongkong, Febrary 9, 1923,
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETINGTM of the thareholders in this Corporation will be held at City Hall, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 24th February 1923, at Noon, for the par- pose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a statement of accounts for the year cpding 31st December, 1922,
The REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from Monday 12th February to Saturday 24th February 1923 (both days inclusive) during which period no transler of shares.can be registered.
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By order of The Court of Directors,
A. G. STEPHEN.
Chief Manager. Hongkong, February 5, 1925.
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUE FACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
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>THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the above COM- PANY will be held at St. George's | Building Chater Road, Victoria, on TUESDAY, the 27th February 1943, at 11 o'clock am for the purpose of receiving a statement of accounts and, the report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1982, and electing a Consulting Committes and Auditor, 24.
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size of the sun, and yet to the naked just recently been exceeded. In 1840. eye they looked very much about the the biggest telescope in use was same size. The explanation was that about 18in; then, in 1881, the the sun war 400 times farther away Rumian telescope of 30in made it from the earth than the moon: What Appearancs, while to-day, on Mount was it, ho asked, that was making the Wilson, at a height of 6,000ft, there
go faster? "It was pulling itself was a telescope with a mirror mosaur drawing the planets towards it. To was big enough, and to fore the together, making itself smaller, and ing 8ft.acros. But none of the stars some artent tas sun was contracting xinga of the stars they had to get w as it went faster. Referring to the rate telescope 20ft. across, so on the 8ft at which light reached the earth, ProTelescope they had placed s fensor Turner said that while the light bar along the top with
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ray of the sun was eight minutos; it took the light of Sirius nine year to reach the earth. They would sp preciate those relative figures when they remembered there were 30,000,000 conds in a year. image of a star, the lecturer remarked, The To the juvenile section of the sudience was defective. Instead of being a the dirsotness and simplicity of the point of light, it was a target. It was illustrations employed by Platessor | in what might be described as nasties Turner to explain and elaborate great of rings, and was altaustively light scientific tzuths added to the interest and the waves might be of slmost any and dark. It was made up of waveë, and educational value of the lectare. share. Nowadays, aid Professor Turker, we know how big the sun is when com pared with the planeta. The moon was only a four hundredth part the
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