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MONDAY: MARCH 18 1923,
INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE
THE Thirty-seventh Yearly General Meeting of the Members of the HOMEKONG CLUB, will be held’in the Club House on MONDAY, the 26th March, 1923, at 5.30 p.m.
By Order,"
A. H. ABBAS,
Secretary. Hongkong, March 15, 1923.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO.
NOTICE.
THE FORTY-SIFTE ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the abova Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agonts, Pedder Street, on TUESDAY the 27th March at 11 30 a for the purpose of receiving the Report & Statement of Accounts for the year ending $1st December 1928,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from the 13th to 27th March, both days inclusive, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Agents,
Hongkong, March 8, 1923,
THE HONGKONG FIRE. INSUR- ANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
MONICE TO SHARKHOLDERS.
THE FIFTY FOURTH ORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING of Sharo holders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on TUESDAY, the 27th Marob, 1933, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the list December, 1923.
The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 13th to the 27th March 1923, both days Inclusive.
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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Managers," HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
Hongkong, March 8, 1023.
NOTICE.
BRITISH LEGION." (Hongkong & China Branch)
THE SECOND ANNUAL GEN. ERAL MEETING will be held in the Cry HALL, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, 27th March, 1923, at 8.30 PM, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Accounts for the year 1922, and of electing. members of the committee for the entning year, and of appointing. honorary auditors, and of dealing with any other business."11
By Order of the General Committee,
H. K. HOLMES,
Hon. Secretary.
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Hongkong, March 21, 1925.
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER
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WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
IN WORDS SERUITIONS -
$1. PREPAID, U Jávory additional wordt 4 Condi
for & insertions.
WANTED.
WANTED A Godown-keeper. Salary $40 per month. Apply "XYZ" c/o "China Mail."
TO LET.
THE CHINA (MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
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-- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS,
Rom, March 21th. The congress of the International Chamber of Commerce has unanimously andorsed a proposal: relative to the economic conference mentioned in a cable racssage dated March 21s
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MYSTERIOUS FIRĘ AT SMYRNA.
PARIS, March 23rd. The Chicago Tribune's correspondent at Constantinople reports that despite the heroic efforts of the crew of the destroyer Gilmer ( the American consulate at Smyrn has been destroyed by fire. The cause is not known. The vice-consol was asleep when the alarm was given. He saved the archives.
SINGAPORE NAYAL BASE,
BrDNEY, March 24,
A Melbourne newspaper days that the Defence Council ha decided that the construction of Australian naval bases, in accordance with Admiral Henderson's cheine, should not be carried out, owing to the Admiralty plans for a big base
Singapore.
KOREAN DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
TO LET. Immediats possession, belongings and furulture were lost a group of banks, headed by the
NEW YORK, March 24. The Evening Mail reports that a National City Bank, bas arranged, to float next work, a lon, of $20,000,000 for the Oriental Oxford won the boat co by three The loan is intended for develop Development Company,. Tokio quarters of a length."
ment in Kores,
INTER-YARSITY BOAT RACE:
grass tennis court. Bowen Road
two semi-detached houses with were destroyed, level. Each house containing two public rooms, two bedrooms, bach |rooms etc." Can be let as one house. Apply Box No. 1421 c/o "China Mall,"
TO LET-Seven-roomed detached house with tennis lawn and for two cars. Apply to SMITH, SETH & FLEMING:
LET.-Two Airy Office Rooms an top floor of 6, Queen's Road Central Apply to Gande, Price Co. Ltd.
FRENCH LESSONS
G. MOUSSION
15, Mowison Hill Kosd,
INTIMATIONS
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA, DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
Both
wator.
THE TWENTY-ONE DEMÁSDS.
SHANGHAI, March 26,
DETAILS OF THE RACE. The boat race took place under ideal conditions, with bright sunshine, a slight: breezo and goath erowds gathered to witness the contest.
Gigantic Oxford won the foes and chose the A mass meeting of Chinese mer- Surrey shore. The tide was flowing at chants and students at Shanghai, moderate strength, and an excellent stars yesterday passed a resolution g was made.
ing an anti-Japanese boycott, in rowed at thirty-eight order to force Japan to restore Port strokes for the fint minute.
Oxford Arthur and Damy to China. gained a fow, foot in the first half minite, but Cambridge drew lorel at the day, and Chinese firms are being- Big parade are being beli to ead of the minute..
Oxford, rowing with a reached the mile past a quarter of a abrogation of the Twenty-One De neat style,ged with inscriptions calling for the length ahead of Cambridge; time min. minds. 17secs. They had increased their lead to balf a length at Hammer with; time 7min. 4380s. Keeping a good length, Oxford passed Chiswick stops in 12min, Escos, leading by two longtha.
THE DI VILLA CASE;
SHANGHAI, Marchi 25.
The Mixed Court has dismissed
Cambridge were now rowing well, and the charge against Viscount Di. prossing Oxford hard, they reduced the lead to a length by the time Devonshire Meadows
Villa, of misappropriation
WZ18 reached. At Barnes $50,000. Bridgo, roached in lamia,
of
20680*, The Court held that the evidence Oxford were que and a quarter length adduced did not warrant the fur- abeach Cambridge made a fine spurt, ther hearing of the charge. but failed to sustain their effort
[Viscount Di Villa, ex-co-manager of the Far Eastern Bank; was arrested list. December on a civil action by the bank's-liquidators to recover 6,500,000 lire alleged to be due for shares.]
though they kept rowing pluckily right to the end. The official time whe 20min 54 Becs..
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that IN the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Office of the Company, 3, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on MONDAY, 26th March, 1923, AT Sports, Oxford beat Cambridge by NOON, for consideration of THE Groute to 4. DIRECTORS' REPORT, and STATE- MENT OF ACCOUNTS for the year ending 31st December, 1922.
INTER-VARSITY SPORTS...
LONDON, March 24th. In the Queen's Club InterVarsity
THE SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be slorod from the 17th to the 36th March, 1923, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
R. M. DYER
Chief Manager. Hongkong, March 12, 1923.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
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"EMPORARY: ASSISTANT TEA. CHERS (European) are required, at once. Applications, with par- ticulars of qualifications and er perlence, and copies of testimonials THE ANNUAL MEETING ON should be addressed to
OF COMMERCE,
Members of the HONGKONG GENERAL · CHAMBER OF COM MERCE will be hold on THURSDAY, March 29th 1923, at 4 a'clock precisely, in the OLD CHAMBER OF COM MERCE BOOM, City Ball, for the following purposes :-
1. To reosive the Report and Ac-
counts of the Committee for the
year ended 31st December, 1922.'
2. To elect a Now Committee-
3. To transact muy General Business,
By Order,
D. K. BLAIR
Secretary.
Hongkong, March 19, 1995).
THE CHÍNA YEAR BOOK 1923,
THE New Issue of the CHINA
YEAR BOOK-A massive valume of 1195 pages with a com prehensive foder and a portrait of and a message from President. Lr YUAN-HUNG will be published on or about March 31. It wil be on sale, in two editions, or boned in dark blue cloth at $12.50 and the other!
INTER-ARMY RUGGER.
LONDON, March 24th. The inter-Anny rugger
match Twickenham
at was played in brilliant weather, the spectators mumbered 5,000, Jncluding H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The French Army bent the British Army by to 15, to 5.
ASSOCIATION CUP SEMI-FINALE.
Following are the results in the Association Cup semi-finals:-Westham
CANADA AND JAPAN.
OTTAWA, Marcli 24. The Premier, the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King C.M.G., LL.D., has informed Parliament that negotiations bave been begun with a view to amending the Canadian Immigration Treaty with Japan.
JAPANESE POLITICS,
TOKYO, March 24, The Diet adjonna eine die an Monday night. D
The Upper House has passed the Boxer. Indemnity Bill, also a bill
6. Derby played at Chelsea Bolta permitting the pari mutuel on race- Shefald United 0, played at Manchester.courses.
LEAGUE RESULTS.
LONDON, March 24th. Following, are the results of Saturday's, League matches.
Oldham
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0
Q
0
o Huddersfield Cardiff C.
2
1
9 Manchester C.
FIRET DIVISION.
.....Arsenal... THE HON. DIRECTOR OF Aston Villa... 3 Birmingharg
EDUCATION.
Nottingham F.... 1 Blackburn R Burnley Education Department. Middlesbrough.... Hongkong, March 24, 1923.
Liverpool... Preston N.E. Tottenham H...
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