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BEVERAGES
WATSON'S DRY GINGER ALE
Its dryness and aroma are features which give this drink, the popularity it deserves.
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SPARKLING MINERAL TABLE WATER- Healthful and refreshing. Blends excellently with Whisky:
WATSON'S STONE CINGER BEER Prepared by a process of partial fermentation which gives it the distinctive flavour which is so pleasing to the palate.
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Possesses the cluracteristic stimulating and refreshing qualities of Champagne; it has a delicious flavour.
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. →ERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. 'Phone Central 436,
'Phone Central 436,
Wm
-Powell
Tel. Central 8146
NEW STOCK
GENTLEMEN'S
stamps, which they proceeded to
| spend in the food-shope or exchange for copper botes at a discount in Laccord with market values for such
forms of currency,
ever.
months and the General warned the Central Government that he cunnot Ltd restrain his men much longer.. -
BATHING COSTUMES.
These have been especially
-made for us by the
JAEGER CO.
BATH GOWNS
*
INSPECTION INVITED.
SLIPPERS.
Wm. POWEL, Ltd., Tailors & Outfitters.
THE CHINA MAIL.
KOWLOON'S PERILS,
COMPANY MEETING.
SCHOOL GIRL'S EXPERIENCE. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE
CHASE AFTER SNATCHER:
were recovered.
·
OUR FINANCES.
TO-DAY'S COUNCIL VOTES,
$200,000 FOR WAR MEMORIAL
ROME.
INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS.
1
+
THURS AY, MAY, 10-1029,
$10,000 DAMAGES CLAIM,
ALLEGED NEGLIGENT
DRIVING.
MOTOR COLLISION. SEQUEL.
of the
second
LABOUR REFORMS.
HOME GOVERNMENT'S POLICY.
agriculture, the protection of women + Mr. Eldon Potter appeared for the agriculturists before and after child- plaintiff and Mr. F. C. Jenkin for birth, social igaurnace in agricul the defendants.
The plaintiff claims that he has weekly rest day.
ture, and the application for d suffered damage from the A Labour amendment demanding negligence driving of the first defendant's rejcated by 285 votes to. 176. The defendant in the management and approval of all the conventions was Government's policy was agreed to. II, 1922. motor-car on March The car, it is alleged, was driven with great force against plaintiff, who, riding a motorcycle. The negli gence was alleged to have consist ed in driving the car at an excessive speed, being on the wrong side of the road, and in not keeping a pro- per look out. The second defen- the Government's application for an dant is also alleged to have injunction against the New York been negligent in waving her coffee and angur exchange.
The Government's Attorneye, are on the left-hand side
myt
at the
TAXICAB COMPANY.
+
FOODSTUFF GAMBLING.
INJUNCTION SETBACK.:
New York, Moy 9. The Federal Court has refused
The American Government re
RUSSIAN AFFRONTS.
SLOOP TO PROTECT OUR TRAWLERS.
"TRADE MISSION'S POSITION.
مخمل
LONDON, May 10. It is stated that the armed Bri- tish sloop "Harebell? is leaving for Buaian waters to protect British fishermen.
COMMONS BUrront. Nowa Iravels fast in China, Other Tuchung heard of the stamp graft
An attempt to snatcha-chain and The forty-second ordinary general
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) locket from a British schoolgirl in meeting of shareholdere in the Can- and Felting was inundated with Kowloon yesterday,reatited in the ton Insurance Office, Ltd., was held in the Supreme Court, this mor-
LONDON, May 9. telegrams for supplies of lots of a Chinese youth being arrested and in the Board Room of Messrs. Jarning, before Sir Wm. Rees Davies, million dollars' worth. At the time; charged with larceny before Mr. J. ding, Matheson & Ca., Ltd., the (Chief Justice) and a jury, Jacob Government's policy regarding the In the House of Commons, tha R. Wood this morning.
General Agents, at noon, to-day Julius Thorman sued Mr. J. M. Ellas recommendations of the Inter Chang Tso-lin, the Mukden War-.
According to Sub-Inspector Mr. D. G. M. Bernard was in the Lord, was not on speaking terms Spear who prosecuted, the com-chair and was supported by the Van Gastricum and Mrs. J. M. Elias national Labour Conference at with Poking. He had no intention plainant, Mist Edith Webb of No. following, wambers of the Consmit van Castricum, his wife, for $10,000 Genova Kere enunciated, Bin of being left out in the cold, how 10, Orient Buildings, was walking ing Committee Sir Robert Ho for damages for injury through Labour stating the Government in
Montague Barlowe, Minister of near the junction of Austin and Tung, Messrs. H. Humphreys, negligent driving by the second tended to ratify a number of con- He persuaded a friend to Jordan Roads close by the soldiers' A. H: Compton, A. S. Gubbay and defendant in a smuggle stamps into Mukden, but barracks, when she felt a pull at H. P. White and F. C. Hall (secre- her husband. The
car owned by ventions, including those prohibit a British Customs officer at Shan her chain.
On looking round tary.)
defence is she saw the Chinese running
that plaintiff had himself collided ing the employment of children in haikwon seized thực shipment.
The shareholdere. present were with the car. away towards Cox's Path. She im- Messrs. Chau Siu-ki, Chui Sui-nam,
agriculture, and prohibiting the While the game lasted, all in the mediately gave chase and caught To Cheung-siu, La Man-hint Bonelled: Messrs; F. A. Mackintosh, ment did not intend to ratify, inter employment of trimmers and stok- The following jury was empaners under eighteen. The Govern know lined their pockets. In conso- the snatcher up in forty yards. Shai-kit, J. Amalit, J. W. Barton, FL. Marques, C. A. dos Remedios effa, the conventions dealing with quence, there are sufficient revenue Defendant had the trinket in his
hand and put it into his mouth. V Steavenson, G. H. Piercy, Chang Hong-key, FF..X. Barretto, the prevention or unemployment in stamps floating round the country After a brief struggle he managed N. V. A. Croucher, H: Seth, A. SY. Abbas, Lee Hon-cho, to prevent any direct returns to the to escape again with Miss Webb in Ellis, O. C. Boyd, Ho Leung, F. E. Revenue Bureau for many months pursuit. At the Bowling Club Ellis F. M. Alves, A. B, Stewart to come. Meanwhile the police and Corner he turned into the Kowloon and W. B. L. Shenton.
Cricket Club and hid himself is a Chairman's Speech. gendarmerie in the Capital (whose comer. Fortunately, all this pay is seven months in arrears) are had been seen. by an Indian.
The Chairman; in roviewing the said to be passing the hat round Sergeant of the HK.SR.G.A. from Company's activities during the past the barracks. He came along and among werchants and householders, caught the snatcher who had re- year said: The army of General Feng Yu-mained in hiding. After being
Gentlemen, The report, and ac asiang, looked upon as the only taken to the station, defendant counts having now been in your dependable force in North Chang volunteered to take the police to a hands for some days, I propose, today, has not been paid for nine spot where, the chain and locket with your permission, to follow the usual custom of taking them as His Worship asked Inspector read. Spear if this was not the second in-
It affords me great pleasure to be stance of snatching from Europeans again in a position to present to in Kowloon and the Inspector you such a very satisfactory report, replied in the affirmative. As especially as there has been little or Prohibition Counterblast. defendant had pleaded guilty, no improvement in the condition of
Recently the United States evidence was not called. In Marine Insurance affairs since we hand Supreme Court ruled that foreign sentencing the youth to three met here about this time last year of the car and at the same appealing against the decision. and American ships were slike pro-strokes of the birch in the jall, His though there is somewhat less pres right, thereby indicating to the cently instituted injunction proceed monthis hard labour with ten Trade continues stagnant and time allowing the car to bear to the bibited from taking liquor into American ports. This decision Worship remarked on the serious-sure from competition, owing to the plaintiff or giving him reason to ings with a view to suppressing com- banned even liquor intended for the mess of the offence adding that an elimination of many of the smaller believe that she required him to pletely tradings in sugar futures,
example must be given 1.3 use of passengers on the outward
a and Wortborn Companies, there is keep to his right-hand side of the also in coffee and sugar unless back still insufficient business to go round road, furthermore compelling the ed by actual ownership. Control voyage and kept under seal the deterrent to others.
and the task of maintaining pre- plaintiff to so cross the road in of sugar has been instituted. Tha whole time the ship was inside the
mium income at its customary level order to avoid collision. After the proceedings are the most sweeping three-mile limit. Whatever the intention, its effect was to make
is most exacting. It will be seen road, the second defendant sud-
plaintiff had started across the ever instituted to curb speculation every ship trading with the United
from the accounts that although the denty turned the car to the left, in the necessities of life.] States dry-"Sahara dry," as ope
premium income for the year 1921 thereby causing the collision. Home paper put it, when the
was some $600,000 less than for the Plaintiff's injuries and repairs to startling nows became known,
preceding year, the result, after 24motor-cycle cost him $13.615.50 Naturally, the other maritime
mouths working is over $300,000 (including loss of income $2,400). uations were not going to accept
better. This is due to the reduction
(Proceeding,) this blow without demur. France,
in the loss ratio from approximately whose bone industry had already
73 per cent. to 63 per cent., and been hit through America becoming The following financial recom- an increase of $30,000 in the m dry, promptly made vigorous pro-mendations by HE. the Governor venue from investments. Working tests to Washington, with what are to be considered by the Finance account for the year 1922, after results it has not been disclosed: Committee of the Legislative twelve months working, shows a Britain bus now gone mnoh further. Council this afternoon:-
decrescein premium income of
The
of That is she lips been swept along $2,000 in aid of the vate Police $180,000..
balanop much further, for the Common bill Department, other charges. "mall $2,350,875:41 carried forward is,
Lord Curzon, Foreign Minister, making retaliation possible has met stores.
however, $18,000 greater than that
bas instructed Mr. Hodgson, the with prompt criticism. This mea- $6,000. on account of Police De-for the year 1921 at the same period,
British trade representative at Mos- eure makes it obligatory for all partment; special expenditure, one and we think we may confidently The subscription list for shares cow, to return with the whole passenger ships in British waters to new boiler for No. 1 police launch look forward to the successful out in the Hongkong and Kowloon mission if at the expiry of ten daya $1,150 in aid of the vote Harbour turn of this account also. Our Taxicab Co., Ltd, opened at 10 he does not receive a reply to the carry n "reasonable quantity of liquor." The effect it will have if Master's Department, special ex-assets, as expressed in sterling, this morning and applications for British note, or if the reply is carried is obvious and absurd. penditure; new motor boat for stand at a lower figure than a year 100,000 shares were received within However, whatever the bill's fate, Government Marine Surveyor's ago, owing to the fall in the rate balf an hour. As the company is clearly unsatefactory. the debate should make interesting Office.
of exchange from 2/7 to 2/2, the only asking for subscriptions for $10,000 on account of Public rate ruing on the 31st December 49,000 shares the list was then hearing, if only because it will be
Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, Inst. amusing. And the Commons
On the other hand, os ex- closed.
This record response indicates of business.
provement to Roads necessitated the very substantial increase of over should retain its popularity as a by the extension of tramway track $1,300,000. Our reserves have around Happy Valley.
public utility, designed to bring the $33,000 on account of Public maintained their bealthy condition Colony more into line with other Works, Extraordinary, mast, build- and, with the addition of the appro cities as regards travelling facing the past few days has been the A festure of the exchanges-dur- Two Chinese cases, of plague ng machinery, and cables forpriations which I aball propose ilities.
directional installation at Cape later on, should fully satisfy con-
The authorised capital of the weakness of sterling on New York. stituents with regard to the security Company is $750,000 and the direc-To-day it closed at 4.61. D'Aguilar.
Marks are quoted between $200,000 on account of Miscel-that the Company offers, I wish tors are Messrs. H. Birkett (chair- laneous Services, War Memorial again this year to make specist re- man), M. Nemazee, Sum Pak-172,000 and 175,000,
ference to the investment and ex-ming, Chan Lim-pak, Chau Shu-ki, Nursing Home.
$14,500 on account of Fire change fluctuation account which A. H. Rowe (managing director) Brigade, special expenditure, has now risen to the figure of and F. Ellis.
| $1,088,963.08. Although this sum. The amount paid up on applica $3,000 in aid of the vote Public is altogether exceptional, your tion was $2.50 and during the day Works, Recurrent, Hongkong, general agents and consulting com- as much as $3.50 was offered for the Miscellaneous, 20 boundary mittee have deemed it advisable to shares. stones.
retain it intact until it can be seen $1,500 on account of Medical De- whether the very material risen
The following items are taken partment, Special Expenditure, (B) which have recently taken place in
from the annual report of the Kow- Hospitals and Asylums, equipment both gold and silver securities are the building up of reserves, that the loon-Canton rallway (British Sec A Chinese woman who goes of out-patients department, Civil to be maintained.
Company has been enabled to tion) for 1922 about Penting collecting shells and Hospital.
The surplus to be dealt with is expand and attain the eminently The gross receipts for the year oysters found a shell with a pearl $46,800 on account of the follow- $1,358,378:15, out of which has atafactory position it occupies to were $710,295.75 as against. good as cash for small amounts in it about the size of the glassing votes
boen paid an interim dividend of day, and I trust that shareholders $603,980,77 for 1921, an increase of They are required on telegrains, on marble used as bottle stoppers. It Public Works, extraordinary
$18 per share, We now recom-will approve the policy that is $105.31498, The balance after paying working expenses stands HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1923. receipted bills, on bills of lading and has been purchased by a Chinese Hongkong
for $4,200,
Alterations to Harbourd or $22, the addition of
mend the payment of a final divi- followed. similar documents. Any Chinese
I cannot think of anything for at $148,151.40. View for Police Traia will gladly buy them at half-price, The Crown Agents for the ing School,
$16,000.00
£25,000 to sterling reserve fund, of ther that calls for special reference, The Increased earnings of this and so a way was found to dispose Colonies in vite architects in Britain Conversion of houses on
$120,000 to reinsurance fund, and but I shall be pleased to answer to period were somewhat reduced by of several million dollars worth at mit designs for the new Raffles Col- and the British Dominions to sub-
marine lot No. 381 for
the carrying of the balance of the best of my ability, any ques a period of partial stagnation after use as a Central Fire
$804,079,09 to underwriting tione arising out of the socounts the strike, by the launchmen's It has been common knowledge twenty-five cents on the dollar to lege, to be erected at Singapore Station
3,500.00 Buspense sccount to close the year which shareholders may wish to strike in May, and by the frequent Centenary Vaccination shed, West
1921. The balance of $2,852,875:41 put, after the accounts themselves
al unrest in Canton and neigh for many months now that the the wholesaler. But the trouble is the Singapore
Memorial. China, whenever Bayone
bourhood. Much inconvenience bits
Point members of the presoul Cabinet in fin
5,500.00 st credit of 1022 account allows of bave been dúly seconded. Kowloon
the payment of the usual interim I now propose the following re and loss was caused by resultant
solution Peking, who have been placed in upon a brilliant ides someone else
dividend of $18 for that year. As will be seen from an ad- Royal Observatory,
kan military operations between Sun "That the report and accounts as, Yat-sen and Chan Kwing-ming. office by President Li Yuan-hang always goes one better, and so it Yertisement in this issue, The seismograph room, and the Chilli group of militariats, happened in this case..
Holland Pacific Trading Co., Ltd.
prosented, including the payment. On five occasions bridges on the and gas service notifies the public that it has trans- Water Police: “Station, have been at their wits' end to find The Governor of Kwangsi Proferred the business of the company
From the foregoing you will of hal dividend in respect of the Chinese Section of the lige were ́additional barrack
understand that it is proposed to Yes 1931 of $23 per share, and an damaged by explosives in attempts funds to meet even the most vince heard of this scheme for rais as importers and exporters of
rooms
10,000.00 increase the dividend to a total of interim dividend in respect of the to prevent movements of troops. catial of current expenses. As ing money and so the story goes, provisions and cigar, merchants,
$40 for the year 1921, as against Joar: 1923 of $18 per share: the During this political unrest robber authentic example of the ends to wrote at once to Peking in the with the exclusive right to the
$85 paid in respect of 1919 and ion of £25,000 to sterling re bands were as usual active along names of the "Holland Pacific. which they se prepared to go to following strain:
1920. It has come to my knowledge or fand, of $128,000 to remsarthe part of the line in the Chinese --| Trading Co.", and ""Hey Lam," to obtain a little ready cash, the
phat he fact thay we do not pay ange fund and of $604,079.00 to Territory
underwriting auspenso account be It has just come to my atten- Mr Jan Hendrik Van Gennep
away all our income from invest adopted, and passed. following, incident as reinted to the tion that for some reason or other Luhrs, who will carry on the busi
„ments has been criticized and I ness at No: 11 Queen's Road Peking correspondent of. The
$11,000 on account of Public may not be out of place for me to Mr. Lo Cheshin and passed The proposition was seconded by the stamp-tax has not been enforced Central
Works extraordinary, Weekly Revisio is of especial in Kwong. I find upon investign
make a few remarks 'm the sub- kong Miscellaneous,
onanimously conver ject: interest
HONGKONG HOTEL BUILDINGS.
NOTICE TO PIPE SMOKERS,
SPECIAL PRICES FOR ONE MONTH.
Pinnace Navy Cut
B.D. V. Mixture
Arm Mixture
..
`à lb· Tin $1.20
+
$1.40 $1.60
The above can be obtained ex Bond, less duty.
THE HONGKONG CIGAR STORE CO., LTD.
MARRIAGE.
STEWART. — HASTINGS. — On- the 3rd April at Donhead St.. MaryChurch Wilts, by the Rev.
J. H. HastingsRector of Halton, Lancaster, assisted by the Rev.
Take back your stamps," re- turned the banker. "If you think I am going out to peddle them you have come to the wrong place."!
RUSH FOR SHARES.
DOLLAR PREMIUM ALREADY,
always find the time for that clasa Communications; Roads, impressed in toest currency, they show confidence in an enterprise which |
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Balla Singh, a private Indian watchman of No. 36, Ice House Street died in hospital yesterday from an overdose of opium.
A way was found to dispose of and four of smallpox were reported W. D. Sargeant Rector of the slumps, however, aud, before yesterday. Donhead St. Mary, Robert Ross the Bureau of Engraving and Print- Stewart, Licut. Commander R. N. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. ing was stopped by the Director of Stewart of Denham Bucks to the Revenue Bureau (Peking), Aileen Elizabeth, daughter of stamps to the value of five million Mr. George Hastings (formerly of Hongkong) and niece of Mr. dollars had been issued. The Direc and Mrs. John Hastings of tor of the Revenue Bureau-pro- Wincombe Park Shaftesbury nuably because he was not in on the deal-carried off the plates from which the stamps were printed.
These revenue stamps are much
Dorset.
The Chinx Mail. used in China and tisually are as
**TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVIOS "
RAISING THE WIND."
man from the Ministry Finance came into a banker's
atuer day and offered,
sell him $2,000,000 of revenue Blamps for the sum of $600
The Third Gymkhana Meeting, under the auspices of the Hong kong Jockey Club, will be held at Happy Valley on June 2, weather permitting.
motor pump.
Levelling off site of Kowloon Inland lor No. 6ją..
Total
6,000.00
$800,00
$46,800.00
Reply to Criticism.
tion that the reason is that Peking As, the result of a careful sions of shed at Kennedy Our practise is not singula
neglected to send
survey of the medical work of the Town for MECA
of Imperts
it of mai
cattle known Home Com
same
any China Inland Mission, which wits and Exports Department and con- is the same se
¡confined to the actual needs of ex¬ succti
isting hospitals, the Chian Council Isolation she
bas reached the conclusion that
exclusive of two medical men
proposal of Mr.J Ark
EXCHANGE:
STERLING CROSS-RATE
WEAK.
LONDON, May 10.
RAILWAY TROUBLES.
VERY TRYING YEAR REVIEWED.
train suspensions owing to politic-
Considerable attention was given in collaboration with the future railway requirements, and Town Planning Committee to
reservations of land likely to be required, later for branch lines. and stations were decided upon. Surveys for the junctions of two
ere mad „probable branch lines.
and centre lines staked out
station bur
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