THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7 .924
INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING "CORPORATION,
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JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders in' this Corporation will be held at the CITY HAL, Hongkong, ou SATUR- DAY, the 23rd Februniy, 1921, ni 11.30 am, for the purpose of receiving, the Report of the Court of Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts for the Year end- ing 31st Decoinber, 1923.
INTIMATIONS
HONGKONG BOXING 'ASSOCIATION,
· FOURTH TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON,
FRIDAY, 8th February 1924-
At 9,15 p.m..
At the
THEATRE ROYAL.
MAIN EVENT.
Fifteen Round
Featherweight
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TO LET.
TO LET.-New and Airy Office Rooms on Ground and First Floors, S, Duddell Street. Can be Championship of the Colony and used as Bank or Commercial the Scott Harston Belt,
The Register of Shares of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 11th February to. BATER- DAY, 23rd February, 1924 (both (Imperial days inclusive) during which period |
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transfer of elores can be registered.
AND NOTICE is hereby given thai an Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporntion will be held on the day and at the, place aforesaid immediately upon the termination of the Ordinary carly Meeting for the purpose of considering and if thought fit of
Stoker P, O. Jim Cartlidge,
Royal Naval Yard,
Services Featherweight
Champion)
T.
A. B. Chadwick, H.M.S.. "Marazion," (Lightweight Champion of the
Colony).
Also One ten round Light Weight Contest and One Welter Weight, one Light Weight, Two Feather Weight and One Flyweight Contest each of six rounds.
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passing the following resolution Booking For Members only ong
viz. ---
That the Directors of the Hong kong and Shanghai Banking Cor. poration bo and they are hereby
the 4th February, at Moutrie's 5th February, at the Hongkong Hotel.
For the General Publie on the 6th requested and nuthorised by and on February, at the Hongkong Hotel. behalf of the Shareholders of the On the 7th and 8th February, at Corporation to take the steps neces-Moutrie's. sary for the introduction of an Ordinance. into the
Legislative
Conncil of the Colony of Hongkong) and for the enactment of the sune
Usual Prices.
Next Tournament March 8th, at
by the Governor of Hongkong with the Theatre Royal.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND
FINANCE CO., LTD.,
the advice and consent of the Legislative Commeil thereof to effect the abendments necessary to the Ordinance utiler which the Corpora- tion is incorporated and carrying. on business so as to allow of the... otlinary vote issue of the Corporn. tion,
being increased from NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN AY that the ORDINARY ANNUAL $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 and to modify the existing requirements as GENERAL MEETING OF SHARE. regards the deposit of security in HOLDERS IN THIS COMPANY will respect at its uote issue in the be, beld at the Hongkong Hotel, following manner.
Hongkong on. SATURDAY, the 9th
(a) So that the whole of the in- February 1924, at 11 a.m. for the erase (namely $10,000,000) of such purpose of receiving the Report of ordinary note issue shall be secured the Directors together with a State- by rain or bullion ng approved ment of Accounts for the year end
Ling 31st December 1923. gecurities.
(b) To provide that whatever the
The TRANFER BOOKS of the. total amount of the note issue may beat any particular time the Company will be closed from the 1st February to the 9th February amount of coin as distinct from bullion or approved securities to be! (both days inclusive), during which deposited by the Comparation shall period no iransfer of Shares can be never be less than one think of the Registered. total amount of the bills in actual circulation.
Bruder of the Court of Directors. A. G. STEPHEN.
Chief Manager.. Hongkong, 4th February, 1924.
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NATIONAL LOANS.
NURSCRIBERS to the National Loans of the Third Year of the, Republic (1914) and the Eleventh. Year of the Republic (1922) are hereby notified thu the
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 23rd January, 1924.
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PUBLIC AUCTION,
PARTICULARS and Conditions of
by Public Auction to he hold or MONDAY, the 11th day of February, 1924, at 3 p.m., at the Officon of the Public Works Department, Order of His Excellency the Governor of Oue Lot of CROWN LAND at Shelt han in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of following Drawings for the redemp-renewal at a Crown Rest to be fixed tion of the above Loans will be by the Surveyor of His Majesty the
King, for one further term of 75 years. held this year.
2nd
THIRD YEAR LOAN.
June 1924: 7th Drawing- ($2,750,000 approx.); redemp. tion begins 30th June,
1st December 1024: 8th Drawing
($2,750,000 approx.), redemp-- tion begins 31st December.
It is to be noted that twc Draw- ings of this Loan, instead of one, are being held this year in order to bring the redemption of the Loan and its extinction in 1925 into line with the schedule of aniortisation prescribed by the Loan regulations. ELEVENTH YEAR LOAN. 10th May 1924; 3rd Drawing ($1,000,000): redemption be- gins 31st May,
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roth November 1924; 4th Drawing ($1,000,000): redemption, be- gins 30th November.
The service of the above two Loans is conducted independently and forms no part of the National Consolidated Loan Service,
F. A. AGLEN, Inspector General of Customs. Inspectorate General of Customs,, Peking, 23rd January 1924.
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INTIMATIONS.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING will be held in the
St. Andrew's Church Hall
MONDAY 11th February.
at 6 p.m.
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MAIL WEEK NEWS.
ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR
MURDER CLUES.
NEW & STARTLING THEORY OF DETECTION. The astounding theory that the Mr. Percy Greenaway, who rebrain of a murdered man. if im ceived 963 votes to Sir Charles inediately subjected to treatment by Eve's 273, was elected a City of elpotricity, may reconstruct the London Alderman for Bishopsgate crime, and even reveal the identity; Word in place of the late Sir of the murderer, is discussed by Edward Moore.
Mr. John C. Goodwin in his arrest { ....... ing book, Insanity and the Criminal," says The Westiuinster Gazette.
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Visitors to the London Zoological Society's Gardens from January 1 toNovember 30 numbered 1,579,210, an increase of 71,672 on the cor responding period last year, and gate-money totalled £50,220
Terrors for the few, but untold benefits for the many tre fare- shadowed. in the enormous stridee, that science is now making in re- gard to knowledge of the buinan Firemen putting out a fire at Grain.
*Immenso progress in the investi- Whitley Bay, Northumberland, which destroyed the Paviliongation of brain affections is being Picture Theatre, a tea house, and a made to-day, and the time is not far confectionery shop, had a narrow distant when startling results will escape when the wall of the theatre bo announced," declares Mr. Good-
win. fell.
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It is suggested that the electrical The amount of £1 and 10s. notes treatment of the brain might yield results of enormous value. Phy- outstanding has increased during- the past week from £288,679:316 to iologists to-day affirm that our brains record impressions of every.. £295,817,208,. the growth of £7,137,892 being due to the de-ing as if they were gmmophone records. Moreover, science bas mands for additional currency for already discovered how fistues of the Christmas trade.
lead animals can thus be stimulated Linto nelivity.
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The Cunard 20,000-tons liners
LYDISCOVERED CRIMES.
¡ "Carmania" and "Caronia", are to be
An extension of this process would converted from coal to oil burners help to reduce the number of un
at Clydebank end Barrow rediscovered crimes, clear up doubts ag spectively.
Of the entire Canard to whether the case were one of passenger fleet the "Saxonia" wil then be the only coal-burner left. murder, manslaughter, suicide, or
William Reeves, a British war veteran, in-some prison theatricals at Sing-Sing, the great jail near New York, so realistically played the part of an ex-convict who tried to reform other criminals that he has been released on parole.
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nocidental death.
In America, at the Michigan State Penitentiary, X-ray apparatus
used to examine the brains of con- viets, and, when deemed desirable, surgical operations are performed by two Detroit surgeons. Experts in England are making investigations upon rather similar lines.
You cannot judge a book by its) East Ham Council, in accordanceover, nor can you judge a ran's with an order of the High Court, character by outward appearances. reheard 13 applications for licence There is no such thing as the renewals, refused in September. criminal type. A receding chin or a They granted music licences for sugar-lonf" head; watery blinking the publicans premises in each eyes, peg-top teeth, and a suggestive case, but withheld dance licences stand-these are not infallible evi-
dence the author declares.
After January 1, all factories: have been required to provide first- aid boxes or cupboards, for the treatment of minor injuries to workmen. The box is to be in charge of a responsible person, and notices giving his name are to be placed in all workrooms.
A firm of City merchants is said to have bought for £10,000 the site of St. Olave's Church, Duke-street, Bermondsey, for a warehouse, but the stone tower of the church will be retained as an archway to an open space on the site of the old burial-ground.
BHAINS AND INTELLIGENCE. Intelligence, he says, does not depend upon weight and size of the brain. The brain of a canary' (an unintelligent creature) is one-four- leenth of the weight of its body, while an elephant's brain (a highly intelligent animal) is only one five- hundredth. But researches have shown that the average weight of a criminal brain is much less than that of a normal man or woman, The average man's brain weighs Professor oz. a woman's 44oz.
L. Bischoff, of Munich, argued that women were, therefore, inentally inferior; yet, when his own brain was weighed, it was under 44oz.,
Mr. Goodwin claims that the fallacy that a man with a large head
At a complimentary luncheon to him at the Holborn Restaurant, W.C., Mr. Charles J. Drummond, at necessarily have an abnor for many years' secretary of the mally efficient bin has been ex- London Society of Compositors, was ploded; and attacks "the preten presented by printing trade friendssions of phrenology, with its grotes with an annuity of £200 for the que jargon relating to bumps.
But it has been proved that the joint lives of himself and his wife.in's temperature rises when it is
active-hat headedness," there- fore, is more than a figure of speech.
The Englishman who was de tained at Turin at the instance of
The genins is a person of unbal- the British Consul on suspicion of his being Major Bailey, wanted anced mind-as in insanity, one or more areas of the brain are develop. for the murder of his wife at Hove [the Hove police state that theyed at the expense of others. Grent is not mathematicians, for example, are know definitely he
generally devoid of artistic skill and declares that he is a kinema
Singularly imaginative ability. actor in search of work.
enough," he mentions, "the centre associated with taste has not yet been located."
Attempting to board a District Railway train leaving Cross Station
55. Mrs. Eleanor Lyon.
of
Hir Bryan Donkin. (medicnt dviser the Prison Commission- Ashmore-road, Maida Hill, W., fors), speaking at a Conference-in slipped between the train and theirmingham, declared that at least platform and her legs weresevered.20 per cent of all persons sent to She died on the platform a few prison are demonstrably mentally moments later.
lefectivo.
Casualties through boxing, foot- ball, and motor-cycling among cadets at the Royal Military Col- lege, Shandhurst, this term have been more numerous than usual, and the question of motor-cycling by the cadets is receiving serious consideration, states the comman- dant in his report.
The New York Supreme Court has awarded $62,871 dollars (£112,574) froin a trust fund created
THE WATER SUPPLY.
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in the lot Jannary 1094
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the arickaha ba engaged by the late Mr. George J. Gould,sch ft. Sa ithin the City of Victoria, and be dis-the American railway magnate, to sharged batalile the Western part of the his children, among whom are City of Victoria after 9 pm, or be til Lady Decies and Mr. Jay Gould, charged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the Dity the former world's amateur tennis of Vistoria after 9 p.m., an extra half champion, fare shall be charges bls.
For 2 or a drivers the fars is double or treble rasportively.
12 t Hill Diatriel. ̧
Ten minutes, 16 cents. Quarter hour.imárnée 20'; i Half boar
80 Ons hour,.......
40, III-In the News Torrijoriet.
The Paris Civil Tribunal began the bearing of the case in which. Mr. Frank Jay Gould claims that a fine of 1000 francs (£12, 106.) shall be, inflicted on hia former wife, Edith Kelly, an every occasion on which she uses the name of Gould without
By serangement with the proprietors authority krough the Police,
4.- Lower Levels
With # Beaverfi!With & Beavers, Tminutes, zilil. 10 dentă* 31 dents
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125.34 68.75
and
1936. 155.79
Gaarampalon of water in this Clay' Diatrist in militons, and decimale of gallyas During the month it December
199.00
DÍAS 15 m Bod 818.560 anaphos patį 166-
Intermittent Supply in all Rider Main Datrice during December 192329
Constant Supply in all districts during
The sub-alation on the L.C.C. December 1923 wh tramways at the Elephant and
„KOWIDON WATER WORKA (TLEVEL,
1984.
Castle is to be reconstructed with two Gura Bik din. Below 122.2 in. Abure, modern plant. The proposed OXIGA IN MILLION AND DECISALE OF BALLINN penditure is estimated to amount to £46,500, and the Highways Comm 15373 130 34 mittee state that it is desirable the Conoptions water for Buwan In extinute should be approved before on declusie of gallons during tha
Lonib of Decemberli the Christmas recess.
motion DetaiĮ
Full Supply in all districts Docuber 1988 and 1033-0
Apearl necklet, valued at £50,000, has just been disposed of by Mentra. Ogden & Sons, pearl
. The Govanimano Ansty B's, region be merchants, of London and Harro kate: Each pearl is dawless, and put the quality of the water in estis
the string, which is fastened with a boy.
diamond enop an inchi square; is one
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THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAIS HOTELS, LIMITED,
J.
مت شیشه
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that AN EXTRAORDINARY HOTELS, LTD., will be held at THE HONGKONG HOTEL, Victoria, GENERAL MEETING & HONGKONG and SHANGHAL
in the Colony of Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the 13TH DAY of FEBRUARY, 1924, at 2.30 o'clock in the AFTERNOON, when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed as Extraordinary Rosolutions :— (1) That the authorised Capital of the Company (which is now $5,000,000 consisting of 300,000 Shares of the nominal value of $10 each whereof 375,000 have been issued), bo incressed from $5,000,000 consisting as aforesaid to $10,000,000 (con) sisting of 1,000,000 Shares of the nominal value of $10 each) by the creation of 500,000 additional Shares of the nominal value of $10 each ranking (subject as hereinafter mentioned! as from date of allotment for.dividend and in all other respecta pari passi with the Shares constituting the Company's present issued capital."
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"That in the first instance 975,000 Shares be offered at par (in the proportion of ore New Share for every one Old Share held by them respectively) to the persons who on the date of the confirmation of this Resolution as a Special Resolution are! registered in the Company's Share Register as the holders of the 375,000 pl. Sharee, and so that on acceptance of the offer the nominal amquat due in respect of such 375,000 New Share shall be payable as to the Sum of $5 part thereof on acceptanos of such offer and as to the balance thereof on the 30th day of June, 1024. And further that until such time as the said 376,000 New Shares shall be fully paid they shall vis-a-vis the said 375,000 Old Shares, rank for dividend only in proportion to the ratio borne by the amount, paid up thereon to the full nominal value ($10) thereof, and that any of the said 375,000 New Shares which shall not be taken up by the Company's Shareholders in manner aforesaid be disposed of in such manner as the Company's Board of Directors shall think fit." (8) "Thát such offer be made by Notice specifying the number of Shares to which the member is entitled and limiting. a time within which the offer if not accepted by the member on behalf of himself or his nominee will be deemed to be declined and that the Directors be at liberty to fix such time and in the case. of Shareholders whose plaos of Address is hot in Engkong to extend it to such date or dates as they may think fib.'”...!! ̈ (4) Tht the balance of 200,000 Shares constituting the Com- pany's Unissued Cppital be issued at auch time or times in such manner and for such purposes and upon such terms and con- ditions, in every respect as the Company's Board of Directors may decide.
That the Regulations, contained in the printed document submitted to the Meeting and for the purpose of identification subscribed by the Chairman thereof be approved and adopted as: the Articles of Association of the Company in substitution for and to the exclusion of all the existing Articles thereof."' AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a further EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the same place on THURSDAY, the 26TH DAY of FEBRUARY, 1924, at 2,30 O'CLOCK in the AFTERNOON, for the purpose of receiving & Report of the Proceedings of the above-men- tioned Meeting and of confirming if thought fit as Special Resolutions the above-mentioned Resolutions.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be-CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 21st day of FEBRUARY, 1924, to THURSDAY, the 28th day of FEBRUARY, 1924 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
The suggested new Articles of Association are similar to the old, subject to clerical alterations and to the following alterations of substance, viz.
(1) The deletion from Article 71 of the words "and bolding or representing by proxy, not less than one-tenth of the issued Capital."
(2) The alteration of the minimum number of Directors to four and
of the maximum number to seven,
(9). The alteration of the remuneration of Directors to payment at.
the rate of Four thousand dollars per annum and such suma as e General Meeting may determine instead of the fixed sum of Three thousand dollars per annum.and such sums as a General Meeting may determine.
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(4) The alteration of the quorum of Directors to three instead of two, (5) The addition of Articles enabling the appointment by the Directors of a Local Board or Advisory Committee in any place at a remuneration to be fixed by the 'Articles and the appointment by the Directors of Local General Managers, dries or other Assistants, delegates or Attorneys at a remuneration to be fixed by the Directors:
(6) The addition of an Article enabling the Company to have an Official Seal and Local Registers in places outside the Colony. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Company with the aid alterations and amendments incorported and indicated in red ink or red print can be seen during usual business hours at the Registered office of the Company, Powell's Building, Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, anil at the Shanghai Office of-- the Company in Hongkong Bank Building, Shanghai, in the Republic of China.
Dated the S1st day of January, 1924.
By Order of the Board,
MY
PERCY. H. SUCKLING,
Secretary.
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