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THURSDAY MAY 8, 1924
INTIMATIONS.
WANT
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF ADVERTISEMENTS
CANTON, LIMI¡ TD. ¡¡'
NOTICE TO SHARER LDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NO
that the FIFTY-FIRST OR DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at its Head Office," Union Building-Hongkong, on FLI DAY 16th Muy. 1924, at NOON for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Thirectore and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1928, and af declaring Dividends etcetora..
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Sacioty will be dood from May 2nd to May 18th, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
O. MONTAGUE EDE
General Manager. Hongkong 26th April 1954.
BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITRI). -
*NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,,
DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the
25 WORDS & INSERTIONS,
81. PREPAID,
Rvory additional word & Cents for 3 insurtions.
TO LET.
TO LET-Centrally situated
ground-floor premises suitable for a Bank or shipping office, also few office rooms. Apply P. O. Box 259.
FOR
FRENCH TUITION
Wrke to
G. MOUSSION
c/o "China Mall" office.
INTIMATIONS.
Forms for the Third Extra
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, Corapany will to holaits Hand DRAFT Programmes and Entry Ooo, Union Building Hongkong, ouRace Meeting to be held on the 24th FRIDAY, 16th May, 1994, at 12.15 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the toport of the Directors and the State ments of Account to 31st December, 1993, aut of declaring Dividende atoetora
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from May 2nd to May 16th, both days inclusive."
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE RDE,
General Manager. Hongkong, 9th April 1924.
THE CHINA WIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED,.........
NOTICE TO SHARRHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN No
that the FIFTY-FIFTH OR DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be told at its lead Office Union Building Hongkong, on FRI- DAY, 16th May, 1984, 12 20 p,m.,. for the purpes of reediving the Report of the Directors and the 1st 10 of Account Statements December, 1993, and of doehring Dividends etcetera.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS, of the Company will be closed from May 2nd to May 16th, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE
General Musager.”
- Hongkong, 36th April 1924.
THE SIMPLEX PLASTER CO.,
LIMITED
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN
that the STATUTORY MEET ING of the Company will be held at 3.00 P., at the legistered (fice of the Company, 2nd Floor, China Building, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 9th day of May, 1924.
By Order,
CHINO AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL. DEVELOPING CO, LTD,
General Managers. Hongkong, 28th April, 1924.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that scrip No. 4227 for 500
ahares Ewo Cotton Mills Ltd., in of Mr. EZRA
the name
ABRAHAM of Hongkong to-
gether with a duly executed
May 1924 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Race Course, Hongkong Club and Causeway Bay Stables.
Entries close on 10th May 1924.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Second Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Hongkong Hotel, cn Monday, 26th May 1924, at noon.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 19th May, 1924 to 20th, May 1924, both days inclusive.
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By Order of the Board of Directors,
S. J. JORDAIN,
• Secretary. Hongkong, 7th May, 1924,
WING HING
TAILOR
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THE CHINA MAIL.
MAIL WEEK NEWS,
ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR.
A pair of famille verte oviform vases (K'anghs! period) realised £520 at Sotheby's,
A talented vocalist and musician, who was blind from birth, Miss Emma Benstead, 71, has died at Chertsey, Surrey
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The annual Army Bill is imend- ed to include the Air Force under its provisions relative to discipline and regulations.
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Mr. Edward Henry Lewis, who was for 28 years headmaster of Eton College Choristers' School, has died at Windsor, aged 74.
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Folice are investigating the theft af about 1,000 cigars from the stock of Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, Ltd., Piccadilly, W.
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At Croydon Mrs. Elles Rowland, of Culver's Way, Carshalton, was fined 40s, with a guinea costs, for having placed poisoned meat in her garden on March 5, by which, a dog belonging to a neighbour was killed.
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London. County Council have affixed a tablet of blue glazed ware to 2, Carlton-gardens, S.W., indicating that Lord Kitchener lived there from August 1914 until March 1915 while the New Armles were being raised and organised.
a Glasgow lodging-house where four weeks ago John Boleyn, a knife grinder, died and left £900 to John Thomson, an unemployed warehouse porter, another inmate, Richard Mooke, 65, labourer, has died leaving £550 in a banking
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Sir Henry Thornton, president and chairman of the Canadian National Railways and formerly general manager of the Great Eastern Railway, is not returning After story medling Generato England to manage the London, Ismet Pasha, the Turkish Prime Midland, and Scottish Railway as Minister, has obtained a vote of has been reported in some quarters. confidence from his pity-the Turkish People's Party.
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Morris Berkovitz. 43, ≈ draper, of 146, North-street, Leeds, was at Dr. H. M. Gillies, the expert in Leeds Assizes sentenced to nine plastic
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to months in the second division for Copenhagen to treat the officers arson. It was stated that calico and men who were injured in the soaked in kerosene had been explosion in the Danish cruiser placed in his promises, which were "Geyser" last summer.
insured for £4,000,
मै * * The bellringers at Winshi! Church," Burton-on-Trent, are on Strike because they say the vicar, the Rev. A. H. Price, refused to, let them ring muffled peals when
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SOLD AT Lowest Possible Prices
SUNG SAN CHAN, 16 Wellington Street.
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Enst Surrey Regiment Inter- Company Competitions. Six Teams Consisting of All Weights From Fly to Light Heavy Weight Preliminary Fights Moergy Boraks
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The Legislature, the Churches, the Civil Service, and all classes of the population of Mauritius are petitioning the King further to extend the terms of office of Sir Hesketh Bell, the Governor.
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The Spanish Junta for Nationat Defence-a committee of Ministers and high officers -presided over by the King-has been abolished, and its duties will be carried out by the Military Directory.
Owing to the fall in the cost of living, the Admiralty have ordered a reduction of 5 per cent. as from July on the rates of pay fixed in 1919 for naval officers and for those on the non-effective list.
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The 70th year of their married
life has been celebrated by Mr.
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A Rhyl boy whose widowed mother gave his name and address i to the Prince of Wales last Novem-| ber at the opening of a local hospital, saying he wanted to be a jockey, has been taken by the King's
trainer on his stable staff.
Avstrike, involving a hold-up of 80 per cent. of London's frozen meat supplies, is threatened as the result of a dispute between cold storage workers and certain firms of frozen meat importers over the men's demands for rates and con- ditions operative among other cold storage employers.
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A party of 11 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, all over 6ft. high, who have been sent from Ottawa by the Canadian Government to guard the Canadian section of the British Empire Ex- hibition, arrived at Southampton in the Canadian Pacific Ener "Melita."
Land Mrs. Parker, of Heatherdene, WHAT THE LETTER TOLD
Wahon-on-Thames Mr Parkeris
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the 7th, 8th and 9th May, 1924.94 and Mrs Parker, who is 90, can read the smallest print without (Weather Permitting)
glasses. Commencing sach night at 8.35 pm. Entrance from Garden Road, PRICES: Ringle Seats (Reserved) - $1.00 Remainder of the monte 50sta. Soldiers and Sailors in air
ball price.
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: HIS WIFE.
TUNG SANG SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS charged with inflicting grievous Donald, who live at Trompsburg in the
TAILOR
11A Peel Street
LRE 转街拾鳖號A
EXPERT FITTERS
transfer deed purporting to assig" HIGH CLASS
the said shares has been lost.
The said shares are the property. of the undersigned and appli cation has been duly made to the Company for the issue of a .duplicate scrip.
The public is therefore, warned against dealing with the sald shares without reference to the undersigned. Any person having any knowledge as to the where abouts of the said scrip is asked to communicate with the under signed..
Messrs. ELLIS & CO. Hongkong, 9th April, 1924.
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD..
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, "THE FORTY-THIRD ORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING of! Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on FRI. DAY, the 23d May, 1924, at Noon, for the purpose of receving the Report of the General Agents, statement -pf. together with; a Accounts for the year ended the 31st December 1923.
The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed front the 9th to the 23rd May 1924, both days inclusivo.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Agents: Hongkong, Sidi May, "Typg"
KII HING & 00.
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The coming of the postman is looked forward to by most people. Hops eprings eternal in the human breast, and who At the Old Bailey the Common can tall bat ood news of good fortone
ring ? Sergeant stopped the case against our lettere may Thomas Bremeyer, 38, window brought advies that proved of immense
"It was & letter to his wife-which- cleaner, of Battersea, who wasi
importance and value to Mr. T. P. Mac- hodily harm on his wife, and he Tranavasi, South Africs, Bays Mr. Mac was discharged."
Donald For month I laid in bed with an attack of enteric fever, and although At Glendining's Auction Rooms, my life was despaired of 1 pulled Argyle-street, London, W., the through, but could not regnin my Victoria Cross awarded to Private been about for a while
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The administrator of Bulgarian property announces that a third and final- dividend of 6s. in the The experience of Mr. MacDonald has pound, making a total of 20s. on bien that of many thousands of other all British claims, with interest, people also. It is because of their against Bulgarian, nationals under unique, health and strongth restoring setion on the whole system through the the Peace Treaty is about to be blond and nerves that Dr. Willems paid.
Fink Pills give the wonderful help they do to sick suffering men and women. If
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