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TUESDAY AUGUST 12 1924
INTIMATIONS.
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON
TAXICAB CO., LTD.
NOTICE OF CALL
Issue of 49,000 Shares of the Nominal Value of $10 each, ($5 paid up)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 3rd Cail of $2,50 per| Share on each of the 49,000 shares allotted on the 19th day of May, 1923, has been made by the Company and that such call will be payable to the Company's Bankere, The Hongkong and Shanghai, Banking Corporation in Hongkong on or before the 15th day of August 1924
The Transfer Books of the Comm. pany will be closed from the 7th to 14:h August 1921, both Laclusive.
days
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. IL ROWE,
Managing Diretor, Dated this 19th day of July 1924.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
TICKETS will be issued for Round Trips during the months of July to September, from Hongkong to Foochow (Pagoda Anchorage) and return, calling et Swatew and Amoy on both the upward and downward' Voyage, by the Company's new, fast, well appointed steamer "Hai Ning" at the reduced rate of $80 for the round Voyage, including Meals while the steamer is in port.
These Special Tickets will be available for return only by this steamer, ether, by the Voyage for which it is issued or by her following sailing from Foochow
Duration of stay at Foochow 48 beurs.
The Trip occupies 8 to 9 days will leave and the steamer Hongkong from the Company's Wharf at 5 p.m. arriving at daylight on her return (Weather perintting).
The Company's Steam, Launch will convey
"WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
95 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, $1. PREPAID. Every addition
for 3
word Cente rtions.
WANTED, WANTED-Immediately in Hong-
kong on Lower Level Two Rooms with kitchen and Bath Room. Rent about Hundred Dollars. Apply Post Box No. 360, Hongkong.
TO LET.
TO LET Ellenbud Villas Apply E. T. H. Bunje co H. M. H. Nemazee, Prince's Building.
TO LETShop and Offices No. 12 Pedder Street. "Apply at the Premises.
'Godown in TO LET One
DUDDELL STREET now occupied by Messrs. Alexander Ross & Co., Ltd. For Particulars apply to:-H. Ruttonjee & Son, 16, Queen's Road.
FOR
FRENCH TUITION
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Write to
G. MOUSHION c/o "Chins Mail" office, *
INTIMATIONS.
CHINA PROVIDENT. LOAN &
MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
DIVIDEND. NOTICE.
JEWELLERY JADE
&
PRECIOUS STONES.
etc.
Also A Fine Selection OF
Rings, Pendants and Cuff LinksTM
(British make.)
obtainable at
SHERIFF BROTHERS.
69, Queen's Rd, Ct.
HIGH CLASS BOOTS END SHONE
Made to orrier. ROYAL & CO. No.1, D'Agellar Stres1
INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Club will be held in the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co, Ltd. on THURSDAY August 14th. 1924, at 5,30 p.m. for the purpose of confirming the resolutions passed at an. Extraordinary General Meeting
passengers from NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN held on 22nd July, 1924.
that an INTERIM DIVIDEND
Pagoda Anchorage to Foochow City, if required.
For further particulars and dates of Sailing-
Apply to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO
General Managers. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. LD. Hongkong, June 17, 1924.
WING HING
TAILOR
PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. Specially Selected Woollen. Suitings Just Arrived. Orders executed at Shortest Notice Price lowest.
64, Queen's Rd, Ctl.
Hongkong.
Telephone 1417.
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DE SOUSA & CO., LTD.
2nd Floor, St. George's Building,
Tel. No :-Central 1264.
HOP SING & CO.,
TYPEWRITER
DEALERS & REPAIRERS, Supplies and Ribbons for all Makes
of Machines
22, Pottinger Stroot. Tel. 0. 3212.
BRANCH OFFICE:
139, Tak Hing Kai, CANTON.
HER KING & CO. TAILORS.
800, Pottinger Street. Ladies' and Gentlemen's. Talors Dispers,and Outfitters, Suits made to order.
TANG YUK, Dawture.
moon
ibe late XIEM TENG,
· 16, D'águEar Birverk.
TERMS VERY MODERATE.
Consultation Free,
By Order,
C. B. BROWN, Secretary.
Hongkong, 8th August, 1924.
“HONGKONG" "JOCKEY CLUB.
has been declared in respect of the financial year ending on the 31st Desember 1924, and will be paid on FRIDAY the 29th. August 1924, as to Forty Cents ($0 40.) per share on Libe Old Shares (Fully paid), Thirly- three Cents ($0.33) per share on Banus Shares (Fully paid) Nos. 171,000 to 200,000, and Six Cen1s (50 06) per Share on the New Shares (1924 Issue) upon which $2.50 per Share was paid up on the A SECOND EXTRAORDINARY 15th March, 1924. ---སི་--- ༠ -
The Transfer Books of the Company will Le closed from the 8th to 29th August (both days in clusive).
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managera. Hongkong, 28th July, 1924.
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU. FACTURING.CO., LTD.
DIVIDEND NOTICE,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an INTERIM DIVIDEND has been declared in respect of the Financial Year ending on the 31st December. 1924, and will be paid on FRIDAY, the 22nd August, 1924, as to, Forty Cents ($0.40) per Share on the Old Shares (Fully Paid), Thirty Cents (1030) per Share on Bonus. Shares (Fully Paid) Nos. 60,001 to 150,000, and One Cent (0.01) per Share on the New Shares.. (1924 Issue) upon which $1.00 per Share was paid up on the 15th May 1924.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 8th to 22nd August, 1924 (both days inclusive).
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.. General Managera, Hongkong, 1st August, 1924
NOTICE.
GENERAL MEETING of the Club will be held in the Board Room of Messrs, Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., on THURSDAY 14th August 1924 immediately at the conclusion of the first Extraordinary General Meeting
This Meeting is called on the fallowing requisition -
28th July, 1924. To the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club, Hongkong.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
*MAIL WEEK NEWS,
ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR.
| For the sun-bath experiments at Ken Wood, adjoining Hampstead Heath, crippled children will be the patients. They will be watch ed by a number of medical men.
Falling the termination of the unofficial strike of Liverpool
Sansovino, Lord Derby's classic winner at Epsom, failed to secure a place in the race for the Hard-building operatives and the ob- wicke Stakes at Ascot, a
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Sir Henry Wilson Worsley Taylor, Bt., KC, formerly M.P. for Blackpool, has died in Man- chester, in his 77th year.
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servance of national agreements, the employers have decided upon a lock-out of 700,000 men.
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Novice harness and hack classes were decided at the opening of the International Horse Show at Transvaal, owned by M Manta-Olympia, where, in one class, the cheff, won the Grand Prix de Paris judge awards differed consider- in a field of twenty-one. The ably from those at the Richmond winner's starting price was 120 to 1.
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After fire had caught a firm hold of the upper part of the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate,
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Mr. James Elliman, Slough, of Messrs. Elliman, Sons, and Co. embrócation manufacturers, left estate of the gross value of French maid who had escaped to £174,347
the roof was rescued by a male member of the staff and lowered. 60ft to the ground by a rope.
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Sir Henry Slessor, KC., the Solicitor-General, has been invited to contest the Holland-with-Boston division, where there will a three- cornered fight.
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His Majety's horse London Cry, which started favourite for the June Rose Handicap at Sandown Park, was beaten by Despote and Puttenden, Despote winning for Sir C. Paget
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"Stolen from the Tobacco Exhibi tion, at the Horticultural Hall, S.W., in 1921, a gold cigarette case owned by Sir Keith Smith, the airman who with Sir Ross Smith, his brother, flew from England to Australia, was returned to its owner through Scotland Yard,
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Opening the West Park Mental Hospital, Epsom, which has been After spending a week in erected by the London County London, the King and Queen of Council at a cost of about £900,000, Denmark left for Copenhagen. Mr. Wheatley (Minister of Health) King George and Queen Mary said that in the solution of many bade them farwell at Liverpool-social problems that would arise street Station.
the country would be increasingly guided by the Council. West Park Hospital would be one of the best of its kind in the world.
Claiming that they are entitled to a 6s a week advance of wages, such a skilled hands at Woolwich Arsenal received; 7,000 semi-skill- ed and unskilled men have resolved upon a strike.
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In return for preaching twice yearly on the duty and necessity of work and patriotism, Mr. Samuel Hern, Cardiff, the gross value of whose estate was £50,007, left £z a year to Archdeacon Griffiths of Newport.
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Differing from a representation by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the advisers to the London County Council re- commend that the old superstruc- ture of Waterloo Bridge be rebuilt on new foundations.
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she was beached in a condition on a mudbank.
Fifty Salvation Army bands marched past General Booth at a rally at the Crystal Palace attended by 20,000 Salvationists in celebra
tion of the General's return home from a
tour in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
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Parliament is expected to rise for the recess on August 8. The Housing Bill and the Finance Bill will be passed into law before that date, but the Profiteering Bill, in shelved until the autumn session. addition to many others, will be
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In accordance with Rule 52, We the undersigned Voting Members of he Hongkong Jockey Club, request ou to convene two Extraordinary.. General Meetings of the Club, for the
Championships were decided at purpose of considering, and thought fit, pasting (in accordance the closing day of the International Horse Show, at Olympia, when the with Articles 53) as a Special Resolution, following Recup for the best single-harness ponies and horses went to Miss solution
Jean Brown-Scott, and Mr. A. Loewenstein, Brussels, captured the principal award for hunters.
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That the first and second paragraph of Rule 39 be struck out, and in lieu thereof the follow- ing new paragraph substituted:- "The Entrance Fee for all "newly elected Ordinary Mem "bers, as well as for Naval and "Military Officers on the Active "List, shall be $10 and the "Annual Subscription $10." T. E Poarco
A. H Barlow F. G Walker T. W. Dayla L. J. Davies
H. B. L. Dowbiggin
W. E. la, Sheaton A. H. Potts M. T. Johnson
F. H. Ken
J. Humphreys
H. W. Brd.
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI | G, A. Harr.man
HOTELS, LTD.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
A. Naim
W. I ogan GB. Gibson » D. E. Clark E. S. Abraham L. G. Bird
D. M. Rons
W. T. Stanton
By Order,
C. B. BROWN, Secretary.
that an INTERIM DIVIDEND Hongkong, 6th August, 1924.
has been declared in respect of the financial year ending, on the 31st Decembar, 1924, and will be payable
os MONDAY, the 18th August 1924
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Passengers by an express train from King's cross had a wonderful escape on Saturday morning, when, as the train was travelling sixty miles
hour, seven carriages became derailed and the rear coach broke free and ran into Barry Golf Course, near Dundee.
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In support of the programme of the Transport Union Delegate Conference, a meeting in London of niembers of all grades of the union unanimously adopted a resolution that the employers should be given a month's notice | în furtherance of the demand of a
10s increase of wages.
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Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Manchester, said that never before had there been such secrecy in regard to foreign affairs as Was practised by the Labour Govern- ment, and yet the need for secrecy had never been less. By his methods the Prime Minister was
as to SIXTY (60) Lents per share TUNG SANG in danger of muddling away his
on the OLD SHARES, and as to FIFTEEN (15) Cents per share on the NEW SHARES (1924 ISSUE). UPON WHICH $5 PER SHARE; WAS PAID ON THE 31ST MARCH, 1924.
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 11th to the 16th August, 1924, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
PERCY H. SUCKLING,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 24th July, 1924,
MRS. MOTONO
ELECTRIC MASSAGE
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TAILOR
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Inheritance of the Dawes scheme.
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The King and Queen were present at a special matinée of "The Whirl of the World," at the Palladium in aid of the centenary fund of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His Majesty also attended the Test cricket match, at Lord's, where the teams had the honour of being presented.
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While M. Poincaré's policy in- volved an occupation of the Ruhr until Germany bad completed her payments under the Dawes scheme, Mr. Herriot, our Diplomatic Corres pondent states, would not objèce! to the occupation roming to an
HIGH CLASS TAILORING and as soon as the scheme is in
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Delivered to Peak District (above Bowen Boad)
In Lots of not lose than ton-
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THE TELEPHONE HANDBOOK
The Sixth issue of the TELEPHONE HANDBOOK bas been published in JULY, 1924.
The TELEPHONE HANDBOOK consists of an up-to-date and accurate index of Telephone Subscribers, the numbers being given in sequence.
SPECIMEN PAGE.
Central 22 The Newapaper Enterprise Ltd., B, Wyndham Street Cantral 22 China Mail" (Newspaper), 8, Wyndham Street Central 22 The Dollar Directory Co., 0, Wyndham Street Central 22 Telephone Handbook, 5, Wyndham Strest Central 22 Boogkong Sunday Herald," 5, Wyndham Street"
Peak 22 MacCourtuey, F. D., Residence, 358, The Ferk Kowloon-39 Green leland Cement Co., Ltd., Cement Works, Hok-un Central 23 Jordan, Fenyth Grove, Aubrey, Urquhart, Lyon
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Peak 29 Brown, Mr. N. S., Residenca, 183, The Pask Peak 23 Butterfield and wire. Me. N. S. Brown, Residance, 184,
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