THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928.
Phone C. 22
FOR
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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TO LET.
for.
NOTICES.
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCES, .1911
AND
IN THE MATTER OF THE ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
(IN LIQUIDATION.) - Notice of First & Final Dividend
To Creditore.
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[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Not First & Final Dividend TO LET 1st May, 1928, Happy of $0.996 per centum has been de Valley. 3-roomed European Flat.clared in this matter, and that the Gas stove, geyser, electric light same may be received at my office, and flush fitted. Incoming tenant on MONDAY, the Twenty-sixth day can take furniture' cheap. Box No. 639, c/o "China Mail"
NOTICES.
HONG KONG LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
THE CHINA MAIL,
THE ANNUAL MEETINGÀ will be held at the IK.C.C. Pavilion on MONDAY, 26th MARCH, at 6 p.m. Clubs intending to participate in the League are requested to send representatives to this meeting.
Hong Kong, 22nd March, 1928,
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
QUEENS' COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION.
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL DIN-
INIGO JONES.
LONDON BUILDINGS BY GREAT ARCHITECT.
FIRST TOWN PLANNER,
NER of the Association will If the demolition now threaten- take place on SATURDAY, the 14th ed of the Tavistock Hotel, in April, 1928, at 8.00 p.m. in the Hall Covent Garden, is carried out, Lon- don is likely to lose before long tho of Queen's College.
Members destring to attend and last relic of the famous Piazza. to invite guests are requested to True, the covered way is used to! communicate with the Hon. Trea-day by few except those whose in-.. surer, Chow Ping-un, Esq., c/o As-terests in the bustling trade of the DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., surance Franco-Asiatique.
By Order of the General LIMITED,
Committee,
THE ORDINARY GENERAL
tenant or March, 1925, or an Any subse-I MEETING of the above Com
quent day between the hours of 10jpany a.m. and Noon.
APARTMENT TO LET. J. HENNESSEY, SETH, F.S.A.A.
SAVARIN HOUSE, 16 Hankow Road, next Star Theatre, Kostloon. Large Airy Room, well furnished, enclosed verandah, private bath, modern sanitation, excellent cui- sine. Moderate Terms. Phone K.1429.
POSITION WANTED.
POSITION WANTED. Young Japanese boy (aged 21) desires position as general house boy in English
American or
family. Wagos no objection. Honda, c/o Mrs. Seto, 14, Queen's Rd. C.
WANTED.
WANTED TO RENT small un- furnished fat or two or three rooms, Preferably in Central. Must be in Hong Kong. Apply Box No. 536, c/o "China Mail,"
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-Large Matshed at Ting Kau (about 10-miles on Castle Peak-road) Rebuilt October, 1927, furniture and crockery. Apply Box No. 538, c/o "Chinn Mail."
FOR SALE-One 5 hp twin cylinder Gas Engine, with gas prò-
'One 25 k.w.! ducer, complete.
three wire 400/230 V., D.C., gen- erator, with switchboard complete. One 19 h.p. Gas engine, with gas producer, complete. One 10 k.w.
Liquidator.
c/o Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming, 6, Des Voeux Road, Central.
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Hong Kong, 21st March, 1928.
NOTICE.
HAVE from This Day establish. od myself as a Share & Gen- eral Broker with offices situated at No. 11, Queen's Road Central, 2nd floor.
G. A. HARRIMAN, Member, Hong Kong Sharebrokers' Association.
13th March. 1928..
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C. G. ANDERSON,
Hon. Secretary, will be held at the Hong Kong, 21st March, 1928. Company's Offices, P. & O. Build- ing, on MONDAY, the 2nd of
April, 1928, at 11 a.m.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of}
the Company will be CLOSED from the 29th of March to 2nd of April, both days inclusive.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., General Managers.
Hong Kong, March 21, 1928.
THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
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his head should; fruit piled upon threaten dire consequences. Ini this heedless company it is difficult to realise that Covent Garden was built as the most fashionable quar- ter of the town,
Names
of the
neighbouring
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, Charles-street and Henrletta-street should bring the reminder. King INTO. S. 64.-IT IS HEREBY Charles I. had his load of troubles that SEALED still abend of him, and Henrietta TENDERS in Triplicate, which Maria, his Queen, was not yet the should be clearly marked "Tonder persona ingrata with the London- for permission to obtain clay fromjers that she afterwards became, a parcel of Crown Land at CHA when Inigo Jones set to wark. KWO LING, S.D. III, N.T.," will Already the westward trek of the be received at the Colonial Secre. world of fashion had begun. tary's Office until Noon of TUES- had reached Lincoln's Inn-fieldu NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. DAY, the 27th day of March, 1928, and the Savoy when the Earl of for the occupation for a period of Bedford, in 1631, commissioned THE FIFTY-NINTH ORDIN-one year from the date of notifica Inigo Jones to lay out the ground T
tion of acceptance of tender of the at the back of his great house in! ARY GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders will be held at the piece or parcel of ground, contain-the Strand in the form of a Offices of the undersigned oning about, one nere, shown colour- Piazza encompassing three sides square. The fourth side MONDAY, the 26th March, 1928, ed red on plan signed by the of a at Noon, for the purpose of re- Director of Public Works and dat- should bear, centrally placed, the BROS.eiving the Report of the General 9th March, 1928, but subject to Church of St. Paul, Covent Garden,
can be to be erected in brick and stone. Managers, together with a State- certain conditions which
of the ment of Accounts for the year end-ascertained at the office
Banqueting Hall. Director of Public Works, ed the 31st December, 1927,
Fire destroyed the great. archi- Each tender must be accompani- The SHARE REGISTER TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS-ed by a receipt to the effect that tect's original church. It was re-
LAMMERT
MUTIONELUS, APPRAISERS, AND SERVEYORS,
and
--Public Auctions-ED from the 12th to the 26th the Tenderer has deposited in the built by Thomas Hardwick in
TUIE Undersigned have received instructions from Mr. S. de Ossa to sell by Public Auction.
ON
FRIDAY, the 23rd March, 1928,
commencing at 2.30 p.m...
at his residence, No. 12, Chathum Road, Kowloon,
A Large Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE. Comprising:--
March, 1928, both days inclusive. Colonial Trissurr a sum of $50 as 1796, according to the original de- a pledge of the bona fides of his sign, and, with some alteration, JARDINE, MATHESON offer, which um shall be forfeited that later fabric stands.
& CO., LTD., General Managers, The Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong, 5th March, 1928.
|A, S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
Nene to the Crown if the Tenderer re-other than Inigo Jones could have
fashioned fuses to carry out his tender and
the boldly-projecting comply with the conditions, should colonnade, with its remarkably bold cornice. Of the Pinzza itself, the tender be accepted.
Form of tender and further par- only the single garment survives. ticulars can be obtained from the It was spacious, and nobly plan- office of the Director of Publie ned. Lely and Kneller, painters Works.
of fame, lived above' the arches Noblemen oc- The Government does not bind and tall pillars. itself to accept the highest or any cupying houses all around made Covent Garden the chosen home of aristocracy. We build to-| day covered arcades in the West- end, but they do not replace the [covered ways of Regent-street and
Covent Garden as
our ancestors knew them.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tender.
Nthat the FORTY-THIRD AN-
Teak and Upholstered Couch NUAL ORDINARY GENERAL
220 V., D.C., generator, with and Armchairs, Teak Bedsteads, MEETING of the Company (since switchboard complete. For fur- Campborwood Wardrobe, Inlaid its registration) will be held at ther particulars, address: Stout Table, Chest of Drawers and the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, Memorial Hospital, Wuchow, Chairs, Ice Chest, Curtains, Pic- on WEDNESDAY, the 28th March, Kwangsi, South China.
tures, Lacquer Folding Screen, 1928 at 11.80 a.m., for the purpose. Crystal Table Sets, Cutlery, of receiving the. Report of the Gen- Crockery, Ornaments. Enamel Bath, eral Managers, together. with a Geyser, etc., etc.,
Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st October, 1927.
FOR SALE. One brass "Hung ling" pan of the Chinese Han Dynasty with automatic springe - Price $1,000.00. Apply Box No. 487. |
"China Mail."
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Valuable Collection of Curios and Several Very Fine Tientsin Carpeis Also
►
A Very Fine Blackwood Dining Room Sulte. Comprising:
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the 22nd day of
March, to THURSDAY,
HAROLD T. CREASY, Director of Public Works,
9th March, 1928.
HEALTH IS WEALTH.
Inigo Jones was fated as an ar Does Money Make You Happy?
(chitect to be represented largely by fragments, The Civil War Sometimes, but never unless you came to interrupt his work. The have good health and enjoy it. If Puritans did not love this Royal. you have poor health and lost faith lat, who devised masques and in Medicine and other means, in- stage interludes as well as build- They fined him £545 as a vestigate and learn the truth of ings.
the 29th how the Poo On Herbs cured mark of severe displeasure.
people.. No drugs-No knife.
day of March, 1928, both days in clusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be register-i
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly
promptly
Extensive Dining Table, Dining ed. printed.--"China Mail" Office, No. 3a, Wyndham St., Chairs, Sideboard and Dinner Wag- Telephone Central 22.
gon
HOME TUITION.
ESTOVER — STEVENAGE Within an hour from London.
in healthy neighbourhood, SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. A iew Boarders received in the House of the Principal. Individual care and attention. For Particulars apply to:
MISS RUTH CULLEY
(Camb, Higher Local). (Camb. Teachers' Diploma). MISS GERTRUDE TURNER
#National Frodel Higher
Certificate).
Having Returned from Japan MRS. INAGUCHI
MASSEUSE
! HAS RESUMED PRACTICE
AT 6 ASHLEY ROAD. KOWLOON. Telephone K. 754.
And
A Large Assortment of Blackwood Furniture.
On View from Thursday, the 22nd March, 1928.
Catalogues will be issued. Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1928.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hong Kong, 16th March, 1928.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
IN that
TOTICE' IS HEREBY GIVEN the SEVENTEENTH ¡ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders of the Company will be held at the Head Offce,. No. 6. Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong, on WEDNES- |DAY, the 4th April, 1928, at 2.80 .m. for the purpose of receiving JR. LI. HON PUN begs to state the Report of the Directors to MR.
that he has been a tencher of gether with a Statement of Ac- Chinese to European Ollers, and counts for the year ending 31st Merchants in Hong Kong for more December, 1927. than twenty years, that he has had considerable experience in training
LESSONS IN CHINESE,
www.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from
tudents for examinations in Chinese, the 20th March, 1928, to the 4th vad holds first-class certifientés,
the
April, 1928 (bpth days inclusive), i Persons wishing to study
during which period no transfor Chinese langunge are requested to communicate with him at No. 104, of shares can be registered.
Praya East, first floor.
Terms moderato.
A REAL BARGAIN.
THE OLD ORIGINAL
CHEFOO STAMPS
UNUSED GENUINE SPECIMENS
$2.00 per set of 6 stamps.
Cosh must be sent with order to Box No. 510
c/o "China Mall"
By Order of the Board,
LOOK POONG-SHAN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 19th March, 1928.
TELEPHONE SERVICE
BETWEEN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
17th March, 1928, unti
Further notice, telephone ser
vice between HONG KONG and KOWLOON will be restricted owing to harbour dredging opera- tions necessitating the removal of our submarine cables and result- ling in a reduction in the number lof junctions available to carry the Telephone Traffic between the above mentioned places..
A full service will be restored Immediately dredging operations седве.
J. P. SHERRY,
Manager. Hong Kong Telephone Co,.Ltd. Hong Kong, 17th March, 1928.
POO ON HERBS CO., 66, Queen's Road C.. lat floor.
STAR
Special Comedy Season
WILBUR
PLAYERS
Starting TUES, APRIL 3RD.
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH ÇO, LT, OF DENMARK.
The following unclaimed grams are dying at the office of the Great Northern Telegraph Com pany (Limited) of Denmark:-
Beatty, Police, from Shanghai. Lelingseng, from Amoy, Kokichi Inomste, e/o Okúra, Praya Exat, from Penchihu.
from Shanghai.
Mrs. K. P. Chen, Kowloon Hotel;
But
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in the constellation Scorpio?
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(abbr.)
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{Etruscan} B-Chivalroua
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10-A mantel
apprehension
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for the nation's turmoil, London might have possessed to-day a great and complete Palace of Whitehall. Inigo Jones has long had the credit of having planned it, but now we know that the con- ception was that of his pupil and assistant, John Webb. Odd that King Charles I, when virtually a prisoner at Hampton Court and in the Isle of Wight, had such little prevision that at that desperate stage in his misfortunes he should have given commands for designs for a new great Royal Palace to minder of how broad was the ex- be prepared.
panse of the Thames' waters be- confined. The Banqueting Hall, which fore the channel was Inigo Jones bullt to replace an The structure is quite simple, with earlier one destroyed by fire, and short pillars and rusticated stories,
proportioned, Webb would have incorporated, beautifully alone stands upon the wide street satisfying to the eye. in every res we know as Whitehall, housing the pect. treasures of the United Services Inigo Jones survived his un- Institution.
and
If only a fragment, happy, patron, Charles I., only this building is a noble one.. It three years. He was buried in the is, perhaps, the most perfect piece City church of St. Benef, Paul's of classic architecture that we Wharf, which was destroyed in What he might The lasting association the Great Fire. of the Banqueting Hall, designed have done had, he enjoyed the op- festivities, is that King portunities that fell to Sir Chris- Charles stepped out of its window topher Wren is perhaps best sens- upon the scaffold.
роззева.
for
Lincoln's Inn Fields.
ed from his buildings in the coun- try. London unfortunately has hardly any structure that reveals For Lincoln's Inn Fields Inlgo him
He complete and alone. Jones had an original idea. He built the Queen's House at Grcen-: teledevised a serios of dwelling houses wich Hospital, but that vast fabric that should encompass the central is almost wholly associated with garden upon a uniform plan, each Wren, who made the larger part, étructure playing its part in the Lincoln's Inn Chapel, by Inigo composite whole. In short; he was Jones-his one essay in the Gothle the first town-planner. Only the style-has been altered in its pro- west side was carried out, and the portions by additions of last cen- Kingaway Improvement and re-tury, and much of its original. building upon the fields have character is lost. A fragment of obliterated most of what remain- Ashburnham House Is his, now in- ed of his work; but Lindsey House corporated in Westminster School, remains. It was built for Robert where the master's hand is to be Bertie, Earl of Lindsey, about raced in the staircase and other 1640, Most people are familiar parts. His Barber-Surgeon's Hall with this delightful mansion, with in the City no longer stands, but Its facade of stone and the tall the existing Court Room is at- piers of rubbed brick bearing caps tributed to him. Pity that one of that rise at the pavements's edge. the greatest masters of English Marlborough House Chapel, with architecture should be represented much probability, is by the great in London only by so many frag- architect.
ments. Dally Telegraph,"
Hoobínkus, from Amoy. Songul, from Hankow, Wardley, from Shanghai.
E. V. JESSEN,
Superintendent Hong Kong, 15th March, 1928.
THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA. & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
In the Embankment Gardens, by
Charing-cross, is another example
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The following Unclaimed Tele. rams are lying in the E. E Telegraph Co. office, Hong Kong:-
Hinton, from Worthing.
by Inigo Jones, of unique charm It is announced that the Horabital, from Trujillo.
the little water-gate that he built selamographic station at Bocresby Sergt. Selmes Queens, from Mar- for York House when it became Lund, on the East Coast of Green- gute.
the town residence of Buckingham, land, has now entered into opera
E. A. LEGGATT, ' the favourite. The Duke's barge tion, and, at the same time, direct Superintendent. drew up here, and the stone gate, radio connection has been establish- Hong Kong, 8th March, 1928. partly sunken in the soil, is a re-ed with Godhavn, on the west coast.
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS
Small 3-Bank Portable Model. New 4-Bank Portable Model and
Standard Office Machines
Every Bize always in stock Suitable for all requirements.
-- SOLE AGENTS ---
Queen's Building,
DODWELL & CO. LTD.
Ground Floor, Opposite Ferry Wharf. Tel 1080 Central.
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kodaka and Cameras. Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging.
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES
Price Moderate,
A Trial Oriler is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel. No. C. 3459.
28A, Des Voeux Road C., Hong Kong.
NOTICE
TO SHIPOWNERS, MASTERS & AGENTS.
The Yuen Wo Seamen's Institute always asmen available to ship as watc men, seamen, &c.
Our men are employed by the leading passenger lines. We guarantee satis faction.
Please phone or call: K.661-No. 2. Saigon. Street, Yatrati or
C.2560-No 38 Tung Man Street