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THE CHINA MAIL.
THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC B.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
CO., LTD.
COMPETITORS are requested TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to note that a Complete List that the FORTY-SECOND of Mutches fixed for the current ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING week is on view in the Club Pavi- will be held at the Company's on every MONDAY, and that Offices, P. & O. Building, on WED. they should make themselves ar- NESDAY, 18th March, 1931, at 11quainted with the dates on which a.m. for the purpose of presenting they are down to play. the Report of the Directors to- Ties in the Handicap Events are gether with a Statement of Ac-¡now being arranged. counts to 31st December, 1930,
and elceting Directora and Audi- fors.
The REGISTER OF MEMBERS
of the Company will be CLOSED
GENERAL NOTICES
HOTELS, LTD.
from 5th March, 1931, to 18th THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI March, 1991, both daya inclusive, during which period no Transfer and laundry, Dhe single and one of Shares can be registered.
TO LET-2 Rorous to let. Board
double roum Tol. 57042 18. Grani ville Rond.
By Order of the Board of Directora,
Agents.
ISSUE OF NEW SHARES.
THE DIRECTORS of the Hong Kong & Shunghai Hotels,
TWO AFRICANS.
A RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY.
Mutia
were
Two natives of Africa, and Riano, both of whom taken to Hollywood by Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer to appear in cer- tain scenes of "Trader Horn," have returned to their native country.
Mutin, a full-blooded Mk'wamba, who plays Trader Horn's gun-bear er in the picture which opened on February 3, last Tuesday evening at the Astor Theatre, on Broadway, New York, and Riano, a Massai tribesman, were with the company during their eight months stay in Africa and were taken back by Director Van Dyke to appear in certain interior scenes which were filmed in Hollywood. The two na- tives were accompanied by a Bri- tish interpreter, Saul Rifkin. They speak only their native dialects and
FRENCH CHAOS.
MORE BANKING SENSATIONS IN PARIS.
Paris, Feb. 8. As the outcome of a complaint by the national group of dealers In tobacco, an inspection has been made of the books of the Banque Gugenne et Rouergue formerly the The group Banque de Cevennes. in question had entrusted a million
this Bank, the proceeds
to
of a
public lean raised by the group. Some time after it was learned that this money was being used for the personal needs of the directors of the Bank. Investigation by the financial section led to the dis- covery that the liabilities amount- ed to 20 millions, and the assets only to 600,000 francs-in the books, the Bank's safea containing 500 francs. Edouard Datteny and Charles de Clagrille have been ar
and the Judge has appointed an expert to ascertain the exoct amount of the swindle, the Bank posscasing numerous branches In the provinces,
TO LET-Greund Floor of No. 8/GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD Limited, have decided to offer the Swahili, the language used by rested on a charge of swindling:
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TO LET-Te prospictive visitors to England ideal accommodation in the West End of London, Centre of theatre land, etc. Good English fare Moderate chargsa. CI, Clarendor Road, Holland Park. London, W.11 C. 8. Colon.
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THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
No that
are
Shares of the NEW ISSUE to those persons who
registered as Shareholders at the close of busi- ness on the 31st MARCH, 1931, upon terms and conditions which will be set out in the Form of Offer.
For the Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
F. C. BARRY.
Secretary, Hong Kong, 16th March, 1931.
NOTICE.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVIN the THIRTY-FIFTII ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders in the Com- pany will be held at the Com- Dany's Town Office, 2, Lower Al- bert Road, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th March, 1931, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with State-THE ANNUAL GENERAL ment of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and re-electing Directors and Auditore.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 7th to the 18th March, 1931. bath days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directora,
J. D. THOMSON,
Acting Secretary.
Hong Kong, 27th Feb., 1931.
THE HONG KONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
MEETING will be held in the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine, March 20, at 5.30 p.m. Matheson & Co., Ltd., on FRIDAY,
traders up and down the East Coast of Africa.
Some trouble was experienced in gaining admittance for the natives into America as it was difficult to prove that they were able to read and write in their own language. Finally they were artistes. Neither of these natives
nre
admitted as
An Alsace Bank.
Strasbourg, Feb. 8. The Banque Populaire of Alsace authorities, in which it la under- has lodged a balance-sheet with the
stood the liabilities exceed 25 mil- lions. The manager. M. Klein, has fled. and is believed to be hid ing in Germany. In a letter ad- dressed to the Prefecture, he is said to have stated that he was going
as uncivilised as their ap- pearance may lead one to suppose. Mutin, a middle-aged man, is д chief of the Mk'wamba, one of the musl independent of the native tribes and served as a Sergeant Major with British forces in East, to commit suleide. Africa during the World War.
A Notary Arrested, Riano is a younger man, and ก
Paul Blanc, a notary of Nice, was devout Mohammedan. Both men arrested
this morning, on the refused to cat ment
while in charge
of embezzling funds butchered and dressed it. America
unless they themselves amounting to about two millions. Mutia returns to his country a
Paris, Feb. 8. The Press features a new bank- wealthy man. He saved a thou- ing sensation, the Banque Gugenne sand dollars during his stay in et Rouergue, which maintains nu- Hollywood and plans to open a trad-
merous branches in the provinces. ing post on the reserve of his tribe The Bank's two directors, who mis- in Uganda. Riano, however, found appropriated its funds, have been the entertainment on Central arrested on a charge of fraud. The Avenue, the Negro section of Bank's liabilities aggregate twenty Hollywood, much to his liking. He million francs, while the assets are has not saved any money.
estimated at only 500 francs.
W. HAINES.
SURROUNDED BY A BRILLIANT CAST.
Four noted players were recent- ly added to the cast of "The Im-
STANDARD TIMES.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN COLONY,
Sunrise and Sunset in Hong Kong for 1931,
THE FORTY-FOURTH ORDIN- YOUR SAFEGUARD pastor starring William Haines at dard time of the 1200h MeriStan
TARY ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS will be held at'
the
Office of Messrs. Jurdine,! Matheson & Co., Ltd., on THURS- DAY, the 19th March, 1931, AT NOON, for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1930,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY. the 10th March, 1981, to THURSDAY, the 19th March, 1931, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
F. H. CRAPNELL,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 2nd March, 1931.
THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE
THE SIXTY-SECOND ORDIN
ARY GENERAL MEETING
of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned on THURSDAY, the 26th March, 1931, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Gen- eral Managera, together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended the $1st December, 1930,
The SHARE RECISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 12th to the 20th | March, 1991, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Managers, The Hong Kong.Fire Insurance Co., Lid, Hong Kong, 5th March, 1981.
THE HONG KONG & WHAM FOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
NOTICE IS RDINARY
LY MEETING OF SHAREHOLD. ERS will be held in the Office of the Company, 2, Queen's Building. Hong Kong, un ‘MONDAY, 00th March, 1981, at Noon.
for con. sideration of the Directors' Report and Statement-of-Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1980.
The SHARE REGISTER and {TRANSFER BOOKS will bɛ CLOS- ED from the, 23rd to the 28th March, 1931, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of
Directors, and
R. M. DYER,
Chiet Manager. Hong Kong, 17th March, 1981.
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CALAMITOUS PRICE OF SILVER.
(Continued from Page 2.)
our
extra
tion of our currency from the Oneness of .925 to that of .500. This caused a large amount of surplus silver to be placed for aale upon the market, approxi- mately 70,000,000 oz. having been disposed of since 1921, in addi. tion to the requirements for for- eign coinage orders undertaken by the London mint. This silver was, in due course, absorbed by India and China, together with the world's production ns before.
"Following the lead of Government came Continental na- tions, who demonetized their cur- rency and flung the silver upon the markets of the world. The manful way in which India and China stood
up to this amount of production, for it was little else than that, lasted for tho some time, but eventually purchasing power of these coun- tries broke and the price had to fall. The Continental selling practically ceased at about 19d., and at this level the market re- mained steady for a very long time, and it was then that the Indian Government decided to Impose an import duty upon silver into India of about 20 per cent. The consequence was that the silver market could no longer stand the strain and finally auc- cumbed to the inevitable. What, however, has probably contribut- ed most in the past two years to bring about the fall in allver from 24d. to the present level has been the selling of silver by the Indian Government. It was not so much the actual sales that were respon- sible for the fall, as the uncer- The tainty of their next move. consequence has been that poten- tial buyers have bought from hand to mouth, dreading that at any moment further sales might be made.
Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins are of the opinion that "conditions at the present time make it an ab solute impossibility for the In- dian Government to sell silver to any extent. Any attempt to do Bo would force the price down still lower, just as every previous sale has done in the past."
In conclusion it is to be noted that all papers to a varying extent are commenting on the price of silver and the disastrous effect that it has on Great Britain's ex- ports to the East. One can only pray that public opinion my tend to action, though it would be wrong to suggest that the bankers particularly helpful.-N. C. Daily News.
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