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THE "STAR” FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
ORDINARY YEARLY ”MEET-
ING.
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1049.
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION
ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAL 'MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly General Meeting of the Share-
of the
Corporation
NOTICE
IN THE MATTER of the Companies (Reconstruction of Records) Ordinance, 1947,
IN
and
Tal
HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
on
The Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Automobilu Association will be held in the o! MATTER
ROOF Hong Kong HOTEL. Company.GARDEN
THURSDAY, March 3rd, at 5.30 p.m.
All Members are particularly urged to attend.
THE Notice is hereby given that the Forty-seventh Ordinary holders
Kwong Yearly Meeting of the Members will be held at the Head Office
Limited. of the Company will be held at
of the Corporation, 1 Queen's NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of Mesars Jardine, Road Central, Hongkong. on the abovenamed company has Matheson & Co. Ltd., Pedder Saturday the 5th. day Street, Hong Kong, on Monday, March, 1949, at 11.30 am. for ciation and that it is proposed
of lost its Memorandum of Asso the 28th day of February, 1049, at Noon, to transact the follow-considering the reports of the of Association.
the purpose of receiving and to nonpt a new Memorandum ing busines8:--
1. To receive and consider the Report of the Direc- tors and the Statement of Accounts for the year -ended-1st December
1948.
2. To sanction a Dividend in respect of the year 1948.
3. Tu elect two Directors.
4. To appoint Auditors,
OF CLOSING
TRANSFER BOOKS,
Notice is alno given that thei Transfer Books and Register of Members will be closed from the 14th February, 1949, to the 28th February, 1949, both days inclusive.
Bý Order of the
Board of Directors.
G. B. S. THOMSON,
Secretary,
Hong Kong, February 1, 1949.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED
Directors and of the Auditors and the Proft and Loss Ac- count and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st. December, 1948, and for the election of Directora and the oppotti ment of Auditors.
A copy of the proposed new of Association Memorandum may be inspected at the office at No. 20 of the Company Wasion Strechtal near W
of Hong terla, in the Colony The Register of Shares of Kong, or at the office of Messrs. the Corporation will be closed. Y, Kwan & Co. of No. 4A, Des Voeux Road Central, Vic- from Friday, the 18th. February to Saturday the 5th. toria aforesaid, the solicitors for the Company, at any time of March, 1949 (both days in- clusive) during which period during office hours.
of
no transfer of shares can be registered.
• By Order, ‘-
PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO.. Secretaries & Treasurers.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given tha' Messrs. David Sassoon & Co.,
Messr now represent Ltd. KINO & SONS. LTD., of Lon- don, as their Sole Agents, for the sale of polished & Industrio
Any person who objects to such proposed now Memoran- diamonds in the Far East. dum of Association should state
By Order of the Board, briefly in writing the nature of
A. MORSE.
Chief Manager.
THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS,
LIMITED.
Notice To Shareholders
-
the objections to such propos ed new Memorandum of Asso- clation and should file the same with the Registrar of Com- panies, Supreme Court, Hong Kong, with the address for ser- vice within the Colony of the person objecting thereto not later than March 30, 1949.
Dated: February 18, 1949,
C. Y. KWAN & CO.. Solicitors for the Kwong Tal Company, Limited.
NOTICE is hereby given that j the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of
Siareholders of The Hongkong | & Shanghai Hotels, Limited, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company (Second Flooi. Exchange Building, Des Voeux Rond Central, Hong Kong) on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day of March, 1949, at 12 HONG KONG SOFTBALL NOTICE is hereby given that Noon, for the purpose of re- ASSOCIATION the Sixtieth Ordinary Yearlyceiving the Report of the Board THE EVERGREEN STORE Meeting of the Company (since of Directors, together with the registration) will be held at Statement of Accounts for the the Hong Kong Hotel,
Hong year
ended 31st December, Kong, on Friday, 25th Febru 1948, and to re-elect a Director ary, 1949, at 12 noon, for the and appoint Auditors. purpose of receiving the Re- port of the Directors, together with the Statement of Ac counts for the period ended 31st October, 1948, and to elect Directors and appoint Auditors.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
HOLDING
P. & O., B. L. & E. & A. BILLS OF LADING
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Tuesday, 15th February, 1949,
The Transter Books of the Company will be closed from the 7th March, 1949, to the 23rd March, 1949, bath days; inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. SOMMERFELT,
Secretary.
to Friday, 25th February, 1940, Hỏng Kong, Feb. 24, 1949, both days inclusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, LIMITED, General Managers.
Hong Kong, Feb. 7, 1949.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers, Surveyors
and Appraisers, Pedder Building. Telephone No. 20224.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned have re- ceived instructions to sell by Public Auction on
FRIDAY, February 25, 1949 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
al their Sales Rooms, No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A Fine Collection of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
Comprising:-
THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
The Seventy-sixth Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Share- holders will be held at the ofces of the Undersigned on Friday, the 18th March, 11949, at Noon, for the purpose
nf receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December,
1048,
The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 4th March to the 18th March, 1949, both days inclu- sive.
Hong
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Managers. The Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Kong, Feb. 25, 1949.
HONG KONG TRAMWAYS LTD.
Underwood Typewriter 20", NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Sewing Machine, Underwood that the Ordinary Yearly Gen- Portable Typewriter, Tientsin cral Meeting of the Company Blue Carpet 9 x 12, Black-will be held at the Offices of Mesars, Goddard & Douglas wood Standard Lamp, Black-Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and will attend at 10 am, on Mon- wood Ten Foys, Opium Stools. Company, Limited, Hongkong, days and Thursdays within the Electric Cooker, Bables Cots. March, 1949, at 12 o'clock
Tuesday, on
22nd day of free storage period to survey Perambulator, Portable Gramo- damaged cargo, and consignees phone, Ultra Radio, Tea & Din-Noon, to transact the ordinary are requested to have their ner Services.
business of the Company, Chesterfield representatives present, Unlena Suites, Office Desks, Office Arm-
And, NOTICE IS HEREBY representatives are chairs, Book Cases, Coffee ALSO GIVEN that the Regis- present at the Survey no claims Tables, Table Ornaments, Teak ter of Members of the Com- can thereafter be admitted, Tea Poys. Double & Single pany wille closed from the Wardrobes, Double Single 8th to the 22nd day of March, MACKINNON, MACKENZIE Bedsteads, Divans, Dressing 1948, both days inclusive,
Tables, Bed Side Cupboards,
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HONG KONG DIRECTORY (1949) edition) containing. Hong Llak Govt. -Offees, › Hospitals, „Schools, Churches,"› Institutes, [Consulatos,| Berviosa, Clubs, 'Agencias, "Who's Who, Realdenons. (it's the most sigṣta-data, and most
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Room Cupboards, Mirrors, Hong Kong, Feb. 23, 1949.
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Curio Cabinet, Pouffees, Roll
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On View from Thursday, the 24th February, 1949.
Terms: As Customary,
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Auctioneers, Búrvarózu, elo. Bassment, French,Bank Bilge
Telephone 21667.
Reminder
The Extraordinary General Meeting will take place at the Green Room, Peninsula Hotel, on Monday, February 28, at 6 p.m.
A. E RIBEIRO,
Hon. Secretary.
Signed H. D. Benham. DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD., HONG KONG
THE REFORM Club
OF HONGKONG
THE FIRST PUBLIC MEET- ING will be held at The Rool Garden of The Hongkong Hotel on Friday, the 25th February at 5.30 p.m.
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PARKER HERBEX
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
Dek Time
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"But, Mr. Armbruster? You told me to look busy even if You didn't have anything for me to do at the moment!”
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority; on "Authorities"
abits?
WHO HAS THE LENGTH?
Begin with trumps, of the IN A QUESTION of finessing course. But what then is
defender or the best way to play the hearts? The wonderful treatment for agains. onc
himself a ready South gave sealp allments,
when able to essay either and
ther A
He had learned from a special remedy for the cure of direction, your problem is often answer. thin failing hair, baldness and reduced to a simple fundamental, book that, if you have the three the de top honours, you should take It is the matter of which premature greyness, dandruff..
have first trick in the hand which has fender is more likely to length in the crucial sult. Part two of the three. So he led the heart to the A. When East of the answer is Indicated If one opponent had shown length in discarded a diamond on that, he was sunk. A. There other suits than the one under realised he consideration.
was now no way to shut out the heart J.
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DIRECTORY
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IT'S THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND
MOST COMPLETE OF ALL BUSINESS DIRECTORIES IN THE COLONY!
HONG LIST
CONTAINING:
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SJ 8 4 HAK 7 3 D 10 7 CA 10 9 5
S AQES N WEH None
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SK 6
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In this situation, South's only risk of losing a heart rested in the chance that all four missing trumps were in one hand. East's of two single-handed bidding suits to the level of four
Kad
made it virtually certain East had eleven cards in them, EO could
not possibly hold four hearts.
But
So West might. South should have taken the first heart with the single bonour, in his own hand. When East show- ed out, the finesses against West. North-South would have been marked...
It South had followed trump North success by playing clubs also to Dbl protect himself against West, he 4 K would have made his contract.
Any book that recommends for- mulho never to be varied in the light of special evidence is a pretty sorry publication..
(Denler: East. vulnerable).
South
1 S
Pass
West Pass
2 D
3 H
Puss
East
4 S
6 H Having lost the opening trick on the spade 10 lead to the A and having won the second when the diamond K came to his A, South saw that he was sure to drop a
Your Week-End Question diamond trick. He therefore. What are the two entirely di- could not afford, to lose any In ferent questions which should clubs and hearts. What would receive affirmative answers be- be the best way to play those fore it is sound to bid a slom?
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