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POSITIONS VACANT

FLIGHT

Atewardesses

Qualifications:

High

graduate, Young.

'Wanted

*chaal healthy and attractive. Chinese, must be able

Mandarin

and

Cantonese dialecta.

ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB

SUPPER DANCE

to 2

to read, write and speak English, Saturday, 6th August, D Apply by own handwriting any RAY ALARCON & HIS education, experience and And

49 BAND. CATERING BY Flight

LEUNG FAT. COOLING) Operationa

FANS IN THE BALLROOM.

with photo Stewardess,

to: Chief CATC

309 Prince Edward Road, Kow- foort,

TICKETS $10 for reserva-

WANTED IMMEDIATELY! Ex-on phone 31219 or 22810. perienced

chauffeur and

cook

hoy: must have good references and able to speak English, Reply to Box No 007 "China Mail".

WANTED KNOWN

LAUNCHES LEAVE KOW. LOON AT:-8.15, 0.30 & 8.45.

QUEEN'S PIER: 1.15, 8.30 & 8.50.

RETURN LAUNCHES: JUST ARRIVED guaranteeda.m. & 2.10. anathproof Carpets, Auga and Stair Carpets. Carpet Industries," 53 Austin Road, Kowloon, PLANT.CHEM Fertilizer, "Cello phane" Albbons. Papers, Baga Jur Gladioli flowers. "Lauvceller" Fluorescent Lightn Anglo Chinese Trading. R4, Ped. der Building, Third Floor, Tele- phone 20053.

Also

CARPETS, RUGS, UPHOLSTERY, sienned In your own home by

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MARINE DEPARTMENT NOTICE NO. 30 OF 1949

FOR INFORMATION OF SHIP OPERATORS AND CHARTERERS.

is hereby notified

that

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

Notice is hereby given that! un Interim Dividend of £2.0. 0. per share (nett, after deduc- tion of Hongkong Corporation Profits Tax) has been declared

in respect of the year ending

31st December, 1949, at a rate of 1/2 13/10d. per Dollar.

This Dividend will be pay- able on or after Monday, 15th August at the Offices of the Cor- poration, where Shareholders are requested to apply for War- rants.

The REGISTER OF SHARES OF THE Corporation will be closed from FRIDAY, 29th JULY to SATURDAY, 13th AUGUST (both days inclu- sive) during which period no transfer of Shares can be regis-

tered.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

A. MORSE, Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, July 12, 1949.

NOTICE

LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED

THE CHINA' MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1940.

Appropriation Bill Passes First Reading

Legislative Council yesterday passed the first

reading of a Bill to sanction the appropria- tion of a further sum of HK$34,654,251, to defray the charges of the financial year end- ed March 31, 1948.

Introducing the motion, Mr. C. G. S. Fohows, the

Financial Secretary, told Council that the expenditure for the financial year 1947/48 was estimated at HK$109,834,355, but the actual expenditure was $17,914,846 in excess of this estimate.

The main reason for this, I telbution to the War Memorial said Mr. Follows, was the fin- Fund.

settlement uncial

with His Majesty's Government, which was responsible for the bulk of the supplementary provision required under the head 'Mis- cellaneous Services' the major item in the schedule Bill.

to the

Mr. Follow sold the authoris- ing of the further appropriation of more than HK$34,500,000 did not mean that this sum WAR OC- tually spent during the year, in addition to the sum of between HK$109,000,000 and $110,000,000 ordinally voted. It was merely the total of the exersses of the honda Isted in the schedule of Other factors which contributed the till. There were sayings or to this excess on the "Miscel the bends, which did not argear) laneous Services' vote were the which would parti nilset. Thei sum of nearly HK$4,000,000 in- excesses, and which would reduce: respect of midkistments resulting) the excess.of actund expenḥture] for the your over estinaled ex-) from the salaries revision, and

of more thon RK$1,500,000

The Agure of just penditure to respect of the Government con- under UK$18,001,600,

Trio Sentenced For

Possession Of Arms

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Lee Yin and Wong Ping pleaded at Central yes- that the 23rd Ordinary Yearly Meeling of Shareholders ofi Lane Crawford, Limited will) be held at the Jacobean Room

the Hong Kong Hotel, Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Friday, 26th August, 1949, al] Neon, for the purpose of re- Civing the Company's Accounts Tow the Year

28th ended February. 1949, and the Direc lors' and Auditors, Reports thereon; to sanction the pay-]

terday when charged with possession of two. automatic pistols and 13 rounds of ammuni- tion that the arms had been handed to them by Lam Ming.

Challenged

קי

Lam Ming the other defen- | dant Lee Find the third de- dant In the case, told the fendant Wong Ping standing on

that 1 man Ah either side, magistrate Fong had put the arms in his bag of carpenter's tools, but could not say anything when questioned on the whereabouts

Inspector V.

All the three defendants were enallenged

detectives. by the Visi delendent was arrested be

modern, convenient DURACLEAN Monday, 1st August, 1949, has ment of dividends; to re-elect of Ah For Morrison of East-fore he bar any chance to rua

GERVICE. Tel. 2440R. Agent, George Lin & Co. 202 Bank East

Asla Building.

RUGB Peking Art Rue Co., Whatesate A Retail, Room 8.9

Lucky Apartment Corner

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Hankow & Peking Road, Kowloon,

CARPETS

RUGS Genuine & Peking and Tientsin, lovely de signs and colourings, various sizes. Come and tapect at The China Rug Co., Kayamally Building, 4th

(Opposite

Kong

Floor

Hong Hotel) Queen's Road, Gantral.

TAMARA MAY Room 501 Penin. aula Hotel American Dreases for

all occasions large selection all alzes at moderate prices. Orders

Taken.

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