NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE.
Consular Notification.
THE attention of STEAMSHIP AGENTS
and OPERATORS is called to the fact. that instructions have boon received from the Department of State revoking its circular requiring orew lists of all vessels proceeding to the United States to be vissed by this Consulate General, and such liste are no longer required
GEORGE E. ANDERSON,
Consul General.
Hongkong April 2nd, 1919.
ANTED
WANTED.
WStender.
Apply
1570
CAPTAIN for British
GERMINAL CIGAR STORE,
18, Nathru Road, Kowloon
WANTED.
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from May lat.
Reply
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SOMETHING NEW
WISEMAN'S TEA.
Our own packing and blending from the Choicest Ceylon and China Teas.
TRY IT
1lb. Tins 80 Cents.
NOTICE.
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MESH WG HUMPHREYS & CO., OF CANTON, have This Day been appointed our A-JENTA.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, LTD. April 1st, 1918.
HONGKONG GYMKHANA
CLUB
THE FIRST GYMKHANA MEETING
Tat the Season will be held at HAPPY (SATURDAY),
VALINE, TO-MORROW
APRIL 6TH, 1919, commencing si 3.15 P.M.
The Charge of Admission will be $1 for other than Members of the HONGKONG JOCKMY CLUB OF GYMKHANA CLUB.
Boldiers and Ballors in matform Free.
The Committee invite the Ladies of Hong- kong to be presenİ,
Hongkong, March 29th, 1919.
LOST OR STRAYED.
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ROUGH HAIRED WHITE TERRIER, with Black Ears and Black Patch over one ore, March 27th, between the Hong- kong Club and Prince's Buildinge at about 7 F.M. Will findor kindly return same to Mesura, S. J. DAVID & CO., LTD., Prince Building Will willingly reward.
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CANADIAN PA IFIC OCEAN SERVICES, LIMITED.
OWING to Military Requisition, the
Company regretfully announce the Mecury canellation of passage bookings made for the following Bailings -
"MONTEAGLE"
stb April. "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA" Ist May. "EMPRESS OF JAPAN" 14th May. "EMPRESS OF ASIA" 29th May. Befund in full of all pannage money paid will be made on application tr
1. D. SUTHERLAND, General Agent, Pas-onger Dept
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WRECK OF 8.8. "QUANTICO."
Nthis vessel na the lins will be recaivet
TOW lying on Tablas Istand. Bids for
April 30, 1918. The
t this Office up
right is reserved to reject any or all tenders, or to sell the wreck before the above date.
MACLEOD & CO., Inc., Manila, P.L
Correspondente, Board of Underwriters of New York. March 31st. 1019,
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6.9. "CHI YUEN" (LLOYD'S REGISTER NO. 999).
THE the purchase of this THE Undersigned are prepared to receive
Tessel which hay boon damaged by fire, and is now lying at Rangoon.
Further particulars and copies of three independent Survey Reports on the ship can be inspected at the Office of Mesere. GILMAN & Co., Lloyd's Agente, Hongkong.
The buyer will be required to pay 10% of the purchase money on acceptance of the teador, and the balance on delivory of the abin, which must be taken at Rangoon within fifteen days of the acceptance of such bondor.
Harbour Dons and other charges incurred from the dato acceptance of the tender will be for account of the buyer.
The undersigned do not bind themselves to accept the highest or any tender.
GEORGE GORDON & COMPANY, LLOYD'S AGENTS,
RANGOON.
Telographic Address:
Gordon, Hangoon.”
STAMP8 BOUGHT.
All Sorte of Portage, Rovenue and Telegraph
Stamps purchased in largo quantitios.
Carla por return mail.
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
GENERAL
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the Society will be held at the Registered Office of the Society, Queen's Building, Hongkong, on THURSDAY. the 10th day of Aran., 1919, at 19 NOON, when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed B Extraordinary Resolutions:-
1. That the nominal silver pital of the Society as existing whoo this resolution is continued as a special resolution be converted into sterling and that such capital so converted be increased beyond the sterling equivalent of such silver capital when such conversion takes place to the man of £20 Storling divided into 20 shares of the cominal value of £t each.
2. That each of the issued silver sharan of the Society of the manual value of $250 each with the sum of $100 paid up thero- on be converted into five shares of the zominal value of £10 each with the sterling equivalent of 820 Hongkong curroucy at the opening T.T. rate of exchange on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution credited us paid up thereon and accordingly that 80,000 shares out of the 200,000 shares of the uominal value of £10 each constitu- Ling the capital of the Society so con- verted and increased be distributed by the Board to the persons who are regis sored na shareholders of the Society on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution in exchange for the silver shares then held by them.
A
8. That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following, namely:- By the insertion after Article No. 107 of
the following Article
"107 (a). The Board may employ Emplayout the fundis of the Bociety which were have been established pursuant
tunde
to the provisions of Article 107 or nay of them or any portion thereof (and that whather such fande or such portion as is proposed to be dealt with were set aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied or for any other purpose or not) iu or for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say, in meeting contingamies, in equalizing dividende, in paying special dividenda or bonuses, io repairing improving and maintaining any of the property of the Society, or otherwise in the busines the Society, and in or for such other purposes as the Board shall in its dis- erotion think conducive to the interesta of the Society and in regard to any such omployment as aforesaid the Board shall not be bound to keep such funda separate from the other assets,"
By the insertion of the following Articles
after Article No. 108.
beast, o
108a (1) Any general meeting Bonusy at which a dividend or bonus sont call is declared or unnotioned may
make a call on the members of such amount as the meeting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exooed the dividend or bonus payable to him and so that notwithstanding the pro- visions of Articles 19, 20 and 21 the call may be payable at the same time na the dividend or bonus and the dividend or bonus may, if so arranged between the Bociety and the member, be set off against the call. The making of a call under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of on ordinary general meeting which declares a dividend.
(3). After any resolution has benu passed under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article the Board may arrange on behalf of the Society for the dividend or bonus to be set of against the call by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom such cal is due to enter into an Agreement with the Sooty providing for such dividend or bonus to set off against such call and
Agreement mado under such authority shall be effective.
(3). It shall be no objection to any resolo- tion aade under paragraph (1) of this article or to any call or arrangement that such resolution was passed or such call or arrangement was made at the mecting at which the resolution intro- ducing this Artiole and Articles 107 (a) was confirmed as a special resolution provider that due notice of the intention to propose such first mentioned resolu- tion and to declare such dividend or bonus and to make such call shall have been given prior to the Com: rustory meeting aforesaid.
10- (b)._Ŭividends may be paid
Jinten
in Hongkong Currency at exchange for such rate of exchange as the dividenda General Meeting declaring payable to
Hongkong. or sanctioning the same or, in the case of interim dividends, as the Board may determine.
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Should the above resolutions be passed by the requisite majority they will be sub mitted for comfirmation as special resolutions tea second extraordinary mouting which will be subsequently convened.
Daled the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1919.
By Onder of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager.
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NOTICE
M EDWARD VICTOR DAVID PARR and Ma ERNEST CALDWELL RICHARDS have This Day been admitted Partnere of our Firms in Hongkong and Shanghai.
MACKINNON MACKENZIE & 00.,
Post Bus No. 113, 28, Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong, April lat, 1910.
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INTIMATIONS
GENERAL
BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the Company will to held at the Registered Office of the Company Queen's Building, Hongkong, on THURS DAY, the 10th day of APRIL, 1919, st 5 o'clock P.M., when the subjoined Kesolu tions will be proposed as Extraordinary Besolutions
1. That the nominal silver capital of the Company as existing when this resolu- tion is confirmed as a special resolution be converted into sterling and that such capital so converted be increased beyond the sterling equivalent of such silver capital whom such conversion takes place to the sum of £1,000,000 Sterling divided into 200,000 shares of tre nominal value of £5 each.
INTIMATIONI
LTH, 1919.
THE BEST PREVENTATIVE OF
INFECTIOUS AND
2. That sach of the issued silver shares of the Company of the nominal value of $83.33 cach with the sum of $26 paid up thereon be converted into three shares and two fifths of one whare of the nominal value of £5 each with the steri ing equivalent of 87.35 Hongkong currency at the opening TT rate of exchange on the date this resolution is confirmed B 8 special resolution credited as paid up thereon and accord- ingly that 81,000 shares out of the 200,000 shares of the nominat vaine of £5 each constituting the capital of the Company so converter and increased be distributed by the Board to the persone who are registered as shareholders of the Company on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution in exchange for the silver shares then held A by them.
3. That the Articles of Association be
altered in manner following namely:- By the insertion after Article No. 106 of
the Article.
"100 (a). The Board may em- Employment ploy the the funds of the of pancre
Junda. Company which have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 100 or any of theam or any portion thereof (and that whether such funds or soch portion an is proposed to be dealt with were set aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied or for any other purpose or not) in or for all or way of the following purposes, that is to say, in meeting outingencies, in
past will be more than restored, for our ships of war will be tangible evidence of our supremacy on the seas.
The prospective increase of the China equadron emphasises anew the deairabi. lity of securing an extension of the lease of Wei-hai-wei for ninety-nine years, Under the Convention uf 159S this territory was leased 19 Great Britain for so long as Port Arthur should remain in the occupation of Russia.
In 1905, Port Arthur was transferred to Japan, which in 1916 obtained an extension of the lease to ninety-nine years. The time ripe, therefore, for similar DISEASES application to be made to China by Great Britain. The present insecurity of our tenure naturally arrests develop DIOL. Another question which arises ou of the new disposition of the Navy is
The that of the future of Cyprus,
CONTAGIOUS
B
secina
B
WATSON'S island, which is the third largest in the
HYGIENOL,
HIGHLY
CONCENTRATED
AND PERFECTLY SAFE
DISINFECTANT.
SOLD ONLY BY
equalizing dividends, in paying special A. S. WATSON
dividends or bonuses, in repairing, improving and maintaining any of the property of the Company, or otherwise in the business of the Company and in or for such other purposes as the Board shall in its discretion think conducive to the intereste of the Company and in regard to any such employment aa aforesaid the Board shall not be bound to keep such funds separate from the other assets."
By the insertion of the following Articles
after Article No. 107,
ог
By
agulant call.
"1076 (1). Any general meet
ing at which a dividend or bonus iB declared
a call on the sanctioned may make members of such amount as the meeting fixes but so that the call on euch member aball not exceed the dividend or bonus payable to him and so that not- withstanding the provisions of Artioles 18, 19 and 20 the call may be payable at the same time as the dividend bonus and the dividend or bonus fey, if so arranged between the Company and the metaber, be set off against the call. The making of a call under this Article shall be doerned ordinary business of an ordinary general meeting which declares A dividend.
CO., LTD.,
TEL 16.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. HENRIETTE P. NORONHA and family desire to thank their friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in their and boreavement, and the beautiful forul tributes sent. (076
HONGLONG OFFION: 101, Das Vœux ROAD, C. LONDON OPTION: 191, FLEET STREET, B.C.
The Baily Press.
HONGKONG, APRIL 6TH, 1918.
DISPOSITION
At the annual general meeting of the Nanking branch of the Patriotic League of Britons Overseas, it was stated that the receipts for 1918, amounting ta $8,530.21 and £131.0.7, wore fur in excess of any previous year, and that at the and of 1917, out of the 27 branches of the Patriotic League in China, Nanking still retained its position of fourth on the list.
Mr. A. Balton and Mr. G. Henderson,
who have been in change of the salving of the Hongkong and Dock Company,
of the N.D.L. steamer Dagnier, which
ran
the rocky at Kob Phra on Friday, July, 1st, 1910, have successfully completed their tack, after four months' operations, and the Dogner now lieb, a weird spectacle, In the Bangkok Harbour.
The moolur ambulancs presented to the St. John's Ambulance Brigade ou Wed aneday was put into use for the first Mediterranean, was iakon from the time yesterday. A Chinese coalie met Turks and occupied by the British under with a terrible accident at the Naval the Treaty of Berlin. Boon after the Dockyard during fire drill, his foot being outbreak of war it was formally annexed completely Severed. The ambulance, by Great Britain with the full concur- which was at the Central Fire Station, rence of the inhabitants. Later on, it arrived within four minutes of the tele was offered to Greece by Sir EDWARD phone message, and the injured man was GRRY, without consulting Parliament, as removed to the Hospital, bleeding pro an inducement to her to join the Allies,
fusely, but the offer was not accepted. Now the
NEWS.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
CHINESE FORCE TO PROCEED TO
THE NORTHERN FRONTIERS.
PERING, April 3rd. Arrangements are proceeding for the dispatch of several Divisions of the National Defence Army to the Northern frontiera
request is being made that Cyprus may FAR EASTERN CABLE be ceded to Greece. While fully persuad- ed that, if there is any such thing as poli- tical gratitude, "British and Greek in- terests will always be identical," the wis dom may be doubted of placing in the hands of a small and weak nation, from which it might be rudely torn, this island situated at a point where our sea
Near communications with the
and Middle East. could be threatened. Our experience in connection with Heligo-
One will cheerve Col. Semenoff's move land should serve to make us cautious.
ment for the formation of an Independent The short-sightedness of Lord Salisbury in exchanging that island for German State, which will possibly affect Mon- territories in Africa cost us dear during golia; a second Army will guard the Urga-Kiachta line against Bolshevik the late war. Lying less than thirty intrusion. miles off the mouths of the Elbe and Weser, Heligoland forms the apex of the triangle in which the enemy's naval bases were situated, and its possession by Germany very seriously hampered the Navy, There is no mention, so far, of its return to Great Britain, which held it from 1807 till 1800, but the terms of the Armistice pro- vide that its fortifications shall be dia-
activities of our
mantled.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.)
CHINESE LABOURERS IN FRANCE.
LONDON, March 28th. la the House of Commons, at question time, Mr. Winston Churchill stated that about 88,000 Chinese coolies were employ- ed in France on March 8th, of whom about 4,000 would probably be repatriated by April 20th. No date had been fixed for the repatriation of the remainder, who would probably be required in
For being in unlawful possession of France for some time.
A Chincec Bix taels of opium dress woman was fined $25 by Mr. G. N. Orme, at the Magistracy, yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Beilby Alston, of the OF THE British Legation, left Peking on March BRITISH NAVY,
3rd for Tokio, where Mr. Alston is to act as Chargé d'Affaires in the British Embassy.
(2). After any resolution has been passed under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article the Board may arrange on behalf of the Company for the dividend or bonus to be sot off against the call by authorising any person on behalf of the members from whom such call is due to enter into an Agreement welcome with the Company providing for such dividend or bonus to be set off against future the British Navy will be divided such call and any Agreement made under into a Home Fleet and seven foreign such authority ahall be offcctive
BRITONS throughout the world will
the
thai announcement
in
One case (one death) of bubonic plague, one case (one death) of small-pox, and
(3). It shall be no objection to any resolusquadrone stationed in the Atlantic, one case (one death) of cerebrospinal
tion made under paragraph (1) of this West Atlantic and Mediterranean, at fever were reported in the Colony on article or to any call or arrangement
that such retolation was passed or anoh the Capo, South America, the East Wednesday.
Wag
1002
call or arrangement was made at the ladies and China. The China Squadron meeting at which the resolution introduo- ing this Article and Articles 106 (a) was confirmed as a special resolution provided that due notice of the intention to propose such first mentioned resolution
and to declare such dividend or bonus and to make such call shall have been given prior to the Confirmatory mooting
aforesaid.
By Order of the Board.
From gradually reduced onwards, all the battleships being with drawn in This change became
1905.
possible after the Russo-Japanese War, when, in view of the fact that our Far Eastern Ally undertook to a large extent exchange for the duties porformed up to that time by
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
General Manager.
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NOTICE.
to maintain such G
"The Stunts," who were to have had
the stage for rehearsale of "Our Boys" to-morrow, bave kindly conceded it to place at popular prices that evening at Pinkie's very last party, which will take
9.15 p.m,
A Chinese was sentenced to six weeks'
ALLIED LOANS TO CHINA.
LONDON, March 26th. Renter learns that the Government has agreed, conditionally, to 4. British Financial Group participating in the new consortium for financing loans to China, which will entail the pooling of all finen- cial and commercial concessions in China among the Allies concerned.
CANTON NEWS.
CANTON, April 3rd.
THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE IN SHAMEEN.
The appointment of the new Super- intendent of the Telegraph Office in Shameen having been rejected by the former Superintendent, Dr. Wu Ting British Consul owing to the arrest of the
fang has requested the American Consul to mediate in the matter. It is stated that the British Consul has agreed to recognise the new Superintendent if his predecessor is released, and the income of the office left untouched. The question
is under consideration by the authorition and it is expected to be settled shortly.
We are informed that Ng Chor-sang, The Malay Mail understands that the former Superintendent of the Tole- people disappointed in hopes of going graph Office, is still detained in the Home by the Harams have been told to Tushun's yamen for not having bunded hold themselves in readiness to go by over the account book. He is well trent- another steamer leaving at the end of ed, and bas only been ordered to hand April. Ferb sap.
over the cash belonging to the office. THE GUNBOAT "KWONG HO1."
107 (b). Dividende may be Bate of
paid in Hongkong Cur dividends rency at auch rate of payable in the British Navy, it was not considered hard labour and four hours' stucks, you exchange a the General Hongkong.
strong terday, by Mr. G. N. Orme for stealing Meeting declaring or sanctioning the necessary same or in the case of interim dividend, British squadron in these waters 25 a pipe belonging to the captain of the as the Board may deterraine."
That was the explanation Lens, which is undergoing repairs at the formerly, Bhould the above resolutions be passed by the requisite majority they will be submitted given at the time, and, as far as it went, Taikoo Docks. for confirmation as special resolutions to a
it Wat truc. But while Jupan's co second extraordinary meeting which will be aubecquently convened.
operation made the withdrawal possible, Dated the Twenty-eighth day of March 1919, it was the growing menace of the Gor
man Navy, in the North Sea, which made it necessary, in order that we might have ng many ships as possible near Home. That this policy was fully justified was shown in 1914, when, as a consequence of the strategi disposition of our sea- THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA forces, we were able to pon the powerful
DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
German High Seas Ficet within its own WJs declared. ERTIFICATE No. 6810 of the above harbours directly war TA ORIENTAL SILAT NAVIGA
Company for 50 Shares of the Company Neverthelasa, it was very much resented AGENCIES of THE PENINSULAR
numbered 30086/710 and 30711/35 and Certi TION COMPANY, THE BRITISH INDIA Shares of the Company numbered 1003/3087,
ficate No. 8811 of the said Company for 100 at tile time by overseas Britons, who
The marriage took place, yesterday, feared that it would be interpreted by morning, at the Union Church, of Mr. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED, and THE "APOAR" LINE OF 11497/640 and 30731/40 both in the name of
a sign that the W. L. Handyside, M.A., of Queen's Col- SALOMON SASSOON BENJAMIN, and dated the foreign nations us STEAMERS, in Hongkong, have This Day 17th day of May, 1917, bave
been trident was slipping from Britannia's bron transferred to MRS. MACKINNON, | CANCELLED by the Company and no group.
lego, and Miss Beatrice Kinross, daugh This fear Was not without MACKENZIE & CO.
hanceforth rights thereunder will
tor of Mr. A. R. Kinross, of the Hong- bo MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO., recognized. Now Certificates for the said foundation, but the lesser of two evils had kong and Whampoa Dock Company Wong Chun-sin, ex-Military Superinten Bhares have been iwuod to and in the name to be chosen. Happily, the danger in The Rav. 3. Kirk Maconacbio officiated.dent of Kongmoon, to lead his force to of the said SOLOMON SASSOON BERJAMIN in place of the Original Certificates referred to the North Son has now disappeared, and The bride was given away by her father. protect the Canton-Kowloon railway.
it is possible once again "to show the Mr. W. Kay acted as bestman, and the CUSTOMS OFFICE RE-OPENED. Dated the 31st day of March, 1019.
the Misses Kinross, By Order of the Board of Directors, flag" in distant waters, in some of bridesmaids wero
R. M DYER,
which it has been rarely seen of recent sisters of the brido. After the corcinong, Obief Manager,
a well attended reception was held at the -THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOUR YCBTE. As a result of this change, any
COMPANY, LIMITED,
prestige which we may have lost in the Hongkong Hotel. [048
NOTICE
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Writo-
Post Box No. 313, 22, Des Vaux Road Contral. Hongkong, April 1st, 1910.
MIDWIFERY.
QUALIFIED MIDWIFE, trinod in
Mas. MalcWEEN, Government Civil Hospital.
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I. KOSS-SHIELLS & CO.,
4. Liton Stroot, London, EC.L. England. A. Bootland, is opon for engagement
(Bankers: National Provincial &
Union Bank of England).
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above.
Lieut. Roy F. Scott, M-C., since being awarded the Military Cross, has hoen mentioned in despatches. Lieut. Scott is the son of Captain J. A. Scott of the Sianggang Maru, and is an old Shanghai Public School boy.
It is stated that a merchant has applied to the authorities for the charter of the gunboat wong Hoi. It will be rezaem bored that this gunboat, which is the largest in Canton, has been twios sold to vertain merchants after boing
dig armed, but on each pocasion the sale was cancelled owing to non-payment by the purchasers.
PROTECTING THE ROWLOON-CANTON LINE
The Tuchun has ordered Commander
It is announced that the branch of the Kowloon Customs at Bha Yu-chung, which was auspended owing to robbery, now resumed, the authorities having sent troops for its protection.