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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MERTING of Members will be bed in the Offices of the Hoyosong JoUKEY CLUB on SATURDAY, Ara 20TH, at 12 o'clock Noos.
By Order,
T. F. BOUGH, Clerk of the Course, Hongkong, April 12th, 1919.
ANTED
Apply
Stonmer
WANTED.
CAPTAIN for British
GERMINAL CIGAR TORE, 18, Nathan Roari, Kowloon
1577
· UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG. MATRICULATION, SENIOR AND
JUNIOR LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that these EXAMINATIONS will be comm niced on MONDAY, July 14th, $19.
Forma of entry and all particulars can bo obtained on application to the "Registrar, The University, Hongkong."
Each entry for, duly filled in must roach the Registrar, together with the foo (Pon dollar, Hongkong Carrency) on or before May 7th, IDIễ.
will bo The following Scholarships awarded on the results of the Matriculation Examination, provided that candidates of Bu dicit merit offer themselves.
(a One King Edward VII Sch larship of £10 a year, for five years, tonable in any Faculty. A candidate for this scholarship must, be under the age of 21 on July 1st and must, before the first day of the examination, submit to the Registrar proof that he is a British Habject.
(b) Out President's Scholarship of four hundred dollars (Poking Currency) for five years, tembis in any Faculty. A candidate for Lis scholarship must be under the age of 91 years on July 1st and aust, before the first day of the examination, submit to the Rexistrar proof that he is the son of Chinose parents; that ho was not born in any British Possession or Protoctorate; that he has not adopted any foreign nationality; and ing that he is not eligible to compete for a Edward VII Scholarship.
Candidates who secure a King Edward VII or President's Soholarship must enter the University on the day on which the University sesalon opens and must reside in one of the hostels directly runnaged by the University.
will bo conducted The Examinations according to the "Regulations for the Senior sad Junior Local Examinations and for the Matriculation Examination 1919.'
TO BE BOLD.
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DURAUANT to an ORDER OF THE
COURT HONGKONG
dated the 7th day of March, 1919, made in an Action to the matter of the Estate of HO TSUN SAN afías HO SHU TONG alius HO BAY CHNG alias HO A SEK alias HO A SEEK aline 110 A SIK deceased.
Ri
BY
MR. GIORGE P. LAMMERT, ☛at his Auction Rooms in Daddell Street,
on
WEDNESDAY,
the 30TH day of APRIL, 1919, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon,
TWENTY LOTS,
IN
THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
situate and being Nos. 40 and 61, Hollywood Road standing on Inland Lot No. 200, Nas 409 and 408, Queen's Road West, Nos. 5 Bud 7. Bam To Lane all standing on the Rousis- ing Portion of Section of Inland Lot No. 800. Nos 61, 53, 137 and 153, Second Street, standing on the Bemaining Portion of Inland Lot No. 759 and Beotion & ant the Romain- ing Portion of faland Lt No. 03, No. 27, 31, 35, 37, 39, and 41, Centre Street, standing on the Remaining Portion of fulaud Lot No. 758, Nos. 26, 24 and 52, First Street, standing on the Remaining Portion of Inland Lot No. 759 and the Remaining Portion of Inland Lob No. 583, No. 43, Graham Street, standing. on the Remaining Partion of Inland Lot No. 106, No. 30, Pool Street, and No. 2, Gage Street, being respectively Section E and Section C of Inland Los No. 187, Victoria, Hongkong.
Lot 1 consists of the two semi-European Houses, No. 49 and 61, Hollywood Road, held ander & Orown Lease having 932 years to
ru
Lots comprises Nos. 40z, Queen's Road West and No. 7, Sam To Lano.
Lot 3 comprises. No, 408, Queen's Road Weat.
Lot & comprises No. 6, Sam To Lano. Lots B and B are Nos, 137 and 163, Second Street.
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all held for a term of 989 years of which 942 years are anexpired.
Lots 7 to 18 inclusive are No. 27, 31, 35, 37, 30, and 41, Centre Street, one house for each lot. All are hold under a Crown Lea50 having 842 years unexpired.
Lots 13, 14 and 16 comprise Nos. 51 and 53, Becond Street and 62, First Street. These lota also have an unexpired term of 919 Fears.
Lots 10 and 17 are Nos. 26 and 28, First Btrees, held under & Crown Lease with 938 years unexpired.
Lot 18 is No. 43, Graham Street. This lot has 934 years to rùa.
Lote 19 and 20 are No. 30, Pool Street, and No. 22, Gage Street. They are both held ander & Crown Lease having an unexpired torm of 930 years All the above houses except lot) nie Chínoso bounna
Particulars and Conditions of Sale 1087 bo obtained from, and walo plans of the property may be inspected at, the offices of pr
Ma E L AGA8912
14, Queen's Bond Central, HR. GEORGE P. LAMMERT,
or
The Auctioneer.
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INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1919.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTUN, LIMITED.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that su GENERAL EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the Society will be held at the Registered Office of the Society, Queen's Buliding, Hongkong, on FRIDAY the 35th day of APEL, 1918, a Noor, when the subjoined resolutions with were passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society held on to 10th on of April, 1910, will be sulmitred for roußrmation as special VONGIULICA :-
1. That the nominal silver camini of the Society as existing when this resolution is contrmed as a special resocation be converted into sterling and that such capital se converted be incronneri beyond the sterling equivalent of such silver
made by notice specifying the number of abarca to whit such persons are entitled and limiting the time within which the uffer if not accepted by p-ymen will be doned to be declined to the card May, 1910, and that the Board be cupowered
dispose of the shares not taken up in resporise to such offer as they consider expocivast in the interesin of the Society.
4. That tho 16,000 addition) shares referred to in Resolation No. 3 parti. ripate in all dividends declared after the next Annual General Meeting of the Suciety pro rata with the 80,000 shares referred to in Resolution No. 1. Dated the Moventh any of April, 1919.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager.
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capital when such conversion takes place UNION to the sum of £2,000,000 Sterling divided into shares of the nominal value of £10 each.
2. That each of the issued silver sincres of the Society of the nominal value of $260 each with the sum of 8100 paid up there-
on be converted into five shares of the
Dominal value of £10 each with the sterling equivalant of 320 Hongkong currency at the opening T.T. rate of exchange on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution credited is paid up thereon and accordingly that 90,000 shares out of the 200,000 shares of the nominal value of £10 each constitu ting the capital of the Socinty ao con- verted and increased be distributed by the Board to the parsons who are regis tered as shareholders of the Society on the date this resolusiou is confirmed special resolution exchange for the silver shares then held by thei
INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society
INTIMATION!
DEWAR'S
WHISKIES
will be CLOSED from the 19th April to the EXTRA SPECIAL
25th
April, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager, Hongkong, April 11th, 1919. [618
BRITISH
a
NOTICE
TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HEREBY GIVEN that the
a. That the Articles of Association beTRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
altered in manner following, nasooly→→
By the insertion after Article No. 107 of
the following Article
107 (a). The Board may cploy KuloyMRL the funds of the Socisty which have been established pursuant
fauda.
to the provisions of Article 107 or any of them or any portion thereof and that whether such funds or such portion as ja proposed to be dealt with were sut aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied ur for any other purpose or not) in or for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say. in meeting contingencies, in equalizing dividoads, in paying special dividends or bonuses, in fepairing improving and
will be CLOSED from 19th April to the 25th April, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Hoard,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
General Manager. Hongkong, April 1th, 1919. [d19
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
NOTICE.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that SPECIAL EXTRAORDINARY
ROOM,
on
[IMPERIAL
INSTITUTE
AND
WHITE LABEL.
mainta ning any of the property of the GENERAL MEETING of Members will be A. S. Society', otherwise in the business of held in the CHAMBER the Society, and in or for such other CHARTERED BANK BUILDING, purposes as the Boanl shalt in it dis TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH, st 4 P.M., to cration think conducive to the intervsta consider and, if thought desirable, pass the of the Society and in regard to any such following Resolution employment as aforesaid the Board shail uot be bound to keep the reserve funds separate from the other assets."
By the insertion of the following Articles
aftor Article No. 108.
be set of
"1086 (1). Any general meeting Bonny
at which a dividend or bonus against call. ie declared or sanctioned may
make a call on the members of such amount as the moeting fixes but so that the call on each member shall ont excoed the dividend bonus payable to him and so that notwithstanding the pro- visions of Articles 19, 20 and 9 the call may te payable at the same time as the divid ad or bonus sad the dividend or bonas may, if so arranged between the Society and the member, be set off again t the call. The making of a call under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of an ordinary general meeting which declares a dividend.
(2 After any resolution has been passed
"That it is the desire of the merchants of "Hongkong that this Colony adopt the "Daylight Saving System to the extent "of one hour, from May 1st next until "September 10th next," and that the "Government be approached with a "request to introduce the system by "putting forward the clock one hour at "is midnight on April soth."
By Order,
E. A. M. WILLIAMS,
Becretary. Hongkong, April 8th, 1919.
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GULA-KALUMPONG RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
under the provisions of paragraph (1) of { " AHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING this Article the Board may arrange on behalf of the Society for the dividend or bonus to be set off against the call by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom such call das to enter into an Agreement with the Society providing for such dividend or bonus to be set off against such call and under suob Agreement unde authority shall be effective.
of the above Company will be he'd on APRIL 6TH.
&ng
(3). it shall be no objection to any resolu- tion made 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 ooting at which the resolution intro- ducing this Article and Articles 107 (a) was confirmed as a special resolution provided that due notion of the intention to propose such first mentioned resolu tion and to declare such dividoad or bonus and to make much call shall have been given prior to the Conormatory raeeting aforesaid.
10s (b). Dividends may be paid gate of
in Hongkong Currency at hanger such rate of exchange as the dividende General Meeting sanction prelis in
Hongkong. ing the same or, fn the case of
interino dividends, as the Board may determine."
And the subjoined resolutions will be
Extraordinary resolu proposed as tions:--
1. That the difference between the sterling equivalent at to-day's opening T.T. raté of exchange of $20 Hongkong ourrency and the sum of £1 be called up upon each of the 90,000 shares of the Society of the nominal value of £10 each into which the silver shares of the Society have been converted.
2. That a bonus dividoad equal in amount to such difference as is referred to in Resolution No. 1 be and the same in hereby declared out of the Roinsu ance Funds of the Society, such bonne divid- end being payable to the persons who are registered as the abareholders of he Sooisty on the date this resolution is passed and that such dividend in the case of each of such persona be sut off against the amount due from him for call under Resolution No. 1 and be retained by the Society accordingly and that the Roard be authorised to make
SOLE AGENTS
The Japanese cruiser Takuru arrived Kole. Following the pre-war custom, sho in Hongkong yesterday afternoon from
greeted the Colony with a salute of 21 guns, which was returned by one of the local batteries. The visitor then fired a
www.
Among the many questions affecting the Three cases (two dense) of batonia fature welfare of China there are few plague, one case (one death) of enteric more important than that of the Opium fever, and three cases (two deaths) of habit, which is morally condemned to-day corebrospinal favor were reported in the by the judgment of the world. This Colony on Thursday. jadgment has only been obtained after suvere struggles, insting nearly a cen. The strong point in favour of the tury Chinese case has always been thay the rulers of the nation condemned the trade CHI moral grounde. The gradual and ever increasing cultivation of opium insalate of 10 guns in honour of Rear Ad- China, and the free indulgence in the miral Sir F. Tudor Tudor, which salaates drug by all elnames and both sexes, dis the Tamar returned. At alat p.. credited the cause for a long time, but Commodore Glarner went on board the when the great reform in the matter of Fuku, and was received with a salute spium took place and large quantities of 7 guns of the drug were burned, together with
It will interess many Hongkong innumerable pipes and lamps and other learn that the Singapore Kem; Board paraphernalia, the sceptical world gave recently refused to tarn out the tenants China credit for gincerity and praised of fats in the buildings once occupied her rulers for effecting a great moral re-by Messrs. Whiteaway, Laislaw & Co. generation. The sincerity of China was Counsel for the tenants contended that the chief asset in bringing about the the tenants were being asked to vaeste decision of the British Government to their fate in order to allow the pres
Radies' Botel
build prietors terminate the trade. What is the situa tion to-day? The International Anti- another stores and rent the whole for the Opium Association has striven assiduous use of hotel guests, the majority of whom ly to call attention to the danger to were merely passers-through, China from the recrudescence of the
The Bishop of Victoria (Hongkong) traffic, and now it has been announced beld a confrmation at St. Paul's Chinese
Thursday The House of Commons that the Church, on
evening, wizen British Government will shortly bring thirty-four candidates were presented by this question before the Peace Conference the Revs. Lee Kan Yan and A. D. Stewart. with a view to international legislation The Bishop spoke on cross bearing, illus limiting the production of opium and its trating his remarks by a large peut of alkaloids to the quantity necesary for Dord's picture of Christ leaving the medicinal uses. This should contain the praetorium. To-morrow (Sunday) the
St. Andrew's promise of a complete and final victory, Bishop will preach ni were it no that the smuggling of opium Kowloon, at 11 a.m., und bold a confirma. and morphia gocs on more actively than tion at All Saints' Church, Yausti, at 12 noon Nuxt week he will conduct a ever The extensive traffic in morphia, a special service at 6.15 p.m. from Monday Thursday, inclusive, in the chapel of trade carried on by means of cleverly.
St. Paul'a College.
WATSON & concocted pills and deceptive advertise-
CO., LTD.,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
T 610.
NO
Kondzong Orrion: 101, Das Vœux Road, LONDON Örview: 181, Flare Sexart, B.O.
The Daily Press.
Hongkong, APRIL 12ru, 1819.
ments, and by peddlere administering bypodermic injections, threatens to be a quicker road to national ruin than the old opium babit. This trade, bowever, must end automatically. The greatest danger of all is the cultivation of the
poppy
in Chinese territory by the Chinese farmore. How will China ap- pear at the Peace Conference with this to her discredit? Whero in the vaunted sincerity i Her opponents will say: China will have opium; it is futile to fight against it; why not let other nations share in the enormous profits of this trade 1" What answer
be given when in Yunnan, Kuei Chow, Szechuan, Kansub, Shensi, Kwangtung, and Chibli, the poppy flourishes owing to the lack of patriotisma of the Tuchuns, who, for their own selfish ends, have ordered, or per
Can
mitted, the farmer, to sow the poppy. This year everything is a stake, and, unless united action is taken promptly,
SHARE REGISTER will - CLOSED from 12th to 22nd April, both days inclusive. Dividend of Two Shillings leay tax Five: Shillings and Nias pence is payable on 22nd CHINA'S HOPE AND CHINA'S, China may pass into slavery and ruin.
Batant
By Order. LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Colonial Register. Hongkong, April 7th, 191.
NOTICE.
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PERIL.
If she loses on this question at the Peace Conference her whole cause gues over. Naven before in history has there been board; she will be so discredited that her a sincere attempt on the part the great delegates will plead her cause in vain. Powers to work unitedly for the ultimate The other Powers will feel that China
all the cartb' iuhabitants. good of
roust be delivered from her own rulers or There have been great and devastating her demoralisation is certain- THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA conflicts before, although aone to com
DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
pare with the terrible cataclysm that has ERTIFICATE NO. 6810 of the above scarcely yet ended, but, as the period of. The half-yearly general meeting of the Company for 50 Shares of the Company peace and reconstruction followed that of Hongkong Jockey Club will be held on numbered 29086/710 and 30711/35 and Certi
Saturday, April 28th, at noon. ficato No. 6811 of the said Company for 100 war and destruction, the victors in the Shares of the Company numbered 1063/1087, conflict have always placed the domin 11497/546 and 30721/45 both in the use of:
SOLOMON SASSOON BENJAMIN, and dated the ance and welfare of their own throuce 17th day of May, 1917 have been and nations in the front, usually carry. CANCELLED by the Company and DO
For being in possession of 30 tacls of raw apium a Chinese was fined $350 by Mr. Orme, at the Magistracy, yesterday.
rights thereunder will benceforth being into treaties of peace the fierce The Pupila at Belilios Public School recognized. New Certificates for the said spirit of antagonis against their late have made a special contribution of 238 Shares have been issued to and in the name
of the said SOLOMON BASSOON BENJAMIN in foes, and showing scant respect for the to the Alice Memorial and Affiliated place of the Original Certificates referred to welfare of smaller countries drawn un Hospitals,
above.
Dated the 31st day of March, 1919.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
RM DYER,
Chief Manager THE HONOLONG AND WHAMPOA Dock
COMPANY, LAmited.
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The permanent offices of the Admiral Line of steamers on the tifth floor, Hotei Munsions, are being formally declared open to-day.
"
Aunt Caro-
A fall Louse is expected by the pro-
of sentation Our Boys by
•The Stunts" at the Theatre Royal to-night
taking prominent Among those who
Elfrida Osmund, Mr. Mis parts are Asliby and Mrs. Thornton, who took the parts of Cinderella,
"phic. The Men Gertrude and and Aunt Imogen" respectively Dorothy Razayer, Messrs. H. W. Ramsey,
Castro, Dick d'Almada é 4. Ramsey and Master G. Razavet are also included in thes cast One or two songs have been intro- duced into the comedy an improvement that will be appreciated
in
FAR
EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
[FROM OUR OWN QUERESPONDENT]
CHINA'S WAR-TIME TREATIES.
PEKING, April 11th. The publication of war-time treaties is being resumed. Yesterday the Japanese agreement regarding the construction of the Manchurian-Mongolian railways, was disclosed,
Today, the Marconi wireless telephone agreement was published,
THE RE-ORGANISATION OF THE COUNTRY
PING, April 11th, Government plans for the reorganisa tion of the country wore disclosed.
Economic development is to in: en- cuuraged,
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REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
PEKING, April 11th. Troops, which at present, number over million and a quarter will fret be reduced to afty Divisions, Other reduo- tions will follow.
A division between the civil and mili- tary administrations will be effected.
[BY COURTESY OF THE “CHINA MAIL"}
FOOD PROBLEM IN MALAYA.
SINGAPORE, April 10th. Mr. F. Seton James, the Food Con- troller for the Straits Settlements, and Mr. E. 5. Hose, the Director of Food Production for the Federated Malay Staten, have addressed meetings ទេ Johore, Penang, and acuteness of the rice problems on the The country is facing not merely high prices but the possibility that it will be unable
to obtain imported rice. The remedy proposed is the substitu foods and the im
A proposal is nfoot, to celebrate Anzac Lion of locally grow and Australian
willingly into the strife. Although the fires of indignation against the German aggressors will barn for years in the hearts of many of the injured European peoples, yet a new spirit is abroad, the spirit that would reconstruct all inter- national relations on the basis of justice Day in Singapore by holding a dinner and good-wil! Doubticas the clash of at the Europe Hotel on April 25th. conflicting interests, the claims springing Strenuous efforts are being made to in from fear as much as "from selfishness, terest all Australians and New Zealand- the inability to judge fairly an opponent's era in British Malaya in the movement. case, and many other factors combine to certain make the task of the delegates to the Pesce Conference one of extrem, dificul.
CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN
SERVICES, LIMITED.
DEGARDING NOTICE of cancellation of accommodation booked for the Company's April sad May sailings
We are now informed that " amount of first-class accoromodation will be available on the "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA,"
to sail MAY LET, while accommodation on the ty. Nor are these difficulties lessened by
will be entirely available. The sailing of the
Telegraphic information has been receiv
ed in Hongkong from Singapore that the
Police Examination Service vessel will|
the necessary ontries in the books of the EMPRESS OF ASIA,* to ssil MAY STIL, the extended field covered by the opera, bo withdrawn on April 30th.
Society.
Vessels
poftation of
wheat. The planters are to be obliged to
cultivate three per cent of the food their labour forces consume
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
JAPAN'S 21 DEMANDS OF 1916.
PARIS, April 8th.
A Havas message states:~ The French newspapers publish ex- tracta communicated to thom by the
'Government's protest, claiming the
3, That the 10,000 shares of the capital of EMPRESS OF JAPAN,”. MAY · Tärn, íations of the Conferenon It is not along may, therefore, proceed direct to the Chinese Peace Dalegation, of the Peking
the Society be issued additionally, to the definitely cancelled as from this port 80,000 shares referred to Rowlution
Original holders of accommodation on the two-thirds of Europe with which it is boribs. Quarantine regulation, only will annulment of Japan's 21 demands of 1015. No. 1 and that the sum of £4 be called "EMPRESS OF RUBSIA,” MAY ler, will, if dealing; its decisions affect vitally the continue to be in force,
up theroon and that suck additional shares bo offered in the first inctauon at a premier of £st per share to the persons who aro registered as tho sharo holders of the Society on the date this resolution is passed in the proportion of one additional share for each silver share previously hold and upon the footing that than sam of £4 safled up plug the £31 (making together £25 per share) shall be paid to the Boutety on accept auce of the offer, and that such offer be
desired, be given passage on that date in
order of original application, to the extent welfare of the whole of Afrion, all the
Two finale id the Hongkong 0.C. of socommodation availabla
islands in the Pacifle Ocean, and to no tennis tournaments will be played next Original holders of accommodation on the EMPRESS OF ASIA, MAY 19TE, will, if small degree every Aniatic country na week N. E. Kent and F. A. Redmond well. Practically the whole world is in moet Onpt. Murray and J. S. Jennings desired, be giren their original allotment. advice from all concerned as promptly as
The undersigned will be glad to receive volved in the settlement that is boing in the open double" championship on discussed at Versailles, and the ultimate Monday, and T. Mishima will meet N. possiblo
P. D. SUTHERLAND, decisions rest in the hands of less than E. Kont in the open single champion General Agent, Passenger Dopt.
ship on Wednesday afternoon.
150x
a donen men.
JAPANESE DEPUTY DESIRES IMMEDIATE PEACE.
PARIS, April 8th. A Havna message states— Le Temps publishes a letter from the Japanese Deputy, Mr. Nagashimo, insist ing on the immediate conclusion of peace, including stipulations concerning a settla- mont. of questions of frontier, petrators of crimen against the lows of indemnity, and the punishment of per
nationa