NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
E HAVE This Day REMOVED our
WE HAVE TO 36. George's Building
to the First Floor of Nus. "38 ami 413, QUEEN'S BOAD
CENTRAL (opposite the Queen's Dispenmry).
GOLDRING & PHILIPS. Datod the 22nd April, 1919.
ANTED
WANTED.
to
WSecond-hand
BULATOR.
Reply to
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bay, at Un'e One BABY'S PERAM-
** 8. M. B.," Care of "Daily Prom" Offor
3
P. & O. BRITISH INDIA &
ARCAN
LINES.
THE Twin Screw
5.9. "NEURALIA"
8,082 Tone British Register
will be despatched from Hongkong at the middle of MAY. Taking THROUGH PASSENGERS (One Class) Direct th
LONDON MARSEILLES AND
For Pasage and Freight apply to-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co. 22, Des Voeux Road Central
J804
WRECK OF SS. "QUANTICO.”
Tow lying on Tablas Island.
Bids for
Nga she lies will be receive
at this Offico up to April xorb. 191. The right is reserved to reject any or all tenders or to sell the wrock before the above date.
MACLEOD & CO., Ino., Manila, P I.
Correspondents,
Board of Underwrit. rs of New York. March 3 at 1919.
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Cablon: Satinett Rég, London. Codo: A.B.C. No. 5. J.-W. BIGOS,
Enquiries for British Goods and Buying Acencies. "UAN OFFER IMMEDIATELY BOLE
AGENCIES FOR VARIOUS
COMMODITIES, REGENCY - HOUSE, WARWICK ST
REGENT ST, LONDON, W. L.
WANTED.
001
TOREMAN ENGINEER, preferably with FOREMA
good shop Experience. Apply.
SUPT. ENGINEER, Kowloon Docks.
WANTED.
660
A. OFFICER for a British vorsel trading
Reliable and Experienced CHIEF
to Hongkong. Good record essential,
Also a SECOND ENGINEER for the same
steamer.
Apply in writing, stating previous record and experience, care of
FÖST OFFICE Box No 248.
WANTED.
[636
WANTED CAPTAIN for British
W Steamer
Apply-
GERMINAL CIGAR STORE,
18, Nathan Rount,
Kowloon.
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HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
NOTICE 18
MEETING of the HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held at the Offices of Mesare. JARDINE,
INTIMATIONS
TEK
HOM KUNG
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NEXTRAORDINARY
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an GENERAL MEETING of the Society will be held at the Registered Ofion of the Society, Quvon's Building, Hongkong, on FRIDAY the 25th day of Arnn, 1919, at 12 Noon, when the subjoined resolutions which wore passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society hold on the 10th day of April, 1919, will be submitted for confirmation is special resolutius:-
1. That the nominal sivor capital of the Society as existiur when this resolution
is confirmed as a special resolution be converted inte sterling and that such capital so converted be increased beyond
DAILY PRESS,
made by notice specifying the number of shares to which such persons are entitled and limiting the time within which they offer if not accepted by payment will be! deemed to be declined to the 23rd May, 1918
and that the Board bo empowered to dispose of the shares not taken
in response to such offer as they consider
"p the interestR expedient in
of the Bociety.
4. That the 10,000 additional gitares
referred to in Resolution No. 3 parti cipate in all dividends declared after the next Annual General Meeting of the Society pro rata with the 80,000 shares referred to in Resolution No. Í Dated the Eleventh day of April, 191
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE General Manager
the sterling equivalent of such silver UNION
capital when such conversion takes place
to the sum of £200,000 Sterling divided
into 20,184) shares of the nominal value of £10 each.
2. That each of the issuod silver shares of the Society of the nominal value of 8900 cach with the sum of $100 paid up there on he converted into five shares of the nominal value of £10 each with tho sterling equivalent of 10 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 50,000 shares out of the 200,000 shares of the nominal value of £10 each constitu- ting the capital of the Society so com verted and increased be distributed by the Board to the persons who are regis. tered as shareholders of the Society on the date this resolution is confirmed a special_resolution in exchange for the silver shares then held by them.
3. That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following, namely:- By the insertion after Article No. 107 of
the following Article
"107 (a). Tho. Bosed may employ Employment the fands of the Society which of reserve have been established pursuant
funda.
to the provisions of Article 107 or any of them or
or any portion thereof faul that whether such
funde 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) in or for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say, in meeting contingencies, in equalizing dividoods, in paying special dividends or bonuses, in repairing improving and maintaining any of the property of the Borinty, or otherwise in the basinges of the Scicte, and in or for such other her purposes as the Board shall in ip: día. cretion think conducive to the intereste of the Society and in regard to any such employment sa aforesaid the Hoar shail nou be bound to keep the reserve funds soparate for the other assete."
may
be set alt
By the insertion of the following Articles
aftor Article No. 108. "108a (1). Any general meeting Bone may at which a dividend or bonus a cal ia declared or sancti ned may make a call on the members of such amount as the meeting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exceed the dividend or bones payable to him and so that notwithstanding the pro visions of Articles 39, 20 and 21 the call te payable at the same times the divid nd or bonus and the dividend or bone may, if so arranged between the So iety and the member, be set off against the call. The making of a call under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of an ordinary general rating which declares a dividend. (2. After a resolution has been
passed under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article the Board may arr⚫nge on behalf of the Society for the dividend or bobus be set off against the call by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom such calt is due to enter into an Agreement with the Society providing for such dividend or bonus to be set off against each call and Agreement made ander such authority shall be effectiva.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 1819.
INTIMATION]
BY APPOINTMENT.
WATSON'S
STONE 16.20
INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the N TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from the 19th April to the 26th April, both days inclusiva.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager, Hongkong, April 11th, 1919.
(618
BRITISH
NOTICE
TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
TO SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED) from 10th April to re 25th April, both days inclusive. By Order of to Lond.
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
General Manager Hongkong. April 11th, 1919.
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Q.
B.
NOTICE
LL PERSONS with the exemption of those of Chine- race desiring v. konve the Colony should apply in peraun between the hours of ANDIRM daily, at the FASS OFFICE, POST OFFICE BUILDING.
P. P
Applicants will be required to proxine Passports or identification papers.
All persons, with certain exceptions, ao emain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONB ORDINANCE, 1916,
Forms of Registration, giving the partd onlara required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations
The Penalty for non compliance is a flur not exceeding $50.
FOR SALE.
40
SIX CYLINDER, Seven Passenger Over- land Car, Good Order, New Tyres, together with Fireproof Garage Building for two Cara, all Accessories for both Bargain it sold une lot.
J. LAMBERT, Alexandra Buildings
(65%
THE PEAK.
LOR SALE. A FIVE-ROOMED
Residence. For particulare apply to---
"X.YZ."
Care of "Taily Press Office. [484
FOR SALE AT THE PEAK.
Apply 60---
H. E. POLLOCK,
Princes' Buildings.
(8). It shall be na objection to any resolu. NO. 2, MOUNTAIN VIEW.
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 meeting at which the resolution intro- ducing this Articlo and Articles 107 was confirmed as a special resolution provided that due notice of the intention to propose auch first mentioned resolu tion and to declare such dividend or bonus and to make such call still have been given prior to the Confirmatory mesting aforesaid.
in
Bate of
199 (b) Dividends may be paid MATHESON COMPANY, LIMITED, Podder Street, Hong-
Hongkong Currency at exchange for kong, on WEDNESDAY, APtit 2led, 1918,
such rate of exchange as the dividends at 19 o'clock Noor, to transact the ordinary
General Meeting sanction- payable in ing the same or, in the case of
Hoogg baxiness of the Company.
interim dividends, as the Board may determine."
By Order of the Board,
W. E. ROBERTS, Secretary, Hongkong, February 7th, 1919.
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THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE DIRECTORS of the above Company
have
doclared
INTERIM DIVIDEND of 3% (equal to 3- per Share) on the Preferret Ordinary Shores and 6% (eg al to 6 per Share) on the Deferred Ordinary Shares
Dividends for Sharoholders on the Colonial Register are free of Income Tax and will be paid at the rate of sia per dollar.
Dividend Warrants will be obtainable on sad after MONDAY, Mag 12th, 19.9, at the Company's Office.
TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will
be CLOSED from MONDAY, May 5th, to MONDAY May 12th, both days inclusivo.
JARDINË. MATHESON & Co., LTD., ; General Managers.
ごい
Hongkong April 17th, 10.9.
HONGKONG JOCKEY OLUB.
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HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
TMEETING of Melobera will be he'd
in the Offices of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB on SATURDAY, APRIL 2010, at 1s d'olook NoOK.
By Order,
T. F. HOUGH, Clark of the Course, Hongkong, April 12th, 1919. 10%
[471
FOREBANK EAST, MAGAZINE GAP.
TO LET.
FULLY FURNISHED, for 10 months from the end of May. Telephone and
Tennis Court.
Apply
Box 669,
Care of " Daily Pross" Office. [859
PEAK HOUSE TO LET.
GINGER-
hy the wide publicity given to the pro- ceedings of the Commission of Inquiry, Tis the Brst time in our history that such an inquiry has been open to the Press The owners and the men were ! asked to mate their case fully to the peuple. Rennrkable revelations were made Even the owners had to admit that a number of evile, of which it wonid seem they had not been fully aware, would linee To be remedied, and the Guverumoa offered thor
Dr Forsyth, who has been ordered to take a holiday for reasons of health, in teaving the Colony to day.
We understand that, at the meeting of mpany Commanders to be held at the Police Reserve Headquarters this after noon, scheme for the distribution of the duties of search supervising over the whoi Corps will be considered.
The Fuen any, which arrived ira concessions Hongkong from Manila on Sunday after which could be made at once without
noon had
H of sunfix On jeopardising the position of the indus board, the patients being Filipinos. The Cury and promised that other reforms steamer wate
in quarantine for NUMER should follow
** quickly necessary bars, but was released yesterday economic factors would allow. We have gut such a poor opinion of the British presentation this evening, on behalf of Wagor Macdonald, V.12 is making a as to share the belief the Hongkong Defenes Corps, to Major
Trade Unionst
hold by some people that be desirous of wantonly killing
is always
Morgan The Administrative Command- the gouse
ant of the Corps Major Murgan te When he
shortly leaving the Colony on a holiday. money be
BEER as the golden ogge
Beer in the Far Hast.
makes it
InOre demand for generally has a shrewd opinion of the profits which are being earned, and there The only fermented Stone Ginger-is no doubt that af industrial peace is the seedred in Great Britain capitalists will have to realise more fully than they have done in the past that the working suan must be given a fairer share of the product of his labour. The miners will now receive an advance of 28. daily in wages. The day's work is to be reduced 14 even hours as from the middle of July and, if possible, to six hours as from the end of 1920 for the two years following.
The real charm of Stone Ginger- Beer is the flavour produced by
partial fermentation; without this no Stone Ginger-Beer can be said to be genaine.
$1.00 per dozen.
TRADE
MARI
The estimated annual cost of carrying these proposals into effect is £44,000,000 of which £4,000,ong will be obtainable by limiting owners' profits to 18. 2d. per ton, leaving a defeit of £13,000,000 :
These boys are a pest in the Central isffiet; they are either sent out by their parents, or steal article, and then bawk them," said Inspector Boulget, in -eply to an inquiry by Mr. GN Geme, when
boy was charged with hawking. defendant was urdered lo receive 10 strokes with the birch.
The
Following on the receni pulstieni changes in Portugal, Senior Acthur Bar- ssa, who has been Governor of Marso, has been relieved of his post, and leaves Lieut. Col Santos is acting as Governor for Portugal at the earliest opportunity. until the arrival of Conde de Pang D'Arcus, who has been appointed by the Sidonista Party which is ΕΠΙ
power at present. Senhor Arthur Barboss is
of the Premier in the lute
to be secured by various anticipated brother
Peonomies Some sort of nationalisation | of the mines in niso to be introduced, and when the investigations are under taken for bringing about such a change it will probably be found that the future of the industry has been endangered not so much by the charges made for wages as by the blood-sucking tendencies of the
A. S. WATSON & parasites who have hastened on the mines
CO., LTD.,
Ministry
FAR
THE
2
EASTERN CABLE
NEWS.
THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
KOREAN REPUBLIC
PHILADELPOJA, April 16th.
from time immensorial. It is certain A petition for the recognition of the that there are many anomalies in the Provisional Government of the Korean shape of royalties and other imposte which Repablic has been sent to Paris by the are stilling development. The time has Korean Congress here.
ÆRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS | comne for their removal and for recon
TEL.. 43+
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HONGKONY Orion: 10a, Dua Vœux Roan, C. LONDON Orion: 181, Fan Stuart, B.O.
The Daily Press.
BONGKONG, APRIL 22ND, 1919.
THE VALUE OF PUBLICITY.
Tax decision of the winerk to accept the Government teras, which are based upon the report of Mr. JcsFICE SANKEY'S
CANTON NEWS.
The Provincial Assembly has failed
struction on broad common-sense lines. Otherwise a rise in wages will simply mean an advance in the cost of living
CANTON, April 2184 with the inevitable demand in the neat THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY, future for still higher remuneration on the part of the workers. The vicious again to elect the vice-apeakers. The circle" will not be broken, aud, unless t'ivil Governor regards it as a matter of it in broken, the farce will be played disgrace and intends giving the Ass repeatedly until it turns at length inte bly a lecture on the principle of slections. tragedy.
The old members to the Provincial Assembly have not yet handed over neces- The body of Chinese, aged 30 years, sary documents to their successore and apparently a Shanghai man, hus been refuse to do so until paid the money due washed mahore upposite the Bell View to them. The Civil Governor has agreed Hotel, North Point.
to pay the $100 each, as expenses to leave Canton. The Archdeacon of Hongkong acknow-CONSULAR CHANGES.
Commission, will be received everywhere ledges with gratitude 850 from "Share of War Bonus" for the Chinese Canton Church Building Fund,
with profound relief. The danger of a strike, which at this critical juncture in our history might have been fraught with disastrous results, has been averted. We remember, of course, Mr. Box Law's serious warning to the ten of the consequences which would follow their
Miss Ruth Law, the famous American aviatrix, who arrived in Hongkong last week from Manila, leaves for America! to-morrow on the Ecuador.
The members of the Hongkong Deferice
An
changes have been made in the Italian The Authorities have reported that
and the Dutch Consulates in Shameen. New Consula assumed office yesterday. REPORT DENIED.
The American Consul in Shamcen has denied the report that the Hunan Tachun has purebased ammunition from Ameries
THE SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.
rejection of the offere made. Repressive Corps are reminded that the presentation monaures were foreshadowed, and it was referred to in the circular dated April pointed out that the whole resources of
12th will be made at Headquarters at
Shanghai messages state that there has the Government would be thrown into
been a long discussion at the conference 6.30 p.m. today. the fight which, in the circumstance,
regarding the proposal that the Parlia could only have oue ending, if the prin
armed robbery took place at menis at Peking and Canton shall be resolu-Mountain View, May lat.
NIX ROOMS oad Furniture, No aciple of truly reprosentative Government Hunghom late on Sunday night. Four abolished.
Each party claims that ite was to be maintained. We sincerely men, armed with revolvers and daggers, own Parliament shall be retained. It is hope, however, that the hideous mistake entered a house in Bulkeley Street, and, feared that the conference will be once will not be made of believing that the after stealing $12, escaped in the diree more suspended, men have boon coerced or frightened into tion of Yaumati.
And the subjoined resolutions will be
proposed Extraordinary tions:
as
1. That the difference between the sterling equivalent at to-day's opening T.T. rate of exchange of $20 Hongkong carroney and the sum of £4 be called up upon each of the 60,000 shares of the Society of the nominal value of £10 each into which the silver shares of the Socioty have been converted.
in
Apply to..
DE
DENNYS & BOWLEY, (045
TO LET
66 ERRINGTON" No. & Peak Road,
Furnished from let June 8 Roomas and 2 Tennis Courts
Apply to-
LINSTEAD & DAVIS.
Alexandra Buildings.
féla
- PEKING CABLE NEWS.
the present arrangemont, There are A Chinesa servant girl, who was em some reactionaries who, throughout all ployed by a Chinese woman, residing on the industrial troubles of the past few the second floor of 13, Hillier. Street, has years, have urged the Government to take absconded, taking with ber 8418 in money "a firm stand" and, in their blindness, and a quantity of jewellery. No trace bave attributed the discontent and unrest of the girl has been found yet. which have been provalent solely to the Rops, as they would describe them, thrown
2. That a bonas dividend equal in amount
to auch difference as is referred Itesolution No, I be and the same is hereby declared out of the Reinsu ance Fands of the Society, such bonus divid end being payable to the persons who are registered as the shamholders of ho Society on the date this resolution is passed and that such dividend in the case of each of such persons bo set off against the amount due from him for culi under Resolution No. 1 and be No. 20% T PEAR, 6-Roomed House stricken Government to all the unpat Friende," said Inspector Boulger, when
retained by the Society accordingly and that the Board be authorised to make the necessary entries in the books of the Bociety.
3. That the 10,000 shares of the capital of the Society be issued additionally, to the 80,000 shares referred to in Resolution No. 1 and that the sum of £4 bo called up thereon and that such additional sharos be offered in the first instance st
a premium of £21 per share to the
TO LET.
Apply to
the Peak.
FEROY SMITH BETH & FLEMING
1599
TO LET
persons who are registered as the share A FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon
holders of the Society on the date this resolution in passed in the proportion of ono additional share for each silver share previously bold and upon the footing that the sum of 4 called up plus tho £31 (making togother £10 per aldro) shall be paid to the Society on accept ance of the offer, and that each offer wo
Apply to--
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
-COMPANY, LTD,,
Alexandra Buildings
It
The Peking Government has decided that domobilisation is to be commenced from the 1st of July.
It is reported that the Peking Guvern. ment is consulting with Li Shun, the Nanking Tuchun, regarding steps to he taken to abolish the Military Govern-
"Chinese conlies when they go on a ment in Canton. indiscriminately by a weak and panie holiday lend their licenovn to their FLOODS.
riotic elements which have had the charging a Chinese, before Mr. G. N temerity to prótest loudly enough against Orino, with plying a ricksha for hire prevailing conditions. Thew are the people without a licence. A fine of $5 was im who lightly advocate the calling out of the poscil. military."to sboot down" tho strikers,
A report has been received in the and there is a danger that they will buil Colony that six men were drowned in the prosent satisfactory settlement of Chok Wan, Chinose territory, on the re-
The East and West Rivors are in flood.
BEWARE OF GENEROUS FRIENDS.
At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese was charged with being in unlawful pos
ion of a quantity of nuts, Defendant said a friend gave him the
"Have you many friends like that! ** queried the Magistrate,
"Yes," replied the defendant.
« most difficult problem ng à victory for suit of a bamboo bridge sollapsing. The aut these who have been courageous enough men, it appears, were on their way to st last to prosent "a firm front to the worship as their ancestors' tomb, and had enemy of society." For our own part, go half-way across the bridgo whom it wa bollove that the roault of the miners' collapod. The men fell into the water ballot in due to the impression created and were drowned.
Thon le suspicious when a Irlönd gives you something without making for
ja return favour.
A fine of $10 was impost