NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
HANDICAP LOUBLES.
FINAL
Will be played on the Stand Coat
TO-DAY, at 4.30 P
Member Non-Members
cents. 50.
PM HODGSON,
Hon. Secretary.
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Hongkong, April 93rd, 1918.
LOST.
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name of "RoveTM
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HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB, THE SECOND GYMKHANA MEETING
of the Benson will be held at Happy VALLEY, on SATURDAY, APRIL SOTE, commanding at 3.30 PM
The Charge of Admission will be $1 for other than Members of the HosgrenG JOCKET CLVA OF GYTHIHANA ČLOA
Soldiers And Ballons in uniform Half-Price The Committee invite the Ladion of Hong- kang to be prasant
Hong kong, April 17th, 1sia.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN
STEAM SHIP CO., LTD:
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION. CO., LTD. CONSIGNEES per. Company's steamer
**MENTOR
are bereby notified that the Cargo_wil he discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow. loon, where it will lie at Consignes) risk The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after April 2nd.
Optional sargo will be landed, unlou notice has been given prior to steamer's. arrival:
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All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 and noon within the free storage period
No glaims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods, remaining undelivered after April 28th, will be subject to rent
All Claims against the Steamer innat be presented to the undersigned on o before May 12th, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
Agents.
Hongkong, April 20th, 1919.
P. & O-BRITISH INDIA APCAR
LINES.
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S.S. "NEURALIA" 8,082 Tops British Register
will be despatched from Hongkong about the middle of MAY.
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PASSENGERS
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Offices from St. George's Bailding to the First Floor of Nos. 38 and 40, QUI'S BOAD CETERAL (opposite the Queen's Dispensary).
GOLDRING & PHILIPS. Dated the 22nd April, 1919.
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NGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY,
LIMITED. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that
INTIMATIONS
THE
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Society will be held at the Registered Office of the Society, Queen's Buiding, Hongkong, on FRIDAY the 25th day
of AFRIL, 1919, ne 13. Noox, when
the subjoined resolutions which were passed ab the Extraordinary Genenil Meeting of the Society held on the 10th of April, 1019, will be submitted for confirmation as special
resolutions.
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1. That the nominal silver capital of the Society as existing wher this resolution
be special resolution. is confifinal as a conferted into sterling axi that soch entital so converted be increased beyond
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL
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made by natica specifying the number of shares to which such persona art entitled and limiting the time within which the offer if not cepted by pyma will be deemed to be declined to the 22nd May, 1919 and that the Bord be empowered to dispose of the shirea not taken response to such offer as they consider expeulent in tha interess
Để thá Society.
That the 1800 aditional shares
to in Kesolating No. 3 parti-: in all dividends declared after the next. Annual General Meeting of the Society pro rata with the 80,000 shares i, ruferred to in Hesolution No. Dated the Eleventh day of April, 1010
By Order of the Bened,
GMUNTAGUE EDE Gebevzi Mangor“
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the sterling equivalent of such silver UNION capital when such conversion takes place.
to the sum of £40000 Starling divided into tabures, at the nominal valug of £10 each.
confirmed a 4:
1 Tasteach 1 of the issued silver shares of the Society of the nominal value of 8240 Ach with the sum of 100 paid up there or be converted into five shares of the nchiral value of £10 each with the sterling equivalent of $20 Hongkong
at the opening T.T. rate currency
an the date this resolution is sa s spécial resolution credited I up thegoon and accordingly that shares out of the 200,000 shares of value of £10 each constitu- the capital of the Society so con- verted and increased be distributed by the Board to the
to the persons who are regis tered as shareholders of the Society on the late this resolution ik cuntirred as special resolution
in a for the alver shares the held by
50,00inal
the
That the Articles of Association be altered in
manner following, namely:-- "By the insertion after Articlu No. 107 of
the following Article
of reserve
107 (a) The Board may employ Employment the fands of the Society which have been established pursunat
to the provisions of Article 107 or any of them or
or any portion theroof and that whether such funds or such portion sa 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 рагрое or rot) in or for all or any of the following purposes, that is to my, in meeting contingen- fes, in equalizing dividends, in paying special dividends or bonuses, in repairing improving anti maintaining any of the T
s property of. the Society, or otherwise in the business of the Society, and in or for such other parpness the Board shall in its dia- think conducive to the interests cretion
of the Society and in Fegard to any such employment as aforesaid the Board shall
DD.
INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
NOTICE
- CANTON," LTD.
TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRAN FER BOOKS of the Society will be CLUSED from the 18th April to the 26th April, boh day a inclusive.
By Order of the Bost
C. MONTAGUE EDE General Manager, Hongkong, April 11th, 1010.
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BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE TO BHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 19th April to te 25th April, both days iuclusive. By Order of the Houd.
C. MONTAGUE EDE
General Manager. -Hongkong, April 11th, 1918.
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BY APPOINTMENT.
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1919.
The second gymkhana meeting of the season will be
at Eappy Valley on Saturday,
on occasion, to employ such, phrases as British subjects of pure European descent Again, though we speak of the British Parliament the self-gogerning Dominions do not send representatives Vincent de Paul' wishes to acknowledge, The Treasurer of the "Society VÍSL to either House In their easy-going with thanks the ratipt of #ruSO,
the way Englishmen have tacitly pequiesced
amount ressived fum, the sale of pro in this and many similar matters, They grammes at the Lusitano Recreation do well, therefore, to remind themselves lab's Sports of their separate existence as a price pad to recall something of their storied past.
Mr. G. Marg, Meery, Shewan, The Kingdom of England is one of the Tomes & Co, who left for Sundakan re oldest States of Europe if not the cently, is to be engineer in charge of the gldest, and conl look back upon a thou Sandakan Electric Light Co, whose în sand years of unbroken history before the stallation Messrs. Shewal, Tomes & Co, Act of Union of 1707 created the Kingere creting. dom of Great Britain...
England was the The following cases" "of communicablo Best of all the States of Europe to assert disease were reported in the Colony those principles of freedom for the main during the week which ended on Satur- tenance of which one half of the world has day:--Bubonic plague, is (15 deaths); heen locked in a life-and-death struggle | diphtheria, 3 (1 death) “ enteric fever, 2'; The House of small-pox, 3; and cerebrospinal fever, 14 Coganions, was born in England, is still (4 deaths), dumiciled in England, and draws two
At St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, thirds of its membership from Eoglaod
Mi Carmen Maria, Page, youngest Britain's sure shield and the foundalam, was wairied recently to Mr daughter of Capt. Page of the steamship hion of the Allies' success-and up to the Frederick Douvell Haighe eldest son of outbreak of war she contributed ninety the late Mr. David Haigh, of Rawdon, per cent. of the sailors who canned our Yorkshire. ships. It is indeed the Red Cross of St. George, now far the bed Crops of our men war, which has braved a thousand years
BEER with the other half.
The only fermented Stone Ginger England, too, gave birth to our Navy-
Beer in the Far East.
The real charm of Stone Ginger Beer is the flavour produced by partial fermentation; without this 10 Stone Ginger-Beer can be said
to be genuine.
$1.00 per dozen.
SUPT. ENGINEER” Kowloon Dock 1.
1600
TRADI
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ANTED CAPTAIN for British
Steamer,
Apply bo bound to keep the reserve funds
separate from the other assets."
By the insertion of the following Articles
after Article No. 108.
“108a (1). Any general meeting. Bound may
at
is
dividend
be out of
or bonus against cali or esacta ned may make a call on the members of such fo
fixes but so that
the call
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amount as the beraball not exceed f IX CYLINDER, Seren Passenger Over- the dividend or bonus parable, to him land. Car, Good Ordex, New Tyres, and so that notwithstanding the pro- together with Fireproof Garage Building visions of Articles 19, 20 and 21 the call for two Cars, all Accessories for both
te payable at the same time as the Bargain if sold one lot. and or bonus and the dividend or
may
between the
if so arranged bet
and the
ba set of
The call. The making of a call
under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of an ordinary general reeting which deelses a dividend.
*(21 After any resolution has been passed
the ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the HONGKONG TRAMWAY: COMPANY LIMITED, will be held at the Offices of Mesure Finolus, Maruzson E COMPANY LIMITED, Pedder Street, Hong kong, TO-DAY (WEDNESDAY), APRIL 2 RD, |... 1919, at 12 o'clock Noor, to transact the ordinary business of the Company.
By Order of the Board,
WE ROBERTS, Secretary, Hungkung, Tebruary 7th, 1919. (650
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MERTING of Members will be he'd in the Offices of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB on SATURDAY AYRIL ZOTE,“ að 15 o'clock Noos.
By Order,***
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under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Heddance
this Artida the Toefl may arringe on behalf of the Society for the dividend bonus to be set off against the call authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom mach call is due to enter into an Agreement with the Society providing for much dividend or bonus to be
be set of against much call and any Agreement made under such authority shall be effective.
(3). It shall be no objection to any resolu- tion made under paragraph (1) of this article or to
Lay or arrangement "that such resolution was passed or such call or arrangement made at the meeting at which the resolution intro- ducing this Article and Articles 107 (4) was confinines as a special resolution oided that due autice of the intention to propose such first mentioned resolu tion End to declare such dividend or
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the battle and
Among those who arrived 'in Bung kong, from Liverpool, on Sunday, our be the Mentor, were Surg-Lieur, F. G. Wood,
breeze. Again, it was England which Lieut. J. G. Pitt, Lieut. II. Sutor Lieut. first made our nume respected on the A. R. Halfhide, and-Lieut. M. J. Kelly, battlefelds of Europe, sent forth her Messrs. E. G. Bolton, T. L. Miller, F.. merchant adventurers to open up our Normington, T. Mitchell and A. Kirk. overseas trade, and laid the foundations
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A Chinese chauffeur of motor-cne Nö of our Empire. "Until the peace of the was fined $15 by Mr. R. E Lindsell world was wantonly destroyed, by Ger for driving his car along Des Voeux Road many and her, dupes we knew that Engin a reckless manner. The car, it was. land furnished four out of every five said was being driven at the rate of 25 suldiers required for the defence of the to 30 miles per hour: Sergeant Pitt in Empire and though for a long time ed the defendant twice before
formed the Magistrate that he had warn
after the war began the world might have been pardoned for supposing that The new Police Club at Happy Valley will be opened by His Excellency the there were not any English troops, at Officer Administering the Government on
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the Front, the capital which our Friday, May 2nd, at & p.m. Du Satur
A. S. WATSON & enemies sought to make out of the day. May 3rd, the members of the Club
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HONGLONG, APRIL 23RD, 1919.
“ST. GEORGE FOR MEBRIE ENGLAND.
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will be at home to their friends. Bowls and tennis matches are being ar ranged by Inspector Kent and. Sergeant - Hollands.
The s. Neuralia, which arrived here. yesterday, from Marseilles, had an event
ul voyage out.. A large proportion of the 590 Chinese coolies she is repatriating
Censor's stupidity in this matter finally compelled the disclosure that sixty per cent of the British Army was drawn from England, ber "full proportion. op Hears. L N. Murphy, R. T. Barton," the basis of population. Later still we W. H. Stewart and A. M. A. Wallace, of the staff of the Hongkong and Shang learned that their heroic exploits were hai Corporation, who had been on active worthy to rank with those of any age service, returned to the Colony on Monday and any race- It may be taken for mains in Hongkong, while Messrs. Bar- on the Tenyo Maru Mr. Wallace re granted, also, that England's expenditon, Stewart and Hurphy will go to the
branches at ture of money on the war will be equal
Yokohama, Shanghai and to her expenditure of blood. We mention
Calcutta respectively,
these facts not in any vain-glorious spirit but to remove any misapprehen- sions that may exist. It has been assert. ed that in the hour of need Great Britain was obliged to seek her leaders in the Forum and on the field from Wales, Scotland and Ireland. There may be a measure of truth in this, though such claims have been, advanced from the days of Wellington down to the present day on all manner of pretexts. But admitting that the claim is well-founded it show's that England, though "still" the pre dominant partner," does not abuse ber position but has the good reuse to recog. nise talent from whatever direction it
TO-DAY, for the third time since the out break-of war, Englishmen in Hongkong will celebrate their Patron Saint's Day. Although the chief reason for the incep tion of the movement to observe St. George's Day locally-that of assisting war charities-bas now happily dismay come, appeared, no excuse is needed for con- tinuing the festival, the observance of
bonus and to make such call ahall have from the end of May. Telephone and which dates from early Saxon times.
been given prior to the Conormatory
aforesaid.
Baka of
nectividends may 109.(b).
be paid in Hongkong Currency at for such rate of exchange as the dividmada General Meeting sanction-able in
Bongbong. ing the same or, in the case of interim
determinants, as the Board may
And the subjoined resolutions will be proposed A Extraordinary resolu- tions:
1. That the difference between the sterling equivalent at to-day's opening T.T, rats of exchange of $20 Hongkong currency sad the sum of £4 be called up upon each of the 80,000 shares of the Bociety. nominal value of £10 each into of the which the silver shares of the Society have been converted.
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"That man's "the best Cosmo- palita:
who loves his native country best. Scotsmen, Irishmen,, Welshmen, Canadians and Australians have each their anniversaries on which they foster
* That a bonus dividend equal in amount to such difference as is referred to in Resolution No, I be sad the same is bereby declared out of the Reinen ande Fands of the Ecciety, such bonus divid end being payable to the persons who are registered as the shareholders of be Bociety on the date this resolution
that uch
dividend in the pased and
was be est of each
auch www.038
from him for under Resolution No. 1 and be NO. 102, THE FRAK, &-Roomed House superseded by the word "
at the Peak... retained by the Society accordingly and
Apply to that the Board be authorised to makes FËROY SMITH SETA. FLEMING
necessary entries in the books of the
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of
against the
the 16,000 shares of the capital of ~the Society be issued additionally, to tha 80,000 shares referred to in Resolution No. 1 and that the sum of £4 be called up: thereon, and that such additional shares be offered in the first instanon ab.
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of fat per share to the A FLAT in Nathan Road, * persoñis haare registered-ss the share- holders of the Booty on the date this resolution is passed in the proportion of one additional share for each silver share previously held and upon the footing that the sum of £4 called up plus the £31 (making together £25 per share). shall be paid to the Bociety on accept ance of the offer, and that such offer.
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to Tsingtar fell ill on the voyage and
deaths occurred at sed
Several Vladivostock, to join Admiral Koltchak's Bussian, officers are on board, en route to forces. The Neuralin has also about a hundred men of the RAMO. under com
and of Major W. E. Hope
The Hon. Mr. R. E. Stubbs, C.MG., left Ceylon for Home on April 6th. The staff of the Colonial Secretary's Office bade farewell to the Hon. Mr. R. E. Stubbs on April 4th, thanking him at the public and clerical services and kindness same time for all he had done. for the
shown to the staff. Mr. Stubbs he then presented with b group photograph, Mr. Stubbs thanked the clerk, and hoped zome of them would rise to higher posts.
The new building erected by Messrs. Little, Adamy, & Wood, architects, for the accommodation of the French Mission, twas formally opened on Monday evening on the site above Beaconsfield Arcade." by the Right Rev. Bishop D'Guebriant, Bishop of Canton. Yesterday, the French Fathers entertained the most prominent members of the local Fr
French
community," to tifin. Among those present were M. Kremer, Vice-Consul for France, M. Thomas and M. Tourtet of the M. M. M. De Journel of the Banque elle de
Col J. "R. Young, R.E., has gone in Tientsin on duty."
Dr. and Mrs Forsyth, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Coleman and Mr. F. C. Faithfull left the Colony yesterday on the China.
Mr. A. E. Paine, manager of Messrs. Moutrie's Hongkong branch, left for Shanghai on business yesterday, on the China,
dongue and M. Bern-
de l'Indo-Chine. In celebration of St George's Day, the Committee of the Hongkong Society in ente Victoria Theatre to-day. One batch the soldiers and sailors at Mr. A. Murdock of the staff of Messrs. will be entertained at 2.15 p.m. and Jardine, Matheson & Co., returned on
another at 9p.m. Besides the cinemato Monday, by the Tengo eru after some graph show, several well-known Hong-
kong amateurs have promised to years of active servic
Яing. Hefreshments will be served. There will also be a dinner for the members of the
is expected will by H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Rear- Colonel R. K. Harvey and Mr. H. W. Bird. Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor
Tudor, Guests and members of the St. George's Society, who are attending the dinner. form of evening dress they find to be most are requested kindly to put on whatever cool and comfortable.
The total output of the Kailan Mining
· Administration's mines for the week ending April 5th, 1919, amounted to 77,320 tons and the sales during the period, to 71.518 tone.
the sense of kinship and national pride. Surely. Englishmen are justified in
The annual sports of St. Joseph's reviving an old custom in order to deve lop their feeling of unity and draw Wednesday, April 30th. The hours on heats are inspiration from their wonderful island being worked off this afternoon... story. There is the greater need of this
The R.E, who beat the University in now that the word "English" has been the cricket league the University British" and ground on Saturday, are meeting the is almost tabu. There is only the Navy at. Happy Valley tomorrow.. language left to which it can be applied to-day without wounding national, sus ceptibilities, and it is merely a matter of time, we ppose, before exception will be taken even to this. "British,"
The Hon. Mr. P.. H. Holyoak, who however, does not possess the same leaves for Home early next month with splendid-sociations with the pist at being entertained to dinner-by-a-party
Mrs. Holyoak and their daughters, i English and mach a comprehensive of his friends on Wednesday, April 30th. term that it embraces all the races under the Union Jack, though, on the other hand, the Irish protest that it does not include them. As a consequence of this change in terminology we are obliged,
Bir John Buckhill, Chief Justice of the Straits Bettlements, formerly Attorney. General of Hongkong, is going Home on leave vid Canada. He is expected in Hongkong on May 12th, on the dire Zebon, 7
Focity, at the Hongkong Hotel to-night.
PRESS CENSORSHIP
ABOLISHED. “
received from the Colonial Becretary:
The following nonouncement has b
I am directed to inform you that telegraphic instructious from London announce the abolition, of the Press Censorship in the United Kingdom an April 30th.
The necessary notification applying the Order to this Colony will be gazete. ted in due course.