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CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD.
MARINE ENGINEERS GUILD OF
CHINA -
INTIMATIONS
HONGLONG
THE
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11TB, ) 1919.
POLICE,
HE HONGKONG POLICE VICTORY BALL will be held at the CITY HALL
Mnformed that
EMBERS of the shove Guide are Dancing to commencing at 9 Fac
COMBINED
MEETING will be held at the Guild Offic
Rost
10, Dos Vaux
(FRIDAY), at 3 PM. Sharp.
TO-MORROW
Every Member in the outside (River & Coast) ships in port is requested to attend."
1
FOR SALE
Fixtures
14
F1643
and OFFICE Furnitures.
Fittings, including Sales, Desks, Bookcases, Chairs, Typewriters, etc..
Apply to
CONNAUGHT ROAD, 3rd Floor.
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CHINA BORNEO COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
OF WEDNESDAY, DE 177, 1919.
WM. HENDERSON, SGT. Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Police Station,
Hongkong.
(1578
NORTH CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL. THE OFFICES of the shore Company hare this day bean REMOVED 10 No & QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, (Chater Road).
Hongkong, December 8th, 1918. 11636
NOTICE OF REMOVAL
WE
E HAVE This Day REMOVED our Offices to Second Floor, No. 34 QUEEN'S BAD CENTRAL
SOUTH CHINA PRODUCE CÔ. Hongkong, December 5th, 1919. [1810
an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be
HONGKONG AND BEANGĦAL at the Offices of Moura, Gras, LIVINGSTON Victoris, & COMPANY, St. George's Buildings,
BANKING CORPORATION, in the Colony of Hongkong, on MONDAY, the 19ra day of DECEMB13, 1918, at eleven
[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of
CERTIFICATE No. 5 NS 0336. dated the considering sa
and, if thought fit.. passing
November 8th, 1918 for five. Hongkong following
Ordinary
shares numbered 25684 to 25885 and 68991 Resolution-
to 86923 inclusive all registered in the name, That the conditional agreement "entered into by the Directors of the of HO SBIU PO has been LUST or *Company in the name and on behalf and should this Certificate not be
1.
Resolution K
of the Company with Harrisons and "Crosfeld Limited dated the 10th "of December 1918, for the sale of the 1st
to the Bank before the 16th.
day
of DICEMBRE 1919, a new Certificate for the, shares will be issued and the aforesaid Certificate No. 5/NS 5336 will be thereafter rodertaking property and assets of
treated by this Corporation & NULL and the 31st "the Company as existing och
to its PUID. *day of December 1918, #abject to
By Order of the Court of Directors, "Eabilities, for the sum of
N. J. STABB
Chief Manager. Hongkong, November 26th, 1918. 11576
*72bt. Bars) cash which bas Hend tha me is hereby ratifs be
hundred and twenty-eight
teen submitted to this.
pprovent
snd
and that the Directors be
AUCHONS
A. G. DA ROCHA,
IS THE AUCTIONEER.
A. G DA ROCHA,
AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND
GENERAL BROKER
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 1833."
FAV
VAVOURED with instructions | frani
The Concerned,
will sell by Public Auction, TO-DAY (THURSDAY), December 11th, 1918,
at 2.15 Pag
at bin Sales Room.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND
EFFECTS
best of
Wardrobes, Deaks, Chairs, Drawers Dressing Tables, Bookcases, Arm- chairs, Curios, Crockery and Glassware, Brass Ornaments, Vasos, Pictures, Ice Boxes, Bedistende, Glocks, Typewriters, Tablecloths, Hatatands and a long line of Bundries.
Tina:-Cash un Delivery
A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND
GENERAL BROKER
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2933
F
SAVOURED with instructions.
The Concerned, by Public Auction, SATURDAY, December 13th, 1918,
il at
will
--at his Sales Room,
from
CXE
.1
1,200 lbs. Guaranteed Best Chocolates in Fancy Boxes, in 4 lb, 1 lb and 2 lba, Boxas, will be sold in mall lots. Just for Xma Sewon
(The Chocolates are in. first-class condition
TERMS:---Cash on delivery,
*directedre hereby authorised and ❘ THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER 2,400 lbs, sold in 3 Auctions).
* and
to carry the same into
"effect with full power to assent to "any modifications in the Agreement which they may think expedient and
COMPANY (1918), LIMITED.: ·
OTION IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIRST ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be
in the interests of the Company ment beld at the Offices of the Company, St.
Copies of the above-mentioned can be seen at the Registered Offices of the Company, St. Georges Buildings, Chater Rosd, Victoria aforesaid or at the offices of JOHNSON STOENS & MASTER the Solicitors to Company at Princo's Building, Ice House Street, Victoris aforesaid, at any time before aid meeting (except Saturdays and
the
4.P
George's Building Chater Road, Victoris, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the form DECEMBER, 1919, at 11.20 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of receiving Stateinent of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the 14 months ending
A. G. DA ROCHA, “AUCTIONEER. STRVEYOR
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
THE
is complicated by the fact that the coun-I control of bath banks of the Maros river try baa & very heterogenemas population and of the Arad-Saimar Railway were composed of Rumanians. Tartars, Cireas inadmissible because the river is one of sians, Gypsies, Turks, Greek, Jews, the most important commercial routes of Slovaks, and other races, who, bold Hungary and it would be sowing the different political ideals. There is, alao, seeds of perpetual strife to allow Rumania a distinct line of cleavage between the
a strangle-hold over Hungary's trade urban and the rural population. Lock with the East. The Rumanians appar ing at Bucharest with its cafes and antly believe in the policy of re victis, casinos and its cosmopolitan crowd of which Germany employed in dealing with pleasure-seekers, no one could believe that them, and are unable to understand why. the inhabitants would allow any political Hungary's future should be taken into consideration to cloud their gulety. In account. the country districts, however, nationa! characteristics seem to assert themselves with greater force. It is possible that PREMIER the stand which the Supreme Council afternoon.
"E"
SCOTCH
has taken over the insertion of the Afinorities clauses in the Austrian Treaty
The bearing of the case against the motor-baadita has been fixed for this
11
Mr. E J. Woodall, American Vice
which Rumania is called upon to sign Consul, is leaving Canton for Tientsin
has not only roused the Turks, the Slovaks, the Circassians and other races. in the country to a new sense of political consciousness, but has also created a feel- ing of indignation in the heart of the Rumanians who have regarded them selves, so far, a rulers, more or less in the Prussian way. The Supreme Coun. cil's ultimatum probably brought the discontent to a bead, and, as is usual in that cauldron of East and West, the Rumanian peasants promptly blamed the King and his Ministers for that which they evidently regard as national humi liation It is this tendency on the part
go to the people to
extremes the country's excesses in Hungary. When at the end 1916 and the beginning of 1917 Field Marshal voN MACKENSEN was rid. ing roughshod over the land, the people did not take the defection of Russia intà account but attributed their trouble to the foreign policy of the King, and Cabinets rose and felt rapidly in Jassy. With the triumph of the Allies the King was once more restored to favoury but when it became evident last July that the Conference of the Allies did not intend to make over the whole of Bessarabio, Transylvanis and the Hanat to Rumanis, the
VERY CLO KONTUS
of
that
led
to
WATSONS Heach Whish
REK NECK SCOTLAND
AND
Distinctive in Well Matured.
Mellow.
GENERAL BROKER.
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2955.
instructions from MAVOURED with
30th September, 1913, and electing a Consult F
Committee and Auditors.
The Concerned. by Public Anction, the 15rs BATURDAY, December 13th, 1919,
at 2.30 7.34
Sundays) between the beurs of 11 AM, and in E TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company | vill val.
and if thought fit, to DECEN BIR, 1919, until the 2011 |
And subject to the passing of the above will be CLOSED from
Resolusion to
paga 83 azy Resolation the DEGENERE, 1919, both
following:
*
wound up "That the Company be
voluntarily and that Ernest Alfred *Mountford Williams of the firm of & Matthews of
.." Chartered
"Lowe, Bing Building, Queens "Road Central, Victoria aforesaid be
**appointed Liquidator for the purposee
of such winding-up, at such remunera
be arranged between the Harrisons
inclusive. daya SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Managua, Hongkong, December 5th, 1919.
NOTICE,
REFULSE BAY HOTEL.
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Con
at his Sales Boom, Queen's Boad Central
(Old Post Officeˆ Building), EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Comprising
*tion and Cronfield, Limited TX Order to enable the Contractor to Borelled Mirror
"and the Liquidator." Should the Secourt Resolution be passed by the requisite majority, it will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution to a Second Extraordinary General Mesting to be held at the above address at twelve o'clock noon on TUESDAY, the 13th day of January, 1920.
Dated this 10th day of December, 1919.
By Order of the Board
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Arente
St. George's Buildings, Hongkong.
MINING.
YOR BALE or Supply under contract :-
BISMUTH & WOLFRAM ONE.
Price very moderate...
For particular apply to--
PO BING CHONG CO.
124, Des Voeux Hand Weat.
$1814
FOR SALE.
$6.MOUNT GOUGH" No 131, THE
Large Garden
Apply--
M° PAX. B-Roomed House with
LOILET & CO
York Buildings.
TO LET.
1985
SUITABLE FOR COAL STORAGE.
VACANT PLOT of Land at Yaumati.
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA-
TION, CO., LIND,
.[1417
TO LET.
VAGANT PLOT of Land, Praya East.
1:
Apply to-
THE LONGKONG-LAND INVEST.
MENT & AGENCY CO, LTD. ·
13385
complete the work in connection with the above Hotel at the earliest possible data without interruption, and in order to avoid all possibility of damage to the Flooring Tiles. Faint Work,
-tc. the public art requested to kindly abstain from visiting the Hotel as on and from this date until its completion and formal opening of which due Notice will be given by Advertisement in the Local Newspapers
The Management of the Hotel feel agra that they may rely upon the rearly |co-operation of the public in the foregoing
regard.
Dated thir Sixth day of November, 1819. FOR THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.. Proprietors of the REPULSE BAY HOTEL,
J. F. TAGGART,
Mavager.
R..
PUBLIO AUCTION.
1583
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of
the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MUNDAY, the 18th day of DICEMBER 1019, at 3 P., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNGE, of Ons Lot of CROWN LAND at Conduit Hoad, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal. at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Barreyor of HIS MAJESTY THY KING, for one farther term of 7b years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON Corner of Haiphong & Hankow Roads
TO LET
TWO Minutes from Forry and Bailway station. This Hotel has just been UENISHED, No. 87, THE PEAK (No. 1; completely renovated and refurnished" is Stewart Terrace) containing 3 Bed-now up-to-date in every respect and under
English
personal
"room", and" Bisthrooms, hot and cold water, Drying Boom Dining Room, Drawing Foom, Sitting Room and ural Offcox, also Iarge Garden.
Van Apply to mm
Z HUMPHREYS ESTÁTE & FINANCE
CO., LTD., Alamandrs Buildings
Cuisine under
BAR AND BILLIARD ROOMB,
Fe of the
TERMS · MODERATE.
Black Food Furniture, Bram and Iron Bed- steads, Tables, Brussels Carpets and Rugy Overmantels, Silk
Covered Tapestry Drawing Boom Suite, Sofas, Easy Chairs, Occasional Tables, Extension Curtains, Bed Sheets
Bookens, Dinner Ornaments, Cabinet
Dining
Chairs, Silver Ware, Wagons, Clocks, Marble-top Washstands, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Tollet Sec, Electric bourdi
of Sundries. and a long line
Catalogues will be issued. 1:-Cash on Delivery.
G. DA BOCHA,
AUCTIONEER, BURVEYOR AND.
GENERAL BROKEK
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No 2833S
..
HAVING boon Favoured with instruc
from The Concerned will sall by Public Auction, on MONDAY, December 18th, 1819, at 11 a.IT%%%
at the Axino's Shipyard, Prays Esat. » ONE STEAM LAUNCH. “ Length...
40 feet. B feet
**
Breadth.... Depth -
4. feet. 6 in, Trax 20% Deposit to be paid immedi ately on the fall of the hammer.
Hongkong, December 10th, 1918.
4
A. G. DA BOCHA, AUCTIONEER SURVEYOR GENERAL BROKER.
AND
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2332. HAVING been around with
AVING been Favoured with in sell by Public Auction, on MUNDAY December 15tb, 1919, at 230 rx, at his Sales. Room,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BEST PORT, Char
·
AND WHITE WISK, AND VARMOUTH feoni the well known Fizim ƐCHRONIR AND CONSTANCE, BORDEAUX Comprising:-
18 cases Meriton Port.
"14 casos Meritos Invalid Fort
3 cases Meritos Hupsis Fort 13 cases Meriton White Fort-
9 Cases Boy, Graves, gta
Я сме
10 cases Ha
Marme, qta
"11 cases Cerous, qiz ---
6 cases Medoc, qis
11 cases St. Estephe, a Monline quem
11 cases St. Emiltion, te
Italian Voubeyran, qua
'cants
4
25 CASO
Vermouth, Gancia & Co. 10 cases Nolly Prat and Co. Vermouth, 20 cases Tucker's Liqueur Whitky,
above Wines will be sold on socount The Special Arrangement for Families on this lines sat suitable for Aman Zaupers,
of local Firm giving up their barma in Application
TrCash on Delivery Hongkong, December 26th, 291a,
J. EL OXHERRY
Prop
F.&voar.
LIMITED.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
TAL 616
HONGKONG.
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DEATHS. ACHESON.In England, suddenly, on November 24th, ELISABETH (Betty). younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy P. E. Acheson, aged 19 years.' DAVISON. At No. 98, Ward Road, Shang
a on Decembed 3rd, JosEPH G BON DAVISON, aged 68 years.
on October 10th. ELIZABETH ANSIE (Betty), youngest daughter of J. C. A. and K. E. Holz, aged nine years, and nina month OLIVEEL-At St. Paul's Hospital, un Wednesday, December 10th, at 2.30 p.m., JULLAX F. S.OLIVEIRA beloved son of Mrs. A. O. OLIVEIRA, of Shang hai. Funeral will paas the Moun- ment at 4.45 p.m. to-day. Shanghai and Manila papers please copy.
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WALKER-At Shangbai, suddenly, 00 December 5th.. in his 13th year, Leslie ChewDSON, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Walker. formarly of Chinkiang.
Smarang Oyrics : 10A, Das Vœux BOAD, C. LONDON OFFICE 181, FIRE STREET, E.Q.
on transfer.
An extraordinary general mosting of te China Borneo Co. Ltd. will be held on the 9th instant.
A Chinese was fined $500 at the Magis- tracy, yesterday, for being in unlaw- ful possession cf 8 tuels of opium.
the
Captain W. J. Hawkings, of Chinese Labour Corps, is returning to China from France by the 0. s.. Nagoya,
Two cases (one death) of diphtheria, three cases of enteric fever and one case (one death) of cerebro-spinal fever were reported in the Colony on Tuesday.
A combined meeting of the China Coast officers' guild and of the Marine Engineers' Guild of China will be held at the Guild Office to-morrow afternoon,
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alive Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals ac- funds of the Hoopitals:-Ms, Ho Ngok knowledges the following donation to the Law, $25.
Captain E. S. Little, of the Rifle Brigat, who went through a good deal of the heavy fighting in France and the str. Terrexit, accompanied by his Flanders, is returning to Shanghai by wife and family.
A projecs is afoot among influential men in Tokio for organizating a purty of visitors to America composed of men of infuence representative of various circles (says the Japan Chronicle). The object of these visitor to America is to
remove ali misunderstandings existing between the Japanese and Americans Dy means of a free exchange of views with the American holders of anti-Japanese ideas.
the following telegram, in the name of the On the occasion of St. Andrew's Day president, was despatched by St. Andrew's doclets, Shanghai, to the King:- St. Andrew's Society, Shanghai, sends his bell, President." Alajesty most loyal greetings Camp- The following reply eas received from His Majesty's private secretary: The President, SLAB- drew's Society, Shanghai The King". sincerely thanks the St. Andrew's Socie ty, Shanghai, for their loyal and dutiful grestings.?
A. S. WATSON & CO. King's popularity wazed again, and M. BEATIANG, the Romanian representative, left Paris. At one time nothing less than an incursion into Eungary would satisfy the Rumanians. It was only the patience. of the Great Powers that averted on December 5th., His Honour Jadge In HM. Supreme Court, Shanghai, serious rupture when the Rumanians Skinner. Turner, gave judgment for the marched into Bukovina as far as Kolo-defendants with costs in the slander action brought by Mr. and Mrs. R. mea, 300 miles east of Vienna, and, later, Ryton, of Shanghai, against Inspector. when they entered Budapest and made and Mr. O'Toole. The one issue before requisitions. In the eat, they withdrew him, he said, was were the words com
plained of uttered? He did not, think from the Hungarian capital, but not be any jury fore the Allies had sent 18,000 British cory as against the very positive denial would accept the plaintif's of the defendants Notice of appeal was troops to enforce their decreer. Now that
given.. the Supreme Council asks Rumania to, sign the Austrian Treaty and accept the new delimitation of her frontiers, it is, perhapa, nat unnatural for the people to take the view that they have been de prived of the fruits of their sacrifices in war particularly after their terrible experiences under vox MACEINSEN's iron rule. The Supreme Council has rightly reminded them of the difference between their political outlook now and when the Germans held away in their country.
Japan's acceptance વર the Berna The Garmans transferred the Dobrudja Treaty will involve the abolition of night to Bulgaria, and closed the great high Osaka Mainich, will undoubtedly be the 'work in three years. This, says the way of trade from Rassova to Kustendji gospel of 20,000 workwomen out of 58,000 to Rumania, besides taking over control night long. After 1920, it is said all in this Prefecture, who have to work all of all railways, the four chief passe night work will be prohibited from 10 through the Carpathians, and the pro- o'clock at night until 5 the next morning, duction of wheat, salt and petroleum in and this will have a far-reaching effect on the condition of the "workwoman'a the country. By a supplementary agree bealth, which is at present very bad, ment, the Germans then compelled Ruhundreds of young women dying of mania to cede 170 villager to Hungary.tuberculosis year after year. The Germans and their allies intended The death took place, yesterday morn- to crush Enmanin, territorially and ing, at Gun Club Hill Barracks of RUMANIA'S DAYS OF GRACEconomically, and it is due to the The deceased officer, who was about fifty Captain Weymark, of the R.A.M.C. CONDITIONS in Rumania are so peculiar Entente Powera that Rumania was spared years of age, appeared to be in the best that it is not difficult to understand why this fate. Furthermore, the Allies have of health till early yesterday morning, when be complained of fealing ill and the Supreme Council has allowed the tried to make a just compensation for
expired a few minutes' later. The de- Kingdom six days' grace in which to all that Rumania has suffered.
ceased came out to the Far East a sign the Peace Treaties with her neigh wanted the whole of Transylvania. This of months ago in charge of a couple bours. Reuter's last message incidentally the Allies were, unable to grant, as it repatriated Chinese coolies, whom he die banded in Shanghai. He then returned hints at one reason, namely, a change of would have involved a denial of the to Hongkong and was in residence at the Ministry. Evidently the Cabinet has principles which they have accepted a Gun Club Hill Barracks, awaiting a resigned and a now Cabinet is in course, governing their decisions in regard to the passage Home The Funeral takes place
at Happy Valley, to-day. of formation. This is not so startling future of the small nations in Europa
Dressed in the uniform of an Italian ar event in Bucharest, as it would be in The whole of Transylvania is not peopled
soldier, Antonio Contino, 35 years of age, Paris or in London, but another reason by Rumanians. It is only within an arex
was discovered by a member of the local taken into account by the Supreme Coun of 120,000 square miles in Transylvania Police wandering about in the New cil-as an ally, Rumania has suffered much that the Rumanians preponderate, and Territories. Centine was a member of at the hands of the Germans and the this territory, which is rich in minerals, which visited this harbour about a month the crew of an Italian merchantman, people have passed through very trying the Allies have awarded to Romania go. He confessed that be deserted his experiences during the past three years In the Banat, Romania has been ship and wandered about the New Terri or so and their temper is uncertain. Whis assigned the districts of Temes and back to Italy. He went as far as the tories trying to find a means of getting perk have been heard already, of attempt Carossovorin, with the famous mines and Ping Shan river and, finding himself ed revolution, and it is probable that steel works at Besicra and Anina, berides unable to proceed further, turned back
and walked towards Castle Peak, where · more than ence within the last twelve two thirds of the waterways. The re be was met by the onustable He was monthe the monarchical form of govern-mainder of the Bannt, which has a large brought back to Hongkoue, and is now ment has only been saved by skilful Slavonic population, has been given to detained at the Central Police Station, The position in Ramanis Yugoslavia Rumania's demand for spending the arrival of the merchantman
The Baily Press.
Husetona, DECEMBER 11TH, 1819.
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on Friday.