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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 1920.
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
FIRST MORTGAGE DEBENTURES
(KAILAN BONDS).
11
ATMENT of the HALFYÐARLY PINTEREST duct JANUARY 1T, 1920, will be made on presentation of Coupon No. 15 ́st any of the andermentioned. Banks, vis. 19-
HONGKONG AND SHANGNAL"}
BANKING CORPORATION. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AVETMALIÀ AND CHINA. RUSSO-ANATIC 'Bang.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE
Ai Tientsin Shanghai
Hongkong. Tintin and
Hongkong only. Ai TOTOHANA SPECAN BANK, Tientsin wal
Loup
Shangha! only.
The Interest, less Income Tax at 6-it the will be:-
Par Coupon (Gross)
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Or 290. BONDS:;,
Ad 20
Long Tax, så G/- in the £
J. 71/5
Nat amount payshia
844/5
Os £100 BONDS:
£
Per Coupon (Groen)
3 0, 0 18: 0
21. 2 0
2 2
13. а 0
4. 10.
£10 10. 0
Le Tax at 6) in the
Net amount payabla
Or £800 BoyDS:
Par Coupon (Gron) Low Tax at 8/- in the 2
Net amount payable
Payment will be made in Taelá at the Demand Buying rate of exchange if the day the Coupon in prometed,
By Urder,
THE KAILAN MINING
ADMINISTRATION,
W. 8. NATHAN,
General Manager.
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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
A MEETING KOWLOON SIX PER CENT. FIRST MORTGAGE
RESIDENTS be held the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROOM, CITY HALL, 00 TUESDAY, JANUARY 201N, at 5.15 p... for the purpose of inaugurating the “Kow- Icon Residents Association" the principal object of which is the betterment of condi-
tions of residence in Kowloon and the
adjacent territories...
All Kowloon Iesident, hoch Ladies and Gentlemen, interested in the movement are invited attem, and anyone wishing to join the As cistion, who have not already done so, please send their names to M. B. L. FROST, I, Kimberley Villas, Kowloon.
اوار
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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND HINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
Payment of Final Dividend on Shares for the year ending 30th June," 1919.
BOARD baving, declared
at
TINTERIM DIVIDEND of 15% (Fifteen
DEBENTURES (KAILAN BONDS).
· SEVENTH DRAWING.
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that,
in conformity with the conditions endorsed upon the Debentures, the under- mentioned numbers of Debentures of the Twenty-third day of October, 1919, at total value of £24,000 were drawn on the
Austin Friars, in the City of London, the Offices of the Company, No. 2,
in the presence of WALTON FITZJAMES Turner, one of the Directors, ALFRED WILLIAM BERET, Secretary of the Com- pany, and JoHN WILLLMER JAURALI of 7/8 Great Winchester Street, London, EU, Notary Public
The said Debentures will be paid off at par on the 31st December, 1918, at either of the following places
In Landon: At the Transfer Office of the Company, No. 6, London Wall Buildings,
E.C
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The drawn Debentures, with Coupons Nos. 16 to 20 attached, must be left four clear days for examination.
By Order,
"ALFRED W. BERRY,
Secretary.
Countersigned
J. W. P. JAURALDE, 22, Austin Friars, London, EC. 2,
Notary Public.
z3rd. October, 1019.
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THE HONGKONG WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
IN THE MATTER of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinances 1914-1919.
NOTICE is for general information
per cent), fron of Income Tax, for the year ending 30th June, 1919, nider-of Bearer Shares and Bolders of Dividend Wamants received from London oa account of Registered Shares, will be paid their dividends on presenting No. 14 Coupon of the Bearer Shares, and Dividend 70 BONDS OF £100 EACH, NUMBERED aped by the above named Company to
Warrants on Registered Shares, to either of the following Banks at Shanghai Tiontain:
THE HONOR AND SHANGHAI BANKITO
THE Russo-ÁBIAZIO BANK
THE BANQUE BELGE POUR L'ETRANGER. The Payments will be made in either Dollars or Taela as the holder may wish, at the buying rate of exchange of the day.
GENERALS MANAGER, THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.
H200
Hongkong, January 8th, 1910-
BONDS OF £500 EACE, NUMBERED:—
7... 37 114
135 **99 255
powers contained in the above Ordinances hereby given that pursuant to the the undermentioned shares and all rights, In Brussels: At the Ufices of the Local thereof, were vested in the Custodian of whether legal or equitable in respect Board, 13 rue Brederode, Brumoia; In China: At the General Offices of the Property, Hongkong, who par
suant to the said power as recently sold Company, Tientsin.
the same by private tendar AND NOTICE 18 ALSO GIVEN that pursuant to the aforementioned powerf new Certificates in respect of the said shares bave been
the Purchaser and that all other Certi ficates whatsoever in respect of the abares have been noted in the books of the said Company as cancelled "AND NOTICE IS FURTHEE GIVEN that in consequence of the foregoing all out- standing Certificates in respect of the said shares are valueless for all purposes. whatsoever.
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and that his devoted services to his coun- M. Roan, the Consul for France in try will be appreciated and remembered Hongkong, who recently returned to the with gratitude by future generations; Colony from Home. is to relieve M. but he announces that it is his firm
Wilder, the Consul-General at Shang- intention to carry his predecessor's work hai, who is shortly going Home. to a successful conclusion. Mr. G. W. OLIVECRONA, the Engineer-in-Chief, in a letter covering his latest Report on the
DEWAR'S project for the regulation of the North
"WHITE
River system, with estimates of cost, remarks that the West and North Rivers with their interlacing channels are so closely connected and dependent upon each other in time of food that any attempt to control, the water lovel in one of them must involve similar action in the other. The East River stands by
The substantial sum
of about $5,000
will be available for distribution among Shanghai charities as the result of the meeting arranged by the Shanghai Race Club on New Year's morning.
་་
£8,500 to the King's Fund for the Dis
Referring to the manifceat gift of abled, by the Ewo Cotton Co., the Y.-C. Daily News observes: The practice of memorializing good profita by fat dona- tions to war funds, etc., is being increas
LABEL"d should be dealt with independ. ingly observed by Shanghai companies
Finest Scotchi
WHISKY
of
Great Age.
Sole Agents:-
A. S. WATSON & CO,
LIMITED.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
618
BIRTHS.
Cor-At Shanghai, on December 30th, 1919, to Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS CEO, Jacoa-At Shanghai, on December 31st., 1910, to Mr. and Mrs. S. J. JACCE,
A JOTZ.
800.
DEATH.
LOZZAGA--At Manila, on December 24th.. IP, SEA DA MARIA MARTINEZ GARDE DE LOTTAGA.
Zugkomo Ossics: 101, Das Vaux Roi, C. Laxarezca 181, Fixie Bar, E.C
The Baily Press.
ently. The Engineerin-Chief advises and it is a very excellent one." that the scheme outlined in his Report on the North River should be undertaken without delay, is being the first stage of the work required to ameliorate the deplorable flood conditions prevailing throughout the Delta, "though the con- clusive effect upon the floods may not be expected before the proposed improve ments on the West River are completed."
also
Now comes the question of funds. We gather that lack of funds has been responsible for sorte delay in the progress of the investigations. It is sincerely, to be hoped that the whole scheme will not now be hung up for a similar reason. The Director-General emphasises the pressing need of a speedy solution of the financial question. Large sums of money, be says, ate asked for, but the loss of property sustained on account of inade quato food protection preponderates in value over
the funds here proposed to be spent on permanent flood control" yearly tax of from 30 to
40 cents per mow oh such lands as are situated within the limits liable to foods would yield sufficiant funds, the Director- General ways, to enable the Board of Conservancy Works to carry out their schemes within about fifteen years. The total cost of controlling the three rivers is estimated at 935,000,000, and the Engineer-in-Chief suggests that keeping. in mind the losses inficted by single flood, such as that which occurred in 1915,
A
The following articles were found at the City Hall on the night of the St. Googe's Ball: Two brooches, gent's cigarette caso (damascons), lady's blue' slik embroidered shawl. The shawl is in possession of the Police but the other articles may be obtained by their owners from Mr. John Bentley, Hon. Secretary of the Society of St. George.
Mr. 6. L. L. Williams, formerly in the American Consular service and also manager of the American Bank Note Company, who volunteered for special service during the war and acted as second Secretary of Legation, from which.. post he resigned in November, has Been given the appointment of Associate In spector General of the Wine and Tobacco
Administration.
Discussing the disparity in steamer fares, owing to the exigencies of Ex- change, the TC. Daily News remarks:- It seems quite probable that in the near future all fares from Shanghai to foreign ports will have to be paid in Mexican dollars and that the various Companies concerned will make adjustment on a level basis, but before this can be done the agencies here will base, to wait instructions from head offices.
the
H.E. the Governor gave a dinner party at Government House on Monday Honour Sir Havilland de Bausmirez, evening when there were present:-His
His Honour Sir William Rows Davies,
wben" according to a very conservative estimate, values up to ten million dollars were destroyed, the population concerned
paying such a tax as is suggested, pro- . . Ferguson, Q.B.E., R.N., Comman would, no doubt, be prepared to take K.C., Lady Bees Davies, the Hon. Mr. upon themselves the responsibility of J. Johnstone, Mrs. Johnstone, Eng. Capt. vided guarantees are given that the tax der A. H. Walker, O.B.E, IN... Eng. would be eficiently and well spent for the Com. J. E. Cuningham, R.N., Major G. purpose intended. He reckons that the H. Wakeman, Mr. E. J. Gedge, Mrs. cost of eliminating the food danger in Gedge, Major G. de Buquet, Mra, lo an area covering 10,000 square kilometres Huquet, Captain E. H. Bleckly, Mrs. Works out, in round figures, at $4.00 per Bleckly, Mr. Boss Thomson, Mr. N. L mow of cultivated land. As he very per- Smith, Mrs. Smith, Mr. N. 8. Brown. tinently puts it, this is an insignificant and Mr. Brown. cost for the accessary protection when one considers that a single rice crop repre News has been received in Shanghai of senta a valis of $25 to $30 per mau. If the death of Capt. Arthur E. Knights at" the facts given in these valuable reports Berkeley, California, on November 22nd, The shares referred to shove are the
are properly placed before the people of 1919, at the age of 56. following:-
Capt Knights No. nt No. of Existered
the districts concerned, and adequate was a native of England, and followed old
DOW Do of
guarantees are given for the proper ex shares shares all shares.
the ser from his youth, eventually arziv- penditure of the funde, there ought to being in Shanghai, where he became & pilot inclaire.
CONSERVANCY IN THE
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eager assent to the taxation suggested. the Shanghai Steam Navigation Co., of 84196/34220 A FUurung. Report just received from the The longer this "vast undertaking which Messrs Russell & Op. wore 28369/23893 Board of Conservancy Works of Kwang delayed the greater grows the danger, managers. He reigned in 1879 and 87687187711 tung serves to remind us of the valuable for the Engineer says the dyke systems are 25815/25830
entered the service of the China Mer 17305 27314 work which the Board has done in the gradually getting weaker and show less chante 8. N. Co as Captain and was in 27815/2/824 preparation of a comprehensive scheme of resistanco now against foods than they command on the river steamers for many 273252734 engincering works designed to protect did when the Board began its investiga years. He also brought out is command, 36185/35138 the population of the Canton Delta from tions four years ago. In any case, the from Scotland, the str. Kiangys in 1883,
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NOTICE,
ICENCES of Private Jinrichshas, Private Chairs, and drivers and bearers of the same are die for renewal on January 1st, 1990.
E. D. C. WOLFE Captain Superintendent of Police. Hongkong, January 8th, 1920.
CHINESE POSTAL NOTIFICATION. CHINESE TENDERS REQUIRED FOR MOTOR LAUNCH.
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VENDERS are hereby invited for te construction of a 40 45 foot MOTOR LAUNCH for the use of the Chinese Post Office in Canton.
Draft specifications and plan may be obtained on application to the undersigned,
F. A. NIXON, KE Acting Commissioner, Chinese Post Office, Canton
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NOTICE
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT "AND AGENCY CO, LTD. RMOWBRAY STAFFORD NORTH
MCOTE ban This Day been appointed
Fecretary to the Company.
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83117ate Admiral Ts, who was appointed tins of the Delta will be so blind to very highly respected by his employers.
Dated this 30th day of December, 1979 TEE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,
B. K. DIER,
Chief Manager. 154
A Chinese woman has committed suicide by taking an overdose of opium.
by the President of the Republic in their own interests as to refuse the funds 81992/32001 1914 to organise and supervise the Board necessary to cure themselves, within the
A meeting called in Yokohams to form 28709/28733 1167 11568 of Conservancy, recognised that the flood shortest possible space of time, from an served in the war brought out 49 men an association of British subjects who had 745851/45360 problem in the Delta was not one that over-increasing danger."
10624/16548 could be solved by tinkering methods.
who had given their services as soldiers He saw that a comprehensive' scheme,
It was decided that the name of the Association should be "The Ex-United based upon scientific investigations made by experienced engineers, was necessary,
Service Association of Japan." It was and în doe course he provided the Board
also decided that there should be an with a Staff competent to undertaka
Mr. W. A. Dowley returned to Hong- attempt made to amalgamate with the kong yesterday on the Shingo Maru..
Kabe Association. The membership in- the preparation of a scheme. For three
cludes all who served during the war and years the Board's Staff has been eftgaged,
There was a further rise in Exchange comprises two clames: Original hydrographical and topographical yesterday, the dollar going to 5a, old surveys, the field work being done by on demand, Chinese Staff Funder the direction" of. European engineers experienced in work Partnerhip heretofors existing July last Admiral Tax
of this description. Before his death in TOTICE IS HEERBY GIVEN that
had the satis between PHILIP WALLACE GOLDRING od CECIL ·HYNES LYSON, Bolicitors,
faction of knowing that a general scheine under the name of Goldring and Lyson, has for the control of the floods in the basins been dissolved as from Janus lat, 1920.
Debts owing to and Claims against he had been drawn up
West, North and Canton rivera the Firm must be paid or submitted to X;
His successor, Mr. ILLYSON, at the Office of Missa LO AND TRAO TV YISO, pot only pays him theing in constable being enabled to attain are now busy drawing up rules for the LO, Alexander Buildings, Hongkong, en or before January 15th,
tributo of saying that his pioneering the ranks of Lispector and Berg work was the first of ita
NOTICE,
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
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It is reported in Northern papers that the business premises of Hears. Thomp son Hannan & Co. at Dairen have been purchased by the Hongkong and Shang
those who saw actual warfare, and tional Mombers, those who volunteered but did not have the opportunity to fight. The committee consisted of Major Wool ridge as chairman, Mesex. Bawden and Dunlop, of. Tokyo; Messa. Blundell, Mann and Pattison af Tokohama and hai Bank.
Mr. W. E. Atwell, as Hon. Becretary sad A new scheme of Police rank for will be asked to become the Hen, Presi
Tresenter. The British Military Attache, Chinese has nor com
ome inte force, result dent of the Association. The committee
ia China by promotion,
Association to be submitted
meeting short
the next