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FOR SALE; BRUNSWICK STANDARD ICE
MAKING PLANT.
Capacity- tons per 24 hours. No of fce Cans-Do,
Weight of Block 15lb., size 83" x 15" x 42′′., Conpremar Pulley-dia, face. Speed-10 R.P.SI.
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of Towne for # Gentleman (or two friends), Board Residence in Englishman's FRAGRANT, House, Quiet healthy position, excellent sur romlings, Boating, Bathing, fishing, Box. (50
FOR SALE.
IVE-ROOMED BUNGALOW, Fest Tennis Court, Bitoken Garden.
Early possession, Apply to-
"Box No. 588, Care of Daily Prous Office.
**688
FOR SALE.
TERCER TOURING
GAR-7-Seater,
AROMATIC,
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The Hongkong University, Union Fund for famine relief in North China amounta to #1,845.61.
Sir Robert, Ho Tung did not stay in Shanghai on his arrival there last week, but proceeded on Saturday night to Peking.
the menes chosen are the most appro priate is a legitimate subject for dis. cuasion. What alternative means ara, possible? It is rather too late; for the purposes of the present Budget, to raise the question of loans for public works It is a suggestion which has been mudo many times before, both in the Council
Seahor Freitas, the Portuguese Minia- and out of it, but more than Governor of the Colony has expressed hister to Peking, has officially informed the disapproval of that policy and even Foreign Office at Peking that he has representatives of the Chamber of Com taken up the post of the Doyen of the merce have been known to applaud the Diplomatic Corps in Peking. Government for disregarding the advice that the Chamber is now tendering. If we are not mistaken, the policy of paying for all expenditure out of current reventio is dictated by the Imperial Government. In any case the approval of the Secretary
of State would be required for raising a loan, short or long, and it is too much DRY to hope, even in the most favourable circumstances, that approval would be obtained within the time covered by the present Budget
The Government has to raise sufficient revenue from some source or other to cover the expenditure which it cannot
Mz. "W. W Lamedaļa who arrived in Peking about a year ago, as Master Mechanic in charge of the Handley Page machines which the Government par chased, died of virulent small-pox at the French Hospital, Peking, on the 19th
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Don Luis Pastor, the Spanish Minister- of the Peking to Peking and doyen Diplomatie Corps, died in the French Hospital at Peking on the 12th instant. The Spanish Minister had been ill for a fortnight ile had not been well since au attuck of cholera which he suffered
19 it. mg. Complete with Ice Tank sul | DOG, CAT & POULTRY SHOW•} \ Complete with all accessories, including Its "Dryness" is a featurê which | avoid in the present year, and there is st year.
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Further details and specification may obtained from-
ACEAL REISS,& CO. No. 8, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong. (84 Hongkong, April 2nd, 1921.
STEAMER FOR SALE.
INDER instructions received from THE
UMINISTRY OF SHIPPING, LONDON, Oilers are invited for the purchase of the following Ex-Enemy Steamer.
Beitr Name of Steamer BANES
1906
Прови Tonnage
790
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Tonnage
317
Terms of Sale and full particulars may be ascertained on application to and permita for inspection will be issued by Messrs. BovSTEAD & Co., Singapore: Mers. BELLOCH BROTHERS A LTD, Rangoon, Mears, MACKINKON igned
SEALED TENDERS should be lodged with MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO., Cal. cutta The Tenders which must be in Sterling, will be opened at Calcutta on FRIDAY, the 17TH JUNE, 1921, and must be valid for 14 days After that data.
I
MAUKINNON MACKENZIE & CO. 16, Strand Bond, CALCUTTA.
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NOTICE.
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IS. NOTIFIED for information that ar CASE OF RABIES has occurred within the Eastern District of the City of Victoria.
All dog owners are advised to exercise strict supervision over their dogs, and to keep them on leash in public places.
The Police have orders to enforce strictly the provisions of Section 18 of the Summary Offences OnliuanDO, VIZ
16(1) It shall be lawful for any police con
stable to destroy any dog or other animal reasonably snapected to be in a rabid state, or which has been bitten by any dog or animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state.
(2) The owner of any such dog or animal who
permits the same to go at large, after having information or reasonable grand for believing it to be in a rabid state, or to have been bitten by a dog or other animal ju & rabid state shall be liable to a fine not dollari or exceeding two hundred and fifty
to imprisonment for nay term not exceed- ing three months:
(3) It shall be lawful for any police constable to destroy any dog which is found stray: ing or wandering about during the day-time without any owner and not wearing either collar with the name and residence of the owner inscribed therson or a current License Badge; and any such constable is bereby further authorised to destroy any dog which is found straying or wandering about between the hours of 10 p.m. and
T. E. KING," Acting Captain Superintendent of Police,
[817 Hongkong, April 16th 1921.
SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE
11, PRAYA EAST, HONGKONG. Fine and HCM. Navy.
TOE the mae of all Men of the Mercantile
Beading and Writing Room, Billiard Room, Officer Boom CP.O. Boom Restaurant, Concert Hall, Church.
Private Cabins and bed in Dormito
Motor Tannah: “Dawastia
NOW ON SALE.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN LINE.
WM. POWELL LTD. ·
JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTIETH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETINO ofSHAREFOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Com- pany's Offices on TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH at 1 clock Now, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, and Statement of Accounts to the 28th February, 1921.
The TRANSFER BOOKE of the Company will be CLOSED from the 19th April to the 26th April, 1921, both days inclusire.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
H. O. HOLT, Becretary.
808 Hongkong, April 15th, 1991.
BY APPOINTMENT
THE
PUBLIC AUCTION,
HE Undersigned have received instructions
to sell by Pablo Anction,
(For Account of the Concerned), On WEDNESDAY,
the 27th April, 1921, at 11 A., at their Sales Room, No. 8, Dea Voux Road, Corner of loe House Street,
7,000 1. PORK..
· 77 lbs. CELERY SEED.
Sound condition,,
TERMA-Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
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INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Face JAPAN,
IHE Steamship
"KWAISANGTM having arrived from the above ports,Consignees of Largo by her are hereby informed that all floods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Company, Limited, whence, and/or from the wharves, delivery may be obtained Gooda not aleared by the 27th Apr., will be subject to rent.
All broken, chatod, and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined. Claims against the steamor mart be presented within 10 days of arrival, otherwise they will not be recognized.***
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us to Bills of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LTD.
General Managers, Hongkong, April 21st, 1981.
any cans whatever,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
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Fox NEW YORK.
THE Blowship
"KAZENGA "" Earing unived, Consignees of Cargo are inform- ed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous delivery may be obtained. Godowns of Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, whence
No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown, and all Goods remaining andelivered after pril 28th, will be subject' to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Underaigned on or before 2nd May, 1981, or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to
be left in the Godowns where they will be
no alternative to new Stamp duties in
Four men, two armed with daggers aud sight. That, however, does not exclude the two carrying rebes, eutered a house in has helped to give this drink the possibility of the elimination of any one Sheung Yuen village by removing come The inmates were of the proposals the Bill contains. The bricks in the wall.
The robbers then Chamber's first resolution practically asks bound and gagged. for, the elimination of the proposed ransacked the house, stouling jewellery Stamp duty on agreements for the sale to the value of *30, also $50 worth of of goods because it is without precedent clothing. An alarm was raised and one in any part of the British Empire, and of the meh was captured.
oppressively and undaly hamper
popularity it so well deserves.
Pints, $1.25 per dozen.
Splits 80 ́cts.
eramined on say TUESDAYS OF FRIDAYS be AS WATSON
tween the hours of 10.45 M., and Noom within
the free ktorage period of
wook
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE, LTD. General Agents. Hongkong, April 18th, 1921.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LMFTED,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE..
THE Steamship
"KUMSANG" having serived from the above porta, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
Company
Lamited, whence, and/or from the wharves, dehvery ma be obtained.
Goods net simred by April, 25th, will be abject to rent
All broken, cha fed and damaged packages are to be left in the Go lowns, where they will be aramined. Claims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of arrival, otherwise they will not be recognised.
CO., LTD.
will
the conduct of business in this Colony."enbers of the Queen's College Old, Boys' Association are reminded of (1) the ̋ The proposed taxation on policies of manual dinner to be held on Saturday, marine insurance is condemned as being April 3rd, in the College Hall at 8 p.m., far greater than the business can success- and of (2) the cricket match, which is to fally contend with and as likely to drive take place on the same day at 2 p.m., sa business away from the Colony. The same
"
ja said of the duty on charter parties. the Indian Recreation Club ground, at We confess we do not understand the tokumpoo Valley, and not on the College objection which is made to the proposed ground as previously advertised.-ADVT, increase of stamp duty en land trans The Ashio copper mine, north of Nikko, actions. It is said that these duties will has been again the scene of trouble, a constitute an excessive burden on this sympathetic strike on the part of over important resource of this Colony. "three thousand men having been declared. Most people warem to regard them, as In sympathy with 337 miners who, on legitimate taxation of profits made in account of the economic depression, wera land speculation, Crown land is the only discharged, and ordered to vacate their important resource in land that the houses as quickly as possible, some 3,500 Colony would appear to have, and if miners went on strike, demanding that the effect of the duties on the sale of the whole of the discharged men be allow- land belonging to the Crown shoulded to return to work.
to
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DEATH. POND.At Shanghai, on April 10th,
ALKEET VICTOR POND, 2nd-officer. China Navigation Co., Ltd., aged 21
YESTE
Horexone Orion: 10a, Due Faux RD., C LONDON OFFION: 131, FLAT STRERT E.O
The Bady Press.
HONGKONG, APRIL 23KD, 1921,
THE STAMP DUTIES.
7
#
from whose.
of a 60 per cent, increase in rates in Hongkong" while on the little table by his chair his gin is marked "19. conte more."? Things we are thankful for "
AFBATED WATER MANUFACTURERS result in depreciating its safe" value A cartoon by F. Millington in "the extent corresponding with the Daily News shows a man raporing increase in the duties, we do not in a comfortable chair in the Shanghai see that the Goverument, or the Colony Club reading with smiling countenance stands to lose anything. What is lost on
Shanghai newspaper bearing the the sale is made up in stamp duty No-legend no increase in rates." Below body explained at the meeting how these this picture is a larger picture of a man
of dojected countenance particular duties would operate as an
an important puckered brow beads of perspiration are. excessive burden on resource of the Colony." It was not men dropping as he reads in his newspaper tioned by Mr. EDKING an one of the to the Bill outstanding objections" which had occurred to him. The CHAIRMAN himself said nothing on this resolution when putting it to the meeting, nor was anything said on the subject by the is the line at the bottom of the cartoon seconder, Mr. A. M. Bowes SMITH (of Messta DAVID SASSOON & Co.), who is a comparatively new arrival in the Colony, 1f, as is generally supposed, the purpose Te meeting of members of the Hong-of this provision is to get for the public kong General Chamber of Commerce to revenue a contribution from the profits consider the proposals contained in the made by land speculations in this Colony, Bill now before the Legislative Council it has the appearance of being one of to increase many of the existing Stamp the few redeeming features of the new duties and to impose certain now duties Bill. If it is possible to represent this has given the Government many things duty in any other light it is to be to think about before next Monday, when regretted that no one took the trouble to the Bill again comes before the Council do so at the meeting on Thursday. The comedy of French Society life in the days for second reading. Some very useful Stock Exchange has naturally been before the Revolution. Bride and bride criticism was offered on several provisions concerned, not to say alarmed, over the groom, married at the instigation of their of the Bill and eleven resolutions were provisions of the Bill with regard to families, each has a love affair quite adopted for communication. to the share transfers, especially the penalising independent of the union into which they Government. The view of the Chamber of blank transfers, in which respect the have entered, and neither is quite willing. of Commerce, as expressed by the Chair.Bill is described in the resolution passed to be off with the old love, and on with having arrived from the above ports, Consignees mangof, the meeting is it the proposed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting as new-indeed the husband is rather of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all legislation is in many respects vexations unworkable. "It is evident from shocked at the suggestion that ho should Goods are being landed at their risk into the and harmful, and that some of its what is said in theObjects and Rea be so utterly unfashionable as to be in sons" of the Bill that the Government love with his wife, and the wife is very bazardons and/or extra hazardous Godowns of provisions would necessarily have “ 8 has given much. consideration to the
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famited, whence, and/or from the wharves, delivery may be obtained the Colony, and might conceivably-at probably be found very reluctant to material in this for a genius like Thumas
abandon what would seem on the face of 6ra, will be subject to rent
No-Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Ltd,
General Hanagers. Hongkong, April 19th, 1921. [831.
** GLEN” LINE OF STEAMERS, LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM UNITED KINGDOM, GENOA
COLOMBO AN STRATIS.
THE Steamship
#GLENIFFER***
H. B. WARING COMPANY. ·
"'A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE.””
The H. B. Waring Company haɑ `given such a fine selection of plays, admirably staged and presented, that it was not surprising to find a large audience at the Theatre Royal, last night, for Dumas' play, "A Marriage of Convenience."
This proved a charming and amusing
OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godoendeticy to drive business away from subject of blank transfers and will love sick and very innocent. Enough.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION Goods not cleared by the 27th April, 1921, teast in time-have the effect of reducing it to be perhaps one of the most profit to play with very prettily and he does it.
COMPANY, LTD.
NONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer
DEMODOCUS".
27th April, 1921, at 10 am. Olaims against the usither the Government nor the impartial are hereby notified that the large will be dis.steamer must be presented within 30 days of committee which has been advising them
charged into Holt Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee a risk. The Dargo, will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after April Satb.
Optional cargo will be landed, unloer notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival.
All broken, chatod, and damaged goods-are
la be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on suy Tuesday and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 A. and Noos within the free storage period
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all gooda remaining undelivered after April 25th, will be subject to rent
All Claims against the Stormer must be presented to the undersigned on or before May 17th, they will not be recognised.
No Fire
"will be effected": BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agenta. April 20th, 1991,
TEST
All broken, chafed and damaged packages are revenue instead of increasing it." These, able sources of revenus in the whole list. Contrast and then friction, and then a to be left in the Godowns where they will be of course,
which Indeed, it may well be doubted whether little foolishness, and then jealousy, and Bre consequences examined by Messrs. Goddard & Douglas, or
this source alone would not field all the the better qualities of both coming to the money required if it were possible to tap it in the manner suggested. The scheme surface, and the aid of an old uncle who may be impracticable but is not neces has no patience with the morals of the sarily inequitable. Ita adumbration haa new generation, and finally discovery that at least had the effect of eliciting an the old loves have been a sham and that alternative proposal, which is a step, if love pure and honourable is possible, com-
bine to bring about a happy ending... only a short one, in the right direction.
otherwise they will not be recognized. 196 Bán Lubuvaños 1/11-be effected by usin any do whatever, mus
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.
Agante, Hongkong, April 20th, 1921.
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LOCAL NEWB":
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on the proposals contained in the Bill, have caller contemplated or desired, and between now and Monday next, we have no doubt, these views and whatever drguments have been advanced in their support will receive most careful consid eration at the hands of the Government. Mr EDIN (of Messra BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE), who was the principal speaker at the meeting, while recognising that the Government must have more revenue, expressed the opinion that it had chosen neither the happiest time nor appropriate means for securing it under this Stamp Ordinance. Unfortunately the Government has had no choice of time, but whether
All taxation is vexation everywhere, Hearty congratulations are due to Miss and it cannot be gainsaid that the new Jeannette Sherwin for a charming inter legislation embodied in the,, revised: pretation of the young wife to Mise Edith Stamp Ordinance is peculiarly vexatious Smith who played the maid's part delight in many respects, but we feel sure that falls, to Mr. Charles Quartermaine, the the criticism and objections advanced at husband. Mr. Christian Morrow the inter the meeting of the Chamber of Com loping lover, Mr. Wordley Hulse who meres will receive at the hands of the made a really Ane soldier of the old Government the most careful considerat school, and to-Messre: Frank Vosper-and- tion, for it is to the interset of the Mr. James Jolley who gave valuable. Government no less than that of the assistance. It was a very delightful per general trading community that the busi formance, and the audience showed ita ness on which the prosperity of the appreciation in unmistakable fashion Colony really rests should not be handi To-day, The Herchant of Venice capped by legislation to an extent that will be given at a matines performance,
and "The Speckled Band "al 9,35 jr.m. will drive it from the Colony,