NEW ADVERTISEMENTS........
BRUNNER, MÖND & CO. (CHINA), LTD,
DURING absence. K . K. HOCKEY will be in charge of the Company's interests
URING ay absence on leave mod until
Soath iding.
G. F. HASLA
Divishal Manager."
B Hongkong, 15th April, 1942
TAIKOO CLUB DEBATING SOCIETY.
Scory's LAST EXPEDITION.
Nilostrated lantern lectore By Capt. EKG. R. EVANS, G.B. D.5.0... RN,- will be given in TAIKOO CIUS on WEDNES DAY, the 19th Aran, at 8.45 r.m. Admission. Balcony (reserved) $9.00, Area (reserved). 12.00), Ares (nameserved) $1.00).
Tickets may be had at the door, ar booked by Telephone to TAIXDO DOCKYARD GERAL Ormor Proceeds of Lecture, will be given to Naval Benefits.
BB
WANTED.
INTIAMTIONS
INSURANCE OFFICES.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
THE HONGKONG. "DALLT, PRESS,, : MONDAY, APRIL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all
FIRE & MARINE · INSURANCE OFFICES =ill be CLOSED for the Transac
MATTHEWS.
INTIMATIONS
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
ACTION NO. or 1929.
tion of. PUBLIC BUSINESS on MONDAY, IN THE GOODS of LEUNG KUN alina the 17th inst. *
By Order, LOWE, BINGHAM &
Secretaries, FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG. MARINE ÎNSURANCE ASSOCIATION
OP HONGKONG & CANTON.
Hongkong, April 13th, 1939-
HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD..
*NOTICE.
[854 DURING the absence of the under ASTEVE VICTOR WARD is appointed Acting Setrelary.
By Order of the Board,
H. N. BɛEAUREPAIKE,
RITISHER, with General Ofice experi
ouse and having about $30,000 Capi'al deidres Partnership or position of trust in a sound besingar.
Apply
Box No. 859.
Clo Daily Pram Office.
TO LET.
TO RENT for years. Beautiful home partially farnished, with a of a mile sm front, standing in 50 scres, with every modern acerenjenor, centisting of large reception cooms, darmerice, & bedrooms, laundry, Tennis, bathing, bahing, beating shooting. Near golf links.
Also roomed house "เช grounds, outbuildings, etc. Rental U. S. Gold $1,00
JE MEG.
Further particulars from E. D. THUAIS, Parksville, Vancouver Island. Britial Culombia.
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S.S. FORTHOS " SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE.
ONSIGNEES of Cargo From MARSEIL. with above Stesszer mes hereby informed that their Goods with the azception of Opiam, Trosaure and Valuables are being landed, and stored at their risks, into the hasardous and/or extra hasardous Godowa of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Oo v, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be i
immediately after landing.
Cargo will be forwarded on unless is received from the Consignees before Noex To day requesting it to be linded Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remained wiciaimed after 21at Haut, will No N. be subject to runt and landing charges.
dil din mast tre sent is to me on of before
She 24th inst, or they will not be recognized.
All damaged packages will be examined by Mor Goddard & Douglas, on FRIDAY, the List inst., at 10 .."
No Fire Insurance has been affected. A. JOBARD
Acting Agent
Hongkong, April 16th, 1992
CHINESE GOVERNMENT, RAILWAYS. CANTON KOWLOON LINE (Chest Section).
WITH the approval of the Ministry of
Communications, supplier of track sleepers and bridge and crossing timbers are hereby invided to submit realed teaders in duplicats, hich should be clearly marked "TENDERS FOR SLEEPERS" and ad- dressed to the Managing Director, Canton- Cawloon Railway, Chinens Section, Cantor, to the Railway Head Office not later than 11 clock in the forenson of TUESDAY, the 90th day of JUNE, 192
Specification and full particulars may bạ btained by
by application to the Railway Head 0500, Canton, on the dope-it of $100, which will be refunded on the submission of a boos Elle tooder:
Teader must be made in the form at the oot of the Specification, which must be returned a detached."
The successful tenderer will be required to ziga a formal contract and to furtish & Bank Cuarantee of 10 per cent of the value of the contract for the due and proper performance of the terms of such contract.
The Railway does not bind itself to accept
kówerk or any fond ·r,
The Head Office. CANTON KOWLOON HAILWAY,
Chinese Section.
Capton, 14th April, 1922.
NOTICE.
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OWING to the advancing decided to ge
production, it been
present
sei increased charge of 0 per cent.
abes, as from APEIL 1st, 1929, on the following riptions of casual advertisments namely
Government Notificatione,
Municiral Notifications. Odcial Notifications
Legal Notices Company Notifications
Association, Club and Society Notices. This, of earse, dres not affect the charge aade for contract spaces held by commercial Erm or for small " Want" advertisements.
HONGKONG DAILY PRZAS
4.
TO SECRETARIES OF CLUES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, '
11
Secretary
GODDARD & DOUGLAS (Talophane 199) Jason SenΡΕΤΟΣ, PRINCE's KentuIJOS.
NOTICE OF KEMOVAL.
"E bereby give notice that we hajet
WED Now (fices on the SedFloor at No. 44, Dm Varvs RoAD CENTRAL
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GODDARD & DOUGLAS.
THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS
DEALERS OF HONGKONG
LEUNG PING KUN aliss LEUNG YUET WA late of No. 26, Prays East Victoria" in the "Colony of Hongkong Lima Maat-
factarer deceased.
Between LAM LEUNG SHI Alias ·
LƯƠNG CHI NGÒI Phintên änd
LEUNG WA HANG and „LEUNG LUNG WA Defendants.
day of April,
INTIMATION
1JEK, · 1981.
́CHAMPAGNE
do ST. MARCEAUX & CO.
REIMS.
Vintage 1911.
(Guaranteed)
1884.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on JOHN HENNESSEY SETH 1992, M in the Colony of Hongkong Accountant "was appointed administrator_pendente lita of the estate and effects of LEUNG KUN alias LEUNG PING. NUN alina LEUNG YUET WA late of No. 26. Praza East, Victoria, in the Colony of Bangkeng Lime Manufacturer deceased, the owner of the & Co., Reims. is Wai San firm, and that no person except |
the said JOHN HENNESSEY SETH or finest Champagnes persons. authorised by him is empowered
of the assets of the said decessed or the
suid firm including the lime made in the Wai San Factory in Ping Chau.
Dated this 12th day of April, 1922.
GEO. K. HALL BRUTTON & CO.
to sell or otherwise to deal with any part It invariably figures in the Menus at Royal Banquets, State functions Regimental Dinners; and is served in all the leading Social and Sporting Clubs of Great Britain, Euorpe America, India and the Colonies.
Solicitors for the Plaintiff.
PREPAID
WANTED"
ADVERTISEMENTS
Latters wis lying at this Úđôn.ku..
THE ANNUAL MEETITION OF ME Boz A, L, JWS, WX, QIT, QV.
bors of the ASSOCIATION EX PORTERS & DEALERS OF HONGKONG, will be bold on FRIDAY, April 21st, 1922, at 4 p.m. precisely, in the OLD CHAMBER ROOM. CAT BALL, for the following purposes: "1. To receive the Report and Accounts of the Committee for the year ended 31st December, 1991.
To elect a New Committes.
3. To transact any general basizes.
By Order.
D. K. BLAIR
Hongkong, 8th April, 1928.
Secretary.
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.
THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL form Association of Hongkong will be bold in the old Chamber of Commerce Room City Hall, on TUESDAY, 25th day of April, 1999,
MEETING of the Constitutional Re-
at 5.15 p.in, for the following Pure Committee and Statement of Accounts to 31st
(1). To recoire
December 1921.
(2). To slect the Officers and Committee
for the ensuing year
(3). To transact any other business.
By Order of the Committee, 'R. STOCK,
Hoo. Secretary, Hongkong, Ap 3 12th, 1922.
NOTICE
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THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS OF HONGKONG;
THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL GEN- ERAL MEETING will be held in the Booms, King's Buildings, on FRIDAY 98th APRIL 1992 6 P.X.
8. BAKER
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Hon. Secretary.
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rich profes. When the war ended off their nows" to spite, ibirse All and the stamp came, the mino-owner prosent they any living on the countr made strenuous efforts to keep up the war and wages cannot be doorvased while the price, one of the measures taken for this continue to demand such high profit, purpose being a reduction of the output por can the cost of living be brought in the hope of creating a artificial normal level. seroity. This policy was a success so far
One thing that is imperatively required as prices in Japan were concerned, but is a rednotion in the price of food, butt is resulted in a heavy falling off in the towards this end the Government · haa demand from outside. Even during the made no efforts. Rather it has assisted latter part of the war, owing to the greed in the maintenance of high prices by of the copper-mine owners it became catablishing State gravaries for the express profitable to import foreign copper to purpose of regulating the price of rice. Japan. The pine-owners then saw that The farmers have to pay a very heavy all their hopes of maintaining the price Land-tax, a survival of the time when the of copper would be frustrated unless sams Land tax was the sole source of revenue of
"
The finest vintage wine since means were found to stop the import of Japar as an agricultural country, and to
fbrisgn copper, and the great political need this Land tax the price of gin h induenee they wield-most of them being to be maintained above a certain gure. members of millionaire families of Sympathy must be felt with the farmers, Jup rought to bear on the and to some extent the attitude of the- Governmezt for an intresa, in the impors | Government towards then is anderstand- duty. Care was taken at the same time able; but the remedy applied is worse than Champagne de St. Margeaux to excite the interest of the military the discare. A reduction in the Land-tax authorities, whose influence is so great to us to enable the farmers to make a one of the in political councils, by pointing out that fair profit, even when' rice is at it lowest allowed to point, would benefit not only the farmer ipper-production were produced.
daindle Japon would be at a disadvan- but the nation as a whole; but this, is a tage in cash she went to war, and that step which the Government seems unable it was necessary, for the sake of her mili to take. To some extend the maintenanos tary hieres. that her copper mines of the price of rice is again due to military should be kept in fill working order. The influence, for the military authorities hars alt was that the Government was per- always in view the neomity of keeping suaded to increase the import duty from Japan a self-supporting country in the about 1 gin 30 sen to 7 yer a picul, and matter of food, and while, on the one this in the face of a general deviand that hand, the revenue derived from the Lands something should be done to bring about ta la cessary for the upkeep of the a fall in prices. The copper mine owners military establishment, on the other the will they have to seek their proût if the farmers must be enabled to make such ̋z home market, since they have deprived profit as will persuade them to keep the themselves of the only means-quality in land under cultivation. In these circum- price by which, they kept the foreign stances the depression in Japan's trade je.. marker. True they can compete abroad not likely to be lifted for some time." & by mcrificing any profit, or by being cor There are those who predict an economie tent with a very small one, as is the case crush as the inevitable result of the preseas with many other of Japan's industries, conditions, and this is, of course, possible. Meanwhile,' unemployment is increasing, but this game will prove a losing one in the long ran, since the maintenance of and unless something is done before sart winter to improve conditions Labour prices at home will serve only to increase
unreatie likely to increase. the cost of living and lead to perpetual labour disputes, ending in an increase of wages and consequent further increase in the price of copper to maintain the mine owners' pronts.
BOLE AGENTS :-
LET-lot of May, well farnished Red Sitting Room with Board and every cons venience for married couple; also one single A room for backelnr. Apply Box Q.V. c/o Daily Press Office,
WANTED-Cossack seeks position
Horse Trainer. Has bad experience
in Petrograd, Moscow, Veroneja & Harbin, Succesful Meets at these places. Reply Box RA, do Hogiong Dang Press,
WANTED-Employment by Lady
MASSEUSE, Good references, Apply His. N. Bons go, Astor House Hotel
TO LET-Six Roomad FURNISHED
S. WATSON CO. LTD.
Wine & Spirit, Merchants.
Y
ERTABLISHED 81. Txans.
TELEPHONE 816.
BIRTHS.
The King's Exequatur empowering Senor Dor Arnaldo Astroes, to act w Consul, for Chile in Hongkong has ra ceived His Majesty's signature.
This selfish policy is emblematic of the HOUSE for about 10 months beginning. 16th April with large Garden. Rent 75 NEWCOM.-At the French Convent Hos-present condition of Japan's industry and
pital, on April 14th, to Mr. and Mrs.trade, and, with a. Goreriment always in Hongkong was 64.1 and the relative Daring March, the mean temperature Apply to Bex Q.T. c/o Day Prem
peculiarly open to appeals from powerful Sumidity was $1.
inches of rain, aid 06.7 ours of
FFICES TO LET-Two good
b. De B. NEWCOMs, a daughter.
On From lat lay all Play Octobot Art WA780s.--On April 7th, at 17. Race conpercint interesse, hope of any in- H. E. Potters, Prince's Buiding.
TO LET.
From 1st July, 1999 or Earlier if Required.
NÚITE of 5 ROOMS, 2nd 'FLOOR' of 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19, Connaught Road Central, Verandaha to each room "FACING HARBOUR, LIFT from the Ground Floor. Apply Box 750 e/o Dail. Prass Office [750
FOR SALE
!..
th
LAND, spproximately 7,000 square feet on waterfront at Swatów with modera ? storied uick and concrete building aitable for office za godown, Further details apply
485
WH. HUMPHREYS & C.
FOR SALE
READIE Screweatting Lathe, Fly Whee en Treadle Shaft 4" Centre's Gap 4° from Sheers between beadstocks. Face
Course Road, Tintain, to Mr. and Mrs. MARSON WATSON, a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
provement grow rather dim. Japan' hot house industries show such delicacy when exposed to the cold blast of com- Petition that they are threatened with
There
wern 3,875
From Peking is stated that the dis very of dangerous imitations of the current 7, 10 and 15 cents stampe of China circulation,
LANG LANG. On April 8th, at the Union Church, Shanghai, by Rev. A. N. Rowland, M.A., JAMES LANO, extinction unless the Government comes to has necessitated their withdrawal from Chief Engineer, China Merchants'
S.. Co., Ltd., of Dumbarton, Soot, their rescue by still further measures of lund to MARY CHALMERS LANG, of protection. Indeed, it is noticeable that Shangtai
ROBERTSON LACHLAN-On April 8th, at the first idea of all the industrialists, when Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, they find that they cannot compete against by the "Very Rev. Dean C J. F.
foreign goods, is to demand an increase Symons, DOUGLAS DE BUTTS, Son of
unblushing the late J. S. ROBERTSON and Mrs, in the import duty with an ROBERTSON, of Edinburgh, Scotland, desire to fleece their fellow-countrymes to HARRIET EVELYN, second daughter which is hardly consistent with the of the late H. N. and Mrs. LACHLAN, of the China Inland Mission.
patriotic spirit.
DEATHS.
Some observers are of
opinion that the present state of thing
"H.E. the Governor has approved the addition of the name of Captain A. E
Wright to the list of officers of the Honge kong Defence Corps who are permitted to retain their rank and to uniform of their unit.
woar the
Alterations in the postal tariff barq
Levy.-A. Davos, on March 9th, VIOLET, will continue until Japan has in through to the current series of postage stamps for
wife of Srey A. Lavy, of Shanghai. all the profits she made in the war, and, Lavis. On April 9th, at the Victoria
Nursing Home, Shanghai, Drin apparently, the Government is not with Lewis To his 40th year.
ont apprehensions of the same kind, for MUEGATROYD-On April 8th, at the Vistrong efforts have been made to check
toria Narsing Home, Shanghai, J. MURGATROTD, aged 40 yours,
of the flow of imports by inducing, the banks Mewer. Gordon & Co. Ltd., late of to refuse financial assistance to importers, Armley, Leeds, Yorks, Hongkong Offien: 104, Das Vœux Bo.... C. NEWS LONDON Oras: 111, Fizer Brann, E.C.
Plate and Clinck, 20 change wheels for Scraw cutting, alide rest, nearly new,
Apply to DOUGLAS 88 CO., LTD”
20, Des Vaz Road Central Hongkong, 10th April, 1921.
{8.20.
DAIRY FARM
necessitated the addition of further duticn Sarawak, bearing the likeness of the Bajah Muda, Charles Fyner Brookon There are:- coats, orange; 6 conta, claret; and 50 cents, bistre and slate, THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC
CO., LTD...
Mr. E. Gordon Lowder, Commissioned TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY GEN.
where possible, and throwing as many of ustoms, win is retiring from the Ber ERAL MEETING will be held at the Com-
obstacles in the way of importers as vice, and Captain H. G. Myhre, Harboun pany's Offices. St. George's Building, on
possible. Nevertheless, considerable in Master, who is going home on leave, werd SATURDAY, 22nd APRIL 1992, at 11,30 AM. for the purpose of presenting the Report of
rouds have been made on Japan's special guests of honour at a dianer given at the the Directors together with a Statement
of
in payment for the imports, and the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, Shanghai, onl Accounts to 8th February 192%, and electing Directora and Anditor. The Transfer Books
Government has restricted the supply to April 8th, by Mr. Bas. Yuan, Com of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to the 2nd April, 1923, both days
the exchange banks, which have conso
inclusive.
quattly ban put to some trouble. Mean
The epidemic of plague in the Colony, By order of the Board of Directors,
As a protection against Moths and humi
while, the embargo on the expert of gold shows no sign of abatement: On the 11th OIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD. | dìty, you cannot do better than store your.
from Japan continues, the notes being inst. nine cases, and on the 12th inst Agnata.
Winter Clothes Furs and Carpete in öst Hongking, 5th April, 1992.
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Of these Cold Stores.
JAPAN's trade, both foreign and domestic, practically son-convertible, in spite of an orez cases, were reported.
expostulatory Press. Apparently barn,|éight" were fatal Three cases' of" "small", still continues in a very depressed condialeo, military influence is being exercised, pox were notified on the 11th and and Fackages own be insured with us aicaton. The imports month by month shown for, in answer to a question in the on the 1b. Three of the four patients Fire and Theft.
NOTICE,
NATIONAL "LOANS OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC (1914) AND OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE REPUBL10 (1915)
TTH reference to the Notice issued to
W the Press by the undersigned under
dato 23rd March, 1922, in which was Publi- shed a list of the schedule numbers of those $10,000 Boads and $1,000 Bonds of the above Loans for the interest and rodemption of which the Inspector General of Customs is responsible, the public is hereby notified that, owing to an error on the part of the Ministry of Finance, three numbers were omitted from that list, namely,
4TH YEAR LOAN: $1,000 BONDS: ; NOS. 2231. 2232, 2233,
STORAGE OF FURS. CARPETS
AND WINTER CLOTHES, "-
For particulars apply to the Secretary,
THE DAIRY FARM, IOB & COLD
STORAGE 00, ITD
A. G. DA ROCHA.
AUOTIONEDE, SURVEYOR "AND
GENERAL BBOTER. ́
1:
No, ka, D'Aguilar Street, Telephone No. 2929 WEEKLY AUCTIONS, TUESDAYS :---
MIBOELLANEOUS GOODS.
LL. preliminary notices of forcing and that these three Bonds are redeemable,THURSDAYS 2
mestinge, lectures and entertainmente, sent for insertion in the news columns of the and interest coupons which they bear pay Hongking Daily Pros, are charged for at the able, from the funds under the administra rate of 51 each, (za ansoureed in May and Janrtion of the Inspector General of Customs. ef last year) providing that they do not cours anore than four lines, In Fature if this race is
• Peking, 5th April 1929,
F.A, AGLEN, Inspector General of Customs.
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teeded they will be placed in the advertas d Inspectoris General of Customs, moleme at the gravycling rates
“VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD · FURNITURE
SATURDAYS —
EXCELLENT BOCSWHOLD · FURNITURE.
The Daily Press.
Honoroso, APRIL 17TH, 1822.
JAPAN'S TRADE.
„in missioner.
Three hundred and sixty-five rounds of ammunition änd & Colt revalvors.
exos over tho
exports, which Japan's
Diot recently, the Premier referred to died. investiments abroad go very little way to balanes. If the imports were confited the military excessity of, Japan, having a to those raw and half-manufactured large specic supply and to the trouble she materials which Japan requires for her experienced in this connection during the industries the situation could be regarded war with Bussis, an experience which the aged to have boon taken from a Chin
did not wish to renew. This, of course, passenger on the Empres of Bus with composure, but of late the tendency is an admission that Japan's notes are led to the traveller's appearanes beforg has been towards an increase in the import over-valaud, since it implies that there Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Magistracy of wholly-manufactured goods in compoti would be an outflow of gold from the on Saturday. He was allowed until to tion with those made in Japan, owing to country were the embargo removed, morrow to instruct a sólicitor and hază the high prices which still obtain in the following the well-known principle that to find $300 bail country, There is, competition even in over-valued currency will always drive
The funeral took place, on Saturday half-manufactured goods, the most extra a under-valued currency out of circula afternoon, of Mr. R. W. W. Bristow, of ordinary instance of this being in the case tion. The Premier denies that he enter Hors. Lane, Crawford, Ltd., who died of copper. Japan has very large copper tains any much fears, speculation in at the Government Civil Hospital, on mines and for years she was the second exchange being the worst that could Good Friday morning, from pneumonia. largost_copper-producing country in the happen in his opinion, but this does not Mr. Bristow, who was 48 years of ago, world, coming next to the United States. explain his refusal to remove the smbargo, bad resided in the Colony for twenty In fact, copper and silk formed the back One-talog is certain, and that is that years, first as a member of a regiment bone of her foreign trade, Naturally, Japaa’w: trade will not rivive" until the stationed here, and, he had been employed " when the war was raging there was a groet manufacturers are content with smaller by the Taikoo Dockyard and other firm demand for Japazess copper and the rim proits and can be brought to see that to before ha took up a position with Misers, € in price enabled the copper-mine owners bleed their own countrymon is like cutting Lano, Crawford,
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