NEW ADVERTISEMENTS-
NOTICE.
have authorized
WEEUGENE LAMMERT to Sign our MF. LIONEL
Firm from THIS DATE.
LAMMERT BROS
E. K. INDIAN SCHOOL.
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TILLIS KADOORIE SCHOOL FOR
U.
THE HONGKONG DAILY
E88, TUESDAY, MARCH 13ra,
· 1923.
INTIMATIONS
NOTICE
BY ATArgument We have relinquished the BANCO NACIONAL Agency of the ULTRAMARINO, as from the 8th MARCH. 1983
ARRATOON V. AFCAR & CO.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
DEVELOPER, LTD.
B
INTIMATIONS
CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO.
•
NOTICE.
ORDINARY THE FORTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, PRODLE STREET, on TUESDAY, the 27th MARCH.11.30 for the purpose, of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1924.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to 17th March, both daya inclusive. -1435
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LD, General Agents, Hongkong, 8th March, 1933.
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INDIANS are holding their SPORTS on WANNUAL Back Page of ILL please and Copy for the Indian Recreation Club Ground on
Annusi is still Open For Acceptance. Apply WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Mr. RAUN has kindly consented to distribute Des Vesar Rösd. the Prizes. All those who are interested are
■ ABDULLAH,
Sports Master.
cordially invited,
LANCASHIRE FIRM ofENGINEERS,
Abishel 1939, Manufacturing Mining
R.
1983-1824.
EA LED TENDERS will be received at
Machinery, ie, Steam. Compressed Air and the RN. BoaPITAL until 10 A.M., on the Electrically Driver Banling and Winding Ma 91st MARCH 1923, from perete desirous of chingry, also Builders and Contractors, etc., supplying Beef, Mutton, Fowla, Park, Bread, Winebes. Electrically Stram and Gasoline Cheese, Fum Cow's Milk, Aerated Waters. Ice Driven. Turbines and Palton Wheels, require and other provisions, and necessaries for the AGENT in China. Only those who can gaur-year ending 31st March, 1924. anter Goo Business need apply. Box X.T.. 891, Hopwood, 170, Fleet Street, London,
AVISO.
FIAZ-SE publico, que a comissão F
da
na reunião de 31 de Fevereiro pp. terá apreventado a L'omunidade Portuguesa deita culonia na proxima Quarta-feira, 14 do corrente, as 17 horas, no Club Lusitanb. Come o anto de que se trata é de grandissima importancia para a comunidade. pole su a comparencia de todos os portuguese messa
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Secrétaria da Comissão. FERNANDO. E. D'ALMADA REMEDIOS.
Hongkong, 12 de Março de 1923,
NOTICE
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THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK CO. LTD.
A
OTICE IS HERERY GIVEN that the
NADIVARE EARLY MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Office of the Company, 2. QUIIN'S BUILDINGS Hongkong, on MONDAY. the 20th MARCH. at Noor, for consideration of THE 1913, DIRECTORS' REPORT AND STATEMENT ACCOUNTS for the year ending 31st December, 1992.
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 17th to the 28th March, 18 (both lays inclusive).
By Order of the Board of Directors,
R. M. DYER.
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 19th March, 1923.
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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
INTERPORT & INTERCLUB REGATTA AND CLOSING CRUISE
at the
CLUB HOUSE. NORTH POINT SATURDAY, 17TH MARCH, 1923. Ladin' Yacht Rage:—19: Can, 3.15. p.m. ROWING EVEN, Morning and Afternoon. FIRST REGATTA EVENT, after tiffin will be at
3 p.m.
*HONG" FOURS 2-4 P.RL.
INTERPORT FOUE-po wwww.dak
Special TRAM CARS from Post Office :- 2.15 p.m., 1.20 p.m., 2.45. p.m., and 3 p.m. Special LAUNCHES from MURRAY Fier: 1 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., every 15 minutes.
The INTERPORT CREWS will be entertained to Dinner at the HONGKONG HOTEL at 8 p. when the Prizes won will be presented.
TICKETS may be obtained from---
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2. Mr. D. C. LOGAN,
1
Printeil. Forms of Tender and further par ticulars can be obtained at the RN. HosITAL The right to reject the lowest or any Tender fis reserved.
F. DALTON,
Surgron Captain, R.N.
1520 R.N. Hospital,
Hongkong, 19th March, 1823,
BOXING.
By permission of the Officer Commanding. THE KING'S BEGIMENT NOVICES TOURNAMENT
will take place at ̧ MURRAY BARRACKS
On
THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST 16TH & 17TE, AT 9 r... There will also Le Middle and Lightweight Competitions open to the Services, and a 10 Round Contest on each night.
The Regimental Band will be in attendance.
PRICES OF ADMISSION :—— Ringside Beats, Reserved) General...82.00 Two Small Standa
Fublic ... 3.50 Large Stand (Services in Uniform)... 0.50. Reserved Seats may be booked and Unreser red tickets purchased at the School Room, situate at the Garden Road entrance to Murray Barracks, from Monday, 12th, to Wednesday, 14th. between the hours of 12 to 2 and 5 to 7 p.in.
+
The Army Tournament will take place at Murray Barracks on Thursday; Friday and Saturday, March 22nd, 23rd and 24th,
J. BAILEY, Ldout:- President, Regimental Boring Committee.
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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE,
Stop across to the
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ORDINARY THE FIFTY-FOURTE
GENERAL MEETING of SHARE. HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned
the on TUESDAY,
27th MARCH, 1993, at Noor, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1999.
.
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER
BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 27th March, 1923, both days inclusive.
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Managers, HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Hongkong, Sth March, 1923. [308
IN
COMPANIES (WINDING UP)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
THE MATTER of ORDINANCE, 1911-1921.
and
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
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WHISKY
Perfect.
Gives
Satisfaction
a
because it is Skilful
Blend of the Best
Highland Scotch WHISKIES,
1913
Japan will not consider retroces Ten days' hard labour without the sion, as Japan's position at Dalny option of a dine was the sentence imposo and Port Arthur is fully under the Magistency, yesterday, on stood by the Powers, and there in middle-aged hawker, for bawking news no room for discussion or negotiation." papers without a licence: Mr. B. F The Chinese Government, we may be Wynne Jones was the Magistrate. The sure, will not allow the matter to rest banker. Tung Yau, admitted the offence, but strongly denied Inspector Caygill's where it is. Having induced the Powers
statement that two previous convictions: H ̈ Washington" to 10 far recognise were registered against him. Later, her claim to sovereignty over leased however, after some argument with the territorities to the extent of securing Magistrate, he admitted the convictions. pledges for the return of Tsingtao' and' Weihaiwei, China is not likely to contemn- plate the retention of the South Mah churian ports by Japan for another China, if she gets ninety-nine years, no satisfaction from Japan, evidently intends to make an appeal to the under C. W. Beckwith), with being on Council of the League of Nations: board the steamship. Eriping, without but we cannot imagine that, for some having the necessary perinission. Tha years to come at least, this can be done three who were alleged to live been with any result widely different from previously convicted were sentenced to that which attended the efforts in the two months' "imprisonment, and the matter made by the Chique delegations to fourth was fined $30, with the option of Paris and Washington." When' Count one month's imprisonment. Uenin says that Japan's position at Dr. Chi Lien-tsu, the Chinese Consul. Dalny and Port Arthur is fully under-General in Ottawa, who is returning stood by the Powers, we assume he means from China, states that the immigration that the Power's recognise that the un- and trade treaty with Canada which stable political conditions in China, and China is now negotiating provides that the impotence of the Government, make China will not allow labourers to come it impossible for Japan to contemplate to Canada, while the Dominion, "will at the present time a surrender of the
remove the 9500 polltar which the v great interests she has built up in South Chinese regard as
a disgrace. Trade Manchuria during her tenancy of the sections of the treaty, recognise China' territory. Japan has necessarily to take need of Canadian heat and aim at long views of her national interests. She
encouraging Candian merchants in the is not likely to forget the considerations
Orient.
Arthur and Daly, and though the same
The Eastern Times (Shanghai) bas menace no longer threatens, it is im-published a report to the effect that local possible to see, in the present weakness of merchants and bankers had telegraphed China, that Japan, were she to evacuats to Peking in connexion with the forth- the territory, could be assured of the coming departare of Sir Francis Aglen, security of her antional interests. It is Inspector-General of Customs, on leave. quite possible that Japan will some day The report is to the effect that Sir surrender to China, Fort Arthur and Francis hus applied for leave which will Daly, as she has surrendered Tsingtao, take effect in a few months' time and bat" what has since happened at Tsingtao that the merchants and bankers, bave re- cannot encourage her to do so res aquested him to postpone his homegoing in while.
Four mea, three of whom had provicus coarictions registered again them, and all of whom were alleged to be bad characters, were charged at the Marine"- Court, before the Harbourmaster (Com-
COMPANIES of Great Age, matured which led to her occupation of Port
IN THE MATTER of the CHINA SPECIE
BANK, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS, Hind by His Honour Sir
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by
William Roes Davies, Kt, Chief Justice, in the above matter dated the 5th day of March, 1933,
CHINA it was ordered that the SPECIE BANK LIMITED, he Wound up by this Court under the provisions of the Companies Ordinances of Hongkong, 1921-1921, and that the Official Receiver be appointed Provisional Liquidator of the Company and that Joan
Hongkong,
A. HENNESSEY SETH, of Victoria, E said, Incorporated Accountant, be continued as Special Manager of the
Company until the further order of the Court subject to the
of the Official Receiver,
PEACE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN
afore-
that
the First Meeting of Creditors of the Company will be held at the Official Receiver's Office at the Courts of Justice, Victoria, aforesaid, on the 3rd day of MARCH, 1923, at 11 A., and the First Meeting of Contributories will be held at the same place on the same day at 11.30 A.. Dated this 6th day of March, 1923. gada GEO. K. HALL BRUTTON & CO., Solicitors for the Official Receiver.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
HONGKONG CIGAR STORE To tell by Public Auction,
NHE Undersigned have received instructions
and you'll be
ON THE BIGHT SIDE.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
The Steamship "TRIESTE."
FROM TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, MASSANA, PORT SAID, ADEN, COLOMEO, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.
MONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform
od that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, at Kow.
c/o Messrs. Reise & Co. loon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.'S STEAMER ** NANKIN.”
Arrived HONGKONG on 12TH Marov, 1923. FROY ANTWERP, LONDON, FORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS. MONSIGNEES of Curge by the above-named roseal are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed ar zin zuex in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company's Godowas at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as the Goods an landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions have been given to the puntrary C hours before arrival of the Stemmer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days, including date of arrival will be subject to rent.
in
must be left in the
No Fire Insuranes will be effected by u
case whatever.
Godowas for GODDARD & DOUGLAS at 10 a.m., on Mondays and Thursdaye.
may be
obtained.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded, unless notice to the contrary be given before 9th inst
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 16th inst, will be subject to rent,
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 25th inst they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 15th inst, at 10 am, by our Surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD & DOUGLAS..
No Fire Insuranzo has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DODWELL & CO., LTD, 621]
Agents.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
FROM NEW YORK.
HE Steamship.
TER
"CITY OF LINCOLN »
од
WEDNESDAY, the 11th APRIL, 1923,
commencing at 3 P.M.,
at their Bales Room, Duddell Street.
- ONE SET OF MINT MACHINERY.
This lot comprises a complete set of Mint Machinery capable of producing 100,000 (One) hundred thousand) pieces 20-cent (Twenty cent) coins or 200,000 (Two hundred thousand) pieces 10-cent (Ten cent) coins per working day of 10 hours.
(Further particulars and inspection orders may be obtained from Messrs: GILMAN & Co., ITD., or the Undersigned).
Terms:-20% of Purchase Money to be paid en Fall of Hammer. Halaser to be paid within
LAMMERT BROTHERS,
two weeks of day of sale,
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Auctioneers.
PARTICULARS of
VALDABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
Situsta
No. 13, WING HING STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,
To be sold by Order of the Mortgages
By
PUBLIC AUCTION,
IN ONE LOT
On J MONDAY, The 14TH DAT of MAY, 1923, at 9 o'cox P.X." By
Moses, LAMMERT BROTHERS.
in Sherrywood.
Casks.
S. WATSON
CO., LTD.
Wine & Spirit Merchants
V
ESTABLISKU 81 ́ ́ Years.
BIRTH.
•
Roper,-At Newchwang. on February 99th, to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ropoza,
.[336.. a son (stillborn.) Horarong Ornia: 104, Dim Vaux BD., Lomon Orion: 181, FLEET STRERT, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGXoso, MARCH. 19TH, 1893.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
"Mariners are warned to beware of a stean launch which has been susk in the Fairway immediately above the Taishek Barrier,
dan anpouncement will be found among to-day's advertisements relating to The Interport and Interclub Regatta next Saturday, under the auspices of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club,
Many friends in Hongkong will regret to learn that Colonel John Ward, M.P., was seriously ill when the last mail left. The latest report was that his conditioni showed some improvement.
Colonel
Young, C.B.E., assistant General Manager of the Kailan Mining Admistration, is going on Home leave on the 14th instant, and expects to return to Tientsin in September or October.
Mr. R. E. Lindsell took over the duties
view of the fact that numerous important questions have to be discussed during the next 12 months, such as the special tariff conference, loan securities, the salt and customs revenues, etc. The N.-C. Daily News informed by Mr. L. A, "Lyall, the local Commissioner of Customs, that he has not heard whether the Inspector- General, is going Home. Inquiries locally failed to firm the rest of the story in
tho merchants' and. connexion with bankers' telegrain.
REMARKABLE. LAND SALES CHINESE SCRAMBLE FOR CROWN
LOTS.
The eagerness of Chinese to buy un land at the present was emphasised yesterday, afternoon, when hundreds of speculators besieged the auction room at the Public Works Department to witness, and in many cases to take part in, the sale of two lots of Crown land. The orowd, was so large that only a very small part of it could be accommodated in the room. The less fortunate' took up d positions outside the open windows of the room and watched the progrew of the sale from the exterior. The bidding was very keen, and the leaps which the bids took were even more astonishing. Government would, for Tho Chinese steamer Anjou, which Thousand dollar bids wore common, while moment, entertain the idea, it was never arrived in Hongkong Froca Canton on
a goodly number of ten thousand dollar- thefiss highly probable that the Chinese Sunday, brought with her thirty-four bids were, registered. The crowning bid Government would serve formal notice on Chinese who were passengers on the of the sale was one of $60,000. Japan before the 28th inst. when the steam launch We Let, which had strand. agreement made with Russia whereby sho
ed at Paktungmi. obtained the "usufruct of Port Arthur
WHEN we commented a few days ago 'ou the discussion which had been taking place in official circles in Peking regard of First Magistrats yesterday during the ing the abrogation of the Sino-Japaneso absence on short leave of Mr. J. R. Treaties, in 1915 wo suggested that, Wood. Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones occupied although it was clear that "the Chinese the Bouch as Becond Polios Magistrate. Government did not expect that the
Japanes
ย
and Dalny (called now by the Japanese At the annual meeting of the Tientsin Dairen) expires. That expectation has General. Chamber of Commerce," Mr. been realised some days sooner than wo Boniface proposed, Mr. Lange secondixi, had anticipated-or, at least, so far ásand it was, resolved that: "In "the the cables have yet informed us, China opinion of this Chamber it is desirable THE Property consists of First ALL has made an attempt to serve the that German Firms become members of
THAT piece or parcel of ground situate notice of Japan, but it was promptly re- this Chambor."? at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong sad turned to the messenger by a minor registered in the Land Office as SECTION
Ar Tuxia Ofrica, DODDELL STEAMT,
The first lot of land offered was that situated on the hillside, at Causeway Bay, it is said to be full of rock and will probably cost many thousands of dollars to level out as a site. It has an area of 80,410 square foot and the upset! price was $44,708, exactly half a dollar square foot. The price rose by leaps and bounds From $49,000 it jutapod, to $60,000 and then in a series of $10,000 bids it touched $100,000. Then the audionce
shouted gasped, somebody "another $60,000, Frohn than onward the auctioneer could scarcely keep pace A of INLAND LOT No 2160 together with official, of the Japanese Foreign Office on At Shoreditch, County Court, coursol,
with the bids, of a smaller size, which his own initiative as soon as he had reading from correspondence, mentioned came rolling in from all sides. Soveral now knowns so i wing Hing Street and Secondly Orton and Sectional strip of land at the rear learnt the nature of the document! The "Second-hand egga Judge Cluer: bids of $5,000 brought it to $200,000. of Inland Lot No. 2168 Japanese Government, doubtless, foresaw What are second-hand eggs! Counsel: Then by offers of $1,000 and $2,000, and being a scavenging lane. All of which pre
many bids of $100 and $500, the prico mises are held for the rosidue of the term of that the Chinese Government was likely These came from Canton. A witness crept up to $249,400, at which figure it 75 years from the 16th day of May, 1816, to go the length of serving the notice, referring to the sale of a quantity of the was knocked down to & syndicate of created by the Crown Lease thereof together
No. 13.
Damaged pacation by the Consignees, having arrived, Caninignoes of Cargo by her are with the valuable machinery now situate in and as we are told that "according to and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. I informed that all Goods are being landed at their For upon the said premises and at No. 11 outhorities, Japan will decline to receive eggs wholesale, said they were sold four gouticmen, the leader of which was
claims must be presented within ten days of the Steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognized.
No alaims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godown.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
Agents, Hongkong, 17th March, 1993,
ADIES and GENTLEMEN Sufforing I from any kind of Disease, however complicated and long-standing the case may bo, are requested to write present condition st the disease. Fall particulars of treatment, advice, etc., free under cover. SRI WORKS, Beauca square (H.P.), Calcutta (India).
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risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Gordon Street. Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whenes delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have Into the Godowas, and all Goods romain- ing undelivered after 16th March, 1022, will be subject to reat
"
the Steamer must be pre-
All Claims Aged on or before 23rd sented to the March,
they will not be recognised. All broken, chafed and
damaged Goods
or
are to be faff in the Grodowns, where they will be emmined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10,45 am, and noon, within the free storage period of one week. No Fue Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE, LID.,
General Agents, Hongkong, 9th March, 1923.
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Particulars and Conditions of sale may be obtained from
MORATA HASTINGS & HASTINGS,
Solicitors,
"8, Das Vœux Bond Central,)
jazd Messrs. LAMMERT BROTHERS;
Tánctioneers,
"W.A.F., which means in the trade, "With all faulta,”
and
Mr. Ohui Tung, of iNo 31 Chzukiwar Fisad any kommunikation, on the subject officially," we may presume that this
This particular strip of land is situated behind, the Templo at Causeway Bay and decision was arrived at long ago, and the
The Government of the Philippine is looked up by many Chinese as "good This may have accounted minor official of the Foreign Office whe Islands recently sold, to the Hongkong for the eagerness shown to possess it.
jos land."
roturned the Note to the memonger was
Shanghai Banking Corporation The other salo was not such a large fully cognisant of the decision. We are P.600,000 worth of exchange in Now one, but still the bidding was keen. 18 told, what indeed could have been con York 4 18. premium. It is stated that was for an inland Kowloon lot, situated fidently anticipated time the conventus of this traction the far wooner Honghum and having an area of 10,725 square feet. The upset price, was official, press, and public opinion in Japan Government exchange since. 1920. The 45,363. Bida came so quick that it was is summed up in the words of Count amount will be put in circulation locally with difficulty that they could be BOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG USTIDA, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who and will thus relieve to a great extent registered. The price rose in bidr
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With Inser, Prios $7.50. On sale at the Hongkong Daily Pran
saya. that "Japan will never consent to the peso shortage, if any, of which some $1,000 and 8500 bids, with many $100 bids As well, to $33,700, at which prios Mr change or abrogate the Treaties to which local business men have been complain Chung lu Sun, of No. 61 Chatham Road, | Japan and China were the signatories in ing.
became the purchaser.