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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
are invited for the CATERING TSERVICE on the Local Trains of the KOWLOON-CANTON BAILWAY (British Section) and for the Refreshment Rooms at Kowloon, commencing from the 18th MAY.
Only First Class Catering Firms nord apply Eficiency and Reliability are of Greater Consideration thau Reut.
Particulars may be obtained on application
to -
THE MANAGER, "RO ROWLOON-CANTOs Railway, (British Section), Hongkong.
Kowloon, 25th April, 1991-
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SS. "MEINAM.”
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo from LONDON
are
ANTWERP AND DUNKIRK, in connection with above Steamer hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being lauded and stored at their risk into the Godowne of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, whence delivery may be cotained immediately after landing.
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG VÄILY. ··PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH, 1925.
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD:
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY OLUB.
NURDINARY KEARLY MEETING
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THE SECOND GYMKHANA MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at of Shareholders of THE HONGKONG | HAPPT VALIZY, on SATURDAY, 811⁄2 MAY, HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED, will be commencing 315
The Charge for held at Tas HaNGKONG HOT
HOTEL
Falder Admission to the Pablo Enclosure will be $1.00. Street, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 28th
Soldiers and Bailors in uniform Half Price, APRIL, 1993, at 11.30 O'CLOCK AM, for the
Members are advised that they must show Statement of Accounts | their receiving' purpose of recei
Badges to obtain Admission to the and the Report of the Board of Directors for Members Enclosure. the year ended the 31st Dreamber, 1923, onfirming the appointment of a Director, and electing a Director and Auditors..
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED_from Monday, the Card April. 10:3, until Saturday, the 28th April, 1923, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
WALTER J, HAWKER,
Secretary. Hongkong, 16th Aprü, 1933.
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THE SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Sharehol ders of THE SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED, will be held at Tas BoxerONG Hort. Hongkong. on SATURDAY, the 28th APRIL, 1993. at 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report
the 31st December, 1992, and confirming the appointment of the Directors and the Auditors.
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Each Member has the right of Introducing 1 Non-members to the Members' Enclosure. Tickets for whom can be obtained from lesera. LINATEAD & Davis, at $5.00 each up to Friday, 4th May.
The Stewards invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
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CORPORATION.
INTIMATION
JOHN DEWAR
& SONS, LTD.
PERTH SCOTLAND.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING By Royal Appointment
to His Majesty.
The King.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Definitive Certificate No. 5/a. 6656 dated 21st December, 1920, for 35 Shares numbered 24919 to 14919, 37995 to 37900, $4506 to 34511, 85543 to 15857: Provisional Certificate No. 57,768 datel
30th May, 1921, for 11 Shares, numbered 130943 to 130253 and Provisional Certificate No. 57/1045 for 1 Shate numbered 131499 all registered in the name of Mr. SIN YII SICTQUA are reported to have been destroyed by fro: and should these certificates not be produced to the Bank before
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless the year end of the Eoard of Directors for the 13th day of May, 1943, New Certificates
intimation is received from the Consignees before Nocs, TO-BLY, requesting it to be landed
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undanigued. Goods remaining saaimed after the 1st May, 1935, at Noon, will be subject to rant and landing charges.
All claims must be sent in to me on or beforo the 5th May, 1923, or they will not be recognized.
All damaged packages will be examined on Tuesday, the 1st May, 1923, at 10 a... by Momen. Goddard & Douglas.
No Fire Insurance has been affested. 2. RODENFUSER,
Hongkong, 25th April, 1923,
Acting Agent
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0.
R.
SALE OF HMS. “MERLIN."
TENDERS are invited up to the 30th 1923, for the Purchase of the above named Vessel WITH ENGINES & BOILERS AND VARIOUS AUXILIARY MACHIN- ERY ON BOARD.
Fall particulars of the Vessel and Conditions of Sale and Permits to view may be obtained on application to the Undersigned, and Tender Forms will be leaned on payment of a deposit
ten 300 die wen decision on the
tenders has been reached.
The vessel will be on view at H.M. Dockyard, Hongkong from the 26th March, 1993.
PARTICULARS OF H.M.B. MERLIN. A twin-screw steel steamer of 1,400 H.P.:— Length between perpendiculars ...185'0′′ Breadth extreme
11 33'50*
Depth (Flat Keet to Upper Deck).15'71]* Nominal Displacement".....about 1,070 tons Proscat Mean Draft
Where
BuiltWhen
By whom
Bankor espacity (csal)
Fresh Water capacity
Sheerness
1909
.H.M. Dockyard
.903 Tons
...17.5
[1]
36.
Reserve feed water capacity... Economical speed **** 10 Knots Coal Consumption (economical speed)...
12 Tone per 24 hours MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
Steel Framing, O. & Plating, Upper und 1ower Decks, Forecastle and Poop Stringers, Bulkheads, &c. Dorita, Stanchions, &c.
Iron....
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Thursday, the 26th April, 1993, until Saturday, the 29th April: 1923, both days inclusive.
By Onler of the Board.
WALTER J. HAWKER,
"Hongkong, 16th April, 1923.
Secretary!!
LANE. CRAWFORD, LTD, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NOST ANNUAL ORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLD- ERS will be held at the BONGKONG HOTEL, (on SATURDAY, 5th: MAY, nt Noor.
The TRANSFER FOOBS of the Company will be CLOSED from: 25th April, 1923, to 5th May, 1923, both days inclusive.
Ey Order of the Board of Directors,
S. J. JORDAIN,
Secretary,
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THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
Shareholders
TGENERAL MEETING of thredders will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned on THURSDAY, the 10TH MAY, 1923, for the purpose of receiving the Report
Statement of Accounts for the year ended
for the Shares will be isaned and the aforesaid Definitive Certificate No. /us. 6656 and Provisional Certificates Ncs. 57/768 and 57/1045 will be thereafter treated by this Corporation as Nall and Void.
Tros
By Order of the Court of Directors,
A G. STEPHEN,
Chief Manager Hongkong, 13th April, 1963,
HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LTD.
TOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN that N GENERAL MEETING of the DEBEN-
រូប..
WHITE
LABEL'
FINEST
SCOTCH
Four cases of siall-pos wero' notified ich the Colony on Tuesday.
The Shaughai Hörse Bazaar Co.. tad.,
1.6 s plan which has special advan- tages above any other involving State aid it would be clean-cut, practical, final and quick" To get new houses, says our contemporary, the resuscitation has paid a dividend of 10 per emt, al of private enterprise is imperative. the past year's working.
State housing has definitely failed. It
is equally clear that private enterprise The wedding of H.R.H. the Prince will not build houses without some in-Regent of Japan and H.H. Princes. ducemento long as control of rents Kuni has been informally" fixed for":
Insta
The proof is that although new
houses are not subject to restriction of the end of November, rent the number being built is not large: in fact, the small houses which ar needed most-for, workers-ure harily being built at all." The subsidy of Es
Amongst those who left the Culony,
yesterday, by, the Mishima Maru were Mrs. A. B. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. A.
#
A house per year for 20 years Denison; Mrs. W. E. Shenton, and Mrs which is proposed by the Ministry | De Rome. of Health does not seem adequate in itsett, the paper says.
"Government,
Major-General Sir John Fowler, tho. therefore, must create conditions | General Oficer Cominanding the Troopa under which builders have an assurance in China, Eft for (Shanghai yesterday. that their enterprise will bring in by the Prevdent Jefferom. Major E faïr return. And they must give the
Chenevix French and Lieut. W Ja 19 | builder who gets to work ner n' definits
inducement by giving him freedom from Humphrey accompanied the General,
The latest joke on the local Stock
taxation for a sufficient Loem of years.”
In Australia we see that the Govern,
WHISKY, in order to encourage the contric Exchange, says a Shanghai contemporary,
OF GREAT AGE.
AWARDED 150 COLD AND PRIZE MEDALS.
it
tion of houses, and assist people to is expounded in the following torus:- become the owners of their own homes," The public have probably noticed from has decided to co-operate "with the share reports that the value of Ewes has Government Savings Bank in advancing advanced considerably of late, Inquiries money for building purposes up to
havo elicited the fact that the Ewo cornett margin of 50 per cent. Legislation to
is near the Glen Line Building." ruable this to be done will be introduced during the coming session of Parlin- ment. The limit of lending for any one house, will be fixed at £000.
Adreentes
THE VICTORIA VAT Daily iferold has this to say th the
The very finest old
SCOTCH WHISKY.
TURE HOLDERS of the above-named Com- pay constituted by Trust Deed dated the 30th of bifemorial No. 55356 and made May, 1914. and registered in the Land by between the and The Honourable Mr. DAVID LANDALY
Company the one
part Sir NEWTON and NEWTON JOHN STAB (now Jony STARE, K as Trustees of the other part supplemented by an Indentare of Acsiga. ment made between the same parties and dated the 1st day of November, 1816, and
and registered in the Land Office by Memorial No. 61189 (both of which are hereinafter included in the expression "the said Debenture Trust Dood") will be held at the Office of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Feddar Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong,on WEDNESDAY, the 20 DAY of MAY, 1923, s 11.20 o'czpoz in the Foxxroos for the purpose of considering, and if thought it, an Extraordinary
passing Resolution Basenting to certain the rights of the Dabentura
against the Company and authorising the Trustees to execute or concur in the execution of all such Agreements, Assignments, Deads or other docu- or be vised ta be expedient for carrying out such proposed milications and • sača gusading the interests of Debentare Holders.
This Notice is issued pursuant to the pro. A visions contained in the Third Schedule to the Debenture Trust Deed.
Or Exaderamy Resolutions
at Noche General Agents, together with ments as they may demor
the 31st December, 1922,
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS, will be CLOSED from the 26th instant to the 10th May, 1993, both days
Enclusive
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Aventa Hongkong, 19th April, 1923.
NOTICE.
A. 8. WATSON & CO, LTD.
for 3 Shares 12803/19605 and Upe
NE Certificate
4738
the
Dated this 20th day of April, 1923.
By Order of the Board,
L. S. GREENHILL, Secretary to the General Managers.
of
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MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS WANTED.
MESHENTON, of No. 7, Des Voeux Road
ESSES. DEACON. HARSTÜN AND
Central, Solicitors, have for Investment tha
forst Class Mortgages of House Property.
Sam of 8300,000, and are prepared to consider Applications for the Advancement of the same
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Nos for 3 Shares Nos. 19696/12695 in this om
Certificate
standing in the Name of LI HIM U and UCHEONG respectively have been LOST,
Wood... of path from
and Lower Decks and Flats in Bold. Metal Sheathing. Wood Sheathing Fastenings, Stem, Sternpost, Inder, Shaft Brackets.
Lower, Upper, Forecastle, Boat Deck and
Poop,
DECKS.
ENGINES
Vertical Triple Expansion, surface conden-
ai, total H P. 1,400 at 200 r.p.m. Cylinders 11 18; diameters x 2 ft.
stroke,
Dat hereof the store documents be not forth-
LIMITED.
coming, other Certificates for the said shares PEAK TRAMWAY CO., will be issued by the Casopany and thereafter no other will be acknowledged
A: S. WATSON & CO., LTD. Hongkong. 5th April, 1923.
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THE HONGKUNG SMALL INVESTORS' SHARE AND REAL ESTATE CO.
HOUSE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
Steam pressure 210 lbs. per Sq. in. Seta. In splendid locality near the Public Gardiens.
BOILERS.
Water tube Bellevillo type.
Steam pressure, max. 260 s. per Sq.
in, reducing to 210 lbs at engines... 4 No. AUXILIARY MACHINERY.
Engine air compressing for boiler tube
sweeping...
1 No.
Main crichissing an ausiliary pumps 2 No. Electric light engines with dynamos... 2 No.
HOUSE PROPERTY AND LAND WANTED. Peak District between Lower Peak and May- Road, accessible by motor-car or Kennedy Town, with garden and/or lawn-tennis ecurt.
MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, Loans granted on first class mortgages of
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Fan, force draagat, for boiler rooms... No. House Property at reasonable rates of interest.
Food pumpası yanı
e No.
Fire and bilge pumpa
2 No.
Starting
(engine farineringimation. No
Steering sugineu
No.
Steam winch and windlass...
No.
Evaporating Plant with Distiller &
TO LET.
tons per 24 hours,
on Fifth Floor,
Apply
Evaporating Pump Capacity:12. Sots. OFFICES in UNION BUILDING-Four
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Fitted with internal electric lighting at
80 volts.
PARTICULARS OF IMPORTANT ARTI
∙CLES ON BOARD TO BE SOLD WITH THE VESSEL
Chain Cable 1"~312) fathoms, "Anchote, 18 out, each, 3 No, Boats Davits 14 No., Cat Lavity 2 No. and small davit: Metal Coni panion way opper deck aft., Galley for 125-155 Men by Mooiwood, Accommoiation Ladder, 38, Metal pamps 5 No. and one small irer Force of valuable METAL
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD
TO LET
(169
ING" Wanchai Gap Rand. Apply to No NE EUROPEAN FLAT in*LER BUILD-
Kennedy Road
(682
A large quantity and Mushroom Top s auch a Ventilators, Hand and Guard Rail sockets, deck plates, illuminators, guards and Stan eldons to Skylights, elipe, link plates, firemain, voice piper, delphins to hand steering gear
dBitings to bridge. Also considerable Cark quanity of
of spare "boiler · gear, comprising
tabes junction boxes, tube jointa, check nuta, mud drums, com elbows, &a., in a Now condition, which are stored in the Dock.
Fard
Tenders will be received in the Office of the Naval Store Officer, H.M. Dockyard, Hong- Long, up to Nocs on MONDAY, the 7th MAY, IME.
A. W. GRUNDY,
Naval Store Offer Hongkong, March, 1993.
TO LET.
EVEN-ROOMED DETACHED HOUSE with Tennis Lawn and Garage for Two
Apply to- PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING.
(652
TO LET.
TWO OFFICE BOOMS, Top Floor, 6
Queen's Road Central Apply S GANDE, PRICE & CO. LTD
T
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TIME TABLE
Walk DATE
7.00a.m., 7.10 m.
7.30 am to 8.00 am. Every 15 minutes $.00
" 11.00 11.00
..
Stopping
Non top Stopping
Non stop Stopping
10
11
,, 12.30 p..
15
12.40
Non stop:
12.47
12.57
1.04
1.13
1.20
37
1.20 p... 1,30
1.30
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3.30
15
+
+3
3.30
7.10
10
ལྤ
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7.97
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7.31
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7.44.
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7.34
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8.01
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8.10
Stopping
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NIGHT CARS.
8.60 p.m., 9.00 paz, 9.20 p.m.
9.30 p.m. to 11.00 pm. Every 30 minutes 41.15 pm, 11.30 pm, 11.45 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
Extra Car-12 Midnight.
SUNDAJE.
7.00 am,.7.10 a.m. -
7.30 am to 9.30a.m. Every 15 minutse 9.80
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12.00 noon 1:00 path
1.00
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10
9.30
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0.30
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6.30
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7.20
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7.27 "Stopping
7.37
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7.54
8.01
8.10
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Non stop
Stopping. Stopping SPECIAL CARS.
BY ARRANGEMENT AT TUR COMPANY'S OFFICE, ALEXandra Buildina, DEA YOVI ROAD.
1st May, 1923.
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As supplied to the Houses of Lords and Commons.
SOLE AGENTS
S. WATSON
CO
LTD.
Wine & Spirit Merchants
PHONE 816.
A Chinese was stated at the Magistracy
yesterday to have climbed up a bamboo polo of a Fair Rents Court for Hongkong will and into the window of a house in Caino be interested to know that an Australian Road on Monday, in order to steal from paper of the standing of the Sydney the premises an overcoat and a hat, the property of Mr. Joseph and Mr. M. Els, rubject: Scund features of Stato the occupants, respectively. The Magi. Covernment policy are proposals to strato (r. J. R. Wood), sentenced the abolish the Fair Rents Court and give,
man to three months' hard labour. in greater measure. financial assistance to those persons who wish to acquira A fiule volume on Japan's position homes for themselves. The two matters in Manchuria and Mongolia illustrated bear heavily on each other. When the by a large number of photographie views Fair Rents Court was legislated for, the has just been published by the Manchuria to protect, those who had to Daily News at Dairen. It contains a rent houses from the supposed rapacity lot of information about the development of the landlords. The intention was praiseworthy, but the double-barrelled effect of the method was not realised In some cases, no doubt, the fact that the Court existed was A deterrent to certain house-owners or agents who
idea was
&might otherwise have been disposed to
DEATH. AUDOTT.-Af Victoria, B.C., on April 17th, EARNEST JAMES Joas, aged 11 years, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. ATCOTT.
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HONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Das Vœux Ro., C. London Office: 131, FLEET STREET. E.C.
The Daily Press.
“HazaKoNG, APRIL 26TH, 1823.
the territory which is interesting and instructive at the prescat time when the territory is so much in the lime light of politics.
Tho
bern
Dr. Wang Chung-hui, a Contonese, a the tenants. In extreme cases it former premier of the Teking Govern
meat, and one of the chief dolegates served actively to prevent exactions. But for every person who thus benefited, representing China at the Disarmatiens Conference at Washington last year, probably two or three suffered because
arrived at Canten
on Tuesday from of the bampering effect placed by the law
Peking. upon the building trade."
He was received by Dr. Suo the Yat-sen,
Generalissimo, the нате But of all the schemes wa have seen for
morning. Dr. Wang carried a mensago stimulating building and solving the from the Peking Government. housing question, perhaps the most strik-nature of the message has 'not ing-and the ruost drastic-is ono disclosed. Dr., Wang is on his way to embodied in a Bill which, perhaps, by Europe to sit as one of the judges of the this time has been introduced in the international court at the Hague. Czecho-Slovak National Assembly. It provides that all banks, insuranée com
The Chinese detective, and the Chinese panies, industrial establishments, and constable, both of whom were charged at large commercial and professional under the Magistracy recently with the theft of taking shall build within two years 50lbs, of raw opium, and with misconduct. premises for their offices and accommo-ing themselves as officers of the low, made dation for their staff. The Bill imposes a further appearance before the Magi
similar chligation upon private in. strate (Mr. J. R. Wood) yesterday, The dividuals having a liquid fortune of at men were formerly stationed at Kowloon leust, 2,000,000 crowns (about £13,000), or City Police Station, and according to the an annual income of 200,000 (£1,000, if evidence they took the opium from two they do not own houses in Czecho-Slovak small boys who were carrying it fort territory. We do not suppose our own another man, and instand of handing it all Housing Commission will be inclined to in at the station, they kept some back for recommend anything.so drastic as this. themselves. The case, was adjourned for WHILE in Hongkong we are primarily To a very limited extent there has been the evidence of one of the boys, and this interested in the local problem of how what we may call voluntary effort in
was brought yesterday. The case to encourage more house-building, the this direction
remanded still further. in Hongkong. The community cannot be entirely uninterest-Colonin) Government has built a number ed in proposals which are made for the of what in the stereotyped phrase, of the solation of a similar problem elsewhere.auctioneer would be termed "highly Probably there is not a country which desirable residences" for the higher participated in the war that has not, officials, and quarters" for subordinate DEFENDANT FAILS TO APPEAR TO sinen the Armistice, been confronted civil servants. One or two large firms by the Housing problem. Even in the have built, and also bought or leased, for United States and in Australia the the accommodation of their staff, houses subject has forced itself upon the atten already in existence, but buying or lens by revenue and police officers on board the tion of the public authorities who haveing existing property does not help to China Morchant Steam Navigation Com- had to consider proposals either to solve the problem for the community as pay steamer Taishun on Tuesday. expend, or to sacrifice in revenue, large whole. The point about the Czecho information received Revenue Officer Ward sums of money in order to stimulate the Stavak legislation, it will be noted, is went to the offices of the Company, and building of homes for the people. We not that the wealthy employers are there effected the arrest of a young Chinese drew attention to the fact some tine ago required to "provide" but to "build" student to whom the epium was allego that in certain parts of the United house accommodation for their staffs to bolong. The man's name was Mak Chi States the public authorities were offer That is obviously a sure way of bringing Wing, and he gave his address as the tu, as property, immunity from the relief, Bat-legislation that may be Yang Wa boards given monity a class of property, immunity from the possible in Czecho Slovin may not recom- offer that he was given money by a friend house tax for a period of years. This
mend itself clewhore, and we are not to pay the freight of the opium." He was
THE WORLD'S HOUSING SCHEMES.
BIG OPIUM SEIZURE.
ANSWER CHARGE.
Over 1,600 lbs. of raw opium were seized
Qu
idea is now commending itself in England, suggesting it for Hongkong. Our pur released on bail. for we absorve that the Daily Mail has pose is but to cursorily glance over the The case was onlled at the Magistracy. recently been vigorously advocating the whole field of endeavour in this conneo yesterday morning before his Worship Mr. relief from taxation of all new house tion so far as it has come under out. J. H Wood. The defendant 'failed to property for a period of fifteen or twenty | notion during the past few days, and appear, and his bail of 25,000 was extreated. years. Our London contemporary writes learn it, thus powers-that-be to consider The opium was said to be worth about ́of it as “the MUSSOLINI Echeme," from and decide whether there is anything in $60,000. The charge against the defendant which we assure that it is one in force,amy of them schemes that might con- or contemplated, in Italy. It is recomtributa towards the solution of the mended for adoption in Great Britain problems in Hongkong.
wah of exporting, or abetting in exporting,
the opium, or, alternatively, with being in unlawful possession of raw opíum,