NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTIETH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at its Head Office, UNION BUILDING, Hongkong. on FRIDAY, 25th MAY, 1996, at Nogs, for the purpose
of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st Becember, 1929, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 11th May to 25th May, both days inclusive.
By Onior of the Boal,
PAUL LAUDER,
Acting General Manager.
Hongkong, 4th May, 1993.
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BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE
CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. YOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the No
FIFTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Flead. Office, UNION BUILD- ING, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 5th MAY, 1923, at 19.15, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Accourt to 31st December, 1922, and of declaring Dividende, ete
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 11th May to 35th May. both days inclusive..
By Onler of the Beard,
PAUL LAUDER.
Acting General Manager.
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Hongkong, 4th May, 1927.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTIFTY-FOURTH
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be bold at ita Best Office, UNION BUILD- ING, Hongkong, na FRIDAY, 25th MAY, 1923, at 12.20 1.3, for the purpose of receiving. the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Account to 31st December, 192%, and of | declaring Dividends, etc."
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED frm 11th May to 25th May, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board.
PAUL LAUDER,
Acting General Manager.
Hongkong, 4th May, 1923.
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SECOND AND LAST CONCERT
IN AID OF WELFARE WORK IN LONDON.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
(BY KIND PERSION or His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR)
2
MONDAY, MAY 7TH, AT 3.15 PM.
PROGRAMME
includes
Songs of FFENBACH. EASTHOPE MARTIN,
GRAHAN PEEL. ELOAÈ, IRKLAND,
Violin Solon of Massenet. PizENĖ. · Pizno Sulos of GHING, SCHUMANS Liszt,..
TICKETS-$100), each, available from :---
INTIMATIONS
NOTICE..
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY Ar¤, ̈1923.
WE hare authorized My. K. KASTMANN
to Sign our Firm Per Procuration
from THIS DATE en
BORNEMANN & CO. Canton, 1st May, 1923-
NOTICE
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& from TO-DAY'S DATE and during A the Absence of Mr. FREDERICK CHARLES BALL, we have anthorised Mfr. HENLY WILLIAM MOON to Sign Insurance Policis as Manager of our Instranc Department.
JARDINE. MATHESON & CO., LTD., Hongkong, 1st May, 1973,
NOTICE.
BORNEMANN, & CO.
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7 E have THIS DAY commenced Busine
as General Merchants, Importers, Exporters and Commission Agents in Hopr kong/Canton. The Firm of ZEDELIUS WESTPHAL & CO. CANTON, has been taken over by ns as a foing Concern.
BORNEMANN &.CO, " Temporary Office in Hongkong:
Hongkong/Cantou, lat May, 1953.
No
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
E
WHISKY
No. 286, Des Voeur Road Central Perfect
SUZUKI & COMPANY.
NOTICE.
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that
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
the Business boretofore carried on by Suzugi & Co., has been iakon over by SUZUKI & CO., LTD., a Company established and registered in the Empire of Japan, with a Capital of Ten 50'000,000 (Xan 50,500,000 paid "NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that SUZUKI & CO., LTD., will masage und continue all the Pusiness catered into by Suzuer & Co, and will be responsible for the due my zaent of all liabilities of finst Firma
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SUZUKI & Co.
By their Attorney,
ICHIRO KAWAGUCHI,“
SUZUKI & CO., LTD.,
By their Attorney,
1st May, 1693.
A
ICHIRO NAWAGUCHI.
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THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Gives
Satisfaction
"because it is a Skilful
of
Blend of the Best
Highland Scotch WHISKIES,
Great Age, matured
in Sherrywood
Casks.
THEDEN (Weather Permitting) at
THE SECOND GYMKHANA MEETING AS. WATSON HAPPY VALLEY, on SATURDAY, 5th MAY, commencing 1.15 PM. The Charge for Admission to the Public Excloure will be $1,00. Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half Price. Members are advised that
show
there are train Admier at her Members Enclosure.
Fach Member has the right of introducing 2 Non-members to the Members' Enclosure, Tickets
for whom can be obtained from Messrs. LINSTEAD & Davis, at 45.00 each up to Friday, 4th May,
The Stewards invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
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NOTICE.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
Lady STUBS, Gererament de longe Street, ONE Certificate
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THE HONGKONG SMALL INVESTORS SHARE AND REAL ESTATE CO.
No. 8, Das Vœux Rowl, Telephone C. 4308.
BUYERS of CANTON Icas.
DAIRY FARME Een COTTONS.
HONGKONG CEMENTA HONGKONG REALTIES KOWLOON WHARVES. ORIENTAL COTTONи. SINCERE COMPANIES. WATSONS.
BELLERS of HUMPOREYS' ESTATES.
COLONIAL DISPENSARIES,
ON LOX YUEN RESTAURANTS.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION.
for Shares Non. And One Certificate for 3 Shares Nos. 12686/12688 in this Company, standing in the Name of LI HIM'U and LI U CHEONG respectively have been LOST, and if at the Expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the above documents be not forth- coming, other Certificates for the said shares will be issued by the Company and thereafter no other will be acknowledged,
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. "" Hongkong, 5th April, 1993,
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HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
NOTICE OF CALL.
--
ISSUE OF 95,000 SHARES or the NoMINAL VALUE OF $10 EACH ($250 Path Ur).
CO.. LTD.
Wine & Spirit Merchants.
ESTABLISHED 81 TIAES.
HOME.
But the public would not wait," writes OLD RESIDENT LEAVES FOR nowspaper correspondent in New York. Accordingly, mechanics and electricians by the thousand, in cellars and garages, began improvising receiving sets, which they successfully palmed off at high
MR. SILAS SASSOON.
Amongst those leaving the Colony
THE COURT OF APPEAL. THE DOMESTIC TENEMENT CASE
MR. POTTER REPLIES.
The Domestic tenement
case,
which
prices on the multitude of enthusiasts, today by the ss. Empress of Aux'rulin, has excited a good deal of interest among
can
make your
is Mr. M. Silas Sassoon, who, after 13. uwiters 10:1
Mr. Sassoon who is now 39 years of ago, has been an exchange broker sine 1903 out, he is equally well known for the interest he has taken in matters relating to the Hongkong Jockey Club
of success.
**wholly
OF
Jegves of property and
Newspapers catered for the all-prevailing passion by instructing the people, in theFears residence in the Colony intends factories in the Colony, was continued to spending his remaining years in Englanet the Court of Appeal yesterday morning. language of the evaders of liquor pro-and on the continent of Europe.
Mr. Eldon Potter opened his reply to the hibition, how you
case, set forth by the appellants on the ow. To such an extent were sets made
preceding day. by individuala, that we are told "that by
It will be remembered Mr. C. Q. the time recognised manufacturers had
Alabaster K.O., bad argued that the enlarged their plants and entered, thei market with millions of sets, they found For many years he has held the position "jected from the premises, because uder Nau Yang Tobacco Company could not ba the public discontented with their experi: of Official Timekeeper at the annual race
the Rents Restriction Ordinance it wa ences of wireless or wholly indisposed to meetings and also at the Summer Grm. laid down that any buikling used eithan buy the instruments which they had khanas. At one time he was also was the
in part” ag ** domestic - clamourously demanded a few month
tenement came within its scope, Tha owner of a number of racing ponies, and appellants hold that as there before "For a time it seemed as though in this direction met with a fair amount supervisor and his family sleeping on the WILS A wireless as a craze was doomed to, extinc- tion." But since Christmas, the corres
premises, then the buildings were Mr. Sassoon first came to the Colouy in domestic tenement under the Ordinanc pondent tells us, the situation has com 1880, an his therefore been a witness of and-were entitled to the protection of pletely changed, and manufacturers" are
the enormous development of the Colony that Ordinance." now devoting themselves to a past cam during the past four decades. When he paiga for the sale of parts, and came to the Colony there were nu godown to look at the case from a general and Mr. Putter first asked their Lordships fabrication of
Bet und very few European houses in Kow- confining the mainly to expensive and highly efficient loon.
commonsenso point of view, leaving the The place now occupied by the Rents Ordinance instruments for the moneyed classes. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and altogether. They had been over the out of the question Similarly in Great Britain largo num Godown Company was but a sandy beach promises, and be asked them what, in bera, of people are using "home-made and Kowloon was locked upon as a their minds, they would consider those sets, and the fact that there are so many week-end resort for such Europeans is buildings. He thought they would s351
listeners-in " who aro contributing posreased bungalows on the sea shore nothing to the cost of the service appears There were only two or three European to be duo to the fact that
no houses on the Peak in those days and the provision has been made for taxing ipans in the hot weather fled to these home-made sets. That omission, Pokfulam, which was then very popular, howover, will · scan bo rectified. I
Directly work was finished on a Summer appears that it is possible to make a evening numbers of basket carriages, set at a cost of less than three shillings drawn by hardy China, ponies, were used which it is claimed gives results equal to to take them out to the summer resorts at a crystal set bearing the B.B.C. seal, for Pokfulum. which £5 is demanded.
that they had been over a busy cigarette. factory,--a factory praploying between two and three thousand hands, a factory full of modern and up-to-date machinery turning out ten million cigarettes every day. If they would bear in mind that this factory, or, as the appellants would term it, this domestic tenement," boro an annual profit of $400,000, they would"
see that if it wore in all truth a
A
"domestic
Coming from Bombay, Mr. Sassoon." for "domestic tenement," then it was In a place like Hongkong it should not the first eight years of his residence in ↑ highly artificial one. There was staral in be difficult to see that every owner of the Colony, was an assistant in the firm is,uver two million dollars worth of a "listening-in" set pays towards the cost of Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co., kad tobacco to-clay. of the service. But as we pointed out in ho acted for a
But these remarks, he continued, wera. time as the Firm's an article many weeks ago, the question agent at Amoy and Foochow. In 1888 he something more then a general comment. here is what have we to broadcast! We set up as an import and export her. In the Home Acts it was laid down in can conceive that, for the Chinese, enter chant. Later when the mint closed down the clearest language that when a learned tainment or instruction could be provided in India and a serious trade depression fudge bad a question of this sort to & by broadcasting songs or instrumental set in, Mr. Sassoon closed down his busi-consider, it was for him to ask himself,
Who is the actual user music from the houses of entertainment ness and opened up as
of theso no exchange in Canton and other Chinese cities, or the broker. This was in Jane, 1000, and being used? The answer was certainly premises? For what purpose are they speeches of their prominent men. Bat has been actively engaged in the exchange not a "domestic tenement." If the what is there here for Europeans? It is market for the last 20 years,
construction put upon the Hents Ordinanco difficult to think of anything we have. Mr. Sassoon is & member of all the by the appellants es correct, then the here, or even in Shanghai, that can have principal clubs of the Colony, but out-presence of one man, other than two any sustained interest, of "listeners-in" side his business vocation bis main watchmer, sleeping on the premises, was expecting daily entertainment. There is the interest has, of course, been in racing sufficient to make them a regimental band, and there is the famous and during his long residence here; tenement within the meaning of the Constabulary Band in Manila which is broken only by occasional absences on Ordinance. Supposing,, to take a very HongKong OPTICH: 104, Das Vaux ED., Q, always worth hearing. If we can listen leave (including a year in Bombay owing ordinary case, a largo factory was work- LONDON Orrian: 131, Flaxt Stærst, E.C. ¦ in " from there We cannot
expect to an accident to his knee, incurred in ing day and night. And supposing that concerts given at the Theatre Royal to be riding in Hongkong), he has attended all the engineers belonging to that factory broadcasted. It may be remarked that the early morning gallops, preceding worked in shifts.of four hours on and. even theatre, managers in London have the annual race meetings.
four hours off. Then it was only likely, Mr. Sassoon, intends" breaking his that during their four hours off they begun to suspect that broadcast versions of their performances are not profitable journey at Shanghai in order to visit would collect a few blankets and occupy. From the box-office point of view, and Peking. Tientsin and Hunkow, spending the time in sleep. This, according to the He will appellants would make die factory a the Cramaphone Company is becoming about a month in the North, jealous of its rights and putting a new then proceed by the Amprese of Canada | “domestic tenement," in spite of the fact I would be strange indeed if people in clause into its contracts with singers, to Canada rufe for England to settle that there could be no question of land- tenant, and no question of Hongkong were not na interested in providing that they shall not, sing or play down to what his friends tope will be lord and
rental between employer and employed. wireless broadcasting as people are in into sound recording machines" other any sense of case and happiness.
The man could be turned out, and refused There is England or America, and in view of the than those of the Company.
the right to sleep there at any time the demand for it hers evidenced by the pub-obriously not the scope in Hongkong for
employer wished. lio meeting at the City Hall & f days the enterprise that exists in towns in ago, we have very little doubt that the Europe and America, hut if listeners-in demund will be met-if there can be dis-take fully into account the limitations of covered any prospect of it becoming
broadcasting in Hongkong and do not remunerative enterprise for a broadcast expect too auch, and are at the sitmo ing company. It seems to us to be a time prepared to meet the cost of the financial interests both of the Government company to provide it. There are too. important if" In the first place, the service, it should not be impossible for
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, MAY 471, 1923.
"BROADCASTING.
1997 NOTICE IS Hl of $2.50 per share on TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Each of the 95,000 Shares allotted on the 8th and the Company which does the broad-many people, we fear, who imagine it day of November, 1929, has been made by the Company, and that such Cell will be payable casting will need to be adequately pro can be provided gratia. to the Company's Bankers, Tax Havokoso || tected. When broadcasting began t SHANGBAY BANKING CORPORATION, at Flonie the Postmaster General issued re- Hongkong, on the 15th day of MAY, 1923.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Definitive Certificate No. 3/ns. 6666 dated 21st. December, 1920, for 35 Shares numbered 24912 to 24910; 37985 to 37900, 34500 to
84511,
35943 to 35857; Provisional Certificate No. 57/188 asted 30th May, 2nd for 11 Shares, numbered 180243 to 130258 Provisional Certificate No. 67/1045 for 1 Share numbered 131422 all registered in the name of HT. SIN YEZ SICEQUA are reported to have been destroyed by: firs; and should these certificates not be produced to the Bank bafors the 13th day of May, 1923, New Certificates the Shares will be issued and the aforesaid Provisional Certificates Nos.
57/768 and 57/1045 will be thereafter treated by this Corporation as Null and Toid.
for
For and on Behalf of the HONGKONG ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., F. J. EASTERBROOK,
Acting Secretary.
1785
· Dated the 24th day of April, 1921
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
gulations requiring every listener-in la The Hon. Sir Paul and Lady Chater pay 10s. per apuum for a broadcasting leave by the impress of Australia to-day licence, half of this sum being allocated to spend the summer in England. to the Broadcasting Company, to "enabla them to provide the programmes.ia
Ah excellent Cinematograph Display addition it was required that only in has been arranged to take place at the struments bearing the seal of the Bread Helena May Institute to-day (Friday) at casting Company should be used by 5.30p.m. A small charge for admission
OBITUARY.
- Mr. Potter asked their Lordships to consider what was meant in the
MR. CHARLES H. WORKMAN. We regret to record that Mr. Charles dufuition ecetion of the Rents Ordinancú H. Workman, the well-known Savoyard when the words "domestic tenement who headed Mesars. J. C., Williamson were used. When an act of Parliamenti Ltd's Gilbert and Bullivan Company was made, or when an ordinance was which performed in Hongkong for abrought into being, Judges dealing with BeLon in Febriary last and afterwards
cases to be decided on that act of continued
.00 tour to Shanghai and ordinance had to ascertain its scope, Japan, died at sea during the vorage They were supposed to put themselves in from Kube to Hongkong of the E. & A.
the Chame position as the original ., St. Albans which brought most of legislator, and then to consider what was the other members of the Company here the Buisance or mischief, or whatever the yesterday.
subject matter of the act happened to be, Taken ill at Kobe: Mr. Workman' bad and when they had ascertained that, it to be carried aboard on a stretcher and was for them to judge accordingly. They he died about five days after the ship left were not expected to take the wording of port, at 9 o'clock in the morning. He was the thing literally, and he would point buried at sea at 11.30 am the same day out that a literal translation in cases of Five months previously, almost to the this sort had very seldom been upheld in
Definitive Certificate No. 5/no. 6608 and OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the listeners-in, the Company, being empower will be made. Members of the Institute, day, during the Company's -Ladian tour, Courts of law. In this particular caso FIRST ANNUAL ORDINARY ed to charge a fee of from Ts. d. their children and friends may attend. Mr." "Workman's wife died in Calcutta. they could hardly say that the broad and GENERAL MEETING of SHAREBOLDnwards, according to the powers of that
RS will be beld at the HUNDKONG HOTIL, on SATURDAY, 5th MAY, at Noor
set for this peal. Although it is The TRANSFER FOOES of the Company estimated that there are now about 200,000
By Order of the Court of Directors,
A G. STEPHEN,
Chief Manager
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Hongkong, 13th April, 1923.
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS:
THE
FORTY SECOND - ORDINARY
ADVT.
The leasehold property situated at 134,
Mr. Workman's son has been with him on the tour and
The late Mr. Workman was 43 and bad
obvious translation was the one which applied. Language was rarely so free from abiguity as to be incapable of
Mr. Potter went on to elaborate his
I will be CLOSED from 25th April, 1923, to fistening-in sels in use in Great Britain, as Donald Road, was put up for public been playing. in "Gilbert and Sullivan interpretation in more than one sense."
5th May, 1923, both daya inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directora,
750)
6. J. JORDAIN,
Secretary.
NEWS FROM THE OLD COUNTRY.
He was
argument and dealt with the cases and authorities cited on the previous day by Mr. Alabaster.
The case was continued in the afternoon, when Counsel for the appellants replied
Judgment was resoryod.
it is stated that less than half of these are licensed. If these figures are correct,
auction by Messrs Lammert Bros., yes-pperna for a great many years. they mean a very heavy loss both to the terday afternoon. The property is situated Personally acquainted with both Bir Broadcasting Company and the 'Govern-
on the highest "crrl possible below the William Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan meat. In America owners of receiving European Reservation, and it might have: sets require no licence. The authorities been pected to make an appeal to The tenant of a house in Ngau Pun GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders S END 13/- and we will mail you regularly cover their expenses in the matter, what-wealthy Chinese But there was not a Tan village has reported to the policn to Mr. Potter,
Weekly low back a coever they may be, by licenses on sending very large attendance prospective that savage attack was made on him will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned British Weekly Newspaper, such as: Lloydsets, of which there are now in the United buyers. Mr. George Lammert was the by robbers on the night of the 29th: uk, on THURSDAY, the 10TH MAY, 1913, People, Tit Bita, Fearson's, etc. etc.. etc.
He was asleep in the house with his wife Report of the Cleners, agents, together with A different papar nent weekly, or the same sets are in ure in America cannot well price was $45,000. Though he waited for roof, entered the room and admitted Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Hundreds of papers on our Big List mailed free. Stites some 25,000. How many receiving auctioneer, and intimated that the reserve when a man, who had climbed on to the ⚫ Statement of Accounts for the year ended publication for 52 weeks. 12-pays for a year be estimated, but & recent computation a quation of an hour, no. bid was forth three others by the door,and they the 31st December, 1922.
aubscription, including postage Most unique The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 26th up-to-date service, greatly appreciated by has put the figure at something like coming, and the lot had to be withdrawn. instant to the 10th May, 1923, both days members throughout the Empire.
20,000,000. Within the past year listen- Thn absence of bidders is said to be due ing in" has inconse such a craze in mainly to inability, to obtain immediate America ut mauufacturers utterly fail ocupation owing to the operation of the ed to meet the sudden demand for sote. Beuta Bestriction Ordinance.
Solusive.
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
Besetal Agents,
Hooghong, 19th April, 1993
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Bend 13/- to-day to PERIODICAL POSTING CO. PATMOUTH, ENGLAND.
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Mr. Amery First Lord of the Admir anvzgely attacked him (the beholder)ality, addressing his constituents on pinging him down on to the bed. In the Britain's smaller Navy, said that as an course of the, struggle one of the robbers example of ponca to the world we werg picked up a chopper and chopped the interpreting the one-Power standard so man's head. arms and legs, doing him easily that, from the point of view of grievous bodily harm. The robbers ran- numbers, expenditure, and material, wo sacked the house and stole, $65.70.
were hardly sustaining it.
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