NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
FROM NEW YORK,
THE
JHE Steamship
"CITY OF CORINTH" haring arrived, Consigaces of Cargo by her are informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardons and/or extra-hazardous
Godowne of Hats Wharf, whance delivery
No
usy be obtained the admitted after the Goods
Claims hare left the Brew, and all Goods remain. ing andeliverest after 5th June, 1933, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the Steamier minst be pro- to the Undersigned on or before 15th sarted June, 1923, or they will not be recognised,
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays, between the hours of 10,45 am, and Noon. within the free storage period of one week. No Fire Jastrance has been effected. Bill of Lading will lo countersigned by
"THE BANK LINE, LTD.,
Gators Agents. Hongkong, 4th June, 1923.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO'S STEAMER "DEVANHA,"
Arrived HoyuRONG OG 1ST JUNE, 1923. FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, PORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO & STRAITS.
INTIMATIONS "
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
HALF
THE HONGKONG DAIL PRESS, TUESDAY,
INTIMATIONS
PARTICULARS of
GENERAL VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY YEARLY TESTING of MEMBERS will be he ki
on SATURDAY. or JUNE, at 1230 M in the Jouer Crow Rooms, Hongkong Clab Annex.
NOTICE
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Sitants
No. 13, WINGHING STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, To be Bold by Order of the Mortgages By
PUBLIC AUCTION
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IN ONE LOT On THURSDAY. 1428 Day of Jrxz, 1923, at 3 O'CLOCK Y
By
Masar. LAMMERT BROTHERS AT THIR OFFICE, DUDDELL STREET. THE Property consists of First ALL THAT piece or parcel of ground situate
handed over to Massics. Th WSHEWAN, TOMEN & COMPANY. HONGKONG, the Sule Agency for Mess COOKSON & COMPANY LIMITED NEWCASTLE-UPON TYNE ENGLAND, for HONGKONG SOUTH CHINA as from THIS DATE.
THE CHINA MINING & METAL CO., LTD.
[807 May 31st, 1923.
NOTICE.
WE have THIS DAY isken over from The CHINA MINING & METAL CO. LTD. the Sole Agency of Messus, COOKSON & CO. LTD. NEWCASTLE- HONGKONG and for UPON-TYNE, SOUTH CHINA.
SHEWAN, TUMES & CO. Hongkong, 31ad May, 1923.
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CO., LTD. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
"LUTNG STOP with
thermo Street and
at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Office as SECTION A of INLAND the messungen
No 13, Wing now knoL THAT strip of land at the rese Secondly ALL of the said Section A of Inland Lot No. 2168 of being a scavenging lane. All of which pre- mises are bold for the residue of the term 76 years from the 15th day of May, 1916, created by the Crown Lense thereof together with the valuable machinery now situate in or upon the said premises ar I at No. 1 Gordon Street.
Particulara and Conditions or asle may be obtained from
Ms. HASTINGS & BASTINGS Solicitors,
8. Des Vosur Road Central.
and Mars. LAMBERT BROTHERSTM
Auctioneers!
TO LET.
OFFICES, in UNION BUILDING-Your
HE FORTY SECOND ORDINARY TGENERAL MEETING of the C pany will be hell at the Offres of the General Managers, Messrs. JARDINE, MATHERON & Co.. LT, Pedder Street, Hongkong, on THURS DAY, TE JUNE. 1993, at Noox for the
the Report If Directors, pasing the Acean ONSIGNEES of Darge by the above-named
reuel are hereby informed that their goods-irectors and Auditors. are being landed and placed at THEIR RISK in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf, and Godown Company's Godawas at Kowloor, where each Canogament will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are Landes
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instractions have been given to the contrary 6 hours before arrival of the Steamer.
Goods not cleared within 8 days, including
date of arrival will be subject to rent
No Fire Insurance will be affected hy as
in any case whatever.
Damaged packages must be left in the
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be Close from the 7th June to 29th June Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board. JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Managers.
[887 Hongkong, 28th May, 1923.
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED).
Godowns for examination by the Consignees, AYMENT OF INTERIM DIVIDEND ON SHADES and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD & DOUGLAS at 10 am on Mondaya and Thursdays:
All claims must be presented within ten days of the Steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godown.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,
Agents. Hongkong, 1st June, 1873.
abo
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$.8. "COMMANDANT MAGES." SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE. TONBIGNEES of Cargo from ANTWERP, MIDDLESBOROUGH & LONDON, SEKIANG" from in cargo ex
PALLICE, LA HAVRE
un
Bicamer -are with above connection hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risks into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon, hence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is roodived from the Consigness before Noor, To-Day, requesting it to be landed
bare.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undermigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after the 7th instant at Noon, will be subject rent and landing charges.
All cixime mest be sent in to me on or before not be the 11th instant. or they will recognized.
All damaged packages will be examined on Thursday, the 7th instant, at 10, by Mesra, Goddard & Douglas.
Ne Fire Insurance has been elected
A. RODENFUSER,
Acting Agent
Hongkong, 1st June, 1923.
YOK ZAR ENDING TH JUNE, 1023.
DIVIDEND One Shilling and Six THE Boanl having declared an INTERIM
Rooms on Fifth Floor.
Apply UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD,
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Cars,
OFFICE WANTED.
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SOLE AGENTS:
laying and rereits
A paragraph we reproduced in our of employment -- 1 have probably been conducive to the yesterday's issue from a Shanghai paper ameng gave an incorrect date for the opening
increase
Evea of gambling. those who deplore the spread of the botz of the new building of the Hongkong and fing disease as quermining the efficiency | Shanghai Banking Corporation at Shang- We are informed that the correcht of the people there are not wanting those hai.
who are prepared to view the question as i dato is Saturday, June 23rd.
ne of practical politics," that is to middle ngeû Chinese merchant napad
say,
shoe
who
convince that
See Tu Chan Yu, master of the Wui Fat
tutting! rant is totally suppressed Yuen Californian' exporters, of No. 379. nucl that so long a letting is, t
Queen's Road Central, was drowned at is distinctly any stent, bealised it
sea on Thursday. The dreeared man waa indvisable to unke it a source of revenue returning from Canson to Hongkong by for the State, and to impose the highest, the s.s, Kinshen and on the ship's arrival fensible rate'nf insetot, however, with her he was missing. A search for th
was made by relatives, "evera! ase aim to increase revenne by increasing bely the extent of betting, my rather to limit launches being engaged for this purpose. and restrain the extent of the gambling. To budy was eventually" discovered en Geognising that the less the volume of the shore tear Kap Sui Mun. He was letting and consequently the smaller the criú to have been carrying a sum of jeiell of the taxe the greater will he the gain at the time hint no money his bein
rest -finemein advantage to the coautes, found.
From the leginuing af the month in
s]Ryzvd
1 is difficult to conceive of the kind of legislation by which such an aim as this Fcan be achieved, yet that is the sun, and, Friges have born again considerably substance of Sir Homes KINDERSLAY'aj views on the subject. No for indientes in these terms:
it
11
praction policy it
This is date. to diminished hsupplies of cattle arriving. A very large perentage of the Colony's supplies of
la certain conditions bel comes from Wachos, and cattle are
į betting is remagnised as being, if not legal, a imported from the district just f
yond the British frontier. The warfare
of betting ta srgeveour7478,
!\"
in
at any rate not illegal; and there is a
the neighbouring province has dis- great deal to be said for the limitation organisee the enttle traile as well as many sport other fines of business, and there is con- From grounds, upon which the events gambled equally a shortage of supply, about are aeally taking place. This the time of the seamen's strike the pries might involve the adoption on raceef meat in Hongkong has been far abova courses of the Parigumtal,, er sonut what it was previously and when prices (kindred system, from which the State go up they have a habit of staying up. I would take a spreified proportion as a
A case is occupying H.M. Police Court tax It may sound illogical to suggest,
at Shanghai in which Mr. Vat Macdon- or condena, way forognition of a practice nell, a solicitor, is defending a churge, which is apposed to ecumenic well-being, brought against him Mr. J. T. Hammond, worthless cheque on the Mercantile Bank but we in this entry have frequently!ti haying, obtained $100 by means of a bunde progress and derived advantage of India, Ltd. The cheque was cashed
It was returned b from canpromises for which it might bon the racecourse
the Bank. difficult to find a logical justification, the defendant had no account at The chegar had been taken What opinion the Select Committee mas from a book issued to a customer. Defend. ultimately form, on the whole questionant's defence was that he obtained the ti cheque from Mrs. Golly Jones at the must h left to time to reveal,
eccourse at Kinngwan "and" scribbled certain that, while they are deliberating it out himself in the stewards' room, formidable opposition will be offered and, in his harry, as he was in the race
to any fuller did not realise that Mrs. Jones had not from many quarters
The hearing defrauding the prosecutor. State recognises betting on the race had not concluded when the last mail toft course to be if not legal, at any rate Shanghai.
Penes per Share free of Tecone Tas, for the NE LARGE ROOM or TWO SMALLER A. S. WATSON & legalision of betting: Int so long as the signed it, but he had no intention of
Year ending Cru JUNE 1910, Holders of Bearer Shares and Hollers of Dividend Warrants received from Landon on account of Registered Shares, will be paid their Dividends on presenting No, 22 Ceapon of the Bearer t Shares, and Dividend Warrants on Registered Shares, to either of the following Banks at Shanghai or Tientsin-
Tur HONGKONG & SPANGEAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
THE JASTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA
& CHINA.
THE RUNO-ASIATIC BANK.
THE BANQUE BELGE POUR L'ETRANGEL
The Payments will be made in either Dollars or Taels, a the Holder may wish, at the buying rate of Exchange of the Day.
GENERAL MANAGER, KALAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,
ROOMS, preferably on Ground or First Floor, in Centre of City, Repaired, as Offices about Jone...
LA
Write "2" Daily Press.
ADIES and GENTLEMEN Suffering from any kind of Disease, however complicated and long-standing the case may the disease. Full particnlars of treatment. | be, are requested to write present condition of advice, etc., free under cover. "Bar" Works, Beadon square (H.P.), Calcutta (India).
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PREPAID
L
WANTED
HONGKONG THAMWAYS, LIMITED. STEAM-DRIVEN ELECTRIC GENEKAT- ING TRACTION PLANT FOR SALE.
THE
the Generating Station of the HONGKONG TRAMWAYE, LTD, Hongkong, is FOR SALE:- Two Yotex and Tham's horizontal crDAS compound Steam. Engires, each of 428 harso power. Coupled diet to two 300 Kilowatt "Dick Kerr Caseraturs, 550 Direct
Current volts, evolutions 100,
Undermentioned PLANT, installed at
Two complete was of Whe-ker Surface
Condensing Plants for above,
Osu complete set Worthington Surface Condensing Plant for above.
250
1909
THE HONGRUNG SMALL INVESTORS SHARE AND REAL ESTATE CO.
No. 8, Des Vœux Road. Telephone No. C. 4306, BUYERS of HONGKOND CONSTRUCTI ONE.
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WATBONE.
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SELLERS of COLONIAL DIBI’ENDARIES.
H. & S. BANKS.
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VISITORS
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Should Purchase
BY THE PEARL RIVER
ST
CAPTAIN C. V. LLOYD With Illustrations, Maps and Flags."
PRICE...
$1.75.
On Sale at
Hongkong: "DAILY PRESS Office.
the
Canion:
Messrs. KELLY & WALSH LTD Messrs. Barwan & Co. Messi A. S. WATSON & CO.
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Letters are lying at this Office for Bore-XE XL, XN;
URGLAR ALARMS, $3 each. RAMSAY & Co., 10, Beaconsfield Arende. 159
10 LET-EUROPEAN FLATS in Lou
FOR
CO., LTD.
Hongkong Dispensary.
ESTABLISHED 81 YEARS.
BIRTH. BRANDT-At Ellisbrook. Hill top, Hale, Cheshire, to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. BRANDT (née Doris Backhouse), a
[905 daughter.
DEATH. FILLBROOK.Åt Shanghai, ou May 31st, suddenly LacHENCE ASTLEY ALERT Ewan FLLBROOK, aged 459.
Hongkong Office: 10. Des Voeux Rd., C. London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONO, JUNE ETH, 1923
agre
deep
not legal." then the average man who
papers record with views the question from the standpoint Shanghai
brook, which took place at his residence, Mr. of practical politics, even though he any that the death of Mr. .. A. Fall- not addicted to the rice himself, Ne, 68, Route Doumer, last werk.
that the Fullbrook had been in the employ of the will be disposed to State would very well tax there betting British-American Tobacco Company for the past 20 years and had represented that company as travelling auditor in operations in filers within the meaning!
During of the Act without exposing itself to Egypt and throughout Europe, and had the charge of promoting the spread of spent several years in India.
the War he served as accountant attached to the Ministry of Munitions Factory at theaner.
Oldbury, Birmingham, sand at that time contacted diabetes, which gradually in his death at the early age of 15. In Mr. He Fook and Mr. and Mrs. Hundermined his contitation and resulted March, 1919, he came to Shanghai and Kom Tong returned
was stationed here permanently with the British Cigarette Co. Ltd. During his yesterday on the Empress of Bussia. --
who deeply sympathise with the widow The old fire station in Queen's Rand residence in China be made many friends Central has been converted into a build, and two daughters in their irreparabls
number of small loss, it ing suitable for Chinese shojis.
to the Colony
In connection with the grant by the The total output of the Kain Mining Governor of the Straits Settlements of site for the Union Jack Club, the Hon. Administration's mines for the week M. Lowther Kemp at last week's meet- endling May 19th amounted to 91,804 100sing of the Legislative Council moved that and the sale during the period to 91,981 the sanction of the Council should in future be obtained to the grant or lense tons
of any public land for a zominal con- sideration or for consideration less than or grant or lease. The hon. member said
the market value of such land at the datu
A. Chileke hay, aged li years, was sent Building, Wascha Gap Road. Apply THE TAXATION OF BETTING. to the Kwong Wah Hospital, on Sunday
"Turne is no disguising the fact that suffering from injuries received as the rehe thought no exception would be taken sult of having been knocked down by a by Government to the adoption of this practice. The Acting Colonial Secretary, said it was with some regret that the One Bellis vertical compound Engine, to 32, Kennedy Road,
the habit of betting has obtained so
motor-car in Shanghai Street, Yaumati.
Government was unable to accept tho coupled direct to a 200 Kilowatt Direct Current Dirk Kerr Generator, 550 volts, Revolutions
SALE -One PATENT FLOOR
stronghold upon large mumbers of
Mr. Gershom Stewart, M.P., formerly honourabh member's mction in the form SANDPAPER MACHINE, complete with 2 H.P. Motor and Starter. Dynamo and people that its total prevention is imposs
Letters Patrit the power of granting One W. H. Allen Tandem componed Engine, Engine complete. Apply to HUMPHREYS able." This is the conclusion of Sir of Hongkong, is a member of the Select in which it appeared. There were several. ROBERT KINDERSLEY, who is a directer of Committee to consider the question of reasons for this. The first was that by the imposing a duty on betting and to report Crown land was verted in the Governor coupled direct to a 20 Kilowatt Direct Current ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.
the Bank of England. and wus "Cick Kerr" Generator, 110 volts, Hevolution s
tounder of what is now the National whether such a duty is desirable and and that could not be altered without The Committee consists of taking the King's pleasure. The power 600, for depot lighting,
the Governor to grant Crown, land Few people, if any-practicable. Savings Movernment,
was governed by two other Ordinaners. The Governor,not the Governor in body, will disagree with that opinion. Ligeten members.
Gino "ick Kerr Motor Generator Set,
Kilowatt.
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FLAT. EUROPEAN Roomed Motor 0 volts. Generator 10 volts, 20ANTED.-By End of July. a Three-
500 Revolutions, for depot lighting. One Remington two cylinder crude oil Moderate Kental. Hongkong ur Kowloon. Engine,
direct coupled to 15 Kilowatt Direct Apply Box X.1., c/o Daily Press Ufoc. (90
BAT Chandeyson (icaerator, 195 volts, 400
Babcock and Wilcox Boilers ench having approximately 3,654 square feet of heating surface, filed with Chain Grate Stockers, motor drives."
Two Weirs Feed Pampe complete with
water strainers, &c.
Ose Oreen's Economiser, motor driven, All necessary piping, valves, etc., for above. One 10.toa Hand Craze 40 3 apan between rail centres. Lift 28 feet. Two speeds of lifting, one for light and the other for heavy
CHINESE
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of
Hence the question has arisen, if betting A motar-car, which did not stop, and Council--had vested in him the power to cannot be totally prevented, why should
woman
But this huge business be taxed for the the number of which is not known, is grant Crown lands to local authorities by His Excellency to give the assurance. W ARCHITECTURAL DRAUGHTS, list of industry? There was no mere said to have knocked down a Chinese and Harbour Board. He was authored MEN Applicant to forward Samples of of ascertaining how many millions of woman on Morrison Mill at 10 o'clock that in all cases where possible, before uses, the views of the Unofficial members was but slightly injured, one of for quasi public purposes or charitablo He thought that would be obtained. the HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST CO, LTP the hands of the book-makers; but it is
her hands being cut.
member's Draughting and applications by Letter only to pounds sterling pass each year through on Sunday morning. Fortunately, the any Government. Crown land is granted
would meet the honourable Powell's Building, Des Voeux Road Central.
common knowledge that the total must
The banknote confidence trick was point. Beyond that the Government was be enörnious. A moderate tax on all this money would relieve the Chancellor of the practised in Mong Kok on Saturday and, not prepared to go.-The assurance was
loads,
THE METHOD OF MOUNTING Exchequer of a grent dwil of anxiety in ones. more, the tricksters got away with ncerpted as satisfactory.
the framing of his annual budgets, and their dishonest gains. They selected as their The plant is in First-class condition, and
to this end a Select Committee has been victim an old fisher woman. In exchange can be inspected at any time.
Offer to Purchase the Whole or Any Fortion spectacle glasses is of the greatest im!
portance," writes Dr. C. Hartbridge, appointed to consider the question of for a bundle of what appeared to be bank of the Plant should be addressed to:-
F.B.C.S., R. J. WILTON,
Ophthalmic Surgeon and imposing a duty on betting and to report holes, but in reality was waste paper, the Acting Secretary & General Manager.
Lecturer on Ophthalmic Surgery to the whether a duty is desirable and prae-woman was induced to give up jewellery Westminster Hospital, "they must baticable." Twenty years ago Select to the value of $125
8991
BONGKONG WEEKLY
PRES.
CONTAINING ALL THE WEEKS
LOCAL NEWS.
The Paper to Bond Home
accurately centred in frames that are Committee expresved the opinion that the
The Canton Daily News says that the light, strong and fit well, otherwise the fuller legalisation of gunbling would in- good effect of the most carefully chosen crease its extent; but, even without a British tars from the Moth and Moorhen correction may be entirely frustrated by fuller legalisation, hetting has increased on hearing the news that Dr. Jamieson, a faulty position of the glasses, or even in extent enormously in Great Britain in H.M. Consul-General, had rooived the a fresh source of eyo-strain may be intro the last twenty years, and since the war honour of Knighthood, formed fours and duced." The Hongkong Optical Co., especially. This notable increase has, in marched to the Canton Club, where they "one of the commandeered Sir James, and hoisted mccessors to Clark & Co., Refracting fact, boen alluded to as sad Manufacturing Opticians, located in many uvidances existing to-day of that him shoulder high and conveyed him to 63, Queen's Road Central, have the equip-restlessness and craving for excitement the F.N. Canteen. To the boys of the ment and instrument to adjust your, which has manifested itself since the war." West River Patrol, there is no ane to be
[50% Economic conditions the high cost of compared to the “C.0." specipela to a mosty,—Amvu.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
The following telegrams have been American Consalato General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory :- received by the
June 4th. 9.30 am. 1.-Cyclone or typhoon between the Vianyas and Luzon, moving West or W.N.W. 2.-Typhoon in about 130deg. Long. F.
12deg, Lat. N., moving N.W. 3.-Typhoon in about 125deg, Long. F
19deg. Lat. N., moving W. 4.-Typhoon in about 137deg. Long. E 11deg. Lat. N., moving N.N.W
June 4th, 2 p.m., 1-Typhoon in about 123deg. Long, B
14deg. N., inclining northwards. 2.-Typhoon in about 135deg. Long. #
E. 14deg. Eat. N., moving N.W.
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