NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST NOW
OPEN
The Subscription List Opened on the ITH DAY OF NOVEMBER, "1923, " and will Close on or before FRIDAY, the 280Z DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1923.
HONGKONG DEVELOPMENT BUILDING AND SAVINGS SOCIETY, LTD.
Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances 1911-1921.
CAPITAL
$10.000.000
"DIVIDED INTO 1,000,000 SHARES OF $10 EACH.
Of the above Shures 169,000 have already been subscribed for cash by the Directors and their friends. On these $1.00 per share will be "paid on application and the balance when called up on the same basis as the remaining capital. The remaining 831,000 shares ranking equally with those already subscribed are now offered for Public Subscription payable as to $1.00 per share on application. The balance due on each share, viz., $9.00, will be called up as and when required by instalments of $1.00 per share ut intervals of not less than three months between esch call
Any of the shares now offered to the Public which may not be subscribed for will be allotted in auch manner as the Directors shall determine.
DIRECTORS:
DR. J. C. DALMAHOY ALLÁN, Alexandra Building, Medical Practitioner, -C. E. H. BRAVIS, Esq., 9, Queen's Road Central, Victoris, Solicitor..
A CARTWRIGHT, Esq., 14, Chater Road, Victoria, Managing Director,
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, LTD.
CHAN SAU FUNG, Esq, 11, Mai Fong Street, Victoria, Merchant. CHAU SIU KI, Esq., 8, Queen's Hoad West, Victoria, Merchant. FREDERICK ELLIS, Esq., 10, Ios House Street, Victoria, Stock Broker. Hos. Ms. B. H. KOTEWALL, Alexandra Buildings, Victoria, Merchant. LEUNG YAN PO, Esq., 3t. George's Building, Victoria, Compradore, of
Messrs. GIBE, LATENGSTON & CO.
LI WING KWONG, Esq., 153, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant. LI YAU TSUN, Esq., 75, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant. THE REYKHEAD FATHER L. ROBERT, PROCURE GENERALE DES MISSIONS
ETRANGERS, Procureur General.
WONG PAK SON, Esq., 220, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant,
BANKERS.
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
AUDITORS.
MESSES. PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING, Accountants, No. 5, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong,
SOLICITORS.
Massas. WILKINSON & GRIST,
No. 9, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY:
No. 10, ICE HOUSE STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG.
PROSPECTUS.
(a.) This Company has been formed principally for the purpose of building houses
in the Colony of Hongkong with a view to meeting the great demand for hous ing accommodation which axista in the Colony at the present time.
4.) In particular it is proposed to take advantage of the offer recently made by the Government for the grant of land for building purposes on the basis of the scheme arplained by The Colonial Secretary at a Meeting of the Legislative Council in June, 1923.
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The Promoters are in a position to state that they have completed negotia tions for the acquisition" from the Gorernment of the plateau below "Jardine's Look-out," which is capable of accommodating 150 to 200 semi-detached houses. The Promoters are also in treaty with the Gorernment for numerous other sites in good localities...
The Promoters have already received about 2,000 applications from persons desiring to obtain the assistance of this Company in building homes for the applicants.
The Promoters will also entertain, and, if thought advisable, take up any other schema or schemes which may be proposed by the Government for the acquisition of land for building and development.
(e) The Company is also empowered by its Memorandum of Association to under take business of all kinds connected with the development of building areas. (2.) The minimum subscription on which the Directors may proceed to "allotment is
100,000 shares.
(.) No commission or promotion money is being paid by the Company.
.) The Company will pay the preliminary expenses of and incident to the forma tion and Hosting of the Company down to the time when it becomes entitled to commence business, and the estimated amount thereof is $5,000.
(9.) FAEDERICK ELLIS will be the first Managing Director under a contract with the
Company at a remuneration of 5 per cent of the net profits of the Company.... (h.) The Articles of Association provide that the qualification of a Director is to be the holding of 500 shares in the Company and that the remuneration of each of the Directions is to be $1,000 per annum.
(i) None of the Directors or Promoters are interested in the promotion of the Company except to the extent of the shares taken by them in the Company, (J.) Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company can be inspected at the office of Messrs, WILKINSON & Gas, Solicitors for the Company, at any time during business hours. ...
(k) A copy of the Cupy's Memorandam of Association is annexed to this
Prospectus and forms part of it.
(1) Application for shares should be made upon the Form accompanying the Prospectus and sent to the Company's Bankers together with a remittance of $1.00 per share, the amount of the deposit
Where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned in full and where the number of shares allotted is less than the number applied for a pro- portionate amount of the deposit will be returned
(.) Prospectases can be inspected at and Furms of Application obtained from the Company's Bankeri, the HorGKONG AND BILANGHAL BANTING CORPORATION and at and from the offices of the Company at No. 10, Ice House Street, Victoria Hongkong,
This Prospectus has been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies. Dated the 20 h day of October, 1928.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
DANCING.
PALACE HOTEL.
THE POPULAR JAZZ BAND
of
HMS DESPATCH" Will Play at the shore Hotel on SATURDAY," the 17TH NOVEMBER, 1823.
DANCING-9.15 F..
(1570
TISS DORIS WOODS is leaving the resume Tuition Early in DECEMBER.
Moon NOVEMBER 16TH, Will
NOTICE.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
YERTIFICATE No. A/120 For Nine
Shares, Nos, 99948/98958 standing in the Society's Register in the Name of KWONG SINO LUNG of Yokohama has been declared
LOST or STOLEN, and if at the expiration of One Month from the Date Eeroof the above Document be not fortheeming the Same will be deemed Cancelled and of No Effect, aad NEW CERTIFICATE for the said Shares will be issued by the Society.
"PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager. 11564 Hongkong, 12th November, 1923.
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ENTRIES for the Seventh Race at the
GYMKHANA MEETING to be held on 1 DECEMBER Yere will be POST ENTRIES.
(1506
RONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. NEXTRA GYMKHANA is fixed for
A SATURDAY, 1ST DECEMBER, 1923.
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms may be obtained at RACE COURSE, HONGKONG CLUB, and Causeway Bay STARLES, * Special St. ANDREW'S PROGRAMME. Entries CLOSE on 17TH NOVEMBER, 1923,
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HONGKONG TRAMWAY. CU. LTD.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.)
INTIMATION
Choice
Confectionery
New Stocks Just Received of the Very Finest Quality.
American Chocolates.
H. FOSS & Co.'s, elegant 1 lb. boxes.
Fuller's
Almond Fudge
Chocolate Caramels
Assorted Caramels
Peppermint Lumps
&c.,
&c.
A toa merchant named Tang Ko Ming
China in Mr. R. L. D. Wodehouse, of the Union in all the provinces of which it can be grown. It is being sold Insurance Society of Canton, a well- freely and openly not only in those known gure in tennis and cricketing provinces but in most of the others, and circles, has been transferred from the in several provinces large revenues are Singapore to the Bombay office of the derived from taxation imposed by offi company. ciale, civil and military, on the cultiva | - tion and sale of the drug. The Chinese Ambassador to London can hardly be is the latest victim of an armed robbery. unaware of these facts. If so, he is sadly His house at No. 20, Mercer Street, was out of touch with what is happening in entered carly yesterday morning whilst the country he represents or misrepre- the merchant and his family were still in bed. There were two rabbers, who got #cats at Geneva,
away with $50 in notes. In their burry to escape one of the robbers dropped his dagger on the floor, whilst a fully loaded revolvers was discarded by the other man in Hoard Street when he was chased by
facts to
NEW SOLICITOR ADMITTED.
MR. PRIOR, RA, LL.B.
Mr. James Templer Prior, B.A., LL.B., who recently arrived in Hongkong to join
When we. are faced with like those is it not ridiculous talk of the people of China" having any real sympathy with the movement for the total suppression of opium! The the police. Both men made good their successive Governments of China have escape.. maintained on the Statute Book the law prohibiting the traffic, and Mr. Cuc was justified in denying the rumour that China is going to establish a monopoly, though such a course was suggested by the British Inspector-General of Customs as the only practical method of checking the Grms of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, the evil Mr. Chu assured the Assembly was yesterday morning admitted to prac- that China will do her best" to effect tice is a solicitor in the Supreme Court total suppression of the traffic in accord- of Hongkong by the Chief Justice (Sir. ance with The Hague Convention. It William Rees-Davies).
The motion for admittance was pro the Ambassador means that the Central Government at Peking "will do its posed by the Attorney-General (the Hon. best" few will' cavil at the statement, Mr. J. H. Kemp, K.C.) who gave a brief but all who are acquainted with the outline of the applicant's career. Mr. conditions prevailing in China will be Prior, he said, was 25 years of age and aware that the Government's "best" in had seen active service. such a matter counts for very little months' training at Sandhurst he was indeed. The Government in Peking has gazetted to the King's Own Scottish lost all effective control over the pro- Borderers in April, 1918, proceeding to vinces, and the law against the opium the front in August of that year. In the traffic is most fagrantly disregarded, following year, he went to Cambridge apparently all over China. It is the case and in 1921 he obtained the degrees of even in a province like Kwangtung, where Bachelor of Arta and Bachelor of Law. the principal officials are in full sympathy He passed his final examination in June with the anti-opium movement but of this year and he was admitted A dare not venture any longer to attempt solicitor in August. to enforce the law. It is an importani to the nien, who source of revenue dominate affairs in China-the Militär
reorgani ing her military system there seems little prospect of an enforcement of the anti-oplum law. as it was enforced for the first two or three years after it was promulgated.
NOTICE named Company
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Share A S. WATSON &ists and until China can succeed in that the Special Resolution to Wind up the Company and the Extraordinary Resolution providing for the Distributioner sale of the Com- pany's holding of Shares in the KoSGKONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong-
of which Notice has been given to kong)
having been
confirmed and
passed ShareholdeRS OF SHAREHOLDERS
the
WILL
CO. LTD.,
the
both in London
in the above named Com REMAIN OPEN ond in Hongkong UNTIL THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1923, for the purpose of registering Transfers of Shares after which Date the said Registers will be Closed and the Liquidstor will proceed of the Assata of this Com- Distribution
to
pany among the Persons appearing as Share- holders upon the said Registers in accordance with their rights and with the said Extraordi- nary Resolution.
W. F. SIMMONS,
For and on behalf of EDWARD RITCHIE MORRISS,
Liquidator.
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Hongkong, November, 1923.
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Hongkong, 16th July, 1923,
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While China's Delegate was silens as to the extent to which the traffic in opium at present prevails in China, he most virtuously pointed the anger of scorn at the Far Eastern Colonies where opium smoking is still legally allowed," and said. "never should it be a únancial issue $ BIRTHS HARGREAVES-At Shanghai, on November to the Government. An honest govern 0th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. E HAR- ment should not live upon such a scan- dalous source of revenue as an opium GRAVES, & son.
So farns the British "STAGO-At Harbin, Manchuria, on Nov-monopoly."
7th, the wife of E. W. Saco, Hong Colonies in the East are concerned they Kong and Shanghai Bank, of a daughter.
DEATH. Low-At Shanghai, on November 9th, WILLIAN HARRY Lowe (Standard Oi Co. of New York), aged 16 years,
Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Bosil London Office: 181, Fleet Street, EC.
The Daily Press.
HONOLONG, NOVEMBER 15TE, 1923.
THE ETERNAL OPIUM
QUESTION.
have shown themselves only too ready to come into line with China in the matter. When Hongkong, for example, made a Government monopoly of the traffic it was with the intention of gradually ex- tinguishing the trade, as China at first proposed to do, by diminishing the supply year by year over the period of a decade.
If China had carried out ber intentions the end of the monopoly in Hongkong
After: rome
The Chief Justice: I have perused the documents that have been filed in your application, Mr. Prior, and I am satis- pleasure in admitting you to practice in fed with their regularity and I have much this Court. Two things certainly appeal to me. Our is that you certainly have youth on your side, and another thing is that you have the great advantage of being a member and graduate of my own University. I hope your career will be a successi
"THE TYPHOONS."
LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT. "The Typhoons" Concert party made their first appearance in Hongkong last night when they gave a performance at ̈ the Royal Engineers' Theatre, Wellington Barracks, before a large audience. The items in the lighter vain by Miss Denton, Lieut. Alcock and Sergt. Tuko were ex- tremely funny and the touch of local colour to many of their gags and quips added to the humour of the turns Pte. Olive's elocutionary efforts in the more serious vein were also much appreciated. Capt. Watts made an admirable pianist.
NEWS."
[THEOUGH HEUTER'S 'AGENCY.] REDUCTION IN JAPANESE HAVAL ESTIMATES.
would have been in sight. China has not FAR EASTERN CABLE fulfilled her pledges, and so long as she fails to do so, and thus exposes this Colony to the expense and trouble of guarding against the smuggling of opium into the Colony from China, so long is the Government monopoly likely to exist. It was made quite clear in a recent speech by H.E. THE GOVERNOR that there is no desire on the part of the British Government to retain the monopoly, for the sake of the revenue it yields--import ant as this contribution is to the annual "FOR ..SALE.
revenue of the Colony. From the first He com the British Government has counted upon
The estimates for TOUSE on the PEAK, overlooking South wile of the Island. Occupation April 1924. 3 Reception Roems, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bath-menced by begging to be allowed on the gradual extinction of the traffic in 235,000,000 a reduction of Yen 40,000,000 zooms, & Drying Room and usual Offices behalf of the Chinese people to pay consonance with the plans of China, and on the original estimates this year. Tennis Court and Large Garden-in all over A tribute to Lord HARDINGZ, who was H.E. THE GOVERNOR was optimistic JAPANESE BUDGET REDUCTIONS. 39,000 square feet.
presoat, for having been responsible, while enough to warn the Colony recently that Apply Box No. 1519, 1529)
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THE utterances of the Chinese Ambas Bador to London on the subject of China's interest in the suppression of opium never fail to raise a sinile. The latest mail brings a verbatim report of the speech which Mr. CHACHAIN CHU delivered before, the Assembly of the League of Nations on September 20th.
a/a Daily Freas Office..Viceroy of India, for the discontinuance the monopoly would certainly cease
FOR SALE..
THE TOWERS,, BROADWOOD ROAD. Farnished or Unfurnished, Fire Bed- rooms with Bathrooms, All Modern Con, reniances, Reception Rooms, Smoking Room, eto, Garden and Tennis Court
Apply LINSTEAD DAVIS, 1547]
Alexandra Buildings.
OSAKA, November 14th. The associated revised naval estimates for the rest of the current year have been reduced Yen 39,000,000 including Yen 25,000,000 by prolonging the period of construction for auxiliary vessels by twelve months,
1924 total. Yen
Toxro, November 14th
of the export of opium to China. Iwithin a period of ten years. If China The estimate for the ordinary budget. sincerely hope," said Mr. Chu," that all succeeds in extinguishing the traffic 1924 is Yen 1,270,000,000. being a reduc- other producing countries will follow the within her own wide borders in that time tion of Yen 104,000,000 on the current example of India by reducing their opium we shall be agreeably surprised production. The first step to be taken towards that end is to secure general. adherence of all countries to The Hague Convention. Meantime, in order to obtain international control over production, it
year's figures. It is further agreed to make a cut of Yer 107,000,000 in ex- penditure for the rest of the current
A fire decurred at a house under con- year. struction at Kowloon City on Tuesday. The outbreak which occurred in Cheung
$200.
HELP FOR JAPAN. SWITZERLAND TO MAKE APPROPRIATION.
FOR SALE.
is very advisable and nevessary for the On Street, was kept under control by the VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY. League to summon a general conference police until the Fire Brigade arrived an as proposed by the Advisory Committee the scene. The damage is estimated at
BERNE, November 12th. OFFERS will be you to the 7 and approved by the 5th Commission of
The Federal Council has decided to ask DECEMBER, 1823, for the Parches ar
Parliament to sanction the appropriation Lease of Modern Equipped Nine-mom, Fire this assembly. Chinn being a signatory
A small fire occurred on the premises of fifty thousand franes for relief of the proof, Brick and Concrete Residence at Pax of The Hague Convention, is always HOOR TONG, CANTON. Includes three Bath- rooms equipped with Modern Fixtures, Come ready and willing to participate in such of the Dairy Farm in Wyndham Street at modicas Basement, Kilchen and Bervants Conference and support whatever midnight on Tuesday. The outbreak victims of the Japanese earthquake Quarters Attractive Location. Excellent Views. Sarrannded by about 6 mows of well laid movement is made in the interest occurred in a small room on the ground BELGIAN PARLIAMENT EXPRESSES cat Grounds with Ten year old Trees. Tennis of humanity. Anybody who is ac floor used for smoking, sausages. Court Owner's family leaving shortly for quainted with conditions in China Fire Brigade was summoned and prompt- Home is immediately prompted to ask who, ly extinguished the fire, but damage to
Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale upon application to BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, or what, is China Optumia boing the extent of several hundred dollars was SHAKKEN.
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The
HYMPATHY,S
BRUSSELS, November 13th. On the opening of Parliament, expres
officially expressed in both Chambers,
tons of deep sympathy with Japan were