NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
APPOINTMENT OF MANUFAC
TURERS AGENTS.
UB-AGENTS WANTED to Represent ail Linen of Well-known British Manufactures in Hongkong and Shanghai Enquiries solicited from interested Firms pre- pared to index: through recognised London Merchant Houses on own Account,
Box No. 1137,
18417]
"
c/o Hongkong Lily From Office.
NOTICE.
Alaenos of Mr. G. V. Mark
DURING the Alentil further Notice MR.
ERNEST CLARE DUNCAN has be Authorised to 9igo the Firm Per Procuration as Manager of the Insurance Department from Date.
HOLYOAK, MASSEY & CO., LTD. 9th August, 1924;
HUGO STINNES LINIEN.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE Steamship
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"ALBERT VOGLER' having arrival. Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company's godownut Kow- loon, where delivery
can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
Optional Cargo will be isced, unless Notice wen given prior to Steamer's arrival. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have hit the Godowns, and all Goods remain. ing undelivered on Wednesday, the 20th August, will, be
bas ven
1. wybiect to Reut.
All broku, chafed and damaged Goods are
to be left in the fiodowns, where they will be examined on Wednesday, the 20th August, hy our Surveyors, Mess Goddard
Claim
at plan.
and **All
Teach
กม
before
Wednesday, the 27th Aug., or they will not
be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the modersigned,
BEUTER, BROCKKLMANN & Co.
"Agents. Hongkong, 13th August, 1924.
-LOST.
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INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST · 1318, 1924
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE
INTIMATONS
HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS."
A MEETING of the Cint will be held in A
NEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Seventy- five cenu Per Share has been Declared the Bossl Room of Messes, JARDINE, MATHESON and will be PAYABLE ON AND AFTER & Co. LTD., on THURSDAY, AUGUST 147,WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH AUGUST, when 1924, at 5.30 r.v. for the purpose of confirming Dividend Warrants may be obtaized upon the Resolutions passed at an Extraordinary Application at the Offices of the Company General Meeting held on 2nd July, 1924.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
[115].
Secretary.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
NOTICE.
וי
SECOND EXTRAORDINARY
A GENERAL MEETING of the Cuo
will be hell in the Board Room of Mewery. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD, ou THURS- DAY 14TH AUGUST, 1924, immediately st the conclusion of the First Extraordinary General Meeting.
This Meeting is called on the following Beyninition
28th July, 1924. To THE STRwands of the
HONGLONG JOCKEY CLUB, Hongkong.
In accordance with Rale 52, WE, the andar signed Voting Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club, request you to convene two Ex tracrinary General Meetings of the Club for the purpose of considering, and if thought fit, ping (in accordance with Article 53) as a Special Resolution, the following Resolution
That the first and second paragraphs of Arle 39 be strack ont, and in lies thereof the following new paragraph substituted
for
The SHARE REGISTERS of the Company will be GLOSED from WEDNESDAY, 6TH AUGUST. to TUESDAY, 19 AUGUST, 1994, bath days inclusive.
By Order of the Board.
W. ROBERTS..
Secretary Hongkong, t July, 1924
(1054
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD,
"
No
DIVIDEND NOTICE..
TOTICE 19 HEREBY GIVEN that An clared in respect of the Financial Year ending on INTERIM DIVIDEND has been De the 31st December, 1924, and will be Paid on FRIDAY, THE 2915 AUGUST, 1924, an to Forty Cents (10.40) per Share Ou the Old Shares (Fully paid), Thirty-thres Cents ($0.39) per Share on Bouns Shares (Fully paid) Non. 171,000 to 200,000, and Six Centa (30.06) per Share on the New Shares (1923 Isne) upon which $2.00 per Share was paid up on the 15th March, 1924.
י
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Comany will be CLOSED from the 8 to 9ra AUGUST both days inclusive).
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Managers,,
1026)
A
"The Entrance Fee for all newly elected "Ordinary Members, as well
Naval And Military Ocers on the "Active List, shall to $10 and the THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFAC "Azzal Subscription $10."
T. E. PEARCE
A. E. BLOW
H. B. L. DOWBIGGIN
F. G. WALKER
W. E. L. SHENTON
A. H. POTTS
M. T. JOHNSON
F. E. NEW
J.D. Hoxrays
H. W. BIRD
- G. A. HARMINCAN
.D. M. Ross
W. T. STANTON
BLACK
1116]
Tao SETTER or
ВИТСЯ. Reward if Heturned to Dr. PIERCE GROVE, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong.".
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NORDDEUTSCHER, LLOYD BREMEN,
S.S.SAARBRUECKEN."
part of the M.R
zertain
"SAAR-
A BRUECKEN CARGO which appear
ed to be Shortlanded ex as, “SCHLERIZ HAS, NOW ARRIVED by the 1. 8. “EURYPYLUS "ring at Holt Wharf where delivery can be obtained. Damaged Packages ill be vamined by the Company's Surveyors, HERST, Anilerson"& Akbe, of WRDNESDAY, the 13th insty at 10 km,
All Goods remaining undelivered witer 16th of August, 1924, will be subject to Rent.
MELCHERS &.CO.
NOTICE.
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HONGKONG SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION..
THE following are Members of the above
Association:
A. H. CARROLL
-M. A.
RAZACK
J. W. Kxw
W. J. CARROLL
<). KITCHELL
YI YUNG PAK
F. M. L. SOMILES
B. E. EDWARDI.
J. F. GROSE
V. YVANOVICH
A. P. GRZAN 25,
H. M. H. EsMAIL
SE KON CH
HARRT O. ODELL
Soo PEI SHAO
By Order of the Committee.
J. W. KEW.
Hongkong, 12th May, 1994. Secretar 774
NOTICE.
HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
THE
THE following are Members of the above
Exchange:
ABA, Ezki. ALTE, A. A. BAGzam, J. T. BERTAMIN, V BIXLITT, H
Cox, M. J.
LAMMIET, H. A. LOGAN, W. MATHESON, B. T.
NIHL, A PERET, I. S. PESTORSI, B.
CROUGERA, N. V. A. Ports, Gro, H.
“GUTTIERE), A A.
Ports, P. C. RAYMOND, E. M.
SILVA, P. M. N. da
SKITH, F. B.
ELLIS, F. M.
GOULD, J.
KLY, FIND.
LAMMERT, GEO. P.
Hongkong, 6th May, 1924.
TESTER P
By Order of the Committee,
A. NISSIM,
Secretary.
1775
T. W. Dotle
L. J. DAVIES
A NINATH
A...
W, DODAN
G. H. Gineox
D. B. CLARK
E. 8. ANDARAM
L.'G. BLAD
By Order, 4. B. BROWN,
TO LET.
Secretary.
REMISES on the GaND FLOOR of
PRAEFANDRA BUILDINGS Haitable
for One Large Store, or can be divided into Two Commotions Shops, To Be Let Separately.
Apply SICRETANT, .912). A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
TO LET.
HOP
AND OFFICES, No. 12, PEDDE STREET.
[1100: Apply at the PREMISER.
TO LET AT WEIBAIWEI. YOMFORTABLY Farisked ROOMS with
Board. To Lot at present,
Apply
842]
HA NIVEN,,
WHIAJWYL
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN LLNE.
FROM NEW YORK.
'BOMEO"
THE Stavelip.
TH
informed that all Goods are being landed at their
risk into the hazardous and or extra hazardous Godowns at Holt's Whart, whence delivery may
be obtained:
TURING CO., LTD.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that An
NINTERIM DIVIDEND ban beon De clared in
pect of the Financial Year ending
on the 31st December, 1924, and will be Pail en FRIDAY, the 22ND AUGUST, 1924, ma to
the Share on OK Forty Cents ($0.40)
Shares
Phirts Genta ($0.30) per
(Fially Paid), ать
Share Boans Shares (Fuly Paid) Not 60,001 to and Cent (0.01) per
INTIMATIONS
DEWAR'S WHISKY
MESSRS JOHN DEWAR
& SONS, LTD., and subsidiary companies hold the LARGEST STOCKS of MATURED SCOTCH WHISKY in SCOTLAND TO-DAY, and are there fore able to guarantee the same fine quality all over the world. They have recently secured the FAM- OUS ROYAL LOCHNA- GAR Distillery at Balmoral, which is situated on the ESTATE OF H. M. THE KING. In addition they own directly or are jointly interested in NINE OTHER of the finest MALT DIS TILLERIES in Scotland, thus ensuring future sup of the.
VERY plies FINEST QUALITY OF SCOTCH WHISKY.
"SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG
AND SOUTH CHINA:
for educational purposes auprovided for | SHAMEEN STRIKE SETTLED. in the actual Departmental estimates; EMPLOYEES RETURN TO-DAY. in other words for purposes of either
The Daily Press “ learns from a enlarging the existing educational
..1%
schemes or creating new ones" Broadly reliable source that the Shameen strike speaking, this is, of course, the policy has been settled and that the strikers of all the foreign Powers concerned. are returning to work this morning, When M. KARAKHAN, attempts to indicate, how he would wish the Russian money to be applied his statements are so lack ing in Precision that his audience must
He
The strike of Chinese employees on Shameen has thus terminated after 98 days' duration. It Commenced on Wednesday, July 16th last, at the dieta- tion of the Labour Guilds of Canton and chstensibly as a protest against the new traile and police regulations which be came effective on "Shameen on August 1st
OBITUARY.
have left with very confused ideas as to what exactly was in his mind. favoured the devotion of, part of the fund to a study of the life of the Chinese peasants and workers" He said that)
MR. W. L W. WEASER, during his stay in China he had found
We regret to record the death, from that the present social and economic heart failure: yesterday, of Mr. W. L conditions of life in China, and in parti-w. Weaser, who had practised in the cular the life of the labourers, is not Colony as an architect for nearly twenty
culture
studied at all: it is, so to speak, outside the scope of research by economists and politicians." He himself had wished to ataly the agrarian problem of China, but but together left the Army service in the was defeated in his purpose because he following year and in partnership with Fepald procure no reliable and exhaustive M. A. R. F. Bayer, who left the Wer information. The Chinese farmers, he Department's service at the same time, said, constitute eighty percent. of the started in practice together under the population. of China, on whom, China style of Messrs. Weaser & Raven. The could live a self-contained nation partnership was dissolved in 1915, since preserving her
And national when Mr. Weaser had been in practice peculiarities. Yet the sciences that have independently. He had not been Home since he came to the Colong, and had been applied to the study of China, M. KARAKHAN pretended, have left this basic lately been in in indifferent state; df class entirely out of their scope. Ae bealth. He was admitted to the French cording to hing, the foreigners who Huspital on Sunday and died, unexpect make a very careful study of China andedly, on Tuesday morning about seven the economics" of the country pay noo'rlock. Mr. Wenser was about 48 years attention to farmers; they are interest of age. In his younger days he was a ed in the external trade, the natural good all-round athlete: as a member of resources of the country; in other words, the Kowloon Cricket Club he was for all they can proft by in their own selfish many years prominent in cricket and
years. He came out, to fongkong in the service of the War Department in 1901,"
Shorr on the New Blazes (19e eeue) up AS WATSON &dy. It is but natural, then, that they tennis. The news of his death came na
which $1.00 per Share was paid up on the 17t May, 1934.
<
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 811 to 22 AU...] - GUST, 1924 (both days inclusive).
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hongkong, 1st August, 1994... [1104
.""
THE HONGKONG
AND KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.
NOTICE OF CALL.
LUE OF 40,000 SHARES OF THE NOMINAL"
VALUE or $10 xám.
($5 Pam UP.)
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
NOTICE ILLFRED Fe, Shared Bachof
the 49,000 Shares allotted on the 19th day of May, 1923, has been made by the Company, to the and that such Call will be Pays
's Baukers, Company
Hoyer and SHAR BAI BANKING CORPORATION in Hongkong on or before the 151 DAY OF AUGUST, 1924.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 7th to 14th Augui, 1924, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. H. BOWE
Managing Director. Dated this 19th day of July, 1924. [1045
CO. LTD.
Wine and Spirit Merchants
ESTABLISHED 8 YEARS,
DEATH.
DALLAS-On August 6th, 1924, in London, ARTHUR DALLAS, late of Shanghai, in his 65th year.
Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Roud. London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E.G.
:
The Daily Press.
THE
Haxoxone, Apacsz Brn, 1924, -
shock to a large circle of friends. Mr. Wenser was unmarried but had several brothers and sisteru.
The funeral took place at Happy Valley yesterday evening.
are not interested in the life of the Chi- Dese peasants either in their welfare or their sickness, or in what could make their conditions better." We observe that the Soviet Ambassador's remarks were greeted with "much applause "by the audience, which only shows what a
SHOT BY POLICE. fruitful soil even abady of Chinese:
CHINESE IN SERIOUS CONDITION. teachers provides for such chip-trap.
Early yesterday morning two Indian Any person of ordinary intelligence ought to be able to recognise that all foreign constables, whilst on duty in the Sham
■ Chinese, traders are inevitably interested in the Shui Po district, called on prosperity of the peasant-class in China, whom they suspected, to halt. The man and do what they can to promote it, for did not do so, nl was fired upon and on the welfare of the producers depends wounded. He is at present in hospital the prosperity of the foreign trader, both in a serious condition. Nothing is known
What it all alt him. exporter and importer. amounts to in its naked truth of course
is that the science" which the Soviet SOVIET'S EDUCATIONAL | Ambassador is anxious to carry to the
AIMS IN CHINA.
Manila listened in" to the Macao "peasants **" of China are the politico-radio broadcasting station on August economic nostrums of the Bolsheviks. 2nd letween 9.30 and 11.30 p.m. Pinno
THE Soviet Ambassador in Peking, is intelligent person can he blind to and jazz orchestra selections were clearly
an address a week ago at a reception given in his honour by The Teachers' DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, | Union of the Eight Government Schools,”
LIMITED.
TICKETS will be inaned for ROUND
·
gave an indication of what is in his mind
"
the
true inwardness of this Russian audible, although there was some inter-
ference. "benevolence" to China.
The Manila Observatory yesterday
near Metacosia, moving S.W.
A
or
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her sreTRIPS daring the Months of JULY regarding the, uses to which Russia's
SEPTEMBER, from HONGKONG to FOOCBO portion of the Boxer Indemnity should reported a cyclone or typhoon over (Pagoda Anchorage) and Return, Cali be put. He took the opportunity to refer
both the Upward at SWATOW and Axar an No Clan will be admitted after the Good and Downward Voyage, by the Compto reports in the Press that certain bava left the Golowns, and all Goods resin- New,
Well-appointed ing undelivered after 17th August, 1924, will HAI-NING" at the Reduced Bate of 380. Chinese Generals and inter-departmental Harris for
for the
including Meals while conferences had been discussing the uses delivery coolie of the Wing On Company: bes against the Steamer must be pra: the Steamer is in For
was dismissed by Mr. C.). Melbourne These Special Tickets will be available for to which the flussian share of the Buxer
A ONLY
this Steamer, either by the Voyage for which it is issued or by her follow. Indemnity might be applied, and remark
All
Rent,
Bented to the Undersigned on or before 23rd August, 1924, they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goodstochow. Darstion of Bared that while they could not prevent
on any
are to be left in the Godowns, where they will ing Тренівуч he Azamizel
Fridays be ni tween the hours of
urs of 10.45
Noon within a.m. and the free storage period of one week.
No Fire Insurance
beea effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE, LTD.,". General Agenta. Hongkong, 11th August, 1993.
bar
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN LINE.
FROX NEW YORK.
Steamship
THE CITY OF CHESTER
THE SANDAKAN LIGHT & POWER haring arrived, Consignees of Cargo by harare
THE
CO. (1922), LTD.
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
infernied that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardons and/or extra-hazardous
rdous Godowns of Holt's What, whence delivery may be attained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Gooda
beheld at the Office of the Company, BT has left the Godowns, and all Goods remain. GEORGE'S BUILDING. CHATER ROAD. Victoria, Hongkong, on THURSDAY, the 14TH AU-ing undelivered after 17th August, 1924, will be
GUST, 1924, at 13 o'clock in the FaLENDON, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the fleneral Man ager for the 12 Month to 30th April, 1924, and electing & Consulting Committee and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the TT AUGUST, 1924, until THEMADAT, 14th AUGUST, 1924, both days inclusive,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO,
General Manageri. Hongkong, 5th August, 1924. [1123
subject to Rent,
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before
Aug, 1924, or they will not be recognized. All broken, chafed and damaged. Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on Buy Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 am and Noon within the free storage period of one weak.
li
No Fire Insurance has been effected.- Bills of lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE, LTD,"
General Agent Hongkong, August 11th, 1924,
from
LAPRAIK & O General Managa, DOUGLAS STEAmshie Co., Ista. Hoagkong, 17th June, 1925.
[901
Edward summons against Mr.
an alleged assault on a
1)
Mental and Magnetic Healing" will
be the subject of this week's Public Lecture of the Hongkong Lodge, The Theosophical Society, 16, Queen's Rond Central, on Wednesday, August 13th, at 5.45 pm. All are welcome.-ADYT.
For the theft of $30 worth of socka
from his employers, the South China Knitting Factory. Mongkok, a young
at the Central Magistracy yesterday. Chinese was sentenced to one month's
Liz Sheung, a Chinese, appeared on hard labour by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at remand before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloor. Magistracy, yesterdiny. the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, charged with the unlawful possession of Mauser ammunition, and "was again re-
manded.
Capt. William. Phillips, of the s
The
occupies 8 to 9 days and the Generals from striving to get possession Steamer wil Leave HowaKong from the Come of the funds, their talk did not in the pany's
ay's Wharf at 5 p.m., Arriving at Daylight
least disturb him. By the agreement the an her Betara (Weather permitting).
The Company's Steam Lasach will conreSoviet Union made with the Chinese
PARODA ANCHORAGE passengers from Foocrow Cur, if required,
For further Particulare and Date of Sailing Government signed on May 31st last, the Russian portion of the Boxer Indemnity BOUGLApply to
was definitely antigned for educational purposes, and he did not think anyone | King Fah, has reported to the Harbour would be so bold as to raise with thefies that his vessel was fired upon or Soviet Government the question of a Monday night near the Cheung Chow modification of the Agreement in this respect. The matter has been definitely settled, the Soviet is only awaiting the fullment of the Chinese Government's undertaking-hirendy two months over. due to appoint delegates to the Com mission which is to discus and decide the details of the Preliminars Agreement, before the Soviet prepares its plans for
TO-DAY TILL SATURDAY at 2.30, 5.15, 7.13 9.15.
Metro Presents - The Fred Niblo Produc-
tion
THE FAMOUR MRS FAIR
with
Mytle Stedman and Marguerite De La Motte
TÖPICAL BUDGET.
Forts. None of the shots took effect.
The return of notifiable diseases forg last week shows a total of 10 cases of typhoid, and two deaths. The cases wero 4 British Chinese, 1 Scottish, 1 Japanese 1 Indian, I imported. Eight of the cases occurred in Victoria and in Kowloon. The only other notifiab disease reported were 2 Chinese cases of diphtheria, one fatal. The daily retur issued yesterday was a blank.
The za Tang D, recently built at Taikoo Docks for the Tung On Company,|-
The death has occurred at Bangkok of. made her maiden trip to Canton "on Captain N. Hjorth," of the steamer Sunday last, returning to Hongkong, on Durfor. There was a large attendancs Monday. The steamer's takings for the at the funeral which took place in the first two journeys are being devoted to Protestant Cemetery. The coffin, which the Tung Wah Hospital Flood Relief was Food.
draped with the Norwegian flag. was carried in the grave by mercantile
小
A
The principal business on the agenda officers. Among the floral tributes weg. the utilisation of the Indemnity funds of the Hongkong Legislative Council one from Mrs Thoreson & Co., of" He, however, dispelled any illusions that which meets to-morrow in the second Hongkong. For many years Captain might be cherished that this Boxer reading or three Billa-the Bill to amend Hjorth had been engaged on the Chinn Indemnity money was, in any sense ip- the Plets Ordinance, 1500; the Suplemen coast mainly on the Bangkok run, and tended to replace or alleviate the budget tary Appropriation Bill; and the Bilt he had a very wide circle of friends. Ho of the Ministry of Education "The for promoting the revision of the Ordi-was only 49 years of age and was
married,le was born in Christianja: Boxer hunds," he said, must be used nances of Hongkong..