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MISS DORIS' WOODS HONGKONG'S POPULAR TEACHER OF DANCING,
is due to Arrive Early in Novenaan from LONDON,
where She has been for Six months studying the Latest BALL BOOM & OHILDREN'S DANCING.
Miss WOODS attended the CONVENTION of DANCING TEACHERS (from all parts of the Worl hell from the Iar to the "rn of SEPTEMBE
Fall particular will be duly announced. STUDIO-8, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE.
TELS CENTRAL '8129.
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FOR SALE. TENDERSON MOTORCYCLE COM- BINATION. Perfect Working Order, Owner leaving Colony. Highest Offer.
Box No. 1335,
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ajo Hongkon Daily Press
́PUBLIC AUCTION.
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY Situate at and being No. 41, D'ÂGUILLE STREET, Victoris, in the Colony
of Hongkong,
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. ·
SUBIECT TO REEVE
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FRIDAY, 112 24th day of Octoвza, 1924,
at 3 P.
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By ME LAMERT BROS, Auctioneers,
at their Auction Hooms in
Daldell Street. ..
The Property consists of:-
INTIMATIONS
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY: OCTOBER
INTIMATIONS
MR. ARTUR ONDERWYSERS To Connoisseurs
Firm of UNTERMANS SORIPPER bare mutually agreed that as From the 4 OCTOBER" : 1924, Mr. OxDIAWYER will no longer represent the said Firm but will in fature carry on Business on his Own Account.
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DRAFT PROGRAMMES and ENTRY
FORMS for The SIXTE EXTRA RAGE MEETING to bo hell an SATURDAY. 827 NOVEMBER, 1924 (weather permitting). may be obtained at the Race CODE, HONG- KONG CLUB and CAUSEWAY BAY STABLES,
Entries will Close at 19 o'clock Noor on SATURDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 1924. 1364
THE COMMITTEES
ST. GEORGE'S AND ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETIES
HOTE THAT MEMBERS WILL ENDELTOUR TO 1 FAZJENT AT THE
GRAND CONCERT ON TRAFALGAR DAY,
21ST OCTOBER
THEATRE ROYAL
at 9.15 r..
Under the auspices of the Navy League in All that Piece or Parcel of Ground register. ed in the Land Office as The Remaining lord of the Child en of them in the Nary and tion of Inland Lot No. 075 together with Las Mercantile Marina who gave their lives to BATO
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Particular and Conditions of Sale may be obtained from→→→
Messas, WILKINSON & GRIST, Solicitors, No. 2, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
or from M23309, LAMMERT BRÖS, The Auctioneers.
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ASSOCIATION."
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, from lo r., at the V.B.C.
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GOZAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
AND ORINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
CONS
ONSIGNEES per Company's Steamet LYCAON
we hereby notified that the Cargo will be dis- charged into Halt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees risk and subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage at Holt's Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 17th October.
Optional Cargo will be landed, unless Notice has been given prior to Steamer's arrival.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be xamined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 AM. sad Noor within the free storage period.
No Clams will be admitted after the Goods have left the Eteamer's Godown, and sil Goods remaining undelivered after the 23rd October, will be subject to Beat
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES. PUBLIC AUCTION.
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTIES Sitate at TAI KOK TSC in the Colony of Hongkong..
To be Sold by AUCTION. Subject to a Reserve Price
TO
WEDNESDAY,
the 2 WAY OF OCTOBER, 1924,
at 3.00 P.M.
In ONE LOT
Messma, LA MMEET BROTHERS, Anctionsers,
In their Anction Rooms in Daddell Street.
The Properties consist of
ALL THOSE Pieces or Parcels of Ground situate at Taikoktsui and registered in the Land Office as Section A of Kowloon Irland Let No. 883 and Kowloon Inland Lot No. 891 together with the Mesagen, Erections and Buildings thereon (ifiapy).
Particolare and. Conditions of Sale may be ́obtained from-
MSA JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTEB,
Prince's Bailings, Solicitors,
or from MERS. LAMMERT BROTHERS,
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Auctioneers.
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No Fire Insurance will be affected
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Agenta.
(1377 Hongkong, 17th October, 1924.
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THE NEW MARVELS.. SHOP Facing the Barbour with Plate Tas Commander of the airship Z.R.5, "on Glans Window adjoining the New P. Godown Co. Ltd., where delivery can be O, BUILDINo, suitable for Steamship arrival in the United States, said "We
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed and placed at their rink into tac hazardous and/or extra hazardous Golowas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and
obtained se soon at the Goods are landed.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods Goods have left the Godowns, and remaining undelivered after the 24th of October, 1924, will be subject to Rent
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods ars to be left in the Godown, where they
will be examined by Messrs. Anderson & Ashe on the 24th of October, 1994, ut 10 s.m.
Business, Frontage, 17 Feet: Depth 64 Feet, with Yani and Outbuilding beyond
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average speed of the twenty-six largest steamers afloat is 123 knots. It is clear that, to-day, the demand for high speeds in the mercantile marine is limited; but it is largely a matter of fuel consumption and any very great economy in that direction, which may come at any time through some new invention, might easily make it worth while to run the merchant
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Valuable leasehold property in D'Aguì.
$200,000 LOSS.
lar Street is announced to be sold by JUDGMENT DELIVERED IN BANK public auction (subject to reserve) on Friday next.
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Among residents who left the Colsay for home on Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Dyer Ball, Mr. A. B. Raworth, and Mrs. C. W. McKenny.
;
A missionary writing from Pochow, in Anhui province, says that many people in
ships much faster. In the running and design of näval vessels we have almost that province had not yet heard of the war although recruiting is going on in ceased to think of cost. H.M.S. Hood,
the province. with an engine power of 144,000 shaft horse-power, did, on the measured" mile,; 32 knots, or 38.8 milce per hour. The U.S. Detroit, a light cruiser, reached 40.3 miles per hour, Messrs. Yarrow built destroyer, H.MS. Tyrian, which reached a speed of 135 miles per hour and this is likely to be exceeded by vessel's now building.
SAFE MYSTERY.
COMPRADORE EXONERATED, «
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In the Supreme Court on Saturday morning, Mr. Justice H. H. J. Gompertz gave judgment for the defendant with. costs in the action brought by insurers in the name of the International Banking Corporation against the compradors of the Bank and his surety under a com pradore agreement in respect of $200,000 missing from the Bank's valuts on Sept.
9th, 1922.
His Lordship found that there was no evidence of any kind to show that there. was any act or default on the part of
The Hon. Mr. G. G. Alabaster, K.C., instructed by Mesars. Deacon's and Mr. D.B.E., was Consul for the plaintiffs, Eldon Potter and Mr. Campbell Prosser were for the defendants, instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Crist."
The Government Gazette states that the compradove's staff. H.E. the Governor "has declared Del Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch to be duly elected a member of the Licensing. Board for three years.
For leaving a large quantity of build- ing waterial in Temple Street and Yu Chau Street, three building contractors were faed $25 each, at the Kowloon Magistravy on Saturday,
The children's fete under the auspices of the Hongkong Women's Guild and Ministering Children's League is to take place next Saturday afternoon on the Volunteer Headquarters parade groand. A great variety of attractive ide shows is advertised.
The Goreriment Gazette notifies that the appointment of Sir Henry Cowper Gollan, Kt.C.B.E, KC., to be Chiet Justice of the Supreme Court of this Colony in succession to Sir William Rees Davice, Kt, K.C., will take effect as from the 13th October, 1991.
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His Lordship said that the issues raised being purely issues of fact, he had in to put to himself questions and answer" them as he thought a jury would do. Could be say that the conipradore was at the material times entrusted with thess moneys or any of them? In his opinion. He does not. He thought that Mr. Potter had argued correctly that the word "eutrusted " gave the keynote of the agreement as far as this case was con- cerned. It was hopeless to argue that a man who had delivered up all moneys in his hands, had accounted for them and then given an acknowledgment in the usual form, was still entrusted with them.
QUESTION COMPRADORS's LIABILITY. The evidence showed that the compra- cre's staff had during the business day. the handling of large sums of money These were, for the time being entrusted to him and he was bound to account for
them and hand them over. That liability terminated when there had been an ac counting and payment, although been assumed under some other beads of the agreement.
Scientists are aware that the present method of producing power for all pur
At the Kowloon Magistracy, before Mr. poses-ship propulsion, electricity genera-E. W. Hamilton, on Saturday morning,
foreman stone-cutter named Kong Sing tors, locomotives, motor-cars, etc.-is was charged with blasting stones on the very wasteful
A few weeks ago an Taips Road at 1.15 am, probibited
hour, and was fined $15,- eminent engineer in England, Mr. CAME BELL SWINTON, put forward ideas for deriving electrical energy direct from the sua. It may seem a wild and altogether impracticable scheme; that was the ver dict just one hundred years ago concern- ing the first steam railway in Britain, at the opening of the World Power Con- ference at Wembley the PRINCE OF WALES said: "The study of power, even if we
the responsibility for the bestowal of the From the evidence it was clear that consider.its techncial aspect, is still in a
correct amount into the safe was the Even comparatively elementary stage.
Mrs. Airey, who has been collecting for cashier's alone. It was also clear that the statesmen of to-day realise that un- Doctor Barnardo's Homes at the request no money was ever put in or taken out. employinent, trade depression and the of Lady Pollock during the latter's ad-of the safe by any servant of the com- sence from the Colony, informs us the Pradore with the one exception of the bankruptcy of British agriculture is contributious amounted to 8731, A draft occasion on September 28th when Mr. for £88.6 has to-day been remitted to Mok was sent by the compradore for affected by the problem of cheap power. the Secretary, Dr. Barnardo's Fund.
a lakh. Mr. Armstrong on that occasion had opened the safe and the left hand Mr. LLOYD GEORGE recently published a
Miss Edith C. Gray, Secretary of the drawer with the cashier's key, and Mok book urging cheaper electrical power Women's Protective Legion, who arrived took from that drawer a bundle of notes production in Great Britain. The elec in the Colony this morning by the 8.8. under the eyes of Mr. Armstrong, and trical era offers a promise full of hope.resident Grant, will deliver an address so close to him as to be almost touching at the Theosophical Lodge. 10,. Queen's It was clear on Mr. Armstrong's evidenco Road Central, at 5.43 a.m., to-day. Mem that Muk took out one lakh and no more hers and the public are cordially invited and that he touched nothing else in the
drawer and put nothing in
Continuing His Honour said it did As will be seen from an advertisement not appear that the compradore was ever Miss Doris Woods will resums tuition in treated as having control of the vault the latest Ball Room Dancing early next or of its contents. Under one of the month. She has had a wonderfully sue subelauses he was bound to use to his ceasful time with the leading teachers in key to give access to the valut, on de. London for the last six months, and was
inand, by any officer, of the Bank. Ho fortunate to be there during the Conven. had no saw whatever as to the amount tion of Dancing Teuchers...
put to the cashier's reserve nor did he check it in any way. The cashier with drew money from this reserve as he thought fit without acknowledgment to the compradore.
It suggests a great addition to the wealth of the world, and we shall all share in it. The subject is an international mat ter, for all humanity will benefit by cheaper power. It will finally sweep out depressing toil and the economic slavery of women and children will disappear The one invention of the dynamo, the maching that generates electricity, bas done more alter the outlook of humanity. than the work of a dozen
statesmen.
to
to attend.
The body of a Chinese, whose identity still remains unknown; was found on Fri day in the Protestant Cemetery at Happy Valley. It is believed that the man com mitted suicide by strangling himself with a piece of rope. The body was in a very decomposed, state, and it seemed to have been there for several days,
These electrical marvels come tumbling over one another in their intent to im
On May 30th Press themselves on us, last words spoken in England were clearly heard in Sydney. It is now practicable to send a wireless wave to any given aresy a similar function. on the crth's surface, to the exclusion The message of the rest of the world. from England to Australia was done with the power of 30 kilowatts; hitherto the longest distance transmissions were seat out by a power of 1,000 kilowatta, avail able at only a few super-stations with the equipment needed for such as The earth has, indeed, become a
Chort
its solitude. No longer is the farro
whispering gallery and the ocean has lost isolated; the pulpit and the theatres have new competitor. We must readjust
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THE CONTROL OF THE VAULT. At one time there were securities valued at twenty or thirty million dollars stored in the vault. and the compradore did not know these were there or their value? Again, a very large amount of bullion was stored for the Pacific Mail withont, any reference to the compradore
A sale of work held last week at the St. Paul's Girls' College yielded $6,000 towards the Building Fund, this being
In His Lordship's opinion, the com- $2,000 more than the sum raised last year pradare never had and never was intend- The most successed to have, unrestricted control of the fal stall was the Dollar Stall, of which vault. Ngr hud be even" joint control. Misa Esther Kobewall had charge, which The possession of the key at the most in the six days of the bazaar raiseil noensured the attendance of one of his " tess than $3,500.
men when the vault was opened. He bad not equal access because access could It is notified in the Government Gazelle have been denied to him at any time. that regulations relating to the telegraph On the other hand, the Manager's stuff cable grounds in the Harbour have been could call on the compradore to hand amcoded. The Western Boundary is now over his key and open his lock and they described as follows:-" A. The drawn could open the vault without recourso from the Red Light on the Tsim Sha Tsui ta þim by obtaining the duplicate of bis Wharf (immediately to the North of the, kop from the other. Bank. It was clear Hongkong Ferry Pier at Kowloon Point) that the effective control of the vault 28 degrees to the Green Light on the was at all times vested in the manager's
Fier at the end of Queen Victoria Strect." staff and not in the comrader
On these facts, His Lordship" found The round bat with the red tassel of that the compradore ecased to be have put up a new world's record for
the occasions of wedding or birthday cele had a counted for and handed them over. the Ching Dynasty must not be used on "entrusted" with these moneys when he' continuous fight of 5,000 miles." There
brations where they now only appear, No evidence had been produced to show is a danger that we are becoming so used to the expression "a new world', vurselves to the new conditions. It is according to an edict of the Ministry of any act or default by nay member of the Interior. In these days of the Re-the compradore's staff such evidence as record that we fail to appreciate the perhaps interesting," but "inconclusive, to public it is bad form to perurit the wear had been given on this point was almost speculate upon the reactions which civilag of Imperial apparel and with the ex entirely negative. Mr. Garraway, an ception of the Manchus, who have official expert on locks, had given evidence which great achievements that such records All Claims against the Vessel must be T OFFICE on 17 Foom, No. 14/10 indicate. It is not uncommon to rendisation will make to these new marvels.permission, no other shall be allowed to it was greed tunde, it unlikely, thas, tho locks of the vault had been tempered with We know that our dealings with nature apar in such clothes,
or that they had been opened with faisd of an aeroplane travelling at aspect of in the past have been by crude and The funeral took place at the Tung Wah keys. When the duplicate of the vault 150 miles an hour. In England during eluusy methods. We can be sanguine Cemetery on Saturday, of Mr. Wei Wah-key was missed from Mr. Hodgkin's lee, whose death occurred on October 8th. trousers pocket and later returned and that the new knowledge will enable man-The late Mr. Wei was the fourth brother new locks were ordered to be put in is the past two and a half years, there was only one accident involving serious injury kind to escape many of the evils which of the late Sir Boshan Wel Yuk. He had did not seem to have been thongit neces
sary, said His Lordship, to notify the to a passenger for five million miles we see around us. Selfishness and other spent most of his time in business in Hongkong and had been compradore to flown. In single month 2,000 passen human failings still retard development. Yee Yik Hong, the Union Insurance Co. compradore formally that this was being
DIFFICULTIES IN WAY OF OPENING BAFE. gers were carried by the London-Paris Yet it is amazing that the terrific waste Jebsen and Co., Wm. Meycrink and Codone or to waru him in any way.
and finally manager to the Imperial Bank
It had been stated that the compradore route. The tendency is to diminish dis of the Great War has not caused greater of China, Hongkong. He leaves a widow, staff, or some of them, lived on the
pro- ises and they thus had opportunitics trace. A few weeks ago the steamship suffering. Despite the gloomy prophets three sous and one daughter.
the new ideas may yet save humanity.
II.E. The Governor will be present at for getting into the yault at night: This Mauretania maintained, throughout the
the Concert at the Theatre Royal to mor suggestion, however, had not been follow voyage of 3,198 miles, between America
row evening, arranged by the local branched up in any way. After office hours and Europe, an average speed of 901 The Canton Gazette states that Canton of the Navy League in co-operation with any person wishing to get at the contents the St. Aadrow's and St. George's Socio of the safe in which the lakh bundles kuots, which is more than 30 miles per merchants have resumed
less vuluu ties. A capital programme has been were kept would have many difficulties,
Assuming him to be in arranged. The Band of the East Surrey to overcome. hour. Incidentally, it is worthy of notice tarity!
Regiment is to play a fantasia particu-possession of the compradore's key he larly appropriate to the occasion, and had further to open Mr. Armstrong's called Trafalgar." Malini will contri-lock, the combination, the grille sale door, bute to the evening's enjoyment and local and the left hand drawer of the safe
Another suggestion was that the talent is to be further assisted by Mias Dallas Fraser, cellist Exhibitioner of the money might have been stolen on Sept. Royal College of Music, who is passing 23rd, when Mr. Hodgkin left the reserve through the Colony. The proceeds of the money in a basket on his desk and his Concert are to go in aid of institutions, altention was diverted by a custoníer. It which care for the children of men of the was inconceivable, said His Lordship, Navy and Mercantile Marine who gave that if $200,000 had been abstracted from their lives in defence of the Empirs. To this, Mr. Hodgkin would not have dis- On these grounde, he gave judgment flags on the streets with the same object morrow morning there will be a sale of covered the loss,
for the defendants, with costa in view.
NOTICE."
"ONSIGNEES of Cargo from MARSEIL
LES, &c., in com
pousection with above Steamer are hereby informed that their Goods with the exception of Opium, Tressure and Valuables are being landed and stored at their risk into the Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co. Ltd., whence delivery may Le oblained
fter landing. will
be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after the 20th instant, at Noon, will be subject
lo Bant and Landing Charges.
All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the 23rd instant, or they will not be recognized.
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Al damaged Packages will be examined on Monday, the 20th instant, at 10
Hears, Goddard & Dorsin
No Fire Intumees has been effected.
R. RODENFUSER,
Agerk Hongkong, 13th October, 1924.
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TO-DAY.
at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 p.at.
NORMA TALMADGE
OF
ASHES VENGEANCE"
in 10 reols.
Special Musical Belling INCREASED PRICES,
THE CORONET.
Dr. W. V.M. Koch has been duly elected a member of the Licensing Board for three years.
Five suspects have been detained in connection with the armed robbery which took place at Yaumati on Friday.
that this remarkable speed was made by a ship in her seventeenth year of service. This huge vessel has actually moved through the water at the astonishing rate of 36 miles per hour. High speed at sea is a coatly luxary, but there can be no doubt that the Mauretania's, record can Mr. Walter Schofield who has just re- be beaten if passengers will pay the price, turned from leave has been appointed or, perhaps we should say, if shipowners District Officer of the New Territories are willing to take the financial risk. The (South).