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S From TH OCTOBER, 1924, the Office of the above Firm will be at the New P.4O. BUILDING (STH FLO0m).
NOTICE.
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THE PEARL ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND).
FIRE
INTIMATIONS
NOTICĖ.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 1924
INTIMATIONS
THE From the 1st OCTOBER, 1924, N. B.
TIKE Undersigned hereby give Notice that To Connoisseurs KOTWALL. No Longer in their Employ.
Dated lat October, 1924. 1406],
E. D. KOTWALL & CO.
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON TAXICAB CO. LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
FIRST
YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the HONGKONG AND KOWLOON TAXICAB
HAVINGERWRITING AGENTS to the CO. LTD, will be held at its Office, & stric
above Company We are prepared to issue Policies at Current Rates.
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NOTICE.
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T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that Bealed
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alearly marked
TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STORES", will be Received at the COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Qricz until Noor of MONDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1924, for the Supply and Devery of the following Stores
quired by Government Departam during
the year 1925-
Ironmongery. Household and Sanitary
Utensils, Brusher, Tools, Lamps, sta Asbestos, Rubber, Leather, Fucking, Ropes,
etc.
Clothing, Drapery, Haberdashery, etc. Bamboo sud Cane Goods, Firewood, etc. Drysalteries, Oil, Faints, Varnishes, etc. Lubricating Oil.
Lighting and Fuel Oils. Plectrical Stores.
Wrought Iron Pipes and Fittings, Braso
Taps, etc.
Iron and Steel Bars, Platos, Anglon, Brasi,
Copper, and other Metala.
Iron, Steeland Brass Castings, Manufactured
Ironwork, etc.
Timber...
Bricks, Cement, Lime, etc.
Each of the above is a Separate and "Distinct Tander. Tenderers may quote for any one or more or all of the above Liste, and any oze or mors or all thay be accepted or rejected in whole or in part by the Government.
Each Tenderer must produce with each Tender Receipt that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the Sum named on the rospective Tender Form an a Pledge of the bona fides of his Tonder, which Sum shall be forfeited to the Crown should the Tenderer refuse or fail to carry out, to the satisfaction of the Government the whole or any portion of the respective Tender or Tenders which may be. accepted. The Deposit will be returned to any Tenderer whow Tender is not accepted.
For Forms of Tender and further Particuları apply at This Oce.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the Lowest or any Tender,
HAROLD T. UREÄSY,
Director of Public Works.
24th October, 1924. --
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CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO.,
LIMITED.
BoxLDING, QUEEN'S ROAD, or THURSDAY, the J0TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1924, at 5 PM for the Boone of receiving the Report of the Directors and a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 30th April, 1994, and of electing Director and Auditors. The REGISTER BOOKS wil CLOSED from the 23D to the 30 OCTOBER, 1924 (both days inclusive), during which No Transfer of Shams will be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. H. BOWE,
Managing Director. Hongkong, 21st October, 1924. ... (1393
NOTICE.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
CERTIFICATE NO. 913 for SS060
paid ap, Number 9628/9630 in this Society standing in the Name of
HORMUSJEE COOVERJEE SETNA, Bombay, has been Declared LOST, and if st
Erpiration of One Month from the Date the hereof the above Document be not forthcoming the Said Certificate will be deemed Cancelled and of No Bfect, and a NEW Certificate for the 5 Shares will be issued in its stead by the Society.
PAUL LAWDER,
General Manager. Hongkong, 24th October, 1924
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To be Sold by AUCTION, Subject to a Besarvs Price
199
WEDNESDAY,
the 29TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1924, at 3,00 ..
In ONE LOT ·
ME, LAMMERT BROTHERS, Afictionrers,
In their Auction Rooms in Duddall Street.
The Properties consist of "
ALL THOSE Pieces or Parcels of Ground situate at Taikoktani and registered in the Land Office as Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 888 and Kowloon Inland Lot.No. 891 together with the Mearnager, Erections and Buildings thereon (if any).".
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reference to the Special Resolution. passed and confirmed at EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS of the above Com pany held on the 3RD and 20TH para or OCTO- RER, 1924, regarding the division of the above Company's Share Capital from Shares of the
"FOR SALE. Denomination. of $100.00 each into Shares of the Denomination of $25.00 each, in order to
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Box No. 1385, the Share Certificates in respect of their 1-
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gu Bangkon. Daily Prea spective holdings of Bhares in the Company:
change wherefor the Undersigned will, upon receipt of auch Share Certificates, forward to the respective holders thereof written acknoW- ledgments of the receipt thereof.
When the New Certificates in respect of the Division of the Shares into Shares of the Denomination to $25.00 each as aforesaid are
ready, Noties thereof will be given to Share holders and such New Certificates will be octainable by Shareholders apon application to the Undersigned at the Company's Registered Office, PENDER STacer, Victoria, Hongkong, in exchange for the above-mentioned Acknowledg ments.
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THE
CIVIL
CHINA.
WAR
IN
(THROUGE (REUTER'S AGENCY.)
PRESIDENT RESIGNS UNDER
FORCE MAJEURE.
A MILITARY DEMONSTRATION.
The worst fears of the authorities that the presence of thousands of disorganited.
PEXING, October 25th. armed troops would inevitably lead to
General Feng Fu Hsiang delivered an more armed robberies and other violent crimes, are being realized, says the ultimatum to the President and Cabinet Daily News. Not a night has paased yesterday after which there was a mili since Marshal Lu's departure without antary demonstration in the vicinity of armed robbery having been committed in the Palace. The ultimatum expired st the Settlement.
four o'clock in the afternoon. Although the result was a foregone conclusion there was suppressed excitement during the interval, which disappeared on the with- drawal of the troops...
end. It is, indeed, impossible to imagine that Wu Pei-ru will readily resign him- self to orders dictated by General Fisa YT HISIANO, who until a week ago had beca regarded by him as one of his most The National Flood Relief Drive an- trustworthy co-adjutors in the great mili-nounces "a gift of 86,000 received from Hongkong The money was collected by tary enterprise on which he had embarked
Mr. Ho, a nephew of Sir. Robert Ho after long preparation. What has hap-Tung pened at Feking is a repetition on a larger scale of what happened in Canton when General. CHEN CHIUNG Mixa turned the tables on his whilóm friend SUN YAT Sex, and we should not be surprised if subsequent events at Canton are paralleled in the North. The Mandates extorted from an unwilling President by jaree majeure are likely to count with
When a Chinese appeared as the Cen We PE-FU for nought. So long as there
tral Magistracy on Saturday morning. is a remnant of his great army still pre-charged with cutting trees, it was stated pared to fight under bis standard we are that only a short time ago the defendant not likely to see him exiling himself to had been ordered to be flogged. Defend Kekonor. We have yet to learn the full ant whose correct age was stated to be ramifications of General Faya's plot to 21, again pleaded that he was only 16 bring about the downfall of his Chief, in what, no doubt, the "Christina General honestly believes to be in the best in terests of the country; but it is highly probable that We PEI-re will be disposed imprisonment. to regard this amazing coup at Peking
Telegraphs resumed operation yester day morning and telephones this mora.
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Tao Kun tendered his resignation to Parliament.
Do you want another fogging, and did ing. Fou enjoy the last one?" asked Mr. Lind. sell. "Oh, no, not a bit" was the reply of defendant, who was ordered to pay a fine of $90, or, in defanit, 14 days'
The
It is understood that General Feng Yu Hsiang told the members of the Cabinet to carry on as he does not want Govern- ment affairs to be disorganised.
THE CABINET BESIGNS.
The Chartered Bank has acquired the as but a temporary embarrassment, albeit only marble factory in Malaya, the Ipoh a very serious one for bim since the Marble Works, which came under the capture of Peking means the cutting off hammer at Ipoh some days ago. of his main financial supplies. Though works were originally established by Mr.
The Cabinet resigned last night after Peking has been seized without a single Ravensway, a Dutchman from Singapore, shot being fired we imagine that the about 15 years ago. An expensive plant countersigning the mandate (declaring
was installed and soon supplied the "de the war to be at an end), people of the Capital will not feel easy mands in Malaya and India with ap in their minds until Wu Psi-ru not only excellent quality of marble. Latterly the announces that he accepts the situation works passed into the hands of a local that has been created, but gives some syndicate, but trade declined and they tangible proofs that he is prepared to fall were auctioned to meet a debt to the They were bought by in with the plans of General Fess for Chartered Bank. the restoration of peace and the setting the bank for $10,000. The future of the
factory is uncertain. up of a reformed. government of the country,
MARSHAL WU LAUNCHING A HEAVY ATTACK.
MEN IGNORANT OF PEKING EVENT.
PEKING, October 28th. News has reached Singapore of the
Reuter is authoritatively informed that TSAO KUN has been compelled by force death on October 10th, at Crieff, Perth-Marshal, Wu Pei Fu this morning is majeure to resign the Presidency. Heshire, of Mr. James Henderson Drysdale, launching a heavy attack on the Shan-
is described as excellent.
who had spent more than 40 years of has sent his resignation to Parliament "
baikwan front, endeavouring to turn tha this life in and about Singapore as a --the Parliament that be heavily bribed marine engineer. The death is announced Fengtien Bank. Marshal Wu Fei Fu is toelect" him to the position twelve of Capt. Walter James Kemp, formerly apparently determined to bring about a months ago. The sending of the resigna-well-known in Singapore and Eastern quick and final decision there by attack. parts generally, as a captain in the tion to Parliament is but opera houffe cable ship service. The deceased retired rather than attempt to retreat..
His men are evidently unaware of the We can safely conclude that there is no after furiough in January, 1820, owing to ill-health, and settled down in Suseer, Parliament" in Peking at the present where he seemed to be regaining his recent events at Peking, and their morale time to receive the resignation and, if health He was only 47 where he died, and he leaves a widow and two young there were, we can be quite sure that children. far greater alacrity would be shown in
Dom José da Costa Nunes, Bishop of accepting it than was shown in electing Macao, was due to arrive in Singapore the Chief Executive. Parliament, like last week on the completion of his visit to
TOKYO, October 26th. the Republic itself, "is a phantom and is Grace the Archbishop of Goa, who is the missions in Timor, and to meet His
A communication from Mukden dated" likely to afford no material help in the visiting Malacca and Singapore. solution of the present grave crisis. But Portuguese communities of Singapore the dathaays that Chang Too Lin an- and Malacca, says the Straits Times, whatever happens in Peking, we may form an interesing link with the daysnounces he has not yet determined on when Portugal was a supreme maritime his visit to Peking. Should he go,, ho count it as certain that Tsao Kus bas power of the world. There are 4,000 in performed the last act of his life as Singapore, and 3,000 in Malacca, and bas President of the Republic of China.
The outlook is dark and uncertain. Even if the war officially ends, General Feve has taken upon himself n super..
in the war leaves us without much hope that absolute loyalty will be secured by
effort that sooner or later must be made,
...The
CHANG'S MOOTED VISIT TO PEKING.
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no intention of interfering in amongst themselves they still speak a politics, which must be settled in accord... kind of Portuguese patais. The Portu- guese Mission has three fathers in Singaance with popular wish. In the mean port and three in Malaces, and they have
while he has invited many Chihli leaders all come out from Portugal. *
INTERRUPTED,
to Mukden, some of whom have arrived One of the most interesting recent human task to restore peace and set up, social events of the port of Swatow, already, including Feng Yu Hsiang's. Tas cables regarding the situation in the by means of a round table conference, writes a correspondent to a Shanghai chief of staff.
paper, was the celebration of Mr. T. Carr North leave us to grave doubt" as
The Mukden command intends to towell ordered and efficient Government in Ramsey's iftieth anniversary in China whether General Ferio Yo HSSANG bas China. The treachery that we have seen home leave is certainly a record for
Fifty consecutive years without a single circularise the Chili-ites by aeroplane in
altogether succeeded in stopping, the war.
Swalow, and possibly for the whole of forming them of the recent coup, at China. On September 2 h, 1874, Mr. T. Peking and advising their immediate sar- They show us that Marshal. We P-9 on
Carr Ramsey landed in Hongkong. Saturday morning was acting at Shanbai-
After a short stay there he wegan his render. business career in a shipping office in kwan as though hee had not even heard round table conference. But it is an
Swatow. Then he went to Shanghai NORTHERN RAIL AND TELEGRAPHE of the cop at Peking that occurred on
name 3 & successful gentleman jockey and lightweight ama the previous Thursday morning, while, and we can, but hope that it will be where he made as for Marshal Chang TEO-LIN, his Head-attended by results that will banish the tear boxer. His next scene of operations time to take an important part in the quarters were proclaiming that on Satur-present widespread misgivings as to the as-Weihaiwei, where he landed just in BOOMED day Wr PE-C was in full retreat, and impossibility of reaching, in the first handing over of that port by the Japantat TLET One SINGLE
OFFICE on 187 F1001, No. 14/10. that President Tao Kua has taken refuge place, a "frm basis of settlement, and, in the Legation Quarter, thus ending the thereafter, ensuring among the influen- wart It is clear that these statements tial leaders of the various military and political factions those standards of were entirely at variance with the facts loyalty and patriotism that are essential when they were issued in the form of
to the successful working of the "plans a kommunique, The President was still.
agreed upon. i bie mansion, practically under arrest, while Wo PEI-Fu was preparing to launch
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Sir Edgar and Lady Jones were among a heavy attack on the Shaphaikwan front the passengers who arrived on the T'alma. in an endeavour to turn the Fengtien
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HANROW, October 20th,, The Peking-Hankaw railway has been
a position as one of the most popular to the British. Since 1909 he has held ordered to cease despatching 'trafic north- and respected members of the foreign ward an from last night. The railway
telegraph is interrupted north af; Change. community of Swatow,
It is often said that no good fishing canhsintien. be had in China. Mr. H. P. Wilkinson, of Shanghai, however, has always de CHANG TSQ LIN INTERVIEWED.
lared that if the habits of fish could be studied by keeping them in a pond, some good catches would be recorded. Acting on this suggestion two years ago a small angling club was formed and a pool rented near Kaichow Road Batil recently not ese prosumer to-day, declared the in- much success bas been recorded as the Chinese carps appeared to be too wily to dependence of the three Eastern Provincen be 'caught on a hook. Last week, how would shortly be annulled, pledged his ever, says the N.-U. Daily News, Mr. L
TOKYO, October, 28th.
Chang Tao Lin, interviewed by, Japan
The names of Mr. Sik Cheung Yeung flank. The cable, which is described and Mr.. Harry Way have been added WC. Lorden landed one of 4lb. and Support to Tuan Chi Jui and recommend- authoritative, says Wu Peru is apporto the Colony's list of authorised archit eatly determined to bring about a quick ect. and final decision there by attack rather than retreat. It is hardly possible to credit Wu Per with ignorance of the greats, at Peking forty-eight hours after they had occurred, though we can quite "understand that he would take care to
stated that he had at last found how this ed the deportation of Wa Pei Fa He most crafty fish could be booked. On Bunday morning last several members of nanounced the construction of a railway Dr. Wong T&z Chuen bas been appoint the club visited the pond to witness Mr. between Dungliang and Jehol, ed by H.E. The Governor to be a member Lorden's method of fishing for carp.
A Mukden message of to-day's date Some very exciting sport was obtained, of the Midwives Board for a term of as Mr. Lorden caught seven carps weigh states that Fan Min Mu, staff offoer of
three years.
Mr. D. W. Tratman has been appoint. ed to he Head of the Sanitary Depart keep the news from his men as long as ment during the absence on leave of Mr. possible in order that their morale, which, L. Smith. Mr. J. A. Fraser has beex is described as "excellent," should not appointed Assistant Head of the Sani. be weakened. It is therefore clearly tary Department and Secretary of the premature to regard the war as at an Sanitary Board.
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ing alb.,7lb., alb, shib, 2hb., and 11b, respectively Mr. Ogden who de Lu Yung Hsiang, who has just arrived cided to try Mr. Lorden's method for him. A photo of the fish and an article on carp eneed in Japan because he was mistaken self was rewarded by booking a 10lb, fish. hero, described the dificulties ho experi fishing in China will shortly appear in the
China Journal of Science and Art, se for "Little Hau," He announced that Mr. A. de C. Sowerby, the editor, has Lu Yung Hsiang was shortly going to kindly allowed his magazine to be used as a medium of distributing news of danh- ing to all anglers in China.
(Wontinued on page 1)
Mukden.