NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPA COMPANY, LIMITED, OF DENMARK.
KONGKONG "STATION. TELEGRAMS FOR SHANGHAI "AND BEYOND.
CENDERS ĒTELEGRAMS are Informed that, owing to Panity Cable Connection TELEGRAM8 To and From Shanewal and BEYOND are subject to Delay
E. V. JESSHA,
Superintendent
Hongkong, 2nd July, 1996."
THE EASTERN
EXTENSION
12978
TRALASIA & CHINA TELE.
GRAPH CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN EXSLAND.)
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY JRD,
A. S. WATSON & CO. LIMITED.
NOTICE
то
PEAK BESIDENTS. /
RBANGEMENTS have been made to
ABASE OF ADRATED WATERS
at the Paix Hotz Premises Peak Residente- should Send for their Requirements, Delivery to Hone Cannot New be Made.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. 72357 Honglong. 29th June, 1925.
PEAK KIDDIES ASSOCIATION.
CINEMATOGRAPH SHOW will be AUSA the PEAK CLUB at 430, BYEBY AFTERNOON until further Notics. Opsa to AD Children wherever Resident
HONGKONG STATION. TELEGRAMS FOR SHANGHAI, AND - BEYOND.
CENDER3d TELEGRAMS are informed that, owing to Faalty Cable Connection, TELEGRAMS To and. Fron BANGWAY an BEND are subject to Delsy.
E. A. LEKATT,
Superintendent Hongkong, rd Jaly, 1925.
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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.
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HONGKONG SHAREBROKERS'
ASSOCIATION.
NOTICE IS BERETTLEMENT Cat Postponed JUNE 8KTTLEMENT will take place on TUESDAY, 778 JULY:
By Onder of the Committee,
J. W. KEW,
Secretary.
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NOTICE.
THESHAKE & REAL ESTATE BROKERS SOCIETY OF HONGK NG.
By Under of the Committee,
M. FERNANDA?, · Secretary.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The CONSIGNEES of CARGO Rteamshipped JUNESETTLEMENT will CANHALT are herby Notified that their Cargo which, has been landed into the take place on TUESDAY, 7 JULY. Godowns of the Hongkong and Kwloon Wharf & lodown Co., Ltd, is now lying at their own Risksud Expense, and that the N.U.L. Damse will not be responsible for any fas owing to the Strike conditions as per Rule 1. of the B/Lading clean.
Delivery of Cargo can le obidan in the Tial way.
MELCHERS & COMPANY,
Agents:
NOX DEUTSCHER Lorn, BaExEN.
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INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
HS. KUTSANG "
YONSIGNIES of CARGO from Jizan by the above Stusmor which left Kouz on
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HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the STOCK EXCHANGE I CLOSED From THIS DATE and that the June Settle ment 18 POSTPONED until TUESDAY. 778 JULY,
By Order of the Committee,
ANISSIM,'
03381
Secretary HONGKONG STOCK Exchange.
SETTLEMENT DAY.
Permission of His Excellency
the
INTIMATIONS
WING CHEONG HONG CHINA PRODUCE CO., LTD:
(BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MASETT Tuz KING).
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Exemption has been Granted by the SECRETARY OF STÁTE (United Kingdom) under Section 7 of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Ast, 1919, authorising the use of the Name
WING URLONG HO
HONG CHINA PRODUCE CO. PANT-LIMITED" to the Undersigned CHAN BINGNAM and to his Partners DIM JOO SENG and SIU SHUI CHEONG for all parposes of Business.
Dated this 26th day of June, 1925.
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NOTICE.
C. SINGNAM,
TERE are Abundant Supplies of FIRE- WOOD On SALE in the Colony, and these are at present being replenished through normal channels.
For the befit of those Member of the
Public who, in ordinary lines, Purchase PLRs. WOOD through their Servante or Compradores, It is hereby Notified that Ample Stocks are available from the Dealers in:--
HONOLONGE
Kueh Yuan Street West
Aberdeen Streat
Gago Street
Peel Streat firaham Street Cochrane Street
Hollywood Road Toog Street Bai Streat Porseanion Street Pa Yan Street
Ko Bing Street
Chung San Street Bast
KOWLOON
Ho Pak Street, Sham Shui Poo
Kpe Lung Street, Mongkok Reclamation Street, Taumati
Yat Tak Street, Kowloon City district
Ki Tak
TI
Sai Kung
Bulkley
H
Woo Sung Street, Yaumati
"TSUSHATYVI
Cheung Chan and Tai Woo Cheung, districts
near Nayal Depat, "
Arrangements
the 18th Juss, 1925, are hereby informed that. B Governor of Hongkong, Hongkong Supplies at the PZAR FIND DEPUT
owing to the present Local Labour Troubles, He will be Discharged at SINGAPORE and remain there at their Risk and Expense The Carge will be Beturned to HoxKONG
1000
a conditions permit.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Manager, INDOCHINA 8. N. Co., LTD.
R
Stock Exchange has Fostponed their Settlement from TO-DAY, (June 23rd) catil. Tuesday, July 7th.
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GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC. TENDERS for SPECIE and MEXICAN DOLLARS current in this Colony, for Telegraphic Transfer, on the Lords Commi sioners of His Majesty's Trsary, London, up to and for the sum of 200,000, will be received by
TREASURY
CHEST OFFICER COMMAND FAY OFFICE, until
SAD JULY, 1995.
11 D'CLOCK 4. on the 3
The Tendars to state the total amount (in Pounds sterling No Telegraphic Transfer will be made for law than £100.
Sed. H. BIEKETT,
Chairman of the HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
NOTICE.
||
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
PRAK:
are
made being
for..
N. L. SMITH.
Food Controllar.
F2365
PUBLIC AUCTION.
INTIMATIONS
DEWAR'S
WHITE
LABEL"
FINEST
SCOTCH
1925
WHISKY
OF GREAT AGE.
AWARDED 50 GOLD AND PRIZE MEDALS.
DEWAR'S
“VICTORIA
VAT"
THE VERY FINEST OLD
SCOTCH
spective occupation, but also had no apparent means of sapport, were mate- rially restricted, then we should not only have an increase in economy in the
.
p
The rainfall during June was 3474. inches.
No cases of notifiable disease were re
"Owing to faulty enhle connection, tele- grams to and from Shanghai "and beyond are subject to delay.
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example, we now know that a much cherished dinner service lacks thirty per cent. of its constituent elements More important from the standpoint of our health, perhaps, is the startling know. Colony, but we should also have far less ledge that the "boy" whom we pre-likelihood of a repetition of these fatile
strikes. viously cherished as impeccable, has not unly left several "mierescopic" bad debtä in the neighbourhood, hut also that be keeps important items of our daily menu in disused tobacco and fruit tins, and worst of all, we discovered, neatly hidden porind daring the 48 hours caded na July. amongst a mass of sertipulously clean 1st. erockery a battered and rusty bowl in which was carefully hoarded decaying scraps from food some of which (we re- meinbered with a shudder) must have been well over a week old. Now all this may seem very trivial, and even some- what selfish, compared with the inestim
ble services rendered to the corumunity, Kenny Ler whilst under way, at this time by willing helpers at our provision stores. the tireless labours of the vilunteers, or the fundamental assist ance of those who are keeping the Star Ferries in action, and of thear others who have restarted the trans: yet it has a value, nevertheless, for we have proved rutirrly to our own satisfaction that over At the Central Magistracy yesterday, in the tropics, we can carry on, with before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest; it. Chines moderate efficiency and a great deal of boy was charged with snatching a gold economy, without any servants at all, and and platinum necklace from a Chinese indy in the Central Market. The defens moreover, we have proved completely" dant after a chi was caught by a hypothesis which we had held for a long detective and the complaianot's husband. time previously-namely, that there is a was sentenced to three months' hard strong itemdenzy, for Europeans in Hong- labour and ordered to receive twelve kong to employ too many servants. We strokes of the birch.
WHISKY ourselves could dispense with one 1.
As supplied to the Houses of
Lords and Commons.
SOLE AGENT
At the Marine Court yesterday, before Lieut. Commander G., F. Hole, R. V., the master of the stens-launch Shing D was fined $20 for making fast to the
This Surdinia which should have arrived yesterday with mails from Home and Europe #id Suer (letters ouly, London, June 4th) is now due to arrive this morning, and will besth.at, the Kow-
on wharf.
In the early hours of yesterday morn day, one of the European engineers, at the China Sugar. Refinery, Causeway Bay, while walking through the Bossery: was startled by a sicke dropping from a tree immediately in front of him. Focussing the rays of his electric, torch
least, and we recollect houses which would part with several more without in pairing the efficiency of the "establish- ment. A shrewd commentator en Hong kong society once observed that as soon as ever one employed a Chinese servant. he laboured ceaselessly until he had it. he, found that it was a reptile about three fent long.. Ha kicked it. created a post for cre of his mamerable.
and it made for a tree, but before it
WATSON relatives, and so on downwards, and we could escape the engineer killed it with
R. A.
S.
& CO., LTD.
No Interest and Rowponsibility in our PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of
the Sale Pahle Anction to he held on MONDAY, the 6th day of July 1920, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His EXCELLENT THE GOYELNOR, of One Lot
ourselves know of a Na. I house boy" whis at length succeeded in ro-opting
another coolic (50
the staff of his master's catablishment for the sole purpose of
:n:3 carrying messages
purchasing cigareties for that house boy. Yet
of M. CHARLES ALEXANDER HOOPI CEASED on the 30TH JUNE, 1925. M GEORGE GWINNETT NOBLE TINSON Bas THIS DAY Bora Admitted a Partner in our Firm | which will be carried on as heretofore under the
tyle or Firm Name of JOHNSON, TUKE Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, A. At St. Paul's Hospital, Cause gain, we remember two enterprising & MASTER.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER. Hongkong, Ist July, 1925,
NOTICE.'
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8 From and including the FIRST DAY or As from and inciditest, and Respon Teades to be in Duplicate, and in Sealed ability of M The
EDWARD MAURICE Covers, addressed to the TREASURY CHEST BAYMOND in the Firm of MOXON & OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE TAYLOR, Sharebroken, Has Been TERMIN- and endorsed" TENDERS FOR GOVERNATED by antul consent. MENT BILLS, Eis”
ما
The right to accept or reject any or all of the Tanders is reserved.
w
Copies of Forms of Tender can be had on application.
Persons tendering for (Bills) are hereby
Notified
that having regard to the provisions of
MOXON & TAYLOR
E. M. BAYMOND.
Dated the 1st day of July, 1925.
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the Acta 12 George ILL, Cap. 45 and 41, Gage HONGKONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,
IL
Cap
61, the acceptance of say such Tender
is subject is the express condition that no
Member of the British Hous of Comm
LIMITED.
shall be admitted to any share or part in or hoTAKE NOTICE that We have THIS DAY any benefit te arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such
ach (Bill)
The peritions in question do not apply to Contracts entered into by any incorporated Company in its corporated capacity and made for the gemeni bereit of the Company."
R. A DOBBEN, LE-COL,
Treasury Chant Oniser, R.A.P.C.
His Majesty's Treasury Office,
Hongkong, 3rd July, 1925.
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THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO..
STEAMER FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO
AND BOMBAY.
of CROWN LAND at Aberdeen in the
with the option of renewal at a Crown Kami to be fixed by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY THE Kine, for one farther terar of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Taken Uver from the Cars & JAPAN TELEPHONE & ELECTRIC COXANE, UNITED, the THE Hongkong Undertaking of that Company in purssaic of Telephon: Ordinance, 122
The Invitation to tas Pablis to subscribe for Share Han Boun POSTPONED until more Settled Conditions prevail.
HONGKONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Acting Secretary.
2:482
Dated 1st July, 182%
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED.
TTH reference to the Offer of Now
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ISSUED WIShare ated the 16th May., 1925
FOR EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN
AND CONTINENTAL PORTS
AND LONDON,
THE ship
THE
"NAGPORE"
Imade to Existing Shareholders of the Compsay) by the terms of which the sum of $7.50 per share was to be paid on the 30th June, 1925, and the sum of 15 or the 30th September, 1925, the the prosent Directors have decided (in view of
to extend condition of affairs)
Thess Dates. The Date for
of the First Instal- meal the 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1995, and the of $7.50 per share is accordingly extended
ent of the Becond Instalment Payment of Date for Pay until the 31er DECEMBER, 1924.
carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatch ed from this Fort at 4.x, on TUESDAY,antil the 7TE JULY, 1925, taking Cargo for the above Porta
Silk and Valuable Cargo for Italy, France, and Londen (under arrangement) will be can. reyed by this Steiner proceeding to Bombay and there transhipped to the on-carrying the ler Steamer for Marelles and Londen.
Parcels will be received at the Ofice until 5 PM on the Day previous to Railing. The contents and vains of all packages must be declared.
Lom
MACKINNON & CO.
For further Particuları,"
Agents. Hongkong, 3rd July 1925.
NOTICE.
-12375
payment of
Locality.
Boundary MeasuEGULARITAL,
feat. let ros. fiet, ¦ About
13,530
Annual Rental
Upeet Price,
CHINESE ENGINEERING AND
MINING CO., LTD.
6% FIRST MORTGAGE DEBENTUREJ
(KAILAN BONDS).
INTEREST Dao on 1er JULY, 1925,
At Tientsin, Shanghai
at any of the undermentioned Banks, viz. :-
HONGKONG AND Buangxas"
Basting Corporation. Chartered Bank of India, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Rosso-Astatic Bixx.
"Banque on L'Ixpo-China.
от
At.
Tintain and
Hongkong only
At
HANQUE
L'ETRANGEL
Belak
Po Tintain and
Shanghai
only.
11
The Interent, les Income Tax at da. Od in the, will be
O £20. DEENTUERE:
BIRTH.
a stick he was carrying..
ROUND-THE-WORLD SAILORS.
GERMANS › ARRIVE IN HONGKONG:
Notable visitors at present in the way Bay, on July 2nd, to Mr. and LÊra. F. TAYLOL, R. SỬ
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chair-coolies, retained by (a Hongkong Colony are Otto Prishi and Emil Euler,
DEATH.
resident, who were nearly always theent] two Germans. who have arrived from BLANCH-On Whit Monday, at his bro when required, and who were ultimately Shanghai in a 30 feet hoar, in which they
ther-in-law's house, 93, South Hill
are attempting a voyage round the further twenty 71 Park, Hampstead, of acute hepatitis, discovered "earning
world. NORMAN FREMILIN BLANCH, the dearly dollars a month in the service of someone loved husband of KATE BLANCE, aged
35. For 30 years in the service of else. Mast Hongkong residents would Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son. Memorial be able to furnish further examples for service at Chapel Royal, Savoy..
June 3rd. Funeral Cemetery on June 4th..
#1 Highgate those quoted are in no way unique,
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Accordingly, it would be no bad thing
Hongkong Office: 1a, Chater Road London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E.C.,
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JULY 3RD, 1925.
"IT'S AN ILL WIND
(Contributed,).
"
Prahl, who. Formerly was an officer, où
into the round the world venture, and the 8.x. Hain,, has put all his savings
the vessë) left. Shanghai.on June 7th.
In their run from. Shanghai they have
if many households were to scrutinise been fortunate, the best day's run being. their servants lists carefully when the 145 miles,
Attrac- time for re-employment comes. tive
They now intend to set the ï coura for Manila, which they hope to reach in six days. Thence, they will proceed to Macassar and the Celebes, "Australia and
J
this would be from the stand point of domestic economy, "it would at the same time render a service to the Jav community as a whole. Hongkong does not require a legion of unemployed Chinese, prowling about the streets, or lurking in the coolie-quarters of houses! At the Marine Court, yesterday, be, in the hope of picking up strẩy dollars fore Lieut-Commander G.F. Hole, R.N.,
REFUSED DUTY.
AYMENT of The HALF.YEARLY A number of somewhat platitudinous in nondescript and essentially parasitic Chan Suit Mui, Chit Choi Po, So Ab ∙PAYMENT A. TERRY,
will be made on presentation of Coupon No. 26 Proverbs might very well be applied to employment. It is the presence of this Wong and Cheung Sung Lin, four Chi- nese stamen on the 45. Egremont-Coelle, the present condition of the strike in unemployed and partially employed class
were charged with unlawfully and wit- Hongkong. Recalling the ready response which is directly responsible for so much fully disobeying the commands of Mr. of all puctions of the community to the of Hongkong's petty theft, and also for 1. Cann, Captain of the vessel," while"
in Victoria... Harbour on Hongkong quest for their services, the old, saw Hongkong's Jabour troubles. Naturally the ship was
“Where there's a, will, there's a way those who have no "joss" will create Jane 30tä
The evidence showed that while derricks. springs readily to the mind; and then, trouble in the hope of eventually replac- remembering the comfor ble berths ing those who have.. A scheme of were being put up preparatory to work- which some of the strikers left, we servant registration has been advocating this cargo, the four men refused to obey an order issued by the Chief Officer, murmur A bird in the band..
ed; and it certainly deserves our All the crew were called aft, and and so forth, until everybody, has been serious attention, though we should be asked by the Master if they were prepare labelled. The one we have chosen, how careful to guard against loopholes which ed to carry on their duties or not. They Ever, applies more particularly to our would enable the employees to circum-all agreed with the exception of the four own situation. A fortnight ago, we were vent, it.. Proofs are not by any tenna defendants, who were then handed over totally ignorant of the barest outlines of lacking of their ability to do this, if to police custody. culinary art. To-day we would be pre necessary. A further requirement is the pared to hold a disputation with Mraelimination of thoas who are performing no useful service to the community. BETON herself were she yet with us. Denied of that pleasure, we wrestle daily During these last weeks, we have proved with the Dairy Farm, Lane Crawford that even a carefully organised strike and the rest for our daily wants, and completely fails to interrupt any of the then return to disappear completely from Colony's essential, services; and certainly the world's view for a brief period, in the streets have been much pleasanter order to devote ourselves entirely to the to walk in whilst so many of the loafers mysteries of the kitchen. In the course have been in Canton. If each employer, of these unusual, but not altogether therefore, were to examine, his list of repulsive duties, we have discovered a employees with a view to eliminating number of things whereof we previously those who were merely useless, and the like faces of the Chinese worken was the appearance of two Europeans, Appar remainal in blissful ignorance. For flow of those who not only had no pro-ently from the East, in white drill suit
A regard shareholders who take advantage for these extended times the New Sharte allotted to them will nak for Dividend as from
October 1925
in respect of half the nominal value, thersol and as from the Isr JANUARY, 1926, in respect of the full nominal- Taas therout...
Any Shareholder who makes payment prior to the due date will be allowed interest at 7
cout. per munum on the amount by
paid him from the date of payment until the due daba
This Notice will not affect those Share 4 bolders who make payment on the original
EXCEPT in regard to Existing Contracte
il the Interest of GILBERT ALEKAN-
DER HABRIMAN in our Firm CEASED as from the JPNE, 1925, and the Firm will henceforth be earned on ander the Style or Name of "HODGSON & O&"
Hongkong,
HODGSON & HARRIMAN, 12369 1st July, 1925.
|
Per Coupon (Gross) Les Tax at 4 In the 2
Net Amount Payable
12. 0.
2. 4. 4/5
9. 7. 1/5
O £100. DEEENTURES :
Per Coupon (Gross) Love Tax at 4/-, in the 2
Net Amount Payable
£3. 0. 0.
12. 0
£28.0
-Or £500. DaKYNTURER Z
Per Coupon (Gross) £ 0. 0., Less Tax at 4 in the £ 3., 0., 0.
Net Amount Fayabla : £12. 10. 0. Payment will be made in Dollars at the taiment on the 30th Series Demand Enying Rate of Exchange of the Day
be, the original terms of the offer rank for Dividend the Coupon is presented
dalce, de, as regards the Fir
First Instalment en
the 30th June and sargarde the Second Inn-
to
allotted to them will in accordance with
on One-half the nominal value as from the
1st Jott, 1925, and on the Fall nominal value
from the 1st Ocronza, 1925,-.
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By Order of the Board,
1. H. TAGGART,
Managing Dincior.
By Order,
THE › KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,
E. J. NATHAN, Acting General Manager. [2358
Each defendant was sentenced to four weeks imprisonment with hard "labour.
HONGKONG AT WEMBLEY.
Mr. E. R. Hallifax, 6M.G., C.B.E.. the Commissioner for Hongkong at Wembley issued invitations for a luncheon at the Hongkong Restaurant on June 5th.
Hongkong" was crammed with visitors. during the Whitsun holidays, and many of the soiler articles on view sold like hot cakes.
A sight which evoked much curiosity and brought smiles to the usually sphinx-