NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that & Power of Attorney given and executed by Ma. JAN SEE CHING to JAN SEE HONU and dated the 8ru DAY OF OCTOBER, 1045, Has Been CANCELLED.
Dated this 7th day of December, 1925. G. R. HAYWOOD, Solicitor for Hr. JAN SEZ CYTO [2978
NOTICE.
MINOR MONDAY Next by the
TRS. DIANA WATTS is Arriving in President Fun Buren and will lecture at the
THEATRE ROYAL
THAT SAME EVENING, DECEMBER
*$167, AT 9.13,
ost
"THE PRINCIPLES OF GREEK BALANCE“
TUESDAY
AND ON AFTERNOON, AT 5.15 OX
ΤΗΣ
DOND,
→THE SCIENCE AND ART OF PERFECT MOVEMENT."
INTIMATIONS
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 1925
THE HONGKONG AND CANTON ICE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HE FOURTH ORDINARY ANNUAL T MEETING & SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Com pany's Town Urrics, S. Lower Albert Hosd, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, 29 DAY OF DECEMBER, 1923, at Noor, for the purpose the Directors and of presenting the Report at Statement of Ace uns to 31st JoLY, 1925.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the
Сотраву will be CLOSED from 14TH to the 20 DECEMBER, 1925, both days inclusive.
By Uider of the Board of Directors.
J. D. THOMSON,
Acting Secretary. Hongkong. 11th December, 1923.
(2961
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY (1918), LIMITED.
INTIMATION
"With mirth and laughter lot old
wrinkles come;.
And let my liver rather heat with wino, Than my heart cool with mortifying
Why should a man whose blood is
warm within,
Sit like his grandaire cut in alabaster? Sleep when he waken? And creap
into the jaundica
By being peevish?"
Merchant of Vanier, Act 1, Sv. 1.
Fine SHERRIES Grown, Bottled and Shipped by
SANDEMAN SONS & Co.
TER SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY GEO. G.
MELTING OF SHAREHOLDERS ID the abare Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, ST: Gross's BUILDING, Chster Road. Vistoria, Honkong, on MON DAY, the 17 DECEMBER, 1925, at 11.50 O'CLOCK in the Feuzwoes, for the purpose of
Mrs. WATTS makes her Lectures" particularly Caving a Statement of Accounts and the
interesting by illustrating them in Her Own Person and Ends the Second Lecture by gir. ing An Archaic Greek Dancs. All Profits to go to Uo M.CL. Funản. Banking at Mostrie's
NOTICE,
(1979
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ma.
NTFORD No Longer Connected
with this Company, and CEASED To Sign a SECRETARY' from far DECEMBER, 1925.
of the General Managers for the Year ended 30th SarTEMBER, 1925, and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED fom THURSDAY, the 10th Dxczxsza, 1925, antil MONDAY, the 2fat Decan, 19.5, both days inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co, General Managers.
2053 Hongkong, th December, 1928.
Xeres de la Frontera
and Oporto.
DUTY PAID.
The French cruiser Jules Michelet hae gone into Taikoo Dock.
roundly accused of lack of imagination and failure to grasp the real need of the
We have j present financial situation. picture of them clasping the money bags to their breasts and peddling out the parcel post service to Canton is resumed.
contents upon terms which add to, rather
The Post Office announces that the
than lighten, the burdens of the bor. amali Chinese cruiser arrived in the Harbour yesterday. The usual salutes rowers-terms which, it is urged, would be refused with scorn by any business were exchanged. man in normal times. Who, it is asked. is taking advantage cf, and making a
A motor car and a truck collided in
The St. Andrew's Young Men's Chib bave arranged to hold the annual Kow- loon Marathon Race on Monday, March tst. The distance of the race will be about 6 miles and the event is open to
all Europeans in the Colony, Three silver prize cups will be awarded and catrics have to be sent to Secretary before February 20th,
A requiem mass for the late M. Paul
profit from, the generous impulse which Des Venx Road West, yesterday. The Kremer, formerly the French Consul at
first made the dollars available!
Event Fender of the car was damaged...
U
Sir Edward and Lady Pearce, of Shanghai passed through the Colony on the Patroclusion their way to England.
Complaints are heard in the Colony
We admit that this summing-up of the ease may appear to be perilously near to that which would be given by those secret hope of receiving a little financial accommoda tion, now find it "dashed to the ground, regarding the high coat of rice, which is
who having cherished a
At present casting the consumer $12 a pical.
About
Mr. H. E. Morriss's wonderful pong, Warrenfeld, and three auction griffins purchased by him, have been sold to the racing partnership of Beudin and Speel man, of Shanghai.
J
But even allowing for that aspect of the case there is still cause for discontent as the slowness with which the local conmmittee, or the experts advising them. are carrying out their duties, and it was unquestionably this feeling of discontent which led to the dispatch of a sharply worded telegram home in answer to the somewhat latuous questions put by Mr. Per Case. "Per Bo A. SPOOR in the House of Comraons or Monday. It seems rather late in the day ...$35.00 $3.00 37.00 3.10
When the last mail left Shanghai 3,940 38.00 3.25
to Hongkong, but the question having 3.40 been asked a number of the members of operatives of the Ewo Cotton Mill were 35 Four local community decided that they out on strike, in spite of a notice that would supplement Mr. Deysay GORE's an increase of 10 per cent. in wages would answer that it was for the purpose of be made from January 13t.
TO BE LET OR SOLD. ULLY FURNISHED BUNGALOW in For further Particulare. Apply to
Light Dry Solera Very Pale Dry Pale Dry Nutty Fine Old Brown
40.00 44.00
KOWLOON TONG AND NEW TERRITOR CROW
TORIES DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD...
2957}
E. D. SHANK,
General Manager.
HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION.
THEATRE ROYAL...
DECEMBEE 3RD, 1925, AT 9.15PM.
"DEACONS,
1, Des Vox Road, Central.
TO LET.
[2942
or About MARCH, 1998, WHOLE OFFICES in the FRINCE BUILDING" ex
O PLA SPACIOUS SUITE
VICTORIA BUILDING," No. 8, QUEEN'S ROAD THIRD TOURNAMENT OF THE SEASON. CENTRAL (between CHARTERED BARY and
MAIN EVENT:
C.P.O. TIM CARTLIDGE
2.
STOARE MOBR19.
FIFTEEN MINUTE ROUND OATCHWEIGHT
CONTEST,
AND ABOUT FIVE OTAIL CONTESTS,
BOOKING & MOUTRIE'S For MEMBERS Only on the 15TH and 2lar
DECEMBER.
GENERAL PUBLIC cu the 20 and
932D DECEMBER.
PRICES $7.00, 13.00 and 31.00
NOTE-MEMBERS of the HONGTONG
MERCANTILE BANK),
Apply to BANQUE DE YINDOCHINE,
·Chater Road,
[2607
TO LET.
COMMODIOUS PREMISES on GROUND Would make Admirable Showroom. For fall particulars, apply to—
THE MANAGER, HONGKONG LTD CHINA GAB CO.
(2514
70 LET...
* h**r། ས
for a member of Parliament to ask for! information of the purposes of the loan
and Fine PORTS restoring confidence and financing trade.
Invalid
Douro Old Tawny Estrella...
...$38.00
40.00" "....44.00
46.00
58.00 Very Old Tawny Oldest & Finest ..: 61.00
They have informed The Times, and the $3.25 Press Association and also Colonel Jous 3.40 WARD (who, we, believe, is ill and will
Hongkong, whose death at Hankow, where e had been Consul in charge of Frönch interests ainas March last, was announced last week, will take place at St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road, this morning at nine o'clock. Members of the French community and all friends of the deceased are invited to attend.
The Criminal Sessions open to-morrow. There are ten cases for trial. A Chinese is arraigned for the murder of an Indian constable at Mongkok in October last; and Mr. James Edward Atherley, formerly manager of the Getz Bros. (of the Orient), Ltd., stands his trial on charges of
The other charges com
Among residents who returned to the Colony from home by the N.Y.K. Atsuta Juru yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. G. embezzlement. G. C. Burnett, Hrs. R. A. C. North and priar armed robberies, unlawful""poskes-
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seth.
The Philharmonic Society repeated Iolauthe" at a special matinee 'nt the Theatre Royal yesterding afternoon. The
night, and on Saturday night.
sion of arms and ammunition, shooting with intent to causa bodily harm, receiv ing stolen property, and one attempting to bribe a public official.
case of
Mrs. Diang Watta, who is on a world. tour and to whom reference was made in these columns recently, will arrive in Hongkong on Monday hy the's.s. Prezi- dent Van Buren and will lecture at the
;1
3.75 be unable to take any steps in the opera, will be repeated to-day, to-morrow Theatre Royal the same evening at 9.15 3.90 matter) that although this was the loan's
The Shanghai Jockey Club's charity priginal purpose it is failing in ita object through delay in placing it in circulation, disbursements for the second-half of this The cable, as we have said, was pointed, year amounts to 8191,000. This has been and contained a reference not entirely obtained by race meetings on the Shang complimentary in its context to the policy hai Race Course this autumn.
5.00
5.20
A. S. WATSON of the British banks. We should imagine
& CO., LTD.“ Wine and Spirit Merchants.
BIRTH.
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it will receive fairly wide publicity. It was probably born from disappointment in alliance with irritation int it m perhaps serve a useful purpose if it does
awaken some of us here into a realisation.
The 'claim for wages. brought against Mrs. McKim by her coolie and amah, was dismissed by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, owing to the non-attendance of the complainants.
onThe Principles, of Greek Balance." On Tuesday afternoon, at 5.13. she will lecture on "The Science of Perfect Move- ment." Mrs. Watis, makes her lecturer particularly interesting and attractive lif illustrating them in her own person and ends the second lecture by giving an archaic Greek dance. All profits will
Booking is at to the M.C.L. funds. Moutrie's.:
Mail from London and Europe- riú
At Shanghai last week Mr. Alan Mac Siberia and also mail from Canada, of the fact that the chances which the kenzie was awarded by the Court of US, Japan and Shanghai, is due lean might at one time have possessed Consuls" 81,200 as damages for injuries today by the R.M.S. Empress of Canada,
of doing material good are being gradu-sustained in a collision between a police. Another mail from Home vid Nagapatam
BOXING ASSOCIATION STA entitled to One DOWNS in ALEXANDRA BUILD- DIVERS.-At Shanghai, on December 8th, ally frittered away. Three million pounds motor-car and a ricksha in which he was (letters and papers, London November
Ringside Seat each for $5.00 on production of
their Membership Cardi.
Members are re-
quoted to sign their Names when taking Tickets at the Reduced Rate.
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WATER COLOUR EXHIBITION
17
MESSRS. KOMOR & KOMOR.
PEY on the 10ra wet. for TEN DAYS
Oly
"
Pictures by the Most Celebrate Artists. Inspection invited.
KOMOR & KOMOR... Alexandra Buikling.
0977
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCEAN STRAMBERP CO., LAD.:
AND
OHINA MUTUAL STRAM NAVIGATION- CO., LTD.
FROM NEW YORK A MANILA."
CONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer
TITAN
ato bereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lo at Consignees' risk mad subject to Terms and Conditions of Storage si Bolt's What
The Cargo will be ready for Delivery from Godown on and after 14th
December. Optional Cargo will be landed, unless Notice hsa been given prior to
Steamer' arrival.
INGS (Basement).
Apply
SECRETARY
A. 8 WATER & Co., Bro.
2032
TO LET.
FFICES in UNION BUILDING
THREE BOOMS on FuTH FLOOR.
Apply UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
CANTON, LTD.
12173
PREPAID "WANTED.”
ADVERTISEMENTS
TO LET-MODERN VILLA Fully Furnished, duricg Absence of advertiser, March to November, 1928. Best Location Overlooking Harbour, Modern Fittings, 3 W.C'8., 2 Bath KOWLOON-Preferably 2 r.x. and 6 P.M.
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WANTED For Joints Occupation,
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Sir Percival Philips, a
to Mr. and Mrs. WM. C. DIVERS, a put on the market in driblets over a riding. daughter.
DEATH.
period of a year or more at from eight KREMER-At Hankow, on December 9th, to twelve per cent. interest is not going
PAUL KREMER, Consul de France,
aged 49 years.
19th), is due on Sunday by the sa Takada. The 3.8. President Van Buren Special Cor-is-due on Monday next with mail from
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur to restore confidence or advance trade respondent of the London Daily Mail, 9.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shanghai, to any extent. Its effect will not be felt who came up to China from Australia and the .s. President Wilson will bring a couple of months ago," passed through letters and papers, etc., from the same Hongkong on the Patroclus, homeward; tound.
Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Road. London Office: 131, Fleet Street,
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, DICEMBRE 177, 1925.
ANOTHER CABLE HOME.
THERE is undoubtedly a strong under- current of dissatisfaction in the Celony
The loan having been accepted it should he re-loaned "with as little delay as possible.. H.E. THE GOVERNOR, as we Lannounced recently, saw the need for
A new Merryweather appliance arrived
ports on Christmas Eve; while on Boxing Day the s.x. President Jefferson
is due with mail from U.S.A.; Canada,
this and widened the scope under which at the Central Fire Station yesterday. Japan and Shanghai. The above mails application for assistance might be made Its engine is the latest Merryweather will largely comprise Xmas letters and with a reasonable prospect of success. type, and it carries an escape. The motor parcels.
over is 60 h.p. and is capable of travelling] The Resumptions Office being burdened with the work of valuing securi-60 miles an hour.. ties, His EXCELLENCY also agreed that architects' valuations of property should This will probably speed be accepted:
36
Captain Blood" the film adapted from the book by Raphael Sabatini, was Among the passengers who left for Home thoroughly enjoyed at the Queen's on the Patroclus yesterday were. Mr.Theatre both at Tuesday's and yesterday's' and Mrs. G. N. Orme, Rev. E. K. Quick, performances. It is crammed with in-
Rooms, & Apply-61, GRANVILLE ROAD, regarding the way in which the Trade up matters to some extent but doubt is Mr. D. E. Blake, fr. R. E. A Webster,terest, breathless adventure and excite- Loan is being handled. It is being dis- expressed in some quarters whether such Mrs. Somers Ellis, Miss Ellis and Mr.ment from start to finish. The slave scenes in the West Indies and the piracy tributed so sicwly, and in what is repre-steps are sufficient. Altogether now some and Mrs. Keigwin.
A missionary meeting for soldiers and incidents on the bigh seas are all vary sented to us as so niggardly a fashion three million dollars have been dis BUNGALOW FLAT it the Peak District or Middie Level, Write that there appears to be real danger that tributed-considerably less than half a sailors was held at the Bailors and realistically portrayed and lead up to Box 163, c/o Hongkon: Daily Press.
it will hopelessly fail to accomplish the million sterling out of three millions over Soldiers' Home Inst night, when the fitting climax, when the notorious purpose for which it was primarily in a period of nearly three months. At this speakers were the Rev. G. G. Burnes, Captain Blood becomes the Governor of rate it will take about two years to sir. E.A., on Training for the Gospel in Jamaica and incidentally marries the calate the money and as the loan should Northern Kwangtung and Dr., G. W daughter of the former Governer, Col be repaid within such a period the Hollings on "A Doctor's work in a Bishop, who abortly after the story opens
Mission Hospital.".
became the purchaser of Blood, body and. position is obviously farcical.
The return of notifiable diseases in soul; for the sum of £15. The picture
from smallpox; 2 cases of diphtheria mances, at 2.20 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 7.35 p.m. tion was made, and, immediately, we made available quickly and in gener1 British, 1 Chinese), one case proving and 9.30 p.m. It will be shown at the out question, certainly without any
If the loan is really required-upon
be left in the rodowe, where they will be Booms, Central District, All Modern Conven the point at the moment. The applica-hich point we are still doubtful-let it the Colony for last week shows one death will be screened to-day at four perfor
מט
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are
Tuesdays and Friday between the hours of Ax. and NOGE, within
the Free Storage period. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods left, the Steamer's Golown, and all Goods
ro BE LET-Early in March, 1926 tended. We were never thoroughly con Trished Five Rooned House on PEAK Modern Conteniences Apply Box No 162, c/o vinced that the loan was required, and 151 are inclined to the belief that applica- Hongkong Daily Press.
tion for it was made hurriedly and with TO LET-From April 1st, 1920, for Six Το
Months, Well Furnished FLAT, Four out due consideration. But that is beside
135, c/o Hongkong Daily Press. iences including Elevator. Apply-Box No.
[155 OST.-In the Ladies' Cloak Room of the haggling over rates of interest and terms ou measure in somewhat the same spirit fatal; 3 fatal Chinese cases of enteric same times to-morrow and also on Sútur.
Hongkong Hotel on Thursday Evening ramining undelivered after the 21st December, Lost, Blason Bisu. Tinder will be af of repayment, the sum of approximately in which it was offered to the Colony fever; one case of puerperal fover. One day.
To profess 2 generosity which, in prae death from influenza (not u notifiable will be subject to Heat
All Cleans against the Steamer must be ably Rewarded on Beturning Sams to Tuz thirty million dollars was placed at our presented to the Undersigned on or bolers the MANAGER, Hongkong Hotel.
disposal. It was a wonderful gesture office, turns out to be something of a snare disease) is also shown on the return." 4th January, 1926, or they will not be
27and a delusion, smacks rather too much
At the Central Magistracy yesterday, Last night's weather forecast and re- BO BE SOLD 01 TO BE LET-Ta good-will from the Old recognised./
Corrást, Barker Road, Furnished-expressed in a peculiarly Brath of the methods of the money lending Apply to Desox, RAM & GIBBS. [156
practical way both sympathy with the fraternity, and gives rise to feelings Chinese woman, charged with attempt marks by the Royal Observatory stated:
the difficulties in which we had been placed which, instead of creating confidence, ing to export money and with assault. The anticrcione continues to increase in
have
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, ...
Agents. Hongkong, 14th December, 1925, - (2980
HONGKONG WEEKLY
PRESS. CONTAINING ALL THE WEEK'S
LOCAL NEWS. The Paper to send Home
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Country
WEATHER REFOET.
W for Small Boy Aged 31: Apply Bar and confidence in aux ability to curtout praiapt and encourage the dispatch of was fined $10 $10 on the first and $6 intensity. The northern depression is pars
"ANTED.-Daily Beadent NURAE
C157 157, c/o Hongh.ng Daily Prom
no LET-EBOYZAN FLAT at No. 241,
When searched by a ing to the north, of Hokkaido and the typhoon probably remains in the vicinity them Now, it is alleged, the whole such cables as the one to which we have on the second.
Fresh to strong transaction is being shore of its glamour referred. That cable, in our opinion, was female searcher at the Wing On wharf, of the Pelew Islands
orer the Northern China Bea Local the struggled with the forecast: NE winda, fresh, cloudy, Nathan Bond, Kowloon, with all Modern by the pedantic attitude adopted by the ill-advised, but it must be admitted that, 360 in Canton money was found in her monsoon will prevail along the const Conveniences. Apply to Mesra, KATAKALLY local committee Those entrusted within the circumstances, it was very natural possession.
drizzle or mist & Co., 8 and 5, D'Aguilar Street, Hangkung.
the task of distributing the cash are being, and human..
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searcher and bit ber hand.