NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
URING My Absence from the Colony porary Charge of This COMPANY'S AGENCY Until Farther Notise.
B. BODENFUSER, Agent, Hongkong, 10th March, 1926.
G.
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1926-1927., "RALED TENDERS wale Received at SE
R.N. HOSPITAL US 10 1x. on the 20TH MARCH, 1928, from Fersona desirous of SUPPLYING Beat, Mutton, Fowls. Pork, Bread, Cheese, Pure Cow's Milk, Aerated Waters
Ice, and ether Provisions, and Neces saries for the Year ending 31st Mazon, 1927.
Printed Form of Tender and further Farticulars can be obtained at the B.N. HOSPITAL
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.,
LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY
INTIMATIONS:
G.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
HE Undersigned bare (received Instrut- GENERAL MEETING will be held at THE Undersigned the Company's Offices, F. & O. BUILDING, on FRIDAY, 12TH MARCH, 1926, at 11 A.K.. for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to Sist December, 1925, and electing Directors and Auditor.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com pany will be ULOSED from 18 MARCH to 12TH MARCH, 1926, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directors,
GIEB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
- Agenta. Hongkong, 23rd February, 1928.". 18281
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LIMITED.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURDAY, THE 9TH, 10TH AND 11TH (MARCH, 1926,
H'M. NAVAL YARD, HONGKONG,
AT
AND AT
KOWLOON NAVAL DEPOT, COK KENCING Each Day at 9,30 AM.
N WITH AN INTEVAL Fox 19. NOON to 1,30 mm.
A
fb
OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL STORES, Ac,
Comprising
Money Chests, Sewing Machines, Metal Branch Piper, Life Boat, Gigs, Balsa Rafta Boats Sails, Electrical and Wireless Talern-
The Right to Raject the Lowest or a THE THIRTY SEVENTH ORDINARY PAY Fittings, Glycerine. Electric Cable, Cook.
Toader is Beserved.
FI, J. CHÁTER, · Surgeon Captain, E.N. R. N. Hospital, Hongkong, 11th March, 1998, [3469
VEREENIGDE
NEDERLANDSCHE
"SCHEEPVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ. (UNITED NETHERLANDS NAVIGATION CO)
HOLLAND-OOST, AZIE LIJN (HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE).
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
From AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG, BREMEN AND GENDA.
THE Steamship
THE
"OOSTKERK (9)" having arrived from the above Puta, Consigneer of Cargo by her are notified that sil Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Limited, whence, ander from the whares, Delivery may be obtained.
Goods not deared by the 16th March, 1926, will be subject to Bent.
All broken, chafed and damaged Packages are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 15th March, 1926, at 10 am, by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas.
Claims against the Steamer must be present ed in writing within ten days after arrival of Steamer, otherwise they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by the Undersigned in any case whatever.
Hills of Lading will be countersigned by
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN," -
General Agents. Hongkong, Yarch 9th, 1928.
[3299
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"ELLERMAN" LINE.
FROM EUROPE
Steamship
THE SITY OF SINGAPORE” having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her are informed that sil Goods are being landed, st their rink into the hazardous and/or extra bazarions Godowns of the Holt's Wharf, whence Delivery may be obtained
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after 16th March, 1926, will be subject to Bert
All Claims against the Steamer must be pra sented to the Undersigned on or before 13r March, 1926, or they will not be recognised. all broken, obsted and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be amined on any Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours 10.45 am, and Noon, within the Free Storage period of One Week.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by THE BANK LINE, LAD., General Agenta.
Hongkong, 10th March, 1998,
[3300
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
will be held This Season:-
INTIMATION
FINEST
AMERICAN
In recent years great advances have The Hongkong Jockey Club aro" ad- been made in the use of the automatic vertising a provisional list of dates upon telephone system. We believe that it has which extra meetings will be held this season." There are five altogether, the' been adopted in one district in Shang
first boing on April 3rd and the last early hai, and also at Dairen. It is said to in November. be a costly system to instal, but it
The former Busian Language School quickly becomes very popular. In &
at Peking about which the "storm has, speech in the House of Commons deliver raged in the past month, has became the ed a few months ago the POSTMASTER Sino-Russian University, according to a GANERAL stated that automatic telephoner new sign, board afite gates. There has had been installed in several large towns been a rush of girl entrants as the
CHOCOLATES throughout Britain and that the Rest University is to be." co-educational.", A
OF THE FINEST QUALITY
FROM
H. D. FOSS & Co.
exchanges in London working on that Chinese paper gives to a paragraph, re-
garding the girls applying for admi system would be opened in 1995. We zion the caption "Looking for prospec- have not heard if his forecast was tive husbands?" accurate. It is probably too much to
The Central Fire Station received two hope that automatic telephones will be calls last evening, both being to chimney installed in this Colony in the near fires. One was at No. 4, D'Aguilar future, but it is of interest to recall the Street, and the Brigade quickly ox- tinguished, the small blaze without the fact that for ten years these telephones use of appliances. The other outbreak have been used in Portsmouth, which was at a house on the Eraya, Wanchai, ista town with we believe, about a near Tin Lok Lane, but when the Cen- quarter of a million inhabitants. Before tral and Wanchai Brigades arrived their
Old India Babbar, Old Leather, Old Woollen FRESH SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED. deciding to use automatic telephones in services were not required, the call prov
Stoves, Bhipe Fittings and Firehearth ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE- Gear, Iron Malarveses, Water Cloasts and HOLDERS of the Company will be held at Pass, Life Belts, Carpets, Kngs, Mata, Table the Offices of the Company, Sr. GEORGE's Covers, Blankets, Counterpanes, Curtains, BUILDING, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong White Tiles, Leather and "Metallic Hoses,
Old Cordage Canvas Tubing, kong, on WEDNESDAY, 171я MARCH,
Cizvad 1928, at 11 o'clock in the FOISNOOK, for
and Linen Rags, Mets! Propellers, Old Paint the purpose of receiving a Statement of Drums, Old Cork, New Canvas Cuttings, Old Accounts and the Report of the Directors Iron and Steel, Old Brass. Copper, Lead and for the year ending 31st December, 1925, Zine, Copper and Brass Tubes," Cool Sacks, and declaring a Dividend.
Brown Jean Wood and Iron
Tubes, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com-Lanterns and Goss, Gauges, Old Steel Tab pany will be CLOSED frota WEDNES. Old Steel Wire Rope, Dirty Mineral Oil, Olire. DAY, SED MARCH, 1926, until WED Oil and Oil Fuel, Chain Cable and Gear, Dril- NESDAY, 17TH MARCH, 1926, bathing and Grinding Machines, Lathes, Steams Hammer, Davite, Pinnace, Cutter and Dynama days inclusive.
Enginea, Chairs, Compasses, Binnacles, Logu, locks, Iron Drums and Tanks, Old Banting, Fire, Engine, Engine and Boats Boilers. Rigging Chain, Wire and Fibre Brushes, Glass Tubes, Table Fans, Bathe, Anvils, Forges, Vices, Miscellaneous Tools, Ironmongery, Pro- tective Mattresses, Filters, Air Compressors, Seine, Neta, &c., dc.
3228]
By Order of the Board of Directors,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managers.
HONGKONG. ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD,
NOTICE OF MEETING.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The
Lors MAY BE INSPECTED ON MONDAY, "8TH MARCH, 1986.
Also Sale of OLD and SURPLUS VIQUAL- LING STORES at KoWLOON NORTH ORDINARY YEARLY
ON FRIDAY, 19 MARCH, MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CON-
Comprising STRUCTION COMPANY, LIMITED, will Table Linen, Implements, Serge, Flannel, &c. be held in the Offices of Masars, SHEWAN, Remnants, Blankets, Sundry Articles of Mras Toxes & Co, St. George's Briding, Chater and Table Gear, (including Electro Fisted Road, Hongkong, en WEDNESDAY, the Ware), Clothing. Condemned Provisions for SITH DAY OF
I of MARCH, 1926, at 11.00 AM, for Poultry Feeding, sta the purpos of
the Beport of the receiving Board of Directors and a Stazment of Ac- counts for the Year ended on the 31st Dec nex, 1925, and of electing Directors and Auditor
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED From the 187# To, the 242x MARCH, both daya inclusive.
'By Order of the Board,
S. COURTNEY COOK,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 9th March. 1926..
[3296
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDBKB will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned on "FRIDAY, the 26TH MARCH, 1926, at Noox, for the purpose o receiving the Report of the General Mane gars, together with a Statement of Accounts for the Tear ended the 31st Decexake, 1995.
of
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANS.
FEE BOOKS will be OLOSED From the 12TH to the 26TH MARCH, 1996, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Managos, * HONGLONG FIRE LESURANCE Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 5th March, 1926.
NOTICE,
[3275
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NEW STYLES
AND
ing in the nature of a false alarm, the fire having already been extinguished.
The thirty-frat anniversary services and meetings of the. Wesleyan Methodist Church were concluded yesterday with a tea, followed by a public meeting, at the Sailors' and Soldiers' Home, Arsenal Street Tho Rev. A. H. Bray, M.A.,
the London district; the Government bad thorough tests made at Portsmouth. Apparently these tests were completely satisfactory. About four years ago Leeds made the change over to the new system and the subscribers seem fully satisfied that the putomatic mechanism is more reliable than the human operator. B.D., presided, and addresses were given by the Lord Bishop of Victoria (the Grimsby are also equipped with this Right Rev, C. R. Duppuy), the Rev. R clever labour-saving device, and, "accord D. Rees, M.A., and Mr. P. V. Early, Solos "were contributed by Mr. ing to all the accounts that we have come E. E. Haggar. across, all these places are fully satisfied
NEW FLAVOURS.Darlington, Paisley, Dundee, York and
make a Charming Present
In Elegant Boxes which that automatic telephones are a success, The advocates of this evatem claim that it is one that is easy to work, also that there are practically no irritating delays If a subscriber calls up a wrong number it is his own fault, although that is small consolation to the unfortunate individual
Terms of Salo:-As detailed in Cata. A. S. WATSON horings up."" by mistake.
logue,
LAMMERT BROTHERS,
By Appointment Auctioneers to the Admiralty.
[as14
ст
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.
PUBLIC AUCTION THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY Situate at HUNG HOM in the Dependency of KOTLOON Lad Cabay of HongKoNG and Registered at the LAND OFFICE" HUNG HOM INLAND LOT No. 176 (Site of No. 103, WUED STEIIT), Together with the Messuaga or Tenement and other Erections and Buildings thereon in Course of Construction:
AND
THE VALUABLE” LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
Bituate at TAUMATI in the Dependency of Kowloon and Colony of HoBOLONG and Registered at the Lux Orica as KOWLOON INLAND LOT No. £35
(Site of No. 572, CANTON ROAD), Together with the Mesrange or Tenement and other Erections and Buildings therein in Cours of Construction,
IN TWO LOTS
Ma. E. V. M, E. mx SOUSA, Auctioneer," THE CHINA AUCTION BOOMS, No. 4, DUDDELL STEZ, BONGIORD.
car
1926, AT 3 O'CLOCK P.M.
& CO., LTD.
HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
** (50
Hongkong. Ofice 1"14, Chater Road. London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E.0.
The Daily Press.
HONGING, Manom lith, 1926.
M.B.
"There are three mails from Home due this week. Two should arrive to-day by the RMS. Empress of Canada.
This
vessel is bringing letters from Canada, U.S.A., Japan, and "Shanghai and also from London tit Canada (letters, dated London, February 6th); and also mail from the United Kingdom and Europe. vid Siberia. To-morrow the ss. Rosandra is due with Home mail id Negapatam clatters dated London, February 11). The paper. mail of the same date from Home is due by the an Hong Hua
A Peking Chinese paper is responsible for the report that the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the International Banking Corporation, the Banque d'Indo-Chine, and the Banks of China and Communications hive written joint letter to the Minister of Commu- nications, calling his attention to the Hukwang Railway loan agreement which stipulates that the likin tax should be As the used as security for the loan. Special Tariff Conference has decided to abolishlikin at the beginning of 1998, the five books request the Chiaotungpu to provide a new security for the loan in order to maintain the international credit of China.
We realise the great difficulties that would occur in Hongkong if there were a change over from the present arrange-on Sunday. ments to automatics. Under happier circumstances we should have been in clined to suggest that the Government might make the experiment with their system of departmental telephones. We can state from experience that the system is one that is very easy for the subscriber to work. We should very much. Hike to see an installation in this Colony for exhibition purposes.. Perhaps in that good time when trade revives and we can forget our present troubles some one in Hongkong will demonstrate how simple are automatics Meantime we think it is worthy of note that the advocates have
THE LOCAL TELEPHONES. Poezie atility companies affect so many individuals that there is every reason converted the Postmaster General to why the public are interested in their their views. Automation will some day proceedings. The first ordinary meeting be universal.
of the shareholders of the Hongkong Telephone Co., Ltd., which takes place in a few days, is sure to attract special attention. Until the beginning of the strikes and boycott of 1995 the prospecte for the new company were considered
According to a Reuter's message, Sir Francis Aglen, Inspector-General of Customs, has stated that while in Shang- Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the hai he saw the heads of the Shanghai
Bankers' Association, etc. He emphasised that his proposals regarding the National Treasury are purely financial and in nowise political, a misrepresented in certain quarters, who are making poli-. tical capital thereof. He found that there is no desire on the part of the leaders whom he met to see any change effected the management of the existent loan services, and as regards a National Treasury they realise that" the success of such a project depends entirely In the share market several local stocks on who is entrusted with the key.
The Peking International A.D.C. his given two very successful performances of "The Gondoliers."
THE Following is the Provisional List of
Dates upon which EXTRA MEETINGS For Share Paid Up, Numbered
ERTIFICATE No. 3451 for 22 Shares THURSDAY, STE DAY OF MARCH, to be so good that it was decided to have been showing improvement, during 30 APRIL 1er MAY, 513 JUNE, 2nd 48751/48775 in this Society standing in the
OCTOBER and EARLY NOVEM BER.
22941
By Order,
O. B. BROWN,.
Secretary.
FLOWER SHOW
VOLUNTEER PARADE GROUND.
THURSDAY, 11TH MARCH,
3 PM. TO 7 PM.
NOTICE
TO OWNERS OF DOGS. THE PUBLIC ARE HEREBY WARNED That Owing to the Occurrence of Cases of RABIES AL DOGS Found Straying er Wandering About between the HOURS or MID-NIGHT ARD 5 AM. Will Be SHOT.
E. D. C. WOLFE
Capt. Supt. of Police
- March 3rd; 1926,
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10 LFT From Avant 7:11, for 6 Mouthe #TAIWO" Fully Furnished Fix-roomal
Minales Walk of Tram Statia,....... Bluff ol
|
Joint Names of HARRY OLABBURN For further Particulars and Conditions of PEARCE and JOHN HERMANN Sale, Apply to TEESDALE, both of Shanghai, Has Been Messis, CEO, K. HALL BRUTTON & Co. Declared LOST, and if at the Expiration:
Mortgages's Bolicitors, St. George's Building, Chater Road,
of One Month from the Date hereof the
above Document be not forthcoming the on TO- mid Certificate will be deemed CAN CELLED and of No Effect, and A NEW
M. E. V. M.R. DE SOUSA,
Auctionser,
No. 4, Daddell Street,
Certificats for the 25 Shares will be Issued Dated the 10th day of March, 1925. [3297 in its stead by the Society.
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hongkong, 23rd February, 1926. [8233
FOR SALE
DOUBLE ENDED FERRY STEAMERS
-SOUTHERN STAR" and "NOX- THERN STAR”.
For particular Apply to
32871
STAR FERRY CO., LTD.,
KOWLOOK,
TO LET.
+BOOMED FLAT in CARNARVON
BUILDINGS, KOWLOON.
Apply to *BUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
CO., LTD.
Alexandra Building,
3980]
TO LET..
LODOWNB in ALEXANDRA BUILD
1968 (Basement),
Apply
SECRETARY, A. WITHON 0, Le
2032
In
A collision occurred, about two o'clock yesterday afternoon between 2. tram-car and a light motor-lorry, the front of the tram-car being badly damaged. The Bay to Whitty Street, and had reached tram-car was travelling from Causeway
Percival Street (where the trams turn in
number of coolie women had come
issue the shares at a premium. Because the past week and buyers predominate. of the local trade troubles the issue A áght between coolies at Kennedy was delayed, but we now have a local Town resulted in two of them receiving telephone company with well-known injuries, which necessitated their re public men of the Colony directing the moval to the Government Civil Hospital. for the depot) when the collision occur red It appears that the lorry, loaded company's affairs. That is a great step Professor J. L. Shellshear is to lecture with building material and carrying a in advance of the old arrangements with on" Cultural Systems of Borneo to the from the Prays Reclamation opposite directors in London who knew little or Hongkong Law Society to-day at 5 p.m. Percival Street and was proceeding in nothing about local conditions. A recog in the University Union Assembly Roon crossing the road to get on to the left the same direction as the tram. It was
nised expert on the technicalities of the
The Sincere Company is organising a bind, ran into it. The brass handrail side when the tram, which was close be Company at Tientsim with a capital of of the tram was wrenched loose and the 83,000,000, of which Bays A report, front of the tram badly buckled. The $500,000 has been subscribed by its prin- larry did not appear to be damaged. cipal promoter, the Sincere Company of Hongkong.
great telephone problem visited the Colony a few months ago and no doubt, in due course, we shall hear something of his views concerning the best methods. of obtaining improvements.
There are two great local difficulties which make telephones in Hongkong less reliable than those in many other places. One is the language difficulty,
or, let
THE WATER SUPPLY.
The weekly return by the Medical
The monthly Water Return gives the Officer of Health of the number of cases storage in the reservoirs supplying the of notifiable disease which have occurred City as 838 million gallons on March 1st against 1,114 milhou con "the same dale in the Colony show that there were last year. The consumption is given as 184 million gallons in February against 924 million in February last year, the by 11,000 or about a per cent since March popalation is estimated to have ingressed
SARAWAK GOVERNMENT. Go WAD IMMEDIATELY-ASSIS TANT CONTROLLER, Govern ment Opiam Monopoly Salary: $400 Per
us say, the human element, which in-new cases of enteric fever last week and Month; Free Furnished Quarters, 3-Year
four deaths from the disease. There was cludes the operators at the exchange or also one fatal case of diphtheria and Agreement with Prospect of Permanent Em. ployment with Salary Bining to Maximum
exchanges. The other is the machine one imported case of small-pox. All the 1928 in spite of much evidence to the $600, and Provident. Fund.
10 LET-From April 1st, 1926, for Bix element, for the humid climate is said cases were Chinese. Esperistice of
Booms, Central District, All Modern Convento affect adversely the delicate electrical fences including Elevator. Apply Box No. apparatus employed. In these days there jumping overboard was made by
An attempt to commit suicide 155 c/o Hongkong, Daily Prom.
must also be considered difficulties con Chinese male passenger of the, sa nected with finance, although we believe Sunning, while the steamer was on the lion gallons on March 1st against 137 At Kowloon the storage was 154 mil- way from Macao to Hongkong, and million on the same date last year, the that money for investments will soon
Chinese and Personal Balerences Essential. TMonths, Well Furnished, Bras For
Preferably Unmarrici
Apply Box No. 3988,
c/o Hongkong Dady Prea Ofice
18288
WANTED--PAK, MIDLEVEL, KOWLOOK
...₤255
contrary. The statement as to whether the supply was infermittent or constant
February 1925 and intermittent during by is not clear, but appears to mean that the supply was constant during most of
most of February 1926,
HOUSE OR BARRIE ROAD Within Five Experience and Long Bervice to the Adverti· will Pay $200 to $400 Rental-for Buita UBND BUILDINGS, Kowtook. For Row, again in a rich stream inte midway between the two porta. The consumption was 59 million gallons
norwill be left in the House Apply HOLYOAK, CO HOLTOA, HALEY &Co,
13295
小
HOUSE with Tennis Court Clients Face FLATS Wanted in Good Localities. HOUSES and Building Lots for Disposal. SMALL INVESTORS. TIL 48304.
INEUENISHED FLAT TO LET in Large Booms and Unal Onsite Fittings Colony, for the old reasons of security Government Civil Hospital on the ar man was removed and was taken to the Available, Now Vacant until August. Apply
and good returns,
rival of the steamer at Hongkong.
-Box No. 609.
against 84 million during February last year, the supply being constant in both cases. Since March 1st restricted supply has been put in force in Howloon."