NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OST on WRENISDAY Niaa: between the "Hana MAY INSTITUTE and QUEEN's
GARDENS A Patinum and Diamond Bar BROOCH. Fader will be Rewarded.-- HASTINGS.DENNYS & BOWLEY.
INSURANCE OFFICES.
..NOTICE.
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WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAY. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that All
FIRE and MARINE INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the TRANS- ACTION of BUSINESS OR MONDAY,
the 94TE MAY, 1926.
By Order,
LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Secretaries,
FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG. MARINE INSURANCE ALSOCIATION LY
INTIMATIONS.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAX. 21st, - 1926
EXCHANGE BANKS wil CLOSED for the TRANSACTION of PUBLIC BUSINESS on MONDAY, the SATH INSTANT.'
accordance with Ordinance No. 3 of
Hongkong, 19th May, 1926.
PALACE HOTEL:
BILLIARD HANDICAP.
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A BILLIARD HANDICAF, 256 Up will
be held at the PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON. SILVER CUPS will be Presented for the First, Second and Third Prizes, and a Special Prize for the Highest Break.
Entrance Fee $3.00. Entries CLOSE on MAY 23RD,
Hongkong, b May, 1926.
HONGKOND AND Canton.
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[3573
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. FANLING HUNT RACES.
WHIT MONDAY 1926.
PECIAL RACE TRAIN (1ST and 3D CLASH ONLY) will Leste KOWLOON at 1.15 P.M., Returning from FANLING at
1.M.
FIRST CLAS SECOND CLASS
FARES:-
5
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
HEETING of MEMBERS will be held A in the JOCATI CHE ROOM, HONGKONG ÜLER ANNEX, on FRIDAY, 21ST MAY, 1926 at 5 for the purpose of Discussing the Method of acquiring Subscription Griffins for Next Senson. The Attendance of all Members interested is Requested.
By Order..
CB. BROWN, Secretary.
51 30 00
3576
A Limited Number of TIFFINS (at 81.25 Pat. Head) will be Serred on the Train. TIFFINS must be Rooked (TELEPHONE K.281) Before 41.W. on SUNDAY the 8320.
The Train scheduled to fears Kowloom at
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
7.29 P.M. is Bereby CANCELLED. A TRAIN RAFT PROGRAMMES And ENTRY
in Salatitation will Leave for All Stations at 4.07 1.8.
By Orlet.
'H.P WINSLOW, Manager.
Sowken, 21st May, 1925.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
ра
HE Following arcus will be played er.
21ST MAY, 192,
OPEN SINGLE CHAMPIONARY FINAL
T. BUNDA . 9. A. RUMJAHN ..
AT 4.13 T.M.
MIXED DEN HANDICA FINAL E. GRIMBLE & Mrs. GRIMBLE "D. C. WOMACK & Has, E. 8. CHILDE
HANDICAP SINGLES "A" FINAL The Prizes will be presented at the Con-
13585 clusion of Play.
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.
FORTY-FIFTH-ORDINARY
FORMS for the THIRD EXTRA RACE MEETING to be held on SATUR- DAY, JUNE. 1928 (weather permitting), I may be obtained at the Racz COURSE, HONG-
KONG CLUB and Causeway Bay Starins.
ENTRIES W CLOSE at 12 o'cloCK Noox on SATURDAY, 2ND MAY, 1920
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FANLING HUNT STEEPLECHASES.
„W KITSUNTIDE MEETING.
MONDAY, 24TH MAY, 1926.
ĦADDLING BELL
9.30 r.. 3.00 ... FIRST RACE ENTRANCE TO ENCLOSURE AND
COVERED STANDA ... ... $1.00 PER HEAD.
...
+++
MAIL posits the GRAND STAND FOTOR CABS can be PARKED on the
85 Per Car.
SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN to the Racea Leaves KOWLOON at 1.15 P.M.
RETURN SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN Leaves FALING STATION at 5:59 PM.
REFRESHMENTS will be Catered for by
[3581 The BITZ
TO LET.
TERAL MEETING ORDINARY GEN COMFORTABLY Farmished
ROOMS with Private Bathroons and Private be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Verandah TO LET with Good Board at the Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LTD. SULPHUR BATEN, WER-BAI WE. HOUSES on Pedder Street, Hongkong, on THURSDAY one of the Best Beaches and text to the the J07 JUNE, 1926, 18 Noc. for the MAINLAND GOLF COURSE. Special Rates for A purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc Stay of More Than Ore Month.-Apply M2s.
(2372 tora, passing the Accounts, and electing DirecNIVEN, WEI-BALWEI. tors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 3D to 54TH JUNE,
1926, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Managers.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1925.
NOTICE
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TO LET.
4-Roomed FLAT în CARTAXTON BUILD- IXON, KOWLOO-Apply to HUM. PHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD., Alexandra Building.
[3543
INTIMATIONS.
THE HONGKONG "AND `SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG),
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
ORDINARY YRABLY MEETING Of SHAREHOLDERS of THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED, will be held in the Boor Gasar of the Eloso. Kong Hori, Fedder Street, Hangkang, on SATURDAY, THE SÜTH DAY OF MAY, 1926, at KETEN O'CLOCK in the Foarroox, for the parpose of receiving Statement of Accounts and the Beport of the Board of Dirsdiers for the Year ended on the Slat Dzcxaxx, 1925, confirming the appointment of a Director, and reelecting a Director and the Auditors,
By Order of the Board,
WALTER J HAWKER, Manager.
Hongkong, lat May, 1926,
[3506
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ORDINARY the FIFTY-THIRD YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at the Head Ofice, UNION BUILDING, Hongkong, on FBIDAY, 28TH MAY, 1996, at 11
O'CLOCK
, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st Decimsir, 1925, ind af declaring Dividends, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from MAY 19 to MAY 29TE, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board, PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager.
Hengkong, May, 3rd 1926.
(8519
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
T:
INTIMATIONS.
DULCIPEL
CURES
AND
PREVENTS
HONGKONG
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTIDE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
SIXTIETH ORDINARY YEARLY A MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, UNION BUILDING, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 28TH MAY, 1926, at 13.15.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st DECEMBER, 1925, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be ONOSED from MAY 19TH to MAY 28TH, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager.
Hongkong, May 3rd, 1926.
(35.20
THE CHINA' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. "NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NITY-SEVENTH
ORDINARY YEAHLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, UNION BUILDING, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 93TH MAY, 1938, st 11.20 AX, for the purpose of receiving the of the Director and the state seats of Report Account to 31st Decesar, 1925, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The TBAN FER ROOKS of the Company will be OLOSED from MAY 19TH to MAY 2878, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board, "PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager..
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Hongkong, May 3rd, 1996.
PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOOT
A Chinese woman has been admitted Nothing is more pathetic than to sto wilful waste and woeful want side by to the Government Civil Hospital suffər- side. Anyone who knows the conditioning from facial injuries, following a quar of life in many of the Chinese ports must rel with her hushand, who has bolted.
The master of toy shop. at West be aware of the want that is always
in evidence. Yet, during the last Point, has reported to the police, that a of Chinese Foli has absconded" after collecting 8300 Sear, A large number normally engaged in the ginger industry on behalf of the firm from various shops. have been ruined "because the ginger A Chinese boy, aged nine years, of 258, grown in South China has been allowed Queen's Road West, was admitted to e to rot on the ground. As is well known, the Government Civil Hospital yesterday morning suffering from rabies, He died the ginger root is an important article
during the afternoon. of commerce. For economical reasons, as
The SolarStar, one of the two new large sugar factories are operated here,
Star Ferry houts which has been the practice has grown up of preserving the ginger in Hongkong. It has become completed by the Hongkong & Whampon Dock Company carried out a trial trip one of our staple industries and from
in the "Harbear on Wednesday. Hongkong the ginger has been exported
Quarantine restrictions imposed against all over the world. But during the boysShanghai on account of spiall-pox bave
cott to ginger has been allowed to enter British territory and as a natural result the growers have had no market for their produce. ever there was an example of entping off one's nose to spite one's | fer it is supplied by the facts of the ginger industry during the last few
months.
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now been removed. Restrictions. how. ever, have been imposed against Hoihow on account of cholera and against Pakhoi or account of plague.
•
A Chinese, passenger on the President Haison was fined 8:00 at the Kowloon Magistracy for possession of three Daisy air rifles, and four pounds of rifle shot. Mr. Dopwk writes there is little An order for confiscation was made in regard to another, seizure on the same doubt that Bolshevik, influence was and vessel. A revolver and 100 rounds of still is behind the South China dis- ammunition were discovered in a basket turbances. The latest news from Canton of preserved eggs. There was no claim- seems to suggest that the Bolshevik in-ant to the property. Auence is on the wane. There has não
When a Chinese was charged at the doubt been a great struggle for political Central Magistracy yesterday with keep- power and some day, perhaps, we maying an opium divan, he alleged that In- learn the inside history of the move-spector C. Wat: (Senior Revenue Officer) ment. At the moment the only thing of had assaulted him and forced him to. which we are certain is that the wonder, make a confession. He failed to substan-"
tiate his allegation, and in fining him fnl get rich quick" schemes, organised
$50 with the alternative of four weeks'
WATSON the strike pickets with the support of imprisonment, Mr. R. E. Linda siti
& CO., LTD.
HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
་་ ་
30
BIRTH: CABERON- May 20th, at the French
Hospital, Hongkong. to Mr. and Mr. J. J, CAMERON, Cement Works, Kowloon, a son.
[3583
Hongkong Office: 14 Chater Road, London Office: 131, Fleet Etreet, E.U.
The Daily Press.
Hosukone, MAY 21st, 1936,
MR. STANLEY DODWELL AND THE TRADE OF HONGKONG.
STANLEY
DODWELL took
MR.
H.
an
communist agitators, have disorganised that it was double what he would have business throughout South China and been fined had be not made such charges. have prevented the re-establishment of
The police have received a report re friendly relationships with this Colony.garding the less or theft, of a registered When those whose one abject appears to packet containing £24. The packet was be disruption and disorder have been given by W. H. Newman, of H.M. Dock-- divested of authority, and the illegal ex-yard, to a Messenger of the Royal Naval Armaments Depot to take to the Post cesses of the hands of pickets, who are Office. The cover was addressed to the now fattening upon the country's trade, Manager of Barclay's Bank, Osbourne have been curbed, we may hope for the Road, Southsea. It contained a cheque establishment of normal trading condi-No: 330/7493 dated 31/5/26. on Lloyd's
Before, tions. And this appears to be the goal Bank, Winton, Bournemouth. towards which General CHÚNG KAI SHIK going to the Post Office the Messenger and the more intelligent of his colleagues called at a hat shop in Wellington Street. When he left this shop the packet was are now striving.
in his possession, but by the time he Mr. DonwzLL states that "it is esti-reached the China Building, Queco's mated that the depreciation in the value Road Central, it had disappeared.
at
property and shares in local indus tries amounts to no less than £100,000,000; the bulk of which loss will fall on the Chinese community, who own probably
RETIREMENT OF MR. J. HOOPER.
IN HONGKONG,
The Colony is shortly losing another resident of very long standing. Mr. J. Hooper, the Accountant of the Hongkong.
35 per cent to 80 per cent, of the pro- THIRTY-FOUR YEARS' RESIDENCE perty and shares in the Colony," It is, of course, difficult to estimate the real loss due to depreciation of shares and property. There can be no doubt that, in time, the old values will re-appear. Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. and of Those unfortunate, investors who have the "Star" Ferry Company, is retiring been compelled to sell have lost heavily, and is leaving for Home by the Emprese but those who have been able to "hang of Russia on the 28th inst. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that active part in the life of this Colony on" and a gineral improvement in prices Mr. Hooper has been altogether thirty.......
the ANNUAL ORDINARY GEN-
as each month goes by. It is all a matter four years in Hongkong and for thirty ERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of during his residence here. He bears a the above Company will be held at the Hoso.
Dane that has long and honourable asso.of confidence and there can be no doubt years has been connected with the KONG HOTEL, Hongkong, oa FRIDAY, 28TH MAY, 1928, at 11 43. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together ciations with the Far East. Not only that there is now a general feeling, if not Godown Company. He will be greatly ended 30th. Arau, 1925.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 24TH MAY, to MONDAY, 31ër MAY, 1926, both days Inclusive,
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON. General Managerd.
[3578 Hongkong, 18th May, 1976.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that BUILDING, PENNINGTON STREET, East with a Statement of Accounts for the Year was he prominent in commercial "anisxactly of boisterous optimism; at any missed by the very many friends he has
I shall Not be Responsible for any DEBTS contracted by My Wife NOBA LEE LOUREIRO residing at No. 330, NAT ROAD (1st floor) KOWLOON.
Dated the 14th May, 1928. 3569]
WALTER LOURETRO.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE beg
REMISES TO LET in the DAIRY FARM Foint, Floor Area: 5,885 8q. Ft. Height: 040 Ft. Make Excellent Godown Fer farther particulars apply to the SECRETARY DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
[935-6
THE
HOUSE Mid-Level piso One between
CAZIGLIG CATHEDRAL and ST. PAUL'E, Mortgages, arranged on Architect's valuation.
of goods Its remarkable harbour pro-France.
rate of sulkued hope. It is impossible made here, but, while regretting his de- in "Hongkong but he won a reputation
parture, their best wishes will go with to change geographical facts and it is as a good sportsman who believed in the certain that the Colony has a great future.im that he may have many years of good health in which to enjoy his well-earned old Latin tag which is translated as Hongkong's position on the map makes leisure. After a visit to Great Britain sane find in a sound body," Since his it a natural centre for the distribution Mr. Hooper expects to settle down in return to London he has associated hiar self with the Chamber of Commerce there vides wonderful facilities for shipping. Mr. Hooper's place in the Godown and, of course, as hend öf his firm, he is Under these favourable conditions the Company will be taken by Mr. Bonald still in close touch with the trend of Far combination of enterprise and foresight Logan
No one would question of British and Chinese has proved itself HANSARD REPORTS Eastern trade. of
this qualifications to write authoritatively invincible. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for Service 1923.
ON SALE.
inform
All Interested in SAFE HOUSE, FLATS and BUILDING LOTSONGKONG DEPOSIT that they have actually in their Negotiated. SMALL INVESTORE. TEL New Building, 5, Qur's ROAD, SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES at the Yearly Rate of 8 4630.
for the Small Size and $12 for the Large Size. Please Apply to The CASHIER.
13472
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A street coolie committed suicide by hanging himself -on the hillside below Mount Davis on Wednesday.
Hospital.
www.www
THANKS FROM REV. T. B. POWELL.
A letter has been received from the Rev. T. B. Fowell, who left the Colony yesterday, expressing his grateful thanks and appreciation for the parting gift from his many friends at St. John's Cathedral. In his letter Mr. Powell says that be in.
time.
on the Colony's commercial position and we are glad, therefore, to see in a recent issue of the Times Trade and Engiarer- ing Supplement an interesting review from his pen on our trade during 1925.
A how dog bit its owner, a Chinese carrying with him many happy memories Referring to the boycott which has so
woman at Wanchai on Wednesday The and the hope that the friendships he has adversely affected South China, he em-viction was sent to the Government Givilmade here may be renewed, from time to phasises that it has meant disaster to the Chinese traders He gives facts and figures which prove his contention that "whatever losses may eventually be sus Lained by British merchants and ship- owners in Hongkong as a result of the strike and boycott—and there is no deny ing that they must be severe-they will be small compared with those sua tained by the Chinese themselves in the Southern provinces, who pay extortion ately for their imported goods and receive less for their exports.”
Miss Thelma May, of Garden Road, has reported to the police that sometime on April 11th someone stole from her room a gold wrist watch, valued at $80.
A servant girl, living at No. 4, Sung Street, Yaumati, has been arrested in connection with the theft of $404 Of this amount $236 has been recovered.
INJURIES TO : A - EUROPEAN.
MR. SADDLER TAKEN TO
› HOSPITAL.
When the steamer from Canton arrived
yesterday afternoon, arrangements were quickly made for the conveyance of Mr. W. E. Saddler, of the Chinese Maritime Customs, Wuchow, to the Government. Civil Hospital.
There were two Chinese cases of diph- Mr. Buddier was suffering from theria, one Italian case of small-pot and various injuries, including cute on the wrist and from the after effects of a one imported Indian case of enteric fever fall into the river from the e.. Ewang. during the 24 hours ended May 18th. Hong at Wachow