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HONGKONG AMUSEMENTS. LTD..
INTIMATIONS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAÏ
HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION.
INTIMATIONS..
AUGUST 2ND, 1926
glad to see that in many
Mr. Y. Murakami, Consul-General for branches of trade there is no occasion | Japan, is leaving the Colony on holiday. to feel despondent
Mr. H. E, Fox, C.LEG.; Commercial Counsellor of the British Legation, The name of the Japan Gazette Co., arrived in Shanghai from Peking last At the beginning of July reports in Ltd., has been struck off the Register of Monday night. He is proceeding to Hongkong for the purpose of meeting
briefly to the effect that in piece gooda "A new cheap rice bureau for the people/Mr. Fox, who is on her way back to
Me Honors-y Secretaryship of this
TR. P. M. HODGSON, baring Resigned W & A. GILBEY'S regard to Lancashire manufactures were Companica... Association, all Communications and Letters in fature should be Addressed to the Undersigned, who has been appointed Houerary Secretary | 66
of the Association.
G. E. & UPSDELL, Hon. Secretary,-
Hongkong, 19th July, 1995,
c/o Hongkong Telegraph.
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HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.
AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of 50 Cente
there had been in previous wecks an
“SPEY ROYAL” inproved demand from China, while
SCOTCH WHISKY.
Per Share has been Declared Payable on THURSDAY, 261 AUGUST NEXT, an sad, after which Dale Dividend Warranta may be obtained upon Application at the Regis ered Office of the Company, CANAL ROAD EAST, THE CHOICEST and Bowrington, Hoogkong
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tht NO FIFTE ORDINARY VEARLY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Com Company will be held in the Quar's THEATRE any will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, Lara Queen's Road Central, on TUESDAY. 10TH AUGUST, to THURSDAY, 2813 AUGUST, AUGUST, 1998, at Noon, for the purposes-1996, both days inclusite. following, namely →→
(a) To receive and consider the manual. statement of Accounts and the Re-
port of the Directors for the year anded 31st March, 1926.
(b) To slect Directors in the place of those
retiring
roiation and an Auditor.
(0) To sanction the declaration of a divi
dead.
(d) To transact any cther ordinary
bariness of the Company,
By Order of the Board,
W. F. BIMMONS.
Secretary.
26th July, 1926, -
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FOR RENT-16, AAHLEY ROAD, Kow- 2003, Central, near-Star Theatre bir Rooms, Verandah, Two Open Air Roofs,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company Small Yard; Immediate Tenancy. Honako
will be CLOSED from the TE DAY OF AUGUST to the 10mur day or AUGUST beth | SMALL-INVESTORSTAR & REAL ESTATE days inclusive.
.
Dated the 31st day of July, 1926,
35331
By Order of the Board,
CHAS. S. MUSSELET,
Secretary.
"HONGKONG AMUSEMENTS, LTD.
NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN that
A EXTRAORDINARY MEETING
of the above named Company will be held in the Qur's THEATRE, Queen's Road Central, on the 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1926, at 12.15 O'CLOCK, in the AFTERNOON, for the purpose of considering nod, if thought-fit-passing-sa-an Extraordinary Resolation, the Resolution
following: That the 8,000 Deferred Ordinary
Shares of 15 each and the 16,000 Pre ferred Ordinary Shares of $10 och in the Company bera organized and consolated into one class of 20,000 Sharts of 310 each to be called ordinary shares and to rank as regarda dividend and capital pars ps and each share to confer one vote and that the Company's Memorandum and Articles be altered accoringly Should the above Resolation be passed by the requisite maj rity it will be subwitt i for confirmation as a Special desolation to
Extraordinary General Meeting, an
Co. TZL 4830.
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MESSRS. KOMOR & KOMOR, ART & CURIO“ KIPERTS. TEMPORARILY REMOVED
TO
ST GEORGE'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, 2ND FLOOR-LIFT
All are Cordially Invited to View our
FINE COLLECTION. £113
FOR
TENANCY-ANCHORAGE," Furnished. HOUSE near GLENEALY HOTEL No. 9, MAGAZINE GAP ROAD~~$275,
Rooms $400. DERRINGTON," Nine Nine Rooms, Two Tennis Courts-$450 plus Taxes. Ground Floor FLATS, CAMERON ROAD, near Kissza-9115, Flate. also Hequired.
TESTORS SHARE & TEL. 4830.
Houses &
India had been fairly regular in placing orders. But yarn, spinners in American counts were faced with a market which
is to be opened, immediately at the Temple of the Heavenly Empress, North Hoaan Road, Shanghai.
H.E the Governor has re-appointed
Whilst working on a barge at the Kow- foon Docks on Friday, a Chinese em- ployed fell from the deck, and received aovere head injuries. He succumbed within twenty minutes.
China from England.
A devastating fire, said to be one of the largest which has occurred, in the West Hongkow District for a long time past, took place in Tong Dong Ka Loong, near North Shanse Road, Shanghai, on July 7th, when some 35 Chinese build- ings were destroyed.
Tomorrow the Auctioneering and Brokering Co., Ltd., will sell the pro- perty at West Point, formerly known as the Kang Wo Hotel. The property is in three lots, and was nymbered 461, 485, 483, 4671 and 489A, Queen's Road West. The respective areas are:-(1) 9,00 square feet; (9) 283-square feet; (3)-791 square feet Crown rentals: $69; 82.10;
His many friends will regret to learn that Mr. G. E. V. Bidwell is, ring seriously ill in a London hospital. He ano 20,83. left Shanghai, accompanied by Mra Bidwell and family, at the end of May.
E. E the Governor has been pleased to
The following have made application to be appointed auditors for the pur. poses of the Companies Ordinances, 1011 and 1925, and they are, in the
was already well-stocked, and short hours Mr. Lancelot Forster to be a member of were the rule, though in fine counte the the Board of Education for a further position was better, although sales were period of two years, with effect from almost entirely confined to the home July 27th, 1926.- trade. Bradford was able to state that the woolles industry has stood the strain of the General Strike and the continuance of trouble in the coalfields very well OLDEST procurable. indeed. The prices of raw material had remained fairly steady; hut here again manufacturers with supplies on band The lace were running on short time. trade was improving until the conl stop Messrs. W. & A. GERY, LTD., page, the home demand being particularly being the proprietors of Three that many Continental producers ate DOW active; and the point is worth recording
Highland Distilleries are in anding it necessary to quote in sterling or dollars, and consequently their prices position second to none to supply are not much lower than those of their the finest possible Scotch Whisky British competitors. The conditions in chear y Romero as Consul for Cuba in
the chemical industry have naturally not Hongkong. "SPEY ROYAL" Scotch Whisky been particularly favourable to trade The master has been matured for many years expansion, but in spite of obvious diffi Friace, which arrived in port during Ernest Copp, A.CA., and Messrs. Mau-
culties the Board of Trade returns shew the week-end from Shanghai, reported rice Jenks, Percival and Isitt.
Another old resident left for Home on in their own Excise Bonded that the strikes have had a surprisingly at the Harbour Office that there was
cholera aboard. The number of cases Saturday in the person of Mr. Robert Warehouse, and has been special-
was not stated.
Nicholls, of the China Light and Power
ly stored in Sherry Casks... -
There has been added to the list of Company, Ltd. Mr. Nicholls was a keen medical practitioners the name of Dr.sportsman while in Kowloon, participat Ho Chee Wing, 41, Queen's Road Cen-and also at the Kowling Bowling Green ing both at the Kowloon Cricket Club rat, Hongkong, Bachelor of Medicine Club. For six years he played in the and Bachelor of Surgery of the Univer-season he played for the K.B.G. Club, Bowls League for the K.C.C., but this
sity of Edinburgh.'
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SOLE AGENTS:
HOREKORG BALL A. S. WATSON
& CO., LTD.
"ON" SALE,
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With Iru. Price-$7.50. On sale at the Howakɔna Dailu Preu Office.
further Bins Fill be hold on the 25th day of WEEKLY PRESS, July to December DOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG August, 1926, at the mame time and place for the purpose of cuns dering and, if thought it, 1925 1
Special confirming such Resolation as Resolution accordingly.
..Dated the 31st day of July, 1936.
By Order of the Board,
CHAR. 8. ROSSELET, Secretary.
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small effect upon overseas consignments. Plans are already being laid for, consider. able development.
The motor trade has felt the effect of the cessation of work in the mices, but despite this severe handicap manufactur- ers have been moderately busy. If so much can be stated under the conditions referred to, how much greater would have been the development if conditions had been narmshi; It is reported that export
recognise, provisionally and pending in structions from, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Francisco Bona-
5.3. of the
opinion of the Registrar of Companies,
qualified to perform the duties required by the Ordinances to be performed by an auditor:-Messrs. Maurice Jenks, |F.C.A., John Edward Percival, F.C.A.,' Javanese John Casburn' Pidgeon, F.C.A., Alfred
A returned banishce was sentenced to
business continues to increase, and every-ed in Chinese waters, and that he was thing points in the direction of a great rescued by a passing vessel and brought future for the motor industry. In 1823 to Hongkong,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, the British production of motor vehicles
was 88,000, of, which only a little over per cent. were exported. In 1925 the total production had risen to 153,000 and the export to almost 20 per cent., of the
BIRTHS.
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Hill, Chefoo, to Mr. and Mrs. G. HUCKSTEP," a son. GLADSTONE-On July 22nd, at St. Mary's Hospital, Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs, A. F. GLADSTONE, 2 800.
TOR TENANCY-CONDUIT HOLD, SEVEN HUCKSTAPOD July 221d; at Temple production, Thus in the latter year. the
ROOMS, Drawing, Dining and Card. room. Four Bathrooms, Tennis Court, - Dae of Flower and Vegetacle Garden and Garage $400-Unfurnished-$450-Furnished-plas Flats Wanted, HorexONG SMALL BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES: | Investors, SHARE & REAL ESTATE," "Co. |
TEL. 0. 4850. PUBLIC AUCTION
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THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY
Situate at SHAMATIPO in the Colony of Fong.
kong and registered at the Land Office a NEW KOWLOON INLAND LOT No. 949, Together with Three Buildings thereon in course of construction at CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD,
Annual "Crown Rent: $22.00. -Area: 3,240 square feet or thereab÷nia,
BY
MB, E. V. M. E. DE SOUSA, Auctioneer,
AT THE CHINA AUCTION ROOMS, 4, CUOLELL STazzz, -Hoxoxong,
100
WEDNESDAY, THE 11TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1926, AT 3 O'CLOCK PM.
For Further Particulare and Conditions of Skle, Apply to
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OB TO
Ms, E. V. H. E. DE SOUSA,
A actioneer.
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Dated the 29th day of July 1926, [3929
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number of vehicles exported amounted to more than one-third of the total pro- duction of the British industry two years earlier, There is every indication of the probability, of a continued increase in
LOVELOCKCAMPAZEL-On July 2nd, at
All Saints Church, Tientsin, before exports, both as regards percentage and the Rev. Charles Wilfred Scott, the total number of cars shipped. JESSE JAMES LoveLock, of the C. M.
الله
The members of this Club presented him with a parting souvenir before he left the Colony.
It is notified in the Government six months' hard labour, at the Central the junk on which he worked was wreck radio counter in the main hall of the Magistracy on Saturday. He pleaded that | Gazette that on and after August 1st, the
will be transferred to the Radio Tele- General Post Office will be closed, and
graph Office, on the 3rd floor of the General Post Office Building. The coun ter at the Radio, Telegraph. Office will be open day and night for the accept ance of radio telegrama. The entrance to the building is at the Des Your Road, Pedder "Street corner. The doors will be closed after 10 p.m., but admission may be obtained by ringing the night-bell.
A Chinese was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour at the Central Magistracy on Saturday for stealing a fan from a Chinese boarding house." He took a room in the house, paid $2 deposit and a few minutes later attempted to get away with the fan.
H.E the Governor has appointed, provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, Dr. W. V. M. Koch, J.P., to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council during the absence from the Colony of the Hon. Sir H. E. Pollock, K.C.
The funeral took place on July 26th, at Bubbling Well Cemetery, Shanghai, of Mr. Gordon E. Gray, of the Chinese Maritime Customs, who passed away at
The many friends of Mir, A. McClure, of the firm of Seth, Mancell & McClure, will congratulate him on his narrow escape from what might have easily proved a fatal accident" on Saturday night, says the Shanghai Mercury of July 28th Mr. McClure paid a visit to a local garage where a large German police dog is kept. In attempting to give a friendly pat to the dog the animal evidently mistook the intention of Mr. McClure and leapt at him, catching him by the throat. Mr. McClure required to have several surgical stitches applied to his wound which was within an inch of severing the jugular vein.
Customs, Lappa, Macao, to ANNIE As might be expected, the most serious BERYL CAMPBELL, formerly of Shang-effects of the mining trouble is to be hat
DEATHS.
found in the facts concerning the iron CHAPLIN 0 July 20th, the Rev. Max- and steel trades. A great many blast
A word to the Shanghai People" is WELL CHAPLIN, of the Presbyterian furnaces have been put out of operation. the Shanghai. General Hospital. The the title of the latest pamphlet issued by After the Mission at Showchow, Anhui, in" the
Pev, E. Borst-Smith, MA, chaplain the Shanghai Communists. Tsingtao Hospital, of cholera. It is here that the impartial observer.sees of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps and usual tirade against labour employers, GRAY-On July 25th, at the General the disastrous effects of a national strike minister of the Union Church, officiated. ** imperialista, and their running dogs
Hospital, Shanghai, GORDON E.
Hongkong Office: ls, Chater Road, London Office: 181, Fleet Street, E.0.
The Daily Press.
HongKong, August 2x0, 1926,
AN OUTLOOK ON TRADE IN BRITAIN.
It
and unequal treaties" the pamphlet GRAY, Chinese Maritime Customs, in the production of coal, and marvels at In connection with local bankruptcies, continues in a more original frame. aged 4 years.
it is announced that, in the matter of blames Shanghai municipal taxes for the the insensate folly of those chiefly-con-Reiss Bros, Ltd., a first dividend of as Labourers Suffering, alleging that cerned in forcing the issue to a long per cent. has been declared. It is also is 830,000 is collected annually direct- drawn-out struggle" between Capital and intimated that in the matter of Shum y from the labourers and is then used Shin Chi, trading as the Ewan Tye
for the maintenance of the imperialists' Labort. A few comparative gurea. will Firm, of 102, Queen's Road Central, a dignity and more armaments with which illustrate the truth of this observation. has been declared.
frst and final dividend of $5 per cent. is tread "underfoot us poor Chinese
The pamphlet then personally attacks In the month of May when the General
Dr. V. K. Ting "and Marshal Sun Strike was precipitated the production of of Mr. Elison Desio Botelho, clerk, re-capitalism."
Amoug forthcoming weddings are those Chuan Fang as the running dogs of pig iron only amounted to 86,800 tons siding at No. 18, Mosque Street, andAmong the passengers who arrived in Miss Victoria Maria Muttos, residing at compared with 538,100 tons in "April and No. 32, Jordan Road, Kowloon; and Mr. Hongkong on Saturday by the 8.5. 574,700 bons in May, 1825. Of the 147 Allister Fommerfelt, Chartered Account President Jackson was the Hon. Sergio ant, Hill West, and Miss Edith Dorothy Osmena, President pro-tempore and furnaces in blast at the end of April Lilian Birchall, residing at New Brighton, majority floor leader of the Philippines only 23 were in operation at the end of Cheshire, England
Senate, who was sent by the Philippines. Legislature as its special representative Ir is pleasing to find, after a careful, 124 having been damped down or
Among the passengers who passed to attend the Fast session of the Ameri- blown out. The production of steel through Hongkong on the as. President can Congress, and ask for the immediate perusal of the trade journals and reviews'
Jackson, during the week-end for Manila, independence of the Philippines. After Water Pipes, Fiuiz System Gas, Electric DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE published at home, that in spite of the
ingots and castings only amounted to were Vice-Governor A. Gilmore, of the staying nine months in the United Staten Light, Occasions! Use of Tennis Court, Ground
disturbing effects of the coal mining dis 45,700 tons compared with 661,000 tons Philippine Islands, returning there after he is now on his way back to Manila, Floor-$10 Other Floors-$210 Horozová:
a visit to the United States on Govern- and left Hongkong on the President SMALL INVESTozs Shazz & REAL ENFATE CO,
in April and 651,800 tons in May, 1923.ment business Congressman W. D. Jackson yesterday. Accompanying the pute in Great Britain there is an absence with the works producing raw and semi- Government business; and Col. N. L. whe is a Professor of the University of TET, 0.4530.
Oliver, of Alabama, who is engaged on Hon Bergio Osmena is Dr. Jose Reyen, of pessimism regarding the future. This
finished material for the most part shut Stimson, formerly Secretary of War, the Philippines, and who travelled with in striking contrast to the dismal
down, the lighter branches of the steel making a tour of the Orient with his Mr. Osment as his technical adviser. jereminds which were so pronounced s
wile. trade have found difficulty in securing
Eighteen years of age, reputedly year ago. Of course, it will take time
Mr. William Bacon Oliver, U.S. Con- beautiful, the daughter of a Peking mer- supplies of steel..
gressman from Alabama, arrived - inant named Lin, was found dead, a before the country recovers from the set-
Facts, and figures such as these demon-Shanghai aboard the str. President Jack-saicide, in the bridal chair in which she back to trade development; the hemper-strate how far-reaching in its ultimate on. He remained for a few days then was being transported to the home ing of production is the inevitable result effects is a big strike like that which has left for Peking on a short visit. He will of her future husband. The story, made the coalfields silent. The fight return to Shanghai in time to sail with as told in the Chinese press, saya of the closing down of the mines. But between the owners and the colliers of the US Transport Henderson on that her father obtained a “ dowry
Britain has inflicted grievous injury, not August 20th His position as Senior of $200 from an aged man sus rem there is a wonderful capacity for re only on both sides immediately concern Democratic Member of the Naval Appro compense for allowing his daughter to 8 cuperation in British industry. That fact ed, but has also crippled the activities priations Sub-Committee of the House become his bride. The girl learned of her of millions of workers in other walks, of of Representatives and of the Appro- prospective husband's age and of the has been.demonstrated many times in the life men and women who are not con- priations Committee gives a special fact that he already had one wife. Bo past. After the present trouble has been are, indeed, in no wise responsible for one to the Far East. After leaving she was placed in the closed bridal chair"
cerned with the points at issue, and who significance to his visit, though-a-fying she slipped a razor into her clother when -dispored of there is every reason to be anything that has happened, is now Shanghai in Angust, Mr. Oliver will go When the chair was opened at the home Mostra, Kady & WALE, LA THE HONGKONG DAILY FEESE, LAD,lieve that Listory will repeat itself. In future. They are between the hammer Goam and Honolulu on the way back to inside. She had slit her wrists with the taking place, or may happen in the to Manila for a ten-day visit, thence to of her prospective husband, abo was dead-
a general review of the position we are and the anvil,
Los Angeles.
sharp razor.
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