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PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY.
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LIMITED.
IS HEREBY GIVEN
INTIMATIONS.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 30th, 1927.
OTICE ANNUAL ORDINARY TOTY MERT QUAY
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GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Box KON HOTEL, Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, JUNE, 1927, at 11 3., for the purper steers of receiving the Report of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 30th Arun, 1927.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, 4TH JUNE 1 FRIDAY, 1TH JUNE, 1927, Both Lays in clusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hong Kong 30th May, 17 [4974
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
HE FORTY-NINTH ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS of the shore Cam- Lany will be held at the Offers of the General Agents, PA STRERT, on TUESDAY, 7 JUNE, 1927, at NOON, for the purpous of receiving the Hepart and Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st Deren, 1927,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 20TH MAY to 7TH JUNK, 1927, Both Days inclusive.
JARDIN, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
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HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION,
THE FOURTH EXTRA RACE At Areas ation Propel Alterations to the
the Challenge Shield Competition, LAI WAH CEP and SUNDAY HERALD CHARITY CUP Competitions must
Un
MEETING will be hoid (Westirer
HAPPY VALLET Periniting) st SATURDAY, 4 JUNE and MON. DAY, 6TH JUNE, 1927. Commentang at. 2.4.. on Both Dys. The First #ell
will bw
tv Rang at 2.15 1.3. The Charge for the $1.00 Per Lay Admission to the aldic Enclosure will will for all Ferons including Ladies, Poldiers and Sasoris Uuforia, riall Price.
Members are advised tunt they m
their
Belges to obtain Adinion
to th Members' Enclosure.
Each Nowler as the right to in- trodace Non-members to the Members
whom can be Enclosure, Tickets for obtained from MenuER. INSTEAD & DAVIS
at 35.00 bach For Day up to THUBS
DAY, 25 JUNE, 1927.
The Charge for Admission for Ladies to the Members Enclosurs will be $2.03. Each Member can obtain, upon applica. tion to the SECRETARY, Badges for Admission of 2 Ladies Free of Charge.
14912
GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.
and SPECIE ENDERS for
MEXICAN DOLLAtos carrous
in this Colony, for Telegraphic Transfer, on the Lords Commeneen of His to and
Majesty's Treasury, London, up to 8 for the
£40,000, will Lo Roceived
by
Sof
the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE, until O'CLOCK A.M. on the BOTH MAY, P.
The Tendors to
o state the Total Amosuit (in Pounds Sterling. No Telegraphic Transier wit
will be made for less than £100. The Tenders to be in Duplicate, aud in The Sealed Covers, addressed to the TREA BURY
CHEST OFFICER, COM- MAND PAY OFFICE, and endorsed MANI
FOR GOVERNMENT "TENDERS BILLS, Eto."
The right to accept or reject any or all of the Tudors is reserved.
Copies of Forma of Tender can be
had an application.
"Person
toudering
for (Bills) are
hereby utiled that, having regard to
forwarded to the Fudsigned Nat I ter Than the 1st MAY, 1927.
W. E. HOLLANDS,
STATY
P. O. Box 213.
INTIMATIONS.
DEWAR'S
WHITE
LABEL
FINEST
and bounds and business diminish ed in volum but it was never brought to a standstill and never
will be.
LOCAL WILLS.
Tenders are being called for the construction of a new Hospital at Victoria Gaol. The work consists WIDOW OF JOHN G. KERR. of demolishing certain buildings,
general the
The militarist's and the poli- | and erecting a new hospital. ticians are almost as a The apart
The Annual ordinary the tiling masses of the meeting of shareholders of frorn conmry. That fact must be horne Peak Tramways Co., Ltd, will be clearly in mind if we are to arrive held at the Hong Kong Hotel on at any true perspective of the Thursday June 9th, at 11 am.
There is a present situation, great tendency to sprak of the Nationalists as though they repre sented the people unik of CHANGed by thieves on Tso Las and others as if they were the accredited leaders of a large aud loyal following. Nothing worth $1,200,
could be further from the truth.
SCOTCH WHISKY The farts are that ninety seven per
The Shui Heng Yuen Godewa in Nelson Street, Yaumati, was enter They forced on a side door and
Friday night ante four bales of dark tarpauliu
The St. Peter's Church Young
cent of the Chinese are illiterate Men's Club are vacating their pre- OF GREAT AGE. and that of the remaining thressent premises at 81, Bonham Road իւ- 3 cent.. 1T roughly twelve at the end of this mouth and re Awarded 50 Gold millions, comparatively few cam moving to No. 1 Oaklands Path
cern themselves with lor politics | Bonham Roads. and Prize Medals, and uretically none at alt with
PR
"VICTORIA
VAT"
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Certificate No. 5 NS 2848
affairs mutside of their our CORDATA.
FOUNDER OF HOSPITAL AT CANTON.
Letters of administration with the will and une codicil annexed to the estate of Martha Noyes Kerr, Inte of Canton, who died on August- 7th at the Matilda Hospital, have beet granted to Mr. 1. R. An- and Master, the attorney for the drewes, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes
exerator of the will
Property in the Colony amounts Deceased
the
La $10,000).
was
widow of the Inte Dr. Joha G. Kerr, the founder of the John G.
Kerr Hospital, Canton, in 1898,
"Live Peacefully."'
"I sincerely hope my descendants will live peacefully and maintain a
Thus reals the concluding sen- tence in the will of the late Kwong You for Yuen), who died at No. 7, Tun Street, Hong Kong 011 December 5th, 1920. Probate has
"THE LOVES OF PHAROAH."
SPECTACULAR FILM AT THE QUEEN'S..
ANCIENT EGYPT-WITH A SPICE OF AMERICA,
BY OUR FILM CRITIC]
"The Loves of Pharonh "a big spectacular film, is showing at the
is a picture which to one who is Queen's to-day to Wednesday. It
interested in ancient civilizations should misa. The making of this 6lm nust.
most have entailed patient research and enormous ex- pense, as a result of which one gets a most hfelika aud convincing picture of ancient Egyptian and its vesirt, The wide interest, aroused by Howard Carter's discoveries in the tomb of Tutankamen, is suf- beiently recent for all to have A fairly clear picture of the garments, regalia, and appearance of 1L Pharoah of Egypt; and it is in fensely interesting to see on the screen figures closely resembling whom Carter's despatches made so real.
The love story which is exciting and tragic in itself, will hold the
A Chiume living at No. 1. Ving fair name for die family LOT If the people were articulate it | Fai Terrace reports to the police generations to come. This is my would probably he found that ¦ that on Friday he handed Syxonto | lifelong hope. “ their enn desire is to be left alone | a fuki to pay to the Treasury. The to practise their entite and to till | joke and the money are alleged to the soil in prave.
But, unfortu] have disappeared. untely, they are never left alone. It is too fatally easy for an army
Dr. Thomas, of 172 Nathan Road, I been granted to Wong Shi, his those long denil people
widow, of half a millaan men to establish | reports that between 9-0 and 930
The estate left in the Colony & reign of terre over a great area p.m. on Saturday a radiator ther
amonafs to $45,900, and the widow while a body of a few hundred | mometer valued at $30 was stolen is appointed to administer the
estale until the only son, Kwong interest of those among the nadi Ming. attains full age, when he cuée who do not feel the romance comes into fall possession of the of archeology, though perhaps to estate.
dated Hong Kong, 2th dear, 1923, for THE VERY FINEST OLD thousand students, determined to from bis car while it stood outside Twelve S Shares, Numbered 1306301305-41 inclusive, and Certificate No 5/NS
10416 datet Bong Kong. 6th A SCOTCH WHISKY 1925, for Six Shares Numbered 56744 to 55750, and 131549 inclusive, all registered MAURICE in the Name of AUGUSTE
OST or LOST CHAMRION, have been STOLEN, and lull these Certificaten not be produced to the Bank before the 19 JUNE, 1997, New Certificate for the Shares will be issued and the aforesaid Certificates No. 5, 1884 and KS 416 will be thereafter treated by the Corporation as Naril and Find.
By Order of the Court of Directors, A. C. HYNES.
Acting Chief Minnager Bong Kong. 11th May, 1927. [49.9
S.S.
"TJILEBOET."
ENDERS Are Invited for the Purchase of the Wreck of the Forerart of the S.S. TALEBOET" as it Now Lies at LING TANG 1SLAND Ful Particulare from the Undersigned,
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, York Building.
49267
PUBLIC AUCTION.
the provisious of the Acta 22 Cinorge III. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.
Cap. 45 and 41, George 11., Cap. 62, the
acceptance of any such Tender 11
subject
to the express condition that no Member
of the British House of Comaco shall be admitted to any share or part in or to any bustit to arise from the Con brasi thereby made for the allotment of zuchi (Bilis).)
"The provisions in question de not apply Contracts entered into by Buy incorporated Company in its corporated capacity and sunde for the general benefit of the Company."
H. G. HILLY, Lieut-Colonel, Treasury best C-Hinor, R.A.PU His Majesty' Treasury valtio.
1.2 Hong Kong, atth Mius, Lezi,
SHOPS TO LET
SH, NATIJAN ROD), KOWLOON.
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY.
CITUATE at VICTORIA, HONG Koxe,
registerns the Land Office as SECTION A FINLAND LOT No. 17, Together with all Buillinge thereon
known
Nos. 38 & 40, Queen's Road Con ru and No. 1, Stanley Stroot to be sold ig PUBLIC AUO. TION OF Monday, the 20th day of Juno, 1927, at betek rx, by Mr. E. V. M. R Do sousa, the Aetioneer, Os Ros, No. 4, Dudell 1 his AUCTION Street, Hong K
For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale. Apply to:-Dr. 8. W. Tso, olicitor for the Vondor, NC 26, Des Voux Road Central or to Mr. E. V. M. R. De Sousa, the Auctioner,
Hong Kong, the 19th day of May, 1927.
(4938
FOR SALE OR TO BE LET UNFURNISHED.
No. 27, PEAK, LUGARD ROAD.
NIGHT Roomed HOUSE, with
SOLE AGENTS:
make a great noise and ning his house in Humphrey Avenue. with no apposition, very quickly
W/T+
Mr.
create the disastrous illusion that Among passengers arriving in they are a power in the land which | Hong Kong yesterday from Swntow As supplied to the Houses of has to be seriously taken into ne by the s.s. Haining
count. It is this summing up of Robinson, Miss ... Jackson, Mr. Lords and Commons.
the position, and we believe it is and Mrs. W. Elliott, Mr. Living the correct one, which leads many sten, Mrs. Millert, Mr. U. D. Senti, foreigners to the belief that inter- Miss Remedios, Mr. H. Statkin and vention by the Powers, which would Mr. Abessor. Patablish something like an orderly Government, would be generally Among passengers raving for welcomed by the Chinese and is the | India by the P. & O. s.s: Moren on Saturday 11.5 Mr. Lalchand A. S. WATSONly practical method of saving
Watammai, founder of the oval frm of Messrs. Watanmai Bool- LTD.
As far as trade prospects are
chaud & Cu. He was seen off by concerned obviously Sir Fraxers a large number of his Indian and AGLEs must be right in predicting | other friends. atrate boom as soon as even tent POTREY peace in restored. This market created by 400 million
steadily to expand even bampered industrious people still continung
and hinderot as it is by constant. military and political upheavals, Tess. Is 193 Shanghai imported foreign
& CO.,
HONG KONG DISPENSARY.
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The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, MAY 8TH, 1927.
A TRADE BOOM.
We native that Sir Fixsdís Agus, former Juspendu Gouval of
...
the
Chinese Maritime Customs. who was recently relieved of his post by the Peking Authorities, has hern predicting a great trade boom
them from the cruellest exploita tion by their own people,
goods to the value of 26,922:27. In 1994 the value of such imports was De,bonis. During the same period Hankos's trade more than doubles). Whoh districts any devasted by war. In some foralities. business my be rought to a evit plet danistill bui any broad re- view over a period, of yours will lennustrate slaw Lat certain progress. Recently the brake has been applied are viciously than usual to this forward movement
|
THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.
MILITARY PARADE AT WONG
NEI CHONG.
those who do it may seem some what over emphasised. But with the exception of D. W. Griffiths, and a very few others, the Ameri- can film producer, like the average dramatist, considers that the public needs, as an essential ingredient, n On the queision of His Majesty's
triangular love story. Birthday (Friday, June 3rd)
ine only parade of the Garrison will take blemish of this film comes from thi place on the Wong Nei Chong Re- fixed belief, which has been allow- creation Ground at 9 a..
vå to over vale the carefully gather The Jockey Club bas kindly information supplied by the re- placed the Grand Stand and mem! bera enclosure at the disposal of search staff. Even the most super the public.
ficial study of Egyptology leads to The Hong Kong Club Stand has the realisation that the court of been placed at the disposal of H.E. the invernor and will be reserved for Lady Clementi's party, Me bers of the Councils and Heads and Assistant Heads of Depart
Ambulance Arrangements. Ambulance arrangements for the King's Birthday Parade on June 3rd are as follow:
The Public Works Department | ments. is calling for tenders for the con struction of a reinforced concrete and furickwork Administration Bouse, right reinforced concrete rapid gravity Filter Beds and two reinforced ennerei Kridges in con neetion with the Shing Man Valley Water Scheme.
the Pharoahs was rigidly formal and conventional. The once bokš and magnificent art of Egypt died though this oppressive convention disseminated by the priesthood and the court. It is somewhat dis- tressing to see how all this form ality which would have added im- measurably to the magnificence of
The R.A.M.C. will take care of the Naval and Military Forces an parade, while the St. John's Am the film, and given poignancy to civilians attending the parade. bulance Brigade will attend to the the hapless love of Pharoah, has been swept aside in order that the A first aid station will be erected king of Egypt may behave accord- by the B.A.M.C. and they have invited the St. John Ambulanceing to the traditious of Hollywood, There will be to St. John men often a magnificent, and terrible Brigade to share it with them. Emil Januings, as Pharoab, is duty, while Dr. (Mrs.) Minuett will also be present to attend to ladies who may require attention.
The long Kong Volunteer De fence Corps are holding a practice. connection King's Birthday Parade Hong Kong Football Club ground this evening at 5.30.
At the Cafe Parisien on Satur day night Mr. P. E. Blundell, of the Royal Naval Dockyard, who is gong. Home shortly, was entertain- dap dinner, by a number of his Dersonal friends. The private din ing room was tastefully decorated | parude
Kent and Chief Inspector W. presided over the gathering and paid a deserved tribute t the
In
Gore, and in his death a very tragic one, but in the love svenes he behaves as no king and certain- with the no Egyptian king would have on the done, The heroine, Theonis, is played by a singularly beautiful Austrian actress, Dagny Serveas, who was unknown, but who will not
in China as soon as the present but the market has only the Popularity of the guest of the \ CHANG TSO LIN'S RUSSIAN remain so after her performance
troubles "ASK".
There is no doubt | depressed; it has certainly not been destroyed. When the pressure is relieved there is bound to be, for ime at any rate, more than the customary activity in business circles in order ta nuke up for the lost time.
he is on firm ground in so doing We are all optimists as far as Cham's trade is concerned provid; ing there is peace in the land. The fly in the ointment is that there never sevis any prospect of prace, Within the past fourteen years forty-three Governments have been
EUR HOU set up and deposed in Peking.
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STEPHENS BUILDING. 67:09, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
AND
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APPLY TO A. J. DAVID
A
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VISITORS TO CANTON
Should Purchase
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Eight Presidents have come and gene and now the position is wors
There is no central
than ever.
A desk fan was on Friday stolen from the office of Mr. E. Ralphs, Inspector of English Schools.
pledged with musical tumours. Mr evening, whose health was duly
Blundell suitably replied.
Owing to the hoisting of typhoon signals, the scavenging boats did not come alongside the sea wall on Friday night. As a result scaveng- ing coolies were at a loss what to
PRISONERS.
DATE OF TRIAL NOT FIXED.
SOME DIFFICULTIES.
in this film.
WAS
There is further a musical treat to be had at the Queen's until Wednesday, Seijiro Tatsumi, the celebrated Japanese Tenor is sing- ing before the big pieture. That excellent song "Mandalay " PERING, May 12th; No date can be set for the trial A word of praise is certainly due enthusiastically received last night. of the Bfteen Russians prior to the completion of the translation of to the management for the stage setting for Tatsumi's songs which, do and one of them was brought the documents grized in the April besides being beautiful in itself: before Mr. R. E. Lindsell on Satur- 6th raid according to information
received from the Procuratoral to The Loves of Pharoah."
was appropriate as an introduction day for dumping rubbish into the
Only three tenths of the docu- Harbour. The Magistrate while ments have been rendered into Chi- THE WEEK'S PROGRAMME. authority even in name, Every The rainfall from January 1st up sympathising with the man's diffuese, while the rest, with the lite
rature seized in the Pumiat Lenina province is the scene of fighting. to 10 am on Saturday was 41.76culty stated that he had no right to
will take a long time to translate, To-day till Wednesday: Petty militarists by extortiouate inches against an average of 21.86 dump into the Harbour. He dis- The procuratorsta is considering Loves of Pharoah Thursday to Laxes upon the people and handita inches.
durged the man, owing to the fact the legal procedure which should Saturday: "Pretty Ladies," & film many favourites, ZRHU and pirates, by whom the country
that he had bren locked up for the taken in the formal trial. It is starring
regretted that the prisoners were Pitts, Norma Shearer and Roy is over-run, take what is left. But
night.
not segregated while they were in d'Arcy among them, with a Charles nevertheless trade continues and
the police headquarters. And it is ten expert Ann Pennington and a anticipated that they will give troupe of Hollywood beauties. similar answers before, the Judge, raa no doubt they must have pre- pared nuited arguments during the first month of their imprisonment.
vast in extent and has an chor
Service men have availed them solves very readily of the facilities
Among passengers leaving the Colony on Saturday by the P. & Q. B.B. Moren wore Professor and Mrs.
as Sir EnaNein Auɛs reminds us for bathing at the beach set aside sitanteil house 1 would be a grent mistake to for them by the Kowloon Dock standing within own spacious believe that it is ever likely to be United Service Club. grounds (39 cents by chair or 40 centa
China is
CA. Middleton Smith, the Misses by tari to reach samej will secept young completely dislocated:
M. and E. Middleton Smith, Mr. II.E. the Governor has appointed... Lloyd (Superintendent of family or two bachelors for large front room possessing broad verandahy and
mous population which needs cer- Mr. B. Wylie to be a member of Imports and Exports), Mrs. bath with hot and good outlook, private bat cold water, otc. Service and food included-tain foreign commodities in order the Board of Education, vice the if required. Moderate price te nice
to live, and is determined to have Rev. 6. R. Lindany, resigned, with people. One self-contained, fur to flat furnished flat mid-level, available by taxi near to at
them - Moreover, the Chinese have effect from May 20th. always responded immediately to or to door by ohair 40 oeute for bachelore mess or young family. Service and food
the possibility of traile, and have if required: Excellent view and small garden, Airy
A Chinese named Lam Lee Chiu,
"
crn
Queen's.
World.
"The
To-day: The Lucky Hoseshoe, Tom Mix in an excellent West- Tuesday and Wednesday: "Empty Hands," the story of a struggle for life in the Wilderness. Thursday to Saturday: Three Live Ghosts," Armistice Night in London.'
Star.
. Dead Men Tell No Tales, The documents will be the only Macready, Miss E. K. Marsh, Mra.vidences to establish charges for S. A. Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. C
their assorted crime. It will k Evans, Mr. H. R. Forsyth, Mr. H.
difficult to find witnesses as their Pearman, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Roe, comrades, Mr. Li Ta Chao and the Mre. S. Stainfield, Commander C.
nineteen Chinese Communists who
Today:
Three Live Ghosts." GR. Coitart, R.N., Col. and Mrs. would have fulfilled this function Tuesday and Wednesday: Richard R. R. Lewis and Inspector Moss (on perfectly, have been strangled. Dix in Too Many Kissce." It is understood that the pro Thursday to Saturday: "The Top curatorate will first examine the of the World," an Ethel M. Dell documents and then hold a prostory in which there are goine novel liminary trial before the formal photographic effects.
GLOBE- not far from Ion. Modora hone displayed a remarkable capacity to passenger from Amerien to Hong retiremeut, as announced recently).
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Kong on the as. President Pierce, was yesterday certified insane and removed to the asylum.
maintain it in viremstances of the atmost difficulty: This is very Lene and explains in a large inva- Bure the failure of the boycott. When that movemetit against Hong Before Mr. R. F. Lindsell, at the Kong was at its worst and mer- Central Magistracy, on Saturday chants could only handle British morning, a Chinese women WAA goods at the risk of their lives, sentenced to three months' hard the Chines still found ways and labour for throwing vitriol on the means of supplying the market. face of another woman, whom her Naturally cost went up by leaps husband bad fallen in love with.
une.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
The authorities deny that the HE. the Governor has appoint- Russian prisoners are being ill- ed the following gentlemen to be treated. Their daily meals are Non-Oficial Justices of the Peace furnished by an outside restaurant for the Colony :-
at sixty sents apiece. Besides their friends may send in food. They are allowed to receive visitors at the usual opening hours of the prison. The families of six of the prisoners have been notified to this effect.-Aug Wen.
Messrs. D. J. Blake, Foo Sik, V M. Grayburn, A. 8. Gubbay, M. T. Johnson, Kong I Sun, J. H Little, J. M. MeHutcheou, J. J. Paterson, Tam Woou Tung, R. D. Thom.and Wong In Tung.
TYPHOON WARNING.
The following telegram has been sent to the loual U.S. Consul- General:-
Manila, May 9th, 5.80 p.m.— Typhoon in about 110deg. Long., E., and odeg. Lat., N., almost station- ᏝᎢᎩ .