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-the·· Certificato No 3467 dated 30th August, 1900, for 25 Shares of this Campany Numbered 24851-24875 registered in the Name of Mrs. MARION LEGGE has been LOST OF DESTROYED; and should this. Certificate not be produced to the Company before the 12TH JUNE, 1926, New Certificate for the said 8bares will
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SOLE AGENTS: —
- A salesman of the Sincere Com- pany was sentenced to one month's hard labour by Major C. Willson on Saturday morning for the theft of some singlets
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An unemployed Chinese was re- manded by Mr. R. E. Lindsell on Saturday morning on a charge of stealing a travelling clock and a fountain pen, from No. 434, the Peak the residence of Mr. S. W.
Clark.
At about e p... on Saturday, the Central Fire Brigade received a call to the City Hall, where an outbreak of fire was reported by telephone to have occurred. Two engines immediately turned out, but on arrival found that it was
false alarm
The name of the Prosperity Trad ing Company, Ltd, has been struck off the register of companies. It is notified that at the expiration of three months from date," unless cause is shown to the contrary, the
Cafe Regent Company, Ltd., willbe struck off the register and the Com pany dissolved.
MAY 14th, 1928.
GOVERNMENT APPOINT-
MENTS.
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes has been appointed an Unofficial Member of the Executive Council for such period as the Hon. Sir H. E. Pollock, K.C., is seting as Attorney-General, of the Colony, with effect from May 4th,
DISTRESS FOR RENT.
PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE.
POWERS OF SEIZURE.
It is proposed to introduce at the next meeting of the Legislative Connell an Ordinance to amend the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1963
The Objects and Reasons of the new measure state:~~
The power of seizure given by the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1833, is a power to seize movable property found in the apparent position of The Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes has the "person" from whom the rent (been appointed an Unofficial Mern-is claimed. The term
ber of the Executive Council rice the Hon. Mr. W. E, L. Shenton with
effect from May 8th.
Mr. B. D. F. Beith has been ap pointed an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council in place of Mr. WE L. Shenton.
The appointment of Mr. C. G, S. Mackio as a member of the Legis lative Council is gazetted
The Kev. F. Short has been ap Education vier the Rev. T. W pointed a member of the Board of Pearce, O.BE LL.D., with effect from April 9th. Mr. H. B. L. Dow biggin, the Rev. A. D. Stewart and Mr. Tao Seen Wan, LLD., have been appointed members of the Board for a further period of two years.
The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, received the | following cable on Saturday from their Head Office in London: Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., declared dividend at the rate of 3. per share free of Income Tax payable 3th July. Bearer coupon MR ROSS-TAYLOR DIED to be presented No. 51"
The Reservoir Main just outside the South China Ginger Preserving Company at Shum Shui Po on the Lai Chi Kok Road suddenly burat at noon yesterday. The road was flooded but there was just room for cars to pass, but the big 'buses of "the "Kowloon Company" which run to Lai Chi Kok, were held up all the afternoon. The water-works coolies were immediately sent for and put things to right.
The dead body of a man believed to be one of the pirates engaged in the fight with fishermen at Aberdeen on Thursday morning was recovered' from the harbour by the Police,
be issued, and the Old Certificate No. CANTON is quiet and peaceful. There A. S. WATSON The man had died from a bullet
3487 will be thereafter treatöd by this
Company as Null and Void.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Manager
Hong Kong, 11th May, 1928. (6241
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
have been meetings of protest against what is described as the Japanese invasion of Shantung, but "the Authorities have wisely taken the fullest precautions to prevent any disorderly expression of feeling in this matter and there is confid.
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& CO., LTD.
FORMER RESIDENT'S
ESTATE.
INTESTATE.
Mr. Rom-Taylor, formerly a re aident of Hong Kong and late of 10, Hereford Mansions, Bayswater, London, who died on December 14th, 1920, at Moorcroft House, Hillingdon, Middlesex, left con- siderable property both in England and in the Colony. Mr. Ross Taylor died intestate and his only daughter Miss K. M. Vere Ross Taylor inherits the estate.
Deceased left estate in Hong Kong valued at $57,100 and his property in England amounted to £10,623 Os. 6d.
Re-sealing of letters of adminis- tration have been granted to Mr. H. Turner, of Mears, Deacons, who is the attorney of Miss Ross-Taylor.
LOCAL POLICE OFFICER'S "DEATH.
wound in his body and in the pocket LANCE SERGT, MCFADGEON... of his jacket 11 rounds of ammuni- tion were found. As another dead body was found after and a third man has been arrested it is thought that at least three of the pirates at 1 p. .[80
have been accounted for.
WINK AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. PHONE C. 616.
ence in "most quarters that the City in the Country, Trade in every...department is vastly better.
crisis, as far as Canton is concern-
THE FORTY SIVE HESTING ored, is over. We hope such confid- than it was twelve months ago and,
SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the ence is well founded. There is no Offices of the Undersigned on THURS-
so-far as can be judged, it is being
DAY, the 17TH MAY, 1928, at Nocar, for reason, patriotic or otherwise, why built up on solid foundations. It
the purpose of receiving the Report of Canton should be drawn into the the General Agents, together with a Statement of Accounts for the Year unfortunate trouble which has ended the Slat DECEMBE, 1927.
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED
Both Days inclusive.
from the Sus to the 177 MAY, 1928, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Agents,
Hong Kong, 26th April, 1928. (6172
arisen in Tainan. As we pointed out on Saturday there is no doubt that the excesses in the North were largely due to the activities of the communists masquerading under
is not trade due to circumstances of in ephemeral nature but is the
steady buying and selling of goods based on the belief of the people that an era of peace and good. government has set in. It would be a tragedy if such beliefs were
DEATH OF MR. P. W. GOLDRING.
FORMERLY A HONG KONG BOLICITOR.
News was received in the Colony yesterday of the death of Mr. P. W. Goldring, Assistant Prosecuting Solicitar of the Shanghai Muni- cipality.
Mr. Goldring was well known in
Lancs Sergeant McFadgeon, No.
We regret
to announce that A110, died at the Government Civil Hospital yesterday afternoon
The deceased was, about 25 years of age, and had been in bad health for
very long time. He under- went an operation about a week ago, but the exact cause of death is not yet known.
FRENCH CONSUL AND MARSHAL LI,
LUNCHEON PARTY ON
SHAMEEN
FRIENDSHIP OF THE TWO REPUBLICS.
[TROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.).
CANTON, May 13th. M. Andre Danjou, the French Consul-General at Shameen, invited Marshal Li Tsai Hain and other high officials of the Provincial Ad ministration to luncheon on Satur- does not include a firm, and it is day afternoon at the French Con- distress warrant against a firm in sulate. According to the announce- therefore not possible to issue n
the firm name. This is inconvenient ment the luncheon, was "informal," because premises are often let to
person"
firms and the landlords frequently do but to an onlooker, it was marked not know the names of the partners. by considerable ceremonial and Section of this Ordinance there- formality. When the Marshal and fare amends section 18 of the prin his official colleagues arrived at the distress warrant to be issued to East Bridge, Shameen, they were cipal Ordinance so as to enable a scize the goods of a firm. Section met by a guard of honour and e- 3 of this Ordinance makes a compresentatives of the French Coninl of the principal Ordinance. sequential amendment in section 16
General, who gave them a very Section 24 of the New Territories cordial welcome. As the Marshal Regulation Ordinance, 1910, provides stepped on that except by way of appeal no pro- French soldiers and police officers to the Bridge the ceeding relating to land in the New Territories shall be commenced in stood at attention on either side the Supreme Court unless the of the bridge and saluted the Can- Crown is a party, or unless the ton leader. Land Officer shall certify that the.
The bugles sounded,
capital value of the land affected and the whole affair was more like exceeds 85,000 or that the annuals military inspection by the Marshal value thereof exceeds $500. There than an informal welcome. Marshal is one exception to this provision,
"Cordial Relations."... The French Consul-General spoke
c., when the land in question has Li and his colleagues, after the been exempted from the Ordinance ceremony at the Bridge, were escort- under section 13 (2). It would ap-ed to the French Consulate where pear that the issue of a distress they were met and welcomed by the warrant is a proceeding relating to French Consul-General. land, within the meaning of the above Ordinanec, and that the issue of a distress warrant is a proceeding in the Supreme Court. It would at the luncheon and Marshal La therefore appear to be impossible to responded. Both emphasised the issues distress warrant for any cordial relationship between France part of New Territories except in and China and the necessity of cases falling under 13 (2), or under maintaining that friendship. Inter- the exceptions in section 24 of the national brotherhood, closer co- New Territories Regulation Ordin- operation between French and the
appreciation of ance. This is inconvenient in the Chinese,
cach case of New Kowloon, where in other's difficulties, and the pramo- many cases the conditions are more tion of trade between the two similar to those of the Old Colony sister Republics were some of the than to those of the New Ter-things touched upon by both Mar- ritories. Accordingly, section 4 of shal Li and Consul-General Danjou, this Ordinance provides that the provisions of the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1883, shall extend to New Kowloon.
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TRAFFIC IN MUNITIONS.
400 PISTOLS AND 50,000 `ROUNDS AT. ABER- DEEN.
THREE JUNK WOMEN CHARGED.
The sequel to the exceptionally large haul of arms made by the police on board a junk at Aberdeen Harbour was heard on Saturday morning when three boatwomen were charged before Mr. R E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy. The contraband seized consisted
Practically all the leading French residents of Canton, including the Bishop of the famous French cathe- dral on Yat Tak Maloo, were pre- sent at the lancheop. The Chinese guests, besides Marshal Ld Tsai Hsin. were. Dr. Chao Hsin Chu, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Fung Cho Man, Commissioner of Finance, Admiral Chen Chak, Mr. Tang Shih Tang, Police Com- missioner of Canton, and Mr. Lin Wen Kai, Mayor of Canton.
After the luncheon the Chinese guests were escorted back to East Bridge by the French naval and police officers. The buglers again sounded and a guard of honour lined either side of the French bridge and saluted the Marshal as he and the other officials returned to Govern-
ment House
BUSY HONG KONG.
EXCEPTIONAL WEEK-END- SHIPPING RETURNS.
Sergt. McFadgeon joined the Hong Kong Police Force about four years ago, and came from Canada. He was very much liked by his friends, and up till the time of his fatal illness was at the Yaumati Police Station. The late police officer was a member of the Hong Kong Volum of 400 automatic pistols, about an teer Corps, serving as a drummer. equal number of square magazines The funeral is this afternoon at and 50,000 rounds of ammunition. Happy Valley when full Police The total value of the goods was miniscent of the boom honours will be accorded.
roughly estimated at $30,000. A Through freight for the period end woman in charge" of the junk at | ing at 9 am on Saturday reached the time was arrested and through | the remarkable figure of 87,000 tone.
Cargo returns for the week-end were at a very high figure, re-
years
the name of the Ironsides a shaken by unwise participation in Hong Kong having practised here TWO BITES IN AN HOUR. information supplied by her, two This must approach & record for TANAKA agrees with this view of the affairs in the settlement of which i az a solicitor some years ago.......... situation and, now that immediate Canton_ultimately can have little
HOSPITALS.
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. danger to foreigners has been re-voice. The cause of the Nationalists NEW CHINESE DOCTORS.
RAFT Programmes and Ent moved, he has stated that a solution has been jeopardised by the Com-1
of the outstanding problems may ALL CONNECTED WITH LOCAL RACK MEETING to be held on be sought through ordinary diplo repudiated, and let CHIANG KAI SATURDAY, 26TH MAY, and
MONDAY, 28TH MAY, 1928 matic channels. This should satisfy Suza, who welcomed them to his (Weather
Permitting), may be obtained
and GabizwaT BAY STABLER,
Entries will CLOBE ♣t 6 P.M., on WEDNESDAY, 18t¤ MAY, 1998.
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A CANINE WOMAN HATER.
"That greedy dog," was the euphemism applied to an animal
at No. 6 Lung Fai Terrace.
Mr. Fung's dog was frollicking about quite happily until a neigh bour came on the scene, and with
belonging to Mr. Fung Tung Wah
at the Rics Course, Hong Koxe C. Canton and all Chinese who have the aid against Canton's better judg-added to the lid of medical prac out warning, the dog bit the friend-
2
ly neighbour in the left thigh.
The following names have been welfare of their country at heart, ment, extricate himself as best hetitioners: We trust, therefore, that we shall
can from the difficulty in which his Mr. Ma Wai Man, Kwong Wah taken to hospital for treatment The victim, Mr Tang Shi, was [6244 hear no more of warlike preparerastness and disregard for political Hospital. tions and that all attempts by principles has placed him. It a
Soon after the animal bit another Dr. Li Kuang Yu, Tung Wah neighbour, also a woman, and she agitators to infuriate the populace
Hospital.
was also taken to hospital. Decid. will be sternly répressed.
NEW SHOPS
LET ΤΟ
46/50, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON."
OFFICES
TO LET
DAVID HOUSE.
APPLY TO
S. J. DAVID & CO. DAVID HOUSE. ̈67/69, Dzs Vœux Road Cenzraj.
mersage to this effect was scot from the Kwangtung and Kwangsi leaders to the Nanking Commander- in-Chief it would clear the air and help to re-establish once more the
The reports from Canton general ly are exceedingly encouraging. The city appears to be settling down peacefully to look after its own Nationalist cause in the favourable business and the prospects of opinion of the world. period of prosperity are growing steadily brighter. There is an activity in the Municipal Adminie. tration which augurs well for the future. Those who visit Canton to-day after an absence of a few Kowloon Inland Lot 2,116, having years cannot fail to be impressed an area of 5,800 square feet will be with the changes effected. Wide offered for sale at the P.W.D. office roads are being rapidly constructed on May 29th. The upset price is and other improvements introduced $11,780.
The next criminal sessions will open at the Supreme Court at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 21st
which will before long justify The forthcoming wedding is ad Canton not only in its claim to nounced betwem Mr. R. 8. Pigott, be the most important commercial teacher, 16 Parkes Street, Kowloon centro in China, but to be the best and Miss R. Lam, Pak Ngay administered and most wholesome Chen, Wachow.
ment Civil Hospital
Dr. Yeah Cheang Hoc, Governing that two bites in less than an
Dr. Tu Teng Pang, Government Civil Hospital.
Dr. Tang Yee Yuen, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yaumati.
All are Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery of the Hong Kong University.
OBITUARY.
MR. HV. MULLER.
founder of the well-known firm of The death of Mr. H. V. Muller, Messrs. Muller and Phipps (Asia),
other women were also arrested, any twenty-four hours. A good The three of them appeared before | average return for a day is 20,000 the Magistrate and the case is to 'ton Local importa were also very be heard on Wednesday.
good, being in round figures 22,400.
Returns were also well above the Four More Arresta.
average for the following 24 hours,- Yaumati raided a house in Shang; 20,000 tant
On Friday night the Police at through cargo being returned at
and importe British ships, it may be
hai Street where two revolvers and 17,000.
3.4
a large quantity of ammunition added, were credited with a satis- were found. Three Chinese found factory proportion of both imports on the premises were arrested. and though freights, nomea
Another Chinese, who describ Full details appear on our ship ed himself
farmer, was ping page. having in his possession also arrested in Hong Kong for automatic pistol and 200 rounds of ammunition.
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TWO JAPANESE CRUISERS
"IN HARBOUR.
hour wore unjustifiable, Mr. Fung removed his pet to the Dogs' Home at Kennedy Town for observation. An Anti-Chinese Gesture, On board the H.M.S. Five Was a little mascot in the form of a fox terrier. It is no longer there as the animal has joined the Dogs' Hoine at Kennedy Town.. Entrance to this asylum for,, rabies suspects was gained at the expense of a The two Japanese cruisers Isumo Chinese, who got nipped in the and Tenkumo arrived here rester thigh by the. mascot while out day and will leave for Manila on walking in Queen's Road Central. the 16th instant. The usual salutes
WEATHER REPORT.
PRINCE TAKAMAKU ON BOARD:
MOTOR-CYCLE ACCIDENT AT KOWLOON.
TWO PORTUGUESE BOYS INVOLVED,
Francis Pererla and L. Riberio were astride an Harley Davidson motor cycle yesterday afternoon on their way back from Castle Peak when they met with an accident near the Asiatic Coal & Bricketing Company. The former was driving the cycle while the latter was rid- ing pillion. The exact cause of the spill is not known, but an eye wit were exchanged t
ness of the accident said that the They are the Training Squadron machine was being driven in a and Rear-Admiral Kobayashi is in reckless, manner. The driver w command.
thrown against a tree, and was
came of a good deal worse being
Ltd., coccurred at Beyrouth, Syria Yesterday's weather report,, fore Takamaki is aboard. The two thrown against's heap of granito It is also understood that Prince badly winded, but the pillion rider on Thursday last pakurage east and remarks, issued by the
Mr. Muller was on a business trip Royal Observatory at 8.17 p.m.; Cruisers are of old types each bay by the road and breaking his a
ing been completed over 20 years, bone. B the news of his death came as a when he was suddenly taken ill and etated
The typhoon which has merged and they are, incidentally, ex- Mr. Alec Abwes who was driving ahock to his business colleagues. with the depression is now central
Rumian vesela
behind in a car, immediately sent and Shanghai last year. The local now over SW, Chins
Mr. Muller visited Hong Kong to the north of Japan. Pressure is Leave was given and large parties for the ambulance, and the pillion sadené do of Japan's spruce and well-behaved | rider was taken" "to"the Kowloon office of Messrs. Muller and Phipps Local Forecast:--8.E. winds, seamen were to be seen yesterday Hospital. The driver of the cycle was closed to business on Saturday, i moderate, cloudy, some rain. exploring the Colony.
was taken home in: a oarris, khmand