ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
T IS HERERT NOTIFIED that SEALED FENDERS in Triplicats, which should be clearly marked *Tender for Pier asst of Santhys will be resivert at the
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUE.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT. SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS, OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES AND DOUBLES
open the
Souretary Ofos until Noon of Moy Pto Members and Subsorbers for
3
DAY," the firu' day" of AFBIL 1932, for the assupation for a period commencing from the notifications of so0opisuse of tender and spåing en December, 1999, of a pier s shown coloured red on a plan "igned by the Director of Public Works and daled 16th.
The March 1988, and subject to dition which can be ascertained at the office of the Director of Public Worki
bon-
Upset monilly foe $200. Each tender must be accompanied
the Booking of Reserved Stata from 8 p.m., Wednesday 30th March, to 8th p.m., Friday 1st April.
On and after Saturday, 2nd April, booking will be as Mesars. Montria & Co
Price per saat, $1.00 including tax
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THE HONG KONG & WHAMPOA
DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED......
by 'n rascips to the effect that, the sum of $250 has been deposited into the Colonial Treasury, which; sum shall be forfelted to the Crown in the sent of the ORDINARY YEARLY the accepted tenderer refusing to carry out the farms of bis tender..
The deposits of the unsuccesful ten derers will be returned to them..
Form of tender and further partiou lars can be obtained from the office of the Direator of Public Worka,
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any bender, I
HAROLD T. CREAST,
· · Director of Publis Works.
24th March, 1982.
G.
R.
12023
PUBLIC AUCTION PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS |
of the Sale by Puble Auvotion to be held on MONDAY, the Dar of APRIL, 1982, 58, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of E EXOLLETOT TEE Govsanon, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Warlos Road, in the Colgay of Hong Kong, for a term of 75
with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fired by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY THE Kre, for one further term al 75 years:
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Locality.
Kowloon faland Lot Registry No.
No, 2919.
Waterloo Boad.
PUBLIC
Boundary
Measure
ments.
It ft. ft. ft.
As per
sale plan.
Uostanta
&quara tent,
About
25,850
AUCTION
Annual
Rent
* Upset Price
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
MEETING of Sharsholdem will be held in the Office of the Company, 2, Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, I MARCH, 1933, at 11 AM for consideration of the Directors Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31ST December, 1931.
The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 34th to the 31st MARCH, 1932, both daya | inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors
R. M. DYER,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 17th, March, 1939.
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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
CO., LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the 43rd Ordinary Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the Company, Ex- change Building, Des Voeux Road. Central, Victoria, Hong Kong, on Thursday, the 31st day of March, 1889, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving
Stat Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ended 31st December, 1917.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Eaturday, 12th March, 1982, to Thursday, 91st Mards, 1932, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Diretor,
ALLAN KEITH,
Becretary. $$ Hong Kong, 1st March, 193 [1901
290
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19,0
DARFIOULARS & CONDITIONS
PA Bale by Fublie auction to
be held on MONDAY, the 4TH DAY of APRIL, 1932, 46 3, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of H EXCELLENCY ZEE Gov Hox, of, One Los of OBOWN LAND at Waterloo Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong for tarm of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of HI MAJHT x Kixe, for one further,
term of 70-year
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No, of Sale,
Registry No.
Waterloo Road.
Locality.
Kowloon Kaland Lot
No. 9820.
Boundary
Mossure-
monte,
via per
mia plan
But Fride!
Annual
Bentaj
Contenta in
68,000
Square foot
9,301
** | *1 part ]
HONG KONG ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
“LIMITED.
【OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thas the TENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders of the Hong Kong Engineering de Construction Company, Limited, will be held in the Board Room of Messra. Shewan,
& St Building on Today, the 5th April, o'clock noon, for the purposso receiving the Report of the Board Directors and Blatement of Accoánfa for the Year ended on the 21st Dec
KODS
1931, ad electing Directors and Auditors
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 24th March to the 5th April, 1879, both days inclusive.
By Cider of the Houd,
HALVES
Hong Kong, 17th March, 1938
MACAO RACES
THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB,
Second Extra Race Masting, SUNDAY, SED APRIL, 1982 First Baddling Bell at I p.m. First Race at 1.89: mm.
Admission's
To Hembora Englosure.....32,00 To Public Enclosure...... .40:cts. Members MUST show their Badges to gain. Admittance,
LADIES AM cordially invited to altand the Races without charge. No Tadies Badges will be issued,
Tiffin can be procured at the Race Course.
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THEATRE
COMMENCING SUN., 3rd “APR.
SUNSHINE SUSIE"
A BRITISH PICTURE
RENATE MULLER
Jack Hulbert And
Owen Nares
Fan you'll delight In-
Music you'll adora
PLANS NOW
BOOK BARL
GOODWEL
IN
HOARDING
BIG SCHEME FOR SOUTH WALES.
The Salvation Army has desided to launch immediately an experi mental scheme for dealing with con ditions in the distressed arena,
An essential part of the scheme is a fearless reliance on the power of prayer, along lines made familiar by George Müller and other giants of faith...
SURPLUS WEALTH KEPT EN CHIMNEY CREVICES.
19920
AND
OUR
RENEWING OLD TIES OF
FRIENDSHIP.
Now York-Huge amounts of London, March 3-The breach currency are still egrated by batween English Breemasons and panaicky Americans, who cannot or their German brethren, which bad will not be converted to the faith existed for sixteen years, wines the that there are safer places to keep early days of the war, has how bean surplus wealth than socks or chien closed. ney eravices.
Hoarding mania are nothing new in this country-or for that matter in any country--but no where else in the world is the mania carried to such extremes as here.
By the middle of August this
In this connection it was a nounced that on the invitation of General Higgins, Mr. Hugh Red wood has accepted appointment, as President of the League of Goodyear will, to which the execution of the project is to be entrusted,
"Determined Friendliness:""
The appointment is a novel and interesting departure, explained by the fact that the League of Good- will has sprung from the call in Mr. Redwood book, God in the Blume" for a crusade of deter mained friendliness to cope with the problems of slumdom and un employmerit,
Membership of the League is open to All persons of goodwill, irre poctivo of denomination, and already in many parts of the coun- ry Churchmen and Nonconformists in large numbers aro actively co- operating with the Salvation Army in various plans for betterment.
A. Longue of Goodwill has alad been formed with conspicuous success in Holland, and anpilier in under contemplation in Africa
South
Religion, Plus a Xaving.
The scheme will be limited ta South Wales, but it is intended na a working mode}
for similar schemes in Northumberland, Dur ham and olsewhere.
It aime chiefly at giving the boys. and young men of the distressed arane opportunities for self-support and service for others.
It is religion, linked up with a chance to earn a living.”
LLD. CERTIFICATES. Messrs. A. Gocke & Co. inform us the Société. Internationale de Placements. Basle cable that the official quotation in Basle for one sub-unit of the International Invest ment Deposit Certificates yesterday was, £ 10s. ed.
Speakers,
Singers,
Athletes
TRY
VALDA
PASTILLES
Jke. Pesult will delight you
On Sale at all Chemiste & Drugglets.
INSIST on the boxes bearing the name VALDA.
Messrs. A. Goeke & Co.
4th Floor, China Building, Queen's Road G. Tel. 22221.
Agents for SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE PLACEMENTS, BASLE
GILLIGAN'S OPTIMISM
Mr. A. E. R. Gilligan, the Newe Chronicle special orickos writer, id soms good things about the game in a talk to members of the Hornsey YMIOTA,
BOSELLA
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Instruct
TO SELL BY
"PUBLIC" AUCTION-
Be Arst asked for support for the Prince of Wales appeal to youth. THE Undersigned The resumption of friendly re- Mr. Curtis-Bennett told me," he lations was announced in a message said, how keen the Prince in to from the Duke of Connaught, the gat in touch with sportsmen. Grand Mastor, read by Lord Amp hope that club and county cricketen thill, Pro Grand Master of the will miss to the Prince's call and United Grand Lodge of England, at give their hest.?! a quarterly meeting of the Lodge in Londoa yesterday.
Badman.
Here are some other points from r Gilligan's speech:
The Duke stated that friendly relations with the Grand Lodges of Hamburg, Frankfort, and Bay To boys sitting on the floor reuth, which had been interrupted near hin- Play the game with since 1916, bad now been resumed by mutual agreement Representatives might and main had been appointed on both sides.
Completing the Harmony,
Next Tests Our chanced of winning are three to one? Map
Don Bradman" a "Badman to get out, but he must be got out Those who say, "Look at Bradman poor old England make me tired?
wicket.!!
the
SATURDAY, ARB. 2, 19
Commanding in 10.30 AM.
A FRESH CONSIGNICENT OF THE WELLKNOWN
"ROSELLA ? BRAND GROCERIES:
Comprising 1=
Assorted Jams and Canned Apricots, Fears and Game Tomato, ostale Ulery and Tea Soups, Pick toer lives, Olive Oil Sp Naked Beans Chutner Pudding and Vineger, eta, eta
It was estimated that 8000,000,000 had been hoarded. Soms of that was recaptured in the October market rally but the re- mainder still is in hiding...
This panic on the part of the public has been largely responsible for the great number of minor bank failures last year, amounting to more than 2,000 and involving The war imposed an enormous about 4 per cent of the total de your fallowing the outbreak of hos- strain on these relations. In the
Australian wickets. Artorial posite in the US. It was one of tilities correspondence relating to roads. In Sydney, Maurice Tata, the chief factors which prompted the humano conduct of the war who has the Biggost feat in the President. Hoover's movo in the passed between the Grand Master of autumn for the formation of a Na-the Grand Orient de Belgique, and world, could only scratch tional Bank Credit Pool with as the Grand Lodge of Darmstadt. Australian Barracking. "Like sets of $500,000,000, to assist banks Shortly afterwards the relations be the noise of sea waves going on all whose otherwise sound assess had tween German and Brench And the time; criticism and humour aim been frozen by the depression: Italian Freemasons were broken off. od at Australians and Englishmen Soon after the launching of the English Freemasons followed suit President's scheme the increase of in 1916. Since then, until quite re
Jack Hobbs The world's boss TERMS CAM ON DELITERY, hoarding slackened greatly and cently, they have steadily held aloof batsman on any wicket... the spate of bank failures which from their former German brethren. Mr. H. J Wanyan, captain of had risen to $00 in a single month, The Grand Lodges of Hamburg,the Hornsey Cricket Club, presided, fell abruptly.
Frankfort and Bayreuth, with and introduced Mr. Gilligan. The bank Credit Pool is not yet whom a friendly footing has now in full working order, however, boon re-established, are three of the and it remains to be seen whether hine Grand Lodges in Germany. It it will suffice to save the waakeris. believed that relationships with members of the thousands of all the athor, six will probably follow, banks throughout the country if the and complete harmony between Eng- depression continues unrelieved for lish and Gorman Freemasons once the new year.
more prevail.
'WOOING AMONG THE
ESKIMOS.
EXPERIENCE OF FIRST WHITE MAN WHO, LIVED IN ISLAND
Camrose, Alberta- an Eski-
EGYPT AND GOLD STANDARD.
BANK CHAIRMAN, ON NECES SITY FOR TEMPORARY SUSPENSION.
London, March 19.-At the sa zao boy wants a wife, he just grabenual mosting of the National her, and he usually ads to make a Bank of Egypt, Mr. Edgar Cook, present to her old man the chairman, reviewed the world's Such is the description of an economic situation, and insisted on Eskimo wooing given by Mr. RL the necessity of Egypt to go of Millar, the frat white man to live the gold standard, following a, for a winter on Victorial Land, similar decision by Great Britain. that bleak and tresless Aretio is He said, however that he hoped land.
that, as soon as the economie, cori- A ride in a high price for an ditiona became normal kgain, Eskimo to pay for a wife, even Egypt would be able to come back when the fur trade is good and to the gold basis. This return, he they have plenty of money, says aid, would be facilitated by the Mr. Millar. For a rifle a boy can position of Egyptian Budget, which pick almost any woman he likes. was normally balanced. He also There aren't any single women stated that the cotton crop pros for the boys to pick from Mr. pects of the current year gave 14- Millar continued. "As soon as BDY
son to entertain very optimistic girl is old enough, she generally hopes. gets married, because they're short of women.
"But the boys often trade wiyas if they don't get along very well- which occurs as often as nöti
"If the wife doesn't like the hus band she's with-if, for instance, he bents her too much,-be just stops sewing for him.
"That generally brings the bus hand to has because none of the
· Eskimo boys are experta ad' noodle- work. They wear out lot of mocassins every winter, and they hate to make, now once for them- Belvea:!"
DIVORCED PERSONS.
CHURCH ATTITUDE,
Present circumstances 678 com pelling Free Church ministers tol consider their position with respect to marriages of divorced persons. The increase in the number of divorce and, as a consequence, the new unique of one or other of the parties has driven Nonconformist ministers to ask what their attitude should be to the celebration of sugh
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS DEPOSIT marriagene
CERTIFICATES (Rear)
Trustees
Union Bank of Switzerland, Basle,
Agents for the Trustees"
London Midland Bank, Ltd
Far East The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
This query la emphasised by the stringent advice of many Anglican | bishops to their clergy to refuse to marry persons who inve been divorced. Failure to secury, the services, of: Anglican clergy has driven those who desire a church agrvice to Free Church tions
Nonconformists claim that they ar seldom if over, troubled with cases of divorce among their ori mambers, and the matter has not hitherto been brought definitely be. Fors their concile or conferenßer Minister now, however want to now what answer to make to divorced parsons, outside their communion on the question of re Baptist ministers sro prem
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todiscriminate advertising. This service is clients by the given
HONG KONG
DAILY PRESS.
Now there is Standard time for everyone. Priced within the reach of everyone. No home or office can afford to lose time because of the lack of a reliable timepiece.
TELECHRON, the Electric Timekeeper, is now being sold at greatly reduced prices! A large stock containing many beautiful models is now on display.
Simply plug TELECARON into the nearest light socket, set to the right time and forget all the worries of winding, cleaning and regulating.
Telechron
THE ELECTRIC TIMEKEEPE
ON VIEW AT
HONG KONG ELECTRIC COMPANY
12, Des Voeux Road.
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