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UNIVERSITY CHAPTER
No. 3060.
The Conserration Ceremony will be held at the Masonic Hal un Wednesday, October 5th at 9.15 pm. R. A. M. are invited to attend.
Evening Dress.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG
NOTICE
TELEGRAPH.
The authority of Mr. H. W. [Lucas to sign for the undermet- tioned firmu, is withdrawn from, date.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE.
1921
which constitated an upper housa
In 1916 with the enactment of! the Jones Bill, an electivə Sanste;} Aspiration justified, says the composed satirely of Filipinos. American correspondent,continu« çame into being. Mollar & Co. (Hongkong) Ltd.ing his series of articles from Manita. Mr. W. P. Simms, the ERIC MOLLER.
American corresponilant, writes. Permanent Director. Are the Filipinos, ready for in-
dependenes? Hongkong, 1st October, 1921.
My Impression is distinctly that
they are.
Ought the United States, then,
Particulars and Conditions of the latting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Tuesday the 11th day of October, 1921, at 3. p. at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY turn the island loose immediately His Excelloney the Governor, of four Lots of Crown Land at the junction of Queen's Road Central and Padder Street, in the Colony
On Thursday night October 4th of Hongkong, for a term of 75 soare, with the option of renewal the las: Tram will run at
o'Clock.
at a Crown Rent to be fired by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
HONGKONG. FOOBALL CLUB. PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
ASSOCIATION SECTION,
A practice will take place on
Wednesday, 3th inst.
Clab Ground, at 5.15 p.m.
on the
H. C. MACNAMARA.
Hon. Secretary:
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Taxality,
NOTICE.
We have removed our offices to fourth ilcor, Bank of China Building, No. 4 Queen's Road Central
WRIGHT & HORNBY. Hongkon 1st Oct., 1921.
Ind
3 Lot No
NOTICE OF REMOVAL
We have this dar removed to 2nd floor Bans of China Build. ing. 4 Queen's Road Central Entrance Dudell Street.
Dated 1st October, 1921. PITTEN DRIGH RUMJAHN
& CO., LTD.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
LIMITED.
NOTICE.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS
& SON. General Managers.
NOTICE.
Li
To this question I would an besitatingly answer, Do; not until through a Pacific Conference of the Big Powers soms settlement 9f the whole Far Eastern situation
The islands are now virtually antonomous. The present ad- ministrative powers are vested in a governor-general, appointed by the president of the United States, and a cabinet composed of the six secretaries of departments,
All the members of this cabinet,
the
vice-governar, are are
Filipinos.
FILIPINO LEADERS. Manuel L. Quezon, president of
can be arrived at.
speaker of the House of Ra the Senate, and Sergio Osmens, My method of investigation has presentatives, are both Filipinos, been to keep away from the As political leaders they com- Wood-Forbes party and to visit pare with the best in Wash ne- places where I was the only on. American present, and that with- Some of the acts passed by the out any flourish of trumpets. Filipino Legislature, which sati
By proceeding in the manner for the first time Oct 16, 1916, have seen the Filipinos as they were nots.creating the Philippine are in their everyday clothes, so National Bank, the Coconut Pro to speak, not all dressed up for ducts Board, a Board of Public company.
Utility, a Public Welfare Board and measures to conserve the
SOLITARY AMERICAN.
THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. The Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Annual Meeting of Shareholder in the above Company will fights; dances, festas and holy criticised by Americans in the held at the Company's Tour pilgrimages: I have seen farmers islands, perhaps Oce, 2 Lower Albert Road, in their fields, merchants in their entirely without reason. Hongkong, on Saturday 8th day stores, lawyers in their offices; I of October 1927 at noon, for thave dined with country people. purpose of presenting the Repor in their homes, listened to local Philippines are likewise virtually
00 the hustings, politicians
in the bands of Filipinos. travelled with Filipino leaders on special trains.
I have visited country schools; nation's natural resources,
services and Some of these acts, along with attended church
severely christenings; cock-pits and prize others, have been
of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 31st July 1921.
The Transfer Books of th Company will be closed from 1st to 8th October 1921, both days inclusive.
By Order.. M. MANUK,
Secretary, Hongkong, 23rd Sept., 1921.
THE Undersigned have received
instructions to sell by Public THE COWIE HARBOUR COAL
Auction on
Friday the 7th Oct., 1921 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street
COMPANY LIMITED.
SILIMPOPON COAL.
We have this day Removed to A Collection of Japanese Curios COAL, trimmed into Bankers at the first floor on the top of The Bank of China. No 4 Queen's Ed Central, entrance in Duddeli Street.
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RAMSEY & CO. Hongkong 1st Oct. 1921.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
Notice is hereby given that we have removed our offices from Hotel Mansions to No. 4. Queen's Road Central, fifth door, on top of the Bank of Ch na. Ltd.
GETZ BROS. & C. OF
THE ORIENT, LTD. Hongkong 1st Oct., 1921.
HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE
+
ASSOCIATION.
Notice is hereby gives that a General Meeting of Members will be held on Tuesday 25th October 1921 a: 530 pm in the old Chamber of Commerce Room. City Hall. Circulars will shortly be sent to members in regard to matters to be brought forward at the Meeting All interested in Motoring matters are invited to attend.
(s) F. BEVINGTON.
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong. 3rd October 1921.
SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, HONGKONG.
NIGHT.
In response to suggestions made
¦
Also
ble rates.
And all the time I have been be one american in the crowd.
In this way I have seen pretty fair cross-section of Philip- ide society, high and low and middle class.
pot always
NATIVE JUDGES.
The courts of justice in the
There are courts of justices of the peace, courts of first instance,] municipal courts and a supreme
court in the islands and all save the supreme court are presided over by Filipinos with the possible exception of one or two courts of
first instance.
The supremo court is composed of nine justices, four of whom art Filipinos.
My impression is the Filipinos Jean guvern themselves as well as Any one of a dozen small nations I night name.
fte attorney general and The vast majority of Filipinesgreat number of assistants are all
literate. There are 5,720
Filipinos. So are the vast primary schools in the islands,
Kro
the courts.
3 intermediate. 37 secondary,ajority of lawyers practising in 178 vocational, 15 colleges and 2 It is charged by Americans and universities for a population of isome Filipinos that the dockets
10,330,730.
I have heard similar charges in various parts of the United States.
TO THEIR DOOM?
But would the Philippines be
better off independent?
The undersigned are prepare
ar crowded, that justice has to quote prices for best qualis freshly mined SILIMPOPON
OWN THEIR HOMES. erred at times, that injustices There is a large class of well-have resulted, that there are SEBATTIK OF SANDAKAN educated people—people privileged classes, and so on. Comprising:-
(British North Borneo) or tr[could and do hold their own in Satsuma vases. jars. Tea-sets contract for regular Bunker Sup any society. They are patriotic eir, Bronze. Cloisonne and Tor-plies for 6 or 12 months a: favour- It is said that bu: 6 per cent of Toise shell ware etc, etc.
Filipinos are renters. They own Steamers calling at SEBATTIE their tomes. The 1918 census or SANDAKAN exclusively for shows that out of 1,953,276 farms Bankers are exempt from pay-n the islands, 1,946,579 were. Tracey, for a long time a ment of ordinary Port Cha zes. owned by Filipinos as against The minimum draft of water only 2,678 by Americans, 1,612 by alongside the Company's Wharf Asiatics generally, 950 by Euro- at Sebattik is 28 feet at low water peans and 3,457 by all other Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie nationalities put together. Bay (Sebattik Harbour) and any required information concerning the port can be had on applica-
A Selection of Silk Embroider-
ed Kimocos.
On view from Thursday the
6th, inst.
Catalogues will be issued. Terms: Cash on delivery
LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers.
POLO GYMKHANA.
A Polo Gymkhana will be held on the Polo Ground on the after- noon of Wednesday, the 12th October, at 4 p.m. The events are open to the Members of the Hongkong Polo Club and the visiting Shanghai Polo Team.
This Gymkhana will be preced- ed by a four chukka Polo Match, commencing at 3 pm, between s
tion to
Here is what Mr. Justice James
the islands, once declared: member of the Supreme Court of
WORLD THEATRE
"Were I a Filipino I should say.
'Banish to my people;
this dream of glory: let us remain with the United States.
"On the other hand, as an
As in France the individual farm is small, the average being about five acres.
Irrigation is rapidly coming American, I feel constrained to into use, 458,747 farms are nowy: Your decision now is pre- being irrigated with natural are mature: take time. Bat if. after curren: and 13.747 with a forced cat loose from us, then I shall mature deliberation, you desire to
say in sorrow: The Republic fastens no yoke on sa unwilling! Pauperism is very scarce in people: depart-hot know that in the islands. One sees more beg: going you go to your own destruc- gers in Chicago or New York than here.
BRADLEY & CO. LTD.
Agents, The COWIE HARBOUR COAL flów,
CO. LTD.
OFFICAL NOTICE.
Proposal to Change a Ship's Name.
BROADWAY 15 WORSE.
tion.".
Many Americans in the islands The people are law-abiding. A thoroughly agree with Mr. Justice Manila newspaper arked in its Tracey, headline if a crime-wave was on I do not believe they would go in the Philippines. Two cutting to their doom. My honest con- Shanzhai Light Horse Team and Nav, Co., Ltd. of London hereby ported in one, day, the entire people and conditions, that the We The Indo-China Steam scrapes and one robbery were re-viction is, after studying the a Hongkong Team. representing the Army (Past and Present). give notice that in consequence
islands considered.
Filipinos can make it a go. The Public are cordially invit: of uniformity in naming the ves
Broadway alone can beat that But I also believe their progress ed to attend
sels of the Indo-China Flest. We in the dullest of times.
would be slower, that they would Sagitation is bad in the pro-be less well off in general and, in Playing days this week will be have applied to the Board of
Monday, Wednesday and Trade, under Section 47 of the inces, but is improving. It is no the end, would very probably ask Merchant Shipping Act, 1834 in worse, however, than in rural to be allowed to come back under Friday.
respect of the ship Yannis of Communities prior to the Civil the American flag, even if granted Hongkong official number 151423 War in the United States when complete severance.
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elesuon frauds. Ambatielos-Cephalonia - Greece, Michigan, Filipinos point out, and since by the Indo-China recently gained some notoriety Faz-se publico que, em come-Steam Navigation Company of on a similar charge. And there moracao do 11th. Aniversario de London, for permission to change may be graft. But Cincinnati with a deep inuer curve, which SMOKING CONCERT, ARMISTICE" Implantacao da Republica ember name to Mausang" and to once proved there could be graft conforras to every movement of Portugal, barera no dia 5 do cor-have ber registered in the new and capacity to govern at the the eye and makes the sight | rente no Campo de Tennis do name at the Port of Hongkong as same time.
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the glass. Toric will set closer to. at the last Annual Meeting of the uma Festa Infantil (Cha eSports)| Navigation Company Limited. All is not perfect in the Philip the eye than the ordinary flat lens Wednesday, Oct. 5th, 1921, "THE NEW WORLD,” City Hall,5.30p.m. Society, The General Committee pars as crianças portuguesas. Any objections to the proposed pines, but from their point of thus doing away with the annoy-
Chairman-H.E. Lt. Gen. Sir G. M. Kirkpatrick, K.C.B., KS.C.I bave decided to organise & Smok- comecando as 17 horas e terchange of name must be sent to view-and as disunct people ing reflections from the edge of log Concert on Armistice Night minando as 19 horas, para a qual the Registrar of Shipping at they must have their own point the glass. For those who wish the Friday, Oct. 7th, 1921, "THE WAY of HOPE" City Hall, 5.30 to be held in the City Hall a: 9.15 sao convidados todos os que Hongkong within seven days of view-they are fitted to govern very best in lenses, we recom p.m. in the same manner as last subscreveram para a Festa de 5 from the appearance of this themselves.
de Outubro bem como sussexmas advertisement. year.
Circulars on the subject will be familias sent to all Members of the Society
in due course.
A. H. K. COBB.
Hon. Secretary.
30th September, 1921.
Pela Comissão de Festa,
G
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Dated at Hangkoug this lat day of October, 1921. Eduardo V. M. R. de SOUSA |(Signed) JARDINE MATHESON
& CO. LTD. General Managers. Kowlooo. 3 de Outubro de 1921.
Presidente,
As Under:
Chairman:-Dr. Cland Severn, C.M G.
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5.30 p.m."
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