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DINNER DANSANT-- AKMISTICE NIGHT,
A DINNER DANSANT WILL BE HELD ON ARMISTICE NIGHT, FRIDAY, 11th NOV.
FOR SALE BY TENDER.
NEWLY BUILT REINFORCED CON- CRETE SEA-GDING - MOTOR POWERED LIGHTER:
Length
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5*
Draft loader) Deadweight Tonnage.. SOT
Miller heary duty Kerosene Motor 40,50 HP and acces- ories in working condition.
Orders for inspection can be
obtained from ETABLISSEMENTS
BROSSARD MOPIN King's Building. Tel. 2566 and tenders to be sent under sealed cover to the same address) on or before November 5th 1921.
Tenders may be sent for lighter and motor separately the latter wing easily rercoved.
No obligation by this firm to accept any lower tender than that within a reasonable price.
L. GAIN. Branch Manager. Hongkong, October 21, 1921.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OSAKA SHOSEX KAISHA.
From TACOMA via YOKOHAMA. KOBE, MOJI AND SHANGHAL
The Company's Steamship
* MANILA MARU “ having arrived from the above
COMPANY.
Nov. 9 The Circle, Nov. 10 A Bill of Divorcement. Nov. 11 NO PERFORMANCE. Nov. 12 The Double Event Nov, 14 Compromised. Nov. 15 Threa Comedies and a Thrill. GRANDGUIG- NOL Nov. 16 Brown Sugar. (By Gen- eral Request). Nov. 17 Doormats. Nov. 18 The Law Divine. Nov. 19 Eliza Comes to Stay.
PRICES $4, 3 & 1. Plans at Messrs. MOUTRIE'S.
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NOTICE.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
The Fifth Gymkhana Meeting will be held (weather permitting)' at the Happy Valley, on Satur day. November 3th, commencing| at 3.00 pm.
The Charge for admission will b. $1 for others than Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club, Sol- diers and Sailors in uniform Halfi price. The Stewards invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
FOR HAIPHONG AND HOIHOW.
Sacle for lloprtonzand Huspoon 2 Stert alternate Taraday.
The farmieste pramacet nester RAI-MUN.
(Capt. Charles E. Pago).
Then, ** Haavaa **w:22 leave Hongkong 2. Wargheng Mia Hohew at Kuna, tet Sari Pä
Ayala Thor, Konkan 1 Sonene Posting T. 1. W. Lok Street.
REMOVAL NOTICE.
The United States Public Health Service (Amenaso Quar- anti e Office) have removed to the Bank of Chins Buildings.) Second Floor No. 4 Queen's Road, Central.
NOTICE.
I have established myself as a j Ship-Agent, Coal and General Merchant as from First Novem ber, 1921.
S. 7. WILLIAMSON, 4th. Flear. Union Building. Hongkong, 1st November, 1921.
NOTICE.
Mr. S. T. Williamson having porta. Consignees of Cargo resigned from our Company from are hereby notified that their date. Mr. T. Orton is appointed goods are being landed and placed General Manager and Director as at their risk in the Hongkong and from First November, 1921. Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon where delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.
Goods not cleared by the 7th Nov., 1921 will be 'subject to rent.
Dan aged packages must be left in the Godowns for examina- tion by the Consigneea' re- presentative and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Douglas, at 10 a.m. on Wednes- Jay and Saturday. AU Claims. must be presented within Ten days of the steamer's arrival here. after which date they cannot be No claim will be recognized. admitted after the goods have left the Ondowns.
No fire insurance whatever will be effected.
Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignatures immediately. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA,
Y. YASUDA,
Manager. Hongkong, 1st November, 1921.
MOLLER & CO. (Hongkong)
LI
LTD. Eric Moller. Permanent Director.
Hongkong, 31st October, 1921.
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY
CLUB.
TELEGRAPH.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY
COMPANY LIMITED.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1921,
THE HONGKONG HOTEL. COMPANY LIMITED.
the
FAMINE FUNDS NOT FOR POLITICIANS
AMERICAN VIEWS OF BRITAIN.
Is There an Anti-English ·
Propaganda?
can goes in England and orädöises the United States ba te chegounoed |ES FOTEKLAMETTONO KILÁT ought NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Money the Americans are too
in be stopped, "but I' ́an" English- that an Extraordinary General that an Extraordinary Genaral Wary to Disburse..
man comes to the Urited States and ariticises England then he is Meating of the Steam Laundry Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel |
Peking, Oct. 19. When some of my countrymen broadminded fallow who can Company Limited will be held at Company Limited will be held at A great deal of distress is being complain there is little pro-British sen the shortcomings of his own- the Registered Office of the the Registared Offen of the Com caused in political circles in Pek: sentiment in the United States I country! If an American praises Company Alexandra Building, pany.
Hongkong Hotel, ing in these days of financial am prone to ask. "Why should America in England be in a 100 Victoria, Hongkong, on alonday, Padder Street. Victoria, Hong stringency by the fact that the there be? writes Sir John Foster per cent, red-blocdəd AmeriÓRI. the 14th day of November 1921, kong, on Monday, the 14th day of American disbursing committee Fraser.
19 o'clock noon for the purpose November 1921, at Eleven o'clock still has in hand something like
but if an Englishman pote: a In a population of over a bun word for his awu country when of considering and if thought fit in the forendon ———
$15,500,000 of the funds collected dred million there are compara-speaking in America het der passing as Extraordinary Resolu To consider and if thought fit by Mr. Thomas Lamont for tively few of unalloyed British tainly a hired propagandist? tions the following, namely —
to pass an Extraordinary Resola famine relief last year, writes descent, and most of those have tion to the following effect= Mr. Rodney Gilbert in the N.C. bat alight knowledge of their take this chaff in very good part. I must say American audience+ That the conditional Agree- | Daily News.
ancestors. American, though by A lingering feeling unfor- ment submitted to the meeting So many perfectly good famine no means the melting pot it is tunataly prevails amongst a good for the amalgamation with this allotments bave gone into the sometimes described, is the great many Americans that we refuse Company of the Steam Laundry political treasuries that the pro- polyglot land, with vast populato acknowledge fully the services Company Limited upon the moters of at least three different tions of Germans, Polaks, Slava, rendered by the United States teams (inter alia) of the sequisi-political groups in Peking are Latins Greeks, cazdinavians during the war. Not a faw soldiers tion by this Company of the beginning to feel that the and Jows, which have no racial returned from the other side very complete undertaking, bosiness Americans are really decidedly kinship with ourselves, and can-critical about the English soldier. goodwill and property of the lacking in their much advertised not be expected to know much and I have heard the joke rather Steam Laundry
Company generosity, since they will not re-about us, as well as many Irish oftenortban has been sareeable, Limited in return for the issue lease any of the bandsome aur the claim is there are 18,000,000 "We will have to go over and lick to that Company of 8,000 (Eight|lus still in their hands for the to say nothing of the 11,000,000 you British just to teach you thousand) shares of this Com-pet "relief" schemes of the coloured people. So there is no where you stand.” paor of the nominal value of several political groupa.
special reason why there should Educated Americans do not talk $10 each credited as folly paid. It will be remembered that the be any special display of affection, this, but a number of the others up and the payment of $10,000|foreign banks in Pekinglast year Amongsteducated and travelled do so constantly. by this Company to Messrs notified the Government some Americans there is regard for the Then there is a nurtured idea the time in December that the English race. They know quite that the four billions we owe to the General Managers of the Steam $4,000,000 for which they had well what the English stand for United States is being used to build Laundry Company Limited by asked for famine relief were in the world, have admiration for a navy, to act in conjunction with way of bonus and compensation available When the American our institutions and, though Japan against the United States. for loss of office
as General disbursing' committee came to justifiably critical about many of and to pay Black and Taas to Managers of the Steam Laun-allot the funds collected in March our ways, readily acknowledge shoot pate.otic Irishmen. dry Company Limited by reason of this year, three months after our qualities, But there are All this is mischievous; and it of the transter of the business, the relief, they were astonished millions who know nothing about is so persistent that the minds of property and undertaking off to learn from the bankers that us, except from perverted history the masses are inevitably affected. the Steam Laundry Company (the Chinese had not drawn not books, stage
The source is easily to be traced. Limited to this Company and disbursed one cent of their avail cartoons in the Press,
Antagonism is fomented against in consideration of the payment «ble funds. This for the very good
the British by the Irish-À mari- to Edward Jobo Chapman, the reason that there was a lot of American history of the cans and by the newspapers and Managing Director of the mones coming from America. Revolution is undopbtedly writ-politicians which cater to Irish- Steam Laundry
Company more than enough to relieve ten with a biased attitude, and, American readers and voters. limited of $1,000 to Williamserual distress and forestalling though vigorous efforts have No Ведве Samuel Brown, a Director of any possible movement of the been made laget accurate history decency or accuracy stands in of international the Steam Laundry Company -tarved people against the Limited of $1,000 and Charles officials who still contine to into the school books, there is the way of relentisasly slandering resistance from and lampooning the British. Bernard Brown, the Secretary collect taxes, and the Tsap Kun's thore wbo
apposed to Good Americans are shocked and of the Steam Laundry Company who built pleasure parks and pro-Britishism. The Englishman often apologetic. They say: Limited of $1,000 by way of rode in galded railway couches. bonus and compensation for So the $1,000,000 was being their loss of office as Managing reserved for some choice political Director, Director and Secretary enterprise, something sporten respectively by reason of the tous perhaps as Chang Tso-lin's aforesaid amalgamation, be and Mongolian expedition. the same is hereby approver and that the Directors be and
(1) That it is expedient to effect an amalgamation of this Company with the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited and withs view thereto this Com- pany be wound up voluntarily and that Charles Bernard Brown of Messrs, Linstead and Davis b and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding up.
(2) That the conditional the Agreement submitted to meeting for the amalgamation of this Company with the Hong- kong Hotal Company Limited upon the terms (inter alia) of the acquisition by the Hong- kong Hotel Company Limited of the complete undertaking. business, goodwill and property- of this Company in return for the issue to this Company of 8,000 (Eight thousand) shares of the Hongkong Hotel Com- pany Limited of the nominal value of $10 each credited as fully paid up and the payment) of $10,000 by the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited to Messrs. Linstead and Davis, the General Managers of this Company by way of bonus and compensation for loss of office a General Managers of this Company by reason of the transfer of the business, pro- perty and undertaking of this Company to the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited and in consideration of the payment to Edward Jobo Chapman, the Managing Director of this Com. pany of $1.000 to William Sampel Brown, a Director of this Company of $1.000 and to Charles Bernard Brown, the Secretary of this Company of $1.000 by way of bonus and compensation for their fosa of; office as Managing Director. į Director and Secretary respec- tively by reason of the aforesaid amalgamation be and the same is hereby approved and the Liquidator be and he is hereby authorised pursuant to Section 185 of the Companies Ordio- ance 1911 to adopt the said Agreement and carry the same into effect with such (if any) modifications either before or after the execution thereof as the said Liquidator may think expedient.
Li-stead
effect
Davis. And
By Order of the Board. H. N. BEAUREPAIRE,
Secretary.
AMERICAN FUNDS HELD UP.
the banks.
caricatures and
HISTORY WITH A BIAS.
considerable
ELIK
is invariably represented on the "You must not be deceived by all stage as a monocled nincompoop, these venomous Irish-American and cartoons not infrequently ravings into believing that they picture him as law, cunning, represent the true feelings of the hypocritical, grasping, and American people. They don't." militaris ic."
Personally I do not believe, they Distinguished visitors from do; but the poise made and the The sequel to this particular England meet the most charming effect produced certainly make they are hereby authorised to discovery on the part of the American in Washington, New one pause. carry the said Agreement into Americans was that all American York, and Boston, and they find ANTI-BRITISH LITERATURE
such (if any) funds were withheld and the nothing but kindliness toward with modifications either before or Chinese Government, caught in their country. But real Ameri-crowd are certainly anti-British. The newspapers read by the after the execution thereof as the act, hastened to draw and can opinion is no: to be gathered The grossest travesty of what an they may think fit."
spend the four millions available at a Washington dinner party English speaker says is given to Dated the 26th day of
Disbursement has been much any more than genuine English the public. He may say not a October, 1921.
more carefully supervised since opinion is reflected by the con-single word against the Irish, but tben, however, than it might versation in Mayfair drawing merely suggest otherwise have been, with the re room
that certain One has to get into the things be kept in mind when the sult that the committee now has purely industrial centres, find out Irish problem is being considered. the aforesaid $3,500,000 cred.t in the thoughts of the people in the He finds efforts are made to tens of thousands of small towns, prevent bim being heard at all. Some little time ago, during the and get into contact with the that circolars are sent round visit of Mr. John R. Rockefeller,
great farming communities in warning people to keep away Jr. to the capital, it was deter-The Middle West to make a correct from the meeting, that on the mined at a committee meeting gauze of American opinion. morning of the meeting chief
Generally speaking. I would citizens Te The bonus of $1,000,000 author-relief, but that they would be held misunderstanding. This is partly and that when he has been supplied with would be spent on further famine say there is somedislike and much masses of anti-British literature,” of the Hongkong Hotel Comised by the Special Resolutions of and spent, under the advice of our own fault, for we have out particularly attacked in some pany Limited shall in pur- the above Company passed and suance of clause 7 of the afore-confirmed on the 13th and 318txpets. wherever they might standing characteristics which journal marked copies are sent to said Agreement be allotted to days of August 1921 respectivels contribute to famine or flood are reckoned as offensive and all the towns where it has been shareholders on the register of will be distributed to those per-
arrogant, and even our shyness learnt be is likely to visit. I have sbareholders of the Steam
Against this decisiva the politi interpreted as a display of in my possession a mass of anti- ons who are registered on the cians protest almost tearfully, aloofness. The speech of many British "literature." so outrageou" Laundry Company Limited on 12th day of November 1921 as carrying their plaints, inspired English is considered the 30th day of November 1921. holders of the issued shares of the by the great money banger of all affected Nearly all stories about help laughing.
to be in its vehemence that one cannot Company.
factions in the North, eren to the the English bave to do with their I do not pretend to know. for I of Directors of the Company has the Agreement which the Board doors of the American Legation. stupidity. Americans are not have not troubled to make in- without faults, but they must not quirier, where all the money be expected to be as conscious of comes from for #nti-British them as they are of those in other propagands in the United people, which irritate and offend States; but so lavish is the ex- QUESTIONS AND CRITICS. penditure it must be a consider- have journeyed about the United when negotiations have been on During the last four years Iable sum. Daring recent weeks.
(3) Toe aforesaid 8.000 shares
Should the above Resolutions be passed by the required majority firmation as Special Resolutions they will be submitted to coo-
General Meeting which will be subsequently convened.
THE HONGKONO HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED.
Such bonus will pursuant to
satisfied by the allotment out of to а second Extraordinary been authorised to enter into, be
Dated the 26th day of
October, 1921.
By Order of the Board. C. BERNARD BROWN,
Secretary.
ST. MARY'S SCHOOL KOWLOON.
Pitman's Shorthand Evening
sth Gymkhana, Saturday, 5th. Classes for young ladies.
November 1921.
The 3rd. Race, once round handicap, is open for winners at any distance, and in the event of
there being sufficient entries they will will be divided in A & B classes, the latter taking the place of the Wacht-een-Beetje Race.
Hongkong, October, 22nd 1921
A class for beginners will com-) mence on the 1st November. For particulars apply to the Sister in Charge.
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
that not one cent of these funds
prevention.
TIDAL POWER'S DRAWBACK. A project at Walton-on-Naze to the unissued capital of the Com-etilise the power of the tides for paay to the above persons of one generating electricity has been new share of $10 credited as fully rejected by the urban district paid up.
The Transfer Books of the Com-cil, on the ground that there States more than Britons usually between Mr. Lloyd George and
would be no available power st pany will be closed from the 12th peap tides four days a month, and hundreds of towns. I have fre- accentuation
do. I have spoken in several Mr. de Valers, there has been an November 1921 to the 15th No that future extension would be quently been struck with the form diminution of the splaer.
rather than vember 1921 both days inclusive, impossible.
By Order of the Board,
H. N. BEAGREPAIRE,
Secretary.
Dated the 28th October, 1921.
THE
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
my American friends give their, The conclusion I baye arrived questions: Is there going to be at is that four-fifths of the anti- a revolution in England?" "Is British feeling in the United the British Empire really break-States is instigated and inflamed ing up?" "What is the truth by Irish-Americans, The settle- about uprisings in India?" "Is meat of the Irish question, will true that Japan and England take the bread out of the mouths, a compact to fight the of many of these gentry. United States? and of couTRE "Then," asid a good American most frequently "What about to me the other day, you will Ireland ? "]} perfectly fair fiod most of this manufactured questions, but generally implying batred will disappear; and real a criticism as well as seeking for Americans, who want to act in A further extra Gymkhana information.
conjunction with Great Britain o quote prices for best quality meeting will be held on 26th Our critics, especially journal-in world affairs, will have an freshly mined SILIMPOPON November in aid of the Britishistically. BIO rather more opportunity to be heard." COAL, trimmed into Bankers at Legion.
COWIE HARBOUR COAL COMPANY LIMITED.
SILIMPOPON COAL
The undersigned are prepared
KOMOR & KOMOR. the CHAMBER ROOM, Charter-plies for 6 or 12 months at favour-
A GENERAL MEETING of SEBATTIK Members will be held on Friday British North Borneo) or to OF SANDAKAN the 4th November. at 12.30 p.m. in
contract for regular Bunker Sup- ed Bank Buildings, 3 Qasen'e ble rates. Road Central, for the purpose of ART AND CURIO EXPERTS.
Steamers calling at SEBATTIK nominating & Representative of
or SANDAKAN exclusively for the Chamber, to serve on the Bankers are exempt from pay. BEG to inform their Customers Legislative Council during the nent of ordinary Port Obs ges. URIO STORE WILL BE Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak.. CLOSED at 5 pm/ on SATUR- Notice in writing of the names at Sebattik is 24 feet at low water alongside the Company's Wharf, DAY the 5th of November, 1921, of candidates and of their propring Tides. Charts of Cowie nd thank their many patrons posers and secondars to be lodged Bay (Sabatuk Harbour) and any. for their support and goodwill with the Secretary at least 48 required information concerning inring more than half a century's hours before the time appointed the port can be had on applica usiness in the Colony.
for the holding of the Generzi
CITY HALLhat the Sale at their RETAIL absence from the Colony of the the minimum draft of water
BEETHOVEN KECITAL
given by
HARRY ORE
Op
Monday, Nov. 7th, 5.30 p.m. Sbarp
·Booking at Andersons.
For the Last Week of the Sale Meeting. he Store will be open every day j intil 6 p.m.
KOMOR & KOMOR,
Alexandre Buildings.
By Order:
E. AM. WILLIAMS,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 29th October, 1921.)
The next Gymkhana has been fixed for Saturday 5th November 1921. Programmes can be obtain ed at the Hongkong Club, the Racecourse and the Jockey Club Stables. Entries close on October 25th.
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Price is: 493.50 net Interest payable every
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fts 13,000,000, Subscription closing on the Agents,
- 10th November, COWIE HARBOUR COAL For subscription apply to
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cian to
tax
vociferous than our friends, Whilst our friend's complain that
the British Government takes no YOU'LL FEEL BETTER IN steps to check the falsehoods
THE MORNING circulated about England, those If when troubled with con who may be called our enemies stipation, liverishness, bile or sick preach constantly and I am headache, you take a small dose afraid millions of Americans of Pinkettes at night on retiring papers are subsidised with British believe, that all friendly news to rest.
Pinkeltes are laxative per gold. It is declared and believed fection, for they are not babit that the British Ambassador has forming and neither gripe nor a ortonus secret funds to dis-porge. Their occasional use en- Dense in abbtle propaganda... sures deily regularity, corrects ... No Briton ever comes over bere biliousness, gently stimulates the and deres say a word in defence liver, abis the appetite and diges of his own dountry without being toe, prevents diarrhoes and attacked as a hired emissary dentery, relieves piles. They his Gorýmment.
ced by gently as nature, - En
LINGERING, PREJUDICES.
I sometimes chaff my American
Qmisis everywhere'sell Pink
for post free, 60 cepts the
udiensen on the attitude of all from Dr. William Belloins ,ood many of them. If an kuori Co., 96 Szeobuén Koad, Shanghai,