THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTED.
WANTED.-Centrally Located ground floor office for occupano October 1st. Approximately 4000 square feet required-Reply Box No. 695 f "Hongkong Tela. graph."
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
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Orders by Lient-Colonel L. G. Bird, D.S.O. Administrativa Commandant, Hoogkong, 24th. April, 1922 L. Paredes.
RECRUITS DRILLS will be WANTED.COMPRADORE held at Volunteer Headquarters for Import and Export Firm. on MONDAYS at 5.30 p.m. until Apply Box No. 694 elo Tha further notice. "Hongkong Telegraph."
WANTED.-Employment by lady as Masseuse. Good ference-Apply Miss N. Bubris, c/o Astor House Hotel, Room 29.
TO BE LET.
CONSIGNEES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE ADMIRAL TAINE
The Steamship
"KEYSTONE STATE" having arrived from Seattle via ports, on 23rd. insi, consignees are hereby notified that their Cargo is being landed as their risk into the Gödowas of The Hon Shan Godown Co. Noe, 16 & 17, Kennedy Town Prays Hong- koog, and stored at consigness"
risk.
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Consignees of cargo must pro- 3. Promotions and Appointments'
His Excellency the Governor dace an Import Permit signed by has been pleased to approve the the Superintendent of Imports promotion of Lieut. ARTHUR and Exports, Hongkong, before MURDOCH to the rank of Capt. Bills of Lading will be counter- re-in the Hongkong Volunteer De-signed.
All broken, chafed and damag fence Corps, with effect from the 13th. April 1922, No. 64 Private ed cargo is to be left in the Go F. Cullen, Machine Gun Com-downs, whats it will be examined pany is appointed to the rank of at 9 am. on 1st. May, by the Lauce Corporal vice L/Corpl. C. Company's Surveyore, Mesars. F. Mason deceased; with eRect Anderson and Ash. from this date. 3- Reversion.
TO LET In Conduit Road, 3 large and airy rooms Unfurnish- No. 344 Lance Corporal H. G. ed-suitable for two bachelors or Hegarty, Machine Gun Company Darried couple-Immediata ocis permitted to resign his appoint cupation.-apply P.O. Box No.ment as Lance Corporal at his 274.
owo request, with effect from this date
TO LET.-Immediate Occupa- tion-Office 3rd Floor, Prince's Street. Buildings, Ice House Apply GODDARD & DOUGLAS, 4A, Des Voeux Road.
TO LET.-Furnished 5-roamed Bungalow on Broadwood load. For 6 months (ar longer) from 1st, June. Apply Fox No. 596 ca "Hongkong Telegraph.".
TO LET.
in
One OFFICE ROOM, partly furnished. Powell's Building. Apply P. O. Bor No. 39.
FOR SALE.
Built FOR SALE.-British Steam Launch--49.6 ft. length.,
9.6 ft. breadth, 5.6 ft. depth.. Registered Tonnage 11.72. L.H.P. 35.Speed 8 knots. For further information apply to The China Metal Co. Ltd. Mining and Hongkong.
FOR SALE. One practically new Semi-Diesel motor 175 E.. 2 cylinders 275 R.P.M., together with complete set of spare parts- in perfect running order. Can be seen on application to The Fat East Oxygen & Acetylene Co. Ltd.
FOR SALE.-Allison piano in splendid condition. Fine tone. Owner going on leave. $300. Apply Box No. 693 o "Hong. kong Telegraph.",
4- Resignations.
No. 11 Lance Corpl. J. R. Oxberry, Reserva Company and No. 76 Pte. W. J. Pritchard, Scottish Company, are permitted to resign from the Corps, with effect from this date.
5. Web Belts and Long Bayonets
All N. Cas and Men who were issued with a Web Belt and Long Bayonet for the Guard of Honour will return them to Store as 9000| as possible.
6. Ammunition.
..
Attention is again drawn to the fact that in many cases members bave not yet returned to Store the S.A.A. issued during the Strike.
This must be done as early as possible.
R. B. YOUNG, Major. Adjutant, H.V.D. Corps.
All claims must be presented within thirty days of the steamer's arrival hare, after which they cannot be recognised. No Claim will be recognised after the goods have left the Godowns, and cargo undelivered on
MONDAY, APRIL 24 1923
NOTICE.
Owing to the advancing cost of newspaper production, it has been decided to make an in- creased charge of 21 per cent. on present rates, as from April 1st, 1922, on the following dea- oriptions of casual, advertise- monts, namely :---
Government Notifications. Municipal Notifications Official Notifications. Legal Notices. Company Notifications Association,Cub and Society
Notions.
This, of course, does hot affect the charges made for contract spaces held by oom- mercial firms or for small * Want" advertisements.
LESSONS IN CHINESE.
M
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Copy for an AINS
the has a good metand af sparking. Entopocat pane is the fiarse Train, 200 1 pasech of a druk rais certifcase ma chiame Cacher. He has alsa a good knowledge el
Mandarin and itakka.
Those who inten 3 marming the Chinese izazo- Telegraph offwa ar d crect to No. 19%, Varea's se sequested is WPL Care of Honchone and after 1st. | khaa, central second floor,
May, will be subject to reat
No Fire Insuranca whatever. will be effected.
Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature immediately.
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY
CLUB.
The second Gymkbana is 6xed PACIFIC STEAM-HIP CO..
for Saturday, May, 6th, 1922. United States Shipping Board Draft Programmes and Entry Emergency Fleet Corporation,Foras may be obtained at Race Course, Hongkong Club and Causeway Bay Stables Entries close Tuesday, April, 25tb.
Managing Agents.
THE ADMIRAL LINE 5th Floor, Union Building. Hongkong, 24th. April, 1922.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
NIPPON YUSEN. KAISHA.
From EUROPE AND STRAITS. The Company's Steamship
VERNON & SMYTH.
́WE ANNOUNCE THE
OPENING
OF OUR NEW
WORKSHOP
IN HONGKONG
AT
₤145 PRAYA.
MOTOR ENGINEERS
GENERAL REPAIRS
OF ALL KINDS OF
MACHINERY.
SPECIALISTS IN
MOTOR CARS
MOTOR CYCLES
IGNITION
BARGAINS IN NEW AND USED MOTOR CARS AND MOTORCYCLES
REEVES & CO.
145. PRAYA FAST I 4002
'PHONES 1K.673
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
THE TWENTY-FIFTH OR. DINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Building. No. 6, Con- NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN Raught Road, on Wednesday, the that the business beretofore 26th. April, 1922, at 11.15 o'clock carried on by FRANK SMYTH. for the purpose of receiving as a Sharebroker under the style a Statement of Accounts and the of VERNON, & SMYTH has Report of the General Managers been taken over by ROBERT for the year ended 31st. December, THOMAS MATHESON as from 1921, and electing & Consulting| MÄTSUYE MARU,”
the 1ST DAY OF APRIL. 1922, Committee and Auditors. having arrived from the above and that as from the 1st day of The TRANSFER BOOKS of Ex-Officers and Other Ranks ports. Consignees of Cargo are April. 1922, the said Frank the Company will be CLOSED who have not yet been issued hereby informed that their Goods Smyth ceased to be liable in any from Thursday, 20th. April. 1928, with the British War and Victory are being landed and placed at way in respect of the said until Wednesday, the 26th. April
their risk in the Hongkong and business and that all liabilities of 1922, both days inclusive. Kowloon Wharf and Godown whatsoever nature incurred by Company's Godowas at Kowloon. the said Firm or Vernon and· where each consignment will be Smyth on and from the 1st day sorted out mark by mark and of April, 1922, have been and will Regi-delivery can be obtained as soon be incurred by the said Roberts
as the Goods are landed.
Thomas Matheson solely. Optional Goods will be carried Dated the 20th day of April, 1922. on unless instructions are given
FRANK SMYTH.
NOTICE.
Medals should apply for them to the Secretary,
London, E C. £
War Officer, (A. G. 10.) 27. Pilgrim Street, Ludgate Hill with particulars as to rank,
mental Number, Units, etc.
4.
to the contrary before noon. ROBERT THOMAS MATHE
SON.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB To-day.
Subject to weather conditions. the following dates have been. fixed
May.
Goods not cleared by the 1st. May, 1922, will be subject to
rent.
Damaged packages must he left SAND KAN LIGHT & POWER
CO., (1922). LIMITED. in the Godowns for examination Final Open Championship
by the Consignees' and the Co.'s Donbles, Friday, 28th April.
NOTICE is hereby given hat| Final Open Championship representatives at an appointed
hour on Tuesday and Friday. All the above-named Company which Singles, Monday, 1st May.
Challenge Hound Open Champ-claims must be presented within it is intended to incorporate ionship Singles, Wednesday. 3rd ten days of the steamer's arrival forthwith is issuing a prospectus here, atter which date they can dated, the 18th, day of April, 1922. not be recognized. No claims a copy of which has been filed will be admitted after the goods with the Registrar of Companies, have left the Godowns.
inviting subscriptions at par for NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA, 49000 Shares of $10 each payable as to $1 per Share on application. Agents.
$2 per Share on allotment. $2 Hongkong, 24th. April, 1922.
per Share on the 30th. June, 1912, and 35 per Share on subsequent demand.
Challenge Round Open Champ ionship Doubles, Friday, 5th May.
The lists will remain open at; the Pavilion until WEDNES.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
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DAY EVENING. 26th April, THE Undersigned have received
after will date they will be transferred to Mesars. Moutrie Auction on & Co. Seats $1 each.
are
Note:-Ticket holders requested to consult the back of tickets as to the position of their seats.
FOR SALE. AN ISLAND} RESERVED SEATS may now FOR SALE (area 272 acres). be booked at the Pavilion by Ideally situated in Howe Sound, Members. Subscribers and those Vancouver. British Columbia, holding" privileze ticket," except | 34 mile from the mainland and between the hours of 4.15 and 3 miles from the Railway and 6.30 p.ra. summer resort of Horseshoe Bay. It can be reached in one hour from Vancouver by motor boat, or by train from North Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay, which takes about 35 minates. There are two beaches facing South and backed by magnificent Douglas Fir, some of the trees measuring over 13 "feet in diameter, also some very fine Cedar Sport is plentiful. the waters around the Island. abound in salmon and sea trout. There is a spring on the Island which gives an ample supply of excellent water at all seasons, it is the only Island available near Vancouver with a permanent water supply and in a few years' time will be worth much more than the price now asked. The
Band of 102nd K.E.O. Grenad- Island is sheltered from strong
at Entertainers, engaged winds and would make an idealiers
All Price £5,000. enormous expense.
Star summer resort.
Tickete reserved For photographs and farther perform(79.
Tol particulars apply to Major Seats $2. Unreserved $1. Humphreys, Cranleigh, Eng-include light refreshments.
Open to Members. Subscribers and their friends. Seats can be booked and plan 99en at U.S.K.C on or after 1st May.
land.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON
STAINER'S
** CRUCIFIXION
and Selections from "The Messiah "'
will be rendered by a Choir of 50 Voices
οτι
MONDAY, 24th. April at 9 p.m.
Collection Everyone Welcome.
U. S. R. CLUB.
COMING ATTRACTION......
Thare will be a "Farce" acted, preceded by a CONCERT, at the above Club on WEDNESDAY, May 10th, at 9 p.m.
S. B. COATES,
Major. Hon Secretary.
FOR HAIPHONG AND
HOIHOW..
Baits for Hongkong end Haiphong every Kitérnate Tunoday, The favourite RENDESZ KURLARIZ HAL-MUN,
(Capt. Charles R. Pago).
21st March, 4th. & 18th. April Appry Thor. Cost und Bone we Fo Híaz Tai, 114, Wing Tak Dizyak.
"
Friday, the 28th. April, 1927
commencing at 5 am.
The subscription list is now open, and will be closed on tbe 29th April 1922.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 18th. April, 1922.
Messrs. Lammert Bros. ara instructed to sell
The Steamship “KAM MA " Now lying off Sham Shui Po under an
Order of the Court by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
on
TUESDAY
The 2nd. day of May 1922 at 3 o'clock p.m In One Lot
at their Sales Rooms, Duddell
Streat
+
The ship is a wooden ship of approximately 1800 tons capacity
HONGKONG HOTEL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DINNER DANSANT
TO-NIGHT.
WILL HENDER
and the
HOTEL JAZZ ORCHESTRA.
Dancing 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The usual Tea Dansant will not be held To-day or Tuesday.
REPULSE BAY HOT L
„WEDNESDAY, April 26th.
TEA DANRANT
4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. DINNER DANSANT. WILL HENDER.
sad the
JAZZ ORCHESTRA.
SATURDAY, April 29th.. BAL MASQUE
FANCY DRESS DINNER DANSANT
WILL
HENDER
and the
AUGMENTED JAZZ ORCHESTRA,
Dancing 8 p.m.-midnight..
Tables may be Réserved at the Hotel Reception Office.
KOMOR'S HATS
FOR ALL WEATHERS.
Only a fow left of beautiful quality straw. Trimmed or patrimmed sailors double and single brim. Soft and pliable as Panama straw at 509 QUARTER of the price.
KOMOR'S
Ladies' Wear Specialists. Alexandra Buildings.
O
THE CHINA INDUSTRIAL CO.'S STORE.
GRAND OPENING Thursday, 27th. April,
Large stock of Summer goods or display. Take advantage of our greatly reduced prices. Best leather suitcases-all sizes-pure leather-local mare-from $3.-up. Cheapest bargains in Ladies' and Gentlemen's shoes-- latest styles.
36, WING LOK STREET.
with accommodation for about DANCES AT THE PRINCE'S WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL_
800 Chinese Passengers.
Length 252 ft. or thereabouts. Beam, 25 ft. on thereabouts. For permits to view apply to Messrs. Lammert Bros. The Auctioneers.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. JOHNSON, STOKES and MASTER, Prince's Buildings,
Copies of the propspectus can instructions to sell by Publice inspected and forms of applica
tion can be obtained at the Office:
Company's of the
General Managers, Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., St. George's Building, Chat Road, Victoria, Messrs. LAMMERT BROS. the Hongkong.
This
at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street
A Collection of Rare and Valuable Postage Stan ps 3000 Genuins Postage Stamps in perfect condition including British and Portuguesa Colonies,
War and Armistice. etc., etc.
On riew from Tuesday the
25th. inst. Catalogues will be issued. Terms: Cash on delivery
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctioneers.
HE Undersigned have receind THE
Instructions to sell by Public Auction on Saturday, the agth, April, 1922,
commencing at 11 am.
at No. 5 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon
A Quantity of Valuable House- hold Furniture
130
(Full particulars from catalogue) One Cottage Plano by Moutrie
in fine condition Or view hom Friday the 28th instant. Terms: Cash on delívary,
* LAMMERT BROS,
Auctionsera.
not Notice is
to be
regarded as sa invitation to the public to subscribe for Shares, and application will only be received up the footing of the THE full prospectus-and in the form issued therewith.
Dated 2 th. April, 1922. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. General Managers.
St. George's Building. Hongkong
CAPTAIN E. R. G. R. EVANS,
C.B.; D.S.O., R.N. will deliver bis Lecture on THE DOVER PATROL illustested by magnificent slides is the ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH- BALL. NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON
2
Friday, April 18th. at 9 p.m. Commodore Bowden-Smith, CB, Will preside Admission (by ticket only). II. Tieksts many be obtained at the Star Furry, The Vicarage or Mr. 4.0, Wilook,
King's Fark Bids. Proccede for Meral Reposta.
or to.
Auctioneers, Duddell Street.
COwie harbour COAL COMPANY LIMITED. SILIMPOPON COAL
The undersigned are prepared
PAVILION.
Chicago Project.
With the permission of the Government, afternoon dances, from 5 to 7, will be held in the Chicago is to have the largest Pavilion, on Monday, the 24th, hotel in the world. It will be
known as the Stevens, will oc- and Tuesday, the 25th. April
Admission (not including recupy an entire block and cost. freshments) 50 cents for each about $15,000,000, ways a Chicago
report. date.
Tickets can be obtained at Montrie's or at the door.
The hotel will contain 3,000
Any surplus will be sent to guest rooms, as against 2,200in St. Dunstan's Home for the the Pennsylvania, New York's largest hotel, and 1,026 in the La. Blind.
The Hongkong Hotel Company are kindly giving the Band, free of charge.
FEWER UNEMPLOYED.
Seven Weeks.
Salle, Chicago's present largest.
The convention hall will seat 4,000 people and the banquet ball. also to be the largest in the world, will seat 1,045 persons. The din- ing room propet, will seat 1,000, can be thrown open with lounge and private dining roomas.
bat
seating 3,600-also the world's largest.
quote prices for best quality 97,000 Reduction in Home at so as to make one dining room freshly mined. SILIMPOPON COAL, trimmed into Bunkers at
The hotel will rise twenty-five or SANDAKAN SEBATTIK
The Ministry of Labour states (British North Borneo) or to contract for regular Bunker Sup-that the live registers of the stories, with higher towers ser
Exchanges
on back. plies for 6 or 12 months at favour-Employment
February 28 contained the names able rates.
af approximately 1,837,233 per- sons registered as wholly unsm- ployed.
Steamers calling at SEBATTIK 6: SANDAKAN exclusively for Bunkers are exempt from pay This compares with 1,861,815
"ARE YOU WEAK ? Many men and women in the ment of ordinary Port Cha geson February 21, a decrease of Far East have no great reserve The minimum draft of water 24,582 in the week, or just over of strength and are apt to become Alongside the Company's Wharf
weak and debilitated. Nervous
xt Bebattik is 28 feet at low water 97,000 in the last seven weeks. Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie The number of persons on exhaustion often follows, with short time and claiming depression, irritability and head- Bay (Sabattik Harbour) and any rance benefit has fallen from aches. The one way to overcome required information concerning
blood with course of Dr. the port can be had on applica315,760 on December 30 to 258,000 this weakness is to build up the
Plast week. Hon to
Emergency schemes put in Williams" pink pills. The new. hand by the Government and rich blood made by these pills ocal authorities to relieve unem-reinvigorates the system, restores The COWIE HARBOUR COAL ployment are giving work to the appetite, and imparta new-
nerve force
BRADLEY & CO. LTD.
Agents,
00. LTD.
131,000.