THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
WANTED.
EUROPFAN GENTLEMAN
wishes to diajose of 2nd Clase brb to london rer S. 8 Dengots saling April 2nd. At ply Box 913, c/o ongkong Tele- graph."
VACANCY ia
privato
family for two paying guests bachelors preferred. Mo- dern Building Kowloon. Every
convenience. Apply Box No. 890 cio "Hong-kong Telegraph."
CAPABLE
G
and
PARD
energetic
with young
good knowledge of accounting and import business, excellent recom- mendations wishes to improve his present position in a firm of Al standing. Willing to start with H.K. $400. Apply Box 914. c/o "Hongkong Telegraph."
WANTED.--Small furnished
fiat- rooma) usual oon- veniences Hongkong or Kowloog. Apply Box No. 909 elo" Hong kong Telegraph.'
Or
TO BE LET.
FFICE ROOM TO LET from 28th. March. Rent $95. Splendid location, Plenty of light and can be rubdivided. Apply 8 Des Your Road, above Hughes & Hough
T
O LET-furnisished room with bathroom, Private family, good location, Kowloon. with board, suitable for married couple or bachelor apply Box No. 915 c/o "Hongkong Telegraph."
То
O LET- Seven-roomed detached house with tend's lawn and garage for two cars. Apply 16 PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING.
TO LET-Fine office space on
the first floor of the Bank of China's Building. Ready for occupation at the end of February Particulars apply Bank of Chine
TOLET: European Flate in
Nathan Road, Kowloon, adjoining Bowring Street and opposite Saifee Terrace); Con- taining 4 Living Rooms, 2 Bath Room Kitchen
usual Servants Rooms. Flushed Drainage and concrete floor construction. For further
And
particolars and rents apply to J. Car Clark, Architect, 14 Queen's Road Contral.
TO LET.-Immediate posses-
BioD,
Semidetached tero houses with grass tennis court. Bowen Road level. Each bouse containing two public rooms, two bedrooms, bathrooms etc. Could be let så one house. Apply Box No. 916 c/o. "Hongkong Tele- graph."!
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-One excellent
Ferambulator Parisian Made. Apply RODENFUSER, No. 4, The Albany.
FOR SALE Household farai-
ture for sale, also baby's perambulator, all in excellent condition. Apply Box 911, c/o "Hongkong Telegraph."
LOST.
21st. instant,
Lady's Bead Bag contain ing small bom money and sundry trinketa. Will finder please, re- turn to Box No. 912, els Hong- kong Telegraph
HONGKONG MALE VOICE CHOIR
CONCERT
IN
UNION CHURCH HALL, TUESDAY, 27th. March, 1923,
Sat 9.15 p.m.
Tickets $1.00 Bach (Boldiers and Saflors 50 cents.) Proceeds are being given to the Hongkong and Now Territories. Evangeliza- tlon Rociety."
Tickata" may be obtained at the door.
THIS PROSPECTUS. HAS BEEN DULY FILED WITH THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES.
The Subscription List will open on Saturday, the 24th day of March, 1923, and clase on or before Saturday, the 31st day of March, 1923,
HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED.
Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances, 1911-1921.
Capital $2,000,000 divided into 200,000 shares of $10 each. Of the above shares 100,000 have already been subscribed for
cash by the Directors and their friends. On these $2.50 per share will be paid on application and the balance when called up on the same basis as the remaining capital.
In addition the Directors are allotting S0,000 shares credited as fully paid up under the terms of the Option and subsequent corres pondence thereon referred to in paragraph (a) hereof.
The remaining 70,000 shares tacking equally with those already subacribed are now offered for public subscription payable as to $250 per share on application. The balance due on each share, ris. $7.50 will be called up on subsequent demand as and when further capital is required. "
Any of the shares now offered to the public which may not be subscribed for will be allotted in such manner as the Directors shall determine.
Directors
John Scot: Marston.
1. Des Voeux Road Central,
Hongkong.
Solicitor & Notary Public.
Hon. Mr. Chow Shou Son,
Bank of East Asia, Ltd.
Des Vœux Road Central,
Hongkong,
Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council!
James Harper Taggart.
Managing Director.
Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd..
Powell's Building. Hongkong.
The Very Rev. Father Leon Robert,
Procureur General des Missious Etrangeres.
1. Battery Path,
Arthur Hylands Lowe,
Hongkong.
3. Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
Chartered Accountant.
Frank Malcolm Lane Crawford,
Managing Director,
Lane Crawford, Ltd.,
Chater Road,
Hongkong.
Fung Tat Hang,
Compradore,
Hongkong Hotel,
Hongkong.
Peter Kingson Kwok,
Bank of East Asia, Ltd.,
Des Voeux Road, Central,
Hongkong,
Merchant.
Bankers.
The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
Auditors
Linstead & Davis,
Alexandra Building,
Des Vœux Road Central,
Victoria, Hongkong.
Solicitors.
Messrs. Deacon, Harston & Shenton. 1, Des Vœux Road Central,
Victoria, Hongkong.
Registered Office of the Company.
Powell's Building (2nd floor),
Des Vœux Road Central,
*Hongkong.
Secretary of the Company pro tem).
T. A. Barry,
Powell's Building, (2nd floor),
Des Vieux Road Central,
Hongkong. Prospectus.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24. 1923.
HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST CO., LTD.
NOTICE is hereby gi on that
above named Company
is issuing a Prospectus dated the 23rd day of March 1923, copy of which has been filed with the Registerar of Companies, invit- ing subscriptions et par for 70,000 shares of $10 each payable a to $2.50 per share on application and to the balance on subsequent Idemand as and when further
capital is required.
(4) Tais Company has been formed principally to acquire by purchase (under, the terms of the Option and subsequent correspondence thereon hereinafter mentioned) from Laze Crawford Limited (whose Registered Office is situate at Ice House Street, Victoria; Hongkong) and develop by building thereon the land registered in the Land Office as Section A of Marine Lot No. 7 and commonly known as "The Wiseman Site" situate in Des Vœux Road Central Hongkong. The purchase price of the land is $1,000,000, 3300,000 of which will be satisfied by the issue to Lane Crawford Limited of 20,000 shares of the Company credit- ed as fully paid up. Of the remainder of the purchase price, $148,781.50 will be paid in cash, and the balance of 3551,218.50 will be satisfied by the taking over by the Company from Lane Crawford Limited of the Mortgage (repayable on the 30th April, 1927) for that amount'new subsisting on the property in favour of Lane Crawford fimited and carrying interest at 8% per annum,
In addition to the purchase price payable as above, the Company will, under the Option hereinafter mention- ed, pay the brokerage of one per cent, on the purchase price amounting to $10,000 'which is referred to in para- graph (b) hereof, and also indemnify Lane Crawford Limited to the extent of $26,394.30 in respect of the Plans and Specifications referred to in paragraph (c) hereof.
The Option for the acquisition of such land bears. date the 5th day of March 1928 and is made between Lans
NOTICE.
A BUSINESS TO BE PROUD OF. TOTAL Assurance in force
exceeds Six Hundred and
FORTHCOMING AUCTION SALES
FUBING 'ABUTION.
Thirty-one Million Gold Dollars. HUGHES & HOUGH THE Underaigned have receiv
The Sun Life Assurance. Co
of Canada
15 Queen's Road Central, Next Door to Astor Honne, Hongkong.
1. de SILVA,
Acting Manager. Hon. Secretary.
PUBLIC
AUCTION
HR T Undersigned
Teak hat stand, Chesterfield
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS
AND
BROKERS.
ed instructions to sell by Publio Avetion on
Wednes, the 28th. March 1933 commencing at 245 p.m.
Clovely" No
at his residence
The Undersigned have received instructions from the Registrar, A Supreme Court, to sell by Public Auction (for account of the Con-i cerued),
on TUESDAY, the 27th March, 1923, commencing i
12 Peak Road Large Quantity of Valuable
Household Furniture
comprising
A Fina Selection of Carved Blackwood-are
Teak batstand, Drawing room
at 230 pm, at their Sales Rooms, Suite (Silk tapestry covered), oil No. 8, Des Vœux Road, Corner of paintings, water colours, ceiling Ice House Street,
and table fans, silk brocade Valuable Teakwood and Blackwood | curtains, brass curtain poles.
Furniture and Household
electrolier, teak bookerses, stb.. Sunde!
etc.
have The subscription list is DOW received instructions to sell open and will be olased on or "by Public Auction on before the 31st day of March 1923. Thursday, the 30th. March. 1933
Copies of the prospectus and commencing at 3 45 p.m. forms of Application can be at No. 50 B Nathan Road, obtained from the Company's
(Top floor.) Bankers, the Hongkong and A Quantity of Valuable Houyahold
Furniture Shanghai Banking Corporation. and from the temporary offices of
comprising
Con ding:
Teak sideboard with berelled the Company in Powell's Build-
Dining Suites, Chesterfield Sofas, glas, Dining table and chairs. ing. (Second floor), Des Voeux couch. Chesterfield arm chairs Arm-chairs (new). Tea Tables, dinner waggons, Ice chest, tes Road Central, Hongkong.
with covers, Terk extension Teakwood Twin Bedsteads, large tables, glass ca inet with glass- This Notice is not to be regard-dining table, chairs, book case, and small Wardrobes & Side- shelves, Dinner and Tex Services.
flower stand, glasS war, boards. Dinner Waggons, Din glass ware, sto, etc. ed as an invitation to the public
crockery, etc., etc.
ner Services. Crockery Subscribe for shares andį Teak twin with bevelled mirror, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, application will only be received teak wardrobe with bevelled Cutlery, Carpets and Rugs, Stair- mirror door, marble top wasbing on the footing of the full pro-stand, carpets.
case Carpets, Electro-plated Ware, etc.. etc.
Electric Reading Lamps, Screens, Also spectus and in the form issued
Blackwood Teapoys. Marble top therewith.
Flower Stands and Side Tables.
Also
to
Dated the 24th. day of March, 1933,
T. A. BARRY.
Powell's Building,
Hongkong, Secretary pro temi.
One Columbia Grafanole, One lot of records, One electric coffee machine. One electric kettle.
Oa view from Wednesday the 28th. March,1923
Catalogues will be issued. Terms: Cash on delivery.
L⚫MMERT BROS,
Auctioneers.
Crawford Limited as Vendors of the one part and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, one of the partners in the firm of Deacon, Harston and Shenton the above mentioned Solicitors to the Company. As Trustee for the Company of the other part. A copy of this Option and the subsequent cor- respondence thereon can be inspected at the offices of the said Solicitors to the Company (No. 1 Des Voeux Road Central. Hengkong) at any time during business hours. A copy of the Mortgage above referred to which bears date the 5th day of May 1922, and is for a term of Five years from that date can also be inspected at the same place und time.
There are no other Contracts relating to the land to be acquired by the Company.
On the land to be acquired as above by the Company it is proposed to erect a modern seven-storied building with a Basement, so as to afford accommodation for Stores, Shops, a Safe Deposit Vault and First class Office Rooms, particularly suitable to professional people. The Site is considered to be specially favourable for such a building. being in the centre of the business part of the City and close to the Hotels, Banks and Shipping Offices, etc. (b) In respect of the above mentioned Option a brokerage of 1% on the purchase price of $1,000,000 amounting to $10,000 is payable by the Company to the Solicitors to the Company in respect of the sale of the land the subject of such Option.
(e) Under the last mentioned Option the Company" are to be under the obligation of indemnifying Lane Crawford Limited to an extent not exceeding $26,394.30 in respect
of the cost of certain Plans and Specifications prepared
in 1922 in connection with the building which Lane Craw- ford Limited at the time proposed to erect on the said land.
(d) No other commission or promotion money will be paid by
the Company."
(e) The Company is to pay all preliminary expenses of and incident to the formation and floating of the Company down to the time when it becomes entitled to commence business and also all costs and expenses in connection with the acquisition of the land and the Assignment thereof to the Company, the estimated amount whereof is $20,000.
ONE ENAMEL BATH And
and
One Piano by John Brinsmead & Son, London. (Full Perticulars from Catalogue).
Hongkong, 21st March, 1923.
Terms: Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & ROUGH. Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE Undersigned have receiv
ed instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Wednesday the 11th. April 1973. commencing at 3 p.m.
at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street,
ONE SET OF MINT MACHINERY,
This lot comprises a complete set of Mint Machinery capable of producing 100,000 (One hundred piacea 20-cent thousand)
Twenty cent) coins or 200.000 Two hundred thousand) pieces 10-cent Ten cent coins per working day of 10 hours.
{Further particulars and inspection orders may be obtain- led from Mesars, Gilman & Co.
Ltd., or the Undersigned.)
ey
Terms: 20% of purchase mon to be paid on fall of hammer. Balance to be paid within two weeks of day of sale. A
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers,
R
EDUCATION DEPARTEANT.
Brass and Iron, badstands, double and single wardrobes with bevelled glass doors, dressing table, marble top washstanda, etc.
Large Satauma and pervelain vases, bronze statues, brass orda-
menta etc.
Also Large Axminster Carpets, Pile- rugs,
Ons Piano by Estey, New York. One Piano by Collard and
Collard,
One Victrois XVL One Lot of Records,
And
Several Enamelled baths, and porcelain basics, Bath Room requisites Garden seats, lawn mower, stone roller, palma and plants.
On view on day of sale. Catalogues will be issued. Terms: Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers!
THE 9TH ANNUAL
PIANOFORTE RECITAL
of
Prof Danenbergs Pupils
Will be held on
Wednesday, 4th April,
at the
ST. ANDREW'S HALL, CITY HALL
at 5.15 p.m. $harp. Tickets obtainable at all the Music Stores at.81.00
NOTICE.
GOVERNMENT OF MACAU,
TELEPHONE SERVICE E THE Government, ed. afscau, Colwill pagina praposkis for the AECİRİYA OBDtation of a public
The minimum subscription on which the Directors mayTEMPORARY Assistant islesions service in the City and
proceed to allotment is seven shares.
Teachers Baropes) are connecting with Hongkong and (7) The Articles of Association provide that the qualification required at oppe, Applications, sou. The proposals should of a Director is to be the holding of 1,000 shares in the with particular of coalfbosions be delivered to the Director of Company and that the remuneration of each of the Direc-and experience, and poples of Finance. tors is to be $1,000 per annum.
testimonials should be addressed ANTONIO MARIA DE -
MEIRELES • VASCONCELOS, The Ham Director of Education,
- Dirséter of Finaison Education Department. Macau 10th. March 1923.
(h) Directors are interested in the promotion of the Company
as follows:-
(1) As to Bir. Harston in respect of the brokerage men-
tioned in clause (b).
..
(2) As to Messrs. Taggart, Lowe, Crawford and Harston to the extent that they are Directors of Lane Crawford Limited who are the Vendors of the land to be acquir. ed by the Company.
(3) As to Messrs. Taggart, Lowe and Haraton to the ́extent that they are Directors in the Hongking Hotel Company Limited who are Shareholders in Lane Grawford Limited.
क
(4) As to the Rev. Father Bobert to the extent that he is a Director of the Dairy Farm, lee and "Cola Storage Company. Limited who are Shareholders in Lane Crawford Limited, the Vendors aforesaid. (5) As to all the Directors other than The Hon. Mr. Chow Shou Son, Fung Tat Hang and Peter Kingson Kwek that they or some of them are Directors of other Companies with whom the Company may do business."
(1) Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company can be inspected at the aforementioned offices of the Solicitors to the Company at any time during business hours.
A copy of the Company's Memorandum of Association is annexed to the Prospectus and forms part of it. (k) Application for shares should be made upon the Form attached to the Prospectus, which should be detached therefrom and sent to the Company's Bankers (The 'Hong- kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) together with a remittance of $2.50 per share, the amount of the deposit,
Where no allotment is made, the deposit will be re
- tarned in full, and where the number of shares allotted is
Jess than the number applied for, a proportionate amount. of the deposit will be returned.
Prospectuses can be inspected at and Forms of Application obtained from the Company's Bankers (The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) and at and from the temporary offices of the Company in Powell's Building, (second Acoz), Des Vœur Road Central, Hongkong. Dated the 23rd day of March 1928.
t
Last Chance To See WILLIAM FARNUM
in
VICTOR HUGO'S MASTERPIECE
LES MISERABLES
From Sunday, 25th.
BEBE DANIELS
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