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Our modern social life has received no more truthful and hotter arraignment than the, story of Philip Baldwin's, enreer presetis.
He has his pallorn ́overywhere you turn.
Strong in-purpose, wonk in fulllitent, moral in attention, smcuptible though craving affection. Society's structure Toppies dungerously on such weak props,
SEE
Scene from
"BRASS A Warner Bros. Production
THE BITTER STORY OF A MARRIAGE THAT GLITTERED: LIKE GOLD BET
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BRASS
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You will see in this prodiretion a play so big, so beautiful oh analytic story why martinees are unhappy, so keen, so powerful, with acting so wonderful, that you will place "BRASS" among the very finest films ever shown in Hongkong.
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A. S. WATSON AND CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of A. S. Watson and Co. Limited, will be held at The
Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- kong, on SATURDAY, the 21st day of June, 1921, at 11:30 o'clock in the forenoon, when the Sub- joined Resolutions will be proposed nx' Special Resolutions.
1. That the anthurised capital Tho stylus is a triumph of sim- plicity. It is a bone, 6 in. long, of the company (which is now) of 90,000 with a triangular, cross-section $900,000, consisting and pared els. After a little shares of the nominal value of $10. partire Professor Langdon was ench of which the whole have been' able to make cunoiform inscrip-issued be Tuereased to $1,500,609 tions on elay with fair rapility. {by the creation of 60,000 additional Prof Langdon considers that the shares of the nominal value of $193 mound 20 miles southeast of Nip each such new shares (aubject as jur nay la identified as the site greinafter motioned) of the city of Isin. Isin was the capital of a dynasty which ruled over a great part of Babylonia after that of Ur frosu, about 13. C. 2280 to about B.CL 2050,
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NEW PIYADILLYQTRES S. Activa preparations are being made by the Underground Rall way Authorities for carrying
tu 1: sted at such time or times and in such terms and conditions in the Company's [every respect, na
Board of Directors may think it (and to rank (subject as hereinafter mentioned) as from the date of allotment for dividend and in all other respects pari passú with the shares constituting the company's present enpital,
out the construction of the large [', 2. That there be offered at par station, liftcon Tent below the in the first instance to the members roudway of Piccadilly-cicus of the company, who, on the 7th Tube Station. No confirmation day of July, 1924, are registered can be obtained, however, of any company's share Register as of the ambitious schemes, which holders of the said 90,000 shares have been published in the Press one new share for every complete from time to time, as likely to be number of three old shares held adopted in conjunction with the
by them respectively and so that construction of the new station.
on acceptance of the offer, the nominal amount of $10 dad in respect of each of such new shares shall be payable as to the sum of $6, part thereof, on the first day of November, 1924, and as to the sum of $5, the balance thereof on the 1st day of May, 1925,
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3. That Buch offer be made by notice specifying the wumber of shares to which the member is entified and limiting a time within which the offer, if not nevepted by the meniler on behalf of bam. self or his nominee, will be deemed to be declined Cant that the Com- pany's Board of Directors be at! liberty to fix such time and fin east of shareholders whose place of address is not in Hongkong) to extend it to such dale or dates as they may think fit.
4. That no shareholder shall be entitled to any offer of a fraction of an additional share in respect of any odd share or shares held by such shareholder.
5. That until such time on the sail new shares shall be fully paid up they shall vis-a-vis the said 90,000 pld shares only rank for dividend in proportion to the ratio borne by the amount paid, up thereon in respect of the nominal value thereof to the full -nominal value ($10) thereof.
HEREBY AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a further Extra. | ordinary-General-Meeling-of-the Company will be held at the Hong- kong Holet. Pedder Street, afore- said on MONDAY, the 7th day of July, 1924, at 11.0 o'clock in the fornoon, for the purpose of receiv ing a report of the proceedings at the above mentioned meeting and of confirming if thought it as Special Resolutions the alyva į mentioned resolutions.
The Transfer Books of the L'uni pany will be closed from Saturday: the 28th day of June, 1924, to Monday, the 7th day of July, 1924 (buth day's inchisive). during which period, no transfer of shares can be registered.
Datud.the 11th day of June, 1921. JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers.
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