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MANUFACTURERS LIFE
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
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BRITISH TRADERS'
INSURANCE CO., LTD.
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
American Oriental Mail Line.
The Steamship
"PRESIDENT GRANT" having arrived from Mania, on May 20th 1925 Consignees are hereby notified that their cargo is being landed at their risk Into the hazardous and/or ...oxtra hazardous godowns of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.. at Kowloon, and storod at consigneos r sk.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1925.
FORTHCOMING AUCTION
Lammert Bros.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have receiv
ed instructions to sell by
Public Austion on
Friday, the 22nd May 1925. commencing at 11 a.m. at "their Salon Room, Daddoli Street,
Consignees of Cargo must pro- duce an Import Permit signed by the Superintendent of Imports and Exporto, Hongkong before A Selection of Fancy German Bills of Lading will be countor- signed
All broken, ohnfed and damag- ed cargo is to be loft in the godowns, where it will be ex- amined at 10 am, on May 25th) 1925 by the Company's Burvoycra, Messrs. Anderson and Asho."
All claims must be presented
Glass Ware
and
A Few Pieces of Farnitare On Viow onay of Bale Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS, Auctioneers.
SALES.
CHINA AUCTION ROOMS.
China Building, Ground Floor.
IF you have anything you would like to sell, oxchange or advertise, send it to the OHINA AUCTION ROOMS.
OBITUARY.
JAPANESE FEUDAL LORD.
KIDNAPPED STUDENTS.
RESCUED BY CANTON FOLICE.
Tokyo, May 10.-The death is announced of the Marquis Rairin. Prompt action by the police Tokugawa, ex-Daimyo of Kishu saved five kidnapped students and brother of Princo Tokugawa.—from a long period of incarcera
tion and payment of ransom
Reuter.
The Marquis Rairin Tokugawa money, says the Canton Gazette: was head of one of the three for Fivo students of the Wull morly great houses of Tokugawa, College went together to attend which enjoyed at Kishu the fief of the anniversary ceremony of the 555,000 koku of land. The house Pui Ying Academy at Fati, on was founded by Yorinobu, tenth the 16th inst. On their way, Ron of Iyeyasu, one of the Shoguns they foll among a gang of armed (16th Century and later). This robbers near the. Orphanage.j BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE and was primarily responsible for and carried them off to a small shogunate lasted over 250 years, The robbers seized the students
E.V.M.R..de SOUSA,
Auctioneer. Tol. C. 4453.
and
Library.
Word
the acceptance of Obristianitas hut in a near-by village.. PUBLIC AUCTION
W hon Intercourse with foreigners wy.
the students OF VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
encouraged and Japan made great, kidnapped, some workers at tho 2. PROPERTY
progress. The Shogun finally orphanage at once informed two Situata at Yauamati in the and surrendered its power.
clashed with the Imperial House, policemton on patrol duty, who tried unsuccessfully to overtake Within thirty days of the THE Undersigned have recely-Dependency of Kowloon
"The Marquis now deceased was the bandits and free the students. ed instructions to sell by Colony of Hongkong and known born in 1872 and studied in
The case was then reported to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN teamor's arrival here, after
that the FIFTY-NINTH which they can ot be recognised: Public Auction on
body of police wore despatchoć ORDINARY YEARLY MEET No claims will be repugnised Friday the 22nd. May, 1925, Rowloon Inland Lot No. 629 England. Eu founded the Nanki nearest police station and a large to recover the kidnapped students ING of the Company will be bold after the goods have loft the
With the assistance of the at its Hoad Office. Union Build-godowns, and cargo undelivered ing, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 29th on and after May 28, 1925. will at Godown No. 20, The China MAY 1625, at 12.15 p.m., for the be subject to rent,
Provident, Loan & Mortgage No Fire Insurance whatever Co., Ltd., West Point WANTED-Two Bachelors to
complete moss in modern purpose of receiving the Report
(for account of the concerned) well furnished flat in Kowloon.of the Directors and the State- will be effected:
ments of Account to 31st, Decem-
116 Sacks Reardan Brand Apply in first instance to Box ber 1934, and of declaring Divid
Flour No. 1332 c/o "Hongkong Tolo- ends etc. graph,"
WANTED.
WANTED-To Bent from 1st
June, furnished flat or House Mid-Level preferred, reply to Box No. 1337 cjo "Hongkong Telegraph.
"
ADVERT SPR
recommends
"good European nurse maid for children. Available at once, No objection to outparts apply Box No. 1338 c/o Hongkong Tolograph
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from May 16th to May 29th, both days inclusiva
By Order of the Board,.
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hongkong, May 8th 1925.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD.
NOTICE TO SHARHOLDERS.
Consignees are requested to sond in their Bills of Lading for countersignature immediately. AMERICAN ORIENTAL MAIL LINE.
operated for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Float Corporation
by
ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINB 4, Des Vostix Road
"PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
THE
LYX
XPUB LONDON DIRECTORY
with Provincial & Foreign Section and Trade Handlage la Five Languages anables traders to communicate direct, with GIVEN MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS
the
at 10.30 a..
4
32 Sacks Five Swe lows Brand Flour
90 Sacks Mollusc Fairy Brand Flour
Terms Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
'Auctioneers.
THE Undersigned have re-
ceived instructions to sel by Public Auction on :
Saturday, the 23rd. May, 1925.
commencing at 11 am. at their Sales Room, Duddel} Street,
16 Cases Printing Ink, ". 50 Drams do
1 Case Ink and Gur,
do
8 Caske Terms: Cash on Delivery, LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioncorn.
NOTICE IS HEREBY SIXTH in London and in the Provincial MISCELLANEOUS.
ORDINAY YEARLY MEET- Towns and Industrial Centros of UROPEAN Motor Fxpert will ING of the Company will be hold the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, Continent of undertake the repairs of all at its Head Office, Union Build-
Tha book etc. kinds of motore. Broken and ing, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 29th America, missing parts may be replaced. May 1935, 12 20, p.m. for the aontains over 250,000 names and with other details Charges very moderate and work purpose a of receiving the Report eddresses
under
then! fully guaranteed. Apply Box of the Directors and the State-olassified No. 1335 Clo Hongkong ments of Account to 31th Decom 3,000 trade headings, including THE Undersigned havo just
Tolegraph."
PREMISES TO LET.
SPACIOUS OFFICES. Second
floor, China Building. Pre- miSOB now available Inspec tion any time during business!
bor, 1924, and of declaring Dividonde etc."
EXPORT
more
MILNERS' SAFES.
received a shipment of safes with detailed particulars of the of various Sizes. These may be THE TRANSFER BOOKS of Goods shipped and the Colonial' the Company will be CLOSED and Foreign Markets supplied. soen at No. 5 Duddell Street."
from May 16th to May 29th, both days inclusive.
.!
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager,
hours. Apply The Hongkong Hongkong, May 8th 1925.
Excavation, File Driving & Con-i struction Co., Ltd. 2nd Floor,! Powell's Building.
то
O LET-Ground floor, 8, Ashley Road, Kewison, ROOMS With kitchen, bathroom, verandah and servants' quarters. Apply Miss A ; Chan:'1; Lower Mosque Terrace, Hongkong.
THEATRE
ROVAL
JUNE 4th and 5th
at 9.15 p.m.
A. STROK
presents
MABEL GARRISON
(Coloratura Soprano) FROM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE; NEW YORK. AT THE PIANO MR. GEORGE SIEMONN. Booking at Moutrie's. 54, S2 & $1.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED,
THE Forty-Fourth Ordinary
Gonera Mooting of the Company will bo hold at the Off es of the General Managers, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., Pedder Street, Hongkong. on Wednesday, the 10th June. 1925, at 11 o'clock in the morning for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Arcounts, aad. electing Directors and Auditors.
The Transfor Books of the Company will be, closed from the 3ri to 24th June, 1925, both days: inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON.
& CO., LTD. General Managers.
Hongkong, 19th May, 1925.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD,
STEAMSHIP LINES
arranged under the Ports to
which they sail, and indicating. the approximate Sailings.
One-inch BUSINESS CARDS of Firms desiring to extend their connections, or Trade Cards of
DEALERS SEEKING AGENCIES can be printed at cost of 21. 10s. Od. for each trade beading under which they are inserted. Larger advertisements at £26 por page..
NOTICE TOSHAREHOLDERS. The directory is invaluable to every one interested in overseas NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN commerce, and a copy will be that the FIFTY-SECOND sent by parcel post for £Z, nett ORDINARY YEARLY MEET-cash with order. ING of the Society will be holdi
at the Head office, Union Build- THE LONDON DIRECTORY CO., LTD., ing, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 29th
for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the State- ments of Account to 31st Decem-
of ber 1924, and declaring Dividends, etc.
MAY, 1925, at Noon
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from May 16th to May 19th both days iuclusivo.
By. Order of the Board.
PAUL LAUDER,
Gonoral Manager.
Hongkong. May 8th 1925.
25, Abchurch Lane, London,
E. C. 4. England.
BUSINESS ESTABLISHED IN 1941.
X
OFFICAL NOTICE,
Proposal to Change a Ship's
Name,
I, Lau Tak Po, of
LAMMERT BROS.,
Agents.
THE AUCTIONEERING & BROKERING Co., Ltd."
88, DUDDELL STREET
Furniture Auctions
EVERY Tuesday and Friday. at 2.30 p.m..
"L. E. S. HODGE,
Auctioneer.
Hughes & Hough
LIMITED
IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
as the Remaining Portion of
together with the five mossuages orections and buildings thereon in course of construction.
Areo 7175 square feet. Annual Crown Rent $34.25. Term of Crown Lease 15 years "from the 25th day of December 1894.
IN ONE LOT by Mr. E.V.M.R. de SOUSA,.
Auctioneer at
THE CHINA AUCTION.
ROOMS China Building
од
TUESDAY,
the 26th day of May 1925
at 3 o'clock p.m. For further particulars
conditions of sale
Apply to;- Mesars. JOHNSON STOKES
MASTER,
MR. HARRY MAITLAND..
A /telegram ̈ was received, in village volunteers the police Shanghai last week by Messrs. succeeded in locating the students Maitland and Co. announcing at the Paka village near Fati the death at Oakdene, South Upon losing the police were Harrow, on May 19, of Mr. near, the kidnappors fled and Harry Maitlane..
loft the kidnapped students Mr. Maitland went to Shang- bohind. After telling the story bai in the eighties, and first of of their adventure to the police all joined the shipping office of the students were sent back té Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and their respective homes. Co., where he remained for a number of years. From there he went to Messrs. Butterfield and] Swire, but was with this firm for SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS. only a comparatively short period. Other members of the Maitland Mossra. Ellis and Co. have family had made their mark in kindly supplied as with the Shanghai, notably, Mr. J. A following cable quotations of Maitland and Mr. Frank Mait-Shanghai stocks from their land, both of whom were as- Shanghai offico'--- &sociated with Messrs. Thorne
and
Mortgages's solicitors,
Prince's Buildings
Ice House Street
Hongkong.
or to
Mr. E.V.M.R. de SOUSA,
The Auctioneer.
China Building, Queen's Road Central.
PENINSULA AUCTION ROOM.
PALACE HOTEL ANNEXE 39, Haiphong Road, Kowloon.
D. C. BAPTISTA,
Auctioneer.
ENGLISH
PIANOS
"BY
BROADWOOD
COLLARD
ALLISON
FROM A LINER TO A LIFEBOAT.
CROWLEY
59 Das Voeux Koad, lat. floor, ALL KINDS OF STEAMERS
Hongkon HEREBY GIVE NOTICE
FOR SALE.
that in consequence of the pre- Ships in good "condition only eant name being undesirable, I are handled. Terms generally least moderate. have applied to the Board a cheap, or at Trade, under Section 47 of the Diess and semi-diesel boate Merchant Sh pping Act. 1894, in built to order. Apply by letter re-pect of the chip "Nan" of to Box No. 1272 Hongkong TOM'S DIXIE KİTCHEN Hongkong official number of Telegraph or phone from 1.00
Manila's Favorite
RESTAURANT Importers of
AMERICAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
BAR IN CONNECTION, No doors WE NEVER CLOSE. 126, Plaza Goiti. Tel. 1888.
MASSAGE
Mr. N. AKAJI," - A Mrs. E. AKAJI.
Graduate of Tokyo Massage School No. 23, WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG. TEL. 4305.
gross tonnage 37.88 tons, register pr. to 2.00 p.m. or after 5 p.m. to tonnage 25 76 tons, heretofore K.550.
owned by Chon Po Sion of China Sugar Refinery, Hongkong, and
Luk Yuen of 24, Connaught Road,
3rd, floor, Hongkong, for the per-
"SELTONA"
"SELTONA"
mission to change her name to COLLODION SELF-TONING PAPER. "Chung Yuan' and to have re-
is a gistered in the now name at the
Daylight port of Hongkong, as owned by Printing Paper requiring no ton- Lau Tak P
ing. No medium is capable of Any objections to the proposed producing prints of better quality change of namo must be sont to or more artistic colour, yet it is tho Rogistrar of Shipping at the simplest possible Photographic Hongkong, within seven days Paper to work." from the appearance of this ad- vorticomont.
Dated at Hongkong, this 12th. day of May, 1925.
LAU TAK PO,
Mrs. J. CRAWFORD, Expert Massenac, No. 2, Duddell Strost," 3rd. Boor, Hongkong.
"SELTONA" needs fixing only. "SELTONA" is unsurpassed for printing during hot weather. It is unaffected by warm solutions and |may be dried safely by heat.
Made in the following grades: Glossy, Matt, Cream, Antique | White, Antique Cream.
Sole Manufacturers; es WELLINGTON & WARD LTC.
Elstree .......... England · · Sold by All Photographic Dealers,
KIRKMAN
AT
and Co., and the local branch of Thorne and O, from their time onwards wont under the name of Maitland and Co. This firm Mr. Harry Maitland joined, being henceforth associated with his
Mr.
SHARE MARKET.
Langkats (comb.)-Tis. buyora.
26
Ewoa. Tis. 114, buyers. Shanghai Docks.-Tis. 13134 buyers.
New Engineerings.-TIs. buyers.
brother, Mr. Frank Maitland, who Orientals. Tla. 3.75, buyore. was one of the best known racing
Shanghai Cotton. Tlo.57 men of any time in Shanghai.buyers. Harry Maitland waal also a very keen racing man, aud, in partnership with Mr. Fred Haskell, owned several ponies, which achieved a considerabla degres of success, among the "best kaown being Sammy and Kettle- drum. !
"
Mr. Harry Maitland succeeded his brother, Mr. Frank Maitland, as manager of Maitland & Co. in 1900, and retained this position until 1912, when he returned to England, Mr. C. M. Bain then assuming charge. It is not recorded
be whether during such time showed the same enthusiasm fori music as had been the, ense in his younger days. He played the cornet, and it is said that at times. in office hours he would indulge, in practice.
Mr. Maitland had not been in good health for many years, and latterly had been very feeble. He hand been very popular while in Shanghai, and his death is greatly! mourned by a large, anmber of fricude..
RUBBER SHARES.
Messrs. Carroll Bros have received the following quotations from Singapore:-
Jimahs...
Bassetts: Indragiris....
Jarams Kuantans Kempas Utan, Simpans
€1.65
$1.25
$6 25· ..$0.67%
$5 60
$2.60
Tapahs Y..
$14.25
THEATRE
FLAPPER FANNY says
01925 BY MEA SERVICE, SINC
Don't think a man is' par-
ticularly bright because he
keeps his cigarette lighted in the dark.
門
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.
THERAPION NO. THERAPION NĚ.2: THERAPION NO. 3
No. 1 for Hidder Calarch. No. 1.for Blobd sala Diseason. No. S for Chronio WeakLOEM
PEICK IN ENGLAND,Sİ
BAIT, GOVT.STANT APUIZED TO DERUINE PAGUES
SEE TRADE
ROYAL
SATURDAY, 23rd. instant commencing at 9.30 p.m. GRAND GALA NIGHT
GIVEN BY
ANDERSON'S LOULOU DAILLY
DRIVER FINED FOR CUDDLING.
For on offence legally termed not having control of his, car," but which was more idiomatically described by a police witness as 'simply cuddling as he drove," a motorist was fined 10s. and costs at Northenden (Cheshire). The police stopped him because he had only one hand on the wheel, the other arm being around a It was stated woman's waist.
that he turned a corner at a high spood. "A vory dangerous practice," was the magistrato's comment."
The well known Dancer in England and U. B. A. and other attractions in tho
:
REVUE OF THE DANCES Gorgeous Custumes and Charming Settings. DANCE OF THE BALLOONS (Braky) Incomparably Original RENDEZ VOUS in 1800 Costumes, oxocutod in Paris.
THE MOTH AND THE LAMP (Dailly) THE PEACOCK DANCE
One of the most beautiful of Mille. Doilly's creations with custume entirely in feathers,
M. ILJNSKY
Colebrated Violinist will give recitala, Booking at Moutrios, Prious $3.00, $2,09 & $1,00.