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graph."
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MOTOR CARS ETC.
FOR SALE-14/28 H.P. Morris Oxford. Coach built coupe, 1924 Model Perfect condition, Owner driven. Any trail. Box No. 93, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."
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PREMISES TO LET. TO LET One European FLAT Wanchal Gap Road, Hongkong. Apply to 32, Kennedy Road.
TO LET-Office Rooms, 2nd Floor, New Hongkong Bank Building. Apply Sang Kee, same bullding...
TO LET A three roomed Euro-.
pean FLAT on top floor of No. 14,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHINESE CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION,
SURTAX FOR FAMINE RELIEF: LEVY OF.
With referance to Notifications of 18th and 20th September, the Inspector General of Customs now directs that Famine Relief Surtax is not on this occasion to be levied on the local 50% Surtax already charged on the Likin and Chingfel
W. O. LAW, Deputy Commissioner in
charge ad interim, For
proper.
Kowloon & District York Buildings, Hongkong, 15th October, 1926.
CHURCH SERVICES.
A CHANOS DE ONE DULLAN 18 MADE Fost NOTICE: UNDE), THIS HEADING
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, October 17th, 1926, 20th Sun-
· day after Trinity. Holy Com- munion (8 a.m.), Children's Ser- Vice (10 a.m.). "Matins (11 a.m.). Preacher: Rev. G. E. Hewitt; R. N. Holy Communion (12 noon). Evensong: (6 p.m.). Preacher: Rev. E. A. Rigden, R.N.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Macdonnell Road, below Bowen Road Tram Station. Sunday Service, at 11.15 a.m., Subject: "Are Sin, Diseuse, and Death Real? Wednesday Evening Moeting at 5.30 p.m. Read- "ing Room at above address open": Tuesday and Friday 10 a.m. to 12 noon; Monday and Thursday 5 to 7 p.m. The Publle is cordi- ally invited to attend the Ser- vices and visit the "Reading
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong.
THE SHIP
A Brief History
A Paper on the above subject will be read by
"J. S. GILLINGHAM, Esq.,
MI.N.A., M.B.E.,
of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, (Member) in the Rooms on FRIDAY, the 22nd October, 1926, at 6p.m
Chairman James, Ormiston, Esq.,
President.
M
The Committee trust that Mein- bers and their friends, including Ladies, will attend numbers.
in
large
A. LANDSBERT,'
Hon. Secretary.
NAVY LEAGUE
NELSON
Conduit Road. Apply to H. M. H. DAY. CELEBRATION
Nemazee,
ΤΟ LET.-GROUND FLOORA GRAND
near
Kowloon
ferry.
Offices, Apply to Box No. 47, care of
"Hongkong Telegraph."
CONCERT
will be held
on THURSDAY,
COMMODIOUS. OFFICES to let 21st. October, at 9.30 p.m.
In No. 7, Queen's Road Central, also two small offices in 1A, Chater Road. Apply E. D. Sassoon and Company, Ltd..
TO LET-European Houses Nos, 63 & 55, Kennedy Road and Nos. 1 & 2, Broadwood Road, with all conveniences. Apply X. Y, Z. cáre of "Hongkong Telegraph."
TO LET First Class European Residence 3, McDonnell Road, two storied, with gar go, phone, light, gas installed. Moderate rental, Apply Box No. 86, care of "Hong kong Telegraph.".
COMMODIOUS Ground Floors of Nos. 15, 16 & 17, Connaught Road Cand First Floor of No, 16. Next P. and O. Bldg... Suitable for "shipping offices. Apply S. K. Trust
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in
Queen's Theatre
when the famous"
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тра
FILM
will be shown.
Book your Seats NOW at Queen's Theatre Price $3.00 per seat.
"CITY OF TOKIO."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
NOTICE.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926.
LAMMERT'S
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
on
that an Extraordinary "Gonerai Į The Undersigned, have received Meeting of THE BANK OFnstractions to sell by Public Auc
tion, CANTON, LIMITED, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 6, Des Voeux Road, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
the 19th, 20th and 21st, Central, Victoria, in the Colony
October, 1928, of Hongkong, on the 23rd day of October, 1926, at 2 o'clock in commencing each day at 9.30 a.m. the afternoon for the purpose of
with an interval from 12 Noon to 1.30 p.m. considering, and if thought ́ft, passing
at
as Extraordinary » Re- solutions, the subjoined Resolu- Gions:-
shares of $40 each.”
of
4.
12
H. M. NAVAL YARD, Hongkong and at KOWLOON NAVAL DEPOT.
OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL
STORES, Etc.,
Water
·PUBLIC AUCTION.
BY ORDER OF THE
MORTGAGEE.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
of
THOUGHTS OF A DEAN. THE LATE MR. HO FOOK.
SERMONS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
Dean Inge says that Bormons and newspaper articles are not litera- the Valuable Leasehold Property ture. The former are meant to be
situate
and being
Nos. 12 and 124, Pedder Street,
and known da'
PEDDER BUILDING, HONGKONG.
to be sold by
PUBLIC AUCTION
on TUESDAY,
the 19th day of October, 1926, at 3 p.m.
By
Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA, Auctioneer,
at the China Auction Roomă, 4, Duddell Street, Hongkong.
heard once, and not read at all; the latter are adopted to a may fly's oxistence of a few hours.
REFERENCES IN COUNCIL
YESTERDAY.
At yesterdays' Council meeting. His Excellency the Governor, be- fore proceeding with his Budget speech, made reference to the death of the late Mr. Ho Fook.
His Excellency" anid Fortunately, he is prepared with. Before the Council takes up the an excuse where his own journal-order of the day it is fitting that istic. writings are concerned. we should commemorate the ser- It matters not whether he is vices to Hongkong of our lato dealing with the legacy of Greace colleague, Mr. Ho Fook, through and Rome, with schoolboy "how-whose recent death the Colony has lera," or with paychology and the loat one of its most prominent mystics, he is well worth reading (citizens, more than once and dwelling upon when not being rend.
Mr. Ho Fook was a member of this Counell from 1917 to 1921; Wherefore, no apology is needed but his services to Hongkong dato for his newest volume of collected from long before that. He bo- papera, "Lay Thoughts of a Dean," came a Justice of the Peace at the which Putnama havo just publish- early age of 26, and a year later ed at 78. 6d. Its contents
are he was one of the founders of the classified under four main head-District Watch Committee, on ings namely, literary, political, which he served for more than 20 social and roligious; and there is years. He was an original mem- not one of the varied articles ber of the Advisory Committee of which does not creato thought, the Tung Wa Hospital, a member while most arouse delight.
of the permanent Committee of the
For a
. 1. “That the nominal · sterling capital of the Company as existing at the date when this Resolution is confirmed sa a special Resolution be con- verted into Hongkong cùr- || comprising:-m rency at such rate of Ex-
Money Chests, Binoculars, Metal change as may be determined by the Board, and that such Branch Pipes, Life Boat, Whaler eapital as converted be in- Gigs, Old Lead Battery Plates, creased beyond the Hongkong Boats Salls, Electrical and Wire- equivalent of auch sterling less Telography Fittings, Glycerine, capital when such conversion Electric Cable, Cooking Stoves. Ships Fittings and Firehearth takes place to the sum
His selection of aphorisms is Po Leung Kuk, an original mem $11,000,000, Hongkong cur Gear, Iron Mattresses,
wide and varied, for instance, and ber of the Permanent Committee rency, divided into 275,000 Closets and Pano, Life Belta, Car- The Property consists of
he has strung his examples to- for Chinese Cemeteries and a le pots, Rugs, Mats, Table Covers, Old Steal Files, Blankets, Fold-up The piece or parcel of ground gether on a thread of witty insight. member of the Court of the Hong- 2. "That each of the issued eter Lavatories. Guztains, Overcases, and promises known as PEDDER The golden age of the aphorism, kong University, to which he made
Jing shares of the Company of the nominal value of £5 Glazed and Unglazed Tilee, Lea BUILDING situate on Inland Lot. he tells us, was the time of wigs, generous benefactions. cach, upon each of which the ther and Metalic Hoses, Canvas No. 2310, held for the residue of a lace ruffles, and embroidered coats.quarter of a century he was com
Messra. Jardine, Old Cordage, Canvas term of 75 years from the 11th Yet he believes that if one of the pradore sum of £5 has been paid, be Tubing, converted into one share of Rags, Old India Rubber, Old Len-October, 1921, with an option for Apostles had had the gifts of Bos- Matheson and Company and he in well we should probably have a connextion with the late Mr. Lau the nominal value of $40 ther, Oid Woollen and Liner one further term of 75 years.
For Particulars and Conditions rich collection of pregnant saying? Chu-pak, also a member of this Hongkong currency, at such Rags, Metal Propellers, Old Paint
by our Lord, exhibiting wit and Council, founded the Chinese Gen- rutes of Exchange as may be Drums, Old Cork, New Canvas of Sale.
humour, as well as gracious wis-eral Chamber of Commerce and the resolved upon and deter
Apply to
dom.
Confucian Society. mined by the Board, and ac- cordingly that 216,605 shares out of the 275,000 shares of the nominal value of $40 each, constituting the capital of the Company so converted and in- creased may be distributed by the Board to the persons who are registered as shareholders of the Company at the date when this Resolution is con- firmed as a Special Resolution in exchange for the sterling shares then held by them."
Cuttings, Old Iron and Steel, Ola Brass, Copper, Lead and Zinc, Copper and Brass Tubes, Coal Sacks, Brown Jean, Wood and from Blocks, Lamps, Lanterns and Gear, Gauges, Old Steel Tubes, Old Steel Wire Rope, Dirty Mineral Oil, Olive Oil and Oil Fuel, Chain Cable and Gear Drilling, Screwing and Grinding Machines, Lathes, Steam Engines, Chairs, Compasses, Binnacles, Logs, Clocks, Drums and Tanks, Old Bunting, Fire Engine, Boats' Engines and Boilers, Rigging. Chain, Wire and
Iron
3. That the Articles of Associa-Fibre Brushes, Glass Tubes, Table
tion be altered by deleting
Article 184 and substituting therefor the following arti- cle:
184. "A dividend, instal-
"ment
or
of dividend, "interest payable in cash by "the Company to A "shareholder in respect of "a"share, may be paid by "posting a cheque, order of "warrant for the amount in "a cover directed to the bis st "shareholder
registered address, or, by, "payment of a cheque or "granting of an order Or "warrant on production of "the dividend book issued "by the Company in rés- "pect of such share. Every "such warrant shall be "made payable at the Com-
Office "pany's Head
or "other appointed place of "payment. The Company "shall be discharged from liability for the sum ex "pressed in any warrant by "payment according to any "order for payment or e- "dorsement, thereon, pur- "porting to be made by the "payee therein. named, or "by any other person on his "behalf, and no person "shall be entitled to pay- ment of any dividend, in- "stalment, or dividend "bonus, or interest for "which a warrant shall "have been ao posted, or "for which payment shall "have been made by a "cheque or the granting of "an order or warrant," on "production of the dividend "book as aforesaid, except, "apon presentment of the "warrant."
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY given. that should the above Resolutions be passed by the requisite majority, they will be submitted tlons at an Extraordinary Generai for confirmation as Special Resolu- Meeting of the Company to be held on the 10th day of November,
ELLERMAN LINE.
From NEW YORK. The Steamship,
by her are informed that all Goods having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are being landed at their risk into the bazardous and/or extra-hazardous FOR QUICK disposal one No. 77 Delivery may be obtained.
of Holt's Wharf, whence 1926, at the same time and place. Mimeograph cost $826.00 also one No Claims will be admitted, after By order of the Board,! Carona Typewriter for cash imme-the Goods have left the Godowns, and
LOOK POONG SHAN, d'ately $195 and $55 respectively. all Goods remaining undelivered after
Chief Manager. Mimeograph will be kept in good 20th October, 1920, will be subject to order and cleaned free of charge
Hongkong, "October 14, 1926. All Claims against the Steamer for 12 months from date of pur-must be presented to the Undersigned case.
Present, owner getting on or before 27th October 1920, or larger machines.is reason for dis- they will not be recognized. posal. Address Post Once Box Goods are to be left in the Godowns, All brokon, chafud and damaged 484 or Tel. C.4630.
MRS. SEKAI MASSAGE
Tol No. C. 4438, 2nd Floor 2, Duddoll Strook Hongkong
rent.
where they will be examined on any Tuesday or Fridays, between the hours of 10,45 am. and noon, within the Free Storage period of one week."
FANLING HUNT RACES.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 80TH 1926.
Entrica for the Steeplechase
No Fire Insurance has been offccted. Meeting at Kwant! Race Course
Bils of Lading will be counter-Fanling, close on Saturday, Octo- signed by,
THE BANK LINE LIMITED General Agents. Hongkong October 14, 1926.
ber 16th, to Mr. A. H. Potts care of Benjamin & Potts, from, whom entry forms may be obtained.
Miscellaneous Tools, Ironmongery, Fans, Baths, Anvils, Forges, Vices,
Protective Mattresses, Filters, Mast, Seine Nets, Capatan Engines and Gear, Charging Pipes, Hull, Engine and Boilers of Steam Cutter, Asbestos Packing ABBO- ciated Engine, Engine Room Tele- graphs, Circular and Band Sawe, Gymnastic Gear, Etc., Etc.,
Lots may be inspected on Monday, the 18th October, 1926.
Term of Sale: As detailed in" Catalogue.
LAMMERT BROS., By Appointment, Auctioneers
to the Admiralty. Hongkong, Oct. 4, 1926,
RUGHES & HOUGH
LIMITED..
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS. IMPORTEERS, EXPORTERS. & GENERAL BROKERS,
MESSRS. DEACONS, 1, Des Voeux Road Central,
Vendors Solicitors,
or to
Mr. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA, The Auctioneers.
THE
PIRATES
OF
PENZANCE
RECORDS,
VOCAL SCORE,
LIBRETTO.
AT
..
Schoolboy.Stories.
His schoolboy stories are as de- lightful as his choice of aphorisms, and much more human. One tells of a divinity examination question as to who were the Pharisees. The answer ran
The Pharisees were
A very
mean and stingy lot. One of them brought a penny to our Lord. Who, when He had look- ed at it, said: "Whose subscrip- tion is this?"
of
We can ill afford the loss of so public-spirited, so capable and so loyal a colleague, and I move that there be entered in our mínutos a record of our high appreciation of service rendered to this Colony by the late Mr. Ho Fook, of our sense of the loss which Hongkong
has sustained by his death and of our sympathy with his family in their bereavement
Unofficial Endorsement.
The Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang said. that on behalf of the Unofficial History, as told by the school-Members of the Council he desired boy contains some surprising to associate himself with the re- facts, such as: "Luther is famous marks of His Excellency, Mr. Ho for his diet of worms. At last he Fook's services to the Colony ex- said, 'Heaven help me! I can take tended over 30 years and his re- The following cord was one it would be difficult no other courge." "
to best. The greater part of his are equally amusing—
Charon was a man who fried work lay with the Chinese in- terests of the Colony... But his -acles over the sticks,
The Duke of Marlborough was European colleagues learned to a great general. He always appreciate his sound judgment. fought with the fixed determing-and advice. They could ill afford
to lose a man of his character. tion to win or lose.
To keep milk from turning sour you should keep it in the
COW.
Further Tributes..
Sir Shau-son Chow said: It is On one side of a panny is the with deep sorrow that I endorse King's head, on the other athe remarks that have fallen from young lady. riding a bicycle: Your Excellency. My friendsai
with the late Mr. Ho Fook extends. they call her Rubby Tanyer.
Contralto is a low sort of over the period of nearly twenty music which only ladies aing. years, and I always regarded hira
Simon de Montfort formed with esteem and admiration, what was known as the Mad
Parliament. It was something the same as it is at the present
A distinguished member of a. distinguished family, he..played no small part in the social and public life of the Colony during the last two decades. At the early. age of twenty-six he was made a Not bad, coming from one who Justice of the Pence, and so high
day.
Socrates died from an over dose of wedlock.
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"Gloomy Dean." And just as his esteemed by the community that Humour is fresh and clean and full in 1917 the Government appoints i of laughter, so his more serious him to be a member of the Legis papers are full of deep thought, lative Council-the highest posi earnest conviction, scholary execution to which a Chinese could as- tion. "Lay Thoughts of a Dean" pire at that time, is a book to have ever at hand. W. R. Din the Daily Despatch.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
-SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESBAGERIES MARITIMES.
The Steamship,
"PORTHOS?
Interest Never Relaxed;"
The outstanding characterise tics of Mr. Ho Fook were simpli city of nature and ability to sea. more than one side of a question. He always brought to his official duties the same quiet energy, and the same resourcefulness which so distinguished him as a business
man.
Although he nominally retired Consigneas of Cargo from Mar from public life about four years. soilles &c, also cargo from Lago, he never relaxed his interest Fallice, Cognac &e ox as. Lleutenant Do La Tour and Cargo from in all matters concerning the wel- Bordeaux ex s.8. Longsor.
fare of the Colony. It was only
In connection with above Stearder about ten days before his death are hereby
with the thin their goods that he took an active part in a
Wharf
of Opium, Trea-
sure and Valuable are being landed matter affecting the Chinese com and stored at their risk into the munity, and contributed material- Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloony towards its satisfactory settle
and Godown Go. Kowloonment. whence delivery may be obtained im- Truly, it can be said that he mediately after landing.
Optional
will be
be forwarded served faithfully and well to the on unless intimation is received from end. On behalf of my Chinesa
tho
regignees before 8.00 am. Today Colleague the Hon. Mr. Kotewall
it to be landed here. and myself, and in the name of the Bills of
Lading
Ing will be counter Chinese community, I respectfully signed by the Undersigned, Goods
remaining
unclaimed after Thursday 0850ciate ourselves in the ex- the 21st instant at Noon will be pression of sympathy with Mra. subject to rent and landing charges.
All claims must be sent in to me ar
Ho Fook and her family. before the Monday the 26th inat or they will not be recognized.
All damaged packages will bo examined on Thursday the 21at inst. at 10.00 am, by Messrs: Goddard & Douglas.
No Fire Insurance has been effected,
J: LIMAGE Agent.:
Hongkong, October 16, 1920.
Froderick Barton, Frederick Ford and Walter Walker, dock gatemen at Folkestone, received Medaille d'Honneur de Sauvetage, for gallantry in rescuing a French nir pilot from the sea in August, 1924.