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VICTORIA PRIVATE HOTEL, HANKOW ROAD, KOWLOON, rooms with full board from $95, to $130 per month, double rooms for 2 persons with full board frors $180 per month, daily rates from
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HONGKONG TELEPHONE
¿COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1929.
PENINSULA HOTEL Lammert's Auctions
GRILL ROOM
AND
ROOF GARDEN
Friday, 8th February, 1929.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Hongkong Telephone Company, Limited, will be held on Friday, the 22nd day of February, 1929, at the Board Room of the Bookings for the above evening Company, Second Floor, Exchange have boon re-opened, and table Building, Hongkong, at 12 o'clock | reservations can now bo mado. noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, Lid. Report of the Board of Directors, for the financial year ended 31st December, 1928, and re-clocting two Directors and the Auditors,
The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 16th February to the 22nd February, 1929, both days inclusive,
Dated this 30th day of Jandery, 1929.
By Order of the Board,
T, A. BARRY,
Acting Secretary,
14, Des Voeux Road Central,
ہو
Hongkong,
NOTICE.
LIZZIE'S BEAUTY PARLOUR. is now
open at 23, Ice House 'Street, 1st floor, (below Mee Cheung's), 12 years experience in Ladies high-class thirdressing.
Hours 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Appointments Phone Cen- tral 236 or C.4902,
NOTICE.
This Company will close busi- ness from Saturday, the 9th February to Wednesday, the 13th February, for Chinese New Year Holidays, and will resume business on Thursday, the 14th February 1920.
THE INTERNATIONAL DRY
CLEANING & DYING CO. Hongkong, lat February, 1929. BEST COAL & CHEAPEST PRICE,
KWONG HANG & CO. TEL. 0.2730.
43, Des Voeux Road Central. Government and. Admiralty Coul Contractors. HOUSE COAL.
Peak ... at $23.00 per ton. Upper Level ..... $22.00 Middle Level
$21.00 Central Office.... $20.00 Kowloon
... $17.00 #
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HONGKONG FOOTBALL
ASSOCIATION.
INTERPORT GAME.
Hongkong v. Shanghai,
MONDAY, February 11th, 3.30 p.m.
Booking for Clubs will definato, ly close on the 4th February.
Booking for Public will open on the 5th at the II.K.F. Club House, Happy Valley every evening, from 5.30 to 7 p.m.
THE INTERNATIONAL RACE AND RECREATION CLUB
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public. Auction-
TO-DAY,
the 6th February, 1929, commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.
A Quantity of Silver and E, P. Ware and
A Few Code Books.
(Bentley, and A. B. Oh, etc.) On View from Tuesday, the 5th February, 1929.
Tarms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
Tho Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auc- tion,
TO-DAY,
the 6th February, 1929, commencing at 2.30 p.m.. at their Sales Room, Duddell Street
A Large Quantity of Valuable
Household Furniture..
comprising:
OF MACAO, LTD.
NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinary General Annual Meeting of Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Company's office at Macao on Thursday, 28th February, 1929, at 3.00 p.m., for Teak Hatstand, Tapestry Cover- the purpose of receiving and ifed Couch and Armchairs, Glass thought it passing the accounts cabinets, Deaks, Grand Piano, Cat- for the period ending 31st Decem- taze Piano, Gramophones, Sewing ber, 1928, and of electing the new Machines, Bookcases, Pictures, Board of Directors for the years Oil Paintings, Carpets, Rugs, Por- 1929 and 1980, in view of the fact celain Vases, Ornaments, Steel that the present Board of Directors Cabin Trunks, Perambulators, etc., is not prepared, to continue. in etc. office unless re-elected,
Teak Dining Tables, Dining NOTICE is given that should Chairs, Sideboards, Dinner Wag- there not be present at the Meeting gone, Ice Chests, Aluminium Ware, convened for the 28th February, a Crockery, Glass Ware, Cutlery, suficient number to form aetc., etc. quorum then the meeting will be Brass and Tenk Bedstends, War- adjourned for March '16th at the|drobes, Dressing Tables, Chests of same time and place.
Drawers, Washstands, Commodes, Crockery, Linen, etc., etc.
and A Quantity of Blackwood Furniture. Catalogues will be issued.
Carlos de Mello Tellao,
Chairman. Macao, 26th January, 1929.
THE INTERNATIONAL RACE AND RECREATION CLUB OF MACAO, LTD.
AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.
On View Tuesday, the 5th February, 1929.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
Auction
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The above prices Include delivery charges to destination.
NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
Shareholders of this Company will BANKING CORPORATION.
be held at the Company's office at Macao on Thursday, 28th Febru NOTICE is hereby given that ary, 1929, at 3.30 p.m. for the pur-instructions, to sell by Public the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of
The Undersigned have received the Shareholders in. this Corpora dum and Articles of Association pose of discussing the Memoran- tion will be held at City Hall, of the Company with the object of Hong Kong, on Saturday, the 23rd. $4 per day, European management, February, 1929, at noon, for the altering same in such manner 48 purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1928.
Tel. K.357..
TO BE LET.
From 1st April, Fur- nished FLAT, No. 1, Algburth Hall, May Road, recently built, right up-to-date, four large rooms, three
of which face the harbour, glorious un- interrupted outlook.. D. M. Goodall
may be decided upon, and of re- ceiving and discussing the special report of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Shareholders are requested to be The Revister of Shares of the present in person or by proxy us Corporation will be closed from important bearing on the future of the deliberations will have 1181 Monday, the 11th February, the Company. Proxies should Saturday, the 23rd February, 1929, (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered,
By Order of the Court of Directors,
A. C. HYNES,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 4th Feb., 1929.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
of
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Ordinary General Meet- ing of Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Hongkong Hotel, Hongkong, on ARE YOU SICK? Why Continue Friday, the 8th February, 1929, To Suffer. Get The Poo On Chin- at 11 am. for the purpose eac Herbs and Get Well. Conti- receiving the Report of the pation; Rheumatism; Dropsy: Directors together with a Typhoid Fever; Nervousness; and Diabetes. Yes Foo Lun, Chinese Herbalist, Managing Director. Entrance 66, Queen's Road Cen- tral, Tel. C. 8009.
"PEAK MANSIONS."
especially grant full powers to make alterations In the Memoran- dum of Association if such should be found necessary.
Carlos de Mello Teitao,
Chairman. Macao, 26th January, 1920.
on THURSDAY,
the 7th February, 1929, commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street,
A Valunble Collection of Postage Stamps,
Particulars from Catalogue. On View from Wednesday, the Gth February,` 1920,
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
LETTER GOLF.
Ha! Here comes the villain on CONSIGNEES NOTICE. the scene in to-day's letter golf and he's quite naturally a CRUEL CHEAT. Par la five.
OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Consignees per Company's Vessel,
"IXION"
CRUEL
CHEAT
From VICTORIA, SEATTLE and State- VANCOUVER via JAPAN, ment of Accounts for the year be discharged Into Holt's Wharf Kow- are hereby notified that the cargo will ended 31st December, 1928.
loon, where it will lie at Conalgace'a Company will be closed
The Transfer Books of the risk and subject to terms and con from ditions of storage at Holt's Wharf. Thursday, 31st January to Friday, The Cargo will be ready for delivary 8th February, (both days in from. Godown on and after 6th 1--The idea of letter golf is to
February, clusive) during which period no
change one word to another and transfer of shares can be register-here, unless notice has been given strokes. Thus to change COW to Optional cargo will not be landed do it in par, a given number of ફર્યાં.
Prior to steamer's arrival, but carried HEN, in three strokes, COW, on from port to port to the final port HOW HEW HEN. of call to which the option extends.
All broken, chafed, and damaged letter at a time.
2-You can change only one goods are to be left in the Godowne,
3-You must have a complete where they will be examined on any word, of common usage, for each hours of 10.46 am. and noon within tions don't count. Tuesday and Fridays between the jump. Slang words and abbrevia the free storage period.
4-The order of letters cannot be changed.
One solution la printed on an oiber page.
CITUATED within Two Minutos JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hongkong, 24th January, 1929,
Walk from the Tram Station' and overlooking the Southern Side of the Ieland. Ready for Occupation,
Fire-Roomed and Six-Roomed APARTMENTS,
with all Modern Conveniences, Drying Rooms and Out-housos, Two lif'
Apply to
CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME-ORIENT,
EXPERT MASSEUR, and all kinds of chronic ailments.
Madame H. MORITA. Madame E. AKAJL
4. On Lan Street; Tel. No. C.4898 Cures Eheumatism, Nervousness
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED,
8.8. "BENGLOE."
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamor's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered Consignees are hereby inform-after the 18th February, will bo ed that owing to domage sustain-subject to rent. ed by accident in the Suez Canal this vespel's arrival will probably
bo delayed one month,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agenta, Hongkong, ist February, 1929.
All Claims against the Steamer on or before, the 27th February or must be presented to the undersigned
they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected,
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,.
Agenta. Hongkong, 6th February, 1920.
SHARE PRICES.
TO-DAY'S: QUOTATION". The following is the list of looul share quotations issued to-day:
Banka.
Hongkong Bank, $1350 Chartered Bank, £223 b. Mercantile A. & B., 854 P. and 0.69) ».
· East Asia · §96' b.
Insurances.
A.
Canton Ins., $585 m. Union Ins., $371) b. North China, Jos, Tis. 160. b. Yangtze Ins., $50 n... China Underwriters, $2.40 8. China Firas, $285 - b.
H. K. Fire Ins., $785 n.
Shipping.
Douglasos, $36 b.
"H. K. Steamboats, $273 b
H. K. Tugs, $1.40 b. Indo-Chinas, (Dof.) $90 Shell Trans., 113/- Union Waterboats, #221 b.
Mining,
Benguets, $2.40 b Kailans, 69/- b. Langkats, Tis, 11.60 b.
POST OFFICE 1 TICE
RADIO NOTICES.
The Radio Office is now altuated on the ground floor of the P. & 0. Building on Dos. Vaux Road, next to the General Port Office. This office is open day. and night..
All particulars as to ships, in communication, rates, etc., may be obtained at the Radio Ofèe as above, **
Padio Telegrams may be sent to Europe, America, Philippine Islands, Dutch East Indies and many other destinations; also to Canton and many places in South China. Full particulars at the Radio Ofice,
Individuals and firms are recommended to register their telegraphle addresses at
at the Radio Ofice. No charge is made for this.. Letters and postcards for Europe and the British Isles are forwarded vla Siberia if so superscribed.
REGISTERED and PARCELS MAILS are closed 15 minutes cariles than time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 a.m. registered and parcel zaails are closed at 6 p.m. on the previous day.
It is hereby notified that on and after 1st January, 1929:- (a) the radio rate on messages to Macao will be 10 conta por word,
and (b) the charges on
on messages to all Ship Stations, Irrespective of Nationality, will be on the basis of a word rate, pure and simple, with no minimum charge.
It is horoby notified that on and after 30th January radio ·tolograms will be accepted for transmission to Swabue at $0.90 per word. The re- colving station will collect the chargo due to its Service,
INWARD MAILS,
n.
Per Australia and Manila,
................ Changte Japan, Shanghai and Europe vlá
S'hai Exploration, Tla, 2.00 6 Raubs, $5.80 b. Tronohe, 17/6 n.
Docks, etc.
8.
Kowloon Wharvos, $131 "b Whampoa Douke, $40) n China Providonta $5.15 8. Hongkawu, Tle. 164 New Engineeringa, Tls. 5 n. Shanghai Docks, Tls., 106 b.
Cottons.
Ewo Cottons, Tla. 12.90 Orientals, Tis. 2.20 s. S'hai Cottons, Tls. 65 (old)
Landa, Hotels, etc.
H. and S. Hotels, $9.30 sa H. K. Lands, 683 X. Div. S'hai, Iands Tla, 165 b Humphreys, $15 b Roaltios, $8.60 b.
al
Public Utilities.
Tramways, $20.00 sa. Peak Trams, (old) $13 8. Star Forrios, $71 s. China Lights, (Old.) $12.75 b H. K. Electrics, $537 b Macao Electrics, $269. n. Tolephones $6.90 s. Old China Buses, Tls. 10 b. Singaporo Tractions. 11/6 n. Industrials.
China Sugats, $1.10 - b. Malabons, $27 5. Canton Icon, $3,50 11. Comanta (Comb.) $9.90 b. Ropos (Old) $7,20 b. United Asbonlos 85 n.
Stores &
Dairy Farms, $212 B. Watsons, $13.25 b. Dor A. Wing,.80 b. Lane Crawforde, $3.05 n. Mackintosh, $20 n.
b. Bincoron, $101 Wm. Powells, $3.65 n.
13.
b
Miscellaneota, Amusements, $26) Constructions, $1.50 b. B'quo Ind. Q. Bonds, $661% H.K.G.Loan5s. Prom. Intorost
Europe via Negapatam, letters only
4
Dea „Fóbruary 8.
.February 8.
.February 9.
.February 9.
February 10.
.February 11.
February 12..
Emp. of Australis Sado Maru
February 13.
.February 14.
Blberis, Loudon 16th January.... Hakono Maru U.S.A., Honolulu, Japen and Shang- 12191b feje
hal
, Pres. Polk
London 10th January and parcel könnyen malis, London ärd January
Patroclus Europe via Negapatam (papers
only) London, 10th January U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
bni Saigon Manlia
Straits
| Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shang-
bal
For
Sam Shu and Wuchow Manila
Amoy, and Formoss via Swatow Straite and Bombay
Fort Bayard
Fort Bayard
Swalow
Saigon
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Bandakan
Wei Bai Woj
Telamba
Pres Madison Compiegno
Emp. of Russin ....... February 21. OUTWAND MAILA.
Per
Date and Time. Kong Ning... Wed., Feb. 6, 4.80 p.m. Ceylon Wed., Feb. 6, 4.30 p.m. Deli Maru Wed., Feb. 6, 6 pm. Kidderpore Wed., Feb. 6, p.m. Wing Wo.....Thurs., Feb. 7, 10 a.m. Tai Po Shek Thurs., Feb. 7, 12.30 p.m. Hydrangea Thurs., Feb. 7, 2.30 p.m. Prominent..Thurs., Feb. 7, 4.30 p.m. Hai Ning
.Fri., Feb. 8, noon. Mausang ...... Fri., Feb. 8, 1:00 p.m. Hutchow ..Fri., Feb. 8, 2.80 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E.
and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and. Europe vin Marseilles
*Straits and Calcutta
Java via Batavia Manlia
| Swatow, Amoy and Formosa
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, ÚS.A., *Canada, Central and *South America, and Europò via San Francisco and Europe via Siberia
Manila
Swatow
Shanghai
Salgon, Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
Manila
Shanghai, Japan, Canada, 1*.§.A. Central and South America and *Europe via Vancouver B.C., and
Europe via Siberia
ATTACKING SOCIALISM.Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
CONSERVATIVE WORKING MAN CANDIDATE.
Japan
Hakone Maru......Sat, Feb. 0.
K.P.O, Registration ..Feb. 8, 4.30 p.m. Lettors
.Fob. 9, 8: a.. G.P.O.. Registration Feb. 0, 8.45 a.m. Letters ..... Feb. 9, 0.30 am. (Dye Marseilles, 10th March). Yucnsang
....Sat., Fob, 9, Parcels......., Feb. 8; 5 p.m. Lottoza.......Fob. 9, 8.30 a.m. Tisaroen ....Sat, Feb. 9, 2.30 p.m. Pros. Polk ....Sat, Feb. 9, 5 p.m. Hozan Maru..Sun., Feb. 10, 9 a.m.
President Cleveland., Mon., Feb. 11.
Parcels Registration Lettera
....11 a.m. ..11.15 m.
....... noon.
(Dus Son Francisco, 6th Marth,) Pres. Madison..Tues., Feb. 12, noon. Chaksang ....Tues, Feb. 12, noon, Compiegne ...Tues., Feb. 12, noon.
Tues., Feb, 12. K.P.O.
Sphinx
Registration ... Letters
G.P.O.
.10 ani.
10 a.m.
Registration Letters
.11.16 a.nl. Noon
(Due Murscilles, 15th March), Autolycus ..Wed., Feb. 13, 10.30 a.m.
Empress of France.... Wed., Feb. 13,
Parcels ....Feb., 12, noon.
Ilegistration Fob. 13, 9,15 a.m. Letters ....Feb. 13, 10 a.m. (Duo Vancouver B.0, 2nd March). Injyang ....Thurs., Feb. 14, noon. Sado Mart...Fri., Feb. 15, 0.30 a.ni.
Straits, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, East and South Afrien, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles Kashgar
The view is expressed in politi- cal circles in the Pontypool Divi- sien, that the adoption of Mr. Gwilym Rowlands, of the Rhondda Valley, as prospective Unionist candidate, will make a marked difference in favour of that Party Swatow, Amoy and Foochow at the next election.
Manila
It is the first time that the the Dixielon have
or from the ranks of working men Con- servatives. Mr. Rowlands, though new to the constituency as yet, has favourably impressed various
sections of the community by his viowa, and the straight-forward
Parcels
Letters
Registration
Parcels
Sat, Feb, 10. K.P.O.
..15th, 4.30 p.m.
G.P.O.
16th, 9 a.m.
...10.00 am.
..15th, 5 p.m.
Registration..16th, 9.45 a.m.
Letters
10.30 am.
(Duo Marseilles, 16th March.)
Hai Ching.....Tues., Feb. 19, 1 p.m. Emp, of Russia Fri, Feb. 22, 8.30 p.ra. *Correspondence bearing rossal's name only..
ANOTHER FORGERY. 1colouring. The forged noto ap- peared to have passed through a number of hands and examination with a microscope revealed that the scroll work is not as cloar aé on the genuine note.
HUNDRED DOLLAR NOTES NOW COPIED.
That forged $100. notes of the
The panels on the face of the way in which he has expressed Hongkong and Shanghai Banking note are slightly shorter while the
them.
As chairman for three years of Corporation are in circulation was engravinge on either side of the the National Council of Labour
revealed yesterday when a spuri-note are further away from the Unionists, Mr. Rowlands has been oun note of this denomination was surrounding panels than on the notes. On the roversG side the old hundred dollar note in touch with Labour conditions received at the Bank in Hong-genuine throughout the country.
kong.
Within the last your or so forged issued by the Bank has a amall During the past 18 months Sir Thomas G. Jones, who was recent notes of all values from one dollar figure of a man at either side of ly forced by business calls to re- to ten dollars have been discover one of the palm trees in front of linquish the candidature, has done ed and more recently it was found the Bank premises. On the forg a great deal to point the way from that the fifty dollar note had sise od note only one figure can be seen. The forged note purports to be the folly of extremism among received the attention of forgers. working people, and there has These discoveries, together with the series Issued on January 1, been an undoubted secenalon of a other considerations, prompted the 1921, bearing the signature of considerable army of voters from Bank to revise the entire note is-A. G. Stephen, Chief Manager. If sue and this has now been done. the note passed in yesterday is one the Socialist Party:
What Mr. Rowlands needs in the The forged hundred dollar note re- of a number detection of the spurt- next, few months is an intensive colved yesterday, is the first of us notes on the part of the gen- campaign conducted on the best this value and is, of course, a re-cral public le not too easy. lince. There is, in the Division, a production of the old type which As the old notes are being called is now being withdrawn from 'cirin, however, the Bank is prepared organisation of young people in a great wave of anti-Socialism,
Pontypool has an aggressivo culation.
to exchange them for notes of the.. A Morning Post reporter whenew issue and the process of with- branch of the Junior Imperial Les- guo. These are active throughout the forged note alongside a drawing the entire issue, will be furnaces are now in operation, on the Division, and doing effective genuine one yesterday found only speeded up if notes are exchanged
some Iron Works, Middlesbrough, Two blast furnaces at the Ayre- were relighted on Jan. 3, after nine. months' Idleneas. Thirty-three,
the North-East Const.
work.
a slight difference in the general fat the Bank.