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MITSUBISH

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March 1912.

Intimations

CLEARANCE SALE

All the

MITSU BIBET CO Bandmann Opera Co. which remained mold at the BONGKONG UNIVER

Principal Artistes from the Lending London Theatres. WEDNESDAY April 1065,

COAL DEFARTHERN FRIDAY, March 29th,

SLAAN For the first time in Hongkong COLE PROPRIETORS of TAKA- |-Robert Coursaeidge's Latest London → SIMA, OCEL MUTARE, TOAS

Success THE MOUSME SHINOTANI, HOJO, KANADA NAMASUTA, SAYO, BEINNEW Now Crowding the Shaftesbury Theatre,

London and KAZOVAMATA ColoriKE SATURDAY, March 30th,

THE BALKAN PRINCESS. AGENTS for KISHIDAKE & BAKITO | The Great London and New York Success.

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Y. SHIBUYA,

Manager,

No. 2, Panos ŠZKURIĄ

Hoxaxone

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MONDAY, April St George Edwardes Great Adelphi Thotty

ganakanks! London, Success,

THE QUAKER GIRL. WEDNESDAY, April bed,

The One and Only THE MERRY WIDOW.

THURSDAY, April 4th.

$ 40" The Great Opera Bouffe

THE CHOCOLATE. SOLDIER:

- SATURDAY, April 6th;"

The New Charming Musical Comedy THE KING'S BRIDE MONDAY & TUESDAY, April 6th & 9th, For the first time in Hongkong. The present Bage of Tendon, The Great Musical Play THE COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG

From Daly's Theatre, London, J.

Book Bonta at. MOUTRIE & CO.

Doors open at 8.30 r. Hongkong, March 23, 1912.

THE” MAN” WHO MADE FIVE MILLION STERLING.

si Tha F'amour Gaiety Musical Comedy

THE RUNAWAY GIRL THURSDAY, April 11t

Mr George Edwardes" Brilliant Musical

Success

THE-GIRL-IN-THE-TRAIN, FRIDAY, April 12th,

The World-famed Musics3: Comedy THE DOLLAR PRINCESS.. SATURDAY, April 19th,

The Charming and Famous Musical

SAMANWALTZ DREAM. MONDAY & TUESDAY, 18th & 18th, For the first time in Hongkong, George Edwardes" Latest Success, -

PEGGYA

* From the. Gaiety Theatre, London WEDNESDAY, April 17th.

The World-Famed Musical Comedy FLORODORA

THURSDAY, April 18th,

The Huge Shaftesbury Theatre, London,

Succes

· THE "ARCADIANS Always. Marry and Bright. FRIDAY, Apsi 196h.

ware

SITY BAZAAR, premses-No. 36-

Saturda the 23rd March,

given away.

Cent Eat HALE PRI

Don't miss the chance.

THE HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.

Hongkong, March 23, 1912

„THEATRE.

ROYIE

CITY HALL

THE HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC OLUB.

PRZEST

ILBENT AND SULLIVAN'S COMIC

OPERA

THE GONDOLEERS"

TO-NIGHT I

FAREWELL PERFORMANCE.

MONDAY,

PRICES: $3,50, $2 & $1. Cominence at 9.15, FIM. DEA

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,

413

Parory: $3,

·TO-NIGHT

March

31.

to Journey to transach their budness at Sailors and Soldiers in uniform Half-prios Panaria but they went.

to #2 and 81 Sente, ' There they found him, a man of about forty-this was in the heyday of his career. opens Thursday, 14th March, st Booking at the ROBINSON PIANO

fitteen years ago with a tall, well-knit 10a.m. frame, a strong, swarthy face, with a glint Hongkong, March 8, 1912. of something in it that was repellent,

·Financier's Rise and Fall. The jory at the Old Bailey found Ernest Terah Hooley, who is now fifty-two years bearing that was marvellously xiert, of age, guilty on the indictment which

speech which, in spite of its broad provio. MONDAY, APRIL 18T, 1912. the payment of £2,000 from George Leech used to my that he could drink, work, and charged him with obtaining six-cheques-for cia, accant, was clear and to the point. He Tweedates young mechanical engineer of smoke at the same time. He began work SPECIAL SPRING SHOW-Rochdale, who had inherited a fortune of with three secretaries at eight o'clock in £45,000—by means of false pretences, and the morning, and was generally in bed by with intently detrand, The false ton at night. His week-ends he would pretence was "in "stating that a particular spend invariably at one of his country seats, dstate which he was selling was not encum engaged in the farming which he obviously bered. Mr Justice Phillimore ordered loved. He always seemed intensely devoted My Hooley to be imprisoned, for twelve to home life add used to boast that, he was months in the second division

***** the biggesh breeder of sheep in the country.

MILLINERY, BLOUSES, ROBES,

ORNAMENTS, &

The very Latest Desigos. 'INSPECTIONTM INVITED.

M. GAINS, PRINCE'S BUILDINGS,

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· · Mr Hooley turned sharply round and, murmering, "A fine finish, left the dock. He was rumored in a barsed-cab to Worm-

·wood Scrubs Prison

TER FÄLLEN, FINANCIER.

Ho presented the famous sarrica of gold plata to St. Paul's Cathedral, worth some 22,000 or £3,000. He set aside £400,000 for the benefit of widows and orphans of the Derbyshire district in which he red, to be dispersed in a well formulated home. He offered £10,000 to the Net-

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LIGHT Every haility for training will be given to intending Competitors at the V.R.D. Entries to be sent to the HON. SECRETARY, Victoria Hocreation Clab, BEFORE SATURDAY, APRIL 6TE, 6o'clock

Hongkong, March 19, 1912,

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NOTICE-

*

URING the absence on leave of Me JAMES CRAIK, Ma J. S. DONIE has been, appointed & ACTING BEORE TARTA

C. MONTAGUE. EDE, A Chairman. Hongkong, March 22, 1912,

THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANO

HE TWENTY-THIRD ORDINARY 120 companies" with a capital of over 18gham Hospital if the working men THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE SWAN YANG OF SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held in the Office of the Cone on George's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkong, on SATURDAY; the 30th day of March, 1913, 11.30 o'clock A., for the

purpose of receiving s Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1911, Doclaring Dividend and alecting a Consulting Committee and Auditors.

would first subscribe 200,000 shillings."

REASON OF THE ORAKH

from #bout

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:

Hoolay's career has been unique in the annsis of finance." Es a man who floated millions, sterling between them, mada gross profit for himself of over 5 millions

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. sterling in the procats and within a year or best be given in the official words of the Of House, Hu Y1317 692

Soon the crash me Its reason an 1 of MEMBERS will de Bald in the two of the adierament was bankrupt. Inspector General da Bankruptcy. He DAY, the 28th March, 1912, as 6.3) 7.1.

He began life's responsibilities by walk described the failure in 1898 as the most

By Order, RAND

EB HALLIFAX ing eight miles to and from school every bilision, were whittled

noteworthy in receta. The lis

Hon. Seastary day. sud he left school when he was £1,000,000 to £491,000 The appacent Hongkong, March 21, 1912 thirteen, Between then and the time he prast made by the pronunter in three years, became the financial age of London in 15,028,000, was changed by his cKTU

* zacklem, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com-

and extravagant methode of pany will be CLOSED from THURS-1806 he had hereditary hankering after the into not use of 189,300 motion

There were DAY. the 21st day of March, 1912 until Nottingham laca tradat prefernce on the "Largo gifts and fees to obtain the rames SATURDAY, the Sith day of March, 1012, whole far farming, but finally became softled and other persons as directors, both days inclusive.

Nottingham stockbroker, in which Pro various co-adventurers. Then this

and, the selling of SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

fassion he was exceedingly sucessful with strange career there followed dark days General Managers

s few big desis. That laid the foundations and apparently dark doing. The name Hongkong, March 13, 1912,"

567 of his fortune, or rather his misfortune, of Hooley has been constantly cropping up

in the law courts aver since. and be bocaine a financier.

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Throughout financial, London his naine began to be mysteriously whispered in the middle, nineties and rany, a tes! Was linked with the name of Hooley, until people begna to ask Who is this Hooley, They soon knew. In quick succession came the daring flotation of several huge companies Tike Dunlop Humber, Bovril, Schweppes, and Trafford Park Estates, and Hooley was the company promoter of the age.

PRINCIPAL FLOTATIONS,

Here is a list of the principal fotations for which he was responsible or with which

he was connectod, with the amounta, of capital involved

Clement Gladiator. Componenta Tabe

Cycle Manufacturers".Tul

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyro Dunlop (Fran00 Humber and Co

BEEF BAUSAGES.

(America) Portugal

PRESSED BEEF.

Bingor

Swift

BRAWN.

Bovril

CORNED-- BEEF & CORNED

PORK

Simpson Lover Chain?

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NOTICE

SHEWAN, TOMES &.00. GRIKKAL MANAGER, HONGKONG.

J. T. HAMILTON, GITERAL MAYAGES"

FOR THE BASS, TUKTO Insurance Faida

Outstanding

z Paid for....225,637,500 2022 659,290 Laseta amount to £1,088,655 Sarpas amounts ta.....

ding insurance amo

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THE UNDERSIGNED having SOLD Dividends to STORE on the 15th instaul, begs to give profits to the Business of the FRENCH110 Notice that all Claims against the above named Store up to and including the 15th March, will be paid by him, after that date his responsibilty censos,

I. GAMEAU. Hongkong, March 13, 1912-

ACTORS SUPERSTITIONS,

BEACONSFIELDAM

Theatrical people generally, and Parisian. actors and actresses in particular, all have s VILL be converted into a FIRST superstition of some kind. M. Hart, the

CLASS BOARDING HOUSE, Paris correspondent of the Telegraph sage, with large Dining Room, Thirty Bedrooms never has, bill printed for the Parte and Eighteen Bathrooms. Plans to "be" Saint Martin Tursire withous inserting the moon at our Office.

Theri

Flambe, where M. Total is supposed to Tatan, We noe it in the play

play the part of a domestic. is no such servant in the play, there ever

Servant

ager, Herts, will not without M. Totahr- I would bring him bad.

·luck, M. Antoine hup

Ho

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Hongkong, March 20, 1912.

TT READ THIS

which contain nothing Sartre director of the 900,000 Odeon.* 11 he did not carrÚ AŽALIO 150,000 with him everyday,-w

We would surely should talon £250,000 | b÷fall him. There have been innumerable. 000 Jaken about Samuel, the director of the

seen in a stica w

Setan, He is always seen 500,000 hat. He goes, summer and wintas, br

76,000 rehearsals and premieres in a sunk

THRER MONTELS:**

80,000 15 he did not fear a straw bat call his play. A Reduction of 25% In

*75,000

6.000 would

800.000 Exte 800,000 straw hat.

day the 175,000 | was given for the first Laid he wore

would He thought the play

He said he would not 1,000 change hi hat till it ran three hundred 0000night and hewas bound to wea 20.000w hb is whole year The resu

5,000 many

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For further

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