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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1915.
HÒNGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Corps Orders by Lieut.-Col.
Chapman, V.D..
JOINED.
The under-mentioned, having join- ed the Corps, are posted as follows: Private G. H. Davis to Scouts Company (No. 4 Section).
Sapper J. E. Anderson to Engineer Company
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MUSKETRY (PART I.). No. 3 Section Scouts Co., Sunday, 11th July, at 9 a.m. at King's Park Range. Uniform must be worn: Corpl. Grimes, R.E., will attend.
·MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.
Members of the Corps are remind ed that only those issued by the Medical Officers of the Corps (Surg.- Major Black and Surg-Lieutenant [McKenny) will be accepted.
PARADES.
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Parades for Saturday, 10th inst.: 7 am. Signalling Section-Signal- ling instruction at Headquarters. Remainder, mil.
DETAIL..
Gun Club Hill, Kowloon:-. On duty until to-morrow morning:
H.K.V.R.
On duty from to-morrow to 17th instant: Civil Service Company, Officer on duty: Capt. Churchill.
Detention Camp, Kowloon:- On duty tonight : H.K.V.R.. On duty to-morrow night: Scouts Company. Officer on duty: Capt.
Stewart
On duty
11th instant: Scouts Company. Officer on duty: Capt. Hutchison.
Orderly Officer, 10th to 17th July: Lieut. Heos,
Orderly Sergeant, 10th to 17th July: Sergt. Longmire.
THE TURKISH BATH AND TOILET. CŨ
and druggists and all other business of alike or kindred description and 'other object ret forth in the memorandom of association. Petitioner declared that To be Compulsorily Wound Up. he had done work and furnished materials for the Company at their request as follows: 13 October 1914, to enet of erecting In Original Jurisdiction this afternoon and supplying bathrooms, partitions, frames before Mr. Justice Hazeland, Mr. F. as certified by the architect $3053.50; Jenkin, instructed by Mr. Bowley, applied of #2283.5.
by cash on account $750 leaving a balance on behalf of Lok Man Tak, petitioner, for}" kong Turkish Bath and Toilet Company, the compulsory winding up of the Hong.
The petition of. Luk Man Tak. trading Tong Chung and Co., 150 Wellington street. Hongkong, contractor, was to the effect that the Hoogkong Turkish Bath and Toilet Co., Ltd., was on the 10th petitioner duly commenced and prosecuted Un or about November 11th last the September, 1914, incorporated under then action in original jurisdiction against Campanies ordinance. The registered the company for the recovery of the debt. office of the Company was at 19 Queen's. The Company appeared to the writ is. Company was 827.000 divided into 2,700 Road Central. The nominal capital of the shares of $10 each. The amount of the capital paid up, or credited as paid up was $12,550 according to the return of allot mentabled on the 3rd March, 1915,
The objects for which the Company was established were as follows :-.
To acquire and take over as a going concern the business then carried on at 13 Queon's Road Central under the style or firm name, of the Paris Toilet Co. and all or any of the assets of the proprietor of that business in connection there with and with a view thereto to adopt and carry into effect with or without modi fication, (1) an agreement of September 3rd 1914 between Jean Otto Scpiess, hair dresser, and G. K. Hall Bratton, solicitor (2) an agreement of the same date between J. O. Scpions and Katherine Scpiers and G. K. Hall Brutton on behalf of the company on terms and conditions therein. contained; Also to carry on the business of barbers, hairdressers, dealers in per fumery and toilet requi itos, masseurs, turkish and other bath proprietors, dealers in tubacco and fan y goods and chemists
KING'S PARK RANGE
The Range is allotted to the Hong- kong Police Reserve on Saturday. 10tli inst., from 2.90 p.m. to dusk.
The Company, was indebted to petitioner in the said sum of $2283.50. and the peti tioner bad made application to the Com pany for the payment of the debt but the Company, had "failed and neglected to pay the sum or any part of it.
tioner recovered judgment in the action the said action and on May 23:h peti by consent for the sum of $2,283, and 850 agreed costa. The judgment was wholly unpaid and unsati-fed and the amount thereof was justly due to the petitioner. on or about March 12th and April 6th.1915- the bailiff of the Court din rained upon the goods of the Company and after payment of the distraints no goods of the Company remained which could he seized in execution."
The Company was unable to pay debts and in the circumstances it was just and equitable, pe itioner contended, that it should be wound up.
be seen was su extremely short-lived one. The Company, said Mr Jenkin, it would Since the distraint of the landlord for rent on April 6th the Company bad carried on no business at all. The debt was not dis pated because of judgment by consent. After the landlord bad distrained for rent there was nothing left on which execution could be levied. He then pplied for the winding up order; a der rection 130 sube section 5 of the Companies Ordinance,
The order was accordingly made.
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