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INTIMATIONS

INTIMATIONS

HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE,

FINANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREST GIVEN that

HONGKONG.

that ORDINARY ANNUAL “St. George's Day" £3rd April,1919 GENERAL MILETING OF SHAKE-

HOLLERS in this Company will be DRAWING OF

Hong

bald so the HoNDRONG HOTEL, kong. on SATURDAY, the wth Febru ary, 1913, at 11:30 AM. for the purpose. of receiving the Reports of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounta for the year suding 31st December, 1917:

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 4th February to the 14th February (both) days inclusive), during which period no Tempster of Shires can be registered.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers, Hongkong, Jan. 26. 1918.

THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING COMPANY,

LIMİLTED.

41

WAR BONDS

INT AID OF WAR CHARITIES.

$500,000

(HONGKONG CURRENCY)

or more or less according to,

subscriptions.

PROSPECTUS Tickets $5.00 cach

+

PRIZES to be paid: in Bonds, of the Bongkong Government 62 War Loan of 1918 (which may be redeemed at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Corporation at pari and, in order to the TWENTY-NINTE ORDIN ensure that the scheme is productive of ARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS money for war purposes, an in this Company, will be held at the equivalent amount of the prizes will be Company's Office Victoria Buildings, reinvested by the Hongkong and Shang- SATURDAY, 9th February, 1818 hai Banking Corporation in new British at 11 o'clock am..for the purpose of War Low Stock. receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1917. The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 4th to SATURDAY, th February, 1918, (both days inclusive) during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

A. SHELTON HOOFER --

Secretary to the

HONGKONG LAnd Investment &

AGrey Co, Ld. General Agents for the KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING

Co., LTD. Hongkong, Jan. 30, 1918.

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THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE THIRTY-FIRST ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JAXDINK MATHION COMPANY, LIMITED, on THURSDAY, the 21st February, 1918, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1917

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 11th February to THURS DAY, 1st February, Ibis, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Director.

W. S. BROWN, Secretary.

Hongkong, Feb. 4, 2018.

Of the net amount subscribed, 75 per cent. will be distributed in prizes, and the remaining 35 per be given to War cent. will

Charities.

The amount to be distributed in prizes will be divided as follows :—

... 50 per cent.

First Prize,

Second

Third

*

.

***

15

10

Numerous small prizes)

ranging in amount from 25 E.K. $1,000 to H.K. #50)

hours

Winning Tickets must be presented at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hongkong, during business Should any winning ticket not ber presented before noon an

the Str Uctober, 1918, the ticket will be can celled, and the valus will be distributed amongst War Charities by the Commit tae of St. George's Society of Hongkong through the median of the Rozgkong" War Charities Fund Committee.

The Drawing will be in public, and the date and hour at which it will take place will be notified in due course by advertisement.

The sale of tickets will close in Hong- kong on Saturday, the 13th April, 1918. Any disputes arising will be decided by the Committee of St. George's Society of Hongkong whose decision shall be final.

The rames of the members of the Committee are -

Hon. Mr. F. H. HoĽVOAK (President), N.J. STAEK, Esq., (Vice-President). His Honour Mr. H, H. J. GOMPERTZ. G.S. ARCHBUTT, Esq.

H. W. Brzd, Bag.

C. MONTAGUE EDr, Esq.

W. J. ELDRIDGE, Esq.

H.R..B. HANCOCK, Esq.

L.. N. LEZTE, 58g.

Hon. Mr. H. E POLLOCK, K.C..

J. H. RAMART, Esq., (Hon-Treasurer).

Joas BESTLET, Esq (Hon. Secretary).

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HÓNGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 3rd day of February, 1918, at Noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year anding the 31st December, 1917.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will he CLOSED from MONDAY, the 11th February to SATURDAY, the 23rd February, 1913, i (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

N. J.STAER,

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, Feb. 5, 1913.

NOTICE.

THE UNITED BRITISH

INSURANCE CO., LTD.

(INOGEPORATED IN

THE CHINA MAIL.

Embassy

No

"Embassy

77

THE VIRGINIA CIGARETTE DE LUXE

Packed in

Tins of

25 and 50

and in

Boxes of

10 Cigars.

Embassy

VIRGINIA CIGARETTES

WD.GL

HOWILLS. BRISTOL & LONDON

THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE

Stocked

by all

Tobacconists.

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO.CO., LTD.

GERMAN PRISONERS'

DIARIES.

UNCONQUERED BELGIAN

An extract from another diary writter on September 6th at a Belgian village shows the unconquered spirit of the

The Merning Fost" correspondent Belgian populationYesterday we had wrote a couple of months ago:-Diaries

a long discussion with the prople on

DIVORCE LAW REFORM,

REMARRIAGES TO MAKE GOOD WAR LOSSES IN POPULATION.

"Tickets and Books of Tickets can be of German prisoners captured in the whom we are billeted. The mother and the right to remarry, in 80 year the had en application at the Hongkong & recent fighting contain many allusions to the eldest daughter of twenty two had Shanghai Banking Corporation on and their heavy losses and to the increasing long debate with Frank and myself about after a data to be announced shortly.

If the 150,000 separated ecuples had

extra increase of population would give ga enough children to cover the whole loss

Doyle as a Divorce Law Reform meeting in Birmingham recently

H. C. SANDFORD, (Hon Treasurer reluctance of troops to go into battle. the war and peace. Strange, these people, of the prevent war," said Str. A. Conan CHAS. BESWICK, (Hon. Secretary'}, A non-commissioned officer of a regiment whose hearth and home the English have

St. George't" War Bond". Drawing.of the 17th division wrote cn October th

shelled to ruin (they were refugees Hongkong, Feb. 2, 1918,

89 after his regiment had counter-attacked at removed from the war zone who bare

He added that if the Bishops and Polderhoek chateau We have had a been evacuated by the German military

theclogians had their way, they would de Lot time here and thank God I have come.

authorities because their lives were in

more harm to the population-of. Gronk through it. We were a stowa division, danger and have half a houso silocated to We shall be going out to-morrow, for the them; in a bitterness of spirit which at Britain than the Germans had done in division is done for our regiment has times finds expression in their conversa the war (Cheers,)

Sir Arthur, who is Presidens of the suffered heavily, twenty-five to thirty tion are wishing and hoping that, the officers and about one thousand men. English will yet libarato Belgium out.Divorce Law Reform Union, moved a The 17th division was in the fighting in When we explained to the girl that we resolation (which Lord Burnham second- Polygon wood from September 25th to had held our lines here for three years, ed) calling for immediate regulations to 28th and wesbally punished by the while the English had definitely hoped to convert suparations of three years Australians."

break through our front in 1917, and had upwards into divorces, and give freedom only run their heads against a wall, and to the million permanently separated declared the English would not (under-persons in the country.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

CORNED BEEF

AND

CORNED PORK.

PUT UP KEG: AND BAKRIŻA

FOR

108

EXPORT OF. STEAMERS. UAL.

€8

ENGLAND.

SILIMIPOPON (SEBÄTTE)

COAL

FAVING. been appointed MARINE THE

MUTINOCH GERMANY.

A non-commissioned officer in the neared) break through, she said, shrug Mr. Birrell wrote to the meeting: Ib teepth reserve division wrote on October ging her shoulders, 1917 is not over yet. T is now clear that many important and

Ist: Counter-attack to-day relieved, by Another four months. -regiment and-worm battalion. On our way back we meet fresh troops coming

up. What regiment are you? They do

ORAMAN DISCIPLINE.

official menibers of the Church of England

are organising sa opposition in Parlis ment, but, subject to dne qualification,

An entry by another German soldier, and not known, describes the departure is hard to see that at this time of day

they can considerately do so. The Church

not answer. How many will not returul of a draft from a depot town under guard It is a heartrending experiencia, Doe The writer says The guards are so man of the Stormtrupp, refuses to go on. numerus that there is noe for every two of England is not now entitled to treat the His officer breaks into com abuse. Ha men. Isn't it a scandal that our boys in whole nation as if it were an apponage,

H AGENTS to the above Company Underigued having been appointed still refuses. Then he pushes him several field-grey are led out into the field to as he was able to do for so long, is the

fighs and die for the Fatherland like

we are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS | JUAL OU, LTD., are; prepared to quote times... He falls into a shellhole and criminals to the hangman, or worse, like f "ase of the two ancient univerfales, now i

and issue Folicies at Current Rates.

UNION TRADING CO.,

Agents.

Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, Feb. 1, 1918,

ALFEED HYNDMAN

Wyndham Street

·Blas for sale

CARBON PAPEE at $1.00 per dozen 2012 abeota » ÷RIBBONS at $1:80 each.

INDERTAKES to clean and repair Typowners &t $12.00 per machine

particulars apply to the above

Earns Nón 7 1917, KHU

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Central Location

LL ELECTIO THANK FAR Faizano, Eleozio Lifts, Faus and Lighting European Eathe and Sanitary Fittings. Hot and Cold Water System through

Best of Food and Service:

success of the attack come in. In pen eral the success is alight."

prices for best quality BILIMPOPON have passed. All sorts of news about the cattle to the slaughter? Isn't it enough out of her grasp. QUAL trimmed into Bunkers at MEBIT TIK or BANDAKAN (British North Borneo)

SILIMPOPON GOAL oumparos favour- shly with the better grades of Japanisa

that so soon as the departure of a draft

was announced the men not forming part

A Ister entry in the diary is as folows: of it should he prevented from going into the by pickets at yards in every

WEDNESDAY, MARDART6 1918

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