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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919

CORRESPONDENCE.

AERODROME-LE-WAR MEMORIAL.

To the Editor of the "China Mal,"

Sithe is one pluss of men w that another pobrs deserve er. dit for winning this grout war, it is outlying m

If we at doff our hats to them and then-serifeh nar-leads the fact it once prisents itself that car War Memorint should be an Aerodyne and an air service of our own both to Shanghai, Manila and Singapore The profit derived from it would keep on multiplying our.nvailable funds so that there would soon be enough to, and the Victory cantilever und „Foch-Haig suspetision bridges.

When

OBSTACLE TO NEW TRADE.

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

FIRMS' DIFFICULTIES OVER

FINANCE OF WAR-TAX - PAYMENTS..

"

THE CHINA MAIL,

(DT COURTESY "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.")

CHINA'S PEACE TERMS.

PEKING, March 15, The Chinese delegates at Paris, on March 8th, submitted to the Con- The Engineering Trades (New Inference China's peace terms with dustries) Committee, presided over Germany and Austria. They express by the Hon. H. D. McLaren, M.P., the hobe that all unequal terms, and upon China's have presented a report to the Minis unjust restrictions try of Reconstruction

sovereignty will be removed. possibilities of making in Britain articles which were imported before the war.

upon the

TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

„THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GÓDOWN CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF

the HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD, will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Pedder Street, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 28th day of March 1919, at 19 o'clock Noor, when the subjoined resolutions which were paared at the Extra- ordinary Genors) Mosting of the Company held on the 7th day of March, 1919, will be submitted for confirmation as Special Resolutions:

1. That the capital the Company be incrued from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 by the creation of 20,000 new shares of 850 each new shares to participate in any dividend declared after the 7th February, 1919, pro rath with the existing capital.

of

China demands the return of Tsing. tau, the return of railway and mining interests, the cancellation of agree-

ments with Germany, the caricellation of the Boxer Indemnities, and the return of the Observatory instruments stolen in 1900.

HOCKEY.

STAFF AND DEPTS. v. HONG- KONG DEFENCE CORPS.

The Staff and Departments carried on their winning career in the United Services League yesterday. They Valley. The first half was well and Both goals had everly contested. narrow escapes, Pugh just missing with a fast shot aimed at the Defence Corps goal. Wood scored for the again but for an effective tackle by the Rev. Mr. Bundle. Halftime the Defence Corps led by a goal to nil

That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following, viz. 1--

(a). By the insertion of the words without the sanction of the Directors'

between the word "shall" and the word "except in line 30! Article 19.

(b) By the addition of the following words at the end of Article 19 -

Provided farther that the registration of a transfer of shares whereby the holding of ary shareholder is increased beyond 1500 abare shall be **conclusive evidence that the sanction of the directors to such increased "holding has been given."

(e) By the insertion of the letter *(a)" after the figures 101" constititing. the number of Article 101 and by the addition of the following paragraph to Article: 101

"Board may de with ro surve, fuod."

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(b) The Board may employ the reservs fund for the time being or any partion thereof (and that whether such fund or such portion as is pro- poeed to be dealt with-wun-at-aside for the special-purpose to-which-it-is- proposed to be applied or for any other parpose or not) in or for all or any of the following purposes that is to say, ta meeting continguacias, in equalising dividenda, in paying apecial dividends or bonases, in re- pairing, improving or maintaining any of the property of the Company or otherwise in the business of the Company and in or for such ather purposes as the Board shall in its discretion think conducive to the Interests of the Company and in regard to any such employment as aforesaid the Board shall not be bound to keep the reserve Fund "neparate from the other assets.

(d) by the addition immediately after article 101 of a new Article as

follows

It is stated that during the inquiry it became clear that there were a Sume went a theatre to laugh in: rumber of schemes upon which some a hospital to by sick in some immediate action was required. In avity ball to deliberate in; some maay branches of the engineering i

rades there existed fresh openings Baptist chapel spray in and so on.

ww have fillionaires for British enterprise; but it is sach us Mossos, j'arnegie, Wills, Fry, evident that questions of finance"will "Calibury," (konki, Rockefeller, etc. as have an important bearing on the prasetygers or mar airships, these wil ability of engineering firms after the al en like packets of sgret war to embark on new industries or which, we wish, wit be thrown (to develop industries already exist defeated the H.K.D.C. at the Happy down to us grali. These million-Tag.

Many firms are threatened with nires on viewing our colony fron xp aloft will as a chew see the necesserious financial trouble unless some Aity for the bridges and 'wheir safel steps are promptly taken to finance landed ah our Audies for payments due to the Inland Revenue sealed tenders for or construction in respect of munitions levy and A part of the st selected for 1l excess profits taxation. Indications | Defence Corps and would have scored 10LA. (1) The Company in Genem) Meeting nay in the year 1915 piss Aphedroneedle fences in at one point to the difficulties of raising and a captive Fallon singlar to the capital by means of new issues. No en Market Street, Sen Fit indicated is able to lay a good case firm that finds itself in the position which a wonds and dispvtale ottery 15

before a possible investor or under minutes with jussongen writer in regard to any new issue of tion. Thikes flowing Back offendy

capital that it may wish to make. (China's millors would "mand

It is understood that certain Gay th Mothers would take

ernment departments have been Jousters been pay to gesa per compelled to make arrangements for what is really wanted. May of the hand for them, to enable the firms to loan to firms who had contracts in youth would the apie to be air; meet the urgent demands made upon ben, a paf the wanting options them by the Inland Revenue. These Answag, if we don't this roans are in some cases made payable sors and started soon ti elain-lépe, from two years after the end of the war.i hope and feiga chores will soThis arrangement, while it may give temporary relief, can hardly be said to be sufficient to meet the situation. and required specially, reviewing by

Twitt

„dienbar Blog ad cair nolong and san

as de loss and bar" plate

Yer truly

Best it's too late,"

Hongkong. Maro 20; ...

the Government.

It is assumed by the committee that the excess profits tax will be removed as soon as possible'; 'i i were not so removed there would be small likelihood of firms undertaking the risk inseparable from the starting of new industries in Britain.

FITS HONGKONG.

Discussing ""runny campaign" at Singapore, the Straits Times thus concludes:-

In the second half play slightly favoured the regular soldiers. Fol lowing a combined movement. Hor- rocks brought the scores Fall. Wood and Schnepel made play on the left! wing but Scouler pulled them up. Hodgson and Stewart tried again but

made repeated efforts to score. Five this time Gallagher stopped them, With time approaching the Staff minutes from the end Pugh succeeded in breaking, through and he scored, the winning goal. Result-

Staff and Depts., 2; H.K.D.C., 1. Teams;-

Coles: Scouter, Gallagher, Conner

Staff and Depts.-Glenny: Bundle. Kirby Horocks. Pugh, Knight, and

Turner.

H.K.D.C.

Jennings: Hickling and Evans; North; Edmonds, and Piercy: Taylor.. Stewart, Hodgson, Wood, Schnepel.

and

Two officers of Genl. Knox's mis sion were the umpires.

THE

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned have received instruction to sell by Public

Auction

SATURDAY, March 22, 1918. commencing at 10.30 a.m.

at bis Sales Rooms, Duddell Street,.. One Hammerless Double Barrelled 12 Bora Fowling Piere in Leather Case. (By Riley-Bond Street London). One Golden Sunbeam Bicycle speed).

PUNGTILIOUS POLICE Upon a rubber estate in Pahang, eight or nine miles from the nearest police station, a coolle died, and his death was reported 26 hours after wards. two hours late. In Pahang the police are entitled to charge.50 cents for a late report of death. In the other three states the late fee is 31. But the official police circular) directs the officers of all four states to collect $1. In this case therefore when the belated messenger arrived with the notice he was bidden to The question one would like to stand and deliver a dollar. Then put to the Purity Campaigners is the facetious assistant to the simply this: Are they prepared to manarer of that estate demanded accept the decision of a commission immediate repayment of that dollar of which one half shall be doctors extorted, as he said, from the coolie and the other half lawyers and pro- in his fear and ignorance. The fessional men, after such commission matter was referred to the D.O. who has made a full and complete inquiry decided that 50 cents was the proper into (1) the local conditions, (2) the charge. The manager was requested extent of medical capacity to grapple to call at the Treasury and receive a with the disease? If a commission. refund of half a dollar. He thanked so formed recommends periodical the O.C. P.D. for his kind invitation. inspection, compulsory notification (4 promised to call when passing, and and isolation, will the Purity Cam then forgot the matter. But not sopaigners refrain from raising the old -the police. The official conscience was cry about stirred until remorse became intoler- vice 2" able. Wherefore a tresty corporal was desparched unto the Uluto perform the act of restitution. He travelled by gharry at four miles an hour, paid the fifty cents: insisted upon a receipt in triplicate, adjourned from labour to refreshments, and returned in the cool of the evening to report the. success of his mission. And very nire too! Gharry hire $3.20, one day's pay of a corporal, presumably food allowance also, all to force fifty cents upon a person who didn't want it and would'nt have crossed the road to get it! But after all it's a fault on the right side-Straits Times.

state recognition of

Put it another way are they

On view now, Terma-Chah on delivery.

GEO. P..LAMMERT, Auctioneer, Hongkong, March 20, 1919.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

From EUROPE AND STRAITS.

THE Company's Steamship

as eager to stamp out the disease as they are to advocate their own points of view? This is really the as it crux of the whole matter

We want the affects Singapore. Purity Campaigners to preach with all the fervour at their command. We hope most sincerely that they will convince many; but we know our world, and we are perfectly well

SHIZUOKA MARU," aware that the horrible evil this community suffers from will never be having strived from the above Ports, stamped out by preachers, and we Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed are being landed and are perfectly certain that justice and that thoir Goods expediency demand a far-reaching placed at their risk in the HONGKONG change of method which will give AND KowLOOK WHARF AND Godovs Co.'s' medical science a fair chance of Godown at Kowloon, where each consign- THE IRISH ANTI-CONSCRIP-proving what it can do. The moot will be sorted cat mark by mark and

Churches have had a hundred years delivery can be obtained as on with matters pretty much in their own hands and what is the result? Goods are landed,

TION FUND.

the

Optional Goods will be carried on unices. that the vile thing is creeping into instructions are given to the contrary the blood of the whole population, before Noon, To-DAT and that power to repress it is not

by March 28

A question in Ireland which ex-Simply that the evil is on the increase cites attention just now is (says correspondent) the disposal of the large sums of money collected last spring for an anti-conscription fund. These ums, which are in the bands of local committees all over the coun- try, lie idle. They cannot fairly be used for the purposes of the now suffer? dominant Sinn Fein party, seeing that all sections of Nationalists con- tributed equally to the collection.

Goods not dearod

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used: State recognition of vice" 1914, will be subject to rent. is a mischievous, stupid phrase. What merit is there in ignoring the obvious and making the innocent

Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's

and the Co.'s representatives at an appoint ad hear on TUESDAY" and FRIDAYĀ All claima must be presented within too days of tho ateamor's arrival

No one has suggested that Sinn Fein DISOBEY D COURT ORDER.hers, after which date they cannot be

should claim the £100,000 as a vic- tory indemnity.

The only definite proposal cornes

The owner of No. 170 Wellington from clerical quarters. Many pious Street was summoned yesterday Irish people believe that Trelard's afternoon for failing to comply with escape from conscription was due northe Court's order by which he was to Mr. De Valera or to Mr. Dillon, but required to demolish the top floor of to Divine intervention, following the that house. The time allowed for! special prayers that were ordered by

the bishops on the occasion of the crisis.

the completion of the work was six

weeks beginning on January 22nd,

Dr. Cohalan, the Bishop of Cork, re but by the expiration of this

recognised. No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

Agent Hongkong, March 19, 1919.

.

NOTICE.

"ESSES. W. G. "EUM-

cently urged that local subscriptions term the work was not commenc MES

should be devoted to the building of ed, Mr. Leo. Longinotto, Assistant

a great new cathedral in the southern Crown Solicitor, représented the capital.

PHREYS & CO.,

The reply of the senior P.W.D. Defendant said he had in Shameen, Canton, have this day

member of Parliament for Cork City structed Mr. Rosser, architect, to

was significant. He not only objected carry out the work but the latter was been appointed AGENTS for wholly to the proposal, but declared busy and could not attend to the that Ireland had already enough matter. This morning Mr. Rosser the sale and distribution of

churches..

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deposed to having written several the CHINA MAIL" ir Can- Probably the money will stay letters to the defendant to get the where it is for the time being work in hand, but the order was gotten and the surrounding dis Reasons can be urged in favour of this actually given until Feb. 27. -course Bo long as there is a possibility His Worship Fined the defendant tricta.i

of the retention of compulsory service $50.

in Great Britain.

March 1, 1919:

resulution to the effect that it is desirable to capitalise to the extent **provided for by this Article the sum of $1,00 1,000 being part of the → undivided profits of the Company standing to the credit of the Com **pany's Reserva Fund, and seebedingly thas for the purpose of effecting such capitalisation such sam of $1,000,000 be distributed as a bonus amongst the persons who are registered as the holders of the issued shares of the Company on such date as the Board shall decide in proportion to the issued shves hald by them ba that date respectively, And that the Board he authorised to distribute amonst such persons as aforesaid one new unissued share for each complete number of three "issued shares held by them and that the Board be further authorised to allot the surplus of such unload shares remaining after such allot "ment to such

af as they thinks at au ;h times and on such terms and conditions (2) When such resolution

plation has been passed the Board may allot and issue the 2000 unissued shugs of the Company credited as fully paid up to such persons as are reforrel to in paragraph 1 of this Article in "satisfaction of the said bones to the exters of Allotting one unissued share for each complete number of three issued shares held by them respectively, and prior to such allotmeas the Board may authorise any person on behalf of such persons as aforesaid to enter into an Agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to them of such shins credited as fully paid apand in satisfaction as aforesaid and in

as aforesaid and any Agecement made, ander proportion such authority shall be effective.

(3) It shall be ro objection to resolutions passed under paragraph (1) of this Article that they are pose i at the meeting at which the resolation introducing this Article was confirmed as a Special Resolution, "provided that dae notice of the intention to propose such rat man- **tioned resolutions shall have been given prior to the confirmatory

mecting aforesaid,"

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And the subjoined resolution will be further proposed as an Extraordin- ary Resolution, viz-

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That it is desirable to capitalize to the extent hereinafter provided if the sum

um of $1,000,000 being part of tas nodivided profits of the Company standing to the credit of the Company's reserve fund and "cordingly that for the purpose of effecting aneh capitalisation a

s of $13.50 per share on each of the issued shares of the Company hereby are authorised to satisfy such bonus as far as pursions y "distribution amongst the persons who are registered as the holders of "the issued shares of the Company co such date as the Board abalt "decide of one of the unised 350 shares of the Company credited as fully paid up ia respect of each complete number of three of the "issued shares of the Company held by such persons as aforesaid and in satisfaction of such bonus in respect of each such complete number of tree issued shares.

By Order of the Board,

Hongkong, March 11, 1919.

W. S. BROWN,

Secretary.

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