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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919.

Hughes & Hough

AUTOTIJA BAKA TO THE LOVIENMEN1

Anal Anctionsers Share, Cint- hnd General Produce Brokers "änd

Cominisalob Aponte. “

PROPRIETORS *ToKwa-Wan" Coal Storage.

Dodus d Bentley's

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4th & 5th Editions.

A 1 Telegraphic Code

Telegraphie Adivazan b **SAIOS" HORANG.

-PUBLIC AUCTIONS-

NEX Undersigned have received in ructions to sell he tubilo Auction,

the Concerted (For Account et

ON

WEDNESDAY

April 1919, commencing at

1.20 p.m., at theit Sales Rooms, No. 8,

"

Des Tax Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

A QUANTITY or

USEFUL HOUSEHOLD LINENS, DRAWN WORK24 EMBROIDERIES. Comprising →→→

HOUSEHOLD LÍNESS-Sipple and Double Plain and Hematitched Sheets, Pillow Cases, Double White Satin Quilts, Linen Damask Serviettes. Claas Cloths. Bath Towels. Face Towels, &c, &c.

DRAWN WORK":-Eedspreads, Fillow Cases, Tray Cloths, &c. &c.

EMBROIDERIES:--Redspreads, Table Covers, Tea Cloths, Runners 18 by 54in A few loss of Attache Cases and Bellow Valises.

(All new goods and small lots to suit purchasers).

Terms: Cash.

HUGHES & NOCOB.......

Auctioners.

Hongkong, March 28, 1818,

(For Account of the Concerned.)

א...

WEDNESDAY,

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

Undersigned have received

toll by Public Auction

FRIDAY April 4, 1919, at 10.30 .m a their Sales Rooma, No. 8, Dos, Vooux Road, Corner of Ice Houso Street,

WANT

THE CHINA MAIL.

NOTICES.

ADVERTISEMENTS UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

25 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, $1. PRIPAID. Every additional 55 words « Cents.

WANTED.

WANTED, By trained piece goods

man. BRITISH, save years experience in China, position in big commercial house. Excellent referetco Reply to Box 1111 e/e "China Mall"

TO LET.

The following stock in trade:

Minery Velvets, (all colours) ribbon, valvete black and coloured French trimmings, tules, chiffons, and neroplane veilings, black and coloured French evening dress materials and ribboniuge, Quills,aigrettes, Ont. rich tipe,pom-poms &e. Straw phit, buttons and a large assortment of flowers, 600 reels ootton (black and TO LET.-Residential Flate, ROOMS

T

and OFFICES, Stameen, Canton, white) machine twists; Duplex belting,

abhing belting Millinery wires, tia Apply AB.C., Co China Mail boxer, wooden boxes for delivery sewing machines,

&, ITRAIN Cash.

4.

ke.

HUGHES & ROUGE, Luntioners,

Bongkong. March 28, 1919.

FOR SALE.

from ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED},// As their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Rond, Corner of Ice House Street.

Motor Yacht IRENE", Bailt 1915 recently thoroughly over-

hauled painted and varnished.) Length... as feet

***

***

7

**

Benin Draft... Motor "Scripps "heavy duty 14 HP Cabin enlarged to sent G passengers Lavatory, Ice box, Electric light, &c.. te. Including Extra large Battery for Electric light sets steering gear Ervine room. Telegraph, lampa, new awnings, saile, electril horn, ventilators, lifebuoy, tanks, &c., &c.

For further particulars apply to the Undersigned.

Tex-Cash.

་

UGHES HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, March 25, 1919.

|E Undersigned have received in-

stractions to soll

at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Tce Enase Street,~~ One complete set Engines and Boiler in good working order, DESCRIPTION:

Set of Compound Engines, 16 x 33, by 24 stroke,

Boiler, 12 x 10, working pressure 120 Ioa on Veritas survey.

April 1919, commencing 1.30 p.a., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, TEAKWOOD AND SLACKWOOD LID BRASS. FURNITURE, BRASS

TWIN MOUNTED DOUPLE AND BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, CARPETS, 504-40, Comprising:

Sofas, Chesterfield

Arm-chairs (now) Folding Card and Occasional Tables, Ona Upholstered Suite, Bedroom Farnitura, comprising Teakwood Twin Bedsteads, large and a Wardrobes, Dressing Tables, Washstands, &n, (famed Teakwood), Sideboards, Dinner Waggone, Extension Dining Tables Cheong's shipyard.

To be sold in one lot, together with Engine Seat, Shafts and Propeller and all piping, &c, connected with the above mentioned Engines and Bailer.

Also Anchors and Chains, Wooden Mast, And

2 Navigating Compasses. At present stored at Kwong Tang

Ed Chairs, de, Dinner Services, Inspecting orders and further parti Crockery, and good Glass Ware, plars may be had from the undersign-

Cooking

Stoves, Cutlery,

Bath Room Utensils, Electro-Plated Warc.

Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, & quantity of Blackwood Furniture, including largs Blackwood Screen Blue and white Panels, and Blackwool Fire Screen, Side Tables, Chairs, Cabinets, Piatures, Several Carpets new and second-hand.

Treadle Sewing Machine with all accessories, 1 Piano, in good condition, one large Two Chest suitable for Hotel,

die..

&c. (Full Particulars from Catalogue). Termo --Cash.

"HUGHES & HOUGH, "Auctioneers, Hongkong, March 24, 1919.

THE Undersigned have received lustre.

tions to sell by Public Auction, (For Account of the Conserved), .. ON

SATURDAY, April 1919, at 10.30 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Tour Ridad, Corner of Ice House Street,

BUNDRY

's

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Stc.,

dio. (Removed to Sales, Rooms" for

Convenience of sale),"

consisting of:

4 White enamelled single Beds,

Marble-top Washstands,

...

2 Shanghai Baths, 2 Dressing Tables,,

2 Toilet Bats, &c.,

Crockery, Glassware, fu., &c.

AISO

A large quantity of Rattan Furriture,

*

And

"One"" Jost" Korosene Fan suitable

for country Bungalow, 20

Terms - Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioners, Hongkong, March 29, 1919."

WANTED TO PURCHASE.

PICTURES painted

LORING, KA. DURI

pd.

Terms: Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers, February 21, 1919.

HONGKONG DOG, CAT, POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW 1919.

connection with will be held (by..

kind permission of the Stewards, HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB) with. in their enclosure Happy Valley on SATURDAY April 12, 1919. Entry formas containing full particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned.

G. W GEOG,- Hon. Secretary and Treasurer,

c/o MESSRS. HUGHES & EGCGE Bongkong March 18, 1919.

CRICKET

SCORING

BOOKS

BE OBTAINED

BREWER'S

'HUGHES & LOUGH,

Price

T°

TO LET.

TO LET-No 10 The Peak, &

ROOMED HOUSE at the Peak Apply to PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING,

TO LET.

TO LET from 18th Art, 1919–

1st Floor, No. 38 Nathan Road, Kowloon, (Dairy Farm Co.'s premises) Apply to Secretary, The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.

TO LET.

FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Apply to- HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD... Alexandra Huildings Hongkong..larch 12, 1919.

TO LET.

New Houses in Natban Road, Kowloon, No. 10

Ground and First Floors Na 19

Ground, First & Second Floors No. 14.

Ground-and First Floors

No. 16

Ground Floor,

New Houses in Mody Road, Kowloon.

No 2

First Floor

**and the Ground Floors in "Nos.10 13.

Light and Airy, Electric Light & Ball installation, excellent sanitary Et- tings and arrangements including

Enamelled Water Closets.

Batha (European Style.) Terms moderate Apply to

LAÍ HIN MAN,

Masager. Tong Wa Building Agency, No. 13A Queen's Road Rast, Hongkong.

No. 10 Nathan Road, Kowloon

or

NOTICES.

R.

NOTICE.

TT is requested that during alterations

to the road in Upper Albert Road outaide Government House,, MOTOR VEHICLES will not use this Road for downward journays. They should use Pokfulum Read and Queen's Road.

CAFT. SUPT. OF POLICE. Eongkong, March 27, 1929.

NOTICE.

Aof those of Chinas races desiring to LL PERSONS with the exception leave the Colony should apply in person between the hours of & to ra and Pa/ to 4.2.3. daily at the PASS OFFICE Post Office Building-

Applicants will be required to produce Fassports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, who amsin in the Colony for more than By days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918. Forms of Registration giving the particulars requirod may be obtained At

the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations

The Penalty for not compliance is a fine hot naceeding $50.

CANADIAN PACIFIo oct

SERVICES, LIMITED.

OWING to Military Requisition, the Company regretfully announce the poonsgeld ook- necessary cancellation ings made for thefollowing endings":

MONTEAGLESTA

MEMPRE

OF RUSSIA,” lat HEMPRESS JAPAN, 14 Mox.

EMPRESS OF ASIA... 292-Mayai.

in fall of all passage money the maleon application to

D. S

HERLAND, Passenger Dept. March 31, 1919,

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society will boheld at the registered office of the Society, Queen's Building. Hongkong, or THURSDAY, the 10th day of April, 1019, at 12 o'clock noon, when the subjoined resolutions -

14

That the nominal silver"

ver casital of the Society ps existing when this resolution is confirmed as a special resolation be converted into sterling and that such capital so eonverted, be it crossed beyond the sterling equivalent of such silver capital when such conversion takes place to the sum of £9,000,000 Sterling divided into 200,000 shares of the nominal value i £10 each

That each of the issued aliver shares of the Society of the nominal value of $25) auch with the sum of $100 paid up thereon ba converted into Ava shares of the nominal value of E10 seah with the sterling equivalent of 820 Hongkong cur- rency at the opening T. T. rate of exchange on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution credited as paid up thereon and accordingly that 80,000 shares out of the 300,000 shares of the nominal value of £10 each constituting the capital of the Society so converted and increased be distributed by the Board to the persons who are registered ..as shareholders of the Society on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution in exchange for the ailver abares then held by them

3. That the Articles of Association be altered in manner followins,

Hamely

By the insertion after article No. 107 of the following Article.

**107 (A) The Baud may employ the funds of the Society which Employment

hare beca estabished pursuant to the provisions of Article 107

or any of theor any portion thereof (and that whether such funds or such portion as is proposed to be dealt with wers set aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied or for any other purpose or not) in er for all or of the following purposes, that is to say, in me ting contingencies, in equalizing dividends, in Faring special dividends or bonuses, in repairing improving sad maintaining any of the property of the Society, or otherwise in the busi ness of the Society, and in or for such other purposes as the Board shal in is discretion think conlucive to the interest of the Society and in regard to any such employment as afore- said the Board shall not be bound to keep such foods separator from the other assots."

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t

By the insertion of the following Articles after Article No. 168, "10 (1) Any general meeting at which a dividend or benus is on declared or sanctioned may make a call on the members of such acion as the meeting fixes but so that the enllon each wight call, member shall not exered the dividend or bonus payable to him and so that notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 19. * and the call may be payable at the same time as the divid- end or bonus and the dividend or boons may, if so arranged between the Society and the member, ba se off against the call. The making of a call under this Article shall be deemi. ordinary business of an ordinary general meeting which declares a dividend.

(). After any resolution has been passed under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article the Board may arrange on behalf of the Society for the dividend or bonus to be set off against the call by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom such call is due to enter into an Agree ment with the Society providing for such dividend or Bus to be set off against sech call and any Agreement made under Buch authority shall be effective.

(3), It shall be no objection to any reaclutinn made under pata- graph (1) of this article or to any call or arrangement this such revolution was passed or pretreall or arrangement was made at the meeting a which the resolution introducing this Article and Articlos 10 (s, was confirmed as a special resolu tion provided thst die notice of the intention to propose such first montioned resolation and to declare sech dividend Kur bonus and to make such calt shall have been given por

to the Confirmatory meeting aforeesid.

1c8b). Dividends may be paid in Hongkong Corroncy at such face of

rate of exchange as the General Meeting declaring or sanction ing the same or, in the case of interim dividends, as the Board div may det rmine."

payable in

Hongkong

Should the above resolutions të pussed by the requisite majority they will be submitted for confirmation as special resolutions to a second extraordinary meeting which will be subsequently convened.

Dated the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1919.

By Order of the Board,

C: MONTAGUE EDE.

General Manager.

BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ar Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be hid at the registered odice of the Company, Queen's THURSDAY, the 10th day of April,, 1913, at 5 o'clock Building, bioined resolutions will be proposed as extraordinary re- P.. when the

solutions m

1. That the nominal silver capital of the Company as existing when this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution te converted into sterling and that such capital so convertel be increased beyond the sterling equivalent of such silver capital when such conversion takes place to the sum of £1,0.0,600 Sterling divided into 200,000 shares of the nominal value of £ ense

3. That each of the issued silver shares of the Gorapany of the nominial value of £33.33 oach with the sum of 85 paid up sheroon be converted into three shares and two-fifths of one, share of the nominal value of £5. cach with the sterling equivalent of 87.35 Hongkong currency at the opening T.T. rate of exchange on the date this resolution is confirmert as. a special resolution credited as paid up thereon an according ly that 81,600 shares out of the 200,000 shares of the nominal value of £5 each constituting the capital of the Company o converted and increased be distributed by the Board to the persons who are registered as charcholders of the Company on the date this resolution is confirmed na a special resolution in exchange for the silver shares then held by thers.

3. That the Articles of Association heaterer in manner following,

namely

of reserta.

By the insertion after Article No. 106 of the following Article. "100 (a). The Board way empicy, the funds of the Company which Employment

have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article funt 106 or any of them or any portion thereof (and that whether such funds or such portion as is proposed to be dealt with were set aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied et for any other purpose or not) in or for all or any of the following purposes that is to sg, in meeting contingencies in equalizing dividenda in paying special dividends or bonuses, in repairing-improving and maintaining any of the property of the Company, or other- wise in the business of the Company, and in or for such other purposes ze the Bond shall in its discretion think conducive to the interests of the Company and in regard to any such employment as aforesaid the Bourd shall not be bound to keep such funds separate from the ether assets.

agalms call

By the insertion of the following Articles after Article No. 107. "10 (1) Any general mooting at which a dividend or bones in

declared os fanctioned may make a call on the members of be set of such amount as the meeting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exceed the dividend orb aus payable to him and so that notwitbetaading the provisions of Articlen 18, 19 and 20 the call insy be payable at the same time as the divid end or bonus and the dividend or bonus may, if so arranged between the Company and the member, be set off against thes call The asking of a call under this Article shall be coerced

meeting

which erdizary business of an ordinary general declares a dividend.

After any resolation has been passed under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article the Board may arrange on bebalf of the Company for the dividend or bonus to be set of by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom such call is due to enter into an Agree against the call ment with the Company providing for such dividend of benes to be sot off against such call and any Agreement madeander such authority shall be effective.

(3). It shall be no objection to any resolution made under para graph (1) of this article or to any call or arrangement that wach resolution was passed or such call or arrangement was made at the meeting which the resolution introducing this Article and Articles 103 (a) was confirmed as a special resolu tion provided that due notice of the intention to propose such first mentioned resolution and to declare such dividend or Bonus and to make such call shall have been given prior to the Confirmatory meating aforcasid, or

*107 (6). Dividenda may be paid in Hongkong Currency at such ante uf rate of 'ézchange as the General Meeting dockring or for sacctioning the same or in the case of interim dividende

as the Burd may determine."

Should the above resolutions he passed by the requisite majority they will to gebmitted for confinastion as special resolutions to a schand extraordinary mooting which will be subsequentis convened

Dated the Twenty eighth day of March 1979

By Order of the Board;

MONTAGUE EDE,

"Manager:

NOTICES

THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE CO., LTD.

(Incorporated. In England.).jp Being Agents for the above CUMPANY, wo are prepared to issue "POLICIES against FIRE, MARINE LIFE and MUTOR ACVIDENTS 41

For further particulars, pienso apply to —**, UNION TRADING, COMPANY, Prince's Building,

currens rates, wing

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HIRE

General Agenta

Experienced

Hours

Expert Mechanics,

A Large Number of

New and Comfortable Cars

Always in Readiness.

MERCURY

GARAGE CO

--6-61-De-Vœux Road Chatrab

Phone 977 & 2589

gementa

Special-

Occasions

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD.

PORTLAND CEMENT

La Casks of 375ibs, neti

In Bags of 250 the net

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGERS,

The Signature.

To distinguish the original and genuine-Worcestershire Sance from the many imitations, see that the signature of LEA & PERRINS appears in White across the Red label on every bottle.

No other sauce has such an exquisitely delicate flavour, or such a reputation among discriminating people in every part of the world.

Lea Perrins

PRIMO

Points of vie may differ on the right"

qurge to take in waging war

When it comes to decassing beverages, however, there are no two oppiots. All agree that PRIMO is the right Beer to

Blocked by all Wine and Spirit

Merchant

BRUTTONJEE & SON,

Queens Road Central.

BEER