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G. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

AND SURVEYOR.

Public Auctions-

INTIMATIONS

SHELL TRANSPORT & TRADING

CO, LTD:

WE "have been requested by the

above Company to announce that New States will be issued at par to shareholders on the 16th June, 1919 in the propertion of ONE now share for every TWO old shares, fractions. being disregarded:

Holders of." BEARER" Warrants should deposit their holdings. no: later than the 9th August 1919, accompanied by payment of the equivalent £1 Starling for each new share claimed, with their Bankers who will stamp thes warrants on the fsce thereof with the "Words "RIGHTS CLAIMED 1919."

.Registered shareholders should pay to their Bankers the equivalen: of £1 Sterling for each new share claimed, not later than the 9th August, 1919.

FOR THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

N. I STARE,

-Chief Manager.

Hongkong, July 25, 1919.

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO.,

LIMITED

(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)

NOTICENTERIM DIVIDEND of

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

NINE PENCE per Share on account of the year 1919 has been declared.

The DIVIDEND will be payable on and after MONDAY, the 25th day of August, 1919 to Sharabolders on the Register on MONDAY, the 11th day of August, 1915, and will be paid to Shareholders on the Colonial (Hong kong) Register at the exchange rate of 3/6 per Dollar.

By Order of the Board,

W. E. ROBERTS,

Secretary.

Hongkong, July 28, 1919.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

N INTERIM DIVIDEND OF ONE

A DOLLAR per Share for the six months ending June 30, 1919, will be PAYABLE on TUESDAY August 5, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Com- pany's Office..

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from WED NESDAY July 30 to TUESDAY, August 5, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Sharer can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

JOHN ARNOLD,

Acting Secretary

Hongkong, July 22, 1979.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

NOTICE

WING to the greatly increased price of Segar, the price of all our SWEET waters will be advanced five cents per dozen, as from this date, until farther notice.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

Hongkong, dug 1, 1919.

Tycos

FEVER THERMOMETERS

are used all over the world by the madical profession, in 'bospitals and In homes

Thconalstant use of For Fever Thermometers often prevarata Reciona liness in the family by its indication of the presence of fever.. It allmi- natea uncertainty se to. wban the doctor should be called..

Keep

Faver, Thatziométer in your home and ́avöld núclean worry and newdiesa expense.

Our line of manufacture centiste of:

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latestrial Thermometra

Prometem

Tempredare, Prearm son Time Bagalwor

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At Melin

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Berrying COLES

· Strycmomanomere

Fever Trommer, VÉ,"ve

Taylor Instrument Companies

Rochester, N. TU. 3. Àu There's The Thermometer

INTIMATIONS

METEOR GARAGE

Sole distributors of

MAXWELL MAXWELL CARS.

Automobiles for Hire

and for Sale

at reasonable Prices.

'Phone 2500.

65 Des Vaux Road

Central..

**

The Natural Milk Food for Infanta, Invalids and Narsing Mothers.

We hure Just received a large, canignment

粉奶牛洲澳

ACTOGEN

THE CHINA-MAIL.

Turkish

A

A

AN EXTRA GOOD TURKISH CIGARETTE AT A

NOMINAL PRICE,

Sold in tins

of

RECH

100 50

MATURAL MILK

INFANTS AND INVALI

SHIU FUNG TẢI & Co.

Agent: For Hongkong !

# And South China. Nos. 17 & Chinnanghe Road Central, Hongkong.

Telephone Now. 1230 &

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

KIPPERS!

Cigarettes and

Jr

also boxes of 10's.

with or

without

Cork

J

This Advertisement is issued by Wrathulaster Tehaces Co., Ltd.

KIPPERS!

PROPOSED RISE OF FREIGHTAGE.

JUST RECEIVED

A New Shipment direct from Scotland.

"

65 cents per lb.

FOR

SALE 1919

POSTAGE STAMP

CATALOGUES.

FROM

Scott Stamp Co.,

Yvert et Tellier,

Bright & Son,

The 119 K. s.reported to live Did the reighs mites on its Cabun!

n (1.428 for sundries to

THE GERMAN FLEET.

GERMAN CAPTAIN HANGED.

Tips.

"HALIZAH."

WIDOW'S STORY OF A STRANGE

JEWISH CUSTOM

(1.250, Io. cheaper prices rurgoes to! An eyewitness aboard a patrof

The use in which a strange Jew 10.810, for higher priced cargoes to bout at Seapa Flow says that the 13 per cent. ad valorem, and on the first incution of the scuttling was a custom was referred to came an Singapone-London service, from £12, the crews of real of the ships at Tottenhain on June 12, when the for indian rabber, Toimers, and pro rapidly throwing baggage into muil widow.told the story of er request. visions to £15, all to be in forew from bouts. The lieutenant in the patrol to her brotheraclaw to go through. August 1.

bat gused she espanation and the Jewish ceremony of Halizah.

The Woman, Sarah Girsh, and heri As regards the freight rate on the order the hoen to get their eins. European non-stilized regular ser lusses und iffles ready. He threat father, Jacobs. were summoned for! vive, re the proposed rise of which ened to fire unless the Genoons re- assaulting the former's brother-i3-3 The case was adjourned to the Japanese leading stentship com turned to their ships, but the der how puntes applied to the Comununicans had ennning throw their enable two ministers to attend, but!! tions Office, Tokyo, for permission, cars any and declared that they they refused to do so.

the Conference parties seem to have werd helpless. The officers, wheCompèrinant asked for a further. dechled to use the rate from 100 were wearing yellow kid gloves and adjournment but this the magistrate: New York for sundries to 120 shj So the smoking ears, insolently demanded refused.

Paria. London.

Whitfield King & Co., Ipswich

GRACA & 00. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P. O. Box 620.

Haar "g.

JAPANESE MAKERS.

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

TO

ORDER

CHERRY & 00%

--PEDDEL ETRETT, Opposite Hongkong. Howl,"

Telephone No. 49

Hongkong, March 20, 1914.

#

N.I.K. is repinned to apply to the Authorities for approval to raise the ruding rate of 30%, dl, on its Euro- pean subsidized regular run to the above Conference rate of 120 bill in

FREIGHTAGE ON RAW COTTON

FIXED.

to be picked up. The ships sank. The solicitor for the defence said with dramatic swiftness. The eye that, according to Jewish law, the witness did not wee any red flag but complainant's brother having died only the admiral's dag and signal childless, he (the complainant) was pendante.. He noticed the E- required to marry the widow. The denis" fomentar gay with bunting widow asked him to go through the and detected the ditting, odour of ceremony of Halizah, which would tobus and spirits Evidently there release him from this cbligation. | had been an overnight orgy, the Ger. He refused. The widow again asked man beleving that the time was her brother-in-luar to release her. carefully planned to synchronise with He said he would if she gave him. the absence of our fleet. German £100. She then slapped his face.

The widow, confirming her soil- The freight rate on American raw sail on one of the warships at cotton to be inported to Japan dur. Scapa Flow hanged their caprain citor's statement, raid that com plainant first spat in her face. When ing the coming reason, which was prior to scutting the ship.

he smacked his face she fainted. the between under negotiation

She denied that ber father struck steamship companies and the Raw

lum, or that other relatives. hit bira. [Cotton Dealers Union since list

To a witness, who stated that no June, has been fixed lately to the

coe but the widow hit the complain- effect that 150,000 bales of raw cot-

The women of Germany cannot lant, the latter said: "If two holy ton to be imported to Japan from October to next April shoull be car agree to sign the Peace terms, as men come and say they saw others ried at G$1.75 per 100. The rute they are too harsh," declared Frau hit me?

is G.$0.25 higher than that of the last season. For shipments after next April, a new arrangement is to be made.

HOMEWARD CARGOES ON EUROPEAN SERVICE.

WOMEN OF GERMANY.

von Gierke, the German. National Afr. Jessop (the clerk), interpos. Party delegate to the Nation Ang: The two reverend gentlemen sembly, to a representative of the seem to have an objection, to coming United Pres. It would be "better, here.

to say to the Entente and America: The same witness id that "when

Do what you like, and leave the the gentleman spal--"

The clerk: The sctica does not future to fate. Germany is in the hands of the Allies and Ameron, desembe any gentleman. (Laughter.)

The case was dismissed.

whose President has abandoned hist

14 principles. We women of Ger-1. Trany do not see any way of obtain

In striking contrast with the re-ing un understanding and co-opera markable activities on the outward tion with the women of other nations, ed. The International Association voyage of the European service from and cannot forgive their attitude of Master of Daccing, at "their Japan, there is fund a disapperat especially the Americans, when there meeting in Philadelphia, decided to MACGREGOR'S ingly small quanuty of Licensward is no uncenstanding or notion regard ban the dance with bell, book, and

cargoes from Europe,

ing the hunger of German women's candle, denouncing it user" The few export cargoes available ldren. We wont women to come near relation to the muscle. are as follow:-Fron Loudon, coul and see for themselves how things dance," and "tainted with sugges for 5. America and Port Said; muchistand here in reality, and while we tiveness." None of the masters was neries, iron, dye-stufe, etc., for admet the viators have nights, wo able to discover the author of the "Shimmy" which recently invaded Japan; France, wines and dyes protest against misrepresentation

V.O.S.

(PARLIAMENT BLEND) FINEST LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY.

EXTER SPECIAL, FINEST LIQUEUR WHISKY,

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR

15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, "HONGKONG.

A

for Jay as and from America, on and the destruction of Germany: the dancing, halls of the United. traversing the Atlantic in ballast, ruw The peace terms as presented show States and gave them the appear cotton and iron, etc., for Japan. that the world has not endeavouredance of being filled with a.congregi Not only these return cargoes are to undendand Germany's present ton of couples suffering from St.

Vitus's dance. 1 meagre in quantity, but also the situation."

The real "Jazz dance, on the freight rates thereon are very low s

other hand, was approved by the follow:15-67 shillings on sundries

association. It was described (sa for London Japan, and 100 franga for

the Daily Mail) as the antithesis of France Japan, which rates are ob-

the Shimmy, being graceful, solutely unworkable.

These are

counted as the reunois for mising

OUTLAWED DANCE.

The Shirmy dance, which beautiful, and not unlike the wallz.

the rates on the European service-oltained a tremenckus rogue in The convention predicted a wide, M.D.N

Athetics, has been offetlly outlaw-popular favour for it,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919.

NOTICES.

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions.

Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery,

MACARONI, PASTE STARS, EGG NOODLES, VERMICELLI,

AND ALL KINDS OF SOUP STUFFS,

ALL our Fasted bes: the #Rooster" label and are made from Float of the Bont Quality containing a large percentage of Gluten. Starch and Gluten are the principal components of Flour. Gluten is easier to digest and contains more nutriment than Starch. Manufactured under the most sanitary conditions.

Large quantitie have been exported to various Important cities in the World.

Terma moderate, especially for Agencies. Orders executed promptly. THE HING WAH PASTE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD, Head Ofog: No. 47 and 48, Connaught Road, Central, Hongkong; Tal. 1299 & 9330.. Frincipal Factory: No. 71, North Soochow Road, Shanghai, China; Telephone 1386. Branch Factory: Wing Hing Street, Causeway Bay, Hongkong. Cable Address: "ELINGWAE."

HOTELS AND CAFES.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

Operating-

THE HONGKONG HOTEL ... THE REPULSH BAY HOTEL

(opening in the Summer of 1919) THE HOTEL MANSIONS.

Office premises)

The leading Hotel in the Far East. The coming seaside resort of South

China.

The headquarters of the Canadias. Pacific Ocean Services, and the leading: American business, concerns,

The Hotel Company, having recently extended their cold storage plant and instituted motor transportation, are specialising in outside entoring such

as banquets, dances, picnics, etc, and are prepared to supply all necessary equipment, decorations, furnishings, and music.

Quotations may be obtained on application at the Hotel Mala Office, or representative will call on communicating with

Telephone No. 483, Catering Department... Telephone No. 1673, Manager..

:

J. H. TAGGART, MASAOKE..

THE PEAK HOTEL

1,500 Feet above Sea Level

15 Minutes from Landing Stage Under the Management of-

Mrs. BLAIR.

KING EDWARD HOTEL

CENTRAL LOCATION

ALL ELECTRIC TRAMS Pasa Entrance, Electric Lifts, Fans and Lighting A European Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout. Best of Food and Service.

Telephons 373 Telegraphia Address :-- VICTORIA!

J. WITCHELL, Manager.

PALACE HOTEL

"KOWLOON."

(Tro minutes from Star Ferry,

Recantly renovated and rafurnished, alebine, light and fan throughout and entirely unler new management. Cuisine ander the personal dupervision of the proprietor, Bar and Billiard Booms. Tarms moderate. Special terms to families on application to

Telephone K 3. Telegraphic Add.: "PALAUR"

J. H. OXBERRY, Proprietor..

CARLTON HOTEL.

(THE ONLY AMERICAN HOTEL IN HAM COLOWY,}

ICE HOUSE STREET, -

ال

от

Under American Management. Nice and quiet yet only a few minutos walk from the Banks and Central District. 43 Bedrooms, Excellent Cuisine scrupulously clean. Moderate Terms. Monthly and Family Bates application to the Proprietress, Launates moet Fassenger Bonta

MR. FE CAMERON. Telegraphio Address "CARLTON"

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE

(OPEN TILE “MIDNIGHT.) ~ Noted for:-

THE BEST TIFFINS AND DINNERS. FILLET HADDOCKS.

ICES AND ICED DRINKS.

CAKES AND PASTRIES.

Dinner and Picnic Parties catered for.

A European Café under European Supervision. Tel. 909-

BLUE

BIRD

ION ORBAM. PARLOUR

AND CONTROTION EBS

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CHOCOLATES Plain Sweet Vanilia chovalsts

- 60 eta. | 3h, Home-Made Assorted Chocolatar

| (1,40 per 18, „Elambay's. Amike's and Borden

Chooristesam par a

Chocolates Califorata "cat

Sota per pe American Choosinzar had perf

0000A Imperial Coron...........60 stat per † 3boj

Chirardell Brancat Cocos".

FRENCH LESSONS

·G. -MOUSSION.

15, Morrison Hill Road.,