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IG. P. LAMMERT

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AUCTIONEER, APPRAISSE

AND SURVEYOR

-Public Auctions-

INTIMATIONS.

NOTICE

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY EN.

GINEERING SOCIETY.

THE OPENING, LECTURE will be THE

delivered by the President. Pro- Lodor W. BROWN, TOMORROW 31st October, at 8.45 PM in Room E of the University.

Subject:--

"JAMES WATT "-

Some Lantern. Pictures will be shown. THIS LECTURE IS OPEN TO ANY WHO ARE INTERESTED.

Hon. Secretary-

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

M

EMBERS are reminded of the

HALF YEARLY MEETING called for no SATURDAY, the st November, as 12.30 P2, at the Offices. of the JOCKEY CLUB, on the Ground Floor of the Hongkong Club Annexe," Chater Road

By Order,

G. W. GEGG, Acting Clerk of the Course.. Hongkong, October 12, 1919:

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB

FIFTH GYMKHANA MEETING OF THE SEASON will be beld at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY. the 1st November, 1919, commencing at 2.45 P.M.

The Charge of Admission will be £1.00 for others than Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkboo Club.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Free.. The Committee invite the Ladies of Hongkong, to be present...

Hongkong, October 27, 1919.

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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

MUTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

an EXTRAORDINARY GENE ERAL MEETING of Members will-ba beld at the CLUB HOUSE, North Point, on WEDNESDAY, 5th Novam- ber, 1919, at 3.458 2.3. for the purpose of confrming the Resolutions passed at

at Extraordinary General Meeting held

on 10th October, 1919.

of

A Launch for the convenience Members will leave Queen's Statue

Wharf at 5.15 P.M.

By Order,

REMACDOUGALL,

Ham Secretary. Hongkong, October 21, 1919,

PERSONAL.

MESSES. A & B are desirous that

TIFFIN with them.

They would like to know when C. is able to accept., "Please reply Box 1139 c/o "CHINA MAIL,"

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who remain in the Colony

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fine dot exceeding $50.

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"Hoogkoak, September 22, 1919~

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AFFAIRS IN BORNEO.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ANNUAL MEETING.

Mr. James Morton presiding at the annual general meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce on August 23 said in the course of his address: The year under review has possibly been the most momen- tous in the history of the world in that we have lived to see the realisa tion of our release from the fear of a despotism which threatened to set up

■ constitutional state of affairs throughout the world foreign to our nature, foreign to our customs and foreign to our ideas of what a gov. ernment system should be. It is -difficult to conceive what would have been our lot if Germany had won the great world war and we recognise we are under a supreme obligation

ROMANTIC STORY.

country can in my opinion be AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE. achieved primarily by granting facili ties for taking up and on easy terms. In this connection I hope the Govern ment will see fit to take in hand minor trigonometrical surveys of the centres of development with a view to obviating title complications in the future.

A romantic story will be, told in the prosaic Town Hall of the ninth arrondissement of Paris. A guardian will be appointed for the grand children of an American multi-million- The total volume. of trade in theatre who recently died at Baltimore. country during the year 1918, in The children have for their aunt the respect to which the Customs report wife of the Maharajah of Kapurthala. has, just been issued it is to be According to the Excelsior, the Princess hoped other departmental reports of Kapurthala was formerly a young will be issued shortly-shews a slight dancer of great beauty in a Madrid increase over that of 1917. From a theatre. The Emerald King," as the perusal of the returns given it would Maharajah is described, fell in love appear that the value of rubber ex with her married her, and took her ported has been unduly inflated, to the mysterious land of temples and while other articles such as coal and bazaars, of elephants and of inonkeys. timber have been undervalued, A system of declaration of values of export is perhaps premature, but such a systém would be preferable to the present system of fixing arbi

During the war the Maharajah put his treasures and his warriors at the service of Great Britain, and the Princess aided and encouraged him. Her, family, was installed at Paris,

to all those who have served the Entrary values on our staple, exports. where her sister married a rich pire and to our Allies.

FOOD SUPPLIES, AGAI American. The American sub- The effects of the war on North The most important question whichsequently went to reside in Switzer Borneo, as in the case of most the Chamber had to deal with through Land His wife died in France last tropical countries distant from the out the year has undoubtedly been year, leaving two children, whom the centres of fighting, have fortunately, that, of food supplies. Everyone is Princess took in charge, confiding been slight there have been dis conversant with the propaganda them to her parents. There was comforts to face but on the whole undertaken in this and adjacent coun- some litigation, the father endevour- the country has prospered, trade has tries so there is no need for me toing to regain the custody of the been well maintained and the opinion expatiate on same, but it is worthy Infants. Now it sappears that, the is generally shared that there will be of note that the very measures which father of the American is dead, leav no retrogression in the further this Chamber recommended to the ing a fortune of three or four million advancement of the recent develop local Government for adoption have pounds, of which a large part is to inent of the country. In fact we all been since largely adopted as a go to the children. The Princess look forward to an immediate pro- result of the rice crisis. Several has called a family council to gressive participation by the Govern-legislative measures incidental to the nominate, a guardian. Recently she ement and investors in the develop crisis, governing local consumption has been living in London, but at ment of the country generally and by of rice and designed to conserve present is at Evian, whence she will the Goverment in the matter of existing and, available future sugo to Paris for the meeting.

plies, and to compel employers to road construction particularly.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION, 7

plant up foodstuffs have gazetted,

and while the views of the Chamber Chambers, which we adopted, in on many details of this food legislation reference to future dealings with were widely divergent from those of Germans in the Colonies, will be the Government, the Chamber, reacceptable to the authorities at cognising the gravity of the situation, home: 442 25 14 FEBRER have considered it inadvisable to re present their views to the Govern

Among other matters the Chamber has had under discussion during the At one time there was year were the medical administration apparently every indication of an of the territory, the institution of a absolute shortage of rice during the School for Navigation, and the ques last three months of this year, but tion of infantile mortality in the fortunately the position would now State. I am sorry to state that our appear to be relatively less serious, relationship with the authorities over We should, however welcome some certain of these questions has not official announcement, 28 to the altogether been of so friendly a present situation and next year's nature as I should like to have seen. crop prospects. Untappily the it and I venture to express the hope efforts of employers and Eatives to that in future our relations will be angment the available foodstuffs Inmored cordialy as it seems fairly the country have been largely frys evident that much better results will be obtained by mutual co-operation between the Government and the Chamber.de

At an interview recently granted by His Excellency AC Pearson to the Press in Hongkong: His Excel lency indicated that a vigorous policy of road construction would be taken in hand et no distant date and we all fondly cherish the hope that this policy will be put into executionment. forthwith. It is axiomatic that roads are the first essential for territorial development and in my opinion this country would have had a larger measure of prosperity if roads had preceded railway construction With a sparse population of course ving in'a large expanse of territory, the benefits of such a policy will probably take longer to materialise than they otherwise would, but of the other hand an active immigra tion policy by the Government trated through the visitation of that territory constituting our natural locusts and it is to be sincerely hoped source, of supply would probably that the most strenuous efforts will put a different complexion on matter, be made to rid the country of this but any immigration policy lapart nocuous pest. from the actual necessity of meeting the country's labour requirements would more than likely have to be Laccompanied by a generous policy of land grants on terms less onerous then they are at present to be a real attraction. As my predecessor, Mr. Darby, stated at his farewell speech, the principal asset this country has to offer is land and the real funda mental and lasting prosperity of this

Before concluding I should like to draw the earnest attention of all During the year we have continued concerned to the magnificent poten- to prosecute the question of deporting talides of Sandakan Harbour; khip... the two remaining Germans in the ping is increasing every year, larger country and though, apparently they ships are frequenting the port, and were indispensables" it is worthy we as a Chamber would respectfully of interest to record that as soon as urge that the attention of the local the armistice was signed one of these euthorities should be seriously Germans took mediate steps to devoted to ameliorating and extend- leave the country. It is to be hoped ing the existing facilitia 29 10+ that the resolution of the Singapore The Pacdentalcas presented were Chamber of Commerce and other then passed.

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