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G. P. LAMMERT.

AUCTIONEER APPRAISEE.

AND SURVEYOR ~Public Auctions-

INTIMATIONS.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT.

CLUB.

NOTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GEN- ERAL MEETING of Members will be Feld at the CLUB HOUSE, North -Point, TO-DAY (Wednesday 5th November, 1919, at 3.45 PM. for the purpose of confrming the Resolutions passed at an Exxtraordinary Gentral Meeting held on 10th October, 1919.

A Launch for the convenience of

Members will leave Queen's Statue.

Wauri at 3.15 P.M.

By Order,

RE MACDOUGALL,

Hon. Secretary.

Hooghony, October 21, 1918,

UNION INSURANCE. SOCIETY

OF CANTON, LIMITED,

INTIMATIONS

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN | CONDENSED MILK, STERILIZED

NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY

GENERAL MEETING of the SOCIETY wil be held as the regis tered Office of the Society, Nos. 9 and Queen's Building, Vistoria in the Colony ! Hongkong, on FRI- DAY, the Seventh Day of Novem- ber, 1919, at 12 o'clock Noon, when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed:-

1. That the fusion of the interests of the Union Insurance Society of Cantom, Limited (in this and the following Resolutions refer- red to as "the Society "), and the North Chine Insurance Company, Limited (in this and. the following Resolutions refer- red to na the Company). be approved of and agreed to on the following:-

(6) That shares of the Society of the nominal value of £10 each, whereof 21-perj share shall be credited ce paid op be allotted to the shareholders of the Com- pany in exchange for the shares of the Company in the ratio of one and a half shares of the Society for each one phare of the Com pany (b) That the Society in addi tion make payment to the shareholders in the Co- pany of the sum of 20 tire -Founde) Sterling in cash for each one share in the "Com- pany held by such share! holders exchanging their shares in mazzer and upon tbe bosie mentioned in

clause (a) above.

2. That for the purpose of carrying into effect Resolution No. 1 (3) above, the Society do, issue 15,000 Shares of the nominai value of £10 each (whereof the sum of £4 per share is credited es paid up) out of its uniceved capital of 104,000 shares.

6. That the 15,000 shares referred to in Resolution No. 2 above us and when issued do rank for dividend and in el respecta pasi paséu with the existing! Ordinary Shares of the Society

and that the balance (if any) of euch 15,000 shares be dealt with in such manzer as the Board of Directors of the

Society shall think most bene ficial to the Society, Dated this Twenty-5fth day of October, 1919.

C. H. P. HAY, Deputy General Manager.

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SIR E. CARSON:

ATTACK ON LORD ·

NORTHCLIFFE.

Sir Edward Carson inaugurating E's anti-Home Rule campaign at a meeting of the Ulster Unionist Coun- cil at Belfast, declared his intention to revive the Ulster Unionist clubs which in 1912 formed the nucleus of the Ulster Volunteers. We must take care,” he said, "that behind cur unalterable. opinion we have the means of letting it be known what our opinions are and, above all, the forces behind that opinion which will make our opinion effective and prevall

warn you

My object is to that your duty is as clearly as pos- "sible to put your house in order and to get back to your organisations as they existed before the war.

under-estimate the power of the Northcliffe Press. He knew very well what it meant to them that the Northcliffe Press had turned its coat. He once heard the late Duke of Devonshire say that "because you | change your coat it is not necessary" to divest yourself of every semblance of raiment you possess.”

Str

WHEN WEST IS EAST.

TOBY GIRL WHO WAS

WORRIED TO DEATH.

Hampstead Tube season ticket holder Dashing up the escalator," the

tube traveller on the east (City) plat- swerved with the skill of the habitual

ly, only to find his way barred by form at Charing Cross Station recent- fragile barrier and a substanti

woman collector.

Scenting" ticket traps, he promptly produced his "season." and just 29 Promptly the collector remarked, The other side for City trains."

But Iwant to go to "Blackfriars," retorted the seasoned traveller, try.

And that is what the Northcliffe Press appears to me to do," Edward went on. Well, we must cheer up notwithstanding these at tacks and pin-pricks. They get every- body in time that they don't like; even The Times, once a great organ of public opinion and once, might he say, a very important one for the stability of the country-even The Times was deprived of its editor be cause he refused to follow the lead of The Daily Mail Somebody calledng to push his way past the barrier. it-he thought it was the Prime other side." repeated the uniformed Then you will have to go to the Minister the threepenny edition" of

Then she raised The Daily Mail. It was not worth yuman wearily.

voice to a shrill and compelling Der Vorh Ht. (Laughter). When Lord Northcliffe," he pro-

falsetto, "The west platform for east ceeded,

The truth of the matter was, no trains." tries his hand and says

one can offend Lord Northcliffe with Look here! What's the game?" impunity. He did not know if Lord protested the passenger. "I want to Northcliffe was a sportsman or not. get to Blackfriats.I've been going But there was one thing he dearly every day to Blackfriars from this loved and that was marr-hunts. He platform for five years, and “ was always at it.' He tried to Eound "If you want to go to Blackfriars Lord Kitchener out at a critical stage to day you will have to go from the of the war, but he dropped that when other platform. In any case, get a The Delly Mail, was burned on the move on," said the woman. "We've Stock Exchange in London and pro- changed platforms for one day only," hibited in every decent club. He West is East-see? Oh, yes! there's went on and hunted many distin- been an accident, and there, will soon guished men-Lord French, Lord be another one if you don't step Jellicoe, Lord Miner, Mr. Austin fively." taken up the man-hunt against Mr. ed to a sympathetic inquirer. "Here" Chamberlain, and recently he had, It makes me tired," she remark Lloyd George.

I am shouting my head "off:

in big headlines Ireland must be settled. An Irish settlement win he, in Heaven's name, tell us who is the gentleman who has so much more brains than Gladstone, Asquith, Morley, and all the rest of them who have turned their attention upon this question for the last 30 or 40 years? What is a statesman ? I will tell you what a states- man is according to our opponents. A statesman is a man who, at the proper moment, when it particularly pleases Lord Northcliffe, betrays every interest entrusted to him. 1 can assure you and I say this with all soleraalty I believe to-morrow, in stead of being branded as, a, rebel and a decadent, I should be called one of the first statesmen of the

Why, even Lord Newton, who only West platform for City trains," and did his best for our prisoners of nobody will believe me. They stop and was not engaged here and argue. You would think

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Empire if I would only agree to in any public life or-militant career-they had taken the platform on a Lord Northcliffe hounded him so far lease. The other side, I tell them. that he had to bring him into court 'But that's the west platform," they and cake him pay £5,000. This say, and look at me as if I'm pulling turncoat business en Home Rule had their legs. The men are the worst. -nothing to do with Ireland at all. They are slaves of habit, that's what Lord Northclife was the greatest they are! The other side for City absentes Irish capitalist: that existed trains, please}"," at the present moment. He was the The accident which caused the greatest example of an Irishman platform alteration was the breakage who under the Union made untold of an axle of a District Railway train wealth and position in England. He from Ealing outside Westminster fell out with Mr. Lloyd George in Station. This resulted in the the middle of the election. It was longest period of traffic suspension not necessary to go into the reason, ever known on # London but he would fall out with anyone, underground line through work- who did not do his bidding, and ing not resumed until 7.15 p. sooLer or later anyone in a respon. The breaking of the axle occurred sible position had to refuse to do it on the motor vehicle, the leading Ifstead of inciting, the people car of six. The second car alau left against every institution and Minils the rails. The line from the City ter the Freas would be better was blocked as well, portions of the employed and, doing greater service damaged first car projecting over in telling the people that now was the adjoining western_track. The the time for patience. He, Sir Ed-passengers were taken through the ward, believed he had found a end car on to the track, and had but a solution, that was by making Lord short walk to Westminster Station. Northcliffe Prime Minister. He would have many advantages and his ambition would be satisfied; and

surrender the solemn trust that has been given to me by you and the people of Ulster. But you and I are not to be deceived by the vagaries of the weathercock Press."

Anybody who said that Ulster did not want a settlement of the Irish question was stating a ridiculous falsehood. But it must be a settle ment, not a surrender. (Applause) ....... In all controversies upon the Irish question statesmen made a great inistake in thinking it wrong to refer to the religious difficulty. There was no use shutting their eyes to the fact that the demand for separation from England and for all that led or might lead to separation came from the Roman Catholic community and not from the Protestant community. English statesmen were more engaged in trying to bring about a settlement of the question. They in Ulster

must be prepared."

THE NORTHCLIFFE PRESS. Speaking at

a luncheon, Sir Edward said that if some people had had their way he should be sojourn ing in one of his Majesty's hotels,

He had had the misfortune to bring her would have many papers to would have to come to the House down on his poor, weary Commend the appointment. The and make these attacks face to face body all the castigations of the only disadvantage that Lord North- instead of making them from an Northcliffe Press. They must not cliffe would have would be that he armchair in Carmelite: House.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5,—19D

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