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MONDAY," "DECEMBER 29, 1919.

COMPANY MEETING.

THE CHINA BORNEO COMPANY,

LIMITED.

An extraordinary general meeting of the above Company was held at ho offices of Messrs. Gibb, Livings ton & Co., this morning, for the pur- pose of considering and, if thought ft, passing the blowing resolution as an ordinary resolution:---

THE PURPLE PIERBOTS.

ENTERTAINMENT AT

SIAMEN'S INSTITUTE.

At the Seamen's Institute on Satur day the Purple Pierota gave their first performance. It was a great success. Their lengthy programme ppened with an overture by a string band. Following that the members of the company appeared in individual and concerted items all of which were received with every sign of apprecia Lion by the large audience.

The opening chorus was very fittingly

That the conditional agree ment entered into by the Directors of the Company in the name and on behalf of the Company with Han-

Hongkong. During one of the risons and Crafald, Limited, dated songs cigarettes neatly wrapped in the 10th day of December 1919 for purple paper were thrown out. The the sale at the undertaking property second part of the programme con- and assets of the Company as exist·sisted of a sketch entitled "M. Fitz- ing on the 31st day of December w?" which went very well 1919 subject to its liabilities, for The parts were admirably taken by the sum of $829,000 (eight hun-Mr. P. A. A. Hillier (Augustus. Fitz- dred and twenty-eight thousand william), Mr. H. H. Marcus Hayes dollars) cash, which has been sub- Gohn Tomkins, his valet), Miss mitted to this meeting be and the Jack (Mrs. de Loftus), Miss F.-M. same is hereby ratified and apRosser (Gladys, her daughter), and

THE GOVERNMENT OF

INDIA BILL

ENACTMENT TO BE CELIBRATED IN HONGKONG.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

[By Arrangement with the Wat în

Yat Po.]

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

BİNK HOLIDAYS.

IN accordance +ith Ordinance No. 5

IN accordance FINDINGBEBANKS

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is I will be. CLUSED for the Transaction of We are informed that the civilian urging Wong Hing Nin, the investig- Public Business on THURSDAY, FEI- and mercantile members of the Indianator of the Foochow case, to return DAY and SATURDAY, the lat, d community of Hongkong will hold a meeting at the offices of Mr. H.M.Htions with the Japanese Minister.

to Peking in order to open negots and 3rd January, 1920. Nemazee; at 11 am, on Thursday, January 1st, to consider how they should celebrate the passing of the Government of India Bill

LORD HALSBURY'S MEMORY.

Lord Halsbury, who is 4 years of age, recalled an historie incident of his youth in a speech on October 25 at a luncheon given by the met-

hers of the society on Temple to the Belgian judges and lawyers now on a visit to England. Some 90 years ago, Lord Halsbury

proved and that the Directors be Miss Amy Gordon (Martha Jones, said, he was walking with his father

and they are hereby authorized and directed to carry the same inta effect with full power to assent to any modifications in the Agreement which they may think expedient and in the interests of the Com-

pady..

And subject to the passing of the

above resolution to consider and il thought fir to pass as an extraordinary resolution the following:

Gladys' maid).

The Purple Pierrota, it should be mentioned are the Misses, Jack, Amy Gordon, F. M. Rosser, V. Creese, Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, Messrs. Marcus Hayes, O'Farrel, Green, and P.. A. A. Hillier.

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Shum Chuen Hsun in a telegram to Peking describes the making of the constitution by the joint meeting of the old and new: Parliaments as legal. He asks the Feising. Grove ment to make as early decision in dealing with the new Parliament and the On Fook Clube

dent is slightly better.

Fung Kwok Cheung the ex-Prek

the 27th Inst.

Leung Shi YI arrived at Peling in

President Chi Sal Cheong person ally pinned, the Grand Orties of Merit to Tan Ki Sul's uniform at the Wist Yun Palace yesterday,

Premier to the Palate yesterday en- Chu Sai Cheong, summoned the

on the Downs near, Broad-stairs and he saw a fleet of vessels, under fullquiring about the progress of the sail, sailing up the Channel with a fair peace negotiation. wind. He asked what ships they were His father told him that it was the British Fleet sailing to the Belgian

together with 20 American 'admiral The American Minister at Peking had an audience with the President. General Tin Chung Yik will be the Tuchen of Shantung. Inace of of small nation. The action Cheung Shi Yin who is to be p

the British Fleet almost

A conjuring item was down dust to establish the independence

the programme but as the magician failed to turn up the Hon. Mr. Severn filled in the blank with a number of stories.

MOTOR SMASH.

2. That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Earnest Alfred Mountford Williams. of the firm of Lowe, Binghir and Matthews of Chartered Bank Build- ing, Queen's Road Central, Victoria

During the week end a Dodge car aloresaid be appointed Liquidator was rather badly smashed up in the for the purposes of such winding neighbourhood of the Dockyard at up. at such remuneration as, may Aberdeen. It was being driven by a be arranged between the said Har-Chinese with three people of the risons and Cresfield, Limited, and

same nationality sitting in the back the Liquidator."

seat. While rounding a curve "the Mr. J. W. C. Borar presided. and machine crashed into a wall buckling there were present the Hon. Sir Paul one of the front wheels and smash- Chater. C.M.G. and Mr. A. Eing the radiator. The three pas- Grifin (Director), Mr. H. W. B. sengers were fung forward with Kennett (Manager). Mr. D. J. Lewis such violence as to bend the frame (Solicitor to the Company) and of the seats in front. Messrs. J. Scott Harston (represent- ing Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfeld, LJ.). M. S. Northcote, H. B. L. Dowbiggin, O. Baptista, L. W. Sang, L. Y. Po, A. E. Crapnell, L. N. Leele and Ip Fook.

CONSTABLE LAVENDER

PARDONED.

After the Manager had read the We learn that Police Constable notice convening the meeting the Lavender, who was sentenced to one Chairman said: Gentlemen,The month's imprisonment for refusing circular letter of December ia ex-duty,, but subsequently went Home plains clearly the reason for calling per the s.s. Empress of Russia." this meeting. but you will no doubi received a free pardon from the expect that I should give yo some Government before leaving. No more information regarding the pro- official explanation of this reversal posed sale of the Company. Before

of a magisterial decision is forth- Mr. Darby, the Chairman of the Com-coming, but the China Mail has

heard unofficial ones,

POLICE PAY.

pany, left for England. in April last, he informed the Board that the British North Borneo Co., had some scheme under consideration for the further development of the timber resources in Borneo and that some proposal

We are informed that the members

Folice might be made to your Directors for of the Hongkong

were amalgamation or outright purchase of advised last Tuesday that they would this Company. The timber resources be granted a temporary increase of in Borneo are considerable and work them to full advantage would require a capital expenditure much larger than the China Borneo Co., could face. The opinion of Messrs.

a further 20 per cent as from the 1st of January pending the decision from home as to the actual increase which, it is stated, will not be less than 40 per cent, perhaps 45 per cent. The tentative 20 per cent, Harrisons & Crosfield, Ltd. (who are however, will be deducted monthly, interested in this Company to the ex-from the actual and final increase tent of 11,070 shares) and the British until repaid.

North Borneo Co. (who hold an equal

number of shares), is that it will re-

quire a capital of' from £500,000 to DRIFTING MINES IN SOUTH

£750,000, eventually, to fully deve-

lop the timber lands. I think you

will agree with me that it would be

SEAS.

next to "impossible to raise those Drifting mines have been discover- figures here. The only way to do it ed in various parts of the eastern is to organise a London company to ocean and South seas, according to a work the concession which the British notice sent out from Australia and North Borneo Co., are about to grant. received in Manila by the British It may be said that an agreement could | Consul-General. The information is be made for the separate working on intended especially for those using friendly terms of both Companies but the Torres Straits inner barrier and such would be open to serious ob the Coral sea routes. jections and in this connection I can-

Cape Flattery, and the Dové Islands

not do better than quote from a letter in the Torres Strait have both

received from Messrs. Harrisons &

Crosfield, Ltd., with which views

reported floating mines, these seem ing to have drifted up from the

your Directors are in agreement: locality of New Zealand and Bass

(a) The maintenance of separate .administrations would be.

sarily costly.

unneces

(b) it would probably prove incon-

Straits, all enemy mines in those dis

tricts not yet having been" recovered..

venient in practice for the seats of has been signed which you are now Administration of two such Companies to be so far apert'as Hongkong and London,

(c) In a small place like. Berned, local friction, which would be harm. ful to both concerns, would, be very apt to arise,.

(d) Two concerns, however closely allied, cannot exercise the same in- fluence or command the same re- sources as one large Company. **

Messrs. Harrisons & Crosfield, Ltd., have therefore come to the con- clusion that the only course to adopt

asked to confirm.. That agreement has been open for your inspection and some of you have no doubt made your- selves acquainted with the terms. The purchase price works out at $18.00 per share and it is not anti- cipaled that there will be any great expense in carrying out the liquida- tion so that shareholders will receive higher price per share than the shares have ever been quoted at. You will also have the right, should you desire to do so, to subscribe for two shares in the new Company for

in the interests of the shareholders is every share you at presert hold, at

to formulate a mutually satisfactory the cost of £1 per share. The staff proposal for the taking over by the of the China Borneo Co. are duly new company of the China Borneo protected and their services are, to be Ca., as a going concern. They have retained by the new Company on the therefore made the offer to purchase terms of their present agreements. the whole undertaking as from now move the first resolution. December 31, 1918, for $828,000. The Hon, Sir Paul Chater seconded I may here state that Mr. Darby, who and the motion was carried.

has been connected with cur Com- The Chairman, then proposed the pany for many years as General Man seconded resolution, the Hon. Sir ager and now as Chairman, has gone Paul Chater seconding, and the very fully into the question in London motion was carried. and strongly recommends the accept- The Chairman; I should like to ance of the pier. Your other Direc- draw your attention to the fact that *tors, „now present in the Colonz. "have the second resolution has la bé can. given the offer their serious considera firmed it a second extraordinary meet- fon and as stated in the circular haveing to be Held on January 13.

no hesitation in recommending you to That terminated the business of the accept it. A conditional agreement meeting.

of

century ago was one of the prinmoted to the Marshal raak. cipal factors which led to the draw- The Northern peace delegates ing up of the Treaty of 1839. He return to Shanghai early in January was praud to feel that when the The Sino-Italian Bank will open la

trouble of the Great War came to Belgium the British Fleet again sailed to the Belgian coast with the

next-

March.

The negotiation into the Foochor

same object in view to uphold the and Tibetan cases will be deferred pending the arrival of Luk Ching independence of smaler States..

Cheung who is on his way, from Europe.

PUBLISHED WITHOUT

READING.

General Cheung Chok Lam in- troduced a Japanese Baron to see General Cha Shu Tsang for the

capital.

SHIPPING ARRIVALS.

Hongkong, Devinber 29, 1919,

WANTED.

Wand r'a Sues about end of VANTED-LADY going to Eng

March offers Passage in return for help with her children en Tovagu. Replies Bex No. 1171 c/o "CHINA YAL

LOST.

OST STOLEN of Sanwering FAWN BULL DOG, Answering to the use of "MACK" Finder will

c/o Pacific Trading Co., Queen's Road be rewarded. Bhalung Liang Sai Sai, Central.

NOTICE.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., OF CANADA.

FROM inter January, 1, 1920, the Offices of above Company. will be located at

"MARINE HOUSE " 15, Queen's Bond Central, First Floor,

(aboya Caldbeck Macgregor's).

F.M. WELLER

Manager.

Hongkong. December 29, 1919,] ...

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THE

The following vessels were entered as arriving this morning:

THE above mentioned vessel having Pakwo, Chinese. 1,177 tons, Can- arrived from the above mention. ton, Captain Prata. Kwong Hinged Ports. Consiqueen of cargo are mooring, B50.

| hereby informed that their cargo will Chiyo Maru, Jadinese, 2,100 tors, be landed at their risk into the Moji, Captain Okutari, Dodwell & hazardous and/or extra hazardous go- Co., mooring C34.

downs of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf' & 'Godown "Co., Ltd, and stored at Consignees' risk.

Nancy Moller, British, 666 tons, Wuhu. Captain Welkens, Moller & Co., mooring Bil.

to now failed, the book will be put-Swatow, Captain Speed. B. & S. Chinhua Maru, British, 1.353 tons, lished by Edvard Arnold.

C40.

Captain Wong Chun, Shui Hing, Cerf, Chinese, 263 tons, Wuchov,

Mr. B. A. Hale arrived in Hong kong, on the 25 inst, per the 8.3.wharf.

Chicago Maru," to join the staff of the Hongkong Daily Press..

A trial trip of the motor bus ser vice to Repulse Bay Hotel to be run by the Dragon Motor Car Company, will take place to-morrow, leaving the Hongkong Hotel at 2.15 p.m.

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending Dec. 13, amounted to 94,089 tom and the sales during. the period, to 94,123 tons.

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Witon, Chinese, 267 tons, Kong moon, Captain Hill Poo Lal s.s. Co., wharf.

MAILS DUE...

The following mails are due ---- From the Straits, per "Sangola," December, 30.

From the Straits, per 9.3. Kelabit Maru," December 31,

Consignees of Cargo are hereby Import Permit signed by the Saperia. notified that they must produce an

tendent of the Imports and Exporte, be countersigned. Hongkong, befors Bills of Lading can

All broken, shafed and damaged Boods are to be left in the godown, where they will be examined on January 3, at 10 am, and January 15, at 10 ..

All-alaims must be presented with- in a month of the steamer's arrival hore, after which they cannot be re- cognized.

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No claim will be admitted after the goods have left the godowas, and all goods remaining andelivered after January 5, will be subject to rent.

No Fire Lasarance whatever will be affected.

Consignees are requested to send in their Bill of Lading for countersigna-

Worshipful Brother C. W. Jef Mr. R. O. Hutchison's court was ries was installed Master of Lodge timed to commence basiness at 10 Zetland on Saturday evening. Wor am. this moming. Up to 10.45 a.m. shipful Brother W.-J. Tutcher per the magistrate had not put in an forming the installation ceremony. ture immediately. appearance, reither had any message A banquet was held later, in the been received stating that proceed Masonic Hall.

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(Mr. Hall, of Messrs Lo and Lo)

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